A four-story central artillery tower was built in the middle of the Caohe Village stronghold, with bunkers built on three sides and barbed wire mesh surrounding it. There is a blockade ditch that is more than two meters deep and more than one meter wide.

That afternoon, on the top of the artillery tower, two Japanese soldiers were very bored. They saw a peasant woman in the nearby fields with a five or six-year-old child digging wild vegetables in the field, so they decided to use them as a target to compete for their marksmanship.

Whoever loses the bet needs to give the other party a cigarette.

The younger Japanese soldier took the lead in firing the shot, and he shot the peasant woman in the waist.

The older Japanese soldier was not willing to be outdone and shot the child, and the child died on the spot.

The peasant woman was still alive. She struggled to climb to the child regardless of her pain, crying at her name.

This young Japanese soldier obviously lost. He was so angry that he fired another shot and killed the peasant woman.

The older Japanese smiled proudly and said, "Kun Nakano, you are not good at shooting skills, you have to practice again." After that, he reached out to the younger Japanese soldier, asking for his spoils and a cigarette.

At this moment, a bullet flew from a distance, drilled into his mouth, smashed his front teeth, drilled into his brain, and he bleeded blood from his mouth and fell down on his back.

Seeing the scene in front of him, the young Japanese soldier was shocked! Before he could react, another bullet flew over and drilled a bloody hole in his forehead, and asked him to go home to honor their aunt Amaterasu.

The gunshots alarmed the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold. They hurried to the artillery tower, or entered the bunker, and observed outside.

At this time, they saw that more than 200 meters away, many armed personnel appeared. They did not wear uniform clothes and should be anti-Japanese armed forces such as militia and guerrillas.

The Japanese commander Cao and the puppet army squadron leader were disdainful of these anti-Japanese armed forces outside. They were very confident that with the artillery tower and the bunker below, they could deal with these life-and-death attackers.

The Japanese Chief Cao was not even willing to call the superiors for help. He wanted to destroy these militia guerrillas alone, so that he would be promoted and rewarded for his meritorious service.

The captain of the puppet army was quite cautious. He persuaded the Japanese commander Cao to call his superiors to inform him of the news. The Japanese commander Cao was very arrogant. He flatly refused and scolded the puppet army squadron leader, saying that he was timid and afraid of death.

Seeing the Japanese commander Cao go up to the roof of the artillery tower, the puppet squadron leader picked up the phone and wanted to report to his superiors, Pingyue County Public Security Army Brigade, that he had been attacked.

However, he shook the phone for a long time, but there was no sound on the phone.

He knew that the phone line was cut off, and he didn't know why, but he had a bad premonition in his heart, and felt that it seemed a bit dangerous.

However, he was still a little comforted. After all, this stronghold was close to the highway. Although this highway was not often passed by Japanese and puppet troops like the Ji-Zheng Highway, it was a major transportation route. The anti-Japanese guerrillas did not dare to stay here for a long time. He cheered up and decided to defend the stronghold to the death and persevere until the reinforcements arrived.

The devil Cao climbed up to the roof, set up a canopy with his hands, and observed the guerrilla positions.

He saw some guerrillas hiding behind canals and ridges at a distance of about 200 meters, and some guerrillas used terrain and landforms to approach the artillery tower.

He set up a machine gun and shot into the canal where Gao Han and others were hiding. When other Japanese and puppet soldiers in the stronghold heard the gunshots, they also fired their guns.

Gao Han hid behind the canal, listening to the strafing of machine guns on the roof of the artillery tower, when the gunshots stopped and the Japanese Chief Cao changed the magazine, he stretched out his head and raised his hand and shot. The bullets flew into the left eye of the Japanese Chief Cao, and then flew out from behind his head, and a blood hole was drilled out, and blood splattered the Japanese soldiers beside him.

"Chang Taijun Cao is dead." The puppet army on the top floor shouted in horror.

The puppet army squadron leader in the third floor of the artillery tower was so scared that he squatted on the ground. He shouted in horror: "Bare, beat me hard!"

Du Shengxi fiddled with the mortar and aimed at the top of the artillery tower to fire a shot. The artillery did not hit the target, and the shot fell behind the artillery tower and exploded some dust on the ground.

Although the first shot was a test shot, it was normal for him to not be accurate. However, he was from the deputy artillery company commander and used up 12 precious shells when he was training in the parable. This shot did not hit, and his face was a little uncontrollable.

He quickly adjusted the position of the muzzle and fired another shell. The shell was very proud of its face and drew a beautiful parabola in the air, hitting the top of the cannon tower directly.

The shells ignited and exploded, and the Japanese and puppet troops on the roof were killed and injured. A Japanese soldier who was lucky enough to live dragged his injured legs and climbed towards the stairs, trying to escape into the cannon.

At this moment, the second shell flew over again and hit his hips. The sharp and thin shell lead pierced his flesh, causing him another huge pain besides his legs. But he was lucky that the shell suddenly exploded, shattering his body, and he didn't have to endure the torture of the pain.

Seeing that the guerrillas actually had artillery soldiers, the puppet army squadron leader felt worse and worse.

At this moment, the special forces members who had already entered a distance of about 120 meters also began to shoot.

The Japanese and puppet army's artillery towers have many advantages, but there is also a disadvantage, that is, there are not many shooting holes. The troops cannot be expanded, and there are only six gun holes facing the guerrilla side, bunkers and artillery towers, in total.

The special forces team members took turns to lay guns into the hole of the gun. The Japanese inside were shot dead one by one, and no one dared to continue lying there and fire their guns.

The huge Caohe Village stronghold suddenly became silent.

On the third floor of the artillery tower, a Japanese soldier saw the machine gunner in front of him being shot dead, he was a little dissatisfied and grabbed the machine gun and fired it outward. He had just set up the machine gun and a bullet flew over the machine gun magazine. The huge impact force of the bullet pushed the machine gun to hit him, and he sat on the ground.

He escaped by luck and did not dare to take risks anymore, but forced the puppet soldiers to go forward and shoot out. As soon as a puppet army set up a machine gun, two bullets flew out from outside. He was not as lucky as the Japanese. One bullet was just at the middle of the nose and hit him with a flowery face.

Seeing that he was beaten, the squadron leader of the puppet army was anxious. He was worried that the guerrillas would take the opportunity to attack, so he waved his puppet soldiers and forced the puppet soldiers to take risks and shoot outwards. At the same time, he ordered a small team leader to take people outside the artillery tower to block the enemy.
Chapter completed!