The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 160 The Gap Between Idealized Command and Execution
At around 12:30 noon, under Zhu Wu's arrangement, the soldiers got everything ready.

Some of the puppet troops in the stronghold are still working, continuing to build bungalows with bricks and stones, while another part of the puppet troops have started cooking together, and there is smoke rising from the stronghold.

The third platoon leader led a team disguised as ordinary people, and gradually approached the Japanese and puppet army stronghold in the middle of Xiaotong Road from the east.

At this time, the three platoon leaders and the six soldiers all put on the clothes worn by ordinary people. The clothes were patched in many places, and coupled with the shabby appearance, from the inside to the outside, no matter how you look at it, they are nothing more than ordinary of the people.

For pretending to be ordinary people, the third platoon leader and others don't even need any experience at all.

It was!
If you put down your guns and get off the ground, you are no different from farmers. Before you joined the army, you were farmers.

The six people were driving three sheep in total, and the sheep were local Taihang goats driven from Gengdi.

The two drove a goat and walked unsteadily.

When the team driving the goats was about 300 meters away from the stronghold of the Japanese puppet army, the leader of the third platoon and others seemed to have discovered the stronghold of the devils, and hurriedly dragged the goats in panic, turned around and wanted to leave.

There were sharp-eyed puppet soldiers in the stronghold, but they spotted the third platoon leader and others at the first time, and quickly shouted: "Stop, those sheep herders, run again, I will shoot!"

The six leaders of the third platoon immediately showed the panic that ordinary people should have. Turning their heads, the leader of the third platoon begged for mercy with a sad face: "Boss, we only came to this area to herd sheep in the past two days. I didn't know that a stronghold for the imperial army was built here. Just treat us like a fart and let us go!"

The puppet army shouted: "Don't worry, the imperial army is very friendly to the good people and will not kill you, but if you don't come here again, then you can't say for sure. The imperial army's marksmanship, where to hit within 500 meters, I will kill you." Not to scare you."

"If you want to live, hurry up and drive the goat over to me."

The three platoon leaders and one line had no choice but to pull the goats reluctantly and walked towards the stronghold in a state of dejection.

The leader of the Devils Division in the stronghold shouted: "Bastard, why did you let them approach the stronghold?"

The puppet army quickly pointed to the goat that the third platoon leader and others had rushed over, and explained: "Taijun, look at these people, they are just ordinary people who accidentally passed by. I don't know that we suddenly built a stronghold here. You see, this is just right." It's noon, shall we ask them to borrow a goat for cooking? The taste of goat meat, tsk tsk..."

The leader of the devil's sub-team obviously had eaten goat meat, and he couldn't help drooling after hearing what the puppet army said.

"Yaoxi, let them come here! Tell them, we are willing to pay for their goats."

"Hi!" The puppet army responded, turned around and shouted to the third platoon leader and his party, "Hurry up, the imperial army asked you to come here, and it will never hurt you. In addition, your goats, the imperial army said, will give you Money."

"Thank you boss, thank you Majesty!" The third platoon leader looked flattered, moved closer, and hurriedly thanked him.

While speaking, the third platoon leader's eyes wandered around the fortifications outside the stronghold without any trace.

Three light machine guns were installed on the left and right wings of the fortifications outside the stronghold, as well as the middle part.

At this moment, not all the three devil machine gunners were in place, only one devil machine gunner was firmly guarding the machine gun fortification in the middle.

The devil's stronghold relies on the road, defends at both ends, and opens small roads as roadblocks. The firepower layout of the west-facing fortifications of the stronghold is similar to that of the east-facing fortifications.

So all in all, the Japanese and puppet troops in this stronghold, judging from the firepower exposed on the surface, have a total of six light machine guns.

The plan of the third platoon leader and his party was to make a sudden attack after they approached smoothly, destroying the three light machine guns on the outskirts of the stronghold to the east to cover the main force's charge.

At the same time, relying on the devil's peripheral fortifications to stop the devil, beware of the firepower of the three light machine guns heading west from the stronghold, and mobilize them for support.

Everything seemed to be going smoothly. When the third platoon leader and his party approached the devil's stronghold, the ninth company commander Zhu Wu and the instructor Li Wenjie who were hiding in the dark all broke into a cold sweat for the six of them.

close!

The two sides were less than 200 meters away.

100 m.

50 m.

30 m.

As they continued to approach, even the third platoon leader couldn't help swallowing, feeling as if his heart was almost in his throat.

"Baga, stop, go on, work hard!"

The sudden cold drink made the atmosphere freeze again.

The leader of the Devils Division seemed to have noticed something, his eyes became vigilant and cold, and he stared at the third platoon leader.

The puppet army was also stunned, "Taijun, this is?"

Pointing at the person next to the third platoon leader, the devil shouted, "He, what is he hiding on his waist? Let him take it out!"

Hearing this, the puppet soldier looked at the soldier next to the third platoon leader, and sure enough, he found something bulging around his waist. It's summer now, and his clothes are thin, so it's not easy to hide things .

The leaders of the third platoon only hid a buck gun on their back waists.

The scolding from the devils and puppet soldiers made the third platoon leader's heart skip a beat.

"broken!"

... When we set off, according to our original plan, each of us only brought a buck gun to prevent exposure.

Like everyone else, Heizi had a pistol pinned to his back, and felt that something was missing. "Platoon leader, let me load another grenade!"

"Nonsense, we wear less clothes, we are close, and we have too many weapons hidden on our bodies, so we can be easily spotted." The third platoon leader originally disagreed.

Heizi said: "Platoon leader, I'm thick, and it's not a bad thing to hide an extra grenade. My grenade can be thrown accurately. You know that this grenade is better than anything else against the devil's machine gun."

After thinking about it, too.

The third platoon leader didn't insist anymore, and nodded.

back to the front.

The third squad leader felt a little regretful at this time. Heizi would not have let Heizi install the grenade if he had known earlier. No one would have thought that the little devil's eyes were so vicious.

According to the original plan, after the two sides were completely close, the third platoon leader ordered a sudden attack.

With a sudden change of mind, facing the questioning of the devils and the puppet army, and even raising the muzzle of the gun, the third platoon leader knew that the soldiers couldn't help but make a move, so he hurriedly stood in front of the soldiers and moved towards The devil and the puppet army bowed to accompany the crime and said: "Taijun, boss, don't get me wrong, my cousin, he is a fool, because the family doesn't have enough to eat, so he always likes to hide things on his body, such as wood and stones, or something. Treat it as delicious!"

Fool?

The devil could understand Chinese, so he looked towards Heizi.

"Eat, here you go, eat!"

Heizi looked silly, when he laughed, the two piles of flesh on his face almost completely covered his eyes, and he dug out a big lump from his nostrils that hadn't been cleaned for a long time. put it on his mouth, licked it with great enjoyment, then handed it to the devils and puppet soldiers with a smirk, and said in a childish, silly and stupid tone, "Eat, it's delicious!"

vomit--

When Heizi took the big lump of booger out of his mouth, the puppet soldier couldn't help but gag, the food in his stomach seemed to be churning, and he didn't even want to eat lunch.

The little devil was obviously stunned for a while, and then he felt that he was suspicious, and put the gun down.

But checking is still necessary.

"It turned out to be a fool, let him take out the things hidden in his waist."

"Okay, okay!" The third platoon leader smiled apologetically, turned his head, glared at Heizi and cursed: "You idiot, what mess are you hiding on your body again? Why don't you show it to the prince! "

While talking, the third platoon leader winked at Heizi and the other four with the ghosts and puppet soldiers behind his back.

Everyone understood immediately.

"Hey, it's delicious!" Heizi said, as if he wanted to put the lump of booger on his finger into his mouth again.

But he was slapped away by the leader of the third platoon, "Fool, hurry up, show the things to Taijun."

When saying these words, the third platoon leader couldn't help cursing secretly in his heart, this kid really looks like a fool, even I can't tell whether he is really stupid or fake.

Heizi smiled foolishly, as if he understood the meaning of the three-row length, as if looking for a baby, he touched his waist, and then slowly opened his clothes, revealing a small section of wooden stick.

At this moment, the first thought that came to the minds of the devils and puppet soldiers:
This idiot really eats wood?
Then, Heizi, who was still stupid in their eyes, speeded up in vain, and quickly pulled out the wooden handle. The devils and puppet soldiers only felt a blur before their eyes, "Grenade with wooden handle!", and were stunned for half a second.

Heizi's speed was getting faster and faster. After quickly pulling out the wooden-handled grenade hidden on his waist, he tore off the lead wire and threw it towards the only center line machine gun fortification on the outskirts of the stronghold that was guarding the devil's machine gunner.

The three platoon leaders pulled out their shell guns at the same time, and while firing, shouted, "Hit—"

clap clap-

The soldiers had already received the order to prepare to do it under the wink of the third platoon leader, and the speed at this moment was quite fast.

The five shell guns were pulled out from the back of the waist almost at the same time, and they fired at the devils and puppet soldiers.

The leader of the devil group and two or three puppet troops beside him were directly shot to death.

The grenade with a wooden handle thrown by Heizi also slammed into the outer fortifications of the little devil and the machine gun fortifications on the center line.

Heizi didn't brag, he threw the grenade very accurately.

Wang Gensheng, the leader of the bombing team, came to him several times and wanted to invite him to join the bombing team, but Heizi couldn't bear to be in the third row, so he never went.

In addition, this is a wooden-handled grenade produced by the Eighth Route Army Arsenal itself, with a very short delay, and some even exploded when shot.

As soon as the grenade hit under the light machine gun on the center line, it exploded directly, and it was too close to the devil's machine gunner, almost sticking the grenade to the devil's face. Even if it was made in the border area, it could easily kill the devil.

After the firepower breakthrough was achieved immediately, the leader of the third platoon gave an order, and led his five-man team, quickly posted towards the devil's outer machine gun fortifications, and exchanged fire with the Japanese and puppet troops who rushed out when they heard the gunshots.

the other side.

Although the third platoon leader's agility and Heizi's excellent acting skills successfully avoided direct exposure and successfully attacked the Japanese and puppet troops.

But all of this was beyond expectations for Zhu Wu, commander of the Ninth Company, and Li Wenjie, the instructor, who were preparing in the rear.

The situation didn't go according to the original plan, the third platoon leader and they obviously haven't bordered the devils yet!
But the battle has already begun, and the situation is urgent. If they don't do anything, the third platoon leader won't last long.

"attack!"

Zhu Wu directly issued a combat order, took the lead, and led the main force of the third company to charge towards the stronghold.

The trumpeters of the third company blew the charge horn at the same time.

What we want is this kind of beleaguered atmosphere. When the charge horn is sounded, the pressure on the third platoon leader can be relieved a lot.

Li Wenjie, who was at the end, also quickly ordered, "Hurry up, fire smoke bombs in the direction of the devil's stronghold, and cover the charge!"

"Yes!"

The four soldiers quickly started to work, two of them were operating two grenade launchers, and the other two were responsible for loading the shells.

boom!
One shot was fired, but there was a deviation in the aiming head, and the shell landed on the hillside to the right of the devil's stronghold. The smoke soon filled the air, but it did not cover the stronghold.

"What's the matter, missed the shot? Aim at the devil's stronghold!"

Li Wenjie was dumbfounded.

The other grenadier didn't even fire the shells.

The situation was completely unexpected.

"Instructor, there seems to be something wrong with the firing lever of this grenade." The soldier operating the grenade was sweating, and hurriedly checked and repaired it.

At this critical moment, something went wrong.

One grenadier missed, and the other directly malfunctioned.

In just a short moment, what I paid was the price of life.

The Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold did not have smoke bombs to cover their sight. After sensing the attack of the Eighth Route Army, they quickly mobilized their firepower to counterattack.

The three light machine guns facing west were quickly mobilized eastward.

In addition, the devils even hid a few light machine guns and a few grenade launchers in the bungalows in the stronghold.

Facing the main charge of the third platoon, the devil immediately mobilized the grenadier and fired at the charging Eighth Route Army team.

The Devil's 500-type grenade launcher can carry out curved fire strikes, with an effective range of [-] meters. Even across the bungalows in the stronghold, it can still bombard the three rows of charging teams.

The third platoon leader and his party relied on the fortifications outside the stronghold to exchange fire with the Japanese and puppet troops, but within a short period of time, they had no choice but to use the grenadiers fired by the devils hidden behind the bunker.

The shells exploded in the three rows of the charge. Several soldiers died on the spot and many more were injured.

Zhu Wu, whose eyes were almost shattered, roared, "Spread out, charge in a scattered manner!"

"Well, what happened to the instructor?"

boom--

With the help of the grenadier that could be used, after the shell was fired again, the smoke bomb finally hit the devil's stronghold, and the thick smoke scattered in the peripheral fortification area, quickly covering the sight of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Li Wenjie finally breathed a sigh of relief, "That's the direction, keep firing!"

The soldiers in charge of launching the grenades fired two more smoke bombs in a row, all of which fell on the outer fortification area of ​​the devil's stronghold.

At this time, another grenade was also repaired, "Instructor, the fault has been resolved, and this grenade can be used at any time."

Li Wenjie was overjoyed. Seeing that the charging team in front of him was not going well, he shouted: "The No. [-] grenadier continues to fire smoke bombs towards the devil's stronghold. After the smoke bomb is finished, quickly follow up. The No. [-] grenadier takes the shells and follows." I charge, close the distance, and use artillery fire to cover the attack."

"Yes!"

boom--

The smoke in the stronghold became thicker and denser, and the devils and puppet soldiers who were covering their sights could hardly see the enemy troops on the periphery. The grenadiers that had exposed their fangs could only fire blindly.

It's just that Zhu Wu, commander of the Ninth Company, has already ordered the charging team to disperse.The artillery fire fired blindly by the devils did not have much effect.

The situation began to reverse towards Jiulian.

Zhu Wu seized the opportunity and roared angrily to take the lead in attacking: "Put away the guns, let's rush to the stronghold first!"

With a charging distance of nearly 400 meters, under the full speed of the soldiers running at full speed, it took less than a minute to successfully approach the outer fortifications and meet with the third platoon leader and his party.

At this time, the smog that enveloped the devil's stronghold quickly faded with the continuous strong wind blowing on Xiaotong Road.

In the stronghold, the devil's machine guns rang out in succession. Judging from the sound, there were at least five of them.

The three light machine guns facing west from the stronghold should have also been transferred.

Five light machine guns blocked the fire, and the ninth company commander and the third platoon leader were suppressed behind the peripheral fortifications.

"Company commander, the situation is a little bad. Once the smoke clears, the devil's grenadier shells will hit us. I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand it!"

"Go ahead!"

The third platoon leader roared.

Zhu Wu scolded: "Let the little devil block the front with a machine gun, charge, how to charge? Charge up, it is purely a living target!"

was talking.

boom -

Suddenly there were two explosions in the stronghold, and the firepower of the devil's two light machine guns also stopped abruptly.

Surprised, Zhu Wu turned his head to see, good guy, the instructor followed up with two grenade launchers.

Who dares to say that the instructor is a frail scholar?

The reaction on this battlefield is not slow.

"Grenade! Follow my order and throw it out together, and then take advantage of the instructor's cover with artillery fire to launch an attack directly!"

"Get ready, throw!"

Dozens of grenades swaying in strange dancing postures flew into the air from under the outer fortifications in an instant, and then fell chaotically in the stronghold, exploding.

"kill--"

beep beep beep beep beep—

The loud charge horn sounded again, and the commander of the ninth company led the main force of the ninth company to launch a fierce attack.

In the rear, after seeing the ninth company commander and his party launch a charge, Li Wenjie quickly ordered to stop the bombardment of the grenade to prevent accidental injury.

"Follow the company commander!"

After Li Wenjie gave the order, he put the rifle on his back and ran towards the stronghold.

within the stronghold.

The charge launched by Zhu Wu was quickly blocked by the firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Earlier, Li Wenjie used a grenadier to destroy two of the devil's machine gun fortifications, but the other three machine gun fortifications suddenly sounded after Zhu Wu and others charged, and the fourth machine gun fired. The devil erected it on the roof of the bungalow.

The firepower poured down instantly.

Five or six soldiers rushing to the front row were directly shot down.

Then, it seemed that a few surrendered national army leaders turned around and retreated first. The recruits who charged together were also stunned by the devil's firepower. Seeing the retreating front row soldiers, they also quickly retreated.

Zhu Wu, commander of the Ninth Company, who was holding a Czech-style gun, was completely dumbfounded.

I didn't give the order to retreat!

The key point is that these surrendered national troops and recruits retreated, but the retreat was very disorderly, and some soldiers directly blocked Zhu Wu's follow-up cover machine gun fire.

"Well, put me on the top, who told you to retreat? If you retreat now, all the previous efforts will be wasted!"

Following Zhu Wu's roar, the veterans of the Ninth Company rushed into the stronghold unambiguously, and launched a local fire battle with the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold.

The old devil who erected the light machine gun on the roof of the bungalow is still shooting. This old devil's marksmanship is very accurate, and his mentality is even more stable. The crooked light machine gun he uses fires in short bursts. Two bursts directly kill the three recruits. shoot down.

The Ninth Company Commander's heart was almost bleeding, the firepower of the devils hiding in the stronghold was beyond everyone's expectations.

The marksmanship and reflexes of this old devil are even more frightening. There is only one squad of devils, and two squads of puppet soldiers can launch such a powerful counterattack.

"Hidden, hidden!"

Zhu Wu hastily ordered that the old devil on the one-story roof was too much of a threat to everyone.

"A platoon leader, blow up the machine gun on the roof for me!"

"Yes!" The platoon leader replied. He knew that the devil on the roof was well hidden. If he wanted to deal with him, he had to throw a grenade from below, but this meant risking the firepower of several other machine guns. blockade.

At this time, anyone who went up would be close to death. Without saying a word, the first platoon leader grabbed a few grenades and prepared to rush over the fortifications.

At this moment, there was a sudden gunshot from the rear. The gunshot was inconspicuous, and even insignificant in this battle mixed with gunshots and artillery.

But what is shocking is that at the same time as the gunshot sounded, the firepower of the light machine gun on the roof of the bungalow stopped abruptly.

Immediately afterwards there was another gunshot, and the Devil machine gunner hidden on the left side of the bungalow behind the machine gun fortification was also shot dead.

Then came the third shot, again killing another machine gunner of the Devil.

The commander of the Ninth Company was ecstatic, but what made him a little puzzled was that he knew all the soldiers of the Ninth Company, and he had never heard of anyone with such sharp marksmanship.

"Well done, grandma, who fired these shots?"

The leader of the second platoon said: "Company commander, it seems that our instructor fought."

The Ninth Company Commander, who was a little surprised, turned his head, and after a glimpse, he found that the instructor Li Wenjie was squatting halfway, aiming with the [-]-type rifle in his hand.

The familiar gunshot sounded again, and another devil's deputy shooter who had just been attached to the light machine gun was shot down again.

So far, the devils in a class are almost dead.

Regardless of the shock in his heart, the Ninth Company Commander seized the fleeting opportunity and roared angrily: "Attack all! Who the hell, let me retreat, and I will directly collapse him!"

Naturally, no one dared to retreat this time.

Without the stronghold of the elite devils, there were only less than two squads of puppet troops left.

When a platoon leader rushed in, he yelled, "The Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is here. Those who want to survive hand in their guns and don't kill them. The Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially!"

The fighting will of the puppet troops is very unstable, especially those puppet troops who have been converted from the former security regiment and guarded in the stronghold.

The little devils are all dead, who are you going to show them to?
There was a crackling sound, and the puppet soldiers hurriedly threw the guns and ammunition in their hands on the ground, and then surrendered with their hands raised high.

So far, the battle at the stronghold in the middle section of Xiaotong Road has come to an end...

(End of this chapter)