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Chapter 245 Chapter 244, The Japanese surrounded the village. Are you afraid of breaking out?
Li Yuexuan was a little annoyed that they didn't completely wipe out the attacking devils. But if you think about it carefully, the firing range of each firepower point is limited, especially those small firepower points on the wall, the firing range is even smaller, so it is understandable to let the devils withdraw.

Therefore, Li Yuexuan immediately got out of the bunker and found Zhao Danian: "Captain, should we fire the mortars? I guarantee that we can blow up the enemy's artillery positions with rapid fire! Also, the grenade launchers should not be idle, they can also knock down the enemy's heavy machine gun positions."

"Comrade Youshun is very confident..." As Zhao Danian spoke, he stretched out his right hand, jumped up, and grabbed the top of the earthen wall. Then he lifted his feet and climbed up the wall. After finishing, he waved to Li Yuexuan, signaling him to go up.

When Li Yuexuan saw his captain waving at him, he ran a few steps quickly, put his toes on the wall for leverage, and then turned over and climbed onto the wall.

Then, the two of them lay on the wall, grabbed two sandbags and put them in front of their heads, looking towards the Japanese position to the west.

Their terrain was good, so they could see the Japanese positions digging the ground, as if they were digging trenches. On the western dirt hill, the Japanese artillery positions had no intention of moving or firing, and no one knew what they were doing. Of course, they also noticed the Japanese heavy machine gun positions on the northwest hillside, and found that they had not made any unusual movements.

"The Japanese have divided their forces, some are heading south... there are also some heading north..." The visibility was a little low at this time, but one could still see two Japanese teams leaving the main position and heading to the sides.

Neither of them spoke a word. They just watched the Japanese troops move south, north, and then east, blatantly acting as if they were surrounding the village.

"Ha, more than 200 Japanese soldiers have died, and they still feel it's not enough! Comrade Youshun, the brigade commander ordered us to hold back the Japanese soldiers, so we have to keep fighting!" Zhao Danian said, "We don't understand the specific strategic intentions, but if we hold the Japanese soldiers here to fight, they won't be able to go to the hinterland of our base to harm other people!"

"And we have plenty of bullets and weapons. We can even assemble grenades at any time, and reload bullets! Look, what good conditions are there for us to keep fighting? So, let's fight a war of attrition with the devils and consume their manpower! Don't worry, your mortars will not be left unused, and you will definitely teach the devils a profound lesson in the end!"

"Look, we have only suffered a few casualties so far. They were all injured by the rubble from bullets and shells. So, we should keep fighting while we can!"

The two of them stood on the wall, following the afterglow of the setting sun, and watched the Japanese surround the village without showing any sign of worry.

At this time, the guard teams in the east, north and south of the village all sent soldiers to report the latest situation of the Japanese: the Japanese were actually cutting down trees and planning to make a fire!
"Good man, are the Japs really planning to continue to fight with us?" Xing Weiguo shouted.

Zhao Danian, who had already descended from the fence, laughed when he heard this: "It just so happens that Peregrine and I were worried that the devils might run away!"

"The Japs are making a fire. Are they going to eat? Let's go and take a look!" Li Yuexuan said as he headed towards the nearest south wall.

The south wall of the village is not as good as the west wall! Because many families actually use the earthen wall on the south as their own courtyard wall. There are even many houses built on the wall! Therefore, if you want to get to the wall, you have to pass through some houses to get to the south wall.

Of course, that was the situation in the past. Now the entire periphery of the village is the base of our guerrillas, so these houses are the bases of each squad. And those reverse houses were also stripped of their roofs and re-supported, lowered in height, and reinforced, becoming civil engineering with three layers of log roofs. So, when Li Yuexuan and his team walked up the stairs on one side of these small civil engineering and stepped onto the top of the civil engineering, they could just show the height above their chest from the wall.

Therefore, everyone bent down slightly, lay on the wall, and watched the Japanese devils busying themselves in the south.

On the hilltop south of the village, more than 500 meters away from the village, the Japanese were digging and transporting felled dead branches, not paying any attention to the fact that someone in the village was watching them. Of course, Li Yuexuan found a small red dot hidden in the dark on his auxiliary panel, and he found the Japanese hiding in the dark and observing the village.

Seeing that the Japs had no intention of raising their guns to shoot, Li Yuexuan did not take the initiative to provoke them, but instead reminded the people around him to be careful of that area.

After watching the performance of the Japanese soldiers in the south, Zhao Danian spoke up: "The Japanese soldiers are planning to besiege the village! Tonight, we will be busy! Hu Lanzhou, pay attention to patrols in the village tonight, otherwise the Japanese soldiers will sneak in at night!"

"Don't worry, Captain. We will set up tripwires on the wall and hang mines on it soon! The entrance to the village will also be filled with mines! Anyway, we don't plan to go out through the main gate, so let the Japanese come!" Hu Lanzhou said confidently.

"Well, it's better to be careful! The command tonight is to fight the enemy, and the reply order is to serve the country! Do you remember?" Xing Weiguo said.

"Understood! Leave the night patrol to our class! If there is an emergency, we will fire warning shots!" Hu Lanzhou said.

"Well, we have conducted training to guard against enemy nighttime sneak attacks more than once, and the first actual combat will probably be tonight! So, don't make any mistakes!" Zhao Danian said.

Just as everyone was discussing how to prevent the Japanese from attacking at night, the Japanese Sakata Regiment was also explaining what to do at night. Sakata Nobutsu took a telescope and used the last bit of light to look at Liangjia Village, which was so quiet that even no dogs were barking. He said to his adjutant: "Tonight, we must be on guard! Remember, the bonfires for lighting must not be stopped, and half of the people must stay awake. We must not let the Eighth Route Army escape at night!"

"This village of Eighth Route Army is very unusual. I suspect there are important people here. If this is true, then in order to protect the safety of the important people, the Eighth Route Army will definitely break out at night and enter the mountains and forests to avoid our pursuit! So, don't slack off! Tomorrow morning, the 1st Battalion will arrive, and then it will be time for a full-scale attack!"

The situation was so dramatic! The Eighth Route Army did not want to leave, nor did they want the Japanese to withdraw immediately. They were on guard against the Japanese's nighttime sneak attacks.

The Japs didn't want to leave, nor did they want the Eighth Route Army to break out at night, so they were on guard against a nighttime surprise attack by the Eighth Route Army.

Well, do the two sides think alike?

(End of this chapter)