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Chapter 302 Chapter 301, Beiguan is not easy to fight
The Beiguan stronghold is located on the west side of the valley, slightly southwest of Li Yuexuan and his team.

Changyuan River, which flows from south to north, is blocked by the mountain at the foot of Hongzi Mountain to the north of Beiguan, and turns to flow west. After about 500 meters, Hongzi Mountain disappears, and Changyuan River makes a big loop here, flowing from east to west and turning from southwest to northeast. After flowing for 1 kilometer, it finally flows from south to north.

The sharp turn where Li Yuexuan and his team parked the car is at the western end of Hongzi Mountain, which is the location of the Changyuan River's backflow loop.

Of course, the convoy was on the highway, so there was this sharp turn. The new railway built by the Japanese was a tunnel that went directly through the mountain of Hongzi Mountain.

But at this moment, the north end of the tunnel had been blown down, and the south end had also been blown down. Hundreds of Eighth Route Army soldiers occupied Hongzi Mountain and set up heavy machine gun positions to confront the Japanese.

Because of the tunnel, the Japanese stronghold was not built on Hongzi Mountain, but was built at the location where the river turned west, next to a village called Beiguan.

Beiguan Village was not big and no one lived there at that time. The Japanese had set up their living area at the foot of the mountain, but they had built a watchtower and a group of linked bunkers on the hilltop right next to the village.

With this artillery tower, the river valley less than 400 meters away is completely within the range of the Japanese's firepower. Therefore, the Japanese only need to deploy a small number of troops here to safely control an area.

Therefore, when turning to the west side of Hongzi Mountain, Li Yuexuan's convoy had to stop and wait for an opportunity to pass.

"Hello, comrade. How is the battle situation here?" Li Yuexuan was not familiar with the people here, so he could only politely ask the soldiers who were setting up checkpoints on the road for information.

"Hello, comrade! I am the company commander of the 772th Company, 3rd Battalion, 9nd Regiment. My surname is Hu! Are you from the guerrillas? We received a notice saying that you are returning with a large amount of supplies, and asked us to do our best to ensure your safety. But... well, the fighting is still going on, you have to wait before you can pass!" Company Commander Hu greeted politely.

"Captain Hu? Have you been transferred here? How is the battle going?" Li Yuexuan asked.

"The battle is not going well!" Captain Hu motioned for everyone to lie down behind the sandbag fortifications, pointed to the top of the artillery tower on the mountain and said, "The Japanese artillery tower is too tricky, there are shooting holes at all angles, there are no blind spots at all! And because the Japanese stronghold is on the mountain, we fired some pepper bombs, but it didn't have much effect. Of course, it can't be said that there was no effect at all, but it was not as smooth as the Nanguan stronghold."

"Hello, Company Commander..." At this time, Hu Lanzhou and others had already gotten out of the car and rushed over to say hello.

"It's you, hurry over here and hide!" Captain Hu obviously knew Hu Lanzhou, after all, they were originally in the same regiment. So he greeted her warmly and continued to say to Li Yuexuan: "It is obvious that the enemy's machine guns are not as accurate as before, but this makes it more difficult for us to be accurate."

"The current situation is that if we don't eliminate the Japanese in the Beiguan stronghold, we won't be able to get through, right?" Li Yuexuan asked.

"Well, that's the situation! Look, dozens of comrades have sacrificed their lives just to capture this stronghold!" Captain Hu pointed at the soldiers lying on the mountain, looking a little sad. "So, how many Japanese soldiers are there in the stronghold? Didn't the 2nd Battalion eliminate some of them when they were blocking the enemy?" Li Yuexuan asked.

"Originally, there was a squadron and a company of puppet soldiers helping to patrol the road. When the Japanese came to reinforce, they sent out more than 100 Japanese soldiers and more than 100 puppet soldiers, but they were defeated by the 2nd Battalion. In the end, there were only more than 50 Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers who escaped back to the stronghold. After this period of fighting, there were no more than 100 Japanese soldiers in the stronghold, and there were basically no more than puppet soldiers." said Captain Hu.

"Okay, this is easy! Xiaotian, Hu Lanzhou, organize the guerrilla fighters to come over, we'll help out!" After understanding the specific situation, Li Yuexuan also had an idea, so he shouted.

"Hey, hey... wait, what do you want to do? You are not planning to launch an attack here, are you? That is the mission of our 9th Company, you just watch here!" Hu Qingche quickly stopped Li Yuexuan and the others.

"We won't launch an attack, we're just here to help! We're less than 400 meters away from the group of bunkers halfway up the hill. When you attack, we'll help you cover with grenade launchers, and we'll move forward and suppress the bunkers with fire from a position about 300 meters away," said Li Yuexuan.

"You guys...Okay, then come on!" Captain Hu Qingche raised his wrist, checked the time, and said, "The battalion commander's order is to launch an attack from multiple directions at 3:3, and there are still 10 minutes left. Look, my attack team is composed like this, you..."

After Captain Hu's introduction, Li Yuexuan also roughly understood the situation. His side was attacking the team; on the mountain ridge to the west of them, there was a company of the independent detachment, which would attack from the west; on Hongzi Mountain to the east, there would also be a team launching an attack; then to the east, southeast... there were about 6 companies, each sending part of their forces to besiege this hilltop position from different angles.

In other words, this group of Japanese artillery towers and bunkers will face a multi-pronged siege. Doing so can greatly disperse the Japanese firepower points, reduce the pressure of the attack, and reduce the difficulty.

Seeing that there were less than 10 minutes left, Li Yuexuan arranged the tasks for the soldiers he brought with him: Li Qingyun and Song Changsheng had grenade launchers, and they would serve as grenade launcher soldiers to assist the 9th Company's grenade launchers in suppressing shooting. Li Yuexuan himself, with Cai Xiaotian and Hu Lanzhou's vanguard squad, moved forward more than 100 meters, selected the right angle, and sniped the bunker.

Then, Li Yuexuan looked back and found that there was a large wooden cart next to the sandbag fortifications set up by the 9th Company.

The wooden cart has a high bulge in the middle, where the wheel is located, and two legs at the back, which form three points with the wheel for parking. Then, there is the handlebar, and there is a rope on the handlebar, commonly known as a rope.

There is a riddle that says: A big black man came from the south, pushing a cart but not getting on the leash. Well, that's a dung beetle...

When Li Yuexuan saw this car, he thought of something called a soil tank and thought he could try it out here. Don't doubt it, during the Anti-Japanese War, when the Eighth Route Army attacked the artillery tower, there really were soil tanks, but they were not as simple as those shown in the TV series.

Moreover, the earth tank also has its limitations! But this does not prevent us from using it...

(End of this chapter)