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Chapter 318 Chapter 317, Zhaodian Takes Over
Captain Pi seemed to be unknown during the Anti-Japanese War, but his command ability was unquestionable! The name of the Division Special Forces Regiment was enough to explain the problem! Someone like Li Yunlong could not be the commander of the Special Forces Regiment.

The time for attacking Licheng has been set, and the guerrilla artillery platoon is also fortunate to participate, which makes everyone excited. However, the time is the day after tomorrow, which is not so good.

The weather on the second day was still good, but the temperature was getting colder. Today, the third echelon on standby near Zhaodian launched an attack, ready to take down the Zhaodian stronghold in one fell swoop.

At eight o'clock in the morning, troops from the third echelon appeared outside the Zhaodian stronghold. They set up heavy machine guns and launched suppressive fire on the two bunkers in Zhaodian.

"Fight! Fight hard and suppress the Japanese!" On the bank of the Zhuozhang River, Captain Gao pointed at the firing hole of the bunker in front and shouted to the heavy machine gunner beside him.

"Captain, it would be great if there were guerrillas here right now! Comrade Peregrine can suppress the Japanese bunkers with a grenade launcher and kill the machine gunners inside." The company commander of the supplementary brigade said on the side.

"Don't think about those unnecessary things. Our attack this time is just an auxiliary attack. We are not the specific attacking team! Really, they still treat us as a team of recruits!" Captain Gao said.

"Who can I blame?" The company commander muttered to himself and turned his attention to the attacking team in front of him.

The main attack team was the comrades of the Special Forces Regiment. Attacking bunkers at close range was something that only experienced veterans could do.

So, under everyone's envious eyes, the comrades of the Special Forces Regiment pushed a few "earth tanks" out of the attack position and rushed forward under the bullets fired from the bunker.

"Is this earth tank made by Comrade Peregrine still very useful..." Looking at the "earth tank" that was emitting white steam due to the hot bullets, Captain Gao couldn't help but sigh.

"Wind direction, pay attention to the wind direction, make sure to fire at the upwind side..." Seeing the earth tanks rushing out, the grenade throwers waiting in the attacking team finally fired more than a dozen grenades.

The speed of the grenade is faster than that of a person! Therefore, in just a few seconds, the dozen grenades landed on the upwind side of the bunker and exploded. Amid the booming explosions, large clouds of black smoke followed the river wind and drilled into the firing holes of the Japanese bunker, into the Japanese noses, and into the Japanese lungs...

"Cough cough...A-choo..." The scene at the Nanguan stronghold was re-enacted. The Japanese were well taken care of by the pungent smell of pepper smoke. For a while, coughs, sneezes, and curses rang out in the two bunkers. What the attacking team saw was that the Japanese machine gun bullets had no rules anymore and were completely firing randomly.

"Damn it, stay out of the way and don't get hit by stray bullets!" Looking at the bullets flying everywhere, the veterans were all terrified. This was a gamble with their lives!
Fortunately, these bullets could not penetrate the multiple layers of defense of the earth tank, and the veterans pushed the earth tank and finally approached to a place just over 50 meters away from the bunker. Then, they could not push it anymore because there were barbed wire and isolation trenches in front of them.

But this was enough! The three earth tanks facing each other provided a very close cover for the attacking team. So, some veterans quickly ran to the earth tanks along the shelter area provided by the earth tanks. When there were enough people, the earth tanks were pushed open, and the big pliers stretched out and cut the barbed wire with a click.

"Just cut the rope and push the box forward. We'll step over the box! Before the attack, use grenades to cover us!" The captain in charge of the attack commanded calmly.

Bang, bang, bang... The machete hit the rope, and the wooden box tied to the cart was untied and ready to be pushed down at any time. Then, grenades were thrown out, and everyone pushed the boxes down together. The wooden box covered with a quilt was pressed on the wire mesh. The wire mesh with caltrops was easily pushed open with a big gap because the horizontal line in the middle was cut by the clamp.

With the help of hand grenades, the commandos bravely rushed through the gap and rushed to the front of the bunker. Then, there was nothing else. The hand grenade was thrown into the firing hole, and it was done with a bang.

"This is not bad. In the past, we had to sacrifice more than a dozen lives to break through this layer of barbed wire! Now, at least we can charge to the distance in front of the barbed wire!"

"Yes, the bunker was destroyed, and the remaining Japanese soldiers...they actually abandoned their base and fled! Are they still Japanese soldiers?"

In everyone's surprised eyes, the Japanese who had been entrenched in Zhaodian actually abandoned their base and fled along the road towards Licheng! Didn't the Japanese know that Licheng had been surrounded this morning? Well, it seems that the Japanese really didn't know, because the telephone line here was cut and taken away the day before yesterday, and the radio station in this base was broken.

It seems that the devils here have learned the true teachings of General Huang during the Battle of Lanfeng! The Eighth Army defending Shangqiu said that the radio was broken, and then withdrew, leaving the city to a battalion of the 16th Division without firing a shot! That was the 16th Division, the culprit of the Nanjing Massacre, and they let it in without firing a shot.

Well, maybe this is what they learned from their principal! Resolutely no resistance!

Seeing the Japanese abandon their base and flee, the many teams attacking the base were shocked. Because everyone had made several plans, no one thought that the Japanese would escape!
The Japanese were helpless, we were not really afraid of death! The bunkers were gone, and if we continued to defend this stronghold, we would inevitably die! We had been fighting for several months, and we were tired...

"Chase them quickly! What are you waiting for?" Captain Gao Da and his team were on the flank of the stronghold, so they were the closest team. He decisively ordered a pursuit.

So, just one day before the main attack on Licheng started, a pursuit battle was fought in Zhaodian.

Of course, this matter was not informed to Li Yuexuan until that evening! At this time, Li Yuexuan had already brought the guerrilla guard squad, artillery platoon and reconnaissance platoon to Tinghepu.

"What was the final result?" Li Yuexuan asked Captain Gao.

"Haha, the fact that we can pick you up here means that the Japanese have been eliminated! Look, the saber we just seized has blood on it. They have killed many of our civilians!" Captain Gao showed Li Yuexuan a newly seized command knife.

"Blood for blood, tooth for tooth! Tomorrow is the day for us to take revenge!" Looking at the bloodstains on the cold blade, Li Yuexuan's voice also became cold.

(End of this chapter)