Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 519 Chapter 518, Let’s fight!
Joint battle report of the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment, the 385th Brigade 14th Regiment, and the 769th Regiment: In November, our troops launched a blocking and pursuit battle against the Japanese troops that broke out of Licheng 11 kilometers east of the Huting stronghold, and also launched a blocking and annihilation battle against the reinforcements of the Japanese troops in the Huting stronghold. The specific process...

A rough statistical result: 857 Japanese soldiers were annihilated in this battle, including 1 major general, 1 major, and more than 200 officers below the rank of captain and above the rank of corporal...

According to the latest situation, the main forces of our 769th Regiment and 14th Regiment, and the 2st Battalion of the Independent Regiment, are only kilometers away from the Huting stronghold, and the soldiers are in high spirits, have sufficient ammunition, and are eager to fight! Therefore, we request the brigade to report to the headquarters and approve our joint battle against the Huting stronghold! We plan to take advantage of the lack of troops in the Huting stronghold, concentrate our forces, and capture the stronghold...

"Well, these three guys sent the content of their request to the brigade directly to me?" At the headquarters, the deputy commander-in-chief looked at the telegram, feeling a little amused.

"But it's good this way. They still remember to report to their superiors, unlike Li Yunlong, who just does whatever he thinks of! Signalman, send them a telegram, agreeing to attack the Huting stronghold, but they need to rest before fighting! In addition, send a telegram to the 385th Brigade, telling them to send the heavy weapons stranded in Licheng. At this time, we should not lose troops in a battle like attacking the stronghold!"

The outcome of this battle was clear, and there were no more Japanese soldiers around, so the deputy commander issued a relatively mild order. Of course, this was only mild to his own soldiers, not to the Japanese soldiers!

The 385th Brigade actually received the telegram earlier than the headquarters. After reading the telegram, Brigade Commander Chen first smiled with satisfaction, and then began to mobilize the artillery without waiting for orders from the headquarters.

For Brigade Commander Chen, ambushing the enemy's troops last night was nothing, and retaking Licheng today was not enough. He also wanted to solve the Huting stronghold and make the defense area of ​​Licheng less of a nail. The soldiers were tired, and he was tired too. After all, he had run all the way here.

But he felt that his comrades could hold on, encourage each other, work harder, and grit their teeth to take down the stronghold. Besides, artillery also needed experience, there were still a lot of shells left from the headquarters, so they could take this opportunity to train...

In short, when the order from the headquarters reached the 385th Brigade, the artillerymen had already carried the disassembled heavy mortars and 82 mortars and rushed to the Huting stronghold. Behind the artillerymen were the people pushing carts and carrying loads, and the cooks who were mixed in with the people! That's right, after the people knew that they were going to attack the stronghold, they consciously found the quartermaster and helped to bring things.

Fortunately, the kitchen staff prepared meals for the soldiers, and the people could help carry them over! Some shells could also be carried over by the people, and heavy machine guns could also be put on carts and pushed over... In short, with the help of the people, the logistics pressure on the main force was indeed reduced a lot.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, on the mountain road east of the Huting stronghold, more than 2000 soldiers, who had rested and eaten and drunk their fill, appeared on the mountain road with weapons in hand.

Seeing the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese at the Huting stronghold decisively abandoned the trench fortifications outside the stronghold. Even the puppet soldiers were brought into the yard of the stronghold by the Japanese and given a lecture.

"The Locust Army said that this time, you must guard the bunkers in the outer circle! The Imperial Army provides you with food, water, clothes, weapons, ammunition, and military pay... As the saying goes, you raise an army for a thousand days but only use it for a moment. Now it's time to repay the Imperial Army!"

"As long as you hold these bunkers and persist until victory, the Imperial Army will reward each of you with 10 silver dollars! 10 silver dollars, not those paper money and military notes, but silver dollars! One silver dollar can buy three virgin girls, you can play with them however you want!" "So, brothers, fight well! The Imperial Army is watching us from the artillery tower! The Locust Army also said that whoever doesn't work hard will be shot in the back! Okay, go your separate ways!"

After the puppet army's translator finished translating for the puppet soldiers, he went to the artillery tower. As a translator, his status was much higher than that of the puppet soldiers...

In the artillery tower, the Japanese officers were mobilizing the Japanese soldiers before the war: "Listen carefully, there will be reinforcements coming from Xiangyuan, and they will probably arrive before dark! Therefore, we must do our best to protect the stronghold and never let the Eighth Route Army occupy it! If the stronghold is lost, the Eighth Route Army will be able to connect Licheng with Wuxiang and the large areas around Xiangyuan, which will be very disadvantageous to us!"

The Japs were nervously preparing for battle and occupied the artillery towers and bunkers inside the stronghold, leaving only the machine gun bunkers outside the stronghold to be guarded by the puppet army, intending to use the puppet army as cannon fodder.

The puppet soldiers were not stupid and knew the Japs' plan, but they were helpless and could only hide in the bunkers, raise their guns, and fight to the death.

However, what surprised the Japanese and puppet troops was that the Eighth Route Army only stopped outside the stronghold to build positions and did not launch an attack immediately. This was different from before!

However, seeing the Eighth Route Army appearing in all directions, the Japanese and the puppet army all knew that this group of Eighth Route Army was serious, and there were quite a few of them, 10 times their strength! 10 times the strength, all they saw were the Eighth Route Army working, and the Japanese felt weak in the knees!

As if they sensed the tension between the puppet army and the devils, the Eighth Route Army working around them didn't want to stop! Seeing that the Eighth Route Army had dug trenches in suitable places around them, put up sandbags, placed heavy machine guns, and placed grenade launchers, the puppet army was desperate!

"How can we fight with so many Eighth Route Army soldiers? We will die no matter how we fight! It's just a matter of making a living, why is it so difficult?" In a certain bunker, a puppet soldier was complaining.

"Hey, I heard that when fighting with the Eighth Route Army, as long as we point our guns into the sky and fire, the Eighth Route Army will not attack us. Is this true or false? Anyway, we are all family members in the bunker, and as long as the gunfire is intense enough, the Imperial Army will not say that we are not fighting hard, right? The Imperial Army did not say how many bullets it takes to kill an Eighth Route Army soldier, right?" At this time, a puppet soldier was there giving advice.

"Everything is fine. According to our secret observation, we found that the current situation is that the bunkers outside the stronghold are all puppet troops, and the ones inside are the devils! Therefore, during the battle, try not to hurt these puppet troops, and shoot with restraint! As long as the puppet troops' guns are not pointed at us, let them go for the time being, and don't shoot those who hold up the white flag!"

At this time, the political commissar and instructor of the Eighth Route Army were speaking to the attacking team. Although they didn't say it explicitly, it was easy to guess that among these puppet troops, there were probably our intelligence personnel...

(End of this chapter)