Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 520 Chapter 519, Lao Li's Advice
With two main regiments, one main battalion, and the brigade's artillery battalion to help, today's battle was not difficult. The difficult part was that there were comrades among the puppet army, and they needed to avoid them during the battle!
The comrades on the secret front were actually helpless. As an important stronghold at the transportation node adjacent to Wuxiang, Xiangyuan and Licheng counties, the comrades on the secret front naturally had to grasp the intelligence here! And the best way to grasp the intelligence was to infiltrate the enemy... So, some comrades mixed into the puppet army and provided intelligence to the organization when necessary.

Otherwise, how could the headquarters know about the enemy's military movements? The comrades on the secret front made an indelible contribution!

But here is the problem. Now we are at war, fighting a decisive battle. We need to take down this stronghold and make it no longer exist! And what is the fatal thing? This decision was made temporarily. If there was no telegram requesting to fight, the comrades on the secret front would not even know about it!

Now we know that we can’t let our comrades who have infiltrated the enemy be mistaken for puppet soldiers and eliminated by our own comrades, right? That would be a big loss! So, the political commissars warned the soldiers to pay attention.

"Political Commissar, aren't you making things difficult for us? There are dozens or even hundreds of puppet troops in the stronghold, how can we divide them? We have to fight the devils and guard against the puppet troops at the same time. We can't fight this battle!"

"Instructor, it's not that we are disobedient, but you can't let us gamble with the lives of our comrades that the puppet army won't shoot at us, right? Otherwise, you can let others take the lead?"

"We are really not afraid of death, but we can't die in humiliation. Whether it's fighting the Japanese or the puppet army, we will roll up our sleeves and do it without saying a word! But we are fighting while not fighting... What should we do?"

The soldiers complained a lot, especially the comrades of the 385th Brigade! There was nothing they could do. They hadn't had a good rest for several days and were already angry. This made them even angrier!

The soldiers' complaints fell into Li Yunlong's ears without missing a single one! Our old Li's habit is to walk around the battlefield before the battle, and it happened that he heard this!
In this battle, as compensation for the comrades of the 385th Brigade, the independent regiment exists as a reserve force! That's why Old Li has time to wander around. Now that he heard about this, Old Li walked up to Captain Zheng and Captain Kong and looked at them with a smile.

"Old Li, what's with that expression on your face? Are you here to laugh at us two brothers?" Captain Kong, the famous big shot, started to scold Li Yunlong.

"Comrade Lao Li, I know you have a quick mind. If you have any good ideas, please bring them up immediately. We are comrades who have climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands together. Don't hide them!" said Captain Zheng.

"Here's my opinion. Okay, I'll tell you guys about it! Just listen to me. First do this, then do this..."

Time passed quickly, and suddenly a group of soldiers wielding engineer pickaxes and engineer shovels appeared on the Eighth Route Army's side. They waved their tools, selected a piece of soft land by the river, and began to dig towards the Huting stronghold. With a burst of dust, a curved communication trench that could only accommodate two people walking side by side appeared outside the stronghold.

Just in front of this communication trench, 150 meters away from the stronghold, the comrades who were digging suddenly went in the opposite direction and expanded from north to south to form a trench parallel to the position of the bunker outside the stronghold.

This scene was naturally seen by the puppet army and the devils. The puppet army was just watching the fun, but the devils were not happy and kept firing cold guns.

At this time, a soldier holding a sniper rifle appeared in the right position and fired at the firing holes of the enemy's turret. It's true that the snipers under Lao Li were of good quality, especially Comrade Wang Xikui, who could kill a Japanese soldier with one shot at a distance of more than 500 meters!
The soldiers who followed Comrade Wang Xikui were also equipped with semi-automatic rifles, and they could easily shoot bullets into the firing holes of the Japanese turrets. "Old Zheng, do you think Li Yunlong came up with this idea just to let us watch his sniper perform there? If this continues, there is no need to attack, the sniper can kill the Japanese!" Commander Kong said to Commander Zheng while looking at the bloodstains in the turret through binoculars.

"That's impossible. The Japanese are not stupid. Seeing that the situation is hopeless, they probably gave up! Didn't you hear what the comrades in the intelligence department said? Xiangyuan and Wuxiang have sent reinforcements to the Japanese, and their target is naturally this side! Maybe the Japanese also hope to fight with us slowly, slowly consume our strength, and wait for the arrival of reinforcements!" said Captain Zheng.

"That won't do. We are a tired army now. Attacking this stronghold is already our limit!" said Captain Kong.

"Don't worry, Lao Li's idea will be good! It's a pity that we didn't meet that guy Peregrine Falcon this time! If the guerrilla special forces were here, would we have to go through so much trouble?" Captain Zheng said in a reminiscing tone.

"You're right. The Japanese don't dare to show up!" said Captain Kong.

An hour passed in the blink of an eye. The trenches dug in front had expanded to a distance of more than ten meters, and there was finally movement on the Eighth Route Army side.

At the artillery battalion position, the soldiers of the 385th Brigade's heavy mortar company were on full alert, and under the loader's feet was a huge mortar shell. What was different from before was that the first two shells were painted normally, but behind them were two mortar shells painted with a red chili logo.

At the forefront of the attack position, more than 600 meters away from the Japanese, the comrades of the artillery battalion had indeed set up the 82 mortar at the edge of the trench, with the muzzle pointing directly at the outer wall of the turret of the stronghold.

"Okay, comrades from the spearhead platoon, follow me..." On the battlefield, there were commando soldiers, holding assault rifles, Qi Lali light machine guns, shotguns, rocket launchers and other light and heavy weapons, and under the leadership of the newly elected spearhead platoon leader, they quietly entered the communication trench and soon appeared in the trench in front.

Here, 150 meters away from the bunker outside the Japanese stronghold, anyone with good eyesight can see the faces of the puppet soldiers in the bunker. Of course, the puppet soldiers also noticed the sharp knife platoon soldiers appearing in the trenches.

Just as everyone was looking at each other from a distance, someone suddenly took out a tin loudspeaker and began to shout to the puppet soldiers: "We are the 385th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. The puppet soldiers in front listen up, immediately lay down your weapons, raise the white flag and surrender. We, the Eighth Route Army, treat prisoners well and will not kill you if you surrender your weapons! The puppet soldiers in front listen up..."

After shouting five times in a row, the content of the call changed: "Don't worry about the Japanese shooting at you from behind, just run without worry, don't carry weapons in your hands! When I count to ten, the Japanese will be finished! 5, 10, 9..." The soldiers began to count, but at the heavy position behind, the loader picked up the heavy shell and placed it on the muzzle.

(End of this chapter)