Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

In Guantao Township, the hand-to-hand combat that the guerrillas had expected did not come soon.

Perhaps it was the trauma of the previous battle that had cast a shadow on the Japanese and puppet troops, or perhaps the four explosions of the shotgun just now were too shocking, so that the remaining puppet troops, like the Japanese, did not dare to move forward, but stopped in the fields outside the village, in the woods by the river, on the graves on the hillside, and continuously fired at the village.

The puppet soldiers were very cunning when they opened fire. They hid their bodies tightly, only raised their rifles above their heads, and fired in the direction of the village. They were completely blind. But this also saved themselves well, at least the Eighth Route Army in the village couldn't see them, right?
The battle had been going on for a day and a night. The Japanese had been blocked by various forces since they attacked Yangyi, and they had suffered continuous casualties. Perhaps it was because the troops guarding the Yangyi line were local regiments and guerrilla brigades, and their equipment was obviously inferior to that of the Japanese, and they had very little ammunition, which allowed the Japanese to break through several lines of defense in succession.

Despite this, the two troops still blocked the enemy's attack and held out until the arrival of the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment. In fact, if the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment had not arrived, the enemy would have been able to break through the last line of defense and reach the Cross Ridge after the local regiment and the county brigade had used up all their ammunition.

But it happened that at this last moment, the Independent Regiment arrived and the New 1st Regiment arrived, so the division commander took away the troops that had been prepared for the last line of defense with confidence and handed it over to Li Yunlong.

Outside Guantao Village, the Japanese captain Kawano was not angry because the team was stagnant. Just as he said before, they were not in a hurry now, they just put continuous pressure on the Eighth Route Army in the village and consumed the Eighth Route Army's ammunition, and finally the Japanese went up to win the battle.

Kawano already knew that the mountain artillery battalion of his brigade had arrived in Yangyi, so he was even less anxious! In his opinion, it was better to consume artillery shells to deal with the Eighth Route Army in the village ahead than to consume the lives of soldiers. This was not the beginning of the war, the Japanese had already deeply felt the shortage of troops, especially after the Pacific battlefield was opened up.

It was precisely because of this that Gangcun made a desperate move and mobilized all the troops he could to launch this large-scale sweep! According to Gangcun's battle plan, after completing this sweep, the Japanese controlled the Jizhong Plain, had a place to capture labor and plunder food, and could even capture some young people to be cannon fodder.

Then the second step is to destroy the Taiyue Military Region and turn it into a controlled area by the devils. The advantage is that without the Taiyue Military Region, the Japanese troops who have occupied Zhongtiao Mountain will have no worries. They can look down on the Yellow River port from a high position and can cross the river to attack Henan at any time without worrying about the Eighth Route Army stabbing them in the back.

The third step is to sweep across the Taihang Military Region, destroy the Eighth Route Army's headquarters command system, and make the Eighth Route Army lose effective command and dispatch, and then repeatedly sweep across the Taihang Region to severely damage or even occupy it. Even if this goal cannot be achieved, it must be turned into a no-man's land! In this way, the Eighth Route Army in North China will only have places like Beiyue District left, and the devils can also draw more troops to sweep here.

Of course, the ultimate goal of the devils is to solve their predicament in North China, so that more Japanese troops can be withdrawn from the domestic battlefield and enter the new battlefield. And the whole of North China, like the three northeastern provinces, will become a resource base and a recruiting base for the devils, and a refueling station for them to continue to wage war, rather than a place for continuous consumption and bleeding.

The wish is good, and there are some results, but the devils underestimated the determination and perseverance of the Eighth Route Army in the war of resistance, and overestimated their combat effectiveness! For example, now, an ordinary guerrilla team is willing to block the devil's attack with an attitude of total sacrifice, so that the devil cannot move forward.

"Forward, keep forward! Messenger, tell the Imperial Army that the Eighth Route Army has no bullets, keep attacking, otherwise you will all be shot!" Outside the village, seeing that the stalemate had lasted for more than 20 minutes, Captain Hojo became anxious.

"What? Continue to attack? The Eighth Route Army has no bullets?" The company commander of the Imperial Army heard the order, looked at the bodies that were already getting cold, and didn't believe it at all. Of course, he didn't believe that the Eighth Route Army had no bullets, but he believed the words of the devils that they would all be shot. So, he could only use his authority as a company commander and order the Imperial Army to continue the attack. "Brothers, go ahead. You may not die if you go ahead. If you don't, once the Imperial Army opens fire, we will all be dead!" Someone in the puppet army shouted, urging everyone to continue the attack.

"Charge, kill..." There were still more than 100 puppet soldiers. Hearing the call, they no longer cared about hiding and raised their guns to charge.

"Fuck your ancestors, you can't hold it back anymore?" In the village, Captain Wang raised his box gun, glanced at the puppet soldiers, and shouted loudly: "Wait, when you hear my gunshot, everyone open fire together. We must be worthy of the ammunition given by the comrades of the independent regiment!"

"Captain, don't worry, it will be fine!" The guerrillas in the village responded one after another.

Why did the guerrillas suddenly have bullets? The reason is very simple. Political Commissar Zhao asked the transport team to deliver them! The transport team sent a platoon of soldiers, pushing 10 wheelbarrows, to deliver more than 3 rounds of bullets to the comrades in the village, as well as 6 Type 30 light machine guns, 40 Type rifles, and a whole box of grenade launchers.

At the same time, the comrades in this platoon also stayed in the village, intending to act together with the comrades from the county brigade until the evacuation!

So, after getting enough bullets and weapons, Captain Wang felt more confident and stronger, and could continue to fight the Japanese! However, seeing that the comrades in the independent regiment's transport team had ten semi-automatic rifles in each platoon, and even two assault rifles, Captain Wang was full of envy. This level of equipment is worthy of being a main force regiment!

However, Captain Wang was also very happy to see the guerrillas operating the Type 99 light machine gun. People say that the Type 99 light machine gun is terrible, but no matter how terrible a machine gun is, it is still a machine gun!

In the south of the village, the puppet troops had no idea that the Eighth Route Army in the village had improved its strength so much in such a short period of time. They were still charging under the supervision of the devils...

It was getting closer and closer, less than 100 meters, less than 50 meters... Seeing that the front row of the puppet army had reached the best firing range of the box gun, Captain Wang finally fired the horizontally mounted box gun!
Bang, bang, bang... Automatic shooting, muzzle jumping, the box gun fired at the level of a submachine gun, and the bullets hit the puppet army in a fan-shaped pattern. At this time, the sound of gunfire in the village suddenly became dense! The muzzles of the six crooked handle guns were on fire, and the 6 bullets in the magazine were constantly fired, making the puppet soldiers feel the enthusiasm brought to them by the bullets.

The comrades of the newly arrived independent regiment transport team were physically tired, but their spirits were high! They didn't even bother to shoot at the puppet army, but aimed all their guns at the devils behind them! 10 semi-automatic rifles, 2 assault rifles, 2 Qi Lali light machine guns, 3 grenade launchers, and more than a dozen Type rifles were firing supplementary fire, all aimed at the devils! (End of this chapter)