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"Captain, the enemy we are facing came from Yangquan! Yangquan is the headquarters of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade after all. They should be the strongest enemy, right? Is that the case? It doesn't look like that!"

"Captain, what do you think? Should we hold back a little? We've been waiting for a whole day and a whole night, and we finally managed to get the enemy here. Don't scare them away!"

"Don't be so optimistic! Remember, you should underestimate the enemy strategically and take him seriously tactically! But you are right, we should hold back for now, it would be bad if we scare them away! Signalman, get me in touch with the regiment command! You are a bunch of killers, and you have come to a good time. You have all the equipment you need. I was the one who walked with bayonets in my arms all night long!"

"Hahaha..." Joyful laughter spread across the battlefield. There was no tense atmosphere before the great war at all.

Well, this is not surprising! You have to know that the ones here are not just ordinary Eighth Route Army soldiers, but the main force of the Beishan Detachment!
The difference between the main force regiment and the ordinary brigade is that the soldiers were originally composed of 500 Licheng youths with martial arts background. Of course, half of these youths have gone to other troops now, and those who remain have at least three major war experiences and at least one record of killing the enemy.

The same is true for the rest of the soldiers in the group! They have at least three major battle experiences, and most of them have at least one kill record.

How strong do you think this main force with a group of "killers" as its backbone is?
You asked where the soldiers who left Licheng went? The quick reaction company, the special operations team, the engineering company, the cooking squads of each company... In short, they were all the backbone!

Yagi may not know the details of the Eighth Route Army, but due to his cautious character, he did not rush in, but took a tentative attack. The fierce Japanese soldiers who were leading the puppet troops acted as a supervisor from 600 meters away, urging the puppet troops to continue the attack.

As for the puppet army, their combat effectiveness has always been unclear, so it is difficult to judge how to fight!
"The puppet troops don't want to call us!" Instead, he picked up the phone and called Zheng Changfeng: "Captain... this is the situation. There are no one from our side of the puppet troops, right?"

"You called just to ask this?" Zheng Changfeng said in a funny tone.

"Then why? There are only so few devils, and they are divided into two groups. They must look down on us to do this... There are no comrades of ours, right? That's fine! By the way, Commander, we have to prepare the artillery for us! Also, can you prepare in advance to counter-encircle the devils? There are more than 600 of them, after all. It would be a shame for us to come out here if we let any of them escape!"

"I'll just give up my position and let you take over the command, okay? Remember, keep in touch with the devils and buy me two hours!"

"Captain, how can that be possible? You need to be promoted! With our military achievements, you can be a brigade commander if you move to another place... I promise to hold on for two hours!"

Zou Ming hung up the phone with a bright look on his face, and then muttered, "Two hours? Hehe... I've had some fun..."

"Company commander, how should we fight?" Seeing Zou Ming put down the phone, a group of platoon leaders hurriedly asked.

"The commander said to keep in contact with the enemy for two hours! Also, puppet troops are puppet troops, they don't have our people. So, you can destroy them without any worries! But don't be in a hurry, let those who have never killed the enemy practice with the puppet troops first, let the backbones watch over them and keep suppressing them! Well, don't kill too quickly, or the devils will think they have hope of taking us down!"

"By the way, don't worry about the two small cannons of the Japanese. Our commander told us not to worry!" said Zou Ming.

"Captain, I think we should assign artillery to our company, at least one gun, so it's more convenient to use!" Deputy Captain Zhang Tao suggested. "Well, if we are to fight alone, we must be equipped with mortars. Now we are fighting together. The 27 mountain guns of the artillery battalion are waiting to be used. You are not worried about anything! Okay, go and command the battle. I'll smoke a cigarette. You guys can command it yourself. Don't say you don't know how to do it! By the way, Deputy Captain Zhang Tao, you can command it temporarily!"

After Zou Ming finished speaking, he went into the temporary command post and watched the battle with binoculars. As for smoking, that was just an excuse. If we don't give the platoon leader, squad leader, and deputy company commander a chance to command the battle, how can they grow up? What if the detachment is upgraded to a division one day? A group of experienced half-beat masters can be pulled up in a flash!
The key is the puppet army. If we don't train our comrades, what else can we do? With so few people, how many can be left after they are attacked by grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and assault rifles?
Therefore, Zou Ming gave the rare opportunity to the squad leaders and promoted the deputy company commander. Zou Ming was also an experienced person and knew the principle of training new people.

In the north, the Japanese puppet troops did not know that Zou Ming had already used them as human sparring partners and were still hesitating at the 400-meter boundary line.

The puppet troops also knew and were afraid. They knew that the Eighth Route Army was not easy to defeat, so it was normal for them to be afraid.

Ce, ce, ce... The Type 99 light machine gun fired, and bullets whizzed from behind. Immediately, three puppet soldiers were shot and fell to the ground, wailing in despair.

"Ah... my legs..." The puppet soldier looked at the blood spurting out of his legs like a fountain in despair. He covered the wound tightly, but failed to stop the blood from spurting out from between his fingers.

Soon, the blood stopped flowing and the soldier stopped moving.

This scene did not last long, and the Japanese did not continue to move. They just watched the performance of the puppet soldiers from afar with a cold and somewhat ferocious look on their faces.

"Alright, those who are dead are dead, and those who are alive, shut up! Do you think the Imperial Army is with us? They are the supervision team! If you don't move forward, it won't be just a volley of bullets!"

Captain Gao of the puppet army looked at the people around him and continued, "Listen to me, Lao He. We must move forward. You and I will each send out a platoon to test the waters. We can't let the imperial army think that we won't move!"

"Okay, I'll listen to you! Third platoon leader, take your men and attack! Don't attack too hard, turn around and run closer!" said Captain He.

"Well, second platoon leader, take your men and attack! Be careful to conserve your strength!" Captain Gao also made a decision at the right time.

So, in the following time, the soldiers of Zou Ming and his company saw more than 60 puppet soldiers coming timidly towards their own positions.

"That's it... There is no tactical action at all. Is this a puppet army? Gao Shansong, Zhang Ke, Niu Guitian, Ma Ruming, Liu Rufeng..." In the trenches on the front line, the platoon leader Xue Liang smiled contemptuously: "Pay attention to the distance. When you reach the 200-meter crossfire line, open fire on the people you just pointed out! Your squad leaders, deputy squad leaders and team leaders should keep an eye on it and avoid any accidents!"

"Yes, platoon leader!" All the soldiers who had never killed an enemy in person answered in unison, then raised their guns and aimed at the puppet soldiers in front of them. This was a rare opportunity, and they had to kill a few enemies with their own hands... (End of this chapter)