In Baiwanyu, Zhao Gang was having a headache about what happened to the copper material.
On the other side, because we were traveling through the river valley, the terrain was flatter and the marching speed was faster.
Li Yunlong and the Second Battalion have arrived near the Jaap stronghold closest to Baiwanyu, a place called Dazhai Village, which can also be called Beizhai Village.
Across the Xiaoqing River, on the south bank is Xiaozhai Village, also known as Nanzhai Village.
The two villages are connected by a stone bridge, making travel very convenient and fast.
Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao carefully observed the situation through the telescope, and they could clearly find that the two villages each had a gun tower stronghold, and they were at each other's horns. When one side was attacked, the other side could also provide fire support across the river!
Moreover, we learned from the reconnaissance team that set off early that there was a medium-sized Japs stronghold in Qinghe Village less than ten miles east along the road along the Xiaoqing River!
Through exchanging information with the local militia, we learned that there was at least one reinforced team of Japs stationed in the stronghold of Qinghe Village, as well as a company of puppet troops, numbering at least 200 people!
The difficulty in attacking the gun tower strongholds of Dazhai and Xiaozhai is that they must attack both gun tower strongholds at the same time, and they must also be prepared for reinforcements coming from Qinghe Village.
Of course, this is not that difficult for Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao.
"Hey, it's good to have a road!" Li Yunlong was very happy. The little devil had a road to go, and the support was very fast. In the same way, Li Yunlong's team raided the Qinghe Village stronghold very quickly!
After all, in the two gun tower strongholds in the river valley in front of us, there is only a detachment of Japs, plus more than 20 puppet troops, and the firepower is only one machine gun, and at most a grenade launcher!
For other brother troops, it may be necessary to use a large number of troops and rush across the flat open land at night before it is possible to capture the gun tower stronghold.
However, for Li Yunlong, most of the problems could be solved by just arranging two Qiwu Mountain Cannons to load a few rounds of shells into the gun tower.
All that's left is to send two more infantry squads to clean up the mess!
"Haha, Da Biao, let's go fishing again this time. Let's scare them first and let them lure out the Japs and puppet troops from the Qinghe Village stronghold!"
"Then let me eat them quickly. Let's go straight to Qinghe Village. I want to have lunch in Qinghe Village!"
Zhang Dabiao chuckled, "Don't worry, captain, I guarantee we'll have something hot to eat!"
Zhang Dabiao began to make arrangements quickly. For the sake of safety, Zhang Dabiao left a platoon of soldiers to cooperate with the two Qiwu Mountain Cannon, trying to solve the two gun tower strongholds as quickly as possible.
Afterwards, he personally led his men and began to move eastward in a covert manner, setting up an ambush along both sides of the road two miles away from the Dazhai stronghold.
Li Yunlong personally assigned tasks to the soldiers of this platoon, "Platoon Leader Yang, you lead the men to pretend to attack the Dazhai gun tower, and I will send a 60 mortar to support you. You guys should practice more tactical moves!"
"Ten minutes after the war starts, I will let the Qiwu Mountain Artillery start bombarding. Your platoon will take down Dazhai's stronghold for me as soon as possible, and then immediately cross the bridge and take down Xiaozhai's stronghold for me!"
Platoon Leader Yang nodded, "Yes, I understand, Captain!"
Soon, Platoon Leader Yang led the soldiers down the mountain to the flat valley area. According to the tactical formations trained in the past, they began to rush towards the Dazhai gun tower stronghold in the distance.
This unabashed action was noticed from a distance by the puppet soldiers on guard on the top of the gun tower.
"Hey! It's Route 8! Sound the alarm!"
"Woooooooo..."
The sirens buzzed loudly, and the puppet soldiers who were still leaning or sitting in the sun outside the turret were startled, and they raised their guns and looked around cautiously.
In the turret, the little Japanese sergeant who was puffing away smoke heard the siren and immediately spit out his cigarette, "Enemy attack! Everyone on alert! Haiyaku, let them all in!"
Then he immediately climbed to the top of the turret and took out his binoculars to observe the specific situation.
Similarly, the Xiaozhai gun tower stronghold on the south bank was also on alert after hearing the sirens.
At first, the little Japanese sergeant on the roof of the Dazhai artillery tower noticed that there was only one platoon of the Eighth Route Army. He did not take it seriously. Instead, he mocked, "Haha, a bunch of Ah Hou who are here to die!"
However, when Platoon Leader Yang led the soldiers to launch an exploratory attack, the little devil immediately changed his color.
"Boom...boom!"
A 60-mm mortar shell landed under the wall of the turret, causing the entire turret to shake slightly.
"Nani! There is a mortar?!"
The little Japanese sergeant reacted quickly and immediately went down from the roof of the building and entered the inside of the gun tower. The puppet soldiers on guard also climbed down in a hurry.
The little Jaap Sergeant roared, "Hayaku, get into your respective shooting positions and prepare to shoot!"
Originally, I had no plan to ask for help. I thought that as long as I held on, Miyata on the south bank would lead people to outflank him. After all, although this group of Eighth Route Army had a mortar, they did not have many troops!
Unfortunately, although it was just a feint attack, the firepower of a platoon still put huge pressure on the little Japanese and puppet troops in the artillery tower.
Even the Miyata detachment from the south bank who wanted to come over for support was beaten back and could only use a light machine gun and a grenade to provide fire support.
In just a few minutes, Platoon Leader Yang had led the soldiers to a hundred meters away from the gun tower.
The little Japanese sergeant in the artillery tower finally couldn't withstand the pressure and made a call to the Qinghe Village stronghold in the east for help.
After receiving a call for help from the Dazhai stronghold, Second Lieutenant Yamaguchi of the Qinghe Village stronghold immediately ordered half a team of thirty people and a platoon of puppet troops to go to support.
On the hilltop far away from the Dazhai stronghold, Li Yunlong glanced at the time and estimated that the Japs had already taken the bait, and it didn't matter even if he didn't take the bait. It was just a matter of spending more shells anyway.
"Time's up, fire!"
The two Qiwu mountain cannons that had been prepared were aimed at their respective targets, and the gunner quickly pulled the breech!
"Bang! Bang!"
The two high-explosive bombs instantly spanned a space of two kilometers, and hit their respective targets accurately in the first shot.
On the two gun towers on the north and south banks of the Xiaoqing River, a large amount of gravel and smoke were splashed almost in no particular order. Platoon Leader Yang and the others could already faintly hear the miserable howls of the Japs and puppet troops in the gun towers!
When the smoke cleared, a large hole appeared in both turrets.
Before the disgraced little Japanese could react, a second shell followed, "Boom! Boom!"
The building on one side of the blockhouse at the Dazhai stronghold even collapsed under the impact of the explosion of the second artillery shell.
Seeing the opportunity, Platoon Leader Yang immediately led the soldiers to charge, "Come with me! Machine gun cover!"
After a few breaths, Platoon Leader Yang led his men to the trench outside the gun tower. He threw a wave of grenades over and pushed back the few Japs and puppet soldiers who were stubbornly resisting.
The soldier carrying the wooden ladder behind him quickly took the opportunity to put the wooden ladder on the trench.
"Class 1, clear out the remaining enemies as soon as possible! Others follow me!"
Soon, a squad of soldiers armed with submachine guns rushed into the turret and eliminated the remaining enemies!
Platoon Leader Yang quickly led his men around the gun towers, quickly crossed the stone bridge, and captured the gun towers at the Xiaozhai stronghold on the south bank in one fell swoop.
