everything's ready.
The twelve soldiers in the elite class carefully selected by instructor Li Wenjie set off at around one o'clock in the morning.
This is the most suitable time of night to launch a night attack. At this point, the Japanese and puppet soldiers in the stronghold are the deepest sleepers.
The moonlight tonight is not bright, nor is it so dark that one cannot see anything. It is the kind of night where the road can be vaguely seen and the moonlight is hazy, which is suitable for military operations such as conducting camps and sneak attacks.
Company commander Zhu Wu, with the main force of the Ninth Company, local troops and militiamen, lurked under the gentle slope a few hundred meters away from the stronghold.
Instructor Li Wenjie is also there at the moment. Before the main force launches the charge, the grenade position is together with the main force.
Looking at the elite soldiers who were infiltrating into the Japanese stronghold under the cover of night under the dim moonlight, Li Wenjie's face could be seen full of worry.
Zhu Wu comforted him in a low voice from the side: "Wenjie, don't worry, you have selected the soldiers in this elite class one by one according to their character and ability. There will definitely be nothing wrong with them."
"Having said that, I am always worried that if I don't lead the team myself, some accident will happen." Li Wenjie said worriedly.
Whispering in low voices, in the sight of the two men, the soldiers found the opportunity according to the information they had detected in advance, and successfully approached the barbed wire fence outside the Japanese stronghold.
The next step was to cut the barbed wire fence and open a gap that allowed men and cats to pass waist-deep. Then they put up wooden boards on the water-filled trenches of the Japanese soldiers, crossed the trenches, and took the opportunity to approach the Japanese strongholds and place explosives.
Speaking of which, these processes don't seem too difficult.
Before the elite squad set off, Li Wenjie repeatedly emphasized various details of the operation.
For example, when cutting barbed wire, don't cut it all at once. Leave the last part and break it slowly with two hands to prevent it from making a clicking sound.
In the process of entering the Japanese stronghold, the entire team must prepare a total of three guard posts, the head of the team, the tail of the team, and the middle of the team, to be on guard at all times against the Japanese searchlights that circulate to explore.
Once the searchlight comes over, you must lie down in time to hide and avoid wearing reflective objects.
The planks used to pass through the Japanese trenches must be retracted in time to prevent being detected by the Japanese sentries.
All operations must follow the route that has been memorized in advance and avoid the landmines laid by the Japanese and puppet troops inside and outside the stronghold.
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Although a lot has been explained, it seems that this is all the process.
The elite class is filled with veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles.
But after all, you are risking a narrow escape. If you are exposed even slightly, the consequences will be disastrous. In addition, during this period, the stronghold is extremely tightly defended. The little devil is in danger, but at the slightest sign of trouble, the Japanese and puppet troops in the entire stronghold will be quickly mobilized. .
Therefore, Li Wenjie is still worried.
He was afraid that something would go wrong midway, just like the last attack on the Japanese stronghold, which resulted in additional casualties due to the gap between ideal command and execution.
Of course, it turned out that everything was different.
The veterans in the elite class cooperated tacitly, were bold yet cautious, careful yet decisive.
In Li Wenjie's heart full of worries, the veterans of the elite class successfully completed the task of placing the explosive packs. They placed the wires, alternately covered them, and withdrew the barbed wire fence around the Japanese stronghold from the gap along the way, and then withdrew the wooden planks. The gap in the barbed wire was blocked again, and the other end of the wire was smoothly pulled back and connected to the detonator.
"Great job!" Zhu Wu praised in a low voice.
At this time, the second step was reached, commanded by Li Wenjie, who led the grenadier soldiers to knock out the machine guns in the enemy's outer strongholds.
It should be mentioned here that after the cavalry company seized a large amount of equipment from Qu County, all units of the independent regiment received increased firepower.
Naturally, the Ninth Company also received an increase in firepower, with a number of light machine guns and three grenade launchers.
In addition, the Ninth Company originally had three grenade launchers, and these added up to six grenade launchers. Zhu Wu and Li Wenjie simply set up a grenade launcher squad in the company, with two people per gun, one gunner, and one Ammunition hand.
If this had happened in the past, if we had to knock out several machine gun fortifications of the Japanese, naturally one grenade would be responsible for each.
But in fact, after this period of research and analysis, coupled with the performance of grenade firepower in several attacks on Japanese strongholds.
Li Wenjie had long discovered a problem. The hit rate of this grenade was far from as high as everyone imagined.
Even for a kid who is skilled in artillery skills, if he wants to use a grenade to hit wherever he wants, it is basically a dream.
Why was it that when the Eighth Route Army was fighting the Japs, they lamented that the Japs' grenades were so powerful? As soon as the army's machine guns fired, the Japs' grenade shells came right after them?
That's not to say that the little devil's grenade can hit accurately, at least a single-shot grenade can't achieve that kind of hit rate.
But when the little devils use grenade firepower, they mostly use group shelling.
Several grenade launchers fire at the same time, using a wide-area fire coverage method to increase the hit rate.
Coupled with the fact that the Japs' artillery scouts, armed with ranging telescopes, can adjust the next shot based on the deviation between the target and the artillery impact point at any time, it is difficult to predict the firepower of the Japs' grenades, so on the battlefield It was as if they had eyes. When the Eighth Route Army's machine guns fired, Japanese grenade shells followed one after another.
In front of him, Li Wenjie, who had suffered a lot, had naturally learned his lesson.
He led some grenade squads, and after advancing another hundred meters, he explained: "Where are the machine gun fortifications on the periphery of the Japanese army? When I asked you to investigate during the day, you all remembered it in your heart. Our current position is , the point is about 400 meters away from the Japanese machine gun fortifications. We have estimated this distance in advance, and it is relatively accurate.
After a while, the three grenade launchers were divided into a group and covered with small group firepower. In order to achieve one-time success, I first blew up the two light machine gun fortifications outside the Japanese stronghold.
After succeeding, quickly retreat and transfer from the right side of the gentle slope, and beware of the Japanese counterattack with artillery fire. "
"yes!"
Around one fifteen in the morning.
Li Wenjie gave the order, "Fire!"
Two grenade groups with six grenade launchers opened fire on the Japanese stronghold almost simultaneously.
Boom——
The violent blast of the explosion broke the silence of the night.
The mass grenade fire directed by Li Wenjie worked.
Three grenade shells hit the machine gun fortifications on the outside of the stronghold. The range of damage greatly increased the hit rate. In the first round of concentrated fire, the right machine gun fortifications on the outside of the Japanese stronghold were completely destroyed. The machine gun fortification was lucky enough to avoid the explosion range and was only a few meters away.
The grenade squad leader responsible for the observation promptly reported the data on the deviation of the gun impact point.
After a quick adjustment, the second round of shells flew out. The machine gun fortification on the left side of the Japs was not spared and turned into ruins amid the explosion.
The Japanese machine gunner, who was probably taking a nap on the machine gun fortification, was killed by the shell before he had time to react.
The sudden bombardment woke up countless Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers from their sleep, breaking into cold sweats.
The life-threatening Eighth Route Army is here!
The entire stronghold suddenly heard sirens.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers got out of bed in panic, grabbed the guns placed in the corner beside the bed, and rushed out of the stronghold.
The Japanese in the artillery tower also rushed out of the bunker and rushed to the machine gun points everywhere, looking for the enemy and launching a counterattack.
Looking at the turbulent stronghold, Li Wenjie laughed and ordered: "Withdraw and wait for the second bombardment site!"
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