The Eighth Route Army's attack was once again suppressed by two Japanese machine guns. These two firepower points were set up very cunningly. They seemed to be just a horizontal earth slope blocking the entrance to the town. It was covered with turf and there was a natural trench in front. More than two meters deep and four or five meters wide;
The two machine guns fired bullets from the reserved shooting holes, completely blocking the road into the town.
The machine guns of the sharp knife platoon also fought back, but unfortunately the bullets hitting it had no effect at all. This was obviously a disguised permanent fortification, all made of stone and concrete.
This is the last line of defense carefully constructed by the Nomura Squadron. Now only two machine guns are exposed. In fact, there are four machine guns, and two more machine guns are hidden, preparing to injure the Eighth Route Army.
"Yoshi, kill the chicken and give it to me!"
"Ta-ta-ta..."
Old Japs Nomura was in the underground fortifications reserved for observation. He used binoculars to observe the situation of the Eighth Route Army. He frantically ordered machine guns to fire at the sharp knife platoon lying on the ground. From time to time, people were bitten by bullets. The situation was very critical.
There are still more than 30 Japanese inside the fortifications. This is already the last strength of Nomura Squadron, including more than a dozen people from the squadron headquarters. They all have their guns drawn and rely on the fortifications to make a desperate struggle.
The garrison point of Zhouzhuang must be captured. As long as this lock pillar is captured, as long as the central breakthrough is completed, the ten kilometers of chains on both wings will be broken!
"Firepower squad, come on, blow up the dog's bunker! Assault squad and machine gun fire cover!"
Liu Kun, the sharp knife platoon leader, shouted loudly, "Communications at the platoon level still rely on shouting."
"Ta-ta-ta..."
The remaining three machine guns of the sharp knife platoon suppressed the enemy's fire from three directions. The bullets hit the "soil slope" and sparks shot out. Although they could not penetrate the "soil slope", they still caused some interference to the enemy's machine gun firepower. ;
Zhao Gang's assault squad took the opportunity to rush forward. Their attack was also a kind of interference. They had to create space for the fire squad's rocket launcher.
The effective range of the rocket launcher is only 100 to 250 meters, and the armor-breaking thickness is 120 mm of homogeneous steel. If you want to penetrate the Japanese concrete fortifications, you must at least get close to 120 to 150 meters and fire to ensure a one-hit kill.
This distance is also very dangerous for the bazooka gunner, and the Japanese machine guns are not vegetarian. In order to cover the bazooka group, the assault squad can only risk their lives to attack and attract the Japanese firepower.
There are 7 combatants left in the assault squad, including Zhao Gang. 4 of the other 6 were killed and 2 were injured. Their casualty rate is the highest in every battle.
As soon as Zhao Gang and others advanced less than three meters, the enemy's hidden firepower also opened fire, including four machine guns!
There were more than a dozen rifles firing at the same time. The fierce firepower suddenly broke out. This time the assault squad was attacked by the Japanese again. Two comrades fell in a pool of blood. Among them was the squad leader Deng Hui. His left shoulder was shot by a bullet. Rifle bullet penetration.
"Monitor!"
Zhao Gang wanted to go over to rescue him, but he stopped him and signaled others to ignore him and continue the attack!
There were only 5 combatants left in the assault squad. Zhao Gang could only hold back his tears and continue to advance because their mission had not been completed yet...
"Boom! Boom!"
Zhao Gang threw out the last two grenades on his body. The purpose was to create a barrage and buy time for the rocket launcher team. He didn't even think about blowing up the Japanese.
He used the cover of the grenade explosion to continue to rush forward. He ran a zigzag route, and the Japanese machine guns were almost chasing his footsteps. Looking at Liu Kun who was commanding the battle from behind, his heart was in his throat!
Zhao Gang suddenly fell to the ground and rolled into a crater. A long series of machine gun bullets hit the crater with dust flying around it.
"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"
Nomura was already in a state of madness. Perhaps he had sensed the approach of death, so he became even more mad;
"Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta..."
"Bah hook bah hook bah hook..."
Under the strict orders of Nomura, all the enemy's firepower was sprayed on the assault squad. Once again, a soldier was hit in the head and died heroically.
Duan Kun finally found a shooting position. This was the opportunity that the comrades in the assault squad won for him with their blood and lives. The deputy shooter quickly loaded the ammunition. Time is life...
"Ta-ta-ta..."
"Ta-ta-ta..."
The assault platoon's machine guns fired wildly at the Japanese, their barrels red, all trying to buy time for the fire squad.
"Chirp!"
Duan Kun took the lead in launching a rocket, which accurately hit the enemy's center of fire. The rocket penetrated the concrete wall more than 60 centimeters thick as expected and exploded in the tunnel;
A large number of explosive fragments were fired around, and more than a dozen Japs, including the machine gunner, were all covered. Old Japs Nomura was also penetrated by a piece of shrapnel in the head, and red and white sprayed all over the floor...
The Japs were missing two machine guns, and the suppression force against the assault platoon was reduced by more than half in an instant. The main gunner of another group also seized the opportunity to fire and decisively fired a shot at the Japs' remaining firepower points.
"boom!"
The enemy's firepower is muted!
A minute later, Duan Kun fired another rocket. This shot completely eliminated the Japanese hiding in the fortifications.
"Come on!"
Zhao Gang and the remaining three comrades of the assault squad rushed towards the Japanese again, followed by more than 40 remaining comrades of the Sharp Knife Platoon.
The door to victory finally opened. Under the attack of three rockets, the Japanese in the tunnel were either dead or injured and had no power to fight back!
After the assault squad rushed to the slope, the other three comrades took out grenades and threw three more grenades into the shooting holes, leaving no room for the Japanese.
After more than two hours of fighting, Zhouzhuang was finally captured. The sharp knife platoon suffered 37 casualties, nearly half of them;
Among them, Zhao Gang's assault squad lost 6 people and injured 3 people, leaving only 4 people left to fight!
All 181 people in the Zhouzhuang Japanese garrison squadron were wiped out, all the gun towers and bunkers were blown up, and an important lock column of the Japanese prison was smashed.
The loud bugle sounded again, and the guerrilla brigade and Li Chenxi's three-company roar rushed into Zhouzhuang...
"Comrades, come on"
The cry of killing resounded throughout Zhouzhuang!
Yan Haoyu's hands holding the telescope were almost numb. He had been holding it for more than 2 hours, and he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
After the main force of the guerrilla brigade captured Zhouzhuang, they began to clear the chains on both wings. The enemy's more than ten kilometers long chain consisted of gun towers, bunkers, mine arrays and barbed wire. If they were lined up to attack from the front, they would be a unit, very powerful. Hard to beat.
But after taking Zhouzhuang, it will be much easier for the troops to launch attacks from the sides and rear of the two wings. The biggest advantage is that they do not have to withstand the crossfire of the turrets from the other direction. They only need to use rocket launchers to attack each turret from one turret to the other.
The fourth battalion has 12 "Mulans" and 12 Wei Yixiao cannons. The cleaning efficiency is very high. There are 6 guns in each direction and they start to push horizontally.
Li Chenxi's third company is moving with the left attack group, and the clearing operation is about to begin...
