More than 100 Japanese and puppet troops took advantage of the situation and pressed up to the top of the mountain. Suddenly, the sound of machine guns on the Japanese machine gun position stopped, replaced by the sound of bursts of submachine gun fire. About three people appeared in Honda Takeo's telescope. Ten members of the Eighth Route Army were using skillful tactical movements to shoot at the attacking Japanese and puppet troops.
In the rain of bullets, the bodies of the Japanese and puppet soldiers twitched and fell to the ground as if they had been electrocuted.
The deputy machine gunner of one heavy machine gun and two light machine guns was shot through the head by a sudden bullet as soon as he touched the gun.
The Eighth Route Army's submachine gun fire sent flying sand and rocks, and the Japanese and puppet troops fell in droves in an instant.
Suddenly, there was a sharp whistling sound coming from far and near overhead, and a row of artillery shells fell between the Japanese and puppet troops.
Boom boom boom——
Amidst the explosion, the Japanese and puppet troops were immediately shrouded in fire and smoke, leaving a pile of corpses on the hillside. A small number of Japanese and puppet troops retreated.
Next to Honda Takeo, the Japanese staff officer wiped a cold sweat and said: "Major, this is definitely not an ordinary Eighth Route Army. Although this Eighth Route Army has a small number of people, it has rich actual combat experience. They are all at the level of special shooters, and their mental quality is extremely high." Stable, and there are snipers among them.”
Takeo Honda was preparing to concentrate his grenades and launch another attack on the top of the mountain.
The observer came over in a panic, with a hurried tone and footsteps: "Report to the Major, infantry artillery and field artillery have been pulled out from eight directions ahead!"
"Nani?"
Takeo Honda and his staff's expressions changed drastically when they heard this.
Infantry artillery and field artillery?
The case was solved, and the Lijiagou stronghold was definitely taken down by these eight-pronged forces.
Only then did Takeo Honda realize that he had fallen into a trap. The Eighth Route Commander had the strength to take down the artillery towers, but from the beginning he assumed a posture of besieging the stronghold for a long time.
It was obvious that he was fishing.
And he foolishly took the bait.
Careless.
Honda Takeo's dull and aching head became more and more painful.
"How many more soldiers do we have?"
The staff officer replied: "There are still about 150 Imperial Army soldiers, 50 of whom are wounded, and there are about 100 Imperial Army soldiers."
During the shelling, most of the Japs hid in gun towers and bunkers, while the puppet troops were shelled outside.
But the space in the gun towers was limited after all, half of the soldiers were wounded, and the gun towers and bunkers could not hold all the Japanese.
But now, the Eighth Route Army has pulled out the infantry artillery and field artillery, so the gun towers are not safe either.
Honda Takeo said in a deep voice: "Order, all the Imperial Army and Imperial Alliance Army move into the county."
The Japanese army still had a strong sense of shame. They described retreat as turning in and calling for help as a request for tactical guidance.
The staff officer was shocked and said: "Captain, do you mean that we have to abandon the stone box stronghold?"
"Fujii-kun." Honda Takeo looked at the staff officer with evil eyes, "Do you want to stay and live or die with the stone box stronghold?"
"Hey, transfer to the county seat immediately!" the staff officer paused. The only way to stay is to die, so only a fool is willing to stay.
The Japanese staff officer named Fujii immediately issued an order to move into the county seat. The Japanese and puppet soldiers took the wounded, weapons and ammunition and ran towards the path they came from.
Before escaping, the Japanese did not forget to burn the food in the stronghold that could not be taken away.
On the hilltop opposite the stronghold, Li Yunlong saw the Japanese and puppet troops escaping.
Immediately turned around and shouted to the artillery battery on the top of the mountain: "Fire a few cannons for the labor and management to send off the Japanese."
After receiving the order, the artillery battery immediately turned its muzzle and fired in the direction of the Japanese and puppet troops.
…
After the Japanese and puppet troops escaped, the new regiment occupied the Shixia stronghold without even firing the infantry artillery and field artillery.
When Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang walked into the stronghold, Zhang Dabiao came over to report to Li Yunlong.
"Report to the regimental commander, there are dozens of wounded Japanese soldiers in the gun towers and bunkers, and they have all committed suicide."
"It should be a seriously injured person."
"All the seriously injured members of the puppet army are also dead. They should have been killed by the Japanese before they left."
Zhang Dabiao sounded a little disdainful. This group of puppet soldiers surrendered to the enemy and recognized the Japanese as their fathers. Their Japanese fathers slaughtered them like animals.
"But it's a pity that more than 100 Japanese and dozens of puppet troops escaped." Zhang Dabiao said again.
"It's a pity..." Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "We will take over the county sooner or later. Not a single Japanese or puppet army can escape."
"Yeah, it's not a pity."
Zhao Gang smiled and said: "In this battle, we have eliminated the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops in the county. The remaining Japanese and puppet troops should not dare to go out of the city to support us."
Lu Yingjun strode down from behind Zhang Dabiao and gave Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang a military salute.
"Regiment leader, political commissar!"
Li Yunlong's expression changed and he hurriedly asked: "Lv Yingjun, how many cannons did your sharp sword team capture?"
Grinning, Lu Yingjun said: "8 guns were captured, 4 Type 92 infantry cannons, and 4 Type 97 81 mm caliber mortars."
"Where are the cannonballs? How many are there?"
Zhao Gang looked happy. The eight captured guns could almost be organized into two artillery companies.
At present, a standard mortar company has 6 mortars, but 4 mortars are barely enough.
Lu Yingjun replied: "There are a few shells. I didn't count them carefully. There are only about 500 rounds."
Zhao Gang said happily: "500 rounds is a lot. Your sharp sword team has made great achievements this time."
"We'll talk about meritorious service after we go back." Li Yunlong said, "Huzi, go and call the Second Battalion Commander, the Third Battalion Commander, and Wang Chengzhu over here."
"Yes!" Huang Erhu turned around and walked towards the outside of the stronghold.
Soon, Zhang Dabiao, Zheng Yu, Chen Dagu, Wang Chengzhu, Lu Yingjun and Zhao Gang surrounded Li Yunlong.
The cavalry company was intensifying its training after being expanded into a cavalry battalion and did not participate in this battle.
Li Yunlong said directly: "In the battle just now, the Lijian detachment captured 8 Japanese guns, 4 of which were Type 92 infantry guns. 4 of them were mortars."
In addition to Zhang Dabiao, Lu Yingjun and Zhao Gang, Zheng Yu, Chen Dagu and Wang Chengzhu suddenly showed excitement.
Especially Wang Chengzhu's face was a little flushed. Although he was just an artillery company commander, he actually lived the life of an artillery battalion commander.
These 8 guns will be incorporated into the artillery battery, and the number of artillery in the new regiment's artillery battery will be 24. He will soon live the life of an artillery regiment commander.
Li Yunlong continued: "Since the main force of the Japs in the county has been eliminated and 8 more guns have been captured, we can speed up the attack."
"Now let me assign tasks."
Li Yunlong picked up a bayonet and used the bayonet to draw a simple sketch on a flat place.
"This is the county seat of Liao County. There are four strongholds around the county seat, Shixiao, Guantou, Pushang, and Xiaolingdi."
"You three battalions will form a commando team to pull out strongholds as a unit, and simultaneously launch attacks on the three strongholds around the county town: Guantou, Pushang and Xiaolingdi."
"The first and second battalions are each equipped with 2 infantry guns and 3 machine guns. The Xiaolingdi stronghold is a small stronghold, equipped with 1 infantry gun and 3 machine guns." Bayi Chinese website
"In addition, each battalion is equipped with four 60mm mortars."
"The remaining 1 field gun and 2 machine guns moved with the regiment headquarters. The political commissar and I led the guard platoon and the sword detachment to pull out the gun tower along the highway."
"After you take down the strongholds in your respective directions, you must continue to attack and advance."
"Let's try our best to destroy all the Japanese strongholds and gun towers outside the county today."
Second Battalion Commander Zheng Yu said worriedly: "Captain, there is only a guard platoon and a sword detachment next to you. There are less than 100 people. What if the Japs concentrate their forces to attack here?"
Li Yunlong snorted: "That's easy to handle. Labor and management are still afraid that the Japanese won't come out."
…
Although Liao County is not small, most of the forts and strongholds are concentrated around the county seat or built on the highway.
The Japanese turrets on the highway had long been removed by the new regiment.
The plan to end the stronghold was originally expected to take a whole day, but the new regiment took over the Japanese stronghold outside the county before noon.
After the Japanese stronghold was taken away, the New Regiment launched another attack on the Japanese artillery towers outside the county town. As a last resort, Takeo Honda had to let the Japanese and puppet troops in the artillery towers outside the city move into the county town, giving up six of the New Regiment's troops in vain. Seven gun towers.
During this period, the Japanese and puppet troops who were besieged by the New Regiment in the county were trembling and very nervous, fearing that the Eighth Route Army would launch an attack on the county.
However, Li Yunlong considered that attacking the county seat would cause too many casualties, and even if he could forcefully capture the county seat of Liao County, it would still be a loss-making deal.
After taking down all the artillery towers and strongholds around the county, Commander Li led his troops to leave with satisfaction.
When Honda Takeo received the news of the Eighth Route Army's departure at the Military Police, he slumped down on his chair and let out a long breath, his face full of the expression of surviving the disaster.
…
Yangcun, a new group.
Night falls.
Li Yunlong led the soldiers back in mighty force.
Today the new regiment was dispatched, not only killing a large number of Japanese and puppet troops, but also cleaning up all the strongholds and gun towers around Liao County.
Now, apart from the sporadic artillery towers in distant villages and towns, only the county town of Liao County still has a small number of Japanese and puppet troops.
In the regiment headquarters, several battalion commanders and direct company commanders were holding a small meeting.
Second Battalion Commander Zheng Yu reported statistical data to Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.
"Today we have taken down 4 large and small strongholds and 19 large and small artillery towers. We have killed about 300 Japanese soldiers and about 400 puppet soldiers."
Zhao Gang and the company commanders of each battalion had smiles on their faces, just like farmers who had just returned from harvesting food in the fields.
Today, it can be said to be a remarkable achievement.
The corners of Li Yunlong's mouth curled up almost to the base of his ears, and he almost smiled crookedly.
A stronghold counts as 3 machine guns, and a turret counts as 1 machine gun, for a total of 31 machine guns.
In addition to the 4 Type 92 infantry guns and 4 mortars captured today.
Haha... Labor and management are getting rich.
"Brother Shen!"
"Um!"
When Shen Changqing walks on the road, whenever he meets someone he knows, he will say hello or nod to each other.
But no matter who it is.
There was no unnecessary expression on everyone's face, as if they were indifferent to everything.
To this.
Shen Changqing has become accustomed to it.
Because this is the Demon Suppression Division, an organization that maintains the stability of the Qin Dynasty. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, there are also some other side jobs.
It can be said.
Everyone in the Demon Suppression Division has a lot of blood on their hands.
When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.
When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but he got used to it over time.
The Demon-Suppressing Division is huge.
Those who can stay in the Demon Suppressing Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.
Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.
Among them, the Demon Suppressor Division is divided into two professions, one is the Guardian Envoy and the other is the Demon Slayer.
Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Department starts from the lowest level as a demon slayer.
Then he will be promoted step by step, and he is expected to eventually become a guardian envoy.
Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee demon slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest level among the demon slayers.
Possessing the memory of a previous life.
He is also very familiar with the environment of the Demon Suppression Division.
It didn't take long for Shen Changqing to stop in front of a loft.
Unlike other places in the Demon Suppressing Division that were full of chills, the attic here seemed to stand out from the crowd, showing a different kind of tranquility in the bloody Demon Suppressing Division.
At this time, the attic door was open, and occasionally people came in and out.
Shen Changqing only hesitated for a moment before stepping in.
Enter the attic.
The environment changes in vain.
The fragrance of ink mixed with the faint smell of blood hit his face, making him frown instinctively, but then relaxed it quickly.
There is almost no way to cleanse away the smell of blood on everyone in the Demon-Suppressing Division.
