After the explosion, the three grenade launchers equipped by the Japanese were intact, but one-third of the grenade launchers fell down, and the remaining grenade launchers were quickly transferred.

But the mortar fires too fast. As soon as the grenade launcher stood up from the ground, the second round of two shells had arrived one after another, and then the third round of shells, continuously.

Although the battalion headquarters only strengthened two mortars for the first company, with its super high firing rate, they fired at least four mortars, causing fire to the Japanese grenade launcher positions.

The captain stood on the roof of the artillery tower, his eyes were red and he shouted heartbrokenly: "Bageya Road, the Chinese army attacking us was actually equipped with mortars, which is simply too much!"

"Our mortar unit will fight back immediately, harass the enemy mortar units, and relieve the combat pressure of ordinary infantry."

"Contact the county town immediately. Our headquarters was attacked by heavy enemy troops. The opponent was equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns. The garrison at the stronghold was seriously injured and injured. Please support!"

Two mortars suddenly appeared on the battlefield disrupted the captain's defensive plan and destroyed his confidence in keeping the stronghold.

The opponent's strength is far beyond his expectations. If there is no reinforcement and relying solely on himself, the stronghold under his feet will definitely not be able to be maintained.

Asking for help from the county town was his only way to defend his stronghold.

The Japanese garrison in Xiyang County was not garrisoned, and the captain of the garrison was just a captain, and was represented by the squadron leader of the first squadron with the strongest combat effectiveness.

The sun was too poor, so poor that there was no light in the entire county town.

After the Japanese army occupied this place, in order to ensure the normal operation of the command center, they brought generators and electric lights themselves.

But the Japanese’s resources are not endless, especially strategic resources like diesel.

In addition, Xiyang County is not very important, and there are very few benefits to the front army every time. These factors are summarized together, resulting in less diesel assigned to the Xiyang County garrison.

In order to save resources, after eight o'clock in the evening, the diesel generator of the command center stopped operating and continued to supply power to the command center with the stored electricity to ensure that there is light in the war room.

At 8:30 pm, except for the war room and telecommunications room, the huge command center was on, and the other parts were pitch black, and the captain's room was no exception.

There was no other sound in the room except for the captain's snoring.

"Dingling..." The phone in the war room suddenly rang, and the staff officer on duty who was resting with his eyes closed was suddenly awakened, stood up from the chair, and walked quickly to the next to the phone.

"Moses Moses... This is the Xiyang Garrison Command..." The on-duty staff quickly grabbed the microphone, and then there were rumbling guns and cannons in the microphone.

The expression of the staff officer on duty suddenly became solemn, and he continued to ask: "This is the Xiyang Garrison Command, where are you?"

"Report to the chief, we are the stronghold in Lijiazhuang Town, and are being attacked by unidentified enemies. The opponent is equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns. The garrison at the stronghold has suffered heavy casualties. Please support... Request support... Dududu..."

After hearing this, the sound of the phone hanging up came from the microphone. No matter how the communications consultant reversed the call back, the other party did not respond.

The Lijiazhuang Town stronghold is the only town controlled by the Imperial Army outside the city. The stronghold garrison and the county garrison are mutually supporting each other and protect each other to ensure that Xiyang is always under the control of the Imperial Army.

Once something goes wrong there, the county garrison will become an isolated army without any reinforcements.

Moreover, Xiyang said it was a county town, but it was not as well protected by five or six meters of walls as other county towns.

The county town is too poor, so poor that it can't even afford to build a city wall. It only surrounds the county town with a soil enclosure of more than two meters high. The average width is only 1.5 meters, and it just happened to be able to leave. There was not even a city tower at the city gate.

If the county garrison really becomes an isolated army, relying on such city defense fortifications to defend and wait for assistance, as long as the opponent has enough troops, even without siege artillery, he can enter the county garrison in a short time.

The garrison will undoubtedly die by then, and even the reinforcements will not have the chance to wait.

The staff on duty felt that this was too big and it was related to the life and death of the entire garrison team, so they did not dare to neglect any, so they put down the phone and rushed to the captain's room.

The captain appeared at the door of the war room two minutes later, walked in and stared at the telephone soldier and asked, "Have you not contacted the Lijiazhuang stronghold yet?"

Seeing the telephone soldier shook his head, the captain immediately turned his attention to the staff on duty: "You are the only person who has contacted the Lijiazhuang stronghold. Immediately say what you just learned about it again. The more detailed the better, the better, and you can't miss a word!"

"Hi!"

The staff on duty quickly replied: "The garrison at the stronghold said on the phone that they were attacked by unknown enemies, and the other party was equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns. The troops suffered heavy casualties, so please support!"

"Did you tell me how many enemies attacked Lijiazhuang, how many mortars were equipped, and how many heavy machine guns were?" The captain asked a few questions he wanted to know the most.

The staff officer on duty shook his head: "I originally wanted to ask, but the phone was hung up before he could say it. No matter how we called, there was no movement at the stronghold!"

"I think the phone line was cut off by the Chinese army at the attacking stronghold."

"The Lijiazhuang stronghold is our only garrison outside the city. It supports each other and covers each other. There will definitely be no problems!"

"The county town is only more than ten kilometers away from the stronghold. If you march quickly, you can kill it in two hours. Beizhi is willing to send troops to reinforce the stronghold immediately. The faster the better!"

A squadron leader who rushed over immediately asked for a fight: "Please allow me to bring a reinforcement squadron to reinforce the battlefield."

"There hasn't been a big battle in Xiyang for a long time, and we don't hand over much food to our superiors. If we can't win two battles to prove our combat effectiveness, the general will almost forget the existence of the Xiyang garrison!"

The squadron leader's words just reached the captain's heart.

Compared with the garrisons in other county towns, the Xiyang garrison has the lowest presence among several nearby garrisons.

Every time I go to the brigade command center for a meeting, the end of the conference room must be reserved for me.

Moreover, the captains of other garrisons are either the rank of Zhongjia or the rank of Grandmasters. Only he is the captain, and when he walks with those squadrons, no need to say others, he can feel that the Xiyang garrisons are inferior to other garrisons, let alone others.

With this aggrievance and reluctance, the captain wanted to prove the existence value of the Xiyang garrison and prove the strength of the Xiyang garrison, so that everyone knew that the Xiyang garrison was also a member of the Imperial Army. He was also strong in combat and should be valued by everyone, rather than being regarded as non-existent by his colleagues.

The more I thought about it, the more I became more moved, and then I ordered decisively: "You are right, there must be no accident in the stronghold in Xiaolizhuang Town."

"The Second Infantry Squadron, the Artillery Team and the Heavy Machine Gun Team each set out two units to cooperate with the Second Squadron to marching and reinforce the battlefield. The troops set off immediately and must contact the crisis at the stronghold in Xiaolizhuang Town."

"If the battlefield situation is beneficial to us, the reinforcements can join forces with the stronghold garrison to launch a counterattack against the enemy and kill them."

"After the reinforcements set off, all the remaining troops entered the combat position, strengthened their vigilance, prepared for combat, prevent the enemy from attacking the east and west, and launched an attack while the county's troops were empty."

"Sir, wise!" Several subordinates answered at the same time.

The dark and quiet Xiyang County town immediately became lively, and the torches that were constantly ignited quickly became one.

Ten minutes later, the reinforcements broke out of the county town and lined up in two formations, holding torches, heavy machine guns and mortars, and carrying weapons and ammunition, and heading towards the battlefield.

In the county town, dozens of torches suddenly emerged from the soil enclosure surrounding the county town, illuminating the surrounding area to prevent anyone from sneaking into the county town.

A company of puppet troops was pointed at by the Japanese at the gun and cried and climbed up the earthen encirclement. They patrolled along the earthen encirclement in squads!

Two small teams of Japanese soldiers and two companies of puppet troops were divided into troops to guard the Tuxiangzi.

The dark machine gun barrel stretched out from the shooting hole and faced outside the county town.

The riflemen hugged the 38th gaze together and closed their eyes to rest. If someone sneaked into the county town, they would definitely react immediately, rushed to their combat positions with guns, and shot outside the city...

Less than three kilometers away from Lijiazhuang Town is the most common mountains and hills in Xiyang.

The undulating mountains have created a large number of ravines and valleys. The only way to Lijiazhuang Town in the county is at the foot of the mountain. Follow the mountain and look down from the air. A winding dragon on Line 6 hovers in the middle of this mountain.

Zhou Cheng personally commanded the Fourth Company of the Second Battalion of the National Rescue Army, the Guard Company, the newly established spy company, the artillery company, the mortar platoon, and a total of more than 500 people were ambushed in a ravine on the edge of the mountain area...

The reinforcements started to enter the mountain two kilometers away from the county town. At the beginning, the Japanese were very cautious, with many vanguard troops, search teams, and rear troops...

The Japanese squadron leader was eager to win a battle, but he was not stupid.

The Imperial Army occupied the area and there was a guerrilla force in Xiyang, who had fought with him. They were good at fighting guerrillas, liked to use strategies, and were especially good at fighting east and west, surrounding and aiding aid...

Although the Lijiazhuang stronghold did not say clearly whether it was the Eighth Route Army or who was attacking them, he was 60 to 70% sure that the other party was the Eighth Route Army.

Since it was the Eighth Route Army, the battle to be attacked by the Lijiazhuang Town stronghold is a big deal.

It is possible that the Eighth Route Army really wants to take Lijiazhuang, or it is possible that it is fake, and it is true that it is to attack the east and west or to surround the points and attack the aid.

In the opinion of the squadron leader, the chances of several possible occurrences are similar, so he became extremely cautious when the reinforcements began to enter the mountain.

Half an hour passed and the team was not attacked.

An hour has passed, and the team has not been hit yet...

Walk one kilometer further and the troops can walk out of this mountain and return to the plain.

The squadron leader's tense nerves slowly sootheed. There were several sections of the mountain roads that the troops had just walked through that were particularly suitable for ambushing.

There is less than a kilometer of mountain road ahead, and the terrain is getting smoother and smoother, which is very unsuitable for ambushing. If the opponent really wants to surround the points and fight the east and west, he will have been fighting in front of him and will not have waited until now.

Moreover, when I walked here, I could faintly hear some gunfire sounds coming from Lijiazhuang Town, which were still as dense as ever. As expected, the battle there had already entered a white-hot stage and was in a state of anxiety. Perhaps the winner would be decided in the next second.

If the reinforcements are killed by now, they will definitely be able to help the stronghold garrisons in danger. If you are lucky enough to reach the battlefield at the critical moment of the battle, and stab the enemy in the back, it is possible to turn defeat into victory.

With this idea, the squadron leader's vigilance was completely gone and he gradually became impatient: "The troops accelerated and marched to reinforce the battlefield. We arrived at Lijiazhuang Town in four kilometers. The plain terrain in front was becoming more and more beneficial to us, and we would definitely not encounter any danger again."

After the squadron leader's order, the search team walking on both sides of the team retreated, leaving only the vanguard troops and the rear troops to continue to protect the team's safety.

As the marching speed became faster and faster, the vanguard troops began to become decorations. They glanced around like a flash of flowers, and continued to move forward when they encountered suspicious situations, just firing two shots, and they were not sent to search like they did just now.

Firepower reconnaissance is useful for recruits.

The recruit has poor psychological tolerance and is suddenly attacked, which is likely to get out of trouble due to tension, thus exposing the target.

The three companies brought by Zhou Cheng were almost all composed of veterans, and the proportion of new recruits was very small. Faced with the Japanese firepower reconnaissance, even if there were new recruits, they would be suppressed by veterans next to them as soon as possible, and it would be impossible to expose their targets.

Zhou Chengban squatted on the high ground next to the ravine. The Japanese held up the torch and could see their specific location and movement at a glance, and even the scouts did not need to be sent.

More than two hundred Japanese, except for two formations, an infantry squad walked in front, and then a dozen Japanese vanguards were divided into two fronts. An infantry squad was behind, leaving an infantry squad and more than fifty heavy machine gunners and gunners in the middle of the team.

Zhou Cheng took a look and had a new idea of ​​ambushing in his heart. He decisively ordered while the Japanese army had not yet entered the pocket formation.

"Adjust our pocket array."

"The heavy machine gun and the guard company are fighting against infantry, artillery, machine gunners, especially the Japanese artillery and machine gunners. They must kill them in the first round of shooting and not give them the chance to blow up weapons and ammunition."

"The Fourth Company deals with an infantry squad in front of the Japanese, the Special Company deals with an infantry squad behind the palace, and the dozen vanguards in the vanguard were handed over to the reconnaissance company."

"All participating troops should not save me ammunition. As long as everyone kills the Japanese on the mountain roads in the shortest time and does not give them the chance to destroy and consume ammunition, the weapons and ammunition we seized in this battle will definitely make up for all the damage to the war. Maybe there will be some remaining ones. At that time, I will strengthen two more crooked players for each company participating in the ambush to further increase the firepower of the troops!"
Chapter completed!