The first round of firepower came very suddenly and ended very quickly, and lasted for four or five seconds.

Taking advantage of the firepower gap between the Eighth Route Army loading machine guns, the team leader decisively raised his head and looked around.

A bloody picture instantly came into view.

Under the night, he didn't see very far. Within his vision, there were either motionless corpses or severe wounded people screaming. Moreover, these people were almost all the Imperial Army, and there were only a handful of soldiers who were truly intact.

The captain was stunned by the shock, and even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't figure out where the enemy who ambushed him came from.

The Eighth Route Army that was active nearby had only one regiment, but it was equipped with less than ten light machine guns. It would be nice to have two or three machine guns used in the offensive artillery tower, and these two or three light machine guns could use very little ammunition.

This is a very important reason why he has the courage to lead troops to reinforce the Dongcun Artillery Tower.

Even if the Eighth Route Army brought all the remaining light machine guns, they were not opponents of the reinforcements.

The number of light machine guns that ambushed him just now exceeded ten, and he killed almost the Imperial Army in the middle of the reinforcements with little strength, and his strength far exceeded his judgment on the surrounding Eighth Route Army.

The huge gap in strength directly made him fall into a confused state of confusion, and he didn't react for a long time.

"Didid... Comrades, rush!" The Eighth Route Army's charge and shouts of killing suddenly sounded around, bringing him back to reality in one go, and then he saw two or three hundred Eighth Route Army rushing towards him from all directions...

The battle ended soon. The first battalion commander walked around the battlefield and ran towards the regiment commander. He was very excited, with a smile on his face, and he ran and shouted.

"Captain, we have made a lot of money in this battle!"

"Twelve light machine guns were fired together. Although they were very scattered, they fired two or three hundred bullets in one go, but the shooting effect was very good. Their first round of firepower attack killed the Japanese in the middle of the reinforcements, with very few remaining."

"After the troops started charging, the only few remaining Japanese were about to counterattack, and the bullets fired from the second round of firepower directly drove them into sieves."

"Without the support of the Japanese, the remaining two platoons of puppet troops were killed by us except for seven or eight deadly hard elements, and the remaining fifty puppet troops were all captured by us."

"The biggest receipt of goods is the seizure. In the past, when we fought the Japanese, the battle would last for a long time before we could kill the opponent. When the battle ended, the Japanese would either be exhausted or destroyed before they died, and there would be very little seizure."

"Our seizure tonight will definitely set a precedent for the formation of the army!"

"We killed the Japanese before they could fight back. Not only did they not have the chance to use the ammunition they carried with them, but they did not have the chance to destroy their equipment. As a result, these good things were all cheaper for us!"

"There are thirty-nine Japanese soldiers in total, equipped with 26 38 large covers, all of which are intact, and the bullet boxes they carry have not been opened."

"The two crooked handles are also good. The machine gun cabin is full of bullets. Before we could load it, the machine gunner was killed by us."

"The hundreds of bullets carried by the deputy shooter didn't move, and we all seized them!"

"I guess we can seize at least 3,000 65-caliber bullets in this battle, and we used at most 7,800 rounds in the battle just now, which is equivalent to earning at least 2,000 65-caliber bullets in this battle. This is not a matter of two crooked hands and twenty-six 38-caliber bullets!"

"By the way, we also seized a mortar, five boxes of shells, two grenade launchers, and twenty grenades. The weapons and ammunition equipped by the puppet army were also seized by us and there were more than fifty grenades..."

The first battalion commander became more and more excited. After the report was finished, he suggested to the regiment commander on the spot: "I just found a news from the captured puppet army. Now there are only a platoon of puppet troops left at the stronghold and more than 20 Japanese. We have more than 300 people, well-equipped, and mortars and heavy machine guns, which can definitely be easily taken down."

"Or why we just kill the stronghold and leave the artillery tower to the Second Battalion to attack?"

The regiment commander's original plan was to return to the second battalion after the ambush, take down the Dongcun artillery tower tonight and attack the stronghold tomorrow night.

But he did not expect that the ambush would be so smooth. Not only did he seize a large amount of weapons and equipment, but he also captured more than fifty puppet troops, with minimal casualties.

Inspired by victory, the regiment commander was moved as soon as he heard the proposal of his subordinates.

However, he did not adopt the first battalion commander's style of playing. He frowned and thought for a moment before making a decision: "Then let's take advantage of the victory and take down the stronghold tonight."

"But the combat plan needs to be slightly changed. Haven't we captured more than fifty puppet troops? I decided to use them: use a trick to seize the stronghold!"

In the Taiyuan Japanese Army, because the negotiations between the National Salvation Army and them were coming to an end, the commander seemed to have seen a strong brigade under his command. He was in a particularly good mood for several days and was particularly fragrant at night than before.

Tonight is no exception. The commander fell asleep at about nine o'clock.

But the military command did not calm down because of the departure of the commander. From the beginning of receiving the first call at 9:30, the ringing of the phones did not stop.

By 11 o'clock in the evening, the five telephones in the war room became busy at the same time.

The staff officer who answered the phone put down the receiver and hung up the phone, and the new phone was immediately answered.

The Chief of Staff on duty at night didn't take this matter seriously at first.

Because at the beginning, the sporadic phone calls were to inform the military headquarters of which stronghold and artillery tower were attacked, and then the following text was gone.

After more and more calls came in, the Chief of Staff finally realized something was wrong: "Immediately mark all the strongholds and artillery towers attacked by the Eighth Route Army on the sand table, and the speed is faster!"

"The strongholds and artillery towers that have been captured by the Eighth Route Army must also be marked!"

"The number of troops that have lost contact will be counted, and the Imperial Army and the Imperial Army will be counted separately!"

Several combat staff immediately became busy. In less than ten minutes, the Chief of Staff saw the scene he least wanted to see.

Less than three hours after the first call was answered into the war room, more than twenty strongholds and artillery towers in Shanxi were attacked, of which 14 strongholds and artillery towers had lost contact, and 80% were captured by the Eighth Route Army.

Although there are not many garrisons in these artillery towers and strongholds, there are only a few imperial troops with smaller artillery towers and more than one hundred imperial troops with larger strength. For the First Army, which has nearly 100,000 troops, this little force is not even considered a superficial force, and if it is lost, it will be lost.

But after adding up all the garrisons that had lost contact, the losses of the Imperial Army exceeded 400, and more than two infantry squadrons were added.

And now there are still a steady stream of phone calls to the command center, which means that there are more strongholds and artillery towers on the front line being attacked.

More than 400 Imperial Army and more than a dozen stronghold artillery towers were lost in three hours. Now there are still six or seven hours before dawn. If the Eighth Route Army's offensive continues to be so fierce and fight until dawn, the losses of the Shanxi garrison will definitely reach 1,500 people.

If the losses of the Imperial Army were included, it would be possible that more than 4,000 people would be.

No matter how many troops the Shanxi garrison has, it cannot regard such a large loss as a superficial one, and even the Chief of Staff himself cannot afford such a large loss!
Chapter completed!