After the captain personally led the main force of the garrison to reinforce Beiwang Village, the garrison troops in the Dongmafang stronghold directly reduced from more than 400 to 1560, and the puppet army also accounted for the majority.

After the troops are reduced, the base should be more vigilant and prevent enemies from taking the opportunity to attack!

But the lieutenant squad leader of the Japanese left behind the stronghold did not do this.

As we all know, there is only one independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army in the Yuan family. They have no heavy weapons and are short of ammunition. Even a stronghold such as Beiwang Village cannot be taken down, not to mention the stronghold of Dongmafang, which is one level higher.

Moreover, the Independent Battalion is attacking the Beiwang Village stronghold, and even if they want to attack the Dongmafang stronghold, there is no soldier available.

With this idea, the lieutenant captain was very relieved of the safety of the Dongmafang stronghold and arranged the on-duty warning troops and returned to the barracks to sleep!

At one o'clock in the morning, a "boom..." sounded like thunder to the lieutenant's ear.

"Bageya Road, where to shoot artillery!" The shell explosion point was very close to the lieutenant, just like an explosion in his ear. Mei Meng was interrupted in an instant, she got up from the bed and shouted loudly at the door.

As soon as I put my military uniform on my body, I saw a Chief Cao pushing the door and not even shouting the word "report". He directly reported with a terrified expression: "Sir, we have been attacked by unknown enemies. The opponent is equipped with at least one mountain cannon. The artillery tower has been targeted and may be blown up at any time. You must leave here immediately!"

Before the lieutenant could digest the bad news that fell from the sky, the second explosion of "Boom..." sounded quickly.

This time the shell was bombing more than before, and it seemed to explode under everyone's feet, and the artillery tower trembled twice in the explosion.

The lieutenant's face turned pale in an instant. Just as he was about to speak, another subordinate hurriedly ran over: "Sir, the enemy hit the artillery tower under our feet. A mountain cannon shell hit the first floor, and a large hole was blown up in the outer wall. Several imperial troops guarding the first floor were killed!"

After hearing this, President Cao became even more anxious: "Why did he hit the artillery tower so quickly!"

The subordinate quickly explained: "Sir, the enemy's artillery technology is better than we imagined, and it is shooting at close range, with a very high accuracy. The artillery tower will definitely not last long, you must leave here immediately!"

After saying that, he ordered the two soldiers at the door: "Why are you still standing there? Protect the chief to evacuate the artillery tower immediately!"

"Boom..." The third shell exploded behind the lieutenant.

The whistling shell hit the gun tower again, and a large gap broke out on the exterior wall of the second floor.

The lieutenant who saw this scene was very glad.

Fortunately, my subordinates took him out of the artillery tower in time. If he was about ten seconds later, he would definitely be torn into pieces by the third artillery shell!

There were about ten subordinates who evacuated the artillery tower with the lieutenant, all of them were Japanese. When they saw the fireballs suddenly splashing on the second floor of the artillery tower, they all showed a look of gratitude.

Cao Cao, who was the first to propose a retreat, was also scared and continued to propose: "Sir, if the enemy is equipped with mountain cannons, the artillery towers and castles in the stronghold will definitely become their next targets of attack, which is very dangerous."

"You'd better go directly to block the position and command. If the enemy wants to strike with artillery, we can't find the target!"

After listening to this analysis, the lieutenant nodded immediately: "You are right. The artillery tower and the castle are too conspicuous. The enemy is equipped with mountain cannons. The more conspicuous our position, the more dangerous it is!"

"Everyone followed me to defend the positions, and the troops rely on the trenches to defend the strongholds, waiting for reinforcements!"

"The troops in the castle are also withdrawn. You cannot hide in it as a living target for the enemy... Boom boom boom..."

Before the lieutenant's order was finished, a different explosion suddenly sounded in their ears.

This time, not only were there mountain cannon shells that hit the artillery tower, but also several mortar shells, but all of these mortar shells hit them.

The moment the explosion sounded, Cao Chang's exclamation also reached the lieutenant's ears.

"Sir... Be careful... Boom boom boom..."

While speaking, Cao Chang jumped towards the lieutenant, intending to use his body to block the shells flying everywhere around him.

The lieutenant was stunned for a moment and was knocked down by Chief Cao and had an intimate contact with the ground.

But the flying shell fragments were too dense and did not deliberately avoid it because he was lying on the ground.

A piece of fragment hit his head, and the lieutenant didn't even scream, and there was no movement!

Chief Cao fulfilled his duty to protect the lieutenant well. At least five shells pierced into his body from all directions. Like the lieutenant, he fell to the ground and disappeared!

The enemy hides in artillery towers and castles and uses mountain cannons to bomb. After leaving the fortifications and being exposed to the ground, the enemy uses mortar cannons to bomb... This is the most common combat style of the National Salvation Army!

As the fortification with the strongest defense, the artillery tower can look down at the entire battlefield from a high place, so half of the Japanese left behind the stronghold guarded the artillery tower.

The mountain cannon shells killed several Japanese who had not had time to evacuate the artillery tower, and the mortar cannon shells killed all Japanese who had evacuated the artillery tower.

In this way, the Japanese, who had few strongholds, were beaten half in an instant...

Without the support of the Japanese, the combat effectiveness of the puppet army would be reduced by at least 30%, which would not be able to stop the attack of the National Saving Army.

In less than half an hour, the guns and cannons in the stronghold stopped.

"Captain, we have chosen the right choice!" Feng Fenghuohuo, the first company commander of the second company who entered the stronghold, rushed out and reported excitedly before he could run to Tan Wei.

"The warehouse behind the stronghold was full of food, weapons and ammunition. I asked the captured puppet army officers. The warehouse not only reserved the ration and ammunition supply for more than 400 troops in the stronghold for three months, but also reserved the ammunition supply for several surrounding strongholds for two months!"

Seize food from the Japanese and puppet troops and send them safely back to the defense zone... This is a very important reason why the National Salvation Army raided the Eighth Route Army's base to fight the Japanese.

Tan Fei was excited when he heard the word "grain" and jogged towards the stronghold, wanting to see his harvest tonight earlier: "You lead the way, let's go to the warehouse together to see what big gift the Japanese have prepared for us!"

As soon as I walked to the door of the warehouse, a strong smell of grain came to me. When I walked in, I saw a hill made of bags of grain, which looked particularly spectacular.

The company commander of the second company pointed to a pile of grain in white cloth bags and explained: "Captain, the white flour is filled with at least 40,000 kilograms!"

"The grain piles in front are all full of rice, with a quantity of no less than 40,000 kilograms, and there are almost 20,000 kilograms of miscellaneous grains!"

After listening to the introduction, Tan Fei smiled even happier, and was surprised and sighed with shock: "A total of 100,000 kilograms of grain was seized in one battle. Even if we didn't seize a single grain in the next battle, our trip would not be in vain!"

In a valley eight kilometers away, the Independence Battalion was all lying in ambush here and waiting for battle.

There is an official road at the bottom of the ditch less than 100 meters away from them, extending to the Dongmafang stronghold. If the nearby Japanese and puppet troops want to reinforce Dongmafang, they must pass here.

"Battery Commander, there is a torch coming towards the ravine!" Instructor Tang was very excited now, looking at the battalion commander with an expectant reminder.

"There are about one hundred Japanese and puppet troops, and there are no heavy weapons!" The battalion commander observed very seriously, and looked at the number of torches and the length of the team and said with excitement.

"The troops are ready for combat and can only shoot after obeying my orders. No one can expose the target in advance!"

"In the past, it was difficult for us to eat more than 100 Japanese and puppet troops in one bite when we were fighting. Now that bird guns have been replaced, the ammunition has been improved a lot. We will definitely be able to easily eat all the Japanese and puppet troops on the official road!"

This reinforcement unit is much more vigilant than the reinforcement units sent by Dongmafang.

About a squad of puppet troops and three Japanese soldiers walked in front to open the road, observing the surroundings while rushing.

When encountering a suspicious target, they first stab with a bayonet, confirm that it is safe and then continue to move forward. If the suspicious target is too far away from the stronghold, they will use grenades to blow up and bullets to test it...

The remaining Japanese and puppet troops walked five hundred meters behind the vanguard troops, and the distance was not far or near.

In case the vanguard troops are attacked, the subsequent main troops can reach the battlefield in just two or three minutes.

It is impossible for someone to set up an ambush in front of it.

The existence of the vanguard forces has directly lengthened the reinforcement forces to more than 600 meters, which means that the enemy has to prepare a pocket array of more than 600 meters long to ambush themselves. Not only is it too difficult, but it also requires hundreds of troops.

There is only one independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army in Yuanshi County, and no other troops ambush themselves, so the possibility of reinforcements being ambushed in such a marching is almost zero.

After entering the ravine, the speed of the vanguard's more than a dozen Japanese and puppet troops was significantly slower, and the search was more serious, for fear of a few bullets flying around.

But no matter how cautious they are, they dare not delay the overall marching speed of the troops.

The Dongmafang stronghold was in danger. If the stronghold was captured because he went too late, they would be defeated.

Therefore, no matter how hard the more than a dozen Japanese and puppet troops tried, they could only ensure that there were no suspicious targets within thirty or forty meters on both sides of the official road.

The soldiers of the Independent Battalion were all ambushed at the top of the ditch eighty or ninety meters away, staring at their every move from a high place!

"Fire the gun...skip..." The battalion commander held a box cannon in his hand. After seeing all the Japanese and puppet troops entering the pocket formation, he decisively ordered the box cannon in his hand. At this moment...

"Da da da da...Da da da dong dong..."

The three heavy machine guns were on the top of the ditch with the widest view of the ambush position. The bullets fired could cover the entire ambush battlefield. The condescending terrain advantage made them target the Japanese walking in the middle of the team as soon as they opened fire.

The light machine gun mixed in the middle of the rifleman, staring at the Japanese in the middle of the team to fight!

There were only about 30 Japanese in the reinforcement force, and they were fired by three heavy machine guns and eight light machine guns at the same time. In addition, hundreds of bullets fired from rifles, the dense bullets instantly enveloped them like it was raining.

The Japanese fell more than twenty people before they realized what was going on.

"The trumpet officer blew the charge, the whole army attacked, comrades rushed!" The battalion commander immediately ordered.

The puppet army's field combat capabilities were already very poor, and their combat effectiveness was even worse after being supervised by the Japanese. When they encountered the main force of the Eighth Route Army, they were almost defeated at once.

More than half of the Japanese were killed in the ambush circle in the blink of an eye, and less than ten Japanese were left lying on the ground to fight for trapping beasts. The puppet army was not attacked, so the battalion commander didn't want to waste bullets anymore, let alone waste precious bullets on the puppet army.

"Comrades...rush!"

"Kill all the Japanese... The Chinese don't beat the Chinese, and the puppet army surrenders and will not kill..."

The warriors shouted and killed quickly resounded throughout the entire ravine, and the gunshots slowly stopped at this moment!

In less than five minutes, Instructor Tang hurriedly found the battalion commander: "The battalion commander's battle was so good tonight. If I remember correctly, this is the cleanest ambush battle we have ever fought since the establishment of the independent battalion!"

"A total of 32 Japanese devils were killed, eight of them died of seventy-two puppet troops, and the rest were all captured by us."

"Because the battle ended too quickly, most of the Japanese were still carrying the rifles on their shoulders when they were killed, so the weapons and ammunition they carried were almost exhausted, and they were seized by us. There were 24 large 38 covers, two crooked handles, two grenade cans, more than 3,000 sixty-five caliber bullets, thirty grenades, and forty grenades!"

"A Czech-made rifles, two box cannons, more than two thousand seventy-nine caliber bullets, almost two hundred grenades!"

"We've made a lot of money in this battle!"

"Although three heavy machine guns and eight light machine guns were dispatched, the troops' assault speed was too fast. A round of ammunition from the machine gun rushed out before it could be exhausted, so the total number of bullets we used was less than a thousand rounds."

"I never dared to think about it before when I exchanged five or six thousand bullets for less than a thousand bullets!"

The battalion commander was very excited, but he did not forget the tasks that the independent battalion had not completed.

The smile on his face was quickly replaced by seriousness, and he opened his mouth and began to give orders: "The third company suffered the biggest losses in the battle tonight. The third company stayed to clean the battlefield and guard the prisoners. Others followed me to attack the strongholds that were no longer human. Remember to bring the two mortars that the National Savior Army supported us. It would be fine to scare the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield!"
To be continued...