The puppet army commander Zhou walked in the middle of the team, and the closer he got to Zhangzhuang Town, he became more excited.

"Baopao..." A few gunshots woke him up from his dream. When he looked up, he saw the forward platoon retreating in a panic, with four or five corpses lying on the official road in the middle of the deserted slope.

"There is an enemy in front of the camp blocking the way." The company commander of the fifth company reported.

The battalion commander made a judgment without thinking: "It must be the guerrillas who intercepted our blocking troops."

"Order all the troops to prepare for combat, take the machine guns to the head, join the vanguard platoon behind, and the two companies launch an assault on the guerrilla blocking positions together."

The fifth company commander immediately reminded: "Will this be too risky?"

"The whole army attacked from the way up. What if this is a trap?"

The battalion commander shook his head: "It is impossible to have a trap."

"As far as I know, there are only three Eighth Route Army guerrillas operating in Pingding territory. The strongest guerrillas in Donghui Town are being surrounded and suppressed by Japanese troops and cannot get out of Jinshan. Therefore, the only ones to attack Zhangzhuang Town are the other two guerrillas."

"They don't have the strength to set traps for us."

"The whole army attacks together and strives to break through the guerrilla defense line with an attack."

"Of course, it would be even better if the guerrillas on the deserted slopes could be scared away, and the defense line could be broken through without a single soldier and a soldier, and the stronghold in Zhangzhuang Town would be better."

As soon as he joined the retreating vanguard troops, the two hundred and two gobiaozi began to form an offensive formation.

The posture was particularly large. Two hundred Japanese devils lined up into three scattered soldiers, each with more than 60 people. The machine guns were headed, densely packed, like a group of locusts, rushing towards the top of the slope quickly.

Battalion Commander Zhou did not participate in the attack, and stood at the foot of the deserted slope, looking at the attacking troops with anticipation.

He believed that the guerrillas on the top of the slope would definitely be frightened by the attacking troops, either fleeing in sight or being submerged by the attacking troops and being wiped out at the top of the slope.

At the beginning, the situation was indeed as he judged.

The attacking troops kept impulsive in the middle of the deserted slope, and there was no movement on the top of the slope where the gun had just been fired.

The self-righteous Battalion Commander Zhou smiled on the spot: "The Eighth Route Army on the top of the slope must have been scared away by us."

"When they escape to Zhangzhuang Town and spread the news of our massive attack, the guerrillas attacking the stronghold will definitely flee. We can save the stronghold without any effort and complete the tasks given to us by the Japanese."

While speaking, the attacking troops rushed to the top of the slope for more than twenty meters.

The soldiers in the front row had already taken out the grenades and were about to rush to the top of the slope for more than ten meters before throwing them out.

Be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years. Regardless of whether there are enemies on the top of the slope, it is definitely correct to use a grenade to blow it up first.

"Dadada..."

The dense and harsh light and heavy machine gun strafing sound suddenly sounded on the top of the slope. When the sound reached Captain Zhou's ears, the expression on his face instantly frozen.

When I looked up, I saw that the soldiers in the front row of the attacking troops were killed in pieces, especially the officers and soldiers near the machine guns. The neat team had been hit by bullets and several gaps.

This counterattack came too suddenly, and Battalion Commander Zhou was not prepared.

But his reaction was not slow, and he immediately made a judgment: "The enemy on the top of the slope had heavy machine guns and several light machine guns. They must be the main force of the Eighth Route Army, not the guerrillas, so we were fooled!"

"The offensive troops retreat quickly and retreat as quickly as possible...boom boom boom..."

Before the order was finished, the explosion also rang, and it reached Captain Zhou's ears with gunfire.

Five groups of black smoke rose into the air on the battlefield, one of which was particularly conspicuous, not only had a large coverage, but also was exactly twice as high as other black smoke.

Looking at the results of the battle, although only two regiments of black smoke are located in the middle of the attacking troops.

But where the black smoke rose, all the soldiers within a radius of several meters fell to the ground, and their lives and deaths were uncertain.

Zhou Cheng started to panic and screamed with a look of shock.

"The enemy on the top of the slope is also equipped with grenade launchers and mortars. They must be the main force of the Eighth Route Army. We retreat immediately and go back to the county town."

"The main force of the Eighth Route Army is here. We are not an opponent. Continuing to attack is like a sheep entering the mouth of a tiger and killing us for nothing..."

The bullets fired from the machine rifle chased the puppet army behind the butt, and shells and grenades fell from the sky, killing one puppet army after another and blowing away...

The puppet troops involved in the attack were very braver than Battalion Commander Zhou.

When Captain Zhou was frightened, they were already scared and fled backwards frantically, without even the courage to turn around.

Especially after hearing the screams of my comrades getting closer and closer to me, I felt more and more frightened.

I was afraid that I would run slower, so the bullets I caught up with from behind hit me.

The legs ran faster than before. The armed belt on the body was too hindered, throw it away; the bullet belt was too troublesome, throw it away; the rifle was too tiring to run, throw it away...

As for whether these weapons and ammunition will be used by the enemy, they cannot control so much. The most urgent task now is to save their lives.

If you die, it would be meaningless to leave those weapons and ammunition. Anyway, the Japanese in the county would not reward themselves for this, and they would give them any benefits.

Battalion Commander Zhou was guarding the foot of the barren hill. As soon as he joined the offensive troops, he joined the retreat ranks and spread his feet to run towards the county town.

After running five or six hundred meters in a row, the battlefield could no longer be seen with the naked eye, the puppet army stopped.

Everyone showed a frightened expression, and they sat on the ground, gasping for breath, nervous and exhausted.

"Calculate the losses immediately, rest for two minutes, and then continue to retreat!" The battalion commander had not yet let go of his heart and ordered very seriously.

He once again chose to believe his judgment: the enemy on the top of the slope had light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars, and was definitely not ordinary guerrillas.

If there was really a main force of the Eighth Route Army who fought to pacify, they would definitely not let go of their fat meat easily. They were alone and would be dangerous unless they returned to the county town immediately.

The fifth company commander was not dead, and he walked over with fear on his face: "Battleman, brothers have suffered a lot of losses!"

"Only 106 people were removed, which was equivalent to losing a whole company in Dongpoling."

"And one-third of the brothers who retreated lost their guns, and about two-thirds of the brothers lost their bullet belts and grenade bags."

"If we return to the county town in such a mess, the Japanese will definitely be furious and say that we are the enemy."

Captain Zhou gritted his teeth with regret and shouted dissatisfiedly: "They still have the face to get angry, and I should be the one who really wants to get angry."

"Didn't it mean that the only one guerrilla attacking the Zhangzhuang Town stronghold? Are the guerrillas equipped with so many light machine guns, grenade launchers, and even heavy machine guns and mortars?"

"If I hadn't reacted quickly and retreated in time, we would have told Dongpoling."

"Those weapons and ammunition are lost. Anyway, half of the rifles have even been smoothed out. I just took this opportunity to ask the Japanese for equipment and replace all the guns in their brothers with good guns."

"After I went back, I said I met the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The information given to us by the Japanese was wrong. I believe that no matter how unhappy the Japanese were, they would not dare to say anything."
Chapter completed!