At the same time, the Japanese Fourth Brigade Headquarters stationed in Yangquan.

The Japanese military staff came outside the bedroom of brigade commander Sano Tadayoshi, ignored the guards, and knocked on the door in a hurry.

"What's the matter?" After a while, Sano Tadayoshi opened the door and asked as if he was not awake.

Sano Tadayoshi graduated from the 21st Infantry Division of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. He served as the head of the Harbin Lieutenant Colonel's Secret Service at the headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army invading China. He was a stubborn communist.

"I take the liberty of interrupting the brigade commander!" the staff officer bowed, "Ten minutes ago, we received news from the Huting stronghold that there was a fierce attack by a brigade from the Eighth Route Army."

"Nani?" Sano Tadayoshi's expression changed slightly, "Is this true?"

That bunch of trash from the Imperial Association Army often lied about military information.

When attacked by a few guerrillas, it is said that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was attacked. When attacked by a little bit of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, it is tempting to say that the entire Eighth Route Army in North China was mobilized.

As a result, the imperial soldiers were constantly running around and were exhausted.

The staff officer bowed and said, "It was said by Watanabe Jiro, the captain of the team stationed at the Huting stronghold, on the phone!"

Sano Tadayoshi nodded, no longer doubting, and immediately ordered: "Go and call Chief of Staff Miyazaki Monday to my office!"

"Hi!"

The staff officer paused his feet, bowed slightly, and walked outside.

Sano Tadayoshi was completely sleepless, put on his military uniform, and walked towards his office.

Arriving at the office, Sano Tadayoshi stared at the map closely.

The Eighth Route Army dispatched a brigade to attack the Huting stronghold. What was the purpose?

A few minutes later, Miyazaki, chief of staff of the Japanese Fourth Brigade, came to the office in a hurry.

Sano Tadayoshi asked: "Miyazaki-kun, what do you think the Eighth Route Army wants to do?"

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander." Miyazaki stared at the map for a while and said on Monday, "I guess the Eighth Route Army wants to surround the point and call for reinforcements."

Sano Tadayoshi's eyes turned: "Tell me what you think!"

Miyazaki analyzed on Monday: "Encircling points and calling for reinforcements is a trick used by the Eighth Route Army to deal with the Imperial Army. When the Eighth Route Army attacks the Imperial Army's artillery towers and strongholds, they usually cut off the telephone lines first, but this time they did not. This shows that they deliberately let the Huting stronghold be attacked.

Call for help, once the imperial army sends troops to support the Huting stronghold, the Eighth Route Army will set up an ambush halfway, so their target is not the Huting stronghold, but the imperial army's reinforcements!"

Sano Tadayoshi shook his head: "Miyazaki-kun, you are only half right."

"Hi!" Miyazaki said on Monday, "Please give me some instructions from the brigade commander."

Sano Tadayoshi said: "There are three hundred Imperial Army and Imperial Alliance Army soldiers in the Huting stronghold. The fortress is strong and there is sufficient ammunition and food. The Eighth Route Army sent a brigade to attack the Huting stronghold. If we want to capture the Huting stronghold, we will inevitably suffer huge casualties and pay such a high price."

At a price, the target of the Eighth Route Army is definitely not the Huting stronghold."

Miyazaki nodded on Monday, which was consistent with his guess.

"If it is just to encircle a point for reinforcements and besiege the Huting stronghold, only one regiment is enough. And they dispatched a whole brigade, which means that the Eighth Route Army has dispatched at least one division this time. Once the imperial army in Qixian County sends troops to support the Huting stronghold

, the main force of the Eighth Route Army will form an encirclement on the county seat of Qixian County, and the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army stationed in Qixian County will simply not be able to withstand the attack of a division of the Eighth Route Army!"

It dawned on Miyazaki on Monday: "Despicable and cunning Chinese!"

A brigade from the Eighth Route Army, with at least four thousand men, put up such a large formation to attack the small Huting stronghold.

Their ultimate goal may not be as simple as just surrounding the area and calling for reinforcements.

Miyazaki asked on Monday: "If the Eighth Route Army's goal is the county seat of Qixian County, and the imperial army in the county cannot go to support it, the Huting stronghold may really be defeated by the Eighth Route Army."

"This is all my guess. The real situation is still unclear." Sano Tadayoshi said, "Besides, the location of the Huting stronghold is very important. It can very effectively contain and threaten the main force of the Eighth Route Army and guerrillas around it. Naturally, we cannot give up easily like this!

"

"Then what should we do?"

Sano Tadayoshi said: "Order the imperial army in Qixian County to stand still. The 8th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army immediately assembles and goes to the Huting stronghold to reinforce! At the same time, let the imperial army in the Yangxing stronghold and Xipan stronghold immediately reinforce the Huting stronghold!"

Miyazaki said with admiration on his face on Monday: "In this way, we not only achieve the purpose of reinforcing the Huting stronghold, but also preserve the strength of the imperial army, and also find out the true and false status of the Eighth Route Army. It can be said to be a plan that kills three birds with one stone!"

Sano Tadayoshi said: "If the Eighth Route Army really gathers on a large scale in Qixian County, as long as the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army holds back the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and when the Imperial Army completes the encirclement, this Eighth Route Army can be completely wiped out!"

Miyazaki on Monday: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, is wise!"

Sano Tadayoshi: "Go and give the order!"

Miyazaki Monday: "Hi!"

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Huting stronghold.

In the direction in which the Second and Third Battalions were feinting to attack, bullets rained down everywhere as if they were free.

Feint is responsible for attracting firepower. Naturally, the louder the movement, the better.

The warrior cats of the second and third battalions fired their guns behind the low hills, while the Japanese and puppet troops hid in the bunker gun towers.

The two sides fought lively, but no one hit the other.

At this time, the assault warriors of the special operations company and the first battalion rushed in from where the wall of the Huting stronghold was blown open.

The light and heavy machine guns in the Japanese turret rang out, and four or five dazzling tongues of flame poured machine gun bullets at the charging soldiers.

The bullet hit the steel plate on the assault soldier's chest, making a crisp clanking sound.

However, machine gun bullets also hit the soldiers' legs and heads. Four or five of the dozen assault soldiers fell instantly.

The turret was only a dozen meters away from the wall, and the soldiers responsible for the assault braved a hail of bullets to cover the large troops behind.

Wang Gensheng unscrewed a wooden-handled grenade, thought silently in his mind for two seconds, and then threw it in the direction of the gun tower.

boom--

There was a sudden flash of fire in the turret, and all the light and heavy machine guns went silent.

"rush!"

"kill!"

The Japanese gun tower was blown up, and all the soldiers who followed rushed into the Huting stronghold through the gap.

Zhang Dabiao's battalion divided into two groups of soldiers to capture the Japanese and puppet troops respectively, as well as the gun towers and bunkers in the other two directions.

Wei Dayong, on the other hand, led his special operations company straight to the enemy's small warehouse to prevent the enemy from being destroyed and blow up the small warehouse.

After all, the traitor translator Zhu Sanke said that the Huting stronghold had several mortars and a mountain cannon.

The Huting stronghold is quite large. In addition to the Chinese-shaped gun towers and bunkers in three directions, there are also more than twenty barracks in the front and rear.

The row of bungalows at the end of the barracks is locked with iron ropes. This...is the location of the warehouse of the Huting stronghold.

In front of the barracks, there is a temporary position made of sandbags.

A squad of Japanese soldiers huddled behind sandbags, and a light machine gun with a crooked handle was set up here.

Before the special operations company could rush forward, the Japanese machine guns opened fire.

Bullets poured down like raindrops, and the two special operations company soldiers who had no time to dodge were immediately shot and fell to the ground screaming.

"Lie down!" Wei Dayong gave the order, and the soldiers of the special operations company fell down one after another, pulling the bolts of their rifles and shooting at the Japanese behind the sandbags on the opposite side.

"Give me the gun!"

Wei Dayong took the Type 97 sniper rifle from Liu Zi, pulled the bolt and loaded the bullet. Then, the location of the Japanese machine gun appeared in his mind, and he ducked halfway out of the bunker and fired a shot at the opponent.

The next moment, the Japanese machine gun instantly misfired.

The Japanese deputy shooter next to him pushed away the machine gunner who had been shot in the head. Just as his finger touched the trigger, another 65mm bullet shot through and penetrated his head.

"rush!"

Without the suppression of machine gun fire, the soldiers of the special operations company poured in like a tide.
Chapter completed!