The central barracks of the Japanese were located in the north of the county town, occupying two or three acres of land. All the houses within 500 meters of the fence were demolished, with a trench and two barbed wire mesh. There was a bunker on the left and right of the gate, and there was a cannon tower in the middle, all of which were reinforced concrete structures.

At dawn, the scattered battles in the city continued. Some Japanese who had no time to withdraw into the barracks were still resisting, but they had no effect on the overall situation. The Eighth Route Army flag was planted on the top of the city.

The residents in the county town had already heard the sound of gunfire and shouting in the middle of the night, and now someone finally shouted loudly.

Although the Eighth Route Army usually has a policy of not disturbing the people, Commander Zheng is not rigid. After a night of running and fighting, the soldiers urgently need hot soup and rice to supplement them.

With the reputation of loving the people and the publicity of soldiers, every household began to make fires and cook, and the wounded also found a place to settle and received emergency treatment from doctors drawn from all over the city.

Commander Zheng hid behind the cover and carefully observed the Japanese central barracks with a telescope. From the moment, it was indeed a difficult bone to crack, but it also had weaknesses.

Although the fortifications here are strong, there are too few enemies in the county town. After a fierce battle, less than a hundred people retreated here, and there are only thirty or forty Japanese.

Of course, it is not easy to capture with fortifications and weapons. For the Eighth Route Army, the biggest obstacle is the open area that is fully visible around.

"The Japanese barracks have enough food, ammunition, and drinking water. It may be difficult to achieve success in a short period of time by siege alone." The combat staff introduced carefully: "But if you want to break through this place, you will pay a heavy price."

Commander Zheng nodded, turned around, and said with a smile: "There is no gold, steel, and no porcelain work. We have gone through various possible deductions in advance, and it is not surprising that this situation occurs. Let's fight according to the plan and try to eliminate the remaining enemies as soon as possible."

The combat staff nodded and said, "Captain, you go to have a meal first. I will take someone to inspect it carefully to determine the attack plan."

"Did the soldiers eat hot rice and drink hot water?" Commander Zheng asked as he walked.

"Captain, don't worry, the soldiers are all well taken care of." The guard said: "I heard that our Eighth Route Army was fighting, and the people were excited and enthusiastic."

Commander Zheng nodded and walked straight to the temporary command center.

Captain Liang and the Imperial Army were locked in a courtyard, and he felt a little unreliable.

Although he said it well at that time, he would not blame him for his past and would be rewarded for his meritorious service. But who knew whether the Eighth Route Army would kill a donkey and destroy a bridge across the river. He was thinking about it all, and he couldn't even care about his hunger.

With a loud bang, the door was opened. Chen Long appeared at the door and said with a smile: "Captain Liang, our regiment commander is welcome."

Captain Liang was pretending to be a little rabbit in his belly, and followed Chen Long nervously, whispering: "Brother Chen, you are a guest of honor now, and I am a prisoner. For the sake of past friendship, you have to help your brother!"

"Oh, it's not that I don't want to help you. This team leader has a very bad temper." Chen Long said in a difficult manner: "Old Liang, if you want to be safe, it depends on your performance!"

"Did I behave well enough?" Captain Liang said with a bitter face: "Open the city gate and shouted again to tell the brothers that they would just kill the Japanese with their own hands anyway."

"I know all this in my heart, and I will also speak well for you." Chen Long induced: "If you make some more contributions and let us eliminate the last group of Japanese devils, it would be the best. At that time, I will also guarantee you in front of the regiment commander."

"Brother Chen, please tell me clearly that as long as I can do it, I will never refuse." Captain Liang begged, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw.

"Those strongholds outside the city..." Chen Long raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you have your old friends? Brother, if you persuade them to surrender, this contribution will be great. Think about it carefully."

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During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the Japanese devils' communication ability was not very high. Generally speaking, only medium and large strongholds had telegrams, and most of them were contacted by phone.

Now all the telephone communications outside the county town have been interrupted, and the command center has been paralyzed. The defenders in many data points are either suspicious or hesitant, and are mostly in a state of uncertainty.

If the Imperial Army troops in the city are sent to persuade the surrender, they will definitely achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Among the various forces in the county, the Imperial Army has a large number of people. However, their strength is not strong and they are the most agitated.

In addition to being often attacked by anti-Japanese armed forces, they were also angry with the Japanese. Moreover, these people were complex in their composition, including the original bandits, the National Army that the Japanese army surrendered, and the newly formed troops after the Japanese army occupied them.

Most of the leaders of these troops are swaying and swaying on both sides. Whoever has the greatest power will follow.

It is easy to do a job when they feel hopeless. They may not dare to rebel, resist passively or escape from war, but it is very likely.

Although the hinterland of the enemy-occupied area was very empty due to the sweeping, there were certain variables over time.

Therefore, Commander Zheng asked Captain Liang to find some Imperial Army whose family members were in the county, and followed a company's troops to the stronghold outside the city to persuade the surrender. No matter what the effect was, it was also a shock.

The current situation of the entire battle situation is very beneficial to the Eighth Route Army. Most of the county towns are occupied, and the entire enemy's deployment has lost its defense core and command center and has become fragmented.

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"Your Excellency, have some food!" A Japanese man said to Matsumoto, who was sitting at the table thinking hard.

Matsumoto shook his head gently and stared at the map in a daze.

The guns and cannons outside the county town gradually stopped after three times. It seemed that reinforcements from the outer strongholds were repelled by the Eighth Route Army.

Normally, the tall city walls were the foundation they depended on, but now they have become obstacles to prevent reinforcements from rescue.

The telegram sent to the above has been replied, "I'm just waiting for help." But when the reinforcements arrived, I didn't mention a single word.

Similarly, the troops who set out to sweep the raid also received a telegram, but it would take at least more than a day to rush back to the county town, and it would be a little far away and not quench the near thirst.

"Give power to the Yangi stronghold, let them contact the surrounding strongholds and join forces to help." Matsumoto issued an order in a low voice, "It is useless to have a small group of reinforcements coming separately, but they are defeated by the enemy one by one, and it is useless to do anything."

Suddenly, there were faint crying sounds outside, as if mixed with Japanese yelling and begging.

A Japanese soldier ran in with a pale face and reported, "The enemy is digging a trench, please..."

Before the Japanese soldiers finished speaking, Matsumoto jumped up, climbed up the artillery tower, raised his telescope and observed carefully.

Yes, the Eighth Route Army was digging trenches and digging on both sides at the same time.

Dig the trenches forward and approach the operation. Several trenches with a 45-degree angle to the Japanese defense surface were zigzag in a zigzag shape and were dug forward and turned one thirty meters away. The excavated soil was used to form a battlement-style system to reduce the killing range of enemy shells.

"Mortar, shoot, shoot." Matsumoto issued an order.

The shells shot out from the cannon tower one by one, exploded with a bang, and raised up mass of mud.

The trench was still stretching forward tenaciously, two people were in groups, bent over and digging hard, and rotated every five minutes to ensure physical strength and speed of excavation.

As long as the shells do not fall into the trench, life safety can be basically guaranteed, but it depends on character.

The Japanese mobilized all the artillery fire and fired into the approaching trenches to stop and delay the Eighth Route Army's trench digging operations.

The injured or killed were carried down, and the Imperial Army was organized. Although they were afraid, they did not dare to retreat under the cold swords and guns of the Eighth Route Army soldiers.

As soon as the whistle sounded, a group of people rushed into the trench with shovels and picks, digging hard, five minutes, and after these damn five minutes. When the whistle sounded again, they rolled and crawled back like a general amnesty.

"Captain." Chen Long asked in a low voice: "Digging trench operations is a good way, which shortens the charge distance and reduces the losses of soldiers. Apart from this, do you have other tricks?"

Commander Zheng pursed his lips, shook his head gently, and said, "This trick was just proposed before the war, and it is also the first time he used in actual combat. If you have any good solutions, you might as well propose it and remember the merits for you."

"I don't." Chen Guanghao said with a wry smile: "I'm not very proficient in this war. However, people who can come up with this method are still very powerful."

Captain Zheng smiled faintly and said, "Of course she is amazing. However, you will be even more surprised when you see her."

The Japanese artillery fire did not interrupt, but the trench still stretched forward tenaciously, like a noose, and tightened the Japanese's neck more and more.

The Eighth Route Army's sharpshooters had begun to enter the trench and use cold guns to kill and injure the enemy. Then, two precious mortars also joined the battle group, shooting maneuverably in the trench, trying to destroy the Japanese mortar positions.

The Japanese had too few troops, and this defect was difficult to make up for. If it weren't for the solid fortifications, a regiment of Eighth Route Army would have eliminated these enemies long ago.

Even so, the Eighth Route Army still has the way and time to annihilate all these enemies.

The digging of the trench is approaching, but Shen Chen’s suggestion is not original, but it just reminds us to make the combat plan more perfect.

As for bunkers and artillery towers, the Eighth Route Army also has a way, which is tunnel blasting, commonly known as "dirty plane".

The approaching digging trenches not only reduce the impact distance of the troops and reduce casualties, but also effectively cover the intention of digging the tunnels.

Although it is time-consuming, it is also one of the few ways to attack the strongholds for the Eighth Route Army, which has plenty of time and is seriously lacking heavy weapons.

As night fell, clouds covered the moon, making everything hazy, like a layer of mist.

Matsumoto stood beside the shooting hole in the artillery tower, looking into the distance with a telescope. After the flares passed, he couldn't see anything clearly. He was trying to keep himself from thinking in the worst direction.

But he also knew that the enemy was likely to launch a fierce attack tonight, and the failure was very likely to be very high. If—— he shook his head vigorously and put aside this ominous thought.

That's right, even if the number of people is small and there is a strong fortification, the enemy will not be able to capture this place.

The gunshots rang again, and Matsumoto hurriedly raised his telescope again.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the sound of gunfire and explosion gradually stopped, but Matsumoto did not dare to relax his vigilance. He felt that there was a strong murderous intent hidden in this silence.

Suddenly, a strong white light flashed, and then, a "boom" that never before broke out violently. The earth shook violently in the explosion, and the dark night sky was full of dazzling blood red!

The power of more than 20 kilograms of explosives was jaw-dropping, and it exploded violently below the side of the bunker, like a bombardment of a heavy shell.

In Matsumoto's stunned gaze, it all became blurred, and the explosion of smoke and dust blocked the bunker, and it was in chaos.

The smoke of gunpowder slowly dissipated. Although it was not clear, the fortress still appeared. Seeing that the fortress was still standing, Matsumoto couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

But soon, as the vision became clear, Matsumoto's heart sank. The bunker did not completely collapse, but one side had been destroyed by explosives. An open bunker had any threats.

What's more, all the guards inside were stunned and silenced.

"Baga!" Matsumoto cursed angrily and frowned tightly.

The sound of gunfire, explosions, and shouts of killing suddenly sounded. The bunker was destroyed, causing the enemy to have a defense loophole. The besieged soldiers jumped out of the hidden trench and launched an attack on the enemy.

"Dadada..." The machine gun of another bunker fired, and the flames flashed, and they shot towards the figures approaching.

"Bang hook, bang hook..." After a few gunshots, the searchlight of the artillery tower was turned off. The enemy in the artillery tower didn't know what was going on, and he was panicked.

In this brief dark moment, after some casualties, the Eighth Route Army soldiers finally approached the bunker and successfully threw grenades into it.

A dazzling light flashed in the bunker. Although the explosion did not destroy the bunker, it wiped out all the enemies inside.

In fact, these two bunkers are not very big, and Matsumoto didn't send too many people. His focus is on the core artillery tower.

Despite this, the two bunkers were able to form cross-fire, and there were not many blind spots close to each other, which forced the Eighth Route Army to spend time and use tunnel blasting to destroy one, thus creating conditions for a strong attack on the other.

The bunker was destroyed, and the artillery tower was the last fortification, and was attacked fiercely from all directions.

The gunshots were heard, and the Eighth Route Army machine guns, rifles and artillery towers were fired at each other, covering the soldiers' attacks and advances.

On the ground, on the room, on the artillery tower... there were fires flashing everywhere, gunfire sounds mixed with shouts and scolding, bullets were storming in the air. Some people kept falling down, both sides of the enemy and us.

In the bloody fire, the fighters from both sides of the enemy and us fought desperately around the artillery tower.

One is determined to win, the other is fighting for an inch of land; the other is aggressive and the person who comes is not good, the other is fighting for a stubborn and fighting for tooth; the other is fighting forward at all costs, and moving forward, and the other is swearing to live and die with the position and not retreat without retreating...

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