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On a narrow road nearly 3 kilometers away from Xu Le, dozens of people were lying behind a dirt slope beside the road.

Each of them was about two meters apart, and most of them had a big knife on their backs. They extended the battle line to more than 150 meters, and there was a light machine gun in the middle.

There is even a mortar further back, but there is only one ammunition box next to it, and it probably contains only six grenades at most.

One of them looked up at the sky and said, "It's already completely light, why haven't the Japs come yet? They're not coming, are they?"

The soldier next to him interrupted and said, "Captain, it would be bad if the Japanese didn't come. We can take down the artillery tower and save ammunition!"

"You know nothing. If the Japanese dare to suddenly build a turret in Gaoyang, there must be a use for it. We can't just ignore it! I hope the Japanese will show up soon. If not, it will be troublesome!"

The soldier wondered: "Captain, why would we be in trouble if the devils didn't come?"

"Although this is the only road from Fenyang that can be used by cars, there is another small road that can be used by infantry. I am afraid that the Japanese may take that road on foot."

This man is the captain of a district squad under the guerrillas. He has dozens of people under him, and they are all here!

The appearance of the Japanese Gaoyang artillery tower disrupted the guerrillas' deployment, like a nail stuck outside the guerrillas' gate, restricting the guerrillas' actions.

So a guerrilla regiment immediately decided to pull out this nail, but the guerrillas were currently conducting guerrilla warfare, and the troops were broken up into small units. In addition to a guard platoon, there were only two companies at the regiment headquarters.

In order to quickly destroy the artillery tower, except for a few necessary guards, the remaining soldiers of the guard platoon and two companies of infantry were all sent out.

But an offensive battle is not so easy to fight. In addition to the main siege force, there must also be a reinforcement force, otherwise the main force will be seeking death.

For this reason, the regiment could only call in the nearest district team to assist in the battle.

In a sense, the attacking force is more critical than the main siege force. Under normal circumstances, its mission is not to destroy the supporting force, but to contain the enemy's march, so as to buy time for the main force.

Even if the main force cannot complete the scheduled combat mission, the reinforcement force must buy time for the main force to retreat.

Therefore, the guerrillas lent the regiment's only light machine gun and mortar to the district squad, which shows its importance.

But it’s not a gift, it has to be returned to the regiment after the battle.

The captain looked at the machine gun reluctantly, then turned to look at the mortar, and said with some heartache, "What a good gun, what a good cannon! Tell the artillerymen to fire well, and not let any of the shells go empty, we only have five shells in total!"

The soldier chuckled as he crawled to the back: "Captain is just petty. As long as we kill more Japanese, we won't be short of guns in the future!"

"Go away, you're the only one who talks too much. If you can fight well, go and confiscate some weapons for me! Forget about the cannons. If you can confiscate a Type 38 rifle for me, even if it has no bullets, I'll give you a commendation!"

The soldier laughed: "How can I have that ability? I am not that young commander Xu, chasing after the devils and fighting them!"

The captain also sighed: "Yes, Marshal Xu is very fierce in fighting the Japanese. I heard that in the battle not long ago, they captured thousands of Japanese prisoners!"

At this time, another soldier who heard the conversation also spoke up curiously: "Only a few thousand? I heard that they captured more than 10,000 prisoners and killed more than 20,000!"

The soldier next to the man also responded: "Where did you hear the news? I heard that more than 5 people were captured and more than were killed!"

"Your information is not accurate. The battle lasted for about a month. Marshal Xu's troops did capture more than 10 Japanese soldiers, but more than were shot the next day. As for the number of Japanese soldiers killed in the battle, it seems that there were !"

"You're also wrong. Those 10,000-plus prisoners were not shot, but buried alive. There were several huge pits!"

"Fuck, so powerful? Impossible, how did you know?"

"My cousin's son heard from Wang Ergouzi from the next village that Wang Ergouzi has a distant relative from Yan County, and that relative personally participated in digging the pit!"

team leader......

Everyone...

Just as everyone was waiting anxiously, a faint explosion was heard from the direction of the fork in the road.

The captain shouted hurriedly: "Everyone be quiet."

Then he stuck his head out of the trench, but he could not see anything with the naked eye, not to mention that the mountain road was rugged and there were many hills blocking his view.

"It's from the fork in the road. Why is there an explosion over there? Dazhu, take someone over there to take a look. Be careful!"

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On the other side, the explosion was naturally caused by the mines buried by Xu Le and Xu Da.

It was just a coincidence that the Japanese troops from both directions were about the same distance from the fork in the road, with those from Xiaoyi being a little closer, so the truck from Xiaoyi ran over a mine, and the explosion caused it to damage the front of the truck.

Because the distance was not far, the sound of the explosion reached the Japanese in the direction of Fenyang, which was the side that Xu Le was in charge of. The Japanese stopped, so the mines buried by Xu Le were not stepped on by the Japanese.

Xu Le couldn't help but pound the ground, then picked up the 702 walkie-talkie and asked, "Xu Da, how are you doing over there? How many Japanese soldiers are there?"

A noisy voice came from the walkie-talkie: "I have a small group of Japanese soldiers here. They only have one truck. The truck has detonated a mine, and the Japanese soldiers are now clearing the mine!"

Xu Le: "The Japanese soldiers on my side were frightened, so I sent two engineers to clear the mines, and two squads of Japanese soldiers are spreading the search. Wait another 5 minutes, and we will fire together, and run away after all the shells are used up!"

Xu Da: "Okay, I'll leave one shell and blow up the mortar before retreating!"

Xu Le: "Leave two for the bombs. Make sure they are completely destroyed. Don't let the Japanese pick them up!"

There is no other way. Xu Le can put the equipment back into the space, but Xu Da cannot. It is impossible to take it away. The walkie-talkie, telescope, mortar, the total weight is more than 80 kilograms.

Together with the dry food, water, and pistol for self-defense that he carried with him, the total weight exceeded 100 kilograms.

Although this weight doesn't matter to Xu Da, but a mortar is so big, can he just take it away in the Japanese-occupied area?

Once you get close to the county town, dozens or even hundreds of people will surround you in minutes!

It’s not that we can’t find a place to bury it and retrieve it later.

But Xu Da knew Xu Le's personality. It was too troublesome to make a special trip to get a few hundred military merit points. It might even cause more trouble. It would be best to blow it up on the spot!

Two minutes later, the Japanese engineer from Xiaoyi ran to the squad leader and said, "Captain, no mines were found 100 meters ahead. Should we continue to search?"

The team leader thought for a moment and said, "Normally, the mines can't be so far apart. It seems that there are only the two that exploded just now. This is what the guerrillas like to do the most. They don't fight head-on, but like to do these little tricks!

We can't wait any longer, Gao Yang can't hold on any longer, leave two people to guard the truck, and the rest of you run forward!"