Li Huanzhang rubbed his shoulders that were sorely pushed by the butt and looked at the quiet night carefully. Just now, he emptied the bullet box twice. Based on his feelings, he hit at least nine bandits who were tyrenched!

No one in the west of the village dared to sway at the torch, and the bandits temporarily stopped in the open area and stopped attacking. Both sides occasionally fired two black guns.

If you don’t have a target, you’ll be fooled. Most of the bandits’ hands are rifles such as seven or nine old sleeves, and the muzzle is very obvious.

Whoever shoots and shoots the bullets directly.

After hearing the gunshots from the east of the village, Li Huanzhang became a little uneasy.

The task now is to save these captured prisoners captured by friendly forces.

The enemy failed to negotiate and came directly, as expected, they were surrounded by a group of bandits in the village and could not move. They felt frustrated but were helpless.

The bandits who defected to the Japanese are no longer compatriots, they are enemies. For the enemy, then let’s beat him up!

He deeply hated the bandits who survived by burning, killing, looting and robbing, but he was a soldier after all, not a political cadre. He had different perspectives on the problem. He was now considering how to complete the escort task, and he did not consider the issue of letting go of prisoners in exchange for bandits to retreat.

From the bandits entering the village to negotiate, he knew that the correspondent who asked for help had successfully passed the enemy's defense line. Since the news of the request for help was sent out, he must now persist until the reinforcements arrived.

He believed that it would never take long!

The enemy first attacked from the west, and there were bandits who surrounded the north and south directions. Now the bandits in the east are coming up again. What he was worried about was how long it would take for Company Commander Zhou to block the enemy with most of the militias that had never touched guns.

Fortunately, he entered the village early and set up a position, so he arranged another squad of soldiers to lead the militia, not afraid of the bandits' attacks on both sides for the time being.

But if the bandits really attacked in full regardless of casualties, their own teams and Company Commander Zhou's militia would definitely be wiped out immediately!

The situation is very obvious now, and the bandits do not have that determination!

The purpose of the bandits' war is to capture and the group of guns in the village. With the temper of the bandits, it is unlikely that they will not be afraid of casualties.

Faced with this situation of being surrounded by the enemy, the combat methods used are related to the commander's temperament and character.

Although Li Huanzhang has a low level of education, he is strong-willed. After careful thinking, he finally made up his mind and let go of the bandits!

Turning his head, he told the squad leader: "Please note, immediately notify everyone, leave two people to fight against the bandits for black guns, the others give up fighting with the bandits from a distance, and all of them are retracted into the yard of the village, and use the courtyard wall to fight the bandits to fight to the streets and defend to death. Only in this way can we persist for a longer time."

"Yes, platoon leader, I have fought such a battle, so don't worry!" The squad leader was so excited that his face turned red. The first time he fought such a large-scale battle, not to mention that his opponent was a bandit. The so-called newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, so he didn't take these bandits seriously at all.

"Don't be careless. You must deal with the enemy according to the street fighting tactics I taught you some time ago. I'll go east for a while!"

"Are you worried about Company Commander Zhou and the others?"

"Don't talk nonsense, just keep yourself in mind."

After carefully checking the soldiers in the west to make a defense, Li Huan turned around and walked towards the village.

Not long after, a group of militia carried the guy into the yard of the wounded soldiers.

Li Huanzhang smelled the smell of disinfectant and blood, and looked at the wounded people sitting in the yard straight to the point: "My comrades, I'm very sorry, there are too many enemies at present, so I have to worry everyone!"

The injured, who were recovering from the injury, kept making noise when they heard the gunshots outside the village. How could they not understand what the situation was?

The injured soldier squad leader of the Second Company was the first to express his opinion: "Don't be with the mother-in-law and mother. Hurry up and bring the gun to me, thinking that I can't shoot if I get shot in the leg? How dare this bullshit bandit challenge me?"

After saying that, he leaned on a wooden fork and walked forward and pulled up a rifle.

The one who could move immediately followed him forward and took the gun and the bullet. He sat on the ground without shooting or moving, so he directly asked for a grenade.

Li Huanzhang looked at the bandages that were still seeping out of blood, his eyes were wet: "Everyone is all under unified command. Your mission is to cooperate with the divisional troops and militias to block the entrance of the southern village and block the enemies surrounding us towards the south."

"Don't worry, people are in the position, I promise that even if you don't believe it, we will definitely be the last direction to be broken through by bandits!"

In fact, everyone knows that the village’s defense line, if it is broken through by bandits in any direction, is definitely the result of the sacrifice of all!

Li Huanzhang's idea was crazy. In order to delay time, most of the soldiers and wounded in the village might die!

Outside the encirclement in the south, there was a squad ready to respond at any time. Except for Company Commander Zhou, no one who stayed in the village knew the final direction of the breakthrough.

If the reinforcements had not arrived when the village was broken, then they would lead the people who could run away and the soldiers to break south, and at the same time attract bandits to pursue them.

He placed all the wounded soldiers in the south, intending to break through when he was absolutely necessary and let these wounded soldiers run less at that time!

He doesn't have much hope if the people who stay in the village can run out in the chaos.

I have to say that in the current situation, Li Huanzhang's decision was not inappropriate and there was no blame.

After Li Huanzhang arranged for the militia and the civilians who helped the wounded to the battlefield, he turned around and went east.

Amid the fires lit outside the village, I quickly turned into a small courtyard along the road in the village.

Li Huanzhang lay directly on the wall and greeted Company Commander Zhou next to him: "How is the situation?"

Company Commander Zhou retracted from the courtyard wall: "The situation is not good now. I think we should change our thinking. Someone can only attack the enemy with a gun. It is not in line with the spirit of guerrilla warfare of the superiors!"

Li Huanzhang asked casually: "You mean...we will give up those prisoners and run away now?"

Company Commander Zhou nodded: "These prisoners will be released anyway anyway. At present, we should save our strength first. We will gather large troops to seek revenge in the future!"

Li Huanzhang shook his head: "This is part of the first battle to fight the enemy in the enemy-occupied areas organized by the sub-district after the puppet troops swept the plains this year. If even bandits force us to come, what will the people think then?

What will the armed forces in the places that have been watching?

They must think we can't even beat the bandits!

So, in the future, everyone on the plains will think that our Eighth Route Army is a soft persimmon, and who else will follow us to fight the Japanese in the future?"

Seeing that Li Huanzhang was talking so seriously, Company Commander Zhou couldn't help but be stunned: "I just think that the enemy is strong and I am weak at the moment. We should avoid his edge first. When the large army arrives, we will make plans. Where are you talking about this?"

Li Huanzhang looked serious: "If the enemy came and we moved in half a month in the morning, there would be no problem with your idea, but this time it was different. Our goal was to show the name of the Eighth Route Army fighting against Japan on the plains, so we must never retreat this time!"

Company Commander Zhou looked at the open land not far east with a worried look: "What are you talking about? I just feel that even though I know that the enemy is strong and they are fighting hard, everyone is sacrificing here for nothing, which is not very meaningful!"

"Even if you think the bandits are very powerful, we should let the bandits know that our Eighth Route Army is not something that anyone can do if they want to!"

"You are so awesome...What's your logic? The enemy is strong. This is a fact. The key point of guerrilla warfare is to avoid the real and the false. Otherwise, why would the puppet army come to sweep the siege and even our district headquarters have to move?"

"If you are afraid of death, you can lead the militia to retreat first. I believe... the bandits can't do anything to you in the dark!"

"Damn, who do you think of me?"

"Hehe, I said... this time it's different. The reinforcements of the Independent Regiment should have received our request for assistance, and the wounded soldiers here are all their people. They will definitely arrive as soon as possible. Besides, the reinforcements sent by our base may arrive at any time! You're so scared."

Company Commander Zhou was still talking: "Independent regiment? They are sixty miles away from here, and they cannot relieve their near thirst. Besides, there are so many enemies outside, so we can't defend them at all!"

Li Huanzhang comforted: "I have arranged to fire guns to the wounded. In this way, we have more than 200 people. Even if the bandits are twice as many as ours, we have a village to cover. When I took the prisoners, I heard that the bandits' mortar shells were all fired. They don't have heavy firepower now. Are you afraid of a ball?"

Company Commander Zhou couldn't help but feel ashamed. Brother Li is really worthy of being a regular army of the Eighth Route Army. I heard that he had been to the Anti-Japanese University. He thought about it for a long time than himself: "Platform Commander Li, you have the final say in this matter. I keep my opinion. I am not afraid of death, but I just think it is meaningful. I have tried my best to hear you say that. Go and take care of the people in the west. I am staring at this. As long as I am not dead, no bandits can enter the village from here!"

Li Huanzhang did not move, and sat down directly on the tilted millstone in the yard, rubbing his shoulders that were sorely pushed by the butt when he was shooting continuously: "We can't be anxious now, the bandit leader must be discussing how to attack, let's wait now!"

Company Commander Zhou was stunned for a moment: "Wait? What are you waiting for?"

"Let's find out the main attack direction of the bandits first!"

"you mean?"

"Hehe, there are our people outside the bandits' encirclement. They will launch sneak attacks behind the bandits' main attack direction and plunder the bandits' retreat! Let's know which side the bandits focus on when they hear the gunshots!"

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Some Lao Tie mentioned whether there was a muzzle or not, and the Bayi rifle had personally shot it, so there was definitely one.

As for the diameter of the 38th cover during the War of Resistance Against Japan, it should also have muzzle flames.
Chapter completed!