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Under the violent tremor, the tiles on the tile houses also fell like rain, and the smoke and gunpowder smoke stirred up for a while, covering the brothers.
The devil's shells were almost exhausted, and they had to stop after only a round of not-so-intensive shelling of the village.
"The little devil is out of stock."
The brothers and the little devil have been fighting, and they have an intuitive feeling about the firepower of the little devil.
In the beginning, the little devil's artillery fire was overwhelming. Infantry artillery, mortars, anti-aircraft artillery, machine guns, and grenade launchers took turns to play, and the brothers couldn't lift their heads. More than half of them will be killed or injured.
Moreover, the devils have high-explosive bombs, incendiary bombs, and even white phosphorus bombs. After fighting for so long, the devil's shelling power is getting weaker and weaker, and the types of ammunition are much less. Let the brothers know that the devils also consume almost as much ammunition. about there.
Now the devil's shelling can only be heard, facing the brothers who have rich experience in anti-cannon, unless some unlucky ones are directly hit by the devil, otherwise the casualties caused to the brothers can be ignored.
After the devil's shelling, the disheartened brothers got up from the hiding brothers one after another and prepared to face the little devil who rushed up.
After all, the little devil's tactics are just so tricky, the artillery bombards the infantry, and if the infantry cannot rush down, the artillery bombards them again. The brothers have already memorized it fluently.
But after the devil's shelling this time, the brothers waited for a long time and didn't see the little devil's infantry rushing up, which made them a little uncomfortable.
"The devil probably won't be able to fight anymore. The observation post should pay attention to the situation of the devil. The rest of the brothers should take the time to rest and replenish their strength."
The first battalion commander Blacksmith finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw through the binoculars that the little devil's infantry did not come up.
The high-intensity fighting has made his nerves tense like a steel wire. The devils chased and intercepted them, making them dare not stop, and they were always in the process of breaking out and fighting.
Now that the little devils are not attacking, they can finally rely on this village to take a breather temporarily, eat something to replenish their strength, and wait until dark before breaking out.
"Battalion Commander, the people in the village have already run away."
At this moment, the adjutant Gou Sheng also came back, panting and reporting the situation to the battalion commander Blacksmith.
"There's no one left?" The blacksmith was taken aback when he heard that there were no more people in the village.
After playing around here for so long, the people in the village were so frightened that they went out to hide. Naturally, the blacksmiths couldn't see the people when they came.
Although this can prevent the people from being accidentally injured in the battle, it also means that the blacksmiths cannot get food supplements and medical treatment for the wounded in the village.
Text Chapter 170 Consumption
The dilapidated isolated village looked dilapidated and deserted, and the gunpowder smoke had not cleared away. The officers and soldiers of the guerrillas who retreated to the village were busy building and strengthening the fortifications.
Teams of little devils are also rushing over from a distance, building temporary bunkers in the fields around the village, ready to attack at any time.
On a mound not far from the village, the devil's battalion captain Takahashi, surrounded by a group of devil officers wearing military boots and carrying sabers, looked at the village with a binoculars.
"The Chinese people have lost their wings."
Seeing the guerrillas besieged in the village, the faces of these haggard devil officers showed joy.
"Yeah, finally surrounded them."
The guerrillas are as slippery as loaches, and they are familiar with the local terrain. It can be said that it is extremely difficult to eliminate the guerrillas.
Fortunately, their serial tricks have finally worked this time, and now the guerrillas may not be so easy to break out of their encirclement.
"The Chinese people are exhausted and their ammunition is exhausted. It is easy for us to destroy them now." The leader of the devil squadron said viciously.
Although they were an attacking force, the fighting power of these guerrillas was really fierce, which caused them a lot of losses. The devil officers were all sharpening their knives and preparing for revenge.
"No, judging from the density of firepower of the Chinese people, they still maintain their combat effectiveness, at least the ammunition has not been exhausted."
After hearing the words of the squadron leader under his command, Takahashi, the devil's battalion leader, shook his head.
"Even if they still have ammunition, I'm afraid there are not many left. We only need to launch a strong attack to take this village and destroy them!" A devil's staff officer clenched his fists and said.
Takahashi, the captain of the Devil's Battalion, said: "The fighting power of the Chinese people is beyond our imagination. Our soldiers suffered a lot in this battle. Now that the Chinese people are surrounded by us and cannot escape, there is no need to let the soldiers They are wasted in vain."
"But it's going to be dark soon. The Chinese are good at night battles. If they break through at night..."
There was a devil's staff officer who was full of worry. Although he didn't finish speaking, everyone understood what he meant.
After all, they all had the experience of fighting the Chinese army at night. It can be said that the Chinese army ruled the world at night, but they suffered a lot at night.
"You are brave soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Empire. Did the night battles of the Chinese people frighten you out of your courage?"
Seeing the expressions of these officers, the devil's captain Takahashi couldn't help shaking his head.
Once upon a time, they terrified the Chinese army. Sometimes the Chinese defenders were so frightened that they even saw their scouting soldiers and fled from the city, and then they were defeated for thousands of miles.
But now their deterrence against the Chinese army is declining, and many officers and soldiers are even afraid of fighting the Chinese army at night, because they feel that they cannot defeat the Chinese army at night, and they start to hide and defend at night, and dare not launch offensive operations.
After hearing the words of Captain Takahashi, these devil officers and staff members bowed their heads in shame. They have to admit that they are now a little afraid of this opponent they once looked down upon.
"Our soldiers are all the best soldiers of the Japanese Empire. They have not only experienced how to fight in the daytime, but also won the world in night battles!" the devil's captain Takahashi said confidently.
Indeed, as Captain Takahashi said, the training of the little devils is very comprehensive, and their night combat ability is also strong.
However, because it is not easy to calibrate the coordinates during night battles to exert the power of artillery fire, the support of artillery to infantry is reduced, resulting in weakened firepower.
Moreover, the Chinese army likes to fight close to hand-to-hand combat during night battles, so the devils don't want to fight night battles, because the exchange ratio of night battles is too uneconomical.
At the beginning, the devil officers did not allow the troops to fight night battles with the Chinese army, mainly because night battles were not conducive to their firepower, and the casualties were much greater than during the day.
But with the passage of time, the devils are now a little afraid to fight night battles with the Chinese army. This is something that the devil's captain Takahashi doesn't want to see.
"We want to defeat the Chinese people in the night battle and break the army's fear of night battles! Let the Chinese people know that the night is still the world of the Imperial Japanese Army!"
Takahashi, the captain of the devils, now wants to take this opportunity to help the troops rebuild their self-confidence.
Although the devil's squadron leader and staff officers felt that there was absolutely no need to make an unnecessary move, they dared not object to the decision of the squadron leader Takahashi.
"Now I order that the teams take turns to go up to feign attacks, consume their ammunition, wait until they run out of ammunition, launch a surprise attack at night, and completely wipe them out!"
In previous battles with the Chinese army, they fought during the day and camped at night, but this time, the devil's captain, Gao Qiao, wanted to go against the norm and let the troops attack at night.
"Hi Yi!"
The devil's squadron leaders all responded in unison.
Of course, the reason why the devil's captain Takahashi did this was not on a whim, but because he had his own considerations.
As a result, the troops were exhausted after repeated battles, and urgently needed some time to recover their strength before launching an attack.
The second is to eliminate the troops' fear of night combat and rebuild the troops' self-confidence in night combat.
The third is to break the inertial thinking and launch a surprise attack at night, so that the village can be captured at the lowest cost and the guerrillas can be wiped out.
Under the command of Takahashi, the captain of the devil group, the little devil who had already surrounded the village resolutely carried out his order, and soon, the first feint attacking team went up.