At 11 o'clock in the evening, a national rescue army began to operate outside the Lijiapo stronghold, and the news immediately reached the artillery tower.

Lieutenant Yoshino, the former commander of the stronghold, fought with the National Salvation Army and saw their strong combat effectiveness. He immediately reminded Captain Fujita: "Sir, there are National Salvation Army activities outside the National Salvation Army, which means that the National Salvation Army is likely to open a breakthrough from us and return to the defense zone!"

"Their attack ability is very strong. If we concentrate on artillery fire to attack the stronghold, we, the few people, may not be able to hold on to the reinforcements!"

"I beg the Chief to send a telegram to the neighboring base immediately for help, and ask them to prepare for reinforcements!"

"If the National Salvation Army really intends to attack us, the reinforcements can set out immediately and save the time needed to assemble the troops!"

Captain Fujita didn't think so, and shook his head and refused: "Yoshino, you are too ambitious and destroy your own majesty!"

"The stronghold garrison and the reinforcement squadron I brought with me have more than 400 people. According to my past experience, the Eighth Route Army will not even attempt to take us even if it dispatches a main regiment!"

"Even if the National Salvation Army is stronger than the Eighth Route Army I have encountered before, they will not be able to conquer us in a short time."

"We are only twenty minutes away from our neighboring strongholds, and it only takes twenty-five minutes to assemble the troops. I don't believe that so many of our troops can't defend even twenty-five minutes with the strongholds!"

"If we send a telegram for help and the National Salvation Army did not attack us in the end, our colleagues will definitely laugh at me and say that I am a coward. A few National Salvation Army soldiers scared me to the point of losing my courage. I won't do such a shameful thing!"

"If the National Rescue Army attacks the east and the west, the reconnaissance troops outside the stronghold are just void soldiers they sent out, deliberately numbing us, and the real target of the attack is the Friends and Neighbors. Now we send telegrams to ask for help, and let the Friends and Neighbors gather troops to reinforce us at any time, it will definitely destroy their established defensive strategies and in turn give the National Rescue Army help!"

"To avoid this accident, our best way to deal with it now is to stay still."

"If the National Salvation Army really plans to attack us, and tore the breakthrough from Lijiapo, it will not be too late for us to ask for help from our friendly and neighboring strongholds."

Lieutenant Yoshino wanted to say: If the target of the National Salvation Army is really them, it would be too late to ask for help after the stronghold was attacked.

But Captain Fujita's analysis is also very reasonable. If this is a plan of the National Salvation Army, rescue will be their way now.

The reason why the stronghold was caught in this embarrassing dilemma is that it is because the reinforcements used the wrong tactics.

If they did not divide their troops, they formed four mobile troops to patrol and guard the railway line, and no matter which stronghold was attacked, they would be allowed to go to the mobile troops. What should the friendly stronghold do and what else should they do, so there was no need to worry about whether the National Salvation Army was using tricks.

But this is not something he, a lieutenant, can decide.

The best solution is to keep the troops in a position and find a way to deal with it after the two sides really fight.

At 11:00, Captain Fujita was still guarding the roof of the artillery tower to observe the surroundings.

As the interim commander of the stronghold garrison, he must be responsible for the safety of the stronghold.

Moreover, the National Salvation Army is likely to cross the Zhengtai Railway tonight. Regardless of whether they will pass through themselves or not, he must be highly vigilant.

"Boom..." A series of dull shelling sounded suddenly in the bushes on the other side of the railway. Captain Fujita was descending from a high place and clearly saw the orange-red flames ejected from the mortar muzzle.

"Baga, shelling, the enemy attacks our stronghold, everyone hides!" Captain Fujita was shocked and immediately hid in the corner to order.

"The artillery fights back immediately and destroys the enemy artillery units..."

"The communications soldiers immediately asked for help from their neighboring strongholds. We were attacked by several mortars. The National Salvation Army must have wanted to cross the Zhengtai Railway from the Lijiapo stronghold and request reinforcements..."

"Boom..."

Before a series of orders were finished, a violent explosion was already heard in his ears.

Several shells failed to hit the stronghold, but a castle surrounding the artillery tower was hit.

In the splashing flames, the masonry structure castle was blown up to pieces.

Other shells hit the defensive positions around the stronghold, and almost every fireball raised by the regiment would take away several soldiers' lives.

What made Captain Fujita most desperate was that the shells were too powerful, causing the artillery towers to tremble a few times in the explosion.

The artillery squad leader hiding beside him panicked in an instant and shouted with a pale face: "Captain, the 120mm large-caliber mortar attacks us. The artillery tower under our feet cannot even bear a shell. The troops must evacuate immediately, otherwise the enemy's shell can reimburse us all!"

Captain Fujita was scared after hearing this. His calm expression just now disappeared. He didn't expect that the National Salvation Army would give him a final kill, and he didn't even have a chance to fight back.

The artillery tower not only carries all mortars and heavy machine guns at the stronghold, but also 70 or 80 imperial troops were stationed.

If it is destroyed, the heavy firepower of the stronghold will be gone, and the hope of keeping here will be gone.

Without hesitation, order: "Retreat, everyone leaves the artillery tower and scatters into positions. Never gather together and be taken by the enemy with shells."

"Boom..." The violent explosion sounded again to Captain Fujita's ears. A shell hit less than two meters outside the artillery tower. Captain Fujita's ears were buzzing on the spot.

Although the Japanese on the first and second floors of the artillery tower were protected by the exterior walls of the artillery tower, they were still bleeding from the shock waves. The two Japanese who were closest to the bounce point fell to the ground on the spot. I don’t know if they were shocked to death or were stunned!

"Captain of the Squadron, the enemy dispatched two artillery units to attack us in turn. The mortar fires faster and we must retreat immediately. If we don't leave, it will be too late!" The Japanese artillery squadron leader had a hint of despair on his face, and he was very anxious to make an offer.

"Retreat..." Captain Fujita was the first to rush towards the stairs.

"Boom..." Before I could go down the stairs, the third round of explosions rang out again.

This time his luck was not as good as before. A shell hit the roof of the artillery tower. Captain Fujita flew out directly in the explosion. The artillery tower more than ten meters high also collapsed in the explosion...

Two large-caliber mortars fired in turn. As soon as the fifth shell was shot out, they touched the mobile battalion outside the stronghold and began to attack.

Three connections are like three sharp blades that are drawn into the sheathing point.

At this moment, the stronghold has been blown up and filled with smoke and a mess.

The central artillery tower was bombed, not only reimbursed seventy or eighty Japanese, but also buried all the heavy machine guns, mortars and half of the light machine guns equipped on the stronghold in the ruins.

Several castles were bombed and one-third of the light machine guns were killed.

The fortifications were bombed and killed many Japanese and light machine guns.

When the mobile battalion started attacking, there were only two crooked players left at the base and could still open fire, but as soon as they were exposed, they were pressed on the position by the heavy machine guns of the mobile battalion.
Chapter completed!