Although he was ready to prevent the attack, the Japanese commander stationed in Mengcheng still seemed very surprised when he heard the sudden sound of gunfire from outside the city. A few hours ago, he had just received the news that Wocheng was captured.

Even though Mengcheng is not too far from Wocheng, under normal circumstances, shouldn’t the anti-Japanese troops that just recovered Wocheng rest? In this case, even if Mengcheng may be attacked, it should have happened the next day.

No one expected that when everyone fell asleep peacefully in the middle of the night, there were troops outside the city launching a strong attack on Mengcheng. Even judging from the density of guns and cannons, the troops attacking Mengcheng were not weak at this moment.

The garrison officer of Mengcheng, who was awakened by the sound of gunfire, looked at his subordinates who rushed to ask for instructions and said seriously: "What's the situation at the moment? Damn, these guys are really fighting hard. Have you arrived to attack Mengcheng just after the battle in Wocheng?"

Faced with the curse of the garrison officers in Mengcheng, an officer soon said: "Governor, is the troops attacking our attacking attack on our main force in China? This is unlikely, right? Wocheng is not far from us!"

If the anti-Japanese war troops had a large number of cars like the Japanese army, they might also be able to launch such blitzkrieg-like raid tactics. The problem is that during the day, the Japanese army had sent reconnaissance planes to conduct reconnaissance on Wocheng and the surrounding areas of Mengcheng.

Even if the troops attacking Wocheng marched to Mengcheng after nightfall, it would be impossible to launch an attack immediately as soon as they arrived. Long-distance marching will consume a lot of physical and mental energy to the troops, and if one is not good, it will be more costly.

From the position of the officers, many Japanese officers suspected that the anti-Japanese war troops attacking Mengcheng at this moment should not be the anti-Japanese war troops attacking Wucheng during the day. In fact, the speculations of these officers were quickly confirmed.

After receiving a call from the commander of the city wall garrison, the garrison in Mengcheng said in surprise: "Where is Na? The main force of the Eighth Route? How is this possible? When did the main force of the Eighth Route run to us?"

Many Japanese commanders have heard of the Eighth Route Army that are operating in North China. However, the activity areas of the Eighth Route Army are currently limited to the western part of Shandong, and it has never been heard that the Eighth Route Army is operating around Mengcheng.

According to the information provided by the Special High School, the New Fourth Army guerrillas were discovered around Wocheng earlier, but they had never heard of the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Even after hearing this news, most of the Japanese commanders stationed in Mengcheng found it unbelievable.

"Governor, the city guards should be right! Judging from the firepower and troops, the Eighth Route Army attacking us at this moment has at least one regiment-level combat force. On both sides of the main city, the Eighth Route Army was found approaching!"

"Baga! Report the situation immediately. All the troops in the city will do their best to block the Eighth Route Army. With a regiment of troops, they want to capture the county we are stationed in. These Eighth Route Army are too arrogant. Hold on until dawn, and we may be able to launch a counterattack at that time!"

"Hi! The Eighth Route Arctic Fire is quite fierce. Do we need to provide artillery support?"

"Yo Yu! Order the artillery squadron to launch a counterattack immediately!"

The Japanese army, who knew the strength of the Eighth Route Army, did not take the Eighth Route Army's artillery seriously at all. If the troops siege were replaced by the National Army, perhaps the Japanese army would still be worried that the National Army siege would have artillery with a longer range in their hands.

The Eighth Route Army is famously poor. The mortars that are now bombarded are already the family of this Eighth Route Army's main force. If they are destroyed, the remaining defensive battles will be easier to fight.

I have to say that it is only a matter of time to suffer losses when you always look at people with old eyes. With only a little understanding of the Eighth Route Army, these Japanese troops easily used artillery squadrons to participate in the city defense. Seeing the shells fired in the city, the artillery outside the city laughed.

Seeing the Japanese army firing the artillery shells, the artillery squad leader immediately said: "The artillery force team will be transferred to the reserve position immediately and wait for orders. The mountain artillery team is ready to calculate the Japanese artillery position position. Once there is a result, counterattack immediately!"

"Yes, team leader!"

The first battalion of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, which was in charge of the feint attack, soon received an order from the regiment commander Sun Weimin. It had advanced to a company less than 100 meters away from the city wall, and was ready to prevent Japanese artillery attacks at any time.

The remaining troops that continue to stand by should be kept as hidden as possible, and do not get too close to the previous artillery detachment. When the artillery detachment destroys the artillery positions of the Japanese in the city, the battalions and companies of the independent regiments that attack the city can really breathe a sigh of relief.

As the Japanese artillery squadron launched a counterattack, the defenders on the city that had been suppressed by the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army also breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing the obviously stopped artillery fire, many Japanese soldiers said excitedly: "Yuh! These damn artillery fires finally stopped!"

Without the threat of shells outside the city, the pressure on the Japanese and puppet troops responsible for defending the city was also reduced. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Japanese and puppet troops on the city also began to strengthen the fortifications, and at the same time, all the soldiers who were injured and killed were sent to the rear fortifications.

The soldiers of the Special Second Company who were already on standby on the street saw these Japanese and puppet troops escorting the wounded, and soon someone said: "Squadron leader, do you want to do it? I think this may be an opportunity to sneak into the Japanese and puppet troops' barracks smoothly!"

"You mean, the troops pretending to be escorting the wounded?"

"Not bad! Squadron leader, look, there are not many Japanese and puppet troops escorting the wounded. Let the patrol team cooperate with the crossbow team later. You should be able to kill these Japanese and puppet troops who retreated from the city wall without moving your guns. What do you think?"

Listening to his subordinates' suggestions, Qin Tianyou, who was waiting for the order, felt that this was indeed a good opportunity. The most important thing was that even if some noise came out, even if there was a sound of gunfire in the city, neither the top of the city nor the Japanese and puppet troops in the city should have noticed it.

Since there has been a decision, the crossbowmen of the Special Second Company quickly sneaked to both sides of the street. The patrol team, which had been replaced earlier, was quietly waiting for the opportunity to attack at the warning of Qin Tianyou, and was preparing to meet with the Japanese and puppet troops escorting the wounded.

At least at this moment, for the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Mengcheng, they would never have thought that a force had already been scrambled into the city at this moment. The most fatal thing is that this force lurks in the dark and plans to give a fatal blow at any time.

"Remember it all! After the crossbow team took action, they rushed over immediately and used a dagger to deal with the dead Japanese devils!"

"clear!"

When the Japanese and puppet troops escorted the wounded, they were about to enter the ambush area of ​​the crossbow team, and pretended to be more than ten combat members of the patrol team, and soon walked out of the hidden place. The two teams looked directly opposite, but they could not see clearly because of the light.

"Who?"

The combat team members who were walking in the front quickly shouted these words to the Japanese and puppet troops escorting the wounded. The Japanese in charge of escorting the escort heard the inquiry coming from the front and quickly said: "We are the city gate guards, escorting the wounded back to the camp for treatment!"

Just as the escort team stopped to reply, the captain of the crossbow who was lurking in the dark whispered: "Do it!"

Compared to shooting targets in progress, these targets that stopped moving forward are undoubtedly easier to aim at. As a result, a wave of arrows and crossbows shot out, and the sound of Japanese and puppet troops falling to the ground and screaming came from the streets.

At the same time, the combat team members disguised as patrol team rushed out quickly. Seeing the undead Japanese in the escort team, they killed without saying a word. Instead, the puppet army, the combat team members, left a few survivors.

He was originally shocked by the sudden attack, but now he saw the Japanese in a patrol team who actually wanted to erase the Japanese who were guarding the city with them. Such a strange situation really scared the puppet army to amazement.

Fortunately, these puppet soldiers soon heard the Japanese who put the knife on their necks and said coldly: "Do you want to die or live?"

Such authentic official words undoubtedly clearly tell these puppet troops that the patrol members in Japanese uniforms in front of them should be pretending to be the enemy. When they think of this, these puppet troops were scared into a cold sweat.

While admitting his conscience, he cooperated very well without saying a word in the face of the patrol members' inquiries. At this time, the mountain artillery squad, which had calculated the Japanese artillery position, immediately launched an artillery counterattack after the command of the squad leader.

Seeing the artillery shells flying over the city wall and falling into the city, the Japanese and puppet troops who were still standing on the city wall, said in a daze: "Baga! No! This is a mountain cannon! Damn, these Chinese troops actually have mountain cannons in their hands!"

From the sound or the distance between the shells flying, many Japanese officers guessed that this should be the shells fired by mountain cannons. When they thought that the Eighth Route Army outside the city had mountain cannons in their hands, the Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall began to be unable to calm down again.

As uneasy as they were, there was also the garrison officer Mengcheng who heard the strong explosion. Looking at the artillery position that was trapped in the explosion flames, the garrison officer couldn't help but curse: "Baga! Damn it, we're fooled!"

Since the Eighth Route Army used mortars to attack the city, but there was no use of powerful mountain cannons, the Japanese army guessed that the Eighth Route Army did this to lure the Japanese artillery in the city to take action. Without artillery, it would become extremely difficult for the Japanese army to defend Mengcheng.

At the same time, when receiving the news from Qin Tianyou, Hu Biao thought for a while and said, "Draw a platoon to control the puppet troops who are still staying in the puppet military camp in the name of escorting the wounded. The Japanese should not come here!"

"Yes, captain!"

It is clear that the Japanese army is not so easy to fool. If they really enter the barracks, it will be very dangerous for the combat team members who pretend to be Japanese. On the contrary, the puppet army with weak fighting will control their officers, and the rest of the soldiers will surrender obediently.

Losing the puppet army is equivalent to breaking one of the Japanese soldiers in the city. As for the Japanese in the military camp at this moment, they have become cage birds. Just by the order of Hu Biao, they can clean up the whole series with Hu Biao.

After listening to the suggestions given by Hu Biao, Qin Tianyou also felt that Hu Biao was more considerate than him. If he really wanted to send someone to pretend to be the Japanese and enter the Japanese military camp, Hu Biao could not let go of his own attack. Isn’t this a waste of martial arts?

As the Japanese artillery squadron was destroyed, the artillery fire outside the city that had already stopped roared again. Looking at the countless artillery shells rising into the air, the defenders on the city knew that another round of nightmare was about to begin!
Chapter completed!