Fortunately, Zhao Zhiguo's soldiers were not slow to respond. After all, Zhao Zhiguo had carried out targeted training for them.

When the Japanese troops occupied the courtyards on both sides, the soldiers threw grenades and jumped out of the courtyard under the cover of the explosion.

Zhao Zhiguo specifically told the soldiers not to be aggressive with the Japs. If the Japs advance, you retreat; if the Japs retreat, you advance.

Pulling and fighting with the little devil.

The soldiers kept this in mind, and when the Japs entered the courtyard, they threw a few grenades in, blowing them to pieces.

But the little devil didn't take advantage of anything, so he could only defend the yard and ask for support from their squadron leader.

"Reporting to your Excellency, squadron leader, Chinese troops were found in the village and we lost half of our troops."

In the first encounter, the little Japanese team lost more than twenty people.

Even with so many losses, the Japs were still able to launch a counterattack, which is enough to show the strength of the Japanese soldiers' combat effectiveness.

"How many are there in them?" the Japanese squadron leader asked quickly.

"This...this..."

The Japanese soldiers who came to ask for help stammered and couldn't explain why.

They actually didn't know how many soldiers the other side had. The other side was like a loach in the mud in the village, and they didn't want to fight them head-on.

Although there was a fight, they didn't capture any of the other side's soldiers, so the little devil couldn't determine how many troops the other side had.

"Idiots," the Japanese squadron leader yelled, "give the order, one team will block the entrance and exit of the village to prevent the Chinese army from escaping, and the other team will follow me into the village to support."

The Japanese squadron leader still remembered the order given to him by Kawazuki Chi, to find the Chinese army and fight quickly, without delaying it for too long.

So the Japanese squadron leader immediately led a small team into the village to support their troops.

Zhao Zhiguo watched every move of the Japanese army from the roof: "Did you think of encirclement at this time? It seems that I overestimated Kawazuki's troops."

Kawazuki is capable, but the Japanese officers under him cannot reach Kawazuki's command level.

In other words, the engine is an aero engine, but the vehicle is an ox cart. No matter how good the engine is, the vehicle cannot pull much cargo!

"Tell the brothers that the reinforcements will arrive soon. We will fight the Japanese troops in the village as a squad. The last two rows of houses are the bottom line of our defense."

There are courtyard walls and houses in the village, which are the best defenses.

Once they leave the village, they lose their concealment.

The little devils have a lot of machine guns. If they capture the whole village, then set up machine guns on the roof.

The firepower can cover the surrounding area, but the brothers in Zhao Zhiguo's platoon are not enough to fight with the Japs' machine guns.

As the Japanese troops poured into the village, the Japs' troops increased and their firepower intensified. The soldiers could only fight and retreat, and suffered casualties.

Zhao Zhiguo kept jumping on the roof, looking for the most favorable angle to kill the Japanese machine gunners first.

Every time Zhao Zhiguo pulled the trigger, the Japs' machine gunner fell to the ground.

The village was full of corpses left by the Japanese army. The Japanese squadron leader also felt baffled as to why the machine gun firepower they were so proud of could not be used at this time.

I thought it would be a quick battle, but after fighting for more than half an hour, I still couldn't capture the village.

"Signal Corps, order the team outside the village to attack from behind the village!"

Seeing that the battle was about to turn into a fierce battle, the Japanese squadron leader immediately ordered all troops to join the battle.

Zhao Zhiguo saw the Xiaojiazi communications soldier running out in a hurry and knew that the Xiaojiazi squadron leader had issued a new order.

If another Japanese team attacked from behind, Zhao Zhiguo and the others would have to defend themselves in several yards.

Under the defensive situation, the Japanese army launched a forceful attack. With the Japanese army's absolutely superior strength, Zhao Zhiguo and the others would definitely not be able to hold out for long.

Without any time to think, Zhao Zhiguo pointed his gun at the Japanese communications soldiers.

"Bang"

The gunshots rang out, and the Japanese signal soldiers returned to their hometown.

The squadron leader Xiaojiazi was still anxiously directing his troops to launch a storming attack on a courtyard, but did not realize that their communications troops had been knocked out by Zhao Zhiguo.

More than ten minutes later, the situation on the battlefield still remained unchanged.

It was then that the squadron leader realized that their signal trooper had not conveyed the order.

The Japanese squadron leader once again sent out communications troops, but Zhao Zhiguo was paying attention to other Japanese troops and did not notice that a little Jaap had run out of the village.

By the time Zhao Zhiguo reacted, a Japanese squad outside the village was already moving behind Zhao Zhiguo and the others.

"First Platoon Commander, I'll leave the front to you. Second Squad, follow me with a machine gun!"

Zhao Zhiguo jumped from the roof to the yard with a gun in hand, and immediately led ten soldiers from the second squad to move to the yard behind the village.

"The machine gun is on the roof, and three people form a team to guard the two courtyards."

Their activity space has been compressed to the limit by the little devils, and they must guard every yard as much as possible.

As all the Japs' troops were put into battle, even though Zhao Zhiguo had made proper arrangements, the obvious advantages in strength and firepower made the troops struggling to hold on.

"Sir, Qin Dongsheng didn't notice anything unusual, right?"

The reason why Zhao Zhiguo said decisively that there would be reinforcements was because he placed his hope on Qin Dongsheng.

As a commander, if the Japanese squadron did not return from the road for a long time, it already indicated that something was wrong, and he should be able to judge it.

"Captain, the two yards in front have been lost, and we have killed three more brothers. Our machine gun bullets are running out too fast!"

In order to suppress the Japanese charge, the machine guns fired continuously, consuming bullets faster than they expected.

"Tell the machine gunners to get on the roof! Hold on no matter what."

Zhao Zhiguo pulled a grenade and held it in his hand for three seconds before throwing it out with all his strength.

The grenade exploded in the air, and even if the kid was behind the bunker, he could not avoid the shrapnel flying from above.

Four or five little Japs were injured by shrapnel produced by the explosion, and the pain caused them to roll on the ground.

However, this could not stop the Japanese army from continuing to attack. The soldiers in the rear quickly took up the positions vacated in the front, continued to shoot at Zhao Zhiguo and the others, and covered the troops to attack the yard where they were.

The Japanese troops were getting closer and closer, and the casualties among the soldiers were also increasing.

At this critical moment, the sound of a Czech light machine gun suddenly sounded from behind the little devil.

Qin Dongsheng arrived late with his troops. He came to the village only after meeting up with soldiers from another platoon.
Chapter completed!