Chapter 22: The Cannon Tower Surrounding the Fake Army

  "Give me a rifle!" Xue Yumei hid between Chen Shaoqin and Liaozi Liu, when she saw the fake soldiers being beaten and disorganized, her hands seemed to be unable to hold back, so while speaking, she stretched out her hand to grab the long gun from the bandit soldier's hand.

  The bandit soldier saw Xue Yumei wanting a gun, probably thinking that Xue Yumei and Chen Shaoqin had an unusual relationship, so he didn't dare disobey Xue Yumei's intentions. He immediately pulled out a German-made pistol from his waist and handed it to Xue Yumei.

  Xue Yumei didn't know how to shoot a gun, and when she ambushed Song Tian, Chen Shaoqin had given her some last-minute training, so she could barely fire the rifle. But now they'd given her a Mauser pistol, which was even more difficult for this novice. But she didn't care about any of that, taking the gun in hand, quickly closing her eyes, and pulling the trigger with her right index finger, looking like she was going to send a bullet to the devils.

  The gun didn't fire for half a day, which made her anxious. She slowly got up and prepared to shoot, but at this moment, Chen Shaoqin pushed her down and shouted at her: "What are you doing? Don't give orders!"

  Xue Yumei pushed away Chen Shaoqin who was pressing on her, then raised the pistol in her hand: "I can't hide here and watch, I want to help you fight together, eliminate these devils!"

  "You can't even shoot a gun, what battle are you fighting? It's good that you're not causing trouble!" Chen Shaoqin said as he snatched the gun from her hand and pushed Xue Yumei in front of the bandit soldiers, ordering them, "You little rascal, take care of this girl, don't let her become a target for the devils!"

  After saying this, Chen Shaoqin immediately picked up the gun in his hand and continued to fire at the puppet army, completely ignoring Xue Yumei who was pouting with a sulky face.

  The pseudo-armies, seeing that they could not withstand Chen Shaoqin's attack, quickly retreated from the first line of defense to the second line of defense and set up two Czech-style light machine guns again to block Chen Shaoqin's attack with strong firepower.

  At this time, Liu Jian saw that Chen Shaoqin and others had already started fighting with the puppet army and had forced them into the second line of defense. He quickly led his brothers to turn around and launch a surprise attack, taking advantage of the fact that the puppet army was entangled with Chen Shaoqin and others, and charged into the puppet army's second line of defense at the fastest speed.

  At such a close distance, and still forming a crossfire with Chen Shaoqin, after the Czech-style machine gunner was sniped by Chen Shaoqin, the pseudo-army retreated again, entering the artillery mouth, wanting to defend with solid fortifications, in order to wait for the reinforcement of the devils.

  The fake army commander dialed the phone again in the artillery tower to Hitoshi Tanaka: "Colonel, we are under attack by unknown armed forces here, with strong firepower. We have lost our outer positions. Please, Colonel, provide support immediately, immediate support!"

  "Keep it for an hour, and in an hour, Nomura will bring a small team of Imperial Army to support you!" On the other end of the phone was Hamada's voice, from his urgent gasps, his anxiety and unease could be heard completely. After all, Zhujiazhen was too important for him, he couldn't afford any mistakes, so he repeatedly reminded the fake army captain to hold on for an hour.

  The false army commander hung up the phone and immediately took people to the top of the artillery tower, leading the false soldiers to continue their defense. Although he didn't know how long he could hold on, he was very clear that if he lost Zhujiatun before the devils came, the devils would not give him a good fruit to eat.

  Chen Shaoqin saw that the fake army in front of him had all entered the artillery tower, and Lame Liu was about to continue the pursuit. He immediately jumped out of the bunker, entered the position, and pulled Lame Liu: "Can't pursue, we are making a feint here, the purpose is to cover up the attack on the county warehouse by Old Two and others!"

  Liu was previously unwilling, but seeing that the fake army in front of him was no longer usable and victory was within sight, he suddenly stopped attacking. How could he accept it? But after listening to Chen Shaoqin's words, he calmed down.

  "I know everyone sees victory within sight, these fake troops are already doomed to defeat, as long as we launch another fierce attack, taking down the two artillery towers and even the entire Zhujiatown will be a piece of cake. But have you thought about it, without bait, how can we catch fish?" Chen Shaoqin looked at those eager soldiers, understanding their thoughts at this moment, but he understood even more clearly what the purpose of this battle was, so he explained patiently to everyone.

  "Right, brothers! Officer Chen said it well. We must surround the fake army in the artillery tower and wait for them to notify the devils to reinforce the artillery tower. At that time, Old Second and the others can more smoothly attack the devils' logistics warehouse!" Liu the Crooked also helped Chen Shaoqin explain to the brothers.

  Under the comfort of Chen Shaoqin and Liu, all the soldiers were tightly surrounded by the fake army on the second line of defense, forming a huge encirclement around the artillery tower. To say nothing of the fake soldiers inside, even a fly would not have the ability to get out from here.

  "The chief of the big squad, arranged for two people to be stationed in a place two miles outside our perimeter, discovered that the little devil's troops were rushing from the county town direction, and immediately reported it to us! Chen Shaoqin did not get carried away by the victory in front of him, but very calmly made arrangements for this deployment first, so that they could retreat more easily later."

  "Ah Si, Xiao Shi Tuo, you two go!" Lao Liu barked out the order without any hesitation, immediately sending the two brothers by his side to keep watch, not daring to be even slightly slow.

  "You, and you!" Chen Shaoqin didn't idle around, continuing to say to the two soldiers beside him, "Collect the hand grenades from your brothers, go to the mountain trail we came in on, first set up an ambush, after our troops retreat into the mountains, immediately install the booby traps, prevent the devils from pursuing us!"

  "Understood!" The two brothers responded immediately and went to make arrangements according to Chen Shaoyin's instructions.

  "Also, we need to leave one person behind to contact our brothers on the other side of the county town and inform them of our location so that they can meet up with us as soon as possible!" After instructing the two soldiers, Chen Shaoqin turned around and looked at Lame Liu, suddenly remembering something very important, and immediately said in front of him.

  "Little Wang, you're quick on your feet, go! When you see Old Second and the others, tell them I'm waiting for them in the mountain valley of the forest to the east!" Crooked Liu said with a glance at the person beside him, addressing a young fellow.

  "Yes!" Little Wang responded loudly and immediately ran towards the road leading to the county town, looking like he was going to meet his brother who had just returned from the county town.

  At this time, the devils' motorcycle team departed one after another from the county seat of Xun County. A large number of devils and trucks gathered and headed towards Zhujiatun. As soon as the devils left, Er Ge and others sneaked into the east street of the county seat with their weapons and arrived near the warehouse...