Rise from the sword

Chapter 419 Eight Roads Are So Scary!
"Set off."

Following Li Yunlong's order.

Under the sun at noon, all the soldiers of the second battalion rushed out from the hidden mountains and forests. The four infantry companies smoothly divided into four groups and drove towards their respective target villages. There are also a few warriors carrying huge machines, and the huge grinding wheels indicate that these are not weapons.

Wang Chengzhu took the second artillery company, and dragged the two 120 heavy guns that had been assembled with a big mule and ran to the predetermined artillery position.

As for Wang Gensheng, he had already led a special team to Yu County to prepare for a little trouble for the devil garrison in Yu County who was about to come to support him.

In the end was Captain Li, who came out with great difficulty. Naturally, he had a good time. He led the firepower company of the second battalion, and the transport platoon headed towards the largest devil's gun building nearby, intending to build a gun tower to satisfy his hunger.

This time, the Second Battalion was operating during the day, and the march was mighty and undisguised, highlighting an arrogance that immediately attracted the attention of the surrounding people.

"Is this the Eighth Route Army?"

At first, seeing the sudden army, the first reaction of the surrounding people was to avoid it, but seeing the army still marching towards the railway line, some courageous ordinary people sneaked up and took a look.

The familiar gray military uniform made the common people recognize who the army was at a glance.

Over the years of the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army has attacked the Zhengtai Railway many times. The common people are naturally familiar with it. Especially during the Hundred Regiments War, they patronized the Devils Railway twice a day, but...

"Why do you come out in broad daylight?"

What puzzled the surrounding people was that this was the first time they had seen the Eighth Route Army in broad daylight, and even swaggered into the vicinity of the railway from the road at the entrance of the village. They used to come at night.

Is this courage too big?

"The devils from Yu County have left?"

Someone speculated.

They are not far from Yuxian County, but there is a large group of devils stationed there, even equipped with armored vehicles, and the Eighth Route Army will never dare to approach any devils there.

It only takes half an hour for the Yuxian devils to get here.

Moreover, there are three Devils gun towers and two groups of Second Devils security teams nearby.

"No, I saw the devil's armored vehicle passing by in the morning."

Someone denied this speculation.

"Then these Eighth Route Army..."

Immediately, the common people who were watching secretly did not understand.

"Could it be..."

Someone has a bad idea.

"This group of the Eighth Route Army feels a little different from the previous ones..."

Seeing that it was the Eighth Route Army, the common people dared to take a closer look, and some people saw the difference immediately.

The troops in front of me, although their military uniforms are the same as those of the Eighth Route Army seen before, except that they dared to act during the daytime, those weapons with gleaming metal lights, and those neat and uniform weapons, looked quite imposing, and they were also different from the ones they had seen before. The Eighth Route Army troops are completely different.

It's just that ordinary people don't dare to get too close, because once it gets out, the devils and traitors will cause trouble afterwards, and if they fail, they will lose their lives.

"This army is more imposing than before"

People in the village with some cultural knowledge described the feeling.

"This Eighth Route Army has a lot of machine guns."

Everyone also discovered more and more details.

At this time, a man ran over from nearby, speaking incoherently: "The Eighth Route Army was also found in Xixiang. It is said that those Eighth Route Army even used mules to support their cannons!"

"Two doors."

"cannon."

"There are still two doors."

The surrounding people suddenly took a breath of cold air.

For ordinary people, weapons are a symbol of strength. Having rifles means that they are a little powerful, and machine guns mean that they are very powerful. The more machine guns, the more powerful they are. As for cannons, they are invincible.

For example, the devils have cannons, and even the Eighth Route Army dare not fight the devils head-on, they can only avoid the devils' edge.

But this time, the Eighth Route Army actually had cannons...

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The people in the nearby villages discovered it, and naturally the devils and puppet soldiers also discovered it, but only a little later.

The Eighth Army that took some time to find out was a bit large, as many as hundreds of people, and there were a lot of machine guns, and the devils in the gun tower were also very aggressive, so they asked for help immediately.

But at this time, the four infantry companies of the Second Battalion still arrived near the railway line, and several devils patrolling and guarding around the railway were directly beaten into a sieve without causing any waves.

Then the soldiers of the two squads took out the cutting machine they got from Boss Chen, pulled the engine, and started cutting the rail directly.Each company has two sets, and the cutting speed is extremely fast.

The rest of the fighters were divided into two groups, one group lifted the sleepers, and at the same time carried the cut steel rails to the back of the big mule, and the rest organized a defense line to prevent the harassment of devils.

At this time, Li Yunlong was still leading the firepower company to a blockhouse road, and the Second Artillery Company was also building an artillery position.

Inside the devil's gun tower.

"Nani?"

The devil's second lieutenant's complexion changed:
"The Eighth Route Army is picking up the railway?"

At that time, the Second Lieutenant Guizi fell into hesitation. He only had half a squadron and 500 soldiers in one blockhouse. Very sophisticated, not something they can handle.

Although the Eighth Route Army lacks tools, it can’t destroy many railways at this time of day, but if you let the other party destroy it and ignore it, I’m afraid he will be in trouble afterwards...

"Order the troops to assemble."

"Notify Lieutenant Ogawa at the Chawan stronghold to send troops to support us."

"Then order Bai Manzi to assemble his security team."

Second Lieutenant Guizi gritted his teeth:

"Join us in attacking the Eighth Route Army that destroyed the railway."

"Hi."

The ghost soldier beside him hurriedly went to make a phone call.

The news quickly reached the ears of the second ghost, who was called Bai Manzi. At that time, the leader of the largest puppet army around Yu County, except for the Yu County Imperial Association Army Brigade, realized that his opportunity had come.

"gather."

Rushing out of the gate of his compound, Bai Manzi had a bastard box pinned to his waist, and shouted at the top of his voice:

"Gather them all for me, whoever dares to be lazy will kill him."

At this time, the white man with a middle parted hair was full of confidence in his tone.

Although he already knew at this time that the Eighth Route Army that came this time was unusual, with many machine guns and neatly dressed, they were probably the so-called regular Eighth Route Army troops with strong combat effectiveness, and they were not something his 200-odd men could handle.

But so what?
where is this place?
Central section of Zhengtai Railway!

The heavy concentration area of ​​the imperial army!
Thirty miles ahead is Yu County, where there is a brigade of imperial troops stationed, and a squadron of armored vehicles. The reinforcements will arrive within half an hour. Behind is Niangziguan Railway Station. The garrison is only a lot more than in Yu County. .

There are also counties where the imperial army garrisons are located on both wings, but they are a little farther away.

Even if he eats the bear's heart and leopard's courage all the way, it is impossible for him to dare to stay here for a long time.Otherwise, they would be completely wiped out by the imperial army who came to support them, so in his opinion, this time, the Eighth Route Army was probably here to blow up some railways and add congestion to the imperial army.

Well, as long as he performs better in this battle, if he can cooperate with the imperial army to contain the Eighth Route Army and buy time for the imperial army to encircle him, wouldn't he be rewarded afterwards?
Maybe, when the imperial army was happy, they would give him a few more local estates in the villages, and even give him a few of the machine guns of the Eighth Route Army.

At that time, his strength can be improved to a higher level.

Under the threat of Bai Manzi's shooting, his puppet army assembled very quickly. In addition, the news of the Eighth Route Army's arrival had already spread, and the second devils had already gathered nearby, so in less than 5 minutes, more than 200 second devils It was assembled in a mess.

"This time, we will work with the imperial army to prevent the Eighth Route Army from destroying the railway."

As soon as Bai Manzi's words came out, the already chaotic team buzzed and became a mess.

The Second Devils were not stupid. Attacking with the imperial army meant that they were cannon fodder, and the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness was not weak. They might not know how many people would die if they charged forward.

Although those who can enter Bai Manzi's men are all bandits, hooligans and other desperadoes, but there is no reason for anyone to die in vain.

"This time, I'll reward him ten yuan for killing a Eighth Router, as proof of his head."

Bai Manzi can become a leader of the puppet army, so he has some skills, so he shouted loudly immediately.

As soon as the words fell, the eyes of this group of desperadoes suddenly brightened a lot, ten dollars, that's a lot, and even though this white man is known as a stingy man who is going to die, he actually said what he said.

"However, before we can talk, if anyone dares to be lazy and do foreign work when he is going to fight eight ways, I will be the first to kill him."

Bai Manzi's voice was harsh.

"Yes."

Under the leadership of his confidants, everyone shouted in unison.

With a sweet date and a stick, coupled with the supervision and leadership of his confidants, Bai Manzi quickly made his more than 200 people work harder, and planned to rush up to follow the imperial army and the Eight Route Army.

When a group of people took their weapons and prepared to rush out of the compound, things changed...

boom boom boom

Bai Manzi and the others who had just left the house saw explosions rising from the Imperial Army gun tower two miles away.

"It's a cannon."

The two devils stopped in unison, then swallowed their saliva, their faces stiffened.

"Could it be eight ways?"

Two ghosts said in an unbelievable tone.

Although the facts are in front of them, they still want to deny it. After all, cannons are the exclusive weapons of the imperial army. If the Eighth Route also has cannons, it is really...

"This power is definitely not the [-]-type infantry artillery, nor is it a mountain artillery, it is too big..."

As the leader, Bai Manzi saw more. From the explosion smoke, the spreading shock wave, and the flattened trench, he judged that the cannon was very powerful.It was more powerful than the [-] caliber cannons of the imperial army that he had seen.

The Eighth Route Army has cannons...
Moreover, it is a heavy artillery, a heavy artillery that is more powerful than the Imperial Army artillery.

Is this still eight?

Bai Manzi's whole body trembled.

Just as a group of two ghosts were stunned...

Boom... A shell suddenly hit the gun tower.

It is generally believed that the trajectory of mortar shells is almost vertical, so it is not suitable for attacking fortified towers, but that is because the caliber and power of the mortars tested are not enough.This shell weighing [-] kilograms and charged with [-] kilograms of Hesorkin directly opened most of the gun tower's head.

Sharp-eyed people even saw the corpses of the imperial army that were blown up.

"Mom..."

The two devils all stared blankly, completely forgetting the purpose of coming out.

With the collapse of the devil's turret, the shelling gradually ceased, and the second devil also recovered from his stupor. Qi Qi turned to look at Bai Manzi, waiting for his captain's order.

Seeing the eyes of his subordinates, the corners of Bai Manzi's mouth twitched...
The Eighth Route Army had cannons, and the Imperial Army's strongholds were bombed and collapsed. If he ordered this group of people to attack the Eighth Route Army now, they would definitely run away before they even got near the railway.

Sudden···
Boom... A violent explosion exploded in the courtyard behind them. After blowing up the devil's gun tower, another gun tower was snatched away by the regiment leader. The devil's reinforcements did not come, so Wang Chengzhu could only point the cannon at the fake gun tower. military garrison.

"Run..."

This time, there was no need for Bai Manzi's command, and all the puppet soldiers turned into birds and beasts in an instant with a clatter.

At this time, the reinforcements from the devils in the distance arrived, Wang Chengzhu finally shifted his target, turned the muzzle to block the reinforcements from the devils, and let the second devils who fled in a hurry breathe a sigh of relief.

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at the same time.

Yu County.

"idiot."

The devil in charge of garrisoning Yuxian County is a regiment headquarters. The captain of the regiment is Dazuo Shimagawa, who is in charge of the defense around Yuxian County, including Pan County.

"waste."

"Why haven't you arrived at Ye Family Village yet?"

"A few landmines have held you back for an hour and a half?"

"Hi."

On the opposite side of Shimagawa's phone call, a team leader who went to support had an extremely bitter tone.

How many mines?

He wants to curse.

Balu likes to bury landmines, which they had expected a long time ago. This time he also brought demining engineers, but only halfway through, he encountered more than 100 landmines, large and small.

How many mines are these?
Moreover, these landmines were buried in extremely strange positions, and some were even disguised as broken wood and left directly on the road, which was extremely difficult to eliminate.

His mine-sweeping team has all been sacrificed,

It's nothing, the Imperial Locust Army will not be overwhelmed by this difficulty, he continues to organize ordinary soldiers to clear mines and move on, but...

"Lieutenant Captain, this group of Eighth Routers is unusual, they have heavy artillery."

The captain replied helplessly:
"We were blocked by artillery fire. The enemy's artillery fire was very violent and powerful. Our marching speed was slow."

"Nani?"

"Heavy artillery?"

Colonel Shimagawa was taken aback.

As the captain of the Dazuo United, he can naturally know the information of various places. According to the report from the defenders of the artillery stronghold in Yejia Village where the attack took place, it was the Eighth Route Army who came to destroy the railway, and the Eighth Route Army with heavy artillery, only...

"Arrive at Yejia Village as soon as possible to avoid irreversible damage to the railway."

Colonel Shimagawa gritted his teeth.

He who participated in the blocking of Li Yunlong's troops knew very well that Li Yunlong's independent regiment was very strong.

Fortunately, this place is along the Zhengtai Railway, protected by heavy soldiers, and the Eighth Route Army lacks tools to cause large-scale damage to the railway. Unless there are bombs on the heavy rails, it is difficult to destroy it in a short time.

As long as the Eighth Route Army did not destroy the railway for a long time, it was easy to repair it afterwards.

"Hi."

On the other side of the phone, the captain bowed his head and said yes.

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Two hours later, Li Yunlong looked at the sieved blockhouse in front of him, released the grip of the heavy machine gun in his hand, and issued an order:
"withdraw."

As a signal flare was launched into the air, all the troops of the Second Battalion fled in unison. The flat terrain allowed the troops to retreat quickly, even if the big mule was dragging a cart full of heavy steel rails, the speed was not slow.

"Notify the cavalry battalion and respond as scheduled."

At the same time, Li Yunlong sent a telegram to Zhao Jiayu.

After the Second Battalion left, the devils were still several miles away from the nearest Yejia Village. Taking advantage of this gap, the common people bravely ran up to have a look at the battlefield.

The situation in front of them once again made the common people in several nearby villages breathe a sigh of relief.

"This gunhouse..."

In the vicinity of their four villages, one of the two devil's gun towers was blown down, and the other was smashed into a sieve. There were holes everywhere, and even a dozen smashed devil corpses could be seen.

"The Eighth Route Army, so powerful!"

In an instant, the people in Chawan, Yejiacun, Xixiang, Chenjiacun... these four near the Zhengtai Railway, that is, the core control area of ​​the Japanese army, felt the strength of the Independence Regiment.

"The devils in Yuxian County are not very good. They can't get through when they are stopped by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army."

"that is····"

With this battle, everyone's fear of the devils began to dissipate.

"correct···"

At this time, there is another news circulating in these four villages:
"The Eighth Route Army said that Zhaojiayu, north of Panxian County, is recruiting workers to build roads. As long as they work hard, they will be provided with food, six catties of fine grain as wages per day, and tools will be provided."

"Six catties of grain every day? This is impossible."

Some people don't believe it, and there are a lot of them. After all, six catties a day is much more than digging food in the ground. A strong laborer can't dig out six catties of grain in a day.

"The Eighth Route Army seems to have never deceived anyone, let alone this group of Eighth Route Army is so powerful."

But the strong always have a halo of trust, not to mention the Eighth Route Army, which has always had a good reputation.

(End of this chapter)