Bright Sword: I am an undercover agent in the puppet army

Umekawa Ichiro's eyes were gloomy, and his face became uglier as he asked, "Does Kitajima think that our invincible Japanese locust army can be defeated by a mere Chinese Eighth Route Army?"

The Japanese captain opened his mouth and was about to say, didn't we lose the Hundred Regiments Campaign before?
Before he could finish his words, Umekawa Ichiro interrupted him and said, "Kitajima-kun, you are becoming more and more timid.

If this is the case, then after this battle is over, you can ask the brigade commander to transfer to the logistics and supply unit.

That way, you won't have to face the Chinese Eighth Route Army head-on!"

After saying that, without waiting for the other party to speak again, Umekawa Ichiro strode forward with his saber slung across his shoulder...

This area is the territory of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army responsible for seduction is very familiar with this area.

They fought and retreated, gradually leading the enemy towards Yixianxia.

“Pah, pah, pah, pah!——”

As the sound of gunfire continued, one or two Japanese soldiers would be shot from time to time, either seriously injured or killed on the spot.

"Baga! Damn Tubalu!"

Seeing his subordinates falling to the ground from time to time, Ichiro Umekawa became increasingly angry. He ordered his subordinates to pursue them continuously, but every time they captured the previous positions of the Eighth Route Army, all they were left with was a pile of still warm bullet shells.

The same result was achieved after they captured several Eighth Route Army positions in succession. The bullet craters scattered all over the ground were like a slap in the face of Umekawa Ichiro, making him feel worse. He gradually lost his mind and chased more and more urgently.

The lured company of the independent regiment no longer took turns to cover each other, but retreated at full speed towards Yixian Gorge.

The Umekawa Battalion behind them, under the roar of their captain Ichiro Umekawa, continued to chase closely and soon arrived outside the Yixian Gorge.

"Chase, keep chasing, and wipe out all these damn Eighth Route Army soldiers!"

Ichiro Umekawa waved the sword in his hand and shouted orders.

The Japanese captain next to him saw the canyon ahead and seemed to have discovered something. He quickly spoke up and reminded, "Captain, the terrain here seems to be a little wrong!"

"Look at the canyon ahead. If the enemy sets up an ambush ahead, the Locust Army will rush in rashly and will most likely fall into the Chinese Army's ambush.

To be on the safe side, should we send a reconnaissance team to conduct a reconnaissance first?"

Umekawa Ichiro said with dissatisfaction: "By the time the reconnaissance team went in to investigate, this group of Chinese Eighth Route Army soldiers had already run away.

They were clearly running away in panic, how could this be a trap?
Didn't you see that this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers discarded a lot of their supplies along the way in order to reduce their load? "

"But……"

The Japanese captain wanted to say more, but was interrupted by Umekawa Ichiro in a stern voice: "No buts, keep chasing, Taoci, change it!"

Thousands of Japanese soldiers sped up again and headed straight for the first gorge ahead.

……

The top of Yixianxia Mountain.

Li Yunlong, the head of the 386th Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, held up a telescope and had a full view of the Japanese pursuit troops. The corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing an undisguised arc: "The Japanese are finally here!"

"First battalion commander!"

"Have!"

Zhang Dabiao hurried over at a trot.

Li Yunlong: "Pass my order. Once half of the enemies enter the valley, open fire immediately!"

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao agreed, and then asked in confusion: "Captain, the First Line Gorge is long enough, why don't we let all the enemies in before taking action?"

Li Yunlong: "Our strategic goal is to completely wipe out the Japanese 226th Infantry Regiment, and severely damage or even completely wipe out the Japanese 225th and 227th Infantry Regiments. Naturally, we need bait to lure all the main forces of the Japanese here.

If we wipe out all of this group of devils, will the enemy still rush to reinforce us?"

"Go!"

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao agreed and went to convey the order personally.

The Meichuan Brigade pursued at full speed and soon arrived at the entrance of the first-line canyon.

They were in hot pursuit, watching the Eighth Route Army enter the canyon, and could even see their backs as they fled in a panic, and their backpacks discarded again to lighten the weight.

So, without thinking, he rushed in with his gun.

Although Yixian Gorge is named Yixian Gorge, the bottom of the gorge is actually very spacious. The narrowest part is 20 to 30 meters wide, and the widest part is even hundreds of meters wide.

On top of the canyon.

Zhang Dabiao was lying on the edge of the cliff. When he saw that the Japanese had almost entered half of the canyon, he decisively pulled the trigger of the box gun in his hand and shouted at the top of his voice: "Comrades, shoot, kill these damn Japanese!"

The sound of gunfire is the order.

Almost the next moment after Zhang Dabiao opened fire, hundreds of soldiers from the independent regiment on the top of the canyon opened fire at full force. In an instant, the sound of gunfire resounded throughout the canyon.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Da da da!--"

“Pah, pah, pah, pah!——”

Dense bullets poured down towards the bottom of the canyon like a torrential rain, and followed by hundreds of Japanese soldiers falling down in large numbers, screaming like leeks being cut by a knife.

Immediately afterwards, the soldiers of the grenade throwing team pulled the fuse and threw all the grenades in their hands down.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!—"

Hundreds of high-explosive grenades exploded one after another, and the raging shock waves rushed across the bottom of the canyon like a raging tiger, ruthlessly harvesting the lives of the Japanese devils...

Outside the canyon.

When Umekawa Ichiro heard the noise in front of him, he felt like he was struck by lightning and his face looked as ugly as if his parents had died.

The Japanese captain next to him remained highly alert. Seeing that the situation was not right, he immediately opened his throat and shouted: "Turn around, turn around! Turn around quickly!"

Most of the Japanese soldiers in the valley were killed or wounded, and those who were not dead were basically injured by the shock wave of the explosion.

Rushing in to rescue at this time would be suicide, so retreating is undoubtedly the wisest choice.

The Japanese soldiers on the valley side stopped and retreated as quickly as possible.

As a result, they had just retreated not far when they heard another burst of fierce gunfire from the front. Some Japanese soldiers running in front were caught off guard and were immediately shot into a hornet's nest.

At this time, Umekawa Ichiro seemed to have been frightened out of his wits, and no longer had the arrogance he had before.

However, the huge psychological gap gradually made him wake up.

He looked around for a while and immediately shouted, "Turn left and forward!"

Under the pursuit and blockade of the independent regiment's battalions and companies, Ichiro Umekawa fled with four or five hundred remaining soldiers to Zhoujiapo, three kilometers away from the west valley entrance of Yixianxia.

This is a dirt slope with a radius of one kilometer and several dozen meters high. Because the village at the foot of the slope is called Zhoujia Village, it is named Zhoujiapo.

After Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan, Third Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao and others led their troops to the foot of Zhoujiapo, they did not rush to launch an attack. Instead, they quickly occupied advantageous terrain and used it as a support to build firepower points and surrounded the enemy on the mountain.

This gave the Japanese a chance to catch their breath.

The top of Zhoujiapo Mountain.

Ichiro Umekawa was sitting on an ammunition box. He picked up his canteen and took a few gulps, then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha!"

The Japanese soldiers around him all looked at him strangely, thinking he was crazy.

The Japanese captain asked in confusion: "Captain, what are you laughing at?"

Ichiro Umekawa: "I laugh at the stupidity of the Chinese!" The Japanese captain was even more puzzled. It was obvious that they had lost the battle and suffered hundreds of casualties. Why would Captain Ichiro Umekawa laugh at the other side's stupidity? Isn't this just deceiving himself?
Then I heard Umekawa Ichiro continue: "If they had not been unable to hold back and opened fire in advance, but had waited until the locust army had completely entered the valley before opening fire, then we would not have been severely damaged, but our entire army would have been annihilated."

The Japanese captain nodded heavily in agreement, as if what the captain said made some sense.

"Captain, although the Tubalu made a huge mistake, the crisis of our army does not seem to have been resolved.

Look, the damn Tubalu troops are coming here in droves. So far, there are more than 1000 Tubalu troops gathered at the foot of the mountain."

Umekawa Ichiro said: "No, no, no! The ones who are in real trouble are the Tubalu, not us.

Because as long as we hold our position, it will be impossible for the Eighth Route Army to defeat us in a short period of time.

All they had to do was wait for the regiment commander to lead the other two infantry battalions to arrive and surround this Eighth Route Army unit from the outside.

By then, this group of Eighth Route Army will be dead!

So, if they were smart, they should retreat immediately, and perhaps they could save their lives.

But obviously, this group of Eighth Route Army is extremely stupid. They actually want to wipe us out completely!"

"Mr. Beidao, send a telegram to the commander of the regiment immediately and tell him that our unit has discovered the main force of the Eighth Route Army near Zhoujia Village.

In order to completely wipe out this Eighth Route Army unit, our troops lured the enemy deep into our territory and retreated to Zhoujiapo.

Request the commander to provide tactical guidance immediately and surround this Eighth Route Army from the outside. Then, the commander will surround them from all sides, and our troops will attack from the center. Together, we will be able to wipe out this damned Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop!"

"Yes!"

The Japanese captain nodded in agreement, then turned and left, ordering the signalman to send a telegram.

……

the other side.

The commander of the 226th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, Hiroshige Takeshita, led the rd Battalion to conduct a mopping-up operation. The situation on his side was similar to that of the st Battalion, also known as the Matsushita Battalion.

After more than half a day, a few people were found in the village, but not even a single ordinary citizen was seen, let alone the Eighth Route Army.

However, this was also within the expectations of the old devil.

The scale of their raid was so massive; it must be that the Eighth Route Army had gotten wind of the situation and evacuated the people from these villages in advance.

However, although the Taihang Mountains are large, they still have boundaries.

Moreover, the periphery has been surrounded by their main forces and all exits have been blocked, so it is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to escape.

The only possibility is that the Eighth Route Army fled into the hinterland of Taihang Mountains.

In this way, they only need to advance step by step, gradually compressing the opponent's range of activities, and sooner or later they will find the opponent.

As soon as Hiroshi Takeshita led his troops out of the village, a communications soldier from the regiment headquarters hurried over carrying a personal radio.

"Report! Urgent message from the First Battalion!"

Takeshita Hiroshi: "Read it!"

The Japanese signalman said: "Our unit discovered the main force of the Eighth Route Army near Zhoujia Village.

In order to completely wipe out this Eighth Route Army unit, our troops lured the enemy deep into our territory and retreated to Zhoujiapo.

Request the commander to provide tactical guidance immediately and surround this Eighth Route Army from the outside. Then, the commander will surround them from all sides, and our troops will attack from the center. Together, we will be able to wipe out this damned Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop!"

Takeshita Hiroshi's eyes lit up: "Yoshi, the First Battalion has found the Tubalu!"

"map!"

The chief of staff Inoue Shuichi next to him immediately picked up a piece of paper, spread it out on the millstone at the entrance of the village, and quickly found the location of Zhoujiapo.

"Captain, we found it. Zhoujiapo is here, about 20 kilometers away!"

Takeshita Kuan shouted, "Pass my order, everyone, run forward immediately and reach Zhoujiapo as quickly as possible!"

Inoue Shuichi said: "Captain, should we also transfer the Second Battalion?"

At this point, Inoue Hide paused, then changed the subject and continued, "I do not doubt the strength of the Third Battalion of the Imperial Army, but the strength of the Chinese Eighth Route Army exceeds that of a regiment, so it will be no problem for the Locust Army to defeat them.

But it would be difficult to wipe them out completely, so I think it would be safer to transfer the second battalion over there as well!"

Takeshita Hiroshi thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Inoue is right. Signalman, send a telegram to the Second Battalion immediately and ask Mr. Watanabe to lead his troops to Zhoujiapo as soon as possible!"

"Hi Yi!"

The signalman next to him nodded heavily, then started fiddling with the radio and began sending messages.

……

This side of Yixianxia.

Li Yunlong's independent regiment has now developed into a super reinforced battalion with 6 infantry battalions outside the city, plus an artillery battalion, a machine gun battalion, a cavalry company, a reconnaissance company, and a special forces company, with a total strength of more than 5000 people.

Although Li Yunlong is now nominally the regiment commander, he actually lives the life of a brigade commander.

After the battle of Yixianxia ended, Li Yunlong left the special forces company to clean up the battlefield, and personally led all the troops except the second and third battalions to a high ground three kilometers southeast of Zhoujiapo. The terrain there was quite high, and a wide dirt road meandered under the high ground. It was an ambush position that Li Yunlong had chosen before the battle.

At that time, it was almost the same time when Ichiro Umekawa sent a telegram for help. If the Japanese army marched at full speed, the maximum speed could reach 16 kilometers per hour.

Therefore, Li Yunlong did not have much time to prepare.

However, the terrain here is high and overlooking, and is covered with various weeds and wild trees.

Therefore, the soldiers of the independent regiment did not need to expend any physical energy to build hidden bunkers.

Ready-made terrain, can be used right away.

On the contrary, if there were more man-made bunkers, it might alert the Japanese and have the opposite effect.

Li Yunlong led his troops to wait for the enemy to tire themselves out.

Time passed minute by minute, and in the blink of an eye, more than half an hour had passed, but not even a shadow of the Japanese was seen.

If the soldiers of the reconnaissance company had not taken shortcuts from time to time and reported the latest movements of the Japanese, Li Yunlong would even doubt whether the Japanese would come to reinforce.

As for the other battalion of the 226th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, namely the nd Infantry Battalion, Li Yunlong was not worried.

Because this time, it was not only the Independent Regiment, but also Ding Wei's New 226st Regiment that was responsible for attacking the Japanese th Infantry Regiment.

At this time, the mission of the New 1st Regiment was to block the Japanese invaders to the north of Zhoujiapo.

In fact, in Li Yunlong's view, his independent regiment alone was enough to deal with Takeshita Hiroshi's 226th Infantry Regiment.

The brigade commander sent Ding Wei's new regiment here as well. It was a waste and seemed to be looking down on him...

Li Sanpao led the soldiers of the artillery battalion to deploy artillery positions behind the high ground, ready to fire at any time to provide fire support for the ambush troops.

In this ambush battle, although the independent regiment had an overwhelming numerical advantage, after being equipped with M1 Garand rifles, the independent regiment also had a great advantage in firepower.

But Li Yunlong's requirement was to eliminate the most enemies with the least casualties.

Therefore, the mission of the artillery battalion is particularly important. It is necessary to concentrate firepower as much as possible at the beginning of the battle to cause as much casualties as possible to the Japanese.

Only by widening the gap in troop strength between the two sides and disrupting the enemy's organization and command system can we facilitate the next battle!

At this time, Li Sanpao personally operated a 75mm caliber howitzer. His target was very simple, or even only one.

That is the devil's supreme commander!

...(End of chapter)