Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 103 This time, you three will share the spoils.
"Brigade Commander!" Chen Chengxing and his companions hurriedly stood up when they saw the brigade commander coming in.

"Chen Chengxing, you came quickly. Why are there only 2 people outside? I heard that you mobilized more than 5 people to attack the Xiji stronghold?" asked the brigade commander.

"We seized a lot of rice. I asked the guerrillas and the regiment headquarters to transport it back."

"But don't worry, Brigade Commander. The 2 men I lead are all elite troops and I guarantee they will not let you down." Chen Chengxing said.

"Look at how petty you are. You treat a little rice as a treasure?" the brigade commander said unhappily.

"Well, it's because you are afraid of being poor." Chen Chengxing said.

Of course, what I fear more is being congratulated.

"Come on, stop talking nonsense. Do you know why we called your three regiments here?" The brigade commander said, motioning them to sit down.

Only then did Chen Chengxing realize that it was their regiments that participated in the operation. The 771st and 772nd Regiments had already moved to the southeast with the headquarters.

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie were not clear about the purpose of the brigade calling them here. When they were pursuing and harassing the 109th Division, they just passed by Shenkou Town and did not think of attacking Shenkou Town at that time.

"Does the brigade commander want to attack Shenkou Town to recover?" Chen Chengxing asked.

Chen Chengxing wanted to see the ability of level 2 insight and whether he could judge the brigade commander's thoughts through clues.

"Hey, you know what, you have a quick brain," said the brigade commander with a smile.

Here, Shenkou Town is the only piece of fat meat, and its combat effectiveness is very weak. This is a gift from God, and it would be a shame to God if we don’t eat it.

"This time we are indeed going to attack the Shenkou Town stronghold, but my purpose is not just to make money. There are also tasks assigned by the boss." The brigade commander explained.

"According to intelligence, there are no civilians left in Shenkou Town. Currently stationed there is a pseudo-security army of about 2500 people. The traitor leader is Qin Youde."

"In addition to light and heavy machine guns, this group of puppet troops in Shenkou Town is also equipped with four 4mm mortars."

"The most important thing is that Qin Youde has a small arsenal in Shenkou Town, which has more than 40 pieces of equipment, as well as a power plant and a clothing factory."

"The boss's request is to move all these factories back to the headquarters."

"As for the puppet army's weapons, I will not take a single cent. You three regiments can distribute them among yourselves."

After hearing the brigade commander's words, Li Yunlong and Kong Jie immediately became excited.

In their eyes, even if these machines were given to them, they would not be able to use them, but the equipment for 2500 people is not a small number.

Moreover, this time the brigade commander has already said in advance that he will not take a penny of the equipment, so if it is divided equally between each regiment, it will be enough equipment for 2 battalions!

"Ahem. Well, Lao Kong, Lao Chen, how do you think we should divide this equipment?" Li Yunlong suddenly said.

"What's the matter, Lao Li? The meal isn't even ready yet, and you're already thinking about how to eat it?" Kong Jie said, "I think it's best to distribute it equally."

"Kong Erlangzi, your calculations are indeed sound, but if you say so, we have to make it clear.

Among our three regiments, the independent regiment is the weakest, and you still want to split it equally?" Li Yunlong squinted his eyes and started to attack.

If the Independent Regiment gets one more gun, the New First Regiment will have one less. When has Li Yunlong ever suffered such a loss?

"I say, Li Yunlong, although the independent regiment has a small number of people, its combat effectiveness is definitely not weak. I have infantry artillery, which is much more useful in offensive warfare than mortars.

Besides, the New 1st Regiment is not the strongest here, and Old Chen hasn't said anything yet, so you are just pretending to be a big shot. Kong Jie was not to be outdone, this was equipment for more than 2,000 people, and if they got one more percentage point, they could get an extra platoon.

When Li Yunlong heard Kong Jie mention Chen Chengxing, he immediately turned around and asked, "Old Chen, tell me, what do you think?"

"If you ask me, distribution should be based on work. The more you work, the more you get, and the less you work, the less you get. No one should complain." Chen Chengxing said casually.

"I think it's okay." Li Yunlong nodded.
"No, no, no." Kong Jie shook his head repeatedly.

"I don't think this is a bad idea, but Li Yunlong has always been a person who likes to take more and more. Once he enters Shenkou Town, he will definitely try to get more benefits. It's basically impossible to take it out of his pocket."

As Li Yunlong's old comrade-in-arms for many years, Kong Jie is very familiar with Li Yunlong. As soon as Li Yunlong opens his mouth, Kong Jie knows what he is planning.

"Hahaha, Old Kong, this thing is that the quick hand gets the reward, and the slow hand gets the reward. You are slow, so you can't blame others." Li Yunlong was not ashamed of what Kong Jie said, but proud of it.

In Li Yunlong's opinion, being able to eat more and take more is a skill, and if you can't grab it, you deserve to eat less. "How about this, I'll be the referee for you." The brigade commander on the side suddenly spoke up.

Now Kong Jie's independent regiment is at a disadvantage both in terms of personnel and combat effectiveness, and must be given some support.

"It's still distribution according to work, but the one with the greatest contribution gets half, and the other two regiments get 2/1 each, how about that?" said the brigade commander.

"Okay!"*3
Whether it is Li Yunlong or Chen Chengxing, they both think that they can get the greatest credit. Wouldn't it be great if they could take half of it for themselves?
而孔捷觉得独立团虽然拿不到1/3，但是能拿1/4也可以了，毕竟独立团的兵力在这里面还占不到1/4。

"Then let the independent regiment take charge of the main attack, and the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments will be responsible for assisting. If they fail, we will change people." said the brigade commander.

As long as the independent regiment can take Shenkou Town as the main attack force, the independent regiment will be the first to get half of the equipment. With weapons, the independent regiment can expand its troops at any time.

"Yes!" Kong Jie said excitedly after hearing the brigade commander's words.

Chen Chengxing and Li Yunlong didn't say much about the brigade commander's favoritism. They simply let Kong Jie try first. After all, he was an old comrade, so it wouldn't hurt to give him a chance.

If the independent regiment fails to take it, no one will have any objection if they take over.

Just after the brigade commander made the decision, the system prompt sounded.

[Side quest released: Eliminate the pseudo-security forces. ]

[Mission objective: As the main force, completely annihilate/capture all the security forces in Shenkou Town. ]

[Task reward: skill point 1.]

The brigade commander held a meeting with the three of them and then left, leaving them with full authority to handle the attack on Shenkou Town. The equipment would be taken back by the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment when they returned.

However, when Chen Chengxing and his team arrived at the outskirts of Shenkou Town, they found that things were not as simple as they thought.

To the southwest of the Shenkou Town city wall, about 100 meters away from the city wall, there is a tall independent artillery tower. The artillery tower has three floors, a total height of 3 meters and a diameter of about 12 meters.

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie had seen this artillery tower before when they harassed the 109th Division, but they thought that with the infantry artillery, it would be a piece of cake to take down this artillery tower.

But when the fight really started, I found that it was not the case at all.

The two infantry guns brought by Chen Chengxing this time plus the one from the independent regiment only fired two shots each before being urgently stopped.

Chen Chengxing saw clearly that these shots hit the turret and only broke some bricks, but were still far from penetrating the outer wall.

After careful observation, Chen Chengxing judged that the outer wall of this artillery tower must be at least one and a half meters thick. Even if the wall on the third floor is thinner, its thickness is more than one meter, and it is a structure of red bricks and concrete.

It is easy for infantry artillery to attack ordinary brick and wood structure gun towers and bunkers, but it is impossible to attack this kind of sturdy brick and concrete structure gun tower.

Even if Chen Chengxing brought the Italian cannon over, he would not be able to destroy it without firing dozens of rounds.

"Didn't you realize that this artillery tower is so solid before?" Chen Chengxing looked at Li Yunlong and Kong Jie and asked.

"When we attacked the 109th Division, we were all in the mountainous area and not on the road. I don't know." Li Yunlong felt a toothache.

The location of this artillery tower is very tricky. Shenkou Town is backed by a mountain, so offensives can only be launched from the west and south, but these two sides are within the attack range of this artillery tower.

Without removing this artillery tower, they would not be able to launch an attack on Shenkou Town.

"Old Li, Old Chen, at this point, we can only fight first. The two of you arrange a company of troops each in the east and north of the town to divert the enemy's attention. I will command the independent regiment to attack the artillery tower." Kong Jie said.

Since we are going to take over Shenkou Town, there is no point in saying more. We can only see the real results through our actions.

"Okay." Chen Chengxing and Li Yunlong nodded.

Now the independent regiment is taking the lead in the attack, and naturally Kong Jie will be the first to lead the charge.

However, Chen Chengxing and Li Yunlong were not idle either. They carried out feints around Shenkou Town to attract the attention of the puppet army.

However, they did not launch a strong attack. The height of this artillery tower could threaten the entire Shenkou Town stronghold.

Any rash action will only result in being attacked from all sides.

(End of this chapter)