Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 113 I will come back
Outside the Liangzhuang stronghold, Uncle Jia, Li Chishui and others walked towards the puppet soldiers who were on guard.

"Stop! What are you doing?" the puppet soldier asked carelessly.

"General, these are big bosses from central Hebei. They want to come here to take a look at the coal." Uncle Jia stepped forward and explained.

"Looking at the coal? Big boss?" The leading puppet army squad leader looked Li Chishui and others up and down.

As for how many times he had seen it in Old Man Jia's body, he had already recognized it.

"Do you have a business license?"

"Please take a look." Li Chishui took out the merchant certificate from his pocket and handed it to the puppet soldier.

If you want to perform a show, you must do it in full, and these documents have been prepared long ago.

The puppet army squad leader took it and flipped through it casually. He could not read and could not understand it, so he could only check to see if there were any marks on it.

"Do you have a good citizen certificate?"

"Look." Li Chishui handed over the certificate of good conduct again.

"Do you have a pass?"

"look."

Seeing that Li Chishui still didn't understand, the squad leader of the puppet army became anxious and said, "No, why do you carry so many documents when you go out?!"

"Look at what you said, you can't get here without so many documents." Li Chishui said with a smile.

"I ask you, where are you from? Why are you here?" asked the puppet army squad leader.

"To see the coal, I came all the way from Suicheng. When I was in Fu'an, I had already called your army headquarters." Li Chishui said.

"Headquarters? They know, but I don't!" the puppet army squad leader said casually.

Whether the coal from Lianggou Coal Mine can be sold or not has nothing to do with him. Even if it is sold, he will not get a penny more. The only ones who benefit from it are the Japanese and a few senior officials of the 103rd Army.

"Look, do you understand now?" Li Chishui held the puppet army squad leader's hand and stuffed two silver dollars into his hand.

"Oh, hahaha, if you had done this earlier, wouldn't I have known it earlier? Go in, Old Jia, you already know who to look for, so I won't see you off." The puppet army squad leader laughed while holding the two dollars in his hand.

His monthly salary was only 2 dollars, but this was a month's military salary.

Such a generous person must be a real big boss and can never be a peasant.

After all, the Eighth Route Army was so poor that they had to pawn their pants.

Li Chishui didn't expect that he could enter the stronghold so smoothly, and the other party didn't even follow him.

After entering the stronghold, Li Chishui immediately whispered, "Uncle Jia, please go to where the puppet army is deployed."

Uncle Jia didn't answer. He nodded and immediately started to take Li Chishui around the stronghold.

Along the way, they searched almost all the important targets of the puppet army stationed in Lianggou Village, including the headquarters, arsenal, military supply depot, mine, etc.

The roads, sentry positions, bunkers, etc. were also carefully inspected.

It was not until the passing puppet soldiers looked at them with some confusion that Uncle Jia took Li Chishui and the others towards the headquarters.

On the way, Li Chishui and his group met Liu Lin, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the Puppet Army, who had rushed over after receiving the news.

"Old Jia, what are you doing wandering around in the stronghold?!" Liu Lin said unhappily.

"Oh, Captain Liu, you can't blame me. There weren't so many fortifications when I came here before. I just got lost." Uncle Jia came up with excuses without hesitation.

"Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense." Liu Lin waved his hand.

"Are you Mr. Li who came to Baoding to buy coal?" Liu Lin looked at Li Chishui.

"That's right. We have a factory in Baoding that needs coal for power. This time I came to Shanxi to find suitable coal on the orders of our boss." Li Chishui said.

"How much do you want?"

"Haha. If the price is right, we can sign a long-term supply contract. My factory uses more than 4000 tons of coal per month." Li Chishui said.

This number was the result of careful consideration. It accounted for about 1/4 of the output of Lianggou Coal Mine, which was enough to attract the attention of the puppet army but would not arouse their suspicion.

"4000 tons? If you have this quantity, I can make the decision. 2 yuan per ton." Liu Lin asked tentatively.

"Captain Liu, this won't work." Li Chishui shook his head.

“现在井径最好的煤是3块5，阳泉的煤才2块6，如果贵部的煤要价2块5，可是有些贵了。”

When coal from Shanxi is transported to Baoding, the ex-mine price is only a small part of the cost, the real big part is the freight.

From Guozhuang to Baoding, a truckload of 17 tons of coal costs 60 yuan. If it goes through Yangquan, a lot of freight can be saved.

When Liu Lin heard that Li Chishui was so knowledgeable about the market, his doubts were immediately thrown out of the window.

"Haha, Boss Li, as long as you can decide, the price is negotiable. I can set the price at 2 yuan per ton." Liu Lin said with a smile.

"Captain Liu, whether it can be confirmed depends on the situation. After all, the contract is for a long term, and we have to ensure that we can supply the goods."

"I heard that there is trouble with the Eighth Route Army here. If the coal mine is attacked by the Eighth Route Army next month, won't we be in trouble?" Li Chishui said.

Li Chishui wanted to encourage Liu Lin to take him around more.

"Hahaha, Boss Li, you're worrying too much."

"Okay, I'll take you around this area." Liu Lin turned around and asked the soldiers next to him to lead a few horses, preparing to take Li Chishui to see the strength of Lianggou Coal Mine.

After leaving Lianggou Village, Liu Lin first took Li Chishui around the periphery of the coal mine and showed him the artillery towers and bunkers.

"Boss Li, you see, the coal mine has been surrounded by fortifications, and there is an army of soldiers here.

Even if there were really fearless Eighth Route Army soldiers coming to attack, the troops stationed in Lianggou Village would immediately come to reinforce and report to the locust army in Fu'an. The journey from Fu'an to Lianggou takes no more than 2 hours.

How many divisions does the Eighth Route Army have? Want to capture Lianggou Coal Mine? That's a daydream!" Liu Lin said confidently.

"Okay, okay, we are willing to cooperate with capable people!"

Li Chishui was very happy to see Liu Lin reveal all his secrets. He liked people like him.

"Captain Liu, how about this? If you are willing to pay me 1 yuan, I can give you a commission of 8 yuan." Li Chishui felt that acting should be performed in full.

"Really?" Liu Lin was overjoyed. This was 400 yuan a month.

"Well, I'll give you 1 yuan, and you'll give me 7 yuan." Liu Lin's eyes rolled and he revealed his bottom line.

"No problem, I'll go back to Fu'an to contact the factory and bring the money tomorrow or the day after tomorrow!" Li Chishui said, patting his chest.

He will definitely come back, but he won't be bringing money with him.

After Liu Lin excitedly escorted Li Chishui out of Lianggou Village, Li Chishui turned around and headed straight for the temporary command center.

As soon as they entered the house, Li Chishui and the soldiers in charge of reconnaissance did not even have time to change their clothes, and immediately began to outline every artillery tower and bunker in Lianggou Coal Mine from memory.

Half an hour later, Chen Chengxing was very happy looking at the deployment map of Lianggou Coal Mine.

"Okay, Li Chishui, you made the greatest contribution in this attack on Lianggou Coal Mine!" "Hehe, Captain, we don't really care about contribution or not, but can I ask you for something?" Li Chishui said embarrassedly.

"What do you want?" Chen Chengxing asked curiously.

"Um, can you give me a Japanese command knife?" Li Chishui said in a low voice.

The county brigade he led had seized some command knives, but those were all non-commissioned officer knives, which were the command knives carried by the Japanese squad leaders.

That thing is totally incomparable to a real officer's sword. It's not that it can't be used, after all, they are both mechanical weapons. But the appearance is too inferior, and it is not even a little bit inferior to an officer's sword.

"What did I think it was?" Chen Chengxing laughed.

Li Dabenshi also has a nickname called Li Daxianba, and he is very interested in pretending to be cool.

"Here, this is the lieutenant's sword. I give it to you." Chen Chengxing took off the Japanese sword he was carrying and threw it to Li Chishuai.

"And this, a military coat, is also for you." Chen Chengxing took off his yellow wool coat and threw it into Li Chishui's arms.

Although all the Japanese coats seized by the New Second Regiment were distributed, there were still ten or eight coats in good condition in the logistics department, so we could just go back and get another one.

When I first watched the TV series, Li Dabenshi had a command knife and a military coat full of patches. Now I'm going to get him a better set.

"Oh, thank you, Captain." Li Chishui said excitedly. He didn't expect there would be such a pleasant surprise.

He originally just wanted a lieutenant's sword, but he didn't expect the regiment commander to directly give him a major-officer's sword.

This lieutenant officer's sword is much more beautiful than the lieutenant officer's sword in terms of patterns and decorations.

Chen Chengxing just waved his hand and didn't say much. He knew too well what kind of person Li Chishui was.

"Xu Wu, you will lead the 1st Company, the Wuyi County Battalion, the Fu'an County Battalion and an 1mm mortar to attack the enemy artillery towers and bunkers in the Yangshugou Village and Mashan area.

There is only one puppet army battalion and a regiment headquarters here, with less than 1 people. Your strength is enough."

"Yes!" Xu Wu nodded.

Although there are only 1 people in the 220st Company, their firepower can make these 400 people lose their way. The 82mm mortar is just to attack the artillery tower and reduce their own casualties.

"Guerrilla Team Five was responsible for attacking Xicha Mountain; Guerrilla Team Seven attacked Huangpo Village; and Team Nine attacked Qiantou Village.

Each of your teams will also be assigned an 82mm mortar for attacking the turrets."

"Yes!"*3
In the places where the three guerrilla teams fought, except for Qiantou Village of the Ninth Team, which had a regiment headquarters and a battalion so the number of people was slightly larger, the other places only had the strength of a battalion.

"I will lead the rest of the people to attack Lianggou Coal Mine and Lianggou Village." Chen Chengxing said.

除了陈成兴分出去的兵力之外，他手里还有3个步兵连、1个机枪连、2门步兵炮以及2门82毫米迫击炮。

With this amount of firepower, it is more than enough to defeat a regiment in Lianggou Village and the 103rd Army's direct-affiliated unit.

If infantry guns and mortars are fired at will, the enemy will collapse without the infantry even having to take action.

"It's 3 o'clock in the afternoon now. The general attack is scheduled for 12 o'clock at night. I will launch the attack first. You will attack immediately after you hear the sound of gunfire." Chen Chengxing said after looking at his watch.

"Yes!"

From the Lianggou Village stronghold to the small bunker on the hill, the puppet troops had never been attacked in a large scale by the Eighth Route Army.

They also thought that their weapons were better than those of the Eighth Route Army. Even if the Eighth Route Army attacked, they would not be able to do anything to them. After all, they had the Japanese as reinforcements.

Therefore, the entire puppet army was not actually very vigilant.

They could never have imagined that the Eighth Route Army would be so powerful. In order to deal with their less than 3 people, they used more than 20 cannons of various sizes. If the grenade launchers that were no longer in the organization were included, the total number exceeded 40.

The New Second Regiment was not fighting alone. When the Eighth Route Army went to the surrounding villages to borrow guillotines, axes, and ladders, the villagers learned that the Eighth Route Army was going to fight Gao Donglei, and thousands of people volunteered to provide logistics and followed the troops.

"Commander, this..." Company Commander Lin Zhifeng of the 2nd Company looked at the crowd of ordinary people behind him and felt a little overwhelmed.

"You arrange a few people to maintain order in the back and let the villagers stay 500 meters away from the troops to avoid accidental injuries," said Chen Chengxing.

Chen Chengxing knew very well that these common people had suffered so much from Gao Donglei, and now someone finally stood up for them, how could they not be excited.

However, Chen Chengxing still had to try his best to prevent civilians from directly participating in the battle. They had not received professional training, and riots might occur once the sound of gunfire was heard.

"Yes!"

Lin Zhifeng turned around and signaled to the soldiers next to him, and they immediately walked back and prepared to maintain order.

By late night, all the troops had moved into place.

The puppet soldiers in the artillery towers of various strongholds were dreaming at this time. They never imagined that the guns of the Eighth Route Army were pointing at them.

At 11:2, according to Chen Chengxing's plan of "killing the tiger by taking out its heart first", the nd Company, which was responsible for the assault mission, quietly cut open the barbed wire fence outside the Lianggou Coal Mine and sneaked into the No. mine entrance of the coal mine.

This is the outermost area of Lianggou Village, with three watchtowers distributed in a triangle.

In order to launch the attack more quickly, Lin Zhifeng led the assault platoon to continue moving forward.

Just when the assault platoon was about to reach the front of the artillery tower, an accident occurred.

A puppet soldier suddenly walked out of the artillery tower with his trousers held up.

Ma Laosan held up his pants and prepared to go to the side to solve his physiological problem. It was so cold now, he didn't want to run to the toilet which was more than ten meters away.

"What is that?" Ma Laosan suddenly saw something next to him out of the corner of his eye.

"Stand still!" Ma Laosan immediately raised the gun in his hand.

Ma Laosan thought that some miners were trying to escape, after all, this kind of thing happened every now and then.

However, when the gun was pointed at the opposite side, Ma Laosan's eyes almost popped out.

Suddenly, dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers in gray uniforms appeared in front of him, with their guns pointed at him.

At this moment, Ma Laosan only felt his crotch getting hot.

Looking at the puppet soldiers pointing guns at him, Lin Zhifeng had no choice but to take action.

"boom!"

Ma Laosan fell to the ground with his head raised.

The gunshot also alarmed the entire Lianggou Village.

At this time, Lin Zhifeng didn't care that the time was not up yet, and immediately led the assault platoon to rush towards the artillery tower.

"Spread out the attack! Use grenades directly!" Lin Zhifeng shouted.

"Yes!"

The assault platoon was divided into three and quickly surrounded the three artillery towers guarding the No. 1 mine entrance.

At this time, the puppet soldiers in the artillery tower were still putting on their clothes, when they suddenly saw something black falling in from the firing port, and it was smoking.

(End of this chapter)