Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 114 The Japanese Misled Me!
When the puppet soldiers in the artillery tower saw what was suddenly thrown in from the firing hole, they felt like their hearts were about to stop beating.

"Fuck! Grenade!!"

Once the grenade explodes in the turret, regardless of whether the shrapnel will cause casualties, the shock wave alone is enough to make everyone inside lose the ability to resist.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
Smoke was coming out of the firing holes of the three turrets.

"on!"

The soldiers immediately rushed in through the door.

The puppet soldiers were so stunned by the explosion that they could not tell east from west, south from north, and were pinned to the ground by the soldiers before they could even put on their clothes, becoming glorious prisoners.

"Quick, set up the guns! Suppress the other artillery towers and bunkers! Take down all the searchlights first!" Lin Zhifeng ordered.

After hearing Lin Zhifeng's order, the soldiers immediately placed their own and captured light machine guns at the firing ports and began shooting at the searchlights in the coal mine.

"Thump, thump, thump." "Thump, thump, thump."
At this time, Chen Chengxing heard that the battle had suddenly started, and without thinking too much, he immediately ordered his troops to advance to open a breakthrough and advance to Lianggou Village.

As the assault platoon's gunshots rang out, the battle covering a dozen miles in radius officially began.

"Infantry artillery! Destroy the two artillery towers in front!" Chen Chengxing ordered while looking at the two artillery towers blocking the front.

As long as they can destroy these two artillery towers, they will be able to break into Lianggou Village.

The infantry artillery platoon immediately pushed the infantry artillery forward. It was very dark now, and they were not able to hit the target with a single shot from a long distance.

They want to push it to 500 meters or even 300 meters.

Anyway, now that the searchlights in the coal mines have been turned off, everyone is fighting in the dark, so there will be no problem even if they move forward.

Get ready, the platoon leader of the 1st Infantry Artillery Platoon who followed ordered:

"put!"

"Boom!" "Boom!"

As two shells were fired, one of the guns collapsed in half.

The puppet soldiers in another turret saw the half-collapsed turret and shouted at the top of their lungs: "The Eighth Route Army has cannons!"

In the past, they had only bullied guerrillas and county militia, and had never fought with the regular Eighth Route Army. Now, they panicked as soon as they encountered a tough opponent.

But even if they knew that the next target of the Eighth Route Army's artillery would be themselves, they could not do anything to respond, and they could not even leave the artillery tower and escape. There were bullets everywhere outside, and going out would mean death.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

Two more cannon shots were fired, and the remaining turret collapsed.

The civil structure of the artillery tower can only bully the guerrillas. Facing the New Second Regiment equipped with artillery, it is no different from a living coffin.

Seeing that the road ahead was open, Chen Chengxing immediately ordered: "Lin Zhifeng, I will give you an infantry gun. You lead the 2nd Company to continue to advance to the No. Mine. Tie up any puppet soldiers who surrender along the way, and kill anyone who dares to resist!"

"Yes!"

“By the way, after the mine entrance is dug, send people down into the mine and call all the miners up. We will then blast the mine!” Chen Chengxing added.

"Yes!"

"The rest of you! Follow me!" Chen Chengxing waved his hand and led the remaining troops along Beixi Street straight to the arsenal.

However, although Gao Donglei was willing to be a traitor, he was, after all, a trained professional soldier.

There are artillery towers and hidden firing points everywhere in Lianggou Village, Gao Donglei’s old nest.

Before, Li Chishui and his team could only see the visible artillery towers and bunkers during their reconnaissance, but they could not find the firing points hidden in the dark.

In addition to the pseudo 1st Regiment, the troops staying in Lianggou Village also had a direct special forces battalion and an officer team, with a total number of more than 1200 people.
Moreover, the troops that remained in Lianggou Village were all Gao Donglei's loyal confidants, and they resisted very tenaciously.

In particular, the direct special forces battalion was the most tenacious. Unlike other puppet army battalions, this special forces battalion was a standard battalion with 500 people.

The battalion commander of the special forces battalion, Tang Dashi, and his minions were originally famous bandits in the northwest. They were bribed by Gao Donglei with gold to serve as his bodyguards. After all, Gao Donglei was also very clear about the strength of his men.

This group of bandits are very accurate in shooting and they refuse to surrender.

The 3rd Company and the machine gun platoon fought with them for more than two hours before they captured some houses in the north of the village under the suppression of mortars and heavy machine guns.

The remaining puppet troops continued to resist by relying on sturdy houses such as arsenals and bathhouses.

The 3rd Company charged several times but failed to break in.

"TND, infantry artillery, move forward, aim and fire TND! Get the mortars ready, as soon as these puppet soldiers come out of the house, fire rapidly!" Chen Chengxing didn't care whether the machine would be damaged or not, he just wanted to kill this group of traitors immediately.

Besides, it is already 3 o'clock, and it will be dawn in two or three hours. If the battle is not over by dawn, the New Second Regiment will encounter unnecessary trouble.

At this time, the traitors hiding in the arsenal did not know that the cannons were aimed at them, and they were still very arrogant.

"Brothers! Hit him hard!"

"As long as we wait until daybreak, the Japanese will send troops to support us! By then, we will be able to annihilate this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers by attacking from both sides!"

"Beat them to death! I want to see if these Eighth Route Army soldiers are afraid of death!"

"boom!"

As soon as Tang Dashi finished speaking, a cannonball blew a big hole in the wall next to him.

"Fuck! Come here light machine gun! Block the gap!" Tang Dashi shouted while aiming his pistol at the gap and firing randomly.

However, facing the Eighth Route Army with heavy machine guns, a few light machine guns alone were not enough to block the gap. As long as the four heavy machine guns concentrated their firepower, they could beat the light machine guns that were firing at them, even if the puppet army had more light machine guns.

"Comrades! Follow me!" Seeing that the puppet troops on the opposite side had been completely suppressed, the commander of the 3rd company immediately led his troops to charge forward.

"kill!"

"Kill!"

The soldiers of the 3rd Company climbed over the wall and rushed into the arsenal like a whirlwind.

When the puppet soldiers in the arsenal saw the Eighth Route Army rushing towards them with bayonets pointed, they were immediately frightened.

"Plop!" "Plop!".
The remaining puppet soldiers immediately knelt all over the yard.

At the same time, when the puppet soldiers in the bathhouse saw that the Eighth Route Army had used cannons and the arsenal had been destroyed, they immediately rushed out of the bathhouse and prepared to flee back to the headquarters stronghold in the west of the village.

But the mortars had been prepared long ago, and two 2mm mortars and three 82mm mortars immediately opened fire at full power.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
After a round of rapid fire, the fleeing puppet soldiers had their limbs blown off and only a dozen of them managed to escape and fled to the headquarters in a panic.

Chen Chengxing walked into the arsenal, looked at the puppet soldiers kneeling on the ground, and asked, "Who is the leader?"

After hearing Chen Chengxing's words, the puppet soldiers kneeling on the ground turned their eyes to Tang Dashi.

Tang Dashi no longer had any of his previous arrogance: "Sir, sir, I am Tang Dashi, the commander of the special forces battalion. I was forced to do this because of the order from above."

Chen Chengxing had no intention of listening to what Tang Dashi had to say, he just raised his hand and fired a shot.

"boom!"

Tang Dashi immediately had an idea.

"Tie up the rest of the people and wait for processing!" Chen Chengxing ordered as he put away his pistol.

After all, the Eighth Route Army had its own policies, and Chen Chengxing could not shoot all the prisoners. However, these people would not escape being shot in the subsequent trials, so he just let them live for two more days.

"Wei Dayong, go contact the migrant worker team immediately and ask them to transport the machines." Chen Chengxing said.

"Yes!"

"Others, find some workers nearby to dismantle the machine and then help with transportation.

These workers are not captives. As long as they are willing to cooperate, everyone should treat them with courtesy. Do you understand?" Chen Cheng said.

The New Second Regiment is in great need of workers who can make guns. The New Second Regiment will benefit from taking these people back. As for whether there are die-hard traitors among them, it will be clear once we identify them when we get back.

"understand!"

After receiving the order, the team of migrant workers who had been prepared for a long time immediately entered the site and began to transport machines back and forth along the road that had been cleared.

Chen Chengxing did not stay here when the militia was transporting the machines. He only left a platoon and two heavy machine guns to provide cover, while the rest of the troops began to attack the puppet troops in Lianggou Village.

After more than an hour of bloody fighting, most of Lianggou Village had been occupied by the New Second Regiment, and the remaining enemies were all compressed into a large stronghold in the west of the village.

"Where the hell are these Eighth Route Army soldiers? How come they are so good at fighting?" Gao Donglei was shocked and angry when he looked at the situation outside.

It's not like he had never fought against the Eighth Route Army before.

But when he fought against the Eighth Route Army, his 103rd Army and the 5 troops of the Eighth Route Army fought for two days and one night.

Although more than one regiment of their troops were annihilated in the end, and the 3rd Regiment that was rebuilt now only has the strength of a battalion, the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties at that time.

Why is the Eighth Route Army so powerful now?
The Eighth Route Army that attacked Lianggou Village definitely did not exceed a thousand people, so how come they defeated us so badly?
And why are there so many guns? Which bastard sold them to the Eighth Route Army?
Aren’t the Eighth Route Army paupers?

This looks even better than the Japanese equipment.

"Commander, the brothers have all retreated back to the headquarters. Lianggou Village has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army!" Shi Jun, the chief of staff of the puppet 103rd Army, ran into the headquarters covered in dust.

"CTMD, where is Tang Dashi?! Isn't he known as the Town of Guanxi? Can't he even stop such a small number of Eighth Route Army?" Gao Donglei said angrily.

When they fought a battle with the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy casualties, they retreated to Lianggou Village for rest and recuperation. In order to strengthen their combat effectiveness, he paid 5 kilograms of gold to invite Tang Dashi and others to come.

Moreover, the monthly salary is much higher than that of ordinary soldiers. Why aren't you willing to fight for your life now?

"Commander, the special forces battalion has been wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, and only a dozen people escaped!" Shi Jun explained.

"All dead?" Gao Donglei asked in shock.

Isn’t this too damn fast?
"The soldiers who escaped said that the Eighth Route Army had infantry artillery and they couldn't defend against it at all!" said Shi Jun.

The infantry artillery could destroy the civil engineering fortifications one by one, so it was useless even if the puppet army wanted to defend.

The reason why those puppet soldiers ran to the headquarters desperately was that the headquarters was made of bricks and concrete, which could withstand artillery attacks.

"Fuck! The Japanese have misled me!" Gao Donglei said helplessly.

The Eighth Route Army's infantry artillery could only have been snatched from the Japanese. If the Japanese had been able to guard their own artillery, the 103rd Army would not have been in its current situation.

"Chief of Staff Shi, order all the brothers in the outer bunkers to withdraw to the headquarters. We will use the headquarters to hold on!"

"The Japanese will provide support as soon as daybreak. All we have to do is hold on until daybreak!" Gao Donglei ordered.

The Eighth Route Army had infantry artillery, and the bunkers outside the headquarters could not be defended. Rather than being defeated one by one, it would be better to withdraw the troops and hold on until help came.

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)