Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 115 It's not that we are cowardly, it's just that falling headfirst is a bit scary

Because Yangshugou Village was the farthest away, Xu Wu and his team had already reached the vicinity of Yangshugou before dark.

After dark, the soldiers of the 1st Platoon of the 1st Company, who were responsible for the assault mission, sneaked into the village and captured two "tongues".

"Tell me? What's the situation inside?" Xu Wu asked the two puppet soldiers kneeling on the ground.

"There are 300 people in the village. Apart from the big turret in the middle, most people live in the bungalows outside."

"300 people? That's not right? I heard that your Third Regiment has 400 people?" Li Chishui interrupted.

"400? Ah, yes, yes, it is 400, but one company has been sent to Masan. There are three bunkers on Masan, and they are in there."

"I'm telling you, you better explain it to me carefully, otherwise I'll let you know what 'falling upside down' means!" Li Chishui said with a bad face when he saw that the two of them didn't ask or say anything.

"Falling...head over heels? Are you Li Daxianba?!" The two puppet soldiers looked at Li Chishui with some horror.

As far as they knew, within a radius of dozens of miles, only the captain of the Wuyi County Brigade could use this trick.

As long as they were die-hard traitors, they would be killed with cruel methods, usually by burying them alive with their heads down, which was called "upside down onions".

The traitors in Wuyi County were terrified when they heard his name.

Although Lianggou Coal Mine is under the jurisdiction of Fu'an, it is located in the marginal area and borders Wuyi County, so they have all heard about this matter.

"Huh?!" Li Chishui glared and looked at the two of them with an unfriendly expression.

Is that also what you call him, 'Li Daxianba'?
"Captain Li, Captain Li!" The two men quickly changed their words and assured, "Don't worry, we will tell you everything we know."

In their opinion, these regular Eighth Route Army soldiers were far less threatening than Li Daxianba. After all, this guy was really in trouble.

Under the threat of Li Chishui, the two puppet soldiers revealed everything that happened in Yangshugou.

He also took the initiative to draw a map. Although it is relatively abstract, the layout of the village can be seen clearly.

Finally, he took the initiative to lead the troops to bypass the sentry post and set up a ladder in the northeast corner of Yangshugou Village.

"If we go in from here, we will definitely not be discovered." The captured puppet soldier assured, patting his chest.

The puppet army considered this place the safest place because there was a bungalow under the wall and a machine gun firing point in the corner of the roof.

But as long as you climb up from this place, you can jump directly onto the roof and take the back route of the firing point.

Xu Wu looked at the puppet soldiers who were working so hard with a complicated expression.

Isn’t this just bullying honest people?

Looking at Xu Wu's strange eyes, the two "tongues" could only lower their heads and pretend not to see it.

Mr. Eight, it’s not that we are cowardly, it’s just that Li Da’s show-off is too scary.

When we see you, the Eighth Route Army, we promise to surrender without saying a word. Anyway, you treat prisoners well.

But if you encounter this Li Daxianbiao, you have to think carefully about whether to surrender or not.
But if we really get caught, we will definitely be more afraid of Li Da showing off.

"Tie them up, gag them, and throw them aside. We'll deal with them after the battle." Xu Wu ordered the soldiers nearby.

We are going to attack Yangshugou Village next. We definitely won’t have time to watch over these two people, so we have to control them first.

When the soldiers wanted to tie them together back to back, the two 'tongues' cooperated very well. After all, this was a hundred times better than 'falling headfirst'.

As soon as the battle of Lianggou Coal Mine broke out, Yangshugou immediately took action.

The platoon leader led his men to quickly climb the wall and then jumped onto the roof.

By the time the puppet soldiers discovered something was wrong, it was too late. Several grenades had already fallen to their feet, smoking.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
The puppet army's machine gun firing point was destroyed on the spot.

"Quickly set up your guns and seize the firing point! Stop the enemy!" the 1st platoon leader immediately ordered.

They needed to buy time for others to blast through the wall and enter the village.

At this time, the puppet troops in Yangshugou heard the explosion and began to reinforce here.

"Build the springboard, build the springboard quickly!" shouted a puppet army platoon leader.

Because many firing points in Yangshugou are on rooftops, there are springboards in many places to facilitate the puppet troops to move directly on the roofs.

However, just as the puppet army had hurriedly set up the springboard, they saw grenade launchers dropping grenades from the sky.

"Boom!" "Boom!".
Several puppet soldiers were blown off the roof by artillery shells.

"Don't be afraid! They are few in number! Brothers! Charge!" The puppet army platoon leader shouted loudly with a pistol in hand behind him.

However, before the puppet soldiers could move forward, the machine gun fire points had already begun firing.

"Thump, thump, thump." "Thump, thump, thump."
The puppet soldiers were beaten so badly that they fled in panic, threw away their guns, jumped off the roof, and turned around and ran away.

At this time, the large army outside the village had completed the blasting of the city wall and poured in through the gap.

"The first and second rows will take the roof, the third and fourth rows will take the ground, divide and surround the enemy!" Xu Wu ordered.

The springboard built by the puppet army on the roof just formed a path for the rows to advance.

Taking advantage of the convenience of movement, the soldiers quickly occupied most of Yangshugou village.

The remaining enemy troops were compressed into the cannon tower in the center of the village.

The area of dozens of meters around the artillery tower was open, which made it very easy for the puppet army to take advantage of its firepower, but it was difficult for a company to approach it.

"Where's the mortar? Set it up quickly. I want to see if it will have any effect if it is laid flat!" Xu Wu shouted.

He had heard before that the arsenal had developed something called a mortar that could fire horizontally, but he had never seen it.

"Don't worry, Captain Xu, it's guaranteed to work." The gunner who was preparing said with a smile.

The mortar can fire at a range of nearly 50 meters when laid flat. Now they are only meters away from the puppet army's artillery tower, so there is absolutely no problem at such a close distance.

However, the preparation time for horizontal firing of the mortar is longer, and soil must be piled behind the gun, otherwise the mortar will fly away after one shot.

While the mortar was being prepared, Xu Wu thought he had nothing to do, so he found a tin loudspeaker and started shouting.

"People inside, listen!"

"We in the Eighth Route Army treat prisoners well! As long as you are willing to surrender, I can guarantee your safety!"

"We are all Chinese! There is no need to serve the devil like a dog!"

The puppet soldiers in the artillery tower all turned their eyes to their commander.

"Fight! Fight! Don't listen to that! The Eighth Route Army always has a sweet first and bitter later! If you really surrender, you won't even know how you died!" the commander of the puppet Third Regiment ordered.

He knew very well that the Eighth Route Army treated prisoners well, but that did not mean there would be no settlement. Everyone in the artillery tower could surrender except himself. He was a die-hard traitor and must have a huge pile of black accounts with the guerrillas.

Seeing the continuous gunfire from the turret, Xu Wu shouted again:
"People inside, listen!"

"Listen to Lianggou Village. We have taken over the coal mines and the arsenal! If you want to wait for reinforcements, you are daydreaming!"

"We in the Eighth Route Army have always treated prisoners who surrendered voluntarily with leniency!"

"If you don't surrender, we will open fire!" Upon hearing Xu Wu's shout, the puppet troops in the artillery tower were in an uproar.

"Fire artillery? The Eighth Route Army brought artillery?"

"Surrender quickly! Otherwise, once the cannon goes off, we'll be dead as well as our hands!"

"The ones who came this time are all veteran Eighth Route Army soldiers, they are no match for the guerrillas."

The puppet army commander felt uneasy listening to the chatter of his men.

But he still wanted to resist.

"Brothers, don't listen to the Eighth Route Army's nonsense. Are they the only ones who have artillery?"

Seeing that the puppet troops were still resisting, Xu Wu outside stopped talking nonsense. Anyway, the mortar was ready now.

"Captain Xu, we're ready!"

"Okay, fire!"

"Load!" the gunner ordered immediately.

When the mortar is fired horizontally, the shell cannot slide down by itself and can only be pushed down by a push rod.

"put!"

"Tum~"

"boom!"

A ball of fire immediately appeared on the Japanese artillery tower.

"Hey! The mortar can really fire horizontally!" Xu Wu said happily as he looked at the turret with a hole in it.

"Continue!" Xu Wu ordered.

"Yes!"

However, before they could continue reloading, the puppet soldiers in the artillery tower could not bear it anymore.

The Eighth Route Army really has artillery. If we continue to resist, we will probably be buried in the artillery tower.

"Stop fighting! Stop fighting, Eighth Route Army soldiers outside! We surrender! We surrender!"

At this time, the puppet army also cared about their commander, so they had to save their lives first.

"stop!"

Xu Wu immediately stopped reloading and picked up the horn again.

"Put your hands up! Come out honestly!"

"We'll be right out! Don't shoot!"

The puppet soldiers in the artillery tower carefully walked out one by one, holding their rifles high in both hands.

"Go!" Xu Wu gestured to the 3rd platoon leader next to him.

We still cannot let our guard down until we have complete control.

After completing the cleansing of the puppet troops in Yangshugou Village, Xu Wu left the Fu'an County Brigade to guard it, and he took the others straight to Mashan.

There is still a company of puppet troops on Mashan.

However, the puppet troops on Mashan were obviously more sensible than those on Yangshugou. They surrendered decisively after just shouting a few words.

These traitors know very well that the main force in Yangshugou has been wiped out, so why are they still struggling? The lives of traitors are lives too!
Just when the puppet army in Yangshugou surrendered, Chen Chengxing also led his team to complete the encirclement of the puppet army headquarters in Lianggou Village.

Looking at the tall square stronghold in front of him, Chen Chengxing also had a headache.

The wall of the puppet army headquarters was not like those 20 to 30 centimeters thick gun towers. It looked to be at least one and a half meters thick, and there were stone bunkers on the four corners.

The bunker is equipped with a heavy machine gun and several light machine guns, and there are also two mortars inside the headquarters.

Such firepower is no weaker than Chen Chengxing's.

The troops have just launched several attacks but have not made any significant progress.

Looking at the soldiers retreating again, Chen Chengxing frowned.

"Captain, how about we try a smoke attack? Just like when we captured Liang Shang?" Wei Dayong suggested.

"This stronghold is too large, and a smoke attack cannot cover it all," explained Jiang Ming, commander of the 3rd Company.

Facing one or two rooms, a smoke attack is fine, but this is a solid fortress that is hundreds of meters long and wide. Given their current situation, it is difficult to generate such a large amount of smoke.

"No, there is a way!" Chen Chengxing was reminded all of a sudden.

"I have to say, you are really a genius." Chen Chengxing looked at Wei Dayong and smiled.

"Hehe." Wei Dayong didn't know what solution Chen Chengxing had, but as long as the casualties of his comrades could be reduced, it would be fine.

"Third Captain."

"To!"

"Immediately send people to the nearby villages to collect chili peppers, grind them into chili powder and bring them here. Do it quickly!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

It was almost dawn now, and they had to hurry.

"Yes!" Although Jiang Ming had not yet figured out what method Chen Chengxing would use, it did not affect his mission.

When the people living nearby learned that peppers were needed to fight the traitors, they came forward to support and contributed all the peppers in their homes.

They all wanted to help in the fight against Gao Donglei. If nothing else, they would at least feel more confident when communicating with people from other villages in the future.

"Hit Gao Donglei, our chili peppers have helped!" Once this sentence is uttered, how can others not look at him with admiration?

After Jiang Ming and his men came back with dozens of kilograms of chili powder, Chen Chengxing immediately called on the artillery company to bring the shells over.

"Unscrew the fuse, pour out some of the explosives, fill it with chili powder, and then screw the fuse back on." Chen Chengxing said as he demonstrated.

"Today, let these traitor dogs have a taste of what a chili powder bomb is!"

After the ammunition handler saw what was going on, he immediately started to work and made more than a dozen shells in just a few minutes.

"Pull them up and fight while preparing!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

Now Chen Chengxing didn’t know how many shells were needed, so he could only choose to fire from the front and load from the back.

In order to increase the effectiveness of the attack, the artillery company directly pushed two mortars to a place less than 2 meters away from the puppet army headquarters.

Because the target inside cannot be seen clearly and there is no need for a targeted attack this time, the mortar only needs to make sure that the shells can hit the headquarters.

"put!"

"Boom~" "Boom~".
"Boom!" "Boom!".
The two mortars began to slowly fire at the puppet army headquarters.

(End of this chapter)