Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 116: Chase! Chase! I want to fight the Eighth Route Army to the death
Faced with the artillery shells fired by the Eighth Route Army, the puppet troops in the headquarters did not take it seriously at first.

Mortars are fine for attacking infantry, but thinking about attacking strongholds is a bit too much.

But as time went on, the puppet army felt something was wrong.

“Cough, cough, cough.” “Cough, cough, cough.”
More and more puppet soldiers began to cough in the stronghold.

"Cough cough cough! It's not good, Commander, cough cough. The Eighth Route Army used poison gas bombs!" Chief of Staff Shi Jun rushed into the command center, coughing as he spoke, and his eyes were red from the smoke.

At this time, Gao Donglei also felt the pungent smell in the air.

"cough cough"

"Where did the Eighth Route Army get these poison gas bombs!" Gao Donglei covered his mouth and nose tightly, but it was of no use at all.

"Ahem, Commander, let's not worry about this for now, let's run away!" said Shi Jun.

The horror of poison gas bombs has long been known to everyone. If I stay here any longer, I'm afraid my whole body will fester and I'll die!
"Go! Go!" Gao Donglei turned around and ran out.

At this time, the soldiers in the bunker outside had already fled desperately.

However, Gao Donglei's headquarters had only one door, and it was not spacious, so the puppet soldiers were huddled together at the door.

"Get out! Cough cough cough. Get out! Cough cough cough cough." Gao Donglei shouted and coughed.

And the louder you shout, the more air you need to breathe in, and the more you cough.

But none of the soldiers next to him paid any attention to him.

Now everyone is about to die. Not to mention that you are a traitor, even if the Japanese are in person, it will be useless!

At this time, outside the headquarters, the heavy machine guns were already ready, with the muzzles pointed at the headquarters' gate.

When Chen Chengxing saw the puppet soldiers start to run out, he immediately ordered, "Open fire."

"Da da da", "Da da da", "Da da da".
The puppet soldiers who escaped were immediately killed.

After seeing this situation, the puppet soldiers at the door were so scared that they turned around and ran back.

But everything was fine when I came here, and now I can’t go back even if I want to!

The puppet soldiers in the headquarters kept pushing out, and those on the outside could only watch themselves being pushed into the muzzles of guns.

"Don't shoot! Don't shoot! Surrender, we surrender!" The puppet soldiers on the outermost perimeter shouted heartbreakingly.

But Chen Chengxing was not moved at all.

"These people are shouting surrender, do you think you can believe it?" Chen Chengxing asked the person beside him.

"This is absolutely unbelievable! They are not lying on the ground! They must be pretending to surrender!" Jiang Ming on the side said immediately.

The 3rd Company suffered heavy casualties this time, and Jiang Ming wished that all these traitors would die.

"Yeah, I think so too. If they are surrendering, they should just raise the white flag and lie on the ground. Why are they running away? And the people behind them didn't say they wanted to surrender." Chen Chengxing nodded.

"Tell the machine gun company to shoot them to death!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

"Yes!"

Ten minutes later, when the number of puppet troops inside and outside was almost the same and they could not push each other away, the people inside realized something was wrong. They then learned that all the people who had gone out had been killed.

But at this time there were less than 30 of them left.

"Jiang Ming, take the third company!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

"Yes!"

The 3rd Company had already made preparations. Each person tied a wet towel around his mouth and nose. Although it could not completely block out the pungent smell, it was definitely better than the puppet soldiers inside.

"kill!"

"Kill!"

The attack of the third company went very smoothly. Although there were still dozens of puppet soldiers in the stronghold, they had basically lost the ability to resist. After all, the mortars did not stop when the heavy machine guns were firing.

The concentration of chili in it is now frighteningly high.

The third company simply rushed in and cleared out the stronghold in just a few minutes, leaving no puppet troops alive.

When Chen Chengxing entered the headquarters with his mouth and nose covered, the spiciness of the air was so strong that he could hardly open his eyes.

At this time, all three companies had turned into rabbits, their eyes were red, and they were coughing continuously.

"TND, the quantity has increased!" said Chen Chengxing.

The power of these hundred kilograms of chili powder is really great.

I don’t know why ordinary people use such spicy peppers, aren’t they afraid of getting burned at both ends?

"Jiang Ming! I leave this to you. Clean up the supplies. I'll go to the coal mine to take a look." After Chen Chengxing said this, he kicked his leg and ran away.

"Yes" Jiang Ming was helpless. He also wanted to leave. This place was too choking.
But a higher-ranking official can do much more, and since the regiment commander has given the order, he can only follow it.

"Cough cough cough, clean up the battlefield! Cough cough cough, take away everything that can be taken away!" Jiang Ming ordered.

If we want to evacuate quickly now, we can only speed up the cleaning.

On the other hand, the attacks on Xicha Mountain, Huangpo Village, and Qiantou Village were very successful. Lin Zhifeng also led the 2nd Company and infantry artillery to flatten all the artillery towers and bunkers in the coal mine.

"Hurry, arrange for people to go down to the mine! Rescue all the miners underground!" Lin Zhifeng ordered.

According to the instructions, the next step is to arrange for the mine to be blasted, but if there are still people underground, the mine cannot be blasted.

In the following period, except for the necessary manpower, all the cadres and some soldiers of the 2nd Company went deep into the mine which was more than meters deep, and mobilized everyone in every mine tunnel to ensure that everyone left the mine.

The elevator at the mine entrance kept going up and down, and batches of miners returned to the surface.

When the miners learned that the Eighth Route Army had killed the puppet troops, they held the soldiers' hands and cried loudly.

After they were forcibly brought here by Gao Donglei, their lives were worse than those of pigs and dogs.

"The Eighth Route Army is great! They are truly our brothers."

“My savior!”

"Do you still need people? I want to be an Eighth Route Army soldier too!"

"Me too!"

"And I!"

Many of the miners who were rescued wanted to join the Eighth Route Army on the spot. They all felt the abomination of the Japanese invaders and traitors.

After nearly three hours of intense work, after confirming that all the workers in the mine had come up, Lin Zhifeng immediately ordered to start tying explosives.

In order to ensure that the Lianggou coal mine could be blown up, most of the explosives from the three guerrilla teams and the first battalion were left to Lin Zhifeng.

Mining machines, boilers and mine openings were all set on fire.

"Attention everyone!"

"Detonation!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
Following a series of deafening explosions, all the machines that were originally standing collapsed and tilted, leaving only a pile of garbage in their place.

Chen Chengxing felt regretful when he saw the collapsed equipment. If he had enough time, he would like to dismantle all the machines. These are all good things.

But it was too late now. According to the report from the front-line scouts, the Japanese vanguard was less than 10 miles away from Lianggou Village, and the New Second Regiment had to withdraw.

"Pass my order! Everyone retreat!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

However, Chen Chengxing did not lead the large force to retreat quickly into Zhongshan. Instead, he took 1st Battalion and 3 guerrillas to set up an ambush position in Hongwagou.

The migrant workers team could not move fast with such a large amount of supplies, so Chen Chengxing had to buy them time to evacuate.

When the Japanese reinforcements arrived at Lianggou Village, they were furious when they saw the coal mines and machines that had been bombed beyond recognition.

"Baka! Baka!" The Fu'an Japanese captain, Yukio Tamura, was furious.

The miners in Lianggou Coal Mine are usually just given a few moldy wild vegetable cakes. Mining coal has almost no cost, so it’s all in their interest!
"Gather the remaining soldiers of the 103rd Army immediately! Send out scouts to find the Eighth Route Army's traces for me!" said Tamura Yukio angrily.

"Hai!"

Half an hour later, Yukio Tamura learned the retreat route of the Eighth Route Army.

"Chase! Chase!"

"Hayaku! Hayaku!"

Yukio Tamura immediately left Lianggou Village with his troops and chased after them.

Hongwagou position.

"Captain, the Japanese are chasing us. There are about seven or eight hundred of them, and two or three hundred puppet soldiers. A small part of the puppet soldiers look like remnants of Gao Donglei's troops." The scout came running to report.

Because of the urgency of the retreat, the New Second Regiment only carried out a rough cleanup of the battlefield and did not search every corner, so there were still some remaining enemies.

Xu Wu, who was standing by, heard this and laughed, "Captain, you're right. The Japs have really caught up with us."

When Chen Chengxing first planned to set up an ambush position in Hongwagou, no one knew about it.

Normally, when the Eighth Route Army attacked a stronghold, the Japanese reinforcements would quickly provide support, but as long as the Eighth Route Army retreated, the Japanese rarely pursued them.

After all, the orders the Japanese received were generally to provide support. If they pursued rashly, it would be fine if they won. However, if they were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese commander would be in trouble.

Usually the Japanese would rather do less trouble than more, so when the Eighth Route Army withdrew, they considered their mission accomplished.

But this time the Japs did as the regiment commander said and actually caught up with us.

"Haha. You don't understand this, do you? The profit of Lianggou Coal Mine is not small.

According to the output of Lianggou Coal Mine, the minimum monthly output is 3 yuan, which is more than 6 yen when converted into Japanese yen. A Japanese major captain only made 2 yen a month. Even in wartime, including allowances, it was only 170 yen.

This Lianggou Coal Mine is equivalent to 200 Japanese captains. Do you think Gao Donglei can take so much profit by himself? There must be money from the Fu'an Japanese officers in it."

Lianggou Coal Mine belongs to Fu'an. Nowadays, any mine that can be opened is not a good thing. Chen Chengxing doesn't think that the original mine owner will not give benefits to the Japanese.

But the Japanese still tacitly agreed that Gao Donglei had taken away the coal mine, which means that the Japanese gained greater benefits.

Now the treasure bowl was smashed to pieces by Chen Chengxing, and the Japanese definitely couldn't bear it.

Although the country can be restored with investment, the Japanese came to rob, not to build China. Once the Japanese treasure bowl is broken, it is broken.

The money that used to be there every month was suddenly gone, and anyone would want to seek revenge.

After Chen Chengxing explained to everyone, he immediately ordered: "Pass my order, prepare for battle!"

"Yes!"

Ever since the first battalion was equipped with mortars, their entire deployment has been adjusted. Previously, the mortars were of little use in siege battles, and now is the perfect time to test the results of their training.

Ten minutes later, the Japanese rushed into the ambush circle at a trot.

In order to catch up with the Eighth Route Army, the Japs even did not use the normal habit of having puppet troops lead the charge.

Chen Chengxing looked at the Japanese soldiers rushing in and raised his pistol.

The Japanese are rushing in so quickly, they must be missing their hometown. How can we not give them a ride?
"boom!"

As Chen Chengxing fired the first shot, the first battalion opened fire at full force.

8挺重机枪、6门82毫米迫击炮、12门60mm迫击炮，还有数十挺轻机枪，瞬间爆发的火力直接就把鬼子给打蒙了。

When Yukio Tamura was questioning the remnant soldiers in Lianggou Village, the puppet army said that this group of Eighth Route Army had only 3 people, but their firepower was very strong.

Yukio Tamura scoffed at the puppet army's words, thinking that these guys were scared out of their wits. How powerful could the firepower of the Eighth Route Army be?

But now it seems that the firepower of these people is almost the same as that of a fully-strength battalion of a Type A division.

"Fight back! Fight back!"

"Kill the chicken for me! Kill the chicken for me!"

"Mortar! Grenade launcher! Counterattack quickly!" Yukio Tamura shouted while lying on the ground.

Yukio Tamura was extremely glad that he brought three Type 3 81mm mortars this time.

The Type 97 mortar is light in weight, has a fast rate of fire, and has strong artillery support capabilities.

However, the Japanese high-ranking officials were reluctant to allow the Type 97 mortar to be mass-produced.

The reason is very simple. The firing rate of the Type 97 mortar is too fast, which is a big problem for ammunition supply, and its hit rate is not high.

For the same target, the Type 3 infantry gun may only need 10 shells to destroy it, while the Type mortar may not need even shells.

However, although the Type 97 mortar was not fully promoted, it was distributed to the second-line troops for use, and Tamura Yukio was from the Fu'an Garrison Battalion, which belonged to the second-line troops.

However, after suffering losses at the hands of the Guo army's 82mm mortars on the front battlefield, the Japanese high-ranking officials have realized the role of mortars and have begun mass production of Type mortars.

(End of this chapter)