Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 118 Puppet Army: The Japanese sold me out!

On the high ground, the Japanese soldiers were hit so hard by the artillery fire that they couldn't even lift their heads.

"Where is the plane?!" Yukio Tamura shouted to the telegraph soldier next to him.

"Captain, according to the time, we should be able to reach the battlefield in 10 minutes!"

"You are to be ready to make radio contact with the aircraft at any time. Once you are able to do so, immediately inform them of the current situation and ask them to bomb the enemy in the northwest."

"The rest of you, get ready to break out. After the planes are done bombing, immediately concentrate all your firepower and attack hard, then take the opportunity to break out!" ordered Yukio Tamura.

"Hai!"

After the artillery company's bombardment, the four infantry companies of the first battalion immediately launched a wave-like attack. At the same time, three guerrilla teams also began to enter the battlefield.

"Kill the chicken for me!" Yukio Tamura shouted at the Eighth Route Army soldiers rushing towards him.

However, he only had a few light and heavy machine guns in his hands at this time, which were not enough to complete the fire blockade on all sides of the entire mountain.

It was then that Yukio Tamura felt that something was wrong with this hill. The Eighth Route Army could launch attacks from all directions, which forced the Japanese army to disperse its forces.

Otherwise, a breakthrough in any direction would mean defeat.

Seeing the Eighth Route Army getting closer, Tamura Yukio said anxiously: "Grenade launchers, gather into a cannon group and bombard the Eighth Route Army in the east!"

The Eighth Route Army soldiers in other directions didn't even have military uniforms, they just had hats to wear, and they looked like local Eighth Route Army soldiers no matter how you looked at them.

The biggest threat to them is the Eighth Route Army in the east. The two groups are not on the same level in terms of equipment or combat capability.

Faced with the Japanese grenade launcher bombardment, the soldiers of the first battalion could only keep their distance as much as possible, reduce the damage from the Japanese artillery fire, and seize the opportunity to continuously leap forward.

Just when the two sides were about to engage in close combat, Chen Chengxing suddenly heard the roar of an airplane.

I saw two light bombers swooping down from the clouds.

"Captain! It's a Japanese plane!" Wei Dayong approached Chen Chengxing and prepared to take him to a safe place.

"What are you afraid of? There are only a few of us. Will the Japanese drop bombs here?" Chen Chengxing pushed Wei Dayong away and said.

The Japs' money was earned at the cost of their lives, so how could they waste it easily?

Their target must be the troops fighting on the front line.

The Japanese planes circled and communicated with the Japanese underground. Although the Japanese planes were equipped with radios, their radios were notoriously bad.

To ensure there are no mistakes, they have to confirm it several times.

Just as the telegraph soldier was communicating with the plane, Tamura Yukio called the battalion commander of the Locust Association Army.

"Xu Sang, the locust army's planes have arrived, we must break out immediately, heading due east.

We broke through, with the planes leading the way.

I decided that the Locust Association will take the lead, and the Locust Army will take over from the rear!" said Yukio Tamura.

"Hi!"

Xu Lei had no objection to Tamura Yukio's decision. It was a common practice for the Locust Association to take the lead, and they had long been accustomed to it.

"Yoshi, go and get ready." said Tamura Yukio.

"Don't worry, Madam. I will gather the troops right away." Xu Lei nodded.

After Xu Lei left, Tamura Yukio asked the signalman next to him, "Have you communicated with the plane?"

"Report to the captain, we have communicated. The plane will conduct machine gun strafing in the east and drop bombs immediately after reaching the northwest." The signalman reported.

"Yoshi, tell the warriors, when the Locust Army breaks out to the east to attract firepower, our army will quickly turn to the northwest!" ordered Tamura Yukio.

"Hai!"

Chen Chengxing saw the Japanese planes begin to lower their altitude and realized that the bombing was about to come.

However, after seeing the plane's route clearly, Chen Chengxing became a little confused.

Why is it different from what I thought? Aren't the Japanese trying to break out? Are they trying to use their aircraft advantage to overwhelm the entire battalion?
When Yukio Tamura on the top of the hill saw the planes start to fire, he immediately drew his command knife:

"attack!"

"Kill the chicken and give it to me!"

"Brothers! It's time to break out! Charge!" Xu Lei shouted from behind, holding a pistol.

"Kill!" The puppet army was forced into a corner and had no choice but to launch the attack.

What they didn't know was that after firing a round of light machine guns, the Japanese immediately put away their guns and began to move northwest.

After flying over the eastern position, the plane in the air did not readjust its bombs, but turned and flew northwest.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
When the puppet soldiers heard the explosion behind them, they realized something was wrong.

When they turned around, they found that there was no trace of the Japanese troops who should have been following them. Only then did they realize that they had been tricked.

"Fuck! Bastard!" The puppet soldiers cursed loudly.

But now they have engaged in a firefight with the Eighth Route Army, and it would be difficult for them to retreat even if they wanted to.

"Surrender! I surrender!" The puppet soldier threw away his gun and shouted while lying on the ground.

And Yukio Tamura did not expect that these locust troops could fight against the Eighth Route Army. All he needed was to delay the pace of the elite Eighth Route Army in the east. It would only take a few minutes for the locust troops to break through the encirclement.

The development of the situation was similar to what Tamura Yukio predicted. After the First Battalion took control of everything, the Japanese had already broken through the defense line of the Fifth Guerrilla Team.

With the strength of the Fifth Guerrilla Team, it was still difficult to stop the Japanese who were trying to break through by force.

Chen Chengxing, who was not far away, looked at the Japanese who broke through the encirclement through a telescope and felt a little sorry. There were only about 200 Japanese left. If the plane had arrived 10 minutes later, he could have wiped them out. "Captain, do you want to chase them?" Wei Dayong asked.

If they wanted to chase, he was prepared to send a message to the first battalion as quickly as possible.

"No need, order all troops to clean up the battlefield and we will retreat!" Chen Chengxing shook his head.

This time his goal has been achieved. It is enough to get the arsenal. If he continues to chase them, even if he can wipe out this group of devils, his own casualties will increase greatly.

Without the advantage of ambush, the Japanese are not easy to deal with.

"Yes!"

Following Chen Chengxing's order, the system voice sounded at the right time.

[The battle is over, battle evaluation: great victory!]

【Obtained 11204 honor points. 】

[Current Honor Points: 27927/100000.]

A great victory? Did they consider the Lianggou Town puppet army and this group of devils as a battle? Chen Chengxing thought to himself as he watched the devils disappear from his sight after climbing over the hill.

And why was the mission not completed? Could it be that the equipment had to be delivered to Erlang Cave?
However, the system obviously cannot answer Chen Chengxing's doubts. It is just an emotionless system.

When Chen Chengxing arrived at the battlefield, it had been almost cleaned up, with only the guerrilla fighters searching every nook and cranny to avoid missing anyone.

"Captain, what should we do with these prisoners?" Xu Wu walked over and asked.

This time, it was because of the puppet army that the Japanese were able to escape successfully.

"Take him back and try him together with the captives from Lianggou Village." Chen Chengxing said casually.

When the time comes, those who should be killed will be killed, those who should be released will be released, and those who should be sent to labor camps will be allowed to farm.

"Yes!"

"Did we seize anything this time?" Chen Chengxing asked.

"There's nothing good here, just some light weapons. All the heavy machine guns were blown up, some by us and some by the Japanese themselves." Xu Wu said helplessly. This was really a losing business.

"Commander, the mortar shells have been almost used up." Xu Wu whispered.

In this battle, the first battalion suffered more than 300 casualties and almost ran out of artillery shells.

You know, this is one-third of the arsenal’s half-year output!

"It doesn't matter. Once the equipment in the arsenal is installed, we will usher in a huge explosion in production. By then, there will be so many shells that you won't be able to fire them all." Chen Chengxing said indifferently.

Now all the factors for a huge burst of military output are in place. There are two types of explosives: ammonium nitrate explosives made from the Japanese's fertilizer powder and glycerine explosives. The fuses are silver detonators. Two more blackheart toughening furnaces have been built, and a lot of workers have been recruited. Now we just have to wait for the equipment to arrive.

"It's good to be able to replenish it." Xu Wu said happily.

After this battle, he has fallen in love with the feeling of bombardment.

If there was anything that would excite him more, it would be more and bigger mortars!

"Stop talking nonsense. Take the destroyed weapons and send them to the arsenal to see if they can be reassembled and repaired. Leave the rest to the guerrillas."

"Leave the guerrillas to continue cleaning up the battlefield. We will follow the civilian workers' team and return to Hongni Bay!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

The main force of the New Second Regiment is not short of guns now. Even if they take them back, they will be distributed to the guerrillas again, so there is no need to do this.

"Yes!"

After returning to Hongniwan, Chen Chengxing asked the logistics department to give some food to each member of the migrant worker team involved in the transportation as a reward.

Of course the common people tried to make excuses. To them, the fact that the Eighth Route Army could defeat Gao Donglei was no less important than if Justice Bao were still alive. So why would they want anything from the Eighth Route Army?

However, Chen Chengxing could not let the people work in vain. It was not an easy task to transport so many things from Lianggou Village to Hongni Bay. It took them three full days to get there.

After seeing the common people off politely, Chen Chengxing returned to the regiment headquarters and breathed a sigh of relief, pouring himself several bowls of water.

"Lao Luo, we brought back a lot of prisoners this time, hundreds of them. I'll leave them to you." Chen Chengxing said after taking a breath.

Chen Chengxing had asked Qin Sheng to lead those miners who wanted to join the Eighth Route Army to the supplementary battalion. At the same time, he also drew some of them from the supplementary battalion and gave them to the first battalion.

Because the regiment's special forces company has been cancelled, the guard platoon has been upgraded to a guard company, and the reconnaissance platoon has been directly placed under the regiment headquarters.

So Qin Sheng was promoted from the company commander of the special forces company to the deputy battalion commander of the supplementary battalion, and Kong Hanwen continued to be his instructor. Now the position of the battalion commander of the supplementary battalion is vacant.

"Okay, I'll take care of it." Luo Ping nodded.

"Those whose crimes do not deserve the death penalty should be reformed through labor and allowed to reclaim wasteland first," said Chen Chengxing.

"The ground is frozen, and we are reclaiming it now?" Luo Ping asked in surprise.

"How else can it be called a renovation?" Chen Chengxing said casually, "Let Xu Tao make some pickaxes, dig up the ground, and then do it."

"Okay, we can't leave them idle." Luo Ping nodded: "Let them cover the ground first, and then start digging the ground."

This is when the benefits of turning against the enemy come into play. Those puppet troops who turn against the enemy on the battlefield are generally treated leniently, unless they have done something that is truly hated by God and man.

As for those who were captured, we must track them down thoroughly.

"Do you need my help with this battle report?" Luo Ping asked.

In the past, after a war, Chen Chengxing often asked Luo Ping to write for him.

"No, I'll write it myself. You're not here." Chen Chengxing waved his hand.

I dare not let Luo Ping write it this time. Now the system task has not been completed yet. I am afraid that the arsenal equipment will not be completed until it is pulled to Erlang Cave.

If my superiors knew about this, would I still be able to complete my mission?
(End of this chapter)