Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 13 Avoiding the limelight
"Go to Yanmen Pass?!"

When Chen Chengxing told Luo Ping his idea, Luo Ping was stunned. He didn't know about the intelligence yet.

"With our New Second Regiment's thin arms and legs, wouldn't it be courting death if we went to Yanmen Pass?" Luo Ping said.

Given the terrain of Yanmen Pass, if the Japanese stationed a small team with two heavy machine guns there, the New Second Regiment would not be able to attack them.

"I said going to Yanmen Pass, not attacking Yanmen Pass! What are you thinking?" Chen Chengxing said unhappily.

No matter how stupid I am, I would never attack Yanmen Pass. That would be courting death.

"This is the intelligence intercepted by the investigator, take a look." Chen Chengxing picked up the intelligence from the table and handed it to Luo Ping.

Luo Ping picked up the information and read it carefully. This information was just a transportation pick-up notice. Compared with the system panel, the information on paper was much simpler, but it was enough for Luo Ping to understand the situation.

"Captain, do you want to ambush the Japanese supply train?" Luo Ping said.

"That's right. Now the New Second Regiment has no weapons, ammunition, food, or clothes. If we want to replenish them, we can only ask the Japanese for them," said Chen Chengxing.

"Besides, now that we've caused such a big mess, I'm afraid the Japanese have already started looking for us. If we stay here any longer, we'll be found sooner or later. Let's take this opportunity to go to the mountains and hide away."

Although Guangshan is also a mountainous area, it is very different from Hengshan where Yanmen Pass is located. Whether in terms of altitude or range, Guangshan is a younger one.

Now that the New Second Regiment has entered Hengshan, the Japanese will have no chance of finding them in the short term.

Luo Ping thought about it and nodded. The situation was indeed a bit tense now, so it would be better for the New Second Regiment to stay out of the spotlight.

The two men reached a consensus, and Chen Chengxing immediately gave the order to set off.

It’s better to do it sooner rather than later. The sooner you leave, the safer you will be.

Chen Chengxing led the New Second Regiment and chose to escape overnight.

After arriving in the Yanmen Pass area, Chen Chengxing arranged for the New Second Regiment to rest first, while he took a few people to look for suitable ambush points along the way.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Chen Chengxing held up a telescope and carefully observed the situation nearby.

"Map." Chen Chengxing stretched out his hand to the side.

The combat staff officer next to him immediately took out a map from his briefcase and handed it over.

After checking the specific location on the map, Chen Chengxing nodded with satisfaction.

"That's it!" Chen Chengxing said as he simply drew the situation in this direction on the map.

"Come on, let's go back."

After returning to the temporary base, Chen Chengxing called Luo Ping and the three battalion commanders over.

"Look." Chen Chengxing spread the map on the table.

"This place is Erlipu, which is surrounded by mountains and the road is very steep.

The 10-mile-long road from Erlipu to Liangjiegou in the south is very suitable for ambushes. On the west side of the road is a seven or eight meter high earth slope, and on the east side of the road is a ravine several dozen meters deep.

This road is only 3 meters wide, and even if you include the gentle slopes on both sides of the road, it is less than 10 meters wide. The enemy cannot deploy a battle formation at this place, so I decided to ambush the Japanese baggage train here. "

"What do you think?" Chen Chengxing asked.

No one had any objection to Chen Chengxing's decision.

Just as Chen Chengxing said, this place is really suitable for ambush, it was simply born for ambush.

"Since everyone has no objection, let's set off tonight." Chen Chengxing ordered. According to intelligence, the day after tomorrow is the time when the Japanese baggage train will pass through, so the New Second Regiment must enter the position in advance.

On this road, the Japanese would pass by from time to time, so the New Second Regiment had to remain absolutely concealed. Once their whereabouts were exposed, it might not be the Japanese baggage train that was coming, but the field troops that came to encircle and suppress them.

After nightfall, the New Second Regiment quietly moved along the route to the high ground west of Erlipu, which was about 500 meters away from the road.

They could not enter the position immediately. Various accidents might happen during the day. They needed to stay here until tomorrow night, and then enter the position under the cover of darkness to ambush the baggage train that would appear the day after tomorrow.

The next day, large and small Japanese troops passed by from time to time on the road at the foot of the mountain. Judging from the number, it was at least an infantry regiment.

"TND, the Japanese are sending reinforcements to Xinkou." Luo Ping said as he looked at a large group of Japanese soldiers marching in formation on the road in the distance.

"Now that the Japs have lost their planes, it won't be easy for them to defeat the Guo army on the Xinkou defense line." Chen Chengxing said casually.

In other words, Yan Laoxi was afraid that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army would suffer too much damage, and he had other plans in mind.

Otherwise, if we launch a counterattack now, the Japanese troops at Xinkou may not be able to stop us.

Unfortunately, the more you fear something, the more it will come to you. The more Yan Laoxi wanted to preserve the combat effectiveness of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, the more miserable he became after his defeat.

After all, given the organizational structure of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, once they lost the territory of Shanxi, a large number of officials would immediately surrender and become traitors.

After the Japanese brigade passed by, Chen Chengxing said, "You stay here and watch. I'll go check the regiment."

"Okay, you go ahead, I'll just keep an eye on it here." Luo Ping nodded.

Their current position is still relatively safe. The Japs usually only conduct fire reconnaissance on the earthen slope on the west side of the road. Even some rigorous troops can only climb to the top of the slope at most, which is still far from their position.

Chen Chengxing retreated behind the high ground and after a round of walking around the group, he discovered that everyone was eating steamed buns with cold water.

How could this be possible? Steamed bread becomes very hard once it cools down. If the soldiers mix it with cold water and eat it, I'm afraid many of them will suffer from diarrhea.

This is a serious non-combat casualties. After all, even a brave man can't stand diarrhea.

"Cooking staff! Get ready to boil water!" Chen Chengxing rushed to the logistics department and gave the order directly.

The current situation is not suitable for large-scale cooking, but at least hot water must be supplied. With hot water, the soldiers can soak the steamed corn bread in the hot water until it is softened and eat it.

Although it doesn’t taste good, at least it can warm your body and prevent you from getting an upset stomach.

"Captain, this won't work. We are too close to the road. Once we start a fire, we will be exposed immediately." The cook squad leader immediately stopped him.

"Don't worry, I promise I won't be exposed." Chen Chengxing said with a smile.

"Bring me a shovel." said Chen Chengxing.

As a veteran military blogger, Chen Chengxing is very familiar with smokeless stoves.

When the military fan circle held an outdoor activity, Chen Chengxing showed off his skills and attracted everyone's worship on the spot.

"What are you doing, Captain?"

The crowd watching didn't understand what Chen Chengxing was doing.

However, as the smokeless stove gradually took shape, the people in the kitchen squad realized that the commander was digging a stove.

But they didn't understand why a stove should have horns.

Chen Chengxing did not explain too much to everyone's doubts. After it was completed, they would understand at a glance.

(End of this chapter)