Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 134 Heavenly locusts eat here.
The scouts of the New Second Regiment set out overnight and finally found a good place to set up an ambush at noon.

"Old Chen, look, it's here." Luo Ping said, pointing at the map.

"To the northeast of Dongting Village, there is a strip of old Shahe River. Because of the river diversion, it has become a depression surrounded by red willows and wild jujube trees. It is about two miles long. The riverbanks on both sides are several feet high and very inclined, forming a natural pincer position."

This is the most suitable place that Luo Ping learned about from an old farmer with the help of local cadres.

"Yes, this place is very suitable from a geographical point of view." Chen Chengxing nodded.

However, to determine whether it will work or not, we have to conduct an on-site investigation. The New Second Regiment has never been active in this area, so who knows whether the terrain has changed.

Chen Chengxing and Luo Ping didn't delay at all and rode straight to Dongting Village without even eating.

Standing on the high ground, it seems that this place is indeed very suitable at first glance.

"Monk, take a few people to the jujube forest and see if you can hide the troops there." Chen Chengxing ordered.

"Yes!" Wei Dayong waved to the people next to him and went into the woods.

Chen Chengxing went down to the depression, looked at both sides and found that he could not see anything at all. He nodded with satisfaction.

"That's it." Chen Chengxing said.

"Let the combat staff measure the specific range. Lao Luo, let's go back." Chen Chengxing said.

In order to prevent any further complications, Chen Chengxing decided to act as soon as possible.

After returning to the temporary regiment headquarters, Chen Chengxing immediately convened a combat meeting.

"The location has been confirmed. The old course of Shahe River in Dongting Village runs from southwest to northeast. It is a natural pocket formation. I decided to ambush here." Chen Chengxing said, pointing to the map.

“In this operation, the 13th and 14th companies were responsible for luring the enemy;
The first battalion was responsible for the frontal position and was responsible for the frontal blocking mission;

The 15nd and 16th Battalions were responsible for attacking on both sides, while the Guard Company, th Company, and th Company were responsible for cutting off the enemy's retreat.

After the 13th and 14th companies completed the task of luring the enemy, they were responsible for the task of guarding against any other enemy reinforcements.

Because the heavy machine guns of the Third Battalion were not transferred to the Fourth Battalion, and the Fourth Battalion did not have any heavy machine guns at the moment, Chen Chengxing asked the First and Second Battalions to temporarily allocate a machine gun platoon to the Fourth Battalion to strengthen its firepower.

The tasks of the 13th and 14th companies in the New nd Regiment were the most critical. They had to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese and evacuate quickly. They also had to make the Japanese think that they were some vulnerable guerrillas. Only in this way would the Japanese rashly pursue them.

If we show strong fighting ability right from the start, the Japanese will definitely not dare to leave the county easily.

They were crazy, but not stupid. The main force of the Eighth Route Army suddenly attacked the county town and then suddenly withdrew. No matter how they thought about it, they knew there was a problem.

The guerrillas, on the other hand, were just the opposite. Their favorite thing to do was to harass the Japanese strongholds and artillery towers, and harassing county towns was also within their expectations.

"You must build defensive fortifications and do a good job of camouflage, especially in Dongting Village. You must carefully build fortifications and tightly block intersections. You must never let the Japanese enter the village and resist stubbornly. You must block the Japanese outside the village and annihilate them." Chen Chengxing emphasized.

Once the Japanese invaders enter the village, it will take too long and we might even be bitten back.

"Yes!" Everyone stood up.

In the middle of the night, hundreds of figures appeared on the outskirts of Heng County.

"Lao Luo, what do you think?" Li Chishui, the commander of the 13th Company, whispered while looking at Heng County not far away.

Because Chen Chengxing transferred troops, Li Chishui was transferred directly from the county brigade to the new second regiment, and even became a company commander.

"Old Li, let's let our comrades harass them first." said Luo Cheng, the commander of the 14th Company.

They didn't know what the Japanese's temper was like now, so they could only try to fight them first.

"Okay, let's split our forces into two groups and attack from the southwest." Li Chishui nodded.

Luo Cheng had no objection to Li Chishui's proposal, and the two of them immediately began to act separately.

"Thump, thump, thump." "Thump, thump, thump."
Ten minutes later, the puppet soldiers who were standing guard at the sentry post set up by the Japanese outside the county town were suddenly knocked down by a light machine gun.

However, in order to avoid arousing the suspicion of the Japanese, Li Chishui and Luo Cheng only used a light machine gun.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Kill the chicken for me!" The leader of the Japanese squad shouted, pointing at the place where the gunshots came from.

It's pitch dark now and we can only locate the place by listening to the sounds.

"Thump, thump, thump." "Thump, thump, thump."
Fierce exchange of fire then ensued between the two sides.

In the county town, the sleeping Japanese captain Yoshikawa Shunsho jumped out of bed after hearing the gunshots.

"What's going on? Where is the gunshot coming from?!" Yoshikawa Shunsho pushed the door open and asked loudly.

At this moment, the commander of the 83rd Regiment of the Locust Association Army, Zheng Zhijie, and the translator Cheng Sanshi happened to run over hurriedly.

"Taijun, it's bad, the Eighth Route Army is here!" Zheng Zhijie started shouting from a distance. Yoshikawa Shunxiang immediately looked at the translator, who didn't understand Chinese.

After Cheng Sanshi finished translating, Yoshikawa Shunsho's face changed immediately.

"How many people are outside?" asked Yoshikawa Shunsho.

"It's so dark that I can't see clearly, but there must be at least seven or eight hundred people, and several machine guns! Maybe even cannons!" Zheng Zhijie said without hesitation.

"Baga! If you dare to lie about military intelligence again, you will be subject to military law!" Yoshikawa Shunxiang said angrily after listening to the translation.

Yoshikawa Shunsho was not deaf. He could judge how many Eighth Route Army soldiers were outside by the sound of gunfire. There were about three hundred of them, and no more than four hundred at most.

"Order the first and second squadrons to provide support immediately, and the rest of the troops to stay on alert to prevent any unrest in the city!" Yoshikawa Toshito ordered.

"Hayi!" The guard next to him immediately ran out to pass on the order.

Because they couldn't see the situation outside clearly, the Japanese did not go out of the city to fight, but instead climbed up the city wall and continued to fire at the outside from the wall.

As long as they heard gunshots outside, they would immediately open fire at that place.

The two sides fought for several hours until dawn, when the 13th and 14th companies began to retreat.

Yoshikawa Shunxiang on the city wall heard the gunfire outside gradually disappearing and judged that the Eighth Route Army was about to retreat.

"Captain, should we give chase?" asked the captain of a squadron nearby.

After thinking about it, Yoshikawa Shunxiang shook his head: "No, no, no, this is just harassment from the Tubalu. Even if we chase them, it will be difficult to gain anything. These guys are really good at hiding."

"We can just use the city wall to kill the Eighth Route Army." Yoshikawa Shunxiang said.

"Hai!"

Li Chishui and Luo Cheng outside the city watched the sky begin to brighten, but there was no sign of the Japanese in the city moving out, which made them feel a little headache.

Sometimes it is difficult to deal with the Japanese unless they get too excited.

"What should we do?" Luo Cheng asked.

"Let me think about it, let me think about it." Li Chishui scratched his head.

A few minutes later, Li Chishui suddenly said, "I got it. I heard that the Japanese troops worship the Heavenly Locust very much. Let's make an article about it."

"Go and find a piece of wood." Li Chishui ordered the soldier next to him.

"Yes!"

"Taijun! It's bad!"

Zheng Zhijie rushed to Yoshikawa Shunsho's office again.

"Madam, a board appeared outside the city! Please go and take a look!" Zheng Zhijie said in panic.

"Just tell me what Major Yoshikawa asked you to say. What's written on the board?" Cheng Sanshi said.

"Oh. How can I explain this? It's written on the board, 'Japanese locusts.'" Zheng Zhijie really didn't dare to say anything more. If he did, he was afraid that Taijun would chop him with his knife.

Seeing that Zheng Zhijie didn't dare to speak, Cheng Sanshi realized that what was written on the board might be a bit serious, so he immediately explained it to Yoshikawa Shunsho, who then stood up and climbed onto the city wall again.

"Heavenly locusts are eating here." Cheng Sanshi covered his mouth with his hand while saying halfway.

After difficult translation, Yoshikawa Shunsho finally understood what was written outside.

"Bakayaro! Attack! Attack!" Yoshikawa Toshito shouted.

This wooden board was standing right on the side of the road, and some Tubalu were peeing there.

Now everyone has seen that the Eighth Route Army not only captured the city, but also humiliated Tianhuang.

I must show some expression, otherwise if my superiors find out that Tian Huang has been humiliated and I remain indifferent, I will definitely be brought to a military court.

Or it is possible that he was defeated by the soldiers under him before he even had time to attend the military court.

After all, these grassroots soldiers were even more fanatical in their worship of the Sky Locusts, and defeating their superiors with the inferiors was also an old tradition of the Locust Army, so he really didn't dare to take the risk.

After the assembly was completed, Yoshikawa Toshisho led two infantry squadrons, rode on 2 trucks, and angrily chased out with heavy machine guns and artillery.

In order to ensure speed, Yoshikawa Shunsho didn't even bring the Locust Army.

After all, they couldn't catch up with the trucks with just a donkey cart or their own two legs.

(End of this chapter)