Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 158 The Eighth Route Army Can Do Nothing to Me Without Cannons
Lu Ze led two reinforced squads and quietly sneaked out of the house and moved towards the enemy's first-line position.

Although Nagata Tsukimi is arrogant, the education he received is real. The defense he set up is not very powerful, but it is also very organized.

However, Nagata Tsukimi obviously did not expect the Eighth Route Army to appear behind him, so all the Japanese defensive forces were facing outside the village.

Lu Ze led the soldiers along the way without saying a word, and gave orders entirely with gestures. No one noticed until they reached the vicinity of the position.

Although the Japanese arranged puppet soldiers to stand guard, the puppet soldiers had already been on guard for two days in a row and could hardly open their eyelids.

Therefore, these puppet troops were also stacked one layer on top of another, and in the end, those responsible for standing guard were just a small group of ruffians who had just become traitors.

These puppet soldiers had no way to deal with the layers of exploitation, but they just dealt with it by leaning against the wall or lying on the roof looking outside. As they looked outside, they closed their eyes.

If you are conscious of standing guard, then this guard can only be described as standing like a guard.

However, because a large number of the Japanese defenses were built using houses on the edge of the village, Lu Ze did not have many opportunities to launch a sneak attack.

Here, Lu Ze just gently pushed open a door, wanting to see if there were any Japanese soldiers in the room, when one of them woke up and asked, "Who?!"

When the other Japanese soldiers heard the shouting, they also began to wake up.

When Lu Ze heard that it was the Japanese, he didn't say anything, but threw a grenade in and then closed the door carefully.

"Baga! Grenade!" The Japanese soldier vaguely saw something with a handle thrown into the house, and he suddenly became alert and cold sweat broke out.

"boom!"

With the explosion of the grenade, the Japanese in the house were immediately blown to pieces.

After the grenade exploded, Lu Ze kicked the door open and fired a burst of shots with his light machine gun.

As the explosions and gunshots rang out, all the Japanese in Hetou Village jumped up.

However, at this time, the first row of guards who had sneaked in had already occupied a number of commanding heights, and the Japanese positions were divided into several parts by the continuous machine gun fire.

Moreover, because the shooting holes dug by the Japanese were all facing outside the village, the Japanese did not have many shooting positions on the other side of the house, and they could only rely on doors and windows to organize defense.

Faced with this situation, the soldiers' choice was simple: go around from the side and throw a few grenades in, and the Japanese would lose their combat effectiveness.

Even if a Japanese soldier is quick-eyed and quick-handed and can throw out a grenade, if faced with several grenades thrown in at once, it is impossible for the Japanese soldier to throw out all of them no matter how quick his eyes are.

"Boom!" "Boom!".
Hearing the explosions in Hetou Village, Chen Chengxing immediately ordered: "Fire flares and attack!"

Two white flares instantly flew into the air, and shouts of killing were heard around Hetou Village.

However, except for the west, there was loud thunder but little rain in other directions, and the shouts of killing were deafening, but not many bullets were fired.

In order to create the illusion of a fierce attack, local guerrillas also used iron barrels and firecrackers to simulate the sound of machine guns.

Although it was just a feint attack, the guerrillas successfully tied down a lot of Japanese troops.

This resulted in the Japanese being attacked from both sides without any support and not being able to hold out for even 10 minutes before choosing to retreat.

"Keep it! You must keep it!"

"Order all troops to retreat and rebuild defenses in the cart shop!" Nagata Tsukimi said in panic.

Hetou Village has a lotus pond with fish, and is located on a major traffic route, so there are many horse-drawn carriages passing by.

In order to provide a place for carriage owners to rest and water their horses, there is a large carriage inn at the east end of the village near the river.

Dachedian covers a large area, so after entering Hetou Village, the Changtian Battalion built fortifications here and also placed its artillery positions here.

When the defenders retreated back to the inn, Nagata Tsukimi found that the casualties were not heavy and there were still nearly 4 locust soldiers. Only then did he calm down a little.

"Strengthen the defense! Artillery bombards all surrounding houses and clears obstacles!"

"Send a message to your superiors immediately and request tactical guidance!" ordered Nagata Tsukimi.

Although Nagata Tsukimi was confident that he could stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

I still have a title to inherit, how can I die here?
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
The houses around the inn were directly turned into ruins by the artillery shells.

After the Japanese blew up the front of the cart shop, they did not stop, but continued to advance to the periphery, as if they were going to flatten the entire Hetou Village.

Looking at the crazy devils, Luo Ping laughed and said, "The devils really retreated to the inn."

"The open space in Hetou Village, also known as Dachedian, is suitable for building artillery positions, and artillery is the most powerful weapon in the hands of the Japanese. They will never give up their artillery advantage." Chen Chengxing said.

The biggest firepower advantage of this Japanese brigade is the two artillery pieces, which means that the Japanese battle can only revolve around the artillery.

"How is the artillery company preparing?" Chen Chengxing turned his head and asked.

"We're already prepared on the other side of the canal, ready to fire at any time," reported the combat staff officer on the side.

"Okay, order the artillery company to fire!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

The operations officer immediately picked up the phone and called the artillery position.

Inside the inn, looking at the Eighth Route Army being beaten back by artillery fire, Chang Tian Yuejian said with a smile: "Yoshi, that's it! The Eighth Route Army is vulnerable. As long as the Locust Army takes out artillery, the Eighth Route Army will flee in panic!"

"Madam, we are now trapped in such a small place. If we hold on for too long, we will lose it." Ma Ziqi said on the side.

Even though Ma Ziqi had never been to school, he knew that once he was trapped, he would be eaten sooner or later.

But now Anyang County is short of military forces and has no troops available to provide support.

"Ma Sang, don't worry. The division commander has already dispatched reinforcements from the nearest Guan County, Linping County and Changshan. The first batch of reinforcements will arrive before dark tomorrow!" Nagata Yuejian said with a smile.

"Tomorrow? Madam, what should we do tonight?" Ma Ziqi asked worriedly.

Night is the home ground of the Eighth Route Army.

This is a truth that countless puppet soldiers have practiced with their lives.

The reinforcements won't arrive until tomorrow afternoon, so what should we do tonight? We can't just hang up the banner of not fighting, right? The Eighth Route Army won't recognize this either.

"I still have a hundred elite soldiers and two cavalry field artillery! What can the Eighth Route Army do to me?" Nagata Yuejian said arrogantly: "Unless the Eighth Route Army has artillery, and several of them, it will be impossible for them to defeat the defense I have arranged in a short period of time!"

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
Before Nagata Tsukimi could finish his words, the artillery company on the other side of the river started firing continuously at the inn.

When she heard the cannon fire, Nagata Tsukimi's face suddenly froze.

Ma Ziqi, who was standing by, looked at Nagata Yuejian and didn't know what to say.

The artillery company's 6 infantry guns fired more than 5 shells in just 100 minutes, and the Japanese in the cart inn were beaten to tears.

"Beep, beep, beep, beep"

The moment the artillery fire stopped, the bugler blew the charge with all his might.

"kill!"

"Kill!"
The soldiers who had been waiting for a long time jumped up and rushed towards the Japanese position.

"Kill the chickens! Kill the chickens!" After hearing the charge, the Japanese squadron leader reacted and kept shouting.

"Da da da", "Da da da", "Da da da".
At the same time as the Japanese heavy machine guns opened fire, the 60mm mortars that had been prepared quickly adjusted their angles and fired three shells at the Japanese's various firing points.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
The density of the Japanese's firepower was suddenly reduced a lot, and the soldiers took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack and rushed into the Japanese line.

"kill!"

"ah!"

When the Japanese infantry saw the Eighth Route Army rushing over, they immediately rushed forward with their rifles raised.

The two sides then engaged in a fierce fight.

However, apart from the heavy machine guns and artillery, the Japs had less than 300 front-line infantry and dismounted cavalry.

The infantry of the New Second Regiment, together with the guerrillas and militia, numbered more than a thousand, and the ratio between the two sides was more than 4:1.

Moreover, the militiamen were holding red tasseled spears that were 2 to 2.5 meters long. Facing such long red tasseled spears, the Japanese Type rifles had no advantage at all.

As long as two or three militiamen cooperate and stab randomly from a long distance, the Japanese soldiers' bodies will be immediately pierced with several holes.

Half an hour later, Nagata Tsukimi felt that he could not hold on any longer and immediately ordered a retreat, preparing to use several bungalows in the inn to defend the city.

The Japanese had specially reinforced these bungalows, and there was a stable and a woodshed as cover, so the artillery on the other side of the river could not fire directly at them.

The Japanese artillery position was just behind the bungalow. The Japanese artillery had now readjusted its direction and was shelling the other side of the river.

After the Japanese retreated, they immediately set up machine guns and fired desperately.

Upon seeing this, Chen Chengxing immediately ordered his troops to stop charging and instead use the enemy's previous fortifications to encircle them.

Now that the initiative is in the hands of the New Second Regiment, Chen Chengxing has plenty of time to play with the Japanese and there is no need to fight desperately.

The New Second Regiment had surrounded the Japanese completely, and now the two sides were very close. The Japanese artillery could not adjust the firing angle very low due to the obstruction of the bungalows, and could no longer fire at the New Second Regiment from the front.

The artillery company on the other side of the river, after firing a round of artillery shells, had already fled away with its infantry artillery.

Although the Japs are now firing artillery on the other side of the river, they are just plowing the land.

(End of this chapter)