Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 159: Taijun, please stop talking
Just as Chen Chengxing was patiently waiting for the artillery battery to arrive, Li Chishui came over.

"Captain, hey, I have an idea that can kill the Japanese." Li Chishui said with a smile.

"Tell me." Chen Chengxing motioned Li Chishui to sit down and talk.

"We have a soldier in our company named Zhang Anding. He can throw grenades very far and accurately. Within 70 meters, he can hit whatever he points at. Why not let him try?" said Li Chishui.

Zhang Anding was recruited by Li Chishui from the puppet army. That year, he led the county brigade to attack the artillery tower and was almost killed by this guy.

In order to serve as a warning to other puppet soldiers, after capturing them, all of them except Zhang Anding were planted in the ground.

And because of his grenade throwing skills, Zhang Anding was always kept by Li Chishui.

Now the Japanese are hiding in the house, and the 60mm mortar can hardly threaten the people inside. The 82mm mortar can fire horizontally, but the shells are gone, and they can only wait until we return to Dayun Mountain to replenish them.

If you want to directly attack the Japanese inside, the only options are infantry guns and grenades.

"70 meters? And it can hit whatever you point at?" Chen Chengxing was a little surprised. This was a human mortar like the one used by Wang Gensheng of the Independent Regiment.

"Okay, tell him that if he can throw it accurately, I will give him a second-class merit!" Chen Chengxing affirmed.

"Then I would like to thank the captain on behalf of Zhang Anding." Li Chishui said with a smile. Li Chishui had confidence in Zhang Anding's ability.

"But Captain, I have something else to ask." Li Chishui said.

"Just say it all at once if you have anything to say." Chen Chengxing said unhappily.

"Hehe. It's nothing. We just don't have many grenades in our company. The grenades we have now are all made in the Jin-Cha-Ji Arsenal allocated by the brigade headquarters. They are not very powerful. Can you give us some grenades?" Li Chishui said with a smile.

Although the Japanese occupied a bungalow, the area was not small. It was a large dormitory made up of several rooms connected together, and they were all brick houses.

Although the grenades made by the Jin-Cha-Ji Arsenal no longer use black powder, their power is still smaller than those made by the New Second Regiment, not to mention compared with the yellow powder grenades.

"Okay, I'll write you a note and you go to the logistics department to get a box of the Japanese melon-shaped grenades and a box of Gong-made grenades." Chen Chengxing said as he took the notebook and started writing.

"Yes!"

Li Chishui didn't expect the regiment commander to be so generous. There were 30 grenades in a box, and 2 boxes meant 60 grenades. So many were not needed to blow up the Japanese.

The Gong-made grenade is a wooden-handled grenade that can be thrown farther than the melon grenade. It is also loaded with TNT, and the amount of explosives is twice that of the Japanese melon grenade. It is considered one of the Kuomintang's powerful weapons against the Japanese.

The Gong-made grenades in the hands of the New Second Regiment were seized from the puppet army, and the quantity was not large.

"If this mission is successfully completed, I will be responsible for Zhang Anding's grenades in the future. I will provide as many as he throws, and he will be able to choose the logistics grenades first." Chen Chengxing said.

Good steel must be used on the blade, and Chen Chengxing has never been stingy with capable people.

"Hey! Thank you, Captain!" Li Chishui grinned immediately.

Zhang Anding is from the 13th Company. The battles he fought were the battles fought by the 13th Company. So the regiment commander is giving benefits to the 13th Company.

After receiving two boxes of grenades, Li Chishui excitedly found Zhang Anding.

"Zhang Anding, look what this is? Melon grenade, Gong-made grenade! As long as you can perform well, the commander will give you a second-class merit! But I promised in front of the commander that you must not have diarrhea at the critical moment." Li Chishui said.

"Oh, I'll try my best." Zhang Anding nodded. The position of the New Second Regiment was not close to the house occupied by the Japanese, and he didn't care much about the second-class merit.

"You kid..." Li Chishui understood what was going on as soon as he heard it.

Zhang Anding is not a stupid guy, but he is not very smart and only cares about what he wants to care about.

Li Chishui knew exactly what Zhang Anding was thinking, so he said, "If you throw one in, you'll get a bowl of noodles; two, noodles with rotten meat; five, meat and egg dumplings; if you can kill all the devils in the three houses in front, I'll ask the regiment commander to prepare a stew for you, guaranteed to keep you full!"

The biggest threat to the New Second Regiment was the three large bunk beds directly opposite. As long as they could occupy these three houses, the Japanese would not be able to defend the rest of the way.

Hearing about food, Zhang Anding suddenly became energetic.

"I'm determined to eat this meat!" Zhang Anding said firmly.

He had only had a few full meals since he joined the Eighth Route Army. But they were all coarse grains. Before that, the stewed meat in the regiment was distributed per person, so it was impossible for him to have enough.

Under the influence of the stew, Zhang Anding carried the Gong-made grenade and began to look for a suitable position.

Inside the large bunk bed, Nagata Tsukimi breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the Eighth Route Army not launch an attack for a long time.

Now the two sides are too close and their artillery has lost its effect. If the Eighth Route Army launches a desperate attack, the less than 200 locust soldiers left will not be able to hold out.

As for the fifty or so locust soldiers next to them, Nagata Yuejian didn't even look at them.

These locust soldiers are just garbage! They can't even beat those peasants with sticks!

"Madam, can the reinforcements speed up? In this condition, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold on until the reinforcements arrive." Ma Ziqi said with a sad face.

According to Japanese practice, they would not send out support until daytime, but now it seems that they can't last until daytime.

"Ma Sang, don't worry. The house we are in is made of brick and stone. The Eighth Route Army can only pose a threat to us unless they pull their infantry artillery to the front. However, even if the house collapses, the Locust Army can use the ruins for defense, and at that time they can open up the artillery's firing range. As long as the artillery can be used, the Eighth Route Army will not be able to attack!" said Nagata Tsukimi.

Previously, the Eighth Route Army suddenly occupied the outer positions of Dachedian, mainly due to the wide-angle coverage bombardment of the infantry artillery, which caused the Locust Army to suffer a severe blow.

But now, as he actively retreated his defense line, the Eighth Route Army's infantry guns on the other side of the river could no longer hit him. If he switched to the front, his two guns, using the well-built artillery positions, could suppress the opponent's six infantry guns.

"If the Eighth Route Army wants to attack the locust soldiers in the room while keeping the house intact to block the artillery's firing range, the best way is to throw grenades. However, the two sides are now more than 70 meters apart, and it is simply wishful thinking for the Eighth Route Army to throw grenades in through the window!" Nagata Tsukimi said confidently.

Although the windows of the large bunk bed were not small, the Locust Army had already covered them with wooden boards and sandbags. Now the size of each window was less than 40 cm high and 50 cm wide. If the Eighth Route Army wanted to throw accurately, they had to be within a range of at least one or two meters.

The light and heavy machine guns that had already been set up would definitely not give the Eighth Route Army this opportunity!
But just as Nagata Tsukimi finished her words, she saw something flying in from the window, and it bounced twice on the ground with "pat, pat".

Nagata Tsukimi and Ma Ziqi looked carefully and their eyes suddenly widened.

"Grenade!"

"boom!"

Ma Ziqi was still shouting when the grenade exploded.

And then grenades kept flying in through the windows.

"Boom!" "Boom!".
Violent shock waves and flying shrapnel raged in the room.

Ma Ziqi felt like he was about to become a hornet's nest.

Lying helplessly on the ground, Ma Ziqi stared at Nagata Yuejian. You have such a bad mouth, I really want to knock your teeth out!
Li Chishui, who was outside, saw smoke coming out of the outermost houses and immediately jumped up and shouted, "Comrades! Follow me!"

According to the discussion between him and Chen Chengxing, after the plan was successful, the 13th Company would be responsible for the main attack.

"kill!".
The soldiers of the 13th Company followed Li Chishui closely, and the rest of the troops were ready to provide fire support at any time.

However, the attack of the 13th Company went smoothly. The Japanese soldiers in the house who were still alive were stunned by the explosion and crawled on the ground but could not stand up.

Seeing that the 13th Company had already occupied three houses, the other troops immediately jumped up and swarmed over.

After passing several houses, the soldiers rushed straight to the Japanese positions behind them.

The remaining Japanese soldiers, who had no strategic location to defend, had no power to fight against the incoming New Second Regiment and were quickly wiped out.

However, at the last moment, the Japanese cavalry chose to retreat using their speed.

Although the soldiers immediately opened fire, more than 20 people still escaped.

As the Japanese cavalry left without looking back, the battle officially came to an end, and Chen Chengxing's system also rang.

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

【Obtained 3120 honor points. 】

[Current Honor Points: 54385/100000.]

[Side quest: Noble Bloodline. Completed! ]

[Rewards are being distributed]

[Get Intelligence: Food]

[The Japanese army is planning a summer cleanup plan, looting food in non-security areas and squeezing the living space of the Eighth Route Army.

They set up several grain collection points in central Hebei, and the nearest grain collection point is Sangong Town. (Please click here to view grain collection, transportation time and troop deployment.)]

Chen Chengxing clicked on it and saw that there were still ten days or half a month left, so he closed the system and planned to look at it slowly when he had time.

When Chen Chengxing and Luo Ping walked around the large bunk bed and came to the position behind, they saw at a glance two cannons that had been pulled up from the position.

"What kind of cannon is this? How many shells are left?" Luo Ping asked excitedly.

"Report to the political commissar, there are 112 shells left, and the mark on the gun is Type ." Li Chishui said on the side.

"Type 41? That's not right. Type 41 mountain cannon is not like this." Luo Ping said

The New 2st Regiment also has two Type mountain cannons. These two types of cannons are completely different, and this cannon is obviously not a mountain cannon, so it must be much heavier.

"This should be the Type 75 mm cavalry field gun." Chen Chengxing said, "Its properties are similar to the Type field gun, and it weighs a few dozen kilograms less, but the production volume is not high."

Shanxi is not a place suitable for large-scale cavalry combat, so there is no such cannon in Shanxi at all.

Chen Chengxing had never seen it before, and if he hadn't heard that it was Type 41, he wouldn't have been able to remember it.

"That's better than the Italian artillery. At least it can maneuver together." Luo Ping said happily.

"Come on, let alone the New Second Regiment, even the brigade commander may not be able to keep these two cannons!" Chen Chengxing sighed.

The division commander and the general would be jealous of these two field guns, and I'm afraid the brigade commander would have to deliver them to their doorstep.

As for the two Italian cannons of the New Second Regiment, if they were not difficult to transport in the mountains and Dayun Mountain was behind enemy lines, they would probably have been taken away by their superiors long ago.

After hearing what Chen Chengxing said, Luo Ping also breathed a sigh of relief. He knew clearly that what Chen Chengxing said was right.

Just as Chen Chengxing was checking other spoils, a shout was heard from the stable not far away.

"Let's go and take a look." Chen Chengxing said to Luo Ping.

When the two of them arrived, they saw that the stable was already three layers high.

"What are you all gathering here for? The battlefield hasn't been cleaned up yet, but you're already here to watch the fun? Do you want me to give you some melon seeds?" Luo Ping said.

"Commander, political commissar, Nagata Tsukimi committed seppuku in there. None of you comrades have ever seen a Japanese soldier committing seppuku, so we are all here to learn something new." Li Chishui came out from the crowd and explained.

Li Chishui is simply a saint of excitement. Wherever there is excitement to watch, he will appear.

"What's so bad about a dead Japanese? Go clean up the battlefield quickly. The sooner we clean up, the sooner we can retreat." Luo Ping ordered.

Seeing that the political commissar had given the order, the soldiers did not dare to say anything and ran away in a large number.

After the few people entered the stable, Luo Ping began to look at the Japanese scenery with interest.

He had never seen the Japanese committing seppuku, so this was an eye-opener for him.

Chen Chengxing was a little surprised when he saw the enthusiastic Luo Ping. He didn't expect that he was also a fun-loving person.

"Captain, can I discuss something with you?" Li Chishui whispered from the side.

"What's the matter?" Chen Chengxing asked casually.

"It's this little Japanese command knife. Can you give it to me?" Li Chishui asked embarrassedly.

Logically speaking, Nagata Tsukimi is the highest commander of the Japanese this time, and it is very likely that he will have to hand over the command sword, but Li Chishui is very greedy for this sword.

When they were cutting the watermelon, when Nagata Tsukimi pulled out the knife, Li Chishui fell in love with it at first sight.

This is definitely not a standard machine-made knife, but you can tell it is a good knife by its glossiness. Moreover, the knife left deep cuts on the ammunition box after cutting the watermelon, which shows how sharp it is.

"Take it if you want." Chen Chengxing said casually.

Of course, Chen Chengxing could also see that the knife was of very good quality. It should have been a famous knife made by a well-known Japanese knife maker. However, with the expansion of his troops, he had fewer opportunities to kill people on the front line. It would be a waste to keep it. It would be better to give it to Li Chishui. At least he could still kill a few more Japanese on the front line.

"Thank you, Captain!" Li Chishui immediately laughed.

This is the knife that the Japanese captain used to commit seppuku, and it is another topic of conversation.

(End of this chapter)