Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 248 Ishihara Takuhito: I am already invincible

"Captain, the Third Battalion has successfully captured Maerling."

"According to investigation, there are a large number of wounded in the ravine opposite. It should be the field hospital of the Eighth Route Army."

Ryosuke Takahashi looked at the top of the mountain and saw Takuhito Ishihara holding a telescope and reported.

The military district headquarters was so well hidden that the Japanese reconnaissance could not find it at all.

"Wounded? Don't worry, defeat the fighting force in front of you first."

Whether it is the wounded soldiers or the field hospital, they cannot run fast.

As long as the combat troops are defeated, the rest will be lambs to be slaughtered.

"Which unit is on the opposite side? Have you figured it out?" asked Takuhito Ishihara.

"No one was captured alive, but I think it should be the New Second Regiment."

"The first wave to engage in firefight with the Third Battalion was a cavalry unit."

"In this area, the New Second Regiment should be the only one with cavalry," Takahashi Ryosuke explained.

"New Second Group? Yo."

"It really is true that enemies always come together."

"But now, it is our 108th Regiment that has occupied the advantageous terrain."

Takuhito Ishihara looked at Maerling in the distance where the fighting had stopped and a smile appeared on his face.

Before, he was really disgusted by the New Second Regiment who took advantage of the terrain.

Now I finally have the chance to retaliate.

"Order the troops to reinforce Maerling."

"I will turn Maerling into the burial place of the New Second Regiment!"

"Hai!"

Maerling position.

After Chen Chengxing made the decision to recapture Maling, the first and second battalions took over the cavalry company's position.

All members of the cavalry company were transferred to the field hospital, where military horses were used to help transfer the wounded.

Xu Wu and Zheng Hua also went to the front line and directly commanded the attack on the front line.

Both men were ready to lead the charge themselves.

"Fire flares and start shelling!" Chen Chengxing ordered, looking at the troops that had completed their preparations.

The principle of flares is very simple, and arsenals have been able to produce them for a long time, but the materials are difficult to obtain, so the quantity is small.

As the flares were launched into the air, two artillery companies that had been prepared began shelling.

"Boom!" "Boom!".
A minute later, the flares gradually fell and went out, and the mortar shells began to extend backwards.

"First Company! Go!" Xu Wu ordered Cao Lin beside him.

"action!"

Cao Lin led his company out of the position.

The Japanese captain on the hilltop saw the shadows moving below and gave the order:

"Fire flares!"

Chen Chengxing fired flares before so that the artillery company could better adjust the angle according to the landing point.

The Japanese also fired flares so that their mortars and heavy machine guns could hit targets from farther away.

"Kill the chicken for me!" Looking at the Eighth Route Army that appeared in front of the position, the Japanese captain drew out his command knife and shouted.

"Da da da" "Da da da".
"Boom!" "Boom!".
The battle between the two sides was very fierce, and the flares in the sky never stopped.

Either you hit me or I hit you.

However, the Japanese occupied the advantageous terrain and had sufficient firepower, so the New Second Regiment suffered heavy casualties.

However, after 13 consecutive charges, when the day began to brighten, the soldiers had gradually approached the main position of the Japanese.

"Let all troops get ready and launch the general attack in 10 minutes." Chen Chengxing ordered.

Although Maerlinggao is in a key location, it is just a small hill.

Neither the attacking New 108nd Regiment nor the defending th Regiment could accommodate all the troops.

All both sides can rely on is the will and fighting power of their soldiers.

However, just as the New Second Regiment was preparing to launch a violent attack, a roar was heard in the distant sky.

"Captain! It's a Japanese plane!"

"Should we suspend the attack?" Xu Wu looked up at the Queen and asked immediately.

Looking at the Japanese planes flying over, Chen Chengxing was very conflicted.

If the New Second Regiment wants to protect the military district headquarters and field hospital, the attack cannot be stopped.

Once they stop, the Japanese will most likely move diagonally to the flank of the field hospital.

The consequences will be disastrous then.

"Continue the attack! We must take the high ground!" Chen Chengxing gritted his teeth.

Only by taking Maerling can we seal off Juanyanggou.

"Yes!"

In the 108th Regiment Command Post, Takuhito Ishihara also heard the sound of the plane.

"Yohoo. The plane has finally arrived." Ishihara Takuhito said with a smile.

Now it is daybreak, the planes have arrived, and have entered the locust army's home turf.

"Captain, the plane has dropped intelligence."

"They saw a large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers moving to the southwest, and asked us if we should attack them?"

Takahashi Ryosuke walked in from outside holding a bamboo tube.

The Japanese are bringing light bombers with small bomb loads, which cannot be wasted.

"Whether to attack or not depends on what the opposing New Second Regiment decides."

"If they are willing to continue to die, then they can continue to fight with the New Second Regiment."

"If they retreat, we will hunt down the wounded Eighth Route Army soldiers."

"I just don't believe that the New Second Regiment will sit back and watch us destroy their field hospital."

Takuhito Ishihara stood on the top of the mountain, holding his command knife in one hand and the other hand behind his back.

He felt that he was already invincible. As long as Maerling was in hand, the 108th Regiment would have absolute initiative and could choose to attack at any time.

"Send a signal to the planes. Once the battle begins, have them bomb and strafe the New 2nd Regiment." Ishihara Takuhito ordered while looking at Maerling.

"Hai!"

Looking at the Japanese planes circling over Maerling.

The soldiers all knew what they would face next, but no one backed down.

"Fire!" Chen Chengxing raised the telescope and gave the order for a general attack.

"Boom!" "Boom!".
The Malling Heights was engulfed in flames.

"Attack!" Xu Wu shouted.

When the Japanese planes in the sky saw the Eighth Route Army launching an attack, they turned and dived down.

"Boom!" "Boom!".
"Da da da" "Da da da".
The Japanese planes began low-altitude bombing and strafing.

"3rd Company! Follow me!"

The soldiers had no intention of retreating as they watched the 2nd Company, which had attacked first, suffer heavy casualties.

The 3rd Company Commander immediately led the 3rd Company to make up for the lost battle.
When Ishihara Takuhito learned about the situation on the front line, his face was full of disbelief.

"Bagaya Road."

"Don't these Eighth Route Army soldiers want to die?"

He had never seen a unit that could launch an attack under the bombing and strafing of aircraft.

After a moment, Ishihara Takuhito reacted and immediately ordered: "Let the mountain artillery squadron open fire to support Maerling."

Mountain artillery is a short-barreled howitzer that can strike enemies behind a mountain at a large elevation angle, but it cannot provide full coverage.

However, due to the gun mount, the 41 mountain gun needs to dig a hole in the ground if it wants to fire at a high angle, and its stability is not very good.

Faced with the double attack of Japanese planes and artillery, none of the soldiers retreated.

Everyone was concentrating on attacking, and if there was a gap in the formation, the following troops would immediately move forward to fill it.

The mortar positions behind were also continuously firing in turns.

After two hours of repeated fighting, the 2th Company took advantage of the return of the Japanese planes and finally rushed to the high ground, and the two sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat.

"Order the troops to press forward immediately, and use mortars to block the enemy's fire from behind!"

After seeing the troops rushing forward, Chen Chengxing immediately issued an order for support.

At the same time, Ishihara Takuhito also saw that the Eighth Route Army had rushed to the top of the hill.

"Troops, support quickly!"

"Launch artillery fire on the Eighth Route Army's positions!"

Takuhito Ishihara made almost the same decision.

Faced with an almost identical situation, the 60mm mortars of the New Second Regiment played an important role.

Although the error is large when shooting at the maximum distance, it has little effect on coverage shooting.

The large amount of shells fired by 12 82mm mortars and 24 60mm mortars in a short period of time prevented the Japanese support troops from arriving in time.

Even though the Japanese also rushed forward under the artillery shells, the casualties they suffered were far greater than those of the New Second Regiment.

A few minutes later, the Japanese soldiers on Maerling were forced to move away in the face of the continuous reinforcements of the Eighth Route Army.

Seeing that the high ground was successfully captured, Chen Chengxing breathed a sigh of relief.

"Order the Second Battalion to turn to the high ground next to it immediately."

It is not the time for the New Second Regiment to relax yet. Occupying Maerling is only the first step.

If you want to completely block the Japanese, you must also capture the high ground on the other side.

Otherwise, the Japanese could advance southwest from the other high ground at any time.

By then, even if the military district headquarters can escape, the field hospital cannot.

Looking at the Third Battalion being suppressed, Takuhito Ishihara threw the telescope directly to the ground.

"Bakayaro!" Ishihara Takuhito's teeth were about to break.

The combat effectiveness of the New Second Regiment exceeded his imagination.

In Ishihara Takuhito's impression, even the infantry regiment under the Type A division was only like this.

"Captain, I will organize the troops right away to retake Maerling." Takahashi Ryosuke suggested.

"Take it back? I'm afraid that's going to be difficult," Ishihara Takuhito sighed.

This is not the first day that the 108th Regiment has fought against the New nd Regiment.

Previously at Liushuping, the 108th Regiment tried its best but failed to take the first step towards the position.

It may not be so easy to take Maerling now.

"Takahashi-kun."

"Hai!"

"Order the First Battalion to send a squadron of troops to launch a feint attack on Maerling."

"The 2nd Infantry Battalion will go to the southwest highlands to deploy defenses, and then confront the New 2nd Regiment."

"Give up fighting the New Second Regiment and pursue the wounded Eighth Route Army soldiers instead."

Ishihara Takuhito decided not to confront the New Second Regiment head-on, but to pick on the weak instead.

However, just as Ishihara Takuhito finished his words, he saw the garrison team on the southwest high ground being beaten and retreating like a stray dog.

Because the Japanese placed their main target on Maerling, they did not deploy too many troops on the southwestern high ground.

So the Second Battalion, with the power of victory, just charged forward and drove the Japanese squad off the hill.

"idiot!"

Ishihara Takuhito didn't expect that the Eighth Route Army actually predicted his choice.

"Order the second battalion to attack immediately! Retake the southwest position!" ordered Takuhito Ishihara.

Now that the high ground on both sides of the canyon has been captured by the Eighth Route Army, the 108th Regiment is like a poisonous snake with its vital points strangled.

Before breaking free from their restraints, they could not attack the retreating wounded Eighth Route Army soldiers.

"Hayi".
On the other side, Xu Wuzheng led his soldiers to reinforce their positions, clean up the battlefield, collect ammunition, and prepare to defend to the death.

Unexpectedly, the Japanese made a feint and gathered heavy troops to launch a fierce attack on the second battalion's position.

(End of this chapter)