Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 271: More than a hundred women (two in one)

At night, Li Chishui led the 13th Company quietly to Lijiayu.

"Village Chief Li, sorry to bother you." Li Chishui said in a low voice.

"No, no, we can't wait to welcome the Eighth Route Army comrades who have come."

"Stop talking outside, let's go into the village." said Village Chief Li.

Long before Li Chishui arrived, local comrades had already arrived in Lijiayu and had made all the coordination arrangements.

The 13th Company can't just stand outside, otherwise they will be exposed at any time.

"Okay, let's go into the village."

Li Chishui turned around and signaled the soldiers to slow down and not to alarm the villagers.

But they didn't see that there was a pair of eyes staring at them at the east end of the village.

Li Gouzi, a gangster from Lijiayu, originally planned to climb over the wall of Liu Guafu's house that night.

As a result, not long after I came out, I saw a team of one or two hundred people driving to Lijiayu in a mighty manner.

After seeing clearly that they were the Eighth Route Army, Li Gouzi's face showed a sly smile.

After the 13th Company entered the village, Li Gouzi looked around furtively, and when he saw no one there, he immediately ran south.

Li Gouzi ran all the way to Junyu Town.

"Madam! Madam!" Li Gouzi started shouting from a distance.

I had to shout. If I ran over suddenly, I might be shot dead.

"Who are you! Don't move!" a puppet soldier shouted.

"Boss! I'm from Lijiayu, and I'm here to report the news!" Li Gouzi shouted while standing in place.

"The messenger? Should we call him over?" Several puppet soldiers on guard discussed.

"It's late at night, who knows who it is? What if it's the Eighth Route Army?"

"Stop talking nonsense. This is a large stronghold. It's impossible to take it down by one person."

"We'd better call them over. If something important is delayed, the Japanese will not let us off."

Let’s not talk about whether they would be shot or not, the Japanese are really strong.

"Come over here slowly!" the puppet soldier shouted.

At the same time, several people loaded their guns and were ready to shoot at any time if there was any problem.

When Li Gouzi approached, the puppet soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.

This temperament, just like them, is a complete traitor. He definitely cannot be an Eighth Route Army soldier.

"What do you want to report? Tell me."

"Boss, I have to tell the Japanese about this." Li Gouzi said with a smile.

He is not stupid at all. If this news is told to the puppet army, would the Japanese reward have anything to do with him?
"Hey you fucker!" The puppet soldier next to him took a few steps forward and prepared to deal with him.

However, the veteran soldier who led the team reached out to stop him.

"You can find the Japanese, but you have to think carefully. The Japanese are not as easy to talk to as we are."

"You might even lose your life," the veteran soldier reminded.

No matter what the news about Li Gouzi is, the old soldier is not going to get involved.

It is not easy to be a traitor. You must understand the principle that the more you do, the more mistakes you make; the less you do, the fewer mistakes you make; and doing nothing makes no mistakes.

If you get tattooed for everything, you won't live more than two months.

"The Japanese will definitely be interested in this news!" Li Gouzi said gritting his teeth.

"Okay, then come with me."

The old soldier asked the door to be opened and took Li Gouzi into Junyu Town.

However, after arriving at the command center, the veteran soldier simply asked the sentry at the door to take Li Gouzi in, and he himself went back.

The old soldier could tell from Li Gouzi's expression that this matter was either related to the Eighth Route Army or the underground party.

This is not something he can afford to provoke.

He should just be honest and extort something from the common people.

In the office, Japanese captain Hideji Kawata sat at his desk with a grim look on his face.

"What information do you have? Tell me now!"

No one will be in a good mood if they are woken up in the middle of the night.

"Taijun, a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers, one or two hundred people, has come to our village. You should send troops to encircle and suppress them." Li Gouzi said hurriedly.

"Baga! The Eighth Route Army again!" Kawata Hideji's face became even uglier.

Hideji Kawata was no longer surprised by small groups of the Eighth Route Army.

Under normal circumstances, Kawata Hideji would have ignored it.

But in the past two days, the superiors have ordered us to step up our defense.

Although Hideji Kawata didn't know what was going on, for the sake of safety he had to send out troops to drive out the Eighth Route Army.

Thinking of this, Kawata Hideji looked at Li Gouzi with even more anger.

Isn't this just asking for trouble?
Even if sending troops to expel them goes smoothly, there will be some casualties.

The Eighth Route Army is not like those wimps like Guo’s army.

"Somebody come!"

"Hai!"

"Order the troops to get ready and set off early tomorrow morning! Target: Lijiapo!"

"Hai!"

"You, work with the troops and show the way!" Kawata Hideji said to Li Gouzi.

"Ah I?"

If we lead the Japanese back, will Lijiaopo still have a place to stand in the future?

I’m afraid all the ancestral graves will be dug up.

Li Gouzi wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

If I refuse at this time, wouldn't I be in trouble both internally and externally?

At dawn the next day, Li Gouzi led the Japanese soldiers from Junyu Town and headed straight for Lijiaopo.

However, not long after the Japanese left the city, they were discovered by the alert sentries.

When the Japanese arrived at Lijiaopo, Li Chishui had already led the 13th Company to establish a position one mile south of Lijiaopo.

"Damn it, I knew someone informed on me!" Li Chishui said angrily, putting down the telescope.

"Heavy machine gun, shoot at the plainclothes officer in front of you!"

Li Chishui didn't expect that this traitor would dare to be the first to lead the way back after he informed on the secret.

How much do you think of yourself? Killing is not enough to appease the public anger!

"Da da da" "Da da da".
The Japanese Type 92 heavy machine guns are normally equipped with scopes.

Although the New Second Regiment was not able to seize a scope every time, it fought so many battles and seized so many heavy machine guns.

The heavy machine guns of the main battalion are naturally equipped with scopes.

Therefore, two short bursts of fire from the heavy machine gun left several holes on Li Gouzi's body.

"Enemy attack! Counterattack!"

Hideji Kawata didn't care about Li Gouzi's life or death at all, but immediately led his troops to retreat and form a battle formation.

After the 13th Company engaged in a firefight with the Japanese, Qin Sheng also learned the news and immediately reported it to the regiment headquarters.

An hour later, the cavalry company that Chen Chengxing sent to Lijiaguai brought back the news.

"Captain, the 'cavalry' coming out of Junyu Town were not the Japs, but a group of civilians leading a dozen donkeys."

At the same time, the security officer also rushed back on horseback and reported to Lijiaopo the reason why the Japanese suddenly launched an attack on Lijiaopo.

"Damn it, that dog traitor almost ruined our good deeds!" Luo Ping said angrily.

"It seems we have to clean it up later." Chen Chengxing said seriously.

The Japanese are about to start a large-scale mopping-up operation. Whether it is in the base area or the guerrilla zone, the traitors may cause great trouble.

"Send a message to the 13th Company, telling them to pretend to retreat so as not to arouse the suspicion of the Japanese baggage train."

"yes!".
Seeing that Chen Chengxing had finished handling the situation, Chu Yunfei said:

"Brother Cheng Xing, this is really a false alarm. It would be a pity if we retreated earlier."

"Brother Yunfei, I think you should have expected this just now, right?" Chen Chengxing said with a smile.

Chu Yunfei was a student of the fifth class of Whampoa Military Academy. He could definitely guess the general situation of the sudden incident just now.

"Haha. Brother Chengxing is also confident, isn't he?" Chu Yunfei said.

Chen Chengxing glanced at Chu Yunfei and didn't say much.

As early as when Chu Yunfei just arrived, Chen Chengxing had already sent a telegram to the military district.

The superior's request is to give a good reception.

Chen Chengxing estimated that the central headquarters should now be starting to argue with Chongqing.

However, Chiang Kai-shek's inner vigilance is not so easy to remove.

I'm afraid it won't be long before the Eighth Route Army's supplies and pay are cut off.

At 10 o'clock, a call came from the forward observation post.

"Captain, the forward observation post reports that a large number of Japanese vehicles are heading towards our ambush area."

"Order all troops to prepare for battle!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

Standing in the command post, Chen Chengxing looked at the nearby highway through a telescope.

Chu Yunfei was also observing carefully from the side. He wanted to see the battle situation of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese had a machine gun mounted on their leading truck, which kept firing at the mountains on both sides.

However, the soldiers of the New Second Regiment were so familiar with the tactics that they would not be intimidated by the Japanese.

After confirming that all the Japanese cars had entered the ambush circle, Xu Wu grabbed the pistol next to him and fired the first shot.

"boom!"

"Da da da" "Da da da".
"Boom!" "Boom!".
The mortars, light and heavy machines on various positions opened fire at the same time, and with the addition of dense grenades, the Japanese convoy was directly enveloped in a sea of fire.

"Get off! Get off!"

"Set up defenses on the spot! Hayaku! Hayaku!"

"Machine gun strikes back! Kill the chickens!"
The distance between the 180 cars was more than a mile.

Even if the captain of the Japanese supply team was in the middle, he could not command all the soldiers.

Under the fierce attack, the Japs were a little confused for a while.

"Blow the charge!"

"Beep, beep, beep, beep"

Hearing the charge, the soldiers jumped up and rushed towards the Japanese in the valley.

"kill!"

"Kill!"
According to Chen Chengxing's orders, once the ambush begins, everyone has to fight to the death.

After the first round of fire, there was an immediate bayonet charge.

Then divide the battlefield so that the Japanese cannot gather for defense, and finally eat them one by one.

Faced with the all-out charge of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, these Japanese soldiers from the baggage brigade simply couldn't hold on.

Although there were 5 Japanese soldiers, apart from the drivers and the mechanic team, the rest were just one squadron of Japanese infantry.

They did bring heavy weapons, but the charge was so rapid that the Japanese did not have time to set up their mortars.

The only two heavy machine guns were unable to do anything when facing the suppression of 2 heavy machine guns.

Seeing that his own firepower was suppressed, the Japanese infantry squadron leader drew his command knife and prepared to lead a counterattack.

If he could break through the Eighth Route Army's line, he would be able to lead his team and escape into the mountains.

Even if we can't break through the front line, it would be good if we could seize a hill.

At that time, we will be able to hold the dangerous position and wait for reinforcements.

"Taoci, give it to him!" the Japanese squadron leader shouted.

"It's dark and the card is on board!"

"Onboard!".
The Japanese infantry also rushed out shouting.

The hundred or so Japanese soldiers rushing in the front were the only ones carrying rifles.

The driver following behind was already lucky enough to have a bayonet.

There were also many people who were charging by holding the handlebars of the trucks. However, even though they were infantry, these baggage escorts were much weaker than the regular Japanese soldiers.

As for the Japanese drivers and mechanics who were there to make up the numbers, let alone them.

Faced with these weaklings, the soldiers from the first and second battalions went up and fought back like crazy.

They said that it has been a long time since they had bullied a weak opponent, it felt so damn good!

Chu Yunfei looked at the two battalions that were advancing like a broken bamboo and praised: "No wonder the New Second Regiment has such a great reputation, it really deserves to be called an elite division!"

"This is definitely a textbook classic ambush."

These soldiers of the New Second Regiment are not only fast, but also have standard tactical movements and a good hit rate.

Even though Chu Yunfei was unwilling to admit it, he knew in his heart that the soldiers of the New Second Regiment were much stronger than those of the 358th Regiment.

During a field battle, without the assistance of the artillery battalion, the 358th Regiment would probably not be a match for the New nd Regiment.

"It's just so-so. There's still a lot of room for improvement." Chen Chengxing said with a smile.

"Haha. Brother Chengxing has really high standards." Chu Yunfei felt that Chen Chengxing was simply too arrogant.

Is this still considered sloppy? Then wouldn't the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army not even be considered a horse?
However, Chen Chengxing really felt that what Chu Yunfei didn't know was just so-so.

With the current strength of the New Second Regiment, it is still a long way from the world's strongest light infantry.

Without the blessing of special features, the individual quality of the soldiers of the New Second Regiment would be comparable to that of the soldiers of the Japanese Type B Division.

If we only talk about shooting, they can't even compare to the Japanese in Type B Division.

The Eighth Route Army was too poor and had no extra bullets for shooting training.

Even for the new Second Regiment, their usual training was mainly based on holding guns, and their shooting training was mainly conducted using puppet soldiers.

On the other hand, after the ambush started, Luyang and Junyu Town immediately sent reinforcements totaling more than 500 people.

However, the Japanese did not gain any advantage at all when facing the ambush of the 4th Battalion at Lijiaguai.

Moreover, the returning 13th Company launched a very familiar surprise attack from the flank.

In the end, they could only retreat to Junyu Town in a panic and prepare to regroup.

The reinforcements sent by Anqiu also numbered nearly 3 people, but more than 200 of them were guards.

When they were ambushed by the 9th and 10th Companies at Xiaochunling, just one gunshot was heard and more than half of the Japanese reinforcements fell.

If you don’t know, you might think it was a 150mm shell.

After more than an hour, the battle was completely over.

[The battle is over. Battle evaluation: great victory! ]

【Obtained 2760 honor points. 】

Chen Chengxing didn't care about the system upgrade, and turned around and asked, "Brother Yunfei, do you want to go to the battlefield?"

"Of course." Chu Yunfei nodded.

How can we fully understand the level of the new second troupe if we don’t go there?

"Captain, we have made it." Xu Wu came over to report after seeing Chen Chengxing.

"Tell me, what good stuff do you have?"

"Two Type 2 heavy machine guns, four 81mm mortars, 4 long and short guns, and the bullets have not yet been counted."

"But I looked and saw that at least 30 of the vehicles were loaded with ammunition! In addition to bullets, there were also artillery shells, grenades, medical supplies, engineering equipment and fuel."

There are quite a few people in the Japanese 9th and 4th Brigades.

According to normal Japanese military standards, 110 tons of food would be consumed per week.

This is because these two brigades are infantry brigades and do not have large-scale cavalry units, otherwise the consumption would be greater.

"By the way, Commander, there are still five trucks loaded with things." Xu Wu hesitated, not knowing what to say.

"What is that?" Chen Chengxing frowned.

How come you've learned to hesitate?

"Go and see for yourself." Xu Wu said, pointing to several trucks covered with tarpaulins in the middle.

Chen Chengxing glanced at Xu Wu, walked to a truck, lifted the door curtain, and then quickly closed it again.

After Chen Chengxing rubbed his eyes and opened it again, he found that he was not mistaken.

"Xu Wu, get everyone down."

Chen Chengxing closed the door curtain again and gave the order.

"Yes!"

Chu Yunfei on the side was originally indifferent. These supplies were indeed a lot, but not enough to make him psychologically unbalanced.

The 358th Regiment has always had sufficient supplies.

However, after hearing the word "people", Chu Yunfei turned his gaze over.

"Brother Chengxing, who are the people inside? Wounded? Prisoners? Or something else?"

"Woman." Chen Chengxing had a headache.

"Comfort women?" Chu Yunfei reacted immediately.

"That's right. And judging from his clothes, he doesn't look Chinese. He is most likely Italian," said Chen Chengxing.

These women all wore kimonos and were dressed up. Although they were not very good-looking, they were not ugly either.

It goes without saying that this is prepared for the Japanese officers.

The Japanese soldiers generally came into contact with comfort women from Goryeo and Frog Island.

This posed a difficult problem for me. If they were Japanese soldiers, I could have killed them immediately with a few grenades.

However, these comfort women are a bit difficult to deal with and cannot be dealt with casually.

A few minutes later, Xu Wu ran over and reported:
"Captain, there are 103 people in total."

“Are there any Chinese people?”

Chen Chengxing needs to confirm again.

"No." Xu Wu shook his head.

He couldn't understand anything these people were saying.

Looking at those people gathered together like quails, Chen Chengxing felt helpless.

This is really a hot potato.

But he immediately thought of a good idea.

As a military commander, this is not my business.

"Monk!"

"Eh!"

"You go to the command post and ask the political commissar to bring comrades from the political department to take charge of these women."

"Yes!"

"Wait." Chen Chengxing suddenly called Wei Dayong who had just run two steps.

Wei Dayong turned around with some confusion.

"Find a few women from the village." said Chen Chengxing.

Most of Italy's comfort women are proud of this.

Who knows if these guys have weapons in their hands? It’s better to check.

“Hey.”
"All gone! What are you looking at? If you have the strength, go and carry the big bag for me!"

Chen Chengxing shouted as he looked at the soldiers gathered around to watch the fun.

After three years in the army, a sow competed with Diao Chan.

Chen Chengxing can't let any scandal happen in the New Second Regiment, otherwise he will have no chance of getting his job as the regiment's leader.

Hearing Chen Chengxing's scolding, the soldiers dispersed.

"Xu Wu."

"To!"

"Let the first company take control of the scene, and hand it over to the political commissar when he arrives."

"Yes!"

Xu Wu immediately went to gather people.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Brother Chu." Chen Chengxing smiled at Chu Yunfei beside him.

"This is already very good." Chu Yunfei said.

Although the soldiers from the New Second Regiment were standing there pointing and talking, no one did anything out of line.

A few minutes later, Luo Ping hurried over.

He had already learned the reason from Wei Dayong.

"Old Chen, Old Chen, aren't you making things difficult for me?"

Luo Ping was overwhelmed when looking at these hundreds of Italian comfort women.

"It's not that difficult. Just check them and keep them under surveillance. As for the specific instructions, just contact your superiors." Chen Chengxing said indifferently.

"So it wasn't you who did it." Luo Ping said unhappily.

This is easy to say, but the two sides don't speak the same language, and if anything goes wrong, he will be to blame.

"Hehe, who made you the political commissar? You can't blame anyone else." Chen Chengxing said with a smile.

Luo Ping was helpless about this, as this matter really had to be taken lead by him as the political commissar.

"Captain, the spoils have been almost cleaned up, and the food has been hidden. Local comrades will coordinate to transport it back to Zhongyun Mountain." Xu Wu reported.

The supplies in the 180 trucks total more than 200 tons, and it is impossible for the four or five thousand people in the New Second Regiment to transport them all at once.

But after deducting the food, there is no problem with the remaining things.

"Don't leave in a hurry. Have you pumped out all the fuel in the truck?" Chen Chengxing asked.

This time, the Japanese brought 3 trucks full of oil drums for consumption, but Chen Chengxing did not intend to let go of the oil in the fuel tanks of the Japanese trucks.

After all, the new Second Regiment now has walk-behind tractors that consume fuel.

"They have all been pulled out." Xu Wu nodded.

"Okay, then push all the trucks to the bottom of the cliff south of Chengjialing." Chen Chengxing waved his hand.

If the truck is pushed off the cliff, it will break down, and the Japanese will not be able to recycle it.

When there is time in the future, the militia guerrillas can be gradually dismantled and transported back to Dayun Mountain.

By then, there will definitely be something indestructible that can be used.

Especially the wheels, most of them should be preserved.

"Yes!"

Chengjialing is less than 5 miles away from here, and any battalion can push the Japanese trucks over there.

After completing all the tasks, Chen Chengxing ordered the New Second Regiment to return.

But he himself had no intention of returning.

"Xu Wu, you take these four infantry companies and stay here. The rest of the troops will continue to return to Dayun Mountain."

"Old Chen, what are you going to do now?" Luo Ping asked.

"The Japanese suddenly made such a big move this time. Two entire brigades suddenly moved forward. There must be something fishy going on."

"I'm going to see what the Japanese are up to," Chen Chengxing explained.

The matter of the Japanese observation group was confidential. The only reconnaissance intelligence Chen Chengxing received was that many of the Japanese strongholds in the county were on alert.

"Whatever the Japanese perform, it has nothing to do with our New Second Regiment," said Luo Ping.

"That won't work. I can't cry for a long time without knowing who died."

"And judging by the movements, the 4th and 9th Brigades are heading for the headquarters. We can't just stand by and watch, right?"

"But."

"Okay, Lao Luo, we agreed that I will take care of military affairs and you will take care of life." Chen Chengxing stopped Luo Ping.

"Well, it's up to you." Luo Ping shook his head and said helplessly.

"Brother Yunfei, would you like to come with me?" Chen Chengxing asked.

"This is inevitable." Chu Yunfei nodded.

Chu Yunfei wanted to see what Chen Chengxing was up to.

After the main force left, Chen Chengxing led the first battalion and turned back to the small road.

The reason why Chen Chengxing launched this ambush was to pave the way for the observation group.

(End of this chapter)