Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 404 This must have been stolen by Fu Yi from Soviet Russia.

After joining forces with the 35th Army, Fu Yi led his troops to retreat towards Ningbei.

At this time, the 35th Army was about eight kilometers away from Ningbei.

According to Fu Yi's estimate, they should arrive in Ningbei in two hours.

According to the telegram, Ningbei is still in the hands of the cavalry regiment that remained there.

However, just an hour later, Fu Yi received a report from the cavalry behind the lines.

"Sir, this is bad! The G army is catching up! They're less than 2 kilometers from the rearguard!"

"What?! How could it be so fast?!"

During that hour, the 35th Army was not standing still.

Their current location is a full eleven kilometers from the battlefield, which means that the G army covered nine kilometers in just one hour!
And this was after a battle had already taken place.

Even if it's a lightly equipped march, it shouldn't be like this!
According to Fu Yi's estimate, even if the G Army marched at full speed, it would be impossible for them to catch up with the 35th Army before they returned to Ningbei.

The cavalryman clearly couldn't answer Fu Yi's question.

He didn't know why the opposing G army was running so fast; they were practically animals.

Faced with the Second Detachment heading straight for him, Fu Yi racked his brains but couldn't come up with a countermeasure.

The 35th Army had previously made a desperate advance, and the infantry had already lost a great deal of energy.

Moreover, the 35th Army didn't have many trucks at all; it was already a miracle that they could provide tractors for the howitzers that had been airlifted over.

As for the remaining few dozen trucks, the 35th Army and the two reinforced security divisions, totaling more than 30,000 men, could only be considered as having a few by each individual.

Army G can choose to launch a light-force raid, but Army 35 cannot abandon its supplies and heavy weapons.

Otherwise, Ningbei would be impossible to defend.

"Continue to retreat towards Ningbei!" Fu Yi, unable to figure it out, could only order the troops to continue retreating.

We will then respond based on the choices made by the G army; the closer they are to Ningbei, the greater their advantage.

Half an hour later, even though the 35th Army was rushing forward, the 2nd Detachment overtook them from several hundred meters away.

"Halt! Construct defensive fortifications immediately!"

"Set up the cannon! Set up the cannon!" Fu Yi shouted after receiving the report from the scouts.

His 105mm howitzer regiment was his greatest asset.

Now that the G army has just arrived, I still have a chance.

Once the artillery is set up, at the very least, the road from here to Ningbei County can be guaranteed not to be occupied by the G army.

This way, I will have the opportunity to gradually withdraw back to Ningbei in rotation.

Once he reaches Ningbei, he can catch his breath and then make his next move.

At that point, we can choose to defend or continue our breakout.

Perhaps they could use the pretext of containing the CCP army to ask Chiang Kai-shek for another batch of supplies.

However, to Fu Yi's surprise, just as he stopped and was about to quickly set up a defense, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly rang out.

"Cavalry! Attack!"

Several hundred meters away, Sun Desheng's cavalry regiment suddenly charged out.

Moreover, as soon as it appeared, it charged straight into the flank of the 35th Army.

(This charge effect is equivalent to two platoons of cavalry.)
Seeing the cavalry suddenly appear, Fu Yi rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

Since the advent of heavy machine guns in World War I, no cavalry in the world has ever dared to charge like that.

And it was a 1,000-person effort to reach 30,000!

Even his two cavalry divisions wouldn't dare to do that.

"Set up your guns! Set up your guns! Fire immediately!" The 35th Army's flank officer immediately ordered a counterattack.

"Da da da".
In the emergency, the 35th Army's heavy machine guns could not be set up in time, and only some of the light machine guns were able to respond.

After all, the G Army cavalry regiment has only been charging for less than half a minute.

Despite the cavalry regiment being widely dispersed, many soldiers still fell from their horses in the face of light machine gun fire.

However, the cavalrymen did not dodge; they simply kept their bodies low to the ground.

They needed to rush into the enemy lines as quickly as possible.

They only have this one chance.

Once the Kuomintang army sets up their heavy machine guns, any further charge by them would be suicide.

Besides, they weren't fighting alone.

"Boom!" "Boom!"
The 82mm mortar shells belonging to the cavalry regiment began to fall.

Taking advantage of the sudden panic of the Guo army, the cavalry regiment quickly crossed the last two hundred meters.

"Hey~~~~"

Sun Desheng held his saber horizontally and blew his whistle.

Now they can't stop even if they charge recklessly, because if they stop, they'll be eaten by the Guo army.

Seeing the G army cavalry suddenly charging in, Fu Yi cursed angrily.

He clearly sent all the surviving cavalrymen to guard the outer perimeter, and yet this still happened!

"Kill these cavalrymen immediately!" Fu Yi shouted.

"Sir! Sir! Something's wrong! The G Army infantry are attacking too!"

Hearing the shout, Fu Yi turned around sharply.

A large number of infantrymen were seen charging towards them, seemingly trying to penetrate deep into the enemy territory through the opening created by the cavalry.

The 35th Army marched in formation of divisions and regiments, arranged in parallel columns, with the command units and artillery in the very center.

"I am Fu Yi!" Fu Yi grabbed the microphone from the walkie-talkie next to him and shouted.

"The 101st Division plugged the breach at top speed!"

"The artillery regiment and the 32nd Division must immediately move towards the center!"

"Each unit should launch its own counterattack!"

"Sir, we can't use plain text!" the communications soldier hurriedly said.

Normally, there are code words used in phone calls between different units. If they were to speak so openly, the G army would hear everything.

"What the hell do I care about this now!"

Fu Yi casually tossed the microphone onto the table, then walked out of the command post and climbed onto the roof of the car next to him.

Inside the Second Detachment headquarters, hearing Fu Yi's anxious shouts, Chen Chengxing laughed and said, "He's in a hurry! Fu Yi is in a hurry!"

"Team leader, what about us?" Xu Wu asked.

"A full-scale assault deep into enemy territory! Crush the 35th Army!"

"Tell the 2nd Squadron to cut the 35th Army in half; I want this artillery regiment!"

"In addition, the cavalry regiment will break through the enemy's lines and operate on the periphery to prevent the enemy from escaping."

"yes!".
As time went on, the regiments of the Second Detachment surged in from all directions and penetrated the 35th Army. Shouts of battle, the sounds of submachine guns, and the dense explosions of grenades filled the entire battlefield.

Even if the 35th Army has a certain level of willpower and reaction speed, it simply cannot withstand a multi-layered, deep-penetration attack for long.

As the assault progressed and the soldiers of the 35th Army gradually realized that they seemed to be surrounded by enemies.

The 35th Army, which had been holding out, gradually began to collapse.

In particular, the second detachment was not only stronger in combat but also had a larger number of members.

In addition, the battlefield was extremely chaotic, with soldiers unable to find their generals and generals unable to find their soldiers.

Faced with a situation where they could neither escape nor fight back, and they were unable to contact their superiors, surrender became the only option.

Main Quest: Great Victory (Army-level). Completed!

[Obtained a set of machine gun blueprints.]

Please select the machine gun blueprint type as soon as possible. Currently available blueprints include: Light Machine Gun Blueprint: 1; Medium Machine Gun Blueprint: 1; Heavy Machine Gun Blueprint: 1.

Main quest triggered: Great Victory (Army Corps/Group Army)

[Mission Reward: One set of missile production blueprints.]

Hearing the sudden system notification, Chen Chengxing sighed inwardly:

The Kuomintang army is easier to defeat. It seems the new mission won't be too long to complete.

Just as Chen Chengxing was about to check the machine gun, Xu Wu rushed over excitedly.

"Commander! A great victory! A resounding victory!"

"Report from the front: The battle is over. Our army has annihilated the enemy at the cost of fewer than two thousand casualties!"

"Nearly 30,000 prisoners!"

Upon hearing Xu Wu's report, everyone in the command post cheered.

Luo Ping laughed and said, "Wow, that was truly a resounding victory!"

When I fought against Fu Yi in Langwogou, the enemy was quite resilient.

Unexpectedly, when it came to the infantry, they were quickly wiped out.

After Fu Yi was eliminated, the areas of northern Shanxi, Suiyuan, and Chahar finally settled down.

The Central Army would not prioritize these worthless places.

"What about Fu Yi? Has he been caught yet?" Chen Chengxing asked.

"Nothing has been found yet, but Sun Desheng reported that several hundred cavalrymen have fled, and a cavalry regiment from Ningbei has also come out to meet them."

"After they regrouped and broke through, they headed west," Xu Wu reported.

Hearing that Fu Yi had run away, Chen Chengxing felt a little sorry, but he didn't care too much.

Without the army, even if Fu Yi escaped back to Shanba, he wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

"Conduct thorough reconnaissance of the prisoners to prevent any high-ranking officers from slipping through," Chen Chengxing instructed.

Even if Fu Yi could escape, a large number of other officers in the 35th Army would not be able to.

These people are all quite valuable, so we can't let them get away with it.

"yes!".
The news that the Second Detachment had ambushed and killed Fu Yi quickly spread to various places via radio waves.

Although Fu Yi still has more than 10,000 troops in the Jining area, no one takes them seriously anymore.

These people only have two options: either run away or be wiped out by the G army.

Unlike the beaming smiles of the various levels of the Communist Party, Chiang Kai-shek, still on the plane, was more distressed than if his mother had died.

"Damn it! Isn't Fu Yi supposed to be a great fighter?!"

"How could a force of 40,000 men be wiped out by a single detachment?!"

Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that his hands trembled.

"Chairman, Fu Yi's entire army has been wiped out, which is extremely disadvantageous for us!"

"In the eyes of the Americans, the Central Army had little to do with the Battle of Guangning."

"If we continue our attack now, we can indeed take Guangning, but it will probably leave a bad impression on the Americans, which may be detrimental to future cooperation."

Upon hearing Guo Gui's words, Chiang Kai-shek immediately said, "No, under no circumstances can we allow Sino-American cooperation to be affected!"

For Chiang Kai-shek, the importance of Sino-American cooperation exceeded that of ten Guangning.

"Immediately send a telegram to Fang Lu to halt the offensive at Guangning and establish defensive lines at Nankou and Juyongguan to protect North China."

Guangning was indeed very important, but Chiang Kai-shek could also accept using Juyongguan Pass to block the Communist army and thus protect the security of North China.

The G army is currently unable to influence the overall situation in North China.

Now that the Battle of Guangning was over, Chiang Kai-shek did not continue to Pingdu. His plane circled in the air and then turned back south.
The Second Detachment annihilated the 35th Army in less than an hour, but the aftermath took most of the day to handle.

It wasn't until dark that the basic work was finally completed.

"Commander, we found over a hundred weapon blueprints in the 35th Army's documents!" Xu Wu walked in carrying a stack of blueprints.

He didn't understand why Fu Yi would bring this thing with him on the march.

"Weapon blueprints? Let me take a look." Chen Chengxing casually flipped through them a few times.

With just a glance, Chen Chengxing was certain that this was a reward from the system.

After the battle, Chen Chengxing had already taken the time to select the type of machine gun.

The light machine gun was the Type 81; the medium machine gun was the Type 80, which was a copy of the PKM; and the heavy machine gun was the Type 85, which could be used for both high-altitude and low-altitude operations.

This is the only weapon that Chen Chengxing can think of that could potentially be produced within a certain timeframe.

There are certainly better weapons, but they require aerospace-grade aluminum, titanium alloys, or even new composite materials.

This is impossible for China today, or even for China ten or eight years from now.

Steel-wood structures are currently the only option.

After selecting the model, the blueprints did not appear directly in front of Chen Chengxing.

He had some doubts at the time, but now it seems he has changed his approach.

"Just by looking at the caliber of these ammunition, I know they are Soviet/Russian weapons!"

"I heard that the Soviet Union was developing a hand-held light machine gun, and I see something similar here."

"This must have been secretly obtained by Fu Yi!" Chen Chengxing concluded.

"Xu Wu, seal the blueprints and forbid anyone from viewing them! Then hand them over to the cavalry regiment to be sent to the Taiyuan Second Factory!"

"Remember, top secret! If the Soviets find out, we'll be in big trouble!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

"Yes!"

Xu Wu also realized the seriousness of the problem, so he immediately found a box, locked it up, and sealed it.

Although Sun Desheng didn't know what was inside, he was clear about its importance.

He left some cavalry to assist in the transport of the prisoners, while he himself led three battalions back to Taiyuan.

(End of this chapter)