Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 407 Whoever takes it first wins.
Faced with Li Chishui's question, the company commander really didn't know what to say.

"It's a command post, but it's not just a command post. You should go and see for yourself."

"Look at you, you can't even speak properly!" Li Chishui said.

Seeing that the company commander was unable to utter a word, Li Chishui walked inside, intending to see what kind of place this was.

After walking a few steps inside, Li Chishui suddenly stopped.

Now he understands why.

A stage appeared before him, and on the stage, dozens of opera troupes huddled together, trembling.

The performers didn't understand why an army had stormed in after they put on a show.

"Have you checked inside?" Li Chishui asked, turning his head.

"We've checked everything. There are a lot of documents and radios in the building behind. This should be the headquarters of the 74th Brigade," the company commander said.

"Guo Jun is too audacious! He's brought his opera performance to the command post?" Li Chishui found it a bit unbelievable.

The company commander standing to the side shrugged. If the regimental commander couldn't understand it, he couldn't understand it even more.

"Have someone screen them to make sure no G Army officers are mixed in. Then give them a room and let them rest for a while," Li Chishui instructed.

"Keep an eye on your men. If they dare to harass the female members of the opera troupe, don't blame the bullets for being blind!"

"Commander, what are you saying? How could our comrades do such a thing!" the company commander protested.

Soldiers who have just transferred from the KMT army to the KMT army may not be able to adapt.

However, the troops he continuously reinforced were all drawn from the local troops of Dayun Mountain, who were his own people with impeccable revolutionary credentials.

"I'm just reminding you. If something really happens, I can't protect you either," Li Chishui said.

The squad leader was a ruthless killer on the battlefield.

However, if anyone in the military dares to harass civilians, he won't hesitate to take action.

At that point, not only the company commander, but even the regimental commander might be dismissed.

"Don't worry," the company commander said, patting his chest.

Li Chishui didn't say much, he just waved his hand and told him to handle it.

Subsequently, Li Chishui arranged for his troops to clear Lanyi together with other regiments, while he himself took two infantry guns and went to the train station.

At this time, the Guo army in the train station was still putting up a stubborn resistance.

"Second Battalion Commander, what's going on?" Li Chishui asked.

"The Guo army is still fighting haphazardly."

At this moment, the Kuomintang troops were still like frightened rabbits, immediately opening fire with heavy machine guns no matter where there was any movement around them.

"What a spendthrift! Such good bullets, just wasted like this!" Li Chishui said with heartache.

For every additional shot fired by Guo Jun, his spoils decreased by one.

"Set up the cannon for me."

"Shout! Make them surrender!"

The second battalion commander hurriedly found a tin megaphone and personally began to speak.

"Listen up, you Guo soldiers inside! Lan Yi's 74th Brigade has surrendered! There's no point in you resisting any longer!"

"Take my advice and surrender! Our army treats prisoners of war well!"

"If you don't surrender, we'll open fire!"

Upon hearing the shouts from the G army outside, the Guo army battalion commander inside the train station immediately shouted to the soldiers beside him:

"Brothers! Don't listen to the CCP's nonsense!"

"Lanling had four thousand men, and they surrendered in just a few minutes?"

"And with the G army being so poor and shabby, they actually fired cannons? Do they even know what a cannon looks like?"

The troops that were previously active in the Caozhou area were mainly local independent brigades of the military region.

Although the weapons of the various military regions were replenished after the Japanese surrendered, the Independent Brigade was clearly not strengthened much.

Having a few heavy machine guns and mortars would be considered quite good.

Li Chishui, who was outside, saw that the Second Battalion Commander had been shouting for a long time, but the Guo Army on the other side remained unmoved, and gradually lost patience.

"Stop shouting! Troops, retreat! Infantry artillery, prepare to fire!"

The station was filled with a large amount of ammunition. If a shell were to detonate it, the Second Battalion, which was nearby, would be accidentally injured.

Seeing the G army begin to retreat, the Guo army battalion commander's lips were just about to curl into a smile.

Then we heard a loud "boom!"

A pillar on the platform next to the station was blown away by a single blast.

Battalion Commander Guo instantly felt a warm sensation in his crotch.

"Stop bombing! Stop bombing!"

"We surrender!"

"These supplies are all yours! Bomb them all if you keep bombing!"

The battalion commander of the Guo army had no choice but to back down. There were pillars that had blocked the fire earlier, but if a shell had hit the carriage, the soldiers of his entire battalion would probably have to be swept together with brooms to bury it.

"It would have been so much better if we had done this earlier. What a waste of my cannonball!" Li Chishui said disdainfully.

"3rd Company, go and take control of the enemy!"

While the Second Detachment captured Lanyi, the other units also made good progress.

Team 4 of the Second Detachment captured Xizhai Railway Station and continued to advance to conquer Sanyizhai.

The main force of the C column successively captured strongholds such as Leizhuang and Yegang, but when besieging Kaocheng, the two sides were locked in a stalemate.

The Eastern Route Army also completed its planned objectives and began to launch separate offensives.

Upon receiving the telegrams from various departments, General Liu excitedly exclaimed:

"Good! Phase one of the plan is complete!"

Although the offensive at Kaocheng was not going well, the Longhai Railway, a major artery, had been completely cut off.

"Pass on my order: begin the next phase of the mission immediately!" General Liu rose and commanded.

"The C column will leave a small force to continue the siege of Kaocheng, not to attack, but simply to prevent the enemy from escaping. The main force will immediately advance eastward and annihilate the main force of the 181st Brigade."

After achieving the objective, head south to capture Xinling and Xiangyi, then turn back to take the isolated Kaocheng.

"The Second Detachment will leave a detachment to hold back the 68th Reorganized Division, while the main force will head south to capture Yongqiu and Xianping. If conditions permit, they will capture Chenliu and threaten Bianliang."

"After the main force of the G column captured Yu County to the west, it left an independent brigade to cooperate with the C column in attacking the enemy in Guide."

The main force marched south to capture Qiaocheng, Zhenyuan, Wanqiu, and Zhuye.

The other two independent brigades are responsible for monitoring the Zhuolu direction and protecting the eastern flank of our forces!

Just as General Liu made the deployment and the various units began to move, Guo Jun was not idle either.

Upon learning that the Longhai Railway had been cut off, the entire Kuomintang army, from the lowest-ranking soldiers to Chiang Kai-shek, was stunned.

"Damn it! What's wrong with Liu Jingfu?! A Shangdu Jingsui Public Office can't even protect a railway?!"

Chiang Kai-shek was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table.

The people standing nearby looked at each other, but no one spoke.

Do you think they don't know what level Liu Jingfu is at?

Everyone knows perfectly well how he became the head of the Jingsui Government Office in Shangdu.

“Chairman, now is not the time to talk about these things. I think it is most important to immediately dispatch troops to support the Longhai battlefield,” Guo Gui advised from the side.

Although Liu Jingfu is greedy and incompetent, he is loyal to the Chairman and a staunch confidant. There is no need to kick him when he is down.

After all, what the Chairman values ​​most has never been ability, but loyalty.

Moreover, it's in his own best interest to stay in this position.

“That’s right, Chairman, it’s not too late to take back the railway first, and then investigate the responsibility,” Chen Chengbo said.

"Hmm," Chiang Kai-shek looked at the troop deployment on the map, thought for a moment, and then gave the order:

“从涿鹿抽调第5军、整编11师、88师，从陕南、豫西抽调整编第3、41、47师，立刻驰援陇海线！”

"Commander, isn't Team 3 still part of our Second Detachment? Shouldn't it be Team 3's turn to attack Yongqiu this time?"

Upon learning of the second phase of the mission for the Second Detachment, Qin Sheng immediately called the division headquarters.

Previously, when attacking Lanyi, Team 3 failed to get a main attacker.

Just as they were about to set off to fight the reinforcements, they were taken down and replaced by Team 4.

As a result, the entire battle consisted of just three teams sitting there watching the show.
All three teams were holding their breath.

"Team 3 is naturally the team of Team 2. Don't worry, good things come to those who wait. There will be a time when we need you."

"Team leader, you're not afraid of the lateness, but I am!" Qin Sheng said with a mournful face.

If he can't secure a key mission, how can he face his comrades?
Moreover, ever since the Second Regiment, the detachment commander has never said anything about the saying "good food is worth waiting for" to his superiors; it's always about taking more than you can eat.

Why is it that when it comes to subordinates, it becomes a case of "good things come to those who wait"?
"Are you fucking cursing me?" Chen Chengxing asked after sneezing twice.

"No! Absolutely not!" Qin Sheng shook his head like a rattle drum.

"I bet you wouldn't dare!"
The task of attacking Yongqiu can be assigned to your third team, but you'd better perform well! Do you understand?

"Don't worry! Captain, thank you! Thank you!"

After hanging up the phone, Qin Sheng immediately straightened his back.

"You all heard that, Yongqiu has been handed over to Team 3. I just have one question!"

"Can you take it down?"

"We guarantee to take Yongqiu!" The regimental and battalion commanders below stood up and shouted.

When the soldiers learned that it was finally their turn to attack Yongqiu...

There's no need to motivate them at all.

They were all holding back a lot of energy.

Yongqiu is more than 30 kilometers away from Lanyi. The 207th Regiment, the first of the three teams, arrived in Yongqiu at 8 p.m. and began the attack on the city without saying a word.

According to reconnaissance, the reorganized 81st Brigade was stationed in Yongqiu, Xianping and Chenliu respectively.

Yongqiu only had half a regiment, with a total strength of 1,500 men.

Faced with the fierce attack of the 207th Regiment, the Guo army defending Yongqiu was completely dumbfounded.

"Where the hell did this G army come from?! How can their combat power be so strong?" the Guo army chief of staff said in disbelief.

In his eyes, the G army troops that were attacking were so ferocious that they were practically inhuman.

"Chief of Staff! What do we do? The men can't hold on!"

"When will the regimental commander and brigade commander be able to come and provide support?" Battalion Commander Guo rushed up.

"I'm telling you! You have to hold out!"

"The regimental commander and the brigade commander are more than fifty miles away from here. Even if they march at full speed, they will have to wait until dawn!"

"Tell the brothers! If they hold out until dawn, there will be a great reward!"

"Yes!"

The battalion commander of the Guo army didn't know what to do, so he could only run back to the front line of the battlefield, wanting to personally lead his soldiers to resist.

However, the difference in combat strength cannot be bridged simply by promising a generous reward.

Once the soldiers of the 207th Regiment launched their attack, there was no way they could retreat.

An hour and a half later, the 209th Regiment arrived at the battlefield.

Seeing that the 207th Regiment had already planted its flag on the city wall of Yongqiu, Luo Cheng was so angry that his nose was crooked.

"Damn it, Lin Zhifeng, that bastard! He actually ate it all by himself!"

You said Yongqiu was to be handed over to Team 3, but you took it all by your own regiment. What do you mean by that?
Lin Zhifeng didn't say a word while watching Luo Cheng grumbling.

War is not a dinner party; whoever takes it first wins.

After capturing Yongqiu, before Chen Chengxing could decide on his next move, he received the latest orders from headquarters.

"The original plan has changed. Teams 1 and 2 are ordered to stop advancing and turn east."

"The rest of the troops, follow me back to support Kongjiaji!"

(End of this chapter)