Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 411 This revenge will be taken!

As night fell, the once quiet battlefield was suddenly filled with the sound of fierce artillery fire.

"Boom!" "Boom!"
Two detachments of heavy mortars and mountain guns began firing wildly at Laoye Temple.

The seventy-two cannons in total looked like they were going to flatten the entire Laoye Temple area.

Zhao Jietian didn't dare stay on high ground to check the situation and ran to the underground command room in a sorry state.

Standing through the observation hole of the underground command post, the flash of the exploding shells illuminated Zhao Jietian's incredibly ugly face with exceptional clarity.

"This is the G Army? You're telling me this is the G Army?!"

No one in the command post could answer Zhao Jietian's question.

They couldn't understand where the G army got such strong firepower.

"Commander, we must find a way to counter the G army, otherwise the brothers may not be able to hold out!"

Shi Zhiheng also ran in looking disheveled.

"Counterattack? How can we counterattack? The two brigades combined only have 16 mountain guns!"

Even if Zhao Jietian added all the infantry guns and mortars from four regiments, they still might not have as many heavy artillery and mountain guns as the G army.

"This isn't the G Army at all! How could the G Army possibly send out a unit like this?!"

Last night, when we were fighting the G army, although the enemy also had heavy mortars, there were only a few of them.

The Kuomintang army also had many units equipped with the Type 33 120mm heavy mortar, so he was not surprised that the Kuomintang army had this weapon.

But if dozens of doors suddenly appear, that's not right.

Just as Zhao Jietian and Shi Zhiheng were looking worried, a phone call came in from the front lines.

"Commander! Commander! The G Army has launched an attack! The offensive is fierce! All kinds of artillery have been deployed to the front lines! Requesting reinforcements! Requesting reinforcements!"

Before Zhao Jietian could speak, the phone rang on the other end.

Immediately afterwards, the phones in the entire command center rang incessantly.

The 3rd Division was reorganized from the 10th Army, and they had never encountered such a powerful enemy before.

Even during the Battle of Changsha and the Battle of Changde, the Japanese firepower was never this intense.

The Japanese generally didn't want to use their large-caliber heavy artillery.

The Japanese soldiers at the front were all armed with Type 38 rifles and did not have automatic weapons like submachine guns.

This time, however, they experienced firsthand what it meant to be utterly crushed.

It wasn't just a matter of overwhelming firepower; the individual soldiers' skills were also completely crushed.

"Hold on! You must hold on!"

Zhao Jietian was sweating profusely with anxiety.

"Chief of Staff, send out tanks and armored vehicles immediately! We must hold off the G army's offensive!"

"If we can hold out until dawn, we've won!"

"Don't worry, Commander! I'll go right away!" Shi Zhiheng immediately ran out.

In order to withstand the G army's offensive, Zhao Jietian sent out all his armored forces.

They also drew out all the active forces from the division headquarters to form an officer firefighting suicide squad.

The suicide squad was fully equipped with automatic weapons, and they would go wherever there was a problem.

After a desperate resistance, the 3rd Division managed to temporarily stabilize its position.

However, as more than a dozen flares were launched, the two heavy mortars began to fire in a barrage of fire again.

The Kuomintang army's positions were once again covered by explosions.
By dawn, the 3rd Division had been divided into several pieces.

Having lost contact with his superiors, Guo Jun gradually began to break down under multiple pressures.

Although Liu Jingfu sent another plane to assist after daybreak, it was too late to change the overall situation.

The planes could only drop all their bombs on Laoye Temple, strafed it a few times, and then retreated back to Shangdu.

"Commander, the 47th Division is retreating across the entire front. Captain Chu is asking if we should pursue them?"

When the 47th Division saw that the G Army's defense line had been breached, they were initially pleased, but then they learned that the entire 3rd Army had been annihilated.

At that point, they dared not stay any longer and immediately chose to run away.

"We can pursue them!"

Now the entire 3rd Division has been annihilated, leaving only the 47th Division in the Beihao direction.

Even if Team 4 chases them deep into the territory, they won't encounter any danger.

Having received clear instructions, the four teams and two regiments launched a full-scale counterattack.

The mules and horses of the Second Regiment were no joke; the 1st Battalion of the 210th Regiment overtook the two rearguard battalions of the 122nd Brigade of the 47th Division in just one and a half hours.

"Comrades! Give them the shot!"

"Da da da".
The Guo army was suddenly hit hard and was completely dumbfounded.

They initially thought it was friendly troops coming from the Longhai Railway, but they didn't see it clearly.

"You son of a bitch! Are you blind?! I'm from the 122nd Brigade of the 47th Division! Open your eyes and see clearly!"

The battalion commander in charge of the team, Guo Jun, started cursing loudly with a megaphone.

"What do you mean?" The soldiers of the 210th Regiment didn't react when they heard Guo Jun's cursing.

Has the 47th Division already revolted? Are they now allies?

If friendly forces were accidentally wounded, that would be a huge problem. "Impossible? I haven't heard of this." The battalion commander scratched his head.

"Could it be that these guys think we're the Kuomintang army?" the instructor next to him realized.

"Find a loudspeaker and ask what's going on."

Hey! You know what, it's actually possible!

"Bring the loudspeaker!" the battalion commander shouted to the side.

Soon a slightly dented tin horn was delivered.

"Let me do it!" The battalion political instructor reached out and took it.

The battalion commander didn't pay much attention; after all, he was an educated man, and he might even be able to persuade the enemy to surrender.

The instructor cleared his throat and shouted:

"What the hell are you yelling about?! My second division is going to take down your damn 47th Division!"

Upon hearing "two," the opposing Guo army reacted.

"Damn it! It's the G Army!"

"Fire! Fire!" shouted Battalion Commander Guo.

The presence of Army G here means that the other troops are definitely closing in.

If we don't break through quickly, we might end up in a prisoner-of-war camp eating cornbread.

"Da da da".
A barrage of bullets came from the Guo army.

"Damn it! You dare to resist!"

"Comrades! Give them a good beating!"

The two sides immediately clashed.

As soon as the intense gunfire erupted, the Third Battalion, which was in pursuit, immediately heard the sound and surrounded the enemy.

Just twenty minutes later, the enemy was completely annihilated.

More than 300 were killed or wounded, and more than 800 were captured.

The remaining battalions of Team 4 also pursued them relentlessly.

The fleeing Guo troops had little fighting spirit; if they could catch up, it would basically be a situation of capturing prisoners.

After wiping out four or five battalions of the 47th Division, the 4th team finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that he was about to catch up with Lan Yi, Chu Yunfei decided to call it a day and led his troops back home.

Although the entire 3rd Division was annihilated in this battle, the casualties of each unit were also considerable, and the continuous battles had left the troops extremely fatigued.

Therefore, the main force chose to relocate to the Lincheng area for rest and reorganization.

At the same time, D also joined them.

"Damn it! He's utterly hopeless! Chengbo has devised such a perfect battle plan, how could Liu Jingfu still be defeated!"

"Go! Get rid of him!" Chiang Kai-shek shouted in the General Staff Headquarters.

The situation was clearly very favorable, but just a few days later, the entire 3rd Division was annihilated!

"Yes!" The staff officer next to him hurriedly went to draft the telegram.

Chiang Kai-shek approached the map, picked up the command stick, and declared: "The 3rd Division's revenge must be avenged! I will personally command this battle!"

"According to intelligence, the enemy is already exhausted. As long as our army presses forward step by step and advances in parallel, we will surely achieve a great victory."

Under Chiang Kai-shek's command, the vanguard of the KMT army continued to advance.

The 11th Reorganized Division occupied Taoqiu, the 5th Army occupied Caozhou, the 41st Reorganized Division occupied Donghun, and the 88th Reorganized Division occupied Dongmin.

In response to the relentless advance of the Guo army, the Field Command issued the latest operational orders.

"What does Noji mean by this? East, not north?"

"Look, Lao Luo, these four advance units, apart from the 41st Reorganized Division, are all troops from the Pengcheng War Zone."

"The main battlefront of the Guo army in the Zhuolu direction is in the Huaihe River region."

"These three units will definitely have to return to their main battlefield next."

"Therefore, their offensive route must be to detour eastward, rather than continue northward."

Upon hearing Chen Chengxing's explanation, Luo Ping immediately understood.

Currently, troops from Shandong and Jiangsu are engaged in direct confrontations with the Kuomintang army in the Huaihe River Basin and central Jiangsu region.

If they cannot stop this offensive by the Kuomintang army, the Kuomintang army will pose a significant flank threat to the Shandong Liberated Area.

"Whom does the commander intend to eat?"

"It's not obvious yet," Chen Chengxing shook his head.

The Fifth Army and the 11th Reorganized Division have already rushed towards Lincheng from the north and south.

However, although both teams were Chiang Kai-shek's star players, they were both very steady and did not act rashly.

This is also why the General Headquarters mobilized the D and G columns to launch a blocking attack.

Only by striking first can we find an opportunity, and then launch a targeted all-out offensive.

The second detachment received orders to move as a mobile force to the south bank of the Zhuhe River, which is in the direction of the 11th Division.

The four main columns were divided into two parts by the Zhu River: the D and C columns to the north, and the G and Second Columns to the south.

(End of this chapter)