Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 445 A mixed bag that doesn't look like a mixed bag, a direct descendant that doesn't look like a direct descendant

With the 51st Division's voluntary withdrawal, the G Army immediately stormed into the city.

However, although the soldiers of the 51st Division were gradually retreating, they did not collapse as quickly as expected.

Instead, they engaged in fierce street fighting with the G army.

"There's a pillbox ahead! Take cover!"

"Fire cover! Drag the wounded back!"

"Medic! There are wounded here!"

"Rocket launcher! Rocket launcher!"

"Target destroyed! Continue the advance! Mortars follow!"

Inside Lanling City, the sounds of fighting, gunfire, and various orders blended together.

The intensity of the 51st Division's resistance surprised the attacking troops.

When they attacked Chang Ruiyuan's elite 26th Division, their will to resist was much lower than that of the 51st Division.

However, the attacking G army now has an absolute numerical advantage, and as time goes on, the 51st Division's room for maneuver is becoming smaller and smaller.

Finally, the soldiers advanced to the front of a massive bunker, more than 30 meters in diameter and over 10 meters high.

"Organize the demolition team! Prepare for the demolition!"

Although the East China Field Army already has heavy artillery regiments, the current commanders and soldiers are not yet adapted to them.

Therefore, the first thing to do when encountering obstacles is to try to handle them yourself.

To learn the combat style of the Second Brigade, which involves calling in artillery fire when in doubt, it will take some time to adapt.

As the face of the 1st Division's demolition team, Yang Xi was naturally the first to step up.

After hoisting a demolition charge that was over three feet long and thicker than a calf, Yang Xi, along with an assistant, charged toward the bunker.

As they approached the bunker, the Guo soldiers inside spotted Yang Xi, and machine guns immediately began firing to blockade him.

Just as the KMT machine guns opened fire, the GMT machine guns, which were prepared, also opened fire instantly.

Relying on the absolute advantage of having two guns suppressing one, the Guo army's firepower was forced to cease.

Yang Xi took the opportunity to place the large Lare next to the bunker, and then rushed back.

However, after waiting for a long time, the explosive charge still didn't detonate.

"Damn, a Squib?"

"Give me another one!"

She picked up another big Larry, and Yang Xi used the same method to take another brush with death.

However, the explosive charge that had been painstakingly placed on the bunker wall failed to detonate.

"Damn it! I don't believe it!" Yang Xi's temper flared up.

"Company commander, give me another one. If it doesn't explode, I'm not coming back!"

Yang Xi rushed forward again.

Yang Xi's repeated rushing back and forth had long since attracted the attention of the machine gun team of the Guo army.

As Yang Xi charged out again, four or five machine guns fired simultaneously.

Yang Xi was shot before the counter-machine gun could fire.

Upon seeing Yang Xi suddenly collapse to the ground, the company commander behind him panicked.

"Xi Zi! Yang Xi!"

"Company commander, I'm alright!" Yang Xi shouted as he fell into the shell crater.

He was shot, but the bullet went straight through his shoulder, and he was not immediately rendered incapacitated.

At this point, both sides had ceased firing their machine guns, but Yang Xi knew very well that the Kuomintang's machine guns were definitely aimed at him.

As soon as you get out of the crater, you'll be torn apart by bullets.

After catching his breath, Yang Xi took off his cotton-padded coat.

The heavy machine gunner, who was intently watching the shell crater, suddenly saw a gray shadow flash out.

"Da da da".
Two bullet belts immediately followed and swept across.

Yang Xi had been waiting for this opportunity.

Taking advantage of the fact that the cotton-padded coat had attracted the enemy's attention, Yang Xi flipped over and leaped out of the shell crater, then pounced at an extremely fast speed to the base of the bunker.

After confirming that it was temporarily safe, Yang Xi took the two unexploded explosive packs and tied them together.

Looking at the firing port next to me, the machine gun was still firing incessantly.

Without saying a word, Yang Xi suddenly reached out and grabbed the muzzle of the gun.

A burning pain immediately shot through his hand.

However, Yang Xi did not let go. He pulled the gun barrel outwards and then pushed it inwards again.

The KMT machine gunner, who was aiming and firing inside the bunker, was stunned when his gun suddenly flew away and was then thrown to the ground.

He's been in the army for so many years and has never encountered anything like this before!
Before Guo Jun could react, a huge explosive charge, bound with thick hemp rope and emitting white smoke, was shoved inside. To ensure absolute safety, Yang Xi only rushed back after seeing the smoke rise with his own eyes.

"boom!!".
With a loud bang, a hole more than two meters wide appeared in the sturdy bunker.

"Damn, this turtle shell is really hard. Nearly forty kilograms of explosives only managed to blast a two-meter hole!"

The company commander was taken aback when he saw that the gap was only two meters wide, but he had no choice at the moment.

"Covering fire!"

"Class 9! Charge!"

"kill!".
"What did Commander Xue say? When will the reinforcements arrive?!" Zhou Yuying was almost frantic with worry.

He had sent several telegrams to the Pengcheng Pacification Headquarters, but there were no reinforcements, not even planes.

"Commander! There's been no reply. It seems we haven't been able to get in touch!" The operations staff officer in charge of communications was almost in tears.

If you can't get in touch with them at this point, anyone would know what's going on.

"Chairman, Chairman, when will you stop taking this distinction between close and distant relatives so seriously?"

Zhou Yuying sighed and slumped into a chair.

"Commander! What should we do now?" asked the brigade commander of the 113th Brigade.

At this moment, he was covered in gunpowder smoke, and his face was also blackened.

"You should lead your brothers to surrender," Zhou Yuying said weakly.

There is no chance now. If we continue to resist, we will only be throwing our brothers' lives away in vain.

"Commander, what about you?!"

"I'll sit here for a while and wait for the G Army to come in." Zhou Yuying waved her hand: "Go ahead."

"yes!".
After everyone left, Zhou Yuying got up and looked north again.

However, at this moment, there was a thick cement wall to his north, and he couldn't see anything.

"What a pity, I couldn't see the Songhua River one last time."

"boom!"

Realizing something was wrong, the brigade commander of the 113th Brigade rushed back.

"Commander!!"

With Zhou Yuying's suicide, the Battle of Lanling came to an end.

The East China Field Army annihilated more than 50,000 enemy troops at the cost of fewer than 5,000 casualties.

In addition to 48 105mm howitzers and 24 tanks, there were more than 200 other artillery pieces of various sizes.

During this period, several consecutive battles wiped out one-eighth of the total force of the Kuomintang army attacking East China.

The offensive momentum of the Guo army immediately slowed down. The 26th Reorganized Division and the First Rapid Column were second to none in terms of combat effectiveness and the luxury of their equipment.

Their rapid annihilation also made the remaining troops of the Guo army cautious.

Especially the non-core troops directly under Ruiyuan, they were all worried about becoming isolated.

As the Guo army's offensive weakened, the East China Field Army finally got a brief chance to rest and regroup.

During this period, the adaptation work officially began.

"Damn it! What is Xue Xiaosong doing?"

"Huh?! What is he doing?!"

"Where did that fighting spirit you had when you were fighting the Japanese go? You turned into a kitten when you encountered the G Army?!"

The 26th Reorganized Division, the 51st Division, and the First Rapid Column were all annihilated. Chang Ruiyuan was so heartbroken that he almost fainted.

Leaving aside the reorganized 26th and 51st Divisions, whose personnel could be filled by conscripting men, what about the First Rapid Column?
That's a total of thirty-six tanks and forty-eight howitzers.

"Chairman, the annihilation of the 26th Division and the First Rapid Column this time was mainly due to Xue Xiaosong's misjudgment."

"If we had detected the northward movement of the main force of the G Army in advance, the 26th Division and the First Rapid Column could have retreated to Yixian ahead of time."

"The strength of just five full brigades is not something the G Army can take down in one go."

When the 26th Division and the First Rapid Column were surrounded and annihilated, Chen Chengbo immediately sent people to find out what was going on.

They were naturally aware that the 26th and 51st Divisions had repeatedly requested to retreat.

If Chen Chengbo hadn't been certain of Xue Xiaosong's character, he would have genuinely thought this guy was a member of the CCP.

After thinking for a long time, Chang Ruiyuan finally said:
"The East China Army must be exhausted after fighting so many battles."

"Although our army has suffered some casualties, the front line has been pushing forward. We must not give the G army a chance to rest!"

"In Pengcheng and Shangdu, there are still 23 reorganized divisions with a total force of over 300,000 men."

"Chengbo, you are the person I trust most. I want you to make a trip to plan the decisive battle between the Lunan region and the G army."

After suffering a series of defeats in East China, Chang Ruiyuan no longer trusted Xue Xiaosong.

"Please rest assured, Chairman!" Chen Chengbo said, standing at attention.

(End of this chapter)