Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 522 Chen Chengxing, Congratulations!

Like Fan Shaobin from Jinzhou and Huang Huanran from Nianwei.

He watched as Nakano dug a massive trench right under his nose.

Huang Peiwu seemed to see the soul-snatching ropes of the Black and White Impermanence coming around his neck.

But he had no other options at that moment.

After the initial large-scale breakout attempt was thwarted, Huang Peiwu did not give up his efforts to break out.

He used the 18th Army as the main force to launch small-scale breakout operations.

However, Nakano had already established a well-developed, deep defensive position. Huang Peiwu, having missed his chance, launched several breakout attempts, but none of them succeeded.

On the contrary, in the constant attempts to break through, Huang Peiwu's army group's already limited resources were greatly depleted.

As time went on, Nakano's tunnels and trenches got closer and closer to Huang Peiwu.

Huang Peiwu was truly frightened at this point, and he kept sending telegrams to Chang Ruiyuan asking for help.

At this point in the decisive battle, Chang Ruiyuan was just as anxious as Huang Peiwu.

"Damn it! The situation in the Central Plains is so dire, yet Bai Jiansheng is just sitting idly by!"

"Doesn't he even consider what will happen to him if the Party-state collapses?!"

However, no matter how loudly Chang Ruiyuan cursed, there was nothing he could do.

He had even sent his own son to the battlefield, and by then he was penniless and could no longer muster any troops to support him.

After a heated argument on the phone, the troops that were finally managed to wrested from Bai Jiansheng are still moving at a snail's pace.

They were even slower than him, a three-legged old man.

Even so, they still did not encounter any resistance from the G army.

If a few G Army soldiers fired a couple of shots on the perimeter, Chang Ruiyuan was certain that the 20th Army would definitely charge in the opposite direction.

At this rate, by the time the 20th Army arrives at the Central Plains battlefield, the only thing it will be able to do is collect the corpses.

After wandering around the room for a while, Chang Ruiyuan suddenly remembered someone.

It was Hu Ziqi, the former commander of the 18th Army, who should have led the 12th Army Corps but was abandoned by his own subordinates.

"Liangzhen!"

"President." Yu Liangzhen heard him being called and immediately came over.

"Call Hu Ziqi immediately and tell him to return to Jinling at once!"

"Yes!"

Yu Liangzhen knew what was going on as soon as he heard it.

Upon receiving the order, Hu Ziqi did not stop for a moment and quickly took a car to Jinling.

In the evening, after arriving in Nanjing, Chang Ruiyuan immediately summoned Hu Ziqi.

"Ziqi, do you have any way to turn the current situation around?"

“Chairman, what you see in the rear is different from what you see on the front lines. If you only rely on these few battle reports, it will be difficult to make a response.”

Hu Ziqi knew all too well about the situation of the Guo Army; when everyone sent telegrams to Chang Ruiyuan, they only reported good news and not bad.

If battle reports start to report bad news, it means that the situation at the front has probably deteriorated beyond repair.

"Frontline. Frontline," Chang Ruiyuan muttered.

How could he not know what the situation was like at the front?

However, he didn't have superhuman vision and couldn't see the real-time situation at all; he could only rely on telegrams to make inferences.

Seeing Chang Ruiyuan in a dilemma, Hu Ziqi immediately said, "Chairman, I am willing to fly into the encirclement to boost the morale of the troops and assist Commander Huang Siling in the battle!"

"Good! Good!" Chang Ruiyuan nodded repeatedly: "Ziqi, national crisis reveals people's true character!"

"After the war, no matter what, you will always be the Siren of the 12th Army Corps!"

"Thank you, Chairman!" Hu Ziqi stood at attention and said, "This is the moment for me to serve the Party and the country!"

"I will order the Ministry of Defense to fully cooperate with you; you can have whatever you want!"

At this moment, in the Central Plains battlefield, any one of the three forces—Du Guangting, Huang Peiwu, and Li Liu—that breaks the current stalemate can change the entire situation in the Central Plains.

After careful communication with the Ministry of National Defense, Hu Ziqi arrived at the temporary airport in Shuangduiji the next day in a small plane.

The arrival of Hu Ziqi greatly boosted the morale of the Guo army within the encirclement.

The morale of the 18th Army, in particular, reached its peak.

There was nothing they could do; they were simply too afraid of being ripped off by Huang Peiwu.

Yang Buyuan repeatedly berated Huang Peiwu, calling him an amateur, in the military.

Inside the corps headquarters, after exchanging a few pleasantries with several people, Hu Ziqi immediately began a combat meeting without further delay.

Looking at the deployment on the map and listening to the actual situation reported by the operations staff, Hu Lian made a decisive change.

"The 12th Army Corps is now exhausted and can no longer break through and counterattack."

"Constantly depleting the strength of troops in an attempt to preserve territory will only cause the war situation to continue to deteriorate."

"The 12th Army Corps is not receiving any reinforcements at this point, so it must preserve its strength. As for the positions, as long as the core is not lost, there shouldn't be a big problem."

According to Hu Ziqi, the core positions must be defended to the death, while less important positions should be abandoned appropriately.

The probability of the 12th Army Corps breaking through the G Army's encirclement is extremely low. The most important thing now is to preserve its strength and wait for further developments.

"Commander Hu, it's not that we're unwilling to hold our ground, but Jian Duiji is truly indefensible. If we don't take the initiative, the G army will dig their communication trenches right up to our position."

"Since there is no natural defense, then create one ourselves."

"Fill all the trucks of the 12th Army Corps with soil and build a wall around them."

“I’ve calculated it. The 12th Army Corps has more than 500 trucks in total. Even after deducting the necessary tractors for the artillery regiments, we can still spare 400.”

“Fill them all with soil, enough to build a simple wall around the core tip accumulation area.” “With this wall, our defense will be much simpler.”

When they heard Hu Ziqi say that he would put all the trucks outside to be bombed, everyone felt heartbroken.

The reason why the 12th Army Corps can be called a mechanized army corps is because of these hundreds of trucks.

However, since things had come to this point, no one said anything more.

It's better to use it to stop bullets than to give it to the K army.

In the following period, Hu Ziqi continued to request assistance from Nanjing, and a large amount of food and ammunition were airdropped to Nanjing.

However, although Hu Ziqi gave the 12th Army Corps a boost, it did not fundamentally extricate them from their current predicament.

The traffic trenches in Nakano continue to extend forward.

The 12th Army Corps' forward positions kept firing and artillery, but it was to no avail.

While Hu Ziqi was busy adjusting the deployment of the 12th Army Corps, Chen Chengxing had already received orders from the Field Army Headquarters.

After handing over the position to the Nth Column, Chen Chengxing led his team to withdraw from the encirclement of Du Guangting and began to move south.

As ordered by the field commander, they were to support Nakano in annihilating the Huang Peiwu Corps.

Just as Chen Chengxing's forces approached the encirclement of Nakano's northern territory, Chen* received the news.

Standing on the roof of the command post, watching the Second General's caravan approach in a grand procession, Chen* was filled with envy.

"That Chen Chengxing guy is living a more comfortable life than I, a corps clerk!"

"They even have tanks and armored vehicles."

"The caliber of the artillery is getting bigger and bigger, and their numbers are comparable to the entire Central Plains Field Army!"

The chief of staff, who was standing to the side, put down his binoculars and said with some emotion, "Officer Siling, everyone says Chen Chengxing is incredibly strong, but it seems that's not quite accurate."

"This is more than just strong."

Chen didn't say anything, but his mind was already working.

On the other side, Li Yunlong also received an order from the Corps Headquarters to cede part of the position to Chen Chengxing.

"Commander, the vanguard of the Second Division is here," Zhang Dabiao reported as he approached.

"Damn it! I heard it!" Li Yunlong said irritably.

Taking the position from him, let alone Chen Chengxing, even if the Heavenly King himself came, Li Yunlong would curse him.

"Look how arrogant Chen Chengxing is. Tank unit? Does he even know how to write those two characters?"

"Commander, Commander Chen attended the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, and he even has a primary school diploma."

"Damn it! No one will think you're mute if you don't speak!" Li Yunlong was even angrier after hearing Zhang Dabiao's words.

"Go, have the 311th Regiment withdraw and serve as a reserve force, and hand over the position to Chen Chengxing!"

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao didn't dare to linger and hurriedly left the division headquarters.

If it gets any later, I'm afraid I'll get scolded again.

"Only such a small area?" Looking at the report from the 21st Detachment, Chu Yunfei felt that Li Yunlong was being a bit stingy.

He had a division with two regiments in his territory, while the Second Division only had one regiment in its territory. How could they possibly operate effectively?

“Li Yunlong is always one to take more than his share; it would be good enough if he gave us a regiment’s worth of territory.” Chen Chengxing wasn’t surprised at all.

"Tell Xu Wu that if the position is not wide enough, then deploy six battalions at the front line first."

"I'll go to the Corps headquarters to see if I can take over some of the positions from the nearby First Column."

"yes!".
After settling the various departments of the Second General Headquarters, Chen Chengxing rushed to the Corps Headquarters.

"Chief."

"Hey, Chen Chengxing, it's been a while, and your troops have grown quite a bit." Chen* said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Chen Chengxing's mind hadn't even processed it before he blurted out, "Oh, not at all, they all get poor quickly."

"Ahem. Well, it looks like there are a lot of people, but actually we haven't even gathered all the equipment yet."

Realizing what was happening, Chen Chengxing changed his tune, saying that begging was no longer appropriate for the Second Boss.

"Heh. You little brat, do you think I'd take your stuff?"

"How could that be? I only have a few small cannons, would you even want them?" Chen Chengxing smiled awkwardly.

"Besides, what doesn't Huang Peiwu on the other side have? You can pick whatever you want then."

"Alright, alright, look at how cautious you are."

"You're here to discuss attacking the position, aren't you?"

Li Yunlong knew very well what kind of person he was; it was already quite generous of him to give Chen Chengxing a place to stand.

“I have already spoken to the First Column, and they will give you a division's worth of land, right to the left of the position you just took over.”

"Thank you, chief."

"Hehe. It's nothing, you don't need to be so polite with me."

For some reason, Chen Chengxing felt a chill run down his spine as he looked at the smiling face.

Feeling uneasy, Chen Chengxing didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly took his leave.

Chen* didn't say much, but just watched Chen Chengxing leave with a smile.

After leaving the Corps, Chen Chengxing walked faster and faster until he was jogging the whole way.

After getting into the car, Chen Chengxing kept urging, "Hurry up, hurry up! Back to headquarters!"

Chen Chengxing only breathed a sigh of relief after rushing back to the headquarters.

(End of this chapter)