Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 62: Never Allow the Eighth Route Army to Have High-Power Artillery

When Chen Chengxing returned to Hongni Bay, it was already dawn.

However, after returning, Chen Chengxing did not rest immediately, but asked Wei Dayong to find Luo Yongan from the logistics department.

"Captain, you're looking for me." A few minutes later, Luo Yongan ran over.

"Well, I have something to entrust to you." Chen Chengxing nodded.

"You go and make two cannons." Chen Chengxing said.

"Ah? Cannon?!" Luo Yongan felt like there was something wrong with his ears.

How can a rough guy like me make such a high-end thing as a cannon?
As soon as Chen Chengxing saw Luo Yongan's expression, he knew he was wrong. No matter how stupid he was, he would never let Luo Yongan produce real cannons.

"What I mean is that you make two fake cannons out of wood and then paint them khaki," Chen Chengxing explained.

Chen Chengxing came up with this idea after he touched the Italian cannon.

When the Japanese knew that these two field guns were taken away by the New Second Regiment, they would definitely find a way to blow them up.

After all, once the New Second Regiment has field artillery, all the surrounding large strongholds will be unsafe, and even the county town will be under a certain threat.

Infantry artillery can only attack artillery towers at most, and is still somewhat powerless against large strongholds, but field artillery is a completely different concept.

The reason why Chen Chengxing gave the Japanese two fake cannons was to prevent the Japanese reconnaissance planes from circling around Hongni Bay every few days. By then, they would have seen the movements of the New Second Regiment.

"What does the cannon look like?" Luo Yongan asked.

Luo Yongan had never seen what an Italian cannon looked like, so he didn't know what to do.

"Okay, I'll draw a picture for you and you just give it a rough idea." Chen Chengxing tore a piece of paper from the notebook next to him and started drawing on it.

Half a minute later, Luo Yongan frowned as he looked at the drawing on the paper.

If you didn't tell him it was a cannon, Luo Yongan would have thought it was something else.

"I've written down the approximate dimensions for you above, just make it according to them." Chen Chengxing said casually.

The Japs carried out bombing via airplanes, so it was impossible for the pilots to see the details, so they only needed a general idea.

"Okay, then I'll take it back and try it first." Luo Yongan said helplessly.

Three days later, when Zheng Hua returned to Hongni Bay with the Italian cannon covered in dust, Luo Yongan had also finished making the wooden cannon.

"Hurry up and cover the cannon with corn stalks to prevent the Japanese from discovering it." Chen Chengxing arranged to hide the Italian cannon as soon as he saw it.

Then Chen Chengxing asked Luo Yongan to arrange some people to pretend to practice with the two wooden cannons.

Yesterday, the Japanese had two reconnaissance planes circling Hongni Bay. When they left, they dropped four bombs and dived and strafed several times.

Although no casualties were caused, many houses were damaged.

Chen Chengxing knew without thinking where the Japanese planes were heading for.

Three days ago, when Katsuki Seiji learned that the two field guns sent by Luyang to Xiaocaozhuang had been robbed, he was furious. This new second regiment was simply born to nemesis him.

After spending a day figuring out that it was the New Second Regiment who did it again, Kiyoshi Kazuki immediately ordered the air force to send reconnaissance planes to destroy the two artillery pieces and launch a retaliatory strike on the base of the New Second Regiment.

Kiyoshi Kozuki was well aware of the destructive power of these two cannons, and he would never allow the Eighth Route Army in Dayun Mountain to possess such powerful weapons.

Just as everything was arranged here, Chen Chengxing heard a buzzing sound in the air.

"The Japanese planes are coming, blow the whistle!" Chen Chengxing shouted. No matter what the purpose of the Japanese planes was, the New Second Regiment had to be prepared to prevent bombing.

“Swoosh!~~”

“Swoosh!~~”

After hearing the whistle, the villagers and staff of the regiment headquarters who had already heard the sound of the plane engine immediately dispersed and hid.

The Japanese planes did not drop bombs indiscriminately. Their first goal was to destroy the artillery. If they did not find any artillery, they would drop shells into the village when they left.

"Captain, I seem to have found those two guns. They're at the 10 o'clock direction." The Japanese reconnaissance plane pilot Fujikawa Kazutaka suddenly said on the radio.

After hearing the report from Fujikawa Kazutaka, Ohku, who was piloting the lead plane, immediately moved the joystick and moved over there.

When they got closer, Dajiu Baowei confirmed that there were indeed two cannons below. He knew without hesitation that they were the two that had just been robbed.

Under the gaze of Okuhisa Homoya, the Eighth Route Army on the ground was using straw to hide two cannons.

"Haha. Stupid Eighth Route Army soldiers. They have no idea how clear the view is on the plane." Dajiu Baowei said disdainfully.

"Deploy the attack formation immediately. I will be responsible for the first strike, and you, Fujikawa-kun, will be responsible for the second strike. These two cannons must be destroyed at once." Okyuu Homuro also ordered.

"Ha! Deploy the attack formation." Fujikawa Kazutaka repeated.

The two planes then circled, entered the route, and began to dive one after the other.

"Run!" Luo Yongan shouted immediately when he saw the Japanese preparing to attack.

Now that the Japanese have been fooled, there is no need for them to act anymore. The most important thing is to save their lives.

After hearing Luo Yongan's order, the soldiers immediately dispersed and hid behind the shelters prepared in advance.

Da Jiu, the guard in the air, also saw this scene and said disdainfully: "They say the Eighth Route Army is not afraid of death, but I think they are just like that. Facing the bombing of the planes, they still fled in panic."

After reaching the position, Dajiu Baowei pressed the bomb button and immediately pulled up to the altitude.

The two bombs flew along the predetermined trajectory towards the wooden cannon on the ground.

Following closely behind him, Fujikawa Kazutaka also repeated the action.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

The area within dozens of meters centered on the fake cannon is the explosion and killing zone of the aerial bomb.

Okuma Yamato and Fujikawa Kazutaka circled in the air for several times. After the smoke cleared and they confirmed that there were no more artillery pieces at the scene, they turned around with satisfaction and returned to Taiyuan Airport.

After confirming that the plane had left, Chen Chengxing brought a group of people to the explosion site.

"The Japanese bombs are so powerful." Zheng Hua exclaimed.

After being hit by four aerial bombs, there was nothing left on the ground except four deep pits.

The barrel of the wooden artillery was not blown into pieces, but it was already 100 meters away.

“小鬼子的92式步兵炮炮弹重超过7斤半，装药才1斤2两；这4颗炸弹最起码都是200斤级别的，也就是差不多25发炮弹，4颗航弹就是100发炮弹，威力能小的了嘛。”陈成兴随口道。

"Now that we have deceived the Japanese, we can train with peace of mind from now on. However, during training and future marches and battles, we must conceal ourselves to prevent being destroyed by the Japanese," Chen Chengxing instructed.

"Yes!" The soldiers of the newly formed field artillery platoon responded in unison.

(End of this chapter)