Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 69: Don’t the devils know that speed is of the essence in war? (Requesting first order)

As soon as the Japanese squadron left the city, Chen Chengxing received a report from the scout.

"Haha. The Japanese are coming out of the cave." Chen Chengxing said with a smile.

After blocking the river, Chen Chengxing ordered the first and second battalions to set up a pocket formation.

Now we just have to wait for the Japanese to arrive, and then the show can begin.

Dongye led a squadron and moved eastward as quietly as possible.

Of course, the Japs also knew that there were Eighth Route Army troops outside the city, so they conducted very careful reconnaissance along the way.

Sometimes, we would rather stop moving forward and investigate all suspicious places.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese finally sneaked to the location where the river was blocked.

"The Eighth Route Army is blocking the road too tightly." Dongye felt a headache looking at the embankment in the river.

"Everyone, gather all the grenades and blow a hole in the middle of the riverbank," Dongye ordered.

He no longer hoped to fully restore the river channel. Now all he wanted was to blast a hole in it so that the spring could get water replenished.

As for whether the Eighth Route Army will be blocked again in the future, we will tell you when the time comes.

After concentrating all the grenades into several cluster grenades, Dongye led his troops forward again, preparing to blow up the river bank.

However, just as they were about to arrive, a gunshot was suddenly heard on the side of the road.

"boom!"

Then, hundreds of foxholes appeared on the ground which was originally empty.

"Thump, thump, thump," "thump, thump, thump," "thump, thump."

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!".
A large number of bullets were fired at the Japanese in the middle of the road.

It turned out that Chen Chengxing arranged for the soldiers to dig individual pits on both sides of the road. After the soldiers hid in them, they camouflaged themselves from the outside.

In this way, the Japanese would not be able to discover anything unusual unless they went in or out, and it would be even more impossible to discover it at night.

Dong Ye was horrified when he saw this, and immediately shouted:

"Enemy attack!"

"Turn in! Turn in now!"

The East Field Army no longer cared about blowing up the riverbank. Now the First Squadron was attacked from both sides, with no place to hide in the middle. If they did not evacuate quickly, they would be wiped out in less than twenty minutes.

After hearing the squadron leader's order, the Japanese machine gunner immediately provided fire cover, and the entire squadron was divided into two parts and began to retreat alternately.

After leaving behind one-third of the bodies, Dongye led the remaining devils out of the encirclement and started running away.

They only needed to go around the obstructing hill to enter the coverage range of the mountain artillery and infantry artillery on the Shuiquan city wall.

Chen Chengxing did not send any troops to stop the fleeing Japanese. The Japanese artillery mounted on the city wall posed too great a threat to the blocking troops.

The current battle situation has not reached the point where we need to risk our lives. We can just wait until the Japanese can no longer bear it and leave the city, and then ambush them.

However, although Chen Chengxing did not send troops to block the attack, he did not give up the cold gun.

The Japs fled and lost their lives along the way. When they returned to Shuiquan, the entire squadron was less than 100 people.

After Chen Chengxing had his men collect the dozens of seized guns, he asked the communicator to deliver the battle report to the brigade commander.

The brigade commander was extremely excited after receiving Chen Chengxing's report.

"Have the reconnaissance troops monitor carefully and report immediately if the Japanese leave the city!"

"Yes!"

When Takeuchi Sakai learned that the raid had failed, he immediately gave up his plan to continue defending the city.

"Order all troops to prepare for transfer immediately, abandon all unnecessary supplies, and keep light equipment and move forward quickly!" Takeuchi Yuhong ordered. The entire Shuiquan Japanese army began to prepare immediately.

After learning that the Japanese surprise attack had failed, Li Yunlong immediately realized that the Japanese would definitely abandon the city and flee in a short period of time.

"Zhang Dabiao, order the troops to head north immediately to Xiping Village!" Li Yunlong ordered.

After the Japanese left Shuiquan, if they wanted to march quickly, they had to take the highway, and Xiping Village was the only way for the Japanese, and the terrain of Xiping Village was very conducive to ambush.

If the terrain was flat, Li Yunlong would not have dared to confront a large group of Japanese devils and several hundred puppet soldiers head-on.

In Li Yunlong's dictionary, there is no word like "losing money".

At 3 p.m., the hungry and thirsty Japanese soldiers quietly opened the north gate and began to retreat towards Wulong County.

After receiving the news, the brigade commander immediately became alert: "The Japanese troops have left the city. No one should stop them. Let them all out."

After carefully leaving the pincer attack zone between the east and west mountains, the Japanese no longer maintained a defensive formation, but instead marched at the fastest speed.

Chen Chengxing sent a special agent company to rush into the city first, and then he took three battalions and advanced quickly northward along the western foothills of the Yalu Mountains.

According to the previous combat plan, after the Japanese left Shuiquan, the New Second Regiment had to rush to Mazigou in the south of Wulong County as quickly as possible.

Responsible for blocking the reinforcements that might be sent by Wulong County, as well as the Shuiquan devils who fled again after being attacked.

As for the Independent Regiment and the 772nd Regiment, they need to pursue with all their strength and cooperate with the New st Regiment to attack the Japanese.

After leaving the water spring, the Japs ran all the way for two hours.

"Captain, let's take a break. The soldiers won't be able to bear it if they keep running." The deputy captain suggested.

Although the Locust Army has always believed that willpower can overcome everything, it does not mean that they can really change the limits of their bodies.

"Where are we now?" Takeuchi Yuhiro asked after two deep breaths.

"Sanbei Town is just ahead."

After taking out the map and looking at it, Takeuchi Yuhong said, "Let's go to Sanbei Town to build a defensive position. We will stay here for the night."

It's getting dark now. If we keep running, the troops will have to march at night, which is too dangerous.

And the most important thing is that although they got some water after leaving the city, Marco from the transport team did not have time to drink water.

The horse is now a little exhausted and needs to be given water and food.

"Hai!"

Li Yunlong, who was waiting anxiously in Xiping Village, received the news that the Japanese had set up camp in Sanbei Town.

"Damn, don't the Japs know that speed is of the essence in war? Can't they just hold on?" Li Yunlong cursed.

Siping Village is only 10 miles away from Sanbei Town, but Li Yunlong lost the best opportunity.

Li Yunlong had no choice but to curse.

"Everyone assemble!" Li Yunlong shouted.

Li Yunlong knew very well that other regiments must be chasing the Japanese now. If he did not go, the Japanese would become someone else's. Wouldn't that mean he had stolen this mission in vain?
When Li Yunlong arrived at Sanbei Town, he found that all the troops except the New Second Regiment had arrived.

"Li Yunlong, aren't you in charge of intercepting the Japanese? Why are you the last one to arrive?!" The brigade commander was furious when he saw Li Yunlong.

"Don't mention it. I led the New 1st Regiment to set up an ambush in Xiping Village. Who would have thought that the Japanese would take a break halfway." Li Yunlong said helplessly.

"You are the only one who has a lot of tricks." said the brigade commander unhappily.

"You lead the New 1st Regiment to attack from the east gate of Sanbei Town." said the brigade commander.

"Yes!"

Li Yunlong knew without hesitation that the Independent Regiment and the 772nd Regiment would attack together from another direction.

(End of this chapter)