Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 70 I also have a mountain cannon! (Please order first)

Sanbei Town is not like Shuiquan County. It does not have tall city walls to protect it, and is surrounded only by dilapidated earthen walls.

Therefore, the brigade commander did not rush to launch an attack, but instead ordered his troops to quietly surround Sanbei Town and prepare to launch a night battle late at night. After all, the Eighth Route Army had an advantage in this regard.

In the second half of the night, with the launch of two flares, fierce gunfire broke out all around Sanbei Town.

The guard position set up by Takeuchi Yuhiro at the town entrance was directly destroyed by the mortars of the 772nd Regiment.

Immediately afterwards, the 772nd Regiment rushed into Sanbei Town from the town entrance, and Li Yunlong and Kong Jie also used explosive packs to blast a large gap in the earthen walls on the east and west sides, and entered Sanbei Town through the gap.

"Master! The Eighth Route Army is rushing in." Ma Yu, commander of the puppet Mongolian army, rushed to Takeuchi Saehiro and reported.

"I've heard it!"

"You, take the troops immediately and block the Eighth Route Army coming from the west!" ordered Takeuchi Yuhiro.

After hearing Takeuchi Yuhong's order, Ma Yu almost cried.

Although he is a regimental commander, he only has two infantry battalions, four infantry companies in total, and a cavalry company. The total number of people is less than 2.

But what about the Eighth Route Army in the west? There are more than a thousand of them. If we go there, we will just be sent packing.

"Baga! Hurry up, or you'll be dead!" Seeing Ma Yu standing there motionless, Takeuchi Yuhiro immediately threatened him with the handle of the knife.

Time is urgent now, and Takeuchi Yuhiro doesn't have time to talk nonsense with Ma Yu.

"Yes, yes." Seeing that Takeuchi Yuhiro was about to draw his sword, Ma Yu had no choice but to take his troops to the west to join the battle.

But even if the Japs fought desperately, they could not resist the Eighth Route Army which was seven or eight times their size.

Seeing that the battle situation was unfavorable, Takeuchi Yuhiro had no choice but to order everyone to retreat and prepare to use several large embankments in the north of the town for defense.

"Hayaku! Hayaku!"

Takeuchi Sakai kept urging the soldiers to hurry up and build firepower points, and at the same time asked the two infantry guns and one mountain gun they carried to find suitable places to build artillery positions.

These three cannons represent Takeuchi Sakai's confidence in resistance.

"boom!"

"boom!"

Li Yunlong was drooling as he watched the Japanese artillery positions that were continuously firing. He was really coveting these cannons.

Li Yunlong dreamed that the new regiment would have an infantry gun, and it would be even better if it had a mountain gun.

"Zhang Dabiao!" Li Yunlong observed carefully for a while and decided to raid the Japanese artillery position.

"Have!"

"Assemble a battalion immediately and have them lead it to this point." Li Yunlong said, pointing to a location on the simple map of Sanbei Town issued by the brigade.

"Yes!"

Ten minutes later, Zhang Dabiao led the assembled battalion and detoured to the place Li Yunlong mentioned.

Li Yunlong was already waiting here with the regiment's artillery platoon.

After joining the first battalion, Li Yunlong decided to launch an immediate attack on the enemy's artillery positions.

When the Japanese artillery saw the Eighth Route Army rushing towards them, they immediately turned their guns and began firing.

"Pillar! Pillar!"

"Are you blind! Can't you see I'm being bombarded? Hurry up and suppress the Japanese artillery positions!" Li Yunlong shouted immediately when he saw that the first battalion was suppressed by the Japanese artillery fire and could not raise its heads.

Although Li Yunlong only had one 1mm mortar, he could still suppress the Japanese artillery positions in a short period of time by relying on its high rate of fire.

After all, the mountain artillery’s strength lies in its range, not its rate of fire.

After hearing Li Yunlong's order, Wang Chengzhu immediately set up the gun and then fired a round of five rapid shots.

Li Yunlong saw the Japanese artillery position briefly shut down, and immediately jumped up and shouted: "Comrades! Charge!"

The new regiment doesn’t have many artillery shells. If there is another round, they will probably have to run around naked.

By the time the Japanese soldiers on the artillery position recovered from their shock, Li Yunlong had already led a battalion to within 100 meters.

At this distance, it is difficult for artillery to exert its power.

At this time, the Japanese infantry were basically fighting the Eighth Route Army on the front line, and had no time to return for support.

"Hahaha"

"Mountain cannon! I have a mountain cannon too!" After killing the Japanese on the position, Li Yunlong put the pistol on his waist, touched the gun barrel and laughed.

After losing their artillery positions, the Japanese were completely in a passive position.

After struggling to hold on until dawn, Takeuchi Yuhiro took advantage of the opportunity when the opposing Eighth Route Army reorganized its offensive and concentrated all his firepower to open a way out to the north.

He then fled towards Wulong County with the remaining troops.

"The 772st Battalion of the 1nd Regiment will stay behind to clean up the battlefield, and the rest of the troops will continue the pursuit!" The brigade commander immediately gave the order when he saw the Japanese fleeing.

"yes!".
Before leaving, Li Yunlong winked at Zhang Dabiao, asking him to hide the cannon and walk behind the brigade headquarters to avoid being seen by the brigade commander.

Mazigou was only 30 miles away from Sanbei Town. The Japanese soldiers ran for their lives and arrived here in just over an hour.

"Commander, the Japanese are coming, including the puppet army, with more than 500 of them." The outer scout came to report immediately after seeing the Japanese.

"The first battalion is responsible for blocking the opening on the north side of Mazigou, and the rest of the troops are ready to fight!" Chen Chengxing ordered immediately.

Mazigou is only more than 10 miles away from Wulong County. Once a battle breaks out here, the Japanese invaders from Wulong County will definitely come to support.

Therefore, Chen Chengxing had to leave a troop to block the enemy reinforcements.

At this time, Takeuchi Yuhiro and the remaining troops were like a lost dog.

The Japs were so busy getting on their way that they didn't send out any reconnaissance forces at all.

Chen Chengxing looked at the Japanese soldiers who had rushed into the encirclement and immediately fired a shot into the air.

"boom!"

"Thump, thump, thump." "Thump, thump, thump."
"Da da da", "Da da da", "Da da da".
"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
As Chen Chengxing fired his gun, the light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers of the second and third battalions opened fire together, continuously pouring fire on the Japanese in the encirclement.

As for the infantry, only those soldiers with good marksmanship were shooting. They used original bullets and had a higher hit rate at a distance of about 200 meters.

As for the new recruits, they were all armed with reloaded bullets, and their marksmanship was average, so when they fired at such a long distance, they could only hit whatever they were pointing at.

Therefore, it is better to save some energy and wait for the enemy to charge or approach before shooting.

Takeuchi Yuhiro, who was suddenly ambushed, suddenly became clear-headed.

"Light machine guns and grenade launchers provide cover fire!"

"Turn around quickly!" Takeuchi Yuhiro ordered loudly.

However, Takeuchi Yuhiro's order was a little late.

The Japs had already penetrated deep into the encirclement and wanted to break out, whether to the south or the north, through a fire network of more than a hundred meters.

This was almost impossible for the Japanese who had already lost their infantry artillery and heavy machine guns.

(End of this chapter)