Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 76 The advantage is mine
Just as Chen Chengxing and Li Yunlong were leading their teams and working hard, the 772nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment had already engaged in a battle with the Japanese in Tianjiawa.

However, the two sides had only fought for less than half an hour when the leading Japanese squadron leader, Shodai Konishi, gave the order to retreat.

"Turn in! Turn in now!"

Even though they had seven or eight hundred men, the Locust Army only had one and a half squadrons, and the rest were all Mongolian troops.

Facing the Eighth Route Army of four or five thousand men, they had no chance of breaking through at all.

Moreover, the order given by the brigade commander was to bring all the troops on this front line back to Fu'an.

If I suffer heavy losses here, I will not get any credit even if I defeat the Eighth Route Army.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers running away, Kong Jie and Cheng Zhiqiang on the position looked at each other in surprise.

Didn't the devils always run rampant and arrogant in the past? Why did they run away as soon as they made contact this time?
"Old Cheng, what should we do?" Kong Jie said helplessly.

After the Independent Regiment and the 772nd Regiment arrived overnight, they began digging fortifications without even taking a rest.

The two were ready to fight, but the devil ran away.
"Well, let's catch up and see if we can cooperate with the New 1st and 2nd Regiments to encircle the Japanese." Cheng Zhiqiang scratched his head.

The Japs have already run away, and there is no point in them staying here any longer. They might as well follow them and see if there is any chance.

The Japs marched quickly all the way to Jingchi Town.

"Pass the order, the troops rest, prepare for defense, and set off tomorrow morning." Xiao Xixiang ordered while panting.

The troops have been marching for more than two hours now, and everyone is visibly exhausted. They must rest for a while before they can continue on their journey. Forcing themselves to march forward will only bring about the opposite result.

But it is already 3 o'clock in the afternoon. If we set out again after a good rest, we will definitely have to travel at night.

It went without saying that Xiao Xi Xiangda knew that they would definitely be attacked by the Eighth Route Army at that time.

Rather than risking a night journey, it is better to wait until the next day to set out. Even if we encounter the Eighth Route Army again, we will be able to lead the team to move by then.

"Hai!"

Hearing that they could rest, the exhausted Japanese and puppet Mongolian troops naturally had no objection.

Especially the puppet Mongolian army, when have they ever suffered such hardship? After two hours of forced march, their lungs were almost out of breath.

At nightfall in Fengshan Village, Li Yunlong looked at the still empty road and asked with some doubt:

"Didn't the communicator say that the Japanese took a detour after fighting with Cheng Xiazi and his men? Why haven't they come yet?"

The distance from Sanshan Town to Fu'an is about 50 kilometers, which is just one day's marching distance.

If the Japanese had not been entangled with the 772nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment, they should have reached Fengshan Village two hours ago.

"Have the 772nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment caught up with the Japanese again?" Li Yunlong said.

"Impossible! With the strength of the 772nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment, it is no problem to kill this group of Japs. But they are definitely not as fast as the Japs." Chen Chengxing shook his head.

No matter how poor the 772nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment were, they still had some heavy weapons. But according to intelligence, the heaviest equipment on this group of Japanese and puppet troops was the light machine gun.

It is impossible for troops carrying heavy weapons to catch up with lightly armed troops. Even if the New Second Regiment has special bonuses, Chen Chengxing dare not guarantee it.

However, Chen Chengxing thought that since he couldn't figure it out, there was no need to think about it anymore and he could just send someone to take a look.

"Ma Zhiyuan!"

"Here!" The reconnaissance platoon leader heard Chen Chengxing calling him and immediately ran over.

"You lead the reconnaissance platoon to investigate westward along the road to see what the Japanese are doing," Chen Chengxing ordered.

"Yes!"

An hour later, when Chen Chengxing and Li Yunlong were bored and bragging, Ma Zhiyuan came back. "Captain, the Japanese arrived at Jingchi Town at 3 pm, but they did not continue their march, but rested in Jingchi Town," Ma Zhiyuan reported.

"Have you found the 772nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment?" Chen Chengxing asked.

"No, but I have sent scouts to continue to scout westward. If the 772nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment move towards this side, they will definitely be discovered." Ma Zhiyuan replied.

In fact, the 772nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment were less than 10 miles away from Jingchi Town. However, not only the Japanese were worried about a night attack, Kong Jie and Cheng Zhiqiang were also worried.

Although night fighting is the Red Army's forte, it does not mean that everyone is willing to fight at night, especially a night battle under surprise attack.

Therefore, after discussion, Cheng Zhiqiang and Kong Jie decided to set up camp and continue their journey the next day depending on the situation.

If the New 772st and nd Regiments can stop this group of Japanese enemies, then the nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment will encircle them from the rear and the job will be done.

If they can't stop it, it will be useless even if the 772nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment run themselves to death.

At dawn the next day, all the Japanese and puppet troops in Jingchi Town set out, including the Mongolian cavalry that stayed behind.

Now there is not a single soldier in the entire Jingchi Town, only a few black dogs are left.

Xu Wu was lying on the ground pulling grass roots out of boredom when he suddenly saw an army appearing in the distance.

"Here it comes, here it comes." Xu Wu spat out the weed leaves in his mouth and shouted in a low voice.

"Old Chen, what do you think?" Li Yunlong asked while looking at the Japanese in the distance through a telescope.

Looking at the Japanese equipment, Li Yunlong's saliva was about to flow out. Especially the small 200 cavalrymen. If they could be captured, it would be a cavalry battalion. Even if it was divided into two regiments, it would be an entire cavalry company.

"Tell everyone not to move and give the Japanese time to clear the mines." Chen Chengxing said in a low voice.

"Don't move? The Japanese won't run away!" Li Yunlong said anxiously.

"If you want to eat the devil, you can't be impatient."

"Although there are many high ground in this area, it is not a dead end. Once the Japanese are attacked, they will probably run away like they did yesterday, and we won't be able to catch up with them then." Chen Chengxing said.

"Although the density of our mines is not high, they are divided into several minefields covering a wide range. It is impossible for the Japanese to clear them all. They can only choose to clear a path. Once the Japanese enter the minefield and are restrained, we will attack them from the front and back and will surely defeat them." Chen Chengxing affirmed.

Although this group of Japanese and puppet troops numbered over a thousand people, most of them were puppet Mongolian troops. Chen Chengxing didn't believe that these people would dare to run around in the minefield.

At that time, the New 300st and 4000nd Regiments will have to deal with those 300 Japanese devils. versus , the advantage is on me.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Li Yunlong thought about it and agreed with Chen Chengxing's plan.

After all, according to Li Yunlong's plan, if this group of Japanese and puppet troops chose to escape, they could only kill two or three hundred people at most.

In the following time, except for Xu Wu and Zhang Dabiao who each led a battalion of troops and detoured back to the direction where the Japanese came from to block them in the mine array, the other troops did not take any action. All the troops had completed their deployment long before the Japanese arrived.

"boom!"

A sudden explosion occurred in the center of the Mongolian army that was marching in the front.

"Eighth Route Army! There are Eighth Route Army!" The puppet Mongolian army that was hit by the landmine didn't even see anyone, and immediately turned around and ran, shouting as they ran.

It didn't matter that he ran away, but several explosions occurred again.

"Boom!" "Boom!".
"Everyone, don't move! It's a landmine! Don't move!" shouted a knowledgeable Mongolian officer.

When they heard it was a landmine, everyone immediately stopped moving. No one knew whether their next step would hit a landmine.

After being on guard for a while, the Japanese soldiers in the rear found that no Eighth Route Army appeared, so they relaxed a little.

"Everyone, be alert!" Konishi Shoda ordered, then stepped forward to check the situation.

(End of this chapter)