Bright Sword: I am an undercover agent in the puppet army

In Liao County.

The Japanese and puppet troops awakened by the explosion ran out of the barracks in a panic and gathered together urgently.

Immediately, upon receiving the order, the second and third squadrons of the Japanese soldiers, along with hundreds of puppet soldiers, quickly ran along the street in the opposite direction of the East City Gate where the explosion came from.

The explosions continued one after another. As the distance got closer, the almost earth-shattering sound of the explosions made the Japanese devils, especially the puppet troops, feel terrified, but they had no choice but to rush over there.

In order to supervise the puppet troops, there was a small group of Japanese soldiers following behind. If they saw any puppet soldiers trying to slack off, they would whip them.

This is still considered a light punishment. In worse cases, some people would just shoot and kill them.

It's just like a supervisory team.

The situation of the Japanese and puppet troops in other directions was much better than here, but they entered the combat state very accurately, walking on thin ice, fearing that they would also be hit by the fierce and powerful artillery fire like the East Gate.

Because under that level of artillery fire, no one could survive, not even a complete body would be left.

Even the fanatical Japanese devils were no exception. It was one thing that they were not afraid of death, but that did not mean that they wanted to die, especially to die as cannon fodder, which was a meaningless death.

Outside the East City Gate.

Li Yunlong thought he had overestimated the power of the 105mm Krupp howitzer, but he didn't expect that he had underestimated it.

After just a dozen rounds of volleys, he discovered that several sections of the city wall near the East Gate had collapsed. Bricks, stones and rammed earth had collapsed, forming several gentle slopes that were completely wide enough for people to rush up.

Moreover, the East City Gate, which was originally tightly closed, was shattered into pieces by the bombardment of a flat-fire cannon.

So Li Yunlong decisively ordered: "Blow the charge, advance the barrage, and extend the firepower! The first battalion, the second battalion, and the machine gun battalion, attack for me!

After entering the city, the machine gun battalion quickly seized the city walls and various advantageous positions in the city, built firing points, and provided continuous fire support to the attacking forces! "

"Comrades, charge and kill!"

Amid the loud sound of the charge horn, the battalion commander Zhang Dabiao grabbed his hat and smashed it to the ground, then led the soldiers of the first battalion and rushed straight to the East City Gate which had been bombed into ruins.

The Japanese and puppet troops on the East Gate had been completely wiped out by artillery fire, and Zhang Dabiao and his men easily climbed up the city wall along the buffer zone.

Afterwards, Zhang Dabiao ordered the first and second companies to attack the two south gates along the city wall, while he personally led the main force and continued to advance into the city along the main street.

Attack position.

In order to avoid accidental injuries to the civilians in the city, Li Yunlong stopped the shelling after Zhang Dabiao and his men successfully entered the city.

Inside the city.

As soon as Zhang Dabiao led the attacking troops into the city, he ran into the Japanese and puppet troops who came to reinforce.

The first to open fire were the MG-43 general-purpose machine guns mounted on the city wall.

“Thump, thump, thump! thump, thump, thump!——”

The dense rain of bullets suddenly poured down like a torrential rain, covering the Japanese and puppet troops on the street, and wiped out a large area of ​​them in the blink of an eye.

Immediately afterwards, high-explosive grenades fell one after another among the crowds of Japanese devils and puppet soldiers, exploding a large area at a time.

The artillery battalion stopped shelling, but each battalion of the independent regiment had its own mortars, and grenade launchers were even equipped at the squad level.

This is all thanks to the 386th Brigade's recent victories, which not only killed tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers but also seized countless grenade launchers.

While the machine gun battalion, mortars and grenade launchers were launching continuous attacks, the soldiers of the first battalion were not idle either. They kept pulling the triggers while charging.

At this time, the power of the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle was perfectly exerted. The semi-automatic rifle that could fire continuously was a complete dimensionality reduction attack against the bolt-action rifles in the hands of the Japanese and the puppet army.

In particular, the puppet troops in the rear were completely fence-sitters. Seeing the massive offensive of the Eighth Route Army, they were quickly frightened. In order to save their lives, they all ran backwards as if they were fleeing. No matter how the Japanese soldiers in the rear supervision team scolded them, or even shot and killed several people in succession, it was of no avail.

This group of puppet soldiers ignored the scolding of the Taijuns and knocked the dozen or so Japanese soldiers to the ground like a torrent, and then trampled over them.

Taijun?

Fuck you!
Saving your life is the first priority!
Why do we become traitors? Isn't it just to save our lives? If we lose our lives, who cares who you are?

The puppet troops' escape soon caused the Japanese army to become morale-destabilized.

The remaining Japanese soldiers, who had already suffered heavy casualties and had no chance of winning, saw that the situation was hopeless and had no choice but to turn around, join the retreating army, and follow the puppet troops to flee towards the city center.

But at this time, they completely became shields for the puppet troops. One after another, they were shot through the back by bullets and fell in a pool of blood with unwilling looks on their faces.

A few Japanese soldiers also tried to fight back by relying on the shelters on the side of the street, but they were suppressed by the dense rain of bullets so that they could not even get their heads out. Then they were blown away along with their weapons by grenades that fell from the sky.

The first battalion was mainly responsible for launching assaults as a commando, while the second battalion was responsible for the occupation mission, clearing all urban areas on both sides of the main street and cooperating with the first battalion in combat.

With the first battalion in the front and the second battalion in the back, they quickly occupied and controlled the urban area of ​​Liao County, compressing the Japanese's control area and range of activities in the city.

Step by step, fly fast...

Japanese battalion headquarters.

A defeated Japanese soldier rushed in from outside, panting and reporting to Ishihara Ichitaro: "Captain, something bad has happened! The Chinese army has already entered the city!"

Ishihara Ichitaro quickly asked: "What about the locust troops of the second and third squadrons? Didn't they fail to stop the Chinese army?"

The Japanese defeated soldiers: "The firepower of the Chinese army is too fierce. In the first encounter, the casualties of the Locust Army exceeded half. Those damned Imperial Army did not even have the courage to fight back, and they fled without looking back.

The Chinese army is now rushing towards the headquarters and is expected to arrive in a few minutes. Captain, please move in quickly, or it will be too late!"

After hearing this, Ishihara Ichitaro no longer had the courage he had before. He threw aside all his military duties and responsibilities, and the glory of the Imperial Locust Army.

Serving His Majesty Tianhuang and being ready to die is just a means of brainwashing and controlling his subordinates. He sees things more clearly than anyone else.

It doesn’t matter if others die, but you can’t die yourself.

So, the old devil left his adjutant to cover the rear and destroy some important documents of the headquarters, while he himself escaped from the headquarters with a few trusted men and headed straight for the west city gate.

The news of Captain Ishihara Ishitaro's escape spread like wildfire, and the Japanese and puppet troops in the city became even more demoralized. They were leaderless and completely lost the will to resist.

If one soldier is incompetent, the generals will be incompetent as well. This principle also applies to the fanatical Japanese army!

Soon, Zhang Dabiao led a battalion to attack the city center and occupied the Japanese command post.

At the same time, the Japanese and puppet troops at the north and south gates were also attacked by the first and second companies of the first battalion.

At this time, the Japanese had already become a frightened bird, and their numbers were not at an advantage. After part of their troops were wiped out and they witnessed the powerful firepower of the independent regiment.

The remaining defeated soldiers turned around and ran away in panic, running along the city wall towards the west gate.

At this point, three of the four city gates of Liao County had been occupied by the Independent Regiment.

Zhang Dabiao and Shen Quan in the city were also leading their troops to advance rapidly. With an unstoppable momentum, they easily occupied and controlled more than 70% of the urban area.

At this time, Ishihara Ishitaro had already fled to the west gate of the city and gathered hundreds of defeated soldiers, mainly puppet troops.

This old devil was just trying to survive and had no intention of fighting.

He ordered his men to quickly open the city gates, and then he led the way and rushed straight out of the city.

As a result, they had not rushed out far when a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out in front of them. It turned out that the soldiers of the third battalion who had been waiting for a long time opened fire.

"Tu Tu Tu!"

"Da da da!"

“Pah, pah, pah!——”

Ishihara Ichitaro's body was immediately beaten into a hornet's nest, and he fell to the ground without even having time to scream.

The horses under Ishihara Ichitaro and the Japanese soldiers who rushed out of the city right after him were also beaten into a hornet's nest. Seeing this, the other Japanese and puppet troops had no choice but to turn around and retreat into the city, only to run into the pursuing troops of the first and second battalions.

Zhang Dabiao and Shen Quan will not be polite, especially to the so-called puppet soldiers who claim to be Chinese and surrendered to the Japanese and became traitors in order to save the country in a roundabout way.

Hundreds of soldiers from the independent regiment raised their guns and pulled the trigger without hesitation. The dense rain of bullets was like a knife cutting wheat, sweeping down hundreds of Japanese devils and puppet soldiers at the west city gate.

At this point, more than 2000 Japanese and puppet troops in Liao County were completely wiped out by the Independent Regiment, and not a single one was able to escape alive.

After the battle.

Zhang Dabiao, commander of the first battalion, who had already taken control of the entire city, and Shen Quan, commander of the second battalion, excitedly came to the East Gate to welcome the regiment commander Li Yunlong and the political commissar Zhao Gang into the city.

After receiving Li Yunlong's call, Zhang Dabiao said excitedly: "Captain, this battle went so smoothly. This is an offensive battle, much more exciting than the previous ambushes!"

Shen Quan said unhappily: "Your First Battalion is having a good time, but our Second Battalion has become a corpse-collecting team."

Zhang Dabiao smiled awkwardly: "Old Shen, we are on the same side. The enemies killed by our first battalion are the same enemies killed by your second battalion, right?"

Shen Quan: "How can this be the same? How about giving the task of the main attack next time to our Second Battalion?"

Zhang Dabiao: "It's awkward for us two brothers to argue about these things. Let's discuss it when the time comes."

Li Yunlong interrupted: "Have you killed all the enemies?"

Zhang Dabiao: “It’s over!”

Political Commissar Zhao Gang frowned and asked, "Where are the prisoners?"

Zhang Dabiao: "We, the independent regiment, don't want to capture this thing?"

Zhao Gang's expression gradually darkened: "Does that mean you killed all the prisoners?"

Zhang Dabiao suddenly remembered something and subconsciously looked at the regiment commander Li Yunlong. Seeing that the other party kept winking at him, he immediately understood and said, "That's not the case. All the enemies in Liao County refused to surrender, so we wiped them out."

Zhao Gang said with some disbelief: "Is that so?"

Shen Quan also said: "That's true. At that time, the enemies in the city wanted to open the west gate to escape, but they were blocked by the comrades of the third battalion. Then we attacked them from both sides and wiped them out."

Zhao Gang nodded, as if thinking about the authenticity of the report.

Li Yunlong smiled and said: "There must be many local tyrants and evil gentry in Liao County. Next, we should start to fight against the local tyrants.

Zhang Dabiao, go and ask these local tyrants and evil gentry to donate their money to support our war of resistance.

Warn them, if they dare to hide their secrets and are unwilling to be respectable, then I will personally help them be respectable! "

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao took the order and left.

Li Yunlong then said to Political Commissar Zhao Gang: "Old Zhao, this job of issuing notices to reassure the people is up to you."

Zhao Gang nodded: "No problem."

Li Yunlong added: "Oh, by the way, don't forget to post some more recruitment notices. I believe that after seeing the strength of our independent regiment, many knowledgeable people will come to sign up to join the army."

After Zhao Gang nodded again, Li Yunlong said, "Shen Quan, aren't you going to take the lead in the attack? Immediately lead all the troops except the first battalion to set up an ambush ten kilometers outside the west gate!"

"Yes!" Shen Quan looked delighted and then turned and left.

Sun Desheng was anxious: "Captain, what about our cavalry battalion? Are they accompanying the prince to study again?"

Li Yunlong: "Of course you cavalry battalion has a mission. Liao County was attacked, and the Japanese troops in Qin County came out in full force, which means that Qin County must be extremely empty at this time.

Therefore, the mission of your cavalry battalion is to take a small road to the city of Qin County and capture Qin County."

After a pause, Li Yunlong reminded: "Oh, by the way, don't forget to bring a radio with you. Stay in hiding under Qin County first, and wait until you get the news and confirm that the enemy in Qin County has moved out before you can attack."

Li Yunlong told Xu Yang about his idea of ​​capturing Qin County and received strong support from the other party. Therefore, he was given a radio to facilitate the operation.

Sun Desheng stepped forward and saluted: "Yes! I promise to complete the task!"

……

Qin County.

The headquarters of the 38th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army.

The commander of the regiment, Colonel Ichiro Sasaki, had just assembled his troops and walked less than 10 kilometers when the signalman in the rear carriage suddenly knocked on the observation window connected to the driver's cab and reported to Ichiro Sasaki: "Commander, something bad has happened. The st Infantry Battalion has lost contact."

Sasaki Ichiro's expression changed and he said, "What? The First Infantry Battalion lost contact?"

"Hi!" The Japanese signalman bowed his head and said, "Five minutes ago, the First Infantry Battalion suddenly lost contact. I tried several times in a row, but the messages I sent out fell on deaf ears and never received a response."

"Baga! Could it be that the enemy has already breached Liao County? This is impossible. There are more than 1000 locust soldiers in Liao County, and more than 1000 imperial troops in addition. It has only been half an hour. No matter how strong the enemy is, it is absolutely impossible!"

Ichiro Sasaki shook his head to deny his bold guess, and then said, "Didn't Mr. Ishihara report in the previous telegram that the enemy had a large number of artillery? It must be that the enemy's shells fell on their headquarters and blew up the locust army's radio station, or the radio station malfunctioned."

This old Japanese guessed so, but no matter what the result was, it was not a good thing for them.

So the old devil immediately ordered to speed up.

……

at the same time.

Headquarters of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

Brigade Commander Chen was awakened by the on-duty staff officer Liang Kang, and asked in surprise: "What? The independent regiment has captured Liao County?"

"Yes, not only that, the independent regiment also wiped out all the enemy troops in the city, including more than 1200 Japanese troops and more than 1000 puppet troops." Liang Kang nodded.

The brigade commander asked again: "What time is it now?"

Liang Kang: "1 a.m."

Brigade Commander: "According to the plan, the independent regiment will arrive at the city of Linliao County at about 12 o'clock in the morning. In other words, the independent regiment took only one hour to capture the county town of Liao County, which also includes the time for deploying artillery positions."

Liang Kang nodded again: "Yes."

"It seems that the Lone Wolf Staff Officer's combat plan can be boldly implemented. Let's go to the headquarters." The brigade commander looked excited and not sleepy at all.

Staff Officer Liang Kang: "It's still early in the morning, why don't you get some sleep?"

Brigade Commander: "I can't sleep after hearing this good news. I originally thought that even if Li Yunlong could capture Liao County, it would take at least until dawn. I didn't expect it to be so fast.

Then it is necessary to put the plan of counterattacking Taiyuan on the agenda!"

……

Liao County.

Li Yunlong was giving respect to the local tyrants and evil gentry when the communications company commander hurried over, saluted him and reported: "Report, commander, a large number of enemy troops were found 10 kilometers outside the west city gate, and it is estimated that there are at least 3000 people."

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "This should be the enemy coming from Qin County. The Lone Wolf Staff predicted it correctly. Liao County was attacked and indeed asked Qin County for help.

Call Shen Quan back and tell him that he must wipe out all the enemies. If he lets one of them escape, he will just have to clean up the battlefield honestly and not think about the main attack mission anymore.

Also, send another telegram to the cavalry battalion, telling them they can start the action!"

"Yes!" The communications company commander stood up and saluted again, then turned and left.

...(End of chapter)