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

Chapter 36 The final decisive battle, Li Yunlong: Comrades, it’s our turn, kill and reap the benefits!
The top of the main peak of Cangyunling.

Kong Jie shouted: "Lao Li, Lao Ding, the Japanese rushed to the 358th Regiment's position, and the bayonets of both sides drew blood!"

"Not only do the Japanese have an absolute advantage in manpower, but their bayonet fighting ability is also far superior to that of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. The 358th Regiment is probably in trouble."

Li Yunlong: "This is just the beginning. The 358th Regiment is nominally a regiment, but it has more than 5000 soldiers, more than a brigade.

Keep watching, the best is yet to come."

As he spoke, Li Yunlong put down the telescope, took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and started eating them.

Kong Jie slowly moved the telescope's field of view and looked towards the rear of the 358th Regiment's position.

Suddenly, he found a large number of Shanxi Suiyuan Army soldiers rushing towards him with guns in hand, and immediately shouted, "Lao Li, Lao Ding, the 358th Regiment has reinforcements!"

Li Yunlong picked up the telescope again. As reinforcements continued to pour in, the Japanese offensive was gradually contained and the two sides became a complete melee.

Although there were fewer gunshots and explosions, and the battlefield seemed much quieter from a distance of several kilometers, Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, or Ding Wei all knew that the ensuing battle would only become more brutal.

……

On the battlefield.

The officers and soldiers of the Second Battalion of the 358th Regiment, whose battle clothes were soaked with blood, were greatly encouraged by the arrival of the reinforcements, and their bodies, which were almost exhausted, seemed to be filled with endless strength again.

The Japanese were still fanatical and were not intimidated by the arrival of reinforcements from the 358th Regiment. Instead, they became even more excited.

But the same cannot be said for the puppet troops.

In particular, when they saw the reinforcements from the 358th Regiment joining the battle, they continued to use pistols and submachine guns to fire, accurately killing the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield.

They were immediately frightened, and no one wanted to be the next victim of the 358th Regiment's reinforcements, so they fled in all directions like stray dogs.

Morale is contagious, whether it's low or high.

Soon, more and more puppet troops were infected and joined the fleeing army.

As the saying goes, the law does not hold everyone responsible.

If one person runs, he might be shot, but this problem does not exist if more than 2,000 of them run together. The Japanese can't shoot them all, right?

Especially the puppet troops running behind, they didn't seem to have such worries.

It didn't matter that they fled like this, as the morale of the Japanese was also affected to a certain extent. On the other hand, the morale of the soldiers of the 358th Regiment was high, they fought more and more bravely, gradually gained the upper hand, pushed the Japanese back bit by bit, and finally they were defeated and retreated hastily from the second battalion's position.

"Brothers, kill!"

Chen Baitao took advantage of the situation and led his troops in pursuit, but was stopped by the battalion commander Qian Bojun who came to reinforce him: "Captain Chen, don't chase after a desperate enemy!"

Qian Bojun had seen the Japanese's methods when he was in Heiyun Mountain and stopped the pursuit in time.

As expected, almost as soon as the Japanese retreated from the Second Battalion's frontline position, they fell to the ground one after another. Then, bursts of gunfire rang out in front of them, followed by dense bullets pouring down like a storm.

Feeling the rain of bullets whizzing past his head, Chen Baitao said with fear: "Captain Qian, thanks to your reminder, otherwise our Second Battalion would be finished."

Qian Bojun said, "We are all brothers. Captain Chen, you are too polite."

Chen Baitao asked in confusion: "Captain Qian, how did you know about the Japs' trick? They are really cunning. The defeated soldiers suddenly lie down, and then the machine gunners open fire. It's impossible to defend against them!"

Qian Bojun said bitterly: "At that time in Black Cloud Mountain, the Japanese used this trick. Our first battalion pursued them and ended up losing 100 or 200 brothers."

Chen Baitao: "I see, this is really a bloody lesson!"

Qian Bojun continued: "The regimental commander just gave me a new order. He said that the terrain of the frontline position is not dangerous enough, and we will be at a disadvantage in a fight with the Japanese.

Therefore, let us repel the Japs, resolve the crisis, and then immediately retreat, relying on our follow-up positions, to block and consume the Japanese invaders' manpower layer by layer and wear down their fighting spirit!

Finally, we will launch a counterattack and defeat them!"

"Okay!" Chen Baitao nodded, and then the two battalions quietly retreated along the communication trench with the wounded and supplies...

The Japanese attacked the position.

Kasahara Koizumi's nose was almost crooked with anger.

"Baga! These damned Imperial Army soldiers are only capable of causing trouble!"

Just now, when he discovered the reinforcements of the 358th Regiment, he immediately dispatched the rd Infantry Battalion to reinforce them.

As a result, before they could charge forward, thousands of the Imperial Army retreated in panic, and the morale of the Second Battalion was also affected.

The Chief of Staff Nojiri Jiro beside him bowed his head heavily and said, "Hi! If it weren't for these damn Imperial Army holding us back, the Locust Army Infantry Second Battalion alone would definitely be able to hold out until the Third Battalion charges forward.

By then, the Chinese army will be dead."

After a pause, Nojiri Jiro changed the subject and continued, "However, Commander, you don't have to be angry. If the locust army can attack the Chinese army's position once, they can attack it a second time!"

Kasahara Koizumi nodded and said in a deep voice: "Order the artillery squadron directly under the regiment and the artillery of each battalion to concentrate their firepower and bombard the Chinese army's positions!
Then, the second battalion continued to launch an attack!
Tell Kameda-kun, I don’t want to see the same failure a second time! "

"Hi Yi!"

Jiro Nojiri bowed his head heavily, then turned and left, going to the front-line attack position to convey the order in person.

……

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom!——"

Under the cover of artillery fire, Hirofumi Kameda once again raised his command knife and led his troops to attack.

This time, they rushed forward very smoothly and occupied the defenders' positions.

However, neither Hirofumi Kameda nor Koizumi Kasahara showed any joy on their faces, because the defenders of the 358th Regiment on the position had withdrawn at some point.

All that was left to them was a ruined position and a large number of corpses.

"Baga! Damn it!"

Kasahara Koizumi felt extremely humiliated. He had just made a big fuss and fired hundreds of artillery shells, but in the end, all he did was fail.

Thinking back to the intensive explosions just now, it sounded like a slap on the face.

Then, the old Japanese soldier became angry and gave the order to pursue and continue the attack.

In the following battles, the Japanese army still used the previous tactics, with the artillery bombarding and the infantry charging, and the artillery bombarding again after the infantry charged.

The Japanese army relied on its powerful firepower, the excellent qualities of its soldiers, and the skillful coordination between the various arms.

The troops were divided into several groups and advanced forward little by little, eroding the outer positions of the 358th Regiment.

Five p.m.

After suffering more than 22 casualties, the 2000nd Infantry Regiment finally completely occupied the outer positions of the 358th Regiment and besieged it in Cangyun Town.

Of course, among the more than 2000 casualties, only seven or eight hundred were Japanese devils, and the rest were puppet troops.

No matter how much these puppet soldiers value their lives, they will still die on this battlefield with artillery fire flying.

What's more, Kasahara Koizumi didn't treat them as human beings at all, but just as pawns to lure out the firepower points of the 358th Regiment.

Just when Kasahara Koizumi was planning to make a concerted effort to completely defeat the 358th Regiment before it got completely dark.

The Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment and the New 3000st Regiment, which had been lurking in the Cangyunling Mountains a few kilometers away, also moved. Nearly Eighth Route Army soldiers were divided into battalions and moved towards the backs of the Japanese...

(End of this chapter)