Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 10 Side Quest Released
In the next few days, Chen Chengxing led the New Second Regiment to launch continuous attacks in Guangshan and the Hengshan Mountains to which Guangshan belongs.

For a time, the Japanese's transportation line was turned upside down.

Itagaki Seishirō, who was in charge of commanding the Battle of Xinkou, was extremely annoyed by this and drew an infantry battalion from the 5th Division to be responsible for maintaining the safety of the line.

After all, it will take several days for the Tongpu Railway to be repaired, and now the front-line positions mainly rely on this road for transportation.

Wars are fought with logistics, and when logistics are unstable, it is difficult to make major breakthroughs on the front line.

As the Japanese focused their attention on the New Second Regiment, the situation of the New Second Regiment immediately became much more difficult.

This section of road is not very long. If the Japanese rely on trucks, they can get from Xinkou to Ye County in an hour and a half at most.

This means that the New Second Regiment will have no more than half an hour to take action.

"Captain, this won't do. We've already returned empty-handed several times. If we continue like this, our supplies will be wasted." Luo Ping said anxiously.

Now, as soon as they fired their guns, the Japanese reinforcements would arrive quickly, and the New Second Regiment would have no choice but to retreat, otherwise, if they were attacked by the Japanese, they would be badly hurt even if they didn't die.

This resulted in the New Second Regiment indeed disrupting some of the Japanese's transportation, but without any benefit. If this continued, the New Second Regiment's ammunition would be exhausted after a few more incidents.

"Lao Luo, I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious, sit down for a while." Chen Chengxing comforted him.

"Why should I be in such a hurry? It is you, the military commander, who should be in a hurry." Luo Ping sat down and said unhappily.

"Haha. Come, take a look." Chen Chengxing asked Luo Ping to look at the map on the table.

As early as when the Japanese reinforcements first appeared, Chen Chengxing had anticipated the current situation. He was planning to shift the target at that time, and the system also gave a new target.

“Is this Gaoxiang Town?”

"That's right. Do you remember the planes we saw when we ambushed the Japanese transport team in Longkou?" Chen Chengxing asked.

"I remember. How could I not remember?" Luo Ping said.

Longkou Village is a small village on the west bank of Tuohe River. Xinkou is located south of the river. When they were ambushing there, planes flew overhead from time to time.

When the plane flew over for the first time, everyone thought that the New Second Regiment had been exposed and the Japanese were using planes to attack them.

"In the past two days, I arranged for people to conduct visits and investigations in that area and confirmed that the Japanese airport is just outside Gaoxiang Town." Chen Chengxing said.

When Chen Chengxing saw the Japanese plane, a message popped up on the system.

[Side mission released: Destroy enemy aircraft and airports. ]

[Task Reward: A copy of random intelligence (content depends on task completion.)]

The moment he received the mission, Chen Chengxing sent out scouts. After all, the most important thing when fighting behind enemy lines is intelligence.

Chen Chengxing would not give up this random information easily.

When Luo Ping heard that the Japanese airport had been identified, he immediately lay down in front of the map and examined it carefully.

"How many enemies are there at the airport?" Luo Ping asked.

"According to the intelligence, there is only a squadron-level security team and some ground crew, and there are 24 planes." Chen Chengxing told the investigators what he had found out.

"Because it is a temporary field airport, the Japanese have not built permanent or semi-permanent fortifications. There are only barbed wire and simple defensive fortifications around the airport. We can launch a surprise attack at night and then leave, and withdraw from the airport before the Japanese can react." Chen Chengxing said.

According to reconnaissance, the Japanese planes took turns to bomb the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army positions in Xinkou during the day, and parked on the southeast side of the airport at night.

The Japanese guard team, ground crew and pilots totaled less than 300 people, and most of the security forces were on the south side of the airport. After all, the south side faced the enemy.

This gave the New Second Regiment a chance to launch a surprise attack. Luo Ping thought for a moment and nodded: "I agree with this battle plan. If we can shoot down the enemy's planes, then the Xinkou battlefield will be free of a major threat."

Seeing that Luo Ping had no objection, Chen Chengxing convened a combat meeting.

Chen Chengxing pointed to the map on the wall and said, "Our target this time is the Japanese airport in Gaoxiang. As long as we destroy the Japanese planes, our trip will not be in vain."

"That's great! I've wanted to shoot down the Japanese planes for a long time to prevent them from shitting on our heads." Second Battalion Commander Zheng Hua said.

"Commander, please give the main attack mission to the Second Battalion. I promise to break off the wings of those planes." Zheng Hua said, patting his chest.

Although the New Second Regiment has not gained much in recent days due to the rapid support of the Japanese invaders, it still made great gains in the past two days.

In addition to ambushing the Japanese wounded team on the first day, the New Second Regiment also successfully ambushed the Japanese transport team and medical team, killing nearly 300 Japanese in total.

Although the New Second Regiment suffered heavy casualties, its gains were greater. Now the Second Battalion has been fully equipped with equipment and is now equipped with three light machine guns.

"Haha. The Second Battalion Commander is so arrogant that he dares to compete with the First Battalion for the main attack? Why don't you take a piss and look in the mirror!" Xu Wu looked dissatisfied.

He hadn't even said a word yet, but the second battalion commander dared to take over the main attack mission.

In terms of firepower, the first battalion is strong, not weak.

In terms of numbers, the first battalion had more than 500 men, while the second battalion had less than 400.

Now the task has fallen on my head?

"boom!"

Before Zheng Hua could refute, Chen Chengxing slammed the table heavily.

"What's the matter, Captain Xu, now you have a strong army? Do you want me, the regiment commander, to let you sit with me?" Chen Chengxing stared at Xu Wu and said.

Feeling the pressure from Chen Chengxing, Xu Wu dared not say a word. He wished there was a crack in the ground so he could crawl into it.

"Let me tell you, we are all comrades who are in the same boat. If anyone says something disunited again, don't blame me for being rude." Chen Chengxing glanced at the battalion commanders and said.

At this time, Xu Wu had already understood that the new Second Regiment had just been formed and the commander needed to establish his authority. He was afraid that he was the chicken that was killed to show the monkeys.

As for the reason, Xu Wu knew it very well. He was an old subordinate of the regiment commander. If he didn't kill himself, which chicken would be killed? However, since the chicken was killed, he would definitely give some benefits.

Sure enough, after Chen Chengxing saw that everyone was behaving himself, he began to arrange combat tasks.

"The main attack will be undertaken by the first battalion; the second battalion will be responsible for blocking the enemy in Ye County; the third battalion's 9th and 10th companies will serve as the reserve and act together with the regiment headquarters; the 11th company will be responsible for blowing up the Tuohe Bridge in Xizhuang and ensuring the safety of the first battalion's flank. The regiment's heavy machine guns will also be reinforced to the 11th company."

"The mortar squad moved to Shuibotou and set up artillery positions there to cover the 11st Battalion and the th Company."

The Guangshan and Hengshan areas where the New Second Regiment hid were located on the west side of the Tuohe River, while Gaoxiang was on the east side of the Tuohe River.

Usually the New Second Regiment would set up ambushes on the west side of the Tuo River, so the Japanese mobile brigade did not need to cross the river.

However, if the Japanese wanted to support Gaoxiang, they had to take the Tuohe Bridge. As long as the Tuohe Bridge was blown up, the Japanese could only collect boats nearby to cross the river.

By then, the river will be used as a barrier, and the 11th Company plus heavy machine guns will be enough to support the troops until they evacuate.

As for the 12th Company of the rd Battalion, which Chen Chengxing did not mention, it had naturally not yet been formed.

Currently the Eighth Route Army is organized into three battalions and 12 companies. However, the new Second Regiment has fewer people. In addition to the four understaffed infantry companies in the First Battalion, the Eighth Company of the Second Battalion and the Twelfth Company of the Third Battalion are both vacant.

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