Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 235: Weight Gained Several Pounds

Eight minutes later, the mortar was covered with white mist and stopped firing.

The Yamamoto Special Forces, which were surrounded in the middle, did not make any movement at all.

"Order the 3rd and 5th platoons to advance and clear the area from both sides in a skirmish formation, with the heavy machine guns providing cover fire!"

Although the artillery shells had plowed the land within the encirclement, Chen Chengxing did not relax his vigilance.

Chen Chengxing hasn't received any system prompts yet.

The mission was not completed, which means that not all members of Yamamoto's special forces were killed.

After receiving the order, the soldiers from the 3rd and 5th platoons began to advance cautiously.

They all knew the combat effectiveness of this group of devils, so no one dared to take it lightly.

As long as I see the Japanese, I won't go up and kill them with my bayonet.

Instead, they just threw two grenades at the enemy regardless of life or death, and when they ran out of grenades, they fired a row of bullets from a distance.
Yamamoto Ikki was lying on the ground watching the Eighth Route Army advance so cautiously, and he knew that his final plan had failed.

He originally wanted to take advantage of the Eighth Route Army coming to clean up the battlefield, defeat the enemy with fierce firepower, and then follow the enemy into the position.

As long as they leave the encirclement, with the skills of the special forces, they can take the initiative whether retreating or fighting.

But it doesn’t work now, I can only try other methods.

"Eighth Route Army on the opposite side! Stop shooting!" Yamamoto Ikki shouted, and the translator next to him hurriedly shouted along.

Upon hearing someone shouting, the 3rd and 5th platoons, which were originally advancing, immediately lay down and sought cover to remain on guard.

When Chen Chengxing heard the shouting, he immediately determined that it was Yamamoto Ikki.

"Order the heavy machine guns of the machine gun platoon to aim at where the Japs are shouting, and fire at the same time when I give the signal!"

Yamamoto's special forces were trapped in the canyon, and the only shelter they could find was some small stones or small earth ridges.

Facing the concentrated fire of heavy machine guns, such a bunker would be reduced to slag.

Seeing the Eighth Route Army stop its actions, Yamamoto Ikki breathed a sigh of relief.

He didn't know that it was the machine gun platoon adjusting its position, and thought his plan was successful.

"I am Japanese Army Colonel Yamamoto Ikki. I wonder who you are?!"

"Can we talk?" Yamamoto Ikki shouted.

"As long as you lay down your weapons, I can talk to you face to face for a day!"

Not only did Chen Chengxing not say his name, he didn't even show his head.

"You and I have been fighting for years! Have you ever seen a soldier from our Empire surrender?"

"I've seen him! Toyama Ryotaro! He was even in the newspaper. Didn't Colonel Yamamoto read the newspaper?"

After hearing the translation, Yamamoto Ikki fell silent.

If Toyama Ryotaro were here now, Yamamoto Ikki would shoot him to death.

"Why is there no sound?" Chen Chengxing was a little surprised. Isn't Yamamoto Ikki very eloquent?
"Let me ask." Wei Dayong raised his head.

"Yamamoto! Fuck your ancestors! Give me a straight answer! Do you surrender or not, you bastard?"

When Yamamoto Ikki heard Wei Dayong's shout, his nose became crooked with anger.

This is simply a shame!
But now is not the time to be angry, Yamamoto Ikki can only endure it and take revenge later.

"Your soldiers are so uneducated! You and I are both officers! Officers have their own way of talking! How can they be the same as soldiers?!"

"Damn, you dare to look down on me!" Wei Dayong was furious and immediately turned around and asked, "Captain!?"

"Fire!"

"Give me the gun!"

Wei Dayong took the light machine gun from the machine gunner next to him and started firing immediately.

"Thump, thump, thump."
Hearing the gunshots, the three heavy machine guns that had been prepared also opened fire.

Dense bullets flew towards Yamamoto Ikki.

"Baga!" Yamamoto Ikki didn't expect that the opponent was so unsportsmanlike and actually used several heavy machine guns against him.

Although he hid behind a rock, the severely weathered rock could not withstand the attack of three heavy machine guns.

Yamamoto Ikki could only watch in despair as the stone got smaller and smaller.

While the heavy machine guns were firing, the 3rd and 5th platoons began to advance again.

Although the Japs fought desperately, they were unable to make any waves in the face of the absolute firepower advantage.

[The battle is over, battle evaluation: great victory!]

【Obtained 1920 honor points. 】

[Current Honor Points: 102840/300000.]

[Side quest: I don’t have it, and you can’t have it either. Completed! ]

【Rewards are waiting to be claimed! 】

[Rewards are being distributed]

[Intelligence obtained: On the evening of August 8, the Japanese army will have a Type 20 armored train that has just been assembled in Shenyang, passing through Datong and heading to Taiyuan. (Please click here to view the specific route, time, equipment and personnel configuration)]

[Side quest released: The Great Train Robber. ]

[Mission objective: Capture/destroy the Japanese armored train. ]

[Task reward: 3 research volumes. ]

"This is a serial task! August 8th should be the day when the Hundred Regiments Campaign breaks out." Chen Chengxing thought to himself as he looked at the system.

However, judging from the current rewards, there should be no follow-up.
After turning off the system, Chen Chengxing ordered everyone to start cleaning up the battlefield.

Then a sentry posted outside ran back.

"Captain, Captain Kong from the Independent Regiment is here."

"Old Chen! What's going on?! I received a report from the militia saying that a fierce battle had taken place, so I immediately brought people here!"

As soon as Kong Jie saw Chen Chengxing, he hurriedly asked about the situation.

According to the militia's report, there was a fierce battle and the sound of artillery fire was continuous. "It was nothing serious. We just encountered a group of Japanese with special equipment. It took a lot of effort to kill them."

What Chen Chengxing said was absolutely correct. Even with the suppression of heavy weapons, the cavalry company paid a heavy price.

Not to mention the shells and bullets lost, the number of casualties reported by each platoon alone added up to more than eighty.

With absolute firepower advantage, they still achieved this casualty ratio. It has to be said that Yamamoto Ikki is really capable.

"Special equipment?" Kong Jie suddenly became excited.

Aren’t these the Japanese devils we just encountered in Yangcun?

"Old Chen, to be honest, Yang Village was also attacked by a group of specially equipped devils tonight!"

"Can I go and take a look?" Kong Jie asked.

"What's the big deal? I'm going to the battlefield too. Let's go together." Chen Chengxing gestured.

When he arrived at the battlefield, Kong Jie saw the helmet worn by the Japanese on the ground and recognized it immediately.

These are the devils who attacked Yangcun!

When the independent regiment was cleaning up the battlefield, in addition to bullet shells, they also picked up a non-reflective helmet.

"That's them! Damn it, Lao Chen, you finally avenged the Independence Regiment!"

"I have to thank you." Kong Jie said seriously.

He had just been scolded by the boss, and from the looks of it, he might even lose his position as the team leader.

However, now that he saw that this group of Japanese devils had been completely wiped out, Kong Jie's depression was finally gone.

"We are old comrades, why are you talking about this?" Chen Chengxing waved his hand.

Yamamoto's Special Forces is the unit that poses the greatest threat to the Eighth Route Army in "Bright Sword".

As long as Yamamoto Ikki is alive, Chen Chengxing will not be able to sleep or eat.

"The Japanese leader should be over there, let's go and take a look?" Chen Chengxing said, pointing to the place where Yamamoto Ikki had shouted before.

"Let's go!" Kong Jie wanted to see who led the sneak attack on Yangcun.

However, when he arrived at the place, Kong Jie was a little shocked.

"My goodness, how many bullets did you fire?"

All I saw was a Japanese soldier's body lying next to a stone that had been shattered into pieces.

The corpse is no longer in human form. If we weigh it now, it would probably be several pounds heavier than when it was alive.

"I don't know, but each heavy machine gun fired several bullets."

Chen Chengxing looked at the shoulder straps of the corpse. It was a colonel, so it should be Yamamoto Ikki.

"The new second group is so damn rich." Kong Jie sighed.

Now that the situation has been confirmed, Kong Jie has no intention of staying. After all, the battle was fought by Chen Chengxing, and he would not take advantage like Li Yunlong did.

"Old Chen, I'm going back first. I don't know when we'll meet next time."

"Maybe next time we meet, I'll be a groom. When you go to the headquarters, I'll definitely feed your horse more food and grass." Kong Jie said dejectedly.

"Old Kong, you have to learn from Li Yunlong. Look at Old Li, he's been up and down for a long time, but nothing has happened to him."

"We are in need of military cadres right now. We will reinstate you sooner or later," Chen Chengxing advised.

"Come on, the boss is really angry this time."

Kong Jie waved his hand, turned and left without saying anything more.

Watching Kong Jie leaving, Chen Chengxing didn't say much.

If Chen Chengxing hadn't known that Li Yunlong would keep Kong Jie, he would have wanted to bring Kong Jie to the New Second Regiment.

Among all the people in the Northwest Shanxi Military Region, Kong Jie is the most disciplined and the least likely to cause trouble.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be the only one among the iron triangle who got the opportunity to fight abroad.

After daybreak, after a careful search and having scraped up the dirt raised by the exploding shells several times, the cavalry company finally stopped cleaning.

"Captain, this is a bit of a loss!"

Sun Desheng took the counted spoils and went to Chen Chengxing to report.

"Only nine grenade launchers were seized this time, but there wasn't a single shell left."

"There were four crooked-handled light machine guns, and five of them were destroyed by the explosion."

"There are nine rifles with scopes, but many of the scopes are broken, and I don't know if the remaining ones can be used."

"There are 40 machine guns, and more than 30 of them are broken, and some have been reduced to parts."

"There are still 80 bastard boxes left, and I haven't checked whether they can be used."

"In addition, there are more than 2,800 rounds of 6.5mm bullets, more than 8,400 rounds of submachine gun bullets, and more than 2,000 rounds of pistol bullets."

These captured items are far less than the supplies consumed by the cavalry company.

Compared with Sun Desheng's mentality, Chen Chengxing did not react at all.

Even if he can't seize a single hair this time, Chen Chengxing will do it at all costs.

"Take off the clothes and helmets of the Japanese soldiers. No one can touch the captured items. Take them back and hand them over to the regiment."

Chen Chengxing had already seen the Japanese's equipment. The light machine guns and sniper rifles were both 6.5mm caliber, so it would be easy to replenish the ammunition.

However, the submachine gun used by the Japanese was the German MP38 submachine gun with a caliber of 9 mm. Bullets of this caliber are hard to find in the country.

China's pistol bullets are basically 7.63mm Mauser pistol bullets.

Therefore, Chen Chengxing said that he would have to think carefully about how to use the seized items after returning.

After cleaning up the battlefield, Chen Chengxing asked the soldiers to dig a few deep pits on the nearby hillside and bury the Japanese.

After all, the weather is quite hot now. If the garbage is piled here, the smell will be too strong and it may also cause an epidemic.

After finishing all the tasks, Chen Chengxing led the cavalry company to Yixiantian.

(End of this chapter)