Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 4 Fighter
After Chen Chengxing led the New Second Regiment across the Yellow River, he immediately turned north.

According to the plan, the New Second Regiment will turn northeast from Liangcheng and advance along the western foothills of the Zhongyun Mountains until it crosses the Tongpu Railway north of Zhongshan, thus reaching its destination.

The distance is nearly 400 kilometers. Even if the New Second Regiment marches lightly and the soldiers are strong, it will take seven or eight days to arrive.

A week later, the New Second Regiment successfully crossed the Tongpu Railway and arrived at its destination, Guangshan.

After Chen Chengxing led the cadres of the regiment to investigate, he said with satisfaction: "This is really a good place to ambush."

The road between Ye County and Xinkou is not straight, but forms an arc-shaped L shape.

Hengshan Mountain is located at the corner of this L-shape.

After returning to the temporary station of the New Second Regiment, Chen Chengxing immediately ordered: "Send out scouts immediately to conduct a thorough investigation of the enemy forces in Ye County and Xinkou. Let the troops take the time to rest, as the battle could start at any time."

"Yes!" The combat staff officer following Chen Chengxing immediately walked out of the room and went out to convey Chen Chengxing's order.

Now that the Xinkou Campaign has begun, opportunities for battle may arise at any time, and the New Second Regiment must make full preparations.

In the next two or three days, there were continuous reports of enemy activity, but Chen Chengxing kept it under control and did not lead the New Second Regiment out.

Chen Chengxing had been waiting for a suitable opportunity. After all, the New Second Regiment was a newly formed unit with extremely short equipment. Its combat effectiveness was not even close to that of the Japanese elite.

Using the New Second Regiment to ambush the Japanese field troops at this time is no less than using an egg to hit a stone. Unless Chen Chengxing is stupid, he would not do such a thing.

Chen Chengxing's main target was the Japanese baggage train. Even if it was a baggage train, they could not attack on a large scale. After all, the Japanese baggage trains in the early stage were not easy to deal with, as they were all professionally trained soldiers.

Just when everyone was getting impatient, the opportunity finally appeared.

Chen Chengxing immediately convened a combat meeting.

"According to the intelligence of the scouts, this morning a group of wounded Japanese soldiers and Chahar puppet troops escorted a batch of prisoners and seized supplies from the Xinkou front to Ye County. According to the time, they should have passed Pinggang and should arrive near Guangshan at noon."

"This group of wounded Japanese soldiers and puppet troops consists of only about a hundred people, making them our first target." Chen Chengxing told everyone the investigator's intelligence.

When they heard that they were finally going to take action, everyone immediately became excited. They had been waiting for several days and had been getting impatient for a long time.

"Captain, give the order!"

"Give the order, Commander!"

The battalion commanders below said enthusiastically.

Chen Chengxing looked around and saw that no one had any other intentions, so he formally issued the combat order.

"Okay, the troops will set off immediately and head to Shanglin Village!"

Because this group of Japanese devils needed to transport captured supplies, they were equipped with trucks, and trucks can only travel on roads.

There are many earthen slopes outside Shanglin Village, which is very suitable for troop ambush.

However, just as the New Second Regiment was getting ready and about to set off, the brigade's communicator suddenly arrived.

"Captain Chen, this is the latest order from the brigade." The communicator handed the brigade commander's order to Chen Chengxing.

Chen Chengxing looked at the order in his hand with a frown.

"What's the matter?" asked the deputy head of the group, Luo Ping.

Chen Chengxing did not answer, but handed the order to Luo Ping and said to the communicator: "You go and rest first."

Luo Ping looked at the order in his hand, not knowing what to do.

"Should we retreat?" Luo Ping asked.

"Let me think about it." Chen Chengxing took off his hat and sat down again. The order from the brigade commander was simple. According to the latest order from the headquarters, the 386th Brigade had terminated the Yanmen Pass operation plan and instead took a train eastward from Taiyuan to fight near Niangzi Pass.

The brigade commander let Chen Chengxing decide for himself whether to continue to ambush in the Xinkou-Ye County area or to return to the team at Niangzi Pass.

A few minutes later, Chen Chengxing made a decision.

"The New Second Regiment will not go to Niangzi Pass, but will stay in Guangshan!" said Chen Chengxing.

The New Second Regiment with such a small number of people going to Niangzi Pass will not be able to affect the overall situation, but staying in Guangshan to fight guerrilla warfare can cause greater trouble to the Japanese.

Moreover, guarding the enemy's supply line is particularly beneficial to the development of the New Second Regiment.

"Then we will be alone." Luo Ping said.

The New Second Regiment was fighting alone behind enemy lines, without any other troops to rely on, so it was not an easy battle.

"I know that." Chen Chengxing nodded.

Chen Chengxing did not plan to stay here for long. After all, the Battle of Xinkou ended with Yan Xishan's retreat, and the New Second Regiment had to evacuate before that.

"Let's go to Shanglin first and defeat this group of Japs first." Chen Chengxing ordered.

"Okay, the first battalion has already set out as the vanguard, let's hurry up too." Luo Ping nodded.

Chen Chengxing put on his hat again and walked out of the regiment headquarters.

Behind the earth slope outside Dalin Village, the New Second Regiment was distributed on both sides of the road, forming an ambush position with cross-fire, sandwiching the highway in the middle.

"Staff Officer Zhang, tell our comrades that the Japs are different from the Guo army. Don't hold back when they charge. Fight them to the death. I have only one request: leave no one alive!" Chen Chengxing looked at the combat staff officer beside him and ordered.

"Yes!" Although Staff Officer Zhang did not understand why the regiment commander gave such an order, he still quickly passed the order down.

Of course, Chen Chengxing didn't expect all the soldiers to understand. After all, they had never dealt with the Japanese and didn't know their style.

This is also the reason why Chen Chengxing chose this group of enemies. The first battle of the New Second Regiment must be won with ease.

I believe that after this battle, the soldiers of the New Second Regiment should be able to understand Chen Chengxing’s order.

Time passed quietly while waiting.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the soldier in charge of reconnaissance came running over.

"Commander, the enemy is coming! There are 5 trucks, more than Japanese devils and to puppet soldiers." The investigator reported.

"Prepare for battle!" Chen Chengxing ordered.

Since the intelligence is correct, then this group of Japanese New Second Regiment is doomed to be defeated.

A few minutes later, the Japanese convoy drove over slowly.

Three of the five trucks had tarpaulins, so it was impossible to see what was inside. The two trucks in front had no tarpaulins, so you could clearly see the wounded Japanese soldiers sitting on them. It seemed that these soldiers were seriously injured or had injured their legs.

Most of the Japanese soldiers who were responsible for guarding the prisoners on foot at the back had their arms hung or their heads covered, but their legs and feet were fine.

Seeing the Japanese entering the ambush circle, Chen Chengxing immediately signaled the soldiers next to him to prepare to pull the mine.

In order to ensure that there would be no mistakes, this time Chen Chengxing directly buried 1/3 of the iron mines, forming a chain mine array.

As long as the string is pulled here, the Japanese in the minefield will have no chance of survival.

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