Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 52: Turn and Turn Again

On the other hand, Sun Xun divided the third battalion into two parts, preparing to relay the attack and force the Japs to advance along the correct route.

Sun Xun was directing the 9th and 10th companies to dig positions when the sentry ran over.

"Commander, I'm coming, I'm coming."

"The Japs are really fast, everyone get ready to fight!" Sun Xun ordered immediately.

However, when the troops in the distance came closer, everyone discovered something was wrong.

"Battalion Commander, why are they the Central Army?" the 9th Company Commander asked in surprise.

I saw dozens of soldiers in Central Army uniforms trotting towards this side, apparently a platoon.

"That's not right. Why are the Central Army appearing in Dayun Mountain? Where did they come from?" The commander of the 10th Company was also confused.

Now is a period of unified anti-Japanese resistance, they cannot risk the world's condemnation and fight the Central Army.

"No, it's not the Central Army."

"I've seen the Central Army, they don't have this level of formation." Sun Xun said, putting down the telescope.

The troops in the distance could not compare with the Central Army in terms of formation or spirit.

Sun Xun's judgment was correct. After the Japanese divided their troops into three groups, in order to facilitate the mopping-up operation, they had the vanguards of each unit change into the clothes of the Central Army or the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, hoping to deceive the civilians in the base area.

The Japs' strategy really worked, especially for the former landlords, who felt they had been taken advantage of and welcomed the Guo army.

As for ordinary people, they had already entered the mountains according to the instructions of the New Second Regiment. Now they trust no one except the Eighth Route Army.

By the time the landlords realized something was wrong, it was too late. Bayonets were at their necks and they could only be slaughtered.

After the Japanese soldiers ate and took things from these landlords' homes, they even stabbed them a few times before leaving, which made them much more cunning than ordinary people.

"Tell the comrades not to be fooled, these are the Japanese." Sun Xun turned his head and instructed.

"Yes!"

Sure enough, as the Japanese vanguard advanced, the rest of the Japanese also appeared a few hundred meters behind them.

After the Japanese vanguard troops entered the preset minefield, Sun Xun waved his hand and the soldiers next to him immediately detonated the mines.

At the same time, the soldiers also pulled the trigger.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!".
"Thump, thump, thump," "thump, thump, thump," "thump, thump."

The attacked Japanese immediately launched a counterattack.

However, after fighting for a few minutes, the Japanese squadron leader Jiro Morita ordered his troops to move in immediately.

The order they received was to move quickly towards Niuwei Village and not waste any time along the way.

After the Japanese retreated and broke contact, Sun Xun immediately ordered: "Stop shooting! Stop shooting!"

Seeing that the Japanese had withdrawn from the battle, Sun Xun did not immediately lead his team to chase them, but instead sent out scouts to track and investigate, as he was afraid that the Japanese would set a trap for him.

A few minutes later, the scout came back and reported: "Battalion Commander, the Japs are heading west."

"That's great, everything is as the team leader expected!" Sun Xun said excitedly.

The 11th and 12th companies were already waiting on the road where the Japanese were heading west. As long as the Japanese encountered setbacks and turned around again, they could turn to the road leading to Qiangfenggou.

"Let's follow them and be ready to attack the Japanese from behind at any time!" Sun Xun ordered.

After two interceptions by the Third Battalion, the Japanese changed directions repeatedly in order to quickly return to Niuwei Village, but they did not know that they were walking into a trap step by step.

"Commander, the Japanese are coming!" Xu Wu, who had been staring at the road in the distance, spotted the Japanese at the first moment.

"Prepare for battle!" Chen Chengxing raised the telescope.

Outside the Qiangfeng Trench, the leader of the front Japanese squad, Lieutenant Torii, ran back.

"Captain, there is a strong wind ditch ahead. Should we stop and conduct reconnaissance?"

"The main force cannot stop." Jiro Morita shook his head. The captain's order was to return quickly for reinforcements, so they could not waste time. "We turned randomly, and the Eighth Route Army should not have expected us to take this road." Jiro Morita did not realize that every choice they made was made under temptation.

However, after thinking about it, Jiro Morita said, "How about this, you order the machine gun team to conduct fire reconnaissance on the high ground on both sides."

Although fire reconnaissance will waste some bullets, it will not affect the marching speed of the large army.

This is the best option at the moment.

"Hai!"

After Chen Chengxing saw the Japs' actions through the telescope, he immediately realized what they were thinking.

"Order everyone not to make any sound under any circumstances!" Chen Chengxing looked at Xu Wu and ordered.

Now that the Japanese are about to fall into the trap, we can’t let all our efforts go to waste.

"Yes!"

"Everyone, please be careful and don't make any noise!"

"Everyone be quiet!"

After Xu Wu retreated for a distance, he bent his body and whispered orders along the reverse slope of the mountain.

After receiving the order, the light machine gun team of the Japanese 1st Detachment immediately moved forward and began strafing the ridges on both sides.

Chen Chengxing could only choose to lower his head and allow the Japanese machine guns to shoot him.

Some soldiers were hit by bullets and their cotton coats were instantly soaked with blood.

However, no one made a sound. The soldiers who were shot retreated on their own if they were able to move, waiting for the medics to come and bandage them. Those who were unable to move had to be dragged away from the scene by the soldiers next to them, and then call for the medics to provide emergency treatment.

And all these actions were completed silently.

With the machine gun team opening the way, the Japanese army gradually walked into the ambush circle of the New Second Regiment.

Chen Chengxing looked at the Japanese who were completely trapped, raised the pistol in his hand and fired the first shot.

"Snapped!"

"Thump, thump, thump," "thump, thump, thump," "thump, thump."

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

"Da Da Da", "Da Da Da", "Da Da Da"

As Chen Chengxing fired his gun, the soldiers who had been prepared opened fire at full force, and the heavy machine guns were set up and started firing at the first opportunity.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Everyone, immediately spread out along the road! Teams one and two will be in the front, and team three will be in the rear!"

"Immediately seize the high ground on both sides and expand the depth of defense!" Jiro Morita responded immediately.

Under Jiro Morita's command, the three teams immediately formed a triangular defensive formation to confront the New Second Regiment, with the heavy machine gun team protected in the middle.

But Chen Chengxing had already set up positions on various high ground.

Therefore, although the Japanese troops formed a defensive formation under the unexpected circumstances, they had no cover at all, and all three teams were facing the New Second Regiment and were beaten.

The Japanese soldiers completely rely on the long-range protection of the Sky Locust as a cover. Whether this thing is useful or not depends on their sincerity.

But judging from the results, their hearts may not be that sincere.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Jiro Morita drew out his command knife and shouted, "Gentlemen! Tiannao Heika is watching us!"

"Everyone follow me and charge!"

"It's dark and the card is on board!"

Jiro Morita wanted to launch an assault and break out by force.

(End of this chapter)