Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 90: Taking Liangzhuang
Under Chen Chengxing's order, the entire regiment was divided into three groups, each lurking around the Japanese.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, when everyone was fast asleep, dark figures began to sway in Fanjiagou, Liangzhuang and Zhengjiacun.

Outside Liangzhuang, Chen Chengxing gestured to the troops to disperse and surround.

The Japs were not puppet troops, so it was basically impossible for the New Second Regiment to sneak away from the sentries and enter the hinterland.

All Chen Chengxing wanted at this moment was to get as close as possible, and then quickly break into Liangzhuang to engage in hand-to-hand combat.

The Japanese sentry on duty felt something was wrong in the darkness outside, as if something was staring at him.

"Who? Password!" The Japanese sentry took out his rifle and pointed it at the shadow in the darkness.

After hearing the voice of the Japanese sentry, the figure in the dark obviously stopped, just when the sentry was about to speak again.

"Bang!" Chen Chengxing pulled the trigger.

The gunshot was like stirring up a hornet's nest, and Liangzhuang was plunged into chaos inside and outside.

"Comrades! Follow me!" Xu Wu rushed out first.

"kill!"

"Kill!"

The soldiers shouted and rushed towards Liangzhuang.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

"Thump, thump, thump." "Thump, thump, thump."
"Pah~" "Pah~" "Pah~".
The Japanese's secret sentries and machine gun fire points in key locations opened fire immediately. They needed to buy some time for the people in the village to react.

"Use the grenade launchers to provide fire coverage!" Chen Chengxing didn't waste any words and directly ordered the artillery to fire.

Even though the New Second Regiment had few grenade launchers in stock, Chen Chengxing had no intention of saving them.

The most important thing now is to advance to Liangzhuang. As long as we can take over the Japanese logistical supplies in Liangzhuang, we will have everything.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
With the grenade launcher paving the way, Chen Chengxing led the first battalion to quickly eliminate the guard fire point and broke into Liangzhuang.

Things became easy once we got into the village. Even if the Japanese set up ambush points in the streets and alleys, the soldiers could climb the walls and throw grenades at any time.

The interconnected alleys served as a shelter for the Japanese invaders as well as the New Second Regiment.

"Xu Wu, take two companies to find the Japanese baggage train and destroy them for me." Chen Chengxing ordered.

"Company 1, Company 2! Follow me!" Xu Wu called out.

"Company 3, follow me." Chen Chengxing shouted, "The rest of you, split up into squads and platoons, and clear out the Japanese in the village!"

Now Liangzhuang is full of civilian personnel such as logistics troops, engineers, and clerks, so it is no problem for the soldiers of the New Second Regiment to defeat them.

Chen Chengxing led the 3rd Company straight to the Liang family mansion.

According to Chen Chengxing's understanding, the Japanese officers must be stationed in the best location, and there is no house in the entire Liangzhuang that is better than the Liang family mansion.

The Liang family mansion is not only comfortable to live in, but most importantly, it has a lot of space, which can accommodate all the people in the Japanese brigade to live and work.

As soon as Chen Chengxing turned the corner of the alley, he saw that the gate of the Liang family mansion was open and the Japanese were rushing out.

"Machine gun fire!" Chen Chengxing ordered immediately.

"Thump, thump, thump." "Thump, thump, thump."
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

The Japanese who were suddenly attacked immediately retreated and prepared to use the courtyard wall for defense.

"Go! Explode!"

"Light machine gun fire cover!"

Chen Chengxing was prepared and turned around to give the order.

After being attacked, it goes without saying that the Japanese will focus on the gate. At this time, as long as a few holes can be blasted in various directions, the Japanese can be forced to split up immediately. At that time, no matter which gap is attacked from, the resistance can be greatly reduced.

"Boom!" "Boom!".
Seeing several holes in the courtyard wall being blown up one after another, Hirosuke Nomura's face changed drastically.

Now there are only about 20 people from the brigade headquarters in the entire yard, and only 10 of them can actually fight with rifles.

If 10 people were to divide themselves into several groups facing these openings, with only two or three people at each opening, it would be impossible to defend them with bolt-action rifles.

"Everyone retreat back to the main room and wait for help!" ordered Hirosuke Nomura.

After retreating to the main hall, Hirosuke Nomura left behind the signalmen, medical soldiers and other soldiers, and continued to retreat with the signalmen, orderlies, buglers and others.

After arriving at the backyard, Nomura Hirosuke immediately ordered: "Blast the back wall, we leave from the back wall!"

It was just a brief exchange of fire, but Hirosuke Nomura had already determined that the opposing side had at least a hundred soldiers and several light machine guns.

They cannot stop such a force, so evacuation is the only option at this time.

"Hai!"

The orderly didn't say much about Nomura Hirosuke's order. After all, he wasn't left behind.

After gathering several grenades into a cluster bomb, the orderly successfully blew a hole in the backyard wall.

"Go, find other troops immediately and organize a counterattack!" ordered Hirosuke Nomura.

However, after Hirosuke Nomura left the Liang family mansion, he found that the entire Liangzhuang had become a mess.

"Baga!" Hirosuke Nomura looked at the Eighth Route Army, which was much more numerous than the Locust Army, and realized that it would be difficult for him to reorganize the defense.

After all, the transport heavy squadron under the brigade does not undertake independent transport tasks, and they are not equipped with guns. In a squadron of 110 people, less than half of them even have bayonets.

"Turn around!" Hirosuke Nomura gritted his teeth.

"Captain, where are we going?" asked the orderly at the side.

"Let's go to Fanjiagou!" Hirosuke Nomura said after thinking for a while.

Since the Eighth Route Army launched a surprise attack on Liangzhuang, there is a great possibility that it will also launch attacks on the other two places.

The infantry squadron and heavy machine guns in Fanjiagou were his last resort.

As long as we can join up with the infantry, we can gain more space.

"Hai!"

Chen Chengxing didn't care about Nomura Hirosuke's escape. The entire Liangzhuang was now under the control of the New Second Regiment, and even if the other party escaped, he couldn't get far.

For Chen Chengxing, the most important things were the documents within the Japanese battalion headquarters and the supplies of the transport team.

"Put out the fire quickly! Collect all the documents and send them to the brigade headquarters when the time comes." Chen Chengxing said as he looked at the documents burning in the brazier.

There might be some important information in these documents, but Chen Chengxing's level 0 Japanese couldn't help him at all.

Just as Chen Chengxing was directing the soldiers to collect the documents, a communications soldier hurried in.

"Captain, the commander of the first battalion has captured the Japanese baggage train. We are going to make a fortune!"

"Good! Haha...good!" Chen Chengxing said excitedly.

As long as there is a harvest, it's fine. The independent production capacity of the New Second Regiment is very weak now, and fighting to support the war is Chen Chengxing's only option.

"Let the battalion commander take his men to guard Liangzhuang for me. I will lead the 3rd and 4th companies to support Fanjiagou." Chen Chengxing ordered.

Fanjiagou is the only tough nut to crack among the three Japanese forces, so we must go there to support Chen Chengxing if we can.

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)