Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

Chapter 232 Group Battle 9

“Snap, snap, snap…”

“Bang, bang, bang…”

"Hold it!"

In Jinzhong, thirty kilometers outside Cangyunling, at the position of the 358st Battalion of the th Regiment, Qian Bojun held a gun and constantly encouraged his soldiers.

"Battalion Commander, the brothers are a little overwhelmed. The Japanese Fourth Brigade is too powerful!"

The deputy battalion commander came to Qian Bojun and whispered.

"Can't bear it anymore?"

Qian Bojun glanced at the position of the New 1st Regiment and the 5th Battalion, which formed a supporting role with their battalion not far away, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

"You have to stand up to me even if you can't. The people in his new regiment haven't retreated yet. If we retreat, the commander will definitely skin me alive."

"Yes, battalion commander."

The deputy battalion commander took a look and saw that the Fifth Battalion was fighting fiercely and showing no signs of retreat. He gritted his teeth, returned to his position and continued to hold on.

In the distance, at the temporary command post of the 358th Regiment, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong were watching every move ahead through binoculars.

"This Qian Bojun really surprised me today."

"If we had encountered such strong firepower from the Japanese army in the past, we would have shouted to retreat long ago, but today we have actually held out for so long!"

Fang Ligong put down the telescope and joked.

"He was held back by Li Yunlong's men."

Chu Yunfei pointed the telescope at the Fifth Battalion's position and said casually, "Li Yunlong's soldiers are very fierce. They have been fighting for two hours now!"

"There is."

Fang Ligong glanced at his watch and nodded.

"In two hours, more than 30 people were killed or wounded, and they didn't even shout to retreat."

Chu Yunfei put down the telescope and said with a hint of envy: "If all my soldiers were this ruthless, I wouldn't have retreated when I encountered the Sakata Regiment!"

"From Li Yunlong's telegram, it seems that they encountered the Sakata Regiment this time. We don't know what the situation is."

"Report, Captain Li has arrived."

As soon as Fang Ligong finished speaking, Li Yunlong came over hurriedly with two guards.

"Brother Chu, what's the situation?"

"Brother Yunlong?"

Chu Yunfei looked at Li Yunlong who was walking over and was a little surprised: "Aren't you fighting the Sakata Unit?"

"It's over!"

Li Yunlong said regretfully: "That Sakata team was just boastful. Once I took over, they didn't last more than half an hour before I defeated them."

Then he took out an exquisite command knife and handed it to Chu Yunfei: "This is the command knife of Adjutant Sakata Nobutsu. It's for you."

"Oh!"

Chu Yunfei took the command knife, grasped the handle, pulled it out and looked at it: "Hmm! The adjutant's command knife is so exquisite, I wonder how Sakata Nobutsu's is?"

"That's all?"

Li Yunlong waved his hand nonchalantly: "If the brigade commander didn't want it, I would give it to you."

"hehe."

Chu Yunfei put away his command knife and smiled: "Then I will be disrespectful to refuse it."

...........

"Yunlong, please look, that is our blocking position. We have been blocking the Japanese Fourth Brigade here for more than two hours."

Chu Yunfei pointed to the position in the distance where the sound of gunfire was constantly heard and said to Li Yunlong.

"The 4th Brigade has about 5,000 people. They are usually responsible for security work along the Zhengtai Road. Their combat effectiveness is not strong."

Li Yunlong held up the telescope and observed for a while, then looked at Chu Yunfei: "How is it? Do you dare to hit him?"

"Haha, Brother Yunlong, your New 358st Regiment alone has people. Together with my th Regiment, it won't be difficult for us to defeat his th Brigade."

Chu Yunfei put away his smile and said, "358th Regiment, all officers and soldiers, wait for the command of Captain Li."

"it is good!"

Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "Brother Chu, you replace my Fifth Battalion. I will lead my New First Regiment to make a detour, surround the Fourth Brigade, and launch a counterattack with guns and cannons as the signal."

The plan was relatively simple, but Chu Yunfei agreed to it without any further thought.

After the 358th Regiment, the nd and rd Battalions were replaced by the st and th Battalions, Li Yunlong began to take the new st Regiment on a detour, preparing to encircle the th Brigade.

At this time, the 4th Brigade, which had been fighting for more than two hours, began to become weak.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, we can no longer call the Sakata Regiment."

Inside the 4th Brigade headquarters, a communications soldier put down his headset, stood up, and spoke to the brigade commander, Taro Okamoto, who was standing beside him.

"idiot!"

Taro Okamoto had a headache, and he had already told Sakata Nobutsu about it.

The Eighth Route Army's strength is different now. They should not stay too far away from the main force, but they refused to listen. Now it looks like the situation is most likely to be dangerous.

"What should we do, Brigade Commander?"

The adjutant at the side said worriedly: "Captain Sakata is temporarily attached to our brigade."

"If anything happens to him, it will be hard to explain to Commander Shinozuka!"

"Hey!"

Taro Okamoto sighed: "I know that, but there's nothing I can do about it!"

"The enemy's resistance is so fierce, it's obvious that someone is besieging the Sakata regiment."

"But we are just the garrison. We have been fighting for so long, and the soldiers' strength has dropped significantly. There is nothing I can do!"

"Then...how about sending a telegram to the 36th Division and asking them for support?"

The adjutant suggested after a moment's hesitation.

"no!"

Taro Okamoto refused without hesitation. If he had sent the telegram for help today.

From now on, you will never be able to hold your head up in the First Army.

"But now that the Sakata regiment is gone, we won't be able to explain this to Commander Shinozuka!"

After hearing his adjutant's reminder, Taro Okamoto hesitated for a moment and said, "Send a telegram directly to the headquarters and request bomber support."

"No, Brigade Commander!"

The adjutant smiled bitterly and said, "You forgot that our airport was blown up by the Eighth Route Army using a rocket launcher with a very long range."

"Not only were a large number of fighter planes destroyed, but even if we dispatched planes from Shandong, Shijiazhuang and other places, there would be no airports for them to land!"

Upon hearing this, Taro Okamoto said angrily: "Look, it's not that I don't want to save Sakata Nobutsu, it's just that the conditions don't allow it!"

After saying that, Okamoto Taro waved his hand and said, "That's it. Let the troops continue the attack!"

"If he makes it in time, even if Sakata Nobutsu is lucky, if he doesn't make it in time, then there's nothing we can do!"

Taiyuan, inside the headquarters of the Japanese First Army.

"Reporting to the commander, after sending out a large force, our army has effectively prevented the Eighth Route Army from destroying transportation routes, county towns, towns, and mines."

Hideyoshi Kusuyama came with several telegrams and said to Commander Shinozuka.

"However, because the airport was bombed, we have no fighter support, so we can only maintain a stalemate with the Eighth Route Army."

"But their numbers are several times greater than ours. As time goes by, the direction of the war will be very unfavorable to us!"

"Baga, don't we have a lot of tanks?"

Commander Shinozuka said angrily: "Let the troops organize a tank charge, just like the Soviets, and use the steel torrent to ruthlessly kill those Chinese."

"Can not be done!"

Kusunokichi Hideyoshi said bitterly: "The 14th Division has already tried it."

"They organized 20 tanks, four fighter planes to cover them, and attacked the Eighth Route Army headquarters."

"But our tanks have too thin armor. The Eighth Route Army's heavy machine guns firing armor-piercing bullets can easily penetrate our light tanks."

"Although the Type 97 medium tank can barely withstand the armor-piercing shells of heavy machine guns, they also have a large number of small flat-fire cannons."

"They use flat-firing guns, firing 45mm armor-piercing shells, which can easily penetrate our medium tanks."

"If it weren't for the fighter jets, there might not have been any results from that battle."

"Baga, it seems we still need to work harder on the plane!"

Commander Shinozuka thought for a moment and said, "The Eighth Route Army destroyed most of our airports with long-range rocket launchers. Go investigate and see if there are any airports that have survived."

"I looked into it."

Kusunokichi produced a document: "We currently have two airports that still maintain full combat capabilities."

"One is in Changzhi. I suspect this airport was deliberately left there by the Eighth Route Army."

"The other one is in Jiexiu City, where there is also a military airport."

"Because it was a chemical bomb transport, the confidentiality level was very high. We even disposed of the civilians who were repairing the airport to prevent any accidents."

"Very good, let's use the Jiexiu airport to fight a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army."

Commander Shinozuka said viciously.