Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 136 The Battle of Lijiapo Outbreaks ([-])
The top of Lijiapo Mountain.

While speeding up the time to dig the trenches, the Devil officers were also watching the movement of the Eighth Route Army at the foot of the mountain.

After seeing the battalions of the Independent Regiment and the Shinichi Regiment leaving one after another, Kobayashi Jiro immediately ran to Yamazaki Zhihei's front office and reported: "Captain, it seems that a large part of the Eighth Route Army at the foot of the mountain has been withdrawn!"

"Nani?"

Hearing this, Yamazaki Zhihei immediately walked to the top of the mountain with a wide view, raised his binoculars and looked down the mountain.

The squadron leader of No. 3 Squadron on the side, Hikawa Okazaka, said: "Captain, China Tuba Road is notoriously cunning, is this another conspiracy of theirs?"

Yamazaki Zhihei frowned and pondered for a moment, then said: "It may be that China Tubalu felt that it was too difficult to attack Lijiapo by force, so he deliberately withdrew his troops and wanted to lure us to break through."

Hikawa Okazaka: "Captain, what should we do now?"

Yamazaki Zhihei: "Stay unchanged to meet all changes, as long as we don't break through, no matter how many plots there are on the Tuba Road at the foot of the mountain, it will not help!"

Hikawa Okazaka: "Captain is wise!"

Yamazaki Zhihei enjoys the feeling of his subordinates flattering him. He has a faint smile on his face. The Eighth Route Army at the foot of the mountain has not launched an attack. The death of the Eighth Route Army.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom!—"

Unexpectedly, at this moment, an earth-shattering explosion sound suddenly reached Yamazaki Zhihei's ears.

Yamazaki Zhihei was startled, the smile on his face froze immediately, and subconsciously asked: "Baga! Where did the explosion come from?"

Kobayashi Jiro said: "It's the hill where No. 4 Squadron is located."

Yamazaki Jihei turned his head to look anxiously, but he saw a grenade dragging its hot tail flame, falling towards the top of the mountain not far away.

As soon as these grenades hit the ground, they exploded one after another. For a while, the flames shot up into the sky, and smoke and dust were everywhere.

Through the thin smoke and flames, Yamazaki Zhihei saw the devil soldiers who were blown out one by one, and his face suddenly became gloomy: "Baga! Damn it! When the main force of the imperial army arrives, I will definitely kill you damn bastards!" Destroy them all!"

After cursing, Yamazaki Zhihei immediately regained his composure, and ordered: "Order the squadrons, continue to seize the time to dig trenches, and prepare for artillery defense!"

"Hi Yi!"

The devil's messenger paused abruptly, then turned around and ran away to convey the order.

Yamazaki Zhihei continued to look at the mountain where the 4th Squadron was located with eyes that were about to breathe fire.

His 5th Battalion only had one radio station, so he couldn't get in touch with the 4th Squadron at this time, nor could he provide it with tactical guidance. Everything could only be played by the 4th Squadron itself.

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Independence here.

Before Ding Wei and Kong Jie led their troops to go out, the violent explosion sound from behind immediately attracted the attention of the two of them, and they subconsciously stopped and turned to wait and see.

Kong Jie exclaimed: "The firepower of this Type [-] infantry artillery is really good. If my independent regiment had a few of them back then, how could I be beaten so embarrassingly by that mysterious small troop of devils!"

"However, with this bit of artillery power, it is still quite difficult to destroy a brigade of devils!"

Ding Wei said: "Old Kong, you see, the independent battalion bombed the mountain with fewer devils. If my guess is correct, the Zhuzi brothers probably haven't used all their firepower yet."

Kong Jie's eyes widened: "Haven't the Independent Battalion used all its firepower yet?"

Ding Wei: "Since Brother Zhuzi wants to use this devil as a bait to fish, if he uses all his firepower to wipe out all these devils on Lijiapo, how can he lure the devil's main force to take the bait?"

"Don't forget, there are five 5-type infantry companies in the independent battalion. Listen to this movement, they have put in at most two right now, and the rest are 60-type light mortars, or [-]mm caliber mortars. gun."

Kong Jie observed and listened carefully for a while: "It seems that this is really the case."

Ding Wei: "Since the strength of the independent battalion has been determined, let's rush to Lion Mountain to set up an ambush!"

"Ok!"

Kong Jie nodded his head deeply, and then led his troops to continue heading towards Lion Mountain with Ding Wei.

On the other side, Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan, and Wang Huaibao were also stunned by the artillery power displayed by the independent battalion.

Zhang Dabiao sighed: "I never expected that Wang Chengzhu was just a small artilleryman more than a month ago, and now he has not only developed the army to the size of a regiment, but also has such a large-scale artillery firepower. He is really a rare talent. !"

Shen Quan nodded his head deeply in agreement: "The waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and a new generation replaces the old ones. We are all getting old."

Wang Huaibao on the side said contemptuously: "I said, Old Shen, you are really Zhu Bajie wearing glasses and pretending to be a cultural person."

"But what you said seems to make sense, we are old."

Zhang Dabiao: "Isn't it better that our Eighth Route Army can produce talents like Zhuzi?
We do hope that our Eighth Route Army will have more such talents. In this case, the burden on us can be lightened. "

Shen Quan nodded deeply and said: "Indeed! It is really a blessing for our Eighth Route Army, the country, and the nation to have such a talent as Zhuzi!"

The Eighth Route Army is like this. For the emergence of outstanding juniors, they are more appreciative, proud, and supportive.

Instead of taking his position and suppressing everywhere because he was worried that his juniors would be too popular, like most national army officers.

Zhang Dabiao withdrew his thoughts and said, "Since you have seen the firepower of the independent battalion, it means that there is no problem with Brother Zhuzi's plan. Let's continue on our way."

"Yes, yes, but please don't ruin Brother Zhuzi's plan because our speed is too slow. In that case, we will become sinners!"

Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao nodded in agreement, and then led their troops to speed up the march together.

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The screen returns to Lijiapo.

Wang Chengzhu did preserve his strength, but it was enough to deal with the No. 4 Devil Squadron on the unnamed mountain.

Wang Chengzhu has perfect artillery skills. Under his personal training, the combat quality of the artillery soldiers has improved rapidly. Although he can't point and shoot within the range like him, but the distance is closer. It's not a big problem to make a close call.

After several rounds of volleys, the devil's defensive position on the unnamed hill was completely riddled with holes, and some of the trenches that had just been dug were filled up with the raised soil.

Nearly half of the devils on the battlefield were also killed or injured, and bloody stumps and broken arms were scattered everywhere.

Wang Chengzhu stood on the top of another hill and observed the situation on the top of the unnamed hill with binoculars. Seeing that the bombing was almost over, he immediately said to Monk Wei on the side: "Monk, pass my order and tell the 4th and 5th companies, It's time to attack!"

"Yes!"

Monk Wei promised, then turned around and quickly ran down the mountain.

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(End of this chapter)