Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 265 The Situation Reversed Again, The Japanese 4th Brigade Sent Out
Seeing the scarlet fire that suddenly rose from the devil's attack position in front of him, Xu Hailang froze on the spot.

Zhao Hong, who was about to convey the order, also stopped.

"That is?"

Both of them looked like they had seen a ghost, and then they raised their hands and wiped their eyes fiercely, only then were they sure that they were not mistaken.

"Could it be that the devil's artillery exploded?"

Zhao Hong said something to himself, then shook his head and denied his ridiculous guess.

The explosion just now seemed to be just an appetizer, and immediately after that, several clusters of red light suddenly shot up from the ground, and then the sound of the explosion reached the ears of the two of them.

At this time, the two finally saw the situation clearly.

It was a shell that landed on the devil's attack position.

In the flames, many devils were thrown out even with their weapons.

Some devils were even dismembered by the raging explosion shock wave, and even people and guns were blown out.

"It's the battalion commander, the battalion commander must be back!"

Xu Hailang reacted and was immediately ecstatic, and then instructed Zhao Hong who was beside him: "Tell the brothers, just say that the battalion commander is back, let them hold on, and be ready to launch a counterattack at any time!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Hong promised, then turned and left.

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the other side.

The Japanese attack position.

Kasahara Koizumi was concentrating on the battle ahead, seeing that the Independence Battalion could no longer hold on and was about to be defeated across the board.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, revealing a sinister smile like a wild wolf.

However, at this moment, several violent explosions suddenly came from behind him.

The smile on Kasahara Koizumi's face froze immediately, and then he turned around and asked, "Yaga! What's going on, where did the explosion come from?"

Shimono Jundao, the chief of staff next to him: "Colonel captain, it seems to be the artillery position of the imperial army."

"Artillery position? Could it be that the artillery exploded?"

Kasahara Koizumi asked back, but quickly shook his head again, denying his conjecture: "Even if the chambers were blown up, it's impossible for several cannons to blow up at the same time, right?"

At this moment, a ghost second lieutenant suddenly ran over in a hurry and reported to Kasahara Koizumi: "Commander, something is wrong, reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army of China are here!"

Kasahara Koizumi said with a cold face, "A reinforcement from the Eighth Route Army? It's just a group of militiamen, a mob. It's nothing to worry about!"

The second lieutenant explained with a mournful face: "No! Captain, this time the main force of the Eighth Route Army is here. They are all wearing the uniforms of the Eighth Route Army and are extremely well equipped!

And it has already exchanged fire with the imperial army's security forces. The explosion just now was caused by the Chinese artillery bombarding the imperial army's position. "

Kasahara Koizumi finally had a bad feeling in his heart: "Why is there still the main force of the Eighth Route Army here? Could it be that Wang Chengzhu is back?"

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The main force of the independent battalion is still in Lingyang, how could it be possible to come back so soon?"

After Kasahara Koizumi's words fell, a communications soldier ran over in a hurry and reported to him: "Commander, something is not right! Your Excellency the brigade commander just sent a telegram! Said that he just got the news this morning that Wang Chengzhu had died Yu led the independent battalion away from Lingyang early yesterday morning, and is expected to return to Wangjiacun by this afternoon at the latest.

The head of the brigade also said that he has personally led the 3rd regiment to respond, and asked you to stop attacking immediately if Wangjiacun has not been captured, and to rely on favorable terrain to defend if it is captured.

Then, together with the 3rd Regiment, they flanked back and forth, annihilating the main force of the Independent Battalion who had rushed back in one fell swoop! "

Hearing this, Kasahara Koizumi's face darkened suddenly, and then he scolded from embarrassment, "Hachi! What do you do with your communication team?"

"It's already past one o'clock in the afternoon. Since the head of the brigade got the news this morning, he will definitely send us a telegram immediately, but why did you receive the news now?"

The communications soldier explained with a bitter face: "Captain, due to the remote terrain here, there is no signal in many places, so we have only received the news now."

"Baga! Idiots, what a bunch of useless idiots! If you lose this battle, your communication team will be the culprit..."

Kasahara Koizumi wanted to scold him, but was stopped by the chief of staff, Shimono Jun, by the side: "Commander, calm down! Although the communications team was at fault for this matter, but the matter has come to an end, there is no point in accusing you anymore, let's think about it." Let’s save the current situation.”

Hearing this, the devil's messenger immediately cast a grateful look at Shiano Jun.

Kasahara Koizumi thought so too, so he temporarily suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "Shimono-kun, in your opinion, what should we do now?"

Shimono thought for a moment, and said: "At present, the main force of the independent battalion has turned back, and it may be difficult for our 22nd regiment to defeat it based on the battles it has shown in places such as Huting and Jiangjunling.

What's more, we are still in the embarrassing situation of being flanked by the Independence Battalion. "

"So, in my opinion, we should break out of the siege immediately before the encirclement of the independent battalion is formed, and then find a dangerous place to defend it. After the brigade leader arrives, we should cooperate with the brigade leader Let’s wipe out the Independence Battalion together!”

"Shimono-kun is right!"

Kasahara Koizumi nodded approvingly, then looked at the communications soldier at the side, and asked, "Where is the brigade commander now, and how long will it be before he arrives at Wang's Village?"

Devil Communications Corps: "Report to the regiment leader, the brigade commander is on his way, and it is estimated that he will arrive at Wangjiacun in 3 hours."

Kasahara Koizumi: "Call the brigade commander immediately and tell him that Wang Chengzhu has returned with the main force of the independent battalion. We will break through immediately, and then we will find a dangerous place to defend."

"Hi Yi!"

The devil's communicator nodded heavily, then turned and left.

Kasahara Koizumi yelled to the orderly: "The orderly!"

"Hi Yi!"

After hearing the sound, a few devil messengers ran over quickly: "Co-leader!"

Kasahara Koizumi: "Pass my order, tell the 2nd and 3rd brigades that Wang Chengzhu has led the main force of the independent battalion back, and tell them to stop attacking immediately! And turn to the north of the col!"

"Order the 1st Battalion to defend against the main force of the Independent Battalion and cover for the Artillery Battalion to move in!"

"Hi Yi!"

Several ghost messengers nodded heavily, and then left quickly.

As soon as the devils ordered the soldiers to leave, Kasahara Koizumi, under the cover of the guard squadron, led the regiment leader directly under the engineering squadron, and the artillery brigade took a step ahead, and withdrew towards the north col.

It is worth mentioning that the 22nd Japanese Infantry Regiment originally did not have an artillery brigade, but only a mortar squadron.

This artillery brigade was temporarily transferred to Kasahara Koizumi by the brigade commander Masao Nishiyama. The purpose was to allow the 22nd Regiment to quickly win the base of the Independent Battalion.

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(End of this chapter)