HLnovel Chapter 531 Can We Do It?
Chapter 531 Can We Do It?
Zhou Xingchang widened his eyes in disbelief.
When he saw Tie Xiaogang before, he thought these people were really members of the Military Control Commission.
But when he saw clearly that everyone was wearing the clothes of the 174th Brigade, he felt that they were the special operations battalion of the Hongfei Regiment.
But no matter whether it was the Military Control Commission or the special operations battalion of the Hongfei Regiment, they could not just stay and help them fight the Japanese.
But he didn't expect that Tie Xiaogang's boss would be so willing to stay and help them fight the Japanese.
For a moment, he was so excited that tears filled his eyes.
"Don't be so excited. There are so many of us brothers. You must provide us with food and lodging! Eat well and drink well!"
Yuan Shuai happily drank a glass of wine.
"Food and lodging must be provided, and food and drink must be good!"
"I toast to you!"
Zhou Xingchang stood up excitedly and raised his glass...
Yuan Shuai and his companions were also tired. After they finished eating and drinking, Zhou Xingchang arranged accommodation for them.
The next morning, when Yuan Shuai got up, he heard bursts of fierce fighting coming from outside the city.
At this time, the commander of the Japanese brigade who was chasing Yuan Shuai had already led his men to the first line of defense outside the county town.
Although their tanks did not come, and although their field artillery was snatched away by Yuan Shuai, they still had some mortars and infantry artillery, and many light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.
Zhou Xingchang's troops had simple weapons and equipment, although they tried their best to intercept.
But all the soldiers in the company at the front were killed.
The first outermost line of defense was lost.
A battalion of Japanese soldiers has occupied the first line of defense and is attacking the second line of defense.
The battle was extremely fierce, and the battalion commander of the first battalion of the new second regiment quickly called for support.
When Zhou Xingchang learned about the situation, he quickly rode his horse to Yuan Shuai.
Unexpectedly, when Yuan Shuai heard the sound of fighting, he had already arranged for people to move the field artillery by car.
Last night when he was drinking, he asked about the situation here and even asked Zhou Xingchang for a map.
When Zhou Xingchang came here and saw that there was no one here, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed.
"Damn you Tie Xiaogang, you actually lied to me!"
"General, when they left, they told me to remind you that they moved the field artillery to the Donglin Old Street to fight the Japanese!"
"Donglin Old Street!?"
The anger on Zhou Xingchang's face suddenly disappeared.
"There's an open field over at Donglin Old Street, which is convenient for setting up cannons. Let's go to Donglin Old Street!"
Zhou Xingchang rode his horse as fast as he could towards Donglin Old Street.
However, halfway through, many shells were fired from Donglin Old Street.
It turned out that General Yuan not only moved the artillery to Donglin Old Street, he even asked Monkey to ride his horse quickly to the city wall and use the artillery telescope and communication radio to guide the field artillery to bomb the Japanese.
Moreover, General Yuan had already obtained the defense map given by Zhou Xingchang, and he was very clear about the defense positions of the national army.
Now the Japs have occupied the first outermost direction of the National Army, and continuous artillery shells are whistling towards the first line of defense.
Half of a battalion of the Japanese army, including the battalion headquarters, remained in the first line of defense, while the remaining half was attacking the second line.
The sudden flying shells frightened them so much that their faces turned pale and they screamed loudly.
"Bagayalo, 75mm field gun! Take cover!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a series of artillery shells exploded on the Japanese positions.
Several shells landed at the Japanese battalion headquarters and exploded, killing the Japanese battalion commander on the spot.
The Japanese soldiers who were attacking in the front looked back and saw that their battalion headquarters had been bombed. They were so scared that they quickly retreated to both wings.
The Kuomintang troops on the second line of defense were excited when they saw the artillery support.
"Brothers, reinforcements are coming. Kill all these bastards! Charge!"
The Kuomintang brothers had poor weapons and little ammunition. At this time, their ammunition was almost used up. Seeing the Japanese retreating, the company commander took the lead and rushed out.
Others rushed out of the trenches.
Monkey has also arrived on the city wall of the county town. According to the actual situation, he guides the field artillery to bombard the Japanese, and covers the brothers on the second line of defense to charge towards the first line of defense.
The Japanese brigade commander saw the field artillery bombing from behind and was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed.
"Bakayaluo, it's them! They stole my field artillery! Inform the troops, don't retreat, keep charging, keep charging!"
Unfortunately, the battalion headquarters in the front were bombed, and the crazy artillery shells caused heavy casualties to the Japanese.
The Japs had no choice but to retreat.
The company commander of the second line of defense led the team to recapture the first line of defense.
What made them happy was that the artillery fire was still extending forward. When the Japanese retreated, they left behind a lot of light and heavy machine guns, grenades, bullets, artillery shells, and even two mortars and two infantry guns.
This made the brothers very happy.
Many brothers hurried to pack up the spoils.
"Hahaha, Captain, now that's good enough, we have upgraded our muskets to cannons!"
"There really are two mortars and two infantry guns!"
"Fortunately our artillery didn't blow up these guns!"
"But how come we have field artillery support? Could it be those military commanders we encountered before?"
"It's not the Military Control Commission. I heard from the battalion commander that it was the special operations battalion of the Hongfei Regiment. Although Fu Hongfei is dead, he had previously set up a special operations battalion and left it somewhere else, so the special operations battalion was not incorporated into the Military Control Commission!"
“I see!”…
On the other side, when Zhou Xingchang ran to Donglin Old Street, Yuan Shuai had already stopped firing.
However, the gun barrel was still smoking.
"Old Zhou, how is it? I hope I didn't disappoint you as your brother!"
Tie Xiaogang patted his chest proudly.
Zhou Xingchang ran over quickly and punched him on the shoulder.
"Old buddies are old buddies! Thank you for your help, I thank you on behalf of all the brothers!"
"You're welcome. We are all soldiers fighting against the Japanese. We have no choice but to do so!"
Yuan Shuai was also extremely happy. After all, in this day and age, is there anything more enjoyable than fighting the Japanese?
"Boss, the master is calling!"
At this time, Hu Zi and the signalman quickly ran to Yuan Shuai.
It turned out that Zhao Zilong had already led his team closer here.
But he did not enter the city, so he thought about contacting Yuan Shuai and attacking from both sides from time to time.
Yuan Shuai talked to him on the phone for a while and then hung up.
"Great, you're here! Did you all hear it? The brothers from the Black Tiger Village are here, more than a thousand of them! They're bringing a lot of mortars with them. Zhou Xingchang, the opportunity has come. Send a battalion to launch a feint attack on the Japs from the front! The other two battalions will detour to the left, and I'll bombard the front here! Ying'er, the 75mm field artillery is now yours! Monkey will give you the coordinates to guide the bombing target! Everyone else, follow me and the brothers of the New Second Regiment, and go out of the city to kill the Japs!"
"Take the initiative!"
Zhou Xingchang was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
"Brother, the devils are a brigade, can we do it?"