Chapter 25: Subjugating Cheng Tianlei

  The artillery position of the Japanese army was on a vacant lot outside Beidaying, with its back against a small grove.

  The artillery company of the 2nd Battalion of the Independent Guard Brigade had four Type 92 infantry guns, six flat-trajectory guns and thirty-six grenade launchers, with ample ammunition.

  Since the outbreak of war, the artillery of the Second Brigade has caused great trouble to Luo Xiang and his men. Half of the sacrificed soldiers fell under the intense bombardment of the devils.

  Luoxiao had long wanted to take out the enemy's artillery position, but unfortunately, there was no opportunity. Shimoto Masakazu defended the artillery position very tightly, and at that time, the enemy's attack came one after another, not giving them a chance to breathe. So it wasn't until this time when the enemy launched a strong attack that they finally seized the opportunity!

  Although physically exhausted, Luo Xiang and Cheng Tianlei discussed and decided to launch a counterattack against the devils, taking advantage of their carelessness to deal them a heavy blow.

  In this way, the two men led a reserve team of one hundred people with relatively small physical consumption from behind and quietly slipped out of the courtyard of the travel department, then went around to the outside of the devils' camp, patiently waiting for the moment when the devils relaxed.

  As expected, Shimamoto Shōichi's habitual careless thinking had led him to neglect making a correct judgment about Luo Xiang and the others. By the time he sensed something was amiss from his subordinates' words, Luo Xiang and the others' night raid had already begun, and everything was too late!

  Gunfire echoed through the front camp, with shouts of killing and explosions everywhere. The deputy captain of the artillery company, Shōsa Matsumoto, was like an ant on a hot pot, anxiously concerned about the situation in front.

  The Japanese soldiers who went to gather information had not returned yet, and the telephone connecting the main force's headquarters had been cut off since the night raid began, which made Lieutenant Colonel Matsuguchi feel very uneasy.

  "Get ready for all of you!" Song Kou shouted at those artillerymen, letting them put down their work and pick up the rarely used rifles.

  Although they are artillerymen, they cannot lack the daily infantry drills, so they can switch to infantry at any time. The downside is that their combat effectiveness will be slightly weaker.

  The tense and busy devils of course did not know that a nightmare was about to envelop them!

  Rat-a-tat-tat, the machine gun's roar sounded outside the camp, and one by one Japanese soldiers fell down, then Luo Xiang and others flashed out from them.

  Treading on the corpses of Japanese soldiers, Luo Xiang rushed into the artillery position, and with a burst of gunfire, he turned Matsumoto Shosa, who was about to engage in a fierce battle with him, into a beehive. He didn't have time to waste on this so-called Bushido.

  "Hurry up and install explosives on all the cannons and shells!" Luo Xiang yelled at his special forces team members, still holding onto the smoking light machine gun.

  Time is pressing, hearing the sound of gunfire, the Japanese army will definitely send people to support as soon as possible. It's no wonder that the Japanese army has a soft spot for artillery, this is their treasure!

  Sun Dong and others moved very quickly, taking out the timed bombs that had been set up in their backpacks, pressing the start button, and sticking them to those infantry guns and flat-shooting cannons, then turning around and running towards the outside of the artillery position.

  All the cannons were stuck with timed bombs, and even the barrels of the grenade launchers had been thrown in micro-cluster bombs, one as big as a thumb could make the grenade launcher turn into fragments all over the sky.

  After all this was arranged, Luo Xiang could already hear the footsteps and shouts of the Japanese reinforcements. He turned around and ran out of the artillery position, three strides and two jumps later he had dived into that small grove.

  "Hurry, protect the artillery!" A small group of Japanese soldiers came to reinforce, shouting and rushing into the artillery camp, but found that except for a field of corpses, there was no one in sight.

  "It's strange, where did those people go?" The squad leader looked around, not understanding why the ambushers killed and left without doing anything else.

  Just then, a Japanese soldier suddenly shouted, "Captain, it's going to explode - a bomb!"

  The little captain of the devils was shocked and hastily looked in the direction pointed by the Japanese soldier, and found that on the four infantry guns, there were square things sucking on them, with red numbers jumping rapidly on top, about to reach zero!

  "It's bad, run quickly!"

  The squad leader had just arrived and shouted, the entire artillery position was shrouded in a sea of flames, all four Type 92 infantry guns and six flat-shooting cannons were blown to pieces, and those grenade launchers also became scrap metal, probably only waste collectors would be interested.

  After glancing at the artillery company of devils that was already ablaze, Luo Xiang led about fifty soldiers through the forest, circling around the devil's camp and rushing towards the brigade headquarters!

  After the initial chaos, the devils have calmed down and started organizing an effective counterattack, so the night raid can be ended. If they continue to fight, it's likely that Luo Xiang and Cheng Tianlei will suffer losses.

  Along the gap on the east wall of the courtyard, Luo Xiang ordered the soldiers to quickly block the gap and guard against the Japanese army's pursuit, while he himself returned to the main defensive fortifications.

  Cheng Tianlei had already returned one step ahead of him, and at this time he was crouching behind the bunker, staring at the Japanese army outside the entrance of the opposite building. He estimated that the devils were hit by this guy and might organize a counter-attack.

  "What's going on?" Luo Xiang jumped into the bunker and asked, "Has the devils' command center been destroyed?"

  With a proud toss of his head, he loudly shouted, "Needless to say, this time I caught a big fish, and with my trusty Type 38 rifle, I took down a Japanese army lieutenant!"

  "Captain Ito!" Luo Xiang couldn't help but change his expression. The entire Japanese Independent Guard Brigade's Second Battalion had only one captain, and that was the battalion commander, Shimamoto Seiichi. Could it be that the person struck dead by thunder was him?

  After repeated inquiries with Cheng Tianlei, Luo Xiang finally confirmed that the one he killed was indeed Dai Dui Zhang of the Second Brigade, Island Benzhengyi, who was also the first commander-in-chief of this operation to attack Beida Camp.

  "Cheng Tianlei, you've done a great job! I didn't expect you to take out the enemy's commander. We'll definitely report this achievement to our commanding officer!" Luo Xiang was overjoyed and patted Cheng Tianlei on the shoulder, "Keep up the good work, who knows, maybe one day you'll become a general!"

  "Damn it, General! I'm so fed up with this bear-like temper of mine. If I hadn't joined the law enforcement team and gotten shot at, I would have been done for. This time, I've disobeyed orders from above, and when I get back, I'll be court-martialed ten times over!" Cheng Tianlei laughed carelessly, fiddling with his rifle's bolt action. "I've made up my mind - I'm not going to stay in the Northeast Army anymore. From now on, I'll follow you wherever you go, and do whatever you do!"

  "You'd better think carefully, once you follow me, you'll have nothing to do with the Northeast Army!" Luo Xiang was delighted to recruit a fierce general, but he still had to ask clearly, "And what about these brothers under your command? You haven't asked them either!"

  "General Luo, you don't have to say anything, we'll follow you!" The remaining Northeastern Army soldiers who were still present also heard the conversation between the two and shouted in unison, "We'll follow our battalion commander, follow you!"

  Luo Xiang heard this and laughed loudly, "Alright, since you're willing, then I represent the Tiger Tooth Special Warfare Brigade in welcoming you. From now on, we'll be comrades who share life and death!"

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