Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

Cangyun Ridge The setting sun is like blood

The troops directly under the column were resting at the Cangyunling position. Xiao Zongmin saw that many soldiers were shivering with cold due to long-term inactivity, and then he returned to the front-line command post with his guards.

Feeling the appropriate heat from the stove in the headquarters, the coldness on his body was slowly driven away. Xiao Zongmin discussed with Xiao Wen beside him, "Can we arrange for logistics to deliver a batch of quilts? The soldiers lie on the snow for a long time, and the heat in their bodies dissipates quickly."

Xiao Wen looked at the information in his hand and said, "The soldiers' supplies are one set of cotton clothes and two quilts per month. The soldiers brought quilts with them when they marched, but they were reluctant to spread them on the ground."

When Xiao Zongmin heard that there was something ready, he immediately said, "Since Sakata is taking so long to come, order the soldiers to wrap themselves up in quilts. When the battle is over, I will give them two quilts each."

Xiao Wen immediately went down to make arrangements.

Xiao Lin rushed in from the telecommunications department and reported: "Commander, according to our forward observation post, Sakata only advanced less than two kilometers in an hour. Did he discover something?"

"It snowed recently, and the mountain roads are narrow and slippery. He won't let his troops march quickly, so we just need to wait patiently. He won't turn back until he completes his set goal." Xiao Zongmin comforted.

At this time, Wang Guangru, who had just finished inspecting the position, came in and analyzed, "Is there a possibility that the battle of Wangjia Town has ended, and after receiving the news about the Japanese troops in Wangjia Town, Sakata hesitated, not knowing whether to advance at full speed to intercept Huang Zherang's retreat or to withdraw to Yangquan City."

"It is very possible. Send a telegram to Huang Zherang and ask him about the situation over there. In order to support him, I transferred the only four tank companies of the guard regiment to him in exchange for four infantry companies." Xiao Zongmin said with a chuckle.

Xiao Lin hurried to the Telecommunications Department again.

After Xiao Lin left, Wang Guangru said with some concern: "The Sakata Regiment is the Japanese's elite. If we fight at night, even though we have tracer bullets to correct the trajectory, we can easily be shot down by the Japanese's grenade launchers."

Wang Guangru studied the terrain of Cangyun Ridge and made arrangements: "We can strike from a high position. When I inspected the position earlier, I ordered the mortar team to load a large number of flares. We don't have to worry about them hiding like mice."

"Okay, I'll do as you arrange."

Taiyuan First Army Headquarters

Tada Shun looked at the farewell telegrams in his hand, and no other expression could be seen on his calm face.

Chief of Staff Miyano knocked on the door and came in with a new telegram. Tada Shun didn't say a word, but just looked up and signaled Miyano to read it.

Miyano paused for a moment and said, "News came from Yangquan that Major Aso Kizo successfully entered Yangquan with 600 Imperial warriors."

Tada Shun gently put down the telegram in his hand, and quietly looked up at Major General Miyano. Major General Miyano suddenly felt a chill rushing from his tailbone to his forehead.

Tada Shun's gentle voice rang out in the office, and every word seemed to trample on Miyano's heart.

"Miyano-kun, do you know how many people the First Army lost in just a few days? A total of 11,000 Imperial warriors, most of whom were seconded from the Kwantung Army. You nobles casually borrowed three regiments from the Kwantung Army, and then these three regiments died in a small village within two days under your command. But have you nobles ever thought that the headquarters is already dissatisfied with the North China Expeditionary Army. If the Kwantung Army uses this to hold them accountable, how can you let me explain it?"

As Tada Shun spoke, he moved towards Miyano, and by the end he was next to Major General Miyano. He grabbed Major General Miyano's collar and roared at him fiercely.

Major General Miyano was so frightened by Tada Shun that he dared not say much and just nodded and apologized.

At this moment, Yoshio Shinozuka rushed in with a telegram. Looking at Major General Miyano who was strangled by the neck, he dared not say anything.

When Tada Shun saw Yoshio Shinozuka coming in, he let go of Major General Miyano's neck, looked at him and said, "Shinozuka-kun, what good news have you brought me again?"

Shinozuka Yoshio said tremblingly: "The 4th Brigade, Sakata Regiment sent a message saying that he led his troops to penetrate the enemy's rear in Wangjia Town from the mountains. Now we know that our army was defeated in the Battle of Wangjia Town. We ask the headquarters for guidance on whether to penetrate or not."

Upon hearing this, Tada Shun quickly made an analysis. Although the Locust Army had failed in the Wangjiazhen Battle, the enemy had wiped out ten field battalions and a puppet army division of the Locust Army within two days. The losses must have been considerable, especially the large number of officers lost on the first day. So Tada Shun made a decision and ordered: "Let the 4th Brigade continue to infiltrate, and do everything possible to infiltrate to the vicinity of Xiyang County as soon as possible to block the enemy's retreat route. Also order the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade and the Red Detachment to quickly take the train to Yangquan. Order the Yangquan Guard Brigade and the Jingxing Guard Brigade to cooperate with the Locust Army's actions, and after the 4th Mixed Brigade arrives, immediately go to Wangjiazhen."

"Hai!"

Cangyun Ridge at night

The cold wind was blowing so hard that it made the faces of those who were ambushing on the battlefield feel burning, and along with the cold wind came fluttering snowflakes.

Fortunately, Wang Guangru, who was patrolling the position, discovered that the soldiers' combat effectiveness was declining rapidly, so he had to leave only a part of the observation post. The remaining soldiers, in groups, got into the dug anti-artillery holes, then covered the entrances of the holes with raincoats and huddled together to keep warm.

At this time, the observation post discovered that there were lights on the mountain road. Then the chief officers of each unit looked at the Japanese who appeared and ordered the soldiers to return to their positions, letting the previous observation post go back and warm up first.

Wang Guangru watched the Japanese soldiers enter Cangyunling in batches and ordered all units to prepare for battle. Wang Guangru played a trick and let the officers' group take the lead in attacking, giving the enemy the illusion that only a small number of troops were stationed, giving him the illusion that he could defeat this force.

The officers were also happy about this, after all, the troops ambushing in Cangyun Ridge were not directly under their command, so they could not gain merit by killing the enemy. With Wang Guangru's order, flares and tracer bullets were fired at the Sakata Regiment, which immediately caught the Fifth Battalion off guard.

The 5th Battalion has the most veterans in the Sakata Regiment and has extremely strong combat effectiveness. Even at the cost of a squadron, it managed to destroy most of the players' machine gun positions.

The players fired another round of flares and saw many Japanese soldiers lying on the ground aiming their grenade launchers. Li Tianxia yelled. "Grenade launcher!"

Many players were unable to dodge and the grenades fell and exploded beside them. Seeing the Japanese fighting like this, Li Tianxia called over Qiyixing and said to him: "Brother, I know you are accurate with mortars, so I'll leave those Japanese using grenade launchers to you."

Qiyixing patted his chest and said, "No problem, leave it to me."

After saying that, he pretended to fire the mortar at the Japanese grenadiers and fired continuously. "Bang, bang, bang" three shells were fired rapidly, killing many grenadiers.