Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

Over Jingxing Coal Mine

A large number of Stuka bombers swooped down from the sky and dropped a large number of bombs on the mountains on both sides of the Jingxing Coal Mine.

Ye Lisan, who was standing behind, looked at the exploding mountain and said in amazement, "Damn it, these two mountaintops have been flattened by almost a meter."

Li Tianxia looked at the departing bombers, pulled Ye Lisan closer to the temporary command post, pointed at the map and said:

"There is a Japanese brigade in Jingxing County. Our bomber group has just finished attacking. It is estimated that the Japanese brigade will arrive at Jingxing Coal Mine within half an hour. The pressure on your officer division has increased again."

Ye Lisan pointed in the direction of Shimen with disdain and said, "The Japanese regiment here will definitely come over along the Zhengtai Line to support us. With your First Division to fight the reinforcements, what do I have to worry about?"

Li Tianxia looked at the reckless Ye Lisan and said helplessly: "In these encirclement battles, our division suffered heavy casualties. Our 2447st Brigade 346nd Regiment broke through the enemy's encirclement three times, with 1800 killed, 836 seriously injured, and more than 4000 slightly injured. The nd Brigade th Regiment made a long-distance raid and killed people, with more than injured. The rd Brigade th Regiment also made a long-distance raid and stabbed the enemy, with more than half of the casualties."

After hearing this, Ye Lisan asked in confusion: "Why is there such a heavy loss? Aren't you mechanized infantry?"

Speaking of mechanized infantry, Li Tianxia said a little shyly: "Because now they are all mechanized infantry, when the artillery was deployed at the end of the battle, many of our soldiers were injured. Our battalion-level support firepower is now 105mm howitzers, and many soldiers were inserted too quickly and bumped into our support firepower."

Ye Lisan pondered for a long time, and said to Li Tianxia: "Since your First Division has suffered so many casualties, we will ask for instructions. After our Officer Division captures Jingxing, we will move towards northern Hebei. After all, this time our Officer Division is supported by the Fourth Division of Eastern Shandong."

Li Tianxia nodded, but the 4th Division had a bad start. Although the Japanese had transferred several independent mixed brigades from eastern Shandong, they also transported several newly formed divisions from the base camp to Qindao. Now the 4th Division lacked technical soldiers, and it was very tired fighting in the Jiaodong direction, and the stubborn troops in the rear were still dragging their feet.

The two were discussing when the signalman came up to report, "Report to Division Commander Ye and Brigade Commander Li, the comrades from the local area have arrived."

Li Ye and the other man smiled at each other, then walked out of the command center to greet them. Seeing the young and strong man dressed in ordinary people's clothes, they immediately realized that this was the local militia, and they hurried forward to greet them.

Li Tianxia quickly grabbed the hand of the leading youth and said with emotion: "We were just worrying about how to resettle the villagers who were captured by the Japanese after the Jingxing Coal Mine was liberated. We didn't expect that our local comrades would come. It really solved a big problem for both of us."

Wu Dayong, whose hand was held, also hurriedly said: "Commander, I am Wu Dayong, the captain of the Xiaowu Village militia. This time I will lead our local militia to cooperate with your operation."

Ye Lisan looked at these militiamen, who were lightly dressed. On average, there was only one old musket or bird gun for every dozen men. Many soldiers carried spears and red tasseled spears. So he interrupted and said, "Old Li, I'll make arrangements to have the people behind us transport a batch of Japanese coats and weapons that we seized from Niangzi Pass to equip our militia comrades."

Li Tianxia then realized that the soldiers were only wearing a single layer of clothing, and quickly said, "Yes, it's so cold, Old Ye, please notify the kitchen staff to make a pot of hot soup to warm up our militia comrades."

Wu Dayong listened to the two leaders in front of him not only bringing them clothes and weapons, but also making soup for them to warm up. He said a little awkwardly: "Don't bother, don't bother. We are young and not afraid of the cold."

Ye Lisan frowned and said to Wu Dayong: "We, the Youth Column, will not watch our comrades suffer from the cold and hunger." After that, he turned and walked into the command center.

Wu Dayong looked at Ye Lisan who turned and left, and looked at Li Tianxia with a red face, and whispered: "Chief Li, did I make Chief Ye angry?"

Li Tianxia patted Wu Dayong's shoulder with a smile and said, "Old Ye can't bear to see our comrades suffer. All right, Comrade Wu Dayong, take the militia comrades to the tents at the back to warm up. We will also launch a general attack soon."

Confused, Wu Dayong led the militia soldiers into the tent that had been prepared in advance. Before they sat down, they heard a soldier outside shouting, "Captain, Captain, there is an iron bird in the sky outside."

Wu Dayong ran out of the tent and watched the bomber fly over Jingxing and start dropping bombs. He couldn't help but ask an older militiaman beside him, "Uncle Wu, is this the plane you were talking about? Why did it go to the enemy's place to lay eggs?"

"Who knows? Maybe the Japanese marked the wrong location and bombed the wrong place." Old Wu was also puzzled. He had participated in the Eighth Route Army before, but was seriously injured on the battlefield, which affected his combat effectiveness, so he retired and became a militia.

The logistics director who came to deliver clothes to them smiled and explained to them: "This is the plane of our International Youth Column. The Japanese airport in Shanxi has been bombed by our column a long time ago, and no Japanese planes can take off."

The soldier on the other side also said: "The fighter planes of our column have already flown over the Taihang Mountains and are fighting the enemy planes in northern Hebei."

When the logistics chief heard this, he quickly interrupted the soldier and said to him, "Don't talk nonsense. Who knows what the Air Force is doing there?"

While we were still discussing the planes here, the officers' division over there had already launched the attack.

After receiving news from the Air Force that the machine gun fire and bunkers on the hills on both sides of Jingxing Coal Mine had been eliminated, Ye Lisan ordered his artillery to quickly deploy and begin attacking Jingxing Coal Mine.

A large number of shells fell on the outskirts of Jingxing Coal Mine, directly plowing through the bunkers and artillery towers built by the Japanese. After receiving the news from the Model Regiment that it had wiped out the Japanese battalion in the Jingxing direction, Ye Lisan immediately ordered the assault team to charge.

The players organized themselves into commandos and rushed forward in a swarm. These new players did not choose more advanced weapons like the old players before. Many players chose based on their own preferences.

There was a player called Direct Fire, who pushed up a Japanese Type 92 infantry gun and aimed it directly at the place where the firing was taking place in the coal mine. As he watched the Japanese firepower die down one after another, Direct Fire made a whoosh and rushed forward with his rifle.

As soon as I rushed into the mining area, I heard the players in front of me say "Search forward, search forward!"

A gunshot rang out, and the players immediately shouted, "There are still remaining enemies, kill them!"

The previous shelling destroyed the power facilities in the mining area. Looking at the dark mining area, the players turned on their flashlights to clear out the remaining enemies.

Ye Lisan was looking at the corpses of Japanese soldiers thrown out by the commandos and the rescued miners in the rear, and he knew that the battle in the mining area was over.

Ye Lisan said to Zuo Xingru who was standing beside him, "You lead the Third Regiment to advance along Zhengtai towards northern Hebei. This time we are going to cut off the connection between the Japanese in Shanxi and northern Hebei."