Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

Yangguo Town

"Report, there's news from the outpost ahead. At about six in the morning, there was intensive gunfire from the direction of Sanzhang Town!"

A communications soldier found the commander of the 39st Regiment, 261th Division, th Army, Ma Wen, who was playing mahjong with his men.

"Gunfire?"

Ma Wen held a cigarette in his mouth and played mahjong: "Did it go off accidentally?"

"Or maybe the armory has caught fire?"

"Probably not!"

The signalman hesitated and said, "The sentry post reported that the sound of artillery they heard was very similar to the rocket artillery of the Eighth Route Army."

"Rocket launcher?"

Ma Wen paused for a moment as he touched the mahjong tiles, then absentmindedly threw a card out.

"It's a mess!"

The man sitting below Marvin smiled and pushed the cards down: "Thank you, commander, fire the cannon!"

"Damn it, no more fighting!"

Ma Wen pushed Mahjong down and stood up: "Let's go to the sentry post!"

"Yes!"

The three men at the card table quickly stood up and followed Marvin out.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

As soon as a few people left the command center, they were frightened and stopped in their tracks by six incendiary bombs falling from the sky.

Looking at the incendiary bombs that hit their camp and the warehouse, Marvin's face changed, and without caring about anything else, he immediately gave orders.

"Captain First, take your men and capture the man firing the cannon. Everyone else, go put out the fire!"

"oh oh!"

The three of them nodded hurriedly and ran quickly towards the barracks.

At the same time, one thousand meters in the sky away from Yangguo Town.

A fighter plane escorting in the front informed the bombers behind through the radio that the bombing target was surrounded by black smoke and flames.

"Everyone, did you hear that?"

The captain of the leading bomber encouraged them via telegram: "This is your first actual combat after graduation, so don't embarrass me!"

"is teacher!"

"Call the captain!"

The captain pushed the joystick hard, and the bomber accelerated and rushed several hundred meters away!

"Yes, Captain!"

The other bombers accelerated and followed, leaving a series of white trails in the air.

As the distance got closer, Yangguo Town became clearer and clearer, and the black smoke floating in the sky was clearly visible!

"Lower the altitude and bomb accurately. Remember, the bombing range should not exceed one thousand meters, centered on the black smoke."

The captain gave instructions, pushed the joystick to lower the altitude, pressed the button, and three 300-pound medium-sized bombs fell with a sharp sound.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The bombs exploded violently, and the camp and warehouse of the 261st Regiment in Yangguo Town were instantly torn into pieces.

Some soldiers who were fighting the fire were caught off guard and were blown to pieces!

The corpses and blood all over the ground scared the remaining soldiers so much that they dropped their buckets and ran out of the town.

Henan, Luoyang 1st War Zone Headquarters.

"Commander, something bad has happened!"

A signalman ran in in panic: "Commander Pang called, the 46th Independent Brigade was annihilated, Weinan was occupied."

"The Eighth Route Army's first brigade and first security regiment, totaling 5,000 people, are approaching Lantian County. Requesting support!"

"Report, Xi'an General Office, Director Wei sent a telegram that the Eighth Route Army's newly formed Fourth Brigade and the First Security Brigade entered Baoji and drove our people out."

Before Commander Ding Wen could react to the news that the 46th Independent Brigade had been annihilated, another communications soldier ran over with a telegram and said.

It's over, exposed!

This was Commander Dingwen’s first reaction after hearing the two telegrams!

"What should we do now, Commander?"

A staff officer in the room looked at Commander Ding Wen worriedly.

"How to do?"

Commander Ding Wen stood up irritably and turned around twice: "First send a telegram to the 76th Army and ask them to stop advancing."

"What about Chongqing?"

the staff officer asked.

"Bullshit! Let me think about it first!"

For Commander Dingwen, he lost Henan just after taking office, and now his plan to take advantage of the situation to launch a surprise attack on Yan'an has been leaked. He can no longer explain this to Baldy, and he has to think about it carefully.

Unfortunately, he wanted to delay, but some people didn't want him to delay, and Chongqing soon received the news.

"Sir, Commander Li of the 76th Army sent a telegram saying that Baoji has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and Commander Ding Wen also sent him an order to stop advancing!"

"what!"

The bald man took the telegram from Chen's staff, took a look at it, and threw it to the ground with a "smack". "What does this Ding Wen want to do?"

"Maybe... Commander Ding Wen is thinking of a solution!"

Chen Muliao said in a low voice.

"His solution is to hide it from me?"

The bald man pointed in the direction of Henan and shouted angrily: "Go to Henan right now and show me what he is doing?"

"report!"

At this time, a man from the attendant's room came in with a newspaper.

Chen Muliu took the newspaper, looked at it, and handed it to the bald man: "Sir, it seems that I don't need to go to Henan. Commander Dingwen's plan has been known to the Eighth Route Army."

Hearing this, the bald man took the newspaper and started reading it. He saw a detailed introduction on it, saying that Commander Ding Wen took advantage of the defeat in Henan to openly repair the plank road and secretly cross the Chencang Pass.

The matter of mobilizing two armies to attack Yan'an was even recorded word for word in the original telegrams issued by both sides.

"asshole!"

The bald man was furious and looked at Chen Muliao with a gloomy face: "This is the newspaper issued by that newspaper. Ban him for me!"

"Sorry, sir."

Chen's staff calmly advised: "The most urgent task now is not to manage this newspaper, but how to explain to the outside world the consent telegram sent from Chongqing!"

After hearing this, the bald man also reacted. As a mature or politically proficient politician, his reputation among the people had already become bad because of the rise of the Eighth Route Army.

Now that this has happened again, I guess people won’t even bother to scold him anymore.

"What do you propose?"

"Hold a press conference first and say that you have been visiting the United States during this period and have no idea about what is happening in China."

Chen thought for a moment and said, "Then I will assure you that we and the Eighth Route Army have always coexisted peacefully and fought against foreign enemies together."

"As for the telegram agreeing to attack Yan'an, after investigation it was found that it was sent by a Japanese spy in an attempt to cause conflict between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party!"

"In principle, we will not send troops to attack Yan'an. There must be some misunderstanding. Give me some time, and I will be able to find out!"

"This is a good idea!"

The bald man nodded happily: "Whatever you do, by the way, remove Dingwen from my company first. The crime is poor supervision!"

"Yes."

Chen's staff nodded and said, "If we remove him, who will take over?"

"Shoushan!"

The bald man thought for a moment and said, "Shoushan has gained enough experience in the 8th War Zone. It's time for him to take charge on his own."