lcionline Chapter 278: Going to India
Chapter 278: Going to India
After the four 75mm mountain cannons fired half a base number of shells in succession, Lu Cheng immediately ordered the soldiers to push the cannons to move their positions.
Soon, the artillery bombardment that had just stopped on the opposite side started again, and another barrage of shells blew the position into pieces.
Under such intensive bombardment, it is inevitable that some new recruits will be killed or injured.
As soon as the shelling stopped, the medical team immediately arrived at the position and treated the wounded.
There were actually not many soldiers left on the position. Most of them hid in the rear. Only a few veterans led some recruits to conduct anti-artillery training and be vigilant against the Japanese attack.
By noon, everything finally stopped and Lu Cheng returned to the regiment headquarters.
As soon as we got back to the regiment headquarters, two female agents immediately surrounded us and asked, "Sir, there seemed to be an artillery attack on the shore just now. Is there going to be a war?"
Lu Cheng laughed: "Don't worry, there won't be a fight for the time being. It's just a few shots at each other."
Luo Yifei was a little skeptical when he heard this: "Captain, the other side just fired two rounds of artillery fire, and the bombardment lasted for quite a while, and we also retaliated. Does this count as a battle? Do you think I should report this to my superiors?"
"It's ok to report it. After all, the shells have been fired, and we should give an explanation to our superiors."
"What should I say then?"
"Let's say I led a small team across the river to scout the enemy, and we killed more than 200 Japanese soldiers in a surprise attack, and destroyed the Japanese 75-meter mountain artillery position, which caused the Japanese to retaliate and bombard our positions. Our army retaliated and fired half a base number of shells."
"This..." Luo Yifei was suddenly speechless, obviously not believing what Lu Cheng said.
Even if it was a division-level battle, being able to kill more than 200 Japanese devils would be considered a great victory, not to mention that a Japanese artillery position was destroyed, which sounds exaggerated.
In Luo Yifei's opinion, even if the entire 118th Regiment was mobilized, it would be difficult to achieve such results.
Tan Wanying on the side, however, believed it to some extent. She had been hanging out at the battlefield quite often recently and had learned some of Lu Cheng's battle achievements from the soldiers.
If only one or two soldiers said that, it might not be credible, but there were 1,600 to 1,700 soldiers in the entire regiment, and they all admired Lu Cheng, even worshipped him and respected him, which made Tan Wanying believe it a little.
Moreover, they also participated in the training of the spearhead company. The professional techniques and tactics and the high-intensity combat mode made the two female soldiers believe that Lu Cheng was definitely a very capable and powerful officer.
However, Luo Yifei was an experienced female agent after all. She had seen many capable generals in the army. She knew that some generals liked to exaggerate their battle achievements. She also knew the level of those capable generals. That was why she did not quite believe what Lu Cheng said.
Although Lu Cheng disappeared in the past few days, the three infantry battalions, the spearhead company, and the guard platoon are still there. It is impossible for Lu Cheng to lead a large group of troops across the river, so how could he achieve such an outrageous record?
Seeing Luo Yifei's expression, Lu Cheng naturally knew that she didn't believe it, and he didn't explain too much: "It's up to you whether you believe it or not, and it's also up to you whether you want to report it to the higher-ups. I've been busy with reconnaissance and fighting these two days, and I haven't had a good rest yet, so I'm going back first."
After saying that, Lu Cheng left the regiment headquarters and went straight to Chen Xiaozui's house.
As usual, I took off my clothes, took a shower, did some of the things I loved doing with Chen Xiaozui, and had a good rest for the day.
Afterwards, Lu Cheng came to the guard platoon’s base next to the regiment headquarters, asked two guards on duty to stand guard outside, and opened a warehouse alone and walked in.
When he first moved into the regiment headquarters, Lu Cheng specially selected a suitable room, vacated it, and sealed the windows on all four sides to use it as his secret warehouse. He also asked the guard platoon to specially arrange a squad of soldiers to take turns guarding the room 24 hours a day.
After entering the warehouse, Lu Cheng took out most of the mountain cannons and shells in the storage space, leaving only two mountain cannons and two basic shells. At the same time, he took out several mortars and shells from the warehouse, as well as a batch of bullets.
The next day, Lu Cheng asked Kang Ya to lead the transport platoon and drive two trucks to a forest outside Zenda City. He then pointed to something covered with canvas in a patch of grass and said, "Take these to the warehouse at the artillery station and don't let anyone know."
Kang Ya and others walked over and lifted the canvas, revealing two Type 75 mountain cannons, several light and heavy mortars, and corresponding shells, as well as a batch of bullets used by the British Type 77.
Everyone was stunned: "Commander, how did you get the artillery, mortars, bullets, and shells?"
"This is not your concern, just move your things quickly."
"Yes, Danzao!"
Of course, these soldiers were very happy that the regiment had more heavy weapons.
Other people's divisions don't have many mountain cannons, but their own regiment has six mountain cannons. How can they not be happy?
The reason why Lu Cheng did not take out more artillery was that he did not want to attract too much attention.
The six mountain cannons on the artillery position are enough for the time being. Unless they are needed, the remaining mountain cannons will be kept as inventory.
As for the mortars, bullets and shells, they were all obtained from the British army warehouse in Burma. They had been stored in the space before and were transferred to the warehouse before going out for operation this time.
This batch of bullets is enough to replenish 120 rounds of bullets in the Type rifles of all the soldiers in the first battalion.
The ammunition that the First Battalion had stored before had basically been used up in the training. The ammunition that they had obtained from the special commissioner was also very limited and could not sustain the consumption of a battle at all.
This batch of bullets will be enough for a short period of time.
After this operation, Lu Cheng led the special operations team and some soldiers from the spearhead company to cross the river many times to launch surprise attacks on the Japanese, using sniper warfare and guerrilla warfare to continuously kill and inflict considerable casualties on the Japanese each time.
When the casualty figures accumulated, Takeuchi Renzan became a little frightened and doubted whether the one and a half regiments of soldiers on Nantianmen were enough to kill the enemy.
In the space of half a month, the Japanese lost four to five hundred soldiers. If Lu Cheng had not trained his troops less and less, the number of casualties would have been even higher.
If things continue like this, I'm afraid both Okada United and Takeuchi United won't survive until the New Year.
In order to prevent another sneak attack, Takeuchi Renzan had to order the soldiers to guard against the enemy with all their might and shrink their defense. At night, he arranged a large number of patrols, both visible and covert, to guard against enemy sneak attacks.
In order to capture the enemy who came to attack as soon as possible, Takeuchi Renzan sent a large number of soldiers to lurk in the grass, treetops, and earth piles on the west bank of the Nujiang River, hoping to ambush Lu Cheng and his men.
But Lu Cheng was able to turn on the thermal sensing radar, and no Japs within a range of 2000 meters could escape. No matter if they were hiding in trees or in the soil, they would be discovered and killed in the first place.
Takeuchi Renzan's hair almost turned white as he listened to the casualty figures reported by his subordinates every day. He had no choice but to send more people to patrol and garrison the riverside, and he also built solid bunkers and set up machine gun positions in some hidden locations along the river.
Just when Takeuchi Renzan was about to collapse, Lu Cheng on the other side finally stopped his actions and no longer launched a sneak attack.
It wasn't because Lu Cheng was tired, nor was it because Takeuchi Renzan's defense was impeccable. It was just because his superiors had issued a new order to Lu Cheng to fly to India and report to the Allied Command. The Allied Commander-in-Chief wanted to meet Lu Cheng...