Chapter 143 New Order, Lure the Enemy Deep

The communicator of the 771st Regiment who came over on horseback fell off his horse before his horse could even stabilize itself.

Several Eighth Route Army soldiers rushed forward to support each other. One soldier led the horse away, and the others took the other side and ran towards where Huang Chengfei was.

When Huang Chengfei heard the words “urgent order”, he quickly ran in the direction of the communicator.

“Captain Huang, the regiment headquarters, the regiment headquarters’ urgent order…”

“The commander told you not to hold on to the mountains, but to find a way to provoke the Japanese, and then lead the Japanese Fourth Brigade to Yuxi Town!”

“After your company leads the Japanese away, the mountain position will be guarded by the Fourth Company.”

Huang Chengfei frowned as he listened to the orders given by the communicator from the regiment headquarters.

“The commander asked us to give up our defense and lure the Japanese Fourth Brigade to Yuxi Town? Behind Yuxi Town is the ancient town.

If the 4th Brigade was sent directly to Yuxi Town, wouldn’t the Yamazaki Battalion of the Japanese trapped in Wangjiapo be rescued?”

Huang Chengfei was somewhat confused about the captain’s order.

When he led his troops to the mountains, the regimental commander ordered him to hold the mountain position for at least three hours to buy time for the troops behind to completely wipe out the Yamazaki Battalion.

Using the strength of a company to block an entire brigade of Japanese soldiers and hold the mountain position for three hours, they basically had no choice but to defend to the death.

Huang Chengfei was ready to sacrifice himself. Even if all his company members were killed, he had to stop the Japanese 4th Brigade for three hours.

As a result, a messenger came to the regiment headquarters and brought the latest order, asking him not to defend the mountain position to the death, but to find a way to lure the Japanese to Yuxi Town.

Hegu Town is only ten kilometers away from Yuxi Town. The Japanese Yamazaki Battalion has been trapped in Wangjiapo of Hegu Town for a long time.

If the 4th Brigade had gone there, it would have been easy for it to break through the blockade of the Eighth Route Army, rush to Wangjiapo, successfully rescue the Yamazaki Battalion, and even destroy the arsenal in Hegu Town.

Indeed, if the Fourth Brigade could simply be lured to Yuxi Town, it would be good news for the Sixth Company. Luring the enemy and defending the town are two completely different kinds of battles.

If they hold on to their wits, all the soldiers in the company may be killed. But if they lure the enemy and operate well, there probably won’t be many casualties.

Although it was good news for the Sixth Company that the regiment commander ordered them to lure the enemy, the risk of this method was too great.

For a moment, Huang Chengfei even suspected that the communicator in front of him was falsely conveying orders. He was very familiar with the character of the regiment commander.

It is absolutely impossible to ignore the overall situation for personal gain. What I say is what I mean, and I will never compromise on the orders of my superiors!
However, the communicator who came to attack was the personal guard of the regiment commander. It was basically impossible for him to betray and pass on false orders. Moreover, if the purpose was to lure the enemy deep into our territory, then the other party would definitely follow our Sixth Company and act together.

If it is a false order, I can shoot the other party at any time.

“Captain Huang, what’s this order?”

Captain He, who followed closely, looked at Huang Chengfei with confusion as he listened to the order given by the communicator.

The order he received was to cooperate with the Sixth Company of the 771st Regiment to defend the mountain position. Their county brigade would have to fight as long as the Sixth Company fought.

Captain He was also prepared for the sacrifice of all his men. Even the soldiers who led Lai this time had written a suicide note and explained what had happened before coming over.

However, Captain He did not expect that the Japanese vanguard would reach the mountain position in at most an hour, but the headquarters of the 771st Regiment sent an order to lure the enemy deep into the territory.

This puzzled Captain He, and he could only wait for Huang Chengfei to speak.

Although Captain He’s county brigade was also organized at the company level, similar to the Sixth Company, the order he received was to cooperate with the Sixth Company of the 771st Regiment, not the Sixth Company cooperating with the county brigade. In other words, the blocking battle on the mountain position was mainly carried out by the Sixth Company, and the county brigade needed to obey the orders of the Sixth Company.

So now whether the Sixth Company and the County Brigade will defend to the death or follow the regiment’s order to lure the enemy deep into their territory depends entirely on what Huang Chengfei thinks.

Huang Chengfei also shook his head after listening to Captain He’s words.

He still hasn’t figured out what the captain’s order is for.

Generally speaking, if you lure the enemy deep into your territory, you definitely want to lure the enemy to a suitable place and then annihilate them completely.

But now the enemy troops that the regiment commander asked them to lure are actually an entire brigade of Japanese devils!

There are also various heavy weapons, especially there are two brigades of Japanese devils behind the Fourth Brigade.

If we are not careful, we will have to face three brigades of Japanese soldiers, almost a division.

So far, the Eighth Route Army’s greatest achievement in annihilating the Japanese was to annihilate one of their regiments.

Now the Eighth Route Army was preparing to wipe out an entire brigade of the Japanese devils, and Huang Chengfei didn’t even dare to think about it.

“Captain Huang, please don’t hesitate, this is an order from the brigade!”

After the communicator told Huang Chengfei the order, he took the canteen from the soldier next to him and drank a sip of water. Seeing that Huang Chengfei was still thinking, he quickly told Huang Chengfei the origin of the order.

After listening to what the communicator said, Huang Chengfei stopped hesitating and immediately gave orders to the three platoon leaders who gathered around him.

“Everyone listen up, be prepared to lure the enemy deep into our territory. No need to dig trenches. Be prepared to drink the enemy’s feet!”

“Yes!”

“Captain He, I’m going to trouble you for a moment. I hope your county brigade can send a few soldiers who are familiar with the terrain to lead our Sixth Company to harass the large Japanese army.”

“Captain Huang, don’t worry, the soldiers in our county brigade are all locals, and they are very familiar with the nearby terrain.

Let’s put it this way, Captain Huang, you can rest assured to leave the task of harassing the Japanese to our county brigade, and your main force will be responsible for luring the Japanese.

After all, when it comes to harassing the Japanese, this is something our county brigade is good at.”

“Well, then Captain He, the task of harassing the Japanese devils will be handed over to your county brigade!”

After Huang Chengfei assigned various tasks to the county brigade and the platoons of the sixth company, he took out the map and began to check it out.

Since the order asked him to find a way to lure the Japanese Fourth Brigade to the location of Yuxi Town.

Then he naturally had to think carefully about how to attract the Japanese.

Moreover, after the communicator saw that everyone else had left, he took out the complete order and handed it to Huang Chengfei.

“Captain Huang, the brigade is making a big move. They have mobilized several regiments to devour the Japanese Fourth Brigade.

I heard from the regiment commander that this time the 4th Brigade, the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment, and the newly formed Vanguard Regiment will be involved in the fight against the Japanese.

These three regiments are the elite of our 386th Brigade.”

(End of this chapter)