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Chapter 292 The fierce battle is in full swing

Just as Lu Cheng personally led the team across the river, the artillery battalion had already pulled out all sixteen 75mm mountain cannons and placed them at a position somewhere near the Nujiang River.

Krupp and dozens of artillerymen who had trained at the Ramgarh training camp formed groups of three or four to operate the 75 mountain cannons. They adjusted the shooting angles according to the coordinates that Lu Cheng had scouted in advance and were just waiting for the order to fire from the west coast.

On the west bank of the Nujiang River, under the cover of the guard company, the people of Lianhua Township and some nearby villages who were unwilling to surrender gathered on the bank of the Nujiang River and boarded the bamboo rafts and small boats prepared in advance, heading towards the east bank of the Nujiang River.

On the east bank, Long Wenjian personally led the three regiments of soldiers to meet the people at the riverside.

In fact, except for those who were recruited, the rest of the people on the west bank of the Nujiang River either died or escaped, and there were not many left who still persisted in the jungle.

The soldiers from the Special Operations Platoon and the Sharp Knife Company, working in platoon units, expanded the search area near the river and were responsible for clearing out the Japanese squads patrolling nearby.

Lu Cheng had contacted the guerrillas on the other side before and asked them to notify some nearby people and get them together. That's why more than 300 people crossed the river tonight.

Just as the last group of people got on bamboo rafts and small boats and prepared to cross the river, a gunshot suddenly came from the northwest, followed by a series of sounds from Thompson submachine guns and M3 submachine guns.

Soon, a soldier from the special operations platoon came over to report: "Commander, we found a Japanese patrol. The platoon leader originally planned to kill the enemy one by one quietly, but he didn't expect a Japanese soldier to open fire before dying. The captain immediately ordered everyone to attack, and a total of 56 enemies were killed. There was no casualty on our side, but the target has been exposed. The platoon leader has led his men to the only way to the direction of Ciliang Temple, preparing to ambush the Japanese reinforcements."

Lu Cheng nodded. It would be difficult to kill a full squad of Japanese soldiers quietly unless he did it himself.

"You did a good job, go back first."

"Yes!"

"A Bao, you should lead the sharp knife company to join the special operations platoon immediately. Meng Fanlao, you should lead people to Heshun Town as soon as possible to rescue your father."

Meng Fanle was stunned when he heard this: "Ah? My father?"

"Yes, your parents are in Heshun Town now. I took you across the river this time so that you could rescue your parents."

"Yes, Captain."

In addition to the special operations platoon, the spearhead company and the guard company, the team that crossed the river this time also had more than one hundred elite soldiers selected from three regiments, who were under the command of Meng Fanle to rescue his father.

Afterwards, Lu Cheng gave another order to the guard company: "Dong Jian, Hao Xiangyang, after all the people have crossed the river, you will collect the cableways and ropes, lead your men to block the enemy's reinforcements in the nearby jungle, and rush to meet up with the special operations platoon in two hours."

"Yes, Captain."

After arranging the combat mission, Lu Cheng immediately took several signalmen and rushed to Ciliang Temple together with the spearhead company.

When the soldiers of the spearhead company arrived at the road that must be taken to Ciliang Temple, Xia Chen had already led the special operations platoon to set up heavy machine gun positions and mortar positions, blocking the enemy's route.

Afterwards, the soldiers of the spearhead company quickly ambushed in the forest and prepared for battle.

Soon, the Japanese soldiers from the Ciliang Temple squadron swarmed in on sidecar motorcycles and bicycles.

On the position, Bu La was holding a Lee Enfield sniper rifle, aiming at the Japanese machine gunner on the sidecar motorcycle in the front. Yao Ma on the side was also holding an M3 submachine gun, aiming at the motorcyclist.

Cui Yong operated an M2 heavy machine gun and aimed at the center of the Japanese.

Milong was controlling a Bren light machine gun, while Doubing was lying beside Milong, carrying an ammunition box on his back and holding an M1 carbine in his hand.

Shebutt and Dong Dao each held a Thompson submachine gun, ready for battle.

The weapon in Xia Chen's hand was the same as Lu Cheng's, a Browning light machine gun.

Even the female agent Tan Wanying was holding a pistol in her hand and looking nervously at the road ahead.

There was originally a squadron of nearly 200 Japanese soldiers in Ciliang Temple. A small team was sent out to patrol the vicinity at night, and there were about Japanese soldiers left. There were to Japanese soldiers on the road now, and it was obvious that they had gone out in full force.

As the Japanese troops rushed into the ambush circle, Lu Cheng's Browning light machine gun opened fire instantly. Nearly 200 soldiers from the special operations platoon and the guard company all opened fire. Submachine guns, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenade launchers instantly poured bullets and shells onto the road.

There was a loud bang from gunfire, and most of the Japanese soldiers on the road were killed or wounded before they could react.

With absolute advantage in manpower and firepower, the battle ended quite quickly. In less than 5 minutes, the soldiers of the spearhead company began to clean up the battlefield and finish off the Japanese.

At the same time, Xia Chen immediately led the soldiers of the special operations platoon, used the devil's sidecar motorcycles and bicycles, and rushed to Ciliang Temple to destroy the devil's lair.

After more than 10 minutes, gunshots were heard from the direction of Ciliang Temple and then quickly stopped.

Tan Wanying, who was participating in a battle for the first time, could hardly believe her eyes. An entire squadron of Japanese soldiers was wiped out like this?

She was a professional intelligence officer and naturally knew how difficult it was to kill the Japanese. She never expected that this battle would be so smooth, and that there would not even be any casualties on either side.

This river crossing operation has just begun. Lu Cheng must of course make a good start. He must concentrate superior forces in the shortest possible time and eliminate all the Japanese invaders near Lianhua Township and Heshun Town at the lowest cost, or even with zero casualties.

After the special operations platoon cleared Ciliang Temple and the battlefield, they rushed to meet up with the spearhead company.

At this time, the Japanese soldiers on Nantianmen did not know how many enemies had crossed the river this time, so they hurriedly sent out two squadrons, one heading towards Ciliang Temple and the other towards the Nujiang River for reinforcement.

Not long after, gunshots were heard from the direction of Heshun Town, but they quickly stopped.

On the other side, the soldiers from the Sharp Knife Company and the Special Operations Platoon also blocked a squadron of Japanese devils in advance on the road north of Ciliang Temple.

The Japanese squadron obviously did not expect that the Japanese in the direction of Ciliang Temple had been eliminated, and they were not prepared for the ambush at all, and were quickly caught off guard by the spearhead company and the special operations platoon.

When Takeuchi Renzan on Nantianmen heard the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Ciliang Temple and the Nujiang River at the same time, he realized that something was wrong. He was thinking about whether to send more troops to reinforce when he heard the sound of a cannonball crossing the night sky.

Immediately afterwards, the Japanese army's well-hidden 105mm howitzer positions and the 75mm mountain artillery positions established later were simultaneously hit by artillery fire.

Seeing that the artillery fire from the east coast continued to fall on the artillery positions of Nantianmen, Takeuchi Renzan thought that the enemy on the opposite side was about to launch a general attack, and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to enter the first, second, and third lines of defense of Nantianmen for defense, and immediately ordered the artillery to move urgently.

However, the bulky artillery was not so easy to move, and the two most important artillery positions soon suffered the heaviest losses.

Takeuchi Lianshan was furious and began to feel fear again. At this moment, he didn't need to think too much to know that Lu Cheng, who liked to sneak attack, was coming again...

Just as the battle broke out on the west bank of the Nujiang River, Yu Xiaoqing, who was stationed at the lower reaches of the Nujiang River, also rushed to the river bank defense line and looked across with a telescope, trying to see what was happening...