Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 351 Airborne Regiment

Ding Wei looked at Wang Meng and the plane hovering in the sky with confusion.

"Chief of Staff, didn't we try using bombers? Aerial bombs can't penetrate these main forts!"

"Old Ding, just watch carefully, we won't drop bombs this time!"

"What to throw then?"

"people!"

Wang Meng ignored Ding Wei and stared at the sky intently.

Wang Meng ordered the artillery regiment of the 4th Armored Division to use small-caliber artillery to bombard the frontline positions, but the shells did not fall on the ten main forts, but fell in front of the positions.

"Yoshi, are these Chinese people so scared that they can't even fire their cannons accurately?"

"Baga, we can't let our guard down. Keep your eyes on the grass ahead. The Chinese are very cunning!"

As a result, the Japanese soldiers in the ten main forts focused all their attention on the positions in the front.

At this time, the rear door of the C-54 transport plane gradually opened, dark shadows jumped out, and then small white flowers bloomed.

"Chief of Staff, what is this?"

"The 201st Unit, the paratroopers! They land by parachute in places that regular infantry can't reach!"

"Awesome! Awesome! But where are you going to jump to?"

Wang Meng pointed at the ten main forts, then stared nervously at the group of scattered little white flowers.

Only if these paratroopers can accurately reach the top of each main fort can Wang Meng feel relieved.

Although the tops of these castles are at least a hundred square meters, it is still a big challenge for parachuting from the air and maneuvering the parachute to land on the top of the castle.

Wei Dayong kept operating the parachute. According to the established plan, he would lead two squads to land on the top of the largest temple fortress.

Wei Dayong recited the tricks of parachuting over and over again, and encouraged himself secretly. It would be a disgrace if he, the commander of the 201st Airborne Regiment, could not reach the designated target!

Fortunately, Wei Dayong practiced day and night and lived up to everyone's expectations. He landed steadily on the top of the temple fortress, then quickly untied his parachute and remained alert.

Soon after, many soldiers of the 201st Airborne Regiment landed at the target location. A very small number of soldiers deviated from the target due to wind direction and other reasons, so they pulled their parachutes and ran away as required to avoid becoming sitting ducks for the enemy.

At this time, Yoshio Shinozuka, who was observing the battlefield situation in Taiyuan City, realized the seriousness of the problem.

"Baga! Baga! When did the independent column get paratroopers? Order the main fort, don't stare at those pieces of broken grass in front of you, shoot into the air!"

Unfortunately, the order was issued too late. The 201st Airborne Regiment had already completed the airborne mission. There were ten main bunkers, and on average there were at least a dozen soldiers on the top of each bunker.

According to the pre-war deployment, these soldiers had to break through the main fort by breaking through the top.

"Fire the smoke bomb!"

In an instant, all ten main forts were shrouded in smoke. The Japanese were blinded, but they continued to shoot and fire blindly, and even threw grenades, becoming more and more crazy.

Because Yoshio Shinozuka's telegram made them feel the breath of death and its final struggle.

As the temple fort with the highest altitude and the largest area, it can overlook the entire Niutuzhai position and can also provide a certain degree of fire coverage to other main forts.

Therefore, if you don’t take the temple fort, you can’t take Niutu Village.

Monk Wei brought ten paratroopers with him, working in groups of two. They tied themselves up with ropes and hung upside down on the top of the temple fortress, then picked up a bundle of cluster grenades.

The soldiers pulling the rope looked at each other, then shook the rope violently.

The soldier at the end of the rope immediately pulled the line, counted down to three seconds, and stuffed all the grenades into the shooting port.

Then the soldier who was pulling the body pulled hard again, and the soldier who threw the grenade was pulled up again.

"Boom! Boom! Boom"

With a few loud bangs, the temple fortress under the soldiers' feet made a huge explosion.

I think even if the Japanese discovered these cluster grenades, they would not be able to throw them out in panic.

Taking advantage of the residual force of the explosion, Monk Wei and his soldiers immediately descended vertically to the ground using ropes, and then flipped over and entered the temple fortress.

"Leave no one alive, kill them all!"

After entering the temple fortress, we saw a circle of more than a dozen firing holes, with at least five or six heavy machine guns and several infantry guns. However, these weapons and the Japanese soldiers who were closer to the firing holes were blown into waste.

The Japanese soldiers and puppet troops who had escaped the disaster in the temple fort were stunned by the sudden explosion. For a moment, they didn't even know how to pick up their rifles and fight back.

By the time they reacted, bullets had already pierced their hearts.

In less than a minute, only the soldiers of the 201st Airborne Regiment and the corpses of the Japanese and puppet troops were left in the temple fort.

"Report to the headquarters, the temple fort has been captured!"

After Monk Wei finished arranging the defense of the temple fort, the smoke from the smoke bomb began to become thinner. From top to bottom, one could vaguely see Fort No. 3 and Fort No. 4, which were just lower than the temple fort in altitude.

"Fort Three, Fort Four Action!"

Monk Wei's victory in attacking the temple fort injected strong confidence into the other members of the 201st Airborne Regiment.

Following the procedure, within an hour, all ten stubborn main forts were taken down.

As the commander of this operation, Wang Ming finally got through to Wang Meng's walkie-talkie.

"Chief of Staff, the 201st Airborne Regiment has captured ten main forts. Comrades from the th Armored Division can come up and take over!"

"Well done! You have completed the handover. Quickly gather at the headquarters. We may have a big mission that requires you!"

Ding Wei stared at Wang Meng with his big eyes like cow eggs.

"We took them all down? We took them all down with just these two hundred people?"

"Take them all down. Hurry up and have the comrades from the Armored Division go up to clean up the battlefield and take over the ten main forts! Next, we can consider attacking Taiyuan!"

Ding Wei now finally understood why Wang Ming and Monk Wei disappeared for no apparent reason in the past few months. Could it be that they went to have a special treatment?

His own armored division had sacrificed hundreds of its men in Niutuo Village, and they hadn't taken it yet, but it was taken down by these 200 men? Now they wanted him to be a scavenger?

Wang Meng looked at Ding Wei's uncertain expression and patted him on the shoulder.

"Old Ding, everyone has their own specialty. Your Armored Division is good at attacking strongholds, long-distance raids, and large-scale troop operations, while the 201st Airborne Regiment is good at surprise attacks behind enemy lines, sabotage, and special operations. It's just a different division of labor! If Monk Wei and his men are surrounded by a large group of Japanese troops one day, we'll have to rely on your Armored Division to save the day!"

Ding Wei felt better when he heard what Wang Meng said, and he willingly gave the order to his troops to take over.

By this time it was already dark.

"Old Ding, I've decided to launch a general attack on Taiyuan tomorrow morning. The sooner we take Taiyuan, the Japanese will have fewer illusions, and the pressure on Old Li will also be less!"

"Okay! How do we fight?"