noffsinger Chapter 268 Helping out
Chapter 268 Helping out
Chu Yunfei immediately took his guard company, got on the car, and quickly moved northwest towards the Zhuozhang River.
The distance was twenty kilometers, and Chu Yunfei reached the Zhuozhang River checkpoint in less than half an hour.
The Zhuozhang River checkpoint is located at the junction of Linzhou, Pingshun and Shexian County controlled by the Japanese. Therefore, an entire reinforced company was deployed here to check the civilians coming and going to prevent the Japanese from sneaking in.
At this time, the situation at the Zhuozhang River checkpoint was already difficult to resolve.
The Yamamoto Special Forces and the Brandenburg Special Forces, using automatic firearms, launched a fierce attack on the checkpoint and completely suppressed the firepower of the defenders.
Chu Yunfei rushed forward, bringing with him the reinforcements of the guard company, and only then was he able to reverse the situation a little bit, and the situation began to fall into a stalemate.
Chu Yunfei looked at the river bank less than fifty meters ahead and picked up the telescope to take a look.
In order to prevent the water of the Zhuozhang River from overflowing the river bank, the entire river bank was raised, resulting in a drop of about three or four meters on both sides of the river.
Now the Japanese troops and the 386th Brigade are each guarding one side and are in a stalemate.
"I ask you, what's going on?"
Chu Yunfei pulled over the company commander guarding the Zhuozhang River checkpoint and asked him what was going on.
It turned out that after coming out of the north gate of Pingshun, Yamamoto Ikki and Hans did not go directly to the nearest Licheng County, but instead prepared to retreat to the farther Shexian County through Linzhou controlled by the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
According to Yamamoto Ikki's research on the Independent Column and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, he believed that no matter how powerful the Independent Column was, it would not dare to march into the territory of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's 358th Regiment.
As long as they enter the territory of Linzhou, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army will be much easier to deal with than the Independent Column.
Moreover, by using the ocean to clear the way, they could safely retreat to Shexian without even firing a single shot.
But he never expected that the checkpoint on the Zhuozhang River had started a "revenue-generating" business, which was to rob passers-by in various ways.
Look, a group of Japanese soldiers pushing wheelbarrows became the targets of robbery.
Several sentries came forward to conduct a routine check, hoping to find an excuse to make some money.
But the Japanese were quite sensible and paid two dollars in toll without waiting for inspection.
The sentry held two dollars in his hand and tried to move the barricades to allow the crowded wheelbarrows to pass.
But the extremely greedy company commander stopped them immediately when he saw the two dollars.
"Wait, have they checked it? Why did they let him go? What if he's a spy or a traitor? Check!"
The soldier who received the money immediately ran over and stuffed two dollars into the company commander's hand.
"Captain, I gave you the money!"
The company commander stuffed the money into his pocket and patted the sentry's hat.
"Are you fucking stupid? They're paying two dollars before we even make a move. Once we get stronger, they'll have to pay at least double that! Check it out for me!"
When the sentry heard this, he gave a thumbs up.
"Captain, you are still the best! You are so ruthless! No wonder you can be the company commander!"
"Learn a little!"
The company commander, full of pride, walked to the wheelbarrow and knocked on the large mahogany box tied to the rack.
"What's in it? Open it and take a look!"
Yamamoto Ikki put away the fierce look in his eyes, took out two more silver dollars in a flattering manner and stuffed them into the company commander's pocket.
"Boss, they are just rags and rags, there is nothing to check, and we are in a hurry, so could you please be kind and let us pass by?"
The company commander walked around the wheelbarrow twice, and his chin was almost bald from rubbing it.
"Such a nice mahogany box is filled with rags? Do you think I'm stupid? Open it for me!"
Seeing that these common people were ignorant, the company commander waved his hand and two sentries stepped forward to untie the ropes, but they did not expect that several pairs of large hands were pressing on the ground so tightly that they could not move.
"Boss, can you please give me a favor? Besides, I advise you not to look at the things in here. It's not good for you?!"
The company commander was frightened when he heard this, but he was used to being domineering, so how could he tolerate threats from others?
"Hey, you dare to threaten me, open it for me!"
After the company commander finished speaking, he took out his revolver, put his hands on his hips and started demonstrating.
Yamamoto Kazuki winked back and the gentle smile on his face immediately disappeared. They bent down to untie the ropes that tied the boxes, but suddenly pulled out several submachine guns from under the wheelbarrow and fired fiercely at the sentry.
Seeing that the situation was not right, the company commander pulled a scapegoat next to him to block in front of him, and then quickly jumped under the river bank.
Yamamoto Kazuki also took the opportunity to push the wheelbarrow back to the opposite river bank and confront the guards at the checkpoint.
Behind Yamamoto Ikki, Hans, who was preparing to pass the checkpoint in batches, quickly came over to reinforce after hearing the gunshots.
About twenty special forces attacked the checkpoint. Relying on their skilled tactical movements and coordination, as well as the advantages of automatic firearms, they managed to defeat an entire reinforced company and left more than forty soldiers dead.
The situation was not stabilized until Chu Yunfei's reinforcements arrived.
"Damn it, you think we're a pushover? Bring our mortars over here!"
Just as Chu Yunfei was mobilizing his troops, pure Chinese voices came from the other side of the river bank.
"Your unit is from the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, right? We are the Imperial Army. Are you interested in a conversation?"
Chu Yunfei didn't know what these guys were planning for a moment, so he started shouting.
"Just say whatever you want to say. I'm Chu Yunfei, the leader of the 358th Regiment!"
"It turns out to be Captain Chu. Your bravery in Songhe Tower is well known to the world. I didn't expect to meet you here again. What an honor!"
Chu Yunfei felt very comfortable with this flattery, but he immediately began to be on guard, thinking that if someone was too attentive to him for no reason, he was either a traitor or a thief.
"Stop talking nonsense, and say what you want to say, or I'll start fighting!"
"Captain Chu is indeed a man of few words. In that case, I will get straight to the point. We just had some conflict with the Independent Column and are planning to pass through your territory to move north. The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Empire have no grudges in the past or today, and as far as we know, the relationship between your army and the Independent Column is not harmonious. Why don't you let us pass? The Empire owes you a favor!"
Chu Yunfei suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Li Yunlong's independent column was in such a mess. It seemed that it was the Japanese devils who caused the trouble. He must help them!
"Commander, what the Japanese said makes sense. Li Yunlong's independent column surrounded us several times and even seized our weapons."
"Nonsense! No matter how bad the dispute between us and the Independent Column is, it is China's own business. The two brothers fought behind closed doors, but now we have to fight others together when the door is open!"
"Commander, their weapons and equipment are very powerful, we can't fight them head-on!"
Chu Yunfei thought for a long time and realized that he could not fight head-on. Looking at the mortar that had been set up, an idea suddenly came to his mind.
"Okay, let's stand up and talk. I'll count to one, two, three, and then everyone stand up together!"
"a man of his words!"