Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 66 The Brigade Commander is Furious
Faced with the deputy brigade commander's questioning, the brigade commander still tried to control his emotions and said: "The intelligence officer only said that someone was attacking the county town, he did not say that the person was Li Yunlong."

Although the brigade commander said that, his subconscious judgment was the same as that of the deputy brigade commander.

If things go wrong, this might really be Li Yunlong's third attack on the county town. That bastard is really bold.

“Who else besides Li Yunlong would have such audacity?” the deputy brigade commander questioned again. “Besides, Li Yunlong now has four cannonballs from the Hellfire Cannon, so he has the means to attack the city.”

"Did the attacking troops use heavy weapons?" the brigade commander asked the intelligence officer.

"No," the intelligence officer replied.

The brigade commander immediately turned to the deputy brigade commander and said, “Listen to this, the troops attacking the city don’t have heavy weapons. If Li Yunlong changed my orders without authorization, he would have used Heyuan County to test the shells. But Heyuan County was not shelled, so we can’t draw conclusions so easily.”

Clearly, the brigade commander still harbored a sliver of hope.

He still couldn't believe that Li Yunlong had done something for him.

The third attack on Heyuan County was a huge disaster, and the brigade commander couldn't handle it.

“Brigade Commander, no one but Li Yunlong would dare to do it.” The deputy brigade commander was still certain that the siege operation was related to Li Yunlong.

"Go and investigate again as soon as possible to find out who is attacking Heyuan County," the brigade commander ordered.

"Yes." The intelligence officer left.

Not long after, the intelligence officer ran back and reported: "Reporting to the brigade commander, we have found out that the troops attacking Heyuan County are our local armed forces, including county brigades and district squads. Our preliminary judgment is that this may be the operation of local troops."

The deputy brigade commander was taken aback: "Are you sure it's not Li Yunlong?"

The intelligence officer replied, "No trace of Commander Li has been found."

The deputy brigade commander's tone grew serious: "The local troops don't even have basic artillery. How can they so rashly attack Heyuan County? Isn't that just courting death?"

The brigade commander analyzed: "I judged that they saw that the gap in Heyuan County had not been closed, so they wanted to break in through the gap."

Immediately afterward, the brigade commander frowned: "This is troublesome too. If they start fighting, the Japanese forces in Ping'an County will be mobilized to suppress them, and we won't even have a chance to save them."

How can this be saved?

The 22nd Regiment, the Black Island Cavalry Regiment, plus a mechanized regiment—they were armed to the teeth, just waiting to take down anyone.

The intelligence officer continued, "They've been caught by the enemy."

"Brigade Commander, we can't just stand by and watch them die, can we? After all, they are our armed forces." The deputy brigade commander frowned when he heard that the local armed forces had been caught by the Japanese.

If they're caught in a trap and don't lend a hand, they'll be completely wiped out when the Japanese encirclement forces arrive.

"No, this is not right, this is not right!" The brigade commander shook his head, as if remembering something.

"What's wrong?" the deputy brigade commander asked suspiciously.

“The local armed forces don’t usually launch large-scale operations easily. If they do, they will notify us in advance. But now, the local armed forces have suddenly united to attack the city, which is unreasonable.” The brigade commander questioned, “Furthermore, we haven’t seen any movement from the scrap yard.”

"You mean..." the deputy brigade commander said thoughtfully.

Having analyzed the situation to this extent, even if the brigade commander didn't want to believe that Li Yunlong was the one who caused the trouble, he had no choice but to accept it. He angrily cursed, "The local troops were most likely instigated by Li Yunlong. That son of a bitch is really going to drive me crazy. I've already sent Ding Wei and Zhao Gang, but they still can't control this bastard!"

I don't know how this bastard managed to fool Ding Wei and Zhao Gang. These two actually dared to go along with his nonsense and even dragged the local troops into it.

"Brigade Commander, what do we do now?" the deputy brigade commander asked nervously.

Li Yunlong's instigation of local troops to attack the city is likely just one part of his plan. He will definitely have other actions planned.

Could it be.

This kid is probably trying to lure out the Japanese troops in Ping'an County so he can ambush them with four artillery shells.

That's just wishful thinking.

That was three Japanese regiments, two of which were rapid-mobility units—no joke.

The infantry regiment will hold you, Li Yunlong, in the front, while the mechanized units and cavalry regiment will quickly flank you from the left and right. Even if you, Li Yunlong, were Sun Wukong, you wouldn't be able to escape the Buddha's Five Finger Mountain.

"What do you mean, what can I do? What else can I do but wait and see?" The brigade commander was furious. He didn't know where that bastard Li Yunlong had gone, so he couldn't make any rash moves.

"Are they really just going to abandon the local troops once they're caught in the crossfire?" the deputy brigade commander worried. "We might still have some time, but if the forces surrounding Ping'an County are mobilized, then there will be no more..."

Before the deputy brigade commander could finish speaking, another intelligence officer ran over quickly and saluted the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, the Japanese encirclement and suppression troops in Ping'an County have come out."

The deputy brigade commander fell silent. The Japanese encirclement and suppression troops had come out, and there was no more hope.

Even if Li Yunlong had some skill, with just four cannonballs from the Hellfire Cannon, he couldn't possibly rescue the armed forces from this place.

"Li Yunlong, you better have the ability to turn the tide, or when you come back, I'll really kill you, you bastard!" The brigade commander slammed his fist on the table.

The deputy brigade commander said to the intelligence officer, "Continue the surveillance."

"Yes, sir." The intelligence officer saluted and withdrew.

The deputy brigade commander comforted the brigade commander, saying, "Brigade commander, you said it yourself, Li Yunlong never suffers a loss in battle. Maybe he really will bring about a miracle."

Since things have come to this, we can only try to think positively.

"I hope so!" the brigade commander said through gritted teeth.

……

Ping'an County
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei's troops were already prepared for battle. Zhang Dabiao ran over to Li Yunlong and reported, "Commander, the Japanese have gone far away. It's about time we made our move."

"Hmm." Li Yunlong hummed in agreement, immediately picked up a match, and lit the fuse of the Hell Cannon.

The fuse gets shorter as it burns.

boom!
The assault shells were fired and landed very accurately at the main entrance of Ping'an County.

A large hole was blasted open at the main entrance, and bricks and stones flew out from the smoke, creating a chaotic mess.

The city walls of Ping'an County were directly breached.

"Hey, these new shells seem to be more accurate."

Li Yunlong exclaimed in surprise, noticing the difference in the new shells; their trajectory was more stable and accurate.

Ding Wei also said, "The breach is smaller than before, and the power seems to have decreased."

Li Yunlong said nonchalantly, "The gap is a little small, but it's enough. I guess the arsenal wants to save on raw materials. Da Biao, get to work, hurry up."

"Yes, Commander." Zhang Dabiao led his troops and immediately attacked the breach.

(End of this chapter)