Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

Wangjialing

Zhang Dabiao directed the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.

Li Yunlong looked at the rifles sorted out by the soldiers, his mouth grinning so much that it almost reached the back of his head.

"Zhang Dabiao, order the soldiers to clean up carefully. Take off the cotton-padded clothes, hats, and shoes of the Japanese and puppet soldiers and take them back to wash and mend them so they can be used again."

"Don't worry, Captain." Zhang Dabiao responded.

Wang Laoguan led the players to Li Yunlong and said, "Captain Li, clean up the battlefield as soon as possible. Our transport convoy will help you transport the captured items to the vicinity of the base. It is already 4 o'clock, and the Japanese Army Aviation will arrive over Wangjialing around o'clock. Time waits for no one."

Li Yunlong chuckled, then asked solemnly: "Captain Wang, the loss of the Youth Column is quite heavy. If it weren't for the help of our friendly forces, I, Li, might have been stuck and eaten by these devils."

Wang Laoguan also said seriously: "No one would have thought that a transport squadron of the Japanese was followed by an infantry battalion, two infantry squadrons and a regiment of puppet troops."

"I issued strict orders for this battle. After arriving at the ambush position, the transport team distributed ammunition to the soldiers. The left-wing position alone fired 13 rounds of various bullets, but in the end the soldiers ran out of bullets and could only engage in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. The soldiers had a hard time standing at the front." Speaking of this, Wang Laoguan also had tears in his eyes.

"Yes, these devils have a very strong fighting spirit. Infantry charges are often accompanied by the cover of mortars and grenade launchers in the rear. Sometimes I even want to help my friendly forces on the opposite position." Li Yunlong said this with some sadness.

"If Captain Li had attacked at that time, we might have achieved greater results, but facing the reinforcements of the enemy's battalion, we couldn't resolve the battle quickly. If we held out, our army would have faced bombing from the enemy's aviation battalion next."

Facing the apologetic Li Yunlong, Wang Laoguan spoke freely and analyzed the role played by the New 1st Regiment as a surprise force.

Li Yunlong said with emotion: "It is not my character to not fire a single shot when my friendly forces are besieged by the enemy. Originally, it was my request to Brother Xiao that our two units jointly attack the enemy's transport team. After the battle, the friendly forces suffered so many casualties that I can't explain to Brother Xiao."

Wang Laoguan interrupted, "What do you want to explain? We killed so many devils, and our sacrificed soldiers died for a good cause. We came back for one thing, to kill the devils and build our country. If we only pursued comfort and pleasure, there would be no International Youth Column."

Looking at Wang Laoguan, who was full of pride, Li Yunlong was speechless for a long time. The soldiers of the Youth Column gave him the feeling that they were not like people at that time. They were always confident, and their disdain for the great powers was engraved in their bones.

Taiyuan First Army Headquarters

When Yoshio Shinozuka woke up in the morning, he saw Chief of Staff Miyano standing in front of his office with a gloomy face.

There was a reason why Chief of Staff Miyano was so angry. Aso Kizo was not only his student, but also his nephew-in-law. For him, the Miyano family specially pulled out three infantry squadrons from the Miyano Regiment of the Kwantung Army to follow the Aso Battalion to Xiyang. Unexpectedly, they were ambushed by the enemy and only more than 800 people escaped.

Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Major General Miyano in confusion and asked, "Miyano-kun, what's the matter?"

Major General Miyano bowed deeply and said, "I'm sorry to bother you so early in the morning. There was news from Xiyang last night."

Upon hearing that this was the place where his beloved general suffered a setback, Yoshio Shinozuka's expression straightened and motioned for Chief of Staff Miyano to come into the office and talk.

"Masso Battalion: Last night, our troops were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in the direction of Wangjialing. We fought for four hours and killed more than a thousand enemies and destroyed an enemy heavy artillery battalion. Only more than 800 people were left in our troops and moved to Wangjia Town."

"Hatsube Battalion: We received a telegram from Aso Battalion asking for help last night. More than 800 of our troops rushed for four hours to reach Wangjialing. We were besieged by the enemy with several times the number of troops. After two hours of fighting, only 200 of our troops managed to move to Xiyang."

"Baka!" Shinozuka Yoshio slapped Major General Miyano in the face and cursed: "Miyano-kun, is this the good news you brought? Do you know how much impact the loss of this batch of supplies will have on our First Army's subsequent plans? How do you want me to explain to Commander Tada Shun?"

Major General Miyano covered his face in disbelief, staring blankly at Shinozuka Yoshio losing his temper. But he still reported:

"Commander Tada has decided to leave for Shanxi today from the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters after receiving the news."

"The Miyano family and the Aso family have called together and will dispatch two regiments and a security division from the Kwantung Army to Sanjin to cooperate with the commander's plan."

After Major General Miyano finished his report, Shinozuka Yoshio calmed down. It was not because of Tada Shun's coming, but because of the news of the alliance between the Miyano family and the Aso family. The two families had a good relationship with the military, and many people from the Miyano family held important positions in the Kwantung Army and the North China Expeditionary Army. The Aso family was a long-standing bureaucratic family, and the current head of the Aso family was a good friend of the private army minister. These two families were related to his political future, so he could not help but pay attention to them.

"What demands did the Aso and Miyano families make?" asked Yoshio Shinozuka.

"The two companies hope that the commander will order the Taiyuan Arsenal to imitate a batch of Jin-made Thompson submachine guns to equip the Aso Battalion. This is the application form." Miyano said and handed over the document in his hand.

Yoshio Shinozuka's face grew darker as he looked at the document. The Imperial Military was not in favor of large-scale deployment of submachine guns, but the two companies applied for 800 guns at once, which was almost the monthly output of the Taiyuan Arsenal.

After flipping through the documents, Shinozuka Yoshio's face calmed down and he said, "Okay, I'll arrange for the workers to make it right away."

"Then I'll trouble you, Commander." Major General Miyano nodded and left the office.

Yoshio Shinozuka sat on his desk, holding a 20 yen deposit certificate from the Specie Bank in his hand and looking at it carefully. He definitely agreed to the requests of the two companies for his own political future, not for this mere 20 yen.

Kenanpo

"Yinfu, look, look, the Eighth Route Army has hurt the Japanese pirates." Commander Yan showed the telegram to Zhao Yinfu. "Those Eighth Route Army soldiers fought wherever the red flags were raised. They are not here to grab territory, what are they here for?"

Zhao Yinfu said in a low voice: "Yinfu has failed the superior's expectations."

"Alas, after the Anti-Japanese War, the Central Army entered Shanxi, and the Eighth Route Army also entered Shanxi. Once they arrived at Shanxi, they refused to leave. In the end, I, Yan, had no place to stand." Commander Yan became more and more excited as he spoke, and roared, pointing at the map.

"The Eighth Route Army has only been in Shanxi for a few years. The folks in Shanxi only know about the Eighth Route Army and don't know me, Yan. If I hadn't acted quickly, the new army would have all gone to the Eighth Route Army."

Just then Yang Enxi came in and said to Zhao Yinfu, "Yinfu, why did you make the commander so angry so early in the morning?"

"Longquan, I'm not angry with Yinfu. Come here and take a look at this telegram." Commander Yan called Yang Enxi over.

Yang Enxi looked at the telegram, frowned and said, "Sir, is this information true?"

"This was sent to me by the top brass of the Japanese pirates' First Army. Two battle reports were also sent along with the telegram. Longquan, notify Cuiya to speed up the progress." Commander Yan threw the telegram in his hand to Yang Enxi, and then said.

"Yes!"

Yamashiro Attendant's Room

Chief He frowned as he looked at the battle report in his hand, and then hurried to the president's office.

"Damn it! Where did they get the heavy artillery and submachine guns?" The bald man slammed the telegrams on the table.

Dai Chunfeng also rushed over at that moment, knocked on the door and shouted, "Report."

"It's Yunong, come in." The bald man looked at the person who came and then handed the telegram in his hand to Dai Chunfeng.

"Yu Nong, please take a look at this telegram."

Dai Chunfeng took the telegram, quickly read it, then put it down and said, "Principal, this is also why I came here."

After saying this, he presented the information he had with both hands.

After receiving the information, the bald man was furious and slammed the telegram on the table and cursed: "Damn it, this is slandering me. What do a bunch of rich kids know? They know how much pressure I, Chang, am under."

After that, he handed the information to Chief He and said, "Jingzhi, take a look. This little red bandit is slandering me in front of the Chinese and overseas Chinese. I said that the aid from the Chinese and overseas Chinese has been reduced in recent times."

"Darling." Just by hearing the voice, I knew it was the president's wife.

Looking at the angry president, the president's wife comforted him, "Darling, what made you so angry?"

"Jingzhi, show the information to Madam." The president gestured.

After the president's wife took the information and read it, she smiled and said, "What do these people know? They are just insignificant people gossiping. Darling, there is no need to be angry about these insignificant people."

"Jingzhi, Yunong, you two go out first. We'll discuss the specific arrangements this afternoon." After saying that, he motioned for the two to go out.

Only the CEO and his wife were left in the office.

The president took out the telegram and showed it to his wife: "The insignificant people you mentioned have already affected the donations of overseas Chinese, and they have also sent some of their children to contact the Eighth Route Army."

"Darling, is this information true? We killed more than 2,000 enemies, but our own casualties were only more than 300?" The president's wife said in surprise.

"This was sent to Yan Baichuan by a high-ranking Japanese pirate official, and Yan Baichuan passed it to me. After those Chinese youths returned to join the army, our results were significantly expanded. Those Chinese youths are knowledgeable and passionate. If they were to get in touch with the group in northern Shaanxi, it would be easy for them to become too powerful to be eliminated."

"Darling, I will go to the United States in a while and contact the Chinese leaders there. They are the leaders of overseas Chinese. Without their support, those people will be rootless." The president's wife said affirmatively.

"Okay, I'll trouble you then."