Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

Taiyuan First Army Headquarters

Yoshio Shinozuka is listening to Chief of Staff Miyano's report on the New Year's offensive.

"Our 129th Brigade and the th Independent Mixed Brigade will be the main forces. The Miyano Brigade, Aso Brigade, and Hattori Brigade will join the Manchukuo Guard Division to sweep the main forces of the Eighth Route Army along the Taihang Mountains and the Pingyang Highway. The Mei Agency reported that the senior agent Pangolin has been activated to determine the location of the th Division headquarters."

"Yesterday during the day, Yangquan Railway Station suffered a suicide attack. A truck carrying a large amount of explosives crashed into a troop train, killing 762 locust warriors from the 294st Infantry Battalion of the Hattori Regiment. On the same day, a small group of troops infiltrated Xiyang County and shelled the Xiyang Military Police, killing military police. The enemy entered the Yangquan Railway Station bunker complex in the name of the Hattori Regiment to sell small commodities, and most of the soldiers in the bunkers were poisoned to death."

Shinozuka Yoshio was not angry, because the casualties were not soldiers from his First Army. Instead, he asked, "Have all the supplies arrived?"

Chief of Staff Miyano replied: "It is expected to arrive in the afternoon of the 20th."

Shinozuka Yoshio said: "Then prepare all units and start the New Year Offensive on January 1th. We hope to destroy the 20th Division Headquarters before February 2th. In the next few days, order the Hattori Regiment not to sell goods outside the barracks."

"Yes."

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At the Eighth Route Army headquarters, two leaders were sitting side by side, and Brigade Commander Chen was reporting on the situation of the International Brigade.

The Grand Brigade Commander emphasized the key information in detail, sometimes pausing while speaking, as if thinking about how to convey his meaning more accurately.

After listening to the report, the commander-in-chief smiled gently, with admiration in his eyes: "This little guy doesn't ask for much. I think I can make the decision for him." He nodded as he spoke, as if he was confident about the decision.

The deputy commander-in-chief also agreed with a smile: "I think so. According to the intelligence we received, his troops are having difficulty recruiting troops because of the long supply lines. They even raised funds on their own to purchase soldiers from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Central Army. Combined with the number of non-commissioned officers reported by Xiao Chen before, the strength of his column cannot be underestimated." As he spoke, he tapped his fingers on the table, as if thinking about the next deployment.

Upon hearing this, the brigade commander showed joy on his face, he straightened his chest, and his voice revealed excitement and anticipation: "Then I will give him a reply as soon as possible, and by the way, ask him to report in detail on the organization of the troops." However, just as he was about to turn around and leave, the deputy commander-in-chief reached out and grabbed him.

The deputy commander-in-chief's expression became serious. He stared into the brigade commander's eyes and said, "Don't worry. You have been busy with affairs between the headquarters and the International Brigade recently, and you may not have seen some important intelligence. It is reported that the Japanese have recently deployed heavy troops in Yangquan, and there is also the Japanese Independent 129th Mixed Brigade in Jingxing. Once these two forces merge, their target may very likely be your 386th Division. Only your th Brigade can provide support near your unit. You should first assign a telegraph operator to the International Brigade. You need to personally command the front-line troops and prepare to fight back against the mopping-up operation." As he spoke, he handed a new piece of intelligence to the brigade commander.

The brigade commander took the intelligence and quickly read through its contents. His brows were furrowed, and his expression became more solemn. He was fully aware of the difficulty and importance of this mission, and also understood the responsibility he shouldered. He raised his head, looked at the two commanders firmly and said, "Please ask the headquarters to telegraph our unit as soon as possible and ask Chief of Staff Zhou to send a telegraph operator to the International Youth Column to strengthen the connection between the two sides. We must not take this battle lightly."

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Player Station

Xiao Zongmin was studying the enemy and our own situation under the guidance of Xiao Wen, when suddenly the system's voice rang out.

"Ding, the number of players detected has reached 1000. Congratulations to the host for completing the achievement - Many hands make light work. Reward: a fully-organized and strengthened air defense company."

"Ding, a breakthrough in the number of soldiers has been detected. Congratulations to the host for completing the achievement - Captain, you are about to become a division commander. Reward: 3000 German weapons. Strengthen an officer platoon."

"Ding, it has been detected that the Japanese pirates are preparing to start the Spring Festival offensive. Now the mission is issued. Smash the Japanese pirates' Spring Festival offensive. There will be phased rewards for annihilating a battalion, a regiment, or a brigade of the Japanese pirates in an organized manner."

"Ding, compensation rewards are being issued due to system downtime. Reward 1: G43 semi-automatic rifle exchange qualification. Reward : Laba Festival supplies for person."

"Xiao Wen, give the order to the training battalion, the guard battalion, and the air defense company to begin reorganization and re-equipment. Notify all personnel except the training staff to prepare for battle."

"Yes."

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Xiaosun's meeting room

Principal Bai Cang and Principal Hu were studying a map when they unexpectedly saw Xing Xingdian, who was in charge of organizing the soldiers, rushing in and saying, "Great news, great news."

Bai Cang looked at the obviously excited Xingdiandian, soothed him and asked, "Don't get excited yet. Where does happiness come from?"

Xingxingdiandian said excitedly: "Lao Hu, Lao Bai, didn't you train 15 heavy artillery companies first and use up all your merits? Today, when I led the infantry company to the abandoned Lao Hujiaji to expand the barracks, the soldiers dug out someone's gold vault under an old bank. Do you know how much gold we dug up? A full 1 taels and more than 20 taels of silver."

After listening to this, Bai Cang also stood up excitedly and said, "Wow, the deposits we dug out from the landlords before were only a few hundred taels of gold and a thousand taels of silver. I didn't expect to find so much in the bank."

Principal Hu quickly called Rufeng over. Rufeng made a quick calculation and said, "With nearly 70 merits, our heavy artillery company can increase the number of guns from three to nine. For the rest, we can upgrade the infantry to mechanized infantry. Our motorized troops are seriously overstaffed."

After hearing Rufeng's arrangement, Principal Hu was immediately excited: "Then we can now defeat an entire regiment of the Japanese in a single battle in the field."

Before Principal Hu could finish his imagination, Huang Zherang rushed in and said, "Now the Quartermaster's Office can exchange for G43 semi-automatic rifles. Our infantry can develop towards German weapons. In addition, the mission officer has issued a mission to crush the Japanese Spring Festival offensive!"

Principal Hu signaled Huang Zherang to calm down: "Zherang, how many infantry companies do we have?"

"Eight."

"Replace the equipment of these eight infantry companies as soon as possible, and reorganize them into a tank company, three mountain artillery companies, and two transport companies to form the First Independent Infantry Battalion of the International Youth Column. You will be the battalion commander. Order the logistics company to prepare dry food and distribute canned food and military ration packs as soon as possible. Your troops will set out on the afternoon of the 19th, and take out all the enemy artillery strongholds along the way until you reach the enemy's puppet pacification office. I will send a heavy artillery battalion and an anti-aircraft artillery battalion to follow you. This time, the front-line positions depend on you."

"Guarantee to complete the mission!" Huang Zherang saluted and went out to prepare.

Bai Cang said with some worry: "This is all our assets. We have captured prisoners for a month and rescued prisoners of war. We have drawn more than half of the troops from the other two corps and brought them all out."

"Old Bai, weren't there just a bunch of us players when we started? In just one month, we trained a brigade of troops. With superior firepower, if we can't defeat a few infantry regiments, then why are we fighting the Japs? This time, we should take the opportunity to give the Japs a hard blow and relieve the pressure on our friendly forces." Principal Hu comforted Bai Cang and slowly told him the plan.

"If I hadn't discovered so many resources, I would never have fought a head-on positional war with the Japanese. The judge sent a message from Yangquan saying that there are more than 2 Japanese puppet troops in Yangquan recently. Together with the original Sakata Regiment, there are a total of 3 mobile forces. If they advance along the Pingyang Highway, they will reach our base in a few days. We are under the enemy's bayonet."

"Old Wang asked us to go into the mountains to fight guerrilla warfare before, but we are all heavy artillery troops, and we can't use our weapons in the mountains, so I refused. I transferred a tank company and an anti-aircraft artillery company from Old Wang, and three infantry companies from Haoqi just to fight against this group of elite devils and drive them out of Xiyang County in one battle."