Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

Mr. Desheng walked into the cave while smoking a cigarette, looked at the map hanging on the wall with a smile, and then said in surprise: "Have you already started fighting?"

Xiao Zongmin said somewhat embarrassedly: "Sir, it was the devils who started it first."

The gentleman carefully examined the enemy and our own situation map, then said with a smile: "Your columns are facing the enemy from the east, west, and north. The enemies on the east and west lines seem to have launched attacks at the same time. As for the enemies on the north line, I think they are raising troops out of anger."

The gentleman talked eloquently about the enemy and our own situation chart, and the people behind him listened carefully. This gentleman had commanded the enemy in battle.

After talking for a while, the gentleman picked up the telegram from the table and read it. The more he read, the more he frowned. Then he pointed in the direction of the Second Brigade and said, "I'm afraid there will be problems with the Fourth Regiment of your brigade. Look."

As he spoke, the gentleman selected several telegrams from the Fourth Regiment and showed them to everyone. As soon as everyone started to read them, the gentleman began to explain: "You see, the Fourth Regiment met the enemy at 800 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The first telegram at : in the afternoon showed that the defensive counterattack had advanced meters."

Hearing what the gentleman said, Xiao Zongmin signaled Huang Zherang to report the news of the Fourth Regiment to the gentleman, and Huang Zherang stepped forward.

"The Fourth Regiment is a reinforced regiment of the Second Brigade. The entire regiment has 10 reinforced infantry companies, 5 heavy artillery companies, and 3 tank companies. Together with the transport company and the guard battalion, there are a total of people."

After listening to this, the gentleman nodded and said, "Your Fourth Regiment is very strong. With 800 people facing the siege of Japanese soldiers, you advanced meters in one hour."

At this point, the gentleman paused and showed everyone the second telegram, saying, "Look, this is the telegram from 5:04. The Fourth Regiment reported that the Japanese launched a suicide charge against the positions they had seized. They requested to shrink their positions to deal with the Japanese's attack."

Everyone looked at the gentleman in confusion. Although the 4th Regiment was strong, the telegram said that the 4th Regiment's position was a full three kilometers. They believed that the 4th Regiment's contraction this time was to gather its strength and then strike hard.

"Look again, this telegram from 5: p.m. is the first time the Fourth Regiment has called for heavy artillery support. Xiao Huang, your Fourth Regiment has five heavy artillery companies. How many guns do you have?"

Huang Zherang heard this and made a simple calculation, saying, "Each heavy artillery company has 27 German-made 105mm howitzers. The four regiments plus the six at the regiment headquarters have a total of 6 heavy artillery pieces."

After listening to this, the gentleman said in amazement: "141 heavy artillery pieces, that's equivalent to four artillery regiments of the devil. They lost all of them in less than eight hours? I don't think so. What I saw from the telegram was that the Fourth Regiment was missing a unit, which left them with a part of their firepower. That's why the devil took advantage of the opportunity and attacked their position, but their artillery couldn't reach the enemy."

Just when the gentleman had reached this point in his analysis, Xiao Lin received the battle report from Xiyang.

Xiao Lin made several copies and distributed them to everyone in the room for review.

Xiao Zongmin motioned for the gentleman to read it first. The gentleman took it and examined it carefully, then slammed the telegram on the table and angrily said, "This is simply nonsense."

Xiao Zongmin picked up the telegram in his hand and his face turned pale after reading it.

"Since the encounter yesterday afternoon, the Fourth Regiment has been fighting the Japanese for three hours. The First Battalion of the Fourth Regiment penetrated into the rear of the Japanese and killed one Japanese lieutenant general, one major general, and three colonels. Our troops have annihilated the rest of the Japanese. The Fourth Regiment lost 3400 people, and the Sixth Regiment lost 1300 people. The Japanese have been completely defeated. Our troops are organizing the pursuit of the enemy's remnants. Zhang Kangnian, February 1940, 2."

Xiao Zongmin slammed the telegram on the table and cursed excitedly: "What main force regiment? Bullshit! I think they are just dough. Not only do they disobey orders on the battlefield, but their command is completely like that of a pig. With almost the same number of people, they can't beat a newly formed division. Such a commander is only fit to feed pigs. Huang Zherang, when the battle is over, you let all the chief officers of this regiment go to the column headquarters to feed pigs."

"Yes!" Huang Zherang agreed quickly when he saw a new task appear in the task system.

The gentleman interrupted the angry Xiao Zongmin, looked at the map and analyzed, "If we let the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Brigade stop this wave of Japanese soldiers fleeing north, then this wave of Japanese soldiers will gather near Shimen, and then let you support the 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Regiment to turn around and fight back. Then let the 2nd Brigade reorganize a few mobile troops. The number of people does not need to be too large, a thousand people per unit is enough. Your team has enough supporting firepower, and it will be easy to encircle these Japanese soldiers who have thrown away their armor and weapons."

Xiao Lin was sending a telegram while listening. After the gentleman finished speaking, Xiao Lin's telegram was sent to various units at the same time.

The gentleman nodded, and then continued to read other telegrams. After seeing the telegram from the Mountain Division, he said happily: "Look, your Mountain Division fought very well. It rushed at full speed at night, caught the Japanese by surprise, annihilated more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers, and killed the executioner Sasaki Michiichi. The Japanese pirates' 'flower of lieutenant generals' will wither in the Taihang Mountains again."

Xiao Zongmin smiled and responded, "Sir, I'm afraid that the Japanese pirates' 'lieutenant generals' have been killed one after another in the Taihang Mountains. Tonight alone, the Japanese lieutenant generals who have been killed include the current First Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka, the 10th Division Commander Michikazu Sasaki, and the 23rd Division Commander Masayoshi Inoue. I'm afraid I don't know what the Japanese radio station says."

The gentleman also laughed after hearing this, and then said seriously: "We must despise the enemy strategically and take the enemy seriously tactically. After all, we are an agricultural country, and the enemy is an industrial country. Even though your column is well-equipped, you do not have a sufficient industrial base in the rear, so the devils can fight you at will, and you have to avoid the devils."

Xiao Zongmin nodded in agreement and said, "The Japs are now a maritime power. When our column opens up the Hebei-Shandong Passage, we will also develop our navy. The future navy of the world is also a carriage."

The gentleman asked curiously, "Oh, our Big Brother is a powerful country spanning two continents, and you said that the future of the world lies in the ocean. Can you tell me your opinion?"

Xiao Zongmin then spoke up and expressed his views.

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Second Brigade Headquarters

Zhang Kangnian looked at the telegram in his hand, and at Asada's attack with an ugly face, he threw the telegram in his face and asked, "Why didn't you obey orders? We are facing only two newly reorganized Japanese divisions, and less than one-eighth of them are veterans. We should have had a chance to wipe them out."

Asada lowered his head and said nothing, only his clenched fists showed his inner unrest.

Zhang Kangnian looked at him and said, "I know that more than one person has told you that if you can defeat the enemy's headquarters, you will reap a huge reward. But you are the commander of the army. You should know that because of your negligence, 3400 people died on this land, and more than 200 people have been disabled for life."

At this point, Zhang Kangnian kicked Asada with a look of disappointment, then straightened his uniform and continued, "The column headquarters and Shaanxi No. 1 issued the order at the same time."

Upon hearing this, Asada immediately straightened his clothes and straightened his chest.

"Order the Second Brigade, Fourth Regiment, and all the staff members of each unit, from the regimental commander down, to go to the pig farm of the column headquarters immediately. This order has been issued and will be executed immediately."