Sword of Light: I Can Summon the Fourth Disaster

Niangziguan

Li Tianxia led a regiment to officially station at Niangzi Pass. This pass, named Niangzi Pass because Princess Pingyang Zhao once stationed troops there, was once again in the hands of the Long people.

Seeing the brigade's engineering company cleaning up the ruins, Li Tianxia shouted, "Turn on the safety of your weapons, be careful of the remaining Japanese soldiers in the dark, and each unit will take turns patrolling inside the pass."

"Yes!"

After Li Tianxia made all the arrangements, he took the guard battalion to search various places and arrange city defenses.

Zhai Shaoqing was leading the confidential department to sort out the information left by the devils, when suddenly an officer of the confidential department exclaimed, "Section Chief, look."

Zhai Shaoqing leaned over there and saw the confidential clerk holding a document with trembling hands, anger in his eyes that seemed to be bursting out.

Zhai Shaoqing frowned and took the document, which recorded the Japanese troops involved in this battle. He read them one by one: "The 10th Division, the 23rd Division, the 24th Division, the 1st Independent Mixed Brigade, the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, the 10th Independent Mixed Brigade, and the Yamada Detachment."

When he saw the Yamada Detachment, Zhai Shaoqing immediately understood why the confidential secretary was so angry. This confidential secretary was from Nanjing, and he couldn't help but be angry when he saw one of the murderers of the Nanjing Massacre.

Zhai Shaoqing patted the confidential officer on the shoulder and said, "Xiao Sun, don't worry, we will never let the Yamada detachment get away. Last night, the Second Regiment sent a message saying that the Mountain Division killed Sasaki Michiichi, which can be regarded as a partial revenge for the folks in Jinling."

Xiao Sun wiped the tears from his face and said to Zhai Shaoqing stubbornly: "Section Chief, please give me a rifle. I want to go to the battlefield to fight for our fellow villagers in Jinling and avenge my comrades who died in the defense of Jinling!"

Seeing Xiao Sun like this, Zhai Shaoqing couldn't help but feel a little headache. The secretaries of the secret section are all treasures. In this era of very low literacy, those who can be secretaries of the secret section must have a high school education. Although the column has vigorously promoted soldiers to learn to read, it has not been effective for a long time.

Just when Zhai Shaoqing didn't know how to comfort Xiao Sun, an officer knocked on the door and said, "Chief, there's a telegram from headquarters."

Zhai Shaoqing quickly took it and looked at it carefully. When he saw Desheng's signature, he immediately patted Xiao Sun's shoulder excitedly and said, "Xiao Sun, I allow you to go to the battlefield this time. Go to the logistics department to get the bulletproof vest and weapons later."

After saying that, without giving Xiao Sun time to react, he quickly ran to Li Tianxia who was deploying defenses and said, "Brigade Commander, a telegram from headquarters."

"Just read it, I'm busy."

Li Tianxia looked at the excited Zhai Shaoqing and said casually. After that, Li Tianxia scraped the cement in his hand quickly and piled up bricks one by one.

Zhai Shaoqing looked at Li Tianxia who was still scraping cement, and hurriedly pulled him back and said, "Brigade Commander, this is Mr. Desheng's order."

Only then did Li Tianxia put down the brick in his hand, brushed the dust off his hands, took the telegram and started reading.

"Order the Third Regiment to march lightly and directly to the Stone Gate. Make sure to block the retreat of those 30,000 Japanese soldiers."

Following Li Tianxia's order, Zhai Shaoqing quickly responded.

The Third Brigade was advancing towards Qianjiayu from the foothills of Taihang Mountains. After receiving the order, the brigade commander Zuo Guang ordered the entire brigade to turn around and begin advancing towards Shimen. For a moment, the entire area around Shimen became lively.

Near Shimen

Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu looked at the player air force disappearing into the sky, breathed a sigh of relief and said to Major General Yamada beside him: "Mr. Yamada, it seems that this Dragon Country army wants to eat us all up."

Yamada Saeji also complained: "Kuroiwa-kun, the North China Expeditionary Force consumed so much of the Empire's military funds, but the enemy grew so powerful. The headquarters should conduct a strict investigation into the North China Expeditionary Force's military expenditures."

After hearing this, Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu almost got angry. They came all the way to fight, so what's wrong with taking a little from them? If you don't take it and I don't take it, then how should the commander take it? If the commander doesn't take it, how can I get promoted in the future?

Besides, a group of army elks worth only 9 cents could be recruited again after they died. If North China did not fight, how could it reasonably report the loss of weapons?

"Mr. Yamada, the enemy planes have left now. Please lead your troops to quickly open the stone gate."

Yamada Saeji agreed with dissatisfaction, then rode out of the woods on horseback, arrived in front of the Yamada detachment, and said to his Ma Lu: "The target is Shimen Township, attack forward, and I will give you canned food after you take Shimen Township."

When they heard that there was canned food, the beasts of the Yamada Detachment's eyes lit up immediately. Shanxi was much colder than Jiangnan, and the beasts of the Yamada Detachment had only eaten a full meal when they first arrived the day before yesterday, and when they were ambushed yesterday, they ate pickled vegetables with rice and bran. From yesterday noon to now, they have not eaten a grain of rice, and now they are so hungry that they have no strength.

Looking at the Yamada Detachment which had picked up speed again, Yamada nodded with satisfaction. These beasts were worthy of being his subordinates. They could maintain such combat effectiveness even with such a shortage of supplies.

Not far behind the Japanese, Zhang Kangnian was leading his troops on a forced march. Because the Japanese fled through the mountains, the mechanized infantry regiment's rapid mobility could not be demonstrated at all, and they could only chase after the wounded soldiers left behind by the Japanese.

Fang Yang looked at the soldiers who were falling behind in the rear, ordered the medical team in the rear to rescue and resettle the soldiers along the way, and then accelerated to run to Zhang Kangnian's side.

"Commander, this won't work. We have been marching for four hours since last night and have fought with the Japanese several times. During this time, the soldiers haven't had a single bite to eat. If we chase them like this, they will easily collapse."

Zhang Kangnian looked at the dusty soldiers behind him and couldn't help shouting, "Brothers, I know you are tired, I am tired too, but the devils are more tired. As long as we bite them tighter and buy time for the brothers of the First Brigade, then it will be worth it no matter how tired we are. If we let these tens of thousands of devils escape because we are tired, then these beasts will still harm our people. Brothers, throw away unnecessary equipment, take out canned food and eat while walking, catch up with these devils, and fight to northern Hebei!"

At Zhang Kangnian's command, the soldiers gradually threw away the blankets, tents, and bulletproof vests that hindered their march. Many soldiers took out canned food and water from their ration bags, ate while throwing away, and soon became an elite light infantry.

Shimen

Pi Ri Zhan Yue led the Third Regiment to set up a blocking position at Shimen. Xiao Sun, who was temporarily acting as the Third Regiment's messenger, came up to report, "Commander, the Second Brigade just sent a message that they have been chasing the Japanese army for four hours. It is expected that the Japanese vanguard will arrive at Shimen around 2:00 p.m. today."

Pi Ri Zhan Yue nodded after hearing the news. Now the basic blocking fortifications of the Third Regiment have been set up, and once the artillery in the rear is deployed, the Japanese will not be able to break through the defense line of the Third Regiment for a while.

“Have all the villagers evacuated?”

Xiao Sun quickly replied: "They have been evacuated. Commander, look, is that the Japanese vanguard over there?"