Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Seeing a small mushroom cloud rising in the direction of the cavalry camp, Wang Meng guessed that it must be Zhang Xuan's masterpiece.

Zhang Xuan slapped his thigh and laughed wildly, looking desperately at Wang Meng's handheld terminal.

"Killed 1 captain and 30 soldiers, added 40 points..."

It turned out that Zhang Xuan had set a booby trap at the entrance of the camp, and it must have been tripped by Taitian, an old classmate that Instructor Lin had just met.

Ota, who was blown up to the sky by the German tumor, may never understand until his death who sent him to the west?

Kong Jie and others split into two groups. One group, led by Lin Shubing and a special forces team, escorted the prisoners to a safe place for interrogation. The other group, led by Kong Jie and a convoy, returned to Yang Village to report the good news.

Kong Jie was grinning with joy, but Li Yunlong was caught by Zhao Gang and asked all kinds of questions.

"Captain Li, is our regiment taking any military action?"

Li Yunlong held a cigarette in his left hand and swung his right hand towards his body, looking innocent.

"No, if I had, I would have told you, Political Commissar Zhao. Old Li is a well-known honest man."

Zhao Gang refused to give in and kept following Li Yunlong.

"Where did the First Battalion and Deputy Commander Kong go?"

Li Yunlong saw that he could no longer hide the truth and slapped his forehead.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Political Commissar Zhao. Recently, the soldiers reported that their equipment has improved, but their living conditions have not. I asked Captain Kong to lead the first battalion to do some side business."

Before joining the army, Zhao Gang was a student at Yenching University. After joining the army, he went to the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. How could he understand Li Yunlong's "secret language"?

"Side job, what side job?"

"Some time ago, the puppet army in Wanjia Town set up a cavalry battalion. I asked Captain Kong to bring the horses back."

"Wanjia Town? Cavalry Battalion of the Puppet Army's Eighth Mixed Brigade?"

Li Yunlong wanted to laugh it off, but he didn't expect that Zhao Gang actually knew this place. He looked gloomy and prepared to run away.

But how could Zhao Gang let him go so easily?

"Zhengtai Road is less than a mile away from Wanjia Town. If there is any disturbance, the Japanese reinforcements will arrive immediately. You are walking on the edge of a knife!"

Li Yunlong was very disdainful in his heart. Since ancient times, wealth and honor have been sought through risk. How can one get rich without taking risks?

"Don't worry, my great political commissar. There are more than 300 people in the first battalion, and we also have a special operations team. We are all equipped with Mauser rifles, and the special operations team uses automatic weapons. Even if a large group of Japanese invaders comes, we can still beat them!"

Zhao Gang, who had always received formal education, was unable to accept it for a moment and became anxious.

"Captain Li, this is not just a side job, you are playing with the lives of the soldiers, you must take full responsibility!"

Li Yunlong also became angry. I, Old Li, respect you as the political commissar. I have explained so much to you, and yet you are still yelling at me?

"Zhao Gang, stop accusing me. I have the final say in military matters. I will be responsible if anything goes wrong! Besides, when I was fighting in the war, you were peeing on the kang!"

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong's rage and calmed down. One was principled and the other was stubborn. What would happen if they continued to fight like this?

"Captain Li, calm down. Tell me how long the First Battalion and the Special Operations Team have been out. Can we contact them now? Can we catch them back?"

Li Yunlong took two deep puffs of his cigarette, threw the cigarette butt to the ground and stepped on it twice.

"Political Commissar Zhao, do you know where I worked before I came to the Independent Regiment? The New First Regiment!"

"Yes, the division commander introduced it to me before I came here. The New 1st Regiment defeated the Sakata regiment head-on, bombed Sakata's headquarters, and killed the commander of the Sakata regiment."

Li Yunlong put his hands behind his back and began to recall the good and bad times.

"Do you know what it was like when I took over the New 1st Regiment? We were so poor that we could only count the guns that were still firing. The entire regiment couldn't even muster 500 guns, and they were all old Hanyang-made guns with the rifling smoothed out."

(The role of the rifling is to make the projectile spin, thereby making the trajectory more stable and improving the shooting accuracy. Without rifling, the range and accuracy will be affected.)

The New 771st Regiment was a self-built unit of the Eighth Route Army and was not in the sequence of the National Government’s army. Even the “regular” 772st and nd Regiments had only received equipment from Chiang Kai-shek a few times, let alone the New st Regiment.

Li Yunlong sighed, looked at Zhao Gang who seemed somewhat touched, and continued.

"I went to ask the brigade commander for it, but the brigade commander always had the same attitude: no guns, no life. What do you think I should do?"

Zhao Gang replied, "What should we do?"

"The brigade commander told me that our Eighth Route Army is poor, and we used to bring our own weapons when we were making revolution. Now we make our own weapons, and as long as it does not violate the principles, we can use any method."

With the tacit approval of Brigade Commander Chen, Li Yunlong started doing business, whether it was cheating or robbing the Japanese. Within a year, the equipment of the New 1st Regiment was replaced with heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars.

If it weren't for these equipment, could they withstand a full-strength regiment? Dream on!

Zhao Gang understood Li Yunlong. At that time, he really needed military cadres like Li Yunlong who could stand on their own feet. If all military cadres were like good children who could only cry, wouldn't they starve to death?

Just when the two people had reconciled their past grudges, the neighing of horses and the sound of cars were heard outside.

"I'm back, let's go check it out!"

As soon as Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang went out, they were met with a sea of ​​soldiers and horses, blocking the entire village road.

Kong Jie, Wang Meng and Zhang Xuan got out of the car and saluted.

"Report to the captain, I have brought the horse back and moved it to a new home."

Li Yunlong was still wondering what moving meant when he saw that the horses and trucks were loaded with all kinds of things, including flour and rice.

Zhao Gang's eyes widened. Not only did they bring the horse back, but they even took down the window frame? They were just cooperating like that?

Kong Jie immediately told the thrilling story of how Lin Shubing had played the Japanese devils around in circles. Li Yunlong took out his cigarette and smoked several more.

"Great! I've earned such a huge fortune with zero casualties! And there are 300 captured soldiers! Political Commissar Zhao, go and help, don't tire Instructor Lin out!"

A hero recognizes a hero, Zhao Gang couldn't wait to get in touch with Lin Shubing, it seemed that they both had a unique temperament, a deeper heart to serve the country. They were not as direct and fierce as Li Yunlong, Wang Meng, and Zhang Xuan, but they saw farther and more comprehensively.

Now that Li Yunlong had enough equipment for a whole cavalry battalion, he naturally wanted to organize a cavalry battalion. Once the cavalry battalion was established, his regiment would be a reinforced regiment with a cavalry battalion.

By then, whether it is rapid maneuvering or the suppression of infantry by cavalry, the combat effectiveness of the independent regiment will be taken to a higher level.

Li Yunlong was as happy as his new son-in-law. He never expected that while the mantis stalks the cicada, there is someone behind him who is eyeing his group of fine horses.