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

Ten days later, the Japanese still did not make any major moves. Instead, they became more cautious than before and began to shrink their defenses.

When Yoshio Shinozuka was about to commit suicide by disembowelment, a bespectacled guest arrived at the North China First Army Headquarters.

Surrounded by a group of senior military officers, the bespectacled guest entered Yoshio Shinozuka's room and ordered the guards to take away the short knife that had pierced his abdomen.

"Sir Shinozuka Yoshio, please respect yourself. The Empire is in need of people right now, please don't use death as an excuse to evade your responsibilities!"

Yoshio Shinozuka lowered his "noble" bald head in shame, silently put the dagger aside, stood up and bowed to the "little glasses".

"General Okamura Neiji, I am incompetent and caused Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko to die tragically in my defense zone. I have no face to live in this world any longer!"

How could the sinister and vicious Ningji Okamura believe Yoshio Shinozuka's lies?

Why didn't she commit suicide earlier or later, but chose to commit suicide when he came to Taiyuan?

"Sir Shinozuka Yoshio, even if you commit caesarean section now, you can't undo the mistake you made. It will only waste a piece of cemetery in the empire! It's better to keep your life and avenge Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko!"

"Hayi!"

The former commander of the North China Front Army, Tada Shun, was summoned back to his country by the Japanese emperor and joined the reserve force because of his failure to fight the Eighth Route Army and the death of Asaka Yasuhiko.

The notorious General Okamura Yasuji took over the banner of the North China Front Army. On the one hand, he had to find the murderer of Asaka Yasuhiko, and on the other hand, he had to adopt new strategies to reverse the passive situation of the Japanese in North China.

Yoshio Shinozuka has not been idle these days. At the battlefield where Asaka Yasuhiko died, he found bullets of a different caliber. This 5.8mm caliber bullet has never been seen on the battlefield in China.

There were also some fragments of unknown weapons and steel balls, which were all seen for the first time.

Therefore, Yoshio Shinozuka judged that the troops that attacked Prince Asaka Yasuhiko were an elite force, and these advanced weapons were most likely provided by Country M.

In China, the only place that can connect with Country M is Chongqing. Such an elite force must have undergone special training. There is only Boss Dai from the Military Control Commission.

In order to prevent the Japanese from being ambushed by elite troops again and causing unnecessary losses, Yoshio Shinozuka was forced to order the defense to be contracted.

Okamura Neiji nodded. As a veteran "China expert", he was very familiar with the Military Control Commission.

"Yoshi, now that we have identified the enemy, let's start our crazy revenge!"

Yoshio Shinozuka launched an operation code-named "Revenge", targeting the Kuomintang forces in the entire Shanxi Province, especially the Military Control Commission spies.

For a time, the Japanese spies in the whole of Shanxi went crazy. They changed their previous defensive strategy and started large-scale retaliatory operations.

Okamura Neiji specially transferred a large number of intelligence experts from the Japanese homeland to target the Military Control Commission.

A telegram about the destruction of an underground liaison station was delivered to Boss Dai's desk.

Dai Li pinched the bridge of his nose. This was the tenth telegram he had received in this week. He couldn't understand why the Japanese were like mad dogs, biting people everywhere?

Shanxi's intelligence network was almost destroyed.

"Let's remove all the contact stations in Shanxi first, and reorganize them after the investigation is complete. Don't make unnecessary sacrifices."

After the Military Control Commission’s Shanxi Station evacuated, the Japanese devils directed their anger toward the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Central Army, preparing to organize a second wave of offensive.

The head of the headquarters in the cave was also confused by the complicated situation. Why did the Japanese suddenly change their nature? They would rather bypass the Eighth Route Army's base and attack the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Central Army from a distance rather than provoke the Eighth Route Army.

"Something's wrong. Are the little devils eating vegetarian food and chanting Buddhist scriptures?"

"Boss, are the Japanese targeting us? Are they afraid of our Eighth Route Army?"

"Well, continue investigating. While the various units are developing well during this period, it will probably be our turn soon!"

"By the way, Boss, last time the 386th Brigade said they wanted to add student soldiers to the Independent Regiment, and I've agreed."

"Okay, Li Yunlong has done a great job, so let's consider this as a reward for him!"

On the last day of the ten-day agreement promised by the brigade commander, five hundred student soldiers and one hundred tank soldiers were sent to the independent regiment.

After the tank soldiers arrived, they wandered around the independent regiment’s base. Not to mention tanks, they didn’t even see any track marks, and they felt they had been fooled.

Fortunately, the independent regiment is strong in men and horses, equipped with all German weapons, and has more artillery pieces than an entire brigade of other countries. Most importantly, they have motorcycles and trucks.

If there are really no tanks, these tank soldiers can also drive a truck for fun, or at worst drive a motorcycle!

Li Yunlong did not greet the tank soldiers and handed the task directly to Lin Shubing.

"Instructor Lin, since the special forces are responsible for the training of tank soldiers, please take the trouble to help me investigate the background of these tank soldiers. It's not that I don't trust our brother troops, it's just that our tanks are too precious."

Lin Shubing saluted and took on the job. After all, most of these soldiers were transferred from the National Army or some old troops, and they were not of good pedigree. To be safe, they still had to be screened according to the rules.

Of the five hundred student soldiers, one hundred were selected to train with the tank soldiers, and the other four hundred were assigned to artillery, medical, telephone operator and motor vehicle training classes.

These literate student soldiers are their treasures, and Li Yunlong and Wang Meng are reluctant to let them charge into battle.

There were more than 200 students, including 100 new recruits and 100 veterans, divided into ten training classes, where veterans of the special forces explained the basic principles of the "Tiger Tank".

Lin Shubing set a rule that whoever passed the theoretical test in thirty days would be able to ride on a tank, and those who failed would have to continue studying until they passed.

There also seems to be a competition between new recruits and veterans to see whether cultural knowledge is more important or practical experience is more effective.

The old soldiers, relying on the fact that they had driven tanks at least a little bit, looked down on these new recruits and made sarcastic remarks to them.

"You think these rookies want to compete with us? Isn't that like hitting a stone with an egg?"

"That's right. When we were driving tanks into battle, these little brats were probably still breastfeeding!"

"Hahaha, by the way, does our independent regiment have any tanks? If not, why don't we go to the motor vehicle company and get some cars to drive? It's almost the same anyway!"

These words reached Lin Shubing's ears word for word, and a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

Gathering students from ten classes, Lin Shubing stood on a high podium.

"Comrades, have these twenty days of study been a little boring? Do some soldiers feel that we are just talking about war on paper, or even doubt whether we really have tanks?"

Looking at the expressions of the soldiers, Lin Shubing knew that whether they were new recruits or veterans, they had reached a consensus on this point.

"I, Lin Shubing, just want to ask a question. If I get the tanks now, can you put together two tank crews and drive the tanks for me and fight!"

There was silence...