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

"Hahaha, we've finally taken down the Yellow River Bridge! From now on, we can travel freely in central Henan!"

"Old Li, resolve the situation in Zheng County within three days!"

Li Yunlong walked to the sand table. The defeated soldiers from three directions gathered in Zheng County, but there was no defense yet.

However, according to the battle report submitted by the Fourth Army, the Japanese withdrew about 6000 from Xinmi, 5000 from Xingyang, 6000 from Xuedian, and the head of the 35th Division of the Japanese originally stationed in Bagang in the southeast of Zheng County. There are probably only one head of Japanese in the whole Zheng County now.

The Fourth Army of the Independent Column had more than 60,000 troops, plus the two armored divisions of the Seventh Army of the Fourth Army had more than 20,000 troops, which added up to more than 80,000.

Eighty thousand versus thirty thousand, the advantage is on me.

"Let the troops rest for three days and prepare for the general attack!"

"Well, Lao Li, I think the First and Third Armies can be withdrawn temporarily. After all, we are not able to spare any manpower right now."

"Sure, but didn't the Weishanhu Independent Division take down Jining and Yanzhou? Then hold on to them. Once we've cleared Zheng County, we can push forward!"

Finally, Wang Meng decided to open a hole in the east of Zheng County to leave an exit for the Japanese. Otherwise, if he really had to fight a street battle with this group of crazy people, there would probably be a lot of casualties.

In addition, Wang Meng had another evil idea, that is, if the Japanese really broke through to the east, then he would use bombers to serve them directly.

The effect of bombing on the plains is much better than that of bombing in Zhengzhou.

The headquarters of the Third Army of the Independent Column was set up at the southern bridgehead of the Yellow River Bridge.

Hu Lian stood at the bridge head and watched the tanks, armored vehicles and artillery passing by like a military parade, with endless envy in his eyes.

"Yan Gong, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I really wouldn't believe that the Independent Column has grown into such a behemoth, so strong that it's frightening!"

There was an indescribable pride in Dai Anlan's eyes. After all, even he himself found it incredible to see the equipment being replaced one after another.

"Junru, I'll say it again. If you are willing to develop in the independent column, I recommend you to be a corps commander! It would be great if you and I could fight together and drive the Japanese out of China!"

Hu Lian wanted to say something but stopped himself, and all his words finally turned into a long sigh.

"Chongqing sent me several more urgent telegrams. I'm afraid I will have to leave Zheng County tomorrow morning and return to Chongqing to report. It seems that the only good news I can read about your recovery of Zheng County is in the newspapers!"

"It really is twelve gold medals! Yan Gong, be careful and contact me anytime if you need anything. To be honest, our Chief of Staff Wang admires you very much and asked me to persuade you to stay if possible!"

Hu Lian's dim eyes suddenly lit up.

"Really?"

"That's right! It's exactly the same expression he had when he looked at me, glowing green!"

"Hahaha, you dare to say that about your superior behind his back. All right, I'll leave early tomorrow morning. You're also busy with military duties, so don't forget the wine you owe me!"

"Of course!"

Early the next morning, Zheng County was still asleep, but Hu Lian had already packed his bags and was ready to leave.

Dai Anlan took out two Type 92 pistols and placed them in front of Hu Lian.

"Junru, after sending you a thousand miles away, we must part ways. These two guns are my parting gifts to you. I hope that one day you can hold these two guns and fight alongside me!"

"Haha, let's talk about it later! Goodbye!"

After Hu Lian finished speaking, he got on the jeep, and Dai Anlan also sent five armored vehicles to escort them into Nanyang.

Li Jiayu and Dai Anlan's troops have experienced a great battle and now finally have time to sit down and lick their wounds.

Although they killed countless enemies, they also suffered considerable casualties. The two armies suffered more than 20,000 casualties and killed more than 100,000 enemies.

It seems that the Independent Column won a complete victory, and it was an easy victory, but in fact a huge amount of manpower and material resources were invested behind the Independent Column.

Apart from anything else, thousands of planes were dispatched and at least thousands of tons of aerial bombs were consumed.

Zhang Wanhe from the Independent Governor's Logistics Department would gasp every time he saw the huge consumption of ammunition.

If the arsenals had not been working at full capacity before the battle began and produced large quantities of bullets and artillery shells in advance, the inventory would probably have been cleared out long ago.

Zhang Wanhe now finally understood what Wang Meng said: fighting a war is a battle of logistical supplies.

"After the battle is over, we have to build a few more arsenals!"

Another person who was also worried about logistical supplies was General Okamura Yasuji, who was far away in Peiping.

Since the Pinghan Line was cut off, the imperial army in the central Henan battlefield could only transport supplies by land from Kaifeng to Zhengxian, and the quantity was extremely limited.

After the Fourth Army of the Independent Column set up a defense line east of Zheng County, even the poor land transportation was cut off.

The Japanese soldiers surrounded in Zheng County had no guarantee of weapons and ammunition, let alone food.

"Baga, I didn't expect the independent column to actually participate in the battle!"

"Commander, do we need to provide supplies via airdrop now? According to the report from the troops in Zheng County, each soldier has only one day's rations left on average, and less than 20 rounds of ammunition! Many artillery pieces have run out of ammunition and have become useless!"

Although Okamura Neiji knew that airdropping was very risky, the planes of the Independent Column were not for show after all, and they might very well land on the heads of the Independent Column.

However, at this point, even for the sake of the morale of the Zheng County defenders, they had no choice but to take the risk.

"Let the General Staff make a plan to avoid the planes of the Independent Column and ensure that the front line can get supplies!"

This plan of having both is probably difficult to implement, but the order was still given to the Confidential Section 2 of the General Staff of the North China Front Army.

At this time, Guan Gu Shenqi, who was concerned about the battlefield in central Henan, was looking through all the materials about the war. Seeing the battles being won one after another, Guan Gu Shenqi couldn't help but smile.

"Great! At this rate, this evil battle will soon be over!"

Just as Guan Gu was rejoicing, the door of his compartment was pushed open.

"Sekiya-kun, why are you so happy?"

When Guan Gu Shenqi saw that the person who came was He Ying Zhier, he immediately stood up.

"Mr. Deputy Minister, you are here! I just saw the battle report about our holding on to Zheng County, and I couldn't help but feel happy for the Empire."

He Ying Zhier shook his head and sat naturally on Guan Gu's magical chair.

"Alas, they said they were defending Zheng County, but in fact they were retreating! It was just a game of words!"

Guan Gu Shenqi pretended to be surprised, but actually he knew everything.

"Really?"

"Okay, that's their frontline troops' business. The commander has given the order, and we must work out a perfect plan tonight and implement it tomorrow!"