Bright Sword: I am Li Yunlong's old squad leader

Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, commander-in-chief of the First Army, walked up to a battle map.

Several combat staff officers stood beside him.

"Everyone, the Eighth Route Army's offensive is getting more and more urgent. Many of the artillery towers and bunkers in our occupied areas were taken down by the Eighth Route Army at night."

The old Japanese soldier Shinozuka Yoshio took a red paintbrush and drew crosses on several bunkers and artillery towers that had been pulled down.

"General, we have to take action quickly," said the operations officer, Toyoda Ishio. "We must strike down the arrogance of these Tubalu. Otherwise, they will only go further."

"These Tubalu have been aggressive enough. We should deal with them now."

"The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is now like rats hiding in the sewers. They dare not even show their heads."

"I never thought that these Eighth Route Army soldiers armed with inferior weapons would become a major concern for the imperial soldiers."

"Don't underestimate these Eighth Route Army soldiers. During the Battle of Pingxingguan, it was this group of Eighth Route Army soldiers who caused heavy casualties to the imperial soldiers." Yoshio Shinozuka frowned.

There was a knock on the door.

After a while, Yamamoto Ikki pushed the door open and walked in. Although the wound on Yamamoto Ikki's face had healed, a huge scar was left.

"Sir..." Yamamoto Kazuki raised his right hand and saluted Shinozuka Yoshio.

Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the combat staff officers around him and signaled them to retreat first.

"Mr. Yamamoto, what's the matter with the scar on your face?" asked Yoshio Shinozuka.

"General, I was hit by shrapnel from a grenade while I was training." Yamamoto Ikki lied.

Yoshio Shinozuka was the commander-in-chief of the First Army, so he naturally knew how Yamamoto Ikki got the scar on his face.

"Sit down and talk."

"Hey..."

"Recently, the activities of the Tubalu have been expanding, and they have even come to our territory to cause trouble.

In the past month, many of our bunkers and artillery towers have been blown up by the Eighth Route Army."

Yoshio Shinozuka opened the drawer and took out a stack of photos.

The photo shows the conscienceless cannon and the 12.7mm heavy sniper rifle.

"According to information gathered by our intelligence personnel, a man named Wang Tianyou appeared in the Tubalu Army. He is very capable."

"General, during the Battle of Pingxingguan, it was this Chinese man named Wang Tianyou who caused huge casualties to the imperial army."

Yamamoto Ikki picked up the stack of photos and looked at him. The more he looked, the more shocked he was.

"Wang Tianyou used only half a gasoline barrel to make this unscrupulous cannon that was powerful enough to blow up our bunkers and artillery towers."

"This 17.6mm large-caliber rifle was also made by this guy using a hand-made lathe.

It is said that the power of the hand lathe comes from the engine on our Empire's sidecar motorcycle."

The more Yamamoto Ikki looked, the more shocked he was. He had never seen a gun with such a large caliber.

"General, in the face of the Chinese's constant provocations, I think we should strike back hard." Yamamoto Ikki stood up and walked to the battle map. His hand slid across the map and went straight to Daxia Bay, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"General, the Chinese have a saying that goes, "To shoot a man, shoot his horse first; to capture a thief, capture his leader first."

As long as we destroy the Daxiawan headquarters, this group of local Eighth Route Army will be leaderless and will inevitably fall into chaos."

After hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka nodded with satisfaction. It would definitely be a great thing if they could take down the Eighth Route Army's Daxiawan headquarters.

“Yamamoto-kun, your special forces are a sharp knife in the hands of the empire.

Now, we need your special forces team to stab this sharp knife into the heart of the Tubalu. Can your special forces team complete the mission?"

After hearing this, Yamamoto Ikki slammed his legs together and stood up straight: "General, rest assured, our Yamamoto Special Forces will be able to complete the mission."

"Then I look forward to your good news."

"Hey..."

After Yamamoto Kazuki saluted Yoshio Shinozuka, he strode out of the office.

Looking at Yamamoto Ikki's leaving back, Shinozuka Yoshio shook his head helplessly.

"Mr. Yamamoto, this guy cares too much about face. He is really a guy who would suffer in his life if he cares too much about face." Yoshio Shinozuka knew that in order to destroy the Eighth Route Army Headquarters in Daxiawan, he could not rely solely on Yamamoto's special forces.

Yamamoto's special forces were beaten to less than 2/3 of their strength, but they didn't even see the shadow of Wang Tianyou's troops.

It is almost a fantasy to expect such a force to destroy the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

Thinking of this, Yoshio Shinozuka picked up the phone and called Takahashi Nono, the aviation captain of Yangming Airport.

Takahashi Nono received a call from Shinozuka Yoshio and stood up suddenly.

"Takahashi-kun, there is an important mission for your aviation group."

"General, please instruct our aviation brigade to complete the task."

"The Tubalu have become increasingly rampant recently, and we must implement extremely severe retaliatory measures against them.

According to the investigation results of our intelligence personnel, the headquarters of the Tubalu is in Daxiawan in northwest Shanxi.

Get ready and launch an airstrike on them in the evening.

Our intelligence agents will light bonfires in Big Summer Bay to guide you on where to bomb."

"General, there are too many uncertainties in attacking at night. Our air force rarely carries out night bombing missions."

"This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers basically don't move out at night.

Night is the most favorable time to attack them.

Mr. Takahashi, you must organize the bomber formation and make various plans.

Try to complete the bombing tonight.

I am looking forward to your good news.

If this bombing is successful, His Majesty the Emperor will personally award you a medal."

After hearing this, Takahashi Nono was very excited: "We will definitely complete the mission, please rest assured, General."

That evening, four Japanese bombers, escorted by two fighter planes, headed straight for the Eighth Route Army headquarters in Daxiawan.

…………

Yangcun.

Wang Tianyou’s regiment headquarters.

Wang Tianyou’s training ground.

After a day of training, the soldiers are still tireless.

Wei Dayong and Zhang Dabiao are still training in free rock climbing.

"Monk, you've only been practicing free climbing for a few days. You're still a little inexperienced if you want to fight me."

"Captain Zhang, what you said is not true. Although I, Wei Dayong, have only been here for a few days, I have a good foundation.

I have practiced in Shaolin Temple, and I was a very good fighter there back then.

My gecko skills are extremely powerful."

"Wei Dayong, you are just talking big. Don't you want to compete with me? Let's compete now."

Wei Dayong spat into his palms and rubbed them vigorously: "Come on, who's afraid of who? But our competition must have a spur of the moment."