Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Using the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to block the Japanese pursuers was a very effective method. After entering the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's defense zone, the Japanese did not continue to pursue them.

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief, then turned around and headed towards the base.

At this time, Chu Yunfei still didn't know what would happen at the 358th Regiment's base.

After returning to the base, Lin Qiang immediately arranged for Hu Zi to deliver the box of yellow croaker to the regiment headquarters. As there was enough surplus food in the group, there was no need to purchase food or other supplies.

The main reason is that there is no purchasing channel.

It would be better to pass it up layer by layer, and when it reaches the hands of leaders, it will naturally play out its true value.

If you stay in one row, you will just end up gathering dust.

Not many soldiers needed military pay. Lin Qiang asked Zhao Dezhu to distribute military pay to the soldiers more than once, but only a very small number of people accepted it, and they all wanted to buy new clothes for their parents.

After Zhang Yuntian learned about what had happened in the county, he immediately expressed his concern about the possible consequences of this action: "Platoon Leader, although this has caused great losses to the Japanese, don't forget the nature of the Japanese. If this matter is not handled properly, the people will be the only ones to suffer in the end."

Lin Qiang had been thinking about this question on the way back and replied, "Don't worry, we just need to make sure the devils don't have the energy to deal with the civilians."

"What do you have in mind?" Zhang Yuntian asked.

"There are many ways."

Lin Qiang didn't give a clear answer and said to Zhang Yuntian, "Go and notify the others to come over."

"Yes!"

After a while, several other captains arrived one after another.

Except for Hu Zi who went to the regiment headquarters, everyone else was present.

Lin Qiang spread out the map, pointed at the area around Laiyuan County, and said, "I want you to launch a surprise attack on the Japanese artillery towers and strongholds starting tonight. You can choose any weapons you want, and there will be plenty of ammunition. In short, there is only one request: take out as many as you can before the Japanese gather their forces!"

"You choose your own direction and make your own plans."

"Did you hear everything clearly?"

Several people stood at attention and responded, "I heard it clearly!"

"Then go down and prepare."

"Yes!"

Everyone else went back to prepare, but the monk stayed behind: "Platoon leader, what is my mission?"

It is often at times like this that monks regret being guards.

"What are you in a hurry for?"

Lin Qiang put away the map and said to the monk, "Go, call Feng Deshun for me."

"Yes!"

Soon, Feng Deshun, who had recovered from his injuries and been busy training cavalry, came to Lin Qiang's room and said, "Report, Platoon Leader, are you looking for me?"

Lin Qiang nodded and asked, "How's the cavalry training going lately?"

"Platoon leader, words are useless. Once you're on the battlefield, you'll see the results of our training."

Feng Deshun spoke hesitantly, like a young wife. "I heard the whole platoon has combat missions, Platoon Leader, do we cavalrymen have any missions assigned to us as well?"

"The monk told you, didn't he?"

Lin Qiang smiled and said, "Indeed, there is, but it's a ground battle."

Feng Deshun was stunned when he heard this. He didn't understand why the cavalry had to fight on foot. Could it be that they didn't believe in the training results of the cavalry?

"Platoon leader, I..."

Lin Qiang knew what he was going to say, so he waved his hand to interrupt him and said, "I know what you're going to say. Does that mean that if you cavalrymen dismount, you can't fight and kill the devils?"

Feng Deshun said firmly, "Platoon leader, what are you talking about? As long as we fight the devils and kill traitors, whether we have horses or not, our cavalry is no worse than the infantry."

He could understand this change. After all, they were attacking artillery towers and strongholds, and they couldn't ride horses and hack and slash the Japanese like in conventional battles.

If cavalry is used to attack the artillery tower, it will cause unnecessary casualties.

It just so happened that a row of cavalry were all selected from the infantry, so this operation could be said to be a return to the old business.

While the three were talking in the house, Qiangzi and others sent soldiers to report that the team had already determined the direction and target of the battle and was waiting for Lin Qiang to give the order to act.

As Lin Qiang gave an order, a row of soldiers left the base in batches.

The cavalry consisted of 135 soldiers, a full company's strength. According to Lin Qiang's order, they also carried three mortars and grenade launchers.

We also brought several light machine guns, and more than a dozen soldiers were mainly carrying ammunition. Sorry, there is enough ammunition for this operation.

Lin Qiang and the monk each had an assault rifle and led the team straight towards the county town.

With their departure, the entire base became somewhat empty.

In the past, the Japanese artillery tower was allowed to exist because Lin Qiang did not want to waste ammunition here. Now it is different. He must use this method to attract the Japanese's attention away from the civilians.

The destruction of one artillery tower may not have much impact on the Japanese, but what about 10 or 20 of them?

An hour after the platoon was deployed, the Japanese artillery towers were taken down one after another.

This situation occurred in many places at the same time. The news reached the Japanese gendarmerie. Miyazaki's face turned pale instantly when he learned about it.

The long-dormant Eighth Route Army suddenly launched a large-scale attack, which, in his view, was undoubtedly the beginning of a large-scale war.

The explosion in the county town was just the beginning of the war. The war was launched when Commander Ono was seriously injured and unconscious and the Japanese troops were in disarray.

For a moment, Miyazaki couldn't decide whether he should give an order for reinforcements or order the troops to gather and defend the county town with all their strength.

Lin Qiang also considered taking the opportunity to liberate the county town. For the current battle, this is not a problem, but the difficulty lies in the enemy's reinforcements and air defense forces.

If the county town is liberated, the Japanese will definitely send bombers to bomb it after several unsuccessful attempts to rob it. Without sufficient air defense forces, the entire county town will be reduced to ruins.

Therefore, Lin Qiang could only give up this idea for the time being.

Soon he led his team to the vicinity of the first artillery tower. It seemed that they had received the news. The Japanese and puppet troops in the artillery tower were very alert, and the two light machine guns were ready to fire at any time.

The searchlight on the top of the artillery tower was also shining back and forth regularly, looking for Eighth Route Army troops that might attack at any time.

"Monk, turn off that searchlight!"

"Yes!"

Feng Deshun then asked, "Platoon leader, if we take down the searchlight, wouldn't that be like telling the devil we're here?"

"I just want to let the devil know we are coming."

Lin Qiang ordered: "No one is allowed to shoot without my order. Let's scare the Japanese for a while."

The monk is a very good marksman, and he can hit the target every time with the Garand in his hand.

There was only a "bang" sound, and the searchlight on the Japanese artillery tower went out.

"Be careful to avoid the bullets!"

As soon as Lin Qiang finished speaking, the two Japanese Type 99 light rifles began to fire. The two tongues of fire spewing out of the muzzles looked particularly dazzling in the dark night.

"Da da da~"

"Da da da da~"

The sound of gunfire from the Type 99 rifle completely shattered the tranquility of the night, and at this moment two soldiers came running in hastily: "Report to the platoon leader, the Japanese have cut the telephone line!"

"Well done!"

At this moment, the Japanese in the artillery tower were really crying out to heaven and earth, but no one answered them!

"Mortars ready!"

"3~"

"2~"

"1~"

"put!"