Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

When Lin Qiang learned that Kong Jie's new second regiment would also join the battle, he reserved a batch of mortars as fire support.

On the front battlefield, the fire suppression was carried out by artillery shells and light and heavy machine guns. In fact, the real fierce battle was to block the Japanese's retreat.

When Kong Jie learned about the position Lin Qiang had arranged for him, a touch of emotion flashed across his face.

The main task of the New Second Regiment was to eliminate the Japanese who wanted to retreat, but it was a row of soldiers who really blocked the Japanese.

To put it simply, the New Second Regiment was only responsible for killing the Japanese, and all other tasks were left to the First Platoon.

Seeing Kong Jie opening his mouth to speak, Lin Qiang spoke first, "Captain Kong, to put it bluntly, my men don't engage the Japs on the front lines; we rely entirely on artillery shells. If I move you to another position, the effect will be the same."

Kong Jie had gained great benefits from cooperating with Lin Qiang twice. Although he said nothing, he remembered the kindness firmly in his heart.

According to Lin Qiang's plan, the most brutal part of this battle was blocking the Japanese's retreat.

But in order to stop the Japanese who were trying desperately to retreat, it would take the strength of an entire regiment. Kong Jie himself didn't know how much pressure it was.

It seems that in this matter, Kong Jie, the commander of the New Second Regiment, obediently followed Lin Qiang's arrangements.

After the New Second Regiment arrived at the designated location, Lin Qiang immediately arranged for artillery to go there and informed them of the howitzer positions to avoid accidental injuries.

Time passed by little by little, the deployment of the position was completely completed, and every report from the observation post would make the atmosphere on the Xiaowangzhuang position increasingly heavy.

Lin Qiang doesn't want to fight because people will die in war, but some wars have to be fought.

If the first row doesn't fight, the second row will come and fight.

He understood the principle that a kind person cannot command an army, but his thoughts came from later generations, and he knew what a terrible price his ancestors paid.

He just wanted all the soldiers to survive, that's all.

Therefore, Lin Qiang was fully prepared for this battle.

The team that blocked the Japanese's retreat was led by Hu Zi and Qiang Zi. Almost half of them were equipped with assault rifles, and the rest of the soldiers were holding Garands.

An entire row of Garands and assault rifles were concentrated in the hands of the soldiers of these two companies, and more than half of the light and heavy machine guns were also deployed here.

There is also artillery support available at any time to minimize the pressure on Hu Zi and his men, and create more time for the soldiers of the New Second Regiment to kill the enemy.

Intelligence came from the front again that the Japanese logistics transport team fell behind the team and nearly half of their supplies were destroyed by the guerrillas using grenade launchers, but none of the guerrillas were killed or injured!

Where did the guerrillas get the grenade launchers?

Of course it was given by Lin Qiang!

How could guerrillas use grenade launchers?

Don't ask, the question is the system.

This was the first good news Lin Qiang heard, and he firmly believed that there would be more good news to come.

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The main force that came to encircle and suppress the enemy was a temporary regiment formed from two counties and led by Colonel Yamamoto Ikki.

The last time Yamamoto Ikki was ambushed by Lin Qiang's team, more than half of the special forces team members were lost. During this period, they have been selecting and training new members.

Originally, he wanted to train the new recruits while again requesting Commander Yoshio Shinozuka for material reinforcements to reorganize the Sakata Regiment that remained in Heian County.

This thought had always been in his mind, and it was most intense after the special forces team was ambushed.

After waiting for a long time, he finally got a call from Yoshio Shinozuka, but he asked him to lead the team to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army troops entrenched in Heiyun Village.

The military order has been issued, set off immediately.

Yamamoto Ikki tried to shirk the mission by relying on his knowledge, and refused on the grounds that the team had suffered serious damage and needed to be supplemented and trained with new members.

However, he was severely reprimanded by Yoshio Shinozuka, who told him that this Eighth Route Army was the only team that could ambush the special forces team.

By looking at the defense zone distribution map around Laiyuan County, Yamamoto Ikki realized that this was very likely to be true, so he immediately agreed to the mission.

The Japanese troops in Anhua County suffered heavy losses due to the last large-scale mopping-up operation, and the Japanese troops in Laiyuan County also suffered heavy losses due to an ambush.

In desperation, Yamamoto Ikki had to use the order of Yoshio Shinozuka to temporarily form such an encirclement and suppression team, totaling more than 7,000 people.

As for why the puppet army's cavalry battalion was not included, it was mainly because this puppet army's cavalry was formed not long ago, and in Yamamoto Ikki's mind, the puppet army, like ammunition, were all "consumables."

Since this team happened to be pursuing the non-existent main force of the Eighth Route Army to Anhua County, and the formation of the team caused conflicts among the team leaders, Yamamoto Ikki had to mediate these conflicts along the way.

Coupled with the constant harassment from the guerrillas, the team's advancement speed was not very fast. Yamamoto Ikki wanted to wipe out these guerrillas, but he knew that doing so would cause dissatisfaction from Yoshio Shinozuka.

He thought it would be a shame to send a special forces team to encircle and suppress them.

Just ignore the small guerrilla groups.

It was not until the logistics team was attacked and more than half of its supplies were lost that he realized how stupid his decision was.

Because of his pitiful self-esteem, the team wasted too much time here and arrived more than two hours later than expected.

In fact, the grenade launcher could not destroy half of the supplies at once, but because the ammunition was in the team, a chain reaction occurred after the shell exploded.

Not only did the bombing destroy supplies, but it also caused hundreds of casualties.

"Bagaya Road!"

Yamamoto Ikki was so angry that he gritted his teeth!

But the guerrillas moved from one place to another after each shot, and their familiarity with the terrain left Yamamoto with no place to use his strength.

In order to prevent this from happening again, Yamamoto Ikki ordered the special forces to disperse and be responsible for security along the way.

The price of doing so was not only no results, but also the loss of more than ten new team members.

"idiot!"

This time Yamamoto was really angry and ordered his men to eliminate these annoying guerrillas at all costs.

Such an order was opposed by the captain of Anhua County, Yamano Heiji: "Your Excellency, Colonel Yamamoto, I am an excellent combat commander and will not get angry over a small matter, because this will not only lead to the failure of the mission, but also bring shame to the entire team!"

After the large-scale sweep, the Japanese colonel in charge of Anhua County was killed by a grenade, and Yamano Heiji, who was the most popular among the soldiers, became the first choice for the regiment commander.

This matter had already been reported to the Taiyuan Headquarters, and Commander Yoshio Shinozuka had also given his assurances. All that was left was an order to be issued.

So when he received the order from Yoshio Shinozuka this time, Heiji Yamano accepted the task without hesitation.

In his opinion, he was already the commander of the regiment and had the rank of colonel. He obeyed Yamamoto Ikki's command only because of the commander's order.

Yamamoto Ikki wanted to vigorously promote special operations, but these conventional expeditionary forces were extremely opposed to it.

In particular, Yamamoto's special forces team had only completed one attack on the Eighth Route Army headquarters, and it ended in failure. This made them even more certain that fighting in small groups was not advisable, and the real key to determining the outcome of the battle lay in the group combat of the army.

This operation had already lost half of the supplies due to Yamamoto Ikki's wrong choice of route, and Yamano Heiji didn't want the mission to be affected by other things.

This mission is related to his next promotion, and no problems are allowed to occur.

Now Yamamoto was about to do something stupid, and he had to stop him.

Yamamoto Ikki turned his head and glanced at him, his tone somewhat mocking: "Yamano-kun, don't forget your level and mine. Be careful when you talk to me. Do I need you to teach me how to do things?"

After hearing this, Yamano Heiji was furious. He thought he was already a colonel and was on par with Yamamoto. He had been thinking this way for a long time.

Now I was brought back to reality by Yamamoto's words. How could I not be angry?

But he was helpless and could only curse in his heart to vent his anger.

He became even more determined to stop this arrogant guy. Whatever Yamamoto wanted to do, he would destroy it without any reservation!

He was thinking in his heart, but he couldn't show it on the surface. When he was ridiculed, he could only bow his head and face the reality: "Hi!"

After being reminded by Yamano Heiji, Yamamoto Ikki also gave up the idea of pursuing the guerrillas.

Order the team to advance at full speed.

It is only thirty kilometers away from Xiaowangzhuang.