Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

The Japanese reinforcements from Ping'an County have already engaged in a battle with the troops left behind by the New Second Regiment. In addition to the main force, the county brigade, district squad, militia, special forces company, and communications squad have all been involved in the battle.

Relying on favorable terrain, they used the old Hanyang-made rifles and the limited ammunition to fight back step by step.

When the brigade commander learned about this, he rarely got angry, but instead immediately called the 772nd Regiment.

When the call was connected, Brigade Commander Chen said without a word: "Old Cheng, if you want guns, I'll give you guns. If you want men, I'll give you the opportunity to recruit them yourself. If you want ammunition, I'll let you figure it out yourself. Now, I want to see if it's worth keeping three hundred guns!"

"I don't care what your team is doing. You only have one mission now, and that is to take over the position of the New Second Regiment. No matter what method you use, you must stop the Japanese and never allow a single one to break through the defense line!"

In fact, Captain Cheng of the 772nd Regiment had wanted to volunteer for a long time. He was still thinking about the meat that Li Yunlong had snatched from his mouth last time.

Knowing that there were not many people left in the New Second Regiment, he thought of going to reinforce them, but before he had time to call the brigade commander, he received a call from the brigade commander.

"Yes! I promise to complete the task!"

After hanging up the phone, Captain Cheng gathered all the teams as quickly as possible and rushed to the New Second Regiment's position to reinforce!

Brigade Commander Chen, who had arranged the 772nd Regiment, was still not reassured. This time the Japanese's actions were different from the past. It was clear that they were determined to provide reinforcements at all costs.

"What on earth happened to Lin Qiang that made the Japanese rush over to reinforce him without caring about their own lives?"

"Is that kid really going to attack the county?"

Brigade Commander Chen himself was shocked by this idea.

He didn't know how many troops Lin Qiang had, nor was he very clear about their weapons and equipment, but it would definitely not exceed the battalion level. Together with the two battalions brought by Kong Jie, the total strength was less than that of a regiment.

Do you dare to attack the county town with just these few people?

If this is true, it only means that Li Yunlong and I are blind and think that Lin Qiang is a talented general.

The chief of staff came over with a piece of intelligence, handed it to the brigade commander, and said, "This is intelligence from the front line reconnaissance. First of all, I have a rule: you are not allowed to curse after reading this!"

Brigadier General Chen hadn't even read it yet, but he responded, "I'm sure you'll curse after reading it!"

"Hahaha!"

In this tense moment, is it possible to laugh out loud?

Brigadier General Chen glanced at the intelligence for a few seconds, then suddenly looked up at the Chief of Staff and asked in disbelief, "Are you sure this intelligence is true?!"

After reading it, Brigade Commander Chen didn't curse at all.

The Chief of Staff smiled and nodded. "It's true. I didn't believe it at first, so I confirmed it several times before I dared to show it to you!"

"Damn!"

"Damn it!"

Brigade Commander Chen cursed with both laughter and anger, "Li Yunlong and Lin Qiang, those two sons of bitches, they even dared to hide this from me!"

The intelligence stated that when the Japanese punitive force approached Xiaowangzhuang, they were ambushed by Lin Qiang's platoon and the New Second Regiment.

The number of Eighth Route Army troops who participated in this battle is unknown. It is only written that the Japanese entered the encirclement and a large number of troops tried to break out but all ended in failure.

As for the New Second Regiment, they completely wiped out an entire Japanese infantry battalion and killed a Japanese battalion leader!

Less than an hour after the battle began, only one-third of the Japanese army's strength was left.

And the one who caused all this was Lin Qiang's howitzer regiment!

Brigade Commander Chen slammed the intelligence in his hand and cursed, "Those two bastards! Look at them, they're hiding this little howitzer from me!"

"I've read everything written on it. It's just a few howitzers! Why are you hiding it from me?"

The Chief of Staff defended Lin Qiang, saying, "Look carefully. Doesn't it say that within an hour of the start of the battle, the howitzer bombardment barely stopped? It also says that there were a number of mortars and infantry guns. Even the New Second Regiment used infantry guns!"

"Look at you, the brigade commander. How many mortars and infantry guns do you have? How many rounds of ammunition do you have?"

Brigade Commander Chen turned to look at his old partner and chuckled, "You reminded me that I don't have any of these things, but I'll have them soon!"

Closer to home.

Brigadier General Chen put away his smile and said seriously, "No matter what the reason, since the Japanese have mobilized troops in many directions to reinforce us, let's fight them!"

"This is our Chinese territory. How dare the Japanese bully us, the Chinese people?"

"Go contact the 771st Regiment and tell them to stop the Japanese reinforcements!"

Brigade Commander Chen collected the information, his eyes filled with murderous intent: "I'll go ask the boss!"

The chief of staff was startled and said, "You are..."

"It's been so long since I had a big fight with the Japs!"

Brigade Commander Chen narrowed his eyes and said, "It's time to let the Japs know that it's not okay to disown your ancestors!"

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Independent regiment.

Regiment Headquarters.

Li Yunlong made three consecutive calls, and the response he got was that Lin Qiang was not there.

This made him a little impatient.

It was not because the Japanese had a large number of reinforcements coming, nor because the troops were scattered and could not gather quickly to reinforce.

But it was because of the howitzer that Lin Qiang showed!

Because of this matter, Li Yunlong had been cursing on the phone at the regiment headquarters for half an hour.

Political Commissar Zhao Gang, who initially ignored her, suddenly turned into a nagging old lady: "Old Li, you are a regimental commander after all. You keep swearing all day long. How can you be a regimental commander at all?"

Why not say that Li Yunlong is a cultured person?

Zhao Gang said.

Li Yunlong responded: "A cultured person? A cultured person wouldn't curse, right? You, Old Zhao, are cultured and don't curse, but I, Old Li, am not like that!"

Li Yunlong was so angry that he turned around and planned to take it out on Zhao Gang.

He turned quickly, but Zhao Gang turned even faster and had already disappeared from the room.

"Old Zhao, Old Zhao!"

Li Yunlong shouted at the window: "Why are you running? I don't eat people!"

"You don't eat people!"

Zhao Gang had no choice but to go back into the house: "But you like to curse!"

"Bullshit!"

Li Yunlong sat down on the kang and said gloomily, "I was wondering why that kid was so confident. It turns out he has such a big gun in his hand. Lao Zhao, to be honest, I really want that howitzer!"

Zhao Gang rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Can you please take care of the Japanese reinforcements first? Even if you want the howitzers, you have to wait until the battle is over!"

Li Yunlong said nonchalantly, "What can I do? The troops can't gather. If I have that much time, I might as well think about how to seize a howitzer from the brigade commander!"

"Old Li!"

Hearing the slight change in Zhao Gang's tone, Li Yunlong said, "Don't worry about it. If Lin Qiang can't even imagine that the Japanese will reinforce, then I must have misjudged him!"

"And don't worry, I bet Ding Wei's New 772st Regiment has already joined the battle. Maybe even Cheng Xiazi's nd Regiment will get into trouble with the Japanese!"

"Don't worry, Lin Qiang is more cunning than me!"