Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Neither the enemy nor our side launched any action at night. In order to avoid causing any casualties among the soldiers, Lin Qiang ordered that even small groups of troops were not allowed to infiltrate.

Even so, gunshots were heard at the location where the Japanese were, accompanied by two explosions.

Kong Jie puffed on his pipe and said, "We didn't take any action. What's wrong with the Japs that they keep shooting?"

"Who knows!"

Lin Qiang replied without even looking up, "Captain Kong, look, if we rush from here to Anhua County, it will only take four hours if we travel light. These Japanese troops came from Anhua County, so I guess there aren't many Japanese guarding the county town anymore. Do you think it's possible to launch a surprise attack on Jiefang County now?"

From Lin Qiang's personal point of view, this plan is likely to be feasible. Siege weapons can be purchased and used anytime and anywhere. The only thing to pay attention to is whether the Japanese will send troops to fill the vacant troops in Anhua County.

Kong Jie took two puffs, tapped the cigarette butt on the sole of his shoe, put it away, and replied, "To be honest, with the combat effectiveness of your current team, liberating Anhua County will definitely be no problem. The problem is, how are we going to hold it after liberation?"

"Can you withstand the enemy's planes and artillery? Besides, Anhua County is far away from our defense zone and close to the Central Army's territory. Given our relationship, you are likely to be isolated and helpless."

"Even if we want to reinforce you, it will be like the Japs this time. We don't know how many blocking battles we will have to fight along the way. We are different from the Japs. We only have these assets. If we use them up, we will have nothing left!"

Everything Kong Jie said made sense. The current strength of the first platoon was indeed unprecedentedly strong, but it would still be very difficult for them to face the Japanese's siege at all costs.

The air defense force is also very weak. The number of howitzers in an artillery regiment is still not enough. If the Japanese bomb from multiple directions, they will be completely unable to cope with it.

"Da da da da~da da!"

A burst of rapid and intense gunfire rang out from the direction of the Japanese again, and then Lin Qiang heard the familiar cursing again.

Kong Jie frowned and said with a somewhat unhappy expression: "Damn it, it's like seeing a ghost in the middle of the night. If it were you, I'd just give those bastards two shots and they'd behave themselves!"

Lin Qiang smiled and said nothing.

The artillerymen are probably asleep by now, and it's pitch black. What if they get accidentally injured?

The Japs were probably seeing a ghost, but were probably paranoid, mistaking the birds and animals in the woods for Eighth Route Army soldiers who were going to attack them.

The gunfire stopped. Kong Jie looked at the map again and said to Lin Qiang, "I know you won't be content to live in a small Black Cloud Village. According to your development trend, the county town is the place where you can show your strength. My suggestion is that you attack Laiyuan County Town."

Kong Jie gave his own reasons for attacking Laiyuan County.

"First of all, this county town is the closest to the defense zones of our several regiments. We don't need to worry about being blocked by the Japanese when sending reinforcements. This is a huge advantage for us."

"Another thing, look here. This is Dagushan. The 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is stationed here. It's the ace unit of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and belongs to the same battle sequence as our team. As far as I know, the commander of the 358th Regiment, Chu Yunfei, is a man who hates evil. He fought head-on with the Sakata Regiment and both sides suffered heavy casualties. If a real fight breaks out, I believe Chu Yunfei will not stand idly by."

Lin Qiang narrowed his eyes and thought to himself, Chu Yunfei is familiar to me, an old acquaintance, and he always wants me to be his battalion commander.

If a liberation war were really launched against Laiyuan County, the situation would be as Kong Jie said. The Japanese reinforcements would be blocked by the surrounding brother troops, and the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army would also help.

At that time, Lin Qiang’s main task was to liberate the county town as soon as possible and reduce casualties among the brother troops.

The county town must be attacked, but not now.

It is said that all our soldiers are very frugal and they plundered all the usable supplies on the battlefield. After counting the supplies, the battalion commander of the New Second Regiment ran to report to Kong Jie.

"Captain, Brother Lin!"

The battalion commander is more senior than Lin in both rank and age, so it is only right for him to call him Brother Lin.

"How's the harvest?"

The arrival of the battalion commander made Kong Jie excited. To put it bluntly, he had been fighting for a whole day, all for this moment.

"Captain, we're really going to make a fortune this time!"

A battalion commander took out a list, which recorded all the spoils captured in this battle.

"A total of 14 mortars were seized, with two bases of ammunition, 92 Type 8 infantry guns, one base of ammunition, 3 of which needed to have their traction tires repaired, 3 Pheasant Necks, 9 Type 38 rifles, a number of Type rifles, a number of bullets, and some canned food, matches, cigarettes and other supplies."

Hearing these numbers, Kong Jie's smile grew brighter. This battle was not fought in vain!

"Go and divide these supplies into half."

Then he said to Lin Qiang, "Brother Lin, please find someone to connect with."

"Yes!"

Just as the battalion commander was about to turn around and leave, Lin Qiang stopped him: "Wait a minute!"

"Captain Kong, please take these supplies back with you. To be honest, with my current financial situation, I really don't care about these things."

Kong Jie was about to say something when he suddenly remembered that howitzers could bombard like they were free. Lin Qiang really looked down on these things.

But he couldn't agree to it just like that. After all, he had relied on Lin Qiang to vent his long-suppressed anger.

Kong Jie is a grateful person. In the operation at the train station, Lin Qiang and Ding Wei had already let him take the lion's share. If he were to take advantage of them again this time, would he, Kong Jie, still be a human being?

"No, we have to split this batch of supplies in half!"

Kong Jie's tone was very firm, as if to say, "You don't need it today, and you have to accept it."

"Hey, Captain Kong, what am I doing with all this stuff?"

Lin Qiang said with a dignified look, "Even if I wanted it, it would be sent to the regimental headquarters, and then to the brigade headquarters, and finally distributed from the brigade to the other regiments. After going through such a long process, in the end, it's not your New Second Regiment that gets the lion's share, right?"

"Captain Kong, I have to warn you, as soon as this battle is over, our captain will be coming straight here. By then, it won't be as simple as half and half!"

What does it mean to wake someone up from a dream with just one word?

This is called waking up from a dream with a single word.

Hearing this, Kong Jie no longer cared about face or human relations, and immediately ordered the first battalion commander: "Quick, let the third company organize a team and bring all these spoils back to me!"

"be quick!"

…………

The next morning came.

As the saying goes, man is iron and rice is steel, and if you don’t eat for a meal, you will be hungry.

Not to mention the soldiers who were fighting the Japanese on the front line.

So, the kitchen team mobilized the people and soldiers of the entire base, and added the previously stored food to deliver breakfast to the position early in the morning.

The captain of each team took people to get breakfast and then returned to the position to distribute it to the soldiers.

Xu Lang distributed steamed buns one by one until he saw a soldier holding a pheasant neck in his arms, and the steamed bun he handed to him rolled to the ground.

"If I remember correctly, you are a new recruit who just joined not long ago, right?"

The soldier nodded tiredly and replied, "Captain, I am indeed a new recruit."

"Where's your gun?"

"This is my gun."

The soldier patted the pheasant's neck in his arms and said with a somewhat nervous look.

"Is this your fucking gun?"

Xu Lang's voice rose several degrees, and he said in disbelief: "I may be uneducated, but I'm not blind. Is this your gun? You're not trying to scare me."

At this time, several soldiers in the distance heard Xu Lang's words and whispered to each other. One soldier took out a gun from behind and ran over, saying, "Captain, we were joking yesterday and hid his gun. It was my idea. If you want to punish someone, punish me. It has nothing to do with him..."

The soldier who spoke couldn't believe his eyes. What did he see?

A real pheasant neck!

"Is this your gun?"

"Captain, this is my gun!"

"No, this is your gun!"