Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Laiyuan County.

After the failure of the last battle, Yamamoto Ikki led his team to the county town for rest and recuperation.

He did not even return to Ping'an County, but planned to regroup and attack the Independent Camp again.

He attributed the defeat in the last battle to intelligence errors. Otherwise, he would not have suffered such a devastating defeat.

Ono is still recuperating in the hospital, and the county town is temporarily managed by Yamamoto Ikki. This is a direct order from the Taiyuan Command.

As the head of the intelligence department, Okamoto was naturally the first to be retaliated against by Yamamoto Ikki.

This little Japanese guy still had some loyalty and never said a word about Zhang Zizai from beginning to end.

Yamamoto Ikki didn't care about the strength of that regiment at all. What he cared about was the soldiers who died during the breakout.

In his opinion, every member of his special forces team is an elite among elites and cannot be replaced by any ordinary soldier. Moreover, the time and money required to train one member is enough to form a team of three to five hundred people.

"Okamoto-kun, the last time we fell into a trap, it was entirely because of your faulty intelligence, not my own command errors. I will report this to the Commander-in-Chief, and you must apologize to all the warriors who died in battle!"

Intimidation and oppression are the methods Yamamoto always uses.

But most of them are used against criminals.

Okamoto was truly terrified after hearing this. He dropped to his knees and begged for mercy: "Yamamoto-kun, your trap cannot be blamed on me at all. My intelligence is absolutely flawless! I hope Yamamoto-kun will give me another chance!"

"So you mean that this failure was caused by my command?"

Okamoto has the intention, but not the courage.

Who made him hold such a low position?

"The Eighth Route Army troops entrenched in the Black Cloud Village area are very aware of our actions and have long been prepared. They have deployed a large number of troops in ambush in Xiaowangzhuang!"

"Furthermore, this Eighth Route Army unit was extremely well-equipped and numerous, even equipped with large-caliber howitzers and fully automatic weapons. Such a unit has never been mentioned anywhere before. The Eighth Route Army could only rely on international purchases, as they were unable to produce such large-caliber artillery."

"And the entire Jin Province railway is under our control. Why didn't you notice anything when they were transporting it? Isn't this a failure of your intelligence?"

Yamamoto Ikki continued, "From what I understand, there's a very good chance that this Eighth Route Army has a team similar to the special forces. This is puzzling to me. Special operations is a tactical topic that has only recently been proposed in the West and hasn't even been fully applied on the battlefield. How could the Eighth Route Army, which has always been backward, have such a team?"

"How did they acquire their weapons, equipment, and tactics?"

"Okamoto-kun, if you don't want your mistakes to appear on the Commander's desk, then you have to do something for me."

Hearing that there was still room for maneuver, Okamoto didn't care whether he could do it or not. He agreed first and made plans later. Things he couldn't do would be left to Zhang Zizai.

He always surprises himself.

"No problem, as long as it's possible, I will do my best to complete it!"

Seeing his confident look, Yamamoto Ikki was somewhat convinced that he could do it, so he said, "I want you to investigate whether there really is a team similar to the special forces team in the Eighth Route Army of Heiyun Village. If it does exist, I want detailed information about this team."

"If you can do this, I will not report this to the Commander-in-Chief. Moreover, the failure of the battle will be attributed to the death of Yamano Heiji."

"Hi Yi!"

Although Okamoto was the one being forced, he was very grateful for Yamamoto Ikki's words: "Thank you for your forgiveness, Yamamoto-kun. I will investigate this as soon as possible and give you a satisfactory answer!"

"hurry up!"

"Hi Yi!"

Okamoto left the room and, after confirming that Yamamoto Ikki wasn't paying attention to him, he spat at the door. "You're just a loser, a loser, and you dare to give me orders here? When Ono-kun recovers, I'll definitely kick you out of the county!"

Just like his plan, the task given by Yamamoto Ikki was impossible for him to complete, so...

Puppet army camp.

"Hey, Okamoto-kun, I haven't seen you in a while!"

Zhang Zizai looked a little unnatural because Zhang Yuntian was separated from them by a wall.

"Zhang Sang, I came to you this time because I need your help with something. Please help me!"

Then, Okamoto told Zhang Zizai the task assigned by Yamamoto Ikki, and Zhang Yuntian, who was separated by a wall, also heard it clearly.

After listening, Zhang Zizai looked at Okamoto, his eyes showing no disguising his urge to kill the other person.

It flashed by.

"Of course that's no problem!"

Zhang Zizai agreed and said, "As long as it's your business, it's my business. I will help you solve your problems without hesitation!"

After hearing this, Okamoto felt a little flattered. He put his arm around Zhang Zizai's shoulders and smiled obscenely: "Yo, Zhang-san, you have a good conscience. Come on, I'll take you to relax!"

Zhang Zizai originally wanted to agree, but after hearing a series of rhythmic sounds, he decisively refused: "No, I'd better hurry up and help you investigate this matter, so that you won't be blamed by Yamamoto Taijun!"

"Yoshi!!!!"

Okamoto patted Zhang Zizai's shoulder, then took out the purse he had prepared in advance and stuffed it into his hand: "This is your hard work fee, don't think it's too little!"

Zhang Zizai felt the weight in his hand. This Japanese was really generous. There were at least seventy or eighty silver dollars in his purse.

"What are you doing?"

Zhang Zizai quickly retreated and pretended to decline: "It's not hard for me to work for you, Okamoto-kun doesn't need a reward!"

"Eh!"

Okamoto said firmly, "You must accept it. You don't need to reward me. The brothers who accepted it are also working for me. Just consider it my reward for them!"

After being in China for so long, Okamoto also knows one thing very well: if you want the horse to run, you have to give it grass.

Zhang Zizai had no choice but to accept it. After seeing Okamoto off, he returned to the house and closed the door.

"The devil is gone, you can come out now."

A secret door slowly opened, and Zhang Yuntian, who was hiding inside, walked out.

Zhang Zizai asked, "You mean you want to tell the Japanese about the special forces team's intelligence?"

The series of sounds he just heard were the secret signals Zhang Yuntian gave him.

Zhang Yuntian nodded and said, "That's right. I believe the battalion commander will agree when he finds out, because this will give us a chance to wipe out Yamamoto's special forces in one fell swoop!"

In fact, the Independent Battalion, like Yamamoto Ikki, was also worried about the special forces launching a surprise attack.

Several of them also knew what happened in Yang Village and were worried that Yamamoto's special forces would take advantage of the loophole.

Zhang Zizai thought for a moment and said, "This matter is of great importance. We cannot make a decision on our own. We must get the battalion commander's consent."

"I'll return to the base right now."

"Okay, be safe on the road!"