Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Watanabe Kawashita was so angry that he started cursing.

However, he forgot that the information he had passed back earlier was false.

The county received the intelligence and immediately handed it to the commander of the Japanese 7th Brigade, Kawashita Hide. After taking a look at it, he ordered a reply: "Tell Watanabe to confirm the authenticity of the information and find out the direction of the Eighth Route Army's escape. Once he finds out, report immediately. We will intercept them halfway!"

Hide Kawashita was very clear about the authenticity of this information. He said this for only one reason, which was to let Watanabe Kawashita continue to carry out the mission and achieve the goal of consuming the independent battalion.

As early as when he sent the team to Heiyun Village, Kawashita Hide had already launched a series of deployments, including interception deployments in several directions where the Eighth Route Army of Heiyun Village might escape.

So, when he saw the information sent back by Watanabe Kawashita, he knew what this guy was planning.

Kawashita Hide stopped the signalman who was about to leave and said, "Notify the Ninth Brigade to temporarily suspend the plan to eliminate the Eighth Route Army in Heiyun Village. The specific time of the attack will be discussed later!"

"Hi Yi!"

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Xiaowangzhuang.

After receiving the information from the county town, Watanabe Kawashita continued to issue orders to retreat.

He was prepared for a protracted war, but not in a situation like this.

As the team retreated, he found that the stronger the firepower of the Eighth Route Army, the more serious the casualties of the team were than in the charge.

This put Watanabe Kawashita in a dilemma. If he continued to stay here, he would die slowly, but if he retreated, he would die much faster.

Suddenly, he saw a reverse slope.

It was exactly the "position" he had visited before. At this glance, Watanabe Kawashita seemed to see the hope of survival, and led the team to rush over at the fastest speed.

The Japanese troops came as fast as the waves and retreated just as quickly.

Only corpses and weapons and equipment were left on the ground, which made Li Yunlong's eyes shine.

"Good boy, I really misjudged you!"

Li Yunlong found Lin Qiang and said happily, "I thought you could only rely on artillery to win, but I didn't expect that you could actually tease the Japanese like a dog and make them run around in circles!"

"Where is this?"

Lin Qiang responded without hesitation: "That's nothing. Wait, there's still a big show to come!"

The so-called big show is to wait for the two Japanese brigades to take the bait. Then, the battle that can truly affect the entire northwest Shanxi will begin.

At this moment, a scout came to report: "Report to the regimental commander and battalion commander, the Japanese have all retreated behind the slope. In addition, no Japanese reinforcements have been seen from any direction."

Lin Qiang nodded to show that he understood, and then asked, "What about the Japanese troops in the direction of the county? Are there any movements?"

"no!"

The scout reported: "There is no movement from the Japanese troops in Anhua County and Laiyuan County. Instead, all the Japanese troops in the Huting stronghold have retreated back to the county."

At this time, Li Yunlong suddenly interrupted and said, "In that case, leave the rest to me."

"Lin Qiang, give me one company, and I'll take care of the rest of the devils!"

Lin Qiang responded, "You don't have to deal with this little thing yourself. I'll let Hu Zi and the others handle it."

Li Yunlong waved his hand and refused, "I've never fought a war like this in my entire life. I've been watching it for so long that I'm itching to do it. I don't want to do much else, but I've been wanting to shoot these bastards with my machine gun for a long time."

"Alright, alright, alright, tell Huzi to follow me!"

Seeing Li Yunlong's tough attitude, Lin Qiang didn't bother to say anything more and nodded as a sign of agreement.

In terms of combat experience, Li Yunlong is miles ahead of him. As for whether there will be any accidents, Lin Qiang is not worried at all.

The Japanese machine guns and grenade launchers were left on the battlefield. After several charges, their ammunition was almost used up. If Li Yunlong could still suffer a loss under such circumstances, he would really be losing face.

Calling Hu Zi over, Lin Qiang whispered to him, "Remember, attack with all your might. Even if you can't wipe out the enemy, you must drive them away. Time is limited, so don't conserve ammunition. End the battle as quickly as possible!"

"Yes!"

After Hu Zi left, Lin Qiang turned to the scout and said, "Keep watching the Japs in the two counties. If there's any movement, tell me immediately!"

"Yes!"

Lin Qiang knew that once this group of devils was wiped out or fled, two brigades of devils would launch a siege against Heiyun Village.

Behind the hillside.

Watanabe Kawashita asked the signalman to send a distress telegram to the county town. Just as he was thinking about how to escape, he suddenly found a group of Eighth Route Army troops with light machine guns leading the way on the left.

Due to the long battle, the Japanese retreated to Fanpo and thought they were temporarily safe. They lay on the ground with their faces up and gasping for breath, never thinking that the Eighth Route Army would surprise attack them at this time.

The sudden gunfire broke the brief peace, and many Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard were killed by machine gun fire.

In a panic, Watanabe Kawashita saw some black objects falling rapidly in the sky.

"Boom!"

Only after the explosion did he realize that it was a grenade from the Eighth Route Army.

Light machine guns and assault rifles took turns to be used. This could no longer be described as a battle. It was a completely one-sided massacre.

The killing continues.

However, the Japanese were not lambs to be slaughtered. Some fought back, while others fled.

With the fire suppression and the precise strikes of the Garand rifle, the Japanese fell one after another.

The fighters were from the first company of the independent battalion, led by Li Yunlong.

The soldiers of the independent regiment had a more important task, which was to clean up the battlefield.

Because Lin Qiang had received a call from the brigade headquarters before, Kong Jie was on the way with the new second regiment, and he hoped to take advantage of this opportunity to develop like last time.

The brigade commander seemed unaware that Li Yunlong had arrived, and Lin Qiang did not reveal the true situation.

After telling Li Yunlong the news, he immediately changed his strategy. The soldiers of the independent regiment were responsible for cleaning the battlefield and picking out valuable items.

Watanabe Kawashita successfully escaped under the cover of the Japanese devils, and the soldiers of the company were forcibly conscripted by Li Yunlong and became coolies for the landlord's family.

It took a full hour to clean up the battlefield, and Li Yunlong gave up only after he couldn't find a single bullet.

Seeing the four donkey carts borrowed from Lin Qiang fully loaded, Li Yunlong smiled with satisfaction: "This trip really wasn't in vain!"

"But you're planning on letting me go back empty-handed?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Qiang understood what Li Yunlong meant: "Captain, you are too greedy, aren't you? I didn't take a single bullet from all these spoils!"

"Cut the nonsense!"

Li Yunlong played the emotional card: "If it weren't for me and Political Commissar Zhao speaking up for you in front of the brigade commander, would you have become the battalion commander?"

"To tell you the truth, it's mainly because Political Commissar Zhao has been in poor health lately, and I wanted to get some canned food from the Japanese to improve his life."

"We don't want much. Just give us eight or ten cartons of your canned beef!"

"Don't look at me like that, kid. I'm so shameless saying these things because of Political Commissar Zhao!"