Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

The moment he saw Ding Wei, Kong Jie knew that he was out of luck.

"Old Ding, how many troops did you bring for support?"

Hearing this, Ding Wei tilted his head and looked at Kong Jie, smiling, "Except for the security forces left at the regiment headquarters, everyone who can fight has been brought here."

Compared to this, the number of troops in Kong Jie's two battalions is really not that large.

"I say, Lao Kong, don't look at me like that."

Ding Wei said, "We are acting according to orders. Without the order from the brigade commander, would I dare to mobilize the entire regiment without authorization?"

"Even that fool Li Yunlong would only dare to mobilize a battalion without authorization!"

This is the truth. The unauthorized mobilization of troops is not a big deal, but it is not a small matter either. The key lies in the final outcome.

If you mobilize a battalion of troops without consulting your superiors, you will end up suffering a heavy loss of troops and may even be shot.

As the saying goes, if three people walk together, there must be one who can teach me something.

With Ding Wei's joining, the deployment of this defensive battle became more detailed.

The new main force of the regiment, numbering nearly 2,000 people, joined in, and the problem of insufficient manpower in the original deployment was perfectly solved.

Also resolved was the issue of the stalemate with Kong Jieji.

In terms of understanding, of course, it was Ding Wei, the old comrade who knew Kong Jie better. After learning about this, he said: "Old Kong, you really don't know what's good for you. Damn it, if this happened to me, I would wake up laughing in my dreams at night."

"You don't have to do anything, just watch the show from the back. After the battle, you go up and clean up the battlefield. You'll get the credit and the spoils. What a great thing!"

In this regard, both Ding Wei and Kong Jie are inferior to Li Yunlong.

Before, a vanguard unit of a Japanese regiment came to test the waters, but Li Yunlong said he would just watch the show and did not fire a single shot during the entire process.

After the battle was over, they sent people to clean up the battlefield and ran away with the spoils.

Kong Jie sat on a stool nearby, smoking his pipe, without saying a word.

Doesn't he know that this is for his own good?

People live a face, and trees live a skin.

After all, the New Second Regiment is also a main force regiment. If this happens every time they fight in a joint battle, wouldn’t people laugh at Kong Jie and kill him if this gets out?

One has to say that his New Second Regiment is like a baby who has not yet been weaned and needs to be fed.

Secondly, I don’t want to just take advantage without contributing anything.

Ding Wei moved to sit next to him, patted his shoulder and said, "Lao Kong, I know what you are thinking. We have been comrades for many years. I will just say some things directly."

"Putting aside whether or not we can fight this time, how many veterans among the two battalions you brought with you have combat experience? You've promoted some of the outstanding soldiers to cadres, right?"

"You know how the wars were fought before. We can't afford to sacrifice our soldiers' lives with the Japanese anymore. New recruits don't have much combat experience, and this time we're facing the Japanese 7th and 9th Brigades. Old Kong, with your intelligence work, wouldn't you know this?"

"You should be aware of how formidable these two brigades were on the battlefield in Shanxi Province. Putting your two battalions, which have little combat experience, at the forefront is like throwing meat into a tiger's mouth."

After much persuasion, Kong Jie had to accept this fact.

He tapped his long-extinguished pipe on the sole of his shoe, glanced at Ding Wei and Lin Qiang, and said helplessly, "Okay, let's do as you say. I have to find a more comfortable place to watch the show. Once you guys finish the fight, I can go and pick up the bargain!"

…………

Independent regiment.

Regiment Headquarters.

Li Yunlong was waiting for a call, a call from the brigade headquarters.

The Independent Intelligence Regiment is the strongest among the three regiments, so the fact that the entire New First Regiment was dispatched naturally could not be hidden from Li Yunlong's eyes.

There is no need to analyze, you can tell that Ding Wei led his troops to reinforce Lin Qiang.

Others may not know Lin Qiang’s true strength, but Li Yunlong is very clear about it. He can even produce 150mm howitzers. What Japanese can’t be killed with one shot from that thing?

Xiaowangzhuang has a spacious terrain, but it cannot accommodate tens of thousands of people fighting at the same time. It is already very crowded if the Japanese can send two regiments to fight at the same time.

Based on Li Yunlong's understanding of the independent battalion, the Japanese from the two regiments could at most be considered a main course, not even a hard dish.

To put it nicely, they were going to reinforce Lin Qiang, but in fact, they were just going to take advantage of the situation.

Li Yunlong was so anxious that he was pacing back and forth in the room. Political Commissar Zhao Gang felt a little dizzy and stopped him, saying, "Old Li, stop pacing! You're making me dizzy!"

"You are not in a hurry!"

After hearing this, Zhao Gang knew what he was going to face next.

Li Yunlong was like a powder keg ready to explode, ignited by Zhao Gao's words: "If you don't manage a household, you don't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil, and salt are. How do you think our independent regiment got all these assets?"

"You, Old Zhao, are an intellectual after all, smarter than us. You wouldn't have guessed what Ding Wei and that Kong Erlunzi were up to, right?"

Zhao Gang replied in an official tone, "They received an order from their superiors to reinforce the independent battalion."

"fart!"

Li Yunlong cursed, "This is all bullshit! What bullshit reinforcements? To put it bluntly, they're just trying to take advantage of Lin Qiang!"

"As for reinforcements, our independent regiment is the closest, so why don't you send us?"

"Ding Ding Ding ~"

The phone rang at an inopportune time. Just as Zhao Gang opened his mouth, he heard Li Yunlong answering the phone.

"Hey?"

"Hey, Brigade Commander, are you calling to give me some important instructions?"

Zhao Gang couldn't help but smile when he saw Li Yunlong's flattering look. Who would have thought that this guy looked like he wanted to eat someone just a second ago?

The voice of the brigade commander came from the phone, and he said with a smile: "If I'm not mistaken, you must be cursing again, right?"

"I'm calling you this time to inform you that the New Second and New First Regiments are heading to Black Cloud Village to reinforce the Independent Battalion. Currently, the defenses of the two regiments are at their most vulnerable. Your mission is to contact your troops and move closer to their defenses to ensure the safety of their bases."

"Li Yunlong, you don't understand what I'm saying, do you?"

Li Yunlong's face fell, and he replied in a dead voice, "Yes, I promise to complete the task!"

"From your tone, you seem to be dissatisfied with my arrangement?"

The brigade commander smiled and said, "I'll give you this opportunity today. If you have anything to say, just say it."

"Then I'll say it!"

Li Yunlong changed his attitude and said, "Brigade Commander, no matter what, Lin Qiang is still a soldier trained by Old Li, don't you think?"

“If you have something to say, say it, and if you have something to say, let it go!”

"hey-hey!"

Li Yunlong is so happy even after being scolded, he is also a scorpion shit - unique!

"Commander, it's like me working so hard to get married, finding a matchmaker, and paying the betrothal gifts. But when I'm done, there's nothing left for me to do. Kong Jie and Ding Wei are already in their bridal chamber!"

"Brigade Commander, after all that talk, Old Li was just thinking about whether he could bring a team of troops over to reinforce them. After all, they are soldiers from our independent regiment, right?"