Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

After explaining the task, the brigade commander hung up the phone. As for why the headquarters gave this task to the independent battalion, Lin Qiang did not ask much. In fact, he could guess the reason without asking much.

Judging from the team's deployment location, the independent battalion is very close to both Anhua County and Laiyuan County, and it only takes three or four hours to deploy troops on a large scale.

In contrast, the other regiments needed to spend more time to complete this task, and the long marching time made it easy for them to be discovered by the Japanese.

Secondly, in terms of team combat effectiveness, if you want to be powerful, the independent battalion is the best choice.

The independent battalion has much more combat personnel than the other regiments, and they are all experienced veterans who have participated in several battles. The new recruits of several regiments are still in training. No regiment can deploy thousands of combat teams at a time like the independent battalion.

Moreover, in terms of firepower, the independent battalion is second to none. The number of mortars and infantry guns owned by the team alone is more than the total number of other regiments.

In addition to the losses caused to the Japanese in several battles, as long as the independent battalion took any action, the Japanese had to be on full guard.

Now everyone knows that the independent battalion is fully capable of liberating a county town. If it concentrates on liberating a county town, the Japanese will not be able to defend it.

To sum up, the order issued by the headquarters is very clear.

Soon, Lin Qiang called several company commanders together to discuss how to complete the mission.

After several company commanders arrived, Lin Qiang did not discuss the mission immediately, but instead asked about the settlement of the people they brought back.

Lin Qiang deployed the several centralized resettlement camps he had inside the base, and used the anti-Japanese war points to exchange for several terrain transformation cards, and carried out a major transformation of the terrain inside the base.

Today, the base is flat and the springs in the rice fields have become the source of the stream.

In general, there are mountains and water, and the area has more than doubled.

After the battle, Lin Qiang's war points reached a terrifying number, more than three million. He had spent a lot of money these days, and the system mall had reached level seven, so he only had more than two million war points left.

Lin Qiang planned to vigorously transform the remaining anti-Japanese bases in the deep winter when there were no combat missions. He not only wanted to build the base into a military fortress, but also provide a place for tens of thousands of people to live at the same time.

As for the rewards given by the system after the battle, Lin Qiang had not had time to check them.

This matter was arranged by Wang Qiang. After hearing Lin Qiang's inquiry, he replied: "The concentration camp at the No. 2 branch base is full. The civilians brought back this time have been placed in the concentration camp at the No. 3 base. A platoon has been sent to assist the civilians."

"Have all the food and daily necessities been distributed?"

Wang Qiang replied, "Zhao Dezhu has taken over this matter. He is already arranging for soldiers to distribute supplies."

After listening, Lin Qiang nodded, expressing his satisfaction with Wang Qiang's work progress.

In this cold winter, if the delay is too long, it may easily lead to accidents for the people.

With Zhao Dezhu taking over, Lin Qiang no longer has to worry about anything. After all, Zhao Dezhu's work ability is among the best.

He may not be as good as these company commanders in fighting, but in terms of management and arrangements, Zhang Yuntian is not half as good as Zhao Dezhu.

In fact, sometimes Lin Qiang is very grateful to these brothers. If it weren’t for them, the team would never be able to become a sharp blade that pierces the enemy’s heart.

Zhang Yuntian asked, "Battalion Commander, why did you call us here so late? Is there some kind of combat mission?"

Hearing this, several company commanders looked at Lin Qiang eagerly.

There was no chance to fire any shots during this bandit suppression operation. As soon as the team arrived at the place and expressed their intention, the bandits raised their hands and surrendered obediently, fearing that they would not be accepted.

If you want to stretch your muscles, you have to find the Japanese army. These beasts will fight back when they are beaten and they don't know fear.

Lin Qiang smiled at everyone and said slowly, "Don't tell me, there's an order from headquarters, which was personally conveyed to me by the brigade commander..."

Before he could finish his words, Qiangzi couldn't help but ask, "What mission? Captain, leave it to our Second Company. We guarantee we'll complete it beautifully for you!"

"Qiangzi, don't interrupt. Listen to what the battalion commander has to say!"

Lin Qiang rolled his eyes at him and continued, "The mission is this: the Japanese have suffered heavy losses recently. In order to consolidate their occupied territory, they have begun a clearing operation in the area. The goal is to identify any resistance within the occupied territory."

"Headquarters is worried that the civilians will be harmed by this, so they specifically ordered our independent battalion to create a massive demonstration to force the Japanese to withdraw their forces and abandon their purging plan to guard against us."

After Lin Qiang had finished speaking, Zhang Yuntian was the first to speak and ask, "If that's the case, why doesn't the headquarters just let us liberate the county? As long as we fight, I don't know if there are too many, but the Japanese in the entire northwest of Shanxi will definitely come to support us."

No one would doubt Zhang Yuntian's words. The Japanese had been hurt by the two battles of the Independent Battalion, and they knew it was unrealistic to encircle and suppress the Independent Battalion again. Now the Japanese were hoping that the Independent Battalion would reveal its flaws so that they could take the opportunity to wipe it out in one fell swoop.

Once the independent battalion launches an attack on the county town, considering the connection and strategic location between the county towns, the Japanese in the entire northwest of Shanxi may come to support it.

At that time, not only will we have to force the Japanese to give up their purge operations, but we can also take this opportunity to severely damage them.

Duan Peng was also among them. This was his first time attending a group meeting since recovering from his injury. He had a different perspective on this and said, "Actually, I've always had a question. The last operation failed, and the special forces didn't cause much damage to the Japanese airport. Logically, the Japanese should still be able to deploy a bomber formation."

"But why is it that even though we wiped out two Japanese brigades in Xiaowangzhuang, not a single bomber came to reinforce us? I always feel like we've overlooked something."

Lin Qiang had his own guess about this: "In my opinion, it was the headquarters or the brigade that sent a team to Taiyuan to stop the Japanese bombers from taking off."

"It's not impossible. During the last battle at Lijiapo, that damned Yamazaki Battalion sent a telegram that not only mobilized the bombers in Taiyuan, but also...?"

"If the regiment commander hadn't taken Lijiapo first, the bombers might have flown right over our heads."

Everyone thought it made sense. If a battalion of Japanese soldiers were willing to send bombers, then how could the Japanese not send bombers to assist when two brigades came to encircle and suppress the biggest threat?

The only explanation is that the Japanese bombers could not take off, and the reason for this was most likely interference from the team sent by the headquarters or brigade.

After Lin Qiang's explanation, Duan Peng became more clear-headed. He then said, "Battalion Commander, I agree with Yuntian's idea. Let's just attack the county town. The Japanese will definitely send reinforcements."

This idea was supported by all the company commanders, but Lin Qiang was the only one who shook his head and said no.

"Do you think I don't have this idea? I told the brigade commander, but he rejected it outright. Besides, this was also an order from headquarters."

"This mission is related to the boss's plan. If we act without authorization, it is very likely to cause the boss's plan to go awry. None of us can bear this responsibility!"