Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Four days passed like this. During these four days, people from the brigade headquarters came three times and took away almost all the weapons and equipment that could be moved.

There weren't many daily necessities, as the independent camp had a basic need for them, so they were only given a few hundred kilograms of flour and a few hundred kilograms of rice.

The independent battalion base is different from the bases of other regiments. Other places have a mass base, arable land, and can be self-sufficient.

The independent camp is different. There is very little arable land, and everyone in the base, including the civilians, has to rely on stored food to survive.

The general manager and chief of staff of the headquarters also called to thank Lin Qiang personally. After all, the weapons and equipment pulled out from the independent battalion were more than enough to fully arm an entire brigade!

The most important thing is heavy weapons such as artillery, not to mention mortars and infantry guns. There are twelve 105mm caliber howitzers alone, and a number of artillery shells!

This was the first time that even the boss himself had seen such a grand gesture.

Of course, the boss called not only to thank Lin Qiang, but also to convey important instructions and progress of the entire plan.

At present, the Japanese troops have been heading to the northwest of Shanxi in large numbers, with a total strength of more than 70,000. Together with the troops replenished by the Japanese after the war, the total strength of the Japanese troops in Anhua County, Laiyuan County, Ping'an County, and Xiangyang County has reached more than 100,000.

Judging from the situation, the Japanese are determined to launch a full-scale sweep of the 129th Division's base this time.

The headquarters ordered Lin Qiang to gather the troops as quickly as possible and be prepared to fight the enemy with all his strength.

After receiving this news, Lin Qiang immediately began to make arrangements.

When the bunkers built on the mountain of the base were put to use, each bunker had three guns, three ammunition handlers, and two logistics personnel.

There is plenty of water, food and ammunition in the bunker. There is a toilet less than one meter away from the side door, which completely solves the soldiers' problems of eating, drinking, defecating and urinating.

There are ten such bunkers in total, but the total number of troops deployed is more than 130.

In addition, there were more than a dozen DShK anti-aircraft machine guns, all deployed at the Xiaowangzhuang position.

Qiangzi and others were called back. The current situation has exceeded expectations and there is no need to continue taking the risk of attacking the artillery tower.

In the room, Lin Qiang only gave one order to everyone, which was to defend Xiaowangzhuang. Without his order, even if there was only one person left in the army, he would die on the battlefield.

Everyone was puzzled as to why this order had been issued. Lin Qiang explained, "Look, Anhua and Laiyuan counties are the two counties with the largest number of Japanese reinforcements, and they are all deployed more than 20 kilometers away from us. I believe you can all see what the Japanese are trying to do, right?"

"As for why the Japanese want to target us, the reason is simple: just two words."

Qiangzi asked: "Which two words?"

"revenge."

Zhang Yuntian answered for Lin Qiang, "The Japanese have suffered heavy losses at our hands several times, and we even wiped out an entire brigade. If the Japanese could have swallowed this, we wouldn't have had to fight them for so many years."

"Yes."

Lin Qiang said: "It's obvious that the devils want to retaliate against us. There are more than 30,000 devils in the two counties combined. It's a huge pressure on us!"

Without the help of the three groups this time, Lin Qiang was under a lot of pressure.

What he needed was not help in terms of manpower, but combat deployment. After all, a person's ability is limited, and Lin Qiang could not take the overall situation into consideration.

Last time, the two leaders, Ding Wei and Kong Jie, led the team personally, which gave Lin Qiang the confidence to watch the show with peace of mind.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time that Lin Qiang personally commanded such a battle. Before this, he had no experience in commanding a large-scale battle.

But the headquarters and the brigade did not send any external aid, and the soldiers had great confidence in him. Thinking of this, Lin Qiang secretly made up his mind to do his best and never let the soldiers down.

"Yuntian, it's your job to count the number of people in the team. Tell everyone how many people are there in our independent battalion now."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuntian took out the four rosters he carried with him and turned to the last page one by one to check the numbers.

After completing the calculation, Zhang Yuntian replied, "Reporting to the battalion commander, according to incomplete statistics, the independent battalion currently has 12,728 people!"

“What are incomplete statistics?”

This number was within Lin Qiang's expectations, so he was not shocked.

The other company commanders knew their own teams better. They chatted with each other a lot on a daily basis, so they naturally knew the total strength of the troops.

Zhang Yuntian put away the roster and replied, "It's like this. The army has developed quite a few teams outside. There are more than twenty teams scattered around, distributed in various areas of northwest Shanxi, and even in the direction of Taiyuan."

"These teams only have battle reports, and the specific development of the situation is unclear. Therefore, we don't know how many people are in these teams in total."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qiang immediately ordered, "Send a communications squad from each company to notify all teams to return to the base as quickly as possible, saying there's an important combat mission!"

"Also, starting today, all companies will enter the Xiaowangzhuang position according to the exercise plan. Each team will be equipped with two DShK anti-aircraft machine guns, ten Maxims, and ten MG3s. Ask Zhao Dezhu for weapons and ammunition."

"Duan Peng, your special forces can't really play a role in this level of combat. Therefore, your task is to assist the artillery in completing their deployment. After that, the special forces will lurk in the mountains and forests. Once the Japanese begin deploying their artillery, your task is to render them incapable of combat."

"Do you understand everything?"

Several company commanders stood up and replied in unison: "Understood!"

"it is good!"

Lin Qiang looked at everyone and said, "Everyone go down and get ready!"

As for whether the Japanese would attack, Lin Qiang was not worried at all.

Even if the Japanese's primary target is not the independent battalion, Lin Qiang will find a way to let the Japanese attack. The purpose of doing so is to reduce the pressure on other troops.

Looking across the entire northwest of Shanxi, which unit has the combat capability of the independent battalion?

Tens of thousands of troops participated in the battle, and three layers of trenches were dug, with a battle depth of nearly ten kilometers. This was the result of Lin Qiang's continuous compression, but in the end he could not compress it any further.

If this army of over 10,000 people were really deployed, it would be estimated that the battle line would be at least 20 to 30 kilometers long.

This battle deployment cost Lin Qiang nearly one million anti-Japanese war points.

In order to ensure that the Xiaowangzhuang position could withstand the continuous attacks of the Japanese, Lin Qiang specially purchased Maxim heavy machine guns and MG3 general-purpose machine guns.

There is no need to explain Maxim too much, the soldiers all know that the MG3 general-purpose machine gun is a general-purpose machine gun developed and manufactured by Germany in 1968.

The predecessor of this machine gun was the MG42 general-purpose machine gun. The caliber of the gun was changed from 7.92 mm to 7.62 mm, and it fired 7.62 standard bullets.

The empty weight of the whole gun is 10.5kg, and it is fixed with a tripod, which can provide stable and continuous output.

The main purpose of purchasing this gun is its flexibility.

The MG3 general-purpose machine gun combines flexibility and firepower output, allowing only one soldier to transfer firepower anytime and anywhere.

Before the team was fully deployed to the position, infuriating news came from the forward observation post. A battalion of Japanese troops launched a mopping-up operation. Anyone they met along the way who was not a traitor or puppet soldier would be ruthlessly killed.

After learning the news, Lin Qiang immediately called Duan Peng and ordered him to lead a team to deal with these inhumane beasts.

Duan Peng did not take action immediately and asked, "Battalion Commander, don't you need to ask the brigade commander for instructions?"

Lin Qiang did not blame him for this, because everyone knew that this fight was likely to lead to a major war.

"Execute first and report later. This is a privilege granted by the brigade commander himself!"

Hearing this, Duan Peng no longer hesitated: "Yes! The special forces team will set off immediately!"