Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Laiyuan County.

The Japanese gendarmerie.

After listening to the adjutant's report, Jiro Ono angrily threw everything on the table to the ground.

"idiot!"

"Bagaya Road!"

"Damn Chu Yunfei, he's so shameless!"

The reason why Jiro Ono was so angry was that he followed Yoshio Shinozuka's instructions and sent someone with gifts to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to apologize.

But I never expected that everything was fine when I went there, but in the end I only came back with a head, and the gifts I brought were nowhere to be found.

After venting his anger, Ono reported the situation to Yoshio Shinozuka.

He soon received a reply, asking him to continue hunting down the so-called main force of the Eighth Route Army. Even if he could wipe out a guerrilla unit, he would be able to completely get rid of the impact of his previous failure.

Feeling that the commander was protecting him, Ono did not dare to waste time and went to the battle sand table to speculate on the Eighth Route Army's retreat route.

The room was quickly cleared. The new adjutant, Sato, was a man of good sense. Seeing Ono frown, he pointed to a hillside and said, "Your Excellency, based on previous speculations, I believe the Eighth Route Army we are pursuing is likely to escape along these two routes."

"Oh?"

Ono looked up at him and asked, "How do you prove it?"

Sato went to another table and gestured along the drawn route. "Your Excellency, look, this is where you fought the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. The Eighth Route Army couldn't escape from the frontal battlefield and could only move south along the mountain range. Once outside the Dagu Mountains, most of the surrounding areas are occupied by us. There are only two routes south for them to choose from."

"We only need to contact the strongholds along the two routes to find out the direction the Eighth Route Army is fleeing, and then we can send troops to pursue them until they are completely wiped out."

After hearing Sato's words, Ono's brows relaxed and he smiled, "Yoshi! Sato-san, you should have shown up earlier. With your assistance, we will surely let the glory of the empire shine on this land!"

Sato ignored Ono's praise and said, "Then I will contact each base now and ask about the situation in the past few days."

"Yoshi!"

Ono nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Sato-san!"

Sato responded and left the room. The moment he closed the door, his expression turned grim and he muttered, "Just as Yamamoto-kun said, these regimental commanders are a bunch of trash. They only bring shame to the Imperial Warriors."

It is one thing to look down on others, but Sato has to do what he has to do. A soldier's duty is to obey orders. If he disobeys military orders, not even Yamamoto can save him.

Not long after, Sato received feedback from all the strongholds on one of the routes. No stronghold found anything unusual, including the spies hiding in the dark, who found no trace of the Eighth Route Army.

There is no doubt that the Eighth Route Army must have chosen another route to escape.

Before reporting, Sato still asked people to contact each base.

However, what he didn't expect was that he couldn't contact the first base.

The strange thing is that except for the Wulipo stronghold, the other strongholds can be contacted normally, and no abnormalities were found.

This made Sato realize that something was wrong, and he immediately ordered the strongest base closest to Wulipo to investigate the situation, and he reported the news to Ono.

Sure enough, after Ono learned the news, he immediately sent troops to Wulipo.

Sato stopped him immediately and said, "Your Excellency, Wulipo has only lost contact so far, and we can't be sure it was the Eighth Route Army's doing. We are going to meet with Colonel Yamamoto in two days, and we can't miss it because of this little thing. Even if we find the Eighth Route Army, there is no need to rush. They can't escape our grasp!"

These words made Ono calm down quickly. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to do as Sato said.

……

at night.

Lin Qiang and the two regimental commanders simulated several battles and found that there was a problem in one link every time, and they were unable to eliminate the Japanese bunkers in the first time.

The reason was that the mortar was beyond its effective range. If it advanced three hundred meters, it would have destroyed all the bunkers.

However, it is not so easy to advance. In addition to the bunker, the train station also has several watchtowers with a wide view, making it easy to spot Lin Qiang and his team.

Once discovered by the Japanese, it means that this operation has lost the initiative.

The Japanese in the train station will definitely request reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise it might be all in vain.

Ding Wei studied the map carefully. After a while, he said, "It's not that there isn't another way. Look, my team is deployed south of the train station. This location happens to be a blind spot for the watchtower, and the distance is close enough. We only need to advance a hundred meters to blow up the Japanese bunker."

"There are three bunkers in total. As long as I blow up one here, I can successfully blow up the remaining two without having to move forward. I just don't know if you have enough mortars and shells, Lin Qiang!"

As expected, none of the Northwest Shanxi Iron Triangle is a simple character. They are testing their own background!

Even though it was a trap, Lin Qiang had no choice but to fall into it, unless the team gave up the plan this time and watched Ding Kong and the others return with a full load.

Lin Qiang put down the pencil in his hand and said calmly, "In that case, I will lend Captain Ding a mortar with ten shells. After blowing up the bunker, we can also take down the Japanese watchtower."

That is to say, lend it to Ding Wei. But whenever Kong Jie asked this question, Lin Qiang would never ask it.

Lin Qiang is very clear about the current situation of the New Second Regiment. Kong Jie is now like Li Yunlong, or like Chu Yunfei, who has borrowed a battalion's equipment for decades and has not returned it yet.

Kong Jie took a deep breath and said distressedly, "You are so generous! There is no need to waste the shells. I will lead my men to take down the watchtower, right?"

Unexpectedly, Lin Qiang waved his hand and said, "Captain Kong, times have changed, and the way we fight must change too. We should do what's convenient and causes the least losses. Don't worry about those little gadgets. The Japanese will make them for us after we use them up."

Even though Ding Wei, who had taken over the New 1st Regiment and whose family was relatively wealthy, was shocked when he heard Lin Qiang's words, the New 1st Regiment also had quite a few light machine guns and Type 38 rifles.

But there is only one mortar, and it is usually very precious. It is almost wiped out by the reflection of just a few shells.

Look at Lin Qiang's row again. There is more than one mortar, and ten shells are given at will. They are also used to attack the watchtower. What's the difference between this and using a cannon to kill a mosquito?

Fortunately, it wasn't his own ammunition that was being used, so Ding Wei didn't feel bad about it. He said, "That way, there will definitely be no problem. However, we have to agree in advance on how much of the train station you can take away. It all depends on your ability. Is that okay?"

"I think it works!"

Kong Jie also agreed with this statement. They both came prepared. Half of the team were soldiers engaged in transportation, and they also brought a lot of donkey carts.

When Lin Qiang heard that both of them agreed to this, he almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

Are you trying to show off more than yourself?

Lin Qiang himself didn't know how big the system space was or how much it could hold. As long as he wanted, he could put all the things in the train station into the system space within a few minutes.

Even though Ding Kong and the other two were not kind first, Lin Qiang would not really take away all the supplies.

If they were to come empty-handed and leave empty-handed, I'm afraid there would be no next joint action.

Fighting back a smile, Lin Qiang pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Since both captains have agreed, I naturally have nothing to say. Let's do this!"

"But we have to agree that my leader cannot know what's going on here."

Ding Kong and the other man nodded at the same time and assured, "Don't worry about that!"