Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Xiaowangzhuang position.

After the Japanese retreated, the battlefield became quiet. After confirming that it was safe, each team began to send people to clean up the battlefield. This amount of spoils was a drop in the bucket for the independent battalion, but it was a timely help to other brother units.

The commander of the 386th Brigade is surnamed Chen. How could he have only five main regiments under his command?

This does not include the county brigades, district squads, militia, guerrillas and other combat teams that have not yet been incorporated into the regular army. If all of them are added together, it is estimated that there are definitely 50,000 to 60,000 people.

Take the independent battalion for example. After Zhang Yuntian's statistics, the total number of guerrillas, district squads, militia and other teams that were developed has reached more than 1,700, and this number is still increasing.

The main tasks of these teams are to collect intelligence and protect the surrounding people. Not all people are willing to move to the base.

Therefore, these people need the protection of the combat team. The base is the top priority. Lin Qiang will not send the main force to protect it unless it is absolutely necessary, so he began to vigorously develop the militia team.

These spoils were used to arm militias and other teams, which was like replacing muskets with large ones.

The tank troops pursued the enemy all the way to Hulukou before they received Lin Qiang's order to stop, otherwise they would have chased the Japanese all the way to the county town.

Lin Qiang had just finished talking to the brigade commander when he received a piece of news that the Japanese had transferred all the planes that could be mobilized in Shanxi Province to several airports in Taiyuan. The number of planes that had just attacked was only one-third of the number inside the airport.

Dozens of planes were shot down, and that was a third of the number of planes at several airports.

But this news did not make Lin Qiang feel nervous at all. With the air defense measures demonstrated before, if the Japanese wanted to use bombers to open a breakthrough again, it would depend on whether they were willing to do so.

The air defense team of more than 300 people can immediately engage in air defense combat as long as the guns are in position. With this confidence, Lin Qiang is not afraid at all.

"Monk!"

Outside the door, the monk walked in with his hands behind his back: "Captain, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Ok?

Lin Qiang did not answer this question, but asked: "Monk, what are you eating behind my back?"

"Captain, what are you talking about? I didn't steal anything!"

"Stop talking nonsense and take it out!"

"Oh!"

The monk slowly stretched out one hand from behind his back. Looking at the other person's empty hand, Lin Qiang said, "Two hands!"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it anymore, the monk immediately put on a smile: "Hey, Captain, I really can't hide anything from you."

The monk was holding the hind leg of an unknown animal, which was roasted until golden and sizzling with oil.

"These are some wild game that the logistics guys hunted. I was just passing by and I took a couple of their hind legs."

The monk said, "Captain, I really didn't eat it secretly. I couldn't help but take a bite when I walked to the door. If you don't believe me, just look at me and take a bite."

"Come in quickly!"

The monk went into the house obediently and closed the door.

"Put the things on the table."

"Oh!"

The monk thought he would be scolded, but he didn't expect Lin Qiang to take out a small half bottle of Fenjiu and put it on the table: "This is what the leader left last time."

Lin Qiang opened the bottle cap, put it to his nose and sniffed it: "It's still drinkable."

"Battalion Commander, you have to command the battle and you can't drink!"

"nonsense!"

Lin Qiang said: "Of course I know I can't drink!"

"For me?"

Lin Qiang nodded.

Seeing this, the monk rushed over, took the half bottle of Fenjiu from Lin Qiang, and opened it and took a sip impatiently.

After taking a sip of the wine, the monk's face looked extremely refreshed.

Lin Qiang knew the monk's alcohol tolerance. Not to mention half a bottle of Fenjiu, he could even drink a bottle of sweet potato liquor without his face getting red. This little bit of alcohol was no problem.

"What are you in a hurry for?"

Lin Qiang said unhappily, "Go and inform the logistics team first and have them prepare for air defense on the spot, lest they have nowhere to hide when the Japanese bombers arrive."

"Yes!"

The monk ran out quickly, and Lin Qiang smiled as he looked at his back.

"Dingling bell~"

The ringing of the phone interrupted Lin Qiang's thoughts. He walked over and answered the phone: "This is the Independence Battalion. Who is this?"

He originally thought that the call was from a regimental commander or a brigade commander, but the person who called Lin Qiang made him feel a little surprised.

"Brother Lin, it's me, Chu Yunfei."

"Captain Chu?"

Last time, in order to strengthen the relationship between the two sides, Chu Yunfei spared no effort to spend a lot of manpower to connect the telephone line with the independent battalion.

Logically speaking, the Eighth Route Army would not agree, but after Lin Qiang reported the matter, he got the consent of the brigade commander, on the grounds that he could find out the attitude of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

"Brother Lin, how is the situation over there?"

Chu Yunfei's voice came from the other end of the line, with a hint of envy in his voice: "I saw it all. That's a Soviet-made T-34 medium tank, right? I didn't expect Brother Lin to be able to get one. You're truly incredibly resourceful!"

Lin Qiang subconsciously thought that Chu Yunfei was here to gather information, so he stammered and evaded the question.

After chatting for a while, Chu Yunfei took the initiative to talk about the purpose of the call: "Brother Lin, I think you should know that the Japanese have mobilized a regiment of troops from Laiyuan and intend to occupy Dagu Town in our defense zone."

"Although there is a battalion of your Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment there, I am worried that your troops will suffer heavy casualties. I am fully focused on blocking the Japanese reinforcements and cannot spare any manpower."

"........."

After listening for a long time, Lin Qiang understood what Chu Yunfei meant, which was to ask Lin Qiang to make some noise to force the Japanese regiment to withdraw.

But Lin Qiang thought about it more deeply, agreed and hung up the phone.

I don't know when the monk came back, and he was already busy finishing his hind leg meat and half a bottle of Fenjiu.

The regimental commander sent a battalion into Dagu Town, and it seemed that they had no intention of retreating.

Could it be that the regimental commander really intends to use a battalion to fight against an entire regiment of the Japanese?

Of course, this is not the case. Lin Qiang thought about it carefully and believed that the regiment commander Li Yunlong would definitely continue to send troops, at least to be able to resist the strength of this Japanese regiment.

Thinking of this, Lin Qiang finally understood the significance of Chu Yunfei's call. Persuading the Japanese troops to retreat was secondary, and preventing Li Yunlong from sending more troops to reinforce Dagu Town was the main thing.

The independent regiment entered Dagu Town under the banner of helping friendly forces. Even if Chu Yunfei was dissatisfied, he would not show it at this time.

But once Li Yunlong's team really gains a foothold in Dagu Town, Chu Yunfei will be the one who suffers in the future.

The phone rang again, interrupting Lin Qiang's thoughts. He stood in front of the phone, guessing that the call must be from Li Yunlong.

"Hello, this is..."

"Stop talking nonsense, I'm Li Yunlong!"

Li Yunlong's tone was urgent, as if something big was about to happen: "Lin Qiang, no matter what method you use, you must force the Japanese troops heading towards Dagu Town back!"

"Captain, are you shooting yourself in the foot?"

Lin Qiang chuckled and said, "I can help you, but that command knife you got from Sakata..."

"I'll send someone to deliver it to you right away!"