Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Night fell over the village. The battle did not seem to have affected the original environment. The melodious chirping of insects and birds could still be heard in the woods.

During the rest time, Lin Qiang kept absorbing the memories in his mind. In his previous life, he was just a rich bastard with no experience in fighting. If it weren't for the memories of his original body, he wouldn't have been able to fight the ambush so beautifully.

The memories of his original body helped him greatly, allowing him to understand the deployment of troops in some small and medium-sized battles and know how to find opportunities to win in battle.

What benefited him the most was the three-three tactics that his original body was familiar with.

In layman's terms, this warrior's process is a continuous cycle of cover. The whole process is composed of a combat team of three people, who use triangles to attack and triangle defense. The combat team members must have clear division of labor, one person is responsible for attacking, and the other two are responsible for cover and fire support.

This tactic emerged because when facing enemy forces from other countries such as the Japanese, their weapons and equipment were backward, and a combat method was developed to avoid the situation where a heavy machine gun could suppress the team.

The emergence of the three-three system tactics dramatically reduced casualties on the battlefield and achieved great results in major battles.

The three-three tactics effectively avoided the damage caused by the enemy's intensive firepower, emphasizing close coordination, layer-by-layer advancement, and alternating cover attacks.

There were many battles using this tactic, the most famous of which was the use of millet and rifles in combination to defeat the Ugly Country's mechanical forces, which were known as the invincible Blue Planet.

According to unofficial historical records, when a famous five-star general faced this tactic, he was like a bullied child, crying and shouting to go home and drink milk at Christmas.

Today's dinner is very sumptuous, a stew of canned beef, cabbage, vermicelli, and dry food brought by the soldiers.

There are many kinds of dry food, but all Lin Qiang's team carried were soybeans and a small amount of peanuts in the food bags.

Qiangzi was sent to deliver food to the soldiers at the observation post and to take over the shift.

This was the first hot meal the soldiers had eaten after being away from the regiment for nearly seven days.

And there is canned beef!

Of course, Lin Qiang also left a few cans of food in exchange for the ingredients used in cooking at the people's homes.

The people have land and can be self-sufficient, but the troops cannot. He wants to improve the people's food, but he is unable to do so.

His first priority was to ensure that the soldiers had enough food.

The soldiers ate up the entire pot. Lin Qiang looked around and saw that some people still seemed to be hungry.

You can't eat more if you're not full, after all, you don't know when you'll get food next time.

One day, I will make you feel sick from eating meat!

At night, a dozen young men came down from the back mountain. Lin Qiang thought they were here to check the situation, so he asked Hu Zi to greet them.

There were two warriors in the team who were younger than these young people. In his memory, his original self had invited them to join the team, but was rejected.

Lin Qiang can understand this point. It is impossible to have the best of both worlds. They choose to provide for their parents in their old age, which is what they should do.

After a while, Hu Zi came back and said with a smile: "Platoon leader, go out and take a look!"

Lin Qiang was a little confused and stood up and said, "What's the matter? You're grinning like a lotus flower."

Lin Qiang walked out of the house with doubts and saw more than a dozen young people standing in a row, with firm expressions and bright eyes.

Seeing Lin Qiang appear, they shouted in unison: "We sincerely ask the Eighth Route Army comrades to allow us to join the team!"

Now I know why Hu Zi is laughing so happily. It turns out that the team is going to be expanded!

Not to mention Hu Zi, even Lin Qiang couldn't help but laugh.

The problem of weapons and ammunition has been temporarily solved. What the team lacks most at the moment is manpower. They only have 50 Type rifles, but they are of no real use.

Now, with the addition of these dozen people, Lin Qiang feels more confident when facing the Japanese invaders that may appear next time!

After the equipment was seized, it was replaced by the soldiers. Lin Qiang did not take out the Type 38 rifle directly, but gave the one made in the border area to the new recruits for simple training.

There is not enough ammunition, so there is no need for live-fire shooting.

Hu Zi and another soldier were responsible for training the new recruits. They were all rural men and had no problems with their physical fitness. Their only worry was going to the battlefield.

It is said that the best place to train new recruits is the battlefield, but when Lin Qiang really had to drag new recruits who didn't even know how to bolt a gun to the battlefield, he still found it difficult to do so.

It's not that he is a saint, but he must seize every opportunity to fight in order to get more rewards.

There is no need for unnecessary sacrifice.

After training for a few hours and changing shifts at the observation post, Lin Qiang let the soldiers rest first.

It wasn't until he got up the next day and opened the door that he discovered the new recruits were still practicing. After a night of training, their movements had become much more proficient.

Pull the bolt, aim the gun, shoot, and repeat.

Their determination can be seen from just a few simple actions.

At this time, Lin Qiang was considering whether to conduct live-fire exercises on them. The soldier in charge of observation came running over and said breathlessly: "Platoon leader, the devils... the devils are coming again!"

coming!

The reaction of a dozen or so recruits was even more excited than Lin Qiang's. They slung their guns on their backs as per their training and formed a line. One of them said, "Platoon leader, give us some ammunition!"

Lin Qiang did not respond directly, but instead asked the sentry: "Did you see how many Japanese soldiers came?"

"There are about twenty or so devils. Not many people, but they have two light machine guns!"

This answer exceeded Lin Qiang's expected number of enemies. After weighing the pros and cons, he decided to distribute ammunition: "Go, assemble the team!"

By the time the team was assembled, it had grown from fourteen people yesterday to twenty-seven people today.

Lin Qiang stood at the front of the team, with a green-painted ammunition box at his feet. "I'm too lazy to say more, and I don't know how to say more. Since the Japs still dare to come, let's fight them!"

"Hadron!"

"arrive!!"

Lin Qiang kicked the ammunition box at his feet and said, "Here are 500 rounds of ammunition. Distribute them to the brothers!"

Five hundred rounds of bullets may sound like a lot, but when distributed to twenty-seven soldiers, each of them had less than twenty rounds.

Still too poor!

Lin Qiang sighed, grabbed a box of bullets and went to the village's grain drying ground first.

The place where the last ambush took place could definitely not be used again, and the scale of this battle was slightly larger, so we had to stay away from the village to avoid unnecessary losses.

After a while, Lin Qiang led the team to the mountainside. When they came to the village, they were forced by the Japanese to enter from the back mountain. They had no idea about the terrain in front of the village.

Lin Qiang could only pray for a suitable ambush location, otherwise, he would have to fight a head-on battle with the Japanese.

This was something he didn't want to happen. This time the Japanese were carrying light machine guns, and their firepower completely suppressed the team. A head-on confrontation would only increase the losses and might not necessarily eliminate the Japanese.

The system determines that rewards are distributed based on the battle loss ratio. In this case, Lin Qiang must ensure that every battle is won with the least loss. This is still a difficult problem for him.

After walking a mile down, Lin Qiang finally found a more suitable ambush location.

This place is a ravine with gentle slopes of about three meters on both sides, which is not difficult for shooting.

After discussion, the ambush location was finally confirmed here. Hu Zi and Qiang Zi each led ten people to ambush on both sides, and Lin Qiang led the remaining people to block the front to prevent any fish from slipping through the net and running into the village.

Lin Qiang gathered the grenades he had seized before and set up several tripwire traps on the road. Once an exchange of fire occurred, the Japanese would definitely move to the sides, and at that time, what would be waiting for them were the grenades that were about to explode.

After confirming that everything was correct, Lin Qiang led his men to ambush in front of the road, using the rocks on both sides as cover.

Time passed quickly, and several figures appeared on the path not far away, short and wretched.

The devil is coming!

In an instant, all the soldiers became extremely alert and ready for battle. As long as Lin Qiang fired his gun, they would turn this place into the grave of these devils!

The Japanese were getting closer and closer, and Lin Qiang couldn't help but want to shoot several times.

In order to win the battle at the lowest cost, he knew that he had to wait until all the Japanese entered the ambush site before he could open fire.

A second earlier may cause casualties to the team; a second later may make it impossible to withstand the enemy's charge and allow them to enter the village.

The Japanese didn't know how many Eighth Route Army soldiers were here, so they carefully observed their surroundings along the way.

The Japanese troops were entering the ambush range little by little. After the baptism of battle, Lin Qiang no longer felt nervous. What he had to do now was to seize the opportunity!

"Remember what I said, three people firing at once, taking turns, don't mess around!"

The soldier beside Lin Qiang responded in a low voice, then slowly pulled the bolt, and the bullet was loaded!

"First volley, fire!"

As soon as the gunshots rang out from Lin Qiang's side, the Japanese soldiers quickly hid on both sides of the road. The team ambushing on the hillside immediately took turns firing, and half of the Japanese soldiers were killed in the first round of shooting!

The distance was close enough, and the Japanese's attention was all on the front, so they never expected that there would be ambushes by Eighth Route Army soldiers on both sides.

boom!

The tripwire traps set up also exploded one by one, and the grenades made by the Japanese killed a large number of their own people. Even if they did not die, they were injured by shrapnel.

The following battle became easier, and several rounds of volleys were used to target the Japanese on both sides one by one.

In this battle, Lin Qiang still did not display the fine tradition of bayonet fighting, and no Japanese soldier escaped from the battlefield alive.