Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Zhang Zizai secretly sent the body out of the county. It was impossible to send it back to the base, so he had to order people to find a Feng Shui treasure land for burial.

The burial location is on a ridge ten kilometers east of Hulukou.

The three puppet soldiers in charge of the burial took off their yellow skins and stood in front of the grave, saluting solemnly.

"Brother, you should rest here."

"That's right. From here you can see the base and the county town. Just wait and see how we avenge you!"

There was no grand funeral and no firecrackers.

There were only three pieces of cloth, some fruits and a few candies.

A piece of wood brought from somewhere unknown became the nameless tombstone of this lonely grave.

"There are beautiful mountains and rivers here. I'll come to see you again when I have the chance."

Zhang Zizai told them about the sacrifice of this comrade, and the three of them asked themselves if they could be so heroic.

After taking one last look at the new grave, the three of them left.

…………

Independent regiment.

Regiment Headquarters.

After three hours, the information was accurately delivered to Political Commissar Zhao Gang.

Not only does it detail how everything went according to plan, but it also mentions the soldier's final heroic act.

"As expected of a soldier from the Independent Regiment!"

Zhao Gang sighed heartily.

Under the leadership of the regiment commander Li Yunlong, every soldier of the independent regiment is a man of iron will.

It’s a pity that the old beast Noda Kazuharu’s life or death is unknown. It would be best if he were dead.

If not dead...

snort!

Zhao Gang snorted in his heart and made up his mind to make the other party pay for his blood debt with blood.

After Li Yunlong learned about this plan, he thought about it for a moment and felt that it was feasible.

The two men sat on the kang without saying a word, both thinking about how to kill the Japanese as much as possible.

After a while, Li Yunlong spoke first: "This plan is feasible. Arrange Zhao Village to look like a regimental headquarters and ambush two battalions of troops around it."

"With the current combat effectiveness of our independent regiment, two battalions have proven that we can easily fight against an entire regiment of the Japanese."

"But……"

Political Commissar Zhao Gang continued, "But I'm afraid there might be more than one regiment of devils coming."

There are currently more than 40,000 Japanese troops in Laiyuan County. With sufficient manpower, the Japanese will definitely advance steadily.

The achievement of destroying a main force regiment was enough to make the Japanese send out a large number of troops.

"Old Li, I didn't think this through."

After thinking for a long time, Zhao Gang felt that this plan would be very difficult to implement.

Once the Japanese send a large number of troops, the two battalions of the independent regiment alone will not be able to resist.

If things go wrong, it may cause heavy losses.

The Independent Regiment never does business at a loss.

But Li Yunlong did not reply for a long time, looking like he was thinking seriously.

Seeing this, Zhao Gang did not bother him.

After a long while, Li Yunlong said, "We can't let our brother's sacrifice be in vain. He must die a worthy death."

“This program must continue.”

"But……"

"It's nothing!"

Li Yunlong interrupted Zhao Gang and said, "Aren't you just worried that the Japanese will send a large number of troops? Our independent regiment can't stop them, but there are people who can stop them."

Zhao Gang immediately understood what Li Yunlong meant and said excitedly, "Yes, we can ask Lin Qiang for help."

But then he lowered his voice again and said, "The independent battalion just finished a fierce battle with the Japanese. The team needs to rest and recuperate. This time, they may not be able to help us."

"Besides, who knows what mission the headquarters might have assigned to the independent battalion."

Unexpectedly, Li Yunlong chuckled: "Old Zhao, this is the mistake in your intelligence work."

"how do I say this?"

Li Yunlong said with a smile: "Do you know how many troops Lin Qiang has in his independent battalion now?"

"I tell you, there are more than 20,000 people!"

"And that doesn't even include the local troops, guerrillas, intelligence teams, and the spies deployed in Laiyuan and Anhua counties."

"If we really add them all up, the total number of troops would have to be reported as 30,000!"

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang stood up suddenly, as if he had heard something shocking.

"Old Li, is everything you said true?"

"When have I, Li Yunlong, ever lied to you?"

Have you lied to me enough? Every time you say you're training, you're secretly mobilizing troops for side projects.

And when they were drinking, he clearly drank three bowls, but insisted that he only drank one bowl, Zhao Gang complained in his heart.

Li Yunlong continued, "Lin Qiang has made a fortune. As far as I know, he only deployed more than half of his troops in the battle against the Japanese. There are still more than 3,000 logistics troops who did not directly participate in the battle!"

"Oh my God!"

Zhao Gang was dumbfounded after hearing this: "How can this be considered making a fortune?"

For a moment, Zhao Gang forgot what he had learned, and there were only two words in his mind - awesome!

"In that case, we can ask Lin Qiang to help hold back the enemy's main force, resolve the battle as quickly as possible, and then withdraw to the base."

"Let me take care of this."

Li Yunlong was not trying to steal the credit, but Zhao Gang was indeed lacking in commanding operations and combat deployment.

Zhao Gang also nodded in agreement, but he made a request: "We can't let our comrades sacrifice in vain, Lao Li!"

"I know."

Li Yunlong's eyes turned cold: "He deserved his death!"

…………

Independent camp.

Under the command of the signalman, Lin Qiang answered the call from Li Yunlong.

There was no unnecessary nonsense, and Lin Qiang was not even given room to refuse.

In a word, a feint attack on the county town.

The specific plan was that after Lin Qiang received Li Yunlong's signal, he would immediately send troops to launch a feint attack on the county town to buy time for the independent regiment.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Qiang touched his chin and thought carefully.

The independent regiment set a trap for the Japanese, but was worried that there would be too many Japanese soldiers going there, so they asked me for help.

We need to send our own troops to feint an attack on the county town and delay the large Japanese army.

After thinking about it, Lin Qiang also felt that it was feasible.

After all, there are a large number of Japanese troops in Laiyuan County at present, and sending out a regiment of Japanese troops will not have any impact on the overall defense.

It is not the case that the county town is attacked and the troops sent out are urgently recalled, unless the defenders of the county town are almost all killed.

This is a plan that kills two birds with one stone, as it can consume the Japanese at the same time.

However, we are afraid that something unexpected will happen during the feint attack on the county town.

Fighting in the county town is different from fighting in the Xiaowangzhuang position. There are no loopholes in the defense, and we are not afraid of Japanese bombers and tanks.

But attacking the county town would also be a dangerous action for the independent battalion.

Now the Japanese are eyeing the independent battalion covetously. Once they leave the Xiaowangzhuang position, they will definitely suffer crazy revenge from the Japanese.

However, the plan has not started yet, and Lin Qiang still has enough time to think about countermeasures.

It will probably take the Japanese three to five days from confirmation to dispatch of troops.

How to turn Hulukou into a military fortress in three to five days?