Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Can’t get through by phone?

Could it be that the independent camp is in crisis?

The brigade commander was soon amused by his own ridiculous idea. What a joke! Even if the brigade headquarters fell, Lin Qiang's independent battalion would not have any problems.

If things go wrong, even the headquarters may have to take refuge in the independent battalion base.

The brigade commander personally reviewed the defense deployment of the independent battalion base and pointed out many shortcomings and areas for improvement.

Last time I heard Lin Qiang say that he had built several bunkers on the mountain of the base, turning the base into a semi-permanent military fortress.

Even though the Japanese planes and tanks were deployed together, they were unable to capture the independent battalion's base. A mere tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers could not do anything to the independent battalion.

After much thought, the brigade commander could only think of one reason why he couldn't get in touch, which was that he was at war and had no time to answer the call.

"Little Li!"

A guard came running in with a clatter: "Here!"

The brigade commander said to him, "Go to the independent battalion immediately and record everything that's going on there. Don't forget to have that kid Lin Qiang call me back."

"Yes!"

Guard Xiao Li saluted and set off immediately.

Xiao Li ran all the way towards the independent camp.

However, when he was about to approach the independent camp, he found the atmosphere around him a little weird.

The patrols that used to come and go were nowhere to be seen, leaving only dead silence.

I had been to the independent camp with the brigade commander before, and went there many times later, but I always saw patrol teams.

Why can't I see anyone this time?

Could something really have happened?

Xiao Li felt an ominous premonition in his heart and approached the camp cautiously.

Suddenly, he heard fierce gunfire from the direction of Xiaowangzhuang.

Xiao Li subconsciously rode over on horseback.

During the time Xiao Li was on the road, the Japanese launched three large-scale charges.

The two sides fought many offensive and defensive battles on the Xiaowangzhuang battlefield, and both sides suffered casualties.

However, the independent battalion suffered relatively few casualties. The fourth company had 173 people killed, more than 400 people slightly injured, and more than 200 people seriously injured.

Including the lightly wounded soldiers, there are still more than a thousand soldiers who can participate in the battle.

This team of thousands of people is fully capable of holding the front line.

The independent battalion has more than 30,000 people, but not all of them are organized into the five main combat companies.

Instead, the vast majority of the soldiers are logistics soldiers, ensuring that the five main combat companies have sufficient backup forces.

After being defeated again, there was no emotion on Harahira Koizumi's face. It was unknown whether he was angry or what other emotion he was feeling.

More than a month ago, he took over the leadership of several infantry brigades and suffered a disastrous defeat when attacking Xiaowangzhuang. In Yuanping Koizumi's view, this was a huge shame.

This is Lin Qiang's home game, and he has an absolute advantage.

If it were somewhere else, Harahira Koizumi believes he would never fail.

If they switched to defense, the independent battalion would have no chance of winning.

For more than a month, Yuanping Koizumi has been reflecting on his mistakes and introspecting himself.

But he simulated many battles, all ended in failure.

The direct cause of the failure was not the difference in troop strength between the two sides, nor the difference in the combat effectiveness of the team members, but the difference in artillery.

The independent battalion's howitzers have always been an insurmountable gap. In order to win the battle, an absolute condition must be met.

Eliminate the howitzers of the independent battalion.

But this is an impossible task.

Harahira Koizumi looked at the adjutants and the commanders of the various regiments and asked, "I need you to come up with a perfect battle plan!"

"This time, failure is not allowed. You know the consequences of failure."

Commit seppuku.

Everyone looked at each other.

Adjutant Furuta Ichi spoke first, "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, we can try a night attack. Under the cover of darkness, we can send a suicide squad to quietly sneak into the independent battalion's position, find their howitzers, and blow them up."

"idiot!"

Harahira Koizumi suddenly became furious without any warning: "I used to scoff at Yamamoto Ikki's special operations concept, but it is undeniable that the combat capability of Yamamoto's special forces is first-class."

"That day, Yamamoto led a special forces team to infiltrate the independent battalion's base, attempting to destroy the independent battalion's howitzers, but was ambushed by an equally powerful team."

"The Yamamoto Special Forces were completely wiped out. Yamamoto-kun was captured. There has been no news since then."

"Do you think you can find a team stronger and more suitable than Yamamoto's special forces?"

Gutian Jing didn't dare to even fart. He just lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything.

Yes!

There is no other team that can compare to Yamamoto's special forces.

As much as they disliked Yamamoto Ikki in the past, they miss him now.

Jiro Kanno, commander of the 33rd Infantry Regiment under the 4th Brigade, said, "Your Excellency, we can first feint an attack on Xiaowangzhuang to draw out the main force of the independent battalion. Then we can send another unit to bypass the rear and surprise attack the howitzer position from an unexpected direction."

Harahira Koizumi pondered for a moment and nodded slowly, "This plan is feasible, but we must be careful and cautious and must not repeat the previous mistakes."

There was no better way at the moment, so he could only accept this low-level battle plan.

There may be unexpected gains.

On this side, guard Xiao Li rode his horse at full speed to the temporary command room on the Xiaowangzhuang position.

Seeing the smoke filling the battlefield, he knew the situation was critical.

"Reporting to Captain Lin, the Brigade Commander is very worried because he can't contact you. He asked me to come and check on the situation and ask you to call back as soon as possible."

Lin Qiang gave a bitter smile. "We are in the middle of a fierce battle with the Japanese. Our communication equipment is inside the base and we didn't bring it with us. We can't call you right now, but you can go to the base and call the brigade commander and tell him about our situation."

Xiao Li responded, "The brigade commander asked me to record the situation here. Regarding the phone call, Captain Lin, please send someone back."

"also."

Lin Qiang shouted outside: "Monk! Monk!"

"Eh!"

The monk ran in with a gun on his back: "Captain, what do you want me to do?"

"Go back to the base and have Xiao Wang call the brigade commander and tell him what's going on here."

"Yes!"

As soon as the monk turned around, he heard Lin Qiang shout, "Wait a minute!"

"What's wrong?"

"Monk, please let Zhang Erdan go. You are not allowed to go even if you stay in the command room."

"what?"

Lin Qiang said unhappily, "What? Why don't you go quickly?"

"Oh."

At this time, the Japanese army began to act according to plan. The feint attack troops rushed towards Xiaowangzhuang frantically, and artillery fire continued to bombard the front-line positions.

The Japanese troops that followed quietly sneaked through the mountains and forests, attempting to bypass the Xiaowangzhuang position and head straight for the independent battalion's howitzer position.

The howitzer was the absolute key to Lin Qiang's victory, and among the 30,000-strong army, there were only more than 10,000 people in Xiaowangzhuang.

How could such an important place as the howitzer position be undefended?

Where did the team of more than 10,000 people go?

Will Harahira Koizumi be able to succeed?

I can’t write it today, I’ll do it tomorrow!