Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

In an open space five kilometers away from Lin Qiang's village, a regiment of Japanese troops, responsible for the cleanup operations in the surrounding areas, were gathering their troops for rest.

After learning that the squad had lost contact, the Japanese regiment commander Jiro Ono quickly sent a team to reinforce.

After a large-scale mopping-up operation, the Japanese were convinced that all the main forces of the Eighth Route Army in this area had been transferred. In order to consolidate their rule in the occupied area, they launched this operation.

Jiro Ono dispersed the troops, believing that the remaining guerrillas could not pose a threat to the troops sent out. In addition, the sophisticated combat equipment made him very confident.

However, the second team had been sent out for four hours and had not returned, which greatly changed his originally confident and calm attitude.

"idiot!"

Ono Jiro leaned on his sword with both hands, staring fiercely in the direction of the village, and angrily said, "The intelligence department is a bunch of idiots! How come they couldn't even find the location of a main force of the Eighth Route Army!?"

The adjutant and several officers around him lowered their heads and dared not breathe, for fear that the commander's anger would fall on them.

This is the reality. The more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen.

As the adjutant, he was the first to be criticized by Ono Jiro: "Teng Tai-kun! You brought back this information, why didn't you confirm its accuracy!?"

The result of this operation will directly affect whether Ono can continue to be stationed in Xiangyang County, an important strategic location. If he is withdrawn, it will be a lifelong stain on him.

Adjutant Teng Tai still didn't dare to look up. He knew Ono's temper too well. If he said something wrong, he would be subjected to endless abuse. It would be better for him to pretend to be dumb.

Just when Ono was about to lose his patience, the Japanese soldiers riding horses came from a distance and rescued Tengta.

The Japanese soldier dismounted, covered in dust, and stopped a meter away from Ono. He reported, "Your Excellency, the reinforcement team was ambushed by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. All the soldiers were killed!"

Teng Tai looked at the reporting devil in disbelief and asked before Ono could speak: "Are you sure it is the main force of the Eighth Route Army?"

"I am sure!"

The devil said with certainty: "The team led by Lord Hirata was ambushed. The battle only lasted about ten minutes."

Ono looked at Teng Tai with a cold gaze, but the latter no longer cared about how to explain the intelligence error. He just wanted to confirm whether the ambushing army was the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

If the intelligence is true, it will not only be him who will suffer after the war, but the entire intelligence department!

This mistake is likely to lead to the purge of the intelligence department, and Teng Tai himself will lose his role and become a general leading the charge.

Ono sneered and said, "Teng Taijun, I hope you are ready to commit seppuku to apologize!"

After saying that, he ignored it and turned around to issue a new order: "Due to intelligence errors, this operation encountered obstruction by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. I have decided to change the operation target and encircle and suppress the main force of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Signalman! Immediately telegraph His Excellency Ichiro Inoue and tell him that we've spotted the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Request a two-pronged encirclement. Make sure to destroy this main force!"

Rather than the campaign of clearing the countryside, Ono believed that defeating a main force of the Eighth Route Army would better consolidate his position in the county.

The battlefield changes rapidly, and even afterward, he can give a good explanation.

But none of them could have imagined that the so-called main force of the Eighth Route Army was actually just a platoon of less than 30 people, which was short of ammunition after every battle.

the other side.

The ambush was over, and the soldiers had a clear division of labor: ten of them cleaned up the battlefield, and the rest dealt with the bodies.

Lin Qiang stood on the edge of the cliff and looked into the distance. There was no joy of victory in his eyes, but worry.

Next to him was a wounded soldier. During the charge, he was ambushed by a wounded Japanese soldier and suffered a penetrating wound in the leg. Fortunately, the bones were not injured and no bullet was left. The soldier himself jokingly called it a superficial wound.

What Lin Qiang is worried about right now is not the problem of guns and ammunition, but how to deal with the next retaliation from the Japanese.

After successively destroying two Japanese squads, Lin Qiang did not think that the Japanese would give up on sending reinforcements. Instead, he believed that the Japanese would launch a larger retaliatory action.

When the battle ended, the system had already made its judgment and given a reward, but the soldier was injured in a sneak attack. In order to prevent it from happening again, Lin Qiang led the team to kill each soldier one by one with a bayonet.

After collecting his thoughts, Lin Qiang began to check what rewards the system had given for winning this battle.

[The battle has been detected to be over, the casualty ratio is 1:25, a small battle.]

[Special Circumstances: The host can choose the rewards: 100 Type 1000 rifles, 2 rounds of ammunition, 2000 Czech light machine guns, 10 rounds of ammunition, 10 boxes of penicillin, 1 boxes of anti-inflammatory drugs, 1 box of medical alcohol, box of bandages;

Obtained 1 Type 1000 heavy machine gun, 50 rounds of bullets, 10 50mm grenade launchers, 1 artillery shells, 1 Taisho Type 2000 light machine gun (Crossed handle), 1000 Czech light machine gun, 10 rounds of bullets, 500 rounds of Type rifle bullets, boxes of grenades made in the border area, and anti-Japanese war points!

The host can choose the above items at his own discretion! 】

After hearing about the two rewards given by the system, Lin Qiang just wanted to say that only children make choices, as an adult he wants them all!

Unfortunately, it is impossible, he can only choose one of the two rewards.

Medicines are currently in short supply. Lin Qiang looked down at the soldier with a pale face, and then looked at how the wound was treated. It was a simple treatment using herbs found in the mountains and the bandages on the feet.

In such an environment, wound infection is extremely likely to occur, and in severe cases, amputation may even be required.

But the system said that the reward of choosing between two options would only be given in special circumstances. In the current situation, it is very likely that we will have to face the encirclement and suppression of a large number of Japanese devils.

This can be seen from the rewards. There are three light and heavy machine guns, as well as a grenade launcher, which clearly tells Lin Qiang that he can either retreat or attack.

This was a life-or-death test. Lin Qiang encountered it for the first time and was unable to make the right decision for a while.

He called Hu Zi and Qiang Zi over and told them what might happen next. After that, Lin Qiang waited quietly for their opinions.

Hu Zi and Qiang Zi exchanged a glance and said, "Platoon Leader, none of us are afraid of death. We're just afraid that we won't kill enough devils when we die, and then we won't be able to face our ancestors!"

Even the soldier lying on the ground to rest sat up, his eyes sparkling as he said, "Huzi, help me up. I can still continue to fight and kill the devils!"

At this moment, Lin Qiang's state of mind changed. He was timid in everything he did and was destined to never achieve anything great!

The Japanese pirates have not been completely eliminated and the revolution has not yet succeeded!

Lin Qiang closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, he seemed like a different person and immediately chose the second reward.

He then summoned all the soldiers and, looking at the new recruits who had just experienced their first baptism of fire, said with a smile, "War not only destroys a person, but it also builds him. You are all qualified Eighth Route Army soldiers now. We have won a victory, and we should be celebrating. However, the Japanese are not giving us a chance to breathe and are likely to launch another retaliatory action. Comrades, what do you think we should do?"

"Platoon leader, of course we have to go into battle and kill the enemy!"

"We joined the army just to kill the devils. Killing one is enough, killing two is a profit! I just killed three devils, I have already made enough money in this life!"

Hu Zi returned to the team and stood in line, saying, "Platoon leader, give the order!"

"it is good!"

Lin Qiang's eyes were firm as he spoke word for word, "Orders, Eighth Route Army, 129th Division, th Brigade, Independent Regiment, st Battalion, rd Company, st Platoon, Prepare for Battle!"