Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

"My name is Wang Qiang, and I'm the captain of this guerrilla team."

The two men shook hands, and Lin Qiang introduced himself: "Platoon Leader, First Platoon, Third Company, First Battalion, Independent Regiment, Lin Qiang."

"Hello, Platoon Leader!"

Wang Qiang was very happy that he finally found the organization. Now he no longer had to fight guerrilla warfare with the Japanese in the mountains.

A team of 34 people, including children and elderly people, was obviously not fit to continue fighting on the front line judging from their condition.

Lin Qiang asked all the soldiers to dismount, giving priority to the injured soldiers and the elderly, and Wang Er took the lead in leading them back to the base.

The other soldiers returned to the base on foot, including Hu Zi and Lin Qiang.

When the team was some distance away from Wangzhuang, there was a sudden burst of rapid gunfire.

The sudden gunshot made Wang Qiang think that the Japanese were chasing him, so he immediately raised his gun and prepared to fight.

Lin Qiang put his hand on his shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't panic, it's not a war, it's my people cleaning up the garbage."

"Cleaning up the trash?"

Wang Qiang suddenly thought of the puppet troops who had been suppressed and was shocked: "Platoon leader, our Eighth Route Army is not..."

"They are not prisoners."

Lin Qiang explained, "You just joined, so it's normal that you don't know anything. The team is currently developing independently, and there's no need to report anything to the regiment headquarters. You can understand that I have the final say in this team, and my words are orders."

"This team is not like your previous team. There are not so many rules and regulations. There is only one principle: any means can only be used against the puppet army and the devils. You must never harm the civilians!"

"This is an iron rule, no one is allowed to violate it!"

Finally, Lin Qiang changed his tone and said, "Of course, there is another rule I set myself. On the battlefield, there are no prisoners, only enemies and those who are still alive."

"Even though he has raised his hands in surrender."

Wang Qiang was deeply shocked by this last sentence, but he immediately understood Lin Qiang's meaning and responded, "Those enemies who surrendered didn't do so because they were afraid, but because they knew they couldn't win and surrendered because they were afraid. Is this correct, Platoon Leader?"

"If you say it's right, it's right. If you say it's wrong, it's also right."

Lin Qiang smiled and said, "Do you know why?"

Wang Qiang was a smart man and immediately said, "Because the platoon leader thinks it's right."

"Hurry up, or we'll be killed by the devils!"

Wang Qiang stood there without moving. In the darkness, no one could see his expression, and no one knew what he was thinking.

…………

After returning to the base, the sky had begun to turn white. This operation took a full day.

Since Lin Qiang's order was to complete the construction of the base as soon as possible, the bugler blew the wake-up call before dawn.

Soon, the soldiers who got up saw the war horses brought back from this operation. Just one look at them made them unable to walk.

Seeing a fat, strong, and smooth-haired warhorse is more gratifying than seeing a mortar.

If Lin Qiang hadn't been here, they would have wanted to step forward and take a good look at these war horses.

"Wang Qiang."

"To!"

Lin Qiang instructed him, "I'm handing these horses over to you. No one is allowed to ride them without my permission."

"Yes!"

Wang Qiang said with a smile: "Don't worry, Platoon Leader, I promise to take good care of them!"

The people given to Wang Qiang were still the old men from his original team. Lin Qiang did not plan to send them to the battlefield, after all, their age was there.

Ensuring logistics for the team is also a war without gunpowder.

After arranging everything, Lin Qiang finally had time to check the rewards he received from this operation.

[The battle has been detected to be over. The casualty ratio is 0:97. This is a small-scale battle.]

[Rewards: Small Field Hospital*1, 5 tons of all types of medical supplies/medicines, 5 Medical Skills Mastery Cards*1, and Nurse Quick Training Manual*!]

[Small Field Hospital: The hospital has complete internal facilities, advanced medical technology, and can be reclaimed at any time!]

[Medical Skills Mastery Card: After using, you can learn all medical skills to a very high level!]

[Nurse Quick Training Manual: After using this manual, users can quickly train qualified nurses to better assist doctors in treating the wounded!]

These rewards shocked Lin Qiang even more than the arsenal. He never thought that in order to devour a puppet army cavalry company, the system directly gave him a hospital!

Unlike the arsenal, this hospital can be taken back at any time. In other words, if this place is abandoned in the future, or there is a better place to be a base, Lin Qiang can take the hospital away with just a thought.

Instead of being left in place like the arsenal, it can either be given to other teams or some people can be left behind to ensure the safety of the arsenal.

What is even more surprising is the subsequent rewards given by the system. If there is only a hospital but no doctors, it will be useless.

Moreover, the system also said that the hospital has complete facilities and advanced medical technology, which is definitely not something that doctors in general clinics can operate.

With the medical proficiency cards given by the system, Lin Qiang no longer has to worry about this matter. As long as he finds a few suitable people to use it, he can instantly get five attending physicians with superb medical skills!

The problem of caring for the wounded has also been solved. With more professional nurses taking care of them, the wounded can get better conditions for recuperation and recover faster.

The more Lin Qiang thought about it, the more excited he became. If it hadn't appeared out of nowhere and was a bit shocking, he would have been eager to arrange for the hospital.

However, there was more than one thing that made him happy.

As soon as I came to my senses, I saw Xu Lin running towards me with a rifle I had never seen before.

After arriving in front of Lin Qiang, Xu Lin took off the gun from his back, not caring about the sweat on his face, and said excitedly: "Platoon leader, this is the first gun I made. It worked on the first try!"

He kept Lin Qiang's words in mind, did not waste any materials, and successfully made the gun on the first try.

Looking at the brand new Garand semi-automatic rifle in his hand, Lin Qiang's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he asked, "Did you bring the bullets?"

"Bring it!"

Xu Lin pulled out a magazine full of bullets from his pocket and handed it over, saying excitedly, "Platoon Leader, the bullets for this gun can be completely replaced with the Japanese Type 38 rifle bullets. So, I've put most of my energy into making the gun. I'll be able to make a second one by tomorrow morning!"

Lin Qiang took the magazine and praised: "Well done!"

"Come on, accompany me to the shooting range and see what your work is like!"

Lin Qiang also asked someone to call Duan Peng. Today was already the fourth day, and the time promised to Duan Peng had passed.

And after arranging a hospital, we will be able to find out exactly what disease Duan Peng's mother has. Then we can prescribe the right medicine, which will at least make the old woman less painful.

Hearing that the arsenal had made a new gun and the platoon leader was test-firing it at the shooting range, all the soldiers risked being blamed by Lin Qiang and came to find out what it was.

Lin Qiang did not express any dissatisfaction with this. He believed that the team’s success today was inseparable from the efforts of every soldier who was not afraid of life and death.

Xu Lin and Duan Peng stood beside Lin Qiang. While loading his gun, he said to Duan Peng, "You must watch carefully every move I make. I will give you an important task next."

"Yes!"

Duan Peng did not dare to be careless and watched Lin Qiang's every move carefully.

In fact, it mainly depends on how you use the gun. When it comes to shooting, you can't learn it just by watching it for a few times. A good shooter is fed by bullets.

The platoon now has sufficient ammunition, but it cannot use it for live-fire training unless the arsenal produces bullets at full speed.

"Alright!"

Lin Qiang raised his gun and aimed at the target a hundred meters away, firing several shots in succession.

Before the gun was fired, everyone thought that this gun was the same as the Type 38 rifle, and that one had to pull the bolt to fire each shot.

When they saw Lin Qiang's shooting action, everyone's eyes widened.

Can you fire bullets without pulling the bolt?

What kind of gun is this?

When will this gun be available to everyone?

A total of eight bullets were fired. The moment the bullets were used up, the magazine automatically popped out with a "ding-dong" sound. The crisp and pleasant sound made Lin Qiang very satisfied.

It is worthy of being called the best rifle during World War II!

Lin Qiang picked up the magazine that fell on the ground and asked Xu Lin to demonstrate the loading process to Duan Peng.

After the bullets were loaded, Xu Lin handed it to Lin Qiang and pulled the bolt. Lin Qiang pressed down the two rows of eight bullets in the magazine with his thumb.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered that the Garand rifle had another nickname: "Thumb Killer!"

He handed the gun to Duan Peng and said, "Try it."

Only after experiencing it yourself can you feel the power of this gun.

Duan Peng looked at the rifle in his hand with surprise, and couldn't let it go. He seemed a little reluctant to return it to Lin Qiang.

Lin Qiang looked at him and laughed, "Look at you, you're such a loser!"

"I have a mission for you!"

Hearing that there was a mission, Duan Peng immediately recovered and asked seriously, "Platoon Leader, what mission?"

"I want you to form a special forces team. You are free to select the combat personnel from the entire platoon. The current team size is controlled at around 30 people, with 20 in reserve."

"When you lead the team from now on, you will be temporarily equipped with this gun. Xu Lin will tell you the details of the gun."