Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Time flies and it is three days later. During these three days, Lin Qiang not only thoroughly improved the outer defense of the base based on the current military strength, but also found several suitable doctors based on the recommendations of some soldiers.

There are four people in total, from different villages, but they all have one thing in common: they are young, their ancestors all studied medicine, and they have learned a lot of medical skills from their family. Most importantly, some of them understand Chinese medicine.

Not only can the wounded be treated, but people can also be organized to go up the mountain to collect herbs, which greatly alleviates the problem of shortage of some Western medicines.

With the addition of four doctors, the hospital was officially launched. Lin Qiang arranged for some soldiers to go there for treatment that day. They were all injured in the previous two battles and had not received proper treatment.

There is another thing worth being happy about. Duan Peng selected twenty people from the team and formed the special forces team requested by Lin Qiang.

Lin Qiang also used the special forces training manual on Duan Peng at the first opportunity. He believed that in the near future, the first platoon would also have a team capable of performing special tasks.

However, in terms of weapons, they can only use the Garand semi-automatic rifle temporarily and replace it with better weapons later.

Lin Qiang actually didn't know what the special forces training manual was like. He would only know after the training and seeing the results.

Originally, the newly opened training ground was prepared for the special forces, but Duan Peng insisted on taking the soldiers to the mountains for training, saying that this was the fastest way to improve the soldiers' all-round abilities.

Lin Qiang could only agree to this, because Duan Peng definitely knew more about this than he did.

In a nutshell, Duan Peng is in full charge of the special forces team. Lin Qiang doesn't care about anything and doesn't ask anything. He just waits to see the results of the training.

This decision made Zhao Dezhu a little distressed. The special forces had to go to the mountains for training. It was impossible for them to come back to eat at mealtime and then go back into the mountains to continue training after meal.

Therefore, at Lin Qiang's request, dry food had to be prepared for the special forces every day.

People say that the kitchen staff is full of oil and water, but Zhao Dezhu doesn't think so. It has only been a short time and he has lost a lot of weight.

After arranging everything, Lin Qiang called Hu Zi and the others and said to them, "After the team training is over, each of you should take a few soldiers to see if there is anything worth exploring. Don't look at the artillery towers; they won't bring much profit."

"Train for combat, not for show. No matter how good the training is, it must stand the test of actual combat."

Xu Lang was a puppet soldier in the county town, and for various reasons he had a good relationship with the Japanese devils. He knew a lot about the Japanese devils' deployment inside and outside the county town.

Hearing that Lin Qiang was going to take action, he immediately said that he knew a place: "Platoon leader, I do know a place. Not only is there not many Japanese guards, but there is also a lot of money. It's just a little far from us, and there aren't that many people taking everything away."

"Where?"

Lin Qiang became interested and asked, "Where is it?"

Xu Lang found the location on the map and pointed at it, saying, "Here, the Japanese built a warehouse here. Every time the Japanese supply team came to the county town, Ono would have someone bring some supplies over there."

Lin Qiang understood what was going on as soon as he heard it. It turned out to be Ono's secret fund, making war fortunes!

Since it is Ono's own small treasury, he will definitely not let too many people know about it, and there will not be too many people sent to guard it, as they are all his own confidants.

Thinking of this, Lin Qiang smiled and said jokingly: "I can't believe you're so trusted by the devils in the county!"

Zhang Yuntian also teased, "Good fellow, if I didn't know you, I would have tied you up just based on what you said. I would suspect you were a spy sent by the devils to deliberately lure us over."

Xu Lang laughed off the two's teasing. Just as everyone was about to start planning their next move, he suddenly asked, "How can you be sure that I'm not a spy sent by the devils?"

However, what embarrassed him was that after he said this, everyone looked at him as if he were a fool, including Lin Qiang.

At this time, Qiangzi suddenly said: "Platoon leader, is this place he mentioned reliable?"

“That’s pretty tough!”

At this time, Xu Lang really wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl into, his face felt burning.

"All right."

Lin Qiang interrupted the group and said to Hu Zi, "You take a day off today. Set off early tomorrow morning and find a safe route. Remember not to take the main road. Find out the situation there, how many Japanese soldiers there are, and what their firepower is. Find out everything."

"Don't worry, platoon leader, we will complete the mission."

Lin Qiang has great trust in Hu Zi, and his abilities are also top-notch. If Lin Qiang hadn't refused to let him go, Hu Zi would not have been willing to leave the first platoon, and he would probably have become a staff officer of the company headquarters by now.

Hearing that Lin Qiang really had this plan, Xu Lang quickly added, "Platoon Leader, it's not difficult to capture this place, but the hard part is how are we going to transport all the supplies back? I don't know how much supplies Xiao Ye has hidden away. We can't just go there and take away a little bit, right?"

The reason why Lin Qiang asked Hu Zi to find a small road instead of taking the main road was because there was no need to use a horse-drawn carriage to transport supplies.

There is no other mode of transportation that can compare to Lin Qiang's system space.

Ever since they learned that putting supplies into the system space and taking them out later would be like a system reward, everyone would naturally assume that they existed in the first place and that anything appearing was natural. After that, Lin Qiang never thought of seizing the Japanese trucks again.

The current situation in northwest Shanxi is that the Eighth Route Army is at a disadvantage. It is not realistic to use trucks to march, and the team is not strong enough to let the Japanese know the marching route openly.

In response to Xu Lang's question, Lin Qiang simply replied with a few words: "The hermit has his own clever plan!"

With a cavalry company's worth of horses, Lin Qiang let Hu Zi ride on horseback this time, which would save a lot of time.

After all, the distance from the base to the destination is more than 50 kilometers. If we can only march on foot and avoid the Japanese artillery towers and strongholds along the way, it is unknown how long it will take to go there and back.

After receiving the task, Hu Zi left the meeting directly and went down to prepare the supplies needed for the journey.

Lin Qiang said to Xu Lang, "You've been there, come and tell us what the situation is like there."

Knowing the general situation in advance will allow Lin Qiang to formulate a preliminary plan, and when Hu Zi returns with more detailed information, he can improve it bit by bit.

Otherwise, I don’t know how much time it will take to wait until Hu Zi comes back and formulate a battle plan.

Xu Lang pointed to the location on the map and explained in detail, "There's only that low mountain at this location. It's surrounded by open flat land without even a tree. The cliff here is a little closer, but it's over 50 meters above the ground, so getting down here is quite difficult."

"There's also a firing point deployed at this location. It's going to take a lot of effort just to capture it. Unless we can get rid of the Japanese before they find us, we can then consider how to get down from the cliff."

"The last time I went there, there was a squadron of Japanese soldiers guarding the warehouse. Ono had people dig out a warehouse along the mountain. There were heavy machine guns on both sides of the entrance, and there was a mortar above the entrance. That's all I know. As for the situation inside the warehouse, the Japanese didn't let me in, so I don't know what's going on."

After listening to this, Lin Qiang said, "These are enough. What's going on inside is not important. Xiao Ye went to so much trouble to build a small vault. It's impossible for him to bury explosives in it. At most, there are a few devils guarding it."

"I guess there's a machine gun waiting for us behind the door!"

Just as he finished speaking, a soldier's voice rang out from outside the door: "Report to the regiment commander, someone from the New Second Regiment wants to see you. They say they have important intelligence for you from Commander Kong."

"What about people?"

Lin Qiang got up and left the house, asking, "Where's the man? Take me to see him."

"Over there, he said he was very thirsty and went to drink some water."

Following the soldier to the side of the messenger from the New Second Regiment, Lin Qiang couldn't wait to ask, "What information did your regimental commander send me?"

After seeing Lin Qiang, the soldier who delivered the letter saluted, then took out a letter from his arms and said, "Platoon Leader Lin, this is the intelligence our regiment commander sent you. He specifically asked me to deliver it to you personally."

After receiving the slightly damp letter, Lin Qiang asked the soldier to take him down to rest, but the soldier flatly refused, saying, "Thank you for your kindness, Platoon Leader Lin. I have to hurry back to report to the regiment commander, so I won't stay any longer. Farewell, Platoon Leader Lin!"

Finally, Lin Qiang asked the kitchen staff to bring him some dry food and two water bottles before letting him leave.

Back in the house, seeing an extra letter in Lin Qiang's hand, Zhang Yuntian and the others curiously asked, "Platoon Leader, what intelligence did Captain Kong send you?"

"You'll know after you see it."

As he spoke, Lin Qiang opened the envelope, unfolded it, and after glancing at it for a few seconds, he suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Haha, Captain Kong really did send me some important intelligence!"