Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

When the Japanese troops chased to the interception point, they found that they had not found any trace of the enemy at all. Ono quickly realized that they must have overlooked something, which led to their escape from pursuit.

After receiving the news that the warehouse had been bombed, Ono immediately ordered a complete blockade, and was willing to mobilize all troops inside and outside the county to encircle the enemy.

The encirclement closed in from all sides at the same time. Ono was absolutely confident that the enemy was not approaching soon and he could escape before the encirclement was formed.

Now that there is no sign of the enemy, there is only one possibility: he has escaped from somewhere or is hiding somewhere.

Ono was now terrifyingly calm, his face gloomy and almost dripping with water. He said to the signalman beside him, "Notify all teams to maintain the encirclement formation and converge towards the center. Even if we have to dig three feet deep into the ground, we must dig out these damn enemies!"

"Hi Yi!"

Then he said to the team behind him, "Return the way you came and search thoroughly. Don't miss any suspicious places!"

Since the last battle with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Taiyuan sent another staff officer to the county town to give Ono advice. In the eyes of Yoshio Shinozuka, Ono Jiro was a commander who was brave but not wise.

After hearing Ono's order, staff officer Miyazaki objected and said, "Ono-kun, I think the enemy has already escaped our encirclement. Their goal is to blow up the warehouse, but they will definitely take some supplies with them. This will definitely slow down their march. As long as we speed up the pursuit, we will definitely find them before they enter the enemy-occupied area!"

Miyazaki, the new staff officer, still doesn't know Ono Jiro well enough. In his team, no matter who sends you, you must obey his orders.

He completely ignored Miyazaki's advice and turned around with his team to start the action.

At this time, Miyazaki was still persuading him: "Ono-kun, it's too late to go back and find traces of the enemy. The most urgent thing is to get outside the enemy-occupied area first and intercept them!"

"idiot!"

Ono suddenly turned and cursed, "You're just a worthless piece of shit sent down by the headquarters to get some gilded hair. What qualifications do you have to command me? I've fought on this battlefield for three years and I'm very familiar with the enemy's thinking and actions. I firmly believe they're still surrounded by us."

"How could the enemy not guess that we would send troops outside the enemy-occupied area to intercept them? I dare to conclude that they are now in the mountains, waiting for us to withdraw the encirclement ourselves!"

Miyazaki opened his mouth but didn't utter a word.

Because what Ono said made sense. Without absolute evidence, he couldn't be sure of the enemy's true direction.

As Ono said, on this battlefield, he indeed knows his opponent better than Miyazaki.

Due to many factors, Miyazaki no longer insisted on his own opinion and followed the team back again.

Little did he know that his view was correct. At this moment, a row of soldiers were leaving the river and returning to the originally planned retreat route. They were only about three kilometers away from the Japanese encirclement.

Lin Qiang had no idea whether the Japanese would arrive at the defense zone in advance to intercept the troops.

But he could only gamble that the Japanese would not send troops to block them.

In his opinion, even if he was blocked outside the defense zone by the Japanese, it would be better than being surrounded by the Japanese.

On his way back, Ono carefully searched for suspicious places and actually found traces where Lin Qiang ordered the team to go up the mountain.

In fact, the mark was very obvious. The situation was urgent at the time and Lin Qiang had no time to ask anyone to deal with it.

"Yoshi!"

After seeing the traces of people climbing up the mountain, Ono smiled with satisfaction: "Notify all teams to surround this mountain and not a single bird is allowed to fly out!"

At first, Miyazaki Nodo thought that he would catch the enemy he was pursuing on this mountain, but as he searched higher and higher, he felt more and more that the enemy had escaped.

Sure enough, when the Japanese followed the traces along the way to the edge of the cliff, they found a row of ropes left behind for going down the mountain.

Ono grabbed the rope, leaned half of his body out and looked down. Looking at the rushing river, he could only utter a cry of helpless rage.

"Baga Yalu!!!"

At this time, Miyazaki was very tactful and did not mention his own views at the time. He just did not understand Ono Jiro, not that he was really stupid.

The warehouse was bombed and he was made a fool of himself, which made Ono Jiro completely want to kill.

With the death order from the Taiyuan Command, he cannot carry out any military action on his own. Every time he wants to start a war, he must get the approval of the command.

But this time it was for his own little treasury. Ono was not stupid enough to report the matter to the headquarters. Since he could not do it himself, he could still kill someone with a borrowed knife.

And this knife belongs to Qian Bojun's team of the First Battalion of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in Dagu Town.

……

When Lin Qiang returned to the base, Ono also returned to the county town.

After returning to the county, he immediately summoned Zheng Qian, the chairman of the maintenance association who had been in charge of this matter.

At this time, Zheng Qian was still communicating with several concubines, when he was suddenly taken away by the Japanese soldiers who rushed into the house. The concubines were so scared that they almost forgot to put on their clothes.

There was no conversation along the way. Zheng Qian was taken to the Japanese headquarters in the county town and met Ono Jiro according to the Japanese's instructions.

It was only a dozen steps from the corridor to the door, but Zheng Qian thought about too many things that might happen while walking:

Was it that he had been caught stealing the Japanese's money? Or that he had been caught having an affair with Ono's wife? Or that he had been caught secretly transferring his family property?

With a nervous mood, Zheng Qian was only one step away from Ono's office. At this time, he was mentally prepared to face everything.

He still had Qian Bojun as a bargaining chip, and everything at home had been arranged in advance, so he was not afraid at all that he would be suddenly retaliated by the Japanese.

"Boom boom boom!"

Zheng Qian knocked on the door, stood outside properly, and asked, "Colonel Ono, what do you want to talk to me about?"

"Zheng-san!"

Seeing Zheng Qian's appearance, Xiao Ye showed his first smile of the day: "Come in quickly, sit down and talk."

"Ah good!"

This attitude surprised Zheng Qian a little. He had thought that this meeting with Ono would be dangerous, but now it seems that this is not the case.

After entering the office, Zheng Qian found that it had changed a lot from before. All the antiques, calligraphy and paintings he had given to Xiao Ye were gone, and there was no replacement for them.

It seems that after I go back, I have to get some junk from the warehouse to make Xiaoye happy.

After sitting down, Zheng Qian collected his thoughts and asked, "Colonel Ono, you are so anxious to see me, is there something wrong?"

"No."

Ono said calmly, "I just wanted to ask you to report on the progress of the communication with Qian Bojun's troops."

Although Ono tried his best to control his anger, he could not escape the eyes of Zheng Qian, who was a businessman and was good at observing people's words and expressions.

It seems that something big must have happened, otherwise Ono would never show anger in front of him.

Now, after seeing the changes in the house, Zheng Qian knew what was going on.

He even thought that it was possible that the bastard Ono had called him here just to have him add some antiques, calligraphy and paintings to his collection.

These little Japanese guys are like pigs with green onions stuck in their noses. They insist on decorating their rooms to make themselves look like they are very knowledgeable.

Zheng Qian secretly complained, but he said respectfully, "It's like this. I told Captain Qian about your intentions and sincerity, but he wasn't very satisfied with the conditions you offered."

Ono seemed to have guessed this would happen and continued to ask, "Did he accept the gift?"

"Of course."

Zheng Qian said proudly, "I prepared this gift for you. Of course, no one can refuse it."

"Yoshi!"

No matter what Qian Bojun's attitude is, as long as he is willing to accept the gift, it means everything can be discussed.

Xiao Ye smiled and said, "Zheng Sang, tomorrow morning, come with me to meet Qian Sang."

"what?"

Zheng Qian was stunned, but he couldn't refuse: "No problem, then I'll go and get ready."