Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

The battle started, and mortar shells whizzed down on the Japanese. At the same time, the heavy machine guns on the position were also pouring bullets at the Japanese.

"Da da, da da da~"

The sounds of gunfire, shouts of killing, and the wails of wounded Japanese soldiers mixed together, as if it were an abstract piece of music.

Of course, this didn't sound very good to the Japanese.

Xu Lang ran over to Lin Qiang, holding a Czech machine gun. After setting up the machine gun, he pointed at the Japanese soldier waving a saber and said, "Platoon leader, that bastard is Jiro Ono, a colonel in the Laiyuan County Military Police!"

"Really him?"

Xu Lang nodded with certainty: "It's him!"

This surprised Lin Qiang. He thought it was the Japanese staff officer coming to meet Qian Bojun, but he didn't expect that it was Ono himself who came.

"It seems that our ambush was very correct!"

Lin Qiang immediately ordered, "Pass the order down, fire at full force, don't save ammunition!"

"Yes!"

Xu Lang conveyed the order to the soldiers around him, who then passed it on in the same way, one after another. Soon all the soldiers received the order, and the firepower was significantly enhanced.

On the road, this time Lin Qiang did not have time to ask people to place explosives and tripwires, which gave the Japanese some space to hide, but it was of little use.

The best cover for the Japanese is the bombed truck.

Hu Zi's shot just now failed to kill Xiao Ye, and he was so scared that he hid behind the truck tires. Knowing that he could not win the battle, he immediately ordered the team to organize a breakout.

Although he was very suspicious of Zheng Qian, Xiao Ye still wanted to take him away with him.

But when he saw that Zheng Qian looked like he was dying, he gave up the idea immediately. Taking him along would only delay the retreat.

Anyone can be the chairman of the maintenance association, and he has already reached an agreement with Qian Bojun, so there is no need for Zheng Qian to act as a go-between. Ono thinks he is no longer of much value and does not want to take the risk of bringing him along.

Just as Lin Qiang expected, the Japanese knew they were no match for the enemy and were about to retreat towards the county town.

As the explosions stopped, the soldiers began to greet the Japanese with grenades. The Japanese who were left behind to cover the retreat were all wiped out before they could even hold out for five minutes.

This is also thanks to the special forces. Their shooting skills are much more accurate than those of ordinary soldiers. Moreover, Lin Qiang specially approved a thousand rounds of bullets for the special forces' live-fire shooting training.

The results of the training were seen from the first battle, and those soldiers who were dissatisfied with the special forces were convinced.

Compared to myself, the special forces team killed a Japanese soldier with one shot. They used up all eight bullets within a minute, and every shot was fatal!

I can't accept it!

The Japs had completely given up the idea of resisting. Lin Qiang was the first to rush out of the trench, shouting, "Brothers, charge forward and kill all the Japs!"

This was the first time that a platoon launched a charge against the Japanese. The soldiers rushed towards the retreating Japanese like a flood and a beast.

For a moment, the shouts of killing were deafening, and the majestic momentum frightened the Japanese, who only wanted to escape from here.

No matter how Ono waved his command knife, the Japanese were still thinking about escaping.

They were scared. They had never encountered the Eighth Route Army with such strong firepower. They knew that if they continued fighting, they would only die. If they ran faster, they might have a chance to survive.

The Japanese also knew that on the battlefield they didn't need to run faster than the Eighth Route Army, as long as they ran faster than their teammates they would be safe.

However, what greeted them was not an escape from death, but two tongues of fire that were taking their lives!

Zhang Yuntian had been waiting for a long time. Seeing his brothers killing so many Japanese devils, he was already itching to do it.

After waiting for so long, he finally got the chance to open fire. He used his light machine gun to crazily fire at the fleeing Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers who were busy escaping had no idea that there was an ambush machine gunner. The Japanese soldier running in the front was hit by a bullet, and under the action of inertia, his body rolled forward a little distance after falling down.

A magazine was quickly emptied. The Japanese took advantage of the opportunity to change the bullets and organized a charging formation under Ono's command.

By the time Zhang Yuntian had finished reloading, the Japanese had already rushed over. While firing, he said to the soldier beside him: "Let the Japanese hear some noise!"

"Good Le!"

Lin Qiang didn't have time to bury the explosives, but Zhang Yuntian had prepared a big gift for the Japanese.

Knowing that there were only a few of them and they would not be able to stop the Japanese from escaping, they buried some explosives and grenades on the road in advance.

"boom!"

Explosions were heard, accompanied by clouds of smoke and dust, and the fastest-moving Japanese soldiers were blown into corpses.

When the subsequent Japanese soldiers rushed over, the two machine guns began to fire again, and several soldiers continued to throw grenades at the Japanese soldiers.

With blockades in front and pursuers behind, Ono, who had experienced many battles, couldn't help but feel a little panicked at this moment.

But he soon used his brain to think of a way to break through.

"Concentrate your firepower and shoot at the firing point!"

"Throw the grenade!"

"Hey Ya Gu!"

"Give it to me!"

Ono hid in the middle of the team, and while following the team to break through, he shouted: "Keep charging, don't stop!"

Although there were not many remaining Japanese soldiers, their reckless shooting style put Zhang Yuntian in a passive position for a while. Combined with the grenades, he had to lead the soldiers to evacuate this best shooting point.

When they were halfway through the retreat, Zhang Yuntian felt dissatisfied and took advantage of his high ground to turn his gun and fired another round at the Japanese.

After using up his last bullet, he could only stamp his feet anxiously and watch the remaining Japanese soldiers escape.

The team rushed over, and Lin Qiang came over to ask immediately: "How are you? Are you all hurt?"

"I'm not hurt, but I'm a little unhappy!"

Zhang Yuntian asked directly in front of the soldiers: "Platoon leader, we could have wiped out all these devils in this ambush. Just now, if you had rushed down at the first moment the devils retreated, they wouldn't have escaped!"

Hearing that some Japanese soldiers were escaping, Hu Zi stepped forward and volunteered: "Platoon leader, I will lead my men to chase them!"

"no!"

Lin Qiang said in an unquestionable tone: "Don't chase after a desperate enemy!"

"Yes!"

This place is also some distance away from the stronghold where the devils can reinforce the fastest. Lin Qiang is not worried about the devils reinforcements coming. He looked at Zhang Yuntian and said, "From the beginning, I also planned to completely eliminate this group of devils."

This is true. From asking Qiangzi to use up all the artillery shells to all the subsequent deployments, Lin Qiang was aiming to destroy all the Japanese devils. Until Xu Lang told him that Ono Jiro was also in this Japanese army, from then on, Lin Qiang changed his mind.

Zhang Yuntian was very confused, and all the soldiers were also very confused. They didn't understand why Lin Qiang did this.

In response, Lin Qiang explained to all the soldiers, "Among the Japanese who escaped, one was the captain of the Laiyuan County Japanese regiment, a colonel. The reason we let them go was related to a very important plan."

Then, Lin Qiang briefly talked about Qian Bojun's First Battalion and the plan he had made with Wu Zhe. After hearing this explanation, the soldiers finally understood why the platoon leader let the Japanese go.

Zhang Yuntian's old face flushed red as he whispered, "Platoon Leader, why didn't you tell me in advance? I..."

"You'll have to ask Xu Lang about that."

Xu Lang was stunned and asked, "Why are you asking me?"

"Yes, Platoon Leader, why are you asking him?"

Lin Qiang laughed and said, "Because he didn't tell them in advance that Ono was in the ambush team!"

"Uh……"

"This……"

After a while, Xu Lang gave Lin Qiang a thumbs up: "Platoon Leader, that makes sense!"

Then he turned to Zhang Yuntian and said, "Yuntian, I'm sorry. Next time I will tell the platoon leader in advance!"

Lin Qiang kicked him and said, "You kid, are you annoying me?"

Xu Lang dodged the kick with a chuckle: "Platoon Leader, who told you to be unreasonable first?"

"you……"

At this time, Qiangzi came over carrying a half-dead man and said, "Platoon leader, there's someone still breathing. He's not a Japanese soldier. Should we kill him or let him go?"

With his life at stake, Zheng Qian forced himself to take a deep breath and begged for mercy, "Fellow Eighth Route Army soldiers, I was forcibly taken away by the devils. They wanted me to go to the county town to do some business for them. If I refused, they threatened me with my family!"

"Really?"

Lin Qiang smiled mysteriously, and this smile was seen by Hu Zi and Qiang Zi. They both had the same thought in their minds: The platoon leader must be up to no good!

Zheng Qian nodded hard, rolled up his sleeves, and described the scratches as evidence of oppression by the Japanese invaders: "Eighth Route Army comrades, everything I said is true. I beg you to let me go. I just want to go back and reunite with my wife and children!"

I have to say that Zheng Qian’s acting is very realistic, but it can’t fool Lin Qiang, the time traveler.

In the original novel, Zheng Qian was the one who served as a bridge between Qian Bojun and the Japanese devils, but he was not forced to do so as he said.

However, Lin Qiang still planned to let the old guy go, because he had a plan in mind. If successful, he would not only be able to bring down the old traitor Zheng Qian, but also cause the Japanese to lose a large amount of military funds.

Lin Qiang looked at Zheng Qian, who was begging for mercy pitifully, and said, "In that case, go home!"

"Thank you, Eighth Route Army soldiers!"

Zheng Qian was so grateful that he burst into tears. After landing, he ran towards the county town.

Qiangzi shouted, "Hey! Where are you going? Dagu Town is this way!"