Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

After the incident in Xiaowangzhuang reached Xiaoye's ears, the office that had been renovated with great difficulty became a mess again.

"idiot!"

"Baga! The Eighth Route Army again!"

Ever since the Eighth Route Army escaped from his hands last time, they have been constantly causing trouble for him.

First, the Wulipo stronghold was destroyed, then the team escorting prisoners of war was attacked, and then the transport team was robbed. What made Ono most angry was that his own warehouse was blown up.

Even though all the troops were deployed that time, the Eighth Route Army still escaped in the end.

Some time ago, the Japanese soldiers from Xiaowangzhuang were sent to search for the Eighth Route Army's camp, but they were attacked by the Eighth Route Army instead.

Before he could send more troops to expand the search range, news came that Xiaowangzhuang had been attacked. All the Japanese soldiers stationed there were killed in the battle, and a large amount of supplies, weapons and ammunition were lost again.

Ono was a Japanese soldier, but he also understood the principle of sending food and supplies before troops move forward. He also knew that this was a protracted war with the Eighth Route Army, so he had to make adequate preparations.

Originally, these supplies were prepared for subsequent reinforcements, but ended up being a boon to the Eighth Route Army.

For a moment, he didn't know whether his men were too useless or the Eighth Route Army was too cunning.

Staff Officer Miyazaki listened quietly. When Ono gradually calmed down, he spoke up, "Mr. Ono, according to the intelligence from Xiaowangzhuang, the attacking Eighth Route Army troops are carrying heavy firepower. The scene is full of mortar craters. They are well-trained, well-equipped, and have strong combat effectiveness. I suspect they are not ordinary Eighth Route Army troops."

"It's very likely the main force of the Eighth Route Army coming from somewhere else!"

"The Eighth Route Army rarely engages us head-on. Their style has always been guerrilla warfare, avoiding direct confrontation with us whenever possible, and certainly not provoking a war against us. Xiaowangzhuang's geographical location is not important. It seems the Eighth Route Army's main goal in attacking Xiaowangzhuang was to obtain the supplies within."

"According to my deduction, this Eighth Route Army team is not the Eighth Route Army team that was previously pursued. If they had such fighting power, they would definitely not just flee blindly and hide in the mountains and dare not show up."

This speculation completely calmed Ono down, and he nodded in agreement with the staff officer's speculation.

He would feel much better as long as it was not the Eighth Route Army that escaped from his hands or the Eighth Route Army that attacked his warehouse.

Otherwise, every time I think of it, I would want to commit seppuku to apologize.

But what he didn't know was that it was because of his greed for merit and recklessness that a large-scale battle broke out with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, which gave Lin Qiang and a row of soldiers the space to escape and develop.

If Ono had been determined to chase Lin Qiang's team at that time, it would have been a matter of time before he was caught up.

Ono took a deep breath to regain his composure. "You're right. If it were the Eighth Route Army troops that were chasing us earlier, given their style, they wouldn't have taken the initiative to attack Xiaowangzhuang. They would have just been hiding around like rats."

"Go call Okamoto-kun. I don't have the patience to listen to his excuses anymore."

If the previous chief of staff saw Ono's expression at this moment, he would definitely know that someone was about to commit seppuku to apologize again.

After a while, Okamoto from the intelligence department was brought over. Miyazaki turned around and left, not forgetting to close the door.

He didn't know why Ono called Okamoto, but he knew that Okamoto was in charge of the intelligence department, and it was better not to know some important information.

After all, the more you know, the faster you die.

inside the house.

When he saw Ono again after many days, Okamoto's attitude had changed greatly, from being panicky to being full of confidence.

"Okamoto-kun, how's the progress on finding the information I need?"

The previous warehouse was blown up a few days ago, and Ono spent a few days rebuilding it. This time he chose the location of the warehouse in the county town.

To be precise, it is the Zheng family's warehouse.

With the information provided by Zhang Zizai in his hand, Okamoto was not panicked at all. He even sat down without Ono's permission and poured himself a glass of water.

"Ono-kun, I have obtained the intelligence you need, and it is very detailed, including all the information about this Eighth Route Army."

Hearing this, Ono couldn't help but take a few steps towards him and asked, "Where is that damned main force of the Eighth Route Army?"

This team has tortured him for too long. It can be said that Ono has not had a good night's sleep since they met until now.

Now that he finally got the intelligence, he couldn't wait to lead his troops to encircle and suppress this Eighth Route Army team.

Okamoto said calmly, "Ono-kun, I think you made a mistake."

"The Eighth Route Army unit you've been tracking isn't a main force, it's just a platoon under the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment!"

"impossible!"

Ono could not accept this news. He could not accept that the Eighth Route Army team that had always troubled him was not a main force as he had thought, but just a platoon.

"idiot!"

"You actually tried to fool me with false information!"

Seeing Ono's fury, Okamoto lost his previous calm and confidence. He stood up, quickly stepped back a few steps, and explained, "Ono-kun, my information is 100% accurate. I even had someone verify it. The team we have been chasing is a platoon from the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment!"

"idiot!"

"This is impossible!"

This news was hard for Ono to accept.

All the things that happened told him that the cause of the trouble was a main force of the Eighth Route Army.

But the facts gave him a heavy blow.

I couldn't accept this fact, I couldn't accept that I was being fooled by a platoon of the Eighth Route Army.

"Ono-kun, the information is true."

Okamoto knew that Ono couldn't face his failure, and this was a good opportunity for revenge. He deliberately played on Ono's wounds and said, "The Eighth Route Army that escaped from us many times and caused us trouble many times is indeed only a platoon. They belong to the first platoon of the third company of the first battalion of the independent regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. The platoon leader is Lin Qiang."

"This platoon has about 200 soldiers. They have mortars, light and heavy machine guns, and other weapons. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to defeat our soldiers so many times."

Ono's eyes grew redder and redder. He slowly raised his head and looked at Okamoto, saying word by word, "Tell me where this Eighth Route Army team is hiding, and notify all the teams in the county to assemble!"

"This Eighth Route Army unit is hiding above Black Cloud Village. They only have a team of 200 men, so there's no need to mobilize all of their warriors."

Okamoto confidently took charge of the matter. "If we send out a large force, this cunning Eighth Route Army will escape early. Ono-kun, I am willing to lead the third battalion to Heiyun Village and wipe out this Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop!"

"Yoshi!"

Xiao Ye's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth and said, "This operation must succeed, failure is not allowed!"

Facing the 200-man Eighth Route Army team, Okamoto had unprecedented confidence, as if he had already won the battle.

"Please rest assured, Ono-kun, if I fail to destroy this Eighth Route Army, I will commit seppuku to apologize to you!"