Bright Sword: Conquer the monk at the beginning and take down Zhou Weiguo

The reason is simple. Every soldier under Qin Cang is a treasure. Even if the lives of thousands of devils are added together, they are not worth the life of one soldier!

After taking a deep breath, Qin Cang temporarily put Qingyue's pain behind his mind and ordered: "Clean up the battlefield immediately!"

"Also, have the 100 surviving war horses tied up near the Xiji stronghold. I want these horses to be used as bait to lure the Japanese deeper into our territory!"

After hearing this, Wei Dayong nodded vigorously and ran out immediately.

At the same time, Zhao Gang ran over in a hurry.

"Qin Cang, something went wrong!"

Hearing this, Qin Cang's face suddenly darkened, and he looked at Zhao Gang with sharp eyes.

"Duan Peng just sent a message saying Cao Zhuang was spotted less than three kilometers away from the elm forest!"

Cao Zhuang?

When Qin Cang heard the name, he immediately became angry.

"Didn't I tell him and the artillery battalion to wait for notification from the communications battalion?"

"What is this guy doing here?!"

A soldier's duty is to obey orders!

Especially on the battlefield, disobeying orders can easily lead to disaster!

However, before Qin Cang's anger subsided, he saw Cao Zhuang running towards him from not far away.

"Commander, Political Commissar, I'm here!"

When Qin Cang heard Cao Zhuang's voice, he became furious and started yelling at him.

"Cao Zhuang! Do you still have me, the regiment commander, in your eyes?"

"What orders did I give you?"

"You don't want to be the battalion commander anymore, right? Or do you want to be transferred to a garment factory to embroider like Li Yunlong?"

Seeing Qin Cang so angry, Cao Zhuang, a burly man, was so scared that his neck shrank and he stammered for a long time without saying a word.

Seeing this, Zhao Gang hurriedly tried to smooth things over.

"Qin Cang, calm down first. Cao Zhuang is not such a reckless person. There must be a reason for him to be here. Listen to what he has to say first."

After saying this, Zhao Gang looked at Cao Zhuang again, winked at him, and said in a serious tone, "And you!"

"Disobeying military orders and acting on your own, do you know what the consequences will be? If this operation plan fails because of you, can you bear the responsibility?"

"Tell me! Why don't you wait for the call from the communications battalion!"

After he finished speaking, Cao Zhuang looked at Qin Cang with a sense of grievance, and then spoke in a muffled voice.

"Commander, the machine gun battalion has won several victories recently, and the base has been expanded. It's only four or five kilometers away from here."

"Just now, I heard the loud gunfire from the base, and I immediately guessed that it was you who was in action. Plus, this place is not far from the Xiji stronghold, so the Japanese will definitely get the news soon, so they rushed over to support us."

After saying this, Cao Zhuang pointed to the soldiers of the machine gun battalion behind him and said softly, "Commissar, if you don't believe me, you can ask the brothers. We brought forty machine guns with us."

As soon as these words were spoken, Qin Cang and Zhao Gang looked at each other. They blinked at each other and could see the surprise in each other's expressions.

"Forty machine guns? When did you start bragging?"

Although he was filled with shock, Qin Cang still spoke with a straight face, but his tone was a little softer.

"Captain, I'm not bragging."

"After the machine gun battalion separated from the regiment, we fought three battles in total, one of which was to wipe out the Japanese machine gun squadron."

Machine gun squadron!

Hearing these four words, Qin Cang suddenly understood.

"Why don't you show me your baby!"

Hearing this, Cao Zhuang grinned and said quickly: "Brothers, show us our weapons to the commander!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a number of light and heavy machine guns were carried out as if they were free.

There are Type 99 rifles, chicken neck rifles, and even some weapons from the Russian side.

A total of forty light and heavy machine guns were arranged in a uniform pattern in front of Qin Cang.

At first glance, I thought it was some kind of weapons display stand.

"Cao Zhuang, you've made a fortune!"

Qin Cang said this with great emotion, and then, as if he had thought of something, he said in a deep voice: "But you disobeyed military orders and acted on your own first. Don't think that your merits and demerits can be offset!"

"Well, on behalf of Political Commissar Zhao, I'll confiscate a few of your machine guns as punishment!"

After he finished speaking, Zhao Gang shook his head helplessly.

It was obviously Qin Cang himself who had ideas about these machine guns, but he still had to bring himself along.

On the other hand, Cao Zhuang's face changed when he heard this. He looked at Qin Cang with great vigilance, fearing that his leader would blackmail him.

Seeing Cao Zhuang like this, Qin Cang was immediately furious and started to curse: "How come you are just like Li Yunlong, you are like a miser!"

"I don't want much, just three machine guns will do!"

With Qin Cang's words, Cao Zhuang suddenly smiled happily, waved his hand, and said generously: "No problem, whatever the captain says!"

After saying this, Qin Cang stared at Cao Zhuang for a moment, then turned to look at Zhao Gang standing beside him: "Old Zhao, why do I feel like the punishment is too light? It seems this guy is fatter than we thought!"

As soon as the words fell, before Zhao Gang could say anything, the smile on Cao Zhuang's face disappeared without a trace, and he said with a sad face: "Captain, you can't go back on your word!"

"We agreed to only take three penalties."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gang was immediately amused: "Don't worry, Qin Cang is just trying to scare you. If he says three times, then it's three times!"

Don’t be fooled by the fact that they are talking and laughing and look very relaxed.

However, Qin Cang and Zhao Gang were still quite shocked, especially Zhao Gang. The moment he saw these forty machine guns, his heart was in turmoil!

Even if the Xiji stronghold and the Huju Pavilion were added together, there probably wouldn’t be so many machine guns!

For a moment, Zhao Gang couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

When Qin Cang decided to disperse the combat camps, Zhao Gang was still skeptical.

But now it seems that this is definitely an extremely wise decision!

"Alright! Reinforcements from the Xiji stronghold will arrive soon. Hurry and hide all your treasures."

"If the Japanese come and you make a mistake for me, I'll make you penniless!"

Looking at Cao Zhuang, Qin Cang shouted sternly.

"Don't worry, Commander. I guarantee that the Japs will come in tall and walk away sideways, and there will be a few more bullet holes on their bodies!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Zhuang patted his chest and said with great confidence.

At the same time, the Japanese command headquarters in Xiji stronghold.

Hirohei Nakamura was sitting by the fire with his chief of staff, Nagayama Terajima, drinking wine intermittently.