Bright Sword: Let my company hold off the Yamazaki Battalion

Chapter 45 The Confident Colonel Yamamoto! Li Yunlong, enraged: "Who the hell is trying to stea

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The head of the Baijia Village maintenance committee nodded and bowed repeatedly: "Yes, yes, sir. Another group of Eighth Route Army soldiers have arrived, and they also specifically asked us for flour."

"You must stand up for me! Baijia Village doesn't even have any wheat flour, and now two groups of Eighth Route Army soldiers are demanding it! What are we going to do?"

The Japanese captain at the Huting stronghold was also at a loss. He had no interest in listening to what the puppet regime leader was going to say next, and his eyes were full of confusion.

"What? What's going on? Why do they all want white flour?"

Although he didn't quite understand, the Japanese captain at the Huting stronghold pondered for a moment, thinking of the orders from above, and said, "Alright, you go back and wait for news. My white powder will be sent to you later."

Having achieved the desired result, the head of the Baijia Village maintenance committee breathed a sigh of relief and continued to nod and bow, humbly and obsequiously agreeing, "Yes, sir, I'll be going back right away."

After seeing off the head of the puppet government, the Japanese captain did not hesitate and immediately reported the intelligence.

Taiyuan City.

Colonel Yamamoto received intelligence from the Tiger Pavilion stronghold. His brows furrowed, his eyes filled with confusion and doubt: "What? Another group of Eighth Route Army soldiers has appeared? And they're specifically asking for heroin too. What's going on?"

Yamamoto Ichiki strode to the battle map, his gaze sweeping back and forth between Lingyang County and Huting Stronghold.

He could understand if one group of Eighth Route Army soldiers came looking for heroin, but he couldn't quite understand these two groups.

After thinking for a long time, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Hey, I think I've figured it out, let's get to work."

"It seems my guess was right. The Eighth Route Army is really going to attack the Huting stronghold. Such a clear battle can only mean one thing: this area must be where the Eighth Route Army and senior officers of the Jin-Sui Army are located."

A cruel yet confident smile spread across Yamamoto Ichiki's face: "Haha, yeah, now I'm relieved. Let's see where you can run this time! You bastard!!"

The Second Company had seen all this information about the village chief of Baijia Village and the Huting stronghold, but they didn't make a fuss. They continued with their usual actions, and everything was as expected.

However, on the other hand...

The members of the Independent Regiment were also somewhat unsure about the appearance of the Guard Regiment.

"Squad leader, what should we do?"

A soldier looked at his squad leader and asked.

"Continue to observe, and go back and tell the regimental commander!" The squad leader thought for a moment but still had no clue. After all, they were all Eighth Route Army soldiers, all on the same side.

Back at the regimental headquarters, Chu Feng immediately called over the political instructor of the second company. After explaining the situation, Chu Feng said, "That's the situation. Pack up and leave one squad of officers and soldiers behind. You take the rest of the officers and soldiers and go meet up with the second company commander first."

"Once the telegraph operator arrives, the soldiers in this platoon will bring him to meet you."

The second company instructor immediately saluted: "Yes, regimental commander, I'll do it right away." After saying that, he quickly turned and left.

That afternoon, all but one squad of the Second Company left, heading straight for Baijia Village.

The commotion from the Second Company naturally attracted the attention of the other companies. Many company commanders gathered at the regimental headquarters, wanting to ask Chu Feng if there was any combat mission.

"Hey, Commander, the Second Company is nowhere to be seen. Is something wrong?" First Company Commander Huang Zhenggong said cheerfully, "If there's a mission, our First Company can handle it too."

"Get out! Get out! Get out!"

He waved his hand dismissively at these energetic and curious people, saying, "Go back to training. Review this battle carefully. I need to check it. If you don't satisfy me, you should know the answer yourself."

The company commanders, who had originally wanted to inquire further, all shrank back instinctively after hearing this and became much more obedient.

In Taiyuan, after believing he had found the problem, Colonel Yamamoto Ichiki and Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinotsuka received a group of battlefield observers from North China and then set off with the Yamamoto Special Forces.

Meanwhile, the battlefield observation group traveled by train towards Lingyang County, and at the same time, other Japanese troops also began their operations.

Independent Regiment.

After Chu Yunfei finished observing the Independent Regiment's training and presented a rifle to Li Yunlong, he looked at Li Yunlong and said meaningfully, "Brother Yunlong, I'll be staying at your army for a few days. I don't think you'll just be spouting empty talk, will you?"

Hearing Chu Yunfei's words, Li Yunlong chuckled and brushed it off.

That evening, at the Independent Regiment headquarters, only Li Yunlong and Political Commissar Zhao Gang were present.

Li Yunlong: "That kid Chu Yunfei has really given me a tough time. This time, our Independent Regiment has been transferred to serve as the flank protection unit for the headquarters, which is a guard unit."

"It's rare to have a battle to fight, but if we don't steal a moment from our busy schedule to fight one, this kid will really laugh at us."

Looking at Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang subconsciously reassured him, "Old Li, don't feel guilty. We don't need to put on a show for Chu Yunfei."

Li Yunlong was unmoved by Zhao Gang's attempt to appease him and continued, "I, Li Yunlong, am not the kind of person who talks the talk but doesn't walk the walk."

Zhao Gang, fearing that Li Yunlong might cause trouble, continued, "I know you're the kind of person who never suffers losses in battle, but you still need to be careful."

"If a general fails to give an order, his army will be defeated and he will die."

Li Yunlong glared at him and said irritably, "Don't give me that flowery talk." Then he called out to Zhao Gang, "Come on, help me figure this out. This area is several dozen miles around."

"There are more than 300 Japanese soldiers at the Huting stronghold, more than 40 at Xiadian, and the rest are not worth mentioning. They are not even enough to fill my teeth."

Zhao Gang became much more serious: "You really want to fight?"

Li Yunlong chuckled: "Let me tell you the truth, I've been thinking about this for several days, but I haven't told you yet."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gang's lips curled up slightly, revealing a "you think you can fool me, kid?" expression. He retorted, "You think I don't know? You were pulled away from the First Battalion and went to Baijia Village twice already."

Having his thoughts exposed, Li Yunlong wasn't embarrassed. He asked seriously, "Do you know what I'm going to do?"

"Huh? The head of the village committee in Baijia Village is colluding with the Japanese at the Huting stronghold. I pretended not to know and sent a squad to collect grain."

"Do you know what I asked that traitor for? Ah? I wanted flour, but there's no flour in Baijia Village."

"I had those soldiers scare him, telling him that if he didn't give me the white flour, he would be killed without mercy."

"This really works! Last night, the head of the maintenance committee secretly went to the Huting stronghold, probably to ask for reinforcements."

"But the Japanese soldiers at the Huting stronghold are terrified of us and dare not leave their hideout easily. Tomorrow I will send men to add fuel to the fire and make sure we catch a big fish."

"Once the Japanese devils take the bait, heh!" Li Yunlong said smugly.

Just as Zhao was about to say something, a voice rang out: "Report!" As soon as the voice fell, Battalion Commander Zhang Dabiao walked in.

Zhang Dabiao's expression was grim: "Commander, something's happened!"

"Our men discovered that another group of our brother units has also gone to Baijia Village, but we don't know the specifics."

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were taken aback: "Huh?!"

Immediately, Li Yunlong lost his temper, stood up, and cursed, "Damn it, they've gone too far!!!"

"Which unit did this? Isn't this stealing meat from Old Li's mouth?"

"I'd like to see who dares to be so bold!"

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