Rise from the sword

Chapter 357 Isn't this cake delicious?
"Do you still want to go to Tokyo?"

Zhao Gang sneered disdainfully at Li Yunlong's dream of going to Tokyo for a walk or even making trouble.

Leader Li also smiled embarrassingly, touched his nose, but did not respond.

He is someone who has read the world map and knows how far Shou County is from Tokyo. It is a distance of more than [-] kilometers in a straight line, and there is an ultra-wide ocean in between. No one will open it.

Besides, the little devil's navy is not made of mud.

After that, the two exchanged some topics about defense, troop deployment, fortification construction, and troop training.

"Dig as many deep trenches as possible."

Li Yunlong's tone is firm:
"I reckon that the little devil will definitely use heavy artillery to attack. We must support it for as long as possible, so that Brother Chen will benefit more afterwards, and it will also buy time for the people in the base area to transfer."

"The more devils we attract, the safer the common people will be, and the easier it will be for other base areas."

"Correct."

Zhao Gang very much agrees.

"There's also Taiyuan, it's time to speed up and stockpile shells."

"Let Gensheng and the others prepare their retreat routes and plant mines."

Li Yunlong continued to ponder:

"You can't just be beaten and not fight back. This is not the style of labor and capital. Don't even think about fighting back in Shou County. The devils are bound to be surrounded by a large army. We have to wait for the devils to enter the city and fight in the streets."

"If you want to fight back, you can only rely on Taiyuan."

"Ah."

Commissar Zhao is like a nodding machine.

When it comes to fighting, Zhao Gang really admired Li Datuan's tricky ideas.

Moreover, it is also possible to put the ghost point into practice and formulate a comprehensive plan.

In order to bombard the Devil Taiyuan Airport again, heavy artillery shells were prepared near Taiyuan Airport half a year, or even more than half a year in advance, and who could have predicted this method?Even in his dreams, the little devil would never have imagined that there were shells buried under their eyelids.

Even the combat positions and retreat routes are ready.

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after a while.

Headquarters.

staff.

Staff Officer Mo looked at the combat report in his hand, and after a long time, he shook his head and let out a long exclamation.

"Haha, this Li Yunlong."

"Li Yunlong really did what happened in Baoding?"

The rest of the staff looked over together, and someone asked.

As the intelligence center of the headquarters, they naturally know what happened to the First Army recently.

Because of successive defeats in battles, the top management of the Devils decided to replace the commander of the First Army, and sent Kazuma Iwamatsu to replace Yoshio Shinozuka. As a result, that Iwamatsu was killed in Baoding while he was still on his way to the post, and the method was clean and straightforward. Dozens of kilograms of explosives were piled up on the side of the road, next to the Devil convoy, and the corpses of Yansong Yixiong were all scattered.

At first, the staff believed that it was the devil's internal power struggle, and it was Yoshio Shinozuka's resistance for the position of commander of the First Army, but the subsequent actions of the North China Front Army showed that this guess was incorrect.

As a result, the staff members naturally thought of Li Yunlong, the guy who had a previous record of killing the devil's lieutenant general.

"Correct."

Staff Officer Mo nodded:

"Baoding's new commander of the First Army was killed by someone sent by Li Yunlong, and..."

Before finishing speaking, the staff officers applauded:
"Li Yunlong did a great job this time."

"Haha. Kill another lieutenant general of the devil."

"..."

After everyone's applause calmed down, Staff Officer Mo continued:

"Moreover. He sent a special team to carry out the mission. On the way back, he ambushed a group of devil troops in Cangyun Ridge and killed a devil major general again."

Suddenly, the room fell into silence.

To kill two devil generals in one go, this...

"The Major General Tano who came from the south and served with Yan Song?"

Some staff officers recalled the news they received not long ago.

The transfer of the commander of the front army by the devil must be accompanied by the transfer of subordinates. Yansong came from the south, and he also brought a major general brigade commander from the south with him, but this major general Tano was suddenly dropped not long ago.

Originally, the staff members were still thinking that they died because of the internal power struggle of the devils, or that the car had an accident or something.

"Yes, that's Major General Tano."

Staff Officer Mo said with a smile.

There was another long silence.

Everyone just learned that one of their own people killed a devil lieutenant general, and they were already pleasantly surprised. With the sudden addition of good news, they really don't know how to express their surprise.

"sharp···"

In the end, only one staff officer choked out a word.

"In this Cangyunling, three high-ranking devil officials died one after another, and they were all done by Li Yunlong. This is really..."

One of the staff officers clicked his tongue, and his tone was emotional.

"This place is a blessed place."

A staff officer took over the conversation:
"In the future, if there is an opportunity, a monument must be erected here."

"Hahaha···"

"Yes, a monument must be built."

Everyone laughed when they thought of this scene.

While everyone was laughing, another staff officer ran in, holding a telegram in his hand. Staff officer Mo took the telegram, looked at it, and suddenly turned his face aside, and said in a solemn tone:

"Rangoon has fallen."

The rest of the staff also stopped smiling, and their expressions also changed.

They naturally know what the fall of Yangon means, which means...
"The Burma Road was cut off?"

A staff officer said in a gloomy tone:

"The group in the government..."

He finally stopped cursing, but his tone was full of hatred.

Although the two parties did not fight each other, and even some guys in the government had frictions from time to time, most people in the staff department hoped that the government would be stronger than it is now, and that foreign materials and materials would continue to flow into Chongqing.

It's a big deal to get rid of the little devil first, and we'll talk about the future.

But it was clearly the only supply lifeline, yet the government still failed, even so quickly.

An elite force of 10 people, equipped with excellent weapons provided by Europe and the United States, launched the Burma Road Operation in March, and it failed completely in early May, which made the staff members hate iron for steel.

"It's not all their fault."

Staff Officer Mo took the telegram and said:

"The situation in foreign countries is very complicated. The national expeditionary forces are not familiar with their places of origin, and the command power is not in their hands. The command is chaotic, the devils are not weak, and foreigners look down on us..."

"Hey··"

After a sigh, the staff officers could only change the subject:
"Judging from the recent movements of the little devils, they seem to be planning to launch an unprecedented sweep. It is estimated that the devils may use more than [-] troops. With our strength, we may not be able to confront directly. This time, we may have to prepare to break out and move. "

Due to the large increase in the output of weapons and ammunition in the arsenal, the strength of the troops has improved rapidly recently, but there is still a big gap between them and the devils, so there is no need to plan to fight head-on.

"The arsenal at the headquarters is ready. Once the army of devils strikes, the machines will be transferred. We have also done exercises. With those big mules, the transfer of machines and equipment is much easier. Although it will affect production, it can keep machines and equipment. That’s fine, at most some production will be lost.”

"The logistics department and the headquarters hospital are also ready for transfer."

"..."

The staff members continued to discuss.

It is one of the daily tasks of the staff department to make plans in advance and make preparations for the devil's intelligence raid.

Suddenly, a staff member changed the topic:
"Speaking of the headquarters hospital, this guy Li Yunlong has brought in some good things recently and saved many seriously injured people."

"The freeze-dried human plasma powder?"

"Yes, this is a good thing. It is more effective than any other medicine for the seriously injured."

"I don't know when we will be able to produce this kind of thing."

"It's difficult. I asked Lao Liu. If you want to produce this thing, you need the most top-notch large-scale machinery and equipment. This thing is very rare. Let alone us, the little devils don't even have it."

All the staff members sighed.

Seeing this, Staff Officer Mo changed the topic:
"Where is the scheduled transfer location of the independent group?"

"On the northwestern side of Shanxi, Zhao Gang chose a place called Zhaojiayu.

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Shou County.

One morning.

After the morning training, a battalion of soldiers stationed in the city went to the cafeteria to prepare meals.

Several soldiers walked into the cafeteria together. This is a wooden building built by devils. It is very spacious inside, but as soon as they walked in, these soldiers felt that the situation was very strange.

Today's cafeteria is very quiet, very quiet.

Even if the cafeteria is full of people at this time, it is very rare to be quiet.

"What's the matter?"

A soldier muttered under his breath.

Usually during breakfast, the cafeteria is not like this, it is quite lively.

"The head is here?"

Some soldiers speculated, but they immediately denied it in their hearts.

If the leader came, it would only be more lively.

A few people continued to walk inside, towards a window with the least queues. After the independent regiment became rich in supplies, they changed their style of serving meals, eating as much as they could eat, instead of being distributed by the soldiers of the cooking class as before.

Picking up a few tortillas from the dustpan by the window, a soldier frowned as soon as he ate them.

"What's the matter with today's cake..."

Compared with the previous ones, the soldier can clearly feel that the cake in his hand tastes much worse today than yesterday.

"The thickness of the spread is different, the outside is all mushy, and the inside is still hot, a bit unpalatable..."

Another soldier also spoke.

While the few people were talking, they kept eating tortillas in their mouths.

Unpalatable is unpalatable, but it’s not impossible to eat. They all came out of poverty. What’s the point of this? It’s just that I’ve eaten delicious food before. Compared with it, I’m not used to it.
However, when a few people raised their heads to look at the cook in the window, their complexions suddenly changed, and they all froze, and after a while, they stammered and greeted:

"Battle... Battalion Commander."

Inside the window, Zhang Dabiao was wearing an apron, holding a long-handled ladle in his hand, with a gloomy face blackened by smoke, looking at several soldiers with unfriendly eyes.

"This cake, isn't it delicious?"

Zhang Dabiao's tone was very dangerous.

"delicious."

Several soldiers quickly finished the corn cakes in their hands.

Why did the battalion commander become a cook?

And it seems to be in a particularly bad mood.

No wonder the cafeteria is so quiet today, no wonder there are so few people at this window.

　Come back and change...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)