Bright Sword: I am an undercover agent in the puppet army

Headquarters of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

The head of the communications section took a translated message and quickly ran to the brigade commander, saluted and reported: "Report, brigade commander, the Lone Wolf staff sent an urgent message."

Brigade Commander: "What did the Lone Wolf Staff Officer say in the message?"

"The Lone Wolf Staff plans to expand the victory again and completely annihilate the Japanese Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment, also known as the Kameda Regiment, and at the same time recapture Shouyang County."

The communications chief reported Xu Yang's combat plan truthfully.

The brigade commander fell into deep thought, but the chief of staff's eyes lit up and said, "I'm sure the Lone Wolf's plan is feasible.

After dark, Li Yunlong and his regiments withdrew from the county town when the Lone Wolf Staff recaptured Yangquan, and then continued to advance westward. Together with the blocking brother units, they were fully capable of completely annihilating the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army.

Moreover, the Japanese 3rd Infantry Regiment currently has no strategic location to defend, and has hastily switched from offense to defense, and cannot even build fortifications.

The brigade commander did not directly express his opinion, but asked: "Chief of Staff, do you know that the Japanese 3rd Regiment is the predecessor of the Kameda Regiment?"

Chief of Staff: "The 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, this number seems quite familiar. Wait, let me think... I remember, it is the Sakata Regiment!"

Brigade Commander: "Yes, it is our old enemy, the Sakata Regiment. This bastard once severely damaged our independent regiment during the anti-mopping-up operation in Yunling. The then independent regiment commander Kong Jie was injured and the political commissar Li Wenying was killed.

Later, in the Battle of Cangyunling, our rear guard troops, the New 1st Regiment, were severely damaged. Although the then commander of the New 1st Regiment, Li Yunlong, disobeyed orders on the battlefield and broke through from the front, he achieved miraculous results and destroyed the command post of the Sakata Regiment with one shot, and also killed the commander of the Sakata Regiment, Sakata Nobutetsu.

But it did not hurt the foundation of the Sakata Corps.

After the Battle of Cangyun Ridge, Nobuo Kameda succeeded as the commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, which became the Kameda Regiment.

I will always remember this grudge!"

After a pause, the brigade commander changed the subject and asked, "Do you know why I didn't order the brother troops who were blocking Kameda's regiment to retreat even though Li Yunlong and his men had already defeated the local tyrants?"

Without waiting for the chief of staff to speak, the brigade commander asked himself and answered, "Because I have already prepared for revenge. I let the blocking brother troops delay time. As long as it is night, it will be the death of this ragtag group of troops!
Unexpectedly, the Lone Wolf Staff's battle plan coincides with mine. His strategic vision is truly extraordinary."

Chief of Staff: "I see. I didn't expect you, Brigade Commander, would even hide this from me."

The brigade commander then instructed the communications chief in front of him, “Call the Lone Wolf Staff Officer back immediately and tell him that the brigade has adopted his proposal.

In addition, we sent a telegram to Li Yunlong of the Independent Regiment, informing him of our battle plan and ordering him to lead his troops westward with Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Cheng Wuhe, and Xu Shengji immediately after withdrawing from Yangquan, to surround the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army and annihilate it at all costs! "

"Yes!"

The communications chief nodded in agreement and quickly turned around to leave to convey the order.

……

Pingding County.

After receiving a call back from the brigade commander, Xu Yang was almost ready, so he led the 22rd Independent Battalion of the Imperial Army and the 20nd Battalion of the nd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army out of the west gate and headed straight for Yangquan County, kilometers away.

at the same time.

In Yangquan County, Li Yunlong also received a telegram from the brigade commander.

Ding Wei, Kong Jie and the other two surrounded Li Yunlong and asked curiously and worriedly, "Old Li, what did the brigade commander say? Wasn't he congratulating us on our wealth?"

Everyone looked nervous, fearing that the brigade commander would come to rob them.

Li Yunlong said: "This morning, after learning that Yangquan was attacked by our army, Shinozuka Yoshio urgently ordered the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army deployed in Shouyang County to come to reinforce."

Kong Jie was puzzled and asked, "Shouyang County is only 40 kilometers away from Yangquan County. Why haven't we found any trace of the Japanese 3rd Infantry Regiment yet? Even if they are turtles, they should have crawled there, right?"

Li Yunlong: "It was the brigade commander who mobilized the brother troops to block the attack. Until now, the brother troops are still exchanging fire with them."

Kong Jie: "I see. But what does this have to do with the brigade commander's telegram?"

At this point, Kong Jie suddenly thought of something, and raised his voice by several dozen decibels: "Are they asking us to destroy this damn 3rd Infantry Regiment?"

Li Yunlong did not directly answer Kong Jie's question, but asked: "Old Kong, do you know the identity of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army?"

Kong Jie subconsciously said: "Of course they are the devils, could they have any other identities?"

Li Yunlong: "The former commander of this devil's unit was named Sakata Nobutsu!"

"Sakata Nobutsu?" Kong Jie's face changed. "Is it the damn Sakata regiment? During the anti-mopping-up operation in Yunling, my independent regiment encountered them. My independent regiment was severely damaged, I was seriously injured, and the political commissar Li Wenying died on the battlefield. I will always remember this grudge!"

Li Yunlong: "That's right, it's this damn Sakata Regiment, the sworn enemy of our Eighth Route Army!

I was fired from my position as the leader of the New 1st Regiment and demoted to the position of director of the clothing factory because of them!"

Enemies are extremely jealous when they meet.

Kong Jie's anger rose all of a sudden. With red eyes, he angrily said: "Fuck it, I finally caught this son of a bitch. This time I will kill it no matter what, to avenge my old comrade Li Wenying and the comrades who died in the anti-mopping-up campaign in Yunling!
Lao Li, don't you have a radio? Send a telegram to the brigade commander to ask for battle!"

Li Yunlong: "Old Kong, why are you so anxious..."

Before he finished speaking, Kong Jie interrupted him rudely, "Don't worry, you bastard. Although your New 1st Regiment was severely damaged in the battle of Cangyun Ridge, you managed to eliminate the commander of the Sakata Regiment and also killed Sakata Nobutsu. You still have the upper hand.

But I am different. I have always remembered Li Wenying's vengeance. If I don't avenge her, even if I die, I will not be able to face my old comrades and those who sacrificed their lives!"

Li Yunlong: "The telegram the brigade commander just sent ordered us to cooperate with the Lone Wolf Staff to capture Yangquan County and then, at all costs, destroy the damn Japanese 3rd Infantry Regiment!

The reason why the brigade commander has been sending his brother troops to block the Japanese 3rd Infantry Regiment is to buy us some time!"

Kong Jie: "Why didn't you say so earlier, you bastard?"

Li Yunlong: "I want to ask, have you given me a chance?"

Kong Jie: "..."

Li Yunlong looked at Ding Wei and the other two again: "Old Ding, Old Cheng, Old Xu, what do you mean?"

Ding Wei: "I am now the leader of the New 1st Regiment, what do you think?"

Cheng Xiazi: "You bastard, you've already said that the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army is the sworn enemy of our Eighth Route Army. Is there anything else I need to say?"

Xu Shengji: "Don't mention that there is no order from the brigade commander. Even if it's not for revenge, for the weapons and equipment in the hands of the Japanese 3rd Infantry Regiment, I must wade into this muddy water."

Li Yunlong: "Okay! Then let's work out a detailed battle plan. Let me make it clear first, this time, I will still make the final decision."

Kong Jie: "Why? I have the deepest hatred for this group of devils. Even if they have to make a big decision, it should be me who takes it..."

……

At eight o'clock in the evening, Xu Yang led the Third Independent Battalion of the Imperial Army and the Richuan Battalion to the city of Yangquan. The Eighth Route Army on the city gate pretended to attack a few times and then fled all the way to the center of the city.

The Independent Third Battalion, which bore the brunt of the attack, successfully entered the city and took advantage of the situation to launch a pursuit.

After a fierce battle.

Xu Yang came up to Hikawa Okazaka with a pistol and reported: "Hikawa Taijun, the damn Tubalu fled through the west gate. What should we do now?"

Hikawa Okazaka: "Keep chasing, don't let any enemy escape!"

"Yes!" Xu Yang promised, and then shouted at the top of his voice: "The Third Independent Battalion, follow me and continue the pursuit!"

The Independent Third Battalion, led by Xu Yang, pursued and attacked fiercely all the way. Dense rain of bullets flew everywhere in the inky black night sky. The sound of gunfire like popping beans resounded throughout the world and could be heard from far away.

Wherever they went, the ground was littered with corpses wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms.

Some of these corpses had been cold for a long time and the blood had stopped flowing out, while others had just died and blood was still oozing out.

These bodies.

Some of them were disguised as corpses of Japanese invaders and puppet soldiers, while those who had just died were puppet soldiers and local tyrants who had committed capital crimes.

These damn traitors died a worthy death, contributing one of their few strengths to the anti-Japanese war.

Hikawa Okazaka left a part of his troops to control Yangquan County, and followed closely with two squadrons of his trusted men and joined the battle.

They chased for more than ten miles, fought a fierce battle with the Eighth Route Army that was left behind, and "annihilated" them completely. After losing the trace of the Eighth Route Army, they stopped chasing.

Afterwards, the task of cleaning up the battlefield naturally fell on the Third Independent Battalion.

The two or three hundred freshly dead bodies perfectly covered up the more than 1000 cold bodies and confused the Japanese soldiers of the Richuan Battalion.

After all, these devils are not all Hikawa Okasaka's confidants, so of course they have to put on a full show.

The reason why Xu Yang led the Independent Third Battalion to take the lead was not to show himself in front of the Japanese, but to act better and not be exposed.

When Xu Yang led his troops to clean up the battlefield, Hikawa Okazaka reported "truthfully" to Shinozuka Yoshio who was far away in Taiyuan City according to the plan formulated by Xu Yang.

……

Taiyuan.

Japanese 1st Army Headquarters.

The arrival of night means that a new round of offensive by the Eighth Route Army will begin again.

As expected, soon as it got dark, news of attacks came in one after another from major strongholds west of Shouyang on the Zhengtai Railway, as well as the Baijin Line and Tongpu Line.

The stronghold from Shouyang to Niangziguan was very quiet, with no signal coming from it.

It’s not because the Eighth Route Army did not attack this section of the stronghold, but because this section of the stronghold had been completely captured before last night.

Even the county town of Yangquan was lost.

It was precisely because of the fierce fighting last night that the old Japanese soldier Yoshio Shinozuka had hardly slept an eye for a whole day and night.

His eyes were bloodshot and his gloomy face looked extremely ugly.

At this moment, the head of the Communications Section, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, suddenly ran in with a document in his hand. He walked up to Shinozuka Yoshio, bowed respectfully, and reported: "Commander, victory news, victory news!"

Shinozuka Yoshio's heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously asked, "What's the emergency again?"

The front line was in constant danger, so the old devil mistook "good news" for "urgent news".

Toyotomi Hideyoshi quickly explained: "It's a victory message, a great victory message, good news, not an emergency telegram!"

Shinozuka Yoshio was stunned and asked, "Good news? Where did the good news come from?"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi: "Yangquan! The Hikawa Battalion and the Imperial Army's Independent Third Battalion successfully recaptured Yangquan County and killed more than 1500 Eighth Route Army soldiers!"

Shinozuka Yoshio asked with a puzzled look on his face: "The Hikawa Battalion recaptured Yangquan County? Wasn't Yangquan County always in the hands of the Imperial Army and not lost?"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi: "Hikkawa-kun reported in the telegram that Yangquan County has been captured by the Eighth Route Army, and even their regiment commander Kasahara Koizumi died early this morning. They also found Kasahara Koizumi's body."

Shinozuka Yoshio was even more confused: "What's going on? Didn't the Locust Army's aerial reconnaissance soldiers report this morning that Yangquan County was still in the hands of the Locust Army?"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi: "No, Yangquan County was lost early this morning. According to reports from the landlords and gentry in the county, the locusts in the morning were disguised as the Eighth Route Army. Their purpose was to confuse the locust air scouts and buy time for them to clean up the battlefield and count the spoils.

Today during the day, the Eighth Route Army attacked the local tyrants in Yangquan County and looted countless amounts of money and supplies. "

"Baka!" Shinozuka Yoshio's face suddenly darkened, and he cursed angrily: "Damn Tubalu, they are so insidious!"

The chief of staff beside him keenly grasped something: "No, since the Eighth Route Army captured Yangquan County as early as this morning, why did their blocking troops still block the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Imperial Army at all costs? They are just courting death by fighting against the strong with the weak."

Shinozuka Yoshio gritted his teeth and said, "These damn Tubalu are cleaning up the battlefield for the Tubalu in Yangquan County and buying time to fight the local tyrants."

"Soga!" Kusunokichi nodded and said, "That's still not right. Since the damned Eighth Route Army was able to capture Yangquan in a short period of time, how could they be easily defeated and severely damaged by the Hikawa Brigade?"

Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the head of the communications section, quickly explained: "Hikkawa-kun reported in the telegram that the reason they were able to easily defeat the Eighth Route Army in Yangquan was because the Eighth Route Army was transferring the last batch of supplies at the time. They had already planned to evacuate Yangquan and had no intention of fighting.

In addition, they did not expect the locust army to suddenly attack them, so they were caught off guard and suffered a crushing defeat. "

"Soga!" Kusunokichi nodded again: "That makes sense. With the current strength of the Eighth Route Army, it is not enough to defend a county town.

The so-called city wall defense was completely vulnerable in the face of the locust army's planes and artillery.

The county town will instead become a stumbling block that will trap them and make them trapped in their own web. Once they are attacked by the locust army, they will have no way of escaping.

I have to say, those damn Eighth Route Army soldiers were still quite sober and were not carried away by the victory in front of them.

Unfortunately, they defended against the 3rd Locust Army in Pingding County, but missed the Locust Army Richuan Battalion stationed in Pingding County!"

Shinozuka Yoshio's pupils shrank suddenly, and he shouted, "Not good! The 3rd Regiment of the Locust Army is in danger. Send a telegram to Kameda immediately and ask him to quickly turn around and retreat to Shouyang County!"

Kusunokichi Hideyoshi looked puzzled and asked, "Commander-in-chief, what danger could the 3rd Locust Regiment be in?
Although the Eighth Route Army successfully slowed down their speed of supporting Yangquan, they were only taking advantage of the terrain and the annoying sparrow tactics.

If it was a head-on confrontation, they would definitely not be a match for the 3rd Regiment of the Locust Army.

You know, the 3rd Regiment is the elite among the elite of the Locust Army. In the Battle of Xinkou, a regiment defeated two reorganized divisions of the Central Army and chased them all over the mountains like stray dogs..."

...(End of chapter)