Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 200: My conscience is broken!
Wuyi County Third Mixed Brigade Command.

Nara Yukio looked at Toyama Ryotaro and said in dissatisfaction: "Colonel Toyama! The speed of the troops' training is too slow!"

At this time, Ryotaro Toyama had been promoted to colonel chief of staff of the 3rd Mixed Brigade.

However, Toyama Ryotaro was also very clear that without any background, it would be difficult for him to be promoted to major general, and the most he could be in the future was a regiment commander.

Moreover, Toyama Ryotaro himself was not willing to risk his life for this major general. After all, a man as arrogant as Sakata Nobutsu was sent away by a single shot, and now the person was put in a small box and sent back to his homeland.

Ryotaro Toyama didn't want to lose weight from over 100 pounds to just a few pounds.

Therefore, Toyama Ryotaro, who has no desires or ambitions, has now mastered the skill of slacking off to perfection.

Hearing the reprimand, Toyama Ryotaro subconsciously bowed first: "Smith Marseille!"

"Brigade Commander! Most of the newly recruited soldiers are recruited from civilians and have only received a small amount of military training. It is difficult for them to form sufficient combat effectiveness in a short period of time. According to my estimate, it will take at least three to six months to complete the training." Toyama Ryotaro explained.

"No!" Nara Yukio said angrily. He couldn't wait to take revenge on the Eighth Route Army.

In Nara Yukio's opinion, he was previously surrounded by several Eighth Route Army troops, and the 3rd Brigade was cut into two in the canyon, which led to his defeat.

If he were to deal with the New Second Regiment in Dayunshan area alone, he would surely be able to win easily.

"Colonel Toyama, from now on, the troops' daily training time will be increased from 8 hours to 14 hours, and the training must be completed within two months!" ordered Yukio Nara.

"This" Toyama Ryotaro had a headache. He knew very well what Nara Yukio was planning.

I am afraid that the main force will go into the mountains the day after the training is completed, and I will be in danger again.

Isn’t it good to make money honestly?
"This is an order!" Yukio Nara knew very well what kind of person Ryotaro Toyama was.

Toyama Ryotaro is a man of some ability, but he always puts his own life first. If you want him to contribute, you have to give him a death order.

"Hayi!" Toyama Ryotaro stood at attention and said.

Anyway, it's all soldier training, and as the chief of staff, he just has to walk around a few more times.

After Toyama Ryotaro left, Nara Yukio thought for a moment and shouted, "Someone come!"

The Japanese guard at the door immediately turned around and walked in.

"Go and call Song Zhe, the commander of the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Locust Association Army, to come to me." Nara Yukio ordered.

"Ha!"
Hearing that Nara Yukio was looking for him, Song Zhe immediately put down what he was doing and ran over, then flattered, "Master, are you looking for me?"

"Song Sang, come here." Nara Yukio waved while standing in front of the ground.

Song Zhe hurried over.

"Look here." Nara pointed to a red line on the map and said, "This road has been attacked and ambushed many times by the Eighth Route Army. It has been paralyzed for a long time. I want you to recruit civilian workers to rebuild the road."

"Build a road?" Song Zhe was a little embarrassed.

This highway directly crosses the Zhongyun Mountains and connects Anqiu and Wuyi County. If completed, it will be of great significance.

However, eighty percent of the roads to be built are on the Eighth Route Army's territory. Building roads on the Eighth Route Army's territory is no different from asking an old man to hang himself.

"Taijun, it's not that I don't want to, it's mainly because the Eighth Route Army in Zhongyun Mountain is too fierce. I only have about 2,000 people in my brigade, I'm afraid I can't be their match." Song Zhe complained.

"I know that." Nara Yukio nodded. He certainly knew the combat effectiveness of the Locust Army. Letting them fight on their own would be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth, and would be giving supplies to the Eighth Route Army for nothing.

"In the early stage, you only need to build the section from Wuyi County to Yaotou Village." said Nara Yukio.

"Go to Yaotou Village? That's no problem." Song Zhe breathed a sigh of relief.

This section of road is only 30 kilometers long, and not all parts are damaged. Only the road around Dayun Mountain, about 20 kilometers in length, needs to be rebuilt.
Although there are Eighth Route Army troops in this area, they are all small groups. The main activity area of the Eighth Route Army is further in from Yaotou Village. It should not be a big deal to build roads on the outskirts. There are also strongholds nearby, so the Japanese can support them at any time.

But before Song Zhe could put his mind at ease, Nara Yukio's words made him worried again.

"But I have one request. It must be repaired within two months. I will mix the cement for you."

Song Zhe's head was about to explode after hearing what Nara Yukio said.

Building a road relies entirely on manpower. In order to complete the 2 kilometers within two months, in addition to recruiting a large number of laborers, it is also necessary to use local materials.

To use local materials, they had to demolish houses on a large scale to obtain bricks, stones and wood, which was no different from jumping on the nerves of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army will never let him off easily.

"Madam, this, this, this..." Song Zhe didn't know how to start.

"This is an order!" Nara Yukio's face was gloomy.

Yukio Nara wanted to go into the mountains and clear out the enemy immediately after the troops completed their training. If the road could be repaired before that, he could use the Yaotou Village stronghold as a springboard to directly attack the Eighth Route Army's hinterland.

"Hey!" Song Zhe had no room to refute Nara Yukio's order and could only agree.

However, after leaving the command center, Song Zhe assigned the task to the third and fourth regiments below, while he himself commanded remotely in Wuyi County.

In Shihe Village, a communicator hurriedly dismounted and ran into the house.

"Captain, there is an emergency with the political commissar." The communicator handed the information to Chen Chengxing.

"It's true that the ghost of TND is still around. It's here to take revenge on the New Second Regiment." Chen Chengxing only took a look at the intelligence and immediately determined the Japanese's intentions.

The Japanese started building roads in Wuyi County and Ping'an County at the same time, and they were echoing each other from a distance. It goes without saying that they wanted to repair the Wu'an Highway.

After this highway is completed, watchtowers and strongholds will inevitably be built simultaneously at important mountain passes along the route.

In this way, not only can the north-south traffic of the New Second Regiment be cut off and the area controlled by the New Second Regiment be reduced, but the various strongholds can also be used as support to send troops to sweep the territory of the New Second Regiment at any time.

With a stronghold as a support, the Japanese only need to carry a small amount of supplies into the mountains. Without the logistical burden, the uncertainty of the Japanese actions will be greatly increased.

Although Chen Chengxing knew that this day was inevitable, it must not be now. Before the Hundred Regiments Campaign, the Japanese could not have the opportunity to threaten the New Second Regiment.

"It's a pity that we can't stimulate Ono Hiroji more." Chen Chengxing said regretfully. Now they have to take down the Caojiaji stronghold as soon as possible and then prepare to fight against the Japanese.

"Qin Sheng, find some hemp rope and dye it black. When you cut the telephone wires today, cut them in the middle and then connect them with the hemp rope. Then remove the artillery tower in Xiapo Village." Chen Chengxing said.

In this case, you cannot see if there is any problem with the line when standing under the electric pole. If you want to repair it, you can only climb up the electric poles one by one to check.

In addition, with the artillery tower taken down, Ono Hiroji would definitely not be able to hold on. Chen Chengxing dared to conclude that this was the last straw, and Ono Hiroji would most likely come out for revenge.

Otherwise, he would face a situation where the artillery towers were taken down one by one.

If Ono Hiroji could bear this, Chen Chengxing would like to call him the number one bastard in the world. At night, Ono Hiroji heard the sound of gunfire coming from the direction of Xiapo Village again, and his scalp was about to break.

The perseverance of the Eighth Route Army really made Ono Hiroji uncomfortable, and he could not pretend that nothing had happened, otherwise the Eighth Route Army would probably take the opportunity to do something else.

After waiting until dawn, Ono Hiroji sent people to repair the line again, but the information they brought back this time made Ono Hiroji a little confused.

"The line is not broken? What does that mean? The call is clearly not connected." Ono Hiroji stopped shaking the phone and asked.

"Captain, we checked and the line is indeed intact." The Japanese soldier said helplessly. He was not a professional and had no idea about the situation.

Moreover, he was not a professional communications soldier. Ever since he learned how to connect telephone lines from a communications soldier, he was in bad luck.

After the previous signalman was killed by the Eighth Route Guerrillas, the captain did not even apply for a new signalman. Every time the telephone line was broken, he had to go there himself. Even a donkey wouldn't be used like this.

"Damn, what's going on?!" Ono Hiroji was also a little helpless.

Ono Hiroji had long anticipated that the artillery tower in Xiapo Village would be pulled down, but the problem with the telephone line was beyond his understanding.

Ono Hiroji had no choice but to send a signalman on horseback to Luyang for help and ask his superiors to send experts to inspect the area.

The Eighth Route Army took down the artillery tower in Xiapo Village. If he did not respond, the other artillery towers would inevitably be taken down one by one. This was something Ono Hiroji could not accept.

Not to mention what kind of punishment he would receive after the artillery tower was taken down, once the artillery tower was gone, the Caojiaji stronghold would be isolated, and the Eighth Route Army could block the surrounding roads at any time, and he would not even be able to get supplies at that time.

When the Japanese captain of Luyang, Hidehito Noguchi, learned about the situation of the Caojiaji stronghold, he attached great importance to it. If the Caojiaji stronghold was lost, if he wanted to launch a sweep of Dayun Mountain, he would have to walk more than ten kilometers, and it would take half a day to go back and forth.

In order to ensure the safety of the communication experts and the Caojiaji stronghold, Hidehito Noguchi sent a mixed force consisting of a 30-man Japanese army squad and an 80-man security team to escort the communication experts to the Caojiaji stronghold and temporarily station them in the stronghold until the situation calmed down and then return to Luyang.

After the communications expert arrived at the Caojiaji stronghold, he took out various tools very professionally, but after checking for a long time, he did not find any problems.

In desperation, the expert had to change his equipment, climb the electric pole and check bit by bit. It was not until the next day that the expert, whose thigh skin was worn out, finally found the problem.

The communications expert holding the hemp rope wished he could force Ono Hiroji to commit seppuku on the spot.

"Bakayaro! You are so stupid! Why do you want me to do something like this?!" The communications expert threw the hemp rope at Ono Hiroji and cursed.

It's not that kind of bullying. If Ono Hiroji had sent troops to investigate carefully, the problem would have been solved long ago.

After the communications expert scolded Ono Hiroji, he left without looking back.

Ono Hiroji's face had turned purple from being scolded.

"The Chinese are fighting with a bad conscience!" Ono Hiroshi gritted his teeth and said, "Organize the army! I'm going to tear these damned Eighth Route Army soldiers into pieces!"

Ono Hiroji felt that his anger had reached the top of his head, and now the only way to calm his anger was to kill people.

Half an hour later, Ono Hiroji pulled all the troops out of the stronghold except for the necessary personnel to defend it.

Then Ono Hiroji went straight to Zhangjiaping Village. He wanted to calm down first.

"Commander, the Japanese have come out of their cave. There are 60 of them and 120 puppet soldiers." Qin Sheng excitedly reported after hearing the news.

As long as we can defeat this group of devils, the remaining troops in the Caojiaji stronghold will no longer be a threat.

"I knew the Japanese couldn't help it." Chen Chengxing put down the pencil in his hand. As long as the Japanese got out of the hole, their lives would not count.

"Where are they going?" Chen Chengxing asked.

"We are now moving northward towards Hujiazui and Jijia Village." Qin Sheng said, pointing to the map.

"Go all the way north. The Japanese must be going to Zhangjiaping!" Chen Chengxing said firmly.

Since reaching level 6 insight, Chen Chengxing has been able to basically see the movements of the Japanese at a glance, not to mention the current level 7 insight.

"Qin Sheng, immediately organize the evacuation of the people of Zhangjiaping! Let the militia harass the Japanese and slow down their speed." Chen Chengxing ordered.

"Yes!"

Ono Hiroji led his troops all the way to Zhangjiaping.

There are several villages along the way where maintenance associations exist. According to instructions, Ono Hiroji cannot carry out massacres at will in these villages.

"Boom!" "Boom!".
The puppet soldiers who were exploring the way ahead suddenly stepped on a series of chain mines.

Although the mine was a black powder mine made by the district squad militia, the pottery jar filled with gunpowder and the stones inside still shattered and scattered everywhere.

There were five casualties among the puppet soldiers on the spot, and one unlucky guy was hit on the head and fell asleep on the ground.

Seeing this scene, Ono Hiroji did not feel sad at all, but was extremely excited.

"Yoshi, there must be Eighth Route Army troops in Zhangjiaping!" said Ono Hiroji.

"Pass my order, leave the main road, go around from the side, and speed up the march!"

"Hayaku!" Ono Hiroji ordered.

He finally found the traces of the Eighth Route Army. He would not be able to calm down unless he chopped off a few of their heads with his own hands.

After hearing Ono Hiroji's order, the puppet troops who were exploring the way ahead had no choice but to leave the main road and continue moving forward.

However, the militiamen of the district squad had already anticipated this scene. As soon as the puppet army got around to the side of the road, they stepped on a landmine again.

"boom!".
Another casualty occurred.

The puppet army company commander who led the team watched this scene with his eyes twitching constantly. Landmines specifically injure the legs, and one wounded soldier requires at least three or four people to take care of him.

It's only been the second time, and more than half of his platoon's brothers have been implicated. If it happens a few more times, he, as the company commander, will have to go to the front to step on the mines.

However, Ono Hiroji, who was following behind, did not hesitate at all. After all, the locust soldiers were not injured, so he kept urging the Locust Army to keep moving forward.

The puppet army had no choice but to form a long snake formation, with a vanguard soldier rotating every 100 meters. As for who would be unlucky, that was all up to fate.

It was two hours later when the Japanese and puppet troops finally arrived at Zhangjiaping.

"Brothers! We are at Zhangjiaping! Follow me!"

As soon as the puppet army company commander saw the place, he immediately rushed to the front from the back, then waved his hand and led the charge out.

You can hide behind a mine when walking on it, but if you still hide behind a mine during a raid, then you have a problem with your brain.

(End of this chapter)