Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 74: Cost-Effectiveness of Special Warfare

So Chu Yunfei left the Independent Regiment with regrets and unanswered questions.

It has to be admitted that compared with Li Yunlong, Chu Yunfei did not have any outstanding achievements in the early and middle stages of the War of Resistance Against Japan.

Although Li Yunlong has only two outstanding achievements to show off so far, one is the command headquarters of Cangyunling Artillery and Sniper Regiment Captain Sakata.

The other one was to completely annihilate the Yamazaki Battalion, but these two achievements were beyond Chu Yunfei's reach.

Of course, there is now a third one, which is the surprise attack and annihilation of the Japanese observation group, and also killed a regiment commander, who is one level higher than the regiment commander.

Chu Yunfei naturally admired such achievements and wanted to learn from Li Yunlong, a country boy.

But Li Yunlong is not stupid, how could he possibly confide in Professor Chu Yunfei!
You know, before the Anti-Japanese War, they were mortal enemies! And this Anti-Japanese War was impossible not to end. Although the Japanese looked very fierce now, Li Yunlong never believed that such a small country could destroy such a big country.

Therefore, Li Yunlong was naturally on guard against Chu Yunfei and it was impossible for him to be open with him. He only called him Brother Yunfei for the sake of the Anti-Japanese War.

Just when Chu Yunfei left the independent regiment with regret, Li Yunlong immediately ordered the independent regiment to move away.

There is no way. This time it is not as simple as destroying the Sakata Regiment with one shot. The status of the observation group led by Captain Yu is not comparable to that of Captain Sakata.

Just as Yamamoto Ikki brought most of the remaining special forces back to the base camp in Taiyuan City, he was immediately called away by Shinozuka Yoshio.

Yamamoto Ikki walked into Shinozuka Yoshio's office with a nervous mood, and remained silent. Shinozuka Yoshio looked at Yamamoto Ikki who walked into the office, but he did not look at Yamamoto Ikki directly. Instead, he looked at the Go board on the table and said to Shinozuka Yoshio:
"The Eighth Route Army, a group of peasants, is hardly an army. They wear rags like beggars and worry about winter. Their government won't even issue them cotton uniforms. Most soldiers still use Hanyang-made weapons, products of the Hanyang Arsenal from the late 19th century. Even with such inferior weapons, ammunition is extremely scarce, with each soldier having less than five rounds of ammunition. It's a joke that such an army dared to fight the Imperial Army!"

That's right, Yoshio Shinozuka looked down on farmers very much, because unlike the ancient class of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, there were only three classes on the Japanese side, namely the nobles, samurai, and civilians.

The civilians included artisans and farmers, all of whom were classified as civilians, so Yoshio Shinozuka naturally looked down on ordinary civilians. Moreover, the majority of the Japanese army was composed of samurai, so ordinary civilians were naturally not qualified to participate in the war. At most, they were cannon fodder.

So naturally they look down on farmers. This is different from here because of the system of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. So the farmers who are ranked second are not at the bottom of the society after all.

After hearing what Shinozuka Yoshio said, Yamamoto Ikki remained silent and said:
"General, I know you are blaming me. This shouldn't have happened, but it did, so I am willing to take responsibility for it!"

However, how could Yoshio Shinozuka bear to punish Yoshio Shinozuka!

You must know that as the war continued, Huazhao's resistance became more and more fierce, and the Japanese army felt powerless. The bold words of destroying Huazhao in three months had become a joke.

Of course, the more critical issue is that the resources within the Japanese country are no longer sufficient to continue a war of such a large scale.

Therefore, the idea of ​​low-cost, high-return special operations became a priority for high-ranking Japanese commanders like Yoshio Shinozuka. Imagine destroying an army's headquarters and disintegrating it at minimal cost, a far more cost-effective option than engaging in a head-on confrontation.

You know, even though Yamamoto Ikki's special forces were well-equipped, the cost of building such a special forces unit was not as much as the cost of building a Japanese battalion of a thousand people.

Because of this, Shinozuka Yoshio did not intend to blame Shinozuka Yoshio at all, but instead said:

"Responsibility? No, that's not the issue of responsibility. I'm thinking about this planet being burned red by the flames of war. Over a hundred Imperial soldiers died in Ouzhou, in North Africa, on the Pacific Islands, and in the mountains of Huazhong. This is not a big deal."

"I thank the General for his generosity, but this still makes me feel extremely ashamed!"

Regarding Yamamoto Ikki's attitude, Shinozuka Yoshio was very satisfied and said:

"We have over a million elite soldiers in Huazhong. A small ambush won't hurt us. I'm not concerned about assigning responsibility, I'm concerned about the dignity and shame of our First Army. Which unit of the Eighth Route Army ambushed me?"

"The 386th Independent Regiment, Li Yunlong's unit!"

Yamamoto Ikki replied, yes, although Zhu Ziming has not betrayed yet, there are still some Japanese spies within the Eighth Route Army, so after Li Yunlong's battle report, it was naturally known that it was that team that annihilated the observation group.

When Shinozuka Yoshio heard that it was Li Yunlong again, he naturally thought of the two battles at Cangyun Ridge and Lijiapo, which were also fought by Li Yunlong, so he immediately cursed:
"Asshole! Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong again, have you found his information?"

Hearing Shinozuka Yoshio's question, Yamamoto Ikki could only shake his head helplessly, saying that he didn't know. In response, Shinozuka Yoshio also said:
"That won't do, Yamamoto-kun. You're a special forces officer selected for further training in the country, an outstanding soldier. It's unacceptable for you to be completely unaware of your opponent! I need the exact location, coordinates, and position on the map. If not, the honor of the First Army will be shattered. Find him, tear him apart, and chop off his head!"

However, Yamamoto Ikki was not happy with Shinozuka Yoshio's request that he deal with Li Yunlong, the commander of an independent regiment.

You should know that after Yamamoto Ikki established the special forces, he set his sights on the Eighth Route Army Command and the Second War Zone Command. This was at least a military-level command unit, not a small regimental-level command.

Of course, we don’t mention that Yoshio Shinozuka asked Yamamoto Ikki to deal with Li Yunlong. After Wang Gensheng got the 38 submachine guns left by Yamamoto Ikki, he couldn’t wait to form an assault team.

After seeing that each submachine gun had less than a magazine of bullets, Wang Gensheng fell into worry.

You have to know that at that time, in order to prevent Wang Gensheng from firing quietly, the Japanese special forces were shooting crazily.

So although the submachine gun that Wang Gensheng got was still intact, it had few bullets left.

Fortunately, I picked up a lot of bullet shells when I was cleaning the battlefield, so I was able to reload.

(End of this chapter)