Bright Sword: From Border Region Manufacturing to Major National Heavy Industry

Chapter 132 The Nest Was Blown Up

“Minister Zhang, taking this back might bring bad luck, and we don’t need it anyway,” the man said.

Is it unlucky to take the things back?

We don't need it either?

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wanhe couldn't help but look at the newcomer with suspicion: "Is there such a thing?"

Zhang Wanhe remembered that Brigade Commander Chen had said that the train was mostly carrying grain.

In other words, they also pulled up some other things.

I just didn't ask him for details at the time, so I don't know what these other things are.

“It looks a bit like ashes,” the visitor replied.

Like cremated remains?
Upon hearing this, Zhang Wanhe's eyebrows immediately twitched: "Did you see clearly?"

Zhang Wanhe immediately cursed in his heart, "Damn Japanese devils, your train transport is so precious, why are you transporting ashes?"

Would it kill you to use that time to transport two more bags of flour?
"It should be right, but Minister Zhang, you should go and take a look yourself," the man said. "The ashes of the Japanese soldiers who died in battle have all been transported back to Japan..."

Before the visitor could finish speaking, Zhang Wanhe interrupted, "Where is it? Take me there to see."

"Minister Zhang, please come with me." The person leading the way led Zhang Wanhe.

Zhang Wanhe quickly arrived at the carriage transporting ashes. There were many ashes wrapped in small cloths and some in boxes; the entire carriage was almost full.

Zhang Wanhe casually grabbed a small cloth bag, opened it, and took a look.

"Damn it, this is ruining everything!" Zhang Wanhe cursed after confirming that the thing was ashes. "These Japanese devils have this whole carriage full of this stuff. They're ruining my chance to make a fortune."

What's the point of bringing this back? It's unlucky.

"Minister Zhang, there's a stinky ditch over there, do you think it's..." someone suggested to Zhang Wanhe.

"Do you think I would waste my precious manpower on this?!" Zhang Wanhe interrupted him sternly, his eyes wide.

We felt relieved to throw the Japanese devils' ashes into the stinking ditch, but in reality, we still lost out.

Disposing of the ashes from this entire train carriage into a stinking ditch is no small undertaking.

With that manpower and time, wouldn't it be better to dig up another section of that Japanese railway?

"Minister Zhang, are we just going to leave this stuff to the Japanese reinforcements?" The speaker sounded somewhat unable to accept it.

Why should these Japanese devils, who invaded our country, have their ashes preserved after they die?

Even if you don't throw it into the stinky ditch, you can still scatter it.

"Give the order that this is a temporary toilet. Whoever needs to defecate or urinate, do it here," Zhang Wanhe said.

"Haha, Minister Zhang is brilliant." The speaker laughed heartily, and immediately someone unzipped their pants and got to work.

Even Minister Zhang himself had a comfortable time relieving himself.

The pants had just been fastened when Zhang Dabiao's men shouted, "Where is Minister Zhang? Our Independent Regiment has an urgent matter."

"I'm here. What's the emergency?" Zhang Wanhe hurried over.

"Minister Zhang, we destroyed a Japanese tank, a gasoline-powered one, and we need you to..." The man didn't finish his sentence.

Zhang Wanhe exclaimed with delight, "No problem, no problem, I'll send someone over with oil drums to fill the oil right away."

The military train that was attacked was a coal-fired train.

Zhang Wanhe's troops could only capture coal, but had no fuel.

We can mine this coal ourselves.

The main problem is that fuel is precious.

The amount of fuel carried by the Japanese iron turtle itself must have been considerable.

"Also, there are two 105mm cannons over there, fixed to the iron turtle. Our brigade commander said, could you spare some technicians to help dismantle the cannons, without affecting the dismantling of the locomotive?" the person added.

"Are there two more 105mm cannons?" Zhang Wanhe paused for a moment. Although we already have the Hell Cannon, these 105mm standard cannons are also good things.

"Okay, you take the people who are loading the oil over there first, and I'll go ask the technicians if we can spare some," Zhang Wanhe said to the person who came.

"Okay, Minister Zhang."

The person who came first led his men over, and Zhang Wanhe arrived at Lao Qi's side as quickly as possible.

Old Qi's side is very efficient; they've already disassembled almost a third of the front of the car.

Seeing Zhang Wanhe approach, Lao Qi smiled and said, "Minister Zhang, if nothing unexpected happens, I can finish dismantling the locomotive an hour ahead of schedule."

"Not bad, really not bad." Zhang Wanhe was naturally pleased to hear that.

I hope to finish this quickly so I can take the items back and keep them safe.

"Do you have any spare skilled workers here?" Zhang Wanhe asked.

"Minister Zhang, what's wrong? Is there somewhere else where we need skilled workers?" Old Qi asked suspiciously.

Zhang Wanhe explained, "The combat troops intercepted a Japanese tank, a 'steel turtle' with two 105mm cannons fixed on it, which needed to be removed..."

Before Zhang Wanhe could finish speaking, Lao Qi interrupted him with delight: "Are there really iron turtles from the Japanese? Director Li of the arsenal is truly a prophet!"

"What do you mean by being incredibly insightful?" Zhang Wanhe didn't quite understand what the other person meant.

Could it be that Li Muzhi, while at the arsenal, could have foreseen that the 386th Brigade would intercept the Japanese iron turtle?
"Director Li said that the combat troops are intercepting the Japanese military trains, and their fastest reinforcement should be the Iron Turtle, so he asked me to make some preparations in this regard as well," Lao Qi explained.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Wanhe exclaimed with delight, "That means, besides the cannons, this Iron Turtle can also be dismantled and taken back?"

Zhang Wanhe was well aware that dismantling the locomotive was the most crucial task, and the main mission could not be affected.

If Lao Qi says he can't spare any workers, then Zhang Wanhe certainly won't easily transfer people away from here.

Now that Li Muzhi has heard Lao Qi say this, it seems he made preparations in advance.
Although the iron turtle burns oil, it can still be converted into a power source.

Just now, Zhang Wanhe was considering whether one locomotive would be enough as a power source.

Now, adding a steel turtle-shaped locomotive should be enough, right?

This Li Muzhi is truly as shrewd as Zhuge Liang.

"Yes," Old Qi replied with absolute certainty.

“Great, get the person right away…” Zhang Wanhe didn’t finish his sentence.

Then someone ran over and shouted, "Where is Minister Zhang?"

“I’m here, what’s wrong?” Zhang Wanhe asked.

"Our new regiment intercepted a cannon. Our regimental commander has come to ask you: can you spare some workers to dismantle the cannon?" the man asked.

Another motorcycle has been intercepted!
Upon hearing this, Zhang Wanhe immediately turned to look at Lao Qi: "Do you have enough manpower?"

"Just enough." Old Qi nodded.

While at the arsenal, Li Muzhi had Lao Qi prepare two groups of men specifically to deal with the Japanese devils.

"Great! Hahaha!" Zhang Wanhe danced with joy, then immediately asked the visitor, "Don't you need oil drums to store oil over there?"

"No need," the man replied. "When we went to set up defenses, we took advantage of the situation to capture a small outpost. There were quite a few oil containers inside. Our people are working hard to collect the oil. Minister Zhang, could you send some men over to get the oil?"

"Hahaha, good, good, good!" Zhang Wanhe laughed heartily and immediately ordered Lao Qi's two groups to set off, and also added more transport personnel.

We need to bring back the oil, and we also need to bring back the dismantled iron turtle.

Fortunately, our transport team has plenty of people and vehicles, so we can bring back all the supplies, hahaha.

They've struck it rich! The logistics department is going to make a fortune this time, hahaha.

……

Leaving Ding Wei aside, Li Yunlong, seeing that Zhang Wanhe had sent over technical workers, couldn't help but exclaim with delight, "Hahaha, we can finally put these two 105mm cannons to good use!"

With their tools, the skilled workers quickly disassembled the two 105mm howitzers.

The skilled workers showed no signs of stopping; they were actually dismantling the iron turtle.

Li Yunlong couldn't help but say, "Do you guys have so many men? You can even take the Iron Turtle back with you?"

The skilled workers explained, "Back at the arsenal, Director Li specially prepared two groups of people to dismantle the Japanese's iron turtles."

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong couldn't help but admire him: "Brother Li, that was a brilliant move! How can he be so clever?"

The brigade commander laughed from the side, "How dare you talk like that? If they weren't smart, how could they make explosives and build cannons!"

"Haha, that's right, that's right." Li Yunlong laughed heartily. "I don't admire many people in my life, but Brother Li is one of the people I admire the most."

……

While the 386th Brigade and logistics transport were working in full swing.

The Japanese troops were in an uproar.

"Baka! What did you say? Our railway line has been attacked!"

"Baka! What did you say? Our military train has been intercepted!"

"Baka! Are the enemy the Eighth Route Army? Where did they get the guts!"

"These damned farmers, get reinforcements! Get reinforcements! Don't let a single Eighth Route Army soldier escape!"

"Save Zhangjia Village at all costs!"

……

Centered on Zhangjia Village, the Japanese troops in various places were alarmed and sent troops to reinforce the area.

Japanese Military Police in Heyuan

"Captain, Captain, Captain, something terrible has happened!" His trusted aide rushed over, his face filled with alarm.

Fujita Ichiji was taken aback when he saw this.

Judging from this situation, could it be that the Eighth Route Army has once again used a diversionary tactic?

What important target has the Eighth Route Army chosen this time?
Fujita Ichiji asked, "What happened?"

"Captain, the Eighth Route Army is attacking the Zhengtai Railway..." The confidant didn't finish his sentence.

Fujita Ichiji was so shocked he almost fell off the table: "Baka! You're not kidding, are you? The Eighth Route Army is attacking the young boy line?"

The Zhengtai Railway can be described as the transportation artery of the North China security zone.

The resources that our Imperial Army plundered from this land in North China were mainly transported away via the Zhengtai Railway.

Now, the Eighth Route Army is attacking the Zhengtai Railway. This time, their strategy of luring the tiger away from its mountain is truly formidable.

"Yes, Captain, the Eighth Route Army has forced a military train to stop. It was carrying grain intended for the encirclement and annihilation of the Eighth Route Army's base area." The confidant's tone was grave. "Captain, the Eighth Route Army has seized this batch of grain. If we want to encircle and annihilate them, the plan will have to be postponed."

"Damn it, those damned Eighth Route Army soldiers, those damned Eighth Route Army soldiers!" Fujita Ichiji was so angry that he was about to climb onto the roof when he heard that the grain transport trains had been forced to stop.

Remembering something, Fujita Ichiji asked, "I remember that the ashes of the soldiers who died in the First Army were also transported to Japan via this military train, right?"

The inability to bring back the ashes of fallen soldiers has a significant impact on the morale of the troops.

“Yes.” The confidant nodded. “I have several fellow villagers who died in battle, and their ashes are on this military train.”

"Send a telegram to the Black Island Regiment Commander immediately." Fujita Ichiji didn't even hesitate and immediately said to his confidant, "Tell them to stop fishing for the time being. The Eighth Route Army has all gone to the Zhengtai Line, so there's no way to catch fish here. Tell them to quickly reinforce the Zhengtai Line."

"Captain, what should we do with this bait?" the confidant asked.

Last time, the encirclement and suppression troops took the bait with them, but they lost it.

Now, do we still need to bring the bait?
If we don't bring it along, and Captain Kuroshima and his men leave, won't the Eighth Route Army take advantage of the situation to use this bait?

"Damn it! The situation on the Zhengtai Line is so urgent, why bring bait!" Fujita Ichiji cursed. "Send them to reinforce immediately, and hide the bait on the spot."

"The bait has already been spotted by the Eighth Route Army's spies. Hiding it might not be safe," the confidant said.

We're going fishing, so we deliberately exposed the bait.

The Eighth Route Army spies must have been watching.

Once Kuroshima Morita and his men leave, the Eighth Route Army's spies will surely report back.

The Eighth Route Army is very likely to come and take the bait quickly.

Even if you hide on the spot, the Eighth Route Army is an expert at hiding things.

Digging out the hidden bait shouldn't be too difficult for them.

"What can we do if we don't hide? Are we supposed to let him into my county town?" Fujita Ichiji roared.

The Eighth Route Army is so rampant now that they even dare to attack the young soldiers.

Fujita Ichiji could foresee that if this bait were used in the county town, the county town would inevitably be attacked.

Can we allow the county town to be attacked again? It concerns my life and my reputation.

Hide the items on the spot; I refuse to believe the Eighth Route Army can actually find them.

"Hai, Captain." The confidant nodded and left immediately.

"This is Fujita Ichiji. Transmit my orders." Fujita Ichiji didn't hesitate. He immediately picked up the telephone receiver on the table and said, "Send as many troops as you can to all the strongholds under the command of Heyuan County. Reinforce Zhangjia Village on the Zhengtai Line immediately."

Someone on the phone still questioned: "Captain, if troops are withdrawn from the outpost to reinforce the Zhengtai line, won't the outpost be left undefended? What if the enemy takes advantage of this situation?"

"Baka! Is the Shota Line more important, our military trains, or our strongholds?" Fujita Ichiji shouted angrily.

The Zhengtai Railway is a vital transportation artery, and its failure is not to be tolerated!

Military trains are transportation vehicles, and they cannot afford to fail!
We must spare no effort to save them.

As for the outposts below.

If a base is lost, it can be rebuilt later.

The railway was destroyed, the military trains were destroyed—the losses were devastating.

"Yes, Captain."

After giving the order, Fujita Ichiji put the phone back on the shelf, still muttering to himself, "Did I do something wrong with this fishing operation?"

I'll lay down bait and then deploy heavy troops. The Eighth Route Army, in order to lure us away from our stronghold, will definitely choose to attack our key military locations to draw my troops away.

This time, they chose the Zhengtai Line, a military stronghold within a military stronghold!
This is really going to be the death of me.

If I hadn't gone fishing, and the Eighth Route Army hadn't used the diversionary tactic, perhaps we wouldn't be in this mess now.

Sigh, if I had known, I wouldn't have come to Heyuan County to be this lousy military police captain.

……

"Damn it! Those damned Eighth Route Army soldiers dared to attack our Zhengtai Railway!"

After receiving the telegram from Fujita Ichiji, Kuroshima Morita was so angry that his nose almost twisted.

Knowing full well that we were going to deal with their Eighth Route Army, instead of hiding, they openly attacked the Zhengtai Railway. They simply didn't take our cavalry regiment seriously.

"Commander, it's nighttime now, and warhorses are not suited for nighttime travel..." someone advised Kuroshima Morita.

"Baka! Bring enough flares and flashlights!" Kuroshima Morita roared. "Even if they're not suitable, you have to get them there as reinforcements! That's our lifeline; we can't afford to lose it!"

"Hayi!"

Kuroshima Morita's cavalry regiment was urgently dispatched.

……

120th Division New Third Regiment
"Damn it, why hasn't that bastard Li Yunlong made a move yet? I'm so bored..."

Gao Liujin sat on the armchair, so bored he was about to doze off.

"Commander, they're here! Good news!" An intelligence officer rushed up to Gao Liujin. "Commander Li has made his move. They're attacking the Zhangjiacun section of the Zhengtai Railway."

"is it?"

Upon hearing this, Gao Liujin immediately jumped off his armchair, his expression excited. "Has Li Yunlong really started working?"

Although I knew all along that Li Yunlong was going to attack the Japanese railway line and plunder the Japanese.

But upon hearing this news, Gao Liujin still had a rather...unpleasant expression.

If Li Yunlong can steal a Japanese military train, why can't I?

We can't find any Japanese mines or equipment now; we can't compare to Li Yunlong in either of those areas.

But this bastard stole the Japanese military train; we can't let him outdo us.

"Yes, Commander, the Japanese are reinforcing that area from all directions." The intelligence officer nodded solemnly.

"Hahaha, heaven is on my side!" Gao Liujin laughed and immediately said, "Pass on my order, the troops will set off immediately according to plan. We'll intercept the Japanese military train and see if God will grant us a chance to make a living."

"Yes, Captain."

……

358th Regiment of Jin-Sui Army

"Commander, Commander, Commander!"

Chief of Staff Fang Ligong rushed to Chu Yunfei, his voice filled with shock: "We just received intelligence that Zhangjia Village on the Zhengtai Railway has been attacked by the Eighth Route Army."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yunfei was immediately surprised: "What? The Eighth Route Army is attacking the Zhengtai Railway?"

Previously, Li Yunlong had personally stated that he couldn't attend to Fujita Ichiji right now because he had other major operations to attend to.

For this reason, Li Yunlong also ran away to many friendly forces.

Now that the Zhengtai Railway has been attacked, it must be related to Li Yunlong.

These Eighth Route Army soldiers are really bold.

The Zhengtai Railway was the Japanese army's Achilles' heel.

If you launch an attack, the Japanese soldiers will definitely fight you to the death.

So Chu Yunfei asked Fang Ligong, "Did all the Japanese soldiers go to reinforce the area?"

“Indeed.” Fang Ligong nodded solemnly. “Even the Third Regiment, which was almost crippled, sent troops to reinforce them.”

Immediately afterward, Fang Ligong excitedly said, "Commander, the Eighth Route Army's attack has drawn away the Japanese reinforcements, which gives us a chance to strike from behind."

"Hmm, not bad." Chu Yunfei rubbed his hands together excitedly and said, "Now that the Japanese have withdrawn their troops, go and relay my order immediately: the troops must wipe out the Third Regiment's territory as quickly as possible!"

Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment had been humiliated by this Third Regiment.

Now that Sakata Nobutetsu is gone, and Mita Taro is gone too, the Third Regiment has been sent to reinforce the Shotai Railway.

It's fair to say that the current Third Division is a pushover.

Although Chu Yunfei's actions were somewhat like an old lady eating a persimmon, as long as the morale of the army could be rebuilt, then this easy target had to be taken advantage of!
"Yes, Commander." Fang Ligong nodded and immediately sent someone to relay the order.

The 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army immediately launched an attack on the rear of the Third Regiment's territory.

In addition, there were also friendly forces such as the 321st Regiment and the 217th Regiment, which Li Yunlong had once fought against.

Seeing that the Japanese army was sending troops to reinforce Zhangjia Village, everyone took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, either directly ambushing the Japanese reinforcements or attacking the areas where the Japanese defenses were weakened.

Everyone is incredibly busy!
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(End of this chapter)