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

Chapter 205 The Wind and Clouds Sweep Away
"Hurry up, hurry up!"

"Retreat quickly, retreat quickly."

……

After obtaining some tungsten ore, Li Yunlong and his men quickly withdrew.

However, the Japanese troops guarding the warehouse did not pursue them. Li Yunlong and his men, carrying tungsten ore, retreated several miles away.

"Damn it, what's going on? Why aren't the Japanese pursuing us?" Li Yunlong and the others looked at each other, completely baffled.

We stole tungsten ore from your Japanese devils, why didn't you chase after us?
You've even sent out planes for this tungsten ore, aren't you worried at all?

"Ding Wei, what a terrible idea you came up with!" Gao Liujin couldn't help but complain to Ding Wei. "If we had known, we would have attacked with all five regiments at once. The Japanese aren't taking the bait, isn't this just delaying things!"

We only have one night. When it gets light, the Japanese planes will come, and the job will be ruined.

Blind Cheng glared at Gao Liujin: "What are you complaining about, Gao Liujin? The Japanese aren't pursuing us, there must be something going on. If we start arguing now, we'll just be wasting our time. We need to find out what's going on."

"What are you looking for? I think we should just have all five regiments join forces and attack right now," Gao Liujin shouted.

Ding Wei didn't argue with Gao Liujin. Instead, he grabbed a handful of tungsten ore and placed it in front of Gao Liujin: "Gao Liujin, is this the same tungsten ore you stole before?"

“Nonsense, it’s definitely the same.” Gao Liujin nodded, looking at Ding Wei suspiciously: “Ding Wei, do you suspect that this tungsten sand is fake? It can’t be fake, we stole it from the Japanese warehouse.”

Immediately afterwards, Gao Liujin also called over the reconnaissance platoon leader and said, "Tell Ding Wei what you saw."

Gao Liujin, the reconnaissance platoon leader, immediately said to Ding Wei, "Commander Ding, we and my scouts saw it clearly. This thing was definitely unloaded from the Japanese military train and moved to the warehouse by the Japanese."

"That's strange," Ding Wei said, scratching his head. "If there's nothing wrong with the tungsten ore, then why didn't the Japanese come out and take it back after we stole it? Could it be that the Japanese were worried we had an ambush outside?"

Gao Xigang continued Ding Wei's words: "This is tungsten ore. Even if there are ambushes outside, the Japanese will still have to come out."

Blind Cheng echoed Gao Xigang: "Yes, that's right. Even if there's an ambush outside, or even if it's a mountain of knives and a sea of ​​fire, those Japanese devils will still come out. If they don't come out, that's not right."

"What could be wrong?" Ding Wei wondered.

"If you ask me, who cares what's wrong? Let's all five regiments unite and keep attacking!" Gao Liujin shouted. "Let's grab all the tungsten ore first, and take the rest back first."

"How about this?" Ding Wei quickly finalized his plan and said, "Since the tungsten sand isn't fake and the Japanese aren't coming out, let's regroup and infiltrate. Then we can see if we can capture a few prisoners and find out the reason. I won't feel at ease until I figure out the reason."

“I think it’s a good idea, let’s do it this way.” Li Yunlong nodded and said, “This time, let’s not play dumb. Let’s concentrate all the Hell Cannons and Type 92 Infantry Guns and bombard them fiercely. Let’s use artillery fire to wash the ground, rush in and occupy the warehouse as quickly as possible, and quickly capture a few prisoners.”

The regimental commanders quickly reached a consensus: the tungsten ore they had seized would be placed here, and someone would be sent to notify Zhang Wanhe to come and collect it.

The group immediately regrouped and charged at the Japanese war depot once again.

On the Japanese side, the garrison officers were still laughing as they watched the Eighth Route Army retreat: "These Eighth Route Army soldiers took the marked tungsten ore back with them. They will definitely take it to their arsenal. When it's midnight, our personnel will use military dogs to track it by scent. We will surely have a major discovery, haha."

"Yes, as long as we can find the Eighth Route Army's arsenal and uproot the Eighth Route Army, we can also recover all the lost tungsten ore..." Captain Okamoto hadn't finished speaking.

boom!
boom!
boom!
boom!
Four cannonballs from the Hellfire Cannon landed on the defenses of the war reserve warehouse.

The Japanese soldiers who were repairing their defenses were blown into the air.

The defenses, which were just being repaired, were violently destroyed by artillery shells.

Then came the supplementary artillery fire from the Type 92 infantry guns, which widened the breach even further.

After another round of bombardment by the Hell Cannon, the front of the war reserve warehouse was now gaping open like the mouth of a canyon, with not a single decent firing point left.

Tick-tock!
Tick-tock!
Tick-tock!
As soon as the bugle sounded, the five-man squad surged forward like a tidal wave.

Rocket launchers, grenade launchers, and mortar shells rained down, spreading straight through the area.

The intense artillery fire, like a giant broom, swept away the Japanese forces swiftly.

They didn't even have the opportunity to use the army's light and heavy machine guns.

Without breaking a sweat, the five regiments once again stormed the warehouse where the tungsten ore was stored.

"Using this warehouse as the center, quickly spread out in all directions and quickly clear out the remaining enemy. Remember, if you encounter any wounded soldiers, spare their lives for now." Li Yunlong and several regimental commanders gave orders to their respective troops.

Five regiments immediately opened fire in the middle, with artillery fire spreading in five directions.

The Okamoto team was routed, suffering heavy losses and quickly retreating.

"Baka! The Eighth Route Army was just faking it all along. They've added two more regiments to their forces. Sure enough, they've set up a trap outside. Now all five regiments are pressing in. The truth is out! Hold them off! Hold them off!" Commander Okamoto frantically waved his sword, his voice like the screams of a slaughtered pig.

But it was no use at all; the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire completely drowned out his voice.

"Commander, we came here as reinforcements with light equipment and only light weapons. We are no match for the Eighth Route Army at all!" a Japanese officer shouted to Commander Okamoto. "Moreover, the Eighth Route Army has too many artillery pieces, two or three hundred. How can we hold them off? Let's retreat."

"Baka! If we retreat, the tungsten ore will be completely taken by the Eighth Route Army." Captain Okamoto's eyes reddened. "At that time, we will all have to commit seppuku."

"Commander, the soldiers can't withstand the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire at all. If we continue to fight, it's just a futile effort, and we'll be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army," the Japanese officer shouted. "Our regiment can't be completely wiped out here. We have to leave some survivors, otherwise, our unit number will have to be canceled." "You take some men and retreat," Commander Okamoto said to the Japanese officer.

What the other party said was not without reason.

Even now, no regiment has been disbanded due to being completely annihilated.

If the Okamoto Regiment is completely annihilated and its designation is revoked, it will be a disgrace to the brigade commander.

With the number canceled, there's no way to take revenge anymore.

"No, regimental commander, you take your men and retreat, I'll hold them off!" the Japanese officer said.

"Execute my orders and get out of here!" Captain Okamoto roared. "If you delay any longer, you won't be able to leave even if you want to."

"Yes, regimental commander." The Japanese officer, with tears in his eyes, led several hundred Japanese soldiers and quickly withdrew.

Originally, the warehouse garrison couldn't withstand the Eighth Route Army's attack, and several hundred Japanese soldiers withdrew.

Li Yunlong's side was even more unstoppable.

Before dawn, they had completely taken over the entire warehouse.

Captain Okamoto was blown up by a mortar and died to meet Amaterasu.

"Quickly, quickly, take a good look at what good stuff is in the warehouse!" Gao Liujin shouted.

"Commander, shouldn't we move the tungsten ore first?" someone said.

“No need, the logistics team will be here soon. They’ll carry it. Let’s see what good stuff they have first.” Gao Liujin said, rubbing his hands together eagerly. “Ideally, we can get some ammunition here so we can do another job.”

"Commander, we've got the tungsten ore, why are we doing anything else?"

"Nonsense, we have five regiments. If we don't seize this opportunity to pull off another big score, we might not have such a good chance again."

……

Ding Wei and Gao Xigang's troops also quickly went to the warehouse to search for supplies.

"Commander, we've captured over seventy wounded Japanese soldiers," Sun Desheng said, leaning close to Li Yunlong. "But none of us understand the Japanese language, how are we going to question them?"

"Don't these Japanese military depots have translators?" Li Yunlong asked.

“No, the translators were all blown up by our hell cannons, not a single one was left,” Sun Desheng replied.

"Old Ding, what do you think we should do about this?" Li Yunlong asked Ding Wei.

"Take the person with you first..." Ding Wei didn't finish his sentence.

Zhang Wanhe arrived with his transport team in high spirits.

"Hurry up, hurry up! Move everything out of this warehouse back to your place. Don't worry about tungsten ore first. Take whatever you can find. We have plenty of manpower." Zhang Wanhe gave the order to the transport team, and they immediately got to work.

Then Zhang Wanhe chuckled and sidled up to Li Yunlong: "Hahaha, Commander Li, you guys fought this battle really fast! You took the warehouse before dawn. All five truckloads of tungsten ore are ours now, hahaha!"

"Old Zhang, do you have a translator here?" Li Yunlong didn't have time to waste with Zhang Wanhe right now.

If we don't hurry up and figure out why the Japanese didn't pursue us earlier, we still won't feel confident.

"What would you like to translate?" Zhang Wanhe asked.

"Why are you asking so many questions? Just tell me if you have it or not!" Li Yunlong emphasized, giving the impression that he didn't have time to waste on Lao Zhang's nonsense.

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhang Wanhe saw Li Yunlong's serious expression and realized the gravity of the situation.

Soon, Zhang Wanhe brought over a young man wearing glasses and said, "This is the Japanese language class at Peking University..."

Before Zhang Wanhe could finish speaking, Li Yunlong interrupted him, saying to the young man, "I am Li Yunlong. We need to interrogate the Japanese soldiers immediately. Can you translate for me?"

“Okay.” The young man nodded solemnly.

Soon, Li Yunlong brought the young man to the group of wounded Japanese soldiers. Li Yunlong said to the young man, "You start questioning these wounded Japanese soldiers now. Find out why they didn't pursue us after we seized the tungsten ore."

“Okay, Commander Li.” The young man nodded.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yunlong pulled Wei Dayong to his side and said, "The translation is very important. Don't let the wounded Japanese soldiers find a chance to get close to him. Do you understand what I mean?"

"Yes, Commander." Wei Dayong nodded.

"Also, if these wounded Japanese soldiers are disobedient or uncooperative, you know what to do," Li Yunlong added again.

"Yes, Captain."

(End of this chapter)