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

Chapter 270 Willing to Cooperate with the Devil

"Brigade Commander, the Commander-in-Chief has sent an urgent telegram."

"Brigade Commander, an urgent telegram has been sent from Division Commander Kumamoto!"

Two urgent telegrams were handed to Major General Kawashima.

Major General Kawashima quickly took it and, after reading its contents, looked extremely shocked.

The Kumamoto army's supplies and logistics were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, and the army now only has one day's worth of rations.

My God, how did the situation take such a sudden turn for the worse?

Major General Kawashima did not hesitate and immediately said to Regiment Commander Yoshino, "You take half of the troops to continue pursuing the Eighth Route Army and the Jin-Sui Army, and I will take the other half to escort supplies to Division Commander Kumamoto's side."

Originally, Major General Kawashima planned not to pursue the Eighth Route Army and the Jin-Sui Army, but to pretend to approach the Kumamoto Division and see if the Eighth Route Army and the Jin-Sui Army would pursue them, and then set up an ambush halfway.

Major General Kawashima was fully prepared to retreat.

But now that the Kumamoto Division Commander's supplies have run out, Major General Kawashima has no choice but to hurry over there.

With half of their forces gone, the Yoshino Regiment no longer had enough troops to set up an ambush.

Therefore, Major General Kawashima had no choice but to order Regiment Commander Yoshino to continue the pursuit.

"Yes, General." Captain Yoshino nodded.

Major General Kawashima, along with the other half of his troops and a large amount of supplies that had been allocated, moved toward the direction of Division Commander Kumamoto.

……

"Commander, half of the Japanese soldiers who were pursuing us have been detached and are heading towards our rear with a large amount of supplies." As soon as Major General Kawashima led the Japanese troops away, they were quickly discovered by Li Yunlong's spies.

Although Old Li was being pursued, he still managed to spread many spies across the battlefield.

Every move the Japanese soldiers made was under Li Yunlong's control.

After all, these are twenty or thirty thousand Japanese soldiers, and intelligence cannot be taken lightly.

"Judging from this, there must be a problem with the supplies for the Kumamoto army." Li Yunlong immediately analyzed the problem.

Gao Liujin laughed and said, "Li Yunlong, the Japanese are halfway gone, so shouldn't we stop pretending and turn around to give them a good beating?"

To be honest, although mobile warfare can wear down the enemy, it may eventually lead to their defeat.

but!

This efficiency is still too slow.

Gao was still keen on directly and efficiently crippling or even annihilating the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield.

"Okay, send someone to take a shortcut and catch up with Lao Ding right away, and tell him to stop pretending." Li Yunlong quickly said to Gao Liujin, "Have him bring Yan Kai and join us, then I'll go and communicate with Chu Yunfei."

Half of the Japanese troops left, although there were still more than 10,000 soldiers left.

However, the Jin-Sui Army has a considerable force. As long as we unite with Gao Liujin and Lao Ding, we can set up an ambush in advance.

The artillery fire of four regiments was enough to tear open the vanguard position of more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers.

When the time comes, the Jin-Sui Army will seize the opportunity to launch a surprise attack and will surely inflict heavy losses on the enemy.

However, the prerequisite for allowing the Jin-Sui Army to launch a surprise attack is that they must be allowed to intercept Yan Kai.

Yan Kai is now at ease. The opportunity to severely damage the enemy has arrived, and the Jin-Sui Army will not easily let it slip away.

Once we severely damage these 10,000-plus Japanese soldiers, our opportunity to go to the rear area of ​​Taiyuan will come.

"Okay." Gao Liujin nodded and immediately put it into action.

When Gao Liujin brought Ding Wei over, Li Yunlong didn't have time to ask any questions about Ding Wei capturing another Japanese military expert. He immediately rushed to Chu Yunfei's location.

Li Yunlong planted spies on the battlefield, and the Jin-Sui Army also planted spies on its side.

As soon as Major General Kawashima left with half of the Japanese troops, Fang Ligong quickly reported the news to Chu Yunfei: "Regimental Commander, something's strange. Half of the Japanese troops retreated with a large amount of supplies."

"Which direction did they go?" Chu Yunfei asked.

"The Eighth Route Army's rear area," Fang Ligong replied.

"It seems that the Eighth Route Army successfully attacked the logistics of the Kumamoto Division." Chu Yunfei quickly guessed the answer.

Fang Ligong was somewhat stunned: "The logistics and supplies of the Kumamoto Division's army are probably not so easy to raid, are they? Can the Eighth Route Army do it?"

"The Eighth Route Army is a force capable of constantly creating miracles," Chu Yunfei said solemnly. "Haven't you noticed? This time, the Japanese sweep is larger in scale than ever before. And the Eighth Route Army, contrary to its usual practice, didn't choose to break out but instead engaged the Japanese army in a protracted struggle. Haven't you considered the reason for this?" Fang Ligong pondered, "Could it be that the Eighth Route Army planned ahead and had a way to attack the Kumamoto Division's logistics and supplies?"

Fang Ligong was still a little puzzled. Why did the Eighth Route Army choose to fight the Japanese army instead of breaking through and relocating when faced with the mopping-up operation?

Now it seems that, besides wanting to buy time for the border region's arsenal to produce supplies, they also have a trump card: to attack the Kumamoto Division's army with supplies.

The Kumamoto Division's supplies were attacked. If the Eighth Route Army takes the opportunity to counterattack, they might be able to severely damage the Kumamoto army before their supplies are replenished.

Once the Kumamoto army is severely damaged, the Eighth Route Army will have broken through this counter-offensive.

“I think so, otherwise the Eighth Route Army…” Chu Yunfei hadn’t finished speaking when someone ran up to report: “Reporting to the regimental commander, chief of staff, the Eighth Route Army’s regimental commander Li has arrived.”

"Let him in." Chu Yunfei nodded immediately upon hearing this.

Fang Ligong immediately reminded Chu Yunfei: "Regimental Commander, only half of the Japanese have left, and Li Yunlong has arrived. I'm afraid he wants us to follow him to attack the remaining half of the Japanese, right? Even if half of the Japanese are left, it will take a certain price to deal with them. Our main task is to find Deputy Factory Director Yan."

"Don't worry, I know how to deal with him." Chu Yunfei nodded.

Soon, Li Yunlong came in, saying as he walked, "Brother Chu, did you know that the Japanese have transferred half of their men?"

"Brother Yunlong's intelligence came quite quickly." Chu Yunfei nodded and looked at Li Yunlong: "Brother Yunlong, you should also understand that my unit will not easily engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese without finding Deputy Factory Director Yan."

Li Yunlong did not deny it, and followed Chu Yunfei's words, saying, "Brother Chu, you are right. Instead of finding Mr. Yan Kai, we are fighting with the Japanese, which is definitely not in line with your original intention."

Immediately afterward, Li Yunlong changed the subject, saying, "Brother Chu, why don't you try a different approach? If we could set up an ambush beforehand and wipe out these ten thousand Japanese soldiers, wouldn't Mr. Yan Kai's safety be guaranteed..."

Before Li Yunlong could finish speaking, Fang Ligong, who was standing to the side, stopped pretending and directly and bluntly scolded, "Li Yunlong, stop pretending with us. It's obvious that your two old comrades-in-arms are deliberately leading Deputy Factory Director Yan in circles to fool us!"

Chu Yunfei's tone was also serious: "My unit will never engage the Japanese in a decisive battle until we find Deputy Factory Director Yan. Commander Li, if you have nothing else to say, please return..."

Before Chu Yunfei could finish speaking, Captain Sun Ming quickly walked over and said to Chu Yunfei, "Commander, we've found Deputy Factory Director Yan."

Such a coincidence?
Upon hearing this, both Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong felt that it was too much of a coincidence.

With half of the Japanese troops gone, the opportunity to deal with those little devils has arrived. No sooner had Li Yunlong arrived than Deputy Factory Director Yan found him.

The two men would never believe that Li Yunlong wasn't behind this.

Li's skin was so thick that even a machine gun couldn't penetrate it, and he immediately became overjoyed: "Really? Did you find him? Did he get a scratch?"

Then, Li's tone became even more agitated: "Oh dear, please don't tell me that Mr. Yan Kai has done anything wrong. If that happens, my brigade commander will definitely kill me when we get back."

No one paid any attention to Li's shamelessness. Captain Sun Ming said to Chu Yunfei, "Regimental Commander, Deputy Factory Director Yan is a very good person. He's perfectly fine. We've already sent someone to see the higher-ups."

Upon hearing this, Li laughed heartily: "Haha, that's great! Fortunately, Mr. Yan Kai is alright. Now that he's alright, I can finally relax. Thank goodness!"

Immediately afterward, Li approached Chu Yunfei again: "Brother Chu, didn't you say you wouldn't fight the Japanese until you found Mr. Yan Kai? Does that mean that now that you've found Mr. Yan Kai, you can consider my request? Brother Chu, my two old comrades-in-arms are quite powerful. If we join forces, we can easily crush the Japanese in a head-on battle. As long as your Jin-Sui Army cooperates with us to create an ambush, severely damaging these Japanese will be no problem at all. Brother Chu, you should go and communicate with your superiors."

"Li Yunlong, do you want us to teach us how to fight a war..." Fang Ligong glared.

Chu Yunfei interrupted Fang Ligong and said to Li Yunlong, "Commander Li, I need to go find my superiors. You should go back and wait for news."

Although Li Yunlong's use of Yan Kai is extremely infuriating.

But this is indeed a chance to severely damage the Japanese.

This group of Japanese soldiers has been severely damaged. Perhaps our Jin-Sui Army will also have a chance to raid the rear of Taiyuan.

"Alright, Brother Chu, you go ahead with your work, I'm heading back now." With that, Li made a hasty retreat.

Fang Ligong couldn't help but ask Chu Yunfei, "Commander, are you really going to try to persuade the higher-ups?"

"Brother Ligong, although Li Yunlong of the Eighth Route Army has flaws in his character, ask yourselves honestly," Chu Yunfei looked at Fang Ligong seriously, "have we ever suffered losses while cooperating with him?"

He cooperated with Li Yunlong in several battles, inflicting heavy losses on the Japanese.

Chu Yunfei has a motto: as long as it can severely damage the Japanese, he is willing to cooperate with the devil!
Once you put on this uniform, you should do what a soldier should do.

Instead of treating it as a career path like those parasites.

"No, not that." Fang Ligong shook his head.

"You should make the necessary preparations here. I'm going to find my superiors now." Chu Yunfei said decisively. "We've been oppressed by the Japanese for so many days. We should seize this opportunity to give these ignorant Japanese pigs a good beating."

"Yes, Commander." Fang Ligong nodded.

Chu Yunfei quickly went to find his superior.

(End of this chapter)