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

Chapter 38 Can you just attack a county town?
"Da Biao, you son of a bitch, how do you fight a war?!"

Watching Zhang Dabiao's troops break through the south gate and storm in, Li Yunlong cursed at Zhang Dabiao, "Didn't I tell you that this is a feint attack on Heyuan County, not a real attack? You bastard, you actually dare to charge in!"

We are not familiar with the environment inside Heyuan County. The troops are good at guerrilla warfare but not at street fighting. We can't use our weaknesses to fight the Japanese strengths!
Faced with Li Yunlong's tirade, Zhang Dabiao scratched his head and said, "Commander, you can't blame me for this. How was I supposed to know that the south gate would be breached so easily? That the county town would be so easy to take?"

"Forget it, forget it, let's just go in and go in." Li Yunlong waved his hand. "Since we're already in, let's get something out of here before we leave, understand?"

"Yes, Commander." Zhang Dabiao responded, ordering the troops not to go any further and to hurry up and retrieve the items.

Li Yunlong was fighting at the south gate, and Ding Wei was fighting at the north gate.

As Li Yunlong's troops stormed into the south gate, Ding Wei was still somewhat stunned: "That kid Li Yunlong, is he really planning to take the county town? Wasn't it supposed to be a feint attack?"

"Commander, what should we do? Should we step up our efforts and break through the north gate?" the deputy commander asked from the side.

"Nonsense! If Li Yunlong can go in, why can't I, Ding Wei?" Ding Wei glared and immediately ordered, "Tell the troops to stop pretending and rush in to retrieve what they need. Remember, don't fight the Japanese head-on. Retrieve the goods and then retreat, understand?"

"Yes."

And so, Ding Wei's troops, without holding back, smoothly entered the north gate.

Seeing that even the north gate had been breached, Hirata Ichiro's expression finally changed: "Baka! How can you attack a city like this? Both sides have broken in. Shouldn't one side be a feint attack to hold them back?"

"Captain, let's hurry and get out of the city through the east gate before the Eighth Route Army attacks," a Japanese soldier said to Hirata Ichiro.

"What's the panic!" Hirata Ichiro said, forcing himself to remain calm. "The Fourth and Ninth Brigades have already sent word that their mechanized units have set off and will arrive in three hours. I don't believe that those Eighth Route Army guerrillas can take the county town in three hours."

“Even if the Eighth Route Army can’t take the county town in three hours, your safety is of utmost importance and cannot be compromised.”

“Our Imperial Army has always only killed in battle, not scared to death!” Hirata Ichiro knew he couldn’t leave; if he did, morale would waver and the county would fall.

Even if the county town is lost and then taken back, it is still lost once, and this is a matter of the Imperial Army's face!
Soon, the fighting at the North Gate and South Gate subsided. Someone quickly reported to Hirata Ichiro, "Captain, the Eighth Route Army troops at the North Gate and South Gate don't seem to be good at street fighting. They are withdrawing quickly."

"See? I told you the Eighth Route Army couldn't possibly take the county town." Upon hearing this, Hirata Ichiro immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

But Hirata Ichiro's breath had barely eased when it immediately rose again.

The man continued, "Captain, it seems the Eighth Route Army isn't here to take our county town, but to make money."

"Make money? What do you mean?" Hirata Ichiro didn't quite understand what the other person meant.

The Eighth Route Army was poor, but what they lacked most was not money, but various supplies.

Besides, we've blocked the Eighth Route Army so tightly that even if they have money, they can't buy anything. Under these circumstances, money isn't very meaningful to the Eighth Route Army.

"Our trading company and money exchange were robbed by the Eighth Route Army," the man said.

"What? The Eighth Route Army robbed our foreign trading company and bank?" Hirata Ichiro almost lost his balance upon hearing this.

As the battle lines stretched out, the empire faced increasing logistical pressures and military expenditures.

In order to raise military funds and alleviate the financial pressure on the military, the military planned to sell fertilizer in China. However, the fertilizer was difficult to sell, which greatly troubled Hirata Ichiro.

But whether it was a stroke of luck or something else, fertilizer suddenly became easy to sell.

Hirata Ichiro took the opportunity to dump fertilizer, and now you're telling me that trading companies and money shops were robbed!
This is equivalent to us selling fertilizer for nothing, not getting a single penny, losing the fertilizer, and even losing the entire fortune of the money exchange and trading company.

"Yes, they didn't leave us a single penny." The man nodded.

"Baka!" Hirata Ichiro roared. "Immediately pass on my orders: nearby reinforcements must stop the Eighth Route Army at all costs. If we can hold out for three hours, the mechanized units of the Ninth and Fourth Brigades will arrive. Then we will join forces to annihilate the Eighth Route Army, destroy their heavy artillery, and get our money back!"

joke!

If we can't get the money back from these Eighth Route Army soldiers, we'll lose face big time.

"Yes." The messenger hurriedly went to relay the order.

"Damn Eighth Route Army soldiers, you've successfully angered me!" Hirata Ichiro gritted his teeth. "None of you will escape, and none of you will see the sun rise tomorrow!"

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386th Brigade Headquarters

"Brigade Commander, you let Li Yunlong out. Do you know what he's doing right now?" The deputy brigade commander walked up to the brigade commander with a serious expression.

"Haha." Seeing the deputy brigade commander's expression, the brigade commander laughed, "Looks like Li Yunlong has made quite a stir. What did he do?"

"Brigade Commander, if I tell you now, you probably won't be laughing." The deputy brigade commander was very nervous and serious. "This time, Li Yunlong has really stirred up a hornet's nest. You shouldn't have loosened his reins so much!"

"Really? Tell me about it." The brigade commander listened attentively.

"Li Yunlong and Ding Wei are currently attacking Heyuan County..." The deputy brigade commander didn't finish his sentence.

The brigade commander couldn't help but stumble, looking at the deputy brigade commander: "What did you say? Li Yunlong is attacking the county town with Ding Wei? Is it true?"

joke!

Is that county town a place you can just fight over?

I don't even attack county towns easily, how dare Li Yunlong do it?!
If the county town is attacked, it will have far-reaching consequences. The Japanese troops around the county town will rush to reinforce it, and then we'll be surrounded and annihilated!

"Brigade Commander, do I sound like I'm joking?" The deputy brigade commander looked at the brigade commander solemnly. "Furthermore, I've received intelligence that the mechanized units of the 9th and 4th Brigades have been deployed. Just think about it, can Li Yunlong outrun the wheels of these mechanized units on foot?"

The brigade commander stamped his foot: "Damn it, that bastard Li Yunlong, making such a fuss, isn't he just asking for trouble!"

"Brigade Commander, you must immediately order Li Yunlong to come back, and you must also send the 772nd Regiment and the 771st Regiment to rescue Li Yunlong..." The deputy brigade commander did not finish his sentence.

The brigade commander shook his head: "There's nothing we can do. Li Yunlong has already started a fight, and we can't stop him anymore. So, let him be."

(End of this chapter)