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

Chapter 39 Let's do another job

"Let him be?"

The deputy brigade commander was taken aback. "Brigade commander, are you really going to abandon them? Aren't you worried that Li Yunlong and Ding Wei will be wiped out by the enemy?"

"Never mind, never mind, never mind!" The brigade commander waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "The mechanized units of the Ninth and Fourth Brigades have already come out. How am I supposed to manage them? Are you suggesting I also drag the 772nd and 771st Regiments into the mess? Besides!"

The brigade commander then changed the subject: "Besides, you know Li Yunlong well. He never suffers a loss in battle, and I believe he will turn the tide."

"Brigade Commander, do you even believe what you're saying?" The deputy brigade commander certainly didn't believe it; he didn't believe that Li Yunlong's two legs could outrun the wheels of a mechanized force.

"If I believe him, then I believe Li Yunlong." The brigade commander was now in a dilemma and could only bite the bullet. "As the old saying goes, if you doubt someone, don't use them; if you use someone, don't doubt them! Since I sent Li Yunlong to cause trouble for the Japanese, how he does it is his own business. Let's just prepare to fool the traitors and get the sugar."

"The problem is..." the deputy brigade commander was about to say something.

The brigade commander interrupted, "The bigger Li Yunlong makes things, the angrier the Japanese will become, and the higher the bounty will be. With such good conditions, if we can't gather enough sugar, wouldn't that be a waste?"

"Yes, brigade commander." What could the deputy brigade commander do but walk away?

As soon as the deputy brigade commander left, the brigade commander dropped his act and said angrily, "Li Yunlong, you better come back alive, or we'll have a hard time cleaning up this mess."

……

"Old Ding, you deliberately stormed into the county town, didn't you? What did you manage to get there?" Li Yunlong led his troops to retreat, leaving with Ding Wei's group.

Li Yunlong wasn't blind; of course he saw Ding Wei's troops entering the county town to make a quick buck.

"Li Yunlong, what's wrong? You didn't deliberately rush in?" Ding Wei asked suspiciously. "If you, Li Yunlong, can enter that county town, why can't I?"

"I really didn't go in on purpose. It was that kid Da Biao... Never mind, never mind, it doesn't matter whether it was intentional or not. I just had bad luck and ended up getting a banquet." Li Yunlong said to Ding Wei.

I don't know which traitorous dog hosted a banquet at Juxianlou, and it just so happened that Old Li happened to be there.

Look, we've packed up all the food from over a dozen tables and brought it back.

"Not bad, Lao Li, this feast you snagged is perfect for a late-night snack," Ding Wei said with a smile.

"Stop laughing, what did you catch?" Li Yunlong asked.

"We were lucky; we ran into a money exchange and a foreign firm run by the Japanese. We didn't hold back and didn't leave them a single penny," Ding Wei said casually.

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong's eyes widened immediately: "Old Ding, you've got some really good luck, kid. How much money did you rob exactly?"

This money is exactly what our logistics department urgently needs.

The logistics department also set a rule: how much money is required to exchange for a Hell Cannon.

Who knows, Ding Wei might earn enough money himself and then trade the cannon back for it.

"There's no time to count them now, but we have several thousand silver dollars. As for the banknotes, there are several large boxes." Ding Wei was still very grateful. "Old Li, I still have to thank you. If you hadn't accidentally barged in, I really wouldn't have gone in."

"My God, thousands of silver dollars, several large boxes of money, we're rich now!" Li Yunlong had never seen so much money before.

"Commander, the road ahead is blocked by a large Japanese force." At that moment, the scout reported. "No problem, we expected that. Bring the hell cannon over here." Li Yunlong was very calm.

The Hell Cannon arrived quickly.

boom!
With a single shot, a large gap was blasted in the Japanese defenses. The Independent Regiment and the New 1st Regiment unleashed a barrage of light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars, easily breaking through the encirclement.

"Old Li, let's blow up this bridge too." Although Li Yunlong and Ding Wei led their troops to successfully break through the encirclement, the Japanese were still relentlessly pursuing them. After crossing a bridge, Ding Wei suggested blowing it up.

“You cunning strategist, you think the same way as me. Blow up this bridge, and the pursuers won’t be able to get across.” Li Yunlong nodded and immediately ordered his men to plant the explosives.

boom!
With a loud bang, the bridge exploded, and the pursuing Japanese soldiers were blocked on the other side of the river, swearing angrily.

Even if the Japanese mechanized troops came, he wouldn't be able to cross the river.

"Old Li, let's go back," Ding Wei said.

The county town has been attacked, and the commotion is so great that the brigade commander's mission of being sent down to the lower levels can be considered complete.

“No way! I only managed to snag a late-night snack after raiding the county town. Is that acceptable? No way! I can’t just go back like this, all cowardly!” Li Yunlong shook his head, refusing to go back. “I’m going to pull off another heist.”

"Try another one? We've already attacked our county town, made quite a commotion, the mission is complete, let's hurry back." Ding Wei's tone was serious. "We've angered the Japanese. If we're unlucky enough to run into a large group of them, they'll try to kill us!"

"Don't worry, there aren't many Japanese soldiers in the place I'm taking you," Li Yunlong said confidently.

"Where do you want to go?" Ding Wei asked.

"Just follow me."

"Alright, I want to see what you're up to this time." Ding Wei led his troops and followed Li Yunlong on their way.

……

"Captain, the Eighth Route Army has broken through the encirclement; they've escaped." A puppet army battalion commander reported to Hirata Ichiro.

Snapped!
Hirata Ichiro slapped the puppet army battalion commander across the face and scolded, "Are you all good-for-nothings? Are you all useless? So many men, and you let the Eighth Route Army escape?"

Faced with Hirata Ichiro's reprimand, the puppet army battalion commander wanted to say, "We are good-for-nothings, aren't you the same?"

The Eighth Route Army has already stormed into the city and looted all your money. How dare you call us trash?
Of course.

The person in front of you is your master; how can a dog argue with its master?

The puppet army battalion commander, covering his slapped face, explained: "Sir, we couldn't stop them. The Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery was too deadly. You didn't see it. One shell wiped out half my battalion. Tell me, how were we supposed to block it? As soon as this breach was opened, the Eighth Route Army's light and heavy machine guns and mortars came at us all at once. Before we could even react, they had already disappeared."

Snapped!
Hirata Ichiro slapped the puppet army battalion commander hard across the other side of his face again: "Are you stupid? You knew the Eighth Route Army had heavy artillery, yet you still ordered your troops to huddle together?"

"Sir, I didn't have the troops clustered together, I didn't!" the puppet army battalion commander explained. "My troops were spread out and lying in ambush. Who knew that the Eighth Route Army's heavy artillery would blast the mountain down, burying half the battalion underneath."

"Even so, the Eighth Route Army has escaped. Can't you catch up with them?" Hirata Ichiro still rebuked angrily. "The Eighth Route Army exhausted themselves attacking the county town, while you were well-rested and waiting for them to tire themselves out. How can you still not catch up with them?"

(End of this chapter)