Bright Sword: I am an undercover agent in the puppet army

The communications officer said weakly, "Your Excellency, the division commander, according to a report from Lieutenant Colonel Hikawa, Captain Ichiro Hirata held a banquet under the pretext of celebrating his birthday in order to make money and sent out invitations widely, which allowed the Eighth Route Army to take advantage of the opportunity and sneak in.

Moreover, Lieutenant Colonel Hikawa also said that he had reported the matter to Commander Yoshio Shinozuka truthfully, but because you are Lieutenant Colonel Hikawa's uncle, he reported the matter to you in particular. "

"idiot!"

Kenkichi Hirata gritted his teeth and slammed his fist on the desk in front of him. If the matter was reported to the 1st Army Headquarters, Ichiro Hirata would not have a good reputation even if he died.

Because at this critical juncture, even he, a lieutenant general and division commander, was not in the mood to celebrate his birthday. However, he, a small military police captain, actually held a grand banquet, which was simply going against the wind.

It would be fine if no trouble happened. As a lieutenant general and a division commander, he could help to deal with it.

Now that such a big mess has been made, even he, a lieutenant general and a division commander, can do nothing about it.

……

Taiyuan City.

Japanese 1st Army Headquarters.

Yoshio Shinozuka was also angry.

"Baka! This damn Ichiro Hirata is really arrogant. He even cancelled the birthday party for me, the commander of the 1st Army, and he dared to hold a banquet anyway. He deserves to die!"

After cursing in anger, Shinozuka Yoshio changed the subject and asked, "What does this Hikawa Okazaka do for a living? He actually allowed the damned Eighth Route Army to sneak into Shouyang County and shoot Lieutenant Colonel Teikoku.

What is unforgivable is that he actually let these local Eighth Route Army escape afterwards. He is also guilty of the crime and he even had the nerve to report it!"

The 1st Army Chief of Staff Kusunokichi accepted a lot of benefits from Hikawa Okazaka, so he quickly stood up and said, "Commander, this matter cannot be blamed on Hikawa.

Because before the incident, Mr. Hikawa had warned Ichiro Hirata not to hold a large banquet at this time. However, not only did Ichiro Hirata not stop, but he also invited all the landlords and celebrities in Shouyang area.

In addition, the defense mission of Shouyang County had been handed over to Ichiro Hirata at that time, so the Tubalu approached Ichiro Hirata in the name of birthday celebration and left easily afterwards. "

"Sigh!"

Shinozuka Yoshio nodded heavily: "In that case, it is true that I have wronged Mr. Hikawa! However, the damned Tubalu dared to cause trouble to my Great Japanese Locust Army again and again. This matter cannot be let go so easily!

"Pass on my order! Tell Kitano-kun and Hirata-kun to intensify the sweep of the Taihang base of the Eighth Route Army! We must wipe out all the Eighth Route Army soldiers in the bandit area in the shortest possible time!"

"Hi Yi!"

The head of the communications section, Jiro Toyotomi, who came to report, bowed respectfully, then turned and left to send a telegram.

……

At the same time, Xu Yang heard the system prompt sound again.

"Ding! System prompts, it is detected that the host assisted the Eighth Route Army, successfully killed Shouyang Military Police Captain Hirata Ichiro, and assisted Hikawa Okazaka in clearing out dissidents. A special reward is given to Xu Jin, a copy of the Barrage Tactics Training Manual."

"The slow-moving barrage tactic is the highest level of coordination between infantry and artillery. It is one of the types of artillery shooting, a type of artillery support for infantry assaults, and the highest level of treatment for infantry. Through this manual, the training efficiency of this tactic can be greatly improved."

At present, a large number of artillery pieces are produced every day and equipped to the various regiments of the Eighth Route Army.

In the next counterattack, the Xu Jin barrage tactics will inevitably be used.

So, when Xu Yang was seeing Li Yunlong and his men off, he handed the training manual to them and asked them to pass it on to the brigade commander on his behalf.

Then, the regiments of the 386th Brigade will be used as pilot projects, and then gradually extended to the entire army.

Li Yunlong's tactics are still at the primitive stage of interspersing tactics when poor and bombing when rich.

However, Ding Wei saw the subtlety of this tactic at a glance, and he is indeed a talented coach.

"Staff Officer Lone Wolf, although the Bulgarian artillery used the barrage tactics in World War I, their tactics were very crude and cannot be compared with the tactics that you have improved.

Especially when combined with the three-three tactics, when our army takes the initiative to attack in the future, it will be able to tear through the enemy's positional defenses and psychological defenses with ease!

Lone Wolf Staff Officer, you are truly a military genius!"

Xu Yang: "Basic operation, don't be stupid!"

Li Yunlong, who was standing beside him, was stunned and asked, "What did you say, Lone Wolf Staff Officer?"

Xu Yang then remembered that the term "Basic Exercise" had not been coined yet, so he quickly changed the subject and said, "It won't be long before our army will take the initiative to launch an attack. Xu Jin's barrage may not be effective in a siege, but it will definitely shine in a field battle. You must speed up your training next."

Ding Wei said: "Of course, our New 1st Regiment will never disgrace your perfect tactics, Lone Wolf Staff Officer!"

Li Yunlong: "It's the same for us. Originally, our independent regiment is best at taking the initiative to attack. If we launch a charge under the support firepower of Xu Jin's barrage, I can't imagine how spectacular the scene will be."

Kong Jie frowned slightly: "This tactic is indeed very powerful, but the consumption of artillery shells is too great. With our army's financial resources, we may not be able to support it."

Xu Yang said confidently: "Don't worry, with me here, I can definitely guarantee the ammunition supply for our Eighth Route Army!
Not only that, I will also try to get a tank production line and an aircraft production line."

Li Yunlong immediately became interested. You know, half a year ago, he could only imagine tanks and airplanes, not even the Type 92 infantry gun.

But now, their independent regiment has achieved freedom of Krupp 105mm caliber howitzer.

"Lone Wolf Advisor, is what you said true?"

Xu Yang: "That's natural."

Li Yunlong: "Now our independent regiment already has a light artillery battalion and a heavy artillery battalion. Next we will form a tank battalion and an aviation battalion."

Xu Yang: "Then you have to network with talents in this field in advance."

Li Yunlong suddenly became depressed.

Tanks may be difficult to master, but if it is just simple operations, it is relatively easy.

But the training of air force is troublesome.

……

Japanese Army 37th Division Headquarters.

After receiving the order from Yoshio Shinozuka in Taiyuan, Kenkichi Hirata began to get restless again, because during this period of time, Yoshio Shinozuka had provided him with some additional troops.

Although it is impossible to reach full staffing, the 225th Infantry Regiment and the 227th Infantry Regiment have been replenished by more than 80% and have restored a certain level of combat effectiveness.

Therefore, the old devils immediately deployed the 37th Engineer Regiment, the 37th Field Artillery Regiment and the cavalry battalion directly under the division, and once again launched an in-depth sweep of the Eighth Route Army's base.

Having learned from the previous incident, the old Japanese was extra cautious.

He ordered each regiment to advance step by step and not to be greedy for success or rush into action.

In this way, even if the main force of the Eighth Route Army was discovered, Kenkichi Hirata was confident that he could fight!
At the same time, Kitano Kenzo pretended to obey Shinozuka Yoshio's order but secretly disobeyed it. On the one hand, he applied for ammunition supply for Shinozuka Yoshio and resold it to Xu Yang, and on the other hand, he sold this news to Xu Yang, making money from both ends.

……

Upon learning that the Japanese 37th Division dared to provoke again, Brigade Commander Chen of the 386th Brigade immediately deployed a dragnet based on the intelligence he got from Xu Yang, waiting for the other side to fall into it.

This time, in order to cooperate with the 37th Division's mopping-up operation, Yoshio Shinozuka also dispatched a large number of reconnaissance planes.

Under Li Yunlong's deliberate arrangement, the independent regiment was the first to be discovered by the Japanese.

However, the Japanese reconnaissance plane at that time was not equipped with a radio, and had to return before reporting the news.

Therefore, the Japanese reconnaissance plane only carried out a tentative air raid on the area where the independent regiment was located, and then quickly withdrew and returned to Taiyuan Wusu Airport to report.

Two hours later, the information reached the command headquarters of Kenzo Kitano and Ichiro Hirata.

Ichiro Hirata immediately organized his troops and ordered the entire division to charge towards Li Yunlong's independent regiment, and requested Kenzo Kitano to join the operation.

Kitano Kenzo naturally agreed in the telegram, and then turned around and sold the information to Xu Yang at a high price as usual.

Fearing that Li Yunlong's independent regiment would be discovered by reconnaissance planes and escape, Kenkichi Hirata ordered the cavalry battalion to go ahead and harass and contain the independent regiment to buy time for the main force.

The captain of the cavalry battalion directly under the 37th Division of the Japanese Army was named Yamashita Kinomi, with the rank of major.

For the same combat unit, the number of cavalry is far less than that of infantry. Therefore, although the Yamashita Cavalry Battalion is nominally a battalion, its total strength is less than 400 people.

Upon receiving the order, Yamashita's close retainers immediately led the cavalry brigade and attacked the independent regiment first.

The Japanese cavalry came in a hurry, but they also exposed their whereabouts.

The soldiers of the reconnaissance company soon discovered them and quickly reported the news to the regiment headquarters.

At the temporary headquarters of the independent regiment, Li Yunlong raised a cruel smile: "The fish has taken the bait, Sun Desheng, I order you to lead your troops to wipe out this group of enemy bandits immediately and strengthen your cavalry battalion!"

Sun Desheng's cavalry company had long been expanded into a cavalry battalion with a strength of more than 500 people. Not only was each person equipped with a well-forged cavalry sword, but each person was also equipped with a Chicago typewriter with a 50-round drum magazine, which was a Thompson submachine gun. In addition, there was also a -shot box gun.

Therefore, Sun Desheng said confidently: "Yes! I guarantee to complete the task!"

After Sun Desheng left.

Political Commissar Zhao Gang asked, "Old Li, should we ask the battalions to provide cover for the cavalry company? After all, the main force of the Japanese is right behind the cavalry."

Li Yunlong: "No need, according to the report of the reconnaissance company, the distance between the main force of the Japanese and the cavalry is at least an hour's journey.

This hour is enough for the cavalry battalion to defeat the Japanese cavalry brigade and clean up the battlefield."

……

During this period of time, or to be precise, since the Hundred Regiments Campaign began, their cavalry battalion has not had a chance to fight on the battlefield or in any tough battles.

Seeing other troops fighting the Japanese and eating meat on the front line made him miserable. This time he finally got a chance, and Sun Desheng was very enthusiastic.

He assembled the troops as quickly as possible, then swung his cavalry sword forward and shouted, "Cavalry Battalion, attack!"

At that time, the Richuan Cavalry Battalion was less than 40 kilometers away from the independent regiment's base. The enemy and our side were moving towards each other, and in less than an hour they met head-on in a wilderness.

When Sun Desheng saw the Japanese cavalry, he was like a tiger that had been hungry for three days seeing a sheep. Without any hesitation, he swung his cavalry sword and launched an attack directly on the Japanese army.

"Cavalry Battalion, kill!"

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion first raised the Chicago typewriters that had been loaded in advance at their waists and fired at the cavalry cavalry.

“Da-da-da! Da-da-da-da!—”

More than 20,000 bullets were used up in just a few seconds, pouring down like a torrential rain on the oncoming Japanese cavalry. In a blink of an eye, more than half of the Japanese cavalry were knocked down, and they fell off their horses screaming.

In fact, if the Japanese in front had not blocked the Japanese behind them, but had lined up in a row, perhaps the battle would have ended after this round of shooting.

"kill!"

After emptying all the bullets in the magazine, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion slung their guns behind their backs and drew out the cavalry swords at their waists, and rushed towards the Japanese cavalry like a torrent of steel.

Yamashita's close ministers were frightened by the sudden attack of the Eighth Route Army. He never dreamed that the other side not only had more people than them, but was also equipped with a large number of submachine guns, and they also opened fire in a very unsportsmanlike manner!
But soon, the old Japanese calmed down. In his opinion, the enemy was just taking advantage of the equipment to catch them off guard.

But then, they can completely turn the situation around with their excellent military skills and annihilate this damn group of Eighth Route Army cavalry.

So, the old devil waved his sword and yelled at the top of his voice: "Taoci Gaigai! You are all the bravest cavalrymen of the Great Japanese Empire. Charge forward and destroy them! Let them see how powerful our Great Japanese Locust Cavalry is!"

Under the command and encouragement of the captain, the 200 or so Japanese cavalrymen who survived the disaster drew their cavalry swords, shouted the slogan "Board, Board", and shouted at Cui Xiangqian as they rushed forward.

The distance of less than a hundred meters passed in the blink of an eye, and the enemy and our side collided fiercely like Mars hitting the Earth.

Sun Desheng met a Japanese cavalry second lieutenant head-on. The other party thought Sun Desheng was an officer, yelled excitedly, and slashed at Sun Desheng with his sword.

"court death!"

Sun Desheng snorted coldly, and when the two horses crossed, he gently turned sideways to avoid the opponent's saber that was slashing down at an angle. At the same time, the cavalry sword in his hand was sent out like lightning. With the help of the huge inertia of the horse's forward charge, he easily pierced the abdomen of the Japanese cavalry second lieutenant and cut it horizontally.

As the horses and soldiers crossed paths, the Japanese cavalry second lieutenant let out a terrible cry and soon fell off his horse. He was then trampled by countless horses from the cavalry battalion, and his screams were quickly drowned out.

Sun Desheng continued to attack, killing the Japanese cavalrymen one by one with his sword, and then he killed several more Japanese cavalrymen one after another.

Under the leadership and encouragement of Sun Desheng, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion all burst out with high fighting spirit.

After a round of collision, more than half of the Japanese were killed again.

On the other hand, they also suffered more than a dozen casualties.

This is war, and it has its own iron laws. Even if you have the upper hand, there will inevitably be casualties, especially in a head-on confrontation like cavalry.

"Yu!"

Both the enemy and us were fighting with real rage. Unless one side was wiped out, the battle today would never stop. They reined in their horses, turned around, and rushed towards each other again.

This time, the soldiers of the cavalry battalion took out the twenty-shot box cannons from their waists, held the reins and guns in their left hands, and raised their sabers in their hands.

"Afraid, snap, snap!——"

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion pulled the trigger again. Although the firing rate and lethality of the box gun were much weaker than that of the Chicago Typewriter, hundreds of people fired at the same time, and the bullets were still as dense as raindrops.

The Japanese cavalry never dreamed that in addition to submachine guns, each enemy was equipped with a semi-automatic pistol.

There was no way to dodge for a moment, and I could only watch helplessly as I crashed into the enemy's rain of bullets... (End of this chapter)