Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 136 Hostage Exchange
Ding Wei's words immediately caused the operations staff officer to feel a pang of heartache:
"Captain, this..."

Before the operations staff could finish speaking, Ding Wei interrupted:

"Don't be afraid of these jars and pots. We can rebuild them if we break them. Let's go for it!"

However, compared to Ding Wei's new first regiment, Kong Jie's new second regiment had a much tougher time.

You have to understand that Kong Jie was facing nearly two regiments and a battalion of Japanese soldiers, totaling almost ten thousand men!

Although Kong Jie's forces have been significantly strengthened compared to the original storyline, his New Second Regiment still suffered heavy casualties in resisting two elite Japanese regiments, even in positional warfare.

When Kong Jie heard the Second Battalion Commander say that his position was about to fall, he responded without hesitation on the phone:

"Your mission is to hold the line for eight hours. If even one person in your 2nd Battalion is still holding the position, I'm telling you, if we lose the position, I'll shoot you!"

After Kong Jie finished speaking, he felt a little resentful that Wang Gensheng hadn't even tried to stop them, but had just let these nearly 10,000 Japanese soldiers pass by. Then he reported the battle situation here to the commander.

Then, just after Wang Gensheng finished tying up Yoshio Shinotsuka, Du Yiman, the telegraph operator, ran over to Wang Gensheng with an urgent telegram and said:
"Commander, Commander Shi just sent an urgent telegram, requesting us to go to the defense zone of the Second New Regiment to assist the Second New Regiment in resisting the Japanese in the direction of Taiyuan. Moreover, Commander Shi also said that the situation of this battle has been clarified. It was Li Yunlong who attacked Ping'an County, which caused the Japanese to support Ping'an County."

At this moment, Wang Gensheng looked at Shinotsuka Yoshio, who had been bound hand and foot, and immediately said:
"Du Yiman, send a telegram to Shibu saying that the cavalry regiment has captured Yoshio Shinotsuka while the city of Taiyuan is weak, and is now threatening him to issue a retreat order!"

After Du Yiman sent out the information that Wang Gensheng had captured Taiyuan City and successfully captured Shinotsuka Yoshio, the Lion Chief was shocked when he received the information.

Unexpectedly, Wang Gensheng was so brave, even more so than Li Yunlong. While Li Yunlong attacked Ping'an County, Wang Gensheng directly attacked Taiyuan and even successfully captured Yoshio Shinotsuka.

After capturing Yoshio Shinotsuka, Wang Gensheng prepared to ask him about the situation in Heian County.

However, due to the language barrier, Wang Gensheng only knew one or two phrases of the Japanese language.

For example, languages ​​like Baka, Yamade, and Iku—just as Wang Gensheng was struggling because of the language barrier, a member of the assault team outside came in to report:

"Commander, when we were clearing out the county government office, a translator said he knew you and was also one of our intelligence agents, so I brought him here!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Gensheng turned his head and looked outside the door, only to find it was Liu, the translator who had been providing him with intelligence support.

That's right. In order to prevent Yoshio Shinotsuka from escaping, Wang Gensheng used his mental detection ability to lock onto Yoshio Shinotsuka when attacking the county government office, since the county government office occupied a large area.

However, Wang Gensheng's mental probing ability already has a radius of over 300 meters, which can completely cover the entire county government office.

Therefore, after storming the county government office, Wang Gensheng led his assault team straight to the location of Yoshio Shinotsuka, which is why he was able to capture Yoshio Shinotsuka alive without giving him any time to react.

However, after capturing Yoshio Shinotsuka, the more than 400 Japanese soldiers in the county government office were not eliminated and were scattered in various places. Therefore, Wang Gensheng ordered the assault team to divide into small teams to wipe out the entire county government office.

And so, naturally, he encountered Liu, the translator, who was staying in the county government office. Upon seeing Wang Gensheng, Liu exclaimed in surprise:
"Commander Wang, I didn't expect you to actually take Taiyuan City!" To be honest, when Wang Gensheng inquired about the internal intelligence of Taiyuan City many times, Translator Liu did not think that Wang Gensheng had the ability to attack Taiyuan City, after all, Taiyuan City was garrisoned by a Japanese regiment with tens of thousands of troops.

So how could Wang Gensheng possibly have the ability to attack Taiyuan!
However, to everyone's surprise, Yoshio Shinotsuka valued Yamamoto Ichiki so much that he sent out the entire Taihara force to support him, leaving only one battalion to guard the area. As a result, tragedy struck.

Wang Gensheng's eyes lit up when he saw Liu the translator, and he smiled and said:
"I was just wondering how to find you! You've delivered yourself right to my doorstep. Quickly translate for Yoshio Shinotsuka and make him cooperate! Otherwise, I can't guarantee he won't do something outrageous."

Even if Yoshio Shinotsuka was naive, the smiling conversation between Wang Gensheng and Liu the translator made it clear that their relationship was unusual.

Therefore, he immediately stared at Liu, the translator, and said in Japanese:
"Liu Sang, do you think your actions are worthy of my trust and the cultivation that Da Riben has given you?"

Translator Liu, without changing his smile or showing the slightest remorse, said:
"Your trust is built on the foundation of harming my compatriots. Besides, I spent my own money to study in Japan and the UK, so how can you say I was being cultivated? If you have to blame someone, blame yourself for being blind and unable to judge people! Alright, Mr. Jin Jun, you'd better cooperate obediently! Otherwise, I can't guarantee what kind of treatment you will receive. I believe Mr. Jin Jun doesn't want to be subjected to such torture, does he? And even if you don't cooperate, those telegraph operators might still cooperate."

Hearing this, Yoshio Shinotsuka could only close his eyes in anguish, muttering to himself:
"This must be Yamamoto-kun's special operations! I never thought I would experience it myself."

As he spoke, Yoshio Shinotsuka also ordered the telegraph operator to send a telegram to Yamamoto Ichiki in Heian County, inquiring about the battle situation in Heian County.

When Yamamoto Ichiki saw Shinotsuka Yoshio's telegram, he was taken aback, but then he revealed that the Independent Regiment was about to break through the county town gate, and that he planned to use Yang Xiuqin as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Li Yunlong in order to buy time.

Wang Gensheng was stunned when he saw the contents of the telegram sent by Yamamoto Ichiki.

It's unbelievable that after fighting for so long, Li Yunlong has only just reached the gates of the county town. And wasn't Yamamoto Ichiki's use of Yang Xiuqin to negotiate with Li Yunlong just the moment before Yang Xiuqin was about to be blown to death by Li Yunlong?

Thinking about this, an idea popped into Wang Gensheng's mind.

The idea was quite simple: to exchange Yoshio Shinotsuka's life for Yang Hsiu-chin's life.

As long as Yamamoto Ichiki spares Li Yunlong's wife, Yang Xiuqin, Wang Gensheng will not kill Shinotsuka Yoshio.

So when Wang Gensheng translated this idea to Yoshio Shinotsuka through Liu,

A glimmer of hope rekindled in Yoshio Shinotsuka's previously lifeless eyes.

When he was captured by Wang Gensheng, Yoshio Shinotsuka was already prepared to die.

The reason he cooperated obediently was because Yoshio Shinotsuka feared the torture of being unable to live or die.

But now that they can live, who would want to die? Yoshio Shinotsuka was caught in a dilemma.

(End of this chapter)