Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 55: A Battleground
However, just when Wang Gensheng was thinking about how to get equipment, translator Liu sent someone to deliver a very important piece of information.

That is, tomorrow a batch of weapons and ammunition will be transported from the county town to Dagu Town to replenish the ammunition consumption of the Japanese troops stationed in Dagu Town.

Wang Gensheng's eyes lit up immediately when he saw this information. Although he didn't know which route the Japanese would use to transport the supplies, there were only a few routes to Dagu Town.

Why would the Japanese station a battalion of more than a thousand Japanese soldiers in just a town?
This brings us to Dagu Town, a battleground for military strategists. After all, if it weren't too important, Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong wouldn't have fallen out.

You should know that in the plot of Bright Sword, Li Yunlong and Chu Yunfei are both rivals and friends. Although they usually call each other brothers and have cooperated a lot, there are also constant frictions between them.

The most serious friction between them was when Chu Yunfei secretly stationed in Dagu Town. Li Yunlong then sent troops to Dagu Town and fought with Chu Yunfei, neither of them giving in.

As for why they would put their usual brotherhood behind their backs for the sake of Dagu Town! Is Dagu Town really that important to them?

You have to know that Li Yunlong saved Chu Yunfei's life! If Li Yunlong hadn't arrived in time, Chu Yunfei would have been killed by Qian Bojun.

Of course, Chu Yunfei also helped Li Yunlong a lot. For example, when he was in Ping'an County, he helped Li Yunlong block the Yamamoto Special Forces, preventing the Yamamoto Special Forces from returning successfully and being blocked in Ping'an County, which finally allowed Li Yunlong to take revenge.

But why would such a life-and-death friendship end up being torn apart for a mere Dagu Town? Just look at the location of Dagu Town and you'll know that Li Yunlong is really not looking for trouble and deliberately exaggerating the problem.

Because Dagu Town is as important to Li Yunlong as Jieting is to Zhuge Liang. Once it falls into the hands of others, the entire independent regiment will be in a very passive situation. Losing Dagu Town has at least two effects on Li Yunlong.

First of all, Dagu Town is the connection point of the Independent Regiment's base, and Dagu Town is the transportation hub of the entire Independent Regiment's base. Therefore, once Dagu Town falls into Chu Yunfei's hands, it is equivalent to Chu Yunfei setting up a checkpoint on Li Yunlong's must-pass route.

As long as Li Yunlong made a big move, Chu Yunfei would notice it. And if that was true, then no matter how large the base was, there would be no secrets for the independent regiment, because within his base, no action could escape Chu Yunfei's eyes.

Moreover, communication between the various parts of the independent regiment is inconvenient.

You have to know that the independent regiment later developed into tens of thousands of people! With so many people, it is naturally impossible to develop in one village like the current new second regiment.

Instead, they all had to disperse to the base area controlled by the entire independent regiment. Naturally, if they wanted to assemble, they had to pass through Dagu Town. However, if Chu Yunfei got stuck at this time, it would be troublesome.

Therefore, the transportation hub of Dagu Town was occupied by others. No matter how large the base of the independent regiment was, it was still under the control of others and at the mercy of others.

Therefore, Dagu Town is a place that cannot be abandoned and must be fought for by Li Yunlong's independent regiment.

In addition to being a key transportation point, the independent regiment can advance into the plains through Dagu Town, and retreat into the mountains to defend.

Therefore, Dagu Town was not only a transportation hub for the Independent Regiment's base, but also a transition point between offense and defense. Due to Dagu Town's location, as long as they occupied Dagu Town, they could advance onto the plains or retreat into the mountains to defend. In other words, as long as they held Dagu Town, the Independent Regiment could switch between offense and defense at any time according to the situation. When it was relatively safe, the Independent Regiment could advance to the plains. If the Japanese invaded the base, Li Yunlong could immediately retreat from Dagu Town into the mountains to repel the enemy.

From this, it can be seen that Li Yunlong's ability to flexibly switch between offense and defense is actually very dependent on the advantageous geographical location of Dagu Town. Only by making timely offensive and defensive transitions can the safety of the troops be ensured. But at this time, Chu Yunfei came to cross the line. Isn't this pushing Li Yunlong into a desperate situation?

Once Dagu Town falls into Chu Yunfei's hands, Li Yunlong will lose the initiative and will be controlled by Chu Yunfei everywhere.

If the two sides ever fell out, Chu Yunfei could use this to his advantage and block Li Yunlong in the mountains, or leave them exposed on the open plains. If so, Li Yunlong and the independent regiment would be in danger.

Chu Yunfei could even choose not to take action himself and use the Japanese to kill someone with a borrowed knife, allowing the independent regiment and the Japanese to suffer losses on both sides.

Therefore, for Li Yunlong, Dagu Town is as important as Jieting. Its gains and losses are of great significance to both sides. Dagu Town is a treasure land that military strategists must fight for.

If Chu Yunfei can gain a firm foothold in Dagu Town, he can clamp down on Li Yunlong, and if Li Yunlong can gain a firm foothold, the independent regiment can be in a position where it can attack or defend.

The geographical location of Dagu Town is naturally very important to the Japanese, so they sent a battalion of troops to be stationed in the town.

Of course, Wang Gensheng didn't know how much weapons and ammunition a brigade could supply at one time, but he knew that it was impossible for a brigade's weapons supply to be escorted by a brigade of troops.

As long as a battalion of troops is not deployed for escort, then it will be Wang Gensheng's or the New Second Regiment's chance.

That's right, although Wang Gensheng has opened up his mental perception, this sixth sense, because of his enhanced physical fitness, but after experiencing the last lesson, Wang Gensheng naturally would not be so arrogant as to lead the New Second Regiment to sweep the Japanese with just such an ability.

After all, the missing piece of flesh on Wang Gensheng's earlobe is always reminding him not to be arrogant!
But when Kong Jie got the news and looked at the map, he became a little worried:
"We can't possibly rob the Japanese convoy at the gates of the county town or Dagu Town. We need to be at least 20 kilometers away. The distance between the county town and Dagu Town is only a little over 100 miles, so there aren't many ambush spots left for our New Second Regiment!"

That’s right, the distance between Dagu Town and the county seat is only 60 kilometers. Excluding the first and last 20 kilometers, there is only a 20-kilometer section available.

The reason for leaving twenty kilometers is naturally to guard against reinforcements. After all, the Japanese's combat effectiveness is not weak now. Therefore, once the Japanese's transport team is attacked, reserving twenty kilometers will ensure that even if the Japanese come to reinforce, there will be time to deal with it.

What's more, the visibility range of ordinary flares is only more than ten kilometers.

Therefore, if you reserve twenty kilometers, you don't have to worry about the Japanese sending flares for help. As for using radios, I'm sorry, radios are also rare items among the Japanese, and only units at the battalion level or above are qualified to be equipped with them.

(End of this chapter)