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

Chapter 102 almost scared the brigade commander to death.

As soon as Chu Yunfei left, Zhang Dabiao immediately smiled admiringly at Li Yunlong and said, "Hahaha, Commander, you're really something! With just a few words, Commander Chu is going to bring his 358th Regiment of 5,000 men to help me with my work."

They severely damaged the supply train of these three Japanese regiments, rendering them incapable of fighting again for a short period.

Under these circumstances, when we later seized the Japanese trains, the pressure from the Japanese reinforcements was greatly reduced.

“Chu Yunfei isn’t stupid,” Li Yunlong shook his head. “He’s very shrewd. The merit of severely damaging the Japanese is very important to them, and there’s a reward for it. Unlike me, I’ll only get a scolding from the brigade commander when I get back.”

"Commander, the brigade commander is criticizing you on the surface, but he's secretly overjoyed," Zhang Dabiao said.

"Alright, enough of this nonsense." Li Yunlong cut to the chase and said, "I sneaked out again this time. If I don't do a good job, it won't be easy to explain to the brigade commander. Da Biao, think about it, where should we attack?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Dabiao paused, "Commander, shall we continue fighting?"

In Zhang Dabiao's view, they didn't need to fight anymore; they only needed to show themselves, and the Japanese pursuers would come on their own.

We'll lure the pursuers into Chu Yunfei's territory. Once the Japanese and Chu Yunfei are fighting, we'll flank them from behind and launch a surprise attack, seizing their supplies and equipment. Then we can go back and report.

“That’s obvious!” Li Yunlong glared and said, “We’re just luring the Japanese over anyway. If we do another heist, the Japanese will be lured over anyway, so why not make more money?”

“That makes sense.” Zhang Dabiao nodded, looking at Li Yunlong. “Regimental Commander, how about I go and attack Heyuan County?”

"Da Biao, why are you always picking on the weak?" Li Yunlong scolded. "There's not much left to gain in Heyuan County, so there's no point in fighting anymore. Besides, the brigade commander said that Hirata Ichiro has been replaced by a stupid military police captain, Fujita Ichiji. We can't kill him off prematurely."

This Fujita Ichiji is trying to fish for our Eighth Route Army by using equipment that can make bullets.

I swallowed this bait. I wonder what those little devils will use as bait next time. I'm really looking forward to it.

“In Ping’an County, the last time we went there, we didn’t even get a proper cut of the profits,” Zhang Dabiao added.

“Ping’an County isn’t that interesting either; we’ve already done it once.” Li Yunlong shook his head.

"So, Commander, where do you want to attack?" Zhang Dabiao asked.

"What do you think about us attacking the Sakata Regiment's base?" Li Yunlong said with a grin.

Although we wiped out Sakata Regiment Commander, his troops are still here.

Although the prisoners of war in our hands are all willing to follow us.

But Li Yunlong believed that as long as he said he was going to deal with the Sakata Regiment again, it would be a huge boost to the morale of the prisoners of war!

Once they get back and brag to the other prisoners of war, we'll have completely won them over.

"Attack the Sakata Regiment's base?" Zhang Dabiao raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. "Commander, you're not joking, are you? We only have a little over a thousand men now. Going to fight an entire Japanese regiment is like throwing an egg against a rock."

"Da Biao, when did you become such a coward!" Li Yunlong glanced at Zhang Da Biao and said disdainfully, "On Cangyun Ridge, I also had more than a thousand men under my command, and I still beat their Sakata Regiment to a pulp! Back in Cangyun Ridge, I only had a few mortars, but what do we have now? Hellfire cannons! With better equipment, we are even less afraid of those little devils from the Sakata Regiment."

"Commander, how should we fight this battle?" Zhang Dabiao asked. "We can't just go head-to-head and fight, can we?"

“Of course, I’m not stupid. There’s only one Hell Cannon, and we still have five shells left,” Li Yunlong said. “If I had ten or eight Hell Cannons and plenty of shells, you’d see how I wipe out the Sakata Regiment head-on. But with limited resources, we definitely can’t fight them head-on.”

"Commander, how should we fight?"

“I’ve deliberately marched towards the defense zone of the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army. Take a look at the map yourself, and you’ll see how I plan to fight.” Li Yunlong spread out the map for Zhang Dabiao.

Zhang Dabiao stared at the map, still somewhat bewildered: "Commander, the defense zone of the 358th Regiment of the Jin-Sui Army is adjacent to the 22nd Regiment under the 4th Brigade of the Japanese, not the Sakata Regiment. Could it be that you intend to rush into the 22nd Regiment's territory, seize a wave of enemy troops, and then ambush the Sakata Regiment on their way to reinforcements?"

The 22nd Regiment has now joined forces with the mechanized and cavalry regiments to form an encirclement and suppression force, so the garrison in its jurisdiction is inevitably weak.

We'll use our hell cannons to blast open the gates of the 22nd Regiment's defense zone and grab whatever we can find.

The 22nd Regiment's territory was attacked, and the nearest reinforcements were the Sakata Regiment.

However, there were still some things Zhang Dabiao didn't understand.

Chu Yunfei wasn't stupid. The Japanese 22nd Regiment's territory was right next to his defense zone. Since the 22nd Regiment had transferred away important forces, why didn't Chu Yunfei take the opportunity to seize some territory?

So Zhang Dabiao raised a question: "Commander Chu of the 358th Regiment didn't attack the 22nd Regiment's area of ​​responsibility. Should we ask him why he didn't?"

Zhang Dabiao meant that there might be a trap in the 22nd Regiment's territory, or some other reason, that made Chu Yunfei hesitant to act rashly.

"There's no need to ask," Li Yunlong said bluntly. "The reason Chu Yunfei hasn't made a move is definitely because of the Japanese encirclement and suppression forces. Think about it, if he were to enter the territory of the 22nd Regiment, wouldn't the Japanese encirclement and suppression forces most likely immediately abandon their fishing tactics and focus all their efforts on dealing with Chu Yunfei?"

Chu Yunfei couldn't possibly be unaware that the Jin-Sui Army was different from theirs.

We've stolen the Japanese's home, so we can sneak into the mountains. The Japanese have nowhere to vent their anger.

Chu Yunfei is different; his territory is there, so he can run away but he can't hide!
When three regiments of Japanese troops come crashing down, it's no joke.

This is also a drawback of playing positional warfare.

"Our guerrilla warfare is so much better! We can hit and run, and make the world our home!" Li Yunlong then added, "But Da Biao, what you said makes sense. We still need to be careful. Are there any traps in the 22nd Regiment's territory?"

"Commander, let me send someone to scout ahead," Zhang Dabiao said.

“Okay.” Li Yunlong nodded and said, “The troops will move forward slowly. The scouts will go ahead first and find out the situation for me.”

"Yes, Captain."

……

386th Brigade Headquarters

When the deputy brigade commander saw the brigade commander return from the logistics arsenal looking rather unwell, he asked suspiciously, "Brigade commander, what's wrong? Did you not exchange many shells for the equipment you took to the arsenal?"

"Thirty shells have been replaced," the brigade commander said.

Upon hearing this, the deputy brigade commander couldn't help but say, "Thirty shells is quite a lot, brigade commander. Why do you still look a little unhappy?"

"Guess who I ran into at the arsenal?"

"I can't guess."

"We ran into Gao Liujin; he managed to get four thousand jin of white sugar for the arsenal." The brigade commander's tone still carried a hint of regret.

If Gao Liujin is still one of our men, then these four thousand jin of white sugar are ours.

However, if the brigade commander were given another chance to choose, he would most likely still choose to send Gao Liujin to the 120th Division.

Although I don't know how this kid got four thousand catties of white sugar.

But this kid secretly took white sugar to the arsenal to exchange for things, so he must have been doing it behind his superiors' backs.

Moreover, if his superiors find out that this kid only traded one Hell Cannon, they'll be cursing him out!

After all, there are only eleven Hell Cannons in total, so Gao Liujin should have taken care of the rest.

Otherwise, once other units have replaced all the Hellfire cannons with their equipment, the 120th Division will have no chance.

As for the shells.

The arsenal now has sugar and fertilizer, so they can continue producing artillery shells.

It's better to secure the Hell Cannonball now than to delay getting it.

However, Gao Liujin chose to exchange only for one Hell Cannon. The brigade commander knew without a doubt that this kid was going to do something earth-shattering.

The brigade commander was still relieved; thankfully, he had passed this scourge to the 120th Division.

Let the 120th Division have a headache; we already have Li Yunlong here, which is annoying enough.

Of course, the brigade commander would still send someone to give them a friendly reminder in advance.

Whether it will ultimately be effective or not, we'll have to wait and see.

Upon hearing this, the deputy brigade commander was extremely surprised: "Brigade commander, four thousand catties of white sugar? You're not kidding, are you? How did you get six catties of sugar?"

Speaking of this guy, Gao Liujin, the deputy brigade commander also has a headache.

Fortunately, the brigade commander was wise and transferred this scourge to the 120th Division in advance.

Otherwise, the brigade headquarters would probably have been overturned by this kid.

Back then, this kid was incredibly audacious. He actually dared to use the division headquarters as bait to lure the Japanese, almost scaring the brigade commander to the point of paralysis... But let's not dwell on those old stories.

The troublemaker is gone; let's not dwell on those unhappy memories.

"I don't know exactly how this kid got his hands on it, but he's definitely doing it through shady means and he's definitely gotten into trouble." The brigade commander, keeping the topic at hand, said to the deputy brigade commander, "I have a new idea now, you need to arrange for someone to implement it immediately."

"What new idea?" the deputy brigade commander asked, looking at the brigade commander.

"Li Yunlong seized copper billets and copper wire in Ping'an County, and then he seized equipment from the mine to mine copper. Can you connect the dots between these two things?" the brigade commander said earnestly to the deputy brigade commander.

This was because Li Muzhi reminded the brigade commander.

Li Muzhi said that unless the brigade commander could get the smelting equipment.

This mentions smelting. The Japanese have copper mines here, and they also have copper billets. What does this mean?
This means that there must be a Japanese copper smelter in this area!

"Brigade Commander, I will personally handle this matter and I will definitely find the Japanese copper smelter!" The deputy brigade commander understood immediately.

(End of this chapter)