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

Chapter 133 Brigade Commander: You've slipped away again?

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Li Yunlong chopped off the head of the Japanese sergeant in front of him with one stroke, and another small group of Japanese reinforcements was easily wiped out by Li Yunlong.

Then, Li Yunlong even yawned somewhat boredly, leaving his men to clean up the battlefield, and came to the brigade commander: "Brigade commander, you see, these Japanese reinforcements are just small fry. Sniping them is a piece of cake. I estimate that most of the Japanese forces are still being held back by our friendly forces. Maybe we should..."

Before Li Yunlong could finish speaking, the brigade commander solemnly interrupted him: "Li Yunlong, don't let your guard down!"

A large number of Japanese reinforcements are definitely on their way, and even if friendly forces try to take advantage of the chaos, they can't possibly stop them all.

In short, as long as Zhang Wanhe's work isn't finished, we can't easily give up.

"Sun Desheng, go over to Old Zhang's place and see how his work is going," Li Yunlong said, turning to Sun Desheng.

"No need to go," the brigade commander stopped them, saying, "If Old Zhang finishes his work, he'll send someone to let us know. We can just continue with our sniping mission."

"Alright, alright, Sun Desheng, you can rest now. We'll listen to the brigade commander." After saying that, Li Yunlong couldn't help but yawn again and said to the brigade commander, "Brigade commander, how about I take a nap? Notify me when the enemy comes?"

"You son of a bitch, you dare to sleep on the battlefield!" Although the brigade commander cursed Li Yunlong, he still nodded. Half of the troops took the time to sleep and rest, while the other half remained in combat readiness, taking turns.

Once the Japanese reinforcements arrive, wake up those who are sleeping and resting, and kill them all at once.

……

"Old Qi, didn't you say you could disassemble the front of the car an hour earlier?" Zhang Wanhe asked, sidling up to Old Qi, who was covered in sweat.

The time that Lao Qi mentioned, an hour early, has already arrived.

However, the locomotive has not been completely dismantled; a small portion remains.

"Give me another half hour," Old Qi said, still looking somewhat embarrassed.

He made a promise to Zhang Wanhe, but unexpectedly, a small accident occurred halfway through disassembling the locomotive, causing a slight delay.

"No rush, take your time disassembling it. Don't miss any parts, and don't break anything." Zhang Wanhe didn't urge Lao Qi.

"Yes, Minister Zhang." Old Qi lowered his head and continued working.

"Minister Zhang, the locomotives of both 'Iron Turtle' locomotives have been dismantled and put back together." Someone ran over to report to Zhang Wanhe, "The carriages of the 'Iron Turtle' locomotives are still being dismantled."

"Okay, let's hurry up." Zhang Wanhe nodded and said, "Give us another half hour. By then, no matter how the demolition goes, we have to leave."

Although Zhang Wanhe did not hear any loud sniping noises, he knew that a large number of Japanese reinforcements were definitely on their way.

As soon as Lao Qi finishes dismantling this locomotive, we'll have to leave immediately.

Although it's impossible to completely extract all the profits,

But as long as our hell cannons have enough ammunition, we can always find more profit on the railway.

"Yes, Minister Zhang."

Half an hour later
Old Qi finally finished disassembling the entire locomotive, and he was so exhausted he was about to collapse.

Zhang Wanhe helped him up: "Someone, carry Lao Qi back."

Someone immediately came over and carried Lao Qi away.

Zhang Wanhe immediately ordered: "The rest of you, listen up, evacuate immediately, take your belongings and leave as quickly as possible."

Not all the transport teams are here.

Instead, quite a few groups of people returned ahead of schedule with their belongings.

This is the last batch.

"Minister Zhang, should we dig up another section of those Japanese railway tracks?"

"Minister Zhang, these sleepers are also a good thing."

"Minister Zhang..."

……

Many people were reluctant to leave and wanted to do more.

Zhang Wanhe said sternly, "Obey orders. Anyone who dares to delay and ruins the important matter will be executed!"

With Zhang Wanhe's stern order, even the reluctant members of the transport team suppressed their emotions and left with their belongings.

Of course, everyone's spirits were incredibly high:
"We dismantled and put the train and the iron turtle back together. I can't believe we did it."

"Yes, I wonder what the Japanese will think if they find out that the train and the iron turtle are missing."

"Needless to say, they'd definitely be questioning their existence."

"It's still a bit of a pity that more tracks weren't removed."

"Yes, those railway sleepers are also a good raw material for making charcoal."

“It doesn’t matter. As long as those Japanese devils don’t give up the railway, we have cannons and can come back anytime.”

"Yes, yes, haha."

……

"Commander Li, our Minister Zhang sent me to tell you that he has finished his mission and withdrawn." Someone ran up to Li Yunlong to remind him.

"Great! Old Zhang finally finished his work!" Li Yunlong, who had been a little sleepy, immediately perked up and turned to the brigade commander. "Brigade commander, have the 772nd and 771st Regiments cover Old Zhang's transport convoy as it returns. I..."

"What do you mean, 'you'!" the brigade commander interrupted solemnly. "Trying to slip away again, are you?"

“Brigade Commander, how could I be slacking off?” Li Yunlong said seriously. “Old Zhang has finished his business. He’s running fast on the road and will be in the mountains soon. But as long as he doesn’t go into the mountains, there’s still danger. If the Japanese reinforcements really come, they’ll have too many troops and we won’t be able to hold them off. Wouldn’t that be dangerous? So I think we should still play a role in guerrilla cover. For example, we can create some noise elsewhere to attract the attention of the Japanese reinforcements. Then, the Japanese reinforcements will be led around by me, which will also provide cover for Old Zhang’s side, making his side safer.”

Li Yunlong meant that...

Our advantage lies in guerrilla warfare.

Now, diverting the attention of the Japanese reinforcements and using the advantages of guerrilla warfare to contain them would also provide strong cover for Zhang Wanhe. Conversely!

If we go with Zhang Wanhe, what if the Japanese reinforcements catch up?

In order to cover the transport team, we had no choice but to fight the Japanese to the death.

This restricted the troops' mobility and eliminated the advantages of guerrilla warfare.

Forced to fight the Japanese, it's uncertain whether they can withstand the Japanese reinforcements in the end.

At the very least, the casualties among the troops will be very high.

"Hmm, what you said makes some sense." The brigade commander pondered for a moment, and Li Yunlong's words were correct.

Our troops' greatest advantage lies in guerrilla warfare, not in direct confrontation with the Japanese.

If we are caught up with the Japanese reinforcements, and if the Japanese are cunning enough to target the transport team as their weak point, we will be in an even more passive position.

If things go wrong, we might get surrounded by the Japanese army, which would be a complete disaster.

"So what do you want to do?" the brigade commander asked.

“Brigade Commander, didn’t I say before that these little devils don’t know how to behave? They don’t bring the good stuff onto the train. We’ve worked all night and all we get is a cartload of grain. That’s so boring…” Li Yunlong didn’t finish his sentence.

The brigade commander interrupted with a stern face: "Stop beating around the bush, get to the point!"

"It's simple. There's definitely something good in the Japanese station warehouse. If they don't take it onto the train, we'll take it ourselves," Li Yunlong said with a grin. "Think about it, we intercept the Japanese military train first, and then attack their station warehouse. If you were the commander of the Japanese reinforcements, what would you do?"

Upon hearing this, the brigade commander was startled and looked at Li Yunlong in surprise: "Li Yunlong, you son of a bitch, you have some nerve! I knew you weren't up to anything, but I didn't expect you to have such a big one!"

As long as Li Yunlong attacks the Japanese station warehouse, there's no doubt about it.

The Japanese reinforcements, once they find out, will certainly not stand idly by.

Some of them will definitely rush to surround Li Yunlong immediately.

The remaining crew, seeing that the military train and armored train were gone, were undoubtedly furious and surrounded Li Yunlong as well.

In other words, Li Yunlong had essentially placed himself at the center of the vortex.

This is like dancing on a knife's edge; one wrong move and you'll be surrounded by the enemy's superior forces, and your entire unit will be wiped out.

“Brigade Commander, I know this operation is very dangerous. If you don’t approve it, I certainly won’t dare to cause you any trouble,” Li Yunlong immediately stated.

Whether we become naughty kids or obedient kids depends entirely on your word, Brigade Commander.

"We don't have many shells left for the Hell Cannon." The brigade commander neither approved nor objected.

The Japanese station warehouses were undoubtedly lucrative.

If we're lucky, we might get military supplies.

It would be a lie to say I wasn't envious.

and.

Li Yunlong's actions were also intended to divert the attention of the Japanese reinforcements.

As long as the reinforcements don't keep an eye on our transport team, Lao Zhang and his men will definitely be able to get into the mountains smoothly and return home with their supplies.

But we've almost run out of shells. If Li Yunlong is really surrounded, he won't be able to break through without shells.

Faced with the brigade commander's consideration, Li Yunlong said with a grin, "Brigade commander, how come you're so smart all your life but so foolish this time?"

"What do you mean?" The brigade commander looked at Li Yunlong suspiciously.

"Didn't Old Zhang bring artillery shells and grenades when he came over?" Li Yunlong reminded him.

Old Zhang, that penny-pincher, brought along the artillery shells and grenades from the arsenal in advance, just in case.

Now, although the train has been dismantled and returned, the mission of providing cover is only half complete.

We should continue to provide cover for Lao Zhang and ask him to give us all the shells and grenades he brought. That's not an unreasonable request, is it?

"You cunning Li Yunlong, you've got a real plan." The brigade commander laughed upon hearing this.

Old Zhang brought his artillery shells and grenades over here, are you going to use them like this?
They only provided ammunition when they were attacking the railway line and seizing trains, in case they ran out of shells.

The work is done now.

You've got the nerve to use a cover to let Old Zhang get all the shells.

Old Zhang didn't even jump up and start cursing.

“Brigade Commander, if you feel you can’t bring yourself to do this, I’ll go talk to Old Zhang.” Li Yunlong’s attitude was that he would do the dirty work and that the brigade commander could just sit back and relax.

"Forget it, forget it," the brigade commander waved his hand and said, "This is such a big matter, I'll go talk to Lao Zhang myself. You go find Ding Wei right now and have him come with you. I got something from Lao Zhang, I'll send someone to take a shortcut to deliver it to you."

Sending Li Yunlong to attack the Japanese station warehouse is a huge undertaking.

The brigade commander dared not let Li Yunlong go alone, so he sent Ding Wei to keep an eye on things.

"Okay, okay." Li Yunlong nodded quickly, thinking to himself, "You said you wouldn't let me skip work, but it was you, Brigade Commander, who let me skip work on your own initiative."

If we cause any serious trouble later, you can't renege on your responsibility, Brigade Commander.

Just as Li Yunlong was about to leave, the brigade commander grabbed him: "If you really can't take all the profits from the Japanese station warehouse, just take the most valuable ones and don't leave the rest for the Japanese, understand?"

"Brigade Commander, are you only concerned about the profits and benefits, and not about whether I can return successfully?"

"Go away, a dog can't spit out ivory."

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(End of this chapter)