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

Chapter 187 is no joke!

"This Fujita Ichiji, he even made a deal with me, hahahahahaha."

After Li Yunlong dismissed the puppet army soldiers, he laughed and said, "He really thought I was short of ammunition and that I was going to try to persuade him to surrender. He's hopelessly stupid."

Zhang Dabiao walked over and said to Li Yunlong, "Regimental Commander, Chu Yunfei's guard company commander wants to see you."

"Where is Yan Kai? Has he asked to see me?" Li Yunlong knew why Chu Yunfei's guard company commander wanted to see him; it was simply because he saw that Li Yunfei was deliberately lingering here and was worried about Yan Kai's safety.

"No, not at all." Zhang Dabiao shook his head.

“Then it’s gone.” Li Yunlong waved his hand dismissively.

When Chu Yunfei's guard company commander sees this, he will definitely use Yan Kai's safety as a pretext to make him break out immediately.

I couldn't be bothered to talk to him.

"Okay, Captain."

……

Chu Yunfei's guard company commander wanted to see Li Yunlong, but was unsuccessful.

He said urgently to Yan Kai, "Mr. Yan Kai, this Commander Li refuses to see me. Why don't you go and see him? The Eighth Route Army first attacked the railway and robbed the military train, and then attacked Heyuan County here. It seems like they are deliberately stalling here. Mr. Yan Kai, I'm not at ease. Why don't you listen to me?"

The Japanese reinforcements have arrived, but the guard company commander has too few men to escort Yan Kai away alone. He has to rely on Li Yunlong's main force.

"Company Commander Huang, do you think it will work if I talk to Regiment Commander Li?" Yan Kai was quite calm.

Although it was their first meeting, he knew that Li Yunlong was a difficult person to deal with.

It's simply impossible for us to interfere with his military command.

Although Yan Kai also realized that it was not a good idea for the troops to be trapped here.

But he also saw that Li Yunlong still had plenty of ammunition.

When those three regiments want to leave, the Japanese, lacking logistical support, certainly won't be able to keep them.

“Mr. Yan Kai, we need to find out why Commander Li and his men are deliberately lingering here,” Company Commander Huang said.

"Do you think they'd tell you their military secrets?" Yan Kai said to Company Commander Huang.

"Uh, this..." Company Commander Huang was speechless.

"So, let's just stay put."

"Ok."

……

Ding Wei and Blind Cheng put on a really good show. Because of "insufficient ammunition," the troops "fought desperately" seven or eight times, but were all pushed back by the Japanese.

It seems that the three Eighth Route Army regiments are indeed trapped, with no way to escape.

The commander of the Japanese reinforcements was pleasantly surprised: "Yoshi, I thought we wouldn't be able to hold onto these Eighth Route Army soldiers, but I didn't expect them to use up so much ammunition and their combat effectiveness to drop so much. We've been completely blocked."

"Could the Eighth Route Army be faking it?" Some Japanese soldiers still suspected that the Eighth Route Army was putting on an act.

"What is his purpose in pretending to be an Eighth Route Army soldier?" the Japanese commander questioned. "Is he trying to get himself into trouble and be wiped out by us? If they had enough ammunition, they should have escaped long ago. Didn't you see? They didn't even attack the county town."

If the Eighth Route Army had any ammunition left, they would have captured the county town long ago.

There's been no movement since then; they're probably trying to trick Fujita Ichiji into opening the castle.

"That's true."

"So, attack and destroy them."

"Hai."

……

“Vice Minister, the situation in Heyuan County is not what we expected.” The assistant came to Sato Haruno and reported, “The Eighth Route Army has not attacked Heyuan County. Instead, they tried to break out, but they failed and were suppressed by our reinforcements.”

"What? The Eighth Route Army is surrounded?" Sato Haruno was stunned when he heard this. "This shouldn't be the case. Didn't the Eighth Route Army seize the military train? They have plenty of weapons and ammunition. How could they be trapped?"

Immediately afterwards, Sato Haruno asked, "Then Heyuan County was really not captured by the Eighth Route Army?"

If the Eighth Route Army hadn't attacked Heyuan County, wouldn't that have been a bad thing?

If we hadn't used Fujita Ichiji to kill him, who knows what kind of clever tricks this idiot would have pulled in to sabotage the operation targeting the Eighth Route Army's arsenal later on.

There's a Chinese saying: "A bad person's cunning is no match for a fool's quick thinking!"
It refers to people like Fujita Ichiji.

"According to intelligence, the Eighth Route Army has captured the military train. First, they covered the transport team's entry into the mountains, and then they attacked Heyuan County. I guess the Eighth Route Army transported most of the ammunition into the mountains?" the assistant judged.

“Even if the Eighth Route Army transported most of the ammunition into the mountains, they would never have made such a basic mistake when they attacked Heyuan County,” Sato Haruno said incisively. “There must be a conspiracy by the Eighth Route Army.” “Vice Minister, what should we do now?” the assistant asked.

Although the assistant couldn't figure out what kind of conspiracy the Eighth Route Army had in deliberately trapping him in Heyuan County.

But we definitely still need to take measures on our own side.

"Remind the reinforcements not to engage the Eighth Route Army in a direct confrontation. Instead, launch a few probing attacks to see if they can uncover the Eighth Route Army's intentions," Sato Haruno said. "Tell them to be extremely careful, and if things look bad, immediately disengage from the battle to conserve ammunition and preserve their strength."

“Vice Minister, why don’t we request reinforcements from Commander Shinotsuka? If the Eighth Route Army doesn’t leave, more reinforcements will come to our aid…” the assistant said.

“The main battlefield is tying down too many troops. The occupied territory is too large, and the need to divide and garrison troops is too serious. Commander Shinotsuka’s forces are also limited,” Sato Haruno said solemnly. “Besides, even if reinforcements come, they may not be able to wipe out the Eighth Route Army. Their artillery fire is overwhelming, no joke. If we want to completely eradicate the Eighth Route Army, we still have to use my method. First, find and lock down their arsenals, and then eliminate them at the root.”

"What about Fujita Ichiji?" the confidant asked, nodding.

"Let's leave it to fate," Sato Haruno said, somewhat annoyed.

I originally thought I could use the Eighth Route Army to kill someone else, but now it seems that the Eighth Route Army has no intention of attacking the city.

It was impossible for them to give orders to the Eighth Route Army to attack the city.

So whether Fujita Ichiji, that fool, can be blessed by Amaterasu is up to his own fate.

"Vice Minister, the bait has been laid." At this moment, a subordinate ran up to report to Haruno Sato.

"Hmm, not bad. Once these Eighth Route Army spies are tainted with the special powder, we'll use our military dogs to arrest them." A malicious glint flashed in Sato Haruno's eyes.

He has already requested military dogs from other places, and these Eighth Route Army spies will fall into Sato Haruno's trap if they want to continue searching for clues.

The shoes of these Eighth Route Army spies were covered in powder, so none of them could escape.

……

358th Regiment of Jin-Sui Army

Taking advantage of the Eighth Route Army's attack on the Japanese railway line, Chu Yunfei also sent troops out to fish in troubled waters.

Of course, due to the limited supplies the Japanese had, Qian Bojun's harvest was not great.

"Commander, we've killed quite a few Japanese soldiers, but we have very few supplies," Battalion Commander Qian Bojun reported to Chu Yunfei.

"The less supplies we capture, the more it means the Japanese are in dire logistical trouble. If we have the opportunity, we should continue to kill as many Japanese soldiers as possible." Chu Yunfei was very decisive. "Right now, what we need to do is not to capture supplies, but to kill more Japanese soldiers."

"Yes, Commander." Battalion Commander Qian Bojun responded. He had just left when Chief of Staff Fang Ligong rushed over, "Commander, something bad has happened, something bad has happened!"

"What's wrong?" Chu Yunfei asked.

"Li Yunlong's troops are surrounded in Heyuan County. They've tried to break out several times but haven't been able to," Fang Ligong said nervously.

"Brother Ligong, why are you joking with me like this!" Chu Yunfei's expression was serious. Li Yunlong and his men had the Hell Cannon; how could they not break through?

Of course, if Li Yunlong and his men were really surrounded, that would be a serious matter.

Because Commander Yan's special envoy, Yan Kai, is currently with Li Yunlong.

If anything were to happen to Mr. Yan Kai, it would be no joke.

"Commander, how could I dare to joke about something this serious?" Fang Ligong said solemnly. "Even if I had the greatest courage, I wouldn't dare to joke about Special Envoy Yan's safety."

Chu Yunfei took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down and thought for two seconds, then wisely analyzed, "I think Li Yunlong is planning something. Moreover, the Japanese are running low on ammunition and supplies. If Li Yunlong and his men really want to leave, given the conditions offered by the Japanese reinforcements, they definitely won't be able to keep Li Yunlong."

"Commander, that's true, but we still have to report this to our superiors." Although Fang Ligong agreed with Chu Yunfei's analysis, he still said the same thing: he didn't dare to joke about Yan Kai's life.

If anything were to happen to Yan Kai, Commander Yan would have countless people executed!
That Li Yunlong is really something, daring to joke about Envoy Yan's life like that.

If he were from the Jin-Sui Army, he would have been killed long ago.

"Hmm." Chu Yunfei nodded and said, "When you report to your superiors, make sure you explain the situation clearly: the Japanese reinforcements are definitely running out of ammunition. If you're going to send troops out, it's best to use a 'lion hunting a rabbit' strategy!"

Even a lion uses all its strength to hunt a rabbit!
Chu Yunfei meant that while the Japanese were weakened, all the troops that our Jin-Sui Army could send should be sent over to try and wipe out the Japanese reinforcements.

The more troops the Japanese kill now, the fewer troops they will have when the Japanese retaliate later.

After all, the Japanese army's battle lines were stretched thin, and his forces were insufficient.

"Okay, I'll contact my superiors right away." Fang Ligong immediately went to report.

Chu Yunfei frowned as he looked at the location of Heyuan County on the map: "What exactly is Li Yunlong trying to do by trapping himself in Heyuan County?"

Chu Yunfei was still not worried about Yan Kai's safety.

He just couldn't understand Li Yunlong's true intentions.

(End of this chapter)