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

Chapter 240 Are you itching for a beating?
386th Brigade Headquarters

"Brigade Commander, headquarters just issued instructions."

The deputy brigade commander said to the brigade commander, "The border region's arsenal is producing counterfeit tungsten ore. We need to return the counterfeit tungsten ore to the Japanese without arousing their suspicion."

Upon hearing this, the brigade commander was somewhat taken aback: "Is there any explanation for returning counterfeit tungsten ore to the Japanese?"

"The headquarters commander didn't go into details, he just told us to prepare in advance," the deputy brigade commander replied.

"So, how much fake tungsten ore is there at the border region's arsenal, and when will it be ready?" the brigade commander asked.

"The headquarters commander said the border region arsenal needs to produce five truckloads of tungsten ore, but they didn't specify when it would be ready," the deputy brigade commander replied. "Should we ask the border region arsenal?"

"Hmm, you can ask." The brigade commander nodded and then said, "If we want the Japanese to take the fake tungsten ore without arousing their suspicion, there is a very good way right now. Isn't Sato Haruno trying to lure us in? We can totally make use of Sato Haruno."

Sato Haruno is hiding now, and the brigade commander won't be able to find where he is hiding for a while.

But it doesn't matter, as long as you have your bait.

As long as I don't bite, you'll have to keep waiting.

Once the five truckloads of fake tungsten sand from the arsenal in this area are produced, we'll feign a bite.

You, Sato Haruno, were looking for our border region arsenal, and "by accident" you found five truckloads of tungsten ore. For the Japanese, that was an unexpected surprise.

"Haha, yes, yes, this is simply a perfect plan!" The deputy brigade commander burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Sato Haruno was trying to bait us, so we played along and sent out fake tungsten ore.

"So, give the order: keep your temper in check. They can show signs and intentions of wanting to take the bait, but don't act on them. Do you understand what I mean?" the brigade commander said.

"Yes, brigade commander." The deputy brigade commander nodded happily.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, Regiment Commander Cheng of the 772nd Regiment has returned." At this moment, someone rushed in to report.

Is the 772nd Regiment back?

The brigade commander and deputy brigade commander were both completely dumbfounded when they heard this.

Your 772nd Regiment was causing trouble outside the encirclement with Li Yunlong, and later you even went so far as to cause trouble behind the Japanese lines in Taiyuan.

Why did your 772nd Regiment come back alone?
"Let him in quickly." The brigade commander didn't hesitate. Cheng the Blind's 772 had mysteriously returned, which must mean something important.

Soon, Blind Cheng, looking travel-worn, stood before the brigade commander and saluted: "Greetings, Brigade Commander."

"Commander Cheng, what brings you back?" the brigade commander asked.

"Brigade Commander, the Japanese have suddenly mobilized three brigades to attack us. You must have received the news, right?" Blind Cheng looked at the brigade commander with delight.

"Hmm." The brigade commander grunted, then said suspiciously, "I intercepted a telegram from the enemy saying that three Japanese brigades are involved in something related to cherry blossom trees. What are these cherry blossom trees? Did you bring them back?"

“Yes.” Blind Cheng nodded and said, “I brought the cherry blossom tree back. Her true identity is a senior Japanese naval expert.”

Are cherry blossom trees experts on advanced naval vessels?

Upon hearing this, the brigade commander and deputy brigade commander exchanged a glance, their eyes quickly turning serious.

The fact that a senior naval expert could command three brigades of Japanese troops for a rescue speaks volumes about the quality of Sakura's naval knowledge.

The deputy brigade commander hurriedly asked, "Where is the cherry blossom tree man?"

Blind Cheng replied, "I didn't bring the person directly back to the brigade headquarters; I kept him outside."

The location of the brigade headquarters is very important. Even though the cherry blossom tree is already a prisoner, it cannot be easily brought to the brigade headquarters.

"Take us there to see right away," the brigade commander said impatiently.

For army equipment, we have Li Muzhi.

However, we still lack experience in the area of ​​naval vessels.

We don't need naval knowledge now, but we definitely will in the future.

Let me give you something more intuitive.

The weaknesses of the Japanese warships must be known to the top naval experts.

Sooner or later, we will have to fight our way out of the Second World War zone.

Since we were bound to have to fight against the Japanese warships, knowing their weaknesses in advance was of great significance.

"Yes." Blind Cheng immediately led the way.

On the way, the brigade commander still asked, "How did you manage to capture this cherry blossom tree?"

Logically speaking, such a valuable naval expert shouldn't be staying in the World War II zone; he should be on Japanese soil.

"Li Yunlong and Ding Wei captured him at the Ninth Brigade's base," Cheng the Blind explained.

"Why would she be at the Ninth Brigade's base?" the deputy brigade commander asked suspiciously.

"We don't know about that," Blind Cheng shook his head and explained, "We captured this cherry blossom tree, but she's not cooperative at all during interrogation. If Yan Kai hadn't known her identity, we wouldn't even know her name, and we wouldn't have thought of sending her back immediately."

"Yan Kai knows her?" The brigade commander paused, this was quite a coincidence. However, coincidences were commonplace in this war.

He, the commander of the Nationalist government, and Gangcun were also classmates. They studied together at the Army Officer School and had a good personal relationship.

"Yes, that's right." Blind Cheng nodded.

"What was the original name of this cherry blossom tree? What's its background?" the deputy brigade commander asked.

"Her original name was Yamamoto Sakura, and she seems to have some connection with the Japanese Navy's Supreme Commander, Yamamoto Shichihachi," Blind Cheng replied. "That's all we know."

Upon hearing this, the deputy brigade commander couldn't help but say to the brigade commander, "Brigade commander, this seems a bit unreasonable. Since Yamamoto Sakura has some connection with Yamamoto Shichihachi, the highest-ranking officer in the Japanese Navy, given the conflict between the Japanese Navy and the Army, I'm afraid Yamamoto Sakura wouldn't serve the Army, would she?"

If she wouldn't serve the army, Sakura Yamamoto shouldn't have come to the Second World War zone so easily.

“There are many unreasonable aspects to this war,” the brigade commander said. “Why do you care why Yamamoto Sakura is serving their army? As long as we can ultimately get her to serve us, that’s the most important thing.”

"Yeah, too."

Led by Blind Cheng, the brigade commander and deputy brigade commander arrived at the place where Yamamoto Sakura was being settled.

This was a fortified household's home. When the brigade commander and deputy brigade commander arrived at the room, Yamamoto Sakura had not yet woken up.

Upon seeing that Yamamoto Sakura was actually a woman, the deputy brigade commander was somewhat surprised: "Regimental Commander Cheng, is this a woman?"

Blind Cheng nodded: "Yes, she is a Japanese woman."

"You didn't touch her along the way, did you?" the deputy brigade commander asked in a serious tone.

Logically speaking, even if the commotion wasn't too great, Yamamoto Sakura shouldn't have been unable to wake up after the deputy brigade commander and the brigade commander entered.

But now, there is no sign of him waking up at all.

Something seems off.

Such valuable prisoners could be a huge loss if anything goes wrong.

"Brigade Commander, I swear, I absolutely did not touch a single hair on her head," Blind Cheng hurriedly swore.

"Then why is there no sign of this person waking up?" the deputy brigade commander asked.

Blind Cheng explained, "On our way back, Yamamoto Sakura was being a bit unruly and wanted to take a bath. We couldn't let her take a bath and waste time, so..."

As Cheng the Blind Man finished speaking, he couldn't help but shrink back slightly, saying, "So Li Yunlong punched her..."

"What?! Li Yunlong punched her!" Upon hearing this, both the deputy brigade commander and the brigade commander nearly lost their footing.

Where did that son of a bitch like Li Yunlong get the guts!

You clearly know the value of Yamamoto Sakura, yet you still dare to throw a punch at her!
If someone gets seriously injured, even if Li Yunlong had ten heads, it wouldn't be enough to chop them off.

The brigade commander cursed, "That bastard Li Yunlong is getting bolder and bolder! He kidnapped Yan Kai without a word, and the headquarters leaders gave me a real dressing down. This kid brought back a senior naval expert, and before we could even celebrate, we found out he actually punched that expert! This bastard keeps giving me a shock every now and then, is he itching for a beating?"

Blind Cheng was still speaking up for Li Yunlong: "Brigade Commander, you can't really blame Li Yunlong entirely. This Yamamoto Sakura is too delicate and causes a lot of trouble. If Li Yunlong hadn't knocked her unconscious, she would definitely have caused trouble."

"That doesn't mean you can hit people!" the brigade commander snapped. "Can't you use some other, gentler method?"

"Brigadier, we're just a bunch of roughnecks. We only know how to deal with Japanese soldiers, but we really have no experience dealing with Japanese women," Blind Cheng said, trying to save face for Li Yunlong.

"Hmph, inexperienced? Li Yunlong is always bragging, but he's very experienced when it comes to women..." The brigade commander didn't finish his sentence.

Sakura Yamamoto, lying on the kang (heated brick bed), whimpered and woke up.

The brigade commander didn't understand Japanese, but he quickly communicated with Yamamoto Sakura through a translator.

Sakura Yamamoto was indeed uncooperative during the interrogation.

But through these few sentences of conversation, the brigade commander confirmed it.

Sakura Yamamoto is mostly unharmed; Li Yunlong is lucky, that son of a bitch.

After confirming that Yamamoto Sakura was alright, the brigade commander and deputy brigade commander led Blind Cheng out, leaving the female comrades to look after her.

The brigade commander said to Blind Cheng, "Now that you're back, go and get some rest. If Liu Weidong has any missions, cooperate with him."

The brigade commander knew about Liu Weidong's plan to seize the opportunity to disrupt the Japanese encirclement and suppression forces' supplies and logistics.

"Yes, Brigade Commander." Blind Cheng saluted and took his leave.

The deputy brigade commander looked at the brigade commander and asked, "Brigade commander, should we keep Yamamoto Sakura here with us for the time being, or send her to the logistics department so that Xiao Li can check on her when he has the chance?"

Although Xiao Li from the border region's arsenal has remarkable talent in military industry, he probably has no expertise in naval vessels.

If we could extract the knowledge from Sakura Yamamoto's mind and have Xiao Li absorb it, and then Xiao Li could replicate it for our other military personnel, it would definitely be of great significance to our future navy.

"I'll personally deliver it to the headquarters logistics department." The brigade commander's tone was solemn. Yamamoto Sakura was so important that the brigade commander didn't trust anyone else to deliver it.

“Alright, then you, brigade commander, can deliver it yourself.” The deputy brigade commander nodded.

(End of this chapter)