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

Chapter 69 The Brigade Commander Ambushes People
"That bastard Li Yunlong, he really caught me off guard and pulled another surprise attack."

The brigade commander cursed, "He used a diversionary tactic to attack Ping'an County and test artillery shells! How could he come up with such a thing!"

Despite his outburst, the brigade commander's emotions had calmed down considerably.

The brigade commander was even wondering what Li Yunlong could bring back after storming into Ping'an County.

The division commander intercepted the remaining four Hell Cannons, but the brigade commander is still thinking about getting another one.

After all, Ding Wei of the New First Regiment made a great contribution and should be rewarded with a Hell Cannon.

The Hell Cannon in his own hands was the face of his brigade headquarters, and he couldn't give it to Ding Wei.

Therefore, we need to get another hell cannon.

Then the meeting can proceed; otherwise, it will have to be postponed further.

The deputy brigade commander, still worried, said, "Brigade commander, even if Li Yunlong manages to get something out of Ping'an County, he probably won't be able to move very fast. The Japanese mechanized and cavalry regiments, knowing Ping'an County has been attacked, will definitely pursue Li Yunlong as quickly as possible..."

Before the deputy brigade commander could finish speaking, the brigade commander interrupted him: "There's no need to worry about that. Since Li Yunlong dared to set his sights on Ping'an County, he will definitely be able to handle the pursuit by the mechanized regiment and the cavalry regiment."

???Looking at the map, there are no bridges to blow up, nor are there any advantageous terrains to rely on. I don???t know how Li Yunlong is going to solve this problem,??? the deputy brigade commander questioned.

Blowing up bridges can hinder enemy pursuit.

Mechanized and cavalry units excel at plains warfare and can use treacherous terrain to create obstacles.

However, there is no particularly dangerous terrain in the Ping'an County area.

"No need to consider that." The brigade commander waved his hand and said to the deputy brigade commander, "You keep an eye on things at the brigade headquarters, I'll go out and bring him back! This bastard can't be allowed to cause any more trouble."

"You're going to go and bring him back?" The deputy brigade commander paused. "We don't even know which route Li Yunlong will take back."

"He still has to do the tasks I give him," the brigade commander said incisively.

"You mean you're going to wait for him at the junkyard?" the deputy brigade commander asked thoughtfully.

If the Japanese mechanized units and cavalry regiment are stopped, Li Yunlong can easily take over the scrap yard on his way back.

Therefore, Li Yunlong will definitely appear at the scrap yard.

"If we don't catch this bastard, who knows what trouble he'll cause me next? I don't want to sleep with my head in my throat tonight," the brigade commander said through gritted teeth.

"That's right, we should bring him back and put him in solitary confinement for a few days!" The deputy brigade commander nodded.

"Solitary confinement? There's no way it'll be that easy!" the brigade commander glared. "I'll take all the cannons from him. Without cannons, let's see how he causes trouble for me in the future!"

"Yes, we should confiscate the Hell Cannon from him." The deputy brigade commander thought the brigade commander's decision was extremely wise.

The deputy brigade commander was stationed at the brigade headquarters, while the brigade commander secretly led his men to the scrap yard to stake out the suspects.

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358th Regiment of Jin-Sui Army

"Commander, I still think the news that Heyuan County was attacked twice by the Eighth Route Army with heavy weapons is a bit unbelievable."

Fang Ligong, the chief of staff of the 358th Regiment, leaned close to the regimental commander Chu Yunfei and said doubtfully, "With the Eighth Route Army's lousy arsenal, which can only make scrap iron sheets and can't even make the most basic hand grenades, how could it possibly make heavy weapons and artillery? I still think that the Eighth Route Army must have captured these heavy weapons and artillery from somewhere."

"According to intelligence, the Japanese didn't lose any heavy weapons or artillery, and neither did we, nor did our own troops," Chu Yunfei pointed out. "If these heavy weapons and artillery weren't made by the Eighth Route Army's arsenal, did they fall from the sky?"

Just kidding, heavy artillery is not your average conventional artillery.

This was of profound significance to both the Japanese and our side.

Even though Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment was a reinforced regiment with 5,000 men and an artillery battalion, the artillery battalion only had conventional light artillery and no heavy artillery!
In other words, even Commander Chu was very envious of heavy weapons and artillery.

Every heavy weapon, artillery piece, has strict rules.

The loss of heavy weapons and artillery is no small matter; it cannot be concealed.

Now that everyone has acquired heavy weapons and artillery, the Eighth Route Army's heavy weapons and artillery couldn't have appeared out of thin air. The only answer is that they are in their arsenal.

Although this answer seems ridiculous and absurd!
???But the Eighth Route Army can???t even smelt the most basic steel, how could they build cannons???? Fang Ligong still didn???t believe it.

"Let's investigate slowly, we'll find out eventually..." Chu Yunfei didn't finish his sentence.

A staff officer rushed over and reported to Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong: "Reporting to the regimental commander and chief of staff, Ping'an County has been attacked."

Is someone attacking Ping'an County?
Upon hearing this, Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong exchanged a glance, and the latter immediately said, "Commander, this must be the Eighth Route Army attacking the county town again, right?"

Heyuan has already been attacked twice by the Eighth Route Army, so it doesn't seem unreasonable for them to attack Ping'an County again.

No, that's not right.

There were three regiments of Japanese soldiers temporarily stationed in Ping'an County, weren't there?

If the Eighth Route Army went to attack Ping'an County, wouldn't that be like running into the muzzle of the Japanese guns?

Fang Ligong immediately asked the man, "Who is attacking the city?"

"Based on preliminary assessment, it should be the Eighth Route Army," the staff officer replied.

"The Eighth Route Army must have a death wish. Don't they know that three regiments of Japanese soldiers have been stationed in Ping'an County?" Fang Ligong said incredulously.

The staff officer replied, "Before the Eighth Route Army attacked Ping'an County, it seems that three regiments of Japanese soldiers left for Heyuan County."

Upon hearing this, Fang Ligong pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Chu Yunfei: "If three regiments go to Heyuan County, the Eighth Route Army might launch a third attack on Heyuan County. This is a diversionary tactic."

Fang Ligong was quite shocked.

The Eighth Route Army dared to attack Heyuan County for the third time, truly showing no respect for the Japanese.

"Knowing full well that three regiments had formed an encirclement force, the Eighth Route Army not only didn't hide, but continued to attack the city, luring these three Japanese regiments away like monkeys. I wonder who was in command. I, Chu, really want to see this person..." Chu Yunfei didn't finish his sentence.

Jingle Bell!
The phone on the table rang.

Fang Ligong walked over and picked up the telephone receiver: "This is Chief of Staff Fang Ligong."

"What? Say it again."

"Okay, okay, I understand."

Fang Ligong sounded surprised and hung up the phone.

Chu Yunfei asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"The forward observation post called, saying that a unit of the Eighth Route Army is passing through the edge of our defense zone. This Eighth Route Army unit is carrying a large amount of supplies and is also using mules to pull a weapon that looks like a cannon." Fang Ligong hurriedly said to Chu Yunfei, "Regimental Commander, do you think this could be the Eighth Route Army unit that attacked Ping'an County, and the weapon they are using mules to pull is their heavy artillery?"

Chu Yunfei glanced at Fang Ligong: "Brother Ligong, you didn't even think before you said that. What kind of mule can pull heavy weapons and artillery? You need a car to pull them."

"Commander, let's go over and take a look right away, then we'll know."

"Yes, we should go take a look." Chu Yunfei nodded and hurried off with Fang Ligong.

(End of this chapter)