Courtyard House: Home Alone

After sitting down, before Chen Gongshu could ask, Lin Yifan said, "The counterattack is about to begin. I need your men to get moving and verify the latest Japanese deployment along the Pingjin line."

In addition, list all the traitors in each stronghold and eliminate a group of them before the operation begins, thus cutting off the Japanese's informants.

Chen Gongshu immediately nodded: "That's easy. My men have already thoroughly investigated the defenses of all the strongholds and Tianjin. They can send you the list and defense map within three days."

"In less than three days, you will be sent to Xiyuan Airport first thing tomorrow morning and handed over to Commander Chen. Also, notify all the informants in the Japanese troops to prepare to launch an uprising as soon as the counterattack begins and disrupt the Japanese deployment."

As Lin Yifan spoke, he took out a stack of promissory notes from the drawer and pushed them in front of him. "Here are two million legal tender. Take them and use them as operating funds for the brothers. Expand your manpower if necessary. Don't be stingy with the money. After we win this battle, I will reward the brothers according to their merits."

Chen Gongshu didn't stand on ceremony. He folded the promissory note and put it in his pocket, then stood up and saluted. "Please rest assured, I guarantee I will complete the mission and will not hinder the counterattack." After saying that, he put his top hat back on, tiptoed out the door, and disappeared around the corner of the alley.

Lin Yifan stood by the window, watching Chen Gongshu's figure disappear before turning around, picking up his coat from the hanger, and heading out to the North China Military Region Headquarters to discuss specific counter-offensive plans.

Lin Yifan arrived at Xiyuan Airport, the headquarters of the North China Military Region. The airport was surrounded by anti-aircraft guns and machine guns, and the runways were lined with P-51 Mustang fighter jets, the first batch produced by Lin Yifan in cooperation with Germany.

The second batch, entirely produced domestically in Beiping, is currently undergoing testing. The captured Japanese aircraft are now primarily used as training planes. Upon seeing Lin Yifan's Ford sedan, the troops guarding the airfield immediately stood at attention and saluted. Lin Yifan also voluntarily got out of the car for inspection.

After inspecting the vehicle, the guard quickly raised his hand to lead the way, and the car drove directly into the headquarters compound along the smooth cement road.

As soon as Lin Yifan parked his car and entered the operations conference room, he saw Commander Chen and a group of staff officers already standing around the sand table. The walls were covered with military maps of the Beijing-Tianjin area and North China, with red and blue arrows clearly marked on them.

Upon seeing Lin Yifan enter, Commander Chen immediately smiled and waved to greet him: "Yifan, you've finally arrived! We were just discussing our action plan. According to our original plan, we would first occupy the coastal areas and cut off the Japanese's sea routes. The threat from the sea will depend on your help."

Lin Yifan walked to the sand table and pointed to the location of Tanggu Port: "Don't worry about the sea. 'Ghost' has made arrangements. As long as the Japanese dare to come from the sea, we guarantee they will not return."

We currently have an absolute advantage in both troop strength and firepower against the Japanese in the Pingjin area. We need to be quick and take advantage of the Japanese in Northeast China being vulnerable to seize them. We must not let them escape beyond the Great Wall, nor let them rush south and cause trouble for our allies.

In the coastal and central plains regions, your mechanized forces are well-positioned to leverage their strengths. I noticed this during the last exercise; your blitzkrieg tactics have become more refined.

As long as you can quickly break through the Japanese lines, you can divide and surround them, and quickly devour them piece by piece.

The special forces squads we trained for you will be tasked with keeping a close watch on the Japanese command post and artillery positions. Once their command hub is destroyed, they'll be like a bunch of headless flies, just waiting for us to deal with them.

Commander Chen laughed heartily after hearing this, and patted Lin Yifan on the shoulder: "I am completely relieved to hear you say that. Then let's proceed according to the previously agreed plan. We will launch the attack at dawn tomorrow and start by taking Tianjin."

Taking the port would cut off the Japanese retreat, and then they would gradually clear out the outskirts of Beijing and Tianjin, eventually encircling Shicheng.

After dealing with the Japanese in Beijing and Tianjin, we will immediately head northeast. The overall action plan has already been approved.

Lin Yifan nodded, his gaze sweeping over the various Japanese strongholds marked on the sand table, and added, "I'll go back immediately and inform 'Ghost' to send people to Tanggu tonight to find out the Japanese coastal artillery positions and port mine-laying points, and also take down their naval command so they can't organize sea support or evacuation."

After the operation begins, we will head north along the Pingjin Highway, eliminating the Japanese temporary command posts one by one, in coordination with your armored forces' advance.

The staff officers were all relieved after hearing this. With the "Ghost" dagger stuck in the belly of the Japanese, coupled with the absolute advantage in troop strength and firepower, the chances of winning this battle couldn't be more certain.

The group gathered around the sand table and finalized a few more details, clarifying the attack routes and rendezvous points for each unit. By the time the meeting adjourned, it was already dark.

Lin Yifan went home, ate something simple, and then quietly left Nanluoguxiang under the cover of night, heading towards Tanggu.

Two years ago, he wiped out all the high-ranking commanders of the Kwantung Army, expanding his territory to a radius of twenty kilometers.

He teleported to the vicinity of Dagukou in just eight teleports, and first used his mental power to check the defense of the entire fort.

It was discovered that the fort was garrisoned by a reinforced Japanese artillery company and a guard company, with a total of sixteen heavy coastal defense guns deployed at various gun positions. Most of the guns were pointed at the sea, with only a few pointing inland.

The entire fort was surrounded by barbed wire and many landmines. The Japanese soldiers guarding the gun obviously did not expect that someone would sneak over from the inland. Most of the guards at the outposts were dozing off, and the vigilance was quite lax.

Lin Yifan chuckled inwardly and teleported directly into the artillery command room. The Japanese commander inside was yawning while looking at a map. Before he could react, his throat was slit with a single stroke. Lin Yifan then casually stored all the documents in the command room into his spatial storage.

He then teleported to each gun position and took care of all the guards and artillerymen in twenty minutes. All sixteen coastal defense heavy guns were also stored in his system space, and he didn't even forget to take all the shells stored under the gun emplacements.

After dealing with the fort, he made his way to the nearby Japanese Navy Tanggu Command, where there were twice as many guards as at the fort.

However, it was no match for Lin Yifan's teleportation. He sneaked in and cleared out each room one by one. In less than half an hour, he had taken care of all the marines here and even found out the port's defense map and mine layout parameters.

After putting away the documents, he didn't linger and went straight to the naval barracks near the dock, where about five hundred Japanese naval officers and soldiers still lived.

Most of them were dead drunk and fast asleep, even the sentries were dozing off against the wall.

Lin Yifan crept in silently and cleared out the sleeping Japanese soldiers from room to room. In less than an hour, all five hundred-plus Japanese soldiers were dead.