Chapter 232: Catch A Japanese Woman
“He, retreat!”
Wei Dayong spat on the ground, turned his head to Li Yunlong, and said, “Regiment Commander, the wind is getting stronger and stronger, and there’s more and more sand.”
“Isn’t this good? Heaven is opening its eyes and standing on our side.” Li Yunlong pointed at the dim yellow sky and said, “Didn’t you notice? With the strong wind and more sandstorm, the Japanese Invaders’ aircraft aren’t coming out.”
If the Japanese Invaders’ aircraft don’t come out for reconnaissance, the chance of them discovering us is much smaller.
Even if we’re found by the Japanese Invaders’ ground troops, without the aircraft coming for reinforcement, we have rocket launchers to counter the Japanese Invaders’ mechanized troops.
The Japanese Invaders’ ground troops won’t find it that easy to wipe us out.
“That’s true, that’s true.” Wei Dayong nodded and continued, “If the weather stays like this for the next few days, that would be great.”
When we charge toward Taiyuan, the Japanese Invaders will definitely lose their cool.
Their aircraft will bomb wildly overhead then—that’s no joke.
With bad weather keeping the Japanese Invaders’ aircraft grounded, without worrying about fierce bombardment from the aircraft, we can go all out completely.
“Regiment Commander Li, may I ask when we’re going back?” Yan Kai walked over.
Last night, Liu Weidong took the equipment back, and Yan Kai wanted to follow, but Li Yunlong stopped him.
“Mr. Yan, look at you, what’s the rush?” Li Yunlong was quite polite to Yan Kai and said, “Your Taiyuan Arsenal was lost, and it benefited the Japanese Invaders for nothing. If we’re lucky, I’ll take you to see how I recapture the Taiyuan Arsenal.”
Hearing this, Yan Kai’s expression was shocked and incredulous: “Regiment Commander Li, you’re not joking with me, are you? You’re going to attack Taiyuan?”
Although Yan Kai didn’t know much about military affairs, he knew the Japanese Invaders had sent a force of sixty to seventy thousand men.
If you attack Taiyuan, those sixty to seventy thousand Japanese Invaders will most likely turn around for reinforcement.
At that time, with just your few regiments, even adding the district squads and county brigades, you couldn’t possibly be a match for the Japanese Army.
“Mr. Yan, didn’t you see? The sandstorm weather has arrived, and heaven is standing with the Eighth Route Army.” Li Yunlong pointed and said, “With the Japanese Invaders’ aircraft unable to come out, charging to Taiyuan with my firepower shouldn’t be much of a problem.”
“The problem is, even if you manage to attack, what will you do when the Japanese encirclement and suppression army comes over?” Yan Kai asked.
“Mr. Yan, by then I’ll have reinforcements, so don’t worry about it.” Li Yunlong cut off the topic and said, “You haven’t finished studying those Hell Cannon Shells, right? Along the way, as long as you don’t disassemble them, you can study them however you want—you can even sleep and eat with the shells every day, no problem.”
“Alright, Regiment Commander Li, then I’ll go study the shells.” Yan Kai didn’t say anything more. With Li Yunlong not going back now, even if he were allowed to leave alone, he wouldn’t dare.
So, better to keep studying the Hell Cannon Shells.
After sending Yan Kai away, Li Yunlong called Gao Liujin, Ding Wei, Gao Xigang, and Cheng Xiazi together.
“Everyone, it’s getting late, so I’ll assign tonight’s combat missions.” Li Yunlong spread the map in front of them and said, “Among the Japanese encirclement and suppression army, there are three brigades from the First Army. We’ve already taken the Twenty-first Brigade’s territory. The Ninth Brigade and Twenty-ninth Brigade territories are our targets for tonight.”
Hearing this, Gao Liujin immediately shouted, “Li Yunlong, this is like an old lady picking soft persimmons! What’s the point? In my opinion, we should pick two tougher targets for a more satisfying fight.”
Ding Wei pointed and said:
“Gao Liujin, don’t forget our mission.”
“Our mission is to buy as much time as possible for the Border Region Arsenal, not to annihilate as many enemies as possible.”
“Last night we took the Twenty-first Brigade headquarters first, so the Japanese Invaders in the Twenty-first Brigade must have their morale greatly affected.”
“Tonight, taking the Ninth Brigade and Twenty-ninth Brigade headquarters will definitely affect the morale of those two Japanese Invaders brigades too.”
“With all three Japanese Invaders brigades’ homes stolen by us, even if they don’t come back for reinforcement, at least when they encircle our main force, they’ll be restless and anxious, which will definitely affect their combat power.”
“Later, when we suddenly charge toward the Taiyuan Arsenal, they’ll definitely panic and won’t care about attacking our main force anymore.”
“As long as we can draw the Japanese ground troops over here, we’ll have accomplished our main mission.”
Cheng Xiazi nodded too, chiming in: “Li Yunlong’s thinking is sound. Gao Liujin, if you won’t follow orders, don’t blame us three for beating you until you do.”
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei together couldn’t beat Gao Liujin in a fight.
Now with Cheng Xiazi added, Gao Liujin truly couldn’t win.
“You people from the 386th Brigade are too rude—three against one, have you no shame?” Gao Liujin put his hands on his hips, momentarily forgetting that he too came from the 386th Brigade.
Regimental Commander Gao Xigang of the 28th Regiment tried to persuade Gao Liujin: “Gao Liujin, the overall situation is more important. Hitting two tough targets might feel good, but it would consume a lot of our ammunition. We still need to conserve ammunition as much as possible.”
“I didn’t say I wouldn’t follow orders.” Gao Liujin found a way out for himself.
Li Yunlong continued assigning missions: “Old Ding and I will team up to attack the Ninth Brigade headquarters. Cheng Xiazi and Gao Xigang will team up to attack the Twenty-ninth Brigade headquarters. Gao Liujin, you’ll stay as the reserve force.”
Actually, the defenses at the Ninth Brigade and Twenty-ninth Brigade headquarters were so weak that one regiment would suffice.
The reason for two regiments was mainly for efficiency, to prevent the Japanese Invaders from reacting and sending reinforcements.
After succeeding, we’d also have plenty of time to withdraw and hide.
As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, Gao Liujin shouted again: “Li Yunlong, why am I the reserve? Why? I want to go into combat!”
“Because you just said you weren’t refusing orders. What, was that just hot air?” Li Yunlong glared, then said, “This sandstorm weather looks like it’ll last a few days. At night, our four regiments will operate; during the day, we’ll rest. Then, during the day, you go do your work—as long as you don’t go toward Taiyuan, you can do whatever you want behind enemy lines.”
“That’s more like it.” Gao Liujin was delighted at the thought of doing whatever he wanted behind enemy lines.
If he caused trouble, Li Yunlong would cover for him.
“That’s it then. Everyone, get the troops to eat quickly. As soon as it’s fully dark, we move out.” Li Yunlong made the final decision.
“Good.”
After Li Yunlong and the others’ troops finished eating, it was almost fully dark, and the four regiments’ troops immediately set off under cover of night toward the Twenty-ninth Brigade and Ninth Brigade headquarters.
Gao Liujin stayed in place to rest, watching Yan Kai.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
……
The Ninth Brigade and Twenty-ninth Brigade headquarters were attacked almost simultaneously.
In the darkness, the Hell Cannon and Type 92 Infantry Gun shells exploded with light, and the Ninth Brigade and Twenty-ninth Brigade defenses were violently blasted open.
The four regiments’ forces pounced in like wolf packs.
Gao Xigang and Cheng Xiazi progressed very smoothly, pushing straight through and capturing the target’s command center before midnight.
Li Yunlong and Ding Wei were also very successful, even with an unexpected gain.
“Heh heh, Regiment Commander, who would’ve thought this Ninth Brigade headquarters would have an unexpected harvest.” Zhang Dabiao grinned cheekily as he ran over to report to Li Yunlong.
“What unexpected harvest?” Li Yunlong asked suspiciously, seeing Zhang Dabiao’s sleazy smile.
“We captured a Japanese Woman, and she’s drop-dead gorgeous.” Zhang Dabiao said.
“Dabiao, look at you—such promise. What use is a Japanese Woman? Two cannon shells would be more practical.” Though Li Yunlong scolded him, he still said, “Quick, bring the Japanese Woman over for me to see.”
A Japanese Woman caught at a Japanese Invaders brigade command post definitely wasn’t an ordinary one.
Soon, the Japanese Woman was brought before Li Yunlong and Ding Wei.
This Japanese Woman was indeed very beautiful, with skin like white lotus root, shiny black hair, in her thirties, and even in a wooden cotton robe, she couldn’t hide her alluring charm.
Li Yunlong withdrew his gaze from the Japanese Woman and looked at the captive translator, saying, “What’s the deal with this Japanese Woman?”
With such fine clothes and grooming, she was most likely the wife of a high-ranking Japanese Invaders officer.
The translator hurriedly replied, “I don’t know.”
“What did you say?” Li Yunlong’s large blade went straight to the translator’s neck, with an attitude that if the other didn’t come clean, he wouldn’t hold back.
The translator’s legs buckled as he knelt, terrified: “Eighth Route Grandpa, I’m just an ordinary translator. Before this, I’d never seen this Japanese Woman. How would I know her exact identity?”
“Get up. I don’t have a spineless grandson like you.” Li Yunlong still removed the large blade from his neck.
Thinking about it, it did make some sense.
This Japanese Woman appeared to be of high status; without a blanket search, they wouldn’t have found her.
From that perspective, probably not many had seen her.
“Thank you, Eighth Route Grandpa, thank you, Eighth Route Grandpa.” The translator quickly stood up, having brushed the gate of hell, his whole body soaked in sweat.
“Then ask her—what’s this Japanese Woman’s identity and background?” Li Yunlong said to the translator, adding, “I said I don’t have a spineless grandson like you. Call me Grandpa again, and I’ll chop you!”
“Yes, yes, yes.” The translator nodded repeatedly, immediately turning to the Japanese Woman.
The translator asked several questions in Japanese, but the Japanese Woman didn’t speak.
She acted timid and frightened, as if scared out of her wits.
“Damn it, you’re in my hands—quit playing pitiful. If you don’t answer, believe me, I’ll have someone strip your clot…” Li Yunlong flew into a rage.
Ding Wei quickly intervened: “Old Li, let’s take this Japanese Woman with us and have someone watch her closely. I have a hunch—this is definitely a big fish.”
“How big?” Li Yunlong asked.
“That depends on whether the Japanese encirclement troops will send soldiers back for reinforcement.” Ding Wei said.
If the Japanese encirclement troops sent reinforcements back, then without a doubt, this Japanese Woman was a big fish among big fish.
Using her well would have an effect no less than bringing Yan Kai.
Conversely, if the Japanese reinforcement troops didn’t send soldiers back, it meant this Japanese Woman’s value wasn’t that great.
Hearing Ding Wei say this, Li Yunlong immediately understood and laughed, “Then we’ll see if the Japanese encirclement troops pull soldiers back. Haha.”
Li Yunlong now had a hunch that the Japanese encirclement troops would definitely pull soldiers.
As long as you bastards send reinforcements, heh heh, watch how I play you!
