Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 303: Sword 6

As the Yamazaki Battalion was annihilated, Shinozuka Yoshio saw that the opportunity to fight was lost. He could only inform all the troops of the death of more than a thousand Japanese soldiers and ordered the three brigades to withdraw and return to their previous bases to deploy defenses, waiting for the next mopping-up order.

After receiving the confirmed news of the Japanese withdrawal, the headquarters ordered the lifting of the combat readiness and began to investigate the reasons why the Yamazaki Battalion advanced alone.

The independent regiment and the 772nd regiment, which directly participated in the battle, immediately held a review meeting. This battle could be regarded as a rehearsal for the city battle. It is necessary to sum up the experience and lessons and prepare for similar battles in the future.

The brigade commander attended the meeting of the independent regiment. In addition to understanding the detailed process of the battle, he also had one thing to clarify. So after giving the summary, he asked a question.

"Li Yunlong, which unit of your independent regiment often divides into a squad to operate within the defense zone?"

"Commander, that's not true! The independent regiment has been training at the defense zone. No one dares to go out without my permission!"

Li Yunlong saw the brigade commander's expression and thought to himself that it was not good. He was afraid that the commander would find an excuse to ask for things again. After all, he had seized a lot of spoils from the annihilation of the Yamazaki Battalion.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, regiment commander, and political commissar, I am from the third platoon of the first company of the first battalion." Zhang Dabiao was very straightforward at this moment.

"Was it your idea?" asked the brigade commander.

"No, it was the third platoon leader Yu Xian. He applied to the first company commander and me, and I agreed." Zhang Dabiao seemed not to notice Li Yunlong's frequent suggestive eyes.

"Send someone to notify him to come over. I have some questions to ask." The brigade commander looked at Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.

The meaning was clear: the meeting was over and he had some small matters to deal with.

Zhao Gang called for the meeting to be adjourned and everyone left. As soon as everyone left, Li Yunlong's face fell.

"Commander, has Yu Xian gotten into any trouble? Don't be angry, I will shoot him later!"

"Li Yunlong, you still have the nerve to say that. You are the most troublesome person among my subordinates!" The brigade commander criticized mercilessly.

"Brigade Commander, I..." Li Yunlong didn't expect that the brigade commander could still take advantage of the topic and even involve himself.

"What do you mean by 'you'? You have made as many contributions as you have committed. If I don't give you a lesson right after you won a victory, you will definitely cause trouble for me someday!" The brigade commander felt so happy when he saw Li Yunlong's face full of grievance.

"report!"

Li Yunlong was about to explain when a voice came from outside the door.

"Come in!" shouted the brigade commander.

This was the first time Yu Xian met the most legendary general of this era. He was wearing a black leather jacket and glasses, and his wise eyes seemed to be able to see through everyone's heart through the lenses.

"Yu Xian, the platoon leader of the third platoon of the first company of the first battalion, reports!" Yu Xian saluted and stood at attention.

"I am the commander of the 386th Brigade. Let me ask you, were you the one who set traps outside the field hospital and mobilized the masses to monitor it?" the commander asked straight to the point.

"Report to the brigade commander, it was me and my soldiers who did it!" Yu Xian did not deny it.

"You bastard, why did you set traps around the field hospital? Who do you want to do by letting the masses monitor you?" Li Yunlong was overwhelmed when he heard the brigade commander's question.

"Why?" the brigade commander asked, looking straight into Yu Xian's eyes.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, I thought of it myself. If there was such a trap in Yangcun a few months ago that could provide us with a signal, soldiers..." Yu Xian couldn't continue.

"Brigade Commander, Yu Xian is the only one who survived that encounter." Kong Jie explained to Yu Xian in real time.

"Good, you did a good job. Because of the trap you set, the field hospital was transferred in time and our comrades survived." The brigade commander patted Yu Xian on the shoulder.

"Are they still alive?" Yu Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

"Of course he's still alive." The brigade commander said with relief: "Your idea is more than just setting traps and surveillance!"

"Report to the brigade commander, I also want to establish a combat team like this."

Yu Xian took this opportunity to put forward his idea. Although there were no conditions, he had planted a seed, and it would naturally take root and sprout when the time was right.

"I can tell you that our current conditions cannot support such a force." The brigade commander's words were full of regret.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, I am very clear that we are only preparing to form such a combat team." Yu Xian did not expect to get permission and support now.

The brigade commander looked at Yu Xian in surprise. He knew the character of his officers very well. They would ask for people or money as soon as they thought of something, but the platoon leader's behavior was beyond his expectations.

"Zhao Gang, this kid is given to you. You must take good care of him!" The brigade commander turned around and made arrangements for Zhao Gang.

"Yes!"

After everything was arranged and the early warning mechanism was clarified, the brigade commander said a few routine words and left.

Li Yunlong tried to persuade the brigade commander to stay for dinner, saying that he had captured canned beef, which would be a good snack for tonight, but the brigade commander rode away without saying anything. After eating a meal in the independent regiment, Li Yunlong had to take away as many good things as possible from him, and he was determined not to be fooled.

"You are really good! You did such a big thing quietly, and even I, the leader, was kept in the dark."

As soon as the brigade commander left, Li Yunlong immediately turned hostile and scolded Zhang Dabiao and Yu Xian, saying that the two were not motivated and that if they reported the idea of forming a combat team to him, he, Li Yunlong, would beg for food to solve all their problems and needs.

The Japanese could deal with him, so why couldn't I? He kept talking more and more outrageous until Wei Dayong said that dinner was ready, and then he went to the cafeteria cursing.

"Our captain has a quick temper, don't be surprised!" Zhang Dabiao said, wiping the saliva off his face.

"Battalion Commander, I know." Yu Xian also shook his head as he looked in the direction where Li Yunlong left.

"Let's go! Let's go back to the camp to eat. The commander won't provide food today!" Zhang Dabiao said helplessly.

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Li Yunlong had the ambition to set up a special operations team, but he also knew that the current environment and conditions did not allow it. He was angry because Zhang Dabiao did not report to him about setting up traps in the jurisdiction and letting the masses monitor the matter, and his anger was gone.

Taking advantage of this victory, the Independent Regiment combined the idea of establishing a special operations team, adjusted the training outline again, and began the selection of various military talents in full swing.

The commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone was shocked that the 18th Group Army could gain a foothold in northwest Shanxi and form a three-way confrontation with the Central Army of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army and the Japanese. The Japanese would be fine, they would be driven away sooner or later, and Shanxi would still be his, but the Eighth Route Army's blatant poaching was quite excessive.

What frightened the commander-in-chief even more was that the Eighth Route Army was gaining more and more favor in the hearts of the people. If this continued and the Japanese were not driven away, the whole of Shanxi would be lost and he would be left without troops. For this reason, he organized a group of senior officers of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to visit the headquarters in the name of observation and study to see what was going on with them.

Chu Yunfei was on the list of senior officers. He was very interested in Li Yunlong, who commanded his troops to defeat the Sakata Regiment head-on with inferior equipment. So when the headquarters communicator asked if anyone would like to visit the Independent Regiment, he signed up and, led by the headquarters communicator, came all the way to the Independent Regiment's base.

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, who had received the news in advance, had already made preparations.

"Damn it, Yu Xian came up with this thing that can't be collected or hidden, just smash it with a hammer." Li Yunlong saw that everything that could be hidden was hidden, but the sand table was still there, which was an eyesore.

"Okay, Old Li, just remove the signs and move the parts. It won't work if you think about avoiding Chu Yunfei completely. The art of war emphasizes truth and falsehood, reality and illusion, and he won't take these things seriously." Zhao Gang counselled Li Yunlong while looking around the room to check for any deficiencies.

"The 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, what a damn fate we have. I, Li Yunlong, still have an old score to settle with him!" Li Yunlong finally figured it out and sighed with his hands on his hips.

"I say, Old Li, now is the critical moment of the national war of resistance, you can't do anything to undermine the war!" Zhao Gang was extremely nervous when he heard Li Yunlong's words.

"I know what is important and what is not. When the troops were reorganized and crossed the Yellow River to the east, when they arrived at the ferry, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army guarding there happened to be the 358th Regiment. Their superior took out a list of the National Revolutionary Army's battle sequence and said that the 358th Brigade had the 771st and 772nd Regiments under its command, and without the New st Regiment, they wouldn't let us cross the river!" Li Yunlong got angry when he mentioned this.