Bright Sword: Japs, times have changed

Chapter 294: An unexpected surprise, the unusually generous Li Yunlong

Yuanping Koizumi was unwilling to continue the risky attack, and Lin Qiang would not attack rashly without receiving new orders. Neither the Eighth Route Army nor the Japanese would have the resources to arrive for the time being.

So the two sides fell into a stalemate.

It is worth mentioning that Harahira Koizumi was still complacent about his plan, believing that doing so would definitely force Lin Qiang to make some wrong decisions.

However, what Yuan Ping Koizumi didn't know was that Lin Qiang had already seen through his thoughts. This was a psychological game, and whoever lost patience first would lose.

While Lin Qiang asked the soldiers to recuperate, he secretly arranged for scouts to go deep behind enemy lines to collect intelligence.

Just when Yuanping Koizumi was waiting for Lin Qiang to reveal a flaw, Lin Qiang unexpectedly obtained a key piece of information.

The Japanese rear supply line is about to receive a large-scale transport team, and the number of troops responsible for escorting it is not large, only about one squadron.

This time, the troops responsible for assisting in the escort of supplies happened to be a joint puppet army from Laiyuan County and Anhua County. The Japanese soldiers from that squadron were there to supervise and prevent the supplies from being embezzled by the puppet army.

After getting this information, Lin Qiang immediately came up with a small plan in his mind.

Not to mention that the base was surrounded by the Japanese on three sides, even if it was completely surrounded, Lin Qiang had a way to let a small group of troops infiltrate.

But this plan was not something the independent battalion was going to carry out, and the supplies would just be kept in the warehouse, so it would be better to do them a favor.

"Monk, immediately send someone to the county town to find Zhang Zizai and tell him that the Japanese are going to rob this batch of supplies, but we are not the ones doing it. Let them be smart when the time comes."

The monk responded and left quickly.

Lin Qiang pondered for a moment, then picked up the phone and dialed a few times: "Connect to the Independent Regiment Headquarters."

Soon, a deep voice rang out from the phone again: "Why are you calling? Don't bother me while I'm sunbathing."

Hearing Li Yunlong's tone, Lin Qiang thought he had angered him: "Hey, Commander, are you taking medicine so early in the morning?"

"You bastard, be careful or I'll beat you up!"

Lin Qiang chuckled and said, "Captain, isn't it just that the boss told you all to stay and watch the show? What's wrong with that? Fighting requires expending ammunition, not to mention that there will be casualties."

"fart!"

Li Yunlong's voice, almost roaring, came from the phone: "That's someone else's battle. Don't think I don't know how you've been fighting recently. You've been fighting tens of thousands of Japanese for such a long time. How many people have you sacrificed?"

"You damn prodigal son! There were so many spoils of war on the battlefield, but you didn't take any of them. Such a good Type 38 rifle! It makes me sad just looking at it."

Lin Qiang smiled helplessly and said, "Captain, aren't we thinking of leaving it to the brothers who need it more? I called you today because I have good news."

Then he told the information about the Japanese transport team and the puppet army escort.

When Li Yunlong heard this, he immediately became excited: "Haha, Xiao Linzi, your news is really timely. I, Li Yunlong, was just itching to fight because I didn't have any battles to fight."

Lin Qiang reminded him, "Captain, there are many folks I used to know among the puppet army. It would be best if we could persuade them to surrender."

In fact, the independent regiment's current strength has reached saturation. If there are more people, Li Yunlong will have a hard time.

Defending the country is what every Chinese man should do, but fighting in wars also requires eating. Who doesn’t want to have hundreds of thousands of people in the army, but can’t afford to support them?

The purpose of mentioning the surrender to Li Yunlong was to make him be gentler when taking action. Otherwise, with his fighting style, the puppet troops being transported would probably not even have time to react and would be killed together with the Japanese.

Li Yunlong laughed on the other end of the phone: "Don't worry, Xiao Linzi, I, Old Li, know what's going on."

Xiao Linzi?

The Qing Dynasty has been gone for many years, how come I still have the name of a little eunuch?

"Captain, don't say I didn't think of you. I didn't even inform the brigade commander before I told you this news."

Li Yunlong laughed heartily: "You still have some conscience, my independent regiment doesn't have anything you would consider worthy. It's a pity that I, Li Yunlong, don't have a wife. If I did, I would trade my wife for your guns!"

No wife?

Lin Qiang raised the corner of his mouth and asked, "It's okay to take your lover, Captain, you can't even have a lover, right?"

"Go! Go! Go!"

Li Yunlong suddenly cursed, "You deserve a beating, kid. I'm telling you, don't let me get the chance, or you'll be in trouble."

It is not difficult to hear from Li Yunlong's words and reactions that it will not be long before we have to attend Li Yunlong's wedding.

Lin Qiang also knew that he couldn't do anything stupid again, lest he really get punished the next time they met: "Captain, if you're like this, then I'll tell the brigade commander this news!"

"No, no, no, no!"

Li Yunlong's expression changed faster than turning the pages of a book. "We already agreed that you can't change your mind, right? Let's put it this way. I, Old Li, am not someone who only takes advantage. There's a village called Xingfu Village between our two defense zones. There are probably more than 2,000 people in the village. I was planning to expand the team. Since you're so kind, Old Li will grit his teeth and stomp his feet and give it to you!"

However, Lin Qiang's reaction was not as happy as Li Yunlong had imagined. He said in a very calm tone, "Thank you, Captain."

"Don't be ungrateful, kid. After all, there are more than 2,000 people. If we pick and choose, we can pick out a thousand combat personnel."

Li Yunlong said angrily, "I, Old Li, gave you such a big piece of fat meat, and you took it."

Hearing this, Lin Qiang retorted: "Captain, why did you send me off? Do you really think I don't know?"

When has Li Yunlong ever made a business that lost money?

Putting aside other things, these two thousand people used to cultivate the land will be a great help in the coming year. Li Yunlong is not a fool, so how could he give them to Lin Qiang for no reason.

It’s simply that the independent regiment can’t afford it.

More than 2,000 refugees means more than 2,000 mouths to feed. If each person has one steamed bun, that would mean more than 2,000 mouths to feed.

You can't just pick out all the people who can fight and leave the old, weak, sick, disabled and young to die in Xingfu Village, right?

If we want to recruit these thousands of combat-capable personnel into the team, we have to include the remaining refugees.

At this time, no team could handle more than 2,000 people.

All we can say is that we provided some extra supplies and sent troops to protect their safety.

Therefore, Li Yunlong was willing to give it to Lin Qiang because he wanted to do him a favor.

However, Lin Qiang had no idea when these two thousand people appeared in Xingfu Village. "Captain, what's going on? Where did these two thousand people come from?"

Li Yunlong on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "The Japanese raided a few days ago, and villagers from several surrounding villages fled there. Originally, there were only a few hundred people in that village, and with so many people pouring in, there was simply not enough food. Our independent regiment was also short of food, so we couldn't take them in. We could only occasionally send some soldiers over to protect them."

Lin Qiang's mind moved: "Captain, how much food does the village have left?"

"It will take at most two weeks. There are still many wounded and medicine is in short supply."

Upon hearing this news, Lin Qiang said without hesitation: "Commander, I will arrange for someone to send some food and medicine over. As for the more than 2,000 people, I will bring them all to the base."