Bright Sword: Infinite Logistics

Chapter 47 A lucky ending

Nishida Koji's consciousness gradually became clearer.He looked ahead and saw a magnificent sight: a huge cherry blossom tree reaching up to the sky and the ground, with part of its roots exposed on the ground, forming a strong road that could touch the trunk of the tree.The petals are falling bit by bit, dyeing everything in sight pink.

On both sides of the road paved with tree trunks, there were familiar figures.For example, the hunchbacked white-haired old woman in the front is his mother.

Koji Nishida moved towards his mother, but his body was not under his control.He could see his mother's lips moving, as if she were saying something, but he couldn't hear the sound, and his eyes continued to move forward, giving him no chance to look at his mother again.

Before he had time to react, another person appeared in front of him. This time it was his father, an ordinary Japanese civilian.

"Go ahead, go ahead. It is an honor to join the army. I will wait for Erlang's triumphant return at home..."

Triumph?

For some reason, Nishida Koji felt a sense of absurdity in his heart.

His eyes continued to move forward, and the person who appeared this time was his teacher, a person who had a profound influence on him.

"China used to be more advanced than us, and we learned a lot from them. Now that the empire has developed so well, it's time for the Chinese to learn from us."

"What? You don't believe it? The Nissin naval battle is proof!"

Koji Nishida watched the teacher's lecture and suddenly recalled his boyhood.At that time, he had not yet entered the quagmire of war in North China, and he still had illusions about the war in his younger brother's country.It was also at that time that everyone felt that my younger brother was qualified to be the teacher of China.

His eyes were still moving forward, and what appeared this time was a young woman with average appearance.Nishida Koji became excited. That was his fiancée. They had agreed to get married after the war.If it weren't for her, Nishida Koji might have gone crazy on this battlefield.

But why was she crying while holding a small box wrapped in white cloth?

"Damn it, there's a living one here."

A discordant voice came in.Nishida Koji felt a sudden sharp pain all over his body, and then all the scenes in front of him were once again shrouded in darkness.

He opened his eyes and saw the sky.A few branches of trees blocked the sun, so the light was not dazzling.He fumbled around with his right hand and found a cloth shoe.

The next moment, a man in a yellow military uniform appeared in sight. He raised his foot and kicked Nishida Koji's hand away.

"Hey, this little devil is awake."

Before Nishida could realize what was happening, two more men in yellow military uniforms appeared. One pushed him to the ground, and the other began to search him.

"Captain Zhu, there is still a living Japs in that team just now."

Nishida Koji raised his head with difficulty and saw a tall and burly officer, turning off the safety of the shell gun in his hand and inserting it into the gun case.

"Can you speak Chinese?" Zhu Shiqing squatted down and turned over Nishida Koji's collar: "Oh, he is still a squad leader."

In [-], the Japanese changed their military uniforms to the Zhaowu style, and the epaulettes were gone.The new military uniforms are equipped with [-]-style military ranks, which have been changed to collar badges.

The confusion in Nishida Koji's eyes gradually faded, and he remembered.He remembered that this morning he saw his squad leader being blocked by eight roads, and the two sides exchanged fierce fire; he remembered that he had chosen to turn around and leave, choosing to "go to the county seat to report the news."

He also remembered that he bumped into this Eighth Route Army in yellow military uniforms on the road. After a few rounds of volleys and grenades, his squad was gone.He was left alone, once again dodging all the bullets and grenade fragments.

The last image in his memory was of a border-made grenade.Thinking about it, he was knocked unconscious.

"It seems he hasn't recovered yet." Zhu Shiqing shook his head: "Let him sober up and take him to Director Zhou to see if we can ask him anything."

Director Zhou is the propaganda officer of the brigade. She is also a rare female soldier in the brigade and knows some Japanese.

"The team will continue to search the surrounding area to make sure there are no Japanese ambushes before moving forward." Zhu Shiqing stood up and walked towards the back of the team.

"Brigadier Commander, it's clear. The leading reconnaissance force of the 772nd Regiment found an unsatisfied Japanese detachment. They have eliminated them and captured a prisoner. We can move forward after checking again."

"Also, that little devil smells very bad. The smell of sweat, gunpowder, and earth are all mixed together. He probably ran away from the stronghold."

"Yes." The brigade commander dismounted, handed the whip in his hand to Zhu Shiqing, then opened the map bag hanging on the back of the saddle and pulled out the map.

In this operation, the brigade commander led two battalions from the supplementary regiment and two battalions from the 772nd Regiment, plus the brigade headquarters and troops directly under the brigade, a total of more than 300 people.

It naturally takes time to assemble so many troops, and there is more or less movement among the Japanese troops stationed in each regiment.Therefore, Zhang Dabiao has already arrived at the battlefield, and the brigade headquarters is still on the way.

As for firepower, it has the characteristics of the Eighth Route Army. There are only a dozen heavy machine guns and hundreds of light machine guns for more than 2000 people. The number of grenades and light machine guns is about the same.

However, the two cannons at the back of the team are quite good. One is a Japanese Type 5 infantry cannon, and the other is a Sulotong ST-[-] machine gun obtained from Guo Preserved.

The only drawback is not enough ammo.

There are only six of these 20mm machine guns in the entire army, and each division has two.Originally, this thing was supposed to be an anti-aircraft cannon, but the shells of this guy couldn't be captured, and the more it was used, the less it was.However, these days, air defense is still about nine out of ten air defenses. Anti-aircraft artillery ammunition fired into the sky will most likely be wasted, so...

Therefore, the Eighth Route Army made a decision that was very suitable for the current situation-the anti-aircraft guns were leveled.

What?You mean court martial?It’s ridiculous. There is no international convention that stipulates this. It’s just a joke by netizens.What the Eighth Route Army likes to do most is to use machine guns to smash the enemy's bunker towers. During the Yuliao Campaign in 40, Brigadier Chen transferred a machine gun to cooperate with the 16th Regiment, a battalion of the New Regiment, to destroy Yushe The county's northwest bunker was demolished.

The enemy also said that the early bunkers and turrets were reinforced concrete fortifications. Do you want the later ones to withstand artillery shells?It's very difficult.That is to say, the Eighth Route Army does not have a complete military industry system and can only make bullets. After the mass production of Type 43 infantry gun shells began in [-], the turrets in turn became a device for trapping Japanese soldiers.

"It seems that the new regiment is moving very quickly. It is probably that they are at war with the Japanese now." The brigade commander pointed at the map: "We are still about thirty or forty miles away from the county seat. We should hear gunshots further ahead. ”

"In a moment, let the troops speed up their march, and take advantage of the excitement to stab the Japanese. It's best to wipe out all the Japanese who came out of the city, so as to save some energy for the siege."

"Yes." Zhu Shiqing turned and left.

(End of this chapter)