Bright Sword: I don’t want to be the king!

Brigade Commander Chen said: "They can't win? In fact, they are reluctant to waste their strength!"

When Cao Geng heard it, he immediately understood the meaning.

The troops on that side were scheming against each other, all of them prioritizing the preservation of their own strength.

They know that the demons' target is the underground resistance, and they are probably hoping to take the opportunity to destroy us!

Cao Geng nodded and said, "I understand. It is better to be self-reliant than to rely on others."

The brigade commander asked, "What are your plans?"

Cao Geng suggested: "How about we go out of the city to meet the enemy?"

The brigade commander was startled and asked, "What does this mean?"

That's right, it doesn't sound wise to leave the city undefended and take the initiative to attack and engage in a night battle with the enemy.

Cao Geng explained: "Brigade Commander, in this kind of battle, we must give full play to our weapons advantages. If we defend the city here, once the demons bombard it, our losses will be huge."

"However, going out on a guerrilla expedition is very different. We have mysterious communication runes and enhanced magic weapons. Once we start an operation in the wild, the enemy's alchemical missiles will not pose a threat to us. Therefore, I advocate that we should take the initiative to attack."

The brigade commander nodded slightly. "Your point of view is indeed reasonable, but I need a specific strategy to weigh the pros and cons. You can't just say 'attack' and start a war without any rules."

Cao Geng pondered for a moment and suggested: "How about this! After we leave the city, you can use the magic crystal cannon to bombard the city. This will definitely cause the enemy to fall into chaos. Then we can surround them. Isn't that a good idea?"

The brigade commander responded: "It sounds pretty good, but this is a city, so it's difficult to build that kind of reverse slope shield turret."

Without the protection of the reverse slope shield, these magic mortars will be destroyed once the enemy's magic crystal cannon is launched.

Cao Geng explained: "In fact, similar defenses can be built in cities, but the effect is not as good as in mountains. We can dig deep pits or simply hide behind city walls, which can also play a role."

As Cao Geng spoke, he described the tactical picture to the brigade commander.

The tunnel was dug so deep that only a small part of a gun barrel was exposed. If the enemy wanted to hit it, they had to be extremely accurate, even allowing the shell to fall into the pit.

This method requires that the mortars be deployed in a dispersed manner and cannot be gathered in one place.

Sixteen magic mortars only require sixteen tunnels, and the personnel must also be hidden inside to operate them.

After listening to Cao Geng's analysis, Brigade Commander Chen's eyes suddenly brightened.

This strategy is feasible. The sixteen cannons are dispersed in sixteen locations, and the enemy brigade does not have so many magic crystal cannons.

"Very good, let's proceed according to your plan." Brigade Commander Chen made a decisive decision.

After enjoying the magic breakfast.

The soldiers received orders and began looking for a suitable place to dig tunnels.

Cao Geng and Duan Peng each led 800 people and left the city through the two side gates of Luyang City.

In desperation, they could only take these people away, and the rest had to stay behind to defend the city.

In the enemy camp, Changjin Kazuo was in the temporary command post, discussing the strategy of attacking the city with his four captains.

His four captains were uneasy and knew what was going on.

Most of the soldiers under their command are newly recruited young people from the country.

Most of them are teenagers between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, and at this age, they are still immature. After a short training, they are sent to the battlefield. How much combat power can they have?

The captain of the 82nd Battalion, Hashimoto, said: "Your Excellency, we cannot wait for reinforcements from other areas. It is difficult to attack the city with only a few thousand people."

Well, that's the most euphemistic way of putting it. They don't even know how many underground resistance forces there are in the city. How can they attack the city with less than 5,000 troops?

The captain of the 83rd Battalion, Uehara, quickly agreed: "Yes, sir, our reinforcements cannot arrive, but the reinforcements of the underground resistance army can. In such a battle, our hope of victory is slim."

The other two captains also quickly agreed that they were unwilling to fight this battle because they lacked confidence.

Changjin Kazuo was furious when he heard this...

"Evil demons, retreat, what are you doing? Ah! Such words can only be discussed in private before me, and never mentioned to the ears of the brave. Otherwise, I will punish you."

Upon hearing this, the four captains' expressions suddenly dimmed.

Changjin Kazuo continued: "Whether you are willing or not, this battle must be fought. I know your concerns, but this is a strict order from the throne."

"Since our royal army entered the territory of Eniya, we have never encountered such difficulties. Now, we have suffered setbacks in the land warriors, first in the Peace Fortress and now in Luyang City."

"This is a disgrace to the Royal Army of our great empire. We must use this battle to avenge this shame and win gloriously. Otherwise, we will not be able to explain to General Yansong."

Captain Hashimoto said helplessly: "Okay! Brigade Commander, what do you say we should do? We will listen to you."

Changjin Kazuo stroked his beard and responded, "Don't worry, everyone. General Yansong has sent me a letter stating that at 2:00 pm, our giant eagle will descend to help us capture the city. After the airstrike, we will launch a full-scale offensive. Now, everyone should have confidence, right?"

Upon hearing the news, the four captains all smiled.

With air support, their chances of winning were greatly increased.

As long as the air strikes are effective, it would be like granting them merit!

It would be easy for them to capture a city that had been attacked by air.

The four captains finally regained their faith.

At this time, a Japanese soldier rushed into the house, came to Changjin Kazuo, saluted and reported: "Report to your Excellency the General, the land soldiers came out of the city to kill our army."

"how is this possible?"

Changjin Kazuo was shocked and said in disbelief: "Are you serious?"

The soldier replied hastily: "General, it is true. There are more than a thousand of them, and they are swarming towards our camp!"

"Is there such a good opportunity?"

Captain Hashimoto was equally surprised.

This is certainly good news for them.

The land warriors are hiding in the city, so it will be very difficult for them to attack. Now that they take the initiative to attack, isn't that exactly what they want?

Changjin Kazuo was puzzled and asked, "How strange! What tricks do the land warriors have?"

When the four captains heard this, they fell silent.

Who can guess the other party's intentions at this moment?

Captain Hashimoto said: "Your Excellency, I cannot guess the intentions of these land warriors at this moment, but they exposed themselves, which is exactly what I want. This is a rare opportunity, so we just need to fight with all our strength."

Strength overwhelms everything. In the face of absolute advantage, any trick is futile.

That’s right, in the minds of these Japanese soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the land fighters is far inferior to that of the puppet army.

They lacked confidence in attacking a city, but they were never afraid of a head-on confrontation.

Indeed, positional warfare was the forte of the Japanese army. Even if the local soldiers prepared trenches waiting for them, they were not afraid, let alone such a direct encounter.

"Yes……"

Changjin Kazuo thought about it again and again, but still could not figure it out, and finally decided not to think about it anymore.

He resolutely ordered: "Instructions conveyed, Youyan Guards 82nd and 83rd Squadrons, immediately meet the enemy head-on. 84th and 85th Squadrons, stand guard and guard against the cunning tactics of the Earth Spirit Warriors."

"I will follow your orders..."

The four ghost captains stood at attention firmly and responded.

After Cao Geng and his group left the city, they dispersed into teams, each with a magic transmitter in hand.

The captains dispersed their teams more sparsely and quietly approached the enemy's phantom camp.

More than a thousand people were distributed in this way, covering an extremely wide area. The soldiers on both sides tried to bypass the phantom camp and surround the enemy.

When Captain Hashimoto and Captain Uehara led more than 2,000 ghost soldiers to defend, they were stunned by the layout of the earth spirit warriors.

They were completely unable to see the Earth Spirit Warriors on both sides and could only see the Earth Spirit Warriors scattered sparsely in front of them.

"Damn it, what on earth are the Earth Spirit Warriors playing? Didn't they say there were more than a thousand of them? There are only two teams at most, right?"

Indeed, the number of Earth Spirit Warriors before them was no more than three hundred.

Captain Uehara held a magic telescope, observing the two wings of the earth spirit warriors and almost laughed out loud.

"What are these earth spirit warriors trying to do? They seem to want to surround us! Haha..."

Captain Uehara couldn't help but snicker.

Indeed, although their temporary camp of 5,000 people was not large, its circumference was several kilometers.

There were only about a thousand Earth Spirit warriors, and they actually wanted to surround them?

Indeed, to complete the encirclement, the circumference would be longer, and at least six or seven steps would be needed to deploy a soldier. Is this called an encirclement?

If they disperse their forces like this, once they launch a surprise attack, the Earth Spirit Warriors may not even know how they failed.

"Is this true? Is there such a tactic?"

Captain Hashimoto quickly picked up the telescope and began to look carefully.

Don't look at it, look at it!

It’s really true!

Captain Hashimoto laughed with great joy: "Earth Spirit Warriors are Earth Spirit Warriors. After all, they are just a bunch of farmers who don't even know the most basic tactical knowledge! Don't they think that as long as they surround us, they will win? Hahaha..."

Captain Hashimoto couldn't hold back his laughter.

Captain Uehara couldn't stop laughing, and finally managed to control himself, saying, "Mr. Hashimoto, since the Earth Spirit Warriors have deployed such a force, wouldn't it be too rude if we don't cooperate with them?"

Captain Hashimoto smiled and said, "Mr. Uehara, how do you think we should cooperate?"

Captain Uehara suggested: "Since the Earth Spirit Warriors want to surround us, we should cooperate with them, disperse the troops to both sides, and strengthen the defense of the camp."

"Very good, then let's have some fun with them, hahaha..."

Captain Hashimoto couldn't help but burst into laughter as he spoke.

Captain Hashimoto had to admit that this was the best strategy to eliminate the Earth Spirit Warriors.

With just one fierce attack, no earth spirit warrior can escape.

Therefore, the Earth Spirit Warriors were eager to build an encirclement on the outside, while the Ghost Clan soldiers slowly formed a circle on the inside, forming a confrontation with the Earth Spirit Warriors...

The enemy was not impatient. They were stalling for time, waiting for the mysterious birds in the sky to arrive.

"Huh? What secret techniques are these aliens using?"

Cao Geng was confused by the enemy's behavior.

He was also worried that they would suddenly rush out in unison! Even if they didn't charge in unison, it would be impossible for them to set a trap easily.

Unexpectedly, the enemy played a game of cat and mouse with them.

Did those foreign tribes think that their two large battalions could contend against the 1,600 warriors led by Cao Geng?

Cao Geng chuckled. Well, since the aliens wanted to play, he would play the game with them.

He said to the magic communicator in his hand: "Warriors, pay attention. If the aliens do not take action, we should try to avoid active provocation."

Then, an absurd scene took place.

The two sides were like close friends who had known each other for many years, neither of them would take the initiative. The foreign tribes would follow the Eighth Route Army in their actions.

What surprised Cao Geng was that with the enemy's tacit cooperation, they surrounded the enemy camp in just over half an hour.

The soldiers found shelter a few hundred steps away from the enemy camp and hid quietly.

At first, Nagatsu Kazuo had no idea what conspiracy his two captains were planning. After hearing the report from his subordinates, he almost laughed to death.

More than a thousand people actually tried to surround his 5,000-strong army! Oh my God! What kind of stupid commander would it take to come up with such an absurd tactic?

Just as Changjin Kazuo's laughter had not yet stopped.

Cao Geng's magic communicator brought the squad leader's report, and everyone was ready.

Cao Geng decisively ordered: "Brothers, let's show these foreigners the strength of our Eighth Route Army. Listen to my command and shoot..."

In an instant, dense arrows broke through the air.

"Swish swish swish..."

Without any warning, hundreds of aliens fell to the ground as a rain of arrows poured down.

They were unable to cope with it. The Eighth Route Army launched an attack suddenly without any warning and they had no time to react.

These Eighth Route Army soldiers attacked without saying a word, which was really against combat etiquette.

More importantly, the aliens would never have dreamed that the Eighth Route Army could shoot arrows accurately from a hundred steps away and hit the target.

This was far beyond their expectations.

The Eighth Route Army shot the first arrow, and the rain of arrows did not stop, continuing to shoot rapidly, causing the alien race to lose another two or three hundred people.

At this moment, the aliens finally woke up and quickly hid in the bunker, never daring to show their heads again.

Once the aliens disappeared, the power of the Eighth Route Army's arrows also weakened.

"Baga, what's going on? Why are the Eighth Route Army's archery skills so fierce?"

Captain Hashimoto was shocked.

Captain Uehara's eyes widened.

The most crucial thing is why the Eighth Route Army started shooting arrows from such a long distance.

What does it mean?

The two captains looked around and saw that many of their men had fallen to the ground.

Why are the Eighth Route Army’s archery skills so accurate?

"Oh no! They are using the magic-enhanced M1 Garand longbow and slingshot. Hurry up and blow them up!"

Captain Hashimoto finally remembered the power of the M1 Garand longbow, and a chill came over him...