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

Imagine how it would feel if you suddenly found out that the story of your new group became other people’s gossip?

Cao Dabiao is experiencing this feeling now!

Cao Dabiao never imagined that the Eighth Route Army battalion that occupied the entire Huaiyi County was actually the Third Battalion of their New First Regiment!

The battalion commander is his younger brother Cao Geng!

After the scouts brought back all the information from Huaiyi County, Cao Dabiao's eyes widened.

"How is this possible?"

This was Cao Dabiao's reaction since he heard the news.

You know, it’s only been three days since the new regiment started to act separately.

Cao Geng had only about two hundred soldiers under his command.

How did Cao Geng capture Huaiyi County with just these two hundred people?

That's the place where an entire regiment of Japanese soldiers is defending.

Two hundred people faced a regiment of Japanese troops, and the enemy was still defending the city.

Isn't this courting death?

But Cao Geng actually won!

This is unbelievable!

At first, Cao Dabiao was unwilling to believe it.

But when he heard the scouts describe Cao Geng's overall strategy for attacking Huaiyi County.

Even though he was unwilling to accept it in his heart, Cao Dabiao had to admit that the tactics used by Cao Geng in this battle were very clever.

Make noise in the east and attack in the west.

First, they attacked Wanjia Town to distract the attention of the defenders of Huaiyi County, and then Cao Geng led the three battalions to defeat them one by one.

With Cao Geng's tactics, it seemed not impossible to capture Huaiyi County with only two hundred men.

Thinking of this, Cao Dabiao was shocked.

A battalion of troops managed to capture Wanjia Town and Huaiyi County in one day.

These two strategic areas, important to the Japanese army, were captured.

He really underestimated his brother Cao Geng's fighting ability.

One can imagine the abundance of materials that Cao Geng could digest.

In addition, the scouts' investigation revealed another piece of information.

Just after Cao Geng captured Huaiyi County, he also successfully recruited soldiers there.

Thinking of this, Cao Dabiao felt a little bitter.

More than seven hundred soldiers!

He didn't expect that his brother could recruit so many people within three days of dividing the troops!

How efficient is this recruitment?

...

You know, Cao Dabiao was not idle during these three days. On the first day, he was busy looking for a place to stay, and in the next two days, he was wholeheartedly looking for opportunities to recruit soldiers.

In fact, in just three days, Cao Dabiao's achievements were quite remarkable. He was lucky and accidentally captured a bandit's nest. After recruiting these bandits, the number of people in his new regiment and battalion increased by about 100 people! Adding the original 232 people, the strength of their battalion is about to exceed 400 people.

However, what he didn't expect was that when he felt that he was making rapid progress in recruiting soldiers, the Third Battalion where his younger brother Cao Geng was located had not only recruited more than 700 people, but had also captured Huaiyi County!

Although the scout said that there were less than 200 elderly people, children and women among the more than 700 people, there were more than 500 strong men who could go to the battlefield! Cao Dabiao took a breath, how could he not be surprised? Suddenly, he felt that the more than 300 soldiers in his hands seemed not so attractive.

Compared with Cao Geng, the troops Cao Dabiao had assigned seemed to be just wasting time. The problem was that Cao Dabiao had been working day and night for the past three days just to recruit soldiers, and he hadn't slept for twenty hours.

They are in the same unit and are even brothers, so why is there such a big gap between them?

Thinking of this, Cao Dabiao felt like crying but had no tears.

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At the same time, when Cao Dabiao was secretly shocked by Cao Geng's achievements, because Huaiyi County was an important stronghold of the Japanese devils' strategic deployment in the northwest of Shanxi Province, Shinozuka Yoshio in Taiyuan City also learned the news that a battalion of the Eighth Route Army had occupied Huaiyi County.

As the commander of the First Army in North China, when Shinozuka Yoshio heard the news, although he did not react on the surface, his heart was already in turmoil. A battalion of the Eighth Route Army actually captured Huaiyi County, where a Japanese regiment was stationed. Is the world crazy, or is he crazy?

However, as a veteran Japanese soldier who had fought in many battles, Yoshio Shinozuka quickly regained his composure and did not let the messenger beside him see his emotional fluctuations.

"Have you found out which battalion of the Eighth Route Army captured Huaiyi County?" Yoshio Shinozuka asked calmly in response to his subordinates' report.

"I heard that it was Li Yunlong's unit in the New 1st Regiment of the 38th Brigade. The battalion commander of that battalion was called Cao Geng..." Since Cao Geng did not conceal his identity when he captured the county town, it was not surprising that the Japanese intelligence network found him.

"Cao Geng..." Shinozuka Yoshio muttered in a low voice, and no one knew what he was thinking.

On the side, the messenger who reported the news to Yoshio Shinozuka was trembling with fear, fearing that the general would chop him down if he was unhappy.

I understand that Yoshio Shinozuka is a cruel but thoughtful guy, and he is well-known in the Japanese army.

Shinozuka Yoshio said, "Go check this Cao Geng's background. Once you find out, report to me immediately!"

"Yes!"

When the messenger saw that Yoshio Shinozuka did not get angry, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and left as ordered.

Looking at the messenger's receding back, Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes became deep.

Cao Geng...

With just a battalion of troops, they actually captured Huaiyi County, which was defended by an entire regiment?

In fact, Yoshio Shinozuka had no doubt at all about the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army regiment stationed in Huaiyi County.

Therefore, the fact that Cao Geng was able to capture Huaiyi County with the strength of only one battalion can only mean that Cao Geng had his own special abilities!

"I didn't expect that there was such a talent hidden in the Eighth Route Army..." Yoshio Shinozuka said to himself.

The first time he heard of Cao Geng, he began to take him seriously.

It has to be said that Yoshio Shinozuka considers things very carefully and never underestimates any opponent.

"But that's all..."

Then, Shinozuka Yoshio smiled.

Now Cao Geng is just a battalion commander.

Even if he has some abilities, in Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes, he is nothing to be afraid of.

Moreover, he was preparing the first special forces unit of the Japanese army.

The commander of this unit was his confidant, named Yamamoto Ikki!

Yoshio Shinozuka had no doubt about Yamamoto Ikki's ability.

Although Cao Geng is powerful, he will be overshadowed by Colonel Yamamoto Ikki.

Not to mention, he also has the strength of an army under his command.

As long as he had grasped Cao Geng's specific situation, no matter how powerful Cao Geng was, he would be quickly eliminated.