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

After all the soldiers had packed up their spoils, Cao Geng said nothing more.

"Everyone, return immediately!"

Cao Geng said with a smile.

Today, their Third Battalion won a great victory over the Japanese and harvested a rich supply of supplies.

"Yes!"

Many soldiers of the Third Battalion had smiles on their faces, and they were very satisfied with their combat results.

"As for you..."

Next, Cao Geng turned to Wang Hu and other former puppet army soldiers.

"Take all the equipment from your puppet army camp and bring it to our Third Battalion's base."

Cao Geng blinked. He had completely regarded these puppet soldiers as his own people.

The equipment and supplies at the puppet army’s garrison are definitely not as much as those at the gendarmerie battalion.

However, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat.

You still have to take what you should take.

Cao Geng was fed up with poverty.

Can't waste it.

"Yes." This was the first order Cao Geng gave to these former puppet soldiers. Wang Hu agreed immediately, then cheered up and led his brothers to the puppet army camp to pack up their equipment...

Then, Cao Geng and his team returned with all the military supplies from Yongping Town, fully loaded and ready to return to Xiaweidi Village.

However, just as the flapping of a butterfly's wings can cause a storm in the distance, Cao Geng did not expect that the battle he fought in Yongping Town today would directly change the strategic layout of the major forces in northwestern Shanxi.

...

A small town of Yongping.

There was not only a puppet army unit of about 800 people there.

There is also a gendarmerie brigade that can accommodate thousands of people!

Why did the Japanese deploy so many troops there?

The reason is actually very simple.

Just look at the location of Yongping Town and you will understand.

Yongping Town is located at the intersection of the Japanese-occupied area and the Jinsui Army-controlled area.

After the Japanese lost Huaiyi County.

Huairong County obviously became their primary target of attack against the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Huairong County is located 200 miles northwest of Huaiyi County.

If the Japanese wanted to suppress the territory of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, they might even retake the county seat of Huaiyi.

In addition to using heavy troops to press on the border, what is more important is to have a large amount of supplies.

Yongping Town is only ten miles away from the Zhengtai Railway and only thirty miles away from Huairong County.

This was the new material transfer station set up by the Japanese to suppress Huaiyi County.

After defeating the Japanese gendarmerie battalion, Cao Geng was surprised to find such a large amount of supplies and weapons among them.

In fact, just look at the map and you will understand that it is not surprising that these supplies and weapons appear in Yongping Town.

Because Yongping Town was a small stronghold rebuilt on the Zhengtai transportation line after the Japanese lost Huaiyi County.

...

It was the day after Cao Geng captured Yongping Town.

A large number of Japanese troops arrived here.

They are the troops stationed in Huairong County.

Their goal in coming to Yongping Town this time was to retrieve the strategic materials that were originally transported to Huairong County via the Zhengtai Line.

But when the Japanese troops of this regiment arrived at Yongping Town, they were stunned.

"what happened?"

In their eyes, the gendarmerie battalion and the puppet army camp were in a mess and devastated!

Not to mention supplies, weapons and resupply.

Even the nearly 1,800 soldiers originally stationed here disappeared without a trace!

Completely desolate!

Could it be that the hateful Chinese soldiers are taking secret action again?

"Bakayaya Road."

The brigade commander who was in charge of escorting and transporting supplies to Yongping Town was furious.

This batch of supplies is of vital importance to the Japanese troops in Huaiyi County.

They and the surrounding friendly forces were about to launch the third general attack on Huaiyi County occupied by Chu Yunfei.

This general attack on Huaiyi County was an action that Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka of Taiyuan repeatedly emphasized.

It can be said that Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka had high hopes for this attack on Huaiyi County.

However, at this critical moment, their logistics were stolen.

What's worse is that they don't even know who did it!

...

When they realized this, the entire Japanese army panicked.

"Investigate! We must find out who swallowed this batch of supplies! Military orders are as firm as a mountain. If we launch a third general attack on Huaiyi County before we find the supplies, our entire regiment will suffer!"

The wing commander said with a livid face.

If he can’t find the supplies, his head as the brigade commander might be in danger.

Of course, this was because Cao Geng and the puppet army's actions were extremely secretive.

Even though the Japanese investigated for a long time, they did not point the finger of suspicion at Cao Geng.

Moreover, time waits for no one.

The time has come for Yoshio Shinozuka to order an attack on Huaiyi County.

The Japanese had no choice but to go into battle.

However, when the third general offensive began, although the Japanese initially attacked fiercely.

But as time went on, their exhaustion began to show.

Soon, under the leadership of Chu Yunfei, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army quickly suppressed the Japanese army.

The Japanese army had no choice but to abandon their supplies and retreat to Huairong County.

They originally planned to launch a full-scale attack on Huaiyi County, but due to supply problems, they almost lost Huairong County.

The Japanese army's frustration can be imagined.

Chu Yunfei had originally learned through intelligence that the Japanese army would launch a third general attack on Huaiyi County.

Therefore, Chu Yunfei began to be on high alert a few days ago and even mobilized a brigade of troops as reinforcements!

however,

He didn't expect that the Japanese army was just bluffing.

After the counterattack against the Japanese army and retreating back to Huairong County, Chu Yunfei, as the commander of the 358th Regiment, also felt confused and puzzled.

Before the truth of the matter became clear, he even suspected that the Japanese army had deliberately retreated and set a trap.

He didn't dare to launch a full-scale attack easily.

But after investigation,

He totally gets it.

The Japanese army did not take one step back but two steps forward, trying to swallow up the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in one bite.

But although the Japanese army assembled a large number of troops, they had lost all the supplies for an entire county.

How to fight this battle?

"It turned out that the Japanese army's backyard was on fire."

After hearing the news, Chu Yunfei was immediately delighted.

God helps him.

When the two armies were engaged in a large-scale battle, the Japanese army's logistical supplies were lost.

Then couldn't he directly push the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's defense line to Huairong County?

That being the case, no more words are needed.

Just do it.

Soon, Chu Yunfei's army had formed an overwhelming advantage over the Japanese army outside Huairong County!