Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

As soon as this letter came out, it caused an uproar.

The Japanese army finally confirmed their guess - the Namwon Battalion was indeed destroyed in the Eighth Route Army base.

This made the Japanese side angry, but also shocked and frightened.

When did the mere Eighth Route Army have the strength to destroy a large group of Japanese troops?

Moreover, it was a field infantry battalion like the Namwon Battalion, with more than 500 Shouyang security troops and more than 200 puppet troops cooperating in the battle.

But even they were no match for the Eighth Route Army.

It can't be that there is not enough time to pass on even a single message, right?

Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army.

"Baga, it's this damn bastard again!" Colonel Nanbu Zhengping was furious, but he became more and more wary of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

He had long expected that this Eighth Route Army would be difficult to deal with.

However, they never expected that the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment actually had the strength to defeat and even destroy the Namwon Battalion.

After the news was passed to the Japanese First Army Headquarters.

The Japanese commander Yoshio Shinozuka was also shocked. In recent times, the number of the Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army had appeared frequently, and even directly alarmed his First Army Command several times.

Therefore, even at the critical moment when the Eighth Route Army was launching a large-scale raid, Yoshio Shinozuka still insisted on mobilizing the Nanyuan Battalion to reinforce the Shouyang area and carry out a sweep of the independent regiment's base.

According to the Japanese army's previous combat experience.

A fully-strength field infantry battalion, with its sophisticated equipment and well-trained warriors, is enough to sweep away any combat regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Yoshio Shinozuka had no doubt about this.

He even waited eagerly at the headquarters for the news that the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment had been completely annihilated.

The resulting message is passed back:

The Namwon Battalion was completely wiped out in the independent regiment's base.

No one knows the specific combat situation.

From beginning to end, the Namwon Brigade did not even have time to pass on the message to the outside world.

Air fire support was of no use at all.

A fully-staffed Japanese field battalion!

Just like that, it was completely wiped out in the mountains.

"How is this possible? What exactly happened in the Eighth Route Army base?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was furious about this. The Japanese army had never suffered such heavy losses since it fought against the Eighth Route Army in the occupied area.

The designation of the Independent Regiment of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army was once again on his blacklist.

Colonel Yamamoto, who rushed to the headquarters after hearing the news, was also very surprised.

This Eighth Route Army unit, numbered 386 Brigade Independent Regiment, not only launched a surprise attack and destroyed his prisoner-of-war camp and injured his special forces, but now it has destroyed the Namwon Battalion. It is really surprising.

“General, judging from the outcome of this battle, either the main force of the Eighth Route Army was secretly lurking in the base of the Independent Regiment and took the opportunity to concentrate fire and destroy the Namwon Battalion.

Either this Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment had some special tricks up their sleeves, so that the Nanyuan Battalion was wiped out before they could pass on the news to the outside world."

Yamamoto said in a deep voice: “If it is the former, it is possible and reasonable.

If it is the latter... this Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment may be more difficult to deal with than we thought!"

Of course.

It was just a regiment of the Eighth Route Army. In Yoshio Shinozuka's opinion, it had no more than one or two thousand soldiers.

The Japanese Army's fully-strength field battalion was actually equivalent to the Eighth Route Army's battalion-level combat unit.

It was equivalent to his First Army having a battalion wiped out by the Independent Regiment.

Although it is very shameful.

But it is far from enough to cause any serious damage to the First Army.

Looking at the battle map in front of him, after thinking for a moment, Shinozuka Yoshio slowly said: "The most urgent task is to deal with the large-scale raids launched by the Eighth Route Army. Let this damn independent regiment survive for a while."

"For the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment base, continue to focus on blockade and do not rashly send troops into it."

As for the bodies of the Japanese soldiers from the Namwon Battalion, Kong Jie said they could be exchanged for supplies.

Shinozuka Yoshio gritted his teeth and said, "The remains of the empire's warriors must not be thrown away casually. This will undermine the dignity of the empire. No matter what the Eighth Route Army wants, satisfy them and exchange all the remains of the warriors back."

"Hi!"

——Kong Jie really didn't expect that the Japanese were so generous. He was originally trying to do something with the corpses of these Japanese. It would be best if he could exchange more supplies.

Even if we can't get it back, it will at least make the Japanese feel disgusted and kill their arrogance.

As a result, on the afternoon of the same day the message was delivered, the Japanese troops in Shouyang responded.

They expressed their willingness to use supplies to redeem the bodies of Japanese soldiers.

That being the case.

Kong Jie naturally wouldn't be polite.

The troops would exchange whatever supplies they lacked, and the prices would be clearly marked according to the different military ranks of the Japanese soldiers, and the exchanges would be carried out at different prices.

Shouyang Japanese city defense headquarters.

The old Japanese soldier Nanbu was so angry when he received the material exchange list sent by Kong Jie.

The damn Eighth Route Army was insatiable, and the commander of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, Kong Jie, was an insidious and cunning villain. Every soldier's body corresponded to a part of supplies. How much supplies would be lost in exchange for more than 1600 bodies?

However, the command from the headquarters was to get the body back at any cost.

Colonel Nanbu could only grit his teeth and swallow it.

Except for some equipment and ammunition that Kong Jie requested, such as machine guns and cannons, all other food, medicine, cotton and other things were provided.

In addition, Colonel Nanbu specifically expressed in the letter that he hoped to use other supplies, even equipment and ammunition, to exchange for the two infantry guns that the Namwon Battalion might have lost.

Naturally, he was harshly rejected by Kong Jie.

——The devil’s infantry artillery is an absolutely powerful weapon for attacking Japanese artillery towers and strongholds.

Even if there were no shells, keeping them would be a deterrent to the Japanese army.

Instead of agreeing to exchange the infantry guns, Kong Jie asked the soldiers to take the infantry guns and parade around some nearby Japanese strongholds and artillery towers in broad daylight.

Knock on the mountain and shake the tiger!

The Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold were frightened, fearing that the Eighth Route Army could break through the stronghold at any time with the two infantry guns and turn it into their grave.

Regarding the new second regiment.

When Li Yunlong heard that Kong Jie was doing business with the Japanese with more than 1600 dead bodies of the Japanese, he immediately cried out that he was losing money. If he had known that these dead Japanese were so valuable, he would have asked for several hundred bodies when he left the Independent Regiment.

However, this did give Li Yunlong a new idea.

The Japanese soldiers killed in the future must not be wasted.

……

The situation continues to evolve.

With the destruction of the Namwon Battalion, the Independent Regiment demonstrated its powerful strength to the outside world for the first time. Faced with the large-scale raids of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army had no time to continue targeting the Independent Regiment.

The independent regiment’s base ushered in a rare, short period of stable development.

As Kong Jie said to the cadres before this battle: "This is a battle for our independent regiment to establish its base. If we win, our base can be successfully established and expanded. If we lose, the base will be completely destroyed and all our previous efforts will be wasted."