Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 622: Approaching Xilinhot

Ma Datou was horrified, like a dumb man who couldn't express his pain. He hesitated for a long time before he mustered up the courage to say:

"Sir, can you please let us cover our faces? If we run into the Japanese in the future, they will eat us all."

Ye Zhonghua showed a playful smile. It seemed that Ma Datou still didn't understand the reason?

"Ma Datou, what's the matter? Do you still want to continue to hang out with the Japanese and bully us Chinese?"

"No, no, no, how could I dare to do that? Even if I were extremely brave, I wouldn't dare to do that!"

"Then just accept it. What else is there to worry about? Forget it. I've always told you that there are two options before you. One is to accept the people's trial. Even if you are not shot, you will have to go to jail until you die. The other is to join the Liberation Brigade and make meritorious contributions while serving your sentence. But if you refuse to change your evil ways, then you can follow the first option!"

Ma Datou was panicking. Although he did not kill any Mongolian herdsmen personally, there must have been several herdsmen who died as a result of him. If there was a real trial, he would probably be shot.

It seems there is only one way, and that is to follow the People's Liberation Army.

Those who do a good job can make up for their crimes and clear their names, and maybe even be named a founding hero.

If you don’t do a good job, at least you can be considered a martyr?

"Sir, I, Ma Datou, will fight you!"

"Haha, a man who knows the times is a hero. I guess your subordinates don't have any complaints, right?"

"Of course, we are all guilty. We are grateful that our superior has given us a chance to repent. There is no reason for us to complain!"

"You are a sensible kid!"

Ye Zhonghua then told Yuanshan his intention to see if he could accept these soldiers from the Erlianhot Guard Regiment.

Yuanshan has now collected a large amount of weapons and equipment, including four to five thousand rifles, as well as a large number of machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars. Now is the time to use people, so he is willing to give Ma Datou a chance.

"Come on, we are all Mongolian brothers, I will definitely treat them well!"

The reason why Ye Zhonghua allowed Ma Datou and others to join the Liberation Brigade was not only to enrich the strength of the Liberation Brigade, but also his deeper intention was to establish an inseparable connection between Mobei and Inner Mongolia, including the puppet troops of the Erlianhot Guard Regiment.

Ye Zhonghua took the opportunity to disperse the political propaganda teams he brought to various units of the Liberation Brigade, one to help them with training, and the other to keep track of their movements.

The Kawasaki team was eventually completely wiped out in the southeast of West Wuerth, which is north of Xilin Gol, Inner Mongolia.

Along the way, the Liberation Brigade constantly reported the battle situation to the outside world, and gained the support and sympathy of many Mongolian herdsmen.

From Ula to West Wurt, the Liberation Brigade's troops grew a lot, like a snowball, to more than 4,000 people.

So, under the advice and guidance of Ye Zhonghua, they simply established a long base on the border with Inner Mongolia as their rear base.

Meanwhile, the 104th and 105th Armored Divisions of the Second Army, which had been maneuvering along the prairie in Inner Mongolia, also successfully left the border and approached Xilinhot, the capital of Xilin Gol, from the north.

Xilinhot, more than 600 kilometers away from Hohhot, is a huge challenge for the independent column.

The weak mass base and the overly long supply lines were unprecedented difficulties, but the location of Xilinhot was very important.

If Xilinhot can be captured, it will become a bridgehead for future attacks on the puppet Manchukuo (mainly the three northeastern provinces).

Moreover, Xilin Gol also has an airport, although it is not large in scale, but once it is taken and simply transformed, it can be used. At that time, personnel, materials and equipment can be continuously sent here.

In the command center in Hohhot, Wang Meng and Li Yunlong were making the final decision whether to attack Xilinhot immediately.

"Old Li, has the intelligence from various places been reported back yet?"

"Well, the Japanese are currently increasing their troops in Zhangjiakou, Beiping, and Tianjin, and are still letting Xilinhot go."

"It seems that the Japanese troops are insufficient. They have concentrated their superior forces on the Henan-Hunan-Guangxi Campaign which is about to begin, and have not devoted too much effort to Xilinhot.

The Japanese are in a tight spot on the Pacific battlefield and are now eager to open up a north-south passage."

"Mengzi, can you tell me why this is happening?"

"You can talk, but you deserve it for tonight's shift!"

"Row!"

Seeing that Li Yunlong agreed readily, Wang Meng called the General Staff Headquarters and announced that Li Yunlong would be the officer on duty that night. The matter was settled.

"Hey, hey, hey, Mengzi, don't people have any trust in each other anymore? Are you still using this trick on us, Old Li?"

"Hey, brothers should settle accounts clearly. I remember that there were many times when you had something urgent to do and asked me to cover for you. It was either athlete's foot or hemorrhoids!"

"Hey, you can't talk nonsense about things that don't exist. Don't ruin our Lao Li's reputation. Tell us about the Japanese devils."

"You, Old Li, have also seen the world map we got. The Japanese have such a small territory, and the population and resources are all there. You also know that wars are fought for resources, such as steel, gunpowder, food and population.

However, the Japanese are just a tiny thing. If they have to rely on their tiny territory to support such a high-intensity war, I'm afraid their emperor won't be able to survive even if he only eats one rice ball a day!

So the Japanese adopted the strategy of using war to support war and using China to control China. They frantically plundered resources from our China and also set up so many puppet armies, puppet Mongolia, puppet Manchukuo, etc., just to fill their material gaps.

Now the Japanese can no longer hold back and miscalculate their own strength to fight against Country M. Country M has almost made all its war profits, and the resources of the Allies and Axis powers have almost been consumed, so they decided to end up in a group fight.

The first step of the M countrymen was to cut off the Japanese's sea transportation lines, so that their internal resources could not be transported out, and the steel and weapons of Dongshan Province could not be transported out, making it impossible for them to support the Pacific battlefield.

But a living person cannot be suffocated to death by urine, so the Japanese decided to completely open up the transportation line from the three northeastern provinces to Southeast Asia to ensure that resources can flow.

Another purpose is to destroy China's airports and ensure that the Japanese-occupied areas and the mainland are not threatened by bombing."

Wang Meng's insightful analysis finally cleared up all of Li Yunlong's doubts. Otherwise, he really couldn't understand why they were fighting so fiercely in Inner Mongolia (Chahar and other places), but the Japanese seemed to be fine and were still working on their Henan, Hunan and Guangxi combat plan.

"Hey, Mengzi, how do you know this so clearly?"