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

Chapter 524 Assassination of Li Jiayu

A squad of soldiers guarding the ferry boasted

They all stood up with a "clang" and stared at the figure who had jumped off the horse with serious and earnest expressions.

The little man dismounted and walked in front of the Central Army soldiers.

"Commander!"

"Well, how was your day?"

"everything is normal!"

Wang Meng looked closely and found that although the short man was not good-looking, he had the rank of lieutenant general on his collar.

If he hadn't heard the soldiers of the Central Army calling him commander, he really wouldn't have believed that a lieutenant general of the Central Army was wandering around his own base with only a squad of soldiers.

At this moment, Wang Meng did not know that this person was Li Jiayu, the commander of the 36th Army Group. Li Jiayu had a habit of starting from Xin'an County every day, choosing a direction to inspect, without saying hello and traveling light.

Therefore, within the garrison area of ​​the 36th Army, military discipline was extremely strict and it was rare for soldiers to bully ordinary people.

After checking the soldiers' equipment, Li Jiayu said:

"Good, keep it up!"

After saying that, he prepared to mount his horse and head to the next location.

However, Wang Meng and Monk Wei discovered that the group of suspicious people around them were quietly reaching their hands into their clothes.

In a flash, he took out a bunch of pistols and prepared to shoot Li Jiayu.

"Oh no! Japs!"

Wang Meng and Monk Wei were the first to react. It was easiest for them to defeat the enemy with one move at close range.

In a few seconds, in the midst of chaos, these seventeen or eighteen suspicious figures were knocked to the ground by Wang Meng and others.

The Japanese devils’ iconic “turtle boxes” were everywhere.

The situation happened suddenly. The squad leader of Li Jiayu's guard squad looked pale as death, and even the platoon leader guarding the ferry was trembling with fear.

However, Li Jiayu remained calm and looked at Wang Meng, Wei Heshang and others calmly.

"Across the river?"

"Exactly."

Li Jiayu's expression changed. He had extremely complicated feelings towards the independent column on the other side of the river.

From the perspective of the overall situation of the War of Resistance, it is a blessing for the nation and the country that China has such a powerful army.

However, his 36th Army was under tremendous pressure.

The reason why his 36th Army was stationed in Xin'an instead of being mobilized to the front line to fight against the Japanese invaders was that

Chongqing was afraid that the Sichuan Army would take the opportunity to expand its territory on the front line, and also wanted them to contain the independent column on the other side of the Yellow River in Xin'an.

"I'll remember this favor today. When I have the chance someday, I, Li Jiayu, will definitely repay you!"

The reason why Wang Meng took action was not because he was looking for a favor, but because he couldn't stand the Japanese devils' sneak attack.

"General Li Jiayu? You are a hero of the War of Resistance, and your Sichuan Army is great. You don't have to repay me for this favor today. If you can do less internal fighting and kill more devils, it will be worth it for us to save your life!"

The corners of Li Jiayu's mouth twitched. Since the Sichuan Army left Sichuan, they have fought many battles, but they were also forced to engage in some frictions, which made them lose face.

"Li has made note of this! See you later!"

"See you later. These ten horses are a gift from our independent column to your army!"

Li Jiayu looked at the ten good horses and waved his hand, signaling the soldiers to come forward and take them.

"Sichuan Army is poor, so I will accept it shamelessly. Thank you!"

After saying that, he asked the soldiers at the ferry to arrange for Wang Meng and his group to be the first group to cross the river.

Wang Meng and others boarded the ferry, then reached the other side, boarded the jeep that had been prepared long ago, and rushed towards Pingshun.

At around ten o'clock that evening, Wang Meng arrived at the Pingshun military fortress.

I thought that at this point, only Zhao Gang or Li Yunlong would be on duty, but I never expected that they were both there, and the staff department was also very lively.

"Mengzi, you're back!"

"What's going on? Are the Japanese making trouble again?"

Li Yunlong shook his head.

"Is that the guy from Chongqing who can't stay idle again?"

Zhao Gang also shook his head.

"What's going on?"

At this moment, Lin Shubing trotted out of the staff department and took out a stack of materials.

"After a long negotiation, the Central Army was finally unwilling to open the door to their Whampoa clique and wanted to give us some miscellaneous troops!"

Wang Meng had long expected Chongqing to do this. With his petty mind, he was lucky enough to be able to open the camp gate. How could he expect to send his direct lineage to the independent column?

Even if he really opened the door to his direct lineage, there would probably only be an empty shell left. The truly combat-capable troops and soldiers inside had probably been withdrawn long ago, leaving only the old, weak, and sick.

Therefore, there is absolutely no need to worry about whether one is a direct descendant or not.

"Shubing, have you informed William and Louis?"

"Well, I have communicated with William. He will contact Louis to continue to put pressure on Chongqing. However, judging from Chongqing's wording, the possibility of turning around is not high!"

Wang Meng took the information. Most of the troops provided by Chongqing were local guerrillas, security groups and self-defense forces. They were unknown and their combat effectiveness could be imagined.

Wang Meng slammed the telegram on the table, furious.

“These troops are no different from the ones we recruit locally, and they are even less pure than our newly recruited soldiers!

Shubing, call Chongqing back immediately and tell them that if they continue to discuss this matter with this attitude, there is no need to discuss it further! We will solve the problem of troops ourselves!"

Lin Shubing nodded and was about to turn around and leave to draft a telegram, but was stopped by Zhao Gang.

"Mengzi, such harsh words will have the opposite effect and completely ruin the road to cooperation?"

"Old Zhao, let's not talk about the combat effectiveness of these troops provided by Chongqing. I estimate that these teams are composed of hooligans. If they use the name of our independent column, it will probably cause us a lot of trouble!"

"That's right, it's better to have nothing than to have something less than perfect!"

The reason why Wang Meng dared to confront Chongqing so hard was that he had his own confidence.

Chongqing is in great need of this batch of supplies.

One hundred thousand semi-automatic rifles and ten million rounds of ammunition are enough to equip an army. How could they not be tempted?

Wang Meng’s guess was correct. The person who was in Chongqing’s mansion thought exactly the same.

"Damn it, the Independent Column is so arrogant! They came here to beg for cooperation, but now they are not doing that anymore?"

"Sir, the independent column is indeed a bit out of place. However, the list we gave is indeed a bit sloppy. These teams are no different from ordinary people."

He was leaning on his crutches, banging on the floor.

"What should I do? Are they going to let me hand over my students to them? Ridiculous!"

"But these are 100,000 semi-automatic rifles, and there is also pressure from Country M. If this cooperation fails, I'm afraid Country M's attitude towards us will change."