Chapter 62: Ten-to-One Odds! Fighting a Wealthy War! Wipe Out the Yamazaki Battalion!

[Ding-dong! Emergency event triggered! The Japanese Yamazaki Battalion is about to pass by the vicinity of Jinsui Town. The God-Level Choice System is activated!]

[Choice One: Annihilate the Yamazaki Battalion completely. System rewards: 107mm multiple rocket launcher production line, rocket artillery shell production line.]

[Choice Two: Ignore the Yamazaki Battalion. System rewards: Italian cannon production line, conventional artillery shell production line, petroleum oilfield.]

Faced with this sudden choice, Li Yunlong could not help but fall into deep contemplation.

He quickly grasped the details of the system's rewards.

107mm rocket launcher production line: Capable of producing ten 107mm rocket launchers per month.

Italian cannon production line: Capable of producing twenty Italian cannons per month.

The outputs of the two production lines differed. Although the Italian cannon yielded a higher quantity, the 107mm rocket launcher featured a 12-tube salvo, meaning the firepower of a single launcher was comparable to an entire artillery battalion.

However, Choice Two also rewarded him with a petroleum oilfield.

Li Yunlong rubbed his chin and said somewhat helplessly, "Although Choice Two comes with an oilfield, the Yamazaki Battalion simply has to be eliminated."

"Besides, even if the New First Regiment were given oil right now, we currently lack the extraction equipment and any practical use for it."

Soon, Li Yunlong made his choice. Naturally, he chose to completely annihilate the Yamazaki Battalion.

After all, as a transmigrator, Li Yunlong naturally knew why the Yamazaki Battalion was passing through the Jinsui Town area.

In the original plot of *Drawing Sword*, the Yamazaki Battalion had detoured behind enemy lines and penetrated deep into the heartland of the Eighth Route Army, where they accidentally discovered the location of the Eighth Route Army's logistics department.

Subsequently, the Yamazaki Battalion launched a fierce assault on the logistics department.

After crippling the logistics department, the Yamazaki Battalion dug in at the Lijiapo position, attempting to coordinate with the Japanese First Army in executing a "blooming from the center" strategy.

To put it bluntly, the Yamazaki Battalion was intended as bait to lure the main forces of the Eighth Route Army into an attack, while multiple units of the Japanese First Army established a larger perimeter to encircle and swallow up the major main forces of the Eighth Route Army in one gulp.

In the original storyline, other units repeatedly failed to capture the Yamazaki Battalion's position at Lijiapo, and it ultimately took Li Yunlong leading his own troops to take down the battalion.

This meant that Li Yunlong had now deviated from the original plot trajectory.

If the Yamazaki Battalion were allowed to enter the Eighth Route Army's heartland and discover the logistics department, not only would the logistics department suffer catastrophic losses, but even the main forces of the Eighth Route Army risked being surrounded by multiple units of the Japanese First Army, successfully enabling the little Japanese devils to execute their "blooming from the center" strategy and devour the primary forces of the Eighth Route Army in one bite.

In short, the Yamazaki Battalion absolutely could not be left alive!

The moment Li Yunlong made his decision, the system rewards were already delivered to the system inventory.

***

However, Li Yunlong did not rush to inspect them. Instead, he looked at Chen Qing beside him and said, "Xiao Chen, go assemble the battalion commanders. Meeting in ten minutes!"

"Yes!" Chen Qing immediately acknowledged the order.

......

Ten minutes later, in the conference room.

One had to admit, the little Japanese devils certainly knew how to enjoy themselves, having built the military camp in Donghua County very well.

Take this conference room, for instance—spacious, brightly lit, and fully furnished.

Yet the military camp that the Japanese had gone to such great lengths to build had now become the headquarters of the New First Regiment.

At this moment, all the battalion commanders of the New First Regiment had arrived. Li Yunlong sat at the head of the table, a contemplative look on his face.

No one present disturbed Li Yunlong.

As soon as the ten minutes were up, Chen Qing reminded Li Yunlong, "Commander, ten minutes are up. The meeting can begin."

"Good." Li Yunlong nodded, then looked up at the gathered officers. "Gentlemen, I've called you all here today for a combat mission."

"I've received intelligence that a battalion of little Japanese devils is going to pass through the territory of our Jinsui Base Area."

"Since the little devils have run right up to our doorstep, there is naturally no reason for us to let them go. I plan to ambush this battalion of Japanese troops."

Upon hearing Li Yunlong's words, everyone present immediately rubbed their palms and fists, their faces brimming with anticipation.

After all, ever since capturing Donghua County, the battalions had been busy recruiting and training, and hadn't participated in any combat.

These battalion commanders, who followed Li Yunlong, were all battle-hungry fanatics, and this period of inactivity had driven them nearly crazy.

Of course, the only targets these commanders wanted to fight were the Japanese devils and the puppet troops.

"Commander, just tell us how you want to play it," Zhang Dabiao said, clenching his fists. "It's just a battalion of little Japanese after all. Any single battalion from our New First Regiment could wipe them out right now."

Zhang Dabiao's words were entirely justified.

The New First Regiment currently had a total strength of over six thousand troops, with more than a thousand men in each battalion.

Meanwhile, a Japanese battalion, even at full establishment, only numbered around a thousand men.

Furthermore, the equipment configuration of the New First Regiment was quite luxurious at this point, with each battalion equipped with a substantial number of Type 56 semi-automatic rifles.

For a single battalion to wipe out a Japanese battalion could practically be considered effortless.

***

However, Li Yunlong had no intention of doing that.

"There's no need for that," Li Yunlong shook his head and said. "This time, our New First Regiment is going to fight a wealthy battle. The entire regiment will sortie."

"The Japanese Yamazaki Battalion will pass through Qiufeng Pass. We will go and ambush them at Qiufeng Pass, and annihilate the Yamazaki Battalion in one fell swoop."

"Remember, I want a complete annihilation. Not a single little Japanese devil is to escape."

"Understood," everyone present acknowledged in unison.

Seeing this, Li Yunlong continued, "According to reliable intelligence, the Yamazaki Battalion has a total strength of over six hundred men. Their weapons and equipment are well-maintained, but still inferior to ours."

"Therefore, this battle will be easy, but I don't want to see any of you grow careless and cause unnecessary casualties."

"As for killing the Japanese devils—well, there are more monks than gruel. Whoever manages to grab them gets them."

As soon as Li Yunlong uttered these words, the gazes of the battalion commanders instantly turned sharp and piercing, their competitive edges bared.

The battalion commanders had already started vying against one another.

After all, everyone wanted to kill a few more little Japanese devils.

......

Half an hour later.

The entire New First Regiment set out, marching straight toward Qiufeng Pass.

Qiufeng Pass was not particularly far from Donghua County. Li Yunlong personally led the forced march, and the New First Regiment quickly arrived at their destination.

The middle of Qiufeng Pass was a mountain road, flanked by moderately high hills on both sides.

After inspecting the terrain, Li Yunlong immediately issued his deployment: "The 1st Battalion will move to the northern slope to set up an ambush, the 2nd Battalion will go to the southern slope, and the 3rd Battalion will head to the eastern slope."

"The three infantry battalions will form a pocket, while the Snow Leopard Special Operations Team and the Women's Special Operations Team will lie in ambush behind the summit on the western side. As soon as the Yamazaki Battalion arrives, the two special operations teams will be responsible for sealing the mouth of the pocket, leaving them with no path to the heavens and no door to enter the earth."

"Do you all understand?"

"Understood!" Everyone present answered in unison.

Soon, the soldiers of the New First Regiment deployed into their ambushes along the hills surrounding Qiufeng Pass according to Li Yunlong's orders, waiting for the Yamazaki Battalion to enter the killing zone......