strictlysupreme Chapter 238 Meeting Commander Chen
Chapter 238 Meeting Commander Chen
When the Japanese soldiers and their puppet troops marched to Bailong Valley, the Japanese soldiers saw a valley ahead.
The Japanese company commander was very cunning. Fearing an ambush, he ordered the puppet regiment commander to lead his troops ahead.
Bailong Valley is about two kilometers long. After the Japanese company commander saw the puppet troops enter the valley, he did not see anything unusual.
Only then did he lead his squadron to follow them in.
Just when the puppet troops were still two or three hundred meters from the exit, the Japanese soldiers also entered the valley.
The fake legion commander was also uneasy, fearing an ambush. As he was about to leave the valley, his tense nerves relaxed.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, a loud bugle call suddenly rang out.
"Beep beep...da da da da...beep beep...da da da da..."
Upon hearing the bugle call, the puppet troops knew there was an ambush and instinctively lay down on the ground.
The Japanese soldiers were much better off than the puppet troops. They immediately dispersed, each seeking cover and taking precautions, while closely observing the movements on both sides of the valley above.
What puzzled the Japanese was that the enemy sounded the charge, but they didn't see anyone charging, and they didn't even fire a shot.
The Japanese company commander looked up and around, and suddenly noticed that countless objects were being thrown down from the sky.
Before the Japanese company commander could even see what was being thrown down, the objects suddenly exploded violently.
After the explosion, the object turned into a fireball that spread in all directions.
The clothes on all the Japanese soldiers were immediately set on fire and then burst into flames.
The puppet troops at the front received the same treatment; a regiment of over a thousand puppet soldiers were all turned into human torches.
Today, White Dragon Valley can be described as a hell valley, where the hellfire devours all the Japanese devils and puppet troops, causing them to gradually perish in the flames.
The Japanese soldiers and their collaborators could not bear the burning flames any longer, and they struggled wildly, howling in agony.
"Ah...ouch...oh dear..."
However, they soon collapsed to the ground with a "thump... thump..." and fell still.
At this moment, the only sound in the entire White Dragon Valley was the crackling of the burning flames.
The battalion commander, who had been called upon by Deputy Commander Luo to accompany the operation, stood there, gazing at the valley floor with a sigh of regret.
“Deputy Commander Luo, it was indeed satisfying to burn all the Japanese and puppet troops to death, but their weapons and equipment were also burned away.”
Deputy Commander Luo glared at him: "Enough with the nonsense. Is killing the Japanese more important, or capturing weapons?"
The battalion commander felt somewhat wronged, lowered his head and stopped speaking, but he was still heartbroken.
Seeing that all the Japanese soldiers and puppet troops below the valley had been burned to death, Deputy Commander Luo turned to Long Fei and sighed from the bottom of his heart.
"I, Lao Luo, have fought so many battles over the years, but I have never won such a clean and decisive victory with zero casualties."
"I want to express my sincere gratitude to you. If you're not busy, come with me to the base area. I'll take you to see Commander Chen. Also, I must treat you to a drink. I want to have a good talk with you."
Long Fei agreed without hesitation, because he also had things to do at the base.
“Very well, I have long admired Commander Chen. It is an honor to meet him.”
Long Fei's words came from the bottom of his heart. Commander Chen was a future founding marshal, but he was born too late to have the honor of meeting him in person.
Now that fate has allowed him to travel back several decades, he absolutely doesn't want to miss this opportunity.
There's no point in cleaning up the battlefield in White Dragon Valley anymore, and besides, the fire won't go out anytime soon.
Therefore, Deputy Commander Luo and Long Fei decided to return to Lai'an County immediately.
When they returned to Lai'an County, Zhou Weiguo had already arrived with his troops.
He reported the details to Long Fei and received Long Fei's affirmation and praise.
"Commander Zhou, you did a great job, I must applaud you."
Long Fei's praise in front of so many people made Zhou Weiguo feel slightly embarrassed.
"Commander, I have learned a lot from you. You have broadened my horizons and helped me make great progress."
Xie Qiang couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "Alas, I missed such a great show. Next time I will learn from Commander Zhou and let the Japanese devils taste what it means to wish they were dead."
At this moment, Political Commissar Jiang saw that Zhou Weiguo's soldiers were all laden with spoils and couldn't help but ask.
"Commander Long, your troops are so well-equipped that our New Fourth Army can't compare. Could you give us some of the weapons and equipment you captured from the Japanese so that we can strengthen our forces?"
Unexpectedly, Long Fei shook his head and refused: "Political Commissar Jiang, I cannot give you these spoils."
"What?" Commissar Jiang was embarrassed by being rejected to his face.
Seeing this, Deputy Commander Luo quickly tried to calm things down, saying, "Political Commissar Jiang, we were able to achieve such a great victory thanks to the help of Commander Long and his men."
"Therefore, the spoils should rightfully belong to the Dragon Flame Force. What do you think?"
Deputy Commander Luo was clearly trying to give Political Commissar Jiang a way out.
Commissar Jiang understood perfectly well and was about to back down when Long Fei spoke up again.
"Deputy Commander Luo, Political Commissar Jiang, you have misunderstood me."
"It's not that I'm unwilling to give you these spoils of war, but the weapons and equipment of the Japanese and their puppet troops are really too poor."
"Don't worry, once we reach the base area, I will send you a batch of weapons and ammunition, which will greatly increase the strength of the New Fourth Army. From now on, you can beat the Japanese devils to a pulp."
"really?"
Not to mention Political Commissar Jiang, even Deputy Commander Luo was taken aback; they hadn't expected Long Fei to be so generous.
"Really, more real than pearls."
Long Fei was telling the truth, of course. He was joking; if the New Fourth Army didn't help, who would they help?
Moreover, when he went to Shanxi, Long Fei planned to provide substantial assistance to the Eighth Route Army.
By this time, it was already completely dark. After eating some simple dry rations, everyone returned to their base overnight.
Given the current strength of both sides, the New Fourth Army can only resort to guerrilla warfare. Even if it occupies Lai'an County, it will be unable to station troops there.
Moreover, the current strategy is to focus on eliminating the Japanese forces, so there is no need to rush to seize territory.
As the number of Japanese soldiers dwindles with each battle, they will become too far away to reach the enemy, and the territory will naturally become vacant.
It was past 11 p.m. when they arrived at the base. Deputy Commander Luo led Long Fei straight to Commander Chen's residence.
Unexpectedly, Commander Chen hadn't slept at all and was anxiously waiting for news from Deputy Commander Luo at the command post.
The New Fourth Army also lacked radios, so they could only be deployed to the brigade level at present. This meant that Deputy Commander Luo could not bring a radio with him to contact Commander Chen in a timely manner.
Long Fei was brought by Deputy Commander Luo, and the sentries on guard did not question him and let him pass directly.
Upon entering the command post, Deputy Commander Luo saw Commander Chen sitting there and hurriedly greeted him loudly.
"Commander Chen, I'm back."
Upon hearing the sound, Commander Chen looked up abruptly, and upon seeing Deputy Commander Luo, a smile immediately appeared on his face. He then stood up.
"Old Luo, you're finally back! You have no idea how worried I was about you guys. I didn't even have dinner."
Suddenly, Commander Chen spotted Long Fei standing behind Deputy Commander Luo.
"Old Luo, who is this...?"
"Commander Chen, let me introduce you. This is Long Fei, the famous commander of the Dragon Flame Legion."
Upon hearing this, Commander Chen smiled and stepped forward to shake hands with Long Fei.
"Haha, seeing is believing! Young hero, you're amazing! I've finally met you in person today."
Long Fei hurriedly and respectfully replied, "Hello, General Chen."