AWB Chapter 442 Harvest after the War
Chapter 442 Harvest after the War
Three days have passed since the last major battle.
To Zhang Qingbailuo and the others' surprise, there was no movement from the fortress in the northern province for the past three days.
The silence was eerily quiet, as if the two Japanese divisions that had almost been annihilated earlier had not been sent by them.
This left Bai Luo, Zhang Qing, and the others somewhat puzzled. However, the quieter the Japanese side was, the less Zhang Qing and the others dared to let their guard down.
Zhang Qing even dispatched many members of the mutual aid society to keep a close eye on the movements of the Japanese fortress in the northern province around the clock.
However, in the past three days, there has been no news of any troops being dispatched from the northern provincial fortress.
Bai Luo, who had been waiting for three days, was also very disappointed. He had been planning to test the power of his new weapon when the Japanese soldiers came to retaliate.
It's probably not possible to try it for the time being.
However, after this battle, Er City has truly made a name for itself.
The news spread throughout the entire country, and some domestic newspapers were already extensively publicizing the achievements of the mutual aid association, even in some areas not occupied by the Japanese.
Many people in the Dragon Kingdom set off firecrackers upon hearing the news.
Zhang Qing, as Bai Luo's public representative, is also well-known to the people of the Dragon Kingdom.
Needless to say, in the northern provinces, a large number of people who had been hiding in the mountains and forests from the persecution of the Japanese soldiers, as well as those who had previously fought guerrilla warfare against the Japanese, also came to Ershi.
Some of these people came to see if the rumors were true, some came to purchase supplies, and some wanted to see if Zhang Qing really had three heads and six arms as the rumors said.
But many more people came to Ershi City wanting to join the Bear Division to fight the Japanese soldiers.
After all, the northern province had been ravaged by the Japanese soldiers for many years, and the people had long harbored resentment towards it.
Almost everyone you pick out has a blood feud with the Japanese soldiers.
However, there are all sorts of birds in a big forest, so Zhang Qing was very cautious about recruiting soldiers.
They only recruited ordinary people whose family backgrounds could be traced or well-known anti-Japanese resistance teams, for fear that a few bad apples would infiltrate their ranks.
This has kept Zhang Qing extremely busy these past two days.
As for those anti-Japanese forces who only wanted to come to Ershi for supplies...
After discussing it with Bai Luo, Zhang Qing readily agreed to make things easier for them.
Not only can you replenish your living supplies, but if you're focused on fighting the Japanese, you can also sell weapons and ammunition.
No money? No problem. We can trade it for intelligence from the Japanese soldiers or for game from the mountains.
I'd even trade it for the heads of Japanese soldiers.
As soon as these policies were introduced in Ershi City, they spread throughout the entire northern province on the same day.
For a time, Ershi became a gathering place and supply point for the anti-Japanese forces.
This allowed the city of Er to be quickly rebuilt after all the damage was done.
Meanwhile, Zhang Qing and Jiang Qing recruited another 3 people.
The team grew several times over in an instant.
With the addition of the reserve divisions that had previously come to enlist, the total military strength of Er City has now reached 6.
Zhang Yunhai's New 9th Army is also expanding its recruitment, but their recruitment requirements are a bit high.
They mainly transferred some promising talents from the New First Division and the War Bear Division.
There are also some college students.
According to Bai Luo's plan, the new 9th Army was to be responsible for two aspects: one was to form a rocket artillery battalion, and the other was to form a special operations battalion.
One requires physical fitness, and the other requires learning ability.
This is why recruiting soldiers is quite difficult for them.
However, quite a few people signed up.
It's worth mentioning that Zhao Hongying was also poached by Zhang Yunhai and is now serving as his deputy. After all, although she is a woman, she is a graduate of a proper military academy.
This is a rare talent.
Bai Luo, on the other hand, has reaped a huge harvest of points.
Three days ago, with the help of Sha Niu and Qin Lan, he wiped out more than 700 Japanese soldiers, only to encounter the tank regiment of the War Bear Division, which arrived a step too late.
It took a whole day, with the cooperation of the War Bear Division, to successfully send more than 80 percent of the Japanese soldiers from the two divisions back to their hometowns.
In the end, fewer than 3000 Japanese soldiers escaped back to the fortress in the northern province.
Bai Luo also settled the battle rewards as soon as he returned to Er City that night.
"Battle over. The host has killed a total of 5676 Japanese soldiers, including 2 Japanese lieutenant generals, 1 Japanese major general, 6 Japanese colonels, 9 Japanese lieutenant colonels, and 11 Japanese majors. Total points earned: 495280."
"Congratulations, host, you have reached a total kill count of 8. System upgrade."
The points for defeating enemy troops are doubled.
12 fully automatic 20mm caliber city defense machine guns and a supporting bullet production line.
There are two production lines for Katyusha rocket launchers.
Officer's Points Wristband x2.
Note: "Fully automatic city defense machine gun (9-barrel 20mm Gatling rotary machine gun)"
It can rotate 360 degrees and has a maximum elevation angle of 90 degrees.
It can target both air and ground targets.
After installation, it will automatically identify and track targets within a 5-kilometer radius.
Effective range 2500 meters,
Maximum range 4000 meters,
20 mm in diameter
Rate of fire: 120 rounds per second.
It is fed by left and right drum magazines, and can hold 20000 rounds of ammunition at a time.
Officer's Points Bracelet: When worn, it awards 10 points for each enemy soldier killed by a subordinate unit.
When Bai Luo saw the system's description of the city defense machine gun, his first thought was that it was just a smaller version of the close-in weapon system.
If these 12 close-in weapon systems were placed on the city wall of Ershi, Bai Luodu would feel despair for the Japanese soldiers.
Not to mention the officer's points bracelet below.
It was an amazing tool for accumulating points, and Bai Luo immediately took out a bracelet and put it on his wrist without any hesitation.
After all, all the troops in Er City are now under his command.
As for the other officer points bracelet, Bai Luo hasn't decided who to give it to yet.
But there's no rush now.
The most urgent task now is to install this weakened close-in weapon system on the city walls.
After all, the Japanese had suffered such a huge loss, they certainly wouldn't let Ershi go so easily.
So, on the very night Bai Luo received his reward, he led the New 9th Army to install these machine guns on the four city walls of Ershi.
It also attracted a lot of soldiers from the War Bear Division to watch, who speculated about what kind of terrifying weapon it was.
As for the production lines for close-in weapon systems (CIWS) ammunition and Katyusha rocket launchers, Bai Luo entrusted Zhang Qing with the arrangements.
Meanwhile, Bai Luo hurriedly set up the city's defensive machine guns and waited for the Japanese to retaliate, but he ended up waiting for three days.
This is the fourth day, including today.
However, the Japanese fortress in the northern province remained unusually quiet.
This made it impossible for Bai Luo to find a target to test the power of the new weapon.
I couldn't help but feel a little disheartened.
But nothing is absolute; as the saying goes, if one door closes, another opens.
While there was no movement in the north of Bai Luo's side, there was movement in the south.
The party preparing to make a splash is none other than the usually low-profile Red Party.
They also realized from the great battle at the north gate of Ershi that the Japanese soldiers in the north province were not invincible.
It's important to know that the Red Party originated in the northern province.
Previously, because of the fortress in the northern province, the Red Party did not dare to target the cities in the northern province.
But now that the fortress in the northern province has been blocked by Ershi, the Red Party has also started to have some ulterior motives.
Their target is Chunshi.