Chapter 61 Unprecedented and Unsurpassed

Chapter 61: Unprecedented and Unmatched

Wu Ze did not deliberately lead men to help seize the artillery pieces. Although the more than three thousand Japanese troops and puppet soldiers had now been routed, making Wu Ze's so-called idea seem unnecessary for the immediate battle, Li Yunlong still wanted to inquire about it.

Wu Ze had acted mysteriously and asked to speak in another place, leading Li Yunlong to subconsciously believe that Wu Ze's idea was definitely not simple.

Even if it wasn't useful now, what about the future?

"Regiment Commander, when I mentioned my idea earlier, I never said it was meant to help you deal with those three thousand-plus Japanese and puppet troops," Wu Ze said with a smile.

"What? Your idea wasn't meant to help me deal with those three thousand-plus Japanese and puppet troops?" Li Yunlong paused.

Wu Ze smiled again. "I had anticipated it long ago—those three thousand-plus Japanese and puppet troops were simply no match for you, Regiment Commander."

Li Yunlong paused once more, looking at Wu Ze in astonishment. "What? You had already foreseen at the time that I could handle those three thousand-plus Japanese and puppet troops?"

"Yes," Wu Ze nodded.

"Then why didn't you mention it back then?"

"If I had mentioned it then, I'm afraid no one would have believed me," Wu Ze said. To reiterate, he certainly couldn't just blurt out things about the Battle of Cangyun Ridge that would take place more than seven months later.

"Fine. Now that those three thousand-plus Japanese and puppet troops are about to be completely cleaned up, we'll drop this matter." Li Yunlong turned the page and looked at Wu Ze. "Tell me about your idea. You said it has something to do with the rain. I'd like to see how this rain can wipe out the enemy."

"Regiment Commander, since ancient times, whenever there has been a classic tactical case of the few defeating the many, or the weak defeating the strong, it is almost always inseparable from two elements: water and fire. In *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*, the burning of Red Cliffs, the burning of Bowang Slope, the burning of the seven-hundred-li consecutive camps, and Guan Yu flooding the seven armies—these all made use of the forces of water and fire," Wu Ze said. "When I saw it raining, I immediately thought of water."

"You intend to use water to attack the enemy?" Li Yunlong looked at Wu Ze suspiciously.

"Yes, I intend to use water to attack the enemy," Wu Ze nodded. "Moreover, I have already made the preparations, just waiting for you, Regiment Commander, to lure the enemy into..."

Before Wu Ze could finish, Li Yunlong impatiently interrupted him. "Quickly tell me, what does your arrangement look like?"

Li Yunlong had a strong premonition that Wu Ze's so-called arrangement would undoubtedly be extraordinary.

Furthermore, Li Yunlong understood in an instant.

Wu Ze's so-called idea was actually preparation for the next battle.

Even before Li Yunlong and Kong Jie had engaged Hirata Ichiro's force of over three thousand men, Wu Ze had already planned ahead.

If Li Yunlong joined forces with Kong Jie to wipe out Hirata Ichiro's three thousand-plus men, Hirata Ichiro would certainly not accept failure and would definitely request even larger troop reinforcements for a retaliatory encirclement and suppression campaign.

At that time, no matter how abundant the weapons and equipment of Li Yunlong's New Regiment were, he and the Independent Regiment combined probably still wouldn't be a match for them.

By that time, even if they were reluctant to leave their base, they would have no choice but to relocate and transfer.

And since Wu Ze had already brought up Guan Yu flooding the seven armies from *Romance of the Three Kingdoms*, what did that mean?

Guan Yu flooding the seven armies had shaken the entire world with his might!

If Wu Ze's so-called water attack could rival Guan Yu's flooding of the seven armies, then... that would truly be something to look forward to with boundless anticipation.

"Regiment Commander, take a look. This is the blueprint I drew." Wu Ze took out a blueprint and handed it to Li Yunlong.

He was not worried that Li Yunlong wouldn't understand it. Although Li Yunlong was a rough-hewn man, he had a natural aptitude for reading maps.

Li Yunlong snatched the blueprint and took a look. His eyes instantly widened, and his entire body froze, dumbstruck like a statue.

He had never imagined that a battle could be fought this way.

Blasting open the upstream river to divert its course, channeling the river water into a sealed, massive canyon to build up momentum, and then once the huge canyon was filled to the brim, blasting it open again to artificially create a flash flood.

Luring Hirata Ichiro's returning heavy forces right beneath the roaring flash flood, while the New Regiment and the Independent Regiment remained safe atop the isolated mountain.

After rushing past the isolated mountain, this flash flood would not cause widespread disaster or wash away the Japanese and puppet soldiers, but would instead flow smoothly back into the Yellow River downstream.

If this strategy was executed properly, achieving zero casualties on their own side was entirely possible.

This was a scheme that could shock heaven and shake earth!

It was unprecedented and unmatched!

It was ingenious to the extreme!

In the past, there was General Guan Erye flooding the seven armies; now, there was Wu Ze drowning the Japanese invaders!

Because this strategy was simply too shocking, Li Yunlong's brain temporarily stopped functioning, and he remained unable to snap out of it for a long time.

When rough-and-tumble men like Sun Desheng learned of Wu Ze's strategy, their shock was completely different from Li Yunlong's.

When men like Sun Desheng fought battles, they only knew how to charge forward and how to hack off the little Japanese devils' heads.

Upon learning of Wu Ze's strategy, Sun Desheng and the others simply thought: *Haha, this strategy is not bad; we can easily wipe out a large number of enemies. Haha, awesome, truly awesome!*

As a commander, however, Li Yunlong had to consider not just hacking down the little Japanese devils, but also the casualties of his troops.

Whether Wu Ze helped take Xiaowang Village, Xiaoli Village, or Qiuqiazhuang, Li Yunlong's casualties were kept as low as zero—and that was precisely why Li Yunlong valued Wu Ze so much.

Now, Wu Ze's new strategy was so formidable that if executed well, the troops might not suffer a single casualty. For a commander like Li Yunlong, the shock within his mind defied words and description.

Seeing that Li Yunlong had not snapped out of it for a long time, remaining motionless like a wooden statue, his guard Huzi felt something was amiss and called out to Li Yunlong, "Regiment Commander!"

Li Yunlong showed no reaction.

Huzi walked over and gave Li Yunlong a push. "Regiment Commander, why are you..."

Only then did Li Yunlong snap back to reality, instantly flying into a rage. "Huzi, what the hell are you coming over here for?"

"Regiment Commander, I thought you..." Huzi said with an embarrassed expression.

"Thought what happened to me? Go back to perimeter guard duty, get lost!" Li Yunlong dismissed Huzi.

Li Yunlong's gaze fell back onto Wu Ze's face. This time, his expression was more solemn than ever before.

Wu Ze's intellect was simply demonic.

Li Yunlong even felt a sense of unreality, as if he were dreaming.

How on earth did someone so clever and capable get picked up by me, Li Yunlong?

Why didn't Kong the Second Blunderer or Cheng the Blind pick him up?

Old Li here must have saved the world in his past life, which is why the heavens sent Wu Ze to help him and the New Regiment.

Wu Ze felt somewhat unsettled by the way Li Yunlong was staring at him. "Regiment Commander, please don't look at me like that. It makes me a little nervous."

"Wu Ze, you, you, you..." Li Yunlong was too shocked inside; massive waves seemed to be churning in his mind. He gripped Wu Ze's hand tightly once more, yet still found himself unable to utter a word.

"Regiment Commander, my strategy is actually modeled after Old Jiang blowing up the Yellow River dikes at Huankou..." Before Wu Ze could finish, Li Yunlong rudely interrupted him.

"Don't you dare mention that! Old Jiang blowing up the Yellow River dikes at Huankou is practically an insult to the word 'strategy'!"

"..." Wu Ze.