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

Zhang Dabiao's heart skipped a beat. It must be the Japanese Type 92 infantry guns and mortars that were firing indiscriminately and cut off the power lines!

Seeing that the Japanese tanks were about to cross the river, Zhang Dabiao threw his hat down.

"Bring me a pack of dynamite!"

Zhang Fabiao had issued a military order in front of Li Yunlong, and one battalion would guard the Huan River!

If six tanks crossed the river, they would be six mobile fire points, and anti-tank guns, 75mm infantry guns and heavy machine guns could all be taken down one by one.

Li Yunlong shook off the dirt on his body and pulled Zhang Dabiao to the ground.

"Zhang Dabiao, are you stupid? Even if you can dodge the Japanese's bullets, can you dodge their artillery shells?"

"Captain, our battalion is defending this position. We will never lose it!"

"It doesn't matter! I don't believe that twelve anti-tank guns can't knock down his little tanks!"

At the critical moment, Wang Meng sneaked into the command post and heard the whole story, feeling both amused and helpless.

The German 37mm anti-tank gun is the natural enemy of the Japanese tanks.

If replaced with the core armor-piercing projectile, it can penetrate 150 mm armor at a distance of 50 meters, while the thickest armor of the Japanese Type 97 is only 30 mm.

(During the Battle of Taierzhuang, the 200th Division's anti-tank artillery company had 6 anti-tank guns, which destroyed 30 Japanese tanks and armored vehicles and captured 12 of them)

Just now, due to the shooting range problem, the wreckage of the first tank became the shield of their tank squadron, and the armor-piercing bullets hit the pile of scrap metal, so the effect could not be seen.

"Captain Zhang, be patient. I'll assign some tasks to the anti-tank company later. Aim two guns at one tank. Once they scatter, beat the hell out of them!"

Li Yunlong ordered the light and heavy machine guns, infantry guns and anti-tank guns to enter the anti-tank caves first, and wait for the Japanese tanks to disperse before showing their heads, so as to avoid being destroyed by the enemy's artillery.

Ichiro Katayama looked through the telescope and saw that all the light and heavy firepower of the independent regiment had been hidden, and he couldn't help feeling proud.

"Humph, the Chinese army on the opposite side is a paper tiger. Without heavy artillery, they are all cowards! Order the Second Infantry Battalion to catch up and capture the position in one fell swoop!"

Li Yunlong was delighted when he saw the numerous Japanese soldiers. He was afraid that they would not show up. Now all of them were served to him. How could he not eat them?

Six tanks rushed across the stone bridge of the Huan River and lined up on the river bank in order to maximize their firepower. The First Infantry Battalion crossed the river in batches, followed the tanks, and drove up the hillside.

When a whole battalion of Japanese soldiers crossed the river, Li Yunlong gestured to Wang Meng, and a green flare went up into the sky.

The infantry battalion's 75mm infantry guns, 81mm mortars, and 50mm mortars fired at the same time, disrupting the Japanese formation, but none of the shells hit the fronts of the tanks, posing no threat, and were instead targeted by the tanks.

The Japanese tank turned its turret and aimed at the exposed mortar position.

Taking advantage of the chaos caused by the mortar position, twelve anti-tank guns were pushed to the gun positions, quickly loaded and fired. Twelve armor-piercing shells tore through the armor of the Japanese tanks.

The ammunition inside the six tanks exploded and turned into bombs, killing a large number of infantrymen behind them.

Without the threat of tanks, the independent regiment's light and heavy machine guns were brought to the position and poured ammunition on the Japanese from a high position.

Even the 37mm anti-tank guns were replaced with high-explosive shells to accurately attack the Japanese mortars and grenade launchers.

Eight 75mm infantry guns began to suppress the Japanese Type infantry guns.

More than 1000 Japanese soldiers fled back in panic, leaving behind five or six hundred corpses.

After a fierce battle, the first battalion suffered more than 200 casualties and lost five light and heavy machine guns.

Both sides were like wild beasts in fierce fighting, licking their wounds tiredly and then tacitly stopped fighting.

Li Yunlong reported the battle situation to the headquarters and copied Zhao Gang and Ding Wei.

Zhao Gang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Even though the first battalion, together with the artillery battalion, the reconnaissance company, and the special operations team, had a total of 3,000 people, the Japanese on the opposite side had more than 6,500 people.

Although the 3000-strong Loyal National Salvation Army had been defeated, the 3500 Japanese troops were all elite troops.

Zhao Gang replied: Do you need support from the Second Battalion?

Li Yunlong still rejected Zhao Gang's request.

Night gradually fell, and the soldiers who had been fighting for most of the day were tired and hungry.

Wang Meng found a vacant space and exchanged two tons of compressed biscuits, which were distributed to each soldier, totaling more than one pound, enough to meet the daily calorie needs.

It was the first time that the soldiers were so wealthy that they could eat sweet compressed biscuits like during the Chinese New Year.

"Captain, will we be able to eat compressed biscuits whenever we go to war?"

"Of course. Didn't you see the pile of Japanese corpses in front of us? Each Japanese corpse weighs ten kilograms. These five or six hundred Japanese corpses weigh five or six thousand kilograms. Each of us can get more than twenty kilograms!"

"Get rich!"

When some people make money, others lose money. Yoshio Shino, who rushed to Anyang to supervise the battle, threw the battle report sent by Ichiro Katayama to the ground.

"What a bunch of rubbish! Even 500 pigs can fill up the Huan River! And yet they are still trapped on the west bank of the Huan River!"

Lieutenant Colonel He Zhiyingji, the head of the Second Section of the General Staff of the North China Garrison Army, stepped into Xiao Xiao Yoshio's temporary command post holding a document.

(The Second Section of the Garrison Army General Staff is mainly responsible for intelligence gathering and spy training.)

"General Shinozuka, we have confirmed that the firearms used to ambush the Yoshino Battalion at Jiulong Mountain are the same as those used to ambush Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko. It is highly likely that they are the same enemy!"

Yoshio Shinozuka opened the file bag and flipped through the pages one by one.

"Yoshi, it's true. Which Chinese unit is this? Who is the commander?"

"The 386th Brigade Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the commander is Li Yunlong."

"Li Yunlong? A graduate of the Whampoa Military Academy. Do you have any specific information?"

"No! We only know his name now, and nothing else! But the Sakata Regiment, the Yamazaki Battalion, and the Katayama Regiment in the Battle of Dokuyama all suffered at his hands!"

"Baga, use all your strength, I need all his information!"

Kazuchi Takaji retreated, leaving behind an angry Yoshio Shinozuka.

Whether in Cangyunling, Guanjiazhai or Dushan, this opponent does not play by the rules. He has strategies and possesses weapons and equipment beyond imagination.

Since the opponent does not play by the rules, we cannot use conventional tactics.

Yoshio Shinozuka stood in front of the map. He decided to command the battle personally and fight with this Chinese military genius.

Since the stone bridge over the Huan River cannot be opened, we will quickly move to Yangjiaying Village, 20 miles north of Hengshui Town, attack from the north, and after taking Linzhou, turn around and attack Li Yunlong.

According to intelligence, the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment is defending the north, and its combat effectiveness is medium.

There is an open area to the north of Linzhou, which is suitable for large-scale troop operations. The Katayama Regiment currently has about 2900 people. If the Handan puppet army - the Handan National Salvation Army controlled by Guo Huamin with more than people is mobilized, it will be enough to deal with the New st Regiment.

Under the cover of night, except for one infantry squadron left behind to prevent surprise attacks, the rest of the Katayama Regiment moved to Yangjiaying Village for rest.

Although the independent regiment's observation post had already seen the enemy's movements, it was already late at night and was unable to determine the number and direction of the enemy's movements.