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

Yoshio Shinozuka quietly poked his head out from the city wall, and seeing the artillery position of the independent regiment exposed nakedly in front of him, he smiled sinisterly.

"Yoshi, artillery without anti-aircraft weapons is like a naked flower girl, waiting for the favor of our Imperial Army! Has the Taiyuan air force taken off?"

"Reporting to General Shinozuka, there is still no news from the air force at Wusu Airport!"

"Baga, these pampered guys seem to be still sleeping. It's time to discipline them. Let the First Army Command send someone to pull them out of bed!"

The Japanese air force was indeed very arrogant, but Shinozuka Yoshio had wronged them this time. And they could no longer be dragged out of their beds, so they could only be dug out of their graves.

It turned out that last night, Lin Shubing took two platoons of special forces soldiers, rode motorcycles, and rushed 600 miles.

At dawn, in the area that the Japanese believed to be under their control, they destroyed the Wusu Airport and bombed all of their planes.

The Japanese squadron stationed at Wusu Airport turned into cold corpses without even seeing the special forces' faces.

After clearing out the sentries with crossbows or daggers, the planes lying on the ground were like lambs to be slaughtered, stuffed with time bombs by the special forces.

Of course, the fuel depot, control tower, and airport command center are all included.

When the special forces team rode on motorcycles five miles away, grand fireworks exploded over the Wusu Airport.

Lin Shubing had originally planned to take a plane to fly around Taiyuan City, but then he thought, what if he couldn't find a suitable place to land? Wouldn't that be a life-threatening situation?

Seeing that a corner of the city wall had been blown down, Yoshio Shinozuka's patience was completely worn out.

"Baga, where are the air force?"

The adjutant handed the telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka with a pale face, then lowered his head like an ostrich.

Yoshio Shinozuka spread out the paper and read it word by word. Then his eyes went dark, he staggered and almost fell down.

"Bagayaloo! Damn the Eighth Route Army! Baga!"

Yoshio Shinozuka paused for two minutes, then stuck his head out of the city wall again. Looking at the Eighth Route Army ready to go, he felt hopeless.

"Orders, Katayama Regiment, Inoue Battalion and Handan National Salvation Army to abandon their baggage and rush back to defend Anyang! The defenders of Ping'an County are also to withdraw, and the reinforcements from Taiyuan are to stop advancing!"

"General Shinozuka, why did the reinforcements from Taiyuan stop advancing?!"

"We have already lost the initiative in this battle. When two beasts are fighting, if they cannot completely kill each other, it is better to rest well and fight hard again!"

After receiving the order, Ichiro Katayama, the supreme commander of the Niutou Mountain position, looked at Linzhou City in the distance unwillingly and reluctantly issued the order to retreat.

For five whole days, Linzhou City was like a meat grinder, strangling the lives of five to six thousand Japanese devils and puppet troops.

Wang Huaibao watched the retreating Katayama Ichiro without firing a single shot. After asking Li Yunlong for instructions, he, with the support of howitzers, completely wiped out the Handan National Salvation Army that was in the rear and killed Guo Huamin.

Seeing the Japanese retreating from outside Linzhou City, Li Yunlong ordered all 50 vehicles of the transport company to go out, carrying squad leaders with submachine guns from the second and third battalions, and quickly maneuvered to Xujiagou, a major transportation route west of Anyang City, and ambushed Katayama Ichiro.

Ichiro Katayama had no intention of fighting, so he led the remaining 1000 Japanese soldiers of the Katayama Regiment and the 400 Japanese soldiers of the Inoue Battalion into Anyang City.

The first battalion also began to retreat and reunited with the second and third battalions outside Linzhou City.

At the Huanhe Command Post, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Wang Meng made a temporary battle summary.

Annihilated more than 1000 men of the Yoshino Battalion;

Annihilated more than 2000 members of the Loyal and Patriotic Army;

Annihilated more than 1800 members of the Katayama Regiment;

More than 2000 members of the Handan National Salvation Army were completely wiped out.

11 enemy planes, 7 tanks, 4 Type infantry guns and countless other light and heavy machine guns were destroyed.

Ten truckloads of various types of guns and ammunition were seized.

The independent regiment suffered more than 800 casualties.

After confirming the results of the battle, Li Yunlong solemnly sent a telegram to the 386th Brigade Headquarters and the Eighth Route Army Headquarters in the name of the Independent Regiment Party Committee.

Brigade Commander Chen was so excited that he kept circling around the brigade headquarters, praising Li Yunlong like a flower.

After seeing the results of the battle, the heads of the headquarters could not believe their eyes and sent three telegrams in succession, asking the 129th Division, the 386th Brigade, and the Independent Regiment to confirm the results of the battle.

After review, it was found that Li Yunlong's report was still conservative, and the actual results were at least 20% higher.

The head of the headquarters then reported the results of the battle to Yan Xishan in the Second War Zone and Chongqing.

At the beginning, Yan Xishan and Chongqing did not believe that the Eighth Route Army could be so powerful. The casualty ratio reached eight to one, and it was eight to the enemy!

The most surprising thing is that 11 planes were destroyed? No, confirm it immediately!

The Military Control Commission in Taiyuan saw the Wusu Airport turned into a ball of rain and tremblingly sent a telegram to Chongqing.

"Wushu Airport has been reduced to scorched earth, with aircraft wreckage scattered all over the ground, and the oil depot and control tower have been flattened."

Chiang Kai-shek was greatly impressed and rewarded the Independent Regiment with another Blue Sky and White Sun Medal and 2 oceans.

Yan Xishan was still worried that the Eighth Route Army would compete with him for Linzhou County, but Li Yunlong and his troops did not stay in Linzhou for a moment and directly withdrew to their base.

Li Yunlong looked at the ten full trucks of weapons and equipment, and kept five trucks to develop and strengthen the local armed forces, and strive to equip each Women's Rescue Association with a machine gun.

The remaining five vehicles picked out the heavy weapons to support the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments, and the rest of the equipment was left behind in preparation for "Wish you good luck and prosperity."

As expected, Brigade Commander Chen, carrying a commendation order, walked into the regiment headquarters with a happy face.

"Li Yunlong, you are so famous now. You have two Blue Sky and White Sun medals!"

Li Yunlong threw the medal onto the kang and then extended his hand to the brigade commander.

"Commander, last time Baldy Jiang gave me a lot of money as a reward, so I think he should give me some this time, right?"

"Don't worry, I won't take your money. Twenty thousand dollars, just count it!"

Li Yunlong's eyes lit up. How many roast chickens could he buy with 20,000 yuan? He winked at Zhao Gang and asked him to take someone to count the money.

"Li Yunlong, are you serious?"

"Oh, Commander, I misunderstood. It's not that I don't trust you, I just want to satisfy my addiction to counting money!"

"Well, since you took my money, shouldn't you give me some of the weapons and equipment I captured? I heard that you helped the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments? I think you have not forgotten your roots!"

Li Yunlong took Brigade Commander Chen outside the yard and pointed at four large carts of rifles that were packed together, and became arrogant.

"Commander, all these rifles are for you. We've been waiting for you to come and congratulate us on your prosperity!"

"Hahaha, then I'll accept it with pleasure!"

Before leaving, Brigade Commander Chen told Li Yunlong two more good news.

The good news is that the headquarters has added a thousand new recruits to his army, all of whom are students.

However, another piece of "good news" took Li Yunlong two days to digest.