Bright Sword: Double penetration of the dealer, shocking Li Yunlong

Taiyuan First Army Headquarters.

Yoshio Shinozuka is currently sorting out some documents that need to be handed over.

He just needs to get through this month safely, and everything that happens in Jinxi is none of his business.

Because starting next month, the new commander of the First Army will take office with two divisions.

With these troops and the support of the North China Front Army, there will be no problem in annihilating Li Yunlong.

Unfortunately, all this has nothing to do with him.

From now on he can only serve in the reserve force, and the battlefield will be far away from him.

For soldiers like them, the reserve force is just a place to retire.

However, things often do not develop as he expected.

An officer came in with a telegram, stood at attention with his feet together, and said, "General, an urgent telegram from Ling County."

Urgent call? Upon hearing these two words, Shinozuka Yoshio's heart skipped a beat.

Urgent calls often mean something bad is going to happen, and now he is most afraid of encountering this kind of thing.

"Read!"

"Ling County is under attack by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The situation is extremely critical. Request for reinforcements."

When Yoshio Shinozuka heard the news, he was stunned for a moment, his eyes full of disbelief.

"The Eighth Route Army attacks Ling County?"

"Hi!"

Except for the Independent Regiment, he didn't take the rest of the Eighth Route Army seriously.

Even though they launched the massive Hundred Regiments Campaign last year, the threat they posed to the empire was still limited.

The empire then launched a large-scale sweep, severely hitting the Eighth Route Army, forcing them to lie dormant again.

After that, the Eighth Route Army was basically on the defensive and dared not take the initiative to attack the county town.

The county town not only has city defense fortifications, but also has a heavy garrison of imperial troops.

It was simply wishful thinking for the Eighth Route Army to want to attack the county town without heavy artillery.

But why did this Ling County sound familiar? He immediately went to the map hanging on the wall and began to look at it.

When he saw the location of Ling County, his pupils shrank.

Ling County is located in the middle section of the Zhengtai Line, more than 180 kilometers away from Taiyuan. It is an important county along the railway.

The most important thing is that he finally remembered why Ling County sounded so familiar.

Because Li Yunlong and his independent regiment, who caused him to return to China, were somewhere in Ling County.

If this is the case, it would explain why the Eighth Route Army dared to attack Ling County.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army mentioned by Lingxian must be Li Yunlong's independent regiment.

"Bakayaloo! Li Yunlong has repeatedly provoked the Empire. This is intolerable."

"Can we contact Ling County directly?"

Yoshio Shinozuka turned his head and asked the officer with a stern look.

The officer lowered his head and said, "General, we have lost contact with Ling County. This information was passed on by personnel sent from Ling County."

Ling County, as a major county along the railway, has both radio and landline telephones as means of communication.

If neither method of communication is possible, then the other party must have planned the attack.

The situation in Ling County is probably not good.

But now he must find out what exactly happened in Ling County and how many troops the Eighth Route Army has deployed.

"Have a reconnaissance plane take off from the airport immediately. I want to know everything about Ling County within the hour."

"Hi!"

After the officer left, Shinozuka Yoshio's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said in a stern tone, "Li Yunlong, this time I will make you pay the price no matter what."

Ling County was attacked, and he, as the commander, would be held accountable no matter what.

He was about to leave, but Li Yunlong refused to let him go. So Shinozuka Yoshio decided to go all out.

Anyway, Jinxi Province has been destroyed, and there is still the next commander to clean up the mess.

This time, even if it cost him his life, he would kill Li Yunlong. Since he dared to attack the county, he would let the entire county be buried with Li Yunlong.

At this moment, Ling County has entered a new stage after the Eighth Route Army entered the city.

Relying on automatic firepower, the Eighth Route Army rushed left and right in this not-so-large county town and began to occupy the main streets and important places.

The intention was to divide the Japanese troops in the county into pieces and then swallow them up bit by bit.

After all, they are a regiment of Japanese devils, and the independent regiment does not have the ability to swallow them all in one bite.

It's like a big piece of beef is placed in front of you, and you definitely can't eat it in one bite.

It has to be cut into small pieces with a knife so that you can easily eat a whole piece of beef.

However, the Japanese army also saw the intention of the independent regiment and began to mobilize heavy troops to compete with the independent regiment for control of the major streets.

Ishihara Taro knew very well that if they lost control of the main traffic arteries in the city, the entire 67th Regiment would be destroyed and they would probably not be able to wait for reinforcements to arrive.

The Eighth Route Army's offensive was too powerful, and its firepower was more intense than any other army he had ever seen. The bank building in the east city of Ling County was the key building fought over by both sides.

This bank building was built more than ten years ago. It uses concrete and brick structure, and the main body of the building is extremely solid.

Moreover, this place is right next to the intersection of the main road in East City. The Japanese army occupied it and carried out emergency reinforcement.

The bank building has now become a bunker for the Japanese army. Controlling this place is equivalent to controlling the entire East City.

The entire bank building and the surrounding area were occupied by nearly four to five hundred Japanese troops. They occupied some surrounding buildings, creating a crossfire with the bank building. It was precisely because of this that the First Battalion's offensive was greatly hindered.

Japanese machine gun and rifle bullets whizzed incessantly, and if they showed their heads, they would be subjected to concentrated fire. The First Battalion had no choice but to hide behind various buildings.

Zhang Dabiao looked at the situation across from the building and said to the signalman, "Have the Second Artillery Company send two guns over. I'm going to bomb them to death."

The Japanese army occupied the advantageous terrain. If they did not break this advantage, their first battalion would have to pay an unimaginable price to capture this place.

As for direct-fire weapons such as rocket launchers and recoilless guns, they were difficult to play an effective role under the crazy fire suppression of the Japanese army, and were also easily subjected to concentrated fire attacks.

So now he could only think of other ways. The 107 rocket launcher of the Second Artillery Company was very suitable to break this balance.

In less than ten minutes, several jeeps drove in, two of which were towing two 107mm rocket launchers.

The remaining jeeps were filled with ammunition boxes of 107mm rockets.

The commander of the Second Artillery Company came over in person. He came to Zhang Dabiao's side and looked at the situation outside through the gap.

"Wow, the firepower of these little devils is really strong. No wonder your entire battalion can't handle it."

Zhang Dabiao smiled and said, "How is it? Is it okay to leave it to you? Just knock down the bank building in the middle, and leave the rest to our First Battalion."

The commander of the Second Artillery Company took another look at the situation outside, nodded, and said, "No problem, just leave it to us. Just watch it."

After saying that, he headed towards the artillery position that was being set up.

"Fire!" Two 107 rocket launchers opened fire, and one armor-piercing rocket after another took off.

The rocket formed a parabola in the sky and struck the bank building with precision.

It's only a few hundred meters away, but the accuracy of the 107 rocket launcher is still very good.

The Japanese soldiers in the building showed expressions of horror when they saw the overwhelming rockets coming at them.

"Boom boom boom..." Rockets hit the bank building accurately, but some missed the target and hit nearby buildings.

Intensive explosions sounded in the area, and in an instant the huge explosions covered the entire area in smoke and dust.

The fire from both sides subsided at that moment. A few minutes later, the smoke and dust began to dissipate.

I saw that the area where the bank building was located had been bombed into ruins. The several-story bank building had become a one-story building, and it was still in ruins.

The streets were also littered with rubble and building debris.

"The mortars provide cover, while the rest of you charge forward and clear out all the Japanese troops nearby."

The Japanese army used the bank building as a firing point and wanted to control the entire area.

The bank building had been reduced to rubble, and the remaining Japanese troops were unable to make any significant waves under the fierce attack of the First Battalion.

In the sky, four Japanese reconnaissance planes circled at an altitude of about 3000 meters. When they saw the situation below, they couldn't help but gasp.

The situation in Ling County was more serious than they had imagined. According to intelligence, Ling County was attacked at around 8:11 in the morning, and it was only a little before :.

The Eighth Route Army had already entered the county town, and the two sides were engaged in a melee.

You should know that Ling County has relatively complete city defense fortifications, and is defended by a regiment and a useless imperial army brigade.

"Return and report the information here to the tower."

The situation was clear, so they began to return. Originally, they wanted to conduct reconnaissance at low altitude, so that they could obtain more intelligence.

But the independent regiment's anti-aircraft company used 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine guns to tell them that this was not the place for them to act recklessly.

So after obtaining some general intelligence, they returned home decisively.

After receiving this information, Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes widened and his shock was beyond words.

"How is this possible? Are the 67th Regiment a bunch of pigs? It's only been a few hours, and an entire regiment, including a brigade of the Imperial Army, has been allowed to enter the county by the Eighth Route Army?"

"Even if we sent a pig to take charge, the situation wouldn't be like this."

Yoshio Shinozuka is now furious. The situation has become so bad that he can't imagine it.

"Pass on my order. The 14th Division and the 9th Brigade of Taiyuan, and the 41st Division, the 14th Brigade, and the 16th Brigade of Datong, are to reinforce Ling County immediately. Destroy this Eighth Route Army in Ling County at all costs."

"Order Taiyuan Airport to launch fighter jets to reinforce Ling County."

Originally, Datong only had the 14th Brigade stationed there. However, the Northern Front Army dispatched the 41st Division and the 16th Brigade to reinforce western Shanxi. Now is the time to let them take action.