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

Ling County was captured by the Eighth Route Army in just one day, and the county town was defended by an entire regiment.

This incident caused a great shock to western Shanxi and the entire northern Shanxi.

The commander of the Northern Front Army, General Okamura Yasuji, personally called Yoshio Shinozuka's desk.

He simply scolded him. This scolding lasted for half an hour. Finally, Okamura Neiji said something.

"If you don't retake Ling County, you don't need to return home. You can commit suicide to thank His Majesty the Emperor."

He was very disappointed with Yoshio Shinozuka's performance during this period.

A small independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army actually grew stronger and stronger after repeated encirclement and suppression.

Now the good situation in the entire western Shanxi province has been turned into a mess.

Ling County was occupied, and the Zhengtai Line was only a few kilometers away from Ling County.

This also means that resources from western Shanxi Province cannot be transported out via the Zhengtai Line.

This was intolerable for the Japanese army, who valued the railway line more than their lives.

Even during the Hundred Regiments Campaign of the Eighth Route Army, the entire Zhengtai Line was harassed and destroyed.

The damage caused by the military operations involving hundreds of thousands of people was not as great as this time.

One can imagine how Okamura Neiji feels right now. And the pressure on Shinozuka Yoshio is even greater.

However, bad news came one after another. The first was that Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army was already ready to move.

Even the Eighth Route Army could recapture such an important county town so easily.

Yan Laoxi's Jinsui Army is better equipped, so he can also try to take back a city.

Let the world see that Yan Laoxi is not avoiding fighting, but waiting for an opportunity.

The most important thing is that there is only one Japanese division in front of them, and the troops are scattered along a battle line stretching for hundreds of kilometers.

The Japanese army's division of forces was a perfect opportunity for Yan Laoxi to recover some of the lost territory.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was ready to join forces with the Central Army to fight the Japanese.

This made Shinozuka Yoshio very angry, and he even swore: "After I deal with Li Yunlong, I will make the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army pay the price."

Yoshio Shinozuka had to order the 9th Brigade to return to the front line, and at the same time ordered the 14th Brigade from Datong to change its route and reinforce the front line.

It must be said that Yan Laoxi did something useful this time, dividing the strength of two Japanese brigades. Of course, this was not Yan Laoxi's original intention.

If he knew that his actions were helping the Eighth Route Army share the Japanese army's manpower, he would never do it even if he was beaten to death.

Because in his opinion, the biggest enemies of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army were the Japanese Army and the Eighth Route Army. These two groups had ideas about his western Shanxi.

The Japanese army is better off. The war will end sooner or later, and at that time they will evacuate western Shanxi.

But the Eighth Route Army was different. If they stayed in western Shanxi, they would not leave.

The battle in Ling County had a ripple effect, and all forces in the entire western Shanxi Province were in turmoil.

Yoshio Shinozuka directly ordered Taiyuan Airport to take off fighter jets immediately and bomb Ling County.

"Blow Ling County into ruins, leaving not a single tile behind!" Shinozuka Yoshio said gritting his teeth.

So early in the morning, Ling County welcomed a group of uninvited guests. More than 30 fighter planes launched the first round of bombing on Ling County.

"Enemy plane, enemy plane!"

“Wuwuwuwu…”

The sound of the air raid sirens resounded throughout Ling County.

The commander of the fourth battalion, who was in charge of evacuating the civilians, shouted, "Hide, everyone hide."

The First Anti-aircraft Company and the Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Company set up their air defense positions last night, covering the entire Ling County within the range of the air defense firepower network.

However, these dozens of anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns were somewhat powerless against the numerous Japanese high-altitude bombers.

As the Japanese aircraft approached, the anti-aircraft firepower began to take effect. The Japanese army had little idea that a small county like Ling County could have such a fierce anti-aircraft firepower.

Three of their fighter planes were shot down immediately, causing them to suffer a loss. Seeing this, the remaining Japanese fighter planes began to rise.

The ten bombers in the rear followed closely and began to increase their altitude because they found that although Lingxian's anti-aircraft firepower was fierce.

However, the anti-aircraft firepower mainly consisted of anti-aircraft machine guns and medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns, and there were no large-caliber anti-aircraft guns.

As long as they were at an altitude of 3000 meters, they could carry out the bombing safely. The anti-aircraft firepower network below would not pose much threat to them.

Bombs were dropped from the planes, and clouds of fire and smoke exploded in the Ling County town below.

The captain of the 71st Fighter Squadron, watching the explosion below, laughed wildly and contemptuously: "China pigs, let me show you the wrath of the Empire."

The Japanese aircraft group ravaged the sky over Lingxian for half an hour before leisurely returning. When the losses were reported, Li Yunlong was so angry that he cursed.

Hundreds of soldiers were killed or injured in the bombing, and most of the newly repaired city defenses were destroyed.

Apart from shooting down three Japanese fighter planes at the beginning, they did not gain anything.

The company commander of the second anti-aircraft artillery company came to Li Yunlong with tears in his eyes and asked him to shoot himself as an apology.

"This is none of your business. You have already shot down three Japanese planes, which is very good." Zhao Gang said to comfort them.

The Japanese planes were bombing outside the range of anti-aircraft fire.

There is nothing that can be done about this. The gap in equipment is there, and it is not the fault of war.

"Brother, brother, please come back as soon as possible. I can't withstand the repeated bombing of the Japanese."

During this day, the Japanese army organized a total of five bombing missions at Taiyuan Airport.

More than 200 fighter jets were dispatched, dropping hundreds of tons of bombs.

The entire Ling County was almost reduced to ruins.

The Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment, and the New 2nd Regiment also suffered heavy losses in this bombing, with a total of more than 500 casualties.

The loss of personnel was not actually particularly large, but the blow to morale was extremely heavy.

Faced with the Japanese planes, no matter how well-equipped they were, they were powerless.

A layer of haze enveloped the entire Ling County. This was even though they had anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns.

Otherwise, there would be no need for the Japanese to send reinforcements. These planes alone would be enough to drive the independent regiment out of Ling County.

It was not until after nine o'clock that evening that Li Jingrong appeared in Ling County.

There were more than fifty system guards accompanying him, and this time he brought all the guards with him.

In addition, there are four Type 82 self-propelled rocket launchers and four ammunition supply vehicles lurking in the mountains somewhere outside the city, on standby.

After several system tasks, Li Jingrong's guard team has increased to more than one hundred people.

For this battle, he used all of his strength. When he saw Li Jingrong, Li Yunlong felt like he had seen a savior.

"Brother Li, you are finally here."

Li Jingrong noticed that the atmosphere at the regiment headquarters was somewhat depressed, and when he entered the city he also saw many bomb craters of varying sizes.

Now he understood what the Independent Regiment had encountered during the day, and Li Jingrong felt a little annoyed that he had neglected this point.

If the guards had been brought here earlier, they would have stayed in the county town and could have fought off as many Japanese planes as they came.

"Little devils, if you dare to come again tomorrow, I will make you pay with blood."

Li Jingrong looked around at everyone and said, "Don't worry. I will destroy as many Japanese planes as possible tomorrow."

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like a magic needle that stabilized the sea, and Li Yunlong's heart was relieved.

Li Yunlong, relieved, had a cheerful smile on his face again.

"Brother, did you bring anything good this time?"

Li Jingrong glanced at him and said, "I didn't bring you anything good this time, but I did bring some weapons and equipment for Captain Ding and Captain Kong, as a token of my appreciation."

The independent regiment's equipment is placed here, including airplanes, tanks, cannons and helicopters.

Otherwise, in terms of individual weapons, the independent regiment is basically at the ceiling level in this time and space.

Even the Eagle Sauce, with its individual weapon configuration, cannot compete with the Independent Regiment. After all, they don't have assault rifles, individual rocket launchers, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, recoilless rifles, etc.

Therefore, in this battle, we must strengthen the strength of the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments in order to achieve a higher degree of mission completion.

This would also minimize casualties among the soldiers. However, considering that the automatic rifles needed to be retrained, there was simply no time left.

So he did not bring the Type 56 submachine gun this time, but instead purchased a batch of Type 56 semi-automatic rifles.

This rifle is also an imitation of the SKS semi-automatic rifle. Its performance and structure are no different, so it can be used directly.

In this way, the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments can directly replace the Type 38 rifles, Zhongzheng rifles, and Hanyang rifles in their hands.

The New 1st and New 2nd Regiments also had a batch of SKS rifles, which were basically only enough to equip one battalion, and there were not many bullets.

"—5000 SKS semi-automatic rifles, 56 Type 100 light machine guns, one million rounds of ammunition, and 100 tons of military canned goods."

"The convoy has already transported the items to the armory. The two captains can go and take inventory."

"grateful!"

"Thank you, Consultant Li!"

The two team leaders exchanged a glance, said something, and then rushed out, fearing that if they were too late, they would be snatched away by the other team.

On the way, Kong Erlangzi looked at Ding Wei who was getting on his horse warily and said, "Ding Wei, this time we'll each have half, and no one can take more."

Ding Wei chuckled and said, "Okay, we two brothers don't need to worry about this, we'll just split it in half."

"It's damn worth coming back this time."