Bright Sword: Construction starts from southeastern Shanxi

Therefore, when Hasunuma saw the farewell telegrams sent one after another by the 110th Division, the 108th Division and the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, his eyes trembled immediately.

At the same time, he also understood why the two people saw the telegram in this way.

If Hasunuma Ban suggested Sugiyama Motomu to withdraw his troops just now because he did not want his Mongolian troops to suffer too many losses, then now the withdrawal is an immediate and immediate thing.

After a while, when Sugiyama Gen recovered and sat in the chair, he looked at Yamashita Tomoyuki with a somewhat weak expression and said.

"Yamashita-kun, please ask the locust troops on the front lines to withdraw and avoid unnecessary losses."

When Yamashita Tomoyuki heard the commander's words, he immediately stood at attention.

"Hi!"

After saying that, he immediately went to the communications office and sent a telegram about the withdrawal of the locust troops on the front line to the Japanese troops that were sending reinforcements.

At this time, there was Wuzhi Mountain south of Chengnanzhuang in the south of Fuping.

The Japanese 26th Division and the 109th Division were launching fierce attacks on the independent detachment's front-line positions.

On the afternoon of the 15th, the independent detachment rushed to Xigou Village and relieved the 6th and 20th Regiments that were blocking the enemy. Then, Li Yunlong's independent detachment took over the two regiments and began to block the two Japanese divisions.

After observing the situation on the battlefield, Li Yunlong made a prompt decision to use the 5th Battalion as the general reserve force.

The 1st and 3rd Battalions guarded the positions of the original 6th Regiment, and the 2nd and 4th Battalions guarded the positions of the 20th Regiment.

At the same time, only one battalion of troops was sent to the front line at each time.

After suppressing the Japanese troops that rushed to the front line, Li Yunlong immediately organized the artillery battalion's 12 90mm light mortars to continuously bombard the Japanese attacking forces.

Speaking of which, these 12 90mm light mortars were found by Li Yunlong after he entered the city and ordered his soldiers to quickly search for logistics warehouses.

This time, the 12 artillery pieces and enough ammunition had to be transported by trucks so that Li Yunlong could use them as support artillery for blocking the enemy.

Suddenly, the two Japanese regiments attacking on the front line were suppressed by the huge explosion and retreated continuously, eventually driving the Japanese army out of the front-line fortifications.

Therefore, on the positions on both sides, Li Yunlong immediately organized two battalions of troops to repair fortifications, while the other two battalions began to attack the Japanese camp.

After two hours of fierce fighting and suppressing the Japanese army, the independent detachment finally rebuilt the fortifications on the front line.

Afterwards, the two sides started an evenly matched artillery battle. The artillery battalion continuously bombarded the Japanese troops attacking the front line, and each shell landed accurately on the path of the attacking Japanese troops.

For a time, the casualties of the Japanese troops attacking on the front line began to increase.

Li Yunlong was in the command post on a distant mountain, happily looking at the Japanese army in front of him that was in chaos after being bombed, with a telescope in his hand.

"Hey, that's right!"

After saying that, he put down the telescope and turned to the guard.

"Huzi, go tell Zhuzi that the artillery battalion should stop saving their ammunition and beat that son of a bitch up for me."

The political commissar of the independent detachment, Zhong Zhicheng, watched the orders given by Li Yunlong and was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

After Hu Zi left, Zhong Zhicheng spoke to Li Yunlong.

"Old Li, how dare you waste ammunition like this? I'll leave it to you to decide what to do when we run out of ammunition."

Hearing Zhong Zhicheng's words, Li Yunlong immediately chuckled.

"Old Zhong, you were counting the supplies yesterday. Do you know how many shells I brought this time?"

"How much?" Zhong Zhicheng asked curiously.

Then, Li Yunlong was seen extending two fingers.

"Two hundred rounds?" Zhong Zhicheng said uncertainly.

After hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately became unhappy.

"Old Zhong, who are you looking down on, 200 rounds!"

"Two hundred rounds is also called a cannonball?"

After saying that, he continued excitedly.

"Let me tell you, a full two thousand rounds!"

When Zhong Zhicheng heard what Li Yunlong said, his mouth opened wide instantly.

After a while, he came to his senses and said to Li Yunlong.

"Old Li, you've got so many shells! Aren't you afraid your division commander will skin you alive when you get back?"

Hearing Zhong Zhicheng's words, Li Yunlong chuckled.

"This time, Commander Huang asked me to take it. He said I should take as much as I can. The same goes for Potian."

When Zhong Zhicheng heard what Li Yunlong said, he shook his head in amusement.

"If you suffer too many casualties this time and consume so many shells, you'll end up working as a groom in the military district."

After hearing this, Li Yunlong pursed his lips.

"You old boy, you should go check on the 6th and 20th Regiments!"

After saying that, he began to observe the situation of the Japanese troops on the front line alone.

As the independent detachment and the two Japanese divisions continued to exchange fire, the two sides began a life-and-death battle around the front-line positions.

It was not until the 16th that Li Yunlong organized his troops to slowly retreat along the same route they came. Finally, the two sides started the final battle in the Wuzhi Mountain area south of Chengnanzhuang.

At 6 o'clock on the 17th, at the front line of Wuzhi Mountain, Li Yunlong lay in the trench, looking down at the Japanese troops below the mountain.

Wuzhi Mountain is the last section of the road from Fuping to Xingtang Mountain. After passing Wuzhi Mountain, the entire road is flat along a narrow valley.

If they wanted to stop the Japanese army again, they could only rely on the hillsides on both sides of the narrow road.

If the Japanese army continues to advance regardless of the consequences, the ambushes on both sides will become ineffective and we will have to send troops to block the Japanese army head-on.

But Li Yunlong would definitely not do that. After checking the terrain through the map along the way, Li Yunlong set up the final blocking position at Wuzhi Mountain.

The west side of Wuzhi Mountain is covered with crisscrossing gullies, and one can see the entire terrain from the top of the mountain.

If the Japanese army wanted to pass through, they had to take Wuzhi Mountain first. Otherwise, the Japanese army passing under the mountain would basically become a sitting duck for the independent detachment.

At this time, three hours had passed since the Japanese army's last attack, and the Japanese army was now resting at the foot of the mountain and preparing for the next attack.

Li Yunlong observed the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain through a telescope, and relied on the morning light to continuously search for the Japanese military strongholds at the foot of the mountain.

Suddenly, Li Yunlong saw several thin objects vaguely emerging from behind a ridge about five kilometers northwest of him.

Suddenly, a guess popped up in Li Yunlong's mind. Without thinking too much, he immediately took his guards and climbed towards the top of the mountain behind him.

After more than ten minutes, when Li Yunlong was lying on the top of the mountain and observing the suspicious target with a telescope, he suddenly burst into laughter.

"God has mercy on us! Today, Old Li is going to have great luck!"

After saying that, he immediately took the guards down the mountain, and then asked the guards to call over the artillery battalion commander Wang Chengzhu.

"Old Zhong, wake up!"

After saying that, he shook Zhong Zhicheng who was dozing off beside him.