Rebirth from the Ashes: Rebuilding the Red Soviet Area

After running for 3 kilometers and seeing that the enemy had not caught up with them, the Dragon Blood Squad hid in a forest, gasping for breath.

Li Yan glanced at everyone and asked, "Is anyone injured?"

Leopard looked around and said, "Instructor, all 24 members of the Dragon Blood Squad are here. Only three soldiers have minor injuries that won't affect the battle."

After taking a breath, Li Yan began to assign tasks one by one: "We are now 10 kilometers away from the source cave. Stopping the enemy is no longer very effective, but the enemy's behavior today is very strange."

"Little Beggar"

"The four of you in the investigation team will investigate in four directions."

"I feel there is a conspiracy behind this enemy attack."

Taoist priest and fisherman, bring the assault team and firepower team back to Wan'an Town with me and assist Platoon Leader Gao to take down Wan'an Town first."

"Leopard, Guo Dali, you two take the artillery and sniper teams back to the source cave."

"Tell the old squad leader what's going on here."

"And tell Zhao Wu and the stonemason that the battle at our doorstep is now entirely theirs, and you must obey their orders."

"Also, have Song Tao lead the reconnaissance platoon to Yong'an in the north for a thorough investigation."

"No matter what tricks the enemy plays, I can do some preparations by being on the periphery."

While Li Yan was unable to guess the enemy's thoughts, the enemy was also seizing the time to arrange tasks.

"Commander, why don't we pursue the enemy?"

Huang Mingde's dark face was filled with murderous intent. If it weren't for his alert guard, when he rushed to the Dragon Blood Squad's position, he would have been nearly killed by the booby traps buried by the Dragon Blood Squad when they retreated.

This is also the reason why Mei Ping gnashed his teeth when he saw Huang Mingde rushing into the Red Bandit position and black smoke was coming out.

Mei Ping patted Huang Mingde on the shoulder and said, "Don't chase after a desperate enemy. Besides, we don't have time anymore."

"You must arrive at the designated location before 12 o'clock and surround this group of Red Bandits with Captain Song to prevent them from escaping."

"Staff Officer Wang, how many casualties have we suffered?"

"Commander, the casualties were not great. Over 30 dead, 20 seriously injured, and over 50 slightly injured. However, all our mortars and shells were destroyed."

"I anticipated this a long time ago. Captain Song has already prepared twelve 82mm mortars and two of the latest Bofors L22 75mm mountain cannons. We have plenty of ammunition."

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Li Yan led the Taoist assault team and the fisherman's firepower team back to Wan'an Town

Inside the tunnel, Li Yan saw Gao Xuan and Zhang Dong and immediately asked, "How is the tunnel preparation going?"

Gao Xuan said: "Everything is ready, and the roads are connected in all directions. Even the passage below the enemy headquarters has been opened."

Zhang Dong frowned and said, "Captain, didn't you return to the source cave?"

"I suspect the enemy is playing tricks..."

Li Yan briefly recounted the enemy's anomalies and also expressed his own doubts.

Zhang Dong said: "Captain, you are right. The enemy has many suspicious points this time."

"The enemy knew that Wan'an Town's stockpiles of equipment were gone. This time, when they arrived, they only had a dozen boxes of equipment and a few carts of food in the arsenal, which was far from enough for a regiment."

"They should have waited until their equipment was fully replenished before taking action. I didn't expect them to leave in such a hurry today."

Li Yan said: "Let's not worry about that now, let's take Wan'an Town first."

Gao Xuan nodded and said, "We have already placed a large amount of explosives under the weapons depot, granary, and military camp. They can be ignited at any time to kill the entire enemy."

After hearing Gao Xuan's words, Li Yan immediately gave the order: "After such an explosion, the enemy will be gone, but all the supplies will be gone. We are still short of weapons."

"Fisherman, gather the watches we found from the enemy and make a time bomb. Place it in the location that Platoon Leader Gao and his team had previously set up, outside the barracks. The timer is 1 hour."

"Every minute that passes means one more variable"

"We only have 40 minutes to capture Wan'an Town"

"Gao Xuan, lead squads one through four. Once you hear gunfire outside the headquarters, enter the enemy headquarters through the tunnel and immediately seize control of all personnel."

"Squads 5 to 8, Guard Squad, join me and attack the enemy headquarters head-on from the outside."

"Zhang Dong, take the rest of the people and deal with the guards near the armory."

"Then set up a blocking position to prevent the enemy outside from destroying the arsenal."

"Use both light and heavy machine guns."

"We'll come back to support you after we finish here."

"Fisherman, if you see the enemy coming out of the barracks, immediately activate the bombs in the barracks and blow them up!"

After 5 minutes, all people have arrived at the designated location

Li Yan looked at the time, then looked at the enemy guards at the entrance of the enemy command post, and quietly gave orders: "Comrades, prepare the grenades, listen to my command, and throw all the grenades in your hands after a delay of three seconds. Be sure to be steady, accurate and ruthless."

After that, Li Yan took out a grenade, unscrewed the lid, and whispered, "1.2.3. Throw!"

The enemy never expected that 20 grenades would fall from the sky and explode before they even hit the ground, instantly killing and injuring countless people.

Then the Taoist priest and the fisherman, each carrying a light machine gun, rushed towards the gate of the headquarters.

A platoon guarding the headquarters was easily captured by Li Yan and his men.

The reason why he was so relaxed was that Captain Geng was left in Anping Town by Mei Ping and was in a bad mood.

Promotion and wealth were within his reach, but unfortunately, an entire company of soldiers was wiped out by the Red Bandits in one night. It was so frustrating.

After Mei Ping left with the large army, Captain Geng had no intention of organizing the defense. He handed over all matters to a platoon leader under him and started drinking alone.

This also caused the soldiers to be lax and lack vigilance.

The same thing happened to Gao Xuan. As soon as the gunshots were heard outside the headquarters, before Captain Geng could react, he was captured by Gao Xuan who rushed out of the tunnel.

Li Yan and Gao Xuan attacked from both inside and outside, and in less than ten minutes they took control of all the people in the command center.

"Gao Xuan, I will lead the guard squad to support Zhang Dong. You take the rest of the people and defend the headquarters."

When Li Yan and his guards arrived at the armory, the armory had already been taken over by Zhang Dong and his men, and a sniper position had been set up.

Without saying a word, Li Yan took Zhang Dong and the guard squad into the armory. When they opened the box, they saw the equipment of an entire German standard infantry battalion.

The scene at the armory made Li Yan gasp.

Quickly inform the fisherman to cancel all the time bombs immediately after blowing up the enemy camp.

The reason why Li Yan was so excited and changed the established strategy was because he knew that this batch of equipment could not be obtained just by having money.

During this period, even the ace troops of the National Army could not have such sophisticated weapons.

During this period, both the Red Army and the National Army had very backward equipment, some of which were still weapons from the late Qing Dynasty.

During the Anti-Japanese War, one division of the Japanese army could fight against ten divisions of the Nationalist army, and the casualty ratio could be as high as 10 to 1.

In addition to military literacy, the difference in weapons is huge.

With this battalion of German equipment, the company led by Li Yan will definitely be much stronger.