Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Report, the 771st Regiment is reporting that Li Yunlong's troops have destroyed three enemy strongholds within their jurisdiction and are continuing to attack them. Requesting instructions on whether we should cooperate with Li Yunlong's troops?"

The division commander and the chief of staff looked at the contents of the telegram, looking at each other. Li Yunlong was no longer under their control, so how could they still receive news from him?

"What is Li Yunlong planning to do?"

The chief of staff walked to the front of the map and looked at the location of the 771st Regiment, which was some distance away from Li Yunlong's Ping'an County.

"Send a telegram to Li Yunlong and ask him what he is doing and whether he needs our cooperation!"

"Yes!"

Soon Li Yunlong's telegram was delivered to the headquarters of the 129th Division, and at the same time Li Yunlong also sent the telegram to the military headquarters.

The division commander walked to the front of the map and frowned at the contents of Li Yunlong's telegram. "Send a telegram to the 771st Regiment, the 772nd Regiment, the Independent Regiment, and the New 2nd Regiment, asking if the Japanese have been building artillery towers and bunkers recently!"

"Yes!"

Soon all the telegrams from each regiment were delivered to the division commander.

"The Japanese have recently been using puppet troops to build artillery towers and bunkers, and have captured many people to help them build roads. In some areas, people entering the county town are forced to work!"

After the division commander finished speaking, he began to mark the locations on the map according to the telegram.

Then he connected these areas together and soon found something wrong: "If it weren't for Li Yunlong's reminder, we would have been kept in the dark by the Japanese. What are the Japanese going to do? They want to trap us to death in these encirclements!"

After the division commander finished speaking, he threw the pen in his hand and said, "They wish! Order each regiment to take down the enemy's artillery tower! Oh, Li Yunlong has a magic weapon for destroying artillery towers, a rocket launcher, right? Go borrow some from this guy!"

The Chief of Staff laughed when he heard this and said, "Commander, are you going to speak or should I?"

The division commander's face straightened and he said, "Let the brigade commander go. This guy isn't afraid of us two, but he's afraid of the brigade commander. He, Li Yunlong, is Sun Wukong, and the brigade commander is the Tathagata Buddha who has suppressed him for five hundred years!"

"Hahaha……"

Chapter 172 Is this a win?

At the Fourth Detachment's headquarters, Fang Zheng rushed out of his command post immediately after receiving Li Yunlong's telegram.

"Notify all companies, urgent assembly!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers of the communications squad quickly rode their warhorses, rushed out of the command center, and headed towards the bases of various companies and platoons.

The Fourth Detachment’s base was located near Xiaoliu Village, the same place where the 772nd Regiment blocked the Japanese Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment and exchanged bodies with the Osaka Division.

This is also an important transportation route to Ping'an County.

After the Japanese lost Ping'an County, they began to build artillery towers in Da Liuzhuang, Xiaohuangdang and other places about three kilometers ahead of Xiao Liuzhuang, preparing to block the road here and seal off the independent column in this area.

The deputy captain and the instructor also rushed over at this time: "Lao Fang, what happened!"

"Commander, all troops, immediately launch an attack on all Japanese strongholds and bunkers within the defense zone. Remove the thorns these Japanese have inserted into our defense zone, and extend the defense zone as far as possible. Our mission is to remove all Japanese strongholds and blockhouses on the road leading to Mount Wutai!"

After Fang Zheng finished speaking, he handed the telegram over. The instructor read it and immediately said, "Most of our troops are still new recruits. The soldiers who joined us half a month ago haven't completed their training yet. If we rashly attack the stronghold, the casualties may be quite high!"

This instructor was one of the fifteen graduates of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University brought by Ding Wei. His name was Li Sibo. Before joining the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University, he had witnessed the painful price paid by the troops in attacking artillery towers.

"Actual combat is the fastest way to train soldiers. Besides, Instructor Li, you've just joined our independent column and don't know the situation well. Don't worry, attacking the artillery tower won't be a big problem!"

After hearing this, the instructor stopped refutation and immediately began to organize logistics.

"How many bazookas do we have?"

"Report, there are a total of twenty rocket launchers and eighty rounds of ammunition!"

"Remember, every time a rocket launcher is used, there must be at least one squad of soldiers on hand to monitor it. We must not let the rocket launcher fall into the hands of the Japanese!"

"Yes!"

When Li Yunlong distributed the rocket launchers, he gave a strict order that the rocket launchers must not fall into the hands of the Japanese under any circumstances. If the rocket launchers could not be protected, they must be destroyed by all means.

Li Yunlong was very clear about the great impact it would have if some of the weapons he designed were stolen by the Japanese, so he was very strict in protecting Heiyun Mountain. Now the entire Heiyun Mountain is almost only open to entry but not exit. Even if some people have complaints, there is nothing that can be done about it.

At the same time, outside Ping'an County, Zhang Dabiao had already completed the assembly of the first team.

Milong, Li Liansheng and Gu Xiaomai were assigned to the same squad. Milong was no longer a machine gunner, but a rocket launcher ammunition supplier. Because of his strong physique, he could carry six rockets at a time and also carry a rifle on his back. The company commander finally decided to let Milong be the ammunition supplier.

Li Liansheng was the deputy squad leader because he was a platoon leader before. Although he had never won a battle, he still had some command experience. Gu Xiaomai became a rocket launcher because he was relatively short and strong.

Operating a rocket launcher does not require too much technical skills and you can learn it after two lessons. However, it is generally required that the rocket launcher be as short as possible so that it is easier to hide and get close to the target. Originally, Gu Xiaomai was almost transferred to be a tank soldier, but unfortunately he could not read and was still learning.

Milong was somewhat dissatisfied with this arrangement, but he did not complain. He actively trained every day and was very interested in rocket launchers, but he never had the chance to use them.

"set off!"

Following Zhang Dabiao's order, the first team immediately set out from Ping'an County and headed west towards Taiyuan.

Three hours later, Milong and his combat team arrived near a gun tower built by the Japanese on a high point.

The squad leader pointed to the distant artillery tower and said, "Beancake, when you get within 150 meters of the artillery tower, blow it up for me. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

Doubing was a little excited, and kept trying to calm his uneasy mood. The soldiers acting together were from a platoon, two-thirds of whom were new recruits, and the rest were veterans who had experienced actual combat.

"Don't be afraid, our mission is simple. See that depression up ahead? Just rush over there. Second Squad will provide cover fire. Demolition Squad, follow me!"

Following the platoon leader's order, several veterans immediately began firing at the distant artillery tower and started to provide fire cover, while Doubing, holding a rocket launcher, followed the squad leader and rushed towards the depression fifty meters away.

Soon the blasting team rushed into the depression, and the squad leader immediately said, "Bean cake, get ready!"

Gu Xiaomai immediately carried the rocket launcher and said to Milong as he had been trained: "Brother Milong, ammunition!"

At this time, Mi Long was holding a Type 38 rifle and six rocket launchers on his back. He immediately pulled out a rocket and gave it to Gu Xiaomai. Gu Xiaomai quickly installed it and said, "Watch your back!"

Then he aimed at the high artillery tower.

"call out!"

A rocket flew towards the Japanese artillery tower. After two or three months of exploration and improvement, its stability and accuracy increased a lot.

"boom!"

Gu Xiaomai's hands were steady and his movements were very standard. The rocket hit the Japanese artillery tower accurately. A huge explosion was heard, and a hole was instantly blown in the Japanese artillery tower.

"Quick, one more shot!"

Seeing Gu Xiaomai hit the target with one shot, the squad leader immediately shouted excitedly, and Milong also quickly handed over the second shell.

Two shells hit the Japanese artillery tower, making it silenced instantly. Then the soldiers began to charge. Before they got close to the artillery tower, the puppet soldiers in the tower had already raised their hands to surrender.

When Milong and Li Liansheng rushed into the artillery tower, they were still a little confused. They looked at the puppet soldiers squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands and a wounded Japanese soldier, and then looked at the other soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield.

The original confusion turned into a trance, and they seemed to have won.

"Captain, did we win?"

Milong asked in disbelief.

"if not?"

"Is this a win?"

Milong was a little bit incredulous. You have to know that this was a blockhouse guarded by three Japanese soldiers and a dozen puppet soldiers. And they won with only forty people? And they won with only two soldiers killed and three injured?

In the past, when their regiment faced a squadron of Japanese devils, they could not defeat them no matter what they did, but now they won just like that.

"Don't just stand there, clean up the battlefield. Oh, and don't let go of the dead bodies of the Japanese soldiers. Each body is worth ten dollars!"

The squad leader patted Milong on the shoulder and continued to clean up the battlefield.

In one afternoon, the platoon that Milong was in destroyed three bunkers, with seven casualties and eight injuries, but they killed thirteen Japanese soldiers and captured more than sixty puppet soldiers. However, facing this result, Milong and Li Liansheng did not understand why both the platoon leader and the squad leader were very dissatisfied.

"How many times have I told you to disperse when charging? Disperse. What are you doing gathered together? Are you going to be a target for the enemy?"

"Remember, the more cowardly you are on the battlefield, the more bullets will be aimed at you. The faster and more fiercely you charge, the more even the King of Hell will avoid you!"

Chapter 173 The Devil Prince's Conspiracy

Taiyuan, the First Army Headquarters.

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko was in a good mood at the moment, sitting in the command center listening to his subordinates report various intelligence.

"The Sixth Division has broken through the outer positions of the Zhina troops in Zhongtiao Mountain and has begun to advance into the interior of Zhongtiao Mountain. A small part of the Zhina troops has already begun to collapse!"

Upon hearing this, Prince Guizi immediately smiled and said, "Well, it seems Kanda-kun has learned from his shame and is now brave enough. Order the Sixth Division to advance deeper and completely divide and surround the Chinese defenders and defeat them all!"

"Hayi!"

"The 14th Division has successfully breached the western defense line of the Zhina garrison. Zhina..."

Good news kept coming to Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, making the old Japanese smile even brighter. The shame of the First Army could finally be washed away. After the great victory, the voices questioning the First Army should be much smaller.

"Telegram from Shouyang County: Eighth Route Army troops appeared outside Shouyang County, but did not launch an attack on Shouyang County!"

Such a piece of news mixed in with a bunch of good news made Prince Guizi frown.

"Which unit?"

"Is it the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Independent Column of the Eighth Route Army?"

"Jin-Cha-Ji Independent Column?"

This was the first time that Prince Guizi heard the name of this unit, and he couldn't help but frown.

"It's Li Yunlong's troops. According to the intelligence we've received, Li Yunlong's troops were upgraded from an independent column to the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Independent Column because of the capture of Ping'an County. We haven't received any information on the specific troop organization yet."

"Baga, it's Li Yunlong again! This guy is really haunting us!"

The prince snorted coldly, glanced at the location of Shouyang on the map and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Shouyang County is less than 100 kilometers away from Taiyuan, and the straight-line distance is only more than 60 kilometers. This distance is already enough to threaten Taiyuan.

"Your Highness, should we mobilize troops to defend Shouyang?"

Hearing this, Prince Guizi shook his head and said, "No need. Immediately notify the defenders of Shouyang to abandon Shouyang and retreat to Jinzhong!"

"Nani?"

The First Army's combat staff was obviously stunned by this order. He didn't understand why His Royal Highness the Prince wanted to abandon Shouyang and retreat directly to Jinzhong.

"Mr. Yongtian, how many defenders are there in Shouyang?"

"There's only one infantry company, a temporary unit from the 4th Division."