Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Li Yunlong clearly saw through the telescope the process of Yamazaki Jihei being shot in the head and couldn't help but speak.

"Captain, it's Shunzi from our sniper squad!"

"Okay, I've written it down!"

When Li Yunlong heard the name Shunzi, he felt it sounded familiar, but he didn't take it to heart because the war was more important now.

"Old Zhao, I heard you're a pretty good shot. Can you get a headshot from this distance?"

Yamazaki Jihei was about two hundred meters away from Junko, and he shot him in the head with a Type 38 rifle. This kind of shooting skill is not something that ordinary people can possess.

"Let me try!"

Zhao Gang took the Type 38 rifle from the guard, adjusted the sight, half-crouched on the edge of the cliff, found a target Japanese soldier, and pulled the trigger.

"boom!"

A crisp gunshot rang out, and a Japanese sergeant was shot in the head. Zhao Gang pulled the bolt and continued to look for the next target.

Li Yunlong gave Zhao Gang a little shock. At this time, Zhao Gang also wanted to give Li Yunlong a little shock to show that he was definitely not a nerd who only knew how to study.

"Nice fight, Lao Zhao!"

Although he had known that Zhao Gang was a good marksman, he was still shocked when he saw it with his own eyes. Li Yunlong thought that he could not shoot the target so accurately in the head at this distance.

"Old Li, now that we've killed the Japanese commander, what should we do next?"

"What should we do? We have to wait and see. We have to wear the Japanese down bit by bit. Anyone who charges now is a fool. We just have to wait and see. After all, we have the advantage in position. The Japanese can only wait to die!"

Chapter 26 The Brigade Commander Arrives and the Cavalry Battalion Can No Longer Hide

Now the Yamazaki Battalion in the narrow gap has become a turtle in a jar. They only need to continue to besiege it and use the terrain on the top of the mountain and the encirclement on both sides to shrink the pocket and slowly eat it up. Li Yunlong does not want to let the soldiers charge and increase casualties.

"Have the Second Battalion advance a hundred meters into the canyon. Don't give the Japanese any room to maneuver. Let the new recruits fire a few more shots to practice their courage!"

Li Yunlong observed the situation of the Japanese below and constantly adjusted his combat strategy.

There are less than two hundred Japanese soldiers still alive, and more and more Japanese soldiers are being killed, so it was decided to further reduce the space for the Japanese soldiers to operate.

The first battalion, the grenadiers squad and the sniper team on the top of the mountain were still pouring fire on the Japanese.

In particular, the sniper team had the advantage of terrain. Whenever the Japanese wanted to organize a counterattack or a charge, the temporary commander would be shot in the head, leaving a group of Japanese soldiers looking for cover like headless flies.

"Pay attention to the dead bodies of the Japanese soldiers. Don't let the ones pretending to be dead bite them!"

The Second Battalion had begun to gradually advance into the interior of the Line of Sky. Li Yunlong once again reminded the soldiers to pay attention to finishing off the guns and knives.

Half an hour later, Brigade Commander Chen and his guards arrived at the outskirts of Yitiantian, but they did not hear any gunfire. The surroundings were so quiet that they were shocked.

"Could it be that Li Yunlong failed to defend the Line of Sky?" The brigade commander suddenly had some ominous premonition in his heart, and then he couldn't help but quicken his pace and rushed towards the Line of Sky.

When the brigade commander climbed to a high place and observed the entrance of Yitiantian with a telescope, he saw a group of soldiers from the New 1st Regiment carrying the corpse of a Japanese soldier to the side. Then a soldier took a knife and chopped at the head of the Japanese soldier, and there were more than a dozen soldiers kneeling on the ground beside him.

The battle was over. Ten minutes ago, after the last Japanese soldier was killed, Li Yunlong ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up. Li Yunlong still did not intend to let go of the Japanese soldiers' corpses. He beheaded all the intact Japanese soldiers' bodies in front of more than a dozen captured Japanese soldiers.

"it's over?"

The brigade commander put down the telescope in disbelief, then slapped his face with his hands. He obviously couldn't believe what he saw was real. This was an elite infantry battalion of the Japanese, and it was wiped out by Li Yunlong's New 1st Regiment in just one hour?

How long did the troops fight when they ambushed the Japanese transport team? They dispatched several regiments, a battalion of troops, and fought for nearly a day, but the New 1st Regiment only took an hour.

"Let's go and have a look!"

The brigade commander immediately jumped on his horse and rushed towards the location of the thin line of sky.

At this time, outside the narrow passage, Li Yunlong stood in front of the Japanese prisoners and said: "Pull out the eyes of these little Japanese soldiers and let them see clearly what will happen to them! After you kill a group of them, immediately replace them. Sun Desheng, what are you standing there for? Replace them!"

The cavalry battalion was responsible for beheading the Japanese corpses. After all, the cavalry battalion was the only one in the entire New 1st Regiment where every soldier was equipped with a saber, so they could easily chop off the heads of the Japanese.

"Captain, why didn't you let our cavalry battalion go at the last moment?"

Sun Desheng felt very aggrieved. The first battle after joining the new regiment had nothing to do with the cavalry battalion. The soldiers from the first, second and third battalions were all discussing how many Japanese had been killed today, but the soldiers from the cavalry battalion could only listen and then chop off the heads of the Japanese killed by other battalions.

"Next time, I'll definitely let your cavalry battalion lead the charge. Don't feel bad about it, quickly switch guys and let the soldiers see some blood!"

"Yes, Captain, Captain, don't forget what you said!"

"Can't forget!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he saw several war horses rushing towards him not far behind him. The man in the lead was wearing glasses and a black leather jacket.

"brigadier!"

After seeing Brigade Commander Chen, Li Yunlong immediately winked at Sun Desheng, indicating that Sun Desheng should take the cavalry battalion away quickly, but at this time Brigade Commander Chen had already come to Li Yunlong's side.

He watched with interest as the soldiers of the cavalry battalion dismounted and chopped off the heads of the Japanese before turning to Li Yunlong: "How is Li Yunlong?"

"Reporting to the Brigade Commander, the New 1st Regiment encountered the Japanese Yamazaki Battalion at Yixiantian. After an hour of bloody fighting, they were completely wiped out and sixteen of them were captured!"

After hearing this, the brigade commander looked around the battlefield. There were at least four or five hundred Japanese corpses everywhere, and sixteen Japanese soldiers kneeling on the ground were having their eyes pried open by the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment as they watched their heads being chopped off.

"What are the casualties?"

"The third battalion had 21 killed and 37 wounded; the second battalion had 48 killed and 67 wounded; the first battalion had 2 killed and 12 wounded."

The Second Battalion suffered the most casualties because after the Japanese discovered that they were surrounded, they prepared to fight to the death and launched several attacks on the Second Battalion's position. Although there was fire support from all sides, the Japanese's marksmanship and firepower were not weak, and some soldiers were sacrificed.

The third battalion suffered similar casualties, as the Japanese were breaking out. However, compared to the attack, the Japanese morale was already very low when they broke out, so the third battalion suffered fewer casualties.

As for the first battalion, one soldier fell down because he lost his balance while shooting above the narrow passage, and another was killed by a stray bullet from the Japanese.

"So few casualties?"

Hearing about the casualties of the New 1st Regiment, the brigade commander was stunned and looked at Li Yun and said, "Don't lie to me about casualties just to get credit!"

"Commander, counting twice won't be wrong. I'll show you the battlefield situation and you'll understand!"

Li Yunlong could understand the brigade commander's surprise. After all, whether it was the National Army or our army, the casualty ratio in battles with the Japanese troops was generally about one to five. In some battles, the casualty ratio was even higher. Many times, a Japanese battalion could fight back and forth with a National Army division.

But in Li Yunlong's case, an entire elite Japanese infantry battalion was completely wiped out in just one hour, and his own casualties were extremely small. No one would believe it if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes.

"The main reason was that we didn't take the terrain of this section into consideration. The raised mountain blocked the shooting angle from above. Otherwise, the casualties would have been much lower!"

Li Yunlong took the brigade commander to visit Yitiantian and repeated his battle deployment.

After surveying the battlefield, the brigade commander believed what Li Yunlong said. He believed that they indeed had an absolute advantage in terrain. While attacking from high and low positions, they also blocked both sides. The Japanese were trapped in a jar.

"Good, good, good! You've done me another great service!"

The brigade commander patted Li Yunlong's shoulder vigorously and said, "Take me to the command center. I'll send a telegram to the headquarters and tell them about the situation here!"

"Commander, this way please!"

Li Yunlong felt a little relieved. It seemed that the brigade commander did not notice the cavalry battalion.

But at this moment, the brigade commander, who was walking in front with his hands behind his back, suddenly said, "By the way, Li Yunlong, did your cavalryman suffer any casualties?"

Chapter 27 Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong, you always surprise me

"Brigade Commander, what cavalry?"

Li Yunlong pretended to be stupid and denied that the New 1st Regiment had any cavalry.

"Li Yunlong, do you think I won't hit you now that you're the regiment commander? You're itching for trouble again, aren't you?"

The brigade commander directly pulled out his whip and looked at Li Yunlong with a smile.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, the cavalry battalion is the general reserve and has no casualties."

"Well, it's good that there were no casualties... You mean the cavalry battalion?"

The brigade commander didn't react at first, but when he realized that the new regiment's cavalry was not a platoon or a company but a battalion, he immediately stopped.

"Cavalry battalion?"

"Yes, Brigade Commander, I performed meritorious service last time. The headquarters asked the New 1st Regiment to expand by a battalion, so I expanded it into a cavalry battalion."

"Take me to see it!"

The brigade commander originally wanted to take a look at the arsenal and other places, but now he turned around and headed towards the cavalry battalion.

"Raise the knife!"

"hack!"

At this time, Sun Desheng was riding on a tall horse, commanding the soldiers of the cavalry battalion to chop off the heads of the Japanese corpses one after another.

There were more than 400 corpses, and the soldiers of the cavalry battalion were all bloody.

The brigade commander stood aside and waited for the cavalry battalion to finish everything. After chopping off the heads of all the Japanese corpses, they threw the headless bodies into a pit and burned them directly, while the heads were thrown into another pit and buried directly.

"Sun Desheng!"

"Captain!"

Sun Desheng dismounted and came before Li Yunlong. Upon seeing Brigade Commander Chen, he immediately stood at attention and saluted, saying, "Hello, Brigade Commander!"

"Well, assemble your cavalry battalion."

"Yes!"

Soon, the entire cavalry battalion led their war horses in an orderly manner and came to Brigade Commander Chen, waiting for his inspection.

"Report to the brigade commander, the new cavalry battalion has assembled!"

The brigade commander looked at the cavalry battalion in front of him, glanced at Li Yunlong, and then began to count around the cavalry battalion.

"Brigade Commander, be careful! These war horses are very aggressive. Please be careful!"

Li Yunlong was trying to persuade the brigade commander to stay, otherwise after the brigade commander finished counting the numbers and knew that there were more than 400 people in his cavalry battalion, he would definitely ask him for men and horses.

"Let me go! I've ridden more horses than you've ever seen. Li Yunlong, ah Li Yunlong, you're quite good! Where did all these war horses come from?"

"Report, we encountered a group of puppet cavalry on our way from Yangcun to Yixiantian. Their combat effectiveness was almost zero, so we killed them. They seem to be the cavalry battalion of the 4th Mixed Brigade of Wanjia Town."

Li Yunlong avoided the main point and did not say that he acted selfishly. Moreover, the time point was indeed the time when the New 1st Regiment moved from Yangcun to Yixiantian. Li Yunlong did not lie when rounding it off.

"Wanjia Town Cavalry Battalion?"

After thinking for a moment, the brigade commander had a rough idea in his mind: "Why didn't you report such a big thing?"

"Brigade Commander, it was just an encounter, no soldiers were killed or injured, and we wiped them out with just a few wasted bullets. I think it was a small matter that was not reported!"

After a round of detours, the brigade commander learned that the cavalry battalion had a total of more than 430 people, and each of them was fully equipped, including sabers used by the cavalry and the cavalry version of the Type 38 rifle designed by the Japanese specifically for the cavalry.