Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Li Yunlong nodded, and after a few false words of persuasion, he watched Chu Yunfei and the others leave Yitiantian.

"Old Li, can they give us these weapons and ammunition?"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong snorted coldly: "If you don't give it to me, I'll go ask Yan Laoxi for it and see if Yan Laoxi still has any shame!"

After saying this, Li Yunlong turned and walked towards the regiment headquarters and asked, "Is there still no news about Yamamoto Ikki?"

"There's no news yet. Most of the soldiers sent out by the Second Battalion have returned. They chased down some of the devils from the Yamamoto Special Forces, but they didn't catch Yamamoto Ikki!"

Li Yunlong couldn't help but sigh after hearing this: "What a pity, we let Yamamoto Ikki get away. He's a venomous snake. If we let him go, who knows when he'll pop up and bite us again!"

Li Yunlong took out a cigarette and lit one for himself. Yamamoto Ikki was not a big threat to Li Yunlong, but he was a big threat to other troops of the Eighth Route Army. If Yamamoto Ikki reacted and did not fight to the death with the New 1st Regiment, but attacked other troops of the Eighth Route Army, both the 772nd Regiment and the 771st Regiment, these main forces would suffer heavy losses.

It's not about thieves stealing, but about thieves thinking about it. If Yamamoto Ikki is not killed, Li Yunlong will have to be on high alert every day, worried that he will attack again and again.

"We can't stay here in Yixiantian anymore. If the Japanese know this place, they will definitely send a large force to encircle and suppress us. We also need to move!"

Li Yunlong walked to the front of the map and began to think about where to go next.

"The order from headquarters is for our New 1st Regiment to take all the units from Yixiantian and move to the vicinity of Lijiaji!"

"Lijiaji?"

Li Yunlong looked at the map. Lijiaji was located on the west side of the Taihang Mountains, and the nearest county town was Ping'an County.

"Why don't we just move directly into Ping'an County?"

Li Yunlong stared at the map of Ping'an County and spoke slowly. Li Yunlong tricked out a large battalion of the defenders of Ping'an County, and the largest stronghold around was also destroyed by Li Yunlong. Now the county is very empty and can be easily taken.

"It's no problem to take Ping'an County, but we can't hold it!"

"Ok!"

Li Yunlong nodded, but he was thinking about the possibility of taking Ping'an County in his mind. If there was a county town as a base, giving Li Yunlong some time, Li Yunlong would definitely not worry about whether he could hold it.

"Captain, Captain, Captain!"

At this moment, Second Battalion Commander Fang Zheng rushed into the regiment headquarters with an excited look on his face.

"Captain, good news... huhu..."

Fang Zheng must have run for a distance. As soon as he entered the regiment headquarters, he supported his knees with his hands and gasped for breath.

"Drink some water, speak slowly, what happened!"

Chapter 52 Yamamoto Ikki: Impossible, Absolutely Impossible

After Fang Zheng took a sip of water, he finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Captain, good news! Yamamoto Ikki has been captured!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the regiment headquarters turned their eyes to Fang Zheng.

"Tell me slowly, where did you catch it?"

"In the pigpen of a fellow villager's house!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang looked at each other and couldn't help laughing: "Tell me in detail!"

"Yes!"

Fang Zheng had recovered his breath by now and said with a smile, "The Liujiaping District Squad sent someone to say they'd captured a high-ranking Japanese officer and were sending him to us. I brought some people to pick him up!"

"About half an hour ago, I picked up a Japanese colonel on the top of the mountain. I checked his ID and found out his name is Yamamoto Ikki!"

"The fellow villager said that in the evening, he heard two of his chickens were missing and went out to look for them. When he arrived at the pigpen, he heard a noise and looked over to find a Japanese soldier hiding inside."

"At first, the villagers didn't dare to take action, fearing that the Japanese had guns. But then they remembered that our pursuers had been to the village and inquired about the situation, so they went to notify the district squad themselves and left one person to guard outside the pigpen. Yamamoto Ikki tried to climb out of the pigpen but was knocked unconscious by a shovel, and then they tied him up."

After hearing this, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang looked at each other. Especially Li Yunlong, he never thought that his biggest threat was caught in the pigpen.

"Did anyone bring it?"

Although Fang Zheng had already confirmed Yamamoto Ikki's information, Li Yunlong was still a little worried and wanted to confirm it personally.

"Almost there. I came back to report the news. It should be here soon!"

"Let's go and take a look!"

Li Yunlong took the lead and left the regiment headquarters directly. The rest of the people in the regiment headquarters also followed Li Yunlong out to see Yamamoto Ikki.

More than ten minutes later, Li Yunlong finally met Yamamoto Ikki.

At this time, Yamamoto Ikki was carried on a shoulder pole by two soldiers like a pig, with his hands tied to the pole.

There was a piece of cloth stuffed in his mouth. I don’t know if it was because it was so dark that it looked like a black cloth, or because it was just a black cloth.

"Captain!"

"Captain!"

"..."

Li Yunlong walked up to Yamamoto Ikki and was able to confirm at a glance that this guy was Yamamoto Ikki. He gently patted Yamamoto Ikki's face and said with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Bring him to the ruins of the field hospital!"

"Yes!"

The district squad followed behind the team. Several soldiers of the district squad couldn't help but feel a little restrained when they saw Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong had been very popular recently and had killed many Japanese devils. Many people regarded Li Yunlong as a role model.

"Captain Li, I've long heard of your great name!"

"You're welcome, we're all comrades. Thank you for your hard work this time. If it weren't for you, that bastard would have gotten away!"

Captain Li of the District Squad immediately said, "Captain Li, this time it wasn't our credit, it was the credit of Lao Zhang and the other two from the village. We just sent the person here."

"Where are the two fellow villagers?"

"I've already gone back. It's dark and the mountain roads are difficult to travel. I'm afraid something unexpected might happen!"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said, "Please bring something back for the villagers when you return. They have solved a serious problem for our New 1st Regiment and even solved a major hidden danger for our Eighth Route Army!"

Captain Li obviously hadn't expected this Yamamoto Ikki to be so important. He looked at Li Yunlong in surprise. Li Yunlong smiled and didn't explain too much. He called the monk and said, "Monk, take out a hundred dollars from the regiment headquarters, and then give the flour and rice to Captain Li. Have them take them to the villagers!"

"Yes!"

Li Yunlong then looked at the weapons carried by the soldiers of the District Squad and said, "I'm sorry to bother you this time. Our New 1st Regiment has some remaining weapons. You've come just in time. Come with me to exchange for a batch of weapons later!"

Upon hearing this, everyone in the district squad became excited. The district squad did not belong to the regular combat sequence. According to later generations, it belonged to the militia series. Most of them were guard groups organized by the villagers themselves, and became the district squad after joining our army.

Everyone usually has their own weapons. Except for the team leader, almost no one has a gun. Most people use knives, guns, sticks, some cold weapons, or even some farm tools. Occasionally, there are some old homemade guns and hunting rifles.

However, they often fought with some puppet troops and Japanese invaders who came to the countryside to carry out raids. However, due to the huge gap in equipment, they would occasionally achieve results, but the losses were relatively large.

"Thank you, Captain Li, thank you, Captain Li. We are worried. The New Year is coming soon and the Japanese will definitely send people to rob us. We don't have any useful weapons and can't protect our fellow villagers."

Li Yunlong couldn't help but sigh after hearing this. In fact, it was not that the Eighth Route Army did not want to arm these district squads and county brigades, but that there were really no weapons. The regular troops of the Eighth Route Army were short of guns and ammunition.

Soon Li Yunlong brought Yamamoto Ikki to the ruins of the field hospital.

At this time, most of the soldiers of the New Regiment who received the news gathered together.

People were still rescuing supplies around the field hospital. Some tents were temporarily built to accommodate the wounded. Some medical staff and wounded soldiers also looked at Li Yunlong curiously.

"Put him down!"

Yamamoto Ikki was thrown to the ground like a dead pig. Li Yunlong stepped on the wound of Yamamoto Ikki. Yamamoto Ikki, who had been closing his eyes and pretending to be dead, suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at Li Yunlong.

"With such a serious injury and having to cross mountains and rivers, you're still alive. You're really lucky!"

Li Yunlong looked at Yamamoto Ikki who was glaring at him, and took the cloth out of his mouth. When he held it in his hand, he smelled something and immediately threw the cloth aside.

“Who can plug it?”

A young soldier immediately raised his hand and said, "Report to the commander, it's me!"

"Yes, it's been a while since I washed it. I've been told to wash leggings and other things regularly, but you just don't listen!"

The young soldier immediately lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Baga, I'm Imperial Colonel Yamamoto Ikki, and I want to speak to your commander!"

At this moment, Yamamoto Ikki suddenly spoke.

After hearing this, Li Yunlong smiled and said, "If you have anything to say, tell me. I'm the person in charge here!"

"Are you Li Yunlong, the leader of the New 1st Regiment?"

Yamamoto Ikki looked at Li Yunlong carefully. He hadn't seen clearly before, but now that he saw clearly, he stared at Li Yunlong in disbelief: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible. You are definitely not Li Yunlong. I will never lose to you, Baka!"

Yamamoto Ikki knew Li Yunlong but had never seen a photo of him. The Li Yunlong in front of him was exactly the same as those ordinary Chinese peasants he had seen and killed. In Yamamoto Ikki's opinion, Li Yunlong, who could defeat him, should at least be a top student who had studied abroad with them.

Chapter 53 Yamamoto Ikki: I am valuable

"I am Li Yunlong!"

Yamamoto Ikki stared at Li Yunlong with eyes wide open, his eyes full of shock and suspicion.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"What do you think Li Yunlong should be like? A graceful general? Not an honest-looking farmer like me?"

"You are wrong. Not only you are wrong, but also your so-called Sky Locust is wrong. You will eventually be defeated by us, a group of peasants in your eyes. You are just the beginning. I will capture Kazuo Shinozuka, Neiji Okamura, Doi Maru Twelve, Prince Hisahiko Asakamiya, and your Sky Locust, one by one and judge them with my own methods!"

Yamamoto Ikki still didn't want to believe that Li Yunlong in front of him could defeat him. He stared at Li Yunlong and said, "Impossible!"

"Forget it. There's no point arguing with you about whether I'm Li Yunlong. Do you know why I brought you here?"

Li Yunlong grabbed Yamamoto Ikki's head and said, "This used to be a hospital, but now it's turned into ruins. I sacrificed an entire platoon of soldiers here!"

"I sacrificed hundreds of soldiers in Yang Village. Now I need your blood to commemorate these fallen soldiers!"

After hearing this, Yamamoto Ikki couldn't help but snorted coldly and said, "The soldiers of the empire are not afraid of death. Just kill me!"

Seeing Yamamoto Ikki's tough look, Li Yunlong was even more disdainful. Yamamoto Ikki is not afraid of death? Nonsense!

How can a person who is seriously injured and is trying to escape for his life, or a person who hides in a pigsty to avoid being caught, not be afraid of death?

In the original novel, Yamamoto Ikki used Xiuqin as a shield in order to survive. Li Yunlong finally ordered the second battalion commander to fire, and Xiuqin died heroically.

"Killing you would be too easy. I heard you enjoy torturing people. No prisoner of war that falls into your hands has a good end!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he looked at the monk and asked, "Monk, how did he torture the prisoners in the prisoner-of-war camp?"

"Captain, this son of a bitch tied us brothers to a pillar and exposed us to the sun. Then he cut us in the body with a knife, poured sugar water on it, and then let ants and all kinds of things bite us..."

Monk Wei had been in a prisoner-of-war camp and was familiar with Yamamoto Ikki's methods, so he easily told some of the methods that Yamamoto Ikki had used.