Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Shinozuka Kazuo was very familiar with Li Yunlong. The previous battles of Cangyunling and the ambush in Yangcun were all led by the New 1st Regiment and Li Yunlong. He also used Li Yunlong to educate Yamamoto Ikki, but he didn't expect that in the end Yamamoto Ikki and two major generals would fall into the hands of Li Yunlong.

"Immediately send someone to investigate the location of the New 1st Regiment and the Eighth Route Army headquarters. I want them to pay the price!"

"Hayi!"

At this time, Li Yunlong had no idea that he had become the enemy's main target. Instead, he trotted cheerfully to a warhorse, stretched out his hand to grab the reins and said, "Brigade Commander, why did you come here in person? If you have anything to say, just send a telegram."

"I know you have a radio, but the Japanese are using more and more advanced radio detection technology. Don't send telegrams if you don't need to!"

After Brigade Commander Chen finished speaking, he walked directly into Li Yunlong's regimental headquarters with his hands behind his back, and his eyes quickly locked on the two samurai swords hanging on Li Yunlong's wall.

He reached out and took down one of the samurai swords and said, "General's sword?"

"I'm carrying it on your back. Last time, I promised you a general's sword. I, Li Yunlong, always keep my word!"

Hearing this, Brigade Commander Chen immediately laughed and pointed at Li Yunlong and said, "You kid, I'll take the knife!"

Then the brigade commander sat down on the chair and took out a document. When Li Yunlong saw it, he immediately stood at attention.

"Okay, sit down. This is a commendation from the mountain city!"

"Another commendation? Nothing substantial?"

"See for yourself!"

Li Yunlong quickly opened the commendation order from Shancheng, and his expression turned strange. "Another medal! You didn't give me the previous one, and now you give me another one?"

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Brigade Commander Chen slammed a medal on the table and said, "It's here. It was just delivered to headquarters two days ago. I picked it up and brought it to you!"

Li Yunlong took it, looked at it and said, "How stingy! After giving me the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, you gave me the Third Class Cloud Banner Medal. Next time, are you going to give me the Treasure Tripod Medal? Can't you give me something more substantial? At least give me a hundred guns."

Chapter 57: Captain, you must avenge us!

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, the brigade commander couldn't help but laugh: "Boy, if those officers of the National Army knew this, they would probably fight you to the death. Put your things away."

After he finished speaking, he took out another document. When Li Yunlong saw the words "129th Division" on it, he immediately stood up and waited for orders.

"You can read the specific commendation yourself. I won't read it. There's no need to be so serious!"

Looking at Li Yunlong's serious expression, Brigade Commander Chen felt a little uncomfortable and patted Li Yunlong's shoulder gently.

Li Yunlong immediately took the envelope and opened it. He quickly read the contents and smiled. "Brigade Commander, what about the New 1st Regiment?"

"The New 1st Regiment will be reorganized into the First Independent Column, and you will be the column commander!"

The letter from the division headquarters was actually also a commendation order. First, the first battalion of the new first regiment, the cavalry battalion was awarded a first-class merit, Li Yunlong was awarded a special merit, the second and third battalions were awarded a second-class merit. In addition, Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao and others also received separate rewards.

However, these rewards are secondary. The most important thing is that the New 1st Regiment was reorganized from the original New 1st Regiment under the 386th Brigade to the First Independent Column.

"Brigade Commander, what is the size of my column?"

Brigadier General Chen saw through Li Yunlong's thoughts and asked, "Why? I'll give you my position as brigade commander?"

"I don't dare."

"Headquarters hasn't given any clear instructions. The specific scale depends on your own ability. However, you will no longer be affiliated with the 386th Brigade, but will be directly led by headquarters!"

After Commander Chen finished speaking, he looked at Li Yunlong with a serious face and said, "Li Yunlong, work hard. I don't want to see you carrying the blame or tending horses for the division commander back at headquarters anytime soon!"

"Don't worry, Commander. I will definitely not let you down!"

Brigade Commander Chen nodded, patted Li Yunlong's shoulder firmly and said, "I brought you up single-handedly. I know your character. As long as you don't cause trouble, you will accomplish great things in the future. With your military achievements, being a regimental commander would be a waste of your talent. Don't make any more mistakes this time!"

A smile appeared on Li Yunlong's face. What the brigade commander said was actually correct. Li Yunlong's predecessor really made mistakes every time he made a contribution. Otherwise, according to Li Yunlong's qualifications and military achievements, it would not be a problem for him to be the brigade commander of an independent brigade.

But before Li Yunlong traveled through time, it was already good enough for Li Yunlong to keep his head. After all, if there was no Li Yunlong today, the crime of disobeying orders on the battlefield might follow Li Yunlong for the rest of his life. No matter who wants to promote Li Yunlong, they have to consider whether Li Yunlong will disobey orders on the battlefield again and affect the overall situation.

If a regiment disobeys orders, it may still be possible to remedy the situation, but if a division or an army disobeys orders, it may affect an entire battle or a strategic decision.

The headquarters appointed Li Yunlong as the commander of an independent column, which was actually a test for Li Yunlong to see whether he had completely mended his ways. If he did not make mistakes again, the organization of this independent column might be at the brigade level or even higher. However, if Li Yunlong still did not change his old habits, the best he could do was to form a column at the regimental level.

"Don't worry, Brigadier General. I promise I won't make the same mistake again!"

After hearing this, the brigade commander nodded in satisfaction, looked at Li Yunlong in front of him, and finally took out a few packs of cigarettes from his pocket and stuffed them into Li Yunlong's pockets, saying, "Sakura brand, I got them from the division commander, for you!"

Looking at the cigarette in his hand, Li Yunlong couldn't help but grin: "Thank you, Brigade Commander, but Brigade Commander, how much freedom do I have in this column?"

Li Yunlong was talking about the fact that the brigade commander had promised Li Yunlong that he could mobilize a battalion of troops without asking for permission. After hearing this, the brigade commander stopped and turned to look at Li Yunlong and said, "Li Yunlong, are you really stupid, or are you just pretending to be stupid?"

In fact, Brigadier General Chen did not know that Li Yunlong was not very familiar with the current organization of our army. After all, most of the later generations' organization of troops still remained in the order of army, division, brigade, regiment, battalion, company and platoon.

Li Yunlong is not very familiar with our army's current organization of detachments, columns, battalions, and squads.

"You are now the column commander!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Yunlong immediately understood what the brigade commander meant, and he knew that he could fight independently in the future.

"Let's go, do your best!"

The brigade commander waved his hand, turned and left the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment. When Zhao Gang came in, he saw Li Yunlong with a smile on his face.

"Old Li, what good news makes you so happy?"

Li Yunlong handed the letter to Zhao Gang: "Old Zhao, can you take a look?"

Zhao Gang took it, took a look at it and said, "Our leader is too stingy, isn't he just giving you a Cloud Banner Medal?"

Li Yunlong slapped his head and said, "I got the wrong one. Lao Zhao, please organize a meeting and commend him!"

After Zhao Gang took the letter and took a look at it, he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go organize it right away. Let's make it more lively this time!"

Many soldiers were commended for their meritorious service this time. Li Yunlong's battle report was very detailed. In addition to the collective merit, 72 soldiers were individually commended. Li Yunlong was not stingy either. After the commendation meeting.

They immediately took out the canned food captured from the Japanese and gave it to all the soldiers to enjoy.

"Captain, commander!"

Just as Li Yunlong was preparing lunch for the soldiers in the kitchen, a soldier from the first battalion limped to find Li Yunlong, supported by several soldiers.

"Yang Xiaohu? Were your injuries caused by the Jinsui Army?"

Li Yunlong knew this soldier. He was the soldier he sent to follow Zhang Dabiao to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to ask for things. He belonged to the Second Company of the First Battalion. When he went to Wangjia Town with him before, he killed three Japanese soldiers alone. At this time, Yang Xiaohu was shot in the leg and had just been bandaged. He also had a wound on his head.

"It wasn't the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, Commander. I went with the battalion commander to get some supplies from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. Because the regiments were stationed in different locations, I separated from the battalion commander at Liudaogou. I followed the squad leader to the 357th Regiment to get the medicine and ammunition they promised us!"

"Although the commander of the 357th Regiment didn't want to give it to them, the squad leader took us to sit at their headquarters, holding the IOU in his hand, ready to fight a protracted battle with them. In the end, he gave me the things. When I was escorting the things back with the squad leader and the comrades in the class, we passed by Black Cloud Mountain and were attacked by a group of bandits!"

When Yang Xiaohu said this, tears could not help but flow down his face. "My squad leader and several other comrades were all killed, and the medicine was snatched away by the bandits. My squad leader risked his life to protect me, allowing me to break out of the encirclement, but he himself did not come out."

"Captain, you must avenge us!"

Chapter 58: Suppress the bandits, suppress the bandits, suppress the bandits!

"gather!"

Li Yunlong threw the spatula in his hand to the ground and yelled, then quickly walked towards the regiment headquarters.

"Emergency gathering!"

"Emergency gathering!"

"..."

The signalman at the regimental headquarters immediately conveyed Li Yunlong's order to the various troops stationed around the regimental headquarters.

There was a lot of noise. Zhao Gang, who was writing in the regiment headquarters to change the name and logo of the new regiment, rushed out immediately. Seeing the angry Li Yunlong, he said, "What happened to Lao Li?"

"Damn it! These bandits are so rebellious nowadays! They even dared to rob my Li Yunlong troops! I sent a battalion of people to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to collect gifts, but the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army gave them to us, and then they robbed us in Heiyun Village!"

After hearing this, Zhao Gang immediately realized the seriousness of the situation: "How many casualties have our soldiers suffered?"

"Of the soldiers of the 8th Squad, 2nd Company, 1st Battalion, only one has returned alive. If I don't crush Black Cloud Village today, I won't be called Li!"

Li Yunlong of Heiyunzhai knew very well what this place was. It was the place where Wei Heshang died in the original novel. Wei Heshang, a good brother who had been through thick and thin with Li Yunlong, died at the hands of bandits after the Japanese were driven away.

After hearing this, Zhao Gang immediately pulled Li Yunlong and said, "Old Li, calm down!"

"Old Zhao, I'm calm. I'm going to send troops to suppress the bandits and restore order to the surrounding villagers. Is that okay?"

When Zhao Gang grabbed Li Yunlong, Li Yunlong knew what Zhao Gang meant. He could not do things under the banner of revenge, but had to do it under the banner of suppressing bandits.

The Independent Column is a regular army under the Eighth Route Army, not a bandit like Heiyunzhai. It has to follow certain rules when doing things. For example, Li Yunlong, the commander of the Independent Column, is going to attack Heiyunzhai now. He must not use the banner of revenge for the dead soldiers, but must use the banner of suppressing bandits. Otherwise, he will not be able to explain to his superiors when reporting.

Just like in the original novel, Li Yunlong attacked Ping'an County, such a great achievement, but why was he punished in the end? Besides sending troops without permission, the reason Li Yunlong sent troops was to save his wife.

Li Yunlong is a military commander, not a gangster leader or a bandit leader, and he cannot treat the troops as his own private army.

After hearing what Li Yunlong said, Zhao Gang showed a thoughtful expression on his face and said, "Well, the bandits have indeed become more and more rampant recently. I agree with the regiment... column's decision!"

Li Yunlong nodded and looked at Lao Xing, the former deputy regiment commander and current deputy commander of the column.

"I agree too!"

"Where's Chief of Staff Wang?"

"I agree!"

"Very good, then let's have a small meeting first!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he took the lead and walked into the command center.

"Captain... Commander, our current position..."

"Don't call me commander, just call me regimental commander. It sounds better!"

Li Yunlong waved his hand, signaling Staff Officer Wang not to change his words. Staff Officer Wang nodded and said, "Captain, according to the information we have received so far, there are currently seven bandit groups active near Lijiaji!"

"Seven? So many?"

Li Yunlong was shocked when he heard this number. Lijiaji is just a town in Taihang Mountains. There are seven bandits active in such a small area. The bandit density is exaggerated.

"This only counts the more active bandits with a number of more than 20 people. There are also some smaller bandits who specialize in highway robbery that are not included!"

After Staff Officer Wang finished speaking, he pointed to the map and said, "The Black Cloud Village bandits who attacked our troops are the most powerful of the seven bandit groups. They do all kinds of business. Besides highway robbery, they also go to the countryside to collect grain after the busy farming season every year and sell opium. It is said that they are also doing business with the Japanese, but the specific business is currently unknown!"

"Besides, Black Cloud Village is located on Black Cloud Mountain. Black Cloud Mountain has a dangerous terrain and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. We don't know exactly how many people are in Black Cloud Village. We only know that their leader is surnamed Xie, but not his specific name."

"His name is Xie Baoqing, the second-in-command's name is Shanmao, Chief of Staff Wang, please continue."

Li Yunlong added directly.

"I explored the terrain of Black Cloud Mountain when I first came to Lijiaji, but I was driven away before I even got close. I might need a local to lead the way!"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately said, "Find someone to lead the way for us. I will lead the Second Battalion and all the heavy weapons of the regiment. I don't believe that a mountain stronghold can stop me!"