Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"put!"

With an order, hundreds of 107 rockets flew towards the Japanese marching column.

Chapter 573 It’s a mess, everything is a mess, it’s a complete mess.

"Where are the logistics troops?"

When Cheng Xiazi's division arrived, about an hour had passed. However, apart from some Japanese corpses on the battlefield, there was no sign of the logistics troops.

"I don't know, and the radio station can't be contacted!"

At this moment, a cavalryman came galloping from a distance: "Commander, commander, everything is in chaos, everything is in chaos!"

"What a mess!"

"Everything around Baicheng is in chaos. There are battles everywhere. Our logistics team is chasing the Japanese. Everything is in chaos!"

"The logistics troops are chasing the devils?"

Blind Cheng felt that there was something wrong with his ears and asked uncertainly.

"That's right. Except for the ones who prepared meals for us, all the rest of our logistics team are chasing the fleeing Japanese soldiers. There are only a dozen people left to serve meals, and there are still some prisoners ahead!"

After hearing this, Blind Cheng immediately rode his horse towards the front line, and the guard battalion beside him quickly followed.

After running about two kilometers forward, I saw several soldiers escorting dozens of Japanese soldiers.

All these Japanese soldiers were squatting on the ground with their heads in their hands. Their weapons had been confiscated, and some soldiers were taking out ropes to tie these Japanese soldiers up.

"Which unit are you from?"

"Report, we are from the transport battalion of the military region's logistics department!"

"Did you capture these prisoners?"

"Yes!"

"Where's your battalion commander?"

"I don't know. He led his men forward. The one-armed man is our battalion commander!"

After Cheng Kang finished his question, he glanced at the captured Japanese soldiers. With just one glance, Blind Cheng had formed his mind. These prisoners looked young. Unlike the Japanese soldiers in their twenties and thirties he had fought before, these Japanese soldiers looked to be no more than teenagers.

"how old are you?"

Cheng Kang rode his horse to a tied-up Japanese soldier and asked.

The Japanese prisoner still had traces of tears on his face, as if he had just cried. When he heard someone asking him a question, he raised his head and glanced at Blind Cheng. As soon as his eyes met Blind Cheng's, he was frightened and lowered his head again.

"fifteen……"

Hearing the Japanese soldier tell his age, Blind Cheng did not continue to ask, but immediately looked to the side and ordered: "Order the troops to pursue with all their strength!"

"Yes, Commander!"

Soon, the troops of the newly formed Third Division also dispersed and began to pursue the defeated Japanese army.

The political commissar of the Third Division looked at the captured Japanese soldier and said, "Old Cheng, what did you figure out?"

"The Japs are almost defeated. I wonder how the logistics troops can defeat tens of thousands of Japs. If they were all soldiers like this, my regiment alone could defeat the Japs. They are all a bunch of new recruits, so it's easy to blow up the camp!"

The political commissar nodded and said, "Report this news to the commander. This is important intelligence. It seems that the liberation of the four eastern provinces may be smoother than we expected."

Blind Cheng nodded: "Not necessarily, the Japs' elite troops still have some combat effectiveness!"

"Well, let's go. We have to catch up with the troops. This battle has been going on for so long, and I'm almost left with nothing but my troops."

An hour ago, when dozens of 107 rockets fell on the Japanese marching column, a large number of Japanese were killed instantly.

The three divisions of the Japanese received the order to advance at full speed, destroy the Eighth Route Army's logistics troops and then support Baicheng, so the Japanese marching columns were very dense, and a group of people rushed forward in a swarm.

When the 107mm rockets fell, a single shell could kill dozens or even hundreds of Japanese soldiers, in addition to a large number of wounded Japanese soldiers. After being injured by the explosion, these wounded soldiers lay on the ground and screamed in despair.

The soldiers of the three Japanese divisions were almost all new recruits. During the winter counterattack of the Russians, the Japanese lost a large number of elite soldiers, resulting in a serious shortage of veterans.

These were three Type C divisions. Besides the veteran officers, each regiment had fewer than a hundred veterans. A division of 20,000 men, with over 400 veterans, meant that on average, one veteran had to lead 50 new recruits.

If these three divisions had experienced some low-intensity battles, such as security battles or positional battles, these recruits could have grown slowly and gradually adapted to the cruelty of war.

But the first battle these recruits faced after completing their training was an encounter, and it was an encounter in which they were ambushed and attacked by rockets.

Although the rockets did not cover all the Japanese troops, but only blew up the vanguard, the tragic scene after the rockets fell caused the psychological defenses of these Japanese recruits who were on the battlefield for the first time to collapse. Some of the timid Japanese recruits were frightened and burst into tears, and some even dropped their weapons and ran back.

Although there were Japanese officers and some veterans who tried to stop them, the number of veterans and officers was too small. Fear is contagious, and this fear spread rapidly as the second round of rockets fell.

"Commander, we've already launched our rockets. What if the follow-up troops need them?"

After the first batch of rockets were launched, the transport battalion commander immediately adjusted the firing angle and prepared for the second round of artillery fire. The deputy battalion commander beside him asked with some concern, "These rockets are ammunition supplies for the attacking troops."

"Attack them first, then we'll go back and bring them up. The Japs have been stunned by our attacks, and if we launch another round, we might be able to defeat them!"

Hearing the battalion commander's words, the deputy battalion commander quickly made preparations. Soon, the second round of rocket salvos fell on the heads of the three Japanese divisions.

This time the volley did not hit the vanguard, but was aimed at the middle of the Japanese column, where a large number of Japanese soldiers and officers gathered.

After the second round of shells fell, two of the Japanese division commanders were killed on the spot, and one was injured. In addition, many regiment commanders and lieutenant commanders were also killed or injured.

"Your Excellency the Division Commander has died!"

"The captain of the wing died in battle..."

Bad news spread quickly among the Japanese army. Without a leader, the Japanese army became even more confused. Some wanted to hold their ground, regroup, and continue the attack; some wanted to retreat; and some were at a loss.

However, these officers lacked unified command and had different opinions, which made the Japanese recruits feel at a loss.

At this moment, the last straw that broke the psychological defense of these Japanese recruits appeared.

After two rounds of artillery fire, Ma Dali keenly noticed that the Japanese troops were in chaos.

Ma Dali was also a regimental commander before, but he was injured in battle and retired to serve as the logistics director. His keen sense of smell, which he had developed when he was a regimental commander, made him realize that the Japanese troops were in trouble and that they must not be given time to think and must be defeated in one fell swoop.

Although his own side was outnumbered, Ma Dali knew that in many cases, fighting was all about momentum and fighting spirit. No matter how many soldiers there were, without momentum, they would be nothing but a pile of loose sand!

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Here are the fourth updates. I still owe ten more. There probably won’t be any by noon tomorrow as I’m still feeling a little unwell.

Chapter 574: The enemy not only refused to surrender, but also dared to resist

"Comrades, the Japanese are stunned by our bombing. Blow the charge horn, follow me and kill the Japanese!"

Ma Dali jumped out of the ambush position in an instant, holding a Browning pistol in his hand, and charged towards the Japanese with a loud roar.

After hearing the order, the other soldiers did not hesitate at all. Even though the enemy was facing Japanese soldiers whose numbers were dozens or even hundreds of times greater than theirs, they all stood up from the trenches and launched a charge towards the Japanese soldiers.

"Lao Ran, you drive the car and I'll set up the machine gun!" Pang Daniu held a light machine gun and fired at the Japanese soldiers in the distance while shouting to his companions beside him.

"Okay, I'll go drive!"

The driver, named Lao Ran, immediately ran to the rear. Just now, when they were on their way, a lot of cars drove up, and the 107 rocket launchers and weapons of the logistics troops were all loaded in these cars. Everyone used whatever weapons they had.

Soon, Lao Ran drove a car down the hill.

After seeing this scene, Pang Daniu immediately climbed onto the truck and mounted the light machine gun on the roof of the truck.

When another soldier beside him saw this, he also jumped into the car. One car, one driver, and two fighters began to rush towards the Japanese.

"Da da da……"

"Da da da……"

"Da da da... Lao Ran, drive steadily!"

At the front of the truck, Pang Da Niu kept firing, killing the Japanese soldiers one by one. Soon, a magazine of bullets was used up, but the road was bumpy and he was a little unsteady when he wanted to reload.

"let me help you!"

The soldier who got on the car later was named Wang Yongjun. He used the magazine to help Pang Daniu stabilize his body, and then handed the magazine to him.

The three of them began to cooperate with each other.

The truck rushed into the enemy without any resistance. Some of the slow-reacting soldiers were knocked to the ground and then crushed by the car's wheels.

Pang Daniu continued to fire at the surrounding Japanese soldiers, killing them one after another.

Wang Yongjun opened the ammunition box in the truck bed. When he saw a box of grenades, his eyes lit up. He turned on the safety and started throwing grenades around frantically.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"Da da da……"

"Drip..."

The sound of explosions was mixed with the sounds of machine guns and car horns, and the three men rushed straight into the Japanese army.

When the logistics troops launched a charge against the Japanese, the Japanese had already begun to collapse.

The Japanese soldiers looked at the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were rushing down the surrounding hills like tigers, and immediately turned around and ran.

And the devils behind these devils had no idea what was going on.

By the time the newly formed Third Division caught up with the logistics troops, they had already chased the Japanese for ten miles in one breath.

Japanese soldiers captured by the logistics troops could be seen everywhere in the mountains and plains.

These devils were almost all new recruits, not very old. After the defeat, they began to flee for their lives, abandoning all their weapons and equipment without a care in the world.

When they could no longer run, they were captured by the chasing troops.

"Commander, these Japanese prisoners?"

A staff officer beside Blind Cheng asked in a low voice. They used to keep prisoners, but after joining Li Yunlong's troops, everyone understood an unwritten rule: Li Yunlong's troops generally would not leave any prisoners alive.

There were no Japanese soldiers who surrendered. Most of them resisted stubbornly and would rather die than surrender. In the end, they had no choice but to be shot.

"This time the commander has given orders to take prisoners, so keep them!"