Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Very good. Next, I will assign each of you areas of responsibility..."

At this moment, a secretary walked into the conference room, bowed, and said, "Report, an urgent telegram from Ping'an County: the Eighth Route Army Independent Column is attacking the Ping'an County stronghold!"

"Nani?"

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko frowned when he heard this, took the telegram and took a look at it.

Then he slammed the telegram on the table: "The Independent Column, is that the Eighth Route Army unit that sneaked into Taiyuan and captured General Shinozuka Kazuo?"

"Ha Yi, Your Highness, you are from this unit. Their commander is Li Yunlong, originally from the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army..."

The secretary was still introducing, but Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko was interrupted and looked directly at the commander of the 6th Division, Kanda Masatane.

"Is Ping'an County your first?"

"Hayi, Your Highness!"

"Can the independent column be eliminated?"

"Please rest assured, Your Highness. I will definitely destroy the Independent Column and bring Li Yunlong's head to you!"

"Very good, the affairs of Ping'an County will be handed over to you!"

"Hayi!"

Chapter 109 Li Yunlong: I am going to attack Ping'an County

A day ago, Li Yunlong returned to the independent column from the mountain city.

"Old Zhao, you miss me so much!"

Seeing the people coming down the mountain to greet him, Li Yunlong immediately went up to them warmly and gave Zhao Gang a big hug. Then he hugged Zhang Dabiao, Sun Desheng, Shen Quan, Xing Zhiguo, Liu Hao and others one by one.

Zhang Dabiao coughed, and a group of people lined up and saluted Li Yunlong, saying, "Welcome General Li back to the Independent Column!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Yunlong kicked him: "Zhang Dabiao, you are itching for trouble, you dare to make fun of me!"

After saying that, he looked at Zhao Gang again and said, "Why don't you stop them? Our army doesn't care about this."

"Everyone missed you, and there weren't any surprises, so we prepared this. Let's go to the headquarters. I heard that things are not peaceful in the mountain city this time?"

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "I encountered several assassination attempts, all by the Japanese. Those bastards from the Military Control Commission used me as bait. Luckily, I was lucky enough to escape, otherwise you wouldn't have seen me!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he turned around and glanced at Wei Heshang. He saw that Wei Heshang and Yu Zhigan were eating something with bulging mouths. When they saw Li Yunlong turning around, the two quickly turned their heads away.

"Monk Wei, Yu Zhiqian, you two are cheating again. I brought this to Political Commissar Zhao!"

Monk Wei grinned and said, "Commander, we're here to give you a taste. I'm afraid it's been bad after all this bumpy ride!"

"How can it be this bad in the middle of winter? Let's go to the headquarters!"

Zhao Gang watched the conversation between Li Yunlong and Wei Heshang, and didn't understand what the two were talking about. When he arrived at the command center and saw Wei Heshang taking out various foods from his arms, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

Yu Zhigan might as well give more, as he also brought a lot of food with him. In addition, Li Yunlong also took out two roast ducks and some food from his box with a smile.

"Give half of the food to the wounded, and we'll eat the rest. We didn't find any local specialties back from the mountain city, so we packed some food!"

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong's smiling face, then at Monk Wei. Monk Wei was distributing food while saying, "Political Commissar, this is what our commander packed up after the awarding ceremony. It's a pity you didn't go. The scene was truly spectacular, with an entire room filled with food and drinks!"

Yu Zhigan nodded and said, "I've never seen so many delicious foods and drinks in my life, but the officials didn't eat them. The two of us and the commander waited until they left and packed up some of the untouched food and brought it back!"

"On the way back, we were mocked by Commander Yan. And those Shanxi-Suiyuan Army officers were so angry when they saw us packing food!"

Listening to the introductions of Monk Wei and Yu Zhigan, Zhao Gang sighed.

Li Yunlong laughed and said, "Whatever they cook, come and have a taste. They're all made by the chef. Damn, we can't even fill our stomachs on the front lines, and those bastards are eating hard in the back. If I had something to put in, I could bring back all the food in a banquet hall and let all the soldiers have a taste!"

At this moment, the division commander and the chief of staff appeared at the entrance of the command center. "I was wondering why you didn't report to headquarters after you came back? It turns out you wanted to eat all the food here by yourself!"

"Hahaha, there are quite a few good things. Did you bring them back from the mountain city?"

Li Yunlong didn't expect the division commander and the chief of staff to appear here. He immediately stood up to greet them and said, "Division commander, chief of staff, why are you here?"

"Come to see you. I wanted to come earlier, but something delayed me!"

"Thank you, Commander, Chief of Staff!"

Li Yunlong ushered the two men to their seats and took out the letter of appointment: "Division Commander, this is the letter of appointment given to me by the Shancheng side. It's blank. The organization of a brigade is just a standard brigade, with only two regiments."

"That's pretty good! If a brigade could only have one regiment, they would have been happy to give us a regiment!"

The division commander glanced at the letter of appointment and said, "You really don't want to be the brigade commander?"

"Commander, I think the independent column is pretty good. If you go out and tell others, you're still a commander!"

“Hahahaha…you kid!”

The Chief of Staff smiled as he looked at the letter of appointment and said, "With the addition of a brigade, our division's combat effectiveness will be strengthened. When will the weapons and equipment be provided?"

Li Yunlong took out the IOU with a smile and said, "In case they don't acknowledge the debt, I asked Yan Laoxi to write me an IOU. It will be due within three months."

"You're really smart, no need to worry about him defaulting on his debt!"

"Hahaha, if he dares to default on his debt, I'll go to his gate at Keyanpo every day to cause trouble. I wonder if he still has any shame left."

Hearing this, everyone laughed. This was indeed something Li Yunlong would do.

"Did you buy anything?"

Hearing what the division commander and chief of staff said, Li Yunlong nodded and said, "I bought it!"

"Do they agree to sell it?"

The Chief of Staff asked with some concern, "How do we transport it?"

"I contacted Boss Dai. He specializes in smuggling and has his own methods. However, he didn't buy a new bullet production line, but a broken one. I saw the photos and although it's rusted, the entire production line is intact and can be repaired with a little work!"

"Can you fix it?"

"Give it a try. I just bought some books this time, so I can learn while reading!"

Li Yunlong pointed to a dozen books next to his clothes in his suitcase.

The division commander and the chief of staff looked at each other. It was obvious that they were still unable to adapt to Li Yunlong's love of learning at this time. But when they thought about the submachine guns, rocket launchers, conscienceless cannons and stamping presses that Li Yunlong had developed, the two did not say anything more.

"Okay, you can give it a try then. If it doesn't work, we'll send someone from the rear to fix it."

After the Chief of Staff finished speaking, he took out a telegram and said, "There is another important thing for us to do this time. This is the information our intelligence personnel have obtained. The new commander of the First Army is coming."

Li Yunlong took the telegram and read it carefully, then frowned. Li Yunlong had already known the content of the telegram when he was in the mountain city. The commander of the Japanese First Army, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, was about to arrive in Taiyuan.

However, there is no specific method of transportation, but it is most likely to be by plane. After all, the railway lines are not safe now, and guerrillas often attack the Japanese trains.

"Since this devil prince has come all the way to Taiyuan, we must show our hospitality and show our hospitality. We must give him a warning. We can't wait for the devil to take action before we act. That would be too passive. I'm going to take the initiative."

The division commander and the chief of staff looked at Li Yunlong and couldn't help but have an absurd idea. This guy went to Taiyuan to carry out a decapitation operation last time. Could he be planning to attack Taiyuan directly this time?

"Division Commander, Chief of Staff, I plan for our independent column to attack Ping'an County tomorrow..."

Chapter 110 Li Yunlong Goes to Zhaojiayu

"Old Li, are we really going to attack Ping'an County?"

After the division commander and chief of staff left, Zhao Gang asked with some concern, Li Yunlong's plan was really bold, directly attacking Ping'an County.

The current independent column has grown by more than 300 people after a period of development during the Spring Festival, but they have not completed their training. The total number of combat personnel that can be deployed is only more than 1,500, which is the size of a regiment.

And there are no other heavy weapons except two heavy artillery pieces and more than forty rocket launchers.

It was really a fantasy to have more than 1,500 people attack Ping'an County. You should know that Ping'an County was home to a tank battalion from the Sixth Division. If Ping'an County could not be captured within two hours, the Japanese reinforcements would arrive.

The Japanese support from the neighboring county will arrive in four hours, and within a day, at least one brigade of the Japanese main force will be able to reach Ping'an County.

"Who said I was going to attack Ping'an County? My target has never changed. It has always been the strongholds around Ping'an County!"

Li Yunlong pointed to the strongholds in Ping'an County on the map and said with a smile.

"Then tell the division commander and chief of staff that you want to attack Ping'an County."

"Fight if you get the chance!"

Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said, "How many soldiers in our column can use rocket launchers now?"

"We have trained one hundred soldiers who can use bazookas. They train every day, but none of them have actually operated one."

"Let them practice in combat tomorrow!"

Li Yunlong looked at the twenty-seven strongholds around Ping'an County on the map. If the independent column's forces were dispersed to attack these strongholds, the plan to surround and attack the reinforcements would surely fail. After all, there was a Japanese tank battalion in Ping'an County. If the number of ambushers was not enough, it would be very likely that they would not be able to annihilate them, allowing them to escape back to Ping'an County. It would then be difficult to attack Ping'an County again.

Therefore, Li Yunlong of the Independent Column had to take away at least a cavalry detachment and two infantry detachments with a thousand people. The remaining manpower was less than twenty people who were dispersed to attack various strongholds. This number was definitely not enough.

"Are there any district teams or county brigades within Ping'an County that can be contacted?"

"can!"

"Send someone to contact them immediately, and arrive tomorrow..."

Li Yunlong said this and looked at Zhaojiayu on the map.

"Gather at Zhaojiayu. Our column will rush to Zhaojiayu overnight."

The reason for choosing Zhaojiayu is that it is the village closest to Ping'an County under the control of the Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong knew about Zhaojiayu before he traveled through time, but after traveling through time, he had never been to Zhaojiayu or met Yang Xiuqin.

"I'll notify them right away. Are all the weapons brought?"

"Bring all the heavy weapons! This time we're going to give the devil's prince a big gift!"

Following Li Yunlong's order, the Eighth Route Army in Heiyun Mountain immediately began to get busy. Except for leaving a platoon of soldiers to guard Heiyun Mountain, all other soldiers were ready to go.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the independent column began to set off down the mountain. Li Yunlong took a look at Heiyun Mountain. Although the terrain was hidden and it was okay to station there for a short time, it was not a place for long-term stationing. Moreover, as the arsenal gradually began to expand, the space available for the independent column to station in Heiyun Mountain became less and less.

Now the independent column only has three infantry detachments and one cavalry detachment, but the independent column is organized into ten detachments, and conscription will definitely be needed in the future, so Heiyun Mountain is no longer suitable for the independent column to be stationed.

"Reluctant?"

Old Zhao saw through Li Yunlong's thoughts and asked with a smile.

"It's a good place, but if the independent column wants to grow and develop, it must go out. Lao Zhao, do you have any recommendations for where we can base our independent column?"

"Zhaojiayu is a good place. We have a strong mass base there, and although the surrounding terrain is complex, it can accommodate the stationing of our independent column."

"Let's go take a look at the place!"