Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Li Yunlong responded with a smile, saying that Zhao Jiayu was indeed a good person, and that Yamamoto's special forces had been wiped out by him, and Zhao Jiayu's fellow villagers would not be harmed like before. However, when he thought of Yang Xiuqin, Li Yunlong didn't know how to face it.

It’s not that Miss Xiuqin is not a good person, nor that Li Yunlong is still thinking about Tian Yu, but because Miss Yang Xiuqin is really too good.

She is beautiful, young, and admires him very much. She has the same background as him, does not have the temper of a spoiled girl, dares to love and hate, and is also a progressive woman. She is the director of the Women's Rescue Association. There are some good things about her that Li Yunlong dares not face.

As for Tian Yu, Li Yunlong had never even thought about it. First of all, he would definitely not be injured again in this life, so he would not be hospitalized, and the two of them would basically not meet. Moreover, Li Yunlong was not interested in the old father of Tian Yu's family. In addition, after living together after marriage, Li Yunlong did not plan to marry a young lady home to support her, and they would have to go through special years in the future.

Compared with Yang Xiuqin, Tian Yu is incomparable. Xiuqin was the director of the Women's Rescue Association at the age of 18, and her brother was a battalion commander in the 120th Division. How can Tian Yu compare with such talents?

"Anything on your mind?"

Zhao Gang seemed to be able to see through Li Yunlong's heart, and gently touched Li Yunlong with his shoulder and joked.

"No, I'm just thinking about the battle plan!"

After hearing this, Zhao Gang did not disturb Li Yunlong, because Zhao Gang knew that Li Yunlong's decision was related to the lives of dozens, hundreds or even the entire independent column soldiers.

Zhaojiayu is still some distance away from Heiyun Mountain. Li Yunlong and others went down the mountain at four o'clock, but it was already dark when they reached the bottom of the mountain. It took a lot of time to dismantle and transport the two heavy artillery, which further strengthened Li Yunlong's determination to move the headquarters.

One o'clock in the morning, Zhao Jiayu.

"who!"

When the Zhao Jiayu militia heard the sound in the distance, they immediately raised their homemade rifles and shouted loudly.

"Don't shoot, we're on the same side. We're from the Ping'an County Brigade, and I'm the captain."

Captain Li responded from a distance, then raised a torch to illuminate his face.

"It's Captain Li Yang, why are you here?"

After the militia confirmed that it was Captain Li, they immediately put down their weapons and asked.

"Let's talk about it after we get into the village. Where's your captain?"

Li Yang quickly stepped forward and patted the militiaman on the shoulder.

"The captain just finished patrol and should be home."

"Okay, I'll have the soldiers find an empty house to rest, and I'll go find your captain!"

The Ping'an County Brigade originally had only about a hundred people, but now it has grown to more than two hundred people after expansion. After entering Zhaojiayu, although they tried to remain quiet as much as possible, many villagers still woke up.

"What happened outside?"

"It seems like the county brigade is here."

"The county brigade has entered the mountains? Are the Japanese coming to raid?"

"I'll go ask!"

In a house, Yang Xiuqin quickly put on her clothes, put on her shoes and walked out the door.

Chapter 111 Xiuqin Listens to Li Yunlong's Story

"Captain Li, why are you here so late?"

When Xiuqin arrived at the militia captain's house, she saw a group of people from the county brigade gathered in front of the militia captain's house to discuss something.

Xiuqin knew Captain Li of the county brigade. When the Japanese invaders were raiding, Captain Li led the county brigade into the mountains, and Xiuqin also helped the county brigade rescue the wounded.

"Xiuqin is here. We received an order from Commander Li of the Independent Column to meet at Zhaojiayu tomorrow. I figured we'd have to pass two Japanese strongholds during the day, so I decided to come here overnight."

Hearing Captain Li's words, Xiuqin's eyes lit up: "Commander Li of the Independent Column? Li Yunlong?"

Captain Li nodded and said, "It's Commander Li Yunlong. He used to be the commander of the New 1st Regiment. Later, the New 1st Regiment was reorganized into an independent column and he is now the commander of the column."

Looking at Yang Xiuqin's expression, Captain Li asked with a smile, "Why? Have you heard of Commander Li?"

Yang Xiuqin immediately said, "Of course. Who in our Taihang Mountains hasn't heard of Li Yunlong's name? He defeated the Sakata Regiment head-on at Cangyun Ridge and killed the Japanese regiment commander. He also ambushed the Japanese in Yangcun, killed an entire Japanese infantry battalion at Yixiantian, captured a Japanese major general in Wangjia Town, and recently led his men to Taiyuan to capture the commander of the Japanese First Army!"

"And if Commander Li Yunlong hadn't captured the commander of the Japanese First Army, who knows how much longer the Japanese raid would have lasted. We wouldn't have been able to celebrate the New Year."

Yang Xiuqin recounted Li Yunlong's battle record in almost detail, becoming increasingly delighted as she spoke. She then inquired, "Captain Li, you can't frame me. Commander Li is really coming to our Zhaojiayu?"

"What are you lying to?"

After hearing this, Yang Xiuqin immediately smiled and said, "Then I'll quickly mobilize the female comrades to make two more pairs of shoes for the independent column tonight!"

After saying that, he happily ran straight out the door.

Seeing Yang Xiuqin's expression, everyone immediately laughed. The militia captain of Zhao Jiayu said, "Comrade Xiuqin loves to hear stories about Commander Li Yunlong. Ever since Commander Li's stories reached Zhao Jiayu, she's been asking me about them every day. But how could I know Commander Li Yunlong's stories? So she wrote to her brother and learned so many stories about Commander Li. When she has nothing to do on weekdays, she tells them to everyone at the entrance of the Women's Association!"

"Hahaha, Commander Li is truly remarkable. There are actually some things Comrade Xiuqin doesn't know!"

As soon as the words fell, Yang Xiuqin, who had returned, immediately widened her eyes and asked, "Is there something I don't know?"

"Comrade Xiuqin, didn't you go back?"

"I came back to ask the captain for something. I'm listening to you!"

The place where the militia captain lives is also where the Zhaojiayu militia rests. Many of the tools used for their daily work are placed here. Yang Xiuqin was looking for tools while waiting for Captain Li to introduce them.

Captain Li coughed lightly and said, "I was there when Commander Li led his troops to attack the Wangjia Town stronghold!"

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately attracted everyone's attention. Even Yang Xiuqin put down the work in her hands and looked at Captain Li curiously.

"Captain Li, don't brag!"

"What am I bragging about? Look at our Ping'an County Brigade and the squads in each district. Don't they all have guns, dozens of rounds of ammunition, bayonets, grenades, canteens, and even military boots?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at each other. It seemed that it was indeed as Captain Li said, the weapons and equipment of the Ping'an County Brigade were completely different from before.

"We weren't at the Wangjia Town stronghold at the time. We were in Ping'an County, about ten miles away from Wangjia Town. Commander Li's cavalry battalion was killing the Japanese. I heard the gunfire and immediately rushed over..."

"When we arrived, the battle was almost over, and the cavalry battalion was cleaning up the battlefield. We had wanted to help clean up the battlefield, but the cavalry battalion suddenly received an order to rush back, leaving them with no time to clean up the battlefield!"

After finishing speaking, Captain Li patted his equipment proudly and said, "Look, these were all captured. I didn't take them for personal gain. Commander Li was so generous and gave them to us!"

"You don't know, I've never seen so many Japanese corpses. The whole road was littered with Japanese corpses, and most of them had their heads chopped off. The soldiers in the cavalry battalion said that this was given to them by Commander Li. The Japanese were afraid of having their heads chopped off, thinking they wouldn't be able to reincarnate after death. We also wanted to chop off the Japanese heads when we were cleaning up the battlefield, but unfortunately we didn't have enough time. Otherwise..."

Captain Li sighed when he said this.

At this time, Yang Xiuqin had already started embroidering shoes. As she embroidered the shoes, she said, "Captain Li, please tell us the story of Commander Li!"

"Yes, tell me more."

"No more talking, it's time to rest. We might have some combat missions tomorrow, so you should get some rest early too!"

Seeing that Captain Li didn't say anything, Xiuqin took her tools and went directly to the Women's Rescue Association, ready to mend shoes overnight.

Zhao Jiayu was very lively that night.

District teams from Ping'an County kept rushing to Zhaojiayu. These teams had received notifications from Li Yunlong's independent column. They were afraid of encountering the Japanese and wasting time traveling during the day, so they chose to march at night.

At noon the next day, the entrance of Zhaojiayu Village was already crowded with people.

The villagers of Zhaojiayu, the county brigade of Ping'an County, the district team and others all gathered at the village entrance waiting for news.

"I'm coming!"

Suddenly, a cheer came from a distance, and two Zhao Jiayu militiamen ran down a small hill quickly, waving their hands and shouting loudly.

"Here we go, everyone get ready!"

Many people excitedly looked towards the only road in front of Zhaojiayu Village. Soon, teams of cavalry appeared in the distance. Sun Desheng and Ma Renxing took the lead and led the cavalry battalion towards Zhaojiayu.

"It's the cavalry battalion of the independent column!"

Captain Li recognized the cavalry at a glance and immediately waved his hands excitedly.

Behind the cavalry battalion, several trucks were driving on the mountain road, but they were loaded with various ammunition and supplies.

It was not until nearly an hour later that infantry appeared on the distant mountain road. Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang were chatting in the queue as they walked towards Zhao Jiayu.

"Old Li, it seems the folks in Zhaojiayu welcome us very much!"

Zhao Gang saw a group of people standing at the village entrance from a distance and immediately smiled and joked with Li Yunlong. At the same time, Zhao Gang also noticed that the closer Li Yunlong got to Zhao Jiayu, the brighter his smile seemed, just like a spring...

Li Yunlong looked towards the entrance of Zhaojiayu Village, and saw a figure in the crowd. The figure was wearing a blue spotted cotton jacket, an Eighth Route Army cap, and two pigtails draped over his shoulders. The figure was waving his hands towards Li Yunlong in the crowd.

Chapter 112 You call this a county brigade?

"Let the troops camp outside the village. Lao Zhao, let's go into the village!"

Li Yunlong smiled at the figure and then took Zhao Gang with him and walked towards Zhao Jiayu.

"Here it comes, it's really coming!"

"Commander Li!"

"It's really an independent column."

"Commander Li isn't some supernatural being. I've heard people say he looks scary, and the Japanese puppet soldiers were scared to death when they saw him."

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Seeing Li Yunlong bringing a large army to Zhaojiayu, a group of people immediately cheered.

"Commander Li, are you bringing so many people to attack Taiyuan?"

"Commander Li..."

Li Yunlong immediately smiled when he heard the people around him addressing him, "Hello, fellow villagers. Don't call me Commander Li, just call me Li Yunlong. You've all seen me, I'm just a rough guy, nothing special. Everyone, go back to your work. I need to hold a meeting with the comrades from the county brigade and district squad!"

"Hahaha."

Laughter immediately broke out in the crowd, and many onlookers dispersed after seeing Li Yunlong. Everyone was just curious and saw that Li Yunlong was no different from the men in their house and did not have supernatural powers.

They were just a little stronger and darker, and they scattered in groups of three or five, while some militia soldiers stood at the entrance of the village with their heads held high, hoping to be noticed by Li Yunlong and join the regular army.

"Old Li, let me introduce you. This is Captain Li Yang from the County Brigade, this is Captain Zhang from the District Squad, and this is..."

Li Yunlong was only responsible for troop training and fighting on weekdays, and most of the small matters were left to Zhao Gang, so Zhao Gang was very familiar with the captains of the surrounding county brigades and district teams.

These county brigade and district teams often contact the main force and cooperate with some work.

Zhao Gang's qualifications are not as good as Li Yunlong and others, but the fundamental reason why he was able to be promoted so quickly later was his strong working ability. For example, now Li Yunlong only needs to say a word, and Zhao Gang can gather all the district teams and county brigades around Ping'an County to Zhaojiayu. This ability is not something that ordinary people can do.

"Commander Li, I've long heard of your great name. I've visited our independent column several times, but you were never there. This time, I finally get to see you in person!"

Captain Li stepped forward and shook hands with Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong looked at Captain Li in confusion, "Captain Li, is this a comrade from your county brigade?"

"Correct!"