The Boss of the Yan Family in Siheyuan

Chapter 450 Attacking Li Yunlong

Author: Star Traveler

Ding Wei had considered this before. Although he deployed the main troops to the front, he also deployed four heavy machine guns in the back to prevent the Japanese from escaping.

When the Japanese retreated, four heavy machine guns opened fire immediately. The sudden firepower stunned the Japanese captain.

"Baga, hurry up, hold on, hold on. Grenadier, grenadier, quick, knock out the enemy's firepower." Seeing the enemy's fierce firepower, the Japanese captain decisively issued an order to let the grenadier

Eliminate the opponent's machine gun points, otherwise four machine guns will block fire, and it will be extremely difficult for them to withdraw.

Hearing the captain's words, the Japanese grenadier immediately set up the grenade and began to aim at the enemy's firepower point.

But the actions of the Japanese were already noticed by the soldiers of the New Second Regiment. When they saw that the Japanese were about to set up the grenade, they immediately called over. Several of the Japanese grenadiers had not yet put the grenades into the grenade.

Inside, he was hit by a bullet and fell sideways.

Ding Wei also understood at this time that the Japanese were trying to escape from behind, so he immediately ordered the bugler to blow the charge horn.

When the soldiers heard the sound of the charge horn, they took out their bayonets and stuck them on their rifles, then got up and rushed towards the Japanese.

When the Japanese captain saw this situation, he knew that no matter what he did, there was nothing he could do to save the situation, so he did not prepare to escape, but organized the soldiers.

"The time has come to serve His Majesty the Emperor. Show up your courage and fight the enemy." As he said this, the captain took out his command sword from his waist and rushed towards the soldiers of the New Second Regiment.

Upon seeing this, the other Japanese soldiers also removed the bullets from their rifles, followed the captain and rushed toward the Eighth Route Army with rifles with bayonets in their hands.

But the soldiers of the New Second Regiment did not do this. Seeing the Japanese, they wanted to counterattack, so the machine gunners fired at the Japanese with their machine guns.

Soon, the Japanese who were charging forward were shot and fell to the ground. Seeing this, the Japanese captain was so angry that he couldn't help but curse.

"Baga Yalu, you don't have any samurai spirit at all." But before the Japanese captain could finish speaking, he was hit by a bullet between the eyebrows. His head fell to the ground, ending his sinful life.

But the battle did not end with the death of the Japanese captain. Soon the soldiers of the New Second Regiment who rushed down became entangled with the Japanese.

Half an hour later, the battle ended.

Ding Wei immediately shouted to the guard beside him:

"Quickly, let the soldiers clean up the battlefield quickly and then retreat to their base. In addition, send someone to inform Li Yunlong that we have finished the work. Let's go."

"Yes, Commander, I'll go right away." After hearing Ding Wei's words, the guard immediately ran towards the rear.

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At this time, the Taiyuan First Military Region Headquarters.

"Report to the Commander, there is an emergency."

Kusuyama Hideyoshi and Shinozuka Yoshio were watching the sand table and studying the battlefield pattern when they heard the voice of an intelligence officer coming from outside the door.

"Come in." Shinozuka Yoshio said without raising his head.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the troops reinforcing Ping'an County were blocked by unknown armed men, and there is no news now." The intelligence officer came in, saluted with a military salute, and then reported the report.

"Nani."

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned when he heard the intelligence officer's words. He had a bad feeling in his heart. He thought that the reason why the enemy besieged Ping'an County was to ambush their reinforcements. Thinking of this, he quickly asked: "

What's going on in Ping'an County now? Has Mr. Muto sent any telegram back?"

"Reporting to your Excellency, Commander, that everything is fine in Ping'an County. Mr. Muto called and said that the Eighth Route Army had bluffed and charged twice before, and then began to stand still, but did not retreat."

After hearing what the intelligence officer said, Yoshio Shinozuka already understood that the enemy's target was not Ping'an County at all. They never wanted to capture Ping'an County from the beginning to the end. The reason for doing this was to consume their own troops and ambush reinforcements.

force.

This made Yoshio Shinozuka a little hard to accept. He felt that he had been calculated against, and he felt very angry.

"Your Excellency, Commander, don't care too much. The gains and losses of one city and one place are nothing. As long as we are the victor in the end, then all this is worth it." Kusuyama Hideyoshi saw that Shinozuka Yoshio was not in a good mood.

So he opened his mouth to persuade.

"Nanshan-kun, I know this. If you don't have anything to do, please leave. I want to be alone for a while." Shinozuka Yoshio said to the two of them with a not very good expression.

After the two of them went out, they heard a "crackling" sound of bottles being thrown from the office.

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Muto Sanshiji in Ping'an County also received the telegram.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's not good. The two brigades that were reinforcing us were blocked by unknown armed men. It was initially determined that they were from the Eighth Route Army." The telegraph operator's panicked telegrams and shells from Muto Sanji's office were facing him.

shouted.

"Nani." Muto Sanji was stunned when he heard what the telegraph operator said. You know, he was counting on the troops of these two brigades to rescue him. He never expected that things would turn out like this.

"And the two brigades can't be contacted now. I'm afraid..." The telegraph operator didn't dare to go on. Without troops coming to support them, they may be in trouble today. After all, there are more than 10,000 enemies outside.

In the siege.

Although they haven't attacked the city for a long time, as long as this army doesn't leave and stands outside the city, it can create a sense of oppression for them.

"How could this happen? How could this happen?" Muto Sanji heard the telegraph operator's words and sat on his chair in panic, his face full of disbelief.

He was now disheartened and felt that he might die here today.

Just when Muto was stunned for three times, a Japanese officer hurriedly ran in from outside.

"Division Commander, Division Commander, the Eighth Route Army outside has withdrawn."

"Nani, the Eighth Route Army has withdrawn?" Hearing the words of the visitor, Muto stood up from his chair three times, feeling a little incredible. After all, the Eighth Route Army now has an absolute advantage. Even if he wanted to capture Ping'an County, it would be easy.

The thing is, with such an absolute advantage, how could the Eighth Route Army retreat?

He suspected that the Eighth Route Army's move must have caused an explosion. Maybe they had dug a hole with their advantage, waiting for him to jump into it.

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency, Division Commander, it is indeed true. I can see clearly from the city wall that the troops besieging us have withdrawn. Now there is not a single enemy outside the city." the Japanese officer continued.

"Are you sure that the Eighth Route Army has retreated?" Muto Sanji was still a little confused, so he asked the Japanese officer.

Because he was afraid, what if this was the enemy's plan? What if he suddenly went out and was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army? You must know that after this battle, although their 69th Division was not destroyed in name only, it also lost most of its strength.

.

If something unexpected happens on our side, the 69th Division may be expelled from the Japanese army.

"It's true, Your Excellency, Division Commander. I saw them withdraw with my own eyes. If you don't believe me, just follow me up to the city wall and take a look."

After hearing this, Muto thought about it three times and said: "In this way, you send a few teams out to test it out. If there is a problem, let them send flares. If there is no problem, come back. Anyway, during this period, our only policy

We just can’t hold on. Let’s see what tricks the Eighth Route Army is playing.”

"By the way, report the intelligence we have here to the Commander." Muto Sanji said as he thought of something.

"Hai." After hearing Muto Sanshi's words, the Japanese officer agreed and left to deliver the order.

After a while, the reconnaissance team out of the city sent out a red signal flare. The color of the signal flare indicated that the enemy had really retreated.

"Yo Xi, it seems that we are really safe now." Muto Sanji looked at the color of the flares in the sky and took a deep breath. Although the Sixty-ninth Division suffered heavy losses in this operation, they managed to maintain safety.

The county seat is pretty good too.

It's just that the days to come may not be easy. After all, the strength of the enemy and ourselves has reversed. It will definitely not work if we continue to go out and sweep around from time to time as before.

Not only cannot they be swept away, but the troops previously sent to garrison the strongholds must be withdrawn, otherwise they are likely to be swallowed up one by one by the Eighth Route Army.

His own strength was already damaged, but if he lost this group of troops, he would definitely vomit blood.

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Li Yunlong was very satisfied with this battle. It not only weakened the strength of the Japanese troops in the camp, but also captured a lot on his own side. As long as the grain was harvested after the autumn harvest in a few days, the strength of the new regiment could be further expanded.

Although the weapons and equipment of the new regiment are now good enough, even if it expands to several thousand people, it will be enough. But the logistics can no longer keep up.

After all, the new regiment's defense area is so large and its output is limited, so it is impossible to maintain so many troops.

Even if we wait to expand our troops after the autumn harvest, we must disperse our troops and expand our defense zone.

After all, although Ping'an County is a large county, its population is only about 100,000. After subtracting the old, weak, sick, disabled and women, there are only 20,000 to 30,000 young people left, which cannot support the expansion of the new regiment.

"Go and call the political commissar over here." Li Yunlong sat cross-legged on the kang and drank while looking at the map. After studying for a while, he raised his head and shouted to Hu Zi at the door.

"Yes, captain." After hearing Li Yunlong's words, Huzi agreed, then turned around and ran out.

After a while, Zhao Gang was brought over by Hu Zi.

"Old Li, are you looking for me?" After Zhao Gang came in, he took off his shoes without any courtesy and sat on the kang. While talking, he picked up the wine on the kang table and poured it into his mouth.

"Hey, hey, you old Zhao, you even dare to drink my wine secretly." Li Yunlong couldn't help but joked when he saw Zhao Gang's appearance. I can't imagine what Zhao Gang looked like when he just came to the new group. At that time

Zhao Gang not only doesn't know how to drink, but he also speaks like a Zou Zou, speaking like Captain Li.

It was only a short time ago that I was led astray by myself. Now I not only smoke and drink, but also occasionally use a few curse words when speaking.

"Don't talk to me about useless things. What on earth did you ask me to do? I'll go back if nothing happens. I still have a lot of official business to deal with." Zhao Gang was not angry after hearing Li Yunlong's words. He put down his wine glass and looked at it.

Li Yunlong asked.

Li Yunlong stopped laughing and said, "Old Zhao, can you just count the casualties in this battle?"

Hearing Li Yunlong ask about the number of casualties, Zhao Gang was stunned and felt a little uncomfortable. Although the battle ended with the victory of their new regiment, the new regiment also sacrificed the precious lives of hundreds of soldiers.

A large part of them were new recruits who had only joined for a short time. They were still alive and kicking a few days ago, but now they have been buried in the ground. This made Zhao Gang feel good.

But the matter will eventually be resolved. So he was silent for a while and said sadly: "In this battle, our regiment suffered a total of 2,392 casualties. Among them, 832 were killed and 1,180 were slightly injured.

Eighteen people, 362 were seriously injured. The seriously injured have been sent to the headquarters hospital by the logistics department."

"Where are the seized materials? Have they been counted?" After hearing Zhao Gang's words, Li Yunlong asked again.

“In the entire battle, our new regiment captured a total of 2,757 intact Type 38 rifles, 36 light and heavy machine guns, eight mortars, twelve grenade launchers, and

Four Type 92 infantry guns, countless bullets and shells, more than 3,000 sets of military uniforms stripped from the Japanese, more than 2,000 boxes of military rations and various military cans, in addition to some first aid kits,

and some commonly used medicines.”

After talking about the statistics, Zhao Gang continued: "Old Li, I can tell you that our regiment cannot expand its troops now. Although there is no shortage of weapons and ammunition, the logistics cannot keep up. Even if we maintain the current scale,

It’s also a bit stressful.”

The reason why he said this was that Zhao Gang was afraid that Li Yunlong would get hot-headed and expand his troops regardless.

Although the troops are easy to expand, and there are weapons and ammunition. There are more than four spare guns in the warehouse alone, but the logistics cannot keep up. You must know that this is enough to open a mouth of ten thousand. Although some of them are militia troops, they eat and drink every day.

Lazarus is also a big expense, and the new regiment is not a regular army. Without supplies from above, everything can only be done on its own.

Although the strength of the new regiment has increased, the strength of the new regiment will also increase, but Zhao Gang really can't bear it anymore. During this period, just the cost of maintaining the existing troops has made Zhao Gang gray with worry.

Fortunately, there is also Li Yunlong in the new regiment, who is a good fighter, and many seizures were made during this period, otherwise this family would be really difficult to manage.

"Don't worry, Old Zhao, our new regiment will not be recruiting troops in the next period of time."

"Then why did you call me here today..." Zhao Gang couldn't understand. Could it be that Li Yunlong called him here just to ask about the casualties and seizure figures.

"After this battle, the Japanese in our defense area have been severely damaged. They will definitely not take any action next. We must make good use of this time to build the base area." In fact, Li Yunlong already has an idea in his mind, that is, to go to the countryside.

To encircle the city, use this time to prevent the Japanese from coming out to cause trouble, and occupy all the vast rural areas of Ping'an County.