Chapter 163: The brave one wins when we meet on a narrow road!
With the assistance of battalion commanders and direct company commanders, Li Yunlong perfected the combat plan.
Even if the new regiment is well equipped and has strong combat effectiveness, Li Yunlong will not attack Yangquan as soon as he goes up.
Even if Yangquan can be defeated, it will be a miserable victory. Li Yunlong will never fight such a stupid battle.
So the key to this battle is whether we can kill the main force of the Japs in Yangquan first in the wild.
This battle is definitely a tough one for the new group.
Otherwise, the headquarters would not assign this task to the new regiment.
Li Yunlong is going to bed early and has to leave early tomorrow morning.
After checking the sentry post, I returned to the inner room of the regiment headquarters. As soon as I washed my feet and before I lay down, the phone on the table rang.
Ding ding ding, ding ding!
Li Yunlong quickly picked up the phone, put the phone to his ear and said, "Hey, this is Xinyi Tuan."
"Li Yunlong!"
The brigade commander's voice rang in his ears.
"Hey, Brigadier?"
Hearing the voice of the brigade commander, Li Yunlong's entire expression and eyes couldn't help but become cautious.
The brigade commander asked: "It's me, is your regiment ready?"
Li Yunlong said hurriedly: "Report to the brigade commander that the new regiment has been prepared and can set off tomorrow morning."
"That's good," said the brigade commander, "send half of your regiment's bazooka and rocket launcher troops to the brigade headquarters."
"What are you doing, brigadier? Robbery?" Li Yunlong was dumbfounded.
Last month, the New Regiment had been training and waiting for missions, but last month the New Regiment had been fighting, taking down more than 30 strongholds on the Yuliao Highway and Baijin Railway.
One stronghold counts as 3 machine guns or 3 bazookas, plus some scattered turrets taken away.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers in the county were so beaten that they did not dare to go out.
The new regiment is now equipped with 70 bazookas and 50 machine guns.
The firepower was enhanced to the company level, with each company equipped with an artillery platoon equipped with 2 bazookas, 1 machine gun and 1 mortar.
At this point, Li Yunlong felt that the firepower of the new group was still a bit insufficient.
This is the brigade commander's promise that he will not come to rob during this period. If he comes to rob, the firepower will have to be halved.
However, the brigade commander had been waiting for Li Yunlong to train the rocket launcher soldiers.
"Li Yunlong, do you still remember what I said before?" the brigade commander asked.
"What are you talking about?" Li Yunlong asked with an alert look on his face.
"I told you to get more bazookas from your channel, and then train the bazooka soldiers well. It will be of great use to me, remember?" the brigade commander said.
"It seems... brigade commander, you also said you wouldn't rob me?" Li Yunlong remembered it and asked quickly.
Laughing, the brigade commander said: "I said this, but I said I wouldn't rob some time ago, and I didn't say I wouldn't rob in the future. Now that the time has come, quickly send rocket launchers with rocket launchers to the brigade headquarters to report."
Li Yunlong was stunned. When he heard the brigade commander say that he would not rob, he was so happy that he ignored it.
The emotional brigade commander was going to be robbed along with the bazooka, and he was so happy for nothing.
Li Yunlong's face suddenly turned into a bitter melon: "Brigade commander, do you think it's easy for me to train these rocket launcher soldiers? How about I give you the rocket launcher? Leave the rocket launcher soldiers to me?"
"That's nonsense!" said the brigade commander, "Soldiers from other regiments have never touched a rocket launcher, so how can they possibly know how to use it? Even if they learn to use it in a short time, they still won't be able to fire accurately."
"Do you, Li Yunlong, have the heart to bear with your brothers and sisters, holding explosive packs and using their flesh and blood to withstand the enemy's machine gun fire to blow up the enemy's bunkers and strongholds?"
"The most I can promise you is that I will give it back to you after you, the bazooka soldiers, have taught the soldiers of several other regiments to join the group in using bazookas!"
"I won't rob your machine guns this time. The location of Lion Rock is easily bombed by Japanese planes. You must pay attention to air defense there."
Li Yunlong's bazooka soldiers are all experienced and honed on the battlefield, and their hit rate on the 200-meter moving target is very high.
"Okay, okay, brigade commander, the first level of officialdom is overwhelming, so whatever you say will be what you say."
"I will send half of the bazooka soldiers to report to the brigade headquarters with the bazookas."
"In addition, I will hand over 10 more machine guns and let the bazooka soldiers take them with them. Our new regiment also has 40 machine guns, which is enough for air defense."
Since the brigade commander said so, Li Yunlong couldn't hide it anymore, so he immediately agreed and sent another 10 machine guns to the brigade commander.
Although he felt that the firepower was still not strong enough, the firepower of the brother troops was even worse, so he used some firepower to support the brother troops.
If it weren't for the plan to attack Yangquan, Li Yunlong would definitely have provided more rocket launchers and rocket launcher soldiers to his brother's troops.
"That's right. It's just these three walnuts and two dates, and you're still picking at them with me." The brigade commander hung up the phone while laughing.
Immediately, Li Yunlong ordered 35 rocket launchers from each company, and 10 machine guns from the machine gun company.
Let these 70 rocket launcher soldiers report to the brigade headquarters overnight with 35 rocket launchers and 10 machine guns.
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Early the next morning, outside the entrance of Yangcun.
More than 2,200 people from the new group were assembled and on standby.
A few months ago, after a battalion of militiamen was added to the new regiment, the new regiment now has more than 2,600 people.
In the battle to destroy more than 30 Japanese strongholds, more than 300 people were injured or killed.
The Sharp Sword Squadron had already taken the lead and went to conduct reconnaissance near Yangquan. Although it was an enemy-occupied area, it could not avoid the infiltration of an out-and-out special forces force.
Therefore, there were only more than 2,200 people gathering outside the entrance of Yangcun.
More than 2,200 commanders and fighters were arranged neatly in units of battalions and companies.
The soldiers of the cavalry battalion stood beside the horses, carrying Yunlong knives on their waists and carrying rifles on their backs. All the horses fell silent.
The soldiers of the artillery battalion led mules or military horses. Each mule or military horse carried artillery parts, and behind them were mules or military horses loaded with shell boxes.
The soldiers of the machine gun battery stood beside the mules. Behind each mule was pulling a machine gun, and the mules carried shell boxes on their bodies.
In front of the infantry formation, the light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and mortars of each battalion were neatly arrayed.
The bazooka soldiers carry rocket launchers on their backs, the flamethrowers carry flamethrowers on their backs, and each soldier wears a gas mask on his back.
The flamethrower and gas mask were both obtained from the business last month.
During the attack on the stronghold, due to lack of weapons to clean up the enemy's dilapidated fortifications, he lost more than a dozen soldiers, so Li Yunlong gritted his teeth and bought 10 flamethrowers.
The flamethrower is called an artifact by soldiers for clearing Japanese gun towers and bunkers.
The officers and soldiers had resolute faces, and the entire team was filled with a murderous spirit.
At present, whether it is the morale of the soldiers, fighting skills and will, or weapons and equipment, the combat effectiveness of the New Regiment is at its peak since the establishment of the New Regiment.
Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang walked quickly from the entrance of the village and came to a slope in front of the soldiers.
As usual, before setting off for combat, Eighth Route Army commanders usually conduct pre-battle mobilization to boost morale.
Zhao Gang held a tin speaker, looked around, put the speaker to his mouth and said.
"Comrades, since the Japanese invaded China, they have destroyed our homeland and brutalized our compatriots. I don't need to say more about how miserable they are. Everyone has seen it."
"Last year, after Japanese Army North China Front Army Tada Shun came to power, he implemented his so-called cage tactics."
"They are trying to use railways as pillars, highways as chains, and bunkers as locks, trying to trap us and starve us to death."
"If the enemy's intention is allowed to succeed, the situation for the soldiers and civilians in our base area will be extremely severe in the future!"
"Now, we will launch a counterattack against the enemy!"
"What I want to say is that although our new regiment has won many battles, our enemies are still stronger than us!"
"The next battle will be extremely difficult and cruel, and many of us will die!"
"But remember, no matter how big the sacrifice, this is the price we have to bear."
"Because we are soldiers! We shoulder the mission and responsibility of defending our homeland and resisting the enemy!"
Everyone stared at Zhao Gang, silently, but the fighting spirit in their hearts was ignited at this moment.
Later, Zhao Gang handed the trumpet to Li Yunlong and motioned for him to speak to the commanders and soldiers.
Li Yunlong took the horn with a stern expression and sharp eyes: "What I want to say has just been said by Political Commissar Zhao. I will only add one thing."
"The entire regiment, from me as the regiment leader to the soldiers, must have a correct attitude."
"We are going to fight the devils this time, and at the same time we are going to make a fortune and eat meat."
"We are a group of howling wild wolves. We want to eat the flesh of the Japanese. We not only eat the flesh of the Japanese, but also break their bones and swallow them."
"It is necessary to have this kind of courage and spirit so that the Japanese will be afraid when they hear about our Eighth Route Army and our New Regiment."
"I told you, we meet on a narrow road——"
The soldiers looked crazy, roared into the sky, and raised their weapons above their heads: "The brave wins!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
After three deafening shouts of killing, the soldiers' fighting spirit was completely ignited.
Li Yunlong's expression of satisfaction flashed away, and then he returned to his coldness and shouted: "All the new regiment, let's go!"
Immediately, more than 2,200 commanders and fighters set off northward in battalion and company units.
According to the order of the division headquarters, the eight main regiments participating in the battle before three o'clock in the afternoon must move to the edge of the Japanese-occupied area of the Zhengtai Railway and wait for cover.
Then, after nightfall, they marched quickly and penetrated deep into the enemy-occupied area of the Shotai Railway.
By 12 o'clock tonight, that is, before midnight, the 8 main groups must arrive at the designated location.
The dozen or so main regiments from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 120th Division that participated in the attack received the same order.
As soon as midnight passes, the troops will attack the strongholds on Zhengtai Road in battalion units, and the militiamen will cooperate to destroy the railway. The main purpose is to destroy the railway and attack the strongholds.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Li Yunlong led a new group to the designated location and hid in the woods.
After resting for a few hours, the sky gradually darkened and it was time to set off.
The soldiers had enough to eat and drink, and under the leadership of Li Yunlong, they continued to advance toward Yangquan.
This chapter has been completed!