Chapter 1070 Li Yunlong: We can’t finish the battle
On the road from Baoding to Shijiazhuang, a team stretching for nearly ten kilometers was advancing mightily.
If you don't look at their military uniforms, but only look at their equipment and military appearance, 80% of such a large force is the elite of the Japanese army.
But the unit in front of me is indeed an independent brigade from the wing, a veritable Eighth Route Army unit.
Li Yunlong did not march by car. He was used to driving in ravines all year round and did not like the bumpy ride of cars.
"Brigadier..." the chief of staff said after taking a look at the surrounding terrain.
"This is still nearly fifty kilometers away from Shijiazhuang. According to our current marching speed, we can reach the outside of Shijiazhuang in another ten hours."
"It's five o'clock in the morning now, and it will be three o'clock in the afternoon in ten hours."
"The troops can just recuperate for a few hours and then attack Shijiazhuang after dark."
Li Yunlong waved his hand and said, "What's the hurry?"
“I’ve been traveling for more than ten hours straight, so how can I just rest for a few hours?”
"It will be daybreak in more than an hour. Send me an order... The troops immediately organized battalions and companies into units to find a place to rest along the highway. Except for the security troops, other soldiers had a good sleep. We will return at five o'clock in the afternoon.
keep going."
"Heavy artillery troops, tank troops, and baggage troops must camouflage their equipment."
"Although there are not many Japs in the Yi Zhong area, they can still give us an aerial strike if they gather together. Don't let the Japs keep an eye on you when you are sleeping."
The chief of staff was shocked by this order. He looked at Li Yunlong and asked with confusion on his face.
"brigadier……"
"Do you want the troops to rest here for more than ten hours?"
"Did I hear it correctly..."
"But then we won't be able to reach Shijiazhuang until the morning of the day after tomorrow."
"The Shijiazhuang garrison has more than ten hours of preparation time. They will definitely not sit still and wait for death."
"If I were the commander of the Shijiazhuang Japs, I would probably dispatch troops from surrounding counties and strongholds to support Shijiazhuang. Then the difficulty of our attack on Shijiazhuang would be increased several times."
"I think the soldiers can still walk and don't need to rest..."
"The sooner the troops reach the outside of Shijiazhuang City, the less time the Japanese army will have to prepare, and the weaker the garrison in the city will be."
"How about we keep moving forward without rest..."
Li Yunlong shook his head and ordered: "Execute the order..."
"The troops immediately stopped advancing and used battalions and companies as units to find places to repair themselves. All equipment was camouflaged and they will march again after dark today."
The chief of staff couldn't understand. Staring into Li Yunlong's eyes, Manchester United asked without answering: "Why?"
"Wouldn't this make it more difficult for us to attack Shijiazhuang?"
"Brigadier, I don't understand..."
Li Yunlong smiled and explained: "It's okay if you don't understand..."
"To tell you the truth..."
"In the attack on Shijiazhuang, not only our independent brigade participated, the head of the headquarters also arranged for many troops to participate in the battle."
"We rushed to Shijiazhuang in a hurry. The other troops participating in the war will not fight soon?"
The chief of staff's furrowed brows had not relaxed yet, and he stared at Li Yunlong and continued to ask: "Even if other Eighth Route Army troops assist us in attacking Shijiazhuang, can't we just watch the Japanese army increase the number of troops stationed in the city?"
"The more troops are stationed in Shijiazhuang, the greater the pressure on our projects and the greater the casualties."
"No matter how many troops the head of the headquarters sends to cooperate with us in fighting, it can't change this fact... Brigadier, let's not rest, right?"
The smile on Li Yunlong's face did not change because of the chief of staff's words, and he continued to explain: "Who told you that the troops sent to us by the head of the headquarters are used to attack the city?"
"Tell you……"
"Have these troops already fought against the Japs?"
The chief of staff seemed to have some clues. He frowned and asked with a thoughtful look on his face: "Calling for reinforcements..."
"The head of the headquarters asked them to help us provide reinforcements...to prevent the surrounding Japanese and puppet troops from reinforcing Shijiazhuang..."
Li Yunlong smiled and shook his head: "You are too petty."
"There's no point in just stopping them. If we want to fight, we'll annihilate all the Japanese and puppet returning troops."
"The later the Independence Brigade reaches Shijiazhuang, the longer the Japanese and puppet troops in Shijiazhuang will have to mobilize troops to return for reinforcements."
"The participating troops sent by the head of the headquarters have laid a dragnet around Shijiazhuang. Even if they cannot completely wipe out all the returning troops, they will certainly be able to eliminate 70 to 80% of them."
"When we reach the outside of Shijiazhuang City, the Japanese army will no longer be able to find any reinforcements within the violent range around the defense line. They will have to mobilize troops from Baoding and Xiongxian County to reinforce the battlefield."
"Even if we evacuate Shijiazhuang in the future, this large area will fall into our hands because there are no little Japanese."
"If Okamura Neji wants to regain control of Shijiazhuang, he can only mobilize troops from other places to fill this gap."
"The Japanese North China Front is now short of troops everywhere, and the new recruits from their country cannot keep up with the rate of troop attrition, so they can only find ways to tear down the east wall to make up for the west wall."
"Looking at the surrounding area, there are still troops that can be mobilized in the Pingjin area."
"Then our goal of using up the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in Pingjin and Tianjin by attacking Shijiazhuang will be achieved."
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The temporary residence of the 16th Wing Regiment.
The soldiers were celebrating the victory just now with great joy, and every soldier had a heartfelt smile on his face.
The political commissar's face was even more happy.
He was in charge of the logistics department of the 16th Regiment. In the past, the 16th Regiment was short of guns and ammunition and was under great pressure.
As a result, in an ambush tonight, more than 30 trucks of food and ammunition were seized, as well as more than 100,000 rounds of light bullets, and hundreds of precious artillery shells.
With these ammunition as a base, the 16th Regiment will no longer need to button and search when fighting the Japanese.
"Captain..." After the political commissar counted the spoils, he rushed to Commander Wang like the wind.
"The puppet troops on Zhengding day were equipped with six mortars, but we blew up two of them, leaving four left ready to go into battle."
"Three of the nine heavy machine guns equipped by the Japanese and puppet troops were damaged by the bombing, leaving six more that can be put into battle."
"I suggest directly replenishing the troops with these heavy weapons."
"This way our artillery battery and machine gun battery will be worthy of their names."
Captain Wang shook his head and replied: "It's not enough..."
"The heavy machine gun company was dismantled, and each main battalion was assigned a heavy machine gun platoon equipped with four heavy machine guns."
"From now on, our sixteenth regiment battalion will be equipped with heavy machine guns, and our regiment will be equipped with mortars."
"If the mountain guns are captured in the future, the mortars will also be sent to the main battalion."
"The light machine guns just captured will also be used to replenish the troops, ensuring that each main platoon is equipped with two. If not, they will be limited to the main company. We will replenish the troops when new machine guns are seized in the future."
"The rifleman carries sixty rounds of ammunition, three grenades or grenades, three hundred rounds of ammunition for each light machine gun, one thousand rounds of ammunition for the heavy machine gun, and thirty rounds of shells for each mortar. Get the relevant ammunition as soon as possible
Send it down and let the comrades take the time to rest and get familiar with the equipment. We still have a big battle to fight next."
