At the headquarters of the Zhaojiayu Independent Regiment, Zhao Gang and deputy commander Xing Zhiguo were greeting the battalion company commander who had returned from leading the troops...
Since morning, a steady stream of troops have appeared around the village.
"Report to the political commissar, deputy commander... The commander of the third battalion of the new second regiment was ordered to come and report!" The third battalion commander rushed into the war room and reported excitedly. This was the first time he returned to the regimental commander since the new second regiment was divided.
, I was very excited and full of expectations for the important tasks mentioned by the correspondent.
"How many troops did you bring back?" Xing Zhiguo patted the third battalion commander's shoulder and asked anxiously.
"Two companies, 563 people... equipped with one mortar, two heavy machine guns, eight light machine guns, four grenade launchers, and 489 rifles!" the third battalion commander said with a look on his face.
Answer proudly.
"Well done!" Xing Zhiguo laughed after hearing this.
"It seems like your kid has made a fortune outside... The two companies have more troops than the main battalion before we divided our forces... That's good enough..."
The third battalion commander hurriedly said modestly: "Deputy commander... our development is quite slow... the ninth company commander Zhou is the fastest in pulling up the troops!"
"That kid has a quick mind, a lot of tricks, and a sense of the overall situation... In order for him to better utilize his strengths, I asked Jiulian to go out alone..."
"Not only did we capture two bandit dens, but we also captured two small strongholds and ambushed several Japanese and puppet army transport teams... The total strength was at least 400 people... mortars, heavy machine guns, crooked handles, grenades
You can get whatever you want. As a battalion commander, I am almost being outdone by him..."
"Isn't the Ninth Company back yet? I heard that he has been eyeing another Japs stronghold in the past few days. I don't know if he has captured it..."
"Not yet..." Xing Zhiguo shook his head.
At this moment, a "report..." suddenly came into the war room.
The third battalion commander laughed when he heard the voice: "Political commissar, deputy commander... Lao Zhou is thoughtful..."
"This guy came so late, he must have brought back a lot of good things..."
"Report to the political commissar, deputy commander, battalion commander... The ninth company has been ordered to return..." Company Commander Zhou walked in with a smile and saluted.
"Good boy, I heard that you are about to become the battalion commander... tell me how many troops and equipment the Ninth Company has brought back... is there a lot of ammunition..." Xing Zhiguo asked directly with an expectant expression.
"Report to the deputy commander... When the Ninth Company received the assembly order, it happened to capture the Japanese and puppet army stronghold... In order not to delay the important events at the regiment headquarters, we only took weapons and ammunition and evacuated the stronghold, and marched quickly to the regiment headquarters!"
"The Ninth Company has a total of 428 people, equipped with two mortars...one of the mortars was just captured...three heavy machine guns, one of which was also just captured, ten light machine guns, and four grenades.
door, 568 rifles...the extra 100 rifles were also just seized!"
"There is enough ammunition...the rifle machine gun bullets can reach an average of 170 rounds per soldier..."
The smile on Xing Zhiguo's face grew wider, and he immediately ordered: "You will return to the army immediately to reorganize the army..."
"All the extra weapons are sent to the regiment headquarters, and each rifle is equipped with a hundred rounds of ammunition..."
"We have a big operation next, and we must ensure that every soldier in the New Second Regiment has weapons available!"
At four o'clock in the afternoon, except for a few companies that were too far away, all other troops returned to Zhaojiayu...
The small war room became increasingly lively.
In addition to the battalion and company commanders greeting Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo and reporting on the troops and equipment they brought back, the battalion and company commanders also had a great time chatting with each other.
"Lao Zhang, you are quite capable. One battalion has more troops than the previous regiment before we divided our forces..." The second battalion commander looked at Zhang Dabiao and said with a smile.
"Aren't you a good boy? I heard that even infantry artillery is equipped!" Zhang Dabiao asked back.
"Good luck... When we were attacking the Xiaowangzhuang stronghold, an infantry cannon that the Japs were trying to transfer to the county was intercepted by me. It was just that the shells were a little short, only twenty rounds..." the second battalion commander replied with a humble face.
"I used a few rounds to fight the Japanese, but only twelve rounds are left..."
"Twelve rounds is a lot!" Zhang Dabiao said.
"In a critical battle, twelve artillery shells are enough to change the battle pattern... In the future, if a battalion encounters a hard nut that it cannot chew off and needs artillery support, you boy must not be reluctant to let it go!"
The second battalion commander patted his chest and promised: "As long as you open your mouth, Lao Zhang... I will send you even one cannonball..."
"Bang..." The closed door of the leader's room was suddenly pushed open, and then Li Yunlong was seen walking out with murderous intent!
"What are you making all this fuss about... This is the regiment headquarters, not a vegetable market..."
"Captain, you are going to be the division commander!" Xing Zhiguo took out a list of statistics and said to Li Yunlong.
"Comrades are developing too fast. Each company has brought back hundreds of people... mortars, heavy machine guns, crooked guns, made in the Czech Republic... we have everything we need, and there are several infantry guns!"
"Serving everyone with canned beef every day is much easier than life at the regiment headquarters!"
"Thankfully you issued the assembly order last night, otherwise I wouldn't have known that the New Second Regiment had developed so many troops!"
When Li Yunlong was in a irritable mood, he did not accept the list handed over by Xing Zhiguo and asked directly: "Be specific, I am too lazy to read the list!"
Xing Zhiguo immediately reported: "After statistics, the total strength of the New Second Regiment has exceeded 4,500... The first battalion has the largest number of troops, with more than 1,400... followed by the third battalion, and then the second battalion, with a minimum strength of five
There are more than 600 people in the camp!"
"Including the artillery company directly under the regiment headquarters, we are equipped with a total of four mountain guns and infantry guns, 11 mortars, 12 heavy machine guns, 62 light machine guns, 26 grenades... more than 3,400 rifles
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"Including the county brigade, district squad, and guerrillas in the defense area, we can mobilize a total of 7,000 people to participate in the battle. Our strength is three times that of the Qing'an County defenders, and our equipment and firepower are no worse than theirs. We should be very confident about winning!
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Li Yunlong immediately ordered: "Then stop talking nonsense and directly arrange combat missions for them..."
"As for the siege battle, I will personally direct it!"
"The Yamamoto special agent team brutally used poison gas bombs during the battle, resulting in the tragic death of more than 200 villagers in Zhaojiayu... This revenge must be avenged, otherwise the public support and military morale that the New Second Regiment has finally accumulated in the defense area will be lost..."
"After the battle starts, we will launch attacks from four directions at the same time, regardless of whether we are the main attacker or the assister. Whoever enters Ping'an County first will be the main attacking force..."
At the Baipogou Independent Regiment Headquarters, Huang Yu walked into the war room and saw Kong Jie studying the map with a sullen face.
My heart skipped a beat, and I had a bad premonition, so I quickly walked over and asked!
"Captain...Why are you back so soon...Did something happen to Commander Li?"
Kong Jie replied solemnly: "Li Yunlong is fine, but his wife Xiuqin is dead...More than two hundred fellow villagers from Zhaojiayu died in the raid of Yamamoto's special agent team!"
"How is this possible?" Huang Yu said with a look of disbelief.
"Captain Li fought so hard and got the news in advance, how could he not even be able to stop the Yamamoto special agent team with dozens of people!"
Kong Jie sighed and explained: "There is nothing wrong with Li Yunlong's arrangement... If I were in his position, I would arrange it like this..."
"It's just that our opponents are too ruthless!"
"The New Second Regiment successfully blocked the Yamamoto special forces outside Zhaojiayu, and is preparing to attack them from both inside and outside to annihilate them all!"
"As a result, we ignored the two mortars equipped by Yamamoto's special agent team..."
"They first used mortars to fire two rounds of high-explosive shells. They judged the location of the New Second Regiment's headquarters by the fire caused by the explosion of the shells, and then fired five rounds of ten poison gas bombs towards the New Second Regiment's headquarters."
"In order to avoid alerting the enemy and scare away the Yamamoto special forces who raided Zhaojiayu, the New Second Regiment did not relocate the people in the village... As a result, most of the people were poisoned to death by the poison gas..."
"Then did Captain Li finally kill the Yamamoto special agent team?" Huang Yu continued to ask.
In the original work of "Bright Sword", in order to avenge hundreds of villagers in Zhaojiayu and save his wife, Li Yunlong sent troops to attack Ping'an County without authorization, triggering the famous Ping'an Campaign.
Because of his intervention, Li Yunlong's newlywed wife was not captured by Yamamoto, but she still did not escape the fate of being killed. If Yamamoto's special agent team had not been killed. With Li Yunlong's temper, he would probably avenge his fellow villagers and family members who were murdered by poison gas at all costs.
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Kong Jie sighed and replied: "Just kill him, and the great hatred of more than two hundred villagers can be avenged..."
"It happened that the Yamamoto Special Agent Team escaped!"
"With the support of the garrison at Dongmiao stronghold, Yamamoto led less than twenty remaining soldiers into Ping'an County!"
"Li Yunlong decided to mobilize troops to attack Ping'an County, kill the Yamamoto special agent team, and let us cooperate in the reinforcements!"
"They are all old comrades-in-arms, I can't help but help you with this!"
"And what the Yamamoto Special Agent Team did this time is indeed not authentic... If you rely on your own true ability to break into Zhaojiayu... we have nothing to say..."
"The poison gas bombs were used in such a crooked way... More than two hundred villagers from Zhaojiayu cannot die in vain. This revenge must be avenged..."
"I will rush back as soon as the battle at Zhaojiayu is over, preparing to intercept the Japanese troops reinforcing Ping'an County and buy time for Li Yunlong to attack Ping'an County!"
Huang Yu felt that he had done enough, but it still did not change the tragic ending of Xiu Qin's murder.
Now that things have happened, what the Independent Regiment needs to do is to kill more Japanese and puppet troops in this battle and avenge the tragic death of the villagers...
At the same time, he used his foresight to save more Eighth Route Army troops.
In "Bright Sword", in order to hold off the reinforcements for eight hours, a company under Li Yunlong combined five to six hundred people from the district squad, county brigade, and guerrillas to stick to the position like a nail until the entire army was destroyed.
Now that I'm here, I can't say anything to let the tragedy happen again and let such a heroic army end up with the tragic ending of complete destruction.
Immediately turned his attention to the map: "Captain...if Commander Li really decides to attack Ping'an County...at least three reinforcements will pass through our defense area. I think we must not only block them, but also find a way to eat one or two."
Send reinforcements and take the opportunity to weaken the strength of the Japanese puppet army in northwest Shanxi!"
