Chapter 293 Li Yunlong: I don't believe it anymore
Li Yunlong snorted and said, "Old Zhao, you underestimate Huang Yu!"
"His commanding ability is far beyond our imagination... I have been jealous for a long time. I wanted to get him from Kong Jie several times, and even took out the infantry artillery, but Kong Jie was stupid and wouldn't let him go..."
"To put it bluntly, a person who is valued even by the brigade commander and the boss, do you think he will be a fool?"
"If Huang Yu can't even defend the Earth Temple, then Kong Erluzi's trust and support for him will be in vain!"
"Just relax!"
"This kid can definitely defend the Earth Temple, and maybe even create a miracle in the Earth Temple!"
"I have a feeling... Huang Yu, this kid, entered our defense area and went straight to the Tutu Temple defended by the Sixth Company. He must have been targeting that place for a long time... In this case, he probably already has a specific strategy in mind to stop the Japanese and puppet troops.
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"Combined with his confidence when he took the order just now, I am even more confident in my judgment!"
"Let's get over this matter. With Huang Yu here, we definitely don't need to worry about the reinforcements in the direction of Tutu Temple... The troops continue to move forward. The sooner they capture Ping'an County, the less pressure the blocking troops will have to fight!"
At the Japanese garrison headquarters in Ping'an County, Colonel Yamamoto was comparing the map to count how many reinforcements he could get.
The guard captain was very happy.
He has been appointed by Yamamoto as his deputy to help direct the entire siege and annihilation battle.
This will be a great asset in his military career and will also have unlimited benefits for his future promotion.
He attached great importance to this military operation and expressed his thoughts to Yamamoto after finishing the statistics.
"Sir...according to the requirements of the military department, a total of eight counties can send reinforcements to us..."
"The reinforcements in three counties can exceed 3,000 people...the reinforcements in three counties can exceed 2,000 people...and the troops in three counties can exceed 1,000 people..."
"Coupled with the troops that can be dispatched from surrounding strongholds...the total strength of the reinforcements will definitely exceed 20,000, and it will be easy to encircle the 6,000-plus Eighth Route Army!"
"Killing the New Second Regiment will create a big gap in the Eighth Route Army's defense line in northwestern Shanxi. We can also take advantage of the victory and advance into the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army base area, and continue to attack the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment..."
Colonel Yamamoto pinned all his hopes for a comeback on this big battle. The guard captain was also full of confidence in this battle and felt more confident. He immediately ordered: "Immediately contact all the counties we just identified!"
"Let them prepare reinforcements in advance and assemble them on standby..."
"As soon as the new second regiment begins to attack the city, they will set off immediately..."
"Be sure to surround the entire New Second Regiment outside Ping'an City!"
"Da da da... bang bang... boom..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a faint sound of firefights reached the headquarters. The smile on Colonel Yamamoto's face was replaced by seriousness at the same time, and he immediately looked at several staff officers in the war room.
"Sir... I'm here to find out where the sound of the exchange of fire came from..." A combat staff member understood and immediately stood up...
As soon as I ran to the door of the war room, the phone rang "ding ding ding...".
The telephone soldier picked up the phone and listened for a few seconds before covering the phone and reporting: "Sir, the garrison in the east of the city reported... They found a large number of Eighth Route Army vanguard troops outside the city..."
"The sound of the exchange of fire was caused by them to prevent the Eighth Route Army from approaching the city wall and making a sneak attack on the county seat..."
"Ding ding ding..." Another phone rang...
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is out in the west of the city and is equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars..."
"Rumble..."
Three explosions suddenly came from the south of the city, and the phone that had just put down the receiver rang rapidly again.
"Sir, the south of the city was attacked by the Eighth Route Army..."
"The opponent has at least a thousand people, equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns... Two companies were dispatched to attack the city head... They also brought siege ladders... The city defense troops are trying their best to stop the attack..."
Immediately afterwards, intensive firefights also came from the north of the city. Although there was no sound of artillery, just hearing the sound of gunfire showed that the fighting there was also fierce...
Colonel Yamamoto was not nervous at all, but was very excited.
He punched the table, opened his mouth and began to give orders: "Contact all city defense troops...repulse the Eighth Route Army attack at all costs..."
"The light and heavy machine guns that the headquarters has strengthened for them are not decorations. They are all for me to use. The Eighth Route Army must not be allowed to get close to the city wall and break through our city defenses!"
The garrison captain suddenly stood up and suggested: "Sir, the reconnaissance force reported that the new second regiment attacking us is equipped with a large number of mortars, mountain artillery, and infantry artillery..."
"Heavy firepower is no weaker than ours..."
"Should we take a preemptive strike and destroy their artillery units..."
"No..." Colonel Yamamoto denied without hesitation.
"After destroying their trump card for attacking Ping'an County at the very beginning of the battle, do you think the New Second Regiment still has the confidence to continue attacking Ping'an County?"
"Not only can we not strike first, we also have to send a few mortars for the New Second Regiment to destroy..."
"In their eyes, there are only half a mortar squadron, an infantry artillery squad, and a total of eight artillery pieces in the city. They will be gone after they are fired!"
"I didn't know that there were six mortars stored in the arsenal in the city!"
"Let the New Second Regiment destroy a few of our artillery pieces, and they will think that we have no heavy weapons to fight back against them..."
"In the next siege battle, they will definitely attack us unscrupulously!"
"When the reinforcements form an encirclement around Ping'an County and launch an attack from behind the New Second Regiment, we will then take out the hidden artillery and launch a counterattack. We will definitely be able to severely damage the Eighth Route Army and cooperate with the reinforcements to encircle and annihilate them!"
"Sir, you are wise, but you are not considerate of your humble position..." The guard captain was shocked by Yamamoto's explanation and said with sincere admiration.
Colonel Yamamoto continued to order: "No more nonsense..."
"Continue to contact the city defense troops and let them immediately find out the total strength of the Eighth Route Army attacking them..."
"As long as the main force of the New Second Regiment is outside the city, we can be sure that the New Second Regiment really wants to attack Ping'an County and is not seeking reinforcements at the encirclement..."
"Of course, even if they want to surround the site for reinforcements, they don't have that many troops."
"But we are not afraid of ten thousand, we are afraid of the worst... Only by getting more evidence that the New Second Regiment stormed Ping'an County, we can have the reinforcements set off immediately, so as not to come to Ping'an County in vain!"
"I'm here to make arrangements now..." The guard captain was very active and started calling the city defense troops as soon as he received the order...
Twenty minutes later, the guard captain returned to Yamamoto with an excited look on his face.
"Sir..."
"There are more than a thousand Eighth Route Army troops in every direction outside Pingan City... Their offensive is very fierce. Whether it is from the analysis of firepower or combat effectiveness, it can be determined that they are the main force..."
"In the past twenty minutes, they not only dispatched a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars to participate in the siege battle, but all four mountain artillery and infantry artillery also participated in the battle..."
"The city defense troops in the east of the city also found the Eighth Route Army cavalry outside the city. From this, we can conclude that the main force of the New Second Regiment is outside Ping'an City!"
Colonel Yamamoto took a long breath, his eyes became hot at the same time, and he stared at the garrison captain and continued to give orders: "Contact all reinforcements immediately, they can be dispatched!"
In the east of Ping'an City, Li Yunlong was hiding behind a mound 600 meters away from the county seat. He frowned when he saw that the siege troops were repelled by the Japanese and puppet troops in a few minutes, and dozens of corpses were left behind on the offensive road.
The wrinkles became deeper.
Zhang Dabiao punched the mound in front of him, pulled out his favorite ghost-headed sword and asked Li Yunlong to fight: "Commander... I will personally go to the first battalion to command the troops to attack the city... I don't believe that we can't attack the city!"
"Shut up, I..." Li Yunlong said angrily.
"Didn't you see that the Japanese have deployed twenty or thirty light and heavy machine guns on the top of the city?"
"They were strafing and shooting at the same time. Even if we dispatched a battalion, it wouldn't be enough to kill them!"
Zhao Gang replied calmly: "The enemy's firepower is stronger than we imagined!"
"Intelligence shows that there are at most two thousand puppet troops in the city, equipped with sixty or seventy light and heavy machine guns, which is good..."
"Now there are twenty or thirty light and heavy machine guns in the east of Guangcheng... If the light and heavy machine guns in other directions are similar, there are at least 120 light and heavy machine guns in Ping'an City, and the firepower level far exceeds ours!"
"If we launch a rash attack, we will only suffer the consequences!"
"Commander, I suggest that the troops suspend the attack... first find a way to destroy half of the Japanese and puppet forces' blocking firepower, and then launch an attack. Only then can we have hope of capturing Ping'an County!"
Zhang Dabiao immediately frowned into a big "Sichuan" sign and looked at Ping'an County in front of him like a flaming hedgehog, with a helpless expression on his face.
"How to plan... The Japanese and puppet troops are huddled in Pingan County, and they will definitely not attack rashly... We are outside and can't get in, how can we destroy half of their blocking firepower!"
Li Yunlong remained calm and silent until Zhang Dabiao was about to go to the front line in person. Then he slapped the bullet box in front of him and said, "I have thought of a way..."
"Order the troops to continue the attack...but change the strong attack into a feint attack..."
"The main force took the opportunity to dig trenches and dig the offensive position two hundred meters outside the city..."
"If conditions permit, it would be best to dig 150 meters outside the city!"
"The Japanese will definitely not allow us to dig trenches easily, and the artillery and grenade troops will definitely attack our troops digging trenches non-stop."
"Let the artillery troops be on standby, ready to knock out the artillery troops and grenadier troops exposed by the Japanese..."
"Political Commissar, go back to the regiment headquarters immediately, take all the horses of the cavalry company, bring over all the black powder we have in stock, and bring over the flying thunder cannons left in the regiment!"
"At first, I thought that the thunder cannon had a short range and low accuracy, and was only suitable for field battles, not for siege, so I didn't bring it!"
"Now it seems that we may have to rely on them to capture Ping'an County."
Zhao Gang understood at first glance and instantly understood the real purpose of Li Yunlong's deployment of the flying thunder cannon, and immediately accepted the order: "I will go make arrangements now...the war horses are fast...you can be back in ten hours at most."
Li Yunlong answered: "The siege troops took advantage of these ten hours to advance the offensive position to a position one or two hundred meters outside the city, and at the same time dug out the firing position of the thunder cannon..."
