Li Yunlong led four battalions of soldiers and looted all the materials and equipment in the entire stronghold. He even took away all the bullet casings he could find.
Kong Jie used some of the sand, cement, etc. hoarded by the Japs in the stronghold to make concrete bunkers to fight the Japs' reinforcements. Li Yunlong opened his eyes and was also moved. Naturally, these things cannot be wasted.
After blowing up the Yangquan stronghold, the fourth battalion and the surrendered puppet troops had their hands free, and even the scattered bricks were not spared.
This scene was an eye-opener for the surrendering puppet troops.
On Kong Jie's side, the three battalions responsible for providing reinforcements also evacuated at about the same time.
When cleaning the battlefield earlier, Third Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao said this, "As long as we can seize all the supplies from the ground, take them away, especially those trucks that were bombed. They are full of treasures, and the trucks are full of treasures."
Components, tires, engines, steering axles, etc., remove all that can be removed, not a single screw is missing. Use the Japanese's spare fuel tank to put gasoline in it, don't even spare the skin, it's a good steel plate." The Eighth Company Commander couldn't help but ask: "Battalion Commander, why did you pick up all these things and explain them? Is it possible that these things are more important than weapons and equipment?"
"Don't we all have to send these seized materials to the repair shop? It's useless for us, the Third Battalion, to keep them ourselves."
Wang Huaibao smiled and said: "What do you know? Ever since our repair shop produced a new type of explosive pack, you should know what this repair shop means to our independent group in the future. It means a steady stream of explosives and various equipment!" "I've been going to the armory a lot these days. I asked Dong San. There are three categories that the resthouse needs most. The first category is all kinds of equipment in the Japs' arsenal, and the second category is some of the Japs' mechanized equipment.
Various parts, such as the transport truck we seized right now, and the third category is the various damaged weapons seized from the battlefield."
"The repair shop repairs weapons for us and provides us with some new weapons."
"But if you don't send the hens over, where will the eggs come from?"
"As for the spare parts of these trucks in front of you, do you believe it? As long as I send them to the repair shop, Dong San will send at least ten light machine guns from our third battalion. Let me ask you, ten light machine guns are just thrown there.
, do you want to pick it up or not?"
"Pick it up!" The Eighth Company Commander suddenly realized.
The battalion commander is really smart.
"There are just some things I need to explain to you clearly in advance. When we get to the first and second battalions, the calibers must be the same. That is to say, the truck parts and various materials we seized will be sent directly to the repair shop.
, don’t mention anything else, just make a fortune in silence, let me tell you, this is the method our leader has always used, please learn from it.” Wang Huaibao explained.
"Yes."
"Battal Commander, how do you report our seizure this time?"
"Silly you, you can report whatever you want. It's just some damaged firearms. Needless to say. With these car parts, I will take the damaged firearms to the repair shop later and let Dong San and the others help repair them.
If it’s good, it’s done. If you change hands, you can equip it in our entire camp.”
"Also, tell the comrades in the camp to keep a low profile in the regiment. That means we didn't capture much in this battle. There's no point in showing off these equipment and supplies. When did the war start, we relied on these equipment.
Playing well, that’s the real skill!”
"Yes!" the eighth company commander said convinced.
During the retreat, Wang Huaibao ordered the concrete bunker to be blown up from the inside.
It must not be left to the little devils.
Then let the soldiers take away all the damaged concrete blocks.
This is a good material for building a stove.
After everything was completed, Wang Huaibao led the third battalion team to evacuate and return to the station. Kong Jie and Zhao Gang also left the temporary headquarters.
The men and horses of the other two battalions also evacuated according to the time planned by Kong Jie before the battle.
Speaking of which, it didn't take long from the start of the reinforcement ambush to cleaning up the battlefield, blowing up the concrete bunkers, and evacuating.
The sky was completely bright now. Looking back at the area where the ambush was fought earlier, all that was left was the devastation, large and small craters, and the white corpses of the Japanese soldiers who had been stripped down to only a piece of crotch cloth.
, has become a different kind of scenery in this area.
The Independent Regiment's thunderous attack caught the Japanese by surprise.
The Yangquan stronghold was wiped out by Li Yunlong in one fell swoop. Japanese and puppet reinforcements from three counties were wiped out by the third battalion along the way, and the other two were severely damaged by the first and second battalions.
The Japanese army, which was rarely defeated, fled back to the county towns heading north and east in embarrassment this time.
As for the officers at the Japanese command headquarters in Nanxiang County, their faces were full of shock. A squadron of Imperial warriors who supported the stronghold, plus a battalion of Imperial Army soldiers, were stunned that even half of them had not returned.
We don’t dare to send out troops for encirclement and suppression anymore.
The Japanese officers, who had always been arrogant, felt a sudden chill this time.
After dawn, Japanese fighter jets from the Mingbao Airport adjacent to the county seat roared towards the area surrounding the Yangquan stronghold.
What a bombing.
Li Yunlong and Kong Jie, who were leading the team to evacuate, quickly ordered the team to disperse and hide.
In the end, after the Japs carried out more retaliatory bombings for more than ten minutes, six fighter jets flew away.
The pretentious gesture became the last fig leaf for the Japanese army's disastrous defeat.
Under the bombing by Japanese fighter jets, the teams led by Li Yunlong and Kong Jie both suffered certain casualties.
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Lao Li angrily directed the soldiers to shoot at the aircraft in mid-air with machine guns. Unfortunately, the enemy's aircraft was too fast, and the bombing was carried out at high altitudes, so the bullets had no effect.
Kong Jie ordered the third battalion to disperse and hide, but did not launch a counterattack.
The honest man did not show anger on the surface, but he became more determined in his heart:
We must blow up this bastard's airport. Let's see what arrogance this little devil can do.
Taiyuan City.
Japanese First Army Headquarters in Shanxi.
The news that the Yangquan stronghold was destroyed in one fell swoop by the Eighth Route Army even alarmed Japanese Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka.
Mainly because Li Yunlong and Kong Jie destroyed the Yangquan stronghold this time, breaking the Japanese military's precedent of losing a large stronghold.
Just like Xiao'an Town and Qu County were attacked by Kong Jie and Li Yunlong last time, the shock was of the same nature.
The intelligence department mobilized by the Japanese army quickly discovered that it was an independent regiment of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army that captured the Yangquan stronghold this time.
"It's this independent group again! Kong Jie! Li Yunlong!"
Yoshio Shinozuka suppressed his anger. He added a new person to his blacklist. The one who attacked Xiaoan Town last time was Li Yunlong.
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386th Brigade, Brigade Headquarters.
When he suddenly received the news that the Japanese stronghold in Yangquan had been ousted by the independent regiment, the brigade commander smiled heartily.
Then I heard a report from the communications troops. It was said that Li Yunlong led the fourth battalion to sneak attack on the Japanese stronghold. The other three battalions of Kong Jie were responsible for providing reinforcements from three directions, and completely wiped out the Japanese and puppet troops in the south, severely inflicting heavy losses on the east.
Send reinforcements to the Japanese and puppet troops to and from the north.
"Kong Jie and Li Yunlong, when they get together, they can really make a fuss! Other troops are still targeting small and medium-sized strongholds! Fortunately for them, they turned around and took down the big Yangquan stronghold.
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The brigade commander was filled with emotion.
The political commissar on the side laughed and said, "Brigadier, I see that when Kong Jie and Li Yunlong are put together, it is not as simple as one plus one equals two. One plus one is much greater than two!"
"Who says it's not the case? If it weren't for the lack of military cadres in our 386th Brigade, I would really like to keep Li Yunlong in the independent regiment and let him and Kong Jie make trouble together. Anyway, the headache is
Little devil."
The political commissar smiled and said: "Let Li Yunlong continue to stay in the Independent Regiment and serve as Kong Jie's deputy? It's okay if the time is short, but as time goes by, it will be weird if Li Yunlong is willing."
The brigade commander agreed: "That's true. There can't be two mountain kings on this mountain. It's okay to get together occasionally and talk about brotherly loyalty. But after a long time, there will be no room for two tigers in one mountain."