Lin Xueying came to visit them that day. Gao Lixin and others did not know Lin Xueying's true identity. When they saw her wearing the uniform of the Eighth Route Army, they thought she was from the Eighth Route Army.
They were very fond of this young, beautiful and elegant female cadre of the Eighth Route Army. When they saw her visiting, they greeted her warmly.
Lin Xueying took out 200 yuan and handed it to Gao Lixin, saying that life here in Mawu Mountain is difficult. This is the living allowance given by the Mawu Mountain guerrillas to the Shanxi-Sui Army Liaison Group. From now on, there will be the same amount of living allowance every month. When there is fighting,
The action will also provide them with additional subsidies.
There are only a few people in the liaison team, and each of them can get a lot of this money. Among these people, except Gao Lixin, this money is more than the monthly allowance they receive in the Jinsui Army.
Everyone was very happy, expressed their gratitude to Lin Xueying, and asked Lin Xueying to convey her gratitude to the guerrillas to Xu Dalong.
The liaison team will write briefings at regular intervals and report to the World War II District Chief's Department.
The Chief of Staff of the World War II Zone had received several telegrams from the liaison group. He was a little curious because almost all of the telegrams sent by the liaison group praised the Mawushan guerrillas.
In fact, the chief of staff of the World War II zone had always been optimistic about Xu Dalong and his Mawushan guerrillas. He sent a telegram to the liaison group, asking them to humbly learn from the guerrillas in the Mawushan base and summarize all their good points.
That night, Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others led the main force of the independent regiment and left the station to carry out combat missions.
When they arrived at the edge of the base area, they encountered sentries from the brigade guard battalion.
The sentry knew Li Yunlong. He stepped forward and saluted Li Yunlong and asked: "Captain Li, what are you going to do?"
Li Yunlong said with a smile: "We are doing a camping training for the whole regiment. This unit is always away from fighting, so the training cannot be delayed."
The sentry asked with some confusion: "The opposite side is an enemy-occupied area. Aren't you afraid of encountering the enemy when you go out to practice?"
Li Yunlong smiled and said: "It's good to meet the enemy. Our independent regiment trains just for fighting. It's best to have blind little devils who come to cause trouble, so we can deal with them."
After the large group of independent regiments drove out, the sentry reported to his superiors.
Not long after, the duty staff officer at the brigade headquarters received the report.
A deputy chief of staff was on duty tonight. Although it was already late at night and the deputy chief of staff had already rested, the staff officer on duty felt that the actions of the independent regiment were a bit strange, so he still woke up the deputy chief of staff and reported to him.
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The deputy chief of staff knew Li Yunlong very well and knew that this guy was not a peaceful leader. It was so late and the independent regiment was fully armed and left the base. It would not be as simple as a camping training as Li Yunlong said.
He believed that the matter was of great importance, so he reported it to the chief of staff.
The chief of staff also felt that the problem was serious and reported it to the brigade commander.
After the brigade commander heard this, he asked Li Yunlong about the direction of his troops' advance. He looked at the map and pondered it carefully.
The chief of staff asked: "Brigade commander, did you send a telegram to Li Yunlong and others to ask them to return to their base quickly?"
After thinking for a while, the brigade commander said: "Forget it, even if you send him a telegram at this time, he will not give you a reply. Since Li Yunlong has made up his mind to pull the troops out, his radio
It must be turned off."
The chief of staff said: "Li Yunlong and the others should be on a combat mission when they do this. The enemy situation around the base area is so serious. Will they be in danger?"
The brigade commander said: "Li Yunlong has been holding back his energy and wanted to go out to fight for a day or two. They must have made careful arrangements this time. Besides, Zhao Gang is following them, so there shouldn't be a big problem.
Since he didn’t report it, let’s just pretend we don’t know and wait until that kid comes back to settle the score with him.”
In fact, the brigade commander admired Li Yunlong's proactive fighting spirit. In the past, Li Yunlong was punished because he was executing orders from the headquarters. Li Yunlong acted without authorization and disrupted the overall deployment of the headquarters, so his superiors had to punish him.
Today's situation is different. The superiors have not deployed unified combat operations. The independent regiment sticks to the edge of the base area. They can actively seek battles, destroy the enemy, and seize weapons, ammunition and other supplies. The brigade commander still supports it in his heart.
As long as Li Yunlong reports truthfully to the brigade commander and submits their combat plan to the brigade commander for review, the brigade commander will not object.
But Li Yunlong's temper was too impatient, and he was unwilling to do even this basic step because he was worried that the brigade commander would act without permission.
The brigade commander had already made up his mind. When Li Yunlong won the battle, he would take carrot and stick measures against him when he came back. On the surface, he would criticize him, and then praise the independent regiment's proactive fighting spirit. This method was very effective for people like Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong's thorns came, and the effect was good, and it was tried and tested repeatedly.
Although the brigade commander did not block the actions of the Independent Regiment, he secretly wanted to help them. He called Li Changshui, the enemy engineering section chief, and instructed him to strengthen reconnaissance of the surrounding enemy situation, obtain enemy intelligence in a timely manner, and prevent the Independent Regiment from being attacked by heavy enemy troops.
siege.
Li Yunlong and others led the independent regiment to leave the base area. Seeing that no one was stopping them, they felt very happy. They felt like a wild horse running wild. They finally had a chance to have fun. They were so excited that they wanted to jump as hard as they could.
After a rapid march, the independent regiment arrived at Gaozhuang Town, 28km away from Longdong County, at 5:00 in the morning.
An infantry squadron of the Japanese army and a battalion of the puppet army were stationed here. They planned to make a quick battle and eat this group of enemies.
After Li Yunlong and others formed a siege on Gaozhuang Town, they also learned Xu Dalong's fighting method and sent out a regimental reconnaissance platoon to seize the east gate of Gaozhuang Town under the cover of night.
The soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon lived up to expectations and successfully eliminated the puppet army sentry in front of the east gate, and rushed into Gaozhuang Town in response to the large group of troops.
Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others led the entire independent regiment to dispatch, not only to eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops here, but also to exercise the combat capabilities of the troops.
Therefore, after the battle started, the order to attack was issued to the entire regiment. In addition to the troops of the first battalion entering the town from the east gate, troops of other battalions also rushed towards the town from all directions.
The Independent Regiment had a large number of people and well-equipped equipment. There was no suspense in the battle. After an hour of fierce fighting, the Independent Regiment completely annihilated the Japanese and puppet troops in Gaozhuang Town and seized a large amount of weapons, equipment and various supplies.
Zhao Gang was a cautious man, and when he saw that the independent regiment had achieved its predetermined combat goal, he urged Li Yunlong to withdraw his troops and return to the base area.
Li Yunlong felt that it was not enough. When he captured the town, he made statistics and found that there were only two companies of puppet troops here.
Through interrogation of the puppet battalion commander, we learned that there is a company of the puppet battalion in Shangshui Village, not far from Gaozhuang Town.
Stay there alone.
Li Yunlong just wanted to hunt rabbits and eat all the puppet soldiers in this company.
He said to Zhao Gang: "After destroying two companies of the puppet army, I will be ashamed to say that I have eaten a battalion of the puppet army when I go back. This one company of puppet soldiers will definitely suffer."
Zhang Dabiao immediately gathered his troops and went to attack Shangshui Village.
Zhang Dabiao and Li Yunlong had similar thoughts. When they saw the enemy, they became greedy and refused to eat the meat on their lips, not to mention itching in their hearts.
In this way, Zhao Gang's persuasion failed, and Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao led their troops to kill Shangshui Village.
Zhao Gang had no way to deal with Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao. These two guys were just like this, and the originally planned battle plan was changed.
According to the original plan, after taking Gaozhuang Town, they quickly returned to the base area without giving the Japanese and puppet troops time to intercept them. Going to Shangshui Village now would waste two hours, and the independent regiment would most likely be attacked by the Japanese.
Interception by puppet troops.
Zhao Gang was very worried, but Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao had already led the team, so he could only follow them.
Li Changshui didn't sleep that night, keeping an eye on changes in the enemy situation in various places.
At 7:40 in the morning, news of the dispatch of Japanese troops came from both Longdong County and Longxi County.
Longdong County is less than 30km away from Li Yunlong and the others. There is a Japanese infantry brigade headquarters and two squadrons stationed there, as well as a puppet army regiment headquarters and two battalions. They have already dispatched to Gaozhuang Town.
Although Longxi County is 110km away from Gaozhuang Town, there is a rapid force of the Japanese army there, equipped with a large number of cars and motorcycles. It can reach Gaozhuang Town in less than three hours. There is also an enemy force here.
Infantry Brigade.
Although the weapons and equipment of the Independent Regiment have been updated, there are too many new soldiers. If they are attacked by these two enemy forces, they will definitely suffer heavy losses.
Li Changshui quickly reported the situation to the brigade commander, and what worried him most happened.
The independent radio station was not turned on and could not be contacted at all.
The location of the brigade headquarters is too far away from Gaozhuang Town. The Eighth Route Army unit closest to Gaozhuang Town is Commander Cheng's 69th Regiment stationed in Longxi County. However, they are more than 80 kilometers away from Gaozhuang Town and have to catch up.
It will take at least a whole day to get there, so there is no hope.
At this moment, the brigade commander also felt a little regretful. He believed that if the troops evacuated quickly after the attack on Gaozhuang Town, they should be able to return to the base before enemy reinforcements arrived.
He did not expect that the Japanese army actually had a fast mobile force, nor did he expect that Li Yunlong would temporarily change the combat plan, wasting more than two hours in vain.
The brigade commander could not help, so he could only resign himself to fate and hope that Li Yunlong could withstand the Japanese attack and lead the independent regiment to return to the base safely.
Li Yunlong and others successfully captured Shangshui Village and ate up the remaining puppet company.
After cleaning up the battlefield, I was satisfied and ready to return to the base.
At this moment, the scout responsible for monitoring the Japanese and puppet troops in Longdong County came back on Pegasus and reported that a large group of Japanese troops had left the county and were heading here.
Li Yunlong inquired about the situation and learned that the Japanese army had less than one infantry brigade, plus less than one regiment of puppet troops.
He didn't take it seriously and decided to lead his troops to retreat according to the original plan.
If the Japanese army catches up and fights with them, although they may not be able to defeat the Japanese army in a field battle, the strength of the independent regiment will not cause them to suffer too much loss.
The troops of the Independent Regiment evacuated. They traveled all night and fought two battles in succession. The troops were tired and moved relatively slowly.
The Japanese and puppet troops who came out of Longdong County were relatively close to Gaozhuang Town. They had eaten, drank, and slept a full night, so they were very energetic.
They finally caught up with the rearguard of the Independent Regiment, and the two sides started a fierce battle.