The brigade commander didn't bother to wonder why the Independent Regiment suddenly appeared here. He immediately ordered the 70th Regiment, the 71st Regiment, and the Guard Battalion Direct Team to all press forward and completely eliminate the Okazaki Brigade.
In the historical battle of Lijiapo, the Okazaki Brigade took the lead in seizing the favorable terrain. As a result, the Eighth Route Army failed to attack many times, causing heavy casualties. In the end, Li Yunlong led the independent regiment to rely on soil work methods to defeat the enemy.
Okazaki Brigade.
In this battle, the independent regiment led by Li Yunlong suddenly appeared and took the lead to seize the favorable terrain, suppressing the Japanese Okazaki Brigade in the valley, completely in a passive position to be beaten. The main force of the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army stood high.
Down, completely taking advantage.
The battle lasted less than half an hour, and the Okazaki Brigade was completely defeated and unable to organize effective resistance.
The brigade commander saw that the time was ripe to annihilate the Japanese army and issued an order for a full-scale attack.
Kong Jie raised his sword and shouted: "Brothers, charge!"
He led the second battalion and rushed down the mountain first.
Zhang Dabiao's first battalion and Li Zhanwu's third battalion also rushed towards the Japanese army.
Li Yunlong rushed forward with a shell gun in hand, and Zhao Gang followed closely behind him.
The Okazaki Brigade was very tenacious. When they saw Li Yunlong and others rushing over from the valley, they immediately set up their Type 92 heavy machine guns and prepared to block the valley.
At this moment, a gunshot was heard from behind Li Yunlong, and the Japs' heavy machine gunner was killed immediately. Then there were two more gunshots, and the two Japs who wanted to replace the heavy machine gunners were also knocked to the ground.
"Good marksmanship, who shot him?" Li Yunlong praised sincerely.
Zhao Gang's guard shouted: "It's our political commissar Zhao."
Li Yunlong looked back and saw that the muzzle of the gun in Zhao Gang's hand was smoking and he was smiling proudly.
Li Yunlong said happily: "Old Zhao, I really have you. I'll treat you to a drink when you get back." After that, he continued to rush forward.
Since the Independent Regiment was closest to the Japanese army, by the time the troops of the 70th and 71st Regiments arrived, the Independent Regiment had already annihilated the remaining enemies and ended the battle.
The officers and soldiers of the 70th and 71st regiments rushed over and saw that the independent regiment was cleaning the battlefield. They were very angry and felt that this was unfair, so they started arguing with Li Yunlong.
The brigade commander came over, and both regiment commanders complained to the brigade commander that they should also share part of the captured weapons and ammunition.
These two regiment leaders were not the most depressing. Captain Wang of the 69th regiment waited for a long time but did not get the Pingtian brigade. As a result, he did not participate in the Lijiapo battle. He was so angry that he cursed his mother.
The brigade commander was in a great mood and said: "Li Yunlong, aren't you in Ping'an County? How did you come here? But you arrived in time, and the independent regiment made the first contribution in this battle."
Li Yunlong smiled proudly and said: "Brigadier, I have long expected that the Japs will escape from this valley, so I am here to ambush and wait for them."
The other captains were very unconvinced. Captain Cheng of the 70th Regiment said: "Li Yunlong, you are always good at taking advantage. We were the ones who blocked the Okazaki Brigade and forced them to escape. You, boy
I got a bargain and am still doing well here."
Commander Cheng, who is short-sighted and wears black-rimmed glasses, is also an old comrade of Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong smiled and said: "Blind Cheng, if I want to blame you, it's your lack of ability. If you have the ability, just kill the Okazaki Brigade. Why let them escape?"
Woolen cloth?"
The brigade commander saw his men bickering and said, "Okay, stop arguing here. Li Yunlong, let me ask you, you led the independent regiment here without permission, where is the Japanese Pingtian Brigade?"
Kong Jie was a little worried when he heard this. He hurriedly said: "Brigadier Commander, we are not arbitrarily mobilizing troops this time. You first asked our independent regiment to hold back the Japanese Hirata Brigade. We have completed the task."
Zhao Gang also said: "Brigade Commander, we have resolutely carried out the tasks you assigned to our regiment. We dispatched the most elite troops of our regiment and held back the Japanese Hirata Brigade, and then rushed to participate in the battle of Lijiapo
.”
The brigade commander said: "It's not that simple, right? Zhao Gang, I trust you, tell me what is going on?"
Zhao Gang reported what happened.
The brigade commander said with great interest: "It's Xu Dalong again, great! I didn't expect that he is really talented. Oh, no, I didn't give your regiment an order last time, asking Xu Dalong to take his special service platoon to the brigade headquarters.
Report? It’s been so long, why haven’t you come yet?”
Li Yunlong said: "Brigadier, you see, Xu Dalong went to Ping'an County for reconnaissance and held back the Japanese's Pingtian Brigade. He was very busy and never had time to spare. When I go back to see him, I will let him go immediately.
Come to the brigade headquarters to report."
Headquarters command post.
The phone rang, and a combat staff officer answered the call and said: "Chief of Staff, the phone number of the frontline command post."
The call was from the brigade commander. After hearing this, the chief of staff said in disbelief: "What did you say? Repeat it again. Okay, okay, great job, I'll report it to the boss right now."
Before the chief of staff put down the phone, the boss asked: "What's a great job? Caught up with the Okazaki brigade?"
The chief of staff said with excitement: "Boss, the Japanese Okazaki Brigade ran away at that time. No one expected that Li Yunlong's independent regiment suddenly blocked the retreat of Okazaki Battalion. As a result, all 916 Japanese including Okazaki were killed.
Lost."
The boss said excitedly: "Hey, I didn't expect this to happen. This guy Li Yunlong has a really good nose. How does he know which road the Okazaki Brigade should take to retreat? Let that guy Li Yunlong come to the headquarters to see me immediately."
Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Kong Jie arrived at the command post at the headquarters.
The boss looked at the three of them up and down and said with interest: "Yes, the Independent Regiment fought beautifully. Tell me, why did you suddenly appear in Lijiapo?"
Li Yunlong had already thought about this problem and said: "Report to the boss, the Japanese came too many this time. We were worried that the brigade commander's troops were not enough, so we rushed over to help. Unexpectedly, we missed the opportunity and blocked the kid from Okazaki.
."
In fact, it was Xu Dalong who came up with this idea. The reason why Li Yunlong said this was not to deny Xu Dalong's contribution, but because he knew that the headquarters was already eyeing Xu Dalong, and he did not want Xu Dalong to be remembered by the bosses.
Zhao Gang and Kong Jie felt that they should not deceive their boss, but since Li Yunlong said so, they were too embarrassed to expose him on the spot.
The division commander was known as the God of War and had a fiery gaze. He felt that things were not that simple. He said: "Li Yunlong, please stop playing tricks here. Your mission is to hold back the Japanese Hirata Brigade. The main force of your regiment has already arrived at Lijiapo. By the way,
What force held back the Japanese Hirata Brigade?"
Just as Li Yunlong was about to answer, the teacher said: "Zhao Gang, I believe you, you answer this question."
Zhao Gang is an honest man, and he reported what happened in detail.
The division commander said with emotion: "It's not easy. This Xu Dalong only led less than 100 people, and he actually held back the Japanese Hirata Brigade. I would like to know how he fought?"
The division commander said this because the battle in Lijiapo has now ended, and the Japanese Hirata Brigade still has not appeared. Facts have proved that Xu Dalong and others have completed the task of holding back the Japanese Hirata Brigade.
The boss also remembered it, and he said: "Li Yunlong, didn't I give you an order? Let Xu Dalong report to the headquarters. Why hasn't he come yet?"
Li Yunlong repeated what he had just said to the brigade commander, saying that Xu Dalong had not been idle, so he had not yet had a chance to report to the headquarters.
The brigade commander who came with Li Yunlong and others knew what Li Yunlong was up to, and he didn't want to expose Li Yunlong, because he was also trying to get Xu Dalong to go to the brigade headquarters. If the head of the headquarters took a fancy to him,
, transferring Xu Dalong to the headquarters agency is a big loss for their brigade.
The boss said to Kong Jie: "Kong Jie, you have been fighting well in recent times, so why don't you
I have become the deputy commander of the Independent Regiment. Let’s go and become the commander of the New Second Regiment.”
Kong Jie was very happy. He was finally reinstated. Although he could not stay in the old unit of the Independent Regiment, he was going to be the leader of the New Second Regiment.
He stood at attention and said: "Thank you, boss, for your support. I promise to lead the new second group well."
The Lijiapo victory annihilated 916 members of the Japanese Okazaki Battalion. This was basically a complete Japanese infantry brigade, which was rare in the history of the Eighth Route Army.
The headquarters was filled with joy, and the chief of staff suggested that a summary and commendation meeting be held immediately to commend all commanders and fighters who participated in the war.
The division commander was very attentive and said: "I wonder how Xu Dalong and the others are doing? Li Yunlong, you send a team to pick them up."
At this moment, a staff officer from the headquarters walked up to Li Yunlong and whispered a few words to him.
Li Yunlong said: "Wang Xiaohu used to be my guard, and now he is the squad leader of the special service platoon. Call him in quickly."
Their conversation caught the boss's attention, and he said, "What's going on?"
The staff officer said: "Report to the boss, the independent regiment's special service platoon will send someone to report the situation."
The boss wanted to know about the battle between the special service platoon and the Japanese Hirata Battalion, and said: "Ask him to come in."
Wang Xiaohu walked into the headquarters and was a little confused when he saw so many chiefs inside. He had not seen the boss and deputy chief of staff, only the division commander and brigade commander. Fortunately, he was smarter and stood there paying respect.
He turned around and said loudly: "Hello, Chief!"
Zhao Gang introduced him: "This is the head of the headquarters, and this is..."
Wang Xiaohu stood at attention again, saluted, and said hello to the leaders.
The head of the headquarters asked: "Did you block that Hirata brigade? What were your casualties?"
Wang Xiaohu said: "Report to the boss, our special service platoon and cavalry company of the independent regiment have been ordered to hold back the Japanese Hirata Brigade.
Starting from 9:30 in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon, we fought fiercely with the Japanese Hirata Battalion for 6 hours and annihilated 585 people under the Japanese Hirata Battalion Captain. The troops have returned to their base. The platoon leader did not want to worry the leaders, so he specially sent me to report
Condition."
After Wang Xiaohu finished speaking, the headquarters was completely silent. People looked at Wang Xiaohu with suspicion.
Wang Xiaohu was a little frightened by the sight. He didn't know what to do and looked at Li Yunlong involuntarily.
Li Yunlong laughed loudly. He also wanted to know how this battle was fought, and said: "Well done, Xu Dalong. I really did not misjudge him. He really made me proud. Huzi, please report to the boss quickly.
How did Xu Dalong and the others fight this battle?"
Wang Xiaohu reported on the battle between the special service platoon and the cavalry company.
Captain Hirata died. Although the Japanese army had a new commander, the morale of the entire unit suffered a huge setback. Coupled with the constant losses of troops along the way, the officers and soldiers of Hirata Battalion were no longer interested in fighting. They are now
Escape in a hurry and get rid of this nasty group of horse thieves.
After this period of fighting, the soldiers of the special service platoon and the soldiers of the cavalry company also understood the essence of sparrow warfare.
They formed groups of three and five and continuously launched attacks on the Japanese army. The Japanese army was beaten into a panic and they just wanted to find a favorable terrain to hide.
At this time, a small village appeared about 3 kilometers ahead. The Japanese army ran towards it as if they saw a life-saving straw.
Xu Dalong was very worried about the safety of the people in the village. He ordered Zheng Xirong and Monk Wei to lead people to the front to block the Japanese army. At the same time, he sent Wang Xiaohu to lead people to the village and mobilize the people to evacuate quickly.
Sun Desheng commanded the men of the cavalry company and continued to besiege the Japanese army.
Zheng Xirong and Wei Monk each took their own squad and quickly arrived in front of the Japanese army to intercept them. However, the Japanese army had too many people and they did not dare to intercept them head-on. They could only attack them from the side.
The Japanese commander sent two small teams to attack Monk Wei, Zheng Xirong and others. He led a large group of troops and continued to run towards the village.
Xu Dalong discovered that while the Japanese troops were running, the artillery squad and the baggage troops were lagging behind. They were sixty or seventy meters away from the troops in front. He quickly called Sun Desheng and arranged for him.
Sun Desheng immediately sent out messengers and gathered the cavalry. Some of them used firepower to attack the Japanese soldiers running in front, while others went to besiege the Japanese artillery squads and heavy supplies that fell behind.
Soon after, the Japanese army's brigade was completely separated from the artillery and heavy equipment units behind it.
Xu Dalong also followed Sun Desheng and others towards the Japanese artillery and heavy equipment. His focus was on the Japanese artillery.
Xu Dalong was worried that the Japanese army would blow up the artillery in a critical moment.
The acting captain of the Japanese army discovered that the artillery and baggage troops were in danger, so he commanded the troops to counterattack.
Sun Desheng directed the machine gunners to fire violently at the Japanese troops, blocking the Japanese troops' rescue efforts.
Zheng Xirong and Wei Monk also led the soldiers of the special service platoon to launch an attack on the Japanese army.
The Japanese army was attacked from both sides and suffered heavy casualties.
Xu Dalong led other soldiers to step up the siege of the Japanese artillery squad and heavy supplies.
Seeing that there was no hope of rescue, the acting captain of the Japanese army cruelly abandoned his artillery and heavy equipment, led the rest of the troops, and fled towards the small village desperately.