What Major General Yabe Konan didn't know was that when he ordered the troops to rest, Shen Quan, who was in charge of commanding the battle, had already sent the location of the Japanese to Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong immediately sent the coordinates to Toishipo, and then ordered the two battalions of Guan Dashan and Sun Ming to lead the troops on a rapid march to the two wings of the target position, while he led the guard company to approach the Japanese from the front.
At this time, the steel plant was almost defenseless, with only a battalion of "self-defense forces" that had just returned from Wolongzui with a large number of prisoners and surrenders, plus organized labor militias and some logistics and communications units. force.
If there is still an army that goes straight into the steel plant at this time, I am afraid that the steel plant will fall.
But the battlefield is like this, and you can't gain greater benefits without taking risks.
Li Yunlong knew this clearly, so in order to defeat the Japanese Yabe Brigade, he almost put the steel factory aside and rushed out.
The Eighth Route Army's marching speed in the mountains was indeed impressive. It took more than half an hour to successfully reach a position about two miles away from the target position and lurk.
At this time, they no longer dared to move forward. If they went any further, they would be discovered by the enemy and the suddenness of the battle would be lost.
Then it went through a tortuous process: Li Yunlong sent a message to tell Wang Xuexin that they were ready, and Wang Xuexin sent another message to tell Yu Ping who was flying to the target location with thirty fighter planes.
The air force led by Yu Ping had actually been able to attack the target long ago, but in order to coordinate with the ground forces, they had been circling twenty kilometers away.
As soon as he received the news, Yu Ping immediately made an attack gesture towards the surrounding fighter planes, so the fleet lowered its altitude as quickly as possible and dived towards the target...
This is the flaw without a radio station. What was originally a simple air-ground coordination becomes a very complicated process, and there cannot be any mistakes during it, otherwise it will cause unpredictable consequences.
It only takes two minutes for "La 5" to travel twenty kilometers, and soon Yu Ping saw the woods described in the intelligence.
Yu Ping checked the direction and quickly found several signal boards spread out on the treetops... They were the signals agreed upon by Shen Quan and Wang Xuexin. They were used to mark the location of his own people and to point in the general direction of where the Japs were gathering. Location.
Yu Ping didn't hesitate, and as soon as he pressed the nose of the aircraft, he dived in the direction marked on the signal board.
At this time, Yabe Konan was still talking with the monk.
Because it requires translation and communication, and the monk also needs to "recall" the deployment of the Eighth Route Army's troops... In fact, the monk deliberately delays time, pretending that he has forgotten this and that.
If it had been in the past, Yabe Konan would have driven the monk away impatiently.
However, the troop deployment given by the monk was very similar to the Eighth Route Army's combat style that Yabe Konan was familiar with, so he patiently continued to ask.
Yabe Konan did not know that what the monk gave was the actual troop deployment of the Eighth Route Army.
This is not because the monk is selling out information, but because the monk is thinking: You won’t survive anyway, and you can’t bear it if I reveal the real information to you, right? If I give you false information, you can be fooled and keep me here. Does this take time?
So the monk pocketed the information bit by bit.
Then Yabe Konan was a little strange. This "Self-Defense Forces" major was chased out of the steel factory by the Eighth Route Army. How could he remember so many details?
Could it be...
Yabe Konan looked at the Major of the "Self-Defense Forces" in surprise. He suddenly noticed that the smile in the other person's eyes looked like murderous intent.
Just when Yabe Konan was about to have an attack, he heard the roar of a fighter jet engine in the air.
Yabe Kanan was shocked and quickly ordered: "The whole army takes cover!"
But it was of no use at all. The fighter planes went straight to their destination, and then fired out rows of rockets and slammed them into the Japanese hideout.
The incendiary bombs set off streaks of flame in the woods, immediately igniting the surrounding trees. The Japanese jumped out of their hiding places with a scream, scurrying around like ants that had been stabbed in their nest.
But soon there was fierce gunfire all around, and the Japanese who jumped up and ran away fell down one by one.
As a result, the Japanese were in a dilemma: they could either stay where they were and be burned to death, or they could get up and run away and be beaten to death by the enemy.
No matter which one you choose, there will be no good results.
Yabe Konan stood up amidst the smoke and fire and looked at the direction where the gunfire came from. It turned out to be the south where the "Self-Defense Forces" were stationed.
Then Yabe Konan understood that they were not the "Self-Defense Forces" at all, but the Eighth Route Army.
Then I thought about it, if they were the Eighth Route Army, then the major who had been discussing with me...
"Asshole!" Yabe Konan cursed, reaching out to draw the saber from his waist.
But before the saber could be drawn out, it was held down by a rough and strong hand. When he turned around, he saw that it was the Major of the "Self-Defense Force". He was lying next to him under the cover of smoke, looking at him with a half-smile.
At this time, the piercing sound of trumpets (charge horns) sounded all around again, followed by loud shouts of death from all four directions.
Yabe knew immediately that he was surrounded.
He knew that this battle would not end well, but fortunately he did not have to be responsible for the outcome.
Because the monk gently pulled Yabe's katana, the blade made a gash on Yabe's neck the moment it was unsheathed.
This opening was made very artistically. It cut Yabe's throat and cut the artery in his neck in half...
The former made Yabe unable to make any sound to call for help, while the latter made his blood slowly drain away bit by bit.
Yabe could do nothing. He could only lie on the ground and cover his wounds with great effort, struggling and rolling like a fish thrown to the shore, feeling the passage of life bit by bit.
This is just the beginning.
Under the orders of their respective commanders, the Japanese hurriedly responded to the challenge and organized a defense.
But the rockets shot down by the Yu Ping fighter planes provided targets for other fighters, and then the remaining twenty-nine fighter planes swooped down and launched hundreds of rockets onto the Japanese positions.
The accuracy of rockets is indeed not good enough, but poor accuracy means that they are launched at a relatively long distance.
At this time, the fighter plane was launched at a low altitude, and it was still launching while diving towards the target. Its accuracy was naturally different from before.
As a result, the defense that the Japanese had just organized was immediately blown to pieces.
Originally the fire was not too strong, but after hundreds of rockets were fired, the fire was completely out of control and swept wildly in the direction of the Japanese by the mountain wind.
At this time, the main force of the Eighth Route Army had also rushed to the outskirts of the fire scene, and they were just waiting to snipe and kill the Japanese who escaped from inside.