Li Yunlong only sent detailed information to the New Second Regiment.
Because the tank detachment needs to pass through the defense area of the New Second Regiment.
Intelligence is conveyed orally by correspondents...Information conveyed orally during wartime is often safer than letters and the like. If the correspondent is caught by the enemy, the secret will not be revealed because the letter is found.
The correspondent reported to Kong Jie: "Captain Kong, the camouflage detachment of the Independent Regiment is coming along the road and intends to enter Yucun from the north gate. Commander Li hopes that Commander Kong can cooperate with the performance and fight on both sides of the road.
Shoot!"
Kong Jie laughed on the spot after hearing this: "Li Yunlong is so loud. How many people are there in your disguise team, and you actually want the New Second Regiment to chase them all the way?"
"Forty people in total!" the correspondent replied.
"Forty people?" Kong Jie said: "Do you forty people all have qinggong, or are you all invulnerable? Can you break through the encirclement of my new second regiment? And break through from the road? Even if I believe it, the Japanese can
Do you believe it?"
Then why didn't Li Yunlong say that he was Changshan Zhao Zilong? Going in and going out seven times to fetch enemy chieftains was like picking out objects from a bag. How convenient was it? What kind of disguise was there?
The correspondent replied: "Report to Commander Kong! These forty people are driving a tank and twelve shoulder straps!"
Kong Jie's disdainful smile immediately froze on his face.
After a while, Kong Jie asked in disbelief: "Wait a minute, what kind of tank? Does the Independent Regiment have tanks?"
"Just handed it over to the Japanese!" the correspondent replied, "That's why we have to take the highway!"
After finishing, the correspondent asked back: "Captain Kong, are you qualified to break through the defense zone of the New Second Regiment?"
The veins on Kong Jie's forehead jumped sharply, and he just snorted and said nothing.
Li Yunlong was so capable that he actually got a tank. No wonder he wanted to disguise himself as a Japanese soldier.
What if a tank was broken into and followed by a dozen tankers...
Damn it is really like that, is this Yucun going to be taken down?
Thinking that Kong Jie did not dare to neglect, he immediately ordered the entire army to prepare for battle and designated a unit to cooperate with the camouflage unit to perform a show.
Wang Xuexin and his party checked the equipment one last time and set off.
The tank clicked on its headlights.
This was to allow the Japs and puppet troops at the top of the city to find their target as soon as possible. Otherwise, if they found a troop attacking the city gate in the dark and fired a burst of artillery fire out of nowhere, Wang Xuexin would be wronged.
At the same time, the Japanese Type 97 also has reason to turn on its headlights... The Eighth Route Army has almost no anti-tank equipment. Even if it turns on its headlights and exposes its position, the Eighth Route Army can do nothing. And the headlights can illuminate the way forward for the tanks, so why bother?
Not for?
"Little Northeast!" Li Yunlong shouted to Wang Xuexin, who was wearing a Japanese second lieutenant uniform on the tank: "Hit his mother, don't hold back!"
Wang Xuexin saluted Li Yunlong, and then gave the order, and the tank roared along the highway toward Yucun.
Taro Kitahara is the squadron leader of the 2nd Squadron of the Miyazaki Battalion of the 21st Mixed Brigade stationed in Yucun, and is also the supreme commander of Yucun.
Originally, he didn't need to worry about anything in this battle.
Taro Kitahara learned from his superiors that the goal of this operation was to "encircle the point and provide reinforcements."
Since it is "encircling a point for reinforcements", then the two Eighth Route Army troops besieging Yu Village in front of them are the targets of the encirclement. Moreover, it is said that the imperial army has formed a siege on the enemy, so Yu Village only needs to defend it.
If there is anything to worry about, it should be that you can't surround the enemy and let them escape!
However, this is not the case.
The two Eighth Route Army troops, one in the north and the other in the south, showed no signs of breaking out. Instead, they accelerated their attack on Yucun.
This made Taro Kitahara realize his danger. He said to his staff: "It seems that the Eighth Route Army is bound to win Yucun! Otherwise, it will not risk being surrounded and continue to attack here!"
"Yes!" the staff officer replied: "This is one of the reasons why Yucun built strong fortifications. The place our army must defend is the place the enemy must attack!"
Taro Kitahara frowned and complained: "Although I know that the superiors are encircling the point to provide reinforcements, no one realizes the danger of Yucun? Or are the superiors too confident in these earthen walls and gun towers?"
If the enemy does not have artillery, then Taro Kitahara can indeed hold it.
However, the enemy had an astonishing number of mortars (50 small artillery pieces) and infantry artillery pieces (ghost cannons).
These firepower once made Yucun dangerous.
You must know that there are only 200 imperial soldiers in Yucun, and the other 400 or so are the "Peaceful Founding Army". While guarding against the enemy, Kitahara Taro must also be prepared to prevent these "Founding Army" from defecting.
This gave Beiyuan a heavy sense of crisis, like a turret that could be blown up by the enemy at any time. It looked majestic but was actually vulnerable.
"Yes!" the staff officer replied: "I think this is because the superiors underestimated the enemy's firepower. The Eighth Route Army's strength seems to have strengthened a lot recently, and the earthen walls and even the gun towers are somewhat inappropriate!"
The staff officer's analysis hit the nail on the head.
Earthen walls and gun towers are fine against enemies without artillery, but once the enemy has artillery in their hands... these things are all targets.
Taro Kitahara stood in front of the window, looking worriedly at the dark wilderness outside, and said: "They should at least send a support force!"
At this moment, a burst of intense gunshots and explosions suddenly came from the north.
Kitahara Taro thought it was the enemy attacking again, so he didn't take it seriously.
Unexpectedly, a soldier hurried in a few minutes later and reported: "Your Excellency, Captain, there is a tank from the north crossing the enemy's defense line and approaching us!"
Taro Kitahara's eyes lit up: "Tank? Great, they finally sent reinforcements!"
Taro Kitahara did not hesitate and immediately rushed to the north with his staff.
In order to facilitate observation, Kitahara Taro boarded a gun tower near the city gate. He held up a telescope and carefully looked down through the perforation. Sure enough, he saw a tank heading straight for Yucun along the road.
It turned on its headlights and was very conspicuous in the dark. Taro Kitahara observed it for a while and then excitedly shouted: "It's a Type 97, and there are more than a dozen motorcycles! It's the imperial army!"
No wonder Taro Kitahara is so excited.
There are only two hundred imperial soldiers in Yucun, and this support army has forty people, which is already a considerable reinforcement force for him.
What's more, there are also tanks in this support army, a Type 97 tank, which is called the most successful tank by the empire.
With the support of this tank, firstly, it can be directly used to plug the gap in the earth wall; secondly, it can intimidate the "Jianguo Army" in Yu Village who are about to surrender.
So, this is exactly what Kitahara expected.
"Organize firepower immediately!" Taro Kitahara ordered: "Cover the reinforcements entering the city!"
"Yes!" the staff officer responded and organized the cover himself.
Wang Xuexin in the tank knew that the Japanese had been fooled when he saw the searchlights in Yucun continuously strafing both sides of the road and directing Japanese firepower.