Li Yunlong originally thought this battle would not be difficult.
Although the enemy has a brigade that is a hard stone for the Independent Regiment... The Japanese have a brigade of more than a thousand people, and the Independent Regiment only has more than a thousand people. With a one-to-one ratio of troops, the Japanese firepower is at least three to five times stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army.
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But Li Yunlong has two considerations:
First, this battle was fought in conjunction with the 91st Regiment. The 91st Regiment was the main force of more than 3,000 people. This regiment was known as the "Hundred Battles Regiment", which means it fought a hundred battles. In addition, it also meant "Hundred Battles Regiment".
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This is not a boast, this regiment has really fought hard battles since the Red Army.
This time, more than a thousand people from the Hundred Battle Group were placed in front to stop the Japanese, and two thousand people were pulled back to fight Xue Ququan.
Therefore, the total strength of the Eighth Route Army in the direction of Xue Ququan was about three times that of the Japanese. Although its firepower was still at a disadvantage, it was not much different.
Secondly, Li Yunlong thought that this battle was different from the last one. Last time it was an encirclement and annihilation battle, and the Japanese had to be surrounded and eaten. This time it was a breakout, and the difficulty was different.
Breakout!
Use bullet mines to surround the village so that the Japanese can't get out. Then our troops can be withdrawn, right?
However, when Li Yunlong rushed to Xue Ququan Village and took a look, he found that the situation was not as simple as he imagined.
Xueququan Village is surrounded by mountains and rivers. There is a mountain to the north and a river to the south. When the river reaches here, it turns to the south. The village can almost be said to be stuck at the exit of the mountains and rivers.
If our army's five regiments in the east and even the people want to withdraw around Xue Ququan Village, they must either climb over the rolling mountainous area or cross the river to the direction of the Japanese for a while and then cross back.
No matter which way you go, the time is not in a hurry.
Therefore, the only way to withdraw the troops is by gnawing down Xue Quyuan Village.
Seeing this, Li Yunlong cursed: "You damn little devil, you have turned into a spirit after several raids! I would not choose this place!"
Then I used a telescope to inspect the situation in Xueququan Village and found that every household surrounded the yard with earthen walls. The earthen walls were one layer after another and bottomless. At this time, these earthen walls became excellent fortifications for the Japanese.
Li Yunlong couldn't help but cursed again: "Damn it, isn't this collaborating with the enemy? Can this earthen wall prevent thieves? If it can't prevent thieves, it will be difficult to build, and it will be convenient for the devils! Look, after this battle,
Let’s talk to these fellow villagers, and we’ll demolish all the earthen walls that can be demolished!”
Zhao Gang, who was holding a telescope to look at the terrain nearby, found it a bit funny and scolded him before the battle even started.
If scolding can solve the problem, Li Yunlong will have to pass five levels and kill six generals without encountering an opponent.
Just as Zhao Gang was about to ask how to fight this battle, Li Yunlong gave the order: "The first and second battalions will be the main attackers, and the third battalion will be responsible for blocking the road!"
The mission was conveyed to the third battalion commander: "Eighth Company, Ninth Company block the highway, Seventh Company is on standby!"
Wu Lei, the commander of the seventh company, refused to agree to this order and said dissatisfied to the battalion commander Guan Dashan: "Batalion Commander, after all other troops have tasks, why is our company on standby?"
"Stand by for orders, don't you understand people's words?" Guan Dashan responded with one sentence: "Stop talking nonsense, if every order has to be given twice, am I still a battalion commander?"
When the battalion commander said this, Wu Lei didn't dare to say anything.
Guan Dashan actually had the same considerations as Wu Lei. This Xiao Dongbei was a fucking talent. Apart from other things, the ideas he came up with in the last battle at Li Jiapo were beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
What's valuable about such soldiers is their brains, ideas, and ideas... If something happens on the battlefield, Guan Dashan cannot bear the responsibility.
Therefore, the original task arrangement was that the seventh company, the eighth company went up first, and the ninth company served as the reserve team. Now it has become the eighth company, the ninth company goes up, and the seventh company takes the back and serves as the reserve team.
The Seventh Company was lying in ambush in the sorghum field southwest of the village, and the soldiers were all preparing for battle as if they were fighting for their lives.
Wang Xuexin was very calm. He knew that the more calm he had to be at this time.
He used dry sorghum poles to braid a straw hat for himself and put it on his head, especially covering the blue sky and white sun emblem in the middle of the military hat, and asked his subordinates to make one too.
At this time, Wu Lei scurried in, glanced at Wang Xuexin, and said angrily with a straight face: "Stand by, stay where you are!"
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"Stand where you are!"
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Wang Xuexin didn't feel anything was wrong at first. It was normal for him to stay where he was. Soldiers should just follow orders from their superiors.
But Zhou Ping, who used to do intelligence work, went out for a walk. When he came back, his face was very ugly. He lowered his voice and approached Wang Xuexin to report: "Platoon leader, do you know what other troops say about our platoon?"
Wang Xuexin was half-kneeling on the ground to inspect his rifle. After hearing this, he casually asked, "How do you say that?"
"They said..." Zhou Ping hesitated for a moment and then replied: "They said that our company brought a vase, but now, the whole company has become a vase as a decoration!"
Wang Xuexin was stunned, could this vase refer to himself?
This can't be true, why have you become a vase?
But the only new ones are the instructor and Wang Xuexin. Of course the instructor won't be a vase, so who else can it be if he isn't himself?
Looking to the side, I saw that the other platoons were looking at me strangely, and the soldiers in the first platoon were all shaking their heads, as if they had done something wrong.
Look at the company commander again, he is talking to the instructor with a grimace.
Company commander Wu Lei and instructor Wu Zheng have known each other for a long time. They were in the same group and stayed in the same regiment for two and three years. They are still alive today and have not been transferred. Although they are in different departments, they never look up and see each other. The more they see each other, the more familiar they become.
Wu Lei felt unhappy and couldn't help but complain to the instructor:
"People say that the first battalion of our independent regiment is our biological son, the second battalion is the stepmother's, and the third battalion is picked up!"
"Our Third Battalion can't make much money to begin with. The Seventh Company can be regarded as the main force of the Third Battalion. If others eat meat, we can still make some soup!"
"It's great now... Once Xiao Dongbei comes, the Seventh Company will have no choice but to drink from the northwest wind!"
The instructor replied unhurriedly: "Hey, what you said is wrong. There are arrangements from superiors, so we can't just blame Xiao Dongbei indiscriminately! Xiao Dongbei is a good comrade..."
Wu Lei interrupted the instructor and said dissatisfiedly: "I didn't say that Xiaobei Northeast is not good, but our Qilian Temple is small and cannot accommodate this giant Buddha!"
"What you said is wrong!" the instructor said: "We are revolutionary soldiers, why do we talk about Buddhas and temples? We don't believe in this..."
"Instructor, that's not what I meant!" Wu Lei explained hurriedly: "What about Xiao Dongbei's ability? Why doesn't he go to the first battalion? The first battalion is so good, the main camp, it can be found in every scene, we can't tolerate it
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"What you said is even more wrong!" the instructor retorted: "Is it wrong if you have the ability? People also obey the arrangements of their superiors, and they can't ask for anything from other camps! You just feel disgusted!"
So Wu Lei understood that no matter what he said, it was all his fault!
At this time, fierce gunshots rang out from the direction of Xuequyu Village, and the Eighth Route Army's pincer attack on the Japanese began.
Wu Lei looked at the direction of the gunfire, then at the instructions, took off his hat, sighed heavily, and squatted in the sorghum field to sulk.