After Li Yunlong broke through, he led the remaining 30 people to withdraw to Taoshugou, where the Second Battalion was stationed.
For the independent regiment, it was a big loss this time. Political commissar Zhao Gang was seriously injured. A bullet hit his abdomen, his intestines were smashed, and he lost too much blood. He was already dying. Li Yunlong sent a platoon of troops to escort Zhao Gang. He said to Zhao Gang, who was in a coma, "Old Zhao, go and heal your wounds at ease. You must hold on. You promised me that if you don't drive the devils away, neither of us will die. You hear me?" No? Don’t you fucking pretend to be a bear and leave as soon as you want to let go? There is no door, this is not enough friends, let me tell you, you were born as a member of the independent group, and died as a ghost of the independent group, you have to hide wherever you want Bring you back. Want to be a deserter? Absolutely not, you are only allowed to live, you are not allowed to die, do you hear that? Please, Lao Zhao..." Li Yunlong cried, tears rolling down his chest.
Xing Zhiguo, the deputy commander of the Second Battalion, and Sun Bin, the commander of the Second Battalion, both cried when the troops were divided. After Zhao Gang was sent away, Li Yunlong locked himself in the house, and no one was allowed to enter the house for a whole day. He did not eat or drink water, and the cannons of leaf cigarettes were smoked one after another. The half-opened windows looked like a fire. The big chimney, chugs out the smoke.
This time the regiment headquarters was attacked, more than 50 people were sacrificed, almost all the guard platoons were killed, half of the regiment headquarters personnel were killed, and the cook Lao Wang who was covering after the break was sacrificed. Thinking of this, Li Yunlong's heart is in pain Twitching, he was reflecting on himself. Insider information came in a steady stream, the situation of the Japanese spy team, the ambush of Chu Yunfei's department, and the place where Xiuqin was detained were all clear. Even the pot was taken away, the political commissar was seriously injured, and I even had my wife arrested. This time, I can't just let it go. If I want to be a coward, I won't mess around in this area in the future. What the fuck special forces? Could it be superhuman? Isn't it the bloody body born by parents? Even if he is a walnut beaten by steel, I will smash you up and swallow you. Yamamoto, if you escape back to Taiyuan, I will have nothing to do with you, but you fled into Ping'an County without knowing your death. Is it so easy to get here from Northwest Shanxi? Now that you're here, don't even think about leaving.
In the evening, Li Yunlong pushed open the door and shouted: "The communication squad is assembled." When the independent regiment was divided, there were more than a thousand people, all scattered in an area with a radius of several hundred miles, and they were in an independent combat state. Its task is to assist in the establishment of a grassroots anti-Japanese regime and to develop and strengthen its ranks. Each company or even each platoon has become an independent unit. If you have the ability, you can expand a company into a regiment. But you still have to form a company. As for equipment, ammunition, clothing, and supplies, sorry, there is nothing there, and you can snatch them from the enemy yourself. Well done, you eat meat every day, and celebrate the New Year every day, but if you don’t do well, you don’t even want to drink soup.
Li Yunlong himself doesn't know how many people there are in the independent regiment now. When the whole regiment withdrew, there were more than a thousand people. Now, according to the most conservative estimate, it will have to expand to more than two thousand people. Li Yunlong sent out all the correspondents and ordered the battalions, companies, and platoons to quickly return to construction, with important combat tasks.
Xing Zhiguo, deputy head of the regiment, asked: "Head, what are the troops assembled for?" Li Yunlong said impatiently: "What else can we do?"
"Strike the county seat." Xing Zhiguo was taken aback: "This is a big deal, should I ask the superiors for instructions?" , This is too sloppy. It will affect the whole body. How many troops do we have? Is the ammunition sufficient? Are there any heavy weapons? Let the main forces of the neighboring counties cooperate."
"Well, the battle plan is already in place. We don't have the right to mobilize the main force of our neighbors. We can just let us know. Let's just say that our independent regiment is going to the county town to eat meat and drink. Anyone who wants to be greedy can do it together. I have something to eat." There is only food for him, if you don’t dare to come, forget it, we are not afraid to hold on, we will pack it ourselves. I can put as much rice as I have in the pot. An independent regiment plus several county brigades, district squads, and militias are almost the same .” Li Yunlong said lightly.
Xing Zhiguo was so anxious that he even broke out in sweat: "Commander, you have to think twice, our fight will cause chaos in the entire northwest of Shanxi, and the Japanese troops in Fu'an, Shuiquan, Luyang and other counties will provide reinforcements. The pressure is too great. Let us Can a regiment hold it?" "What are you afraid of? I am the chief military officer, and I am responsible. Even if the superior wants to investigate in the future, I will be shot, so you can execute the order." Two days later, the independent regiment was assembled. Even Li Yunlong himself was amazed. In just over two years, the independent regiment has grown to more than five thousand people. The company commander when the troops were divided two years ago is still aggrieved by the name of the company commander. Six or seven hundred people.
Li Yunlong was so happy that his eyes disappeared. He beat the chests of a large group of battalion and company level cadres, and said in his mouth:
"Good boy, these bastards have made a lot of money." The independent regiment has not fought a major battle in the past few years, and there are small battles almost every day. A gun tower was pulled up in the east, and a transport team was ambushed in the west. The loss of troops was not small. Big, but the equipment is quite different from before, 38 big cover, 92-type heavy machine gun, crooked light machine gun, and even a few mountain cannons were seized, plus the original mortars, it was a stunned artillery even. Li Yunlong has never lived a prosperous life since the day he led the army. He was so poor that he was afraid of poverty. He never dreamed that his army could have such a powerful firepower. He was so happy that he didn't know which leg to take first. What made him even more happy was that the local armed forces in the guerrilla zone of the Independence Regiment, county brigades, district squads, and militiamen from all villages rushed to come when they heard that the Independence Regiment was going to attack the county town.
This is an opportunity given to Li Yunlong by the heavens. In his previous military career, he only commanded a regiment of troops at best Now it is different. Being able to command tens of thousands of people in battle is already another level. Call the big army to fight.
Just as the deputy head Xing Zhiguo estimated in advance, the entire northwest of Shanxi is going to be messed up. Everything in the world is full of chance. A small Japanese army raided a small mountain village and captured a rural woman, but this woman happened to be Li Yunlong's wife, and Li Yunlong, who was usually restless, did not intend to be peaceful now. It's kind of like the old story about being a woman in a rage. It's happened a lot in history. It's a very vulgar story. When the Independent Regiment wanted to attack the county seat, the base areas it opened up and the local armed forces in the guerrilla zone naturally couldn't stand by and watch, so they started working vigorously. As soon as the Japanese defenders in the county were attacked, the defenders from all over the country would come to reinforce them, and the surrounding guerrilla areas had the main force of the Eighth Route Army, local troops of the Kuomintang Army, and large county brigades and district teams. , militia and other local armed forces. Although the Eighth Route Army and the Kuomintang Army did not have an order to coordinate operations at all, the internal communication capabilities of the Eighth Route Army were very poor, and the communication between the main force and the local forces was also very poor. county seat. But as long as the Japanese army comes out of the stronghold in front of him, he can't let him walk happily. Can he not take advantage of it? As a result, all the units of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, the Kuomintang Army, and the anti-Japanese armed forces in various regions, including the Bandit Mountain King who roared in the mountains and forests, were all involved, and Northwest Shanxi was really messed up.
The Taiyuan garrison sent a regiment to take a train to Northwest Shanxi for reinforcements. After walking for dozens of kilometers, the train stopped.
The commander got out of the car and saw that more than ten kilometers of railroad tracks had disappeared.
The Japanese army in Fu'an received the reinforcement order. As soon as they left the stronghold, they repeatedly stepped on landmines and sent engineers to detect mines. They were instantly knocked down by the sudden machine gun fire. The commander of the Japanese army ordered to attack and move forward. The troops fought and harassed all the way. After walking less than tens of kilometers, more than half of them were killed or injured.
The reinforcement troops of the Japanese army stationed in Luyang ambushed in the middle of the road. First, they were attacked by a battalion of the Kuomintang army. After an hour of firefights, both sides suffered casualties. harassment. Mine warfare and sparrow warfare are fought in turn. Tubalu has a variety of weapons. Guangxu's cannons, large poles, bird guns, matchlock guns, and firecrackers in tin buckets are crackling non-stop. The cannons are close-range The internal lethality is not small, dozens of kilograms of gunpowder wrapped in a large amount of iron sand and broken plow blades are sprayed out in a fan direction, and living targets within 30 to 40 meters are either killed or injured. The number of wounded in the Japanese army was increasing, and the commander ordered a small team to escort the wounded back to the stronghold. Who wanted to be attacked by a group of bandits on the way back to the stronghold, and all the soldiers in a small team were killed.
The bandits did not treat prisoners preferentially or implement humanitarian policies. They first took away the military supplies, even stripped the wounded of their clothes, and then slaughtered all the wounded. Dozens of naked corpses were thrown on the road .
The city wall in Ping'an County was built during the Ming Dynasty. The well-preserved city wall is four or five feet high, with a wide horse path on it. The city bricks are made of glutinous rice juice mixed with mortar. The tactical characteristics of the era.
There is a moat around the city outside the city wall, but due to the age, the moat has dried up and silted up.
There is an infantry squadron of the Japanese army stationed in the county seat, a Japanese gendarmerie team, and a brigade of the puppet army, with a strength of more than 1,000 people. The combat effectiveness of the puppet army is very weak. The predecessor of this brigade was the security force of the former Kuomintang army, and it was also a third-rate unit in the battle order of the Kuomintang army.
After Yamamoto Kazuki led the surviving secret service team to withdraw into the county, he found that he had only more than 20 team members left, and more than half of them were injured. The establishment of this elite special force has been crippled, and it seems that it will be difficult to recover in a short time.
But General Yamamoto couldn't care less about being depressed at this time, he knew that he couldn't stay here for long, and the shrewd Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong wouldn't let him go easily. He has sent a telegram for help to the headquarters of the First Army in Taiyuan, asking Commander Youzuka Yoshio to send troops to respond, and during this period, his special service team can also take the opportunity to take a rest. This time he miscalculated the situation again.
The time for Kazuki Yamamoto and his agents to live in this world has entered the countdown.
This year, with the frequent success of the US military in the Pacific War, the rapid advance of the Soviet army on the European Eastern Front, and the victory of the British army in Alamein in North Africa. The successive defeats of the Axis powers have already shown signs of defeat. Anyone with a little military insight has already seen that the military alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan is doomed.
On the declining Chinese battlefield, after several years of military confrontation, more than one million Japanese troops were pinned down in the Japanese-occupied area, unable to launch a new offensive. The strategic idea of exchanging space for time proposed by the Chinese Nationalist Government at the beginning of the war has shown results to a certain extent. After five or six years of war, the Japanese army has not even opened up the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, the main railway artery running through the north and south of China. The southward strategy of the Japanese army to enter Southeast Asia was greatly affected.
The Japanese troops stationed in China have shown a clear decline.
In the overall strategic pattern of the East, the second theater of the Chinese battlefield is just a small pawn, while the Northwest Shanxi region is an even smaller pawn in the military situation map of the second theater. There is no official establishment on the troop establishment table, not even a serial number. In theory, it is an armed force that is free from the battle order of the Kuomintang army. Even on the battle order list of the Eighteenth Army, the Li Yunlong Regiment, like many independent regiments or new regiments, is a local unit without an official designation. Even the generals of the Eighth Route Army headquarters are not very clear about this small independent regiment. Because the total strength of the Eighth Route Army had grown from more than 80,000 in 1937 to more than 400,000 in 1943, far exceeding the establishment of a group army. Therefore, whether it is the Chief of the Second Theater of the Kuomintang Army or the Command of the Eighteenth Army, Li Yunlong's independent regiment is not even a small pawn. Who would have thought that this Li Yunlong could make such a big commotion.
Li Yunlong allocated one-third of his troops to lead the local armed forces to fight aid, and blocked all the roads within 50 kilometers around the county seat, and buried thousands of earth mines alone.
At the battle meeting, Li Yunlong acted extremely authoritarian. He didn't like the word military democracy very much. He had an idea here and there, but who did he listen to? Lao Tzu is the head of the regiment, so you have to listen to Lao Tzu. He simply canceled the discussion and directly assigned the task: "The first battalion selected a dozen or so soldiers with better skills to disguise themselves as puppet troops, first sneak attack on the north gate, and if the sneak attack failed, they changed to a strong attack, blasted the city wall with explosives, and divided all the attacking troops into east and west. The four points in the north and the south are to be attacked at the same time. Whoever enters first will be credited with great merit. Remember, the troops that attack first should not rush in deep, and first penetrate along the city wall in a detour, kill the enemy's defensive forces on the city wall, and open the city gate. Then attack in depth from four directions, compress the enemy in the center, and finally clean up." The deputy head of the regiment, Xing Zhiguo, made a different opinion: "The head of the regiment, always choose a main attack direction, concentrate the main force in the main attack direction, and the other three The point should be to send a small force to feign an attack, so that it is difficult for the enemy to determine the direction of the main attack...." Li Yunlong interrupted Xing Zhiguo's words rudely: "Your tactics are too conventional. This time, the ratio of our forces to the enemy's forces is 5:1. The enemy's peripheral force distribution The city wall is very weak, we pour all our forces to attack from all sides, each point is the main attack direction, the enemy has to let us lead by the nose and turn each point into a key defense, but the enemy has fewer troops and we have more troops, we must take advantage You are in charge of distributing the troops, so this matter is settled, and the meeting is adjourned." The battle became intense from the very beginning, and the sneak attack of the small army almost succeeded but fell short. The battle started at the north gate first, and in an instant, gunshots like popping beans came from the other three directions. The light and heavy machine guns in the city and the city were shot at each other. Several levels of blasting teams braved the rain of bullets and rushed forward. The casualties were heavy from the beginning. Li Yunlong, who was in charge of the attack on the north gate, felt itchy. He pushed the machine gunner and used the 92-style The heavy machine guns fired at the city wall in person, and the machine guns fired so hard that the defenders on the city wall couldn't lift their heads. The blasters kept getting shot and fell, and the new blasters rushed up desperately. This was a head-to-head battle, and both sides played their lives. A demolitionist struggled to climb close to the base of the city wall, holding his legs broken by a heavy machine gun. The defenders panicked, and a string of grenades fell. The wounded demolitionist pulled the fuse before the grenade exploded... Boom: There was a huge explosion, and a huge V-shaped gap appeared in the city wall. The attacking troops rushed up like a tide, and fell down one by one... At this time, with Ping'an County as the center, there were hundreds of miles around. A pot of porridge. Chu Yunfei received information that a regiment of the Japanese army in Taiyuan had come to reinforce Ping'an County. Chu Yunfei was taken aback. The reinforcements from a regiment of the Japanese army indicated that Ping'an County was under attack and the defenders could no longer bear it. Which army ate the leopards? gall? Just ignore it and do it?
It must not be the Kuomintang army unit belonging to the second theater, otherwise he would not know. Then it should be the Eighth Route Army, but as far as he knows, apart from Li Yunlong's regiment, there is no main force of the Eighth Route Army nearby. With him, Li Yunlong, an independent regiment, how dare to attack the county? You must know that although the defense of the Japanese army is in the form of dots and lines, it has strong mobility. Each of its strongholds is not isolated. , the ministries are desperate for conservative strength. Chu Yunfei thought, it must be Li Yunlong, this kid is so stunned, he didn't even say hello, and just went about his business like this, is your regiment enough troops? Chu Yunfei was a little dissatisfied, this kid was defiant, although the two sides had friction from time to time, he was still a friendly army, right? Isn't this looking down on me, Chu? He is not a narrow-minded person. If you are dissatisfied, you are still dissatisfied. If you are busy, you still have to help. What's more, if the devil wants to pass through his territory, he must leave some road money, right? "Since the devil has come to your door, how about we set up an ambush for him?" Chu Yunfei said to Chief of Staff Lin Zhiqiang.
"Tuan Zuo, let's have one regiment against the devils and one regiment. This is not a joke. The ratio of troops is 1:1. You can't do business at a loss. Please think twice." Lin Zhiqiang disagreed.
"Of course, I don't intend to lose money. Let's make an echelon configuration and block the attack in sections to buy that kid Li Yunlong some time." Lin Zhiqiang said: "Tuan Zuo, we don't interfere with the Eighth Route Army, what are we doing to help him?" "You don't need to help other people. This Li Yunlong is still a man. If there are more officers like Li Yunlong in the Chinese army, this war will be much easier to fight. Let's get ready to fight." Chu Yunfei made up his mind.
As soon as the 358th regiment of the Kuomintang Army entered the position, the front started. The reinforcement troops sent by Li Yunlong and the Japanese army caught fire.
This was a blocking force composed of the First Company of the Independent Regiment, the County Brigade, and the District Squad, with only a few hundred people, but the Japanese army was an entire regiment. This was a fierce battle with great disparity in strength.
For four full hours, the blocking forces of the Eighth Route Army fought to the death without retreating. The heavy artillery of the Japanese army blew up the position into a sea of flames. Tenacious resistance. Chu Yunfei sent people to contact him several times and asked the blocking troops to withdraw. Let the 358th regiment of the Kuomintang Army continue to block, but the Eighth Route Army commander in charge of blocking refused, claiming that they were ordered to block for 8 hours, and they could only retreat when the time came, unless they were all killed.
This small unit of the Eighth Route Army finally fulfilled its promise. Chu Yunfei saw through the binoculars that the last few soldiers fired cluster grenades and died together with the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the battlefield. He couldn't help but secretly startled when the troops met each other on the battlefield.
The Japanese troops who had just cleared the way assembled their troops, stepped over the dead soldiers of the Independence Regiment, walked a few steps, and got into the ambush circle of the 358th Regiment. The harassment and attacks by the Eighth Route Army, the Kuomintang Army, and local armed forces in the surrounding areas gave Li Yunlong time. His tactics of attacking from all sides worked, and the simultaneous attack with equal force allocation forced the enemy defenders to also have an equal force allocation. Defending on all sides, the problem is that the difference in combat capabilities between the Japanese army and the puppet army is too great, and the puppet army will always be unable to hold on first. If it is broken, the entire defense system will collapse.
The north gate was breached first, and before the attacking troops at the north gate could make a roundabout attack, there was another loud noise at the south gate, and the south gate was also breached. rushed into the city.
The remnants of the enemy defenders occupied a brick building in the center of the county seat, surrounded by various attacking troops.
The enemy defenders fought trapped beasts and formed a dense fire net. The attacking troops were frustrated in several attacks and suffered heavy casualties. Li Yunlong was so angry that he cursed: Where's the artillery? Pull up the cannon for me, mother, I want to see if this broken brick house can withstand a few shots from me, so shoot me. Yamamoto in the building closed his eyes in despair. As a samurai, he would not die. The Yamato people firmly believe in the theory of reincarnation. Death is just the beginning of the next round of life, and there is nothing to be afraid of. What made him feel painful was the special forces that had spent his whole life in building up. At this moment, he thought of two lines of ancient Chinese poems: "Death before you leave the army will make the hero burst into tears." Aspirations unpaid, death will not rest in peace. This special force was about to be wiped out before it could make a contribution, and it was unbearable that he was defeated by the army of beggars dressed in rags and using inferior weapons.
He ordered someone to bring the captured Xiuqin, looked at the country woman carefully, pondered for a long time, and then said: "Maybe, I should call you Mrs. Li, I called you here to inform you of good news, You see, your husband's troops surrounded us, and frankly, I couldn't last long, your husband won." Xiuqin said calmly, "Then why didn't you surrender?" "No, the Emperor's soldiers are We will not surrender, we will fight to the last, the question is, do you still want to live?" Xiuqin shook her head: "If you fall into your hands, you don't plan to live. People who live to be a hundred years old are also dead. I am content with marrying a good man in my life." Yamamoto nodded and said, "I believe that the woman chosen by Mr. Li Yunlong will probably not be afraid of death, butI still want to make an effort. Are you willing to persuade your husband to negotiate with me? You know, since you were captured, I haven't used any torture methods on you, do you admit it? I am a soldier, not an executioner, and I have no interest in using violence except on the battlefield. "
Xiuqin suddenly changed her face, and spat: "Japanese devils, don't dream, you killed hundreds of people in my village, even the children, are you not the executioner? The Eighth Route Army can't spare you." Yamamoto Silently waved his hand , and ordered someone to take Xiuqin down. He didn't think it was worth arguing with a woman.
A bamboo pole protruded from the enemy's stronghold, and a white handkerchief was swaying constantly on it. The sound of guns and artillery stopped abruptly, and the battlefield became quiet. Yamamoto's voice came from over there.
"Mr. Li Yunlong, I have been admiring you for a long time. I, Kazuki Yamamoto, please be patient and listen to me. There is a saying in your country called:'Injustice has its head, and the debt has its owner. 'It was I, Kazuki Yamamoto, who had an enmity with you. This is the grievance between you and me. I have a suggestion, you might as well listen to it, if you make way for my men, I will be very grateful, in return, your wife will return to Zhao completely, your enemy—I, will stay, Whatever you want, please consider it. Li Yunlong replied: "Yamamoto, this is impossible. I not only want your life, but also the lives of all members of your secret service team. Unless you surrender unconditionally, I can give you prisoner of war treatment. From now on, I Stop fire for three minutes, you can consider, after three minutes, my artillery will open fire immediately..."
Yamamoto smiled coldly: "Mr. Li, you have been fighting the Japanese army for six years since 1937, right? In general, how many Japanese soldiers have you seen who voluntarily surrendered?" Li Yunlong thought for a while and said: " This is also true, almost none. Frankly speaking, although you Japanese soldiers are bastards, you still have military integrity. From this point of view, many Chinese soldiers are far behind. In order to save their lives, they can be dogs for others, such as Those officers of the Imperial Association Army around you, their performance really made me, a Chinese soldier, feel very embarrassed, there is no way, a rebellious son comes from a family, a treacherous minister comes from a country, it has been inevitable since ancient times." Li Yunlong was enraged by his sarcastic remarks. The captain of the puppet army in the stronghold yelled wildly: "Li Yunlong, stop talking nonsense, your wife is here, if you want to, you can shoot, and if you want to die, I will have someone to back you up."
The artillery company has already aimed all kinds of artillery at the enemy's stronghold, and the shells are also loaded. The gunners are all ashen-faced, and no one makes a sound. It is obvious that the whole regiment has put in so much effort to fight the county town. Isn't it just to save the regiment leader? wife?
This shot, is there anyone left? The monk noticed that Li Yunlong's facial muscles were twitching and his teeth were clenching. Everyone understands that the situation is very serious. Although the reinforcements from all walks of life have effectively blocked the reinforcements, their combat power is limited after all. The enemy's reinforcements will arrive soon, and there is no time to delay, otherwise all previous efforts will be wasted.
Li Yunlong's voice was very calm: "Yamamoto, there is still one minute, and there is still time to surrender." Yamamoto's voice in the stronghold was also very calm: "Mr. A tooth for an eye, thinking that only revenge can keep my dignity, I admit, I am not a generous person, if your excellency falls into my hands, I will use all the tortures to make you die in pain. Same, now my life It's in your hands, and you can't forgive me, not to mention that I destroyed that small village and hundreds of lives, I understand your revenge, you can fire." Li Yunlong raised his hand and shouted: " Artillery company, get ready to shoot..." The guard monk suddenly knelt down in front of him, grabbed the hem of his clothes and wept: "You can't fire, Commander, Xiuqin's sister-in-law is still inside, give me ten minutes, I will Lead the commandos to rush in." Li Yunlong kicked the monk down, his eyes were burning, and he shouted: "Listen to my order, get ready—fire!" The six mountain cannons fired at the same time, and the shells flew straight into the windows of the stronghold. Mortar shells were fired, drawing several arcs in the air, falling into the stronghold, a burst of concentrated fire, and the buildings of the defenders collapsed in the violent explosion.
Li Yunlong sat down weakly... There was a blank in his mind, and his body was weak.
The guard monk ran to report with tears on his face: "Commander, all the enemies in the stronghold have been wiped out, half of Yamamoto's head was cut off by shrapnel, and I found the pistol you gave Xiuqin from him, Commander, Xiuqin's sister-in-law She..." Li Yunlong waved his hand: "Stop talking...." He carefully looked at the Browning pistol in his hand, the burnt blue on the gun was shining blue in the sun.