Chapter 13: The Imperial Army Sends Warmth
That night, Yang Lin led the independent battalion to Luotuo Ridge.
The officers and soldiers of the 358th Regiment stationed in the Luotuoling area received orders from the regiment commander Chu Yunfei early on. They handed over the defense area to Yang Lin's independent battalion and returned to the regiment headquarters to report.
Luotuo Ridge has two main peaks, east and west, and is named after its camel-like shape.
There are 7 or 8 villages near Luotuoling. The main task of the independent brigade is to guard this area of dozens of miles.
At the same time, scout the enemy situation to prevent the Japanese army from attacking from behind.
Yang Lin took a topographic map of the area near Luotuo Ridge from the officers and soldiers of the 358th Regiment who were withdrawing. After studying it, he stationed his troops in Wu Village, located at the foot of the main peak of Luotuo Ridge.
Then, Yang Lin used cash to rent a yard from the villagers of Wu Village to serve as the brigade's temporary command center.
After everything was done, Yang Lin called the soldiers into the yard and held a simple meeting.
The independent battalion, including Yang Lin, currently has 73 people. In order to facilitate future command, Yang Lin can only reduce the organization and compress the original three squads into two platoons.
Each platoon consists of 36 people, equipped with two 50mm grenade launchers, and other light and heavy weapons.
Among them, Ma Gan was appointed as the platoon leader of the 1st platoon, and Niu Dadan was appointed as the platoon leader of the 2nd platoon.
Due to the lack of suitable gunners, Yang Lin has not yet taken out the anti-tank gun and Italian gun from the system space.
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The independent battalion had just been established and there were still many things to deal with, so Yang Lin was not in a hurry to recruit soldiers.
Before I knew it, 5 days had passed.
In the past few days, Yang Lin would go to the headquarters of the 358th Regiment to sign in every day on the pretext of reporting work.
I have to say that Chu Yunfei has really taken a lot of advantage. Even after signing in for 5 consecutive days, there is no sign of him getting all the advantage.
In 5 days, Yang Lin obtained a total of 2 60mm mortars and 600 rounds of shells by signing in; 10 Type 24 heavy machine guns and 100,000 rounds of bullets; 200 Zhongzheng rifles and 50,000 rounds of bullets.
In addition, 1 silver treasure chest was also obtained.
When Yang Lin returned to the brigade headquarters, he couldn't wait to open the treasure chest.
"System, open the treasure chest!"
"Ding! The treasure chest is opened. Congratulations to the host for obtaining a perfect-level "Infantry Training Manual" skill book. The skill book will automatically merge with the host."
The infantry training manual is all-encompassing, including physical training, weapons knowledge, shooting training, as well as several small subjects such as bombing and blasting.
This is a good thing that is indispensable for a strong army and can be called a magic weapon!
In the next few days, the independent brigade, under the personal leadership of Yang Lin, engaged in intensive training.
In addition, Yang Lin still goes to the 358th Regiment headquarters to clock in every day.
Unfortunately, all they obtained were some ordinary standard equipment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, such as the Zhongzheng rifle, Czech-style rifle, ammunition, canned food, etc., but no treasure chests or artifacts .
No matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat, and Yang Lin will not despise it.
Of course, he wanted to go to the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, Yan Laoxi's headquarters, and Shinozuka Yoshio's headquarters to sign in, but the key was that the conditions did not allow it.
On this day, Yang Lin was personally guiding the soldiers in shooting training in the back mountain.
Ma Gan suddenly ran over in a hurry: "Captain, my brothers in charge of patrol and alert came to report that there is a situation in Liujiapo!"
Yang Lin asked: "What's going on?"
Ma Gan said: "There is a small group of puppet cavalry chasing a few Eighth Route Army soldiers, and they are heading towards Liujiapo now!"
Yang Lin asked again: "How many puppet troops are there?"
Ma Gan said: "Not many people, about 30 people in each row."
"The traitors are here to bring us warmth."
With war horses, patrolling, delivering messages, and transporting things become much easier.
Yang Lin lowered his head and thought for a moment, then shouted at the top of his voice: "First Platoon, assemble. Second Platoon, continue training!"
After a while, row 1 was assembled.
Yang Lin briefly explained the mission and mobilization, then led his troops along a shortcut to Liujiapo.
Liujiapo is a barren mountain area with hilly terrain, about 4 or 5 miles away from the independent brigade’s base.
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"Gee, gee, gee..."
In the wilderness in front of Liujiapo, three Eighth Route Army soldiers waved their whips desperately and headed towards the village.
The leader was a little older and looked like an officer from his military uniform.
The other two Eighth Route Army soldiers actually carried briefcases.
Behind them, a group of puppet cavalry were chasing them relentlessly.
"Brothers, do you see the briefcases on the Eighth Route Army soldiers ahead? There must be high-ranking officers among them. As long as we capture them alive, the Grand Master will definitely give us a huge reward!"
The puppet army's war horses were strong and ran much faster than the Eighth Route Army's war horses.
After chasing for a while, the distance between the two sides became closer and closer.
"Stop now, Eighth Route Army soldiers in front! Or we will shoot!"
The puppet soldier roared a few times loudly, and seeing that the Eighth Route Army in front of him did not respond, he raised his cavalry rifle and pulled the trigger.
The three Eighth Route Army soldiers on horseback leaned forward and clung to their horses' backs to make themselves less of a target.
"Snapped!"
“Pah, pah, pah!——”
There was a burst of gunfire and all the bullets flew into the sky.
One of the Eighth Route Army soldiers couldn't help but taunt him, "Captain, these traitors are so bad at shooting. They've wasted all those good horses."
"It's not that they are bad at shooting. These traitors probably want to capture us alive and bring us back for reward." The leading Eighth Route Army officer glanced back and said to the two men with a serious expression: " Don't act rashly. We will soon enter the mountains. Then we can find a way to deal with them!"
