Volume 1 Chapter 95: Come Back Alive
Although the team leader never said it explicitly, Fang Ligong was no fool.
He felt that the regiment commander seemed to have a favorable impression of the Eighth Route Army and the Communist Party.
It is even possible that the regiment commander has connections with the Eighth Route Army.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to coordinate so well in several battles.
If the regiment commander had connections with the Eighth Route Army, Fang Ligong would not find it strange.
After all, he was not the only one in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army who had connections with the Eighth Route Army.
It is thought that Shang Zhen, who had already gone to Chongqing, and Fu Zuoyi, who was about to leave the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, both maintained unclear relations with the Eighth Route Army.
Even Lieutenant General Zhao Chengsui of the First Cavalry Army of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army once invited a Communist Party member to serve as the director of the political department of the cavalry division and the director of the political department of the military and political cadre school.
Therefore, it is not surprising at all that the regiment commander had contact with the Eighth Route Army in order to fight against Japan and even exchanged intelligence with them.
I’m afraid that even if Commander Yang noticed it, he wouldn’t take it too seriously.
Fang Ligong asked this question just to confirm his guess.
After all, as the regiment chief of staff, if he cannot keep his thoughts consistent with the regiment commander, how can he keep his position as the chief of staff?
Chu Yunfei glanced at Fang Ligong and said calmly: "The commander has ordered that a battle with the Japanese army requires a written order from the commander-in-chief. Those who violate the order will be severely punished. Just order the frontline observers to closely monitor the Japanese army!"
"Yes! Commander!"
Fang Ligong was confused.
Does the regiment commander have no connection with the Eighth Route Army, or does he simply not dare to disobey military orders?
He felt that he could not see the leader clearly.
Chu Yunfei looked at Fang Ligong expressionlessly. "Officer Fang, anything else?"
"No, I will give the order right away... I will go to the frontline to take a look myself!"
"Go! Urge them to strengthen their position and fortifications!"
"yes!"
After Fang Ligong left, Chu Yunfei looked towards the direction of the independent regiment in the east.
Thinking in my heart.
You must hold on!
Thinking about the independent regiment fighting the Japanese army, he could only endure it.
I feel really bad.
I'd better go back quickly, finish writing The Legend of the Condor Heroes, and then have a showdown with Yu Manli.
I hope she will agree to my plan to go to the United States.
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Xingjiazhuang, the outer position of the independent regiment.
Zhang Dabiao ran over in a hurry.
He ran to Li Yunlong and said, "Captain, the puppet army on the opposite side is the 4th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army. But behind the puppet army is the 22nd Regiment of the Japanese, and... this time they also dispatched a tank squad consisting of 3 Iron Tortoises and 3 armored vehicles!"
"What?!" Li Yunlong, who had been observing the enemy position with a telescope, looked back .
Li Yunlong asked: "Are you sure?"
Zhang Dabiao said affirmatively. "We have asked! We caught a puppet army spy. He saw the devils dispatch the Iron Turtle with his own eyes! And more importantly, this time, the commander of the First Army of the Japanese North China Expeditionary Army, Yoshio Yuzuka, sent the 36th Division of the Japanese Army and the 4th and 9th Mixed Brigades of the Imperial Army, a total of more than 30,000 people to attack our base. The 22nd Regiment is trying to break through our regiment's defense line in one fell swoop and threaten our headquarters!"
Upon hearing that the Japanese had dispatched more than 30,000 troops, including tanks and armored vehicles, Li Yunlong knew that the Japanese were probably serious this time.
"I never thought the Japs thought highly of me, Li Yunlong. A regiment, plus a tank squadron. What a show!"
"Monk!"
Wei Dayong shouted. "Captain, call me!"
"The Japanese have sent out tanks. We can't hold out here for long! Go back and tell the political commissar to quickly organize the villagers to flee into the mountains."
"Yes! I'll go right away!"
Wei Dayong bent down and ran quickly towards Yangcun along the mountain road.
After giving instructions to Wei Dayong, Li Yunlong turned around and shouted to the soldiers of the guard platoon.
"Huzi, tell the 2nd Battalion to dig another line of defense. We need to rely on the favorable terrain to resist step by step and delay the speed of the Japanese."
"Yes, Captain!"
When Wang Hu heard this, he also ran back with his gun.
Not long after Wang Hu left, Zhang Dabiao shouted, "Captain, there's something wrong!"
When Li Yunlong heard this, he quickly picked up the telescope and looked over.
I saw puppet soldiers holding guns, moving along the mountain road and the hillsides on both sides.
The Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army had over 6,000 troops, more than three times the number of the Independent Regiment.
So many enemies spread out and surrounded us, and the hilltop was filled with enemy figures.
Li Yunlong held the box gun and shouted: "No one is allowed to shoot without my order. Everyone obeys my order!"
There were the Eighth Route Army ahead, and the puppet army did not dare to underestimate them. They advanced in battalions along the mountain roads and hills, cautiously crossing each other.
Soon, the puppet troops were seen approaching the hillside where the independent regiment was ambushing.
Li Yunlong felt that the time had come, so he aimed his gun at a man who looked like a non-commissioned officer and shouted.
"beat!"
As soon as he shouted, Li Yunlong pulled the trigger at the same time, and the sound of gunfire from the independent regiment's position immediately rang out like firecrackers.
The puppet army soldiers heard the gunshots and had not yet reacted when the fire network formed by three light machine guns swept towards the puppet army's marching team .
A rain of blood and a mist of flesh suddenly erupted, and the puppet soldiers fell down immediately.
Almost at the same time, nearly a hundred grenades fell on the ridge, causing the puppet soldiers to scream in agony.
This wave of fierce attacks defeated the puppet army in one fell swoop.
More than 6,000 Japanese soldiers turned around and ran back desperately, fearing that they would lose their lives if they were a second late.
The battle had just started and his men collapsed!
The Lady is right next to him, and he would be disappointed if he saw his men behaving so cowardly.
Will there be any good results for yourself ?
With two bangs, Wang Yaohui, the commander of the puppet army brigade, knocked to the ground the two soldiers who had led the escape.
He shouted loudly: "Keep fighting, anyone who dares to retreat will be shot!"
Wang Yaohui's guard company also took action and killed twenty or thirty of the fleeing puppet soldiers.
This immediately frightened the puppet army.
They quickly turned around, lay on the ground, raised their guns, and set up machine guns to shoot at the independent regiment's position opposite.
Although they were also equipped with Hanyang rifles, Zhongzheng rifles, and Type 38 rifles, the puppet troops had not received any training and their marksmanship was even worse than that of the National Army.
Once the gun is fired, no one knows where the bullet will go!
We only heard the sound of gunfire, but not many soldiers from the independent regiment were killed.
Colonel Kasahara Koizumi was lying behind a large rock, observing the enemy's position through a telescope.
The mountain road in the middle was empty, with no military earthworks at all.
The enemy occupied the ridges on both sides of the mountain road. There were no sandbags. It was obvious that the enemy had just arrived and had no time to dig tunnels and strengthen their positions.
Looking at the muzzle fireworks and listening to the gunshots, Kasahara Koizumi estimated that the enemy numbered about three to five hundred people.
This group of people should be trying to intercept our imperial army.
So, the enemy did this because there were more important people behind him who needed to be protected.
We must break through these people's defenses as quickly as possible to catch the big fish.
The mountain road seems to have no fortifications, but you must be careful of enemy mines.
Kasahara Koizumi waved his hand and called Wang Yaohui over. "Colonel Wang, the enemy has at most one battalion. I will dispatch the artillery squad to support you! As soon as the artillery stops, you will immediately lead your men to rush up and take over this position."
Wang Yaohui didn't dare to refuse when he heard that.
What's more, this time the lady said that there would be artillery support.
With the powerful artillery support of the Japanese army, Wang Yaohui was still very confident that he could capture the Eighth Route Army's position.
He immediately nodded, bowed and shouted, "Yes, Madam. I will go right away!"
After saying that, he quickly trotted off to organize his men and prepare for a massive attack.
Kasahara Koizumi gave the order.
Immediately, the puppet army's artillery platoon and an artillery squad of the Kasahara Regiment gathered together.
Six Taisho 11-year type 70mm indirect-fire infantry guns (mortars) were set up.
28 grenade launcher shooters and ammunition handlers approached the hillside from the low-lying road.
As soon as Li Yunlong saw the enemy's move, he immediately shouted, "One row of people stay here and try to hold the enemy back for an hour. The rest of you retreat immediately!"
Li Yunlong brought a battalion and initially just surveyed the number of enemies.
By the way, delaying the enemy's marching speed can buy more time for the second and third battalions to carry out earthwork work, and also buy time for the villagers to evacuate.
But when we saw that there were so many enemies and they were using mortars and grenade launchers, we realized that
The First Battalion didn't bring any heavy weapons, so if they continued to stay here they would just be waiting to be bombed.
Li Yunlong made a prompt decision to leave behind a platoon to tie down the enemy so that the main force could retreat safely.
Upon hearing the order, the platoon leader Liu Zhengping shouted, "Yes, Commander!"
Li Yunlong looked at the other person and said seriously, "Come back alive!"
