Rise from the sword

Chapter 257 Preparation
Shou County.

07:30 in the morning.

It was winter, and although it had been sunny recently, the ground was still covered with a layer of white frost overnight, and in the morning sunlight, occasionally a piece of crystal could be seen, which was the frozen water on the ground.

Even if it is sunny, the winter in Jindi is already bitingly cold.

Outside Shouxian County, in a piece of rubble beside the road, Cao Mantang tightened his thick cotton coat, and then spread out the outermost layer of worn-out sacks to cover his figure, feeling a rare psychological emotion.

In the early days of the formation of the new regiment, he also carried out this kind of reconnaissance mission,

That time, it was also winter, and he was also lurking outside the devil garrison, but at that time the army was poor, and he only had a bombed-out devil uniform on his body, and then wrapped it in a layer of old sacks, and lurked overnight on an empty stomach. His belly was hardened into lumps from the cold, and after returning to the regiment after the mission, he suffered a serious illness and almost didn't survive.

But now, the close-fitting thick warm cotton coat is tightly wrapped, and the old sacks outside are just camouflage this time. After a night, although the hands and feet are cold, the stomach is warm and alive, and the white flour stuffed with meat that I ate yesterday Cake, even now I still don't feel hungry.

Feeling emotional in his heart, the movement of his hands didn't stop. He took out a piece of dried chili from his arms and stuffed it into his mouth to chew.

Hiss... The hot smell dissipated, dispelled the chill on his body, and also dispelled the sleepiness accumulated after a night of sleeplessness. He stretched out his hand and pulled the branches outside the observation port, and Cao Mantang cast his sights on the road.

On the road only twenty meters away from him, the brigade of Japanese troops was advancing at high speed, the nailed army boots stepped on the road and kicked, and the tires of the cars rolled up smoke and dust.

Some devils even walked right in front of his eyes. Through the observation hole, Cao Mantang could even see the laces on the devils' army shoes.

The place where he hid was originally a house of a rich family. When the little devil attacked Shou County, it was blown down and turned into rubble, and the owner of the house was also missing.

Because he was attacked not long ago, the little devil was very vigilant. There was a mine-sweeping team responsible for opening the way in front of the queue, and there were small groups of Japanese troops on both sides of the army to spread the alert. The warning circle extended to more than 500 meters outside the marching army. Under their eyelids, someone was lurking.

After all, within 200 meters, if you attack an army of devils, you will definitely not be able to escape.

The devil was not mistaken.

This time Cao Mantang was not attacking the devils. He stared at the devils until all the little devils left. He got up and walked behind. He was writing and drawing in a notebook in his hand, recording what .

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Yang Village.

A pigeon landed quietly, with a small paper tube tied to its foot.

A soldier of the independent regiment caught the pigeon, took off the small paper tube, and sent it all the way to Zhang Dabiao.

When Miyano Michiichi was killed in Jiaoxian County, the mission almost failed due to backward communication means. The independent group learned from the pain and found a way to build a set of carrier pigeons to solve the communication problem.

Although the delay of pigeons is still higher than that of radio, it is much faster than that of people riding horses. Given the distance between Shou County and Yang Village, it only takes a few hours for the message to be transmitted back quickly.

"Six [-]-style mountain cannons."

"Also used about [-] civilians to transport supplies?"

Zhang Dabiao frowned at the news Cao Mantang sent back.

This time, because there was no enemy intelligence provided by Boss Chen, the independent group had no choice but to search for information on their own. Considering that the previous professional intelligence personnel were caught by the devils, and other personnel in Shou County were not professional in collecting intelligence, they sent Cao Mantang over there. .

Snipers are great scouts.

just.

Even though he had already been prepared in his heart, the little devil's force this time must not be weak, but the information passed back still made Zhang Dabiao find it very difficult, and directly overturned the previous battle plan.

Six 41 mountain cannons, which already exceeded the size of an artillery squadron, and besides the artillery team, there were more than 300 civilian men on camels transporting supplies, that is to say, the devils had prepared sufficient shells for this battle.

Six mountain cannons, and enough manpower and shells...

It's not a good fight.

It is absolutely impossible to stick to Yangcun.

Although he is also supported by three 82 mortars from the artillery company, and the reinforced fire company also has six 60 mortars. The ammunition reserve is very sufficient and there is a solid Yangcun bunker, but the 82 mortars can only deal with the 60 The infantry artillery is far from the mountain artillery. As for the [-]-degree artillery, it is used to bully grenade launchers.

The artillery firepower of the independent regiment is at an absolute disadvantage.

Not to mention, this time the devils attacked with more troops than him, not even superior in numbers.

Spreading out the map near Yangcun and scanning the surrounding terrain, Zhang Dabiao squinted his eyes and thought.

According to the commander's battle plan, after the battle begins, his first battalion needs to attract the little devils for at least half a day, but in the face of the devils with the powerful firepower of six mountain cannons and the superior force, it is necessary to do some advance planning Prepare.

It's not easy to fight, but it doesn't mean you can't fight.

The independent regiment now has a lot of cards, with guns and cannons, and it is more than ten times stronger than the new regiment. Even if it is not as good as the devil, it can still wrestle with the devil head-on.

Moreover, after fighting the little devil for so long, Zhang Dabiao can already see the little devil's battle plan from the little devil's weapons, equipment and strength.

"Go and call the commander of the firepower company, and the deputy commander of the artillery company."

Zhang Dabiao said to a soldier.

This time, the artillery company commander Yan Sheng followed Li Yunlong and the regiment headquarters, leaving the deputy company commander with half of the artillery company to support Zhang Dabiao.

Soon, the two arrived at the regiment headquarters.

"I give you a task."

Zhang Dabiao got straight to the point. He pointed to several mountain peaks within a few kilometers around Yangcun, and said:
"Each of you bring a few cannons, bring more shells, bring a big mule, hide around here, wait for the little devil to attack, and immediately attack the little devil's artillery position after watching my signal flare..."

The core of the devil's firepower lies in the six mountain cannons.

Therefore, the key to this battle is to suppress or even destroy the artillery firepower of the devils.

As long as the devil's artillery failed to suppress and destroy Yangcun's defensive position, he was confident that he could hold off the devil for enough time.If he also has a few mountain cannons, and then give him two more companies, hehe, he can be nailed to Yangcun.

"Yes."

After listening to the combat mission assigned by Zhang Dabiao, the two saluted and left.

Putting away the map and taking a last look at the empty space, Zhang Dabiao cursed:
"Damn it, labor and management hate this kind of battle the most."

Zhang Dabiao follows Li Datuan's personality and temperament, he likes to attack and hates passive defense.

But in this battle, he had no choice but to let go, at least one to two troops, and the complex mountainous environment gave him no chance or capital to attack. Attacking, I'm afraid it would not be delivering food to the devils.

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Shouxian County is more than 70 miles away from Yangcun Highway. Because they carried a lot of luggage and heavy-duty civilian husbands, and they had to guard against being ambushed by the Independent Regiment, the marching speed was not fast, and they only arrived around Yangcun in the evening.

At this time, Oshima Suga was in a village with a large army, and this village had already been emptied, and even the furniture and food at home were all emptied, and, judging from the traces, it had already left It's been several days.

This situation made Oshima Suga's expression very ugly.

Obviously, the people here had already expected that the imperial army would come, so they left early.

This is already the base of the independent regiment, but it is the core area, and there are villages that have been completely evacuated. That is to say, Li Yunlong knew that he was going to attack. A few days ago, he organized a retreat with only ordinary people.

This made Oshima Suga more worried about this offensive operation.

Although at the beginning, he never thought of hiding this attack from Li Yunlong. After all, such a brigade left Shou County and marched in mightily.

But he never thought that Li Yunlong was ready a few days ago.

This situation is completely different.

A few days is enough for Li Yunlong to gather all the troops and organize the transfer of all the people in the so-called base area.

If Li Yunlong leaves with his troops and does not fight him head-on, then this time he can only destroy the opponent's ammunition depot, which cannot solve the fundamental problem. He needs to destroy Li Yunlong's main force, at least severely damage Li Yunlong's troops, before he can reach the headquarters The minimum requirements, so that Li Yunlong can not make trouble for a period of time.

Then he has to continue to be stationed in Shou County.

As for killing Li Yunlong, when he saw the empty village, he already gave up hope.

He found the officer of the intelligence department and asked:

"Have you received any news?"

"not yet."

The officers of the intelligence department also looked solemn.

He was sent by Kazuki Yamamoto to be in charge of contacting Zhu Ziming, but after being in Shou County for so long, he still has not received any news from Zhu Ziming. He has sent people to check all the twelve information contact points, and there is no one. The message is delivered.

"Will it be discovered?"

Thinking of the village that was evacuated a few days earlier, Oshima Kan's eyes flashed.

"probably not."

The intelligence officer thought for a moment, then shook his head:

"There are traces of him around the contact point, which means that he has not been discovered yet. There should be no chance to spread information. Li Yunlong can know about our attack, and the troops must be in a state of combat readiness."

In combat readiness, as long as it is a normal army, it is common sense that no one will be given the opportunity to act alone.

Under the night, looking at Yangcun in the distance, Oshima Kan squinted his eyes and looked thoughtful.

After pondering for a moment, he called the squadron leaders:
"Rest for five hours, and then enter the predetermined positions according to the combat plan."

Oshima Suga decided to continue the offensive.

Regardless of whether Li Yunlong retreated or not, he continued to attack according to the original plan.

If Yangcun does not have Li Yunlong's troops, then he will move the whole army to its ammunition depot. As long as the ammunition depot is destroyed, Li Yunlong's continuous combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

　There are loopholes everywhere.

　　For this volume, let’s write like this first...o(╥﹏╥)o
　　
　
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