The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 414 Li Yunlong's Path to Fortune
"Under normal circumstances, it is basically impossible for us to pull out the strongholds of the Japanese army and break through the county towns of the Japanese army. Devil reinforcements will arrive at any time, and we will not be given such an opportunity."

"Without the roots and the vast and deep mountains as a barrier, we are definitely no match for the devils in the county towns and plains."

"But once the Japanese army came out with all their troops due to the big sweep, and the rear was empty of troops, leaving only some puppet troops with little combat effectiveness, this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us."

"There are only a few puppet troops left. What's so scary about counties and towns with some devils' gendarmerie?"

"Remember, this kind of opportunity may only come once in ten years. We either don't do it, or we do it with big votes. Once our plan is successfully implemented, all of your battalions must give me the upper hand in the rear. Seize equipment and materials as much as possible, and at the same time destroy various military facilities built by the Japanese army in the county."

This is Kong Jie's explanation to the three battalion commanders when the first battalion, second battalion, and third battalion were about to leave.

The situation in front of him was just like Kong Jie's judgment.

Because of the Japanese army's sweep against the Taihang area this time, almost all the main combat troops in the counties came out, leaving only an empty shell in the rear.

When the first battalion, second battalion, and third battalion of the independent regiment, which were well-equipped and powerful in fighting power, made a roundabout way to the rear of the Japanese army, it was like entering a no-man's land for a while.

When they hit Yangquan, there were still some devils and puppet soldiers desperately resisting, but with the support of comrades from the enemy's Ministry of Industry, they still broke through the city gate.

When the commander of the third battalion led his troops to other villages and towns, there were few devils, and the town guards of the puppet army abandoned the town and fled without being shot a few times.

The main control areas of the Japanese army are still in some counties. In such remote villages and towns, there are very few defensive troops. In addition, the rear is empty and there are no reinforcements. The devils also know that it is impossible to stop the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

In this way, Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, led the soldiers to attack the villages and towns around Yangquan, all the maintenance associations in the town, and some puppet army organizations.

The smoothness of the journey is almost like a dream. .

The devil is not here, this is the mountain without the tiger, just let it go.

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When Li Yunlong led the team to the vicinity of Yangquan, he only regretted that he didn't have two more legs and ran too slowly. Some of the strongholds he encountered on the road had been pulled out by the three battalions of the independent regiment who were faster.

"Regimental Commander, there is a medium-sized Japanese stronghold on the road not far away, but the gun tower has been blown up. It seems that the comrades of the Independence Regiment did it."

Scouts had news from the front.

Li Yunlong was trembling with distress. It was so hard to get to the rear. When we encountered so many strongholds, we thought we could get some meat to eat, but in the end they all followed the independent regiment's ass and ate ashes, and didn't even pick up the leak. arrive.

"Da Biao, I see that this direction is not right, we can't continue walking in this direction, we are all following behind the independent group, we can't even drink soup!"

"The bastards of the Independent Regiment took down the stronghold, and almost took away the bricks of the stronghold."

"Leader, let's change direction?" Zhang Dabiao suggested.

Li Yunlong thought for a while, nodded in agreement, and said: "This time the devils underestimated our new second regiment. Now that our new second regiment has fought all the way, I guess the little devils have not recovered yet."

"At present, the Japanese army's rear is empty. Such opportunities are rare. Since we are here, we can't come here in vain."

"It's better to change the direction. It happens that the troops of the independent regiment are also making trouble behind the devils. Their direction attracts all the devils' attention. It's better for us to do it here."

Zhang Dabiao said happily: "Leader, let's hurry up and do it!"

"No rush." ​​Li Yunlong shook his head, and said, "Right now, only our first battalion has broken out from our new second regiment, and the other troops are still holding back the Japanese brigade in the base area."

"In such a large rear area, the main force of the little devils is not there, and there are more opportunities to make a fortune. The more people we have, the better."

"In this way, first divide the team into three groups, and rescue the local troops around here. Then we will join hands with the comrades of the local troops. We will eat meat, and let the local comrades drink some soup, and get more seizures by the way."

"Yes!"

"By the way, Da Biao, there is one more thing. Did you bring the metal mine detector you prepared this time?" Li Yunlong asked.

Zhang Dabiao replied: "Head, bring it with you. Isn't this the devil's mine detection thing? After taking down the stronghold, I found a few mine detectors in the devil's material warehouse, but I didn't understand it. What are you doing with this thing?"

Li Yunlong said: "Originally, I wanted to use these mine detectors to dig out all the mines buried by the devils around the stronghold after the stronghold was laid down. It will always come in handy in the future."

"But just before, it occurred to me that these mine detectors might still be useful."

"You don't know, when I was in the Red Army in Hubei, Henan and Anhui, I used a metal detector to find the copper coins and gold bars that the landlord Laocai buried around the house. This thing can not only find landmines, You can also find all kinds of metal treasures."

"You think, if we go to the rear of the devil-occupied area, take down those towns, and destroy the devil's maintenance association, his second devils and traitors will definitely not hand over their finances to us honestly after receiving the news.

Maybe before we called, we buried all those valuables in the surrounding underground.

At that time, our mine detectors will come in handy. Let him find and dig out all the treasures hidden by these traitors and devils. "

"In addition, this time the Japanese army's raid is moving forward in the form of a large encirclement."

"Our New Second Regiment broke out easily because the little devil didn't pay much attention to it, but the other troops are probably struggling with the anti-mopping situation in front of them!"

"When the devil's sweeping troops are advancing, many of our other regiment's troops will lay an ambush on the way."

"When our army fights the devil's ambush, we usually encounter such a situation, that is, after successfully finishing the ambush and eliminating the devil, the devil's reinforcements will arrive soon.

We can't take a lot of equipment with us, heavy machine guns, and even some artillery. Take it, it's too heavy, don't take it, throw it to the devils or blow it up, and you can't bear it.

So what to do?I can only find some places to bury these artillery equipment on the spot, and wait until I find an opportunity in the future to come back and dig out these weapons.

Because of this, there are many equipment that are buried in the ground, and there are also some that can't be found later.

In addition, even around the downed strongholds, there may be equipment buried by the devils and puppet troops before they could take them away in time. "

Zhang Dabiao's mind was spinning quickly, and he immediately came back to his senses, "Commander, what do you mean we use the mine detectors we brought to find all the weapons that may be buried in the ground for him?"

Li Yunlong said: "That's what it means."

Zhang Dabiao said dumbfounded: "But, leader, if our own comrades buried this, wouldn't that be too good?"

Li Yunlong glared: "What's wrong? I don't dig it, what if it is dug up by the returning devils? At worst, which group of them buried it in the future, as long as you can report the name of the weapon and where it was buried , Let’s give it back to him, Old Li.”

Zhang Dabiao: "..."

I couldn't help complaining in my heart, the head of the team just listened to what he said happily.

The key is who knows exactly where it is buried?
If you don't admit it, leader, who can do anything to you?

"After arriving at the place, first ask the surrounding villagers to see where the battle took place, and then use our mine detectors to let the detection team explore around the battlefield to see if they can find treasures."

Li Yunlong ordered that he seemed to see a golden road to making a fortune.

Then, under the leadership of Li Yunlong, the First Battalion of the New Second Regiment acted quickly. First, they defeated the small force of the Japanese army in some surrounding villages and towns and rescued the local comrades and militiamen.

Then he led the militia and local army comrades to go deep into the rear of the Japanese-occupied area and seized them everywhere.

And the metal detector that Li Yunlong deliberately brought with him really came in handy.

The metal detection circle in front of these mine detectors can detect metals buried deep in the ground by using the electromagnetic induction effect.

After successfully taking down towns where there were not many Japanese troops stationed, Li Yunlong led the troops to quickly take down the local maintenance association.

Those traitors really buried the treasure in the ground as Li Yunlong speculated, but Li Yunlong inquired about it, found it with a mine detector, and dug it out.

It has to be said that Li Yunlong's way of making a fortune is really perfect.

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On the other side, Wang Leihu and Shen Quan led the troops and ambushed the Japanese returning reinforcements on the way.

Less than an hour after the battle started, Ding Wei's new regiment also arrived.

The area where the devil was originally located was in the defense zone of the Iron Triangle. Once the battle started, it was impossible for the little devil to deal with a regiment alone.

The captain of the Japanese army who was flanked back and forth was very depressed.

Forget about this independent regiment, where did the troops appear in front of them?

How did the mopping up troops in front of them allow the Eighth Route Army to break out easily?
The reason for this is probably thanks to the battle of the Independence Regiment to wipe out the Yamazaki Brigade in Lijiapo.

In the battle at Lijiapo, the Yamazaki brigade was destroyed so suddenly that the Japanese military headquarters judged that the Eighth Route Army had the strength to quickly eat up a brigade of the empire.

In the subsequent sweeps, naturally they did not dare to act alone with combat units smaller than the brigade level.

To beware of being broken one by one by the Eighth Route Army.

This is like a Japanese sweeping net encircling the Taihang area. When the Japanese army's strength is limited, the larger the combat unit, the larger the mesh.

Once the mesh is large, the fish in the net can easily get out.

The independent group is even worse.

Directly hide the main force in the mountainous area, avoid the big net swept by the Japanese army, and then make a fuss in the rear of the Japanese army.

Then the new second regiment broke out.

Now Ding Wei also led the new regiment to break out.

The Japanese army swept the big net towards the Taihang area. When the three regiments of the Iron Triangle were at the gate, they carried out fragmentedly. The troops of the three regiments of the Iron Triangle broke through the encirclement of the Japanese army one after another.

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Time passed to the second day when the Japanese army launched a big raid.

The Japanese brigade drawn from the Independent Fourth Mixed Brigade that besieged the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment was ambushed by Shen Quan and Wang Leihu on their way back to aid, and then by the New First Regiment led by Ding Wei. The regiment raided from the back.

The Japanese brigade suffered more than one-third of the casualties, and retreated in embarrassment all the way to a town in the occupied area, unable to hold out.

The headquarters of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.

Far water can't save near fire, and Taiyuan is too far away from Yangquan, so we don't know when it will be when we rush there.

That's why Shinozuka Yoshio asked the Fourth Brigade to send troops back to Yangquan.

Right now, the brigade returning to aid was beaten by the noisy Eighth Route Army in the rear, hiding in the town and not daring to go out.

Yoshio Shinozuka was furious when he heard the news, and ordered the independent fourth brigade to be reorganized, and then two brigades and a puppet regiment were dispatched to return to Yangquan.

"Yangquan must never be lost, this involves the face of our Great Japanese Empire!

Let the Fourth Mixed Brigade immediately return to aid, and in addition, the direction of Taiyuan City will hurry up and dispatch reinforcements.

The reinforcements are expected to arrive near Yangquan within two days.

Let the mixed Fourth Brigade besiege the troops near the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army, and temporarily restrain the Independent Regiment, New First Regiment, and New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, waiting for the arrival of reinforcements.

Other mopping forces continued to move forward. "

"Hi!" Ayumi Kitagawa, chief of staff of the First Army, responded, and immediately went to arrange for Yoshio Shinozuka's order.

West Village and Zhangjiazhuang.

It was getting dark.

The fighting continued, and in less than two days, the Japanese troops attacking the two villages were forced to retreat six times.

Right now, the Japanese army attacking Lianglu Village chose to withdraw from the village after dark.

As for the reason, just the night before, the independent regiment, which had been forced to defend, launched a night attack after nightfall, using its familiarity with the village environment, causing considerable casualties to the Japanese army.

Right now, the devils are afraid of being attacked by the independent regiment after dark.

After the order from the First Army Headquarters in Taiyuan City was delivered, Ishii Yuanichi, the leader of the devils' regiment, and Shube Yamaguchi, the brigade commander, looked helpless.

This independent and mixed fourth brigade had originally withdrawn a brigade to return to aid.

Now the order from the commander requires that two brigades be dispatched again.

The independent group, which was already difficult to chew, is now even more hopeless.

"Secretly mobilize troops to return to aid. We must beware of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment taking advantage of the opportunity to attack us. Right now our troops are dwindling. Originally, we wanted to eat up the three regiments of the Iron Triangle in one go. Now it seems that we can only contain them temporarily!"

When analyzing the battle situation, Ishiihara said helplessly.

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Niukou Village.

After the Japanese army mobilized troops back to aid Yangquan that night, they continued to attack the next morning, but the intensity dropped significantly.

Lei Dasheng, the commander of the Fourth Battalion, and Du Aiguo, the commander of the Fifth Battalion, soon noticed the situation and reported the situation to Kong Jie.

"The devil's offensive strength has been weakened? It is probably related to the turmoil of Shen Quan and the others in the rear. Immediately investigate with manpower to see if the devil has secretly withdrawn his troops and returned to aid."

Kong Jie ordered.

Soon, the news reached the regiment headquarters, and Lei Dashenghui reported: "Regimental Commander, your guess is really good. According to our investigation, the devils took at least two more soldiers from the troops attacking our independent regiment and the new regiment." A brigade or so of troops, plus a regiment of puppet troops, left from around our base area, and it seems that they are returning to Yangquan for reinforcements."

"Once the devils come back to help, I'm worried about Lao Shen and the others..."

Kong Jie said: "Don't worry, that kid Shen Quan has a lot of ideas.

Now the main force of the devils is still encircling our Taihang area, with such a large battle space in the rear, even if Shen Quan and the others can't beat them, they can still avoid the devils' reinforcements.

However, we can also help. "

Lei Dasheng's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Leader, what are we going to do?"

Kong Jie said: "The remaining troops of the devils have weakened their offensive momentum. It seems that they are short of manpower due to the return of troops, and they just want to contain the troops in our base area.

Then we will do what the devil wants, pretending to be restrained by the little devil, and then secretly mobilize our troops, pass through the secret transportation channel, detour to the devil's rear, and make trouble in other directions surrounded by the devil! "

Lei Dasheng said: "Hey, Commander, that's a good idea. I heard that in this anti-sweeping campaign, except for the three regiments of the Iron Triangle, the situation of the other troops is not ideal, and the casualties are not small."

"Let's take the opportunity to fight there, and it will also reduce the pressure on these brother troops."...

(End of this chapter)