Bright sword, I have a red police base car

This chapter is a transitional chapter. The big part will start soon. I plan to post two chapters tomorrow.
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The soldiers of the Combined Battalion did not pay much attention to Li Yunlong's thoughts.

Now there are two armies of Japanese soldiers in front of their battalion, and they have no time to care about these things.

On the east and west sides of Niangzi Pass, the entire Japanese Second Army and part of the First and Eighth Armies have been assembled. The 300,000 Japanese troops have an absolute numerical advantage over the Red Alert Force.

However, thanks to Chen Xi's order, the missile troops and the meteorological department have bought enough time for the troops at Niangzi Pass to build a new position on the original position of the Eighth Route Army.

When conducting defensive operations, the Red Alert Force usually builds a large number of tunnels based on the terrain.

It was under the cover of the tunnels that the Red Alert soldiers were able to hold out for such a long time against the Japanese attack.

Although the soldiers of the Combined Battalion 1 have the support of the Heavy Artillery Battalion 2 in the rear, although the Red Alert's heavy artillery firepower is strong, the heavy artillery battalion consumes too much ammunition!

In the artillery cluster of the Red Alert Force, even if it is only a battalion-level unit, there are nearly a hundred artillery pieces in a large-scale setting, and the ammunition consumption of these nearly a hundred artillery pieces is not a problem under normal circumstances.

In terms of logistics during normal times, the Red Alert has sufficient manpower.

But the situation is different now.

At this stage, the Red Alert Force's focus is all on Henan, including militia forces and support and guarantee forces, and these two are the main logistical supplies for the Red Alert Force.

The support and guarantee forces of the 1st Combined Battalion and the 2nd Heavy Artillery Battalion led by Liu Huaqiang now only consisted of two battalion support and guarantee companies and the logistics department.

In addition to supplying artillery units, these logistical forces also have to support a considerable number of combined battalions.

To the extent that the Second Heavy Artillery Battalion now has to reserve some of its artillery shells for emergency use, while normal artillery support is provided by company- and platoon-level artillery units carrying out small-scale strikes.

This created an opportunity for the Japanese army's large forces to launch artillery strikes on the combined battalion's positions, and even for the infantry to approach.

“Boom boom boom!”

As Li Yunlong and others heard sporadic firing sounds, they knew that the artillery of the Red Alert Force had begun to counterattack the Japanese artillery.

"Old Li, listening to the number of artillery firing, it doesn't sound like it's from the artillery of the logistics support regiment!" Kong Jie asked with a puzzled look on his face at this time.

As the regiment commander with the longest training time in the Red Alert Force, Kong Jie believes that the abundance of artillery firepower of the logistics support regiment is jaw-dropping when the artillery attacks are so intensive that no pause can be heard.

The sparse artillery fire now even gave him an illusion.

"I don't know, don't bother me!"

Li Yunlong, who was still immersed in the fear of Zhang Shijie, just said perfunctorily and returned to his New 1st Regiment, as if only in his own army could he slightly alleviate his fear of Zhang Shijie.

The next morning, the soldiers of the Combined Battalion finally got a moment to catch their breath after repelling two attacks by the Japanese army.

Although the Red Alert soldiers were very tired, the dense Japanese corpses and tank wreckage outside the Niangzi Pass position showed that Niangzi Pass was still impregnable in the hands of the Combined Battalion.

"Fortunately, our battalion was expanded before the war. Otherwise, with the current intensity of the Japanese attack, our comrades would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago."

In the command center of Niangzi Pass, Hu Zheng, director of the political department of the Red Alert Force and commander of the combined battalion, and others were discussing the next retreat plan.

After all, the Eighth Route Army’s troops in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei direction have now all withdrawn. Next, after Li Yunlong and others complete their retreat, they will also begin to evacuate Niangzi Pass.

Li Tianyou and others who were originally at Niangzi Pass have already gone to the next location to set up defense lines according to the order of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters. Now only the Red Alert Force led by Liu Huaqiang is left at Niangzi Pass.

"report!"

"Enter!"

"Comrade Director, the logistics transport team has arrived and is expected to complete the unloading work in two hours. Should we ask the remaining comrades of the Eighth Route Army to prepare for retreat?"

Liu Huaqiang was stunned for a moment when he heard this. With the increasing intensity of the Japanese attacks recently, he almost forgot that these Eighth Route Army soldiers were still in Niangzi Pass.

"Notify them to get ready to board the bus!"

"Yes!"

Just as the correspondent was about to leave, Liu Huaqiang asked again: "How much supplies have arrived this time?"

Correspondent: "500 cars."

"Where are they retreating to? There are enough vehicles to evacuate our wounded directly."

"That's perfect, Director. This convoy is heading back to Dagu Mountain!"

At the same time, the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army were gathering in preparation for retreat.

"Old Li, do you know where we will retreat to next?" Ding Wei, who had just finished breakfast, asked Li Yunlong.

"Don't fucking ask me. Our regiment's radio station was destroyed by the Japanese during the blocking operation. If it weren't for the cavalry signalman coming over from behind, my regiment would have been wiped out by the Japanese!"

"Old Kong, do you know?"

Kong Jie: "Our regiment's radio station is also broken. It was blown up by the Japanese mortar."

Ding Wei looked melancholy when he heard this, because the radio station of their 28th Regiment was also destroyed by the Japanese.

"Damn it! So the three of us retreated because the radio broke down?!"

Li Yunlong: "Alright, alright, who cares where they retreat to? As long as we can beat the Japanese!"

As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, a Red Alert soldier ran over and asked, "Excuse me, are you the commander of the 28th Regiment, Ding Wei, the commander of the New st Regiment, Li Yunlong, and the commander of the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie?"

Kong Jie: "Comrade, it's us. What's the matter?"

"The deputy commander-in-chief of the Eighth Route Army telegraphed, ordering the 386th Brigade Independent Regiment, the New 28st Regiment, and the 386th Regiment of Jizhong to follow the logistics support regiment's transport team and immediately go to the Dagushan area for rest and recuperation. After arriving at the specific location, the th Brigade will be assigned.

The order has been delivered, please sign it."

After hearing this order, Li Yunlong felt terrible.

He now seriously suspected that Zhang Shijie knew about what happened yesterday, and today Zhang Shijie asked him to jump into the pit on Daogu Mountain!

Li Yunlong then handed the communicator a cigarette and asked the Red Alert soldier carefully, "Little brother, what new tricks has your commander Zhang prepared for me? Can you tell me about it?"

"Hmm? Is our leader in Dagu Mountain now?"

"Not in Dagushan? Then where did he go?" "It's a secret."

Hearing this, Li Yunlong felt relieved.

As long as I don’t meet Zhang Shijie, everything will be fine!

The Eighth Route Army withdrew, but the Red Alert Force still had to hold on to Niangzi Pass for a while. They also had to buy enough time for the Eighth Route Army's next line of defense to consolidate their positions.

At the same time as the Japanese troops at Niangzi Pass launched the attack, the Japanese troops in the Henan direction also made unusual movements.

Due to the destruction of the Japanese 12th Army, Japanese General Hata Shunroku immediately ordered the Japanese 15th and 17th Armies to launch a full-scale attack on the Red Alert Force.

However, the combat effectiveness of the 15th and 17th Armies at this time was very weak. The original rest and recuperation plan had not been implemented for long. The quality of the reinforcements coming from the mainland was uneven, and there was no time to integrate with the old troops.

Even the commanders of the 15th and 17th Armies felt that this attack was a stupid move by Hata Shunroku.

If the 12th Army had not attracted a large number of their troops into the defense line of the Ping'an County Security Corps, it would probably be difficult for them to cause unrest in the defense line of the Ping'an County Security Corps.

The Japanese army also planned to catch the Ping'an County Security Corps, which was encircling and annihilating the 12th Army, off guard during the period when they had not yet returned to defend.

"Report to the commander! The Iron Great Wall defense line conveys urgent military information!"

Zhang Shijie, who was leading his troops to clean up the battlefield at this time, immediately said after hearing the report from the messenger: "Read it!"

"The Japanese 15th and 17th Armies, plus a tank division and a heavy artillery division, are launching a fierce attack on our defense line from Xuchang to Kaifeng! Since our troops have not had time to shrink, we are already losing ground. We request the rear troops to immediately set up a second line of defense to prevent the Japanese army from advancing further!"

"What the hell! Is this old bastard Hata Shunroku really crazy?!"

After hearing Zhao Han's telegram, Zhang Shijie was very puzzled by Hata Shunroku's behavior.

These are the only troops the Japanese can mobilize now. If they send these troops over, they will have no follow-up forces in a short period of time, and they have already mobilized troops from all directions!
Why don't you wait for the troops to gather before coming? Why do you want to fight now?!
What? Is this really a refueling tactic?

Zhang Shijie found it difficult to understand Hata Shunroku's order. After all, the battle had been going on for such a long time, and the Japanese should also understand the disadvantages of the refueling tactics!
Isn’t that how the 11th Army was destroyed?
Although Zhang Shijie couldn't understand Hata Shunroku's thoughts, he was greatly shocked!

But at this time, Hata Shunroku was also very helpless.

In fact, he did not want to launch an attack on the Ping'an County Security Corps so hastily, but Hata Shunroku was very clear about the opponent's intelligence capabilities. If he waited until the troops were assembled, the Ping'an County Security Corps would definitely send reinforcements.

Hata Shunroku was very unsure whether they could break through the defense line after the reinforcement. After thinking about it carefully, it would be better to give them a surprise attack when Zhang Shijie was busy!

So the Japanese troops launched another attack on the Red Alert's defense line.

Since Zhao Han has proposed a second line of defense, it means that it is meaningless to provide support now. Now we can only build a second line of defense according to Zhao Han’s plan.

"Order the Guard Battalion, the First Rapid Reaction Battalion, and the First Rocket Artillery Battalion to immediately go and build a second line of defense!"

"Yes! Chief!"

Watching the messenger begin to give orders, Zhang Shijie couldn't help but sigh.

As the Japanese attack becomes more and more frenzied, the evacuation of disaster victims in Henan may be slowed down again.
Thinking of this, Zhang Shijie threw away the unburned cigarette in his hand and turned back to his command vehicle. The Japanese had concentrated all their current forces this time. If the guard battalion did not stand up, the second line of defense would suffer untold casualties.

No matter what, Zhou Jingren now has lightly equipped troops such as paratroopers or rapid reaction forces. Before the defense line is built, it will be impossible without heavy firepower support.

"Guard Company 1, go to Guqiao Town first!"

"Understood, Chief!"

As the area farthest from the two defense nodes in the Red Alert Force, Guqiao Town can be said to be the weakest link in the defense of the 6th Combined Battalion. The current main task of the Guard Company is to garrison at this location where the Japanese army is most likely to break through.

At this time in Guqiao Town, two platoons of the 6th Combined Battalion of the Red Alert Force were facing the frenzied attack of the Japanese army.

"Why the hell hasn't the air support arrived yet?! Are you fucking bastards?!"

A platoon leader of the Red Alert Force stationed in Guqiao Town was calling for air force support in the underground bunker in the face of Japanese artillery fire. However, after the Japanese army's full-scale attack, there were areas everywhere along the line from Xuchang to Kaifeng that needed support.

It takes time to arrange enough fighter planes.

"Comrade, please hold on! A group of two fighters are expected to arrive over your unit in three minutes!"

"Tell them to hurry up! Kill the Japanese artillery first!"

After putting down the radio, the platoon leader of the Red Alert Force could only continue to hide in the bunker.

This time they were facing an artillery battalion of the Japanese Army. Although they only had mountain and field artillery of less than 80 mm, the two platoon-level units of the Red Alert Force could only hide in the bunkers without any support.

During World War II, the suppression power of artillery, as the king of war, on infantry was still difficult for infantry to resist.

Fortunately, the Red Alert's air force has basically been transferred to the Henan direction. In the absence of artillery support in a short period of time, the Red Alert's air force can still provide support.

With the arrival of the two fighter planes, the Red Alert pilots also discovered the Japanese artillery positions.

"Japanese artillery positions discovered!"

"Fire!"

“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh.”

Dozens of rockets flew straight towards the Japanese artillery positions from under the wings of fighter planes. The Japanese artillerymen who failed to notice the planes in time due to the artillery firing were instantly covered by dense explosions.

"Comrades in the Army, the Japanese artillery has been destroyed, but the Japanese infantry is less than one kilometer away from you. Pay attention to defense!"

"Got it! Thank you!"

After the artillery fire stopped, the Red Alert soldiers finally came out of the bunker and organized defense in the shortest time possible.

However, due to the huge disparity in troop strength, even with the support of the Air Force, the Red Alert soldiers still had a very difficult time fighting.

At this time in the command center in Kaifeng, Zhao Han began to calculate the retreat time of the first line of defense based on the real-time movements of Zhang Shijie and Zhou Jingren.

Under such circumstances, it would be obviously unwise to confront the Japanese head-on.

Hata Shunroku has gone crazy now. What they have to do is to buy as much time as possible for the disaster victims in Henan while the Japanese are going crazy. (End of this chapter)