I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

Ever since the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment retreated from the Tumen Coal Mine the night before, the Japanese 1st and 8th Divisions began to advance rapidly westward.

Then, they encountered endless harassment and ambushes from the two regiments along the Zhengtai Road west of Tumen Coal Mine.

These two powerful main forces in northwestern Shanxi constantly took turns to provide cover and block the enemy in stages, causing the Japanese to suffer greatly and suffer a lot of casualties.

It greatly slowed down their speed of action.

The Japanese Lieutenant Generals Saburo Nakazawa and Masazo Honda were so angry that they wanted to draw their swords and kill people.

They didn't suffer such a big loss when they swept through Central Hebei!
In particular, Okamura Ji Ning, who was stationed in Shimen, heard that they had not achieved their tactical goals in time after receiving his telegram and had failed to eliminate the current enemy first. He immediately sent a telegram in anger, scolding the two of them.

After feeling the pressure from the old Japanese devil Okamura, the commander of the 1st Division, Saburo Nakazawa, had to give orders to his troops: let them catch the fleeing enemy in front at all costs.

It was for this reason that a small group of people chased Hu Daqiang and others, ran to Wei Dayong and others, and served them a small plate of appetizers.

……

This side of Huangping Town.

The 6000 soldiers of the Special Forces Regiment and the soldiers of the two supplementary regiments turned into groundhogs and worked desperately to build trenches and fortifications inside and outside the town.

After working non-stop for a day and a half, Han Yang hurried over to report to Yang Yuanshan:
"Captain, the trenches and fortifications east of the town entrance are all ready!"

"Okay! Let's go check it out!"

Yang Yuanshan patted the dirt off Han Yang's shoulders and ran out of the town with him.

……

After a while, the two arrived at the east side of Huangping Town.

I saw three lines of defense on the ground in front of me, blocking the entire Zhengtai Road.

In each line of defense, there are four or five long trenches and countless fortifications, artillery positions, and foxholes.

Each trench was chest-deep.

Moreover, every seven or eight meters, there is an anti-artillery hole that can accommodate four or five soldiers.

The anti-gun cave was even supported by wood to prevent it from being collapsed by the Japanese artillery fire.

On average, there is a heavy machine gun position between every two anti-artillery holes, covered with sandbags.

There are multiple communication trenches connecting each trench, which makes it easy to enter the position and evacuate.

……

"Not bad!
Han Yang, you have all worked hard these past two days!"

Yang Yuanshan was quite satisfied with the current situation of the trench.

He estimated that as long as he placed a main battalion here, relying on these trenches, he could hold off the Japanese for at least a day!
——If you don’t care whether your team will be hit by light or not.

Han Yang felt that all the fatigue in his body was relieved immediately after being praised.

He quickly introduced:

“Captain, I also buried the mines you gave me within 200 meters of the first line of defense.

If the Japanese want to get close to our trenches, they will have to pay a heavy price! "

"That's not necessarily true. The Japanese have tanks. If they use the tanks to crush us directly, the anti-personnel mines will not be able to do anything to them."

Yang Yuanshan shook his head.

"Tanks? Tanks aren't that big of a deal, right?

At worst, we can just let Shuanglin’s anti-aircraft guns fire horizontally to blow up all their tanks, right?
With just the Japanese's thin tanks, let alone anti-aircraft guns, even Lao Guo's machine guns can handle them."

Han Yang disagreed.

"What if the Japanese bombers come too, and Shuanglin and Youqing can't take care of them?"

Yang Yuanshan retorted.

Han Yang was suddenly speechless.

He asked awkwardly:

"Captain, what can you do?"

"Let's do it again.

I'll give you a batch of flamethrower fuel tanks, and you'll bury them at the outermost edge of the minefield.

If the Japs really use tanks to clear mines, you can detonate these fuel tanks and burn them to death!"

Yang Yuanshan said fiercely.

"Captain, does this method work?

The iron shell of a tank is afraid of fire?"

Han Yang was a little skeptical.

"Hey, of course!
Most of today's tanks use gasoline engines.

Gasoline is very easy to evaporate and ignite. Once our flamethrower fuel tank is detonated, it will be easy to ignite the Japanese tank's fuel tank.

Even if some tanks are lucky, the high temperature of the flames will be transmitted into the tank through the iron sheet and roast the tank soldiers inside! "

Yang Yuanshan explained with a chuckle.

Tanks these days don’t have air conditioning or anything like that, and the temperature in the cab is already high.

If we add fuel to the fire outside, you can imagine how painful it would be!
"So that's how it is. Fine, let's do it!"

Han Yang nodded excitedly.

It seemed as if I could see the Japanese tanks being burned into huge fireballs.

"And you need to dig your trench deeper."

Yang Yuanshan pointed to the trench in front of him and said.

"Ah, digging deeper?

"Captain, it's already up to our chests. If we dig any more, how will the soldiers be able to fire?"

Han Yang was a little confused.

"At this depth, once the Japanese enter our trenches, they can use these trenches to cause trouble for us.

If we continue to dig deeper, once they enter the trenches, they can only charge forward through our communication trenches. At that time, we only need to use heavy machine guns to block these communication trenches, and the Japanese will be blocked in these trenches and unable to advance an inch! "

Yang Yuanshan explained.

“Captain, I understand what you mean, but the trenches have been dug deeper, what are we going to do?

Isn't it impossible to fire normally?"

Han Yang was very puzzled.

"Can't you be smarter, kid?

Why not take some people to chop some wood, make some benches, and let the soldiers stand on the benches and fire their guns?
When we leave, take the bench with us.

By then, when the Japanese enter our trenches, we will have no choice but to watch.

Our grenades and grenade launchers can make them cry for their parents."

Yang Yuanshan became a little anxious and slapped him on the stubborn head.

He got this idea from the story of how Brigade Commander Chen dealt with the Japanese before he traveled through time, when he wrote it down.

He had never thought about it before, but this time he had to deal with two Class A divisions and he felt tremendous pressure, so he dug it out from the depths of his memory.

Hearing what he said, Han Yang immediately looked at him like a fool and reminded him:

"Captain, let's not talk about how much time and effort it would take to cut down trees and make benches. When the battle comes, can the soldiers really take all the benches away in a hurry?

If there are any benches left, wouldn't all this effort be in vain? "

When he said this, Yang Yuanshan suddenly looked embarrassed.

But he didn't want to give up, so after a little thought, he came up with a solution:
“Then no need for a bench!
So, why don't you just dig out steps on the outer side of the trench?
The soldiers stood on the steps as they faced the enemy head-on.

When retreating, jump down the stairs and run.

Once the Japs get into the trenches, they won't be able to use these steps!"

Hearing this idea, Han Yang nodded repeatedly:

"Okay, this is a good idea!

It's such a long trench, and digging steps would be a lot of work."

"Then just do it in a few trenches on the first line of defense!

Anyway, the first line of defense is definitely the first to be abandoned."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

……

After returning from the town entrance, Yang Yuanshan was about to go up the mountains on both sides to have a look, when Zhan Haishan came over and told him:
"I just got a call from my superiors saying that the Japanese are already attacking the Niangzi Pass defense line.

Remind us to speed up deployment.”

Yang Yuanshan frowned and cursed:
"The damn Japanese attacked so fiercely.

They reached Niangzi Pass from Tumen Coal Mine so quickly! " "Yes. They were able to move so fast despite the harassment and blocking of the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment. This group of devils is really extraordinary."

Zhan Haishan couldn't help but sigh.

"It's okay. Our construction is almost ready. It will be completed in one day at most.

Haishan, I'm going to the mountain to check on the progress of the first battalion. You send a telegram to ask Zhao Li how long it will take for the 20 kilograms of dry food to be delivered.

Don't wait for the Japanese to come, the soldiers will have to fight on an empty stomach! "

Yang Yuanshan arranged.

Although they had brought some dry food with them, the soldiers had been traveling and digging trenches over the past two days, which had consumed a lot of physical energy and they had almost finished eating.

"Okay, I'll go right away."

……

The next day at noon, Yang Yuanshan finally received good news:

All the fortifications, trenches, anti-gun holes, etc. in the entire Huangping Town are ready!
Now, looking down at the ground from the sky, you can see that the entire Huangping Town is filled with trenches crisscrossing like a spider web.

It’s daunting.

He immediately ordered the soldiers:

“Each battalion immediately followed the previous deployment and went to sleep in their positions.

The replacement regiment retreated to the west of the town to rest!"

The soldiers have been busy for the past few days and are already exhausted. They need a good rest to restore their fighting power.

In addition to this good news, Meng Zhisheng, the company commander of the quartermaster battalion, also hurried over with his transport team.

Seeing the 20 kilograms of dry food they brought, Yang Yuanshan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

They knew that they no longer had to kill the mules and horses grazing in the barley valley as military rations.

Of course, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

After all, meat tastes much better than dry food.

When the broth is cooked, the aroma spreads from ten miles away!
……

After receiving the grain brought by Meng Zhisheng, Yang Yuanshan did not let them go back immediately.

Instead, let them find a place to rest for two days first.

On the one hand, they had traveled a long distance and were very tired.

On the other hand, he also estimated that when the Japanese arrived, there would definitely be a number of wounded soldiers in the regiment.

At that time, letting Meng Zhisheng and his transport team of several thousand people take the goods back on the way can also save a lot of manpower.

Then he ordered the telegraph operator:

"Send a telegram to the superiors and tell them that our special forces regiment has made all the arrangements.

Please, comrades from the brother units, stop blocking the little devils and let them come over!"

"Yes!"

The telegraph operator answered the order loudly, feeling his blood boiling.

The war is coming, who wouldn’t be excited?
……

Speaking of Li Yunlong, he led his guard regiment and 7 supplementary regiments all the way east and hurriedly came to a cave only about 1 kilometer away from Niangzi Pass.

Ding Wei and Xing Zhiguo temporarily set up their command center here.

After hearing the sentry report that their superior had arrived, Ding Wei, Xing Zhiguo and others hurriedly stepped out to greet him and greeted him from a distance:
"lead!"

Li Yunlong was also very happy to see his old comrade and laughed:
"Haha, what a bullshit leader!

Lao Ding, Lao Xing, you two bastards, are you still being polite to me? "

Hearing his words, smiles appeared on Ding Wei and Xing Zhiguo's dark faces.

A feeling of old comrades-in-arms who had known each other for life and death surged in his heart, and he quickly joked:
"Haha, Lao Li, you came here in person, aren't you afraid that Political Commissar Zhao will report you to the brigade commander?"

Li Yunlong smiled proudly:
“Humph, Lao Zhao was left in Zhaojiayu by me, and he has no right to control me.

Hehe, this is such a big event, how can I miss it?"

"Hahaha, Lao Li, you are really good!"

Ding Wei was speechless about Li Yunlong's actions.

……

After a few people chatted and laughed for a while, Li Yunlong asked with concern:

"Old Ding, Old Xing, how are you doing now?"

"It's not very optimistic. The Japanese's artillery fire is very fierce and they have a large number of people. They take turns to attack our defense line, and we have suffered heavy casualties.

Moreover, we have used up more than half of our ammunition. If we hold out for another two or three days, I am afraid our regiment will be reduced to fighting the Japanese with bayonets again."

Ding Wei answered with a sad face.

"These damned little Japs are hard to deal with!"

Li Yunlong couldn't help but sigh.

He knew Ding Wei very well and knew that he had fought many tough and difficult battles and was not someone who would complain easily.

"Leader, how many people did you bring with you?

I can’t see the end of this!”

Xing Zhiguo pointed at the rolling crowd in the distance and asked curiously.

"Hey, 8 groups, more than 2 people!"

Li Yunlong answered proudly.

"Oh my god, so many people?
Lao Li, where did you get this person from?
Didn't your previous telegram say that the Special Agents Group was in Huangping Town?"

Ding Wei was greatly shocked.

"I drew all the militia and guerrillas from northwest Shanxi and reorganized them into a supplementary regiment."

Li Yunlong's face was full of pride.

"Good fellow, Lao Li, you bastard, this time you are even more arrogant than the brigade commander!"

Ding Wei couldn't help but his eyes lit up and he was deeply moved.

He wondered in his heart: When will I be able to command so many troops?

……

After a few pleasantries between the three, Ding Wei and Xing Zhiguo took Li Yunlong to their temporary command center.

On the way, Li Yunlong looked around and didn't see Zhang Dabiao, so he asked nervously:

"Old Xing, was that bastard Zhang Dabiao shot?
Why don't you come to see me?"

Xing Zhiguo quickly explained:
"No. Da Biao is giving orders at Niangziguan."

Hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately felt relieved.

Just as I was about to smile, I heard Xing Zhiguo say:
"but--"

"But what?"

Li Yunlong wanted to kick him.

This habit of speaking half of something is so annoying.

"Cavalry Company Captain Sun Desheng is injured."

Xing Zhiguo said quickly.

"What? Sun Desheng is injured? Is it serious?

He is the talent of the independent regiment that I managed to get from Lao Ding with great difficulty!

How the hell do you give orders?

Li Yunlong became unhappy instantly.

"Old Li, wasn't it that night that we received your telegram about the deployment of the retreat?
As a result, the Japanese sent out a small force to hold on to us.

Later, when it was daybreak, we asked Sun Desheng to lead the cavalry company to attack and provide cover.

Unexpectedly, he was unlucky and was hit by a bullet in the abdomen, both in the front and back.

Although there is no danger to life, it will definitely take several months to recuperate."

Xing Zhiguo hurried to explain.

Li Yunlong was relieved to hear that Sun Desheng was not in danger of death, and asked again:
"Where is he? I'm going to go see him!"

"Someone has been sent to take him to the Xingshupo Field Hospital."

"Ok."

...(End of chapter)