I'm killing enemies with my sword and exploding equipment

This side of Zhaojiayu.

Li Yunlong has been on the training ground these days, focusing on the intensified training of his newly formed artillery regiment.

He has realized that the next major war may come soon.

Must prepare early.

At this time, Zhao Gang came out of the telecommunications room, holding a telegram, and hurried to find him:

"Old Li, Commander Liu from Yanbei called."

Li Yunlong frowned and didn't answer the telegram at all:

"What did Lao Liu say?"

"Don't you know what you did?"

Zhao Gang despised his forced stupidity.

"Humph, he wants to withdraw the people from Xinkou and ask me to send someone to take over the defense?"

Li Yunlong snorted coldly.

"Yes."

Zhao Gang nodded.

“Send a fart!

Please call Lao Liu back for me and tell him that I don’t have anyone!

The leader has transferred my entire special agent regiment away, so I don’t have anyone to take care of Xinkou!”

Li Yunlong glared at him and acted like a rogue without any hesitation.

Zhao Gang was speechless.

He quickly advised:

"Old Li, you've had the people of Yanbei help you defend the city for more than a month, so it's about time, right?
Why not send a telegram to Commander Yang and ask him to withdraw more than a thousand men from the troops stationed in Qixia Town to Xinkou?"

Li Yunlong couldn't bear it any longer, and yelled:
"Old Zhao, don't get involved.

Military affairs are my responsibility."

As soon as he said this, Zhao Gang's face suddenly became as gloomy as water.

Obviously, he was angry.

I couldn't help but feel a little flustered, and hurriedly said:
"Lao Zhao, do you think that Lao Liu called me because he really wants me to send someone to take over the defense zone?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Gang instantly forgot about being angry with him.

He quickly asked curiously:

"Lao Li, what do you mean?
Could it be that Commander Liu has some other purpose in calling us?"

"Humph, of course!

This bastard is just trying to blackmail me!
Believe it or not, if I call him back and tell him I'll give him a few guns, he will definitely not say a word.

Never mention asking me to send someone to take over the defense again."

Li Yunlong said: I understand the other person's expression best.

Zhao Gang heard him say that he and the other party were old comrades-in-arms from Hubei, Henan and Anhui.

You definitely understand the other person better than you understand yourself.

I could only sigh:

“Okay, I’ll call back then.

If someone complains to the brigade commander later, don't blame me for not reminding you."

"Humph, I'm not afraid of being sued.

How much benefit did his people in Yanbei gain from Yang Yuanshan?
You think I don't know?
He took the benefits from our northwest Shanxi, but he wants to quit so soon. How wonderful! "

Li Yunlong looked cunning.

Zhao Gang was immediately speechless.

Just as Zhao Gang was about to return to the telecommunications room to call Yanbei as Li Yunlong instructed, a telegraph operator came running over, panting.

"Leader, Political Commissar, there's a call from Commander Yang of the Special Forces Regiment."

Li Yunlong's face froze, and he asked quickly:
"What did that kid Yang Yuanshan say?"

"Captain Yang said they have reached the Tumen Coal Mine and are planning to take it over before heading east."

The telegraph operator replied hastily.

“Captain Yang and his men are not slow!

But Lao Li, didn’t you say before that the Tumen Coal Mine was captured by the Independent Regiment?

Why do you want to fight again?"

Zhao Gang asked in confusion.

"The Japanese must have sent people back to occupy the coal mine again!

These bastards are always thinking about our good things! "

Li Yunlong answered indignantly.

How could he not be angry when the resources under his own land were plundered by the Japanese?
"Yes. Our coal mines and iron mines are very important to the Japanese."

Zhao Gang nodded repeatedly.

As a graduate of Yenching University, he certainly knew how scarce the Japanese's local resources were.

This war has been able to continue to this day only because of the plundering of our resources.

It is inevitable that there is some resentment and indignation.

With a turn of his eyes, he suggested:
"Old Li, I think we need to send a telegram back to Captain Yang.

After taking over the coal mine, he had to completely destroy the mine, so that it would cost a huge price for the Japanese to recover it.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to stop their plundering.

After all, we can’t send people to guard this area in the short term.”

"Okay. That's what we'll do.

Old Zhao, go send a message to Yang Yuanshan.

Tell him not to be stingy with his bombs and not to give the Japanese any chance to rebuild the coal mines!"

"it is good."

……

This is the eastward-moving force of the Special Forces Regiment.

Wei Dayong's special operations company did not delay at all after being sent out by Yang Yuanshan to carry out the reconnaissance mission.

It took less than 24 hours to send back telegrams successively, reporting the reconnaissance results of the two routes.

After listening to the telegraph operator's report, Yang Yuanshan couldn't help but be delighted.

He immediately called all the backbone members of the regiment to his side.

Then he spoke in a powerful voice:
"Comrades, the Tumen Coal Mine is two or three kilometers ahead and we cannot avoid it.

There were quite a few Japanese soldiers, who were taking more than 3000 laborers with them to rebuild the coal mine.

We have to fight a battle!"

Upon hearing that a war was going to happen, Xia Dayi, Xu Wei, Gao Yuanzhi and others were very excited.

These days, I've been on the road all the time, it's so damn boring.

Everyone asked in unison:

"Captain, how many troops do the Japanese have in the coal mine?"

"There were only two squadrons of Japs and two battalions of Second Class Japs.

There are no heavy weapons."

Yang Yuanshan answered.

"Captain, is this all the troops we have?
Leave it to our camp!
I promise to take them down in three hours!"

Xia Dayi eagerly asked for battle.

Although he had just become the battalion commander of the rapid infantry battalion, he was very confident in the strength of his subordinates.

I don’t think that my team is weaker than several veteran infantry battalions!
As soon as he took the lead, He Yunfu also rushed to say:
"Captain, let's hand it over to our Second Battalion!
You know the strength of our battalion, there won't be any mistakes!"

Seeing them fighting over something, Xu Wei couldn't help himself and was ready to speak.

However, Yang Yuanshan waved his hand, signaling them not to fight for it, and then introduced:
"With our strength, it will be effortless to take down these little devils.

But this place is less than 30 kilometers away from Shimen City. If we move slowly, we will be blocked by the Japanese in Shimen City.

This is the biggest problem in this battle!"

"Captain, are you saying that the Japanese have a large number of troops stationed in Shimen City?"

Battalion Commander Xu Wei asked.

"According to the reconnaissance conducted by the monks, the Japanese have a garrison regiment and the 1th Regiment of the Liaodong Army's 57st Division in addition to the garrison regiment in Shimen City."

Yang Yuanshan's face was very serious.

There are two regiments in Shimen City, which means that the Japanese have at least one regiment of mobile troops that can be deployed at will. This is not a weak force.

Especially now that the special forces regiment is still in the mountainous area, it is unable to deploy widely and give full play to its advantages of large numbers of soldiers and artillery.

"What? The First Division?

Wasn’t this division completely wiped out by us in Huangping Town before?
Why is he still pretending to be dead?"

He Yunfu was extremely surprised.

"When the First Division moved westward, it left a regiment behind to continue the sweep in central Hebei.

This is also the reason why the leaders of the headquarters want to transfer our group here.

Except for our regiment, it is not easy for other troops to deal with this regiment.

Let alone destroying them, even to withstand their attack, I'm afraid it would take several main regiments..."

Yang Yuanshan told Wei Dayong the information he had obtained after sneaking into Shimen City himself.

"Captain, since this damn First Division still has some tails left, why don't we just storm and take over this coal mine first, and then go to Shimen and swallow up this 57th Regiment in one gulp?
Don’t you always say that a family should be neat and tidy?
Let's just let the First Division go to hell!"

Han Yang proposed eagerly.

He had been with Yang Yuanshan for a very long time, so naturally he heard Yang Yuanshan mumbling some things that he didn't understand but thought made sense.

Now that it was said out loud, everyone present immediately agreed.

"That's right!"

"We have to keep them in order!"

"Old Han is right!"

……

For a moment, the atmosphere was very warm.

However, Yang Yuanshan was not crazy and obviously would not agree to this plan.

He immediately stretched out his hand to signal them to shut up first, then snorted coldly and said:

"Humph, of course we have to deal with the 57th Regiment.

But there's no need to rush.

Our top priority now is to rush to Jizhong and rebuild our base."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at everyone and saw that they were all listening attentively, so he continued:

"I don't want to attract the large Japanese army from Shimen City and start a big battle.

I just want to take over this coal mine quickly and rescue the people inside.

It just so happens that to the southeast of this coal mine, there is a road that, although tortuous, can allow our tanks and trucks to drive directly to the south of Shimen City.

As long as we take over the coal mine, we can move eastward along this road.

Avoiding being blocked by the Japanese in Shimen City is killing two birds with one stone!"

"Captain, just tell me how we should fight!

While our tank engines are still running, let's make some use of them."

The tank battalion commander Kong Dacheng stood up.

He was exhausted from the march these days.

——Originally, he had 8 Chaffee tanks and one M3 tank.

But during the more than one month of rest in Qixia Town, the only remaining M3 tank had become a training tank and fixed artillery position because its engine was damaged and could not be repaired.

As a result, when they moved eastward this time, they only had the eight Chaffee tanks available.

But after traveling long distances for several days, the eight tanks were somewhat overloaded and had constant minor problems.

He and the soldiers in the battalion spent their days traveling and repairing tanks.

He was so depressed that he felt very desperate.

Now, he was afraid that those tanks would break down completely and be completely destroyed.

Then he, the new tank battalion commander, would become a joke.

After being upgraded to a battalion, it had 300 tank soldiers, but all its tanks were lost before it even fought a single battle.

Isn't that just a joke?

……

Hearing his urging, Yang Yuanshan did not keep him in suspense.

Immediate answer:

"My plan is to use only the 600 men from the Guard Battalion's reconnaissance and sniper companies, armed with rifles and light and heavy machine guns, to launch a surprise attack tonight, sneak into the coal mine, and kill those 300 to 400 Japanese soldiers.

This way, there will be minimal noise and in a short period of time, it won’t alert the old devil Matsui.”

"What? Only two companies working?

So what are we doing here? Watching a show?"

Gao Yuanzhi was a little anxious.

His American howitzer battalion has basically taken shape after this period of high-intensity live-fire training. Now it is time to test the results through actual combat!

With him taking the lead, Xia Dayi, Xu Wei, He Yunfu and others also stood up and shouted:

"yes!
Captain, if so many of us just sit there doing nothing, it would be a waste, right?"

Only the guard battalion commander, Wang Ye, was secretly happy.

I thought to myself: In the past, you guys were the ones who ate the meat, while my guard battalion couldn’t even have a sip of soup.

This time, the situation has finally changed, and it's my guard battalion's turn to eat meat, right?
……

Facing the clamor from everyone, Yang Yuanshan's face turned cold and he scolded:
"Who said you were left idle?"

After everyone shut up, he continued his arrangements:
“In this battle, I want to defeat my opponent with minimal noise.

But just in case, we still have to be prepared for a smooth push.

Even if it means exposing all my strength, I will do it.

So Gao Yuanzhi, you in the First Artillery Battalion must deploy your artillery immediately, observe all the parameters for the bombardment, and make preparations for the bombardment.

Once the reconnaissance and sniper companies encounter obstacles in their attack, I will order you to take action and blow up all the Japanese artillery towers and bunkers as quickly as possible!"

"Yes!"

Gao Yuanzhi quickly took the order.

The howitzers they are equipped with today generally have a range of more than 10 kilometers. If they are deployed in any suitable place, they are enough to cover the coal mines two or three kilometers away under the muzzle.

There is no need to get close to the battlefield, and there is no need to worry about being discovered by the Japanese if they deploy too early.

Yang Yuanshan looked at Xu Wei and He Yunfu again and said:

"Xu Wei, He Yunfu, you two battalions must surround this coal mine to prevent the defeated soldiers from escaping.

Second, be prepared to launch a strong attack.

But no one is allowed to show up without my order.

I still hope that even if the Japanese in the coal mine send a farewell message, they will only say that they were attacked by one or two battalions of our guerrillas, rather than being besieged by a large army! "

"Yes!"

Xu Wei and He Yunfu both knew that what Yang Yuanshan said now was a military order, so they naturally did not dare to have any objection.

"Captain, what about our battalion?"

Seeing that Xu Wei and He Yunfu had both received their tasks, Xia Dayi asked impatiently.

“Once we launch an attack on the coal mine, your battalion must use the cover of gunfire to quickly rush to Shima Village, 5 kilometers to the east, to set up a blocking position and prepare to block the Japanese reinforcements coming from Shimen.

Shimen is about 20 kilometers away from Shima Village. Logically, the Japanese should not have arrived so quickly.

But you must never slack off and must be prepared just in case.

Once the fighting at the coal mine is over, I will send a message asking you to evacuate."

"understand!"

"Commander, when will our tank battalion be dispatched?"

Kong Dacheng also became anxious.

"If a strong attack is needed, you must quickly rush to the front of the first and second battalions and clear the way to reduce their casualties!"

Yang Yuanshan answered.

"Yes!"

"Oh, Wang Ye, go to the Rapid Infantry Battalion and call Captain Qi Kaiqi from the 17th Regiment to lead the way for Xizi and the others.

Since the Japanese built the artillery towers and bunkers so quickly, they would definitely lay mines outside the coal mine.

Since he was able to escape from the coal mine, he must know where to go to avoid the minefield."

Yang Yuanshan suddenly remembered something and quickly explained it.

"Yes, I understand."

...(End of chapter)