Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 624 Turning Point of World War II: Battle of Ping'an
However, things have come to this point, and the battle plan has already been approved by headquarters, so there is no point in worrying anymore.

Li Yunlong ordered the messengers standing in a row in the yard: "Order all battalions and companies to return to their bases quickly. We have an important combat mission. Go!"

Two days later, Li Yunlong was promoted to "division commander".

"More than 10,000 people!" Even Li Yunlong took a deep breath. "Damn it, this force is enough for me to attack the county alone, and there is also the artillery battalion left by Lao He."

The Eighth Route Army had difficulty attacking the county town. In addition to the fear of the enemy's reinforcements, the most important thing was that there were no large-scale artillery. In the original plot, Li Yunlong's winning blow in attacking Ping'an County was that the Italian artillery blew away the city gate tower and Yamamoto Ikki standing on it.

Now, he has an artillery battalion. Moreover, He Songling's artillery battalion is not the backward mountain artillery of Chu Yunfei's artillery battalion. These are all authentic American heavy artillery obtained by the Nisheng Group.

In terms of military strength, they fully support launching a battle to attack the county town; in terms of weapons, they also have a large number of heavy artillery.

Li Yunlong now has only one thing to say: I have nothing missing!
"We have ten times the number of troops. We don't have any assists. We're just attacking first. Kill these little devils!"

The command is simple, just a brute force one.

At the same time, at the New 1st Regiment Headquarters, Ding Wei laughed as he listened to the intelligence. "I was wondering why the headquarters had issued a top-secret mission, asking us to fully cooperate with the independent regiment's actions when necessary. I was wondering what the action was. It turns out that he actually dared to attack the county town!"

"No way, there is only one independent regiment. How dare Captain Li attack the county town?" Staff Officer Li of the New 1st Regiment felt a little unbelievable.

"There is nothing in this world that Li Yunlong dare not do. If he has one or two divisions, he would dare to attack Taiyuan." Ding Wei knew his old comrade-in-arms very well. Since there was an order from the headquarters this time to fully cooperate with the operation, there was no need to be restrained.

"Staff Officer Li, pass on my order. The entire regiment will be divided into echelons to block the enemy reinforcements. The first team will let go of the enemy cavalry and only attack the infantry; the second team must intercept the enemy cavalry at Erdaohezi!"

Ding Wei was indeed a strategic master, otherwise he would not have been able to become the commander of the column later, and he had a strategic foresight and anticipated the conflict with his northern neighbor. When he received the order from the headquarters, although he did not understand why, he laid mines along all the main transportation routes.

At this time, he decisively ordered: "The enemy is strong and we are weak, we must rely on the terrain to block the attack. Blow up all the bridges in the defense zone!"

After Ding Zhaqiao came online, Kong Zhuyin was not willing to lag behind.

"It's so enjoyable, so enjoyable!"

Kong Jie smashed his pipe on the table at the New Second Regiment and laughed loudly: "This battle is getting louder and louder, even the Japanese in Taiyuan have been alarmed. Order, the entire regiment to go out, stop the enemy at all costs! Damn it, I won't fight!"

Originally, when Li Yunlong attacked Ping'an County, Taiyuan only mobilized two regiments of Japanese soldiers, which was equivalent to an infantry brigade and were carrying heavy weapons. This was already a horrific battle, almost no less than a medium-sized battle that could be recorded in history.

However, this time, the strength of the Japanese army was even more terrifying. Although the plan to attack Ping'an County was strictly confidential, there is no such thing as a wall without holes. There was no need for traitors to sell out information, and the Japanese were not fools, and some of them were even tactical masters.

They were able to judge from our army's marching route, deployment changes, and even the frequency and direction of our orders that they seemed to have combat intentions. This kind of thing is not uncommon, such as the Pingxingguan Battle and the Hundred Regiments Campaign. Shinozuka Yoshio had long been prepared to welcome a counterattack organized by Lao Zhong's army.

Especially considering that two major generals were killed and He Songling's American-equipped artillery battalion was still there, Shinozuka Yoshio directly dispatched two mixed brigades. In terms of troop strength, four regiments were equivalent to an ordinary four-unit infantry division.

But the difference is that each of the mixed brigades also brought an artillery battalion, with 321 217mm field guns and mountain guns, almost equivalent to the firepower of a tank division. This large-scale battle also alarmed friendly forces. The st Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the th Regiment of the Central Army were also involved in the battle at the same time.

"Li Yunlong really dares to attack the county town." Chu Yunfei was also stunned by this big move, and then ordered: "Attack, the whole regiment is dispatched, let the first battalion, the third battalion, and the artillery battalion block the enemy in echelons, and the second battalion will directly attack the front. Since someone is attacking Ping'an County, my 358th Regiment will definitely help!"

"Captain! No, it's not possible. The enemy reinforcements are too strong. Even if all our own troops and the troops of the surrounding friendly forces are dispatched, we can't stop them. We are attacked from all sides and suffer heavy losses!" On the battlefield, Xing Zhiguo had to inform Li Yunlong by shouting.

"It doesn't matter, keep attacking, there are reinforcements." Li Yunlong glanced in the direction of the county town, thought for a moment, and gave the order to continue the attack.

"Where are the reinforcements?" Xing Zhiguo was stunned. "Don't even mention your two old comrades. We received the order here, and even the 771st and 772nd Regiments came to help. The county brigade and the district squad were all dispatched. The friendly forces also dispatched four regiments. I think Yan Laoxi must be dumbfounded."

However, Li Yunlong also learned from Chu Yunfei's original tactics, "I said yes, then I will attack!"

As the battle continued, more and more Japanese reinforcements leaked in, and the pressure and casualties on the independent regiment became greater and greater.

"Captain!" Zhang Dabiao couldn't help but shout.

None of them is afraid of death, but they cannot just die in vain. These are precious armed forces.

"Not coming yet?" To be honest, Li Yunlong was actually unsure. He believed in the command art of the head of the headquarters, the command level of the brigade commander, and also...

"Buzzing..."

Just when Li Yunlong was a little hesitant, the sound of a propeller finally came from above.

"That's... a plane?" Yamamoto Ikki was horrified and looked up at the huge iron bird in the sky: "Where did this group of Eighth Route Army get so many planes? They are bombers?"

However, the plane would not give him any explanation, but would only drop rows of bombs in the shape of stairs on him.

"Boom boom boom!"

The bomb exploded among the surrounding Japanese troops.

"It's over!" Yamamoto Ikki's eyes were bloodshot when he heard the roar of the bomb.

He knew clearly through the telegram that in order to rescue him, Xiaozuka ordered the troops to come to Ping'an County at all costs, march quickly and attack with heavy firepower to open a gap in the defense line of Lao Zhong's army.

But doing so would be equivalent to giving up all possibilities of air defense and exposing all ground forces in the wilderness.

(End of this chapter)