Traveling through the sword to engage in military industry.

Chapter 100: The prisoner-of-war camp is a bit difficult to fight
"Captain, the prisoner-of-war camp is heavily guarded. The outer wall is more than ten feet high and is made of bricks and stones. It is difficult to blow down the outer wall without explosives close by. The prisoner-of-war camp is surrounded by at least two or three hundred meters of unobstructed flat land." Monk Wei was not at all nervous in front of Li Yunlong, and carefully recalled everything he had seen in the prisoner-of-war camp.

"There were machine gun firing points on every side of the wall, as well as searchlights. It was very difficult to approach the prisoner-of-war camp without being discovered, day or night."

"Inside the prisoner-of-war camp, brick and stone walls were used to divide the camp into several areas. The living and training areas of the Japanese soldiers were separated from the prisoners of war. Each door inside was guarded by at least two Japanese soldiers."

"The number of Japanese soldiers defending was not too large. Apart from the dozen or so Japanese soldiers holding the flower machine gun, the rest of the Japanese soldiers were about the size of a squad. Because some people in the prisoner-of-war camp went to help in the kitchen, judging from the amount of food they cooked, there were only about 50 to 60 people."

Li Yunlong frowned after listening to Monk Wei's orderly introduction to the situation in the prisoner-of-war camp.

"Monk, can you tell me more about how you escaped?" Li Yunlong asked Monk Wei, "Be as detailed as possible."

"I was taken to the training ground by the Japanese. These Japanese who were training us didn't carry any guns. They only carried a dagger. Even so, when they chose us prisoners of war to practice, they tried not to use daggers. Instead, they chose to use their bare hands to beat the prisoners to death or maim them with brutal moves!" Monk Wei closed his eyes, as if he had returned to the day he escaped.

"That day, I and several other prisoners were picked out by the Japanese as training targets. Two of my brothers were beaten to death by the Japanese with one punch each. To be honest, if we hadn't been starving, we wouldn't have been beaten to death even if we couldn't defeat them."

"When I saw this situation, I knew it was not good, so I was more careful. I observed the walls around the training ground and the intersection of the two Japanese machine gun fire points in advance. I was determined to escape.

A wall more than ten feet high was not a big problem for me. I could run over and grab the top of the wall by squatting twice, then climb over the wall. The main threat at that time was the two machine gun fire points on the wall, so after I chose a good escape section, the Japanese soldier chose me to practice with him, and I didn't hold back. I killed the Japanese soldier in two or three moves, then stood up and rushed to the wall I had chosen, sprinted over, stared at the wall, grabbed the top of the wall, and then climbed over the wall while hanging on the top of the wall. "

"After I ran 50 or 60 meters out of the prisoner-of-war camp, the Japanese machine gun firepower point finally reacted and started firing. However, the angle I chose happened to make it difficult to see the two Japanese machine gun firepower points, so I was able to run out."

After Monk Wei finished speaking, Li Yunlong's eyes lit up.

"You are really a talented person with a lot of brains. Monk, how about coming to be my bodyguard?" The more Li Yunlong looked at the monk, the more he liked him.

Although Hu Zi is considerate, he is not as good at fighting as the monk. He can't even beat himself!

Hu Zi couldn't help pouting when he saw Li Yunlong openly despising him.

"Hu Zi, what's your attitude? I'm kind enough to give you a chance to be a platoon leader in the company. Don't be ungrateful!" Li Yunlong glanced at Hu Zi and said angrily.

"Hey, Captain Li, is it appropriate for you to poach my people in front of me like this?" Zhao Gang did not expect Li Yunlong to start poaching his people in front of him and seriously underestimated Li Yunlong's thick skin.

"Political Commissar Zhao, I am not trying to poach your talents. I am trying to make good arrangements for the manpower of our independent regiment. A person with martial arts skills like the monk should certainly be placed by my side to charge into battle." Li Yunlong said confidently.

"Let's stop talking about this, Captain Li, let's get back to the matter of the prisoner-of-war camp. The Japanese are so inhumane that they use the lives of our friendly forces to train their special forces. Now that we know this, we must rescue our friendly forces. It seems that this Japanese prisoner-of-war camp has strict defenses. It will be quite difficult to attack a Japanese stronghold with such a solid outer wall. It may not be easy for us to take it down." This was the first time that Zhao Gang participated in the battle discussion of the independent regiment, and he still had some ideas of his own.

"As for military affairs, I, Li Yunlong, am enough." Li Yunlong interrupted Zhao Gang rudely. Zhao Gang had never been recognized by him, and now that he wanted to intervene in military affairs, Li Yunlong was even more upset. Zhao Gang was stunned by Li Yunlong's words.

Although the brigade commander had told him long ago that Li Yunlong was difficult to get along with, Zhao Gang had been mentally prepared to a certain extent, but he did not expect Li Yunlong to be so difficult to cooperate with. These harsh words almost made Zhao Gang unable to accept them.

However, he remembered what he had said to the brigade commander. No matter what, he, Zhao Gang, had to consider the overall situation and do a good job of the independent regiment. Zhao Gang did not have much contact with the independent regiment now, and he had no idea what the actual situation was.

According to Monk Wei's description, Li Yunlong drew the approximate location of the prisoner-of-war camp on the map. It was about fifty or sixty miles away from Yangcun, which was not a short distance for the independent regiment.

It would take the troops at least a day to walk such a long mountain road. There was a road next to the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, one end of which connected to the county town and the other end to a Japanese artillery tower stronghold, the distance between them was no more than 10 kilometers, so this battle had to be fought quickly, otherwise they might be surrounded by the Japanese reinforcements on both sides.

The stronghold is fine. At most, if twenty or thirty Japanese soldiers and fifty or sixty puppet troops come out, it is possible to stop and kill them all. But it is difficult to deal with the Japanese soldiers coming out of the county town.

If a squadron of Japanese soldiers and a battalion of puppet troops come out, the independent regiment can only stop them if the main force is pulled over.

However, the independent regiment was responsible for guarding the headquarters, so how could it possibly send out its main force to leave the headquarters' defense empty? Therefore, for this operation, the most troops Li Yunlong could dispatch were company-level ones.

Such an attack on a prisoner-of-war camp must be quick and decisive. It is best to take it down as quickly as possible and then evacuate quickly!
There are many problems facing Li Yunlong now, including how to break through the solid walls of the prisoner-of-war camp and how to quickly eliminate several machine gun fire points in the camp. Given the current strength of the independent regiment, these are big and troublesome problems.

"Old Li, think more about how to deal with the Japanese special forces with submachine guns after we break through the wall. Leave the task of breaking through the wall to me!" Seeing that Li Yunlong seemed a little helpless, Ren Zhong smiled and said.

"Brother Ren, do you have any good ideas to break through the wall quickly? Although our flying thunder cannon is powerful, facing this kind of solid stronghold with no shelter on all sides, we need to do a lot of earthwork. We must dig a trench 300 meters away to be safe." Li Yunlong did not believe Ren Zhong's initiative. After listening to the monk's words, Li Yunlong knew that this stronghold would be more difficult than taking down a Japanese artillery tower.

The flying thunder cannon must be used, but how to use it? Now Lao Li has no on-site observation of the situation. Based on the verbal description of Monk Wei, he has some ideas, but they are not very mature, and most importantly, they are time-consuming.

The biggest problem with the Flying Thunder Cannon is that it takes too long to prepare. During the long process of digging holes and adjusting angles, one must consider how to suppress the enemy's firepower points.

Li Yunlong had no idea whether the sniper team could suppress the Japanese machine gun fire points that were well-covered.

A sneak attack might be able to kill the Japanese's first batch of machine gunners, but the Japanese are not stupid. They don't have only one machine gunner. If one dies, he will be replaced soon, making it difficult for the second machine gunner to launch a sneak attack.

Therefore, the sneak attack on the machine gunner could only create a short-term gap in the enemy's firepower output. This gap was not even enough for the soldiers to advance a hundred meters.

The third update!

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