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Chapter 392 Chapter 391, Everyone is Gathered, Let’s Go
The mobilization order was issued via radio on the morning of the 19th, but the independent regiment arrived at noon on the 20th.

West of Liangjia Village, seeing the low-morale independent regiment of less than a thousand people coming from afar, Zhao Danian, Zhu Xingyu, and even Li Yuexuan felt bad. The independent regiment was originally a large regiment of more than a thousand people, but now so many people were lost, and they were beaten by a small group of Japanese troops. This was a huge blow to the overall morale of the soldiers.

Although Li Yunlong brought two main companies of troops to restore the independent regiment's strength, anyone could see the anxiety hidden in Li Yunlong's eyes.

"Hahaha... Old Zhao, I'm here with an independent regiment, why don't you give me a warm welcome?" At the west gate, seeing the guerrillas coming out to greet them, Li Yunlong laughed three times and walked forward to shake hands with them.

"Hello, Captain Li. We haven't seen each other for a long time. I didn't expect that we would fight together again!" Zhao Danian looked at the Xing Weiguo brothers who were following Li Yunlong, nodded to Xing Weiguo, and then continued, "We are all old comrades. If we have anything to say, let's go to the village and talk! By the way, comrades, are you tired? There is cold mung bean soup, scallion pancakes, and sesame salt, all to your liking!"

"Haha, thank you for the hospitality, guerrilla comrades!" Political Commissar Zhao Gang stood up to express his gratitude. Then he said to Li Yunlong: "Captain, would you like to introduce me?"

"Haha, look, I see Lao Zhao. I forgot about our Political Commissar Zhao! Come on, Lao Zhao, this is our Political Commissar Zhao..."

Li Yunlong introduced people to everyone, and Li Yuexuan followed behind Zhao Danian and let him introduce and get to know them. Because he was not the protagonist, he had time to observe the familiar people in the independent regiment, hoping to see the ones he remembered. It was okay, he saw the old Xing brother, the monk, and Shen Quan. Zhang Dabiao was an acquaintance, as well as Xizi, and some familiar faces.

Well, it’s just that these familiar faces are too familiar. In the TV series, they are sometimes in the independent regiment and sometimes in the national army. They are really a bunch of extras throughout the whole process, making Li Yuexuan wonder which side they are on.

After everyone was introduced, the independent regiment entered Liangjia Village and was treated to a lunch. After lunch, the cadres above the battalion commander of the independent regiment and the cadres of the guerrillas gathered in the east wing to hold a pre-war meeting.

"According to the order from our superiors, tonight is the time to launch a sabotage operation. Together with the 120th Division and various units of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, we will launch a general sabotage operation against the eastern and western sections of the Zhengtai Line. The goal is to completely paralyze the Zhengtai Railway and blow up, demolish, and burn all the strongholds, bridges, culverts, and other facilities along the way! After this sabotage operation, the Zhengtai Line will be completely paralyzed!"

Political Commissar Zhao Gang, as the highest-ranking cadre present, explained the strategic intention of this battle and continued, "Because our regiment commander had conducted a breakthrough battle on the Zhengtai Line when he was in the New 10st Regiment and achieved great results, the section of the route that our independent regiment will be attacking this time is the -kilometer railway line east of Yangquan."

"We are working with local troops, militia backbones and the masses from Taihang Division 1 and Taiyue Division 2. It can be said that we are right in the middle of the east and west sections, which is very critical!"

"Commander, I have finished introducing the situation. It is better for you to formulate the specific battle plan yourself!" After Political Commissar Zhao finished speaking, he turned the conversation to Li Yunlong.

"I don't have a specific battle plan, but Zhang Dabiao, this time you lead the New 1st Battalion to set up an ambush near Yangquan, build a position, block all the reinforcements coming out of Yangquan, and provide protection for the comrades in the east. Is that a problem?" Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao. "Captain, leave this to me. I will ensure that the mission is accomplished!" Zhang Dabiao said.

"Well, with Zhang Dabiao blocking the Japanese reinforcements in the west, the only thing left is to eliminate the Japanese checkpoints, checkpoints, strongholds, path-finding teams along the way! Old Zhao, do you have any objections? This time, I, Old Li, will have to rely on you guerrillas!" Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Danian and said.

"What are you talking about, Old Li? What reliance? This is not the first or second time we've fought together. Are you being too formal? Since you've put a battalion on the west side, how about I put the artillery platoon, the special operations team and the second company in front of your first battalion to provide you with heavy firepower support? As for the others? We can take care of them easily!" said Zhao Danian.

"Haha, okay, let's take one side each and turn this section of railway upside down!" said Li Yunlong.

"Old Li just came up with this catchy phrase, so it's settled then! Let's set off now?" Xing Weiguo said.

"Let's go, let's go early so we can be prepared!"

Everyone agreed to set off, and there was not even any specific battle plan. This was completely improvisation. However, the guerrillas had this confidence, and Li Yunlong also had this confidence. It was the original soldiers of the independent regiment who were not confident. After all, low morale has a huge impact. And how to improve morale? The only solution is victory!
The guerrillas set out, taking the lead, and first formed a marching column on the narrow mountain path. As the strongest team, the special forces team naturally walked in the front. In fact, the road from here to the north is the area where the special forces team usually trains, and everyone is very familiar with it.

With the guerrillas leading the way, the comrades of the independent regiment followed, and they did not worry about being led astray, because there were also many local soldiers in the independent regiment. At the end of the team were the guerrillas' artillery platoon, transportation platoon, and more than 3000 young and strong men and militiamen mobilized by Zhu Xingyu.

At this moment, Li Yuexuan did not walk in front with the special forces, but led the special service squad, the guard platoon, and the artillery platoon, and walked with the masses.

Why did he do that? Wasn't it because he asked the young and strong people to help him bring a lot of special weapons? For example, long artillery grenades, large steel tanks, and the square-shaped small firecracker launcher made of 9 steel pipes welded together... In short, there were enough people, so he dared to bring more things to the battlefield to use.

The mountain road of more than 10 kilometers would not take much time even if they needed to deploy on both sides. Therefore, at 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the guerrillas and the independent regiment had already hidden in the mountainous area south of the Zhengtai Line, waiting to conduct reconnaissance and then launch the action at night.

What was unexpected was that after the special forces completed the investigation, they brought back a few acquaintances.

(End of this chapter)