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Chapter 398 Chapter 397, Reminder, Sudden Thought

Li Yuexuan's worries were soon answered, because at a little after 9 o'clock in the morning, the radio stations of the independent regiment and the guerrillas simultaneously received reports of the enemy situation from the division headquarters - early this morning, the 685th Regiment of the 14th Brigade, which occupied Lion's Head Mountain, under the command of Regiment Commander Kong, used mortars and machine guns to repel hundreds of Japanese troops who crossed the Taohe River to attack.

This simple battle report made Li Yunlong and Li Yuexuan feel relieved, but also made their comrades in the brother units worry.

"The Japanese were right to attack Lion's Head Mountain!" Spreading out the map, Li Yunlong pointed to the location of Lion's Head Mountain and said, "This place is only a few miles away from Yangquan, and one mortar can cover the entire city. If I were the commander of the Japanese, I would also choose to take Lion's Head Mountain first and then think about other things! After all, the location here is too important, and it directly strangles the throat of the trains!"

"I also think that the Japanese's choice is correct, but I always feel unwilling! If the Japanese divide their forces to attack us, the pressure on our brother units will be less." Li Yuexuan said.

"This is war, the Japs won't do what you think! So, guarding this position and ensuring the safety of the rear is what we should do. Don't worry about the safety of the 14th Regiment, the main force of the 385th Brigade is right in front of us and can support the Lion's Head Mountain position at any time! Moreover, the 14th Regiment is a large regiment with more than 4000 troops, which is much stronger than ours!" said Li Yunlong.

"Having more people is also an advantage. I just don't want to see our brothers fighting while we sit here and watch the wind blow! But all in all, our gains are not small." Li Yuexuan pointed to the ruins of the station at the foot of the mountain and continued, "I know that the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade has 5 independent infantry battalions, and each battalion has about to people."

"And this 4th Independent Mixed Brigade needs to defend quite a few counties! I'm not sure about Yuci, but Shouyang, Yangquan, Xiyang, Ping'an County, Heshun, Liao County, and even Yushe County are all the garrison areas of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese! So, I was wondering, how many Japanese soldiers are stationed in this Yangquan County?"

"If you calculate like this, I think the Japanese troops are indeed a bit dispersed, so the number of people in each county and stronghold is not large. Therefore, those strongholds and road protection team checkpoints we attacked along the way were all garrisoned by a very small number of Japanese with several times the number of puppet troops. In other words, the Japanese in Yangquan would be lucky to have one battalion at most!" said Li Yunlong.

"Yes, there are not many Japanese soldiers in Yangquan, nor in Shouyang to the west, nor in Ping'an County. The Japanese soldiers in Xiyang were beaten by us and dared not leave the city... So, there is really nothing to worry about! If my guess is correct, the Japanese will not be able to take Lion Head Mountain in the short term, and they will send reinforcements from other places."

"At present, the traffic in Shouyang and Yuci in the west has been blocked, and the Japanese can only send reinforcements from several counties in the south. And our division still has troops operating in Yushe and Liao County in the south. The Japanese can actually not mobilize that many troops! But what we have to guard against are precisely the Japanese in the direction of Shouyang and Yuci in the west." Li Yuexuan continued, pointing to the map.

"Look, Taiyuan is to the north of Yuci, and the 9th Brigade of the Japanese will be able to reinforce it soon. At the same time, if the Japanese in Shouyang do not choose to go east, but instead move south and directly enter the hinterland of our First Division, and some troops are also moved down from Yuci at the same time, then our troops in the southern base will have a defensive gap, right?"

"The current situation is that most of our troops are along the railways and highways, but the defense of the base has been greatly weakened! If the devils enter our base, the damage to our base will be too great! Do you think we need to report this analysis to remind them?" What Li Yuexuan actually wanted to talk about was the Juanyugou blocking battle that happened in history, which was also the prototype battle of the Bright Sword Breakout Battle in which Sakata Nobutsu was killed. In this battle, the devils penetrated and almost surrounded the division headquarters, the Northern Bureau, the field hospital and other units, but they failed in the end.

In that battle, the Japs were almost able to catch the division commander and his men. It was extremely thrilling! Of course, we have to admire the Japs' tracking and intelligence capabilities.

"What you said is really possible!" Li Yunlong was also a good map reader. Following Li Yuexuan's instructions, he also saw some problems. So, he made a prompt decision and said, "Although we have just started the action, we must guard against the sudden counterattack of the devils! So, let's send this possible prediction to the division headquarters first, so that the division headquarters can also be prepared!"

"Even if the division commander and others have already thought of this, we still have to remind them!" Li Yunlong made a decision and quickly led his men down the mountain to find Political Commissar Zhao.

"Okay, don't just stand there, keep digging! Even if we don't use the tool for even a minute in three days, it's better than having nothing to use when we need it! By the way, I suddenly thought of something. Captain, you keep an eye on this side. I'm going to discuss something with Captain Li!" Li Yuexuan shouted to Xing Weiguo, and went down the mountain with the special service team.

"Ha, you still call me captain..." Xing Weiguo grinned and happily directed the soldiers to continue digging the hole.

At the foot of the mountain, Li Yuexuan found Li Yunlong and Political Commissar Zhao and told them the idea that had just come to his mind, which made both of them focus their eyes on him.

"You mean, you bring your special forces team directly to a location 2 kilometers away from Yangquan, and bring the artillery team with you?" Li Yunlong looked at the map, calculating the rationality and possible effects of this action in his mind. After a long time, he said, "You only bring the special forces team, isn't the force a little insufficient?"

Seeing that Li Yunlong did not object, Political Commissar Zhao also spoke up: "You are planning to establish a position adjacent to Lion's Head Mountain to attract the Japanese troops in Yangquan, right? Then have you thought about the problem of retreat? Once the Japanese mobilize one or two squadrons of troops to pursue you, it will be difficult to retreat!"

"Retreat? One or two squadrons of devils are not worth our retreat! By the way, Political Commissar Zhao, I heard that you have received sniper training, right? Hey, there are two snipers and three precision shooters in my special operations team, and I am also a very good precision shooter! By the way, there is also a sniper team in the team headquarters, which can be used!"

(End of this chapter)