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Chapter 443 Chapter 442, I still need to help

"You silly boy!" Li Yunlong said with a grin, "We got a lot of weapons in Yangquan, and there are still enough to share with the new recruits. What we lack is not weapons but ammunition! Bringing these things back will be the biggest help to our regiment! Besides, the captured weapons at Yixiantian were bombed by grenades, and we have to pick out the usable guns. It's better to leave them in the arsenal and repair them directly!"

Li Yunlong explained a few words and then led everyone to hurry on their way, not daring to delay at all. At this time, Li Yunlong had his own judgment, that is, the head of the headquarters would never let go of this brigade that entered the hinterland! Even if this brigade only had about 300 soldiers left, it was still a huge threat!

The most likely decision of the head of the headquarters is to pursue and intercept, mobilize all the forces around the headquarters, and eliminate this Yamazaki Battalion somewhere in the base!
So, there is a war going on! He has been in the independent regiment for a while, and this opportunity cannot be missed! You said that he led the team to fight in Yangquan? He led the independent regiment not only to Yangquan, but also participated in the Yuliao Campaign some time ago! Otherwise, how did they get to the vicinity of the headquarters?
Of course, this is not the point. The point is that the Yamazaki Battalion only has so few troops left. It can easily defeat any main regiment it encounters! Therefore, if we don't actively mobilize the troops, we won't even have the meat to eat or the soup to drink!

Li Yunlong rushed all the way to the independent regiment’s base. Let’s not talk about this matter for now. After all, that’s how the TV series was played out, and it’s not important at all.

The important thing is that although Captain Yamazaki lost two pieces of meat and eggs, he still had the wisdom and determination that a commander should have! When he saw Captain Matsushita leading the team back and learned through the radio that the Eighth Route Army was about to reach his location, he decisively led the team to retreat!
As for where to retreat? Captain Yamazaki directly ordered to go to Lijiapo! Although it was the first time for Captain Yamazaki to fight in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army, he noticed the terrain of Lijiapo when he encountered the Eighth Route Army in Panlong Town a few days ago. A mountain with a vertical cliff on the north, steep slopes on the east and west, and only a slightly gentle steep slope on the south. On the top of the mountain is a flat land of several hundred meters in radius.

This kind of terrain is easy to defend but difficult to attack! As long as a circular fortification is built on the top of Lijiapo, and then with the help of the caves on the hillside, a three-dimensional defense system can be built! The key is that there is a willow slope to the south of Lijiapo, which is higher and not far away, just like Lijiapo.

Therefore, knowing that his team was at a disadvantage and surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, Captain Yamazaki would not foolishly find a place to break out and return! That's right, he wanted to rely on Li Jiapo and then use a central blooming strategy! He has a radio station and can contact the military headquarters, which can mobilize bombers from airports such as Taiyuan and Changzhi to come for reinforcement! Then, the Fourth Brigade or other divisions can also encircle from the outside and just catch the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop! After all, a team of more than 3 people is active in this area. As long as he persists long enough, this strategy can be realized!

So, things developed just as Yamazaki had expected. They quickly penetrated and captured Lijiapo before the Eighth Route Army, occupied the commanding heights of Liushupo, and repaired the fortifications.

At this time, the Japanese's earthwork ability was highlighted! There were more than 50 cave dwellings on the southern slope of Lijiapo. At this time, the people had moved away, but the cave dwellings were still there. Therefore, Yamazaki ordered the cave dwellings to be drilled through, so that each cave dwelling could be connected in series, and only a small number of troops were needed to rely on these cave dwellings for defense. Moreover, some fortifications were built in front of the cave dwellings, and bullet-proof trenches were built to prevent grenades.

The key point is that he also had people dig a tunnel from Li Jiapo's side to collude with Liu Shupo in the south, so that the troops on both sides can reinforce each other...

In short, a classic defensive position was gradually formed under the command of Captain Yamazaki, and then he waited for the Eighth Route Army to come and attack! Captain Yamazaki, who had suffered a loss in the terrain in the narrow gap, was also ready to take advantage of the terrain this time and let the Eighth Route Army hit hard!
The development of the matter was just as Captain Yamazaki had expected! The Eighth Route Army came, and they also found the great disadvantage of the terrain, but under the tough order of the deputy commander, they could only launch an attack. On the narrow mountain road, the small number of Eighth Route Army soldiers climbed laboriously while aiming their guns to guard against the attacks of the devils. Such a battle was a perfect tactic of adding fuel to the fire. The devil's defense only needed a dozen devils, or even fewer troops, to hide in caves, mountaintops and other fortifications to launch a multi-directional attack on the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army did not want to mobilize more troops to launch an attack at the same time, but due to the terrain restrictions, there were too many people to spread out, so they had to squeeze together! The consequence of this was that the people squeezed together were shot at from multiple angles by the devil's machine guns, and even mountain artillery and grenade launchers could be used for concentrated bombing.

After continuous attacks, the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties! Of course, the devils were not killed, but the terrain advantage was here. The number of casualties was only a dozen, but hundreds of Eighth Route Army soldiers were taken away! Yamazaki liked this casualty ratio very much, because he could afford it! Moreover, when the Eighth Route Army wanted to concentrate its forces and launch an offensive, there were bombers dropping bombs in the air...

Everything was going according to Captain Yamazaki's plan. The Japanese Independent Mixed Brigade 4 was also mobilized, trying to gather a team of 2000 people and coming from the north. Then the 36th Division in the south, the 41st Division and the 9th Brigade in the west...

In short, the headquarters is not afraid of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade, but if so many Japanese troops surround them together, the situation will be hard to say!

At the independent regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong finally lost his temper and quarreled with Political Commissar Zhao, complaining that he had not been able to seize the initiative to attack!
At the arsenal, Li Yuexuan, who had performed surgery on the wounded and rested for a few days, could no longer sit still and found Minister Zhang: "Minister Zhang, I heard about the incident at Lijiapo! I didn't expect that the Japanese who suffered such a heavy loss here would cause our main force to suffer such a big loss! It's true that the weather is not as good as the location, and the ancients were right!"

"Fighting is the main force's job, you don't need to worry about it! The weather is not as important as the terrain, and the terrain is not as important as the people! We are united as one, so it will be no problem for us to defeat the Yamazaki Battalion!" said Minister Zhang.

"The sacrifice is too great! They are all elite soldiers who have fought in hundreds of battles, and many of them are veterans of the Long March! It would be a huge loss for such elite troops to be annihilated because of a Yamazaki Battalion! So, have you not thought about mobilizing our new products? I really can't stand it. Do you have to use people to fight?" Li Yuexuan said with great sorrow: "The concept must be changed. Firepower is king!"

(End of this chapter)