Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 54 Chapter 054, Li Yunlong's Arrangement
What is information asymmetry? Isn’t this coming?

Because the battle was fought so quickly, the Inukai Battalion's radio station had no time to send out the message before the signalman was shot to pieces and the radio station was hit by a bullet that went through its body.

Therefore, the Japanese only knew that the Inuyang Battalion was chasing a main force of the Eighth Route Army. Because they knew that the aviation had bombed the wrong target the day before yesterday, and the direction of the Inuyang Battalion was exactly the direction of the Road Block where the Eighth Route Army Headquarters was located, the brigade sent out a battalion that was brought as a guard force.

So, the Suzuki Battalion came, still marching at a forced pace, dragging mountain artillery and infantry artillery all the way.

This is a mountain road. It is not easy for infantry to march, and they also have to take care of the mountain artillery and carry artillery shells and supplies... In short, the Japanese in Suzuki's battalion are now exhausted and need a long rest.

The position of the Suzuki Battalion was more than ten kilometers behind the Inukai Battalion, so they did not hear the gunfire when the Inukai Battalion was ambushed.

So… when Zhang Dabiao led the main force of the first battalion, one and a half companies of the supplementary battalion, and the guerrillas to this north-south ridge and met Si Yong, the Japanese were still resting…

At this time, after running desperately all the way, the communications soldier of the first battalion finally brought Zhang Dabiao's words to Li Yunlong.

"What? Another battalion is coming from the west? And they're bringing mountain artillery? They really think highly of our Li Yunlong!" Li Yunlong was surprised when he heard the report from the signalman, and then he laughed out loud: "Very good, this shows that our battle here is right! The more the Japanese want to pass through here, the more we must not let them pass!"

"You guys, go back and tell Zhang Dabiao to stop that brigade for four hours. Try to stop the Japanese from crossing Heshanggou before 4pm! If you can't win, you can retreat while fighting! There is a mountain road heading north to the east of Heshanggou. Your battalion will retreat north from there. I remember there is a village next to Heshanggou, right? Take a look when you go back. If there are still civilians, let them evacuate!"

"Okay, let's go! Lao Zhao..." Li Yunlong found Zhao Danian and said, "The situation has changed. The Japanese sent another battalion of reinforcements. The pressure on our defense will be very high! Therefore, we can't take care of lightly wounded soldiers like you! You must leave now, take the young and strong, take all the supplies in your hands, stop the team delivering supplies from the first battalion, and go north from the mountain valley east of Heshanggou first!"

"Okay, I'll leave right away!" Zhao Danian didn't argue with Li Yunlong, but limped out of the hall, gathered people, and took away all the supplies on hand.

Before leaving, Zhao Danian stood at the entrance of the main hall and shouted to Li Yunlong: "I'll be waiting for you in the north, don't go crazy!"

"Hey, don't worry, Lao Zhao, we won't do business that will lose money!" Li Yunlong laughed and waved his hand.

Zhao Danian left, taking the young and strong with him, carrying the wounded down the mountain, and then stopped the team of the first battalion and the supplementary battalion delivering supplies at Shuijiao Village east of Black Hook, and led them directly north. This road is actually a small road leading to Mount Wutai, but it is very difficult to walk. From the road blocking stone, it is a road to Fuping.

Zhao Danian and Li Yunlong both knew that they could not attract the Japanese to the military district headquarters, so they chose this road as their retreat route. If the Japanese pursued them, they would fight and retreat at the same time, leading them into the mountains. Well, in the Soviet area, they often walked the white dog like this.

Three miles south of the Dragon King Temple, on the hill where the ambush took place yesterday, the guard company commander Cai Xiaofeng held up a telescope and nervously looked at the river valley in the south, his palms sweating.

As a guard company, they fulfilled their responsibilities in the early hours of yesterday morning, covering the retreat of the people and the district and district party committees, and also led the Japanese to a circle in the mountains. But because of this, only 157 of the 109 soldiers in their company were left, and the rest were sacrificed.

Today, they also had to shoulder the main defense task of this ambush, or blocking battle. Fortunately, the regiment commander took care of them and let them lie in wait on the high ground on the mountain, instead of waiting for the enemy on the hills in the valley.

Waiting for the enemy at the foot of the mountain were the main forces of the special forces company. Under the leadership of Wei Ming, they had built a defensive fortification of about 100 meters here, which was completely connected with the high ground in the east.

Of course, now both they and the guard company on the mountain are no longer waiting for the enemy, but are fighting a blocking battle with the Japs.

To their south, in the river valley, there were already dozens of Japanese corpses scattered around! They themselves also suffered dozens of casualties. Most of these casualties came from the two companies of the supplementary battalion as a supplementary force. These new recruits had not even touched a gun, had just learned how to fight with a bayonet, and knew how to dodge bullets, but they had already participated in the battle.

Ding-ling-ling... The phone rang, and Wei Ming picked up the phone: "Hello? This is the special forces company... Understood, commander, we will not let a single enemy go before 3 pm!"

After saying that, Wei Ming put down the phone and muttered to himself: "3 o'clock in the afternoon? What is the commander trying to do? Never mind, the devils are attacking, let's fight them!"

As soon as he put down the phone, the Japanese launched another attack. Under the cover of heavy machine guns, two squads of Japanese soldiers lined up in a skirmish line, along the river valley and the low hills under the cliffs on the side, slowly approaching the position of the special forces company, and then they launched grenade launchers, suppressed with Type 99 rifles, and charged with infantry.

At the same time, on the eastern ridge, some Japanese soldiers emerged from the southern hill and exchanged fire with the guard company across the hill.

In short, the fighting here was not fierce, the Japanese fought very carefully, and the pressure on defense was not too great.

The Japanese were careful because they only had 300 men and their strength was not sufficient. Of course, this was related to the fact that they had encountered an ambush and suffered more than 40 casualties. The Japanese knew that this was where Kato's squadron was almost wiped out, so they were very careful.

How did the Japanese know? There was such a big grave on the hillside, and it was written "a place where ghosts hide". The Japanese knew it at a glance.

On this side, the Japanese launched an attack, and on the side of the First Battalion, the Japanese finally rested enough in the village and began to move along the mountain road towards the ridge where the First Battalion was located.

Looking at the Japanese soldiers marching in a neat line, Zhang Dabiao felt nervous, but also excited. Aren't they just five or six hundred Japanese soldiers? Just fight them! But, how did the regiment commander arrange it? Why hasn't the signalman come back yet?

PS: I am still writing this chapter today. It’s not that I am lazy, but I have been feeling dizzy and dizzy since the day before yesterday. I took my blood pressure and it was moderately hypertension.

Then today I went to the community hospital to get medicine for my old father. The doctor prescribed some Tolpidem and told me to go to the hospital for a check-up if my blood pressure doesn't go down after taking it twice.

Apparently, I've taken it twice, it didn't work, and I've developed severe hypertension... I'll check it out tomorrow. I hope it's nothing serious...

(End of this chapter)