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Chapter 638 Chapter 637, Reinforcements
"Map!" On the hill west of Baicaoping, Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Political Commissar Zhao and others gathered together and picked up the map to look at it.

"Twenty minutes ago, our special forces company, or reconnaissance company, sent a telegram saying that they were at Daxigou and met militiamen heading north from Changting Village for help. According to the militiamen, the Japanese crossed Beiling from the small shop south of Guantao to the west, directly attacked Maqushui north of Shijia Village, and then launched an attack on Changting!"

"The militia of Changting Village has evacuated and hidden the people. We are not worried about the safety of the people. However, the Japanese have bypassed Shijia Village, so our frontline team did not play the role they should have. The Japanese, on the other hand, can fight all the way west to Qingta, and then go up the northwest of the valley to Nan'aipu and other places, right between us and the headquarters!"

"What if, I mean what if, the headquarters breaks out from Matan and retreats, then it is possible that these Japanese enemies will separate us from the headquarters and threaten the safety of the headquarters!"

"The headquarters can go directly north or south. Wouldn't that be safer?" Ding Wei asked.

"To the north or south, it's the valley of Qingzhang River. There are planes overhead. It's not suitable for a large-scale march! Why haven't the Japanese bombers dropped bombs on us until now? I guess the Japanese are looking for the hidden location of our headquarters! And once the headquarters is found, the planes will bomb it indiscriminately!" said Li Yunlong.

"Okay, Lao Li, no matter what, we can't let go of the Japanese who are infiltrating along the way! I just learned from the comrades of the local first regiment that the local second regiment has a strength of no more than 700 soldiers, and only more than 300 decent rifles, with an average of 6 rifle bullets. There are only two Type 15 light machine guns, but each person has at least grenades, and a large number of shotguns, shotguns and double-barreled shotguns. But these are nothing to the elite troops of the Japanese! If it weren't for some village defense fortifications and mines, I'm afraid we wouldn't even have time to reinforce!" Ding Wei said.

"The division headquarters also gave us a situation. The comrades of Shexian County Brigade are currently active in the Beiaipu and Nanaipu areas, but they only have a little over 200 soldiers, and their firepower is about the same as that of Wuxi County Brigade!" Political Commissar Zhao said this, then raised his head and said, "So, how do we support the Qingta direction? Should we go directly through the mountains and ridges to Qingta, or go to the Nanaipu area?"

"Let's divide the troops into two groups! Our new regiment has to handle this matter! Lao Li, I will leave a battalion for you, and I will lead two battalions there myself! One group will go to Nan'aipu and the area around the kiln gate to build two lines of defense, and the other will go directly to Qingta. We hope to arrive before the Japanese occupy Qingta and have a good fight with them!" Ding Wei's opinion was the most pertinent.

"Your regiment also has artillery, right?" Li Yunlong suddenly asked.

"Three mortars, what's wrong?" Ding Wei asked.

"Take all our four mortars and more shells! We don't care whether the Japanese are lightly armed or not. We still have to bring mortars for mountain warfare! That's it, you take the men with you, I will take over the position and will not let any Japanese go!" Li Yunlong said as he stood up.

"Two regiment commanders, if that's the case, then our local regiment must join in the fun!" At this time, the political commissar of the 3st Regiment of the 1rd Division stood up: "First of all, we are familiar with the terrain. Secondly, we have rested for a few hours and obtained so many weapons and equipment. Now that we have this new guy, we have to use it to pay tribute to the devil, right?"

"Okay, it's decided!" Li Yunlong was not a person who would waste time, because the Japanese were still attacking, and this meeting had to make a decision quickly. Since everyone agreed, the only thing left was to mobilize troops and rush to the rescue! As the head of the New 700st Regiment, Ding Wei personally led the New st Regiment's Third Battalion along the mountain road west of Baicaoping to the area of ​​Nanbei Aipu; and although the Local st Regiment was a local regiment, it also followed the main force before being released to the local area, and naturally took over the team of the New st Regiment's Second Battalion, gathering more than people.

Then, this team of more than 700 people, carrying weapons and ammunition, followed the traces left by the independent regiment's special forces company and, under the leadership of the new regiment's reconnaissance company, infiltrated towards Qingta.

In short, while the Central Plains was still trying hard to attack the position of the Independent Regiment, this side had already dispatched more than 1000 troops to rush to the direction of Qingta and Nan'aipu.

Returning to the command post at the top of Jiantou Mountain, Li Yunlong looked at the corpses of puppet soldiers scattered at the foot of the mountain and sighed inwardly. Originally, there were more than 3000 veterans fighting against the devils, but now there are only more than 1000 soldiers left, and their own special forces company is still in the south and has not returned. In other words, the defense force here has been directly reduced by more than one-third.

However, support is also necessary! The Japanese soldiers who penetrated through, on the one hand, blocked the gap between our home and the headquarters, and on the other hand, they actually formed a pincer attack with the Japanese soldiers in the south. Therefore, it is very necessary to defeat or delay the Japanese soldiers who penetrated through the roundabout way!
"Commander, how about letting our battalion defend the main position?" At this time, Zhang Dabiao came to the regiment command post and asked.

"No need, just stay at Baicaoping!" Li Yunlong knew that the village at the foot of the mountain was very important, even if it had not been used yet. At this time, the observation post on the side suddenly reported: "Report to the regiment commander, I found from the artillery telescope that the Japanese are setting up artillery positions in the valley!"

"Artillery position? Do the Japs really not take us seriously, or do they think they can defeat us?" Li Yunlong came to the artillery telescope and put his eyes on the eyepiece to observe.

The 8×50 artillery telescope is an instrument used by artillery for observation and distance measurement. It was obtained from the Russians and is considered to be a relatively advanced instrument of the Eighth Route Army. A batch of them were specially equipped for heavy troops. Under the observation of the artillery telescope, in the valley, outside a village in the southeast direction, the Japanese mountain artillery troops were unloading mountain artillery from the tractor, and some had already started to smash the hoe.

"Go, call the comrades at the front and tell them to abandon the first and second trenches and hide in the third and fourth trenches! Go call the artillery position and tell Captain Qi and his men to prepare for battle! Ask them to arrange a few artillery observers to come over. The call has been connected!" Li Yunlong let go of the artillery scope and gave the order immediately.

Then, he turned to Zhang Dabiao and said, "Don't you want to fight? If I'm right, the Japanese will use artillery fire to cover the infantry's attack. The scale is unclear, but they will definitely deploy a large number of troops at their frontier positions to prepare for battle! So, didn't your battalion occupy the ridge south of Baicaoping? I'll also transfer the grenade launchers of the second battalion to you, and assign them to me..."

(End of this chapter)