Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 169: Put the anti-aircraft guns down!

Not long after Li Yunlong led the Second Battalion and its direct company to successfully rob the Japanese army train.

Two regiments of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region arrived near Lubei Village with a transport team.

As the first anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines established by the Eighth Route Army, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region currently has a total strength of about 1.5 troops.

It was a rare opportunity for the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region to allocate two regiments of troops to support and transport supplies.

The independent regiment had resolved the battle and captured three railway stations between Yangquan and Niangziguan.

A total of more than 500 military horses were seized, and all of them were taken to Lubei Village to transport military equipment and raw materials.

The Japanese cavalry and infantry stationed at Niangzi Pass were also driven back into Niangzi Pass by the Third Battalion of the New First Regiment.

At this time, the telegram from headquarters also replied, agreeing that Li Yunlong would lead the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment to attack Yangquan.

So Li Yunlong asked Zhong Zhicheng to be responsible for transporting equipment and combat supplies.

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie led the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment and rushed towards Yangquan without stopping.

Lubei Village is only 15 kilometers away from Yangquan, and can be reached in at most 3 hours with a forced march.

After marching along the Zhengtai Railway for just over an hour, Li Yunlong and his soldiers heard intensive gunfire coming from the front.

Li Yunlong pulled out his pistol, his face stern: "The First Battalion must still be exchanging fire with the Japs. Pass on my orders, prepare for battle."

Crash... Li Yunlong and the soldiers ran quickly forward.

Not long after, Li Yunlong and the soldiers arrived at the blocking battlefield of the first battalion.

"Captain of the First Battalion, what's the situation now?"

Walking into the headquarters of the first battalion, Li Yunlong looked at Song Daying and asked in a deep voice.

"Commander, the Japanese have just been driven back. The total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops is about 1000 people, all of them elite soldiers."

"The enemy's firepower was fierce and their combat effectiveness was very strong, but our First Battalion was no pushover and we withstood the enemy's attack for three hours."

Li Yunlong raised his telescope and took a look. Sure enough, he saw the front of the position was filled with the corpses of Japanese and puppet soldiers.

However, the first battalion also suffered at least 100 casualties. After all, it did not have decent fortifications, and its manpower was inferior to that of the Japanese and puppet troops.

Fortunately, the firepower of the first battalion was relatively strong, and in terms of artillery firepower, it was temporarily strengthened to 10 artillery pieces.

"Was that hit by a bazooka?"

There were also two Japanese armored vehicles that had been blown up and had burned into empty shells.

"Yes, this thing is really useful. The Japanese still have two tanks and they don't dare to drive over."

Song Daying nodded, his expression full of emotion.

Two 2mm machine guns were used by the regiment headquarters for air defense. If there were no bazookas, these four Japanese tanks and armored vehicles would be enough to cause trouble for the entire battalion.

Moreover, the bazooka is also first-class and powerful in fighting against the Japanese and puppet army infantry.

Li Yunlong nodded and said with a satisfied expression.

"It seems the Japanese don't intend to let us take away the equipment and raw materials."

"The next time the Japanese attack, we will launch a counterattack and eliminate some of them outside the city."

"It will be easier when we attack Yangquan later."

The defensive location chosen by Song Daying was quite sophisticated, consisting of two earthen slopes next to a railway.

These two earthen slopes, one in the south and one in the north, can provide each other with fire support. The attacking Japanese soldiers had just been repelled and did not find the Eighth Route Army reinforcements.

"Attack the county town?"

Song Daying was suddenly alert, with a gleam of light in his eyes.

He knew that the regiment commander would not just target the Japanese army columns, but that hunting rabbits through grass was what the regiment commander liked to do.

"Zhu Zi, what the hell are you laughing at? Hurry up and set up the mortars. Let's make lunch for the Japanese and the puppet army."

Li Yunlong looked at Wang Chengzhu, who was big and strong with a sly smile on his square face.

Wang Chengzhu asked, "Commander, should we set up the mountain artillery and infantry guns?"

Li Yunlong said angrily: "Set up the mountain cannon, aren't you afraid of being blown up by the Japanese planes?"

Mortar positions can be moved quickly, but mountain artillery positions are difficult to move. If they are targeted by Japanese planes, they will be bombed.

Li Yunlong didn't know that the main force of the Japanese aircraft had already gone to reinforce the battlefield in southeastern Shanxi.

The New 60st Regiment has more than 82 30mm and mm mortars, and only mortars are enough to deal with this group of Japanese devils.

"Yes!"

Wang Chengzhu turned around and went to set up the mortar position. In order to prevent bombing by Japanese planes, the mortar position was divided into several parts.

The mountain artillery and infantry artillery units were hidden in the woods in the distance.

Half of the New 20st Regiment's 20mm machine guns and general-purpose machine guns were sent by Li Yunlong to protect equipment and raw materials, and he only brought back half of the mm machine guns and general-purpose machine guns.

After arranging the artillery positions, Li Yunlong asked the battalion commander, "How many times have you repelled the enemy's attacks?"

Song Daying replied: "Report to the regiment commander, we have repelled three attacks by the Japanese and puppet troops."

Li Yunlong's eyes flashed with wisdom. "As the Art of War says, 'The first attack is powerful, the second is weak, and the third is exhausted.' The Japanese and puppet troops have very little morale right now."

"In addition to lunch, let's add two more hard dishes for the devils and puppet troops."

Seeing Li Yunlong's expression, Song Daying knew that the regimental commander probably had a new idea. He asked expectantly, "Commander, how are you going to fight?"

Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang beside him: "Pass on my order, place 18 MG42 general-purpose machine guns and 16 20mm cannons on the reverse slope. When the Japanese attack, the machine guns, cannons and mortars will fire together to destroy the attacking enemy to the greatest extent possible."

"Use machine guns to attack the Japanese and puppet army infantry?" Song Daying's eyes lit up.

"Yes!" Zhao Gang quickly conveyed the order.

After delivering the order, Zhao Gang suddenly remembered Napoleon's classic words about war: "The principles of conducting a war are the same as those of conducting a siege. Firepower must be concentrated on a single point, and a breach must be opened. Once the enemy's stability is destroyed, the subsequent task is to completely defeat it."

Zhao Gang thought that Li Yunlong, who didn't know who Napoleon was, was a natural tactician.

As Li Yunlong's order was issued, the soldiers prepared themselves and waited for various firepower to defeat the Japanese.

The first battalion took the lead, and the rest of the troops and the independent regiment pursued the Japanese and puppet troops together, chasing them to Yangquan, and then took advantage of the situation to attack Yangquan.

The terrain here is rather special, and a roundabout attack is not possible, otherwise the Japanese would have attacked the first battalion from behind or headed towards Lubei Village.

More than half an hour later, the Japanese and puppet troops organized a new round of attack, and one by one the Japanese entered the attack position.

There were no puppet troops in this attack, only one squadron of pure Japanese devils, each of whom carried a gas mask.

Shells were fired at the Eighth Route Army's positions, exploding with bangs, and various yellow and red smoke filled the air.

"Don't panic, the Japanese are using gas masks! Put on your gas masks!"

Seeing the Japanese releasing poison gas, Li Yunlong put on a gas mask and shouted loudly.

Listening to the unique voice of the regiment commander, the soldiers put on their gas masks skillfully.

Only a few slow-moving soldiers were slightly poisoned and had to be carried away from the front line, but it was not a big problem as the medics carried special medicine to treat poison gas.

"What a stupid little devil!"

Looking at the yellow and red poisonous gas spreading over the new regiment's position, Li Yunlong snorted coldly.

He had clearly warned the Japanese not to use poison gas bombs, but the Japanese obviously did not listen.

Today, let the Japanese learn a lesson!
If they hadn't had the gas masks provided by Boss Lin, they would have been poisoned by now!

"attack!"

The Japanese artillery stopped firing, and a squadron of Japanese infantry, led by the squadron leader, rushed towards the position of the New 1st Regiment.

There was silence on the New 1st Regiment's position. The Japanese thought the poison gas was working, so they boldly approached quickly with their Type 38 rifles.

Once they reached the position, the Japanese planned to kill all the Eighth Route Army soldiers with bayonets, leaving no one alive.

The poison gas was almost dissipating, and the Japanese had already approached the position to within about 30 meters.

100 meters behind the Japanese, two or three hundred puppet soldiers also pressed forward, ready to follow their master and collect military merits.

"Hug the fire!"

"Da da da……"

At Li Yunlong's command, the light and heavy machine guns and submachine gun fire points of the first battalion started firing wildly, and bullets poured down on the Japanese like raindrops.

"Nani?"

The Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard fell down one after another, and the ones who survived quickly found a place to crawl and hide.

While the fire was suppressing, the soldiers set up general-purpose machine guns and pushed the Oerlikon 20mm machine guns to the position.

Li Yunlong rested his shoulders on the butt of an Oerlikon machine gun, aimed at a Japanese heavy machine gun fire point, and pressed the firing pin with his finger.

Along with the vibration of the machine gun and the body, the "boom boom boom" sound of the 20mm machine gun suddenly rang out.

A chain of 20mm machine gun shells suddenly flew towards the Japanese heavy machine gun fire point.

Amidst a burst of crackling lights and flashes of fire, the Japanese Type 92 heavy machine gun was directly shattered, and the Japanese machine gunner was also beaten into a pile of minced meat.

Other machine guns also opened fire, aiming at the Japanese machine gun fire points and killing them all.

A sharp whistling sound was heard in the air, and more than 30 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars fired at the same time.

Along with the explosion, a series of flames and smoke rose up, which was a shock wave that swept across the entire Japanese attack formation.

In the face of dense machine gun fire, dense mortar shells, and powerful 20mm machine gun fire.

In less than 200 minutes, 2 elite Japanese soldiers from a Japanese squadron suffered heavy casualties, and hundreds of puppet troops behind the Japanese were also affected and suffered casualties.

The Japanese soldiers who managed to survive stood up and ran away, but how could their legs be faster than bullets and artillery shells?

The dense bullets and artillery shells caught up with the Japs in an instant, and they fell down one after another like dry grass encountering a sharp sickle.

The puppet soldiers seemed to have been frightened by this scene. They all lay down on the spot pretending to be dead and had completely lost the courage to escape.

A kilometer away, at the Japanese headquarters, the captain in charge of commanding the operation was completely stunned.

This firepower, is it from the Eighth Route Army?

(End of this chapter)