Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 235 The Japs are playing with fire!
Some of the defeated Japanese and puppet troops fled towards the highway.

Li Yunlong immediately ordered the cavalry battalion to attack.

Since its establishment, the cavalry battalion has never fought any tough battles due to insufficient training.

but.

This good opportunity to pursue the defeated Japanese and puppet troops was just right for the soldiers of the cavalry battalion to practice.

"Cavalry battalion, attack!"

As soon as Li Yunlong's order was given, Sun Desheng's long howl rose into the sky, and he chased after the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops along the road.

Soon, a cavalry battalion entered the sprint stage, surging forward in waves like a hurricane.

Two or three hundred Japanese and puppet troops fled along the road in panic like a flock of frightened sheep, trying to save their lives.

But unfortunately, the cavalry of the New 1st Regiment had already reached the rear of the Japanese puppet army.

Amidst the flash of cold light, one sharp saber after another chopped down from the air, and as blood spurted, one head after another rolled to the ground.

Just like chopping melons and vegetables.

Only a small number of Japanese and puppet troops escaped by hiding in the mountains and forests on both sides of the road.

They're just a few kittens and puppies, nothing to be afraid of.

Li Yunlong roughly calculated that he had killed at least 600 Japanese devils today and made a small profit.

As for the captured Japanese weapons and puppet army equipment, Li Yunlong ordered them to be distributed directly to the accompanying militia to reduce the burden on the main soldiers.

"Pass on my order. Head south at full speed. As long as we cross the Zhengtai Railway, we will be safe."

Li Yunlong gave orders loudly.

At this time, the first battalion had already cleaned up the battlefield, and Zhao Gang brought the sniper team to join them. As Li Yunlong's order was given, the troops set out quickly.

On the march, Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang as they walked, "Xiao Zhao, you fought beautifully just now. After this battle, I will give you another mission."

"Captain," Zhao Gang immediately stated, "Whatever the mission is, I promise to complete it."

Li Yunlong nodded with a satisfied expression. This kid Zhao Gang was becoming more and more aware.

It has to be our Old Li, he is really good at leading troops.

"Our new regiment needs to establish a sniper instructor team, and I want you to be the captain of this sniper instructor team."

Li Yunlong said to Zhao Gang.

Li Yunlong saw the performance of the sniper team today. They played a crucial role in the troops' successful capture of the hill occupied by the Japanese and puppet troops.

If Zhao Gang had not led the sniper team to kill the Japanese machine gunner.

The First Battalion will certainly be able to capture the positions of the Japanese and puppet troops, but it will take a lot of time and the casualties of the soldiers will increase several times.

By the time the main force of the Japanese puppet army arrives, the three regiments of the Jinzhong Military Region will be in great danger!

A sniper team that has received special sniper training and is well-equipped can definitely play a crucial role at critical moments.

Li Yunlong intends to attach importance to the sniper training of the troops.

Zhao Gang trains physically in the morning, practices shooting in the morning, works as a combat staff officer in the afternoon, and teaches at night school in the evening. He is very busy all day long.

So Li Yunlong also wanted to ask Zhao Gang's opinion.

Zhao Gang said, "Captain, are you worried that I don't have time? I can squeeze it out if I can. Don't worry, I promise to complete the task."

Zhao Gang is really interested in the task of training snipers for the regiment.

Li Yunlong thought further: "Not only should we train snipers for our regiment, but we should also train snipers for the three regiments and militia of the Jinzhong Military Region, and even for the entire Eighth Route Army."

"When the scale gets bigger, we can just open a sniper school."

"When the time comes, I will recommend you to headquarters to be the honorary principal of this sniper school."

Li Yunlong added Zhao Gang's tasks and painted a pie for Zhao Gang.

"But don't think you have too many tasks. After you train a sharpshooter, you can have him serve as an instructor and train new sharpshooters."

However, thinking that Zhao Gang still had to serve as a combat staff officer and run a night school, he added another sentence.

In terms of sniper operations, Zhao Gang is now professional, even more professional than Wang Xikui and Wang Shouren.

After all, Zhao Gang only specializes in sniping, while Wang Xikui and Wang Shouren, in addition to sniping, also have to master various other military skills.

Zhao Gang was not afraid of difficulties at all. After hearing what Li Yunlong said, his eyes lit up like light bulbs.

"Captain, your idea is really good. Why didn't I think of it?"

"Once our sniper instructor team and sniper school are established, the snipers in our Eighth Route Army will be like a snowball, growing bigger and bigger as time goes by."

"I promise to complete the task!"

"Haha." Li Yunlong was very happy. "It's mainly because your battle today gave me inspiration. After this battle, I will recommend you for the credit."

However, Captain Li's joy had not lasted for three seconds when he heard some buzzing sounds in his ears.

The two of them immediately raised their telescopes and looked over. In the field of view of the telescopes, some small black dots like sparrows appeared.

"The Japanese planes are here!"

"Pass my order, all units prepare for air defense!"

Seeing the Japanese planes attacking, Li Yunlong shouted loudly.

Li Yunlong didn't need to issue an order; the soldiers reacted synchronously the moment the roar of the planes reached their ears. The infantrymen crouched on the sides of the road, while the machine gunners quickly set up their light and heavy machine guns on anti-aircraft tripods. The machine gunners, needless to say, quickly found positions to set up their Oerlikon cannons, pointing them in the direction of the incoming Japanese planes. A second-rate Nationalist unit, bombed by a formation of Japanese aircraft of this magnitude, would have been thrown into chaos.

However, the troops of the New 1st Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New 3rd Regiment had already made air defense preparations when the Japanese planes entered the dive attack position.

The infantry conducts air defense drills once a day, the machine gun company conducts air defense drills five times a day, and the training bullet shooting training is once a day, and the movements are smooth and swift.

Very familiar.

"Fire!"

Before the Japanese planes entered the bombing position, Li Yunlong loudly gave the order to open fire.

Li Yunlong knew very well that the movement of the Japanese planes rising up after dropping bombs was the easiest time to shoot down the Japanese planes.

However, this time, all three regiments carried their own belongings, with nearly 2000 mule carts loaded with ammunition and food. Due to a shortage of manpower, each regiment mobilized more than 1000 militiamen to help lead the mules, making this transfer a very large team.

If the Japanese bombs explode the ammunition, the losses will be huge!

During this air defense, we must not allow the Japanese planes to drop bombs with impunity.

Over the highway.

More than a dozen Japanese planes first flew north, turned around and came back, then their noses were parallel to the road and they slowly lowered their altitude.

"Ikeda-kun, you will be in charge of the first formation's attack, and I will be in charge of the second formation's attack."

"Pay attention to anti-aircraft fire, don't fly too low, this Chinese army is equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns."

Major Junji Amano, captain of the 6th Flight Squadron, who led the flight formation, assigned the tasks.

The previous captain of the 6th Flying Squadron, Saito Takeo, was killed by the Shinichi Regiment in Lubei Village.

Some pilots and aircraft, including Junji Amano, were recent additions to the North China Front Army.

In the air-to-ground battle in Mengxian County a few days ago, the 6th Flying Squadron had one plane shot down and two planes damaged. The Japanese pilots knew that the Eighth Route Army had strong firepower.

"Hai."

In an airplane, Captain Ikeda's answer was murderous.

He stared at the Eighth Route Army on the road with a sinister look. Ikeda and the Japanese pilots knew very well that it was these Chinese troops below that caused the Locust Army to suffer heavy losses. Even two major generals and one lieutenant general died at the hands of these Chinese troops.

"Today, I'll let you experience the feeling of a heavy aerial bomb."

Ikeda sneered, operated the Type 2 bomber, and led two escorting fighters and three bombers to dive towards the Eighth Route Army on the road.

Obviously, Major Junji Amano's reminder was ignored by Ikeda.

Because he saw the densely packed mule carts on the road, and the mule carts were full of war supplies.

This wave of aerial bombs will inevitably cause heavy losses to the Eighth Route Army's combat supplies.

If they wanted to destroy the Eighth Route Army's combat supplies, they could only fly a few hundred meters above the road, dive bomb and strafe.

Without ammunition and food, what can you use to fight the locust army?
Before the Japanese soldiers could get into the bomb-dropping position, hundreds of Eighth Route Army fire points below opened fire first, and the orange-red bullets almost filled the entire sky.

“This anti-aircraft firepower…”

Ikeda couldn't help but gasp. He knew that the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft firepower was powerful, but he didn't expect it to be so strong.

This anti-aircraft firepower is several times stronger than the Eighth Route Army's anti-aircraft firepower in the ground-to-air battle in Mengxian County a few days ago!
But once the Type 96 bomber entered a dive route, it was difficult to change its course.

Seeing that the Japanese planes were about to bomb his transport team, Li Yunlong became furious and ordered all the soldiers to open fire.

The anti-aircraft firepower network composed of light machine guns, submachine guns, rifles and 20mm machine guns instantly shot down a Japanese bomber.

Seeing this, several other Japanese planes hastily dropped their bombs and quickly took off before they even reached the best bombing position.

During the pull-up process, another Japanese plane was shot down and another was damaged.

The two shot down Japanese planes crashed head-on into the hills on both sides of the road, creating two huge orange-red fireballs.

"Baga, Ikeda is such an idiot."

Major Junji Amano, who was circling his plane at high altitude, cursed.

Junji Amano quickly changed tactics, ordering several fighters to attract fire from the edge, while several other bombers cut in from the middle air.

Another Japanese plane was shot down, but the two waves of bombing by the Japanese destroyed a lot of ammunition, food and other supplies in the Jinzhong Military Region.

finally.

With a grim face, Junji Amano commanded the fighter jets to cover the damaged plane, left the sky above the highway and returned to Taiyuan.

"Fuck..."

Looking at the food and ammunition that were destroyed in the Jinzhong Military Region after the Japanese planes left, Captain Li cursed.

From visual observation, the transport team suffered little damage, and not much food and ammunition were destroyed.

However, these food and ammunition were earned by the soldiers at the cost of their blood and sacrifice, which undoubtedly touched the bottom line of Captain Li.

"The devil is playing with fire."

Staring at the direction where the Japanese plane left, Li Yunlong's eyes flashed.

"This damn thing, is it going to target the Japanese plane?"

Ding Wei and Kong Jie, who were walking quickly from their respective troops, looked at each other and thought of the same thing at the same time.

(End of this chapter)