Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 290 A very powerful weapon!
How could the Eighth Route Army's special forces, consisting of only a few dozen people, be so powerful?
This is an infantry battalion of a Type A division!

They were actually beaten back step by a special forces team of dozens of people?

Under the questioning of Colonel Uwagawa, the wounded squadron leader reported word for word how the 6th Infantry Battalion was ambushed.

After listening to the squadron leader's report, all the Japanese officers including Kenkichi Hirata and Masao Uwagawa took a deep breath.

The 6th Infantry Battalion made almost no mistakes, but was still overwhelmed. In less than five minutes of fighting, more than half of its men were killed or wounded and it retreated in defeat.

The entire 6th Infantry Battalion didn't even know where the Eighth Route Army Special Forces were.

The other side didn't have many people, but it felt like they were everywhere and they had no power to resist.

This special forces unit has been fighting the locust army for several days. Is it almost out of ammunition and food?
Why is there such powerful firepower?

Masao Uwagawa cried out in despair in his heart.

I was careless and fell into Li Yunlong's trap.

Feelings of regret filled Kenkichi Hirata's mind. Only then did he finally understand that all this was part of Li Yunlong's plan.

It is very likely that Li Yunlong even anticipated that the special forces would ambush the Locust Army Infantry Battalion that was reinforcing Yangquan, and he hid some weapons and ammunition for the special forces in the mountains in advance. He hid the weapons and ammunition in caves on both sides of the road, and then blocked the caves, making it impossible for Japanese scouts to find them.

Although Li Yunlong is Hirata's enemy, Hirata has to admit that Li Yunlong is really powerful!
Good at calculations.

Because of his mysterious confidence in the blockade line, he made a wrong judgment.

If he had ordered the two infantry battalions back to Yangquan that morning, or had the supply corps' trucks carry some troops back to Yangquan, the situation wouldn't have deteriorated so drastically. Li Yunlong captured Yangquan and seized the 39th Brigade's food and supplies, forcing the Japanese to retreat. The Jinzhong Campaign was a complete failure.

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine.

No wonder he could cause the imperial locust army to suffer heavy losses many times. Li Yunlong is indeed an extraordinary person.

but.

Now we have figured out authentic tactics to deal with the Eighth Route Army.

It will not be too late to attack the Eighth Route Army's Jinzhong base after the locust army has regrouped its combat supplies, troops and locust aid forces and adjusted its combat deployment.

Next time, the Eighth Route Army of Jinzhong will definitely face even more fierce attacks from the locust army!
Kenkichi Hirata took a deep breath and said, "I, Kenkichi Hirata, and the 39th Brigade will definitely be back! Next time, I will let the Eighth Route Army have a good taste of the 240mm heavy howitzer."

After the brigade headquarters reported the situation to the division headquarters and the First Army Headquarters.

Kenkichi Hirata and Masao Uwagawa received orders to recapture Yangquan immediately.

Yangquan was a strong military stronghold of the Japanese army on the Zhengtai Railway and its location was very important.

The Zhengtai Railway and the Tongpu Railway are the two major arteries of the Japanese in Shanxi.

The Japanese's combat supplies needed to be transported into Shanxi via two railways, and the resources plundered by the Japanese in Shanxi also needed to be transported out via these two railways.

Early the next morning.

After breakfast, the Japanese prepared to return to Yangquan.

Yamamoto Ikki and the special forces members were a little confused and didn't know the situation.

However, Yamamoto Kazuki's expression changed, as if he had guessed something.

A major came over. His name was Jiang Xia Chuyi and he was a staff officer of the 39th Brigade.

"Colonel Yamamoto, the Jinzhong battle is over. The brigade commander ordered me to notify your special forces team. Your special forces team can return to Shouyang with us first, and then return to Taiyuan on your own." Jiang Xia Chuyi bowed to Yamamoto Ikki and said.

"Jiang Xiajun, what happened?"

Yamamoto Ikki asked casually with an expressionless face to confirm his guess.

Jiang Xia Chuyi hesitated for a moment, then told Yamamoto Ikki what happened last night - the blockade lines of Miaoling and Guanjiayu were broken; the 6th Infantry Battalion suffered more than half casualties at the hands of the Eighth Route Army Special Forces, and the battalion commander was seriously injured; Yangquan was captured by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Yesterday morning, when Yamamoto Ikki met with Kenkichi Hirata and Colonel Uwagawa to remind them to beware of the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack on Yangquan and the mutiny of the Locust Army, Jiang Xia Chuyi was present and witnessed the whole process.

But Hirata and Uwagawa didn't take Yamamoto Ikki's words seriously at all.

The Eighth Route Army's sneak attack on Yangquan came true. Although the Locust Army did not mutiniate, some of them secretly escaped last night.

This made Jiang Xia Chuyi feel that Colonel Yamamoto was something, and his rank was much higher than that of Kenkichi Hirata and Colonel Uwagawa.

Therefore, Jiang Xia Chuyi was somewhat respectful to Yamamoto Ikki.

"I understand. Thank you, Mr. Jiangxia." Yamamoto Ikki nodded.

"You're too polite, Colonel Yamamoto." Jiang Xia Chu bowed and turned to leave.

Looking at Jiang Xia Chuyi's leaving back, Yamamoto Ikki's mouth curled up slightly, and then quickly returned to expressionless.

Xiaolu Goro thought he was seeing things.

What?, did the colonel just laugh?
Impossible, I must have seen it wrong...

When Yamamoto Ikki heard the news, he couldn't help but feel complicated, both surprised and a little happy.

What is surprising is that the Eighth Route Army Special Forces are so powerful.

The good news is that the Eighth Route Army Special Forces have proved that special forces have extremely high strategic value in modern warfare.

Kenkichi Hirata and Masao Uwagawa did not listen to his advice, which led to their defeat.

However, Yamamoto Ikki also felt sorry for the Japanese soldiers who died in the battle.

They were all elite troops of the empire, but unfortunately they encountered two stupid commanders, Kenkichi Hirata and Uwagawa.

Yamamoto Ikki compared the special forces team with the Eighth Route Army Special Forces in his mind.

If the two sides meet, who has a better chance of winning?
The Eighth Route Army Special Forces were better equipped, but Yamamoto believed that the individual qualities of his soldiers were stronger, so Yamamoto felt that the strength of both sides was similar.

Fearing an ambush by the Eighth Route Army Special Forces along the way, Yamamoto led the special forces team and the main force back to Shouyang, and then boarded a small truck and headed towards Taiyuan.

Kenkichi Hirata led the 39th Brigade to Yangquan.

By the time Kenkichi Hirata arrived in Yangquan, Li Yunlong had already led his troops to retreat with the captured food and ammunition.

Looking at the corpses of Japanese soldiers scattered all over the ground and the ammunition and grain depots that had been looted, Kenkichi Hirata fainted from anger on the spot.

……

Mengxian County seat.

The Eighth Route Army Jinzhong Command.

Looking at the two infantry guns captured in the battle of Yangquan, Li Yunlong touched his chin.

Pity.

If we could capture the Japanese 240mm heavy howitzer, the power would be so great...

Then he gave orders in a loud voice.

"Move all the captured food and ammunition into the warehouse."

The 39th Brigade’s warehouse had a lot of ammunition and food. The motor vehicle battalion made two trips last night to transport all the ammunition and food back to the base.

Each large truck can carry 4 tons of cargo, and 120 trucks can carry about 480 tons of supplies in one trip.

This means that the supplies seized last night amounted to nearly 1000 tons, most of which were food.

But Li Yunlong was also very satisfied.

Who knew that the Japanese could leave a loophole in Yangquan?
After this battle, it was proved that the tunnels and reverse slope defense lines could stop the enemy, so Li Yunlong planned to move the regiment headquarters to Mengxian County.

The transportation here is more convenient. In addition to the airport, Li Yunlong also built some reinforced concrete warehouses here to store food and weapons and ammunition.

Li Yunlong looked at the soldiers who were unloading the cargo. They were in high spirits, with rosy complexions, and there was not much fatigue from the battle they had just experienced between their brows.

Most of these soldiers are veteran elites of the New 1st Regiment.

The nutritious and balanced diet showed its effect after the war. Whether in terms of physical strength or energy, the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment no longer had much disadvantage compared to the Japanese.

Li Yunlong knew very well that as time went on, the effects of a good diet would become more and more pronounced, and the soldiers after training would be no less physically and mentally competent than the Japanese.

Zhao Gang walked over quickly, a telegram in his hand. "Captain, Boss Lin just sent a telegram saying the 39th Brigade has returned to Yangquan. That old devil, Kenkichi Hirata, has fainted from anger. Boss Lin wants us to count the consumption of weapons and ammunition, as well as the number of enemies killed."

Li Yunlong took the telegram and read it, smiling slightly: "It's a pity that the old devil Hirata didn't get mad to death, otherwise we would have obtained another 12 120mm heavy mortars."

In this battle, 30 120mm heavy mortars played a great role. If there were no 30 120mm heavy mortars.

In the northwest of Jinzhong, the Eighth Route Army had a difficult time driving the Japanese 3rd Brigade back to the Xiyan Basin, so naturally there was no subsequent annihilation campaign. This thing was perfect for the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare, even more powerful than the 75mm mountain artillery equipped by the troops.

"By the way." After a pause, Li Yunlong asked again, "What are the casualties of the troops?"

"The number of soldiers killed was approximately 800, and the total casualties were approximately 2500."

As the combat staff officer of the New 1st Regiment, without Li Yunlong giving any orders, he contacted all the troops as soon as the battle ended and counted the approximate casualties of each unit.

Zhao Gang's face was gloomy.

Although this was the total casualties of the Jinzhong base, it also meant that 800 soldiers were killed and more than 1700 soldiers were injured. The total number of casualties was about that of a main force regiment.

The casualties of an entire main regiment would be considered a heavy loss for any of the Eighth Route Military Regions at the moment.

"Proper arrangements and treatment should be made for the seriously injured soldiers. Medicines and nutritional supplements should be given priority to the wounded soldiers. All the canned meat and fruit seized in Yangquan this time should be reserved for the wounded."

Li Yunlong's expression and tone remained unchanged.

Zhao Gang: "Yes."

Kong Jie said happily, "Although we suffered over 2500 casualties, we completely wiped out an entire Japanese brigade in this battle. This is an unprecedented victory in the history of the War of Resistance! If we include the puppet troops we eliminated, we killed over 1 enemies in this battle, with a casualty ratio of 1 to !"

"By the way, we also killed a major general and at least a dozen lieutenant colonels."

Kong Jie added another sentence.

This record is already very good.

Although the weapons and equipment of the three regiments in Jinzhong were very good, the Japanese were not bad either. The individual quality of the Japanese was stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army soldiers in Jinzhong. Moreover, the Japanese also dispatched two 2mm heavy artillery, which caused considerable casualties to the New 240st Regiment.

If Li Yunlong had not led his troops to launch a surprise attack on Yangquan at the critical moment and raided the 39th Brigade's base, the troops' casualties would have increased greatly.

Zhao Gang nodded, took a deep breath and exhaled slightly, his complexion returning to normal.

There will be casualties in war, more or less.

Every Eighth Route Army soldier in the Jinzhong base was ready to sacrifice himself, including him, Zhao Gang.

In this battle, he killed a colonel and earned 30 20mm machine guns for the army.

This time, an independent mixed brigade of the Japanese army was wiped out, and the entire Japanese First Army was seriously injured. In addition, the Japanese 39th Brigade also suffered heavy casualties. It is estimated that the Japanese were so angry that they vomited blood.

"The total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in Shanxi is about 12. This time, the enemy suffered nearly one-tenth of their casualties, which is enough to make the Japanese feel distressed for a long time." Zhao Gang was proud.

"Lao Kong, lead your troops back to the base as soon as possible to prevent the Japanese from attacking from the northeast of the base."

"After the weapons and ammunition are reimbursed and the weapons and ammunition earned are received, I will send a motor vehicle battalion to deliver your share directly to your base."

Li Yunlong nodded, looked at Kong Jie and said.

"Yes!"

Kong Jie smiled and raised his hand to salute Li Yunlong.

Today, the New 120st Regiment's Jinzhong base is equipped with large trucks. It used to take more than a whole day to transport hundreds of tons of combat supplies by mule carts, but now it only takes three hours to arrive using large trucks. Although the speed of large trucks will be much lower when fully loaded, the efficiency is still higher than that of transporting by mule.

In this battle, the Blade Commando killed dozens of Japanese trucks and dozens of Japanese drivers, and earned another wave of large trucks.

Beautiful!
After Li Yunlong returned a military salute, Kong Jie rode a military horse and walked towards the independent regiment.

Not long after walking, Kong Jie saw the returning Blade Commandos. The two sides saluted each other and then said goodbye.

"Report to the commander, the Blade Commando reports to you."

When he came to Li Yunlong, Xiong Shanglin raised his hand and saluted Li Yunlong.

"You Blade Commandos fought very well this time!"

Seeing the fully armed Blade Commando return safely, Li Yunlong looked extremely satisfied.

Because of fear of being bombed, Li Yunlong did not send a car to pick them up.

After the Japanese from the 39th Brigade left, the Sharp Blade Commando returned to Mengxian County on foot from the direction of Wangjiawan.

Like the 120 Heavy Mortar Battalion, the Blade Commando is a strategic-level weapon in his hands.

"Are there any casualties?"

Li Yunlong glanced at the fully armed team members.

"Reporting to the regiment commander, two people were killed and five were injured, all of them were minor injuries."

Although the Blade Commandos achieved an incredible record, it also came at a cost.

but.

Compared with the Blade Commandos' achievements and the time bought for the main force, the price is worth it.

"Take the troops to rest and recharge your batteries." Li Yunlong nodded. "I'll commend you for your contributions. Your Blade Commando has done a great job this time."

"Yes!"

Xiong Shanglin and his team members saluted and turned to leave under the leadership of a signalman.

The Blade Commando's base near the county town had already been arranged.

Their base was very close to the Logistics Department, in a secluded warehouse of the Logistics Department, surrounded by vegetable fields. It was known to the outside world as the Logistics Warehouse No. 021 of the New st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Li Yunlong stared at the Blade Commando as they left, muttering to himself, "This special forces unit I personally formed has finally played a significant role."

"In addition to requesting merit, we should also upgrade the Blade Commando's organizational structure from company level to battalion level."

"Two members were sacrificed this time, but the Blade Commando needs to continue to develop. The more Special Forces Kings there are, the better."

"This time, I'm turning in weapons and ammunition to the division headquarters. It's a good opportunity to ask the commander at headquarters to select the best soldiers from the entire Eighth Route Army to come to the Jinzhong base for training. Among the Red Army soldiers who completed the Long March, the best soldiers are the best soldiers."

"After this battle, the combat effectiveness of the main force of the entire Jinzhong base area will be qualitatively improved!"

"The weapons and ammunition we earned this time can almost make up for the shortage of weapons and ammunition for the main force. As for the Japanese weapons and miscellaneous weapons captured from the enemy, they can be given to the militia."

"In addition to the artillery that was handed over, the Jinzhong base should still have more than 30 120mm heavy mortars left."

If the Japanese Army's 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade is completely wiped out, 12 120mm heavy mortars will be obtained.

Killing Major General Shigeharu Yanagishita, commander of the 3rd Brigade of the Japanese Army, will also earn you 12 heavy mortars.

In addition, by destroying two Japanese field artillery battalions, Li Yunlong expected to obtain 24 120mm heavy mortars.

Li Yunlong planned to hand over half of them, and then secretly exchange the shot down Japanese planes and killed Japanese pilots for 120 heavy mortars and leave them in the Jinzhong base.

In addition, this time the troops killed a large number of Japanese lieutenants and lieutenants, and the firepower of submachine guns, machine guns, bazookas and small-caliber mortars will be greatly enhanced.

"All main forces are fully equipped, with sufficient ammunition and support personnel, plus the firepower of two heavy mortar battalions."

"My Jinzhong Military Region's troops should be able to defeat a second-tier Japanese division head-on, right?"

Li Yunlong was full of energy. He quickly returned to the regiment headquarters, took out a map and began to make a battle plan.

The battle is over, but not entirely.

Although the Japanese Army's 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade was completely wiped out and the Japanese Army's 39th Brigade was repelled, there was still a blockade line consisting of reinforced concrete bunkers and artillery towers built by the Japanese around the base.

However, the troops had just experienced a major battle and needed to rest and replenish.

Li Yunlong planned to wait until the troops had rested and replenished, and the goods had been received, and all the main soldiers were equipped with weapons, before launching an attack on the Japanese blockade line.

On the one hand, they used war as training, and on the other hand, they looked for opportunities to severely damage the Japanese 39th Brigade.

Li Yunlong personally approached several strongholds along the Japanese blockade line for reconnaissance and quickly formulated a preliminary battle plan.

"Judging from the fact that the cavalry used bazookas to destroy the blockade positions in the Miaoling and Guanjiayu areas in less than an hour."

"The Japanese blockade line was no match for the bazooka."

"Some soldiers have reported that flamethrowers are very useful on the battlefield. They are very effective against enemy bunkers and artillery fortifications. We need to exchange for more flamethrowers this time."

"Brother Lin said last time that if I could completely wipe out the Japanese 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, he would give me a very powerful weapon. I wonder what kind of weapon it is?"

"Let's first notify Brother Lin to take delivery. Then we'll know what kind of weapon it is."

In line with the principle of putting the money in the pocket, Li Yunlong quickly drafted a telegram, gave it to Xiao Zhang and quickly sent it to Boss Lin.

(End of this chapter)