Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 30 Where did the 5 infantry guns come from?

"Commander, the Japanese airport defense map has been drawn."

More than an hour later, Zhang Dabiao handed a finished sketch to Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong took the sketch, took a look at it, and nodded with satisfaction. The drawing looked quite realistic.

Zhang Dabiao continued, "Commander, the Japanese defense force and ground crew are about 200 people. There are barbed wire fences and simple fortifications around the airport."

Li Yunlong nodded: "The little Japanese are really arrogant. They never expected that our Eighth Route Army would dare to conduct reconnaissance in the Japanese rear. That's why they dare to use aircraft to fight here without restraint."

Li Yunlong took a look at the map and found that the straight-line distance from here to Xinkou was only about 40 kilometers.

It only takes more than 10 minutes for the Japanese plane to take off and reach the battlefield.

Compared with taking off from Datong Airport or Shimen Airport, it can not only quickly support the battlefield, but also save a lot of fuel.

After nearly two hours of reconnaissance, the Japanese planes took off frequently, and Li Yunlong judged that there were at least 20 Japanese planes.

And they were basically reconnaissance planes, fighters and light bombers. As for the models of the Japanese planes, Li Yunlong didn't recognize them.

"about there…"

Li Yunlong looked at the sky, then at the watch he had seized from the Japanese:
"It'll be dark in a few hours, and we have to get down to business. Retreat!"

This time we came to Dai County to conduct reconnaissance, mainly to scout the terrain and prisoner-of-war camps, and to make pre-war preparations for ambushing the Di Detachment and the Japanese transport team.

Discovering the Japanese airport was a pleasant surprise.

Soon, Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao returned to the grove and reunited with Zhang Hu.

Then the three of them mounted their horses and scouted along the road.

On the road, Japanese cars would occasionally speed past.

Although the Japanese had many transport convoys, there were almost no large ones. Their motorcades were mostly small-scale.

The cars were carrying either weapons and ammunition or wounded Japanese soldiers.

According to Boss Lin's intelligence, the Dike Detachment was dispatched every two days to escort the Japanese transport team heading to the Xinkou front.

Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao came to the vicinity of Wangdongbao.

After some reconnaissance, Li Yunlong planned to set up the battlefield here to ambush the Japanese transport team.

"Captain, there is a fellow shepherd over there. Let's go up and ask what's going on." In a hidden place, Zhang Dabiao pointed to the fellow shepherd who appeared not far away and was about to get up.

"return!"

Li Yunlong grabbed Zhang Dabiao and pulled him back to a hidden position:
"Da Biao, take a closer look, there's something wrong with this fellow!"

Zhang Dabiao was startled and raised his telescope to carefully observe the shepherd fellow villager, and indeed found the problem.

"Captain, there's something wrong with this fellow!"

Zhang Dabiao's eyes were sharp, and he whispered:

"I used to herd sheep when I was a kid, and I'm very familiar with my own sheep. They're very obedient, especially the shepherds who have been herding them for a long time. But no matter how hard this shepherd tries, the sheep won't listen. So, judging by this... these sheep are probably not his."

Li Yunlong nodded. He used to be a scout.

Although he is now the head of a regiment, he still has the skills and vigilance of a scout.

Zhang Dabiao couldn't help but feel a little scared. If this shepherd was a Japanese spy, there might be his accomplices nearby.

If the two of them went up to ask the Japanese about their situation, they might alert the enemy and even be ambushed.

While Da Biao admired the captain's careful observation, he also thought to himself that he should be more vigilant in the future.

"Captain, do you want to touch it..."

Zhang Dabiao whispered, while making a horizontal motion with his right hand under his neck. Li Yunlong whispered, "Have you drawn up the topographical map of this area?"

Zhang Dabiao handed the finished blueprint to Li Yunlong: "Captain, it's all drawn."

Li Yunlong took the blueprint and looked at it: "Retreat! Don't alert the enemy yet."

Zhang Dabiao: "Yes."

The two men then moved towards the back without disturbing the shepherd.

Zhang Dabiao and Li Yunlong guessed correctly that the shepherd was actually a Japanese scout, and there was another Japanese scout accomplice in a hidden position.

Because the Eighth Route Army frequently ambushed the Japanese transport teams.

The transportation line from Daixian to the Xinkou front is particularly important.

Therefore, Lieutenant Colonel Di Bujiagui, who was in charge of security, sent out Japanese scouts to kill the Chinese shepherds, and then pretend to herd sheep near a highway that was more prone to ambushes in order to scout the enemy situation.

Li Yunlong and Zhang Dabiao went to the vicinity of the county town and scouted the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.

According to the information provided by Boss Lin, the prisoner-of-war camp held more than 500 prisoners of war, was very close to the county town, and was guarded by a small group of Japanese devils.

Although Boss Lin’s intelligence is very accurate at the moment, it is better to be safe than sorry, so Li Yunlong still took Zhang Dabiao to conduct reconnaissance.

……

When Li Yunlong brought Zhang Dabiao and Zhang Hu back to the base, it was already 8 o'clock in the evening.

Although he was a little sleepy, Li Yunlong had no time to rest and went straight to the brigade headquarters to report the situation to the brigade commander.

When Li Yunlong arrived at the brigade headquarters, the brigade commander and his men had not yet rested and were discussing things by the light of an oil lamp.

Li Yunlong immediately reported the enemy situation he had discovered today to the brigade commander.

"What did you say? We found the enemy airfield. Where is it?"

After listening to the report, the brigade commander stood up suddenly and even raised his voice by eight octaves.

"it's here."

Li Yunlong found the location of the Japanese airport on the map:
"There were about 20 or so planes. The airport was surrounded by barbed wire and simple fortifications. The Japanese ground crew and guards numbered only about 200 people. This is the map of the Japanese airport runway layout and defenses that I asked guard platoon leader Zhang Dabiao to draw."

The brigade commander took the sketch and began to look at it. Chief of Staff Zhou and Deputy Brigade Commander Chen also came over.

After reviewing the sketch, Deputy Brigade Commander Chen made a decisive decision: "This situation is extremely important. We should report it to division headquarters immediately and send troops to destroy this airport and the Japanese aircraft!"

The brigade commander quickly walked to the phone, grabbed it and shook the handle rapidly.

"This is the 386th Brigade, please contact the division headquarters immediately..."

Soon, the brigade commander reported the enemy situation discovered by Li Yunlong to the division commander.

After hanging up the phone, the brigade commander smiled and praised, "Li Yunlong, your intelligence is very accurate. The division commander said that our brother unit, the 769th Regiment, has also set its sights on this Japanese airport and is preparing to launch a night raid on it tomorrow night."

Li Yunlong was shocked. Well, it turns out that the brother troops were also targeting the Japanese planes.

It seems that there must be some expert scouts from the brother units watching near the Japanese airport, but he and Zhang Dabiao didn't even notice each other.

I don’t know if the other party has discovered that you haven’t?

Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said, "Brigade Commander, according to my daytime reconnaissance, all the Japanese planes that didn't take off are parked on the runway on the southeast side of the airport. I judge that the Japanese planes will most likely park here at night, and it will be difficult for our infantry to approach. I suggest dispatching five Type 5 infantry guns to support our brother troops and bomb the Japanese airport and aircraft."

The brigade commander raised his eyebrows and said, "There are only four infantry guns in total. Where did these five Type 4 infantry guns come from?"

"Hey hey hey..."

Li Yunlong chuckled:
"Commander, to be honest, I still have four Type 4 infantry guns."

(End of this chapter)