Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 344: Not only did I not lose money, I also made a lot of money! (Part )
Time quickly came to two o'clock in the afternoon of the third day.

The Jinzhong Eighth Route Army Special Forces still did not appear.

This morning, Kenkichi Hirata ordered the reconnaissance team to conduct a 20-kilometer survey in the direction of the border between Shanxi and Hebei Provinces, but still found no trace of the Eighth Route Army Special Forces.

Chief of Staff Colonel Uwagawa sent a telegram saying that the investigation team had arrived in Yangquan.

The division headquarters already knew that he had led the reinforced battalion to ambush the Eighth Route Army without authorization.

Ushijima Mitsuki orders Hirata Kenkichi to return to Yangquan immediately.

After a flurry of foul language at the command center, Kenkichi Hirata issued the order to retreat.

……

Meng County.

The new regiment headquarters.

Li Yunlong is making a moving plan.

In another half month, the main force of the Jinzhong troops will begin to advance towards northwest Shanxi.

Li Yunlong had to personally decide which troops would remain in the Jinzhong Military Region, which troops would go to northwest Shanxi, how much belongings to take away, and how much firepower to leave for Xing Zhiguo.

At that moment, Xing Zhiguo walked in quickly. "Captain, I have something to report to you. The Sharp Blade Commando and artillery unit that went to Shimen City for combat were supposed to return to their base the day before yesterday. We haven't heard from them in two days, and the radio station hasn't been able to reach them. Should we send the cavalry battalion to look for them?"

The cavalry battalion commander, Sun Desheng, had already set out to the designated location to meet the Sharp Blade Commando, but he had not yet been able to meet them.

After planning to ambush the Japanese, the Sharp Blade Commando and Wang Chengzhu's radio station maintained radio silence in order to achieve optimal concealment, so the regiment headquarters could not be contacted.

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes and said, "Don't worry about them. These guys must be doing side jobs."

"Oh?" Xing Zhiguo was stunned. "A side job? Did the Blade Commando send a telegram?"

"That's not the case." Li Yunlong said, "Don't I know them well? As soon as the monk and Zhuzi raised their butts, I knew what they were going to do."

"This time, their mission to Shimen City failed, and they lost six 6mm mortars and dozens of mules."

"He felt so guilty that he must have taken a detour to ambush Hirata Kenkichi and the Japanese infantry battalion."

His subordinate Li Yunlong knows him best.

Originally, the intelligence sent by Boss Lin knew the location of the Japanese ambush, the approximate scale of the ambush, the firepower configuration and the troop deployment. If troops were dispatched from the Jinzhong base, they could form a two-pronged attack on the Japanese ambush forces together with the Sharp Blade Commando.

However, the old devil Hirata Kenkichi is much more cunning than Takagi Yoshito, and he must have sent troops to keep an eye on the Jinzhong base.

As soon as we set off here, Kenkichi Hirata will definitely receive the information, and the Japanese will definitely slip away.

Xing Zhiguo suddenly realized what was going on and immediately felt relieved, sitting on the bench. "If the Blade Commando can kill Hirata Kenkichi, then not only will they not lose money on this operation, but they will actually make a fortune."

"Oh, Commander," Xing Zhiguo asked, "has there been no intelligence from Shimen City yet? When will that old devil, Yamawaki Masataka, take a plane to Taiyuan?"

Li Yunlong said, "The runway at Daguocun Airport was blown up by Wang Chengzhu. It will take about five days to repair. Today is only the fourth day. Boss Lin said that when that old devil Yamawaki Masataka leaves from Daguocun Airport in Shimen City, he will send us a telegram."

"Boss Lin is really amazing." Xing Zhiguo said with emotion: "He can get any kind of information."

This time, Li Yunlong paid the price of 250 Japanese heads. The deal is not over yet, and subsequent information about this person will continue to be provided.

But if Li Yunlong and Ding Wei failed to kill Yamawaki Masataka this time, the old Japanese devil Yamawaki Masataka would have arrived in Taiyuan.

Even if this business failed, Li Yunlong would have to pay the Japanese price again if he wanted to obtain information about Yamawaki Masataka from Boss Lin in the future.

"Do you think the troops and firepower I left for you are sufficient?"

Li Yunlong handed a newly drafted document to Xing Zhiguo.

Xing Zhiguo took the document and began to read it, finishing it quickly. "It's more than enough. Ten thousand main forces plus two heavy artillery regiments, and more than ten thousand militiamen. Not to mention defending the base, we can even confront a Japanese division head-on."

These 10,000 main forces include 2,000 veteran troops and 8,000 new recruits from the last expansion. These more than 10,000 militiamen are also well-equipped, all with excellent equipment and sufficient ammunition.

Li Yunlong did not hand over the weapons and ammunition captured from the Japanese and puppet troops in each victory. Instead, he used them all to arm the militia. In addition, he used a portion of the weapons earned from this business to arm all the more than 10,000 militiamen.

Li Yunlong said: "Those 30 independently developed infantry companies should have no problem growing to people in half a year. Although the main force has advanced to northwest Shanxi, our Jinzhong base must continue to develop."

"Continue to develop northward and connect with the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area and the Northwest Shanxi base area."

"Continue to develop southward and turn the guerrilla zone south of Zhengtai Road into our base area, connecting it with the southeastern Shanxi base area."

Li Yunlong pointed at the map and analyzed and gave orders to Xing Zhiguo.

Xing Zhiguo's eyes suddenly lit up: "This way, the Japanese will have a hard time in Shanxi."

"That's right." Li Yunlong nodded and looked at Xing Zhiguo, "So, the location of the Jinzhong base is very important."

...northwest of Yangquan.

On an unnamed hill from Laoyukou to Yangquan, more than 80 members of the Blade Commando Team have been lying in ambush for a long time.

The Blade Commando's four 4mm mortars were set up in the distance and commanded by Wang Chengzhu to cover their retreat.

Wang Chengzhu planned to incorporate the remaining dozen or so artillerymen into the Sharp Blade Commando to ambush the Japanese together.

However, Wei Dayong rejected it.

These artillerymen are good at shooting. Each of them is equipped with a PPSh submachine gun and has good firepower.

However, the Japanese's shooting skills were almost always effective. As soon as the PPSh rifle fired, the Japanese could quickly shoot towards their position.

These are elite artillerymen. Even if Wei Dayong were to trade 1 for 10 of them with the Japanese, he would still be at a loss.

So, these dozen elite artillerymen were sent to look after the military horses.

The soldiers of the Blade Commando are better at concealment, and the assault rifles they use have stronger firepower and higher accuracy. In addition, the muzzles of their guns are equipped with flash suppressors and silencers. After the battle begins, the Japanese cannot find their position for a while, which can greatly reduce casualties.

The location where the Blade Commandos ambushed was a standard ambush terrain. The locals called it Wild Wolf Valley. It was said that wild wolves often appeared here.

The Wild Wolf Valley and its surrounding areas are typical Jin loess terrain. Mountains composed of bare rocks and brown land rise and fall one after another, stretching as far as the eye can see. The entire mountain is barren with only a little green occasionally.

The northwest wind in winter penetrates into the mountains of Jinzhong area, whistling sharply between the peaks and valleys, as if it wants to freeze the exposed rocks.

Both sides of the canyon are suitable for ambushes, but Wei Dayong ambushed all the soldiers on the left side to facilitate retreat later.

"Why haven't the damn devils come yet?"

Wei Dayong looked at the watch on his hand. The hands were almost reaching five o'clock in the afternoon, and his brows frowned slightly.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, after lying in ambush here, he did not send scouts to Laoyukou during the day.

But last night, he sent Duan Peng and Wang Jiatian to Laoyukou for reconnaissance and confirmed that the Japanese were still there.

The dry food carried by the Blade Commandos and artillery units has run out.

According to the original plan, the Blade Commando and artillery unit should have returned to the base two days ago to report to Li Yunlong.

Wei Dayong was a little reluctant to kill the warhorse to satisfy his hunger. After all, it was a military horse allocated to the Blade Commando by the regiment. It was impossible for him to have no feelings for it after such a long time of contact.

"finally come."

Suddenly, Monk Wei's eyes fixed on the signal from the lookout, and he immediately shouted, "Prepare for battle."

"finally come."

Not far away, on a hillside above the entrance of Wild Wolf Valley, Wang Xikui took a deep breath, pulled the bolt of the Barrett and pushed the bullet into the chamber.

The sniper vision from his position is very good, facing Yelang Valley directly, and he can shoot Kenkichi Hirata from the front later, because the shooting distance is between 200 meters and 500 meters. This time he did not ask for a deputy shooter, and one person served as the main shooter and deputy shooter.

All the team members saw the signal that the Japanese were coming, and they all pulled the bolts of their guns and pushed the bullets into the chambers with fierce expressions, and then stood still in the ambush position.

Soon, about a squad of Japanese soldiers appeared around the corner from the entrance of Wild Wolf Valley.

This team of Japanese soldiers were conducting a cautious search and advancing. The concealment and camouflage of the Blade Commando were top-notch. After a random search, the Japanese reconnaissance team quickly passed through the Wild Wolf Valley.

Then, the main force of more than a thousand Japanese soldiers lined up in two rows and marched into the Wild Wolf Valley. These Japanese soldiers marched in two rows. Although their troops were not large, their equipment was very luxurious. There were nearly a hundred light and heavy machine guns, seventy or eighty grenade launchers, four infantry guns, and four mortars. Each Japanese soldier had at least five melon grenades hanging on him.

If the Blade Commando entered the encirclement of the Japanese army without any preparation, they would end up being annihilated.

Kenkichi Hirata rode a chestnut Japanese horse, and beside him, Major Morimoto and two staff officers each rode a military horse.

As soon as he entered the Wild Wolf Valley, Kenkichi Hirata felt uncomfortable all over, but he didn't pay too much attention to it, thinking it was because the terrain here was too dangerous.

"Order the troops to speed up!" Kenkichi Hirata said to Major Morimoto.

"Hey." Major Morimoto lowered his head and immediately shouted an order, "Speed ​​up, Heiya Gu, Heiya Gu."

As Major Morimoto gave the order, the Japanese soldiers immediately started running. They were wearing leather shoes with iron nails on the soles of their feet, and their neat steps made a loud noise, raising dust along the way.

In the sniper position, Wang Xikui first used an eight-fold telescope to identify Kenkichi Hirata, and then set up the Barrett to aim at him.

Then, Wang Xikui pulled the trigger without hesitation. With a shake of his shoulder, mud and mist splashed in front of him, and a 12.7mm sniper bullet flew out of the barrel, spinning at high speed and flying towards Kenkichi Hirata.

The soldiers of the Blade Commando Team stared at Kenkichi Hirata with their eyes. Almost at the same time as the gunshots rang out, the soldiers immediately saw a ball of blood spurting out from Kenkichi Hirata's body on the maroon military horse.

Many Japanese soldiers watched helplessly as their brigade commander was almost beaten into two pieces, and fell down from their horses.

The Japanese formation was instantly in chaos.

(End of this chapter)