Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 372 Practical training!
Heyuan County, only a few dozen kilometers away from Datong, was a county heavily defended by the Japanese army.

In Ping'an County, there was a military police unit of a Japanese infantry battalion and a regiment of puppet troops.

Ping'an County is only a few dozen kilometers away from Heyuan County.

When the New 1st Regiment attacked Ping'an County, the Japanese in Heyuan County did not dare to send reinforcements for fear of being ambushed.

As the saying goes, I won't allow others to sleep soundly beside my bed.

After Li Yunlong led his troops into northwestern Shanxi and captured Ping'an County, the Japanese and puppet troops in Heyuan County were trembling with fear, unable to eat or sleep well.

Even the Japanese and puppet army camps outside the city were moved inside the city and stationed in dispersed locations to avoid heavy losses from the New 1st Regiment's long-range artillery fire.

In addition, in order to resist the attack of the Eighth Route Army, Ichiro Hirata also planned to build brick and concrete fortifications inside and outside the city.

"Lieutenant Colonel, this is a letter found at the entrance of the Military Police Headquarters this morning."

"The letter was signed by Li Yunlong."

At the gendarmerie headquarters, Ichiro Hirata was discussing the construction of defensive fortifications with several squadron leaders.

A staff officer walked in quickly with a letter in his hand and reported to Ichiro Hirata.

It was obvious that he had read the contents of the letter.

At this time, the staff officer who came to report had a solemn expression, as if facing a great enemy.

Seeing this situation and hearing the three words "Li Yunlong", Ichiro Hirata, several squadron leaders and several puppet army battalion commanders all looked stern.

Li Yunlong is now notorious. More than a dozen Locust Army generals and more than 30,000 elite Locust Army soldiers were killed by him. His strength should not be underestimated. The Japanese and puppet troops in Heyuan County are definitely no match for Li Yunlong's troops.

Hirata Ichiro: "Who put it in front of the Military Police Headquarters?"

"I didn't see him." The staff officer lowered his head and replied, "Someone tied him up with stones and threw him at the door."

Ichiro Hirata's face changed slightly. He didn't even see anyone. If the other party threw a grenade, wouldn't the guarding soldier have been killed?

"A bunch of trash."

"Read!"

This was a warning letter. The Japanese staff read the contents of the letter, warning the Japanese and puppet troops in Pingtian and Heyuan counties that if they dared to continue to abuse their power and harm innocent people, then the New 1st Regiment would flatten Pingyuan County and leave no Japanese and puppet troops alive.

"Bagaya Road..."

After hearing the contents of the letter, Hirata was so angry that his face turned pale, his eyes widened, and he gritted his teeth.

The elite of the Empire's locust army were actually threatened by the Eighth Route Army. This was a great shame, a great shame!
If anyone dared to threaten them, he would personally lead his troops to attack them and tear them into pieces.

But the opponent was Li Yunlong, who dared to take the initiative to attack the main force of the 20th Division and completely wipe out the 3rd Brigade and the 108th Division. It would be a blessing if Li Yunlong did not attack Heyuan County. Ichiro Hirata would never dare to take the initiative to cause trouble for Li Yunlong.

The traitor translator next to him translated the contents of the letter to the puppet army commander and several battalion commanders.

The puppet army commander and several battalion commanders suddenly felt as if they were sitting on pins and needles, with a thorn in their backs and a fishbone stuck in their throats.

The puppet army commander said grimly, "Hirata Taijun, I heard that an infantry company of the 4th Brigade and a battalion of the Locust Army killed just a dozen civilians near the Zhengtai Road in Jinzhong, and were then completely wiped out by artillery fire from dozens of artillery pieces of the New 1st Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. We should stop killing civilians in the future."

"It's said that Li Yunlong's nickname is Crazy Li." A puppet army battalion commander wiped the sweat from his forehead. "When this guy gets mad, there's nothing he won't do. What if we anger him..."

"idiot!"

Ichiro Hirata glanced over and the puppet army commander and several battalion commanders immediately shut up.

A Japanese squadron leader asked, "Lieutenant Colonel, are you still going to the countryside to capture civilians today?" Hirata Ichiro said coldly, "Li Yunlong's hand can't even reach Heyuan County!"

The First Army Headquarters allocated some concrete to Ichiro Hirata, but not much.

Ichiro Hirata had no engineers, so he could only capture laborers from the countryside and bring them to Heyuan County to make bricks to build brick and stone gun towers and bunkers, as well as to build concrete fortifications. He planned to build Heyuan County into a super fortress.

This old devil did have some strategies. Not only did he instigate the first battalion commander of the 358th Regiment, Qian Bojun, to defect, he also provided key intelligence in the Zhaojiayu Massacre, resulting in serious losses to the independent regiment headquarters.

Suddenly, Hirata Ichiro smiled.

"Li Yunlong is afraid. He's afraid that if we increase the fortifications in the county town, it will cause heavy losses to his Eighth Route Army."

"The more Li Yunlong warns, the more it proves the necessity for us to build fortifications."

"Everything is going according to plan. Continue to recruit civilians and speed up the construction of fortifications inside and outside the city!"

"Hi."

The Japanese soldiers and traitors suddenly lowered their heads.

Under the order of Ichiro Hirata, a squadron of Japanese soldiers and two companies of puppet troops left the city, holding rifles and carrying light and heavy machine guns, and headed towards Fangcheng Town, intending to capture a group of young and strong laborers to build fortifications there, and to rob some food, livestock and women.

Hirata knew very well that once the Eighth Route Army besieged Heyuan County, it was necessary to ensure sufficient food and ammunition.

The First Army Headquarters only gave him ammunition, but he had to worry about food and meat. So he had to collect food. But what if the collected food was not enough? They would rob the people of their last remaining food, their oxen, horses, and donkeys, and capture the young and strong men to build fortifications in the county town and then kill them.

However, Li Yunlong's warning letter still scared Ichiro Hirata and the puppet troops. The Japanese and the puppet troops were very cautious when leaving the city this time. After leaving the city, they immediately sent cavalry to conduct advance reconnaissance and repeatedly confirmed the safety within a radius of three kilometers. During the march, the team was spread out. The Japanese walked on the main road, with a puppet army company on each wing to guard them. There were reconnaissance puppet troops spread out within 500 meters on both wings, and the slightest movement could scare these Japanese and puppet troops.

More than two hours after the Japanese puppet army left the city, they had only marched five kilometers and were still ten kilometers away from Fangcheng Town.

at the same time.

On a hill 2.5 kilometers away from the highway, the terrain is complex, with rocks and weeds growing everywhere. Soldiers of an artillery observation squad are crawling and hiding here.

After the Japanese reconnaissance cavalry passed by, the squad leader of the artillery observation squad turned on the radio and put on headphones.

"Liuzhuang calls Wangzhuang, Liuzhuang calls Wangzhuang."

The artillery squad leader is named Liu Wenbin, from Wu'an, Hebei Province. He is 22 years old and has a high school education. He is an artillery observation squad leader with rich experience in artillery guidance and reconnaissance.

There are a total of fifteen soldiers in the artillery observation squad. Except for five veterans, the other ten recruits are intellectuals who have just come from Yan'an. They all have a high school education or above. They are all intellectuals. The five veterans are holding submachine guns and standing guard. The ten recruits are surrounding the squad leader, listening carefully to the artillery squad leader's words guiding the artillery fire, while taking out accurate maps and preparing to start calculating the shooting parameters.

"Wangzhuang received, Wangzhuang received, please speak!"

At this moment, five kilometers away, on a hidden hilltop, Wang Chengzhu responded on the radio channel wearing headphones.

Behind Wang Chengzhu, under the camouflage nets, 12 120mm heavy mortars and 12 gun crews were ready to go. Under the weeds behind each gun position, there were piles of ammunition boxes like small hills.

These 12 artillery crews were not elite artillery crews, but new recruit artillery crews that had just been formed. The gunners of each artillery crew were all intellectuals.

This is also the first combat training for the 12 new artillery crews.

It is practical training and also practical assessment.

A few days ago, the New 1st Regiment received insider intelligence that today the Japanese and puppet troops in Heyuan County were going to the countryside to capture civilians to build defensive fortifications.

So Li Yunlong asked Zhao Gang to write a warning letter to Ichiro Hirata in his name, and asked Duan Peng, a local from the Blade Commando, to deliver it to the Japanese gendarmerie headquarters. He then ordered Wang Chengzhu to lead a mortar company, carrying 12 120 mortars and artillery shells, to teach the Japanese in Heyuan County a lesson.

(End of this chapter)