Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 387 Eat up the Guards Brigade!

Li Yunlong carefully analyzed the intelligence and information sent by Boss Lin.

After staring at the map with his eyes narrowed for a quarter of an hour, Li Yunlong said, "Don't let the enemy in. Before they enter the base, we will destroy one of the enemy groups."

Zhang Dabiao and Zhao Gang immediately became excited, thinking that the leader was going to do something big.

If you don’t take action, then nothing will happen. But if you do, you will make a big splash.

"Old Li," Zhao Gang asked, "what are you going to do?"

Li Yunlong said, "The Japanese's battle plan is to attack our New 1st Regiment's Ping'an County base in three directions. Each of the Japanese attacking forces is very strong. The weakest one is composed of two independent mixed brigades and one puppet army division."

Zhang Dabiao and Zhao Gang nodded.

The Japanese planned to attack in three directions, with the three attacking forces pointing directly at Ping'an County where the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment was located.

The first of the three attacking forces of the Japanese army started from Datong in the north, consisting of the 2th Division, the 2.6nd Independent Mixed Brigade, and the rd Independent Division of the puppet army's Locust Association, with a total strength of about people.

The second route was the Japanese 14th Division, which set out from Anhua County, plus the 3.2st and nd Independent Divisions of the Puppet Locust Army, with a total strength of approximately .

Although the 14th Division did not perform well after entering the Chinese battlefield, it was still one of the Japanese army's permanent divisions with a total strength of about 2.5 people, and its strength should not be underestimated.

The third route of the Japanese army consisted of the 2.2th Brigade and the Guards Mixed Brigade, and the th and th Divisions of the Puppet Locust Army. They set out from the direction of Heyuan County and launched an attack on Ping'an County, with a total force of about .

The commanders of the first two groups of Japanese troops were both division commanders.

The commander of the third group of Japanese troops was Major General Takeshi Sakurada, commander of the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade.

obviously.

The Guards Mixed Brigade is an elite unit, while the 4th Brigade can only be regarded as a ragtag unit.

"Are you planning to attack the 4th Brigade and the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade?"

Zhao Gang immediately guessed what Li Yunlong was thinking.

"The one who understands me best is Old Zhao."

Li Yunlong laughed.

Zhao Gang curled his lips and said, "As soon as you lifted your butt, I knew what you were going to do."

Zhang Dabiao analyzed for Li Yunlong: "The total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops along this route is about 2.2. They are more numerous than the 108th Division. Can we, with our limited forces in northwest Shanxi, handle them?"

"The Guards Mixed Brigade comprises two infantry regiments and one artillery regiment, as well as a battalion each of engineers, logistics, and cavalry. Although it's a mixed brigade, its combat effectiveness is even greater than that of a typical second-tier security division. Its total strength is approximately 9 men."

"The 5th Brigade consists of five infantry battalions, one artillery battalion, an engineering corps, and a communications corps, with a total strength of approximately 6 men."

"The combined strength of the other two pseudo-army divisions is about 7 men."

Zhao Gang said, "This group of devils has more troops than the 108th Division. Even with Ding Wei and Kong Jie's troops, this battle will not be easy to fight. We have to allocate a large number of troops to resist the attacks of the first and second routes of the devils."

"This battle is indeed difficult to fight."

Li Yunlong stared at the map, nodded in agreement, and said:
"The difference in strength between the enemy and us is too great. We have too many new recruits, many of whom have not yet completed their training."

Having good weapons and equipment is one thing, but it is another thing for soldiers to be able to use them skillfully and bring out the combat effectiveness of the equipment.

Even if Lin Feng gave Li Yunlong a bunch of 99A, drones and Dongfeng couriers, Li Yunlong's troops would not be able to use them, and they would just be a pile of scrap metal.

"But this is our best tactic right now."

"When our army was on the Long March, we climbed snow-capped mountains and crossed grasslands. If we had nothing to eat, we would eat grass roots, tree bark, and belts."

"Now we have light and heavy machine guns, mortars, heavy artillery and tanks. Are we still afraid of the Japanese?" "Lao Li, just go ahead and do it."

"If we lose, we'll take it together."

Seeing that Li Yunlong looked serious, Zhao Gang took the initiative to give him a shot of cardiac stimulant.

"Captain, whatever you say, I, Zhang Dabiao, will do!"

"Go through fire and water, and fight through hail of bullets!"

Zhang Dabiao looked at Li Yunlong with sharp eyes and expressed his extremely firm stance.

Even if Li Yunlong asked him to commit suicide now, Zhang Dabiao would pull out his pistol and shoot himself in the head without hesitation, and he would never frown during the whole process.

His life was saved by Li Yunlong.

"Hey hey hey..."

"Don't be so nervous. We're not at the end of our rope yet. We won battles before when we were so poor we couldn't even afford pants. Now that we're so wealthy, what battle can't we win?"

Li Yunlong appeared calm on the surface, but his two partners expressed their full support, and he felt very satisfied and comfortable:
"We are short of troops and the new recruits are not well trained. So let the Independent Regiment and the New Third Regiment help us resist the attacks of the first and second routes of the devils."

"Let's gather all the main forces in northwest Shanxi and attack the devils on the third route."

"To be precise, we should attack the third Japanese Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade with all our might and destroy it."

This time, the Japanese attack was specifically targeting Ping'an County where the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment was located. Ding Wei and Kong Jie's troops could naturally come to help.

Today, the New 1st Regiment has about 20,000 troops in northwest Shanxi.

If they were composed entirely of veteran elite soldiers, their combat effectiveness and weaponry level would allow them to defeat an ordinary Type A division of the Japanese Army head-on.

However, more than half of these 20,000 people are new recruits, and their combat effectiveness is greatly reduced.

Li Yunlong was unsure if such a force could ambush the entire third route of the Japanese invaders.

However, if we only ambush and attack the Guards Mixed Brigade, then there won't be a big problem.

Zhao Gang's eyes lit up: "If we can defeat the guards of the Tianhuang Mixed Brigade in northwest Shanxi, it will be a huge blow to the morale of the Japanese!"

Zhang Dabiao said, "Of the third group of devils, only the 3rd Guards Brigade is a formidable opponent. The rest, such as the 4th Brigade and the two puppet army divisions, are not even worth mentioning in terms of combat effectiveness. We have one infantry battalion and one artillery battalion that can hold off their attack."

Li Yunlong raised his lips and said, "Then let's set the battle plan like this for now. The Guards Mixed Brigade is a unit under the Guards Division, and it's also considered a Type A division. Killing a member of the Guards Mixed Brigade will cost you double the price. After we've destroyed the Guards Mixed Brigade, we'll send a clear-text telegram. If we can piss off the Japanese, maybe Boss Lin will give us a surprise!"

"Old Li, if we take out the Imperial Guards Mixed Brigade," Zhao Gang said eagerly, "let me write the clear-code telegram."

"Haha, no problem." Li Yunlong laughed, "I admire you intellectuals. You can curse so badly, but you don't say a single curse word."

Zhao Gang's face turned dark. Why didn't what Li Yunlong said sound like a good thing to him?

Li Yunlong pointed at the map and continued, "There's another advantage to our attack on the third group of Japanese invaders."

"After defeating the third group of devils, we can allocate some of our forces to reinforce the Jinzhong base."

"In this way, the two bases in northwest Shanxi and central Shanxi can both crush the Japanese encirclement and suppression."

"After we survive this encirclement and suppression by the Japanese and puppet troops, our new recruits will have combat experience. By then... humph!"

Captain Li snorted coldly, with murderous intent in his voice.

(End of this chapter)