Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 44 Reconnaissance Team !
Before dawn, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment, the New 1st Regiment and the New 3rd Regiment entered the ambush position.

Li Yunlong led the Second Battalion of the New First Regiment and Ding Wei's New Third Regiment into the position on the south bank of the Hutuo River.

As the sky gradually brightened, Li Yunlong, who was lying in the grass on the battlefield, raised his telescope and looked towards Wangdongbao Bridge.

Sure enough, on the bridge, Li Yunlong saw some Japanese soldiers.

These Japanese soldiers were distributed at both ends of the bridge, each of them built a circular position with sandbags, and each of them mounted a Type 99 light machine gun on the sand position.

It was exactly the same as what Zhang Dabiao had discovered.

Moving your eyes towards the north bank of the bridgehead, you can see that the original Wangdongbao Village has turned into a pile of ruins.

That was a crime committed by the Japanese cavalry.

A fierce look flashed in Li Yunlong's eyes.

"Go and call Wang Chengzhu." Li Yunlong said to Hu Zi beside him.

"Yes!"

Zhang Hu turned around and reached back.

After a while, Zhang Hu brought Wang Chengzhu to Li Yunlong.

At this time, Li Yunlong was observing from the top of the slope, and the soldiers were hiding in the dry grass on the reverse side of the slope.

"Captain, I'm here."

Wang Chengzhu whispered.

Li Yunlong handed the telescope in his hand to Wang Chengzhu and said.

"Zhu Zi, come and take a look. Our original plan was to wait for the Japanese transport team to pass through the stone bridge, and then the demolition team would take the opportunity to blow up the bridge, splitting the Japanese team in two and making it impossible for the front and rear to support each other. But now there are Japanese guarding the bridge, and our demolition team can't get on."

"How about this? When the Japanese transport convoy crosses the bridge, can your artillery platoon use their infantry guns to hit the Japanese vehicles on the bridge?"

"If you can hit a car with an artillery shell, I will remove you from your position as acting platoon leader and officially appoint you as artillery platoon leader!"

Last time, Wang Chengzhu led his troops to blow up the Japanese Daixian Airport and made great contributions. He was commended by the Political Department of the Eighth Route Army. Li Yunlong even rewarded Wang Chengzhu with 2 kilograms of sweet potato cake. However, Wang Chengzhu had been in office as acting platoon leader for a relatively short time and had not yet been officially appointed as artillery platoon leader.

Wang Chengzhu first looked through the telescope, then raised his thumb and calculated the distance from the artillery position to the stone bridge.

Then Wang Chengzhu nodded affirmatively: "Captain, there is no problem, but we need to test fire. We will definitely be able to hit the enemy car within three rounds!"

Almost all of the 129th Division's artillery was in the artillery battalion directly under the division headquarters, with a total of 6 mortars and only 67 rounds of artillery shells.

In terms of artillery and shells, Li Yunlong is now richer than the division headquarters.

Li Yunlong originally planned to borrow artillerymen from the division's artillery battalion to fight this battle, but the division's artillery battalion had other tasks.

In the entire artillery platoon, only Wang Chengzhu has a decent level of skill, while the other artillerymen are still a little inexperienced.

Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction and said, "Go ahead, get ready to fire, and fire when I give you the signal!"

"Yes!"

Wang Chengzhu gave a low growl, returned the telescope to Li Yunlong, bowed and left.

Li Yunlong continued to observe with a telescope.

After a while, a soldier from the guard platoon came running over to report, "Commander, Director Zhang from the division's logistics department is here."

Li Yunlong turned his head and saw a smart man following behind the guard soldier. It was Zhang Wanhe, Li Yunlong's fellow villager from Dabie Mountains.

"Haha, Lao Li, how's the situation?"

Zhang Wanhe seemed a little excited. Who would have thought that the first big deal of the 129th Division would be done by this kid Li Yunlong? When he received the order from the division headquarters, Zhang Wanhe was still surprised.

Ambush more than a thousand Japanese soldiers, and Li Yunlong's New 1st Regiment is a core regiment, a task that even the main regiment cannot accomplish. Li Yunlong really dared to do it!?
Li Yunlong's expression brightened. "Lao Zhang, you're here? How many transport teams did you bring?"

The two were old acquaintances during the Red Army period and were used to speaking casually. It would be awkward for them to meet without cursing at each other.

But now that they are fighting, both of them know the situation and neither of them is cursing.

Zhang Wanhe then said, "The division commander said you have a big business here, so I brought 100 mule carts. Is that enough?"

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Our regiment still has more than 60 mule carts, plus the 40-odd mule carts at the brigade headquarters, which is more than enough. Where is your transport team?"

Zhang Wanhe: "It's in the woods to the south. The transport team would be too conspicuous, so I didn't bring it here."

"Okay!" Li Yunlong nodded. "Once the battle starts, you can rush over here."

"Okay, it's up to you now! Kill these bastards mercilessly. By the way, help me get a deputy officer's sword. I, Zhang Wanhe, owe you a favor." Zhang Wanhe's eyes were burning.

"No problem!" Li Yunlong agreed immediately. Zhang Wanhe was the Minister of Logistics and was in charge of the logistics supplies of the entire 129th Division. It would be a good deal for him to owe him a favor.

After discussing the specific details, Zhang Wanhe left the position with two guards.

The Japanese transport convoy had not appeared yet. Li Yunlong looked at the watch on his hand and waited calmly.

……

Reconnaissance Squad 1 of the New 1st Regiment.

Squad leader Wang Hongcai whispered, "Soon the enemy will pretend to be herding sheep as they approach our ambush position. The regimental commander has assigned our reconnaissance squad the task of quietly eliminating them. We must pretend to be herding sheep in this area. There are Japanese soldiers guarding the bridge below, so we absolutely cannot fire a single shot. If we do, our ambush will be exposed, with disastrous consequences. Is anyone willing to eliminate the enemy shepherd?"

shhhhh--

As soon as Wang Hongcai finished speaking, most of the soldiers in the reconnaissance squad raised their right hands, each with an expectant look.

The soldiers of Reconnaissance Squad 1 are the elite among the elite.

In the last battle with the Sakata Regiment, one member of the Reconnaissance Squad was killed and one was injured.

After layers of selection, two new recruits were added to the reconnaissance squad, one of whom is Wei Dayong and the other is Liu Shouren.

Wei Dayong was very skilled in martial arts and had killed more than 10 Japanese soldiers. He had also served as a squad leader. He was a martial monk from Shaolin Temple, so everyone called him a monk.

Liu Shouren's marksmanship was extremely accurate. He could move through mountains and jungles as if on flat ground. He was as fast as lightning, and his shots were steady, accurate and ruthless. He had rich hunting experience, and everyone called him the Hunter.

Only Liu Shouren did not raise his hand, and the veterans looked at him unfriendly.

"Hunter, why don't you raise your hand?" Wang Hongcai looked at Liu Shouren and asked.

"Are you afraid of death, kid?"

"We in Reconnaissance Squad 1 never accept bad soldiers!"

The two old scouts whispered to each other.

"Squad leader, I'm not afraid of death." Liu Shouren explained in a low voice, "If the shepherd is a Japanese soldier, there must be some secret sentries. I'll take care of the open sentries and the secret sentries."

Wang Hongcai nodded with satisfaction: "Yes, the enemy still has secret sentries. Now let me assign the tasks."

Squad leader Wang began to assign tasks: "Deputy squad leader, you take the scholar and the monk to kill the Japanese sentries. I, Night Owl, Wolf Walker, and the Hunter will kill the Japanese sentries."

Everyone shouted in unison: "Yes!"

(End of this chapter)