Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

After receiving Zhang Kuixi's order, the soldiers of the sharpshooter company quickly returned to their team.

Zhang Kuixi looked around and pointed to a cliff face. "Climb up from here. You climb up from the side and occupy the high ground. Move quickly. If you can't climb, find a shooting spot for yourself!"

"Yes!"

Xizi immediately put on his walkie-talkie, picked up the rifle with more than 60 scratches on it, took a look at the surrounding terrain, and immediately found a high point that could overlook the entire mine. "This way, follow me!"

And at this time, in the direction of Datong.

The cavalry battalion appeared around the Japanese army's fleeing troops like a roadblock. When they encountered a small group of Japanese troops that had not fled and were still organized, they would immediately accelerate and use their mobility advantage to constantly harass these Japanese troops around them. If they encountered some Japanese troops who were only concerned with escaping, they would rush over and chop off their heads.

Datong is built in the Datong Basin. The terrain in the basin is very open, and the cavalry can gallop freely. There are no hills or other terrains that affect the cavalry's speed. They come and go like the wind, and even if the Japanese want to shoot, it is difficult to aim accurately.

Moreover, once the Japanese targeted a cavalryman, other cavalrymen would immediately appear around and chop off the Japanese's head directly. Therefore, the Japanese who fled towards Datong were killed one by one.

The five-mile road was like a natural chasm that the Japanese soldiers could never cross. On this short road, the corpses of the defeated Japanese soldiers were piled up in a mess. Headless corpses or corpses that were trampled beyond recognition by war horses could be seen everywhere.

At this time, on the city wall of Datong.

The remaining Datong defenders looked at what was happening outside in despair. These devils were ordinary devils without telescopes. They only heard a burst of explosions in the distance, followed by fierce exchanges of gunfire. The various sounds lasted for about twenty minutes.

Some time after the gunfire stopped, the Japanese and puppet troops saw some Japanese running towards Datong not far away, but there were cavalry chasing them from behind.

These cavalrymen rode directly behind the fleeing Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers and puppet troops guarding the city saw the process of the head and body being separated. The Japanese soldier who was just running turned into a headless corpse in an instant.

"Is that, is that the army that just left the city?"

A Japanese soldier asked tremblingly.

The rest of the Japanese soldiers didn't know what was going on, and then a Japanese sergeant immediately said, "Call the headquarters and inform the headquarters!"

As he spoke, he immediately shook the phone, but there was no sound. The telephone line had been cut off after the Japanese left the city. Now Datong could not contact other places except sending telegrams.

"Send a telegram, send a telegram quickly, call headquarters and tell them that the troops entering the city were ambushed and defeated!"

As the Japanese sergeant spoke, he picked up the phone and called the headquarters again, but there was no one in the headquarters except a staff officer on duty.

When the staff officer heard the phone ringing, he immediately answered it.

"This is the Chida Regiment Headquarters!"

"Report, I saw on the city wall that our troops leaving the city were ambushed and defeated, and are now being chased by a group of cavalry!"

"Nani?"

The staff officer also heard the sound of gunfire coming from outside the city, but he did not take it seriously. He thought that it was just an ambush of the reinforcements, and the ambush troops should be eliminated or repelled soon.

This staff officer was familiar with the tactics of both the Eighth Route Army and the National Army. He had served in a Type A Division and was transferred to the Chiba Regiment after being injured. He knew that when these troops attacked a place, they liked to ambush on the route that reinforcements had to take to buy time for the attacking troops.

Listening to the density of gunfire and artillery fire, the staff officer estimated that this ambush would not last long.

As expected, after twenty minutes, only sporadic gunshots were heard. The staff officer felt that the battle was over and the commander had sent a small force to pursue the ambushed enemy.

This rather confident judgment continued until the call was connected. When he heard the content of the call, he was stunned. He obviously did not expect that the main support force would be defeated and was being pursued by the enemy. That was a force of more than 4,000 people, with a tank battalion and artillery squadron providing fire cover.

"Can you say that again!"

The staff officer shouted loudly, suspecting that there was something wrong with his ears.

"Hayi, I saw from the city wall that our troops leaving the city were ambushed and defeated, and are now being chased by a group of cavalry! Repeat..."

The staff officer finally stopped suspecting that there was something wrong with his ears, and instead thought that the main force had been ambushed and defeated! They were fleeing and being hunted.

Thinking of this, the first thing the staff officer thought of was to report this information to the headquarters immediately. Datong was in danger and was likely to be lost. Datong was a strategic location and absolutely no problems could occur!

So the Japanese staff officer hurried to the communications room. A large number of personnel in the command center followed Chang Ming Zhenyi, and there were not many people on duty left. One staff officer was responsible for dispatching within the city, and two telegraph operators were responsible for sending and receiving telegrams.

However, just as the staff officer walked out of the command center, he saw two soldiers walking towards him. There seemed to be some blood on their bodies, and he had never seen such a look before.

This staff officer has always been in charge of the headquarters' guard force. This time, when he left with the brigade commander, he also left behind a few people to guard the headquarters. He had seen those people before, and they were definitely not the two people in front of him.

Moreover, the heights of these two men were obviously too tall, much taller than the Type 38 rifles they were carrying. Most of the Japanese soldiers were not of this height, and he had an impression of people of this height in the army.

"You are?"

The staff officer immediately asked.

But the two men did not answer. Instead, they rushed forward and punched the staff officer on the head.

The other person also acted very quickly. He rushed over and covered the staff officer's mouth. The two men cooperated very well and knocked the Japanese staff officer unconscious. Then they dragged him into an empty room and tied him up tightly with the staff officer's belt and other items.

"Shanzi, are we going to take down the Japanese headquarters now?"

"It seems so, but there seems to be someone else, let's keep looking!"

There were a total of seven scouts from the independent column in the command center at this time. After seeing the movement of the Japanese army, they sneaked into the Japanese camp, killed several guards at the door, and took over the Japanese camp. Then they changed their clothes and came directly to the command center in a swagger.

After dealing with the guards at the door, he went straight into the command center and knocked out and tied up all the living people he saw.

The headquarters of the Chida Regiment was directly occupied by seven people.

Chapter 189 Rockets roar

Outside Datong City, Xing Zhiguo had led his troops to the west gate of Datong. At this time, the west gate of Datong was already full of puppet troops and a small number of Japanese devils. Except for a small number of the 1,000 puppet troops who were transferred to guard other city gates, most of them were arranged at the west gate.

The Japanese gathered all the troops they could mobilize on the city walls to prepare for a final resistance.

"There are still some puppet troops and devils defending the city. Deputy Commander, shall we attack directly?"

Xing Zhiguo thought for a moment and said, "Who is the highest-ranking puppet soldier we just captured?"

"A deputy commander, his name seems to be Zaragamuji."

"Let him persuade us to surrender. If you don't open the gate and surrender, prepare to attack the city!"

Soon the deputy commander of the puppet army was brought to Xing Zhiguo and said, "This is the deputy commander of our independent column. He has something to say to you."

Old Xing looked at Zaragamuji and asked, "How many years have you been working for the Japanese?"

"One year, sir."

"Becoming deputy leader in just one year?"

"Three years, three years."

Zaragamuji immediately changed his words.

"I don't care how many years you've been working there. I have only one request of you. If you can persuade the puppet troops in Datong to surrender and get them to open the city gates, your past crimes will be forgiven!"

Hearing this, Zaragamuji's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded and said, "Sir, I'll go and try it!"

After Zaragamuji arrived at the foot of the city, his original fawning look disappeared, and he shouted at the city gate: "Brothers of the puppet army, I am Zaragamuji. Just now, the Japanese troops have been wiped out by the heroic Eighth Route Army soldiers five miles outside the city. I tell you that resistance will only lead to death. You are brave and invincible, wise and brave, and selfless..." Zaragamuji racked his brains to say all the words that could be used to praise.

Listening to Zara Gamuji's praise, Old Xing felt a little embarrassed and immediately said, "We don't need him to praise us, let him get to the point!"

After being reminded, Zaragamuji finally stopped flattering and continued, "As long as you open the city gates, the Eighth Route Army will be lenient with your previous crimes. As long as you..."

A large number of puppet troops on the city gate were actually ready to escape when they saw the Eighth Route Army preparing to attack the city, but the way down the city wall had been blocked by the Japanese, forcing them to fight on the city gate.

The Japanese soldiers were supervising the battle with machine guns at the stairs of the city wall.

"Baga, shoot him!"

A Japanese soldier who could understand Chinese, upon hearing Zaragamuji's words, immediately gave an angry order. One of the Japanese soldiers immediately pointed a gun and shot Zaragamuji. Zaragamuji was startled and ran back while saying, "There are only a few dozen Japanese soldiers, and there are thousands of you. Kill the Japanese soldiers and surrender. How can you, with so many people, not be able to defeat the Japanese soldiers?"

"If you don't surrender now and the Eighth Route Army wins, you'll be in trouble!"

Some officers in the puppet army who were ready to follow the devils to the bitter end shouted: "Don't listen to Zara Gamuji's lies. He was forced to do it. The Eighth Route Army has no heavy weapons and only so many people. Datong City is high and deep, and the Eighth Route Army can't break in. The command center has sent a telegram to the headquarters for help. Our reinforcements will be here soon, and the planes will be here soon. Follow my orders and prepare for battle!"

Old Xing took a look at the puppet soldiers on the city gate who were extending all their weapons from the battlements and firing holes, and immediately realized that it was impossible to take Datong City without firing a single shot.

It is also clear that the reason why these puppet troops did not surrender immediately was probably because they thought that Datong City was too high and thick to attack and they could defend it. Moreover, they did not see any heavy weapons and thought they could not take it down.

"Notify the artillery and prepare to attack the city!"

Outside Datong City, the three Type 92 infantry guns that had just been captured from the Japanese were aimed towards the Datong city gate. When the defenders on the city wall saw this scene, many people were so scared that they retracted their heads.

"Don't be afraid. There are only three cannons, and they don't have many shells. Defend Datong. The Empire will not forget you and will reward you greatly!"

A Japanese officer tried to boost morale by speaking broken Chinese, but the puppet soldiers cursed in their hearts as they watched the Japanese hiding behind them to supervise the battle.

What this group of puppet soldiers and Japanese soldiers did not see was the position behind the three Type 92 infantry guns.

Soldiers from the 88th Rocket Artillery Company are assembling parts of various rocket launchers together.

The newly formed 88 rocket artillery company is divided into three platoons, including two 88mm rocket artillery platoons and one 107mm rocket artillery platoon.

There are a total of 120 soldiers in the company. Each soldier carries some spare parts and is busy piecing these parts together to form a rocket launcher.

"Deputy Commander Xing, what is this?"

Li Youfu looked at a soldier with some surprise as he installed iron pipes on racks, four rows in total, with four pipes in each row.

Then I saw the soldiers loading things that looked like shells into the gun barrel.

"Our commander has developed a new weapon called a rocket launcher, and this is the first time it's been used in combat!"

"Commander Li also knows how to research weapons?"

"Of course, I'm not bragging, but our Commander Li is famous for his intelligence and dexterity. Before joining the army, he was a bamboo craftsman. Later, he taught himself how to repair radios, speak Japanese language, and even make weapons!"

Xing Zhiguo felt a little emotional. Learning can really make people progress. Li Yunlong used to be a rough guy, but now he holds all kinds of books every day.

At this time, the rocket artillery company commander Chu Qiwen came to Xing Zhiguo and said excitedly: "Report to the deputy commander, the rocket artillery company is ready, please give instructions!"

Xing Zhiguo pointed at the Datong city wall and said, "See the defenders on the Datong city wall? Blow them up!"

"Yes!"

Chu Qiwen immediately turned around and came to the rocket launcher position. Two 88mm rocket launchers and one 107 rocket launcher were ready and could be launched at any time.

"Attention, all guns!"

"put!"

Following Chu Qiwen's order, the rocket launcher operator pressed the button on the launcher (similar to a detonator).

"Swoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

"Swoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

"Swoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

The shells in the three rocket launchers spewed out flames, and one rocket after another flew towards the Datong city wall.

"boom!"