Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Here are three more chapters, seven more short. I'm going to take a day off on the 25th because I have to go back home for something. I told you a few days in advance. Also, why do some people think that I have to finish it quickly after I've said it? I don't understand the logic! ~

Chapter 367 Shen Quan, who wants to cry but has no tears

"Yes!"

After seeing Li Yunlong's seriousness, Shen Quan immediately stood at attention and saluted.

The reason why Shen Quan had a stress reaction to "Congratulations on your prosperity" was mainly due to his experience some time ago.

Last August, Ma Renxin brought his men to the Wutai Mountain base and found Shen Quan. The first thing he said was, "Shen Quan, congratulations on your fortune!"

At that time, Shen Quan had not yet realized the seriousness of this sentence. He was still smiling and showing off to Ma Renxin: "Old Ma, I haven't made any money. I just drink the Japanese sake and eat the Japanese canned beef. Look, I have gained several pounds."

Then, Ma Renxin took away 4,000 of Shen Quan's 8,000 war horses.

The four thousand war horses were half of the war horses of the Chahar Column in Shenquan at that time.

Originally, Shen Quan thought this was the end. After all, there were still 4,000 war horses left, which was enough for his own column. He could also rob the Japanese of their additional war horses, and he could recover to his peak within a year.

But what Shen Quan never expected was that this was just the beginning.

Two months later, in October, Zhang Dabiao led the advance group to the Wutai Mountain base.

"Shen Quan, congratulations on your fortune!"

When Zhang Dabiao saw Shen Quan, he hugged him warmly. Calculating the time, the two had not seen each other for four or five months since they parted in Datong.

"I haven't made much money, but I'm just living an okay life, hehehe!"

After seeing Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan did not show off like he did when he saw Ma Chengfeng, but just showed his arm.

"This one belongs to Matsui Ishigeng, and this one belongs to a Japanese major general. I even assigned a guard to check the time for me. I also have some Japanese sake that I haven't been willing to drink, so I've been waiting for you to come."

So after a meal, Shen Quan gave away two thousand war horses without thinking.

And these two thousand war horses were half of the war horses of the Shenquan Chahar Column.

After Zhang Dabiao left, Shen Quan reflected on his mistakes and decided not to show off or drink anymore. At the same time, he took the remaining 2,000 war horses to raid the horse farm in Suiyuan area and brought back another 4,000 war horses, bringing the number of war horses in the Chahar Column to 6,000.

The main reason why Shen Quan had to maintain such a large cavalry group was because of the terrain of the Chahar region.

The entire Chahar region, after leaving Datong, is grassland. Without war horses, the troops moved very slowly and were blocked by the Japanese cavalry, making it easy for them to be surrounded.

Therefore, Shen Quan has always maintained a large cavalry to facilitate raids on various towns in Chahar.

After the Chinese New Year in January, Zhao Gang, Wang Xin and Xing Zhiguo led the main force to move north and entered the Wutai Mountain base.

"Shen Quan, congratulations on getting rich!"

When Zhao Gang saw Shen Quan, his first words were also congratulations and prosperity. Shen Quan had grown up at this time, and did not get lost in the congratulations and prosperity. Instead, he sighed and said, "Political Commissar, how can you make money? You are so poor that you can hardly afford to eat!"

Zhao Gang took out a bottle of wine from his bag with a smile: "I brought it from Li Yunlong's small warehouse. We will drink it tonight."

When Shen Quan heard this, his eyes lit up: "Commander's wine collection?"

The two drank until midnight. When Shen Quan got up the next day, Zhao Gang had taken away two thousand war horses. However, this time the number of war horses was not half less, but only one third less.

"If anyone congratulates me on getting rich again, I'll fight him to the death!"

Looking at Zhao Gang's back, Shen Quan swore secretly.

On February 15th, after more than half a month of long journey, Li Yunlong arrived at the Wutai Mountain base. The first thing he said when he saw Shen Quan was: "Shen Quan, congratulations on your wealth!"

At this time, Shen Quan had already suffered from Congratulations on your wealth and stress trauma syndrome, and blurted out: "Commander, I'm so poor that I can barely afford to sell my pants."

"..."

"This is a letter from the gentleman. You're quite good, kid. When I was your age, I didn't get treated this way. See this bottle of wine and this pack of cigarettes?"

Seeing that Shen Quan was not fooled, Li Yunlong had to use his second trick. He bought the sweet potato wine and the cigarettes for his husband, and took a pack away with him, which also belonged to his husband.

Shen Quan knew that Li Yunlong had two packs of cigarettes given by the teacher. This time he went to the rear headquarters to study, so it was normal for him to bring back the teacher's alcohol and cigarettes.

He swallowed hard and said, "Commander, drinking is fine, but the warhorse..."

"Warhorse, what warhorse? Let's not talk about work today. Let's drink. You did a good job. You caught a Matsui Ishigen. This is a reward for you!"

Shen Quan looked at Li Yunlong's eyes as big as copper bells with a hint of doubt. It didn't seem like he was asking him for a war horse, so he couldn't help but believe it a little.

"Commander, I still have some canned beef and peanuts from the Japanese!"

Shen Quan took out all his treasured things like presenting treasures. Li Yunlong sat cross-legged on the kang. Shen Quan didn't remember how much wine he drank in the meantime, but he just remembered that he seemed to have promised the commander something.

When Shen Quan woke up, he saw his political commissar Zhou Daye sitting on the edge of his kang, smoking a pipe with his head down.

"Old Zhou, why are you here?"

"If I don't come, we'll give away all our wealth to you!"

Zhou Daye looked at the dazed Shen Quan and sighed.

"what?"

"This morning the commander took away two thousand war horses. Look at what you wrote yourself."

As he spoke, he placed a piece of paper in front of Shen Quan.

Shen Quan picked up the paper and took a look. It said that the Chahar Column had surrendered 2,000 warhorses...

There was also Shen Quan's signature and fingerprint on it. He stretched out his thumb to take a look and found that his thumb was still red and there were some traces of ink on it.

"No, Commander, Commander..."

"What happened, Commander?"

Li Yunlong stood at the door with his coat on and looked at Shen Quandao.

"Commander, why don't you just say it directly? Why are you doing this?"

Shen Quan felt a little aggrieved. Well, half of the war horses were taken away by the commander, and the Chahar Column only had two thousand war horses left.

"You're crying poor to me as soon as we meet. If I don't use that trick, will you tell me the truth? How's Ma Renxin and the others' training going?"

"Report, the training has been completed, but it should be almost time."

Shen Quan looked down at his watch and asked with some confusion.

"What time is the agreed time?"

"Around ten in the morning."

"It's only seven o'clock now. Don't look at your broken watch. I checked it last night and none of them are accurate!"

Li Yunlong said with a little disgust.

Shen Quan touched his head a little embarrassedly. At this moment, a signalman entered the room: "Report, the cavalry column has sent a telegram. They have encountered the Japanese cavalry regiment and are fighting with them!"

Li Yunlong raised his eyebrows after hearing this: "Japanese Cavalry Regiment? Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment?"

Shen Quan thought for a moment and said, "It should be them. Since they were transferred to Datong, they have been very active and often attack the guerrillas we sent out."

"Give Ma Renxin electricity and eat them!"

"Yes!"

Chapter 368 The Growth of Sun Desheng

Ten minutes ago, on a plain about thirty kilometers away from the Wutai Mountain base, Sun Desheng was leading the cavalry regiment that had just completed training and was heading towards the Wutai Mountain base, while Ma Renxin was leading two other cavalry regiments to escort the supplies that had just been intercepted in the rear.

"Report, instructor, we have spotted Japanese cavalry ahead."

These two cavalry regiments have just completed training and have not yet appointed a commander or deputy commander. Sun Desheng is currently in charge of training and command.

After discovering the Japanese, he reported to Sun Desheng immediately.

"Japanese cavalry? How many people?"

"There are about 1,500 people, the size of a Japanese cavalry regiment."

"A cavalry regiment?"

After hearing this, Sun Desheng's eyes lit up.

"Comrades, grab your weapons and prepare for battle!"

The soldiers of the two cavalry regiments immediately drew their sabers upon hearing the order.

Sun Desheng immediately scolded them after seeing this: "Don't use knives, use guns. Pay attention to each other's shooting range. This is a good opportunity to test your shooting skills on horseback!"

After more than half a year of settling down, Sun Desheng has become much more stable.

Sun Desheng had vaguely felt that the commander seemed somewhat dissatisfied with him, so he often went to Ma Renxin to ask questions.

"Old Sun, the commander is indeed somewhat dissatisfied with you. Do you know why he asked you to train new recruits?"

"Although your training methods for new recruits are rather rough, the soldiers you train are qualified and good. The political commissar thinks your corporal punishment of soldiers is not good, but those of us who have crawled out of the piles of dead on the battlefield agree with what the commander says."

"More tears in training, less blood in battle."

"Just because you're good at training doesn't mean you're good at fighting. Do you still remember the battle of Ping'an County?"

Sun Desheng thought for a moment and asked, "Is there anything wrong with my command of the Ping'an County battle?"

"There's a problem, a big problem. When we were chasing the Japanese cavalry, you let the soldiers fight the Japanese with swords!"

"Why are we fighting? To drive out the invaders. We must use all means to kill the enemy. If you leave your guns unused and let the soldiers draw their swords, it may seem heroic, but how much sacrifice will that cost?"

"Don't you know how long it takes to train a qualified cavalryman? Every one of our soldiers is the commander's precious treasure. We can solve problems with artillery shells instead of guns, and we can solve problems with guns instead of swords. But you let the soldiers have guns instead of swords. The commander didn't dismiss you completely, because he dotes on you!"

Sun Desheng wanted to say a few more words, but Ma Renxin said meaningfully: "Old Sun, when we had no guns or cannons and relied on swords and red tassel spears to fight the devils, the devils didn't fight us with bayonets just because we had no guns or cannons!"

From then on, Sun Desheng's thinking began to change, and he also restrained himself from wanting to draw his sword and charge when encountering cavalry.

At this time, Sun Desheng was three kilometers away.

At the Kuroshima Cavalry Regiment, two Japanese cavalry scouts rushed in front of Kuroshima Morita.

"Your Excellency, we have spotted Eighth Route Army cavalry ahead. There are approximately three thousand of them. They are likely cavalry from the Eighth Route Army's Wutai Mountain base."

"Three thousand cavalry? Looks like we've run into the main cavalry of the Eighth Route Army!"

After Kuroshima Morita finished speaking, he picked up the telescope and looked forward. At the same time, Sun Desheng also used the telescope to observe the Japanese cavalry in the distance.

"Send a telegram to the 14th Division. We have caught up with the Eighth Route Army cavalry that was harassing the transport convoy. Request support to encircle and annihilate the Eighth Route Army cavalry!"