Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Five of the first Japanese soldiers who entered the hall of the field hospital were killed in the explosion. The remaining three were so scared that they dared not approach the bodies of any soldiers from the New 1st Regiment and stood at a distance to shoot.

At the same time, in an office on the first floor, a wounded soldier with only one leg and one hand left sat in front of the phone, repeatedly dialing while crying.

"Answer the phone, answer the phone, answer the phone quickly!"

"Hello, this is the regimental headquarters. How's the situation over there?"

The call was finally connected.

Chapter 45 Quick, fire at me!

"Report, the entire platoon guarding the hospital has been killed. Most of the people in the hospital have evacuated. I may be the last person in the hospital! The Japanese are searching the hospital!"

The wounded man on the other end of the line wanted to say something, but he immediately said, "Don't talk, listen to me. The Japanese are coming soon. The Japanese on the opposite side are the same Japanese we encountered in Yangcun. The doctors and nurses in the hospital have just retreated. We can't let them retreat, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"

"Please ask the regiment to fire at the hospital immediately, kill these devils, and avenge our comrades!"

"I didn't hear what you said!"

"I say you fire at the hospital immediately to avenge our comrades!"

The wounded man shouted, and his voice alarmed the Japanese who were searching the hospital outside.

Two Japanese soldiers have arrived at the door.

"Then what are you going to do..."

Li Yusheng, the regimental staff officer, only heard an angry roar coming from the receiver: "Little Japs, I'm going to fight you to the death! Fire!"

Immediately afterwards, there was an explosion, and then there was no sound at all.

The microphone in the regimental staff officer's hand slowly slipped and tears flowed uncontrollably.

"Staff Officer Zhang!"

Staff Officer Zhang wiped his tears and said, "Pass my order. Order the regimental artillery platoon to fire at the field hospital immediately!"

"what!"

"What? This is an order, execute it immediately!"

"Yes!"

"Use the walkie-talkie to contact the political commissar and report the situation at the field hospital to him!"

Staff Officer Zhang was now unusually calm, giving orders while speaking.

The walkie-talkie was also a communication tool seized by Li Yunlong from the Yamamoto Special Forces. It could enable wireless calls within a range of several kilometers.

When Zhao Gang led his troops to support the field hospital, he carried a walkie-talkie with him.

At this time, Zhao Gang heard that the gunfire and sporadic explosions in the field hospital a kilometer away had stopped, and he suddenly had a bad premonition.

Just now.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

The sound of explosions continued to come from the field hospital. It was not the sound of grenades exploding, but the sound of mortar shells exploding. After receiving the order from the staff, the artillery platoon of the regiment headquarters began to shell the field hospital!

"Whoever fired the cannon, whoever fired the cannon! Don't you know that our people are still guarding the hospital?"

Seeing the shells fall on the field hospital, Zhao Gang immediately asked anxiously.

At this time, the signalman rushed over with a walkie-talkie on his back.

"Report, the regimental staff is calling!"

Zhao Gang immediately picked up the phone: "I'm Zhao Gang!"

"Political Commissar, I just received a call from the field hospital. The entire platoon guarding the field hospital was killed. One soldier told me to fire at the field hospital, and he perished along with the Japanese!"

When Zhao Gang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and the walkie-talkie receiver in his hand was a little unsteady.

"Keep firing, brothers, follow me!"

Zhao Gang immediately understood why they had to fire at the field hospital. If they could not hold back this group of Japanese soldiers and force them out of the field hospital, then the medical staff who escaped from the field hospital might be in trouble.

"Yes!"

Zhao Gang dropped his walkie-talkie, grabbed a rifle, and rushed to the front with red eyes.

In the field hospital.

Yamamoto Ikki entered the hospital with his men, looking rather grim.

"This is a hospital. Li Yunlong escaped again. I thought this was his regimental headquarters. It seems that the secrets of the Eighth Route Army are indeed hidden in the narrow passage!"

"Report, the hospital is safe, but we spotted some Eighth Route Army medical personnel who just retreated from the back door. Should we pursue them?"

At this time, Yamamoto Ikki was not complacent about taking over a field hospital.

Because of the capture of the field hospital, Yamamoto's special forces suffered heavy casualties. Yamamoto Ikki saw more than ten elite soldiers killed and some soldiers injured.

Yamamoto Ikki was very conceited. He thought that with the combat effectiveness of his Yamamoto Special Forces, it should not be a problem to kill more than a dozen Eighth Route Army soldiers in a sneak attack. However, from launching the sneak attack to capturing the field hospital, the Yamamoto Special Forces suffered heavy casualties, but the enemy had only dozens of people, the size of only a platoon.

"Chase them, don't let any of them go!"

Now they have been exposed, and the attack was not on the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment. There is not enough time to find the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment in the narrow gap and launch an attack. It will be dawn in half an hour. By then, they will be surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, and the Yamamoto Special Forces may have to pay a heavy price.

Therefore, if Yamamoto Ikki wanted to kill all the medical staff in the hospital, it would not be a wasted trip. As for the headquarters of the New 1st Regiment, Yamamoto Ikki decided to wait until the bombers sent by Shinozuka Kazuo bombed Yixiantian, and then launch an attack in the chaos.

"Hayi!"

Just now.

"boom!"

There was an explosion and a shell landed in the field hospital.

Most of the buildings in the field hospital are adobe houses, similar to a large bunk bed surrounded by a yard.

Although the caliber of the mortar shells is not large, it can easily collapse the room of a field hospital.

"boom!"

"boom!"

There was another series of explosions, and a room next to Yamamoto Ikki collapsed.

Two unlucky Yamamoto special forces soldiers were buried in the house.

"Report, Taiyuan Telegram!"

At this moment, a signalman delivered a translated telegram to Yamamoto Ikki.

Yamamoto Ikki took the telegram, took out a flashlight to illuminate it and took a look at it. His expression became even uglier.

"withdraw!"

As soon as these words were uttered, all the soldiers of Yamamoto's special forces were shocked. They obviously did not expect that Yamamoto Ikki would actually give such an order.

"Captain, why is this?"

"There are no more audiences to watch our show, so there is no need for this show to exist!"

Yamamoto Ikki looked into the distance somewhat unwillingly. In fact, Yamamoto Ikki did not tell the real reason. He had been exposed and it was almost dawn. There would be little result if he continued to stay in the narrow gap. He could use this excuse to retreat!

The reason why I didn't retreat just now was because the results of the battle were not great, and I would not be able to explain to Kazuo Shinozuka after retreating. But now I have received bad news and am forced to retreat, so I cannot continue to expand the results of the battle. These are two different things.

"Retreat immediately!"

Yamamoto Ikki put the telegram in his arms, glanced into the distance, and immediately led his men to retreat in the direction they came from.

Five minutes ago, Wangjia Town stronghold.

The reinforcements from Ping'an County, which were closest to the Wangjia Town stronghold, were annihilated by the cavalry battalion. After the Japanese in Shuiquan and Lu'an areas received the telegram from Wangjia Town and the Eighth Route Army surrounded and attacked the reinforcements, the pace of support began to slow down.

When passing through some dangerous terrain, we would survey it in advance and only pass through after confirming that there was no danger. It would originally take only four hours to reach Wangjia Town from Lu'an, but it took an entire night.

Chapter 46: Shinozuka Kazuo's Collapse

"What? Is this the Wangjia Town stronghold?"

The reinforcements from Lu'an were an infantry battalion. When the battalion commander Matsumoto Benye arrived at the Wangjia Town stronghold, he couldn't believe what he saw.

Although the sun had not risen yet, the Wangjia Town stronghold was well-lit.

The central artillery tower had disappeared and turned into ruins, while the various bunkers and other defensive fortifications that were originally connected together were now burning.

The flames spread all around the Wangjia Town stronghold, and all the original roadblocks, fences, and spikes were set on fire.

In addition, you can also see a burning train on the platform of Wangjiazhen Railway Station.

Before retreating, Li Yunlong ordered the complete destruction of the Wangjia Town stronghold.

A large number of weapons were seized in this battle. Useful items such as guns, ammunition, gasoline, cars, etc. were all taken away by Li Yunlong. There were even more things that could not be taken away. In addition to distributing them to the people of Wangjia Town so that they could escape, the rest were all set on fire.

The gasoline that could not be taken away was poured on the various fortifications in Wangjia Town, and a fire was ignited directly.

All the watchtowers and bunkers were blown up, the railway was excavated, and a large number of rails were taken away. These things are good materials for making weapons in the future.

The sleepers were piled on the train carrying the Japanese North China Observation Group, then doused with gasoline and set on fire, causing the entire train to burn.

More than an hour after Li Yunlong left, the flames had not yet been extinguished. When the Japanese reinforcements arrived, they saw a burning Wangjia Town.

The Japanese looked at everything in front of them in amazement, thinking it was a bit absurd. They often saw this kind of scene, but usually after they left, they would destroy the place they had harmed.

But what they saw before them was their territory being destroyed by the enemy.

"Send a telegram to the regiment. We have arrived at Wangjia Town. It has been breached by the Chinese army. The fire is still burning. The defenders of Wangjia Town have all perished!"

Matsumoto Benno stood beside the flame and spoke slowly.

However, Matsumoto Junye did not realize the seriousness of the matter. After all, it was just a stronghold, and even if it was captured and destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, it would not have any impact.

After the regiment where Matsumoto was stationed received the news, it immediately reported it to the division, and the division then reported the news to Kazuo Shinozuka.

Kazuo Shinozuka in Taiyuan did not sleep all night because the North China Expeditionary Army Observation Group lost contact.

Although Shinozuka Kazuo was unwilling to believe that the North China Expeditionary Force Observation Group might have met with an accident, he could not get in touch with them. As time went by, Shinozuka Kazuo gradually became more and more panicked.