Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Listening to Shen Quan's words, Kong Jie couldn't help but smile. He smoked his pipe and looked at the spoils gathered in the distance, feeling very happy.

It was a big profit, a really big profit. The independent regiment did not bear too heavy offensive and defensive tasks, and the casualties were even smaller than the second battalion, but it obtained so many spoils, plus the weapons and equipment promised by Li Yunlong. Kong Jie was very happy in his heart. This time he made Li Yunlong suffer a big loss.

His eyes involuntarily looked at Li Yunlong, ready to say a few words of comfort. After all, it was rare to see Li Yunlong suffer a loss.

Kong Jie looked at Li Yunlong and saw that there seemed to be no change on Li Yunlong's face. His originally happy mood suddenly lost much of the joy. He suddenly felt that it was just like that and meaningless.

Li Yunlong didn't say anything, but the brigade commander beside him widened his eyes and asked, "How much?"

Li Yunlong gave Shen Quan a look, and Kong Jie also reacted at this time. The brigade commander was still here, and he was showing off here. Wouldn't that make himself unhappy?

Seeing the brigade commander's shocked expression, Kong Jie immediately started to wink at Shen Quan, and laughed at the same time: "Ahem, the brigade commander hasn't calculated it yet, so the numbers are a bit inaccurate!"

The brigade commander looked at Kong Jie and then at Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong turned his head and looked away, pretending that nothing had happened. He brought the brigade commander here just to check how the battlefield was cleaned. He had no other intentions. Meeting Kong Jie was an accident. He had not asked about Kong Jie's movements in advance, and Shen Quan was not arranged by him.

There was no intention to let the brigade commander know that the independent regiment had seized so many good things.

"By the way, Lao Kong, please report to me the ammunition consumption of your independent regiment this time. Brigade Commander, the ammunition loss of your guard battalion will also be counted as that of our independent column!"

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Kong Jie handed over a list of ammunition that he had prepared long ago. After reading the contents, Li Yunlong said, "Kong Erlangzi, you didn't secretly increase my losses, did you?"

Upon hearing this, Kong Jie immediately became anxious: "Li Yunlong, am I that kind of person? If you don't believe me, I will gather the soldiers of our independent regiment and ask them one by one to see if I, Kong Jie, have asked for an extra bullet from you!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Yunlong immediately said: "Don't be angry, Lao Kong, I'm just checking. You also know that this time in order to destroy the Japanese 13th Regiment, our independent column took out all the best things in the bottom of the box, these ammunition..."

"You're not going to deny it, are you?"

Li Yunlong pretended to think, then gritted his teeth and said, "I, Li Yunlong, always keep my word. Even if I have to squeeze out, I will squeeze it out for your independent regiment!"

"Lao Zhao, Lao Zhao, come here quickly!"

Zhao Gang was leading his soldiers in confirming the identities of some Japanese officers who had been killed. When he heard Li Yunlong calling him, he immediately closed his notebook and walked over to Li Yunlong and the brigade commander. "Old Li, what's wrong?"

"According to the amount of ammunition on this list, let our soldiers gather it and send it to the Independent Regiment!"

As he spoke, Li Yunlong winked at Zhao Gang.

After reading the contents of the list, Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong again. These seemed to be a lot of ammunition, which was not much for the independent column. After all, the independent regiment's defense and attack tasks were not heavy, so it did not consume too much ammunition.

Zhao Gang is the political commissar and chief eunuch of the independent column. Zhao Gang is in charge of the logistics of the independent column most of the time, and he is quite clear about the financial situation of the independent column.

Although the encirclement and suppression of the 13th Regiment consumed a lot of resources this time, the Independent Column still had sufficient ammunition reserves after capturing 27 strongholds, plus the spoils of war in Ping'an County and the ammunition previously purchased from the National Army.

However, seeing Li Yunlong's expression, Zhao Gang immediately understood and coughed, saying, "I'll have someone prepare. Commander Kong thanks you for your independent regiment's support this time. Don't worry, our independent column will make up for your losses even if we have to sell everything we have!"

Kong Jie turned to look at Zhao Gang, then at Li Yunlong. Although he was very moved by what these two people said, he always felt that this was a trap.

"Forget about my guard battalion's share! You did a great job this time, kid. It won't be long before I have to salute you every time I see you!"

"How could that be? The brigade commander is in command this time! Besides, this little ammunition is nothing compared to killing the Japanese 13th Regiment. For victory, my independent column will even be forced to be a trouser!"

The brigade commander understood that Li Yunlong was crying poor in front of him, but he did not expose him. He continued to walk around the battlefield and suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Li Yunlong!"

"Brigade Commander, what's wrong?"

Li Yunlong felt a little guilty when the brigade commander called him like that. He had just been trying to divert the blame. When the brigade commander came, he would definitely find out about the independent column's assets. Given the brigade commander's personality, he would probably take away a lot of things. That's why Li Yunlong cried poor in advance and then pushed the independent regiment out to take the blame for him. Could it be that his plan was discovered?

"Why are there no prisoners?"

"Ah? Prisoners?"

Li Yunlong looked at Shen Quan: "Second Battalion Commander, where are the prisoners?"

Shen Quan stared at Li Yunlong with wide eyes, swallowing the words that were on the tip of his tongue. He then immediately said, "Report to the commander, the Japanese are resisting stubbornly and have taken no prisoners. There were some wounded Japanese soldiers, but they were stubborn and wanted to drag our soldiers down with them. I got this injury from a sneak attack by the wounded Japanese soldiers!"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately nodded and said, "Inform the soldiers, be careful, don't let the wounded Japanese soldiers attack you!"

At the same time, he silently credited Shen Quan for his contribution.

"Well, you do need to be careful when cleaning up the battlefield. Go ahead and get busy!"

"Yes!"

After Shen Quan left, the brigade commander glanced at Li Yunlong, then leaned over to Li Yunlong's ear and whispered, "Don't leave any trace behind, kid. Keep your hands and feet clean, and don't let anyone get out!"

"Don't worry, Brigadier..."

Li Yunlong responded instinctively and saw the brigade commander looking at him with a smile.

At this time, Monk Wei, who was protecting Zhao Gang from registering the dead body of the Japanese officer, kicked a lieutenant colonel next to him. Feeling that he was not dead, he took out his pistol and prepared to shoot him again. When Li Yunlong saw this, he immediately said, "Monk Wei, what are you doing!"

"Ah? This devil isn't dead yet, I..."

Li Yunlong immediately interrupted, "If he's not dead, tie him up! He's a prisoner of war, you can't just shoot him!"

"Ah? Oh, all right, Commander!" Monk Wei rubbed his bald head, puzzled for a moment. Didn't you always say, "If you can kill them, leave them alive?" The Independent Column had no food to feed the prisoners?

Li Yunlong glanced at the Japanese major's nameplate at the monk's feet: "Deputy Captain of the First Infantry Battalion, Noda Takeshi?"

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Here's another 10,000-word update. I'd like to take a day off tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, but my leave request is useless this month. Is that okay, everyone? Finally, I'm begging for five-star reviews, free gifts, and everything!

Chapter 149 The Brigade Commander Lights a Cigarette

"You've done a great deed this time, kid. I bet Shancheng is going to have another headache!"

After taking a tour of Ping'an County, the brigade commander climbed up the city wall of Ping'an County and looked into the distance. He could see the corpses of Japanese soldiers everywhere outside the city. This was the second time he had seen such a scene, except for the one he had seen once in Shentouling.

"What's the big deal? I've figured it out. Just give us another division."

The brigade commander couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. "Giving you another division? You're really dreaming! Since last year, we've been his biggest concern. He won't let us grow stronger!"

"You can't just give me some medals, right? I have the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal, the Treasure Tripod Medal, and the Second Class Cloud Banner Medal, and now you're giving me the First Class Cloud Banner Medal? This is for annihilating an entire Japanese regiment. You can't just give me a Flying Tiger Banner, right? Unless you really don't care about your dignity anymore."

"You kid also know about the Flying Tiger Flag?"

"I've heard of it, I've heard of it!"

Li Yunlong immediately interrupted with a smile.

The brigade commander glanced into the distance and said, "Read more books, especially those on command and related books on protracted warfare. They'll be useful to you. I came to you this time not because I was worried that you couldn't defeat the Japanese, but because I was worried that you lacked experience. After all, commanding thousands of people in battle is a first for you. I heard that you've been enjoying reading lately. It's a good habit!"

Li Yunlong smiled. At the beginning, when he read the book, Li Yunlong did it to hide the fact that he suddenly knew so many things. Now, when he read the book, Li Yunlong really felt that there were many things he didn't know, especially commanding thousands of people in battle. Li Yunlong felt that he was about to reach his limit. If he didn't study, it would be impossible for him to command tens of thousands of people in the future.

"You're smart and have a strong learning ability. I'm optimistic about you!"

After saying that, the brigade commander took out a cigarette from his pocket, took one for himself, and then took out another and handed it to Li Yunlong. Just as Li Yunlong was about to reach out, the brigade commander stuffed it directly into Li Yunlong's mouth.

Then the brigade commander took out a match and prepared to light it, but Li Yunlong said with a smile: "Brigade commander, I have this!"

As he spoke, he took out an old-fashioned kerosene lighter that he had captured from the Japanese and prepared to light a cigarette for the brigade commander. When the brigade commander saw it, he snatched it away, lit the lighter, and handed it to Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong was stunned, stretched out his hand to block the wind, and lit the cigarette.

The brigade commander lit the cigarette in his mouth and looked at Ping'an County in the distance with Li Yunlong.

"Li Yunlong, how come you suddenly got it?"

When the cigarette holder burned to the butt, the brigade commander slowly spoke.

"Brigade Commander, didn't you once praise me as a genius?"

"Right!"

The brigade commander smiled, then patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder and said, "You fought well in this battle. Good job!"

"Thank you, Brigade Commander!"

After the brigade commander left, Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said, "Send a telegram to the cavalry battalion, telling them not to chase too hard and leave some devils for the 772nd and 771st Regiments!"

"what?"

Upon hearing this order, the telegraph operator was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what Li Yunlong meant.

"Do as I say!"

"Yes!"

Soon the cavalry battalion received a telegram from Li Yunlong. Sun Desheng looked at the remnants of the 13th Regiment who were fleeing in panic not far away, feeling a little confused.

"Old Ma, what does the commander mean by this?"

Ma Renxing glanced at the contents of the telegram and immediately smiled and said, "Just do as the commander says."

"Huh? What do you mean? I don't understand."

Ma Renxing burned the telegram and said, "Our Independent Column has already been credited with the greatest success in annihilating the Japanese 13th Regiment and retaking Ping'an County. The Independent Regiment came to help us and will surely get a share of the credit. The 772nd and 771st Regiments came all the way here to stop the enemy for us. If we completely wipe out the Japanese without leaving any food for others, what will they think?"

Sun Desheng touched his head and said, "Is it that complicated? Whoever kills the devil doesn't kill him."

Ma Renxing did not continue speaking, but immediately began to command the cavalry battalion to change tactics.

Originally, they were trying to hold on to the remaining 200 or so Japanese soldiers, but now the cavalry battalion was on both sides of the remaining troops of Okabe Touno, driving them into the encirclement of the 771st Regiment like driving sheep.

"Sir, the pursuit by our detachment seems to have stopped!"

More than half an hour later, Okabe Michino was supported by several Japanese soldiers and walked forward breathlessly. When he heard this, he looked back and indeed did not see the cavalry battalion following behind him.

"Where are our reinforcements?"

"Report, Black Island Squadron reporting in, we're less than half an hour away!"

After hearing this, Okabe Mitsuno immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Continue to retreat, don't stop, quickly!"

As he spoke, he broke free from the support of the Japanese soldier beside him and ran away at an accelerated speed.

After struggling forward for about ten minutes, a Japanese staff officer excitedly said to Okabe Michino: "Sir, as long as we cross this valley, we will be out of Ping'an County!"

Okabe Mitsuno looked up at the valley in front of him and instinctively felt that there was some danger.

But this was the only way to go at this moment. He gritted his teeth and said, "Speed ​​up and pass!"

"Hayi!"

On both sides of the valley, the soldiers of the 771st Regiment had been waiting for the arrival of the defeated Japanese army.

"Report, Commander, traces of Japanese troops have been found at the entrance to the valley!"