The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1428 Huang Yu: The enemy remains unchanged, and I remain unchanged (First update)

Shi Jin and Yang Song were stunned by Li Yunlong's words and could not utter a word of rebuttal.

But from these words, one could also sense the importance of raiding the Kwantung Army's blockade line.

So both of them wanted to follow him to raid the Kwantung Army's blockade line, and did not want to stay here to hold down the main force of the Kwantung Army.

Even though the troops had already built very complete tunnel fortifications in the Ulan Mountains, the troops could stay here and kill a large number of Japanese devils at the lowest cost.

They were all battalion commanders of the main battalions brought up by Li Yunlong. Their combat style was the same as Li Yunlong's. They all particularly liked taking risks and fighting big battles, and did not like fighting this kind of underground warfare which had almost no challenges.

They all looked at Li Yunlong eagerly, hoping that Li Yunlong would appoint their general.

"Shi Jin will stay in Wulan Mountain..." Li Yunlong didn't let the two wait too long and made a decision quickly.

"Considering that you have too few troops, I will draw a hundred new soldiers from the reserve to supplement you, and leave you five mortars..."

"We will use the tunnels we have dug in Wulan Mountain to fight an underground war with the Kwantung Army, and keep them in Wulan Mountain to buy time for the main force."

"We will use fighting as training to help new recruits adapt to the battlefield as quickly as possible and develop combat effectiveness."

"We will strive to turn our troops from a platoon into a reinforced company when we evacuate Wulan Mountain in the future..."

"Other troops follow me to evacuate Wulan Mountain and attack the blockade line..."

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On the Jinzhou battlefield.

The 1st Regiment of the Northbound Detachment launched two consecutive nights of real and fake attacks.

The total strength of the Koike Regiment has dropped sharply from more than 4,000 to less than 3,000.

Moreover, among these three thousand people, artillery, logistics troops, engineers... account for about one thousand people. The total number of troops that can actually go to the battlefield and fight the Eighth Route Army head-on is less than two thousand.

Huang Yu felt that his chance had come.

Maybe we can have a decisive battle with the remnants of Koike's regiment tonight and wipe them out in one battle.

"Commander... the Kwantung Army that was sweeping us has stopped advancing and is repairing its temporary base... just like the previous two days, a large number of temporary bunkers and machine gun positions have been built around the base..." Chief of Staff Wei Dayong found Huang Yu and reported with an expectant look on his face.

Huang Yuran didn't mention the decisive battle with the Kwantung Army tonight, but he could sense a slight change in the commander, and vaguely felt that tonight's battle would be unusual.

After saying that, he stared at Huang Yu, waiting for orders.

"As long as the enemy doesn't change, I won't change..." Huang Yu answered without thinking.

"Since our opponents haven't been hurt yet, let's continue to use the same tactics as last night to consume their forces until they are hurt. By the way, we can use this method to see if the Kwantung Army has really not changed at all, or if what we see is just a false illusion they deliberately want us to see."

Wei Dayong's first reaction was disappointment.

At first, I thought there would be a big battle tonight, but the regiment commander actually let him repeat his old tricks and continue to use sneak attacks to deplete the Kwantung Army's manpower.

Just as he was about to accept the order, he heard Huang Yu continue to order: "Move all the other battalions over and prepare for battle..."

"We have all the mortars and shells ready. If nothing goes wrong in the sneak attack in the first half of the night, we will give the Kwantung Army a brutal blow in the second half of the night."

"We will continue to fight small battles like this, slowly wearing down the Kwantung Army's mopping-up forces, but we will eventually win."

"According to Duan Peng, the anti-mopping-up pressure on the Fuxin battlefield is too great."

"The sooner we finish the battle here, the fewer casualties Duan Peng and the commander will suffer."

After hearing this, Wei Dayong realized that the big battle he had been dreaming of had been solved, and he quickly accepted the order: "Don't worry, Commander..."

"The troops are in high spirits now. Not to mention that we are facing only 2,000 people from the Kwantung Army, even if there are 1,000 more, we can easily end the battle." Huang Yu didn't want to listen to Wei Dayong's nagging in front of him, so he waved his hand and ordered: "Go and give the order quickly..."

"Just make sure they don't let you down when the time comes to send them to the battlefield."

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Compared with the high morale of the Kitakami Detachment, the morale of the Kwantung Army's Koike Regiment was much lower.

Not only did the troops not get a good rest for two consecutive nights, they also suffered heavy casualties in a sneak attack by the Eighth Route Army.

Fearing that the Eighth Route Army might set up a pocket formation outside the base, Colonel Koike did not dare to send troops to attack rashly when his troops were attacked, even though he had several guns and heavy soldiers.

After finally determining the enemy's strength, they sent troops to reinforce the battlefield. However, seeing the bad situation, the Eighth Route Army disappeared from the battlefield, leaving Colonel Koike with nothing every time he sent out reinforcements.

Also, because the reinforcements did not arrive in time, the firepower points and defensive forces that were attacked by the Eighth Route Army were torn off a piece of fat meat by the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack forces, even if they were not completely wiped out, resulting in heavy losses.

For two whole nights, these sneak attacks and being attacked never stopped.

The Koike Regiment also paid a huge price in the battle, with more than 1,100 people losing their combat effectiveness, most of whom were killed in the battle by the Kwantung Army.

It’s fine to just attack at night.

It was pitch dark, and the Eighth Route Army was good at night combat, so the regiment commander, Colonel Koike, was still able to think clearly.

The day wasn't much better.

Shells that fell from nowhere, mines and booby traps that suddenly exploded underfoot...even mines with explosive packs...

Blow up a big piece.

Some Eighth Route Army soldiers hid on the high ground a few hundred meters away, set up heavy machine guns, and fired at the marching troops.

Although the shooting distance was far and the bullets were inaccurate, they were no match for the large number of heavy machine guns Huang Yu prepared for the sneak attack troops.

Because the sneak attack distance is very long, as long as the troops retreat in time, there will be no safety problems...

Huang Yu prepared no less than five heavy machine guns for every such sneak attack.

They lined up in a row and fired at the same time.

With a heavy machine gun firing rate of several hundred rounds per minute, five heavy machine guns can fire two to three hundred bullets in just five seconds.

They flew in a fan-shaped formation towards the marching column of the Kwantung Army, and were able to kill quite a few people by chance.

For the Kwantung Army on the march, five seconds was a very short time.

It takes a second or two from hearing the gunshot to reacting.

Turning on the machine gun safety, pulling the bolt, determining the target, aiming... this also takes a lot of time.

So even if the Kwantung Army counterattacked with the simplest-operated rifles, five seconds would only be enough for them to counterattack.

Although the effective range of the rifle is over 500 meters, it is extremely difficult to hit an Eighth Route Army machine gunner from three or four hundred meters away.

Without the aid of a scope, it would be difficult for even the most powerful Japanese sniper to do this with just the naked eye, let alone ordinary infantry.

As for the Japanese soldiers equipped with light and heavy machine guns, it was impossible for them to open fire without more than ten seconds of preparation time.

At that time, the Eighth Route Army that had ambushed them had already moved behind the bunker with their weapons and retreated.