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Chapter 186 No Feint, All Main Attacks!
In Shouyang County, the Japanese Army Command, War Room.

The Communications Staff Officer reported the news from the First Army Command to Captain Takahashi Daisuke.

"It is reported that the Eighth Route of the Xiangyangquan Movement is the main force of the 386 brigade."

"Commander Shinozuka ordered our troops to prepare for battle."

"And told the 386th Brigade to be an elite unit of the Eighth Route, and must not be careless, especially be careful of Li Yunlong, the head of the new regiment."

"Li Yunlong?" Daisuke Takahashi frowned, with a gloomy face, "Li Yunlong who took down Yangquan? Eat Li Yunlong from the headquarters of my Fourth Brigade?"

"It's this person." The communications staff paused.

A few months ago, Daisuke Takahashi had fought against Li Yunlong in Cangyun Ridge. At that time, Daisuke Takahashi's team leader was Sakata Nobuzhe.

At that time, Shinzhe Sakata used the 3rd and 5th Infantry Battalions to counter-suppress the Shinichi Regiment, and Daisuke Takahashi was the captain of the 5th Battalion of Sakata Wing.

After the 3rd Infantry Brigade was annihilated by Li Yunlong's plan, the 5th Brigade came up and was defeated and retreated. After Wang Chengzhu killed the headquarters of the Bantian Regiment with Italian guns, Li Yunlong led his troops to charge and occupied the main peak position of the Bantian Regiment. Daisuke Hashi's 5th Battalion was completely defeated, with huge casualties.

Takahashi Daisuke is Li Yunlong's defeated opponent.

Li Yunlong, a demonic name, is like a brand, leaving a painful memory on Daisuke Takahashi that can never be erased.

Daisuke Takahashi will always remember that day, when an unremarkable Tuba Route army led by Li Yunlong killed the so-called elite Sakata Regiment with heavy casualties and was completely defeated.

Daisuke Takahashi hated and feared Li Yunlong.

He wanted to cut off Li Yunlong's head, but he was also afraid of meeting Li Yunlong on the battlefield.

Li Yunlong put too much pressure on Daisuke Takahashi.

However, Daisuke Takahashi understood that he must not show fear of Li Yunlong in front of his subordinates.

If even he, an officer, is afraid of Li Yunlong, then the morale of the soldiers under his command must be low.

Daisuke Takahashi, who has experienced many battles, knows that if morale is low, you lose half first.

"Baga, I'm not going to find Li Yunlong, but he actually came to Shouyang County to die?"

"How many troops are on the Eighth Route Army? What about the weapons and equipment?"

Daisuke Takahashi's palms were sweating, and his right hand holding the sheath of the Major's commander's saber was tightened, but his tone was murderous.

Seeing that Daisuke Takahashi was very motivated to fight, several squadron leaders and several staff officers in the war room trembled slightly when they heard the words.

It seems that Major Takahashi is very confident, it seems that this battle is over!
The communication staff officer even put his feet together, and there was a crisp sound under his feet, and he paused and said:
"The Eighth Army has about [-] troops. According to the telegram from the headquarters, only Li Yunlong's department is well-equipped with a large number of submachine guns, light and heavy machine guns."

"A mountain artillery battalion, more than a dozen 75mm mountain artillery, and about 40 machine-made anti-aircraft guns!"

"By the way, Li Yunlong's department is also equipped with a certain number of anti-tank guns!"

"The equipment of the rest of the Eighth Route Army is very average."

Several staff officers and squadron leaders couldn't help but change slightly when they heard this.

Daisuke Takahashi murmured something bad in his heart, Li Yunlong's equipment was so terrifying, but his face still had a calm expression.

The adjutant next to him, Karasawa, asked the communications staff: "Did the headquarters say when the reinforcements will arrive?"

Communications staff officer: "The headquarters didn't say anything, but ordered our department to stay in Shouyang County for at least 3 days!"

"Nani?" Karasawa's face darkened, "So the headquarters didn't send reinforcements?"

The communications staff fell silent immediately. The Eighth Route Army attacked Yangquan County, and the headquarters of the Fourth Brigade was in danger. The headquarters did not send reinforcements, let alone Shouyang County?
"Give power to the headquarters immediately!" Takahashi Daisuke was also a little impatient, "Our department will stick to it for 3 days, but there are many Eighth Routes nearby. If the Eighth Routes attack fails, we will definitely increase our troops. Please General Shinozuka send reinforcements to join us. The Ministry should cooperate with the outside and wipe out all the Eight Routes!"

"Hi!" The communications staff paused, then walked towards the communications room.

Adjutant Karasawa asked in a deep voice, "Captain, what should we do now?"

Daisuke Takahashi narrowed his eyes: "Li Yunlong has no rules in the battle, and he doesn't play cards according to common sense. We must not use conventional methods of defending the city."

"Otherwise, let alone three days, we won't be able to hold on even for one day."

"Captain." One of the squadron leaders asked, "What do you mean?"

Daisuke Takahashi narrowed his eyes, full of murderous intent:
"Isn't Li Yunlong's department equipped with 75mm mountain guns?"

"Then the city wall will definitely not be able to stop the eight roads."

"Since this is the case, why don't we give up the city wall and put the main force of the Eighth Route into the city to fight in the streets?"

"Street fighting?" The squadron leader was taken aback, "But our military strength is not superior, and our firepower advantage cannot be brought into play."

The street fighting was extremely cruel, the ratio of the losses of the two sides was one to one, and the Japanese army only had more than 700 people, how could it be fought?
"Baga!" Takahashi Daisuke scolded, "Sakai-kun, don't interrupt, listen to me first."

"Since Li Yunlong doesn't like to play cards according to common sense, why should we follow the rules?"

"There is an old saying in China, it's called the tricks of the soldiers."

"Now I am doing the following deployment, time is urgent, I will only say it once."

All the devils straightened their bodies, then nodded slightly, as if they were listening to orders.

Daisuke Takahashi then said:

"First, No. 1 Squadron and No. 2 Squadron exchange uniforms with the Royal Association Army."

"Let the imperial association army put on the uniform of the imperial army to defend the city wall and carry the artillery shells from the Eight Routes."

"The military police will supervise the battle. Once the Royal Association Army is found to be deserting their posts or acting cowardly, they will be killed immediately!"

"Secondly, plant landmines on the streets. The more the better, the Eighth Road will definitely attack along the street and use landmines to delay the speed of the Eighth Road's attack!"

"Furthermore, the soldiers wore the clothes of the Imperial Association Army and controlled the houses on the left and right sides of the street."

"Ambush in the houses on both sides, set up light and heavy machine guns, and once the eighth road enters the street, open fire immediately, and lay an ambush by the eighth road!"

"In the end, the Eighth Route Army finally attacked the main street after suffering heavy losses, and the artillery immediately used chemical bombs to attack."

"Get out the red and yellow bullets."

"After Tuba Road is poisoned, our soldiers will wear the uniforms of the Imperial Association Army and gas masks, and they only need to go forward and chop off the heads of the Eight Roads."

"As long as the tactics are executed properly, we will stick to Shouyang County for 3 days without any problems!"

"Hi!" All the devil officers were overjoyed, they all nodded, and then walked out one after another.

……

When the main force arrived outside Shouyang County.

Li Yunlong and the others have completed their investigation and asked the local people to understand the situation in Shouyang County.

Before the Eighth Route Army attacked Shouyang County, the enemy headquarters.

Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and Ding Wei got together to discuss the specific siege plan.

Li Yunlong pointed to the drawn sketch of Shouyang County and said:

"The specific siege plan is that our three regiments each choose a city gate as the direction of attack."

"We didn't feint in these three directions, and the whole **** is the main attack."

"For the remaining city gate, gather all our cavalry and stand outside this gate to see if the devils can escape."

"I think the terrain outside the west city gate is flat, which is very suitable for the cavalry to play, so I put the cavalry outside the west city gate without showing their heads."

"If the devil wants to run through the west gate, he will fall into the trap of our cavalry."

"On the open ground, if infantry meets cavalry, they can only be slaughtered."

"Do you two have any objections to this arrangement?"

"I have no objection." Kong Jie knocked on the pipe and said, "However, our regiment is going to attack the East City Gate."

"I have no objection." Ding Wei also said, "Our regiment attacked the North City Gate."

"Okay, then our regiment will attack the South Gate." Li Yunlong nodded.

It doesn't matter which city gate is attacked, anyway, now they have mountain cannons and enough shells, so it's no problem to knock on the city wall.

After Li Yunlong borrowed 6 mountain cannons, he still has 6. Kong Jie and Ding Wei originally each had 1 infantry cannon and mountain cannon, and they borrowed 3 more to add up to nearly half a mountain cannon battalion.

Firepower is also not to be underestimated.

Moreover, the city wall of Shouyang County, which Li Yunlong had carefully looked at during the scouting, was not as good as the city wall of Yangquan City.

"What's next?" Ding Wei said, "After the attack into the city, what should we do if the devils fight with us in the streets, what should we do if we release poison gas bombs, these are issues that need to be considered."

"That's right." Kong Jie said while smoking a dry cigarette, "Our two regiments don't have any gas masks, and your new regiment has a gas mask. If the devil releases poisonous gas, we can't stand it."

Li Yunlong said: "Originally this matter is not under my control, who will let you two be under my command?"

"This time my cavalry battalion, machine gun company and heavy machine gun company will not participate in the siege."

"I'm reluctant to lend you the extra 500 gas masks."

Both Ding Wei and Kong Jie nodded in agreement. It's not that the two regiments didn't have a gas mask, but they were very few, only about one company, which was only a fraction of the entire regiment.

If each regiment could borrow 250, it would be enough to equip a battalion of gas masks, which would definitely be enough for street fighting with devils.

"Okay, the gas mask thing is done."

"Let's talk about street fighting next."

"When I entered Yangquan, I suffered a disadvantage."

"When the devils are short of troops, they like to place only part of their troops and firepower on the street, and the other part to ambush in the houses on both sides of the street."

"While our soldiers were attacking along the street, the devil's machine gun suddenly came out of the window and fired black shots."

"Thanks to the lack of devils, I lost more than half of my platoon, otherwise I will suffer a big loss."

"The little devil's trick is quite sinister." Ding Wei's eyes flashed, "It's impossible to guard against."

Kong Jie said, "Then how did your regiment fight?"

"Later, I let the soldiers take the ladder to the house." Li Yunlong said, "Start a house-to-house fight with the devil, the devil's tricks are useless, and finally it only took two hours to completely end the battle and take Yangquan City! "

Ding Wei said: "I mean, this is the reason why you asked the cavalry from our two regiments to collect ladders from ordinary people's homes."

"Lao Li, you are quite thoughtful."

"Of course." Li Yunlong said, "Our old Li can let the soldiers of your two regiments die for nothing?"

"I don't have anything in my stomach. If our old Li wants this command, dare to attack Shouyang County?"

"If I give Laozi another teacher, I will even bring down Taiyuan."

"Okay, Lao Li, don't talk so much nonsense." Ding Wei said, "Hurry up and give us an order to send us the mountain artillery, artillery and gas masks."

Hehe smiled, Li Yunlong said: "No problem, you two first give me an IOU, and I will give you an order immediately after the IOU."

"What, an IOU?" Kong Jie said, "Lao Li, you don't trust me and Lao Ding?"

"It's not a question of whether you believe it or not." Li Yunlong said, "Those mountain cannons are all my old Li's precious bumps, just like my wife, so be careful."

"Don't say it's you two, even the brigade commander and division commander came to borrow mountain cannons, and we, Lao Li, have to ask them to issue an IOU."

Kong Jie laughed and said, "Lao Li, you are really nothing, you even borrowed your daughter-in-law."

At present, Ding Wei and Kong Jie quickly wrote the IOU, signed it and pledged it, agreeing to return the mountain cannon and gas mask after the battle in Shouyang County.

After reading the IOU, Li Yunlong carefully folded it, put it in his bag and put it away.

(End of this chapter)