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Chapter 204 Battle of Yuliao!

The Eighth Route Army Headquarters instructed: In North China, the "Hundred Regiments Campaign" should be extended to those enemies that have not yet been hit, so as to reduce enemy-occupied areas, expand base areas, and break through blockades. This is the general policy of current military operations.

The Eighth Route Army headquarters immediately issued a second-stage operational order, pointing out that the purpose of the operation is to expand the results of the battle, and the basic policy of the operation is to continue to destroy the enemy's traffic and destroy the strongholds that have penetrated into the base areas.

Not long after, the 129th Division launched the Battle of Yuliao.

The task of the 386 brigade was to attack Yushe County and its surrounding strongholds.

Although the strongholds on the Yuliao Highway were pulled out by Xinyituan, there were still many devil strongholds around Yushe County.

Moreover, because Li Yunlong has been doing things on the Yuliao Highway and the Baijin Railway, the devils in Yushe and Liao County were so frightened that they rebuilt the surrounding strongholds and gun towers.

The rebuilt strongholds and gun towers are all made of reinforced concrete, and they have been specially reinforced.

However, these reinforced concrete strongholds and gun towers are no different from those made of paper in front of the 75mm American mountain guns.

After the intelligence determined that the devils had no air support, the 386th Brigade, led by Brigadier Chen, surrounded Yushe County in broad daylight.

Yushe County was an important town where the Japanese army hoarded food and ammunition. Even if the Zhengtai Railway was destroyed and Yangquan and Shouyang counties were captured, the Eighth Route Army had the strength to attack the county.

The Japanese army was also unwilling to abandon this county, which was in the base of the Eighth Route Army.

Following the order of the brigade commander's general attack, the New Second Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the 772nd Regiment immediately swooped towards Yushe County from three directions.

Brigadier Chen's command style is bold and decisive, flexible, good at grasping the situation and capturing opportunities, and never fights to the death.

He had scouted the enemy's situation in Yushe County twice a long time ago, and found out the enemy's firepower and fortification deployment.

There was an earth slope outside the city wall of Xiguan, which was convenient for attacking the city. The brigade commander ordered a mountain artillery battalion to be erected outside the city wall of Xiguan, and pulled dozens of camouflage nets to cooperate with the 772 regiment's main attack.

Ding Wei's New Second Regiment and Kong Jie's Independent Regiment pretended to attack the Nanguan City Wall and Beiguan City Wall respectively.

Zhang Xianyong's new third regiment ambushed outside the Dongguan city wall.

Li Yunlong's Xinyi regiment served as the reserve team.

Just over half an hour after the fight started, the messengers came in one after another with good news.

"Report to the brigade commander, the 772 regiment has cleared the strongholds and gun towers outside the city wall of Xiguan."

"The independent regiment has wiped out all the devils outside the Nanguan city wall."

"The Second New Regiment has captured the devil's position outside the city wall of Beiguan."

The brigade commander heard the words and ordered loudly: "Send me the order and start attacking the city!"

Chief of Staff Zhou picked up the phone, quickly shook the handle, and then put the phone to his ear: "Start the siege!"

A red signal flare rose high outside the city wall of Xiguan.

The Artillery Regiment of the 386th Brigade had already calibrated to shoot at Zhu Yuan, and the artillerymen who received the order fired immediately, and the shells rained down on the city wall of Xiguan.

After the general offensive began, the respective mountain artillery companies of Ding Wei and Kong Jie also began to exert their strength.

Before the Zhengtai Battle, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment each obtained a 75mm gun from Li Yunlong.

After taking down Shouyang County, the two each got an infantry gun and a 1mm gun.

Some time ago, Li Yunlong gave him two or three mountain cannons each. Today's New Second Regiment and Independent Regiment, among the regiment-level units of the Eighth Route Army, except for the New First Regiment, they are the two richest.

Amidst the continuous and rapid explosions like muffled thunder, the brigade commander stepped on a ladder in the headquarters and raised his binoculars to look towards the city wall.

I saw shells raining down on the top of the city, amidst the terrifying explosion, fireballs and smoke kept rising.

With the ground shaking, the entire city wall seemed to be trembling.

"It's started." Deputy Brigadier Han walked up to the brigade commander and said.

"Well, it's started." The brigade commander nodded.

At this moment, Li Yunlong and the guard Huang Erhu appeared at the brigade headquarters with a large number of gas masks in their hands, and shouted: "Report!"

"Come in!" Hearing Li Yunlong's voice, the brigade commander was slightly taken aback, and then shouted again.

"Brigade Commander, I'm here to see you."

Before entering the brigade headquarters, Li Yunlong's voice came in first, and then Li Yunlong and Huang Erhu walked into the brigade headquarters.

The brigade commander turned around and came down from the ladder, and saw the gas masks in the hands of Li Yunlong and Huang Erhu.

"What's your name, boy?" asked the brigade commander, "You didn't fight for the main mission when it was time to fight for it. Now that you've started to attack the city, why do you think of doing this?"

Li Yunlong said quickly: "Hey, brigade commander, then you have misunderstood me. I came here to deliver gas masks to the heads of the brigade."

When Yangquan was first captured, Li Yunlong remembered that there were more than a thousand gas masks in the Japanese army's ammunition warehouse, all of which were handed over to the brigade headquarters.

But Li Yunlong knew the character of the brigade commander very well, and he must have given all the gas masks to the soldiers who attacked the city.

The brigade commander also likes to visit the front line to observe the enemy's situation and command the battle. He was afraid that the brigade commander would be poisoned by the little devil, so Li Yunlong sent a gas mask.

Li Yunlong patted the gas mask in his hand: "Brigade Commander, this is an American product, and the anti-virus effect is much stronger than the little devil's gas mask."

"Boy, you have a heart." The brigade commander was a little moved in his heart, but his expression was always firm. He nodded and pointed at the table and said, "Put it there."

Li Yunlong and Huang Erhu put more than twenty gas masks on the table.

This table is an Eight Immortals table with maps, magnifying glasses, kettles and other things placed on it.

But since the brigade commander ordered it to be placed on it, Li Yunlong didn't say much, and filled the Eight Immortals table in one go.

Then the brigade commander said again: "Guards, send out all the gas masks, one for each person in the brigade."

The brigade commander's guards distributed gas masks to the brigade commander, deputy brigade commander Han, chief of staff Zhou, the combat staff officer, and the security personnel of the brigade headquarters.

Li Yunlong winked at Huang Erhu, Huang Erhu immediately withdrew from the headquarters and waited outside.

Then he pretended to be next to the brigade commander, raised his binoculars and glanced at Yushe County.

Li Yunlong sighed, "What a strong artillery fire. According to this firepower, I guess the county in front of me can be taken down before dark."

"Li Yunlong, do you have anything else to do?"

Seeing that Li Yunlong hadn't left after delivering the gas masks, the brigade commander issued an order to evict the passengers.

"Brigade Commander, I still have something to do." Li Yunlong said, "Can we attack the city more slowly?"

"Slow down, why?" After a pause, the brigade commander immediately became alert again: "You boy won't make any trouble for me again, will you?"

Li Yunlong said: "We laid down the county too quickly here, what should we do if the devil's reinforcements received the news and returned halfway there?"

This time Li Yunlong came to brigade headquarters to send gas masks for this purpose.

If the 386 brigade hadn't strengthened its equipment, it would probably take two or three days to attack the Yushe County in front of it.

After increasing the firepower, the 386th Brigade, which has a large number of machine guns, bazookas, and artillery regiments, has sufficient shells and bullets, and can take it in less than a day.

It was only morning, and it was estimated that the battle would be over before dark, and it was useless for the devils to release poisonous gas, because the siege troops of the 386th Brigade were well prepared, and the soldiers in the main battalion of each regiment were equipped with gas masks.

Li Yunlong is also planning to fight the devil reinforcements rushing to rescue Yushe County. If Yushe County is captured too early, there will be nothing wrong with him.

Because of being a reserve team, it is impossible for Li Yunlong to lead his troops to leave without the order of his superiors.

The brigade commander understood what Li Yunlong meant in an instant, and turned his head to look at him with a half-smile.

When the brigade commander saw it this way, Li Yunlong was in a panic, and he quickly squeezed a smile on his face: "Brigade commander, the time limit given by the headquarters to our brigade is to take down Yushe County within 2 days, and take it in half a day." , isn't that a waste of time?"

waste time?The brigade commander was amused: "How could you do such a calculation?"

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In Yushe County, the Japanese Army Command.

Colonel Itatsu Naojun of the [-]th Brigade heard the continuous and fierce sound of artillery.

Yushe County is an important hub for the operation of Japanese ammunition and ammunition, and is garrisoned by a battalion of puppet troops from the Banjin Brigade.

In addition to using the solid buildings in the county as its defensive core, 4 strongholds, 8 gun towers and bunkers were also built.

The weapons are also equipped with heavy firepower such as mountain cannons, mortars, light and heavy machine guns, and grenade grenades. At the same time, enough ammunition and food for one year are stored.

But Naochun Itatsu never imagined that the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army would be so horrific, and the outlying strongholds, gun towers and other fortifications were cleared within less than an hour.

The Eighth Route Army's fast attack speed and strong attacking ability far exceeded his expectations.

This is only the result of the brigade commander only using one of the mountain artillery battalions directly under the brigade headquarters.

If the brigade commander's artillery regiment is fully fired, the firepower will be even more terrifying.

In the command post, Itatsu Naosumi wiped off his cold sweat, and called the captain of the communication team to him: "Immediately give Major General Tsuda Mitake..."

Before he finished speaking, Itatsu Naosumi thought that Major General Tsuda Mitake had been broken, and there was a moment of sadness between his brows.

Then he regained his grim expression, looked at the communication team leader and said, "Give General Shinozuka a power call immediately, Yushe County was besieged by eight groups of five thousand people, and the enemy cleared our outlying strongholds within half an hour. Blast the city wall with cannons and ask the headquarters for tactical guidance!"

The communication team leader wrote down the message on the folder with a pen, and said in a puzzled tone: "Captain, why don't you report more troops for the Eighth Route, such as 10,000 people, so that it will be easier to get help from the headquarters!"

Itatsu Naochun said: "Now the Eighth Route is doing things everywhere, attacking the imperial army's communication lines, and there are not many troops that can be used to help. If I report to the Eighth Route, you think Your Excellency Commander will send troops. Come save us?"

"No!" The squad leader said, "In that case, the commander will definitely give up sending troops to help. The captain is wise, I admire it!"

"Send the telegram immediately, quickly!"

"Hi!" The leader of the ghost team paused, and walked out quickly holding the folder.

The 129th Brigade of the 385th Division was not idle either. The division commander transferred a mountain artillery battalion to the 385th Brigade. While the 386th Brigade was attacking Yushe County, the 385th Brigade was also attacking Liaoxian County.

Not long after, Yoshio Shinozuka, the commander of the First Army far away in Taiyuan, received telegrams for help from Itatsu Naojun and Honda Takeo at the same time.

Seeing the two almost identical urgent telegrams requesting tactical guidance, Shinozuka Yoshio suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)