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Chapter 270 Cook a feast for the devil!
"Although our weapons and equipment are very sophisticated, the enemy this time is the Kwantung Army after all, so we can't be careless."

Looking at the relaxed and joyful expressions on the faces of several battalion commanders, Zhao Gang looked serious and his tone was serious.

He knew that Li Yunlong had never drifted away from devils.

The higher-ups have recently praised the New First Regiment many times, especially Commander Li Da, what a model heroic leader, the backbone of the battle... and even publicized the achievements of the New First Regiment throughout the army. Now the New First Regiment is recognized as the trump card regiment of the entire Eighth Route Army. The main team is even more awesome.

The Xinyi regiment also deserves these awards and publicity. Over the past year, it has wiped out more than [-] devils, and it has also provided weapons and ammunition for several artillery regiments and several infantry regiments to support its superiors.

Although Li Yunlong has the capital of floating, he has never been floating.

Now even if the Xinyi Regiment meets the devil's full formation head-on, it can still fight with real swords and guns, and the chances of winning are extremely high.

However, these battalion commanders are obviously a little drifting. They are battalion-level commanders, and such emotions can easily be passed on to subordinates.

Underestimate the enemy, there will be big problems.

Li Yunlong heard the meaning of Zhao Gang's words, glanced at several battalion commanders, and said in a stern tone: "We can despise the enemy strategically, but we must pay attention to the enemy tactically, and we must not underestimate the enemy."

Brother Chen Feng said this when he was drinking with Li Yunlong, and he thought it made sense.

After all, with so many victories, it is impossible not to look down on little devils, so this sentence is very suitable for educating soldiers.

There is no conflict between looking down on little devils and not despising little devils.

Several battalion commanders heard the words, their eyes were full of thought, and they quickly understood the words.

It's like enlightenment.

Immediately, several people had some admiration for Li Yunlong again, thinking that it seems that the head of the group has learned very well recently, and can say such profound and reasonable words.

Several battalion commanders stated to Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong that they only despise devils and never underestimate the enemy.

Zhao Gang also made a self-reflection, saying that during this period of time he was practicing marksmanship and doing ideological and political work for the county brigade, while ignoring the main camp.

Several battalion commanders said that they would ask the instructors of the peace camp to strengthen ideological education when they returned home.

Li Yunlong continued: "Now let me deploy specific combat missions."

"Just like the last battle, the battalions did not carry Maxim heavy machine guns, and all other weapons were carried."

"In addition, take out some of the tents captured by the 9th Brigade that was wiped out last time, and make them into camouflage cloaks. Every soldier participating in the battle must wear it."

The little devil's tent cloth is very thick and airtight, and it can be worn as a cloak to keep out the cold.

Of course, the most important thing is to be able to camouflage. It snows heavily in winter in the north, and it is normal for the snow to not melt for a month or two.

"Regimental Commander, aren't there dirt ditches on both sides of the road at Chenjiagou?" Zhang Dabiao said, "Let's lie down in the dirt ditches just like last time, and when the Kwantung Army arrives, both sides will open fire and fight. He was caught off guard."

"Sword Squadron went there to investigate." Li Yunlong stared, and said, "The devils have already filled the ditch."

"Let's wear camouflage cloaks and lie down in the snow so that the devils can't see it."

"The terrain there, the devil would never have dreamed that there were people hiding in the snow, so the devil was taken by surprise and caught off guard."

Zhang Dabiao nodded suddenly, and then stopped talking.

Second Battalion Commander Zheng Yu asked: "Regimental Commander, do you need to lead the artillery company?"

"Of course the artillery company must be brought." Li Yunlong said, "The artillery company is responsible for long-range artillery support."

The 60mm mortars equipped by the new regiment weigh only 40 kilograms, and there is a cavalry battalion to help carry the shells, so the soldiers of the artillery company can march lightly.

"Any question?"

"If there is no problem, the meeting will be adjourned. The battalions will go back to prepare. Let the cooking team prepare dry food for 4 days and distribute ammunition."

"Let's go tomorrow morning!"

Li Yunlong glanced at the crowd, then said with a solemn expression.

"Yes!" The three battalion commanders answered in unison, stood up and walked out.

The next day, the cooking squads of the [-]st and [-]nd Battalions and the Cavalry Battalion of the New First Regiment began to fry dry food and distribute ammunition.

The logistics department began to make snow camouflage cloaks.

Early in the morning on the third day, Li Yunlong led the first battalion, the second battalion and the cavalry battalion to set off for Chenjiagou.

The winter sky was gray and it was still snowing lightly. The soldiers wore white cloaks and stepped on the snow with one deep foot and one shallow foot.

Although Yangcun is only more than 50 kilometers away from the mountain road of Chenjiagou, it is necessary to start early, because the snow will slow down the marching speed.

Despite the rugged mountain road and the biting cold wind, the commanders and fighters all walked with guns on their backs, and their morale was very high.

Some heavy ammunition boxes and heavy equipment were handed over to the army horses.

The soldiers can all advance lightly, greatly saving their physical strength.

After a day of rest and marching, Li Yunlong and his commanders arrived at Chenjiagou at midnight.

At the moment Li Yunlong asked the soldiers to find a place to put up their tents to sleep and rest.

A lot of tents were seized from the devils, and even if some of them were used to make camouflage clothes, there were still a lot left.

He himself took Zheng Yu, Zhang Dabiao and Sun Desheng to reconnaissance. It was already midnight, and there was no devil car passing by on the road.

After reconnaissance, the dirt ditches on both sides of the road were indeed filled by devils.

In fact, it's not just here. After the Devil's Kwantung Army was ambushed here, the entire Zhengtai Highway with dirt ditches was filled up.

The tactics of the devils are not always the same. The devils have also learned after suffering a lot.

Unless there is a major combat operation, the devils and puppet troops usually go out with only a small amount of weapons and ammunition.

Even the ammunition stored in the devil's strongholds and gun towers was not much. Sometimes the Eighth Route Army made great efforts to knock down the gun towers or strongholds, but not many were captured.

"The little devil of Gou Ri is quite smart."

Seeing that the ditches on both sides of the road had really been filled in, Second Battalion Commander Zheng Yu cursed.

"Talking about playing tricks and tricks." Zhang Dabiao's mouth curled up, "We Chinese are his ancestors from Japan."

Li Yunlong didn't want to talk nonsense, so he pulled out his bayonet and drew a line in the snow, which represented that this was the Zhengtai Highway.

Then he said: "This is the Zhengtai Highway. At 5:[-] in the morning, all commanders and fighters entered the ambush position."

"The first battalion is in ambush on the left, and the second battalion is in ambush on the right. Remember to camouflage well and never expose it."

"For the sake of concealment, the ambush location should be 100 meters away from the road. If it is too close, the devils passing by may see the flaw."

"And after entering the ambush position, soldiers must be arranged to sweep away the traces in the snow."

In winter, the dawn is very late. In this kind of snowy weather, it usually doesn’t light until around 7 o’clock. It’s no problem to enter the ambush position more than an hour earlier.

Li Yunlong glanced at Sun Desheng who looked expectantly at the side, and said: "If there are devils who escape, the infantry should not chase them, and hand over the escaped devils to the cavalry."

It's all here, it seems inappropriate for Li Yunlong not to give the cavalry battalion some tasks.

Although there may not be many devils escaping, at least it can warm up the cavalry battalion.

"Yes!" Sun Desheng smiled slightly.

Zheng Yu said: "Regimental Commander, anyway, there are no ghost cars passing by at night. I suggest that soldiers plant some landmines on the road at night, that is, the kind of large landmines made of explosives and dozens of large tumors."

"Second Battalion Commander's suggestion is good." Li Yunlong nodded and praised, "Remember to get some more and make a big meal for the devil."

Back then when the Japanese tank unit was ambushed in Hulugou, the engineers of the Xinyi Regiment had done this kind of land mine, and when it exploded, it would turn into a Japanese tank.

Blow up a small bastard, let alone a devil's truck, and it only explodes when the string is pulled, so you don't have to worry about being blown up by the devil's wheels.

Li Yunlong took out his pocket watch and saw the time clearly with the faint light: "It is now 12:25, wake up the soldiers at 5:5 am on time, after breakfast, enter the ambush position at 30:[-]!"

The three battalion commanders shouted in unison: "Yes!"

Li Yunlong added: "By the way, remember to arrange for engineers to plant mines on the road."

"Go, go to sleep."

Li Yunlong took three battalion commanders and guards to the Xinyi regiment camp on the other side of the mountain, got into the tent and fell asleep.

At 5 o'clock in the morning, Li Yunlong and several battalion commanders were woken up by their respective guards, and then the battalion commanders sent orders to wake up the soldiers.

The soldiers began to eat breakfast, which consisted of fried noodles, jerky horse meat mixed with snow, one bite of fried noodles and one bite of snow, or one bite of fried noodles and one bite of horse jerky.

Li Yunlong ate the same as the soldiers.

After breakfast, the first battalion and the second battalion entered the ambush positions in turn under the leadership of the battalion commanders.

There was no need to mobilize before the battle, and the morale of the new regiment was very strong. As long as Li Yunlong gave an order, the soldiers would rush forward screaming.

In less than half an hour, all the troops entered the ambush position, and all the soldiers lay down in the snow and made good camouflage.

The soldier who was in charge of pulling the string was closer, lying on his stomach 50 meters away from the road, his whole body lying in the snow, and his body was covered with snow.

The advantages of the cloak made of tents on the body are revealed. The cloth of this material can not only prevent wind and rain, but also protect against cold when lying on the snow.

It didn't light until more than an hour after the soldiers entered the ambush position.

After dawn, the road began to be lively, and occasionally a devil's truck or tricycle drove by at lightning speed.

Time passed while waiting, Li Yunlong's order was that no one was allowed to move around, and even shit had to be pulled in my crotch.

More than 1700 soldiers from the two battalions just lay quietly in the snow and waited.

I don't know how long it took, Li Yunlong raised his binoculars and looked towards the top of the mountain ahead, just in time to see the lookout post on the top of the mountain sending out a signal.

"Here we come." Li Yunlong lowered his voice and said to Zhang Dabiao beside him, "Let the soldiers prepare for battle."

(End of this chapter)