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Chapter 352 Raise your head and see you!

The night was as dark as water, and under the hazy moonlight, the Eighth Route Army troops lined up like a dragon were marching in a hurry.

The impact of grenades made a tinkling sound.

In order to achieve concealment, the troops did not light torches during the march.

Because there are scouts and special forces from the Sword Squadron leading the way, there is no need to worry about going the wrong way.

For soldiers who are physically weak, as long as the squad leader shouts loudly, the cavalry will immediately bring the horses, and there will never be a phenomenon of falling behind.

The brigade cavalry regiment has completed the blocking mission, and more than 1400 cavalrymen followed the main force to act together.

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and Kong Jie gave up their horses to the exhausted soldiers.

From yesterday to now, Li Yunlong only slept for two or three hours in the middle of the night last night, and another three hours in the afternoon.

As Li Yunlong, who came from the Long March, he was able to withstand both willpower and physical strength.

Zhao Gang's large-caliber sniper rifle named Barrett was also carried by them in turns to march in a hurry.

The soldiers also have long-distance training in their usual training subjects. Although continuous combat and marching are very tiring, no soldier is tired.

Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound in the sky, and the devil's reconnaissance plane arrived.

"Devil plane!"

"hidden!"

Hearing the roar of a humming motor in the distance, Li Yunlong was all too familiar with this sound, and immediately roared loudly.

Following his order, the soldiers reacted quickly, and the troops that had been lined up in two rows suddenly dispersed and fell flat on the road, even the horses lay prone on the ground under the urging of the cavalry.

The Machine Cannon Battalion clicked and clicked to reload the machine gun and aimed it in the direction of the Devil's plane, but was soon ordered by the battalion commander to turn off the safety and not allow the gun to fire.

The Devil's reconnaissance plane didn't fly high, but it quickly passed through the air.

"Damn it, what kind of plane is the devil doing?"

After the devil's reconnaissance plane flew away, Li Yunlong patted the dust on his body, and stood up cursing.

"The devil will not find our whereabouts?"

Zhao Gang stared at the direction the Devil's reconnaissance plane was flying away for a while. The Devil's plane seemed to be scouting along the highway.

"impossible."

Li Yunlong shook his head, his tone was affirmative: "With this moonlight, even a ghost can't be seen a few meters away, and the plane is at least a few hundred meters away from the ground, so ghosts can't find it."

Kong Jie said: "That's because the devils are not sure whether we will return to aid, so they sent planes to reconnaissance at night. Fortunately, they didn't light the torches, otherwise they would be discovered by devil scouts."

Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Pass my order, everyone rests for 5 minutes, and continues marching after 5 minutes!"

After speaking, he took out two steamed buns that were still warm, swallowed them in a few mouthfuls, took the water bottle from Huzi, and took two mouthfuls of water.

After resting for about 5 minutes, Li Yunlong felt that he was revived with full blood, and shouted: "Let's go!"

Immediately, several thousand troops began to march towards Huangyadong Arsenal again.

……

Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army.

"Your Excellency, Commander, the reconnaissance plane just sent back the news that the Eighth Route Army was not found on the roads entering the Eighth Route bandit area in Licheng, Xiangyuan and Changzhi."

"Nakazuo Matsuda called back. The artillery group of the Eighth Route is still in Changzhi, and the firepower of the Eighth Route on the city wall is stronger than during the day."

Yoshio Shinozuka, who had eaten something and slept for four hours, had just woken up when Hideyoshi Kusuyama reported to him.

Now guarding the city wall is the county brigade of the Xinyi regiment. Although the firepower is not as good as the main force of the Xinyi regiment, it is several levels stronger than the other regiments.

"Oh?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, "Is it really still there?"

However, Nanshan Hideyoshi was still a little worried, and said: "It is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to transport the cannon back to the bandit area in one night, but their infantry can return to help with light equipment."

Shinozuka Yoshio heard this and paced back and forth in the conference room with his hands behind his back:

"Mr. Nanshan, order the reconnaissance plane to take off half an hour before dawn, so that it can reach the sky over Changzhi at dawn, and then we can see whether the main force of the Eighth Route will return to help."

"Hi!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi nodded, turned around and went to arrange matters.

6 points in the early hours.

Before dawn, two Japanese Nakajima reconnaissance fighter jets took off from Xincheng Airport.

After the two Nakajima fighter jets took off, they lined up in battle formation and flew south. The roar of the huge engines awakened the residents near Taiyuan.

Changzhi County.

Just after dawn, the humming motor roared.

The militiamen who had just woken up immediately took up their weapons and took cover.

But the devil's plane did not go to the city wall, but swooped down directly towards the Eighth Route Army camp.

After the militiamen put on the military uniforms of the main force, they slept in the marching tents of the main force, and the tents were very eye-catching before they could be put away.

Before the Devil's plane dived into place, there were a lot of anti-aircraft guns and machine guns firing at high altitude.

The Devil pilots didn't dare to pull too low. After dropping the aerial bombs and shooting at a position of several hundred meters, they saw at least tens of thousands of eight roads in gray military uniforms on the ground.

Then he flew north without looking back, went around Xiangyuan and Licheng again, and then flapped his wings and flew back to Taiyuan.

"The commander, the chief of staff, and the pilot reported that the main force of the Eighth Route is still in Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng."

Not long after, the news was sent back to the headquarters of the First Army, and the communications staff reported to Shinozuka Yoshio and Kusuyama Hideyoshi.

"Li Yunlong doesn't even care about the arsenal. It seems that he is determined to eat the 37th Division!" Nanshan Hideyoshi said helplessly.

"Order, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade speed up to help the 37th Division!"

"We must arrive at Xiangyuan and Licheng at noon today, and we must arrive at Changzhi at night!"

Shinozuka Yoshio adjusted his glasses, stared at the map for a while, and gave orders to the communications staff in a cold tone.

"Hi!" The communications officer suddenly lowered his head, put his feet together, then turned and walked towards the next communication room.

……

at the same time.

Daling Village, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"Hoo!" Li Yunlong and the guard Huang Erhu pulled the reins of the army horse, and the army horse stopped immediately.

Li Yunlong got off his horse and handed the whip and reins to Huang Erhu.

He tidied up his collar and military cap first, and then walked into the headquarters.

The guards at the headquarters all knew Li Yunlong and saluted him as a military salute.

At this time, the security company commander of the headquarters came out and said in surprise after seeing Li Yunlong: "Head Li, you came so fast, the head of the headquarters is just asking me to pick you up."

"Company Commander Wang, is the chief in?" Li Yunlong asked.

"Here." Company Commander Wang said.

This guard company commander was the one who was sent to pick up the Jinsui army observation group.

Li Yunlong was taken to the gate of the Eighth Route Army headquarters by the company commander of the guards. Company commander Wang walked into the meeting room: "Report to the chief, Li Yunlong has arrived!"

"So fast? Invite him in!"

Li Yunlong heard the surprised voice of the head of the headquarters, and after a while, Company Commander Wang came out and said, "Commander Li, the chief invites you in."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work." Li Yunlong glanced at Company Commander Wang, and then walked into the headquarters.

"Chief, Li Yunlong reports to you!" Walking in front of the boss, Li Yunlong stood at attention and raised his chest as a military salute.

The boss raised his head and looked at Li Yunlong with a look of exhaustion between his brows, with an extremely satisfied expression.

"You move very fast, kid." The boss smiled, "I thought it would take another hour to arrive, but I didn't expect it to arrive so soon."

After a pause, the boss patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder again: "Your boy led his troops to attack the 37th Division and fought a beautiful battle. It set a record for our Eighth Route Army to severely damage a Japanese division."

Li Yunlong said solemnly: "The main reason is that our Eighth Route Army's main force is too small. If you give me another 30,000 people, boss, after finishing the 37th Division, I will go north to attack Taiyuan and take Yoshio Shinozuka together."

As soon as these words came out, both the boss and Li Yunlong couldn't help laughing.

"Who wants to fight Taiyuan?"

At this moment, the voice of the chief of staff rang in the ears of Li Yunlong and the boss.

Li Yunlong and the boss turned their heads and saw that the chief of staff was walking in from the door of the meeting room.

"Chief of Staff!" Li Yunlong raised his hand and saluted the Chief of Staff.

"Li Yunlong?" The chief of staff said in a surprised tone, "I didn't expect it to be you, so let me just say, there is no one who dares to attack Taiyuan except you."

"Let's talk about business." The boss looked serious, and the three came to a map.

"The devils who attempted to besiege the arsenal included the 18th Regiment of the 36th Brigade of the Japanese Army and the 2nd Guards Division."

While speaking, the boss pointed out on the map where the 36th Regiment of the Japanese Army and the 2nd Guards Division were currently pointing.

Li Yunlong took a closer look and found that the distance between these two groups of devils was only more than ten kilometers from the arsenal. Fortunately, he led the Taihang column to arrive overnight, otherwise the situation would be in jeopardy.

"We have troops that have been resisting layer by layer, blocking every step of the way, but the enemy is coming fiercely. It is estimated that these two groups of devils will reach the outskirts of the arsenal at noon." The chief of staff said, "By the way, how many main forces of the Taihang column did you bring back? "

Li Yunlong said: "In order to paralyze the devils, I brought about 2 troops and 48 cannons."

The Taihang column had a total of more than 3 people, but more than 5000 people were killed or injured in the two-day battle, and more than 8000 people remained in Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng.

"2 people, 48 cannons!"

"We also have 2 people here and 72 cannons. It shouldn't be a big problem to deal with one division and one regiment."

The chief of staff calculated quickly, nodded and said.

The cannons mentioned here are all cannons above 75mm. If the 70mm infantry guns and 60mm mortars are included, there will be more.

The boss stared at the map: "The 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade are more than 30 kilometers away from us. We must move quickly to defeat or even defeat the 2nd Division of the Japanese Guards in the shortest time. Otherwise, the two brigades Likely to bite like a mad dog."

After a pause, the boss looked at Li Yunlong: "Li Yunlong, I will personally command the 36th Regiment of this son of a bitch to kill it, and the 2nd Guards Division will be handed over to your Taihang Column. Are you sure you can do it in a short time?" Defeat the 2nd Guards Division?"

Li Yunlong immediately stated his position with a confident tone: "Chief, if the 2nd Guards Division has not been defeated before dark, I, Li Yunlong, will come to see you!"

(End of this chapter)