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Chapter 431 Is the devil floating, or am I, Li Yunlong, unable to lift the knife?
Eight roads dare to resist?

Hearing this news, Jing Guanren, head of the 36th Division, narrowed his eyes with a haughty expression.

The order he received was to occupy the three county towns of Heyuan, Ping'an and Anhua, and monitor the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

But from Jing Guanren's point of view, using an entire division to monitor a single regiment of the Eighth Route Army is like killing mosquitoes with cannonballs.

Overkill.

If the supplies are sufficient, the 36th Division only needs to launch a wave of raids, and soon the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army can be completely wiped out.

No matter how Li Yunlong and his new regiment could fight, there was only one regiment.

Could it be that an elite division of the Imperial Army can't even deal with a regiment of the Eighth Route Army?

However, Yoshio Iwamatsu's order was very clear, only let the 36th Division monitor the Xinyi Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and solve it completely after raising supplies and mobilizing troops.

But Jing Guanren felt that Xinyituan was a little ungrateful.

If I don't use troops against you on a large scale, how dare you stay in Dagu Town?

"Map!" Jing Guanren shouted without looking back.

A combat staff officer quickly brought a map and spread it out in front of Jing Guanren.

Jing Guanren's gaze sank, and he looked at the map.

On the side, Chief of Staff of the 36th Division Ishikawa Harasui pointed to the map and said:

"Your Excellency, Commander, from the map, the location of Dagu Town is very important. It can be advanced, attacked, retreated or defended. After taking this place, you can launch a mopping operation at any time and attack the Eighth Route Base."

Jing Guanren nodded, deeply sympathetic.

The occupation of Dagu Town by the Japanese army was like driving a nail into the base of the Eighth Route Army.

Not only will the territory of the Eighth Route Army be divided, but it will also make the Eighth Route Army feel like a thorn in its throat and a thorn in its back.

Although Yoshio Iwamatsu, the commander of the First Army, forbade the 36th Division to attack the Eighth Route Army base on a large scale, he did not say that it was not allowed to occupy the towns around the county.

Shijing Guanren ordered: "Order the 222nd Regiment and the 36th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery to capture Dagu Town immediately!"

"Hi!"

Ishikawa Harasui turned around and walked towards the communication team.

Following Jing Guanren's order, the 222nd Wing, which had just entered Anhua County, and the 36th Wing, which had just entered Heyuan County, quickly left the city and rushed towards Dagu Town.

……

Zhaojiayu Village.

The new regiment.

"A ghost infantry unit and an artillery unit are rushing towards Dagu Town?"

Li Yunlong couldn't help squinting his eyes when he received the information.

There are people who lose their land, and people and places remain.

Although the troops of the Xinyi Regiment withdrew from the county seat, they left an intelligence system equipped with a radio station in the county seat. The regiment headquarters of the Xinyi Regiment will soon know if there is any movement of the devils.

Not long ago, the first battalion stationed in Dagu Town reported that a brigade of devils tried to occupy Dagu Town, but was repelled by the first battalion.

He didn't expect that the devil would not give up, and actually dispatched another infantry regiment and an artillery regiment in an attempt to occupy Dagu Town.

Hearing this news, Li Yunlong was also a little angry.

Is the devil gone, or I, Li Yunlong, can't lift the knife anymore?
Don't the devils know that it is the famous Li Yunlong's troops who occupy Dagu Town?
Zhao Gang stared at the map for analysis, and said in a solemn tone: "Dagu Town is very important to our Xinyi Regiment's base area, and it must not be easily handed over to the devils."

Dagu Town is only about 10 kilometers away from Zhaojiayu Village.

If Xinyituan didn't have these assets today, it wouldn't be a big problem to give up Dagu Town to the devils.

After all, there is no family property, and the worst case is that when the devils are mopping up, the new group organizes the masses to fortify the walls and clear the fields, fight guerrillas with the devils, and look for opportunities in mobile warfare.

But now the Xinyi Regiment not only has an airport, but also 19 150mm heavy guns, 21 37mm anti-aircraft guns, and more than 100 vehicles, grain depots and arsenals.

The airport has just been repaired, and we must not give up lightly.

And the kilometers of the base area have just begun to be repaired, and the 150mm heavy artillery and the 37mm anti-aircraft gun are not easy to maneuver and transfer quickly.

Once the devils occupy Dagu Town and rely on Dagu Town to suddenly invade the base area, the Xinyi Regiment will not be able to react.

Therefore, Dagu Town must not be given over to devils.

"Then beat him the son of a bitch!"

Li Yunlong slapped the table suddenly, and said angrily: "If you want to drive a nail into Laozi's territory, then Laozi will let the little devil take a look. How many eyes does Prince Ma have?"

"Pass my order, the second battalion, third battalion, fourth battalion, first artillery battalion and second artillery battalion, heavy machine gun battalion, machine gun battalion and air defense battalion, assemble immediately!"

Xing Zhiguo was startled, and immediately persuaded him: "Regimental Commander, it's broad daylight after all, if two artillery battalions are dispatched, I'm afraid they will attract planes from devils."

"Could it be that if there are Devil planes, there will be no war?" Li Yunlong said loudly, "Besides, the heavy machine gun battalion, machine gun battalion and air defense battalion of labor and management are for nothing? Labor and management are afraid that the Devil plane will not come."

Xing Zhiguo said again: "Commander, this is too sloppy. One hair will move the whole body. What if the devil's 36th division and the whole division come up to us? We don't know what to do. No matter what, we have to ask Support from the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment."

Although the Xinyi regiment is strong in combat effectiveness, its firepower is also very strong, and it has sufficient ammunition.

However, compared with the entire division of the Japanese army, its strength is still insufficient.

Even if they could win, it would be a disastrous victory. The Xinyi regiment would probably suffer more than half of the casualties. It would hurt the enemy one thousand and lose eight hundred. This is not in line with Li Yunlong's idea of ​​only taking advantage and not losing.

Li Yunlong said relaxedly: "We don't have the right to mobilize the troops of your neighbors. You can just let us know. Just say that our Xinyituan is drinking and eating meat. Anyone who looks greedy can come and eat together. It's fine if you don't come. We are not afraid of supporting us." Come on, put as much rice as you want in the big pot, and our new ball is enough!"

Zhao Gang said: "But we also have to be prepared to fortify the walls and clear the wilderness. Once the Japanese troops in Taiyuan, Datong, Xinzhou and other places reinforce us, then our pressure will be too great. There is no need to dedicate the entire new town to Dagu Town. The group is all in."

"Old Zhao is right." Li Yunlong nodded and said, "On the one hand, we must dare to show our swords, and on the other hand, we must be prepared for the devil's reinforcements."

"In this way, we have a clear division of labor."

"I led the main force to fight against the devils in Dagu Town. Old Zhao, you led the militia and made preparations to fortify the walls and clear the country, and are ready to evacuate at any time."

Zhao Gang nodded: "Okay!"

Then, Li Yunlong said to Wang Dehou: "Chief of Staff Wang, immediately report the battle plan of our new first regiment to the headquarters, and notify the new second regiment and the independent regiment, saying that we have rich fortune here, if you are brave enough, come and make a fortune together."

"Yes!" Wang Dehou immediately drew up three telegrams and asked the telegraphers to send them to the headquarters, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment respectively.

The order of the Xinyi Regiment Headquarters was issued, and the main forces of each department were quickly assembled.

That is to say, the expansion work of the new regiment has just begun. If the newly expanded 1-odd troops form combat effectiveness, the 5th Division of the Japanese Army is looking for death.

However, the only ones that the new regiment can fight at the moment are the old troops that Li Yunlong brought from Southeast Shanxi.

The Sword Squadron and more than a dozen auto soldiers drove trucks and jeeps, towed howitzers and mountain cannons, loaded the trucks with shells and artillery, and then drove towards Dagu Town.

Although the road between Zhaojiayu Village and Dagu Town has not yet been opened to traffic, the road has been repaired to a distance of 5 kilometers from Dagu Town.

Using trucks to pull cannons and artillery can not only greatly save time, but also greatly save the physical strength of artillerymen.

At the shooting range in the back mountain of Zhaojiayu Village, hidden in the air-raid shelter and under the cliff, all the secret heavy artillery positions in the rocks were activated.

The heavy iron doors disguised as rocks were slowly opened, and a German-made 150mm howitzer slowly slid along the rails towards the tunnel entrance, with the barrel sticking out of the tunnel entrance.

At this time, Li Yunlong no longer hid his strategic weapon heavy artillery.

After all, after losing this battle, the 36th Division of the Devils took advantage of the situation to attack the base area. If they couldn't take away these heavy artillery, they would all have to be blown up by then.

Li Yunlong first took a jeep, and then rode to Dagu Town, the forward command post of the First Battalion.

"Da Biao, report the current battle situation."

"Yes, head!" Zhang Dabiao pointed to the map and reported:

"The devils launched two attacks with a brigade three hours ago, but our first battalion repelled them and killed more than 140 devils."

Li Yunlong nodded, and asked again: "Tell me how you defend against the situation."

Zhang Dabiao then said: "Dagu Town is surrounded by mountains. The first battalion has not been idle during the period from Dagu Town to Dagu Town. Although no reinforced concrete fortifications have been repaired, apart from the fact that there are tunnels leading outside the town, The mountains that attacked Dagu Town in Anhua County were also dug by our First Battalion, just like the tunnels dug by the Fourth Battalion on Baozi Mountain. The artillery positions were set on the reverse slope. They all hid in the tunnel, and when the devil infantry attacked, they got out of the tunnel and shot the devil infantry."

After listening to Zhang Dabiao's defensive deployment, Li Yunlong looked very satisfied.

The kid Da Biao led a battalion into Dagu Town and was not idle after that. In this way, Li Yunlong was sure to defend Dagu Town, and maybe even had a chance to hit a wave of devils hard.

Li Yunlong said: "The devil is rushing here from an infantry regiment from Anhua County, and an artillery regiment from Heyuan County. It seems that they want to capture Dagu Town. Have the people in Dagu Town evacuated?"

"Not yet." Zhang Dabiao said, "The devil's attack came so suddenly that the common people had not had time to evacuate."

Li Yunlong ordered: "Immediately organize the evacuation of the people in Dagu Town."

"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao turned around and picked up the walkie-talkie to give orders to the company commander below.

Li Yunlong inspected the fortifications of the first battalion. The soldiers of the first battalion were very excited and their morale increased greatly when they saw the commander's arrival.

In this kind of defensive battle, before the battle, Li Yunlong would usually go around the battlefield and chat with the soldiers, so that the soldiers knew that the regiment commander was always by their side, fighting side by side with them.

Soon, the First Artillery Battalion and the Second Artillery Battalion built an artillery position 5 kilometers away from Dagu Town, and the two artillery battalions were actually ready for the firepower of the artillery regiment.

In addition to building a number of fake large artillery positions with a defensive network, the newly formed air defense battalion and machine gun battalion also protect the two artillery battalion positions at any time.

Reinforcements from each battalion also arrived in Dagu Town one after another.

(End of this chapter)