My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 107 Confrontation on a rainy night!

June NO.15.

day.

Da da da··

boom boom boom

Tominojima looked at the Third Squadron of the Second Battalion, which was pushed back by the Eighth Route Army's machine guns and grenade launchers in the distance, and a feeling that something was wrong appeared in his mind, and it never went away.

Today is the fourth day of Shandao United's attack on Xiazhuang stronghold.

For four days, the Shandao Regiment, a full-scale infantry regiment of the Empire that had strengthened its artillery force, was blocked from the stronghold by a Tubal army with less than 1000 men and could not advance even an inch.

Everyone in the regiment felt very aggrieved and wished they could kill all the Eighth Route Army troops in the Xiazhuang stronghold.

But at the same time,
They were all shocked by Tubalu's fighting prowess.

Especially on the fourth day, after there was an obvious shortage of artillery shells, they still blocked the attacks of the two brigades with their inferior strength.

All the officers were stunned.

During the interval between attacks, almost all the Japanese were discussing how much wood was used to build the position on Tubal Road?
This morning, the Second Infantry Brigade attacked an enemy's circular machine gun fortress. After advancing to a distance of 500 meters from the fortress, the Second Infantry Brigade fired more than thirty rounds of artillery shells at the machine gun fortress with infantry artillery, peeling off layers of wooden boards. Afterwards, but still failed to penetrate the outer layer of the fortress's main defense.

Tominojima didn't pay much attention to these things.

In other words, his focus is not here.

Having experienced the whole battle in Cangyunling, he always felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy after knowing that the unit in front of him was the [-]th Brigade Independent Regiment commanded by Li Yunlong.

The repeated attacks in the past few days also reminded Funejiao of his time in Cangyun Ridge.

A time he didn't want to remember.

In the battle of Cangyunling, what Fune Island felt most deeply was the Eighth Route Army troops whose weapons and equipment were extremely poor, but their desire to attack was incredibly strong.

Like a pack of hungry wild wolves.

Maybe the claws are not sharp enough and the teeth are not strong enough, but no matter how hard you press them, even if you stab them with a bayonet into their chest, you cannot let down your vigilance, otherwise a fatal counterattack may come anytime and anywhere.

That terrifying ferocity still appears in Tominojima's dreams from time to time - this is why that unit at that time was able to launch a counterattack with such a small amount of troops and was able to defeat the Sakata United offensive brigade.

And the independent group in front of us.

There is no doubt that it still has that terrifying style - it is still a group of hungry wolves with bared teeth.

On the first night, under the cover of darkness, a small team of the second brigade attacked the position and was wiped out in just 10 minutes. This is the best proof.

But the strange thing is that this group of hungry wolves suppressed the desire to attack and always hid in the stronghold and relied on the stronghold to fight. Even when the locust army invaded the position at night and organized troops to drive the attacking troops out of the position, they never Launch a counterattack.

Is it a lack of troops?
Or is it because of some conspiracy?
Or did he really have mental problems because of the failure in the battle at Cangyunling, and was he really afraid of Li Yunlong?

Tominojima wasn't sure what was causing this strange feeling.

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June NO.15 at ten o'clock in the evening.

Suddenly, there was lightning and thunder, followed by huge raindrops rolling down.

It was pitch black and no one could see his fingers.

Only when lightning flashes across can we see the distant scenery clearly.

"Yo Xi."

The heavy downpour brought great joy to Shandao.

With a large number of machine guns, submachine guns, grenade launchers, and 60mm mortars, Shandao had to admit that the Tubal Road guarding the Xiazhuang stronghold in front of him had stronger light firepower than his regiment.

And much stronger!
So much so that he had to launch his main attack at night to weaken the enemy's firepower.

But even so, facing the Xiazhuang stronghold with a large number of flares and well-established positions, it was still very difficult to fight. Four days passed without making any progress.

The Shandao Regiment itself suffered heavy casualties.

Nowadays, heavy rain at night will greatly weaken the enemy's firepower advantage, the effect of flares will also be weakened, and further expand the enemy's troop disadvantage.

It was the time for him to take down the Xiazhuang stronghold.

"Order, the First Battalion launches an attack."

"The Second Infantry Group is responsible for covering."

"The cavalry squadron advanced sideways to cut off rear reinforcements."

Seizing the opportunity, Shandao decided to devote one brigade of attack power at once, and also prepared a second infantry brigade to launch the attack seamlessly, and also sent a cavalry squadron to harass the road behind.

Only one garrison of the Third Battalion was left, which attacked for a whole day during the day.

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"Haha, God help me too!"

Also excited about the downpour was Li Yunlong!
In this transaction, although Brother Lu gave the Japs the location of the alliance headquarters in advance and would also provide the location of the alliance flag in real time, it was still a tough sell.

If you are not careful, all your teeth will be knocked out.

The reason why he chose to attack at night was to shorten the charging distance as much as possible and get as close as possible to the Japanese.

Now, the heavy rain is pouring, which is more conducive for him to approach quietly and launch a surprise attack.

The Japanese must have thought so too. Shandao would definitely devote all its attack power, leaving the rear defense force empty.

"on!"

After looking at the communicator on his wrist to confirm the location of the Japanese flag, Li Yunlong led more than 100 people towards the target.On the other side, there were more than 300 people and more than 300 submachine guns led by Zhang Dabiao, who were heading towards the Japs Wing headquarters.

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"Ha ha··"

Like Li Yunlong, the brigade commander was also excited.

at this time,

The Japanese didn't know it yet, but during the four days he surrounded the Xiazhuang stronghold, the seven main regiments of the 22th Brigade, as well as the brigade headquarters cavalry battalion, totaled 1 main battalions, totaling more than [-] people.

Already organized into battalions, under the cover of night, they quietly surrounded the entire Shandao Regiment.

The Japanese were obsessed with attacking strongholds and didn't realize it.

It stands to reason that even if it is a night march, it is impossible for the Japanese to not know about such a huge force.

Although Shandao was arrogant, he was not stupid. During the four-day attack, he always maintained external reconnaissance and sent cavalry squadrons to spread the warning to the outside world as far as five or six kilometers.

The report Shandao received was that only sporadic Tubal Road warning and reconnaissance troops were found.

He felt relieved.

Moreover, Shandao is not worried about being surrounded.

With the strength of his regiment and the supplies he carried, even if he was surrounded, he could just hold on and wait for reinforcements for more than ten days.

There was plenty of time to wait for reinforcements.

But the Japanese obviously don't know that at this time, all the main battalions of the [-]th Brigade are equipped with two of the latest walkie-talkies. With the use of reinforced antennas, the communication distance can be [-] kilometers even at night.

Under such circumstances, there is no need for communication troops to maintain contact with the outside world, and they can always stay in bed day and night, and the mountain island will naturally be unaware of it.

"superior."

The brigade commander immediately ordered the 22 main battalions to move closer.

Following the brigade commander's order, the 22 battalions began to narrow the encirclement and block the Japanese retreat route.

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"attack!"

At twelve o'clock at midnight, Shandao ordered the troops to start attacking and issued a death order:
"We must capture the Xiazhuang stronghold tonight."

The Xiazhuang stronghold was not captured in four days, and the brigade headquarters was already very dissatisfied. If he didn't show some results, he might not be able to keep his captain.

"Hi!"

After receiving the order, the captain of the First Battalion of Japanese Infantry decided to personally lead the charge.

"Kill to give..."

A fierce battle broke out at the Xiazhuang stronghold.

A Japanese regiment of 3000 troops went deep alone, with only six Type [-] mountain cannons and three Type [-] infantry cannons. With this small number of troops and firepower, let alone an independent regiment, any main regiment of the [-]th Brigade would be overwhelmed. If you come here, you can easily hold it.

Not to mention an independent regiment with a total strength of 5000.

With all his strength, he can knock out the Guizishandao United Team directly.

But in order to attract the Japanese to continue the attack, create opportunities for the annihilation of the Japanese regiment headquarters, capture the regiment flag, and create opportunities for the brigade headquarters to completely annihilate the Shandao regiment.

Li Yunlong could only let the third battalion and two additional recruit companies who had been trained for two months to defend.

Even in the later period, because the defense strength of the ten 82 mortars of the third artillery battery was too strong, the number of artillery shells had to be reduced.

On a rainy night, the range of firepower was greatly restricted. Facing a large group, more than 550 Japs charged in groups. An hour later, the peripheral defensive positions of the Xiazhuang stronghold were breached.

The battle entered a brutal close-quarters battle in the trenches.

But facing the third battalion, which almost had a submachine gun at their disposal, the Japs immediately suffered a disaster after breaking into the position.

In trenches, in such narrow terrain in complex positions, using a 1.5-type cover with a length of more than [-] meters after equipped with a bayonet is obviously far less convenient than a Type [-] submachine gun that is about half a meter after being folded.

No matter how fast the bayonet is, it cannot be faster than the bullet.

Training for [-] stabbings is about the same as a three-month-old recruit adjusting the muzzle of his gun and pulling the trigger.

After a brief ten-minute exchange of fire, the Japanese seemed to be driven out.

The captain of the Japanese First Infantry Brigade also quickly realized this problem and immediately called for help.

"Report, the first brigade has broken into the enemy's position and is fighting the enemy."

After receiving the news, although the breakthrough had not yet been opened, Shandao immediately committed the Second Infantry Brigade:
"Order, the Second Infantry Battalion begins the attack!"

With the addition of Japanese reinforcements, the pressure on the third battalion increased sharply.

But this is exactly what the Third Battalion needs to see.

"coming!"

"Send a report to the regiment leader and say that two Japanese brigades are attacking the Xiazhuang stronghold and request reinforcements."

After the third battalion commander sent a call to Li Yunlong, he personally took a group of people from the regiment and more than 200 final reserve teams to join the frontline battle.

The artillery company also followed the order, no longer shrinking back, and launched a violent bombardment with artillery to block the subsequent Japanese offensive troops.

When two Japanese detachments and more than 1000 Japanese soldiers stormed the Xiazhuang stronghold,
"set off!"

On both sides, Li Yunlong, who was only 800 meters away from the position of the Japanese flag guard team, also stood up from the haystack where he was hiding, bent down, and quietly approached the target under the cover of night and rain.

(End of this chapter)