My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 53: Set off, aiming to annihilate the Hejin Squadron!
"team leader!"

It’s also the afternoon of March [-]th,
Liao County County Brigade Station,
Xiaoao Village.

Wu Wenkai stepped on a pair of thousand-layer cloth shoes, taking three steps and two steps at a time, and ran into the room where captain Xu Huzhi was, a cellar-style cave dwelling that looked a little shabby.

"what's up?"

Hearing Wu Wenkai's anxious voice, Xu Huzhi walked out with a cup of hot tea in his hand.

"We were tricked by the little devil."

After receiving the hot tea, Wu Wenkai was out of breath:

"Last night at midnight, the Japanese transport team transporting supplies to the Xiazhuang stronghold set out from Liao County. Five horse-drawn carts are expected to be approaching Xiazhuang by this time."

Five days ago, after the battle in which the United Independent Regiment ambushed the Japanese transport team, Xu Huzhi asked the military workers to keep an eye on the Japanese's follow-up transport team.

Another ambush would definitely not work.

Since the heavy losses suffered by Qigen Village, the Japanese have become more honest. After being ambushed, the subsequent transport team will not only strengthen the escort force, but will no longer be reckless.

But laying a few landmines or firing cold shots is absolutely fine.

Even giving the little devil a few rounds of grenades is not impossible.

Currently, there are 2 German-made hand grenades, more than [-] rounds of various types of bullets, [-] grenade grenades, and some captured Japanese hand grenades in the warehouse of the Armed Work Team.

Although these attacks could not destroy the transport team or completely destroy the material transportation, they could damage some materials and kill a few Japanese soldiers, which was enough to make the little Japanese feel distressed.

"Midnight last night?"

Xu Hu's expression changed and he snorted coldly:
"Oh, the little devil has become smarter."

He thought that the kid would step up vigilance and set off smoke bombs to disrupt the view, but he didn't expect that the kid would actually sneak away!

"When the Japanese transport team set off, the surrounding areas were blocked. Our intelligence personnel were unable to deliver the news in time."

After taking a sip of tea, Wu Wenkai spoke much calmer and explained the reason why the news was late.

As a real local snake, the martial arts team has many spies in Liao County. It is impossible for the Japanese transport team to have such a big target without being discovered. However, the means of transmitting intelligence are insufficient, resulting in a serious lag in the news.

"Then let's..."

Wu Wenkai asked.

"Keep watching, and notify me immediately if there is any news."

Xu Huzhi's expression quickly returned to normal.

There is no way for the armed workers to improve the means of message transmission and intelligence and communication capabilities. Even the main force has no way to improve it. It can only rely on two legs. Xu Huzhi has also thought about raising communication pigeons, but the armed workers do not have this condition.

Communication pigeons are easy to say but difficult to raise. We have tried them at the brigade headquarters.

But it's okay.

The days are long, and he has plenty of time and little devils to waste.

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"Squadron leader, one thousand kilograms of grain, five hundred kilograms of horse feed, and two basic ammunition have been put into storage."

"Yo Xi."

Xiazhuang stronghold.

Seeing the urgently needed supplies transported by five trucks, the squadron leader of the squadron stationed at Xiazhuang stronghold, male Shangzhi, cheered repeatedly.

Five days ago, when he heard that the transport team was ambushed in Liao Town, he was so angry that he almost drew a knife and killed someone.

What kind of idiots are the imperial troops stationed at the Liao Town stronghold?
The Xiazhuang stronghold is in urgent need of supplies.

The construction of the road between Xiazhuang and Shangcun also came at a critical moment, and food supplies were urgently needed.

His squadron still has a certain amount of food stored, so there is no need to worry, but the civilians who are building roads must be given something to eat, otherwise they will not be able to speed up road construction with whips alone.

As the highway continues to extend, his squadron must ensure patrol intensity. After all, this is already an Eighth Route Army base. His squadron must not only be careful of sporadic attacks by guerrillas and guard against ambush by the main force on Tubal Road, but also guard against guerrillas destroying the highway. Construction, unable to allocate manpower to transport materials.

At this time, the transport team was attacked and all supplies and ammunition were robbed, which would seriously affect the advancement of Commander Tada Shun's cage plan.

A sinner of the empire.

Later, the signal corps arrived and brought news from the brigade headquarters. Only then did Ono Shangzhi realize that it turned out that the captain of the imperial army squad stationed in the Liao Town stronghold was a lieutenant of the Sakata Regiment.

Cowards and losers.

The male Shangzhi didn't find it strange.

It is normal for a guy from an infantry regiment that could be defeated from the front by an Eighth Route Army-level force, and even the regiment leader was killed, to be unable to protect the material transport team.

It is said that after the transport team was ambushed, Captain Tominojima was not only injured, but also suffered from mental problems. He returned to the rear hospital to recuperate?

Worse than trash!
The male superior sneered inwardly.

"Let the civilians speed up road construction."

After withdrawing his thoughts, the male superior gave the order:
“We need to build the road up to Upper Village as soon as possible.”

What came with the transport team was not only supplies, but also orders from the wing headquarters - in five days, the Hejin reinforcement squadron will arrive in Shangcun and start building the Shangcun stronghold.

Shangcun is the core area of ​​the so-called Taiyue Military Region on Tubal Road.

Once the Shangcun stronghold is established, it means that the locust army has inserted the samurai sword into the heart of the enemy.

"Hi."

Following Ogami's order, dozens of Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers immediately drew their bayonets and waved their whips, and began to urge the civilians who had been forcibly recruited from surrounding villages to build roads.

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"Brigadier, news from headquarters."

Information from the brigade and headquarters was also passed on.

"Hejin Squadron."

"A reinforced second-class infantry squadron with a total strength of more than 200 personnel, equipped with a Type 90 [-]mm mortar and two Type [-] heavy machine guns."

"Liao County will be reinforced in the near future." Looking at the information obtained by the headquarters, the brigade commander frowned.

The Japanese reinforcements were much stronger than expected.

The brigade commander initially speculated that the Japanese reinforcements coming from the 29th Brigade should be a non-full infantry squadron, that is, one hundred, thirty or forty Japanese.

The same number of Japs as in the Xiazhuang stronghold.

With the current strength of the [-]th Brigade, it would be easy to eat these Japs before they could react.

But it is actually a fully equipped B-class infantry squadron with enhanced firepower, including two Type 90 heavy machine guns and a Type [-] [-]mm mortar.

This is very tricky.

Currently, the artillery battalion directly under the brigade headquarters has sufficient artillery shells, with a reserve of more than 60 rounds of [-] mortar shells, [-] grenade grenades, and a reserve of more than one million rounds of bullets.

After a while, Li Yunlong also shipped forty tons of weapons and ammunition.

In theory, it is not difficult to concentrate superior forces and form superior firepower to defeat a Japanese infantry squadron.

But the problem is that if there is no clear information about the march route of the Japanese reinforcements, sufficient preparations are made, and an ambush is set up in advance, the only way is to urgently mobilize troops for an ambush after the Japanese are discovered.

After fighting with the Japs for so long, the Japs are no longer so arrogant. They will be more vigilant during the march. If they are not fully prepared, they will be easily discovered by the Japs.

Then it became a wild battle.

Even with the current assets of the [-]th Brigade, if you want to acquire a strengthened infantry squadron in a field situation, you will have to pay a high price.

Either there was a huge loss of troops or a lot of ammunition was consumed.

Not worth it.

If the Japanese Hejin Squadron had a radio station, and after discovering the ambush, it cowered down and stood in one place waiting for reinforcements, the [-]th Brigade, which did not have heavy weapons for attacking fortresses, would most likely lose its front teeth to survive.

This is also the reason why the brigade headquarters did not take action after the Japanese established a stronghold in Xiazhuang, the doorstep of the Taiyue Military Region.

It’s not that it can’t be beaten.

But the cost of defeating it is too high.

The [-]th Brigade, which lacked supplies for attacking the enemy, faced a stronghold with a Japanese squadron stationed there, a concrete main body, and a complete ring fort around it. They could only grind slowly to create a breakthrough, and it would take at least ten hours to defeat it.

Even one day and one night may not be able to win.

The Japanese Beijing Brigade stationed in Liao County is only more than 60 miles away from Xiazhuang. Although there is no telephone line in the Xiazhuang stronghold, once the troops are dispatched to surround the Xiazhuang stronghold, there will definitely be Japanese plainclothes or traitor notices around.

Maybe, the Beijing Brigade came for reinforcements, and the Xiazhuang stronghold was not captured.

"The headquarters is concentrating its efforts to find out the marching route and schedule of the Hejin Squadron."

After seeing the follow-up news, the brigade commander made a decision:

"Order the 772nd Regiment and the 38th Regiment to prepare for battle."

If you can eat it, you will eat it. If you can't eat it, you will bite off a few pieces of his meat, which will make the old devil Shandao feel distressed for a while.

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"When will Hejin Squadron arrive?"

the next day.

That is March [-]th.

Yuxian, Shandao Regiment Headquarters, Shandao old devil asked the staff daily about the location of Hejin Squadron.

The old Japanese from Shandao couldn't wait for reinforcements.

"Currently arrived in He County."

"It is expected to arrive in Liao County tonight and leave for Yu County tomorrow. It is expected to arrive in the afternoon."

The staff officer replied.

He County is less than 40 kilometers away from Liao County, and the highway is just over [-] kilometers away. The direct distance between Liao County and Yushe is also [-] kilometers, and the highway is also about [-] kilometers away.

Even a first-class Japanese division has not yet achieved full mechanization, let alone a second-class infantry squadron.

When the troops need to carry all the baggage and weapons themselves, forty kilometers is the limit that an infantry squadron can march in a day. Any further is not impossible, but it will seriously consume the troops' physical strength. Once attacked, it will be very troublesome. .

"understood."

Therefore, even though Shandao couldn't wait, he did not order the Kawajin Squadron to speed up.

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at the same time.

"Xingzigou."

At the headquarters of the independent regiment, Li Yunlong looked at the preset ambush position, then spread his eyes around, and finally located the 38th regiment closest to the road from Liao County to Yu County - Ding Wei's old unit.

After killing the Japanese Hejin Squadron, the remaining weapons and ammunition of the independent regiment need to be found somewhere to dispose of them to facilitate reimbursement for the next mission.

By the way, the 38th Regiment was asked to give weapons and ammunition to the brigade headquarters as payment for the [-] tons of weapons and ammunition to the brigade commander.

The reason is very simple, to help transport the wounded, clean up the battlefield, etc., so as to evacuate as soon as possible before the Japanese reinforcements arrive - this does not count as participating in the battle, so it does not violate the terms of the contract.

of course,

It is still unclear whether it is feasible to spend this money twice as a reward for helping to transport the wounded and clean up the battlefield, and also for the 38th Regiment to be given to the brigade headquarters.

But it's okay.

Li Yunlong also has backup reasons.

After the war, the soldiers were physically exhausted, gave up their weapons and equipment, and retreated with light equipment to escape the Japanese pursuit!

"Communication Corps..."

After calling the communications corps and delivering the news to the 38th Regiment, Li Yunlong took the assembled [-]st and [-]nd Battalions, as well as the transportation brigade, and headed for Xingzigou.

(End of this chapter)