My client Li Yunlong

Chapter 81 The storm is coming!

Taiyuan,

First Army Command.

"Report, telegram from Beijing Brigade in Liao County."

The staff officer handed a telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka.

"Read!"

Shinozuka Yoshio's face was full of gloom.

The Xiye Squadron was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in Songjiazhuang.

Although the reinforcements would not take an hour to arrive, it stands to reason that the Nishino Squadron would not be in much danger.

But Yoshio Shinozuka looked at all the battles since the battle between the Locust Army and the Eighth Route Army. As long as it was initiated by the Eighth Route Army, almost all of them were battles that the Eighth Route Army was sure of winning.

This gave Yoshio Shinozuka an instinctive premonition of something bad.

"Telegram from Lieutenant Colonel Kitai Akira."

"This afternoon, the Nishino squadron was attacked by Tubal troops in Songjiazhuang. Captain Nishino led all members of the squadron to fight bravely against the enemy. However, due to the powerful firepower of the enemy, they were outnumbered and eventually all members were shattered."

After the counselor finished reading, he immediately lowered his head.

It was beyond Li Yunlong's expectation.

He personally commanded the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the Artillery Company to participate in the battle to ambush the Japanese Xiye Squadron outside Songjiazhuang. The actual result was total annihilation.

All 211 Japanese in the Nishino Squadron were broken into pieces.

"Heavy troops."

"Fierce firepower."

"Everyone is in pieces!"

Rarely, this time Yoshio Shinozuka did not show much anger, but described the three key points in the telegram in a very calm tone.

After a moment of silence, Yoshio Shinozuka said:
"Order Colonel Kitai to submit a detailed combat report as soon as possible."

"Let the First Army Staff send..."

"No, let Colonel Yamamoto, the deputy chief of staff, go there by himself."

"Hi."

The staff officer went to deliver the order.

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"How about the casualties?"

On the way back, Li Yunlong asked Zhang Dabiao to count the casualties.

Including casualties from the first battalion of the Beijing Brigade stationed in Liao County.

"Twenty-two were killed, 22 were seriously wounded, and 47 were lightly wounded."

Zhang Dabiao replied.

The number of casualties did not exceed Li Yunlong's expectations.

Songjiazhuang was the main battlefield and a mobile annihilation battle was added. Although the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment suffered relatively large casualties, they did not exceed [-].

However, the first battalion suffered heavy casualties.

As soon as the Beijing Battalion met, they launched a group charge. Although they were repelled, the battalion suffered heavy casualties.

"Have all the wounded been treated?"

Li Yunlong continued to ask.

With the battlefield first aid medical kit, the independent regiment has overcome the problem of insufficient basic first aid medical supplies.There will no longer be situations on the battlefield where the wounded are bleeding profusely and the wounds are seriously contaminated again.

"It's all dealt with."

"but··"

Zhang Dabiao said:
"Twenty-two soldiers were seriously injured."

In the [-]s, although the Japanese expanded the scale of recruitment, lowered the requirements for soldiers, and shortened the training time for new recruits, the average morale and quality of the troops were not as good as they were at the beginning of the war.

But at this time, the Japanese's human resources have not yet been exhausted.

The newly recruited soldiers were thoroughly brainwashed by Bushido and fought tenaciously.

This is also the reason why the independent regiment still suffered nearly 60 casualties despite its absolute superiority in firepower and manpower, consuming more than [-] rounds of artillery shells, and with almost no mistakes in command throughout the process.

Today's devils are still very good at fighting.

Although the 29th Division is just a garrison brigade, because it was personally ordered by Yoshio Shinozuka, the Nishino Squadron dispatched is an elite unit in the brigade, and its quality is comparable to that of a permanent division.

"Bring it back to the group first."

Li Yunlong said.

This is a soldier of the independent regiment who died during the cooperation. He wanted to show it to Brother Lu first. It would be great if he could send it to Brother Lu for training.

"Yes."

Zhang Dabiao didn't know the details, but he vaguely guessed something.

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"idiot."

Shinozuka Yoshio stopped losing his temper, but Kitai Minghe, the captain of the Kitai Brigade stationed in Liao County, was furious. For several days in a row, he was so angry that he couldn't eat or sleep well.

And hidden beneath the extreme anger is fear.

Yes, Akita Kitai is afraid.

In just four and 10 minutes, a reinforced squadron was completely wiped out, leaving no one left.

How strong is Tubalu?

When thinking about this problem, Kitai Minghe felt fear in his heart.

Kitai Minghe knew very well that even if he led the entire Kitai Brigade together, it would be impossible to completely annihilate the Nishino Squadron in just four and 10 minutes.

It is absolutely impossible.

Not to mention, the Nishino Squadron was annihilated very dispersedly, which shows that the Nishino Squadron's marching column was dispersed, and there was no situation like the Kawazu Squadron, where half of them were wiped out in one encounter.

So, how strong is Tubalu, the team that ambushed Nishino Squadron?

Kitai Minghe couldn't even think of it himself.

The craters and shell casings all over the ground showed that although the Tubal Road ambushed this time was not as powerful as the Beijing Brigade, its firepower was far superior.

and also,

The Tubalu team that blocked the Beijing brigade was also very strong.

In 10 minutes, he launched three attacks, but was repulsed each time. Although the Eighth Route Army that blocked it was not large in strength, it fired fiercely, and the soldiers were of high quality and their shooting accuracy was very high.

If the time went back to a few days ago, Kitai Minghe would definitely not launch a group charge as soon as they met.

He was in a hurry to get reinforcements, thinking they were just a blocking force.

As a result, not only did they fail to break through Tubal Road to block the attack, the Beijing Brigade also suffered very heavy casualties.

In just three and 10 minutes of fighting, the Beijing Brigade suffered more than 100 casualties, including more than 40 Jade Breakers. Most of them were casualties from the first attack.That's why Kitai Minghe was afraid.

What should we do if we encounter this group of Eighth Route Army troops again in the future?
Tubal Road was able to concentrate its superior troops and firepower in Songjiazhuang and spend a huge amount of ammunition to completely annihilate the Xiye Squadron, which shows that it has really obtained a lot of ammunition recently.

It is impossible to defeat the Locust Army head-on.

But how to deal with various sneaky attacks, harassment of locust army transport teams, and disruption of public order?
Every time he thinks about this problem, Kitai Minghe feels irritable and wants to kill someone.

"Captain."

At this time, a Japanese staff officer ran in and reported:
"The Guard submitted a useful piece of information."

"What information?"

Kitai Minghe asked.

"Four days ago, the armed workers team near Liao County received a large amount of grain from their so-called base area, and distributed more than 100 or [-] kilograms of grain to the homes of those we killed."

"And pork suet."

"They are all imported white flour and imported pork suet."

"Many people have already taken it out to sell it for money."

Staff report.

After hearing the news, Kitai Minghe's expression changed.

Is it possible that Tubal Road not only obtained a large amount of weapons and ammunition, but also obtained a lot of food?

This is not good news.

"in addition."

The staff officer continued to report:

"According to information, the armed workers team also received [-] new military uniforms and military shoes."

"They recruited more than 200 people and trained with great fanfare in mountain villages. Everyone had a gun."

"New military uniforms and military shoes."

Kitai Minghe took a deep breath.

Why did the imperial army call the Eighth Route Army Tubal Road and describe it as a beggar army composed of farmers?
Because compared to the Locust Army, the Eighth Route Army was not only severely lacking in weapons and equipment, but also had insufficient food. It could not even meet military uniforms and military shoes. It wore worn-out patchwork straw sandals and messy clothes made of linen. Color military uniform.

They looked like a group of farmers.

And now, Tubal Road seems to be moving closer to a regularized force?

So, what will Tubalu, who has a strong army and horses, plan?
"Go down."

After waving his hand and signaling the staff to leave, Beijing Minghe thought for a moment and wrote these messages into a report to be sent to Taiyuan.

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at the same time.

On the morning of May [-]st,
Xiaoao Village.

"stand at attention."

"Take a break."

"Let's go!"

"Lie down!"

There are 150 newly formed team members, plus the original combat backbones of more than 70 county brigades, a total of 70 people, reaching the size of a battalion, wearing brand-new Eighth Route Army uniforms and military shoes.

Under the command of Xu Huzhi, basic military training began.

Looking at the more than 270 people in front of me, everyone has a gun. Although most of them are old guns replaced by the main force, they are usable and have enough bullets.

There are even two grenades in the team.

And, five crooked handles.

As long as they train for a period of time and add the fighting backbone of the original county brigade, they can fight with a small group of Japanese in mountainous areas. Even if the Japs Liao County brigade comes to clean up, they can delay it for a while and give the people more time. Move and hide supplies.

Xu Huzhi was filled with excitement.

He knew that next month, the county brigade he had formed would be merged into the new third regiment and become a main regiment.

He will also become the leader of the new third regiment.

"Next, start digging trenches..."

After a morning of training and lunch, Xu Huzhi began to arrange for the team members to dig trenches.

He has been operating around Liao County for more than a year, and the county brigade has grown from scratch. Although it has only grown to more than 150 regular members, there are actually 600 people who want to join the county brigade.

He has organized military training for many of them.

In the past, we didn’t have guns, so there was nothing we could do.

Now that he had food, guns, and instructions from his superiors, he immediately pulled up the team.

Therefore, although the team is newly formed, in fact, all members have participated in military training, and some have even gone to the battlefield with the main force.

The goose-stepping training in the morning was actually for the surrounding people to see, to demonstrate the combat effectiveness of the newly formed county brigade, and to convince the surrounding people that the county brigade was capable of protecting them.

The current training is to truly equip the county brigade with the ability to protect ordinary people.

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"what happened?"

"Why did the Eighth Route Army suddenly become so powerful?"

In the Liao County Guard camp, Captain Jia looked solemn.

Although more than two months ago, when the Eighth Route Army attacked the Liao County Brigade, he had a premonition that the Tubal Army might be very strong.

However, three locust army squadrons were annihilated and more than [-] locust armies were killed in two times.

This is not very strong, it is simply riding on the head of the imperial army repeatedly.

It was something he never expected.

"Captain, call me..."

One of his subordinates looked at his captain in confusion.

"Go ahead and be more honest these days."

Captain Jia warned.

The Eighth Route Army has been acting very badly recently.

They also changed their poor appearance in the past and actually distributed grain and lard to the families of people who were killed by the imperial army while working for them.

Strong soldiers and strong horses,

buy hearts.

Captain Jia felt that a storm was coming.

At this time, the best way is to be a coward.

(End of this chapter)