The sword starts with copying the sharpshooter's ability

"The brigade commander is really open-minded!"

Li Yunlong couldn't help but sigh to Zhao Gang:
"If we stay here any longer, we'll just be blocking the enemy. We don't know how many reinforcements the Japanese will have. This will be a losing deal!"

"Yes!"

Zhao Gang echoed:
"In this battle, our regiment suffered more than 5000 casualties. We are an exhausted army and cannot withstand the repeated attacks of the Japanese!"

As he spoke, he handed the regiment flag brought back by the soldiers to Li Yunlong, and then asked:

"The light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers and ammunition have all been replenished, and the captured quinine and sulfonamides have also been distributed to each battalion. But what about the field artillery, mountain artillery and infantry artillery? They are all valuable stuff!"

"No more, give up everything!"

Unconsciously looking at the 12 field guns not far away, Li Yunlong's eyes flashed with reluctance, but he still said straightforwardly:

"We have stirred up a hornet's nest, the Japanese will definitely hunt us down!

Those cannons are too heavy and will seriously slow down the team's progress. I'm really lucky to be able to bring Shuisheng's two artillery battalions with me!"

Seeing Zhao Gang's reluctant expression, he seemed to be comforting Zhao Gang, but more like comforting himself, he said:
"Old Zhao, they are just a few broken cannons. If they are gone, we can just steal more!
We’ll take whatever the Japs have!

At that time, I will not even look down on this kind of medium-sized artillery, and heavy artillery with a caliber below 100 mm will not even be mentioned! "

As he said this, he looked at the regiment flag in his hand, and finally felt comforted:

"Damn it, at least we didn't leave empty-handed. With these two regiment flags, our Zhang Wu will definitely have no problem getting promoted to deputy regiment commander!"

After giving the regiment flag to Wei Dayong to carry closely, Li Yunlong first asked his direct company to set up booby traps for all the weapons and equipment that could not be taken away, leaving a surprise for the Japanese reinforcements. He then sent out a reconnaissance company to investigate the situation in the direction of Weiwangzhuang and asked the bugler to blow the emergency assembly call.

Upon hearing the assembly call, all the soldiers returned to their units happily, including Zhang Wu.

In this battle, he was promoted twice and also received the promise of deputy regimental level promotion from Li Yunlong, so it can be said that he reaped a lot of rewards.

However, when distributing the medicines just now, he specifically asked Wei Dayong and Zhao Gang's guards to leave some quinine and sulfonamide, in case the group was dispersed and he didn't have time to go to Shutou Village, he could still treat Li Yunlong in advance.

After the soldiers gathered, Li Yunlong nodded in satisfaction as he saw more soldiers carrying machine guns and grenade launchers, and even the artillery battalion of Shuisheng had a Type 38 rifle on their backs for self-defense. He shouted loudly:

"Comrades, this battle was well fought. We should be rewarded for our contributions, but that is not the case now. The Japs' reinforcements will arrive soon, and perhaps the planes in the sky will be even faster. We must move quickly.

Listen to my orders, all troops enter the mountains and march quickly to Weiwangzhuang! We will rest when we get to Weiwangzhuang, and the Japanese will serve you canned beef, so you can eat as much as you want! "

"Yes!"

When they heard that there was meat to eat, the fatigue on the soldiers' faces disappeared, and they began to climb the mountains in batches towards Weiwangzhuang under the leadership of commanders and fighters at all levels.

Zhang Wu's eyes also lit up, but what he was thinking about was not eating meat, but the Japanese reinforcements!
Although he was promoted twice in a row, when it comes to experience, he is like Han Xin selecting his troops - the more the better!
After arriving at Zhaojiayu, we divided our forces and developed the business. It would take a long time for such a large-scale battle to happen again, so we had to gain as much as we could now.

What's more, if the independent regiment leaves, the experience gained by the Japanese reinforcements will be wasted. If we don't accept it, it would be too disrespectful to the Japanese reinforcements!

Having made up his mind, he immediately went to Li Yunlong to challenge for a fight.

Seeing Zhang Wu asking for a fight, Li Yunlong hesitated for a moment, then agreed directly:

"That's good. With you delaying the Japanese, it will be more difficult for them to figure out our movements!

But there is one thing, it takes two days to get from here to Weiwangzhuang, and another day to rest. The main force will have to disperse and break out. I only give you one day, so don't take any risks, and you must come back alive!"

Feeling Li Yunlong's deep concern, Zhang Wu felt warm in his heart. He patted his chest and said deliberately:

"Don't worry, Commander. With the booby traps you set up to cover me, I will use our sparrow tactics and move to another place after each shot. Even if the Japanese planes come, they can't do anything to me!" "Good job, you have great momentum!"

Li Yunlong nodded, gave some more instructions, then turned around and joined the main force and left.

Zhang Wuze climbed up the mountain with a gun on his back, looking for a suitable sniping point.

Looking at Zhang Wu's back, the soldiers said with envy and emotion:

"Our Zhang Wu is still the best. After wiping out an entire brigade of the Japanese, he can still fight the Japanese reinforcements!"

"Can you compete with our Zhang Wu?

If he hadn't destroyed the Japanese tanks and field artillery, and found out all the Japanese ammunition points during the night attack, and helped to attack the heavy firepower points of two regiments, would we have been able to destroy the Japanese Fourth Brigade?"

"That's right, Zhang Wu's treatment was earned by himself!"

"Yes, I heard that the regiment commander is planning to ask the brigade commander to promote him to deputy regiment commander!"

"Deputy regimental commander?!... Hiss, our Zhang Wu will also be a commander in the future!"

At the same time, in order to encourage all parties, the brigade commander sent the independent regiment's victory report to the division headquarters, the headquarters, and the various regiments of the 386th Brigade fighting at the front.

Division Headquarters.

After receiving the telegram from the brigade commander, the division commander changed his demeanor and laughed out loud with joy:
"Haha, Li Yunlong really poked a hole in the sky!

We wiped out an entire Japanese brigade, and it was the 129th Brigade, the main force of the field operation. My th Division has never achieved such a feat!"

He raised his eyebrows and said:
“I guess it was Zhang Wu who assisted him at the critical moment!
However, no matter how he fought, this news was a timely relief at the critical juncture of crushing the Japanese invasion! "

After a brief thought, he gave the order directly:
"Inform the 344th and 385th Brigades of the great victory of the Independent Regiment in annihilating the th Brigade. Tell them to learn from the Independent Regiment and inflict heavy damage on the Japanese and puppet troops who were raiding the area, so as to completely crush this raid!"

"Yes!"

The signalman stood at attention and saluted, then turned around to send the message.

The temporary headquarters has just been relocated.

"Boss, good news!"

After receiving the telegram from the brigade commander, the deputy chief of staff's eyes lit up, and he quickly walked up to the general and said with a smile:
"The 386th Brigade's Independent Regiment turned the blocking into an ambush in Shentoupu, Jinzhong. In just one and a half days, they completely wiped out the 1th Brigade of the Japanese with nearly troops!
This is an unprecedented victory for our entire Eighth Route Army!"

"Destroy the 4th Brigade?"

The boss was also shocked. He couldn't wait to take the message and read it, then burst into laughter:

"Haha, Li Yunlong is really straightforward!
The Japanese Fourth Brigade is the main force in the field. Any one of its regiments can defeat two divisions of the Central Army!

But now, a regiment of our Eighth Route Army has been completely wiped out. Haha, Li Yunlong really brought honor to our Eighth Route Army!"

"Yes!"

The Deputy Chief of General Staff echoed:
"We organized battles on such a large scale as the Hundred Regiments Campaign, but we never had a victory as great as this one!

The independent regiment is a complement to our Eighth Route Army. It is a classic example of an entire regiment destroying a brigade of the Japanese invaders!"

(End of this chapter)