I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 223 Shifting the target
On the evening of September 9, the Independence Regiment withdrew from the Yushe area, and news came from the brigade headquarters that a large number of devils were attacking this area.In order to avoid the devil's attack, the brigade commander ordered the Independent Regiment, Xinyi Regiment and 5 Regiment to withdraw from the Yushe area.

After withdrawing from the Yushe area, the independent regiment moved closer to the brigade headquarters to ensure the safety of the brigade headquarters. Under the command of the division headquarters, the units of the 129th Division continued to attack the devils on the Zhengtai Railway Line, and at the same time sent small groups of troops to block enemy reinforcements.

It's just that as time passed, more and more devil reinforcements arrived. In order to ensure the safety of the Zhengtai Railway, the Devil's North China Command dispatched a large number of troops to come for reinforcements. However, when the devil's reinforcements arrived, the west section of the Zhengtai Railway It was severely damaged by the 129th Division, and it could not be easily opened to traffic in a short period of time.

Coupled with the destruction of bridges, roads and tunnels by the various units of the 129th Division, the traffic of the devils was completely destroyed, making it difficult for the devils to move.

On the way back leading the Independence Regiment, the soldiers of the Independence Regiment looked ugly. They could see that in order to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army's attack, the devils carried out a war of embers against the existence in the base area, which is the three-light policy, kill all, burn all, and loot all.

Looking at the dead folks in the village, the eyes of the soldiers of the Independence Regiment were filled with flames of anger. The devils were simply a group of inhuman beasts.After Li Yunlong ordered the soldiers of the Independent Regiment to bury the bodies of the villagers, he ordered the battalions and companies of the Independent Regiment to disperse to look for traces of the devils.

In the case of the soldiers of the independent regiment, once they found the devil's trace, they would definitely rush on and tear the devil to pieces.Let the soldiers go out, which conflicts with the order of the independent regiment to return to the brigade headquarters. If they want to return to the brigade headquarters safely, the independent regiment naturally needs to keep a low profile.

This time, facing Li Yunlong's decision, Zhao Gang didn't have the slightest intention to stop him.On the contrary, if Li Yunlong and others hadn't stopped him, Zhao Gang might have gone directly to find the devil's trace and kill a few more devils with his own hands.

In the face of the dead folks, the only thing the soldiers of the Independence Regiment can do is avenge some devils for them, and some devils who were found by the soldiers of the Independence Regiment suffered.These little devils who were discovered were all small troops of devils. Facing the soldiers who were under anger, the devils could not resist at all.

Not long after the Independence Regiment took action against the surrounding little devils, other units of the Eighth Route Army also discovered the same situation in the base areas. The devils without humanity did many such things in the base areas, and many villages of the villagers were burned down by them. , the village was strewn with the bodies of villagers.

Except for some villagers who did not return to the village outside, and the villagers who managed to hide when the devil entered the village, none of the other villagers who stayed in the village could escape the devil's butcher's knife.After knowing this situation, the Eighth Route Army headquarters decisively mobilized many troops, and colleagues who ordered all forces of the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to strengthen unity, focused their attention on combating the Japanese army, and took the battle in North China as a precedent. Central China organizes one or even several planned large-scale ground offensive operations!
On September 9, the Independent Regiment received an order from the brigade headquarters, ordering the Independent Regiment to find ways to expand the results of the battle. The basic policy of the operation was to continue to destroy the Japanese army's traffic and destroy the devils' strongholds that had penetrated into the base areas.

After receiving the order from the brigade headquarters, the soldiers of the independent regiment, who were already full of desire to fight, became even more motivated to fight.Under the discussion of Li Yunlong and others, the independent group decided to attack the Devil's Zhengtai Railway instead of attacking the Devil's highway.

After Li Yunlong made a decision, he immediately ordered the soldiers of the independent regiment to head towards Yangquan via the road from Pingding, Heshun, Liao County to Yushe, which was the deepest road for the devils to penetrate into the Taihang base area.The devils have been trying to extend this road to the southwest and connect it with the Baijin Railway through Wuxiang, so as to achieve the purpose of dividing the Taihang base area and flexibly mobilizing the forces of Zhengtai and Baijin.

On this highway, the devils have set up quite a few strongholds. Just along the 45-kilometer road between Yushe and Liao County, they have arranged Yushe, Yanbi, Wangjing, Guantou, Pushang, and Xiaoling. Di, Shixia, Liao County and other 8 strongholds.Less than six kilometers away, the devils have set up a stronghold, not to mention other small devils operating in the surrounding area.

The combat effectiveness of the independent regiment is not weak, but after more than ten days of fighting, the casualties of the soldiers still had a certain impact on the independent regiment.In order to ensure the flexibility of the independent regiment, Li Yunlong decided to keep the seriously wounded in the independent regiment and leave a platoon of soldiers for protection.

Originally, Li Yunlong wanted to keep Zhang Dabiao, but Zhang Dabiao always refused to agree, and because Zhang Dabiao's injury would not affect his actions with the army, Li Yunlong finally agreed to let him follow the army.

After leaving the seriously wounded, the size of the independent regiment was only 700 people, the first battalion suffered the most casualties, and only about 100 fighters were still fighting.As for the second battalion and the third battalion, more than 100 people were reduced each, and the guard company and cavalry company directly under the regiment also suffered more or less casualties.

Only the soldiers in the artillery company had the least casualties. Except for one soldier who sprained his foot because he was moving forward while carrying the mortar, no other soldiers were injured.

After this period of fighting, the independent regiment's ammunition has become a bit tight. After fighting with all their strength, they may not be able to last three games.The artillery company still had a lot of shells. After killing the devil's infantry brigade, the artillery company had no chance to make a move.

A day had passed by the time the Independence Regiment led the soldiers to the road around the road built by the devils. During this day, the soldiers once again killed two squads of devils and a group of puppet troops.The devil's team was extremely tenacious to fight against the encirclement, but they still couldn't resist the independent group for too long.

As for the puppet army, after seeing so many Eighth Route Army soldiers from the Independence Regiment, they decisively put down their weapons and chose to surrender after firing two shots.Li Yunlong was slightly relieved by the ammunition seized from the devils and puppet soldiers.

"Zhang Dabiao, take the soldiers to investigate and find out all the devil's strongholds around Liao County. The key point is to show me whether the devil has ammunition depots in this area." Zhang Dabiao ordered.

Zhang Dabiao shook his head, "Captain, you also know that even if the devils have ammunition depots in this area, they should be in the county."

"With the current strength of our independent regiment, it is somewhat unrealistic to attack the devil's county. The devil has set up so many strongholds in this area. Once we move the devil's county, it will affect the whole body!"

Li Yunlong's eyes widened, he looked at Zhang Dabiao, and scolded with a smile: "Damn it, don't think that you become a scholar after you have been with the political commissar for two days, and you still drag the essays for me?"

"Don't worry, I, Li Yunlong, are not that stupid. I can't see what you Zhang Dabiao can see?"

After Zhang Dabiao took a serious look at Li Yunlong, he was really relieved. It seemed that Li Yunlong did not intend to attack the devil's county.Zhang Dabiao knew Li Yunlong very well. He knew that although Li Yunlong didn't say anything when he saw the dead folks, Li Yunlong was on fire in his heart!

This ball of fire was pressing in Li Yunlong's heart, and when it erupted, it would definitely teach the devil a harsh lesson!

The only thing Zhang Dabiao can do now is to hope that Li Yunlong, the leader of the regiment, still maintains enough sense. He is the leader of the independent regiment, and the soldiers of the independent regiment cannot be easily sacrificed just because of his order!Even if the soldiers die, they will die on the way to kill the devils!The soldiers need to kill enough money!
"First Battalion Commander, you go to carry out the task first." Zhao Gang came over and said.

Seeing Zhao Gang coming, Zhang Dabiao breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that he could stop Li Yunlong in the independent regiment, so he also knew Zhao Gang as the political commissar.Kong Jie, the deputy head of the regiment, is Li Yunlong's old comrade-in-arms, and his temper is similar to Li Yunlong's. If Li Yunlong really wants to lead the independent regiment to fight, he, Kong Jie, will definitely raise his hands to support him!
But Zhao Gang is different. As a political commissar, Zhao Gang has more things to consider.And with Zhao Gang's personality, no matter what Li Yunlong said, Zhao Gang would seriously guess, unless he really believed it was feasible, otherwise he would definitely choose to stop Li Yunlong.

"Political Commissar Zhao, look at the head of the regiment. The lives of our soldiers are in the hands of the head of the regiment." Zhang Dabiao couldn't help but confess to Zhao Gang before leaving.

(End of this chapter)