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Chapter 297 Why don't you dare to fight with the brigade commander?
Li Yunlong did not expect that when he returned from victory, what greeted him was not flowers and applause, but a whip from the brigade commander.

It almost hit him.

Li Yunlong doesn't admit that he is a prodigal son, and he fired shells, but it didn't go in vain.

It is conservatively estimated to kill half of the brigade, and exchange two devils for one shell. It is not that cheap to find anywhere.

But the brigade commander didn't admit it, two hundred rounds, other brigades together didn't have that much, and it was a waste to shoot them all in one go.

If it is necessary to fight, it should also be used at critical moments. Artillery fire covers the infantry and causes greater damage to the enemy.

On the small wine table for Li Yunlong to celebrate.

Kong Jie said sourly: "Old Li still has a lot of face, eight days of fighting used up a thousand rounds of shells, and in a blink of an eye, he added rounds.

Let's travel, let's be a teacher, who has more face than him!Even the teacher didn't have as much face as him. "

Li Yunlong took a sip from the wine bowl, it sounded a little strange, he raised his eyelids to look at him, what do you mean?

Ding Wei said with a smile: "Old Kong, don't be sour. Without Lao Li's selfless dedication, we wouldn't be where we are now."

Li Yunlong heard it, these two guys are gloating!

The brigade commander robbed again, only shells out of were left, and the shells were divided among the remaining four regiments.

The New First Regiment and the Independent Regiment were allotted one hundred and fifty each.

Can you take pleasure in others' misfortune?

Li Yunlong said unhappily: "You two are too much, to celebrate me, drink my wine, and laugh at me, are there people like you?"

"Okay, I won't laugh at you anymore."

Ding Wei put away his smile and asked about the situation of the enemy instead.

Speaking of the Huangyadong battle, Li Yunlong had something to say.

The night raid destroyed the enemy's artillery fire, and the battle relied on the terrain for eight days and nights. Before leaving, there was another bombardment, and a large number of landmines were placed in the arsenal, etc.

One by one, it is almost becoming a legendary story. The question is whether it is true.

Although Ding Wei had learned about it once from Zhao Gang, he was still amazed when he heard it again.

This battle was really beautiful.

With inferior weapons and equipment, he withstood the five times the enemy's attack, and also achieved a casualty ratio of one to ten.

In the battle of thousands of people, it is unique.

Li Yunlong led the new second regiment and achieved rare success.

"One more toast to you." Ding Wei picked up the wine bowl, touched Li Yunlong, raised his neck and finished.

Kong Jie also picked up the wine bowl: "Old Li, you have given our Eighth Route Army a great reputation, and I will respect you again."

I drank in a hurry, and I was a little dizzy.

Ding Wei has a good drinker, picked up the wine bottle to refill the wine, grabbed a few peanuts and asked while eating: "Lao Li, according to your estimation, how much combat power is left in the enemy?"

"Half of them can fight with weapons, but their combat effectiveness has dropped to % of their original level." Li Yunlong said firmly.

On the way, he has been pondering for a long time.

The eight-day battle ended in failure, consuming a lot of energy and morale, and a large number of soldiers no longer had the will to fight.

On the other hand, the Japanese army's artillery shells were consumed in large quantities, and the inventory was already in a hurry.The consumption of materials and other aspects is also insufficient.

Especially the fire they set off before they left made the Japanese army worse.

That's why Li Yunlong came to this conclusion.

Ding Wei nodded thoughtfully, and gained a new understanding of Li Yunlong's ability to toss.

He didn't say clearly, but Li Yunlong couldn't hold it anymore, "Old Ding, you must have something to say. The brigade commander called the two of you over, and joined two core regiments. The four infantry regiments can't watch the show, right?"

Li Yunlong's sense of smell for battle is extremely sensitive, and the brigade commander would not give him a reason when he received a telegram to retreat.

But he just knew that the brigade commander must be planning to fight a tough battle.

Otherwise, it would not be his brigadier.

Ding Wei smiled: "I know I can't hide it from you."

He brought a map to the table, brushed aside the peanut shells of the wine bottle, and spread it out.

Three locations are marked on the map, one is Huangya Cave, and the other is Licheng County, the city closest to the Ninth Brigade of the Japanese Army.

There is another one, Cao Zhuang.

Caozhuang is located in the middle of the two, and it is the only way for the Japanese army to go back.

The terrain here is flat and there is no danger to defend. It is extremely fair to both the attacking side and the defensive side.

Li Yunlong squatted on the map and glanced twice, "The brigade commander is going to be in Caozhuang, give the little devil a hard time."

Kong Jie confirmed his guess: "That's right, the brigade commander has spent all his money this time. He has brought tanks and heavy artillery, and four infantry regiments. Even if the little devil is not defeated, he will have to peel off his skin."

"Including our new second regiment, there are now five regiments." Li Yunlong corrected.

How could such a large-scale battle be without him.

Eat the rest of the Ninth Brigade, I don't have that much appetite.But it's still possible to knock down the rest and let the little devil run away with his head in his arms.

Ding Wei couldn't help asking: "You guys fought for eight or nine days, don't you need to rest?!"

After fighting for eight days, the devils were exhausted, and the situation of the new second regiment is not much better!

Only then did Li Yunlong understand why the brigade commander didn't arrange for him to participate in the next battle.

He said: "Hey, Huangya Cave is not as difficult to defend as you think. In the next few days of fighting, a company of troops can be deployed for a day.

Some companies did not fight the devils until the end, and kept asking for a fight with me.

Now we have another big fight with the devils, how could we lose our new second regiment. "

"I have to speak to the brigade commander."

Li Yunlong did what he said, got off the kang to get dressed, and went to the brigade commander to ask for a fight.

It was Ding Wei and Kong Jie who stopped him.

"Old Li, you smelled of alcohol and went to the brigade commander. I'm afraid you want to be criticized. We'll talk about it tomorrow."

Kong Jie even put away all the wine bottles, "That's all for today, we'll leave after drinking."

There is going to be a war next time, and the head of the regiment drank in the house, and he might be beaten.Li Yunlong thought so, so he didn't mention the matter of finding the brigade commander.

The three of them finished their bowls and left in a hurry.

Early the next morning, Li Yunlong, who hadn't slept well all night, washed up carefully, made sure that he didn't smell of alcohol, and went directly to the brigade commander to ask for a fight.

The combat command is extremely busy, news from all over the place is constantly being collected, and orders are constantly being passed down one by one.

Hearing Li Yunlong's explanation of his purpose, the brigade commander was not surprised, "That's just right, I'm still worried about who will be the reserve team, so your new second regiment will be here."

Li Yunlong immediately became anxious: "What, our regiment is the reserve team? Brigadier, this is too unfair!"

The reserve force is an important part of the war layout and belongs to the mobile force.

The reserve team should never be used unless it is absolutely necessary, but once it is used, the entire situation of the battle must be improved and reversed.

It sounds good and very important, but you can't win the battle!

"You kid's wings are stiff, bargaining with me here, it's against you."

The brigade commander took out that posture and stared at Li Yunlong like a quail.

He thought to himself: Sure enough, the tail is cocky, it was yesterday morning that he was overwhelmed first, otherwise he would have dared to slap the table.

Li Yunlong is really not as bold as the brigade commander thought, don't look at how he dared to say when he accused Zhao Gang: Why don't you dare to fight with the brigade commander!

When it was his turn, he was more cowardly than anyone else.

"Let me tell you, Li Yunlong, that your regiment will play a big role as a reserve team. Go back and get your spirits up and wait for my order."

The brigade commander's words are not empty words to appease, the reserve team will determine the upper limit of the entire battle in his plan.

How much damage can be caused to the enemy depends on the strength of the reserve team.

Li Yunlong didn't know it yet, and his heart was filled with discontent, but his actions were very solid, and he returned to the group to settle down honestly.

As soon as he left, the brigade commander received new news.

"The Ninth Brigade has set off and is heading towards Licheng County."

"Okay, the enemy is finally in the set." The brigade commander, who had been serious these days, had a smile on his face.

The five regiments fought an ambush and dealt a serious setback to the enemy.

On a single battlefield, such a battle is already on an extremely large scale.

Can you play well?
How much of a reaction would the rest of the Japanese army have?
How long will it take and how much will it cost?
One question after another is related to the success or failure of the entire battle.Deep down in his heart, the Brigadier was extremely worried and suffering.

But he can't show it yet. Instead, he has to show confidence and give confidence to the cadres and soldiers below.

……

Why didn't the Ninth Brigade set off yesterday or the day after tomorrow, but today?
Not yesterday, because the Japanese army had no experience of being attacked by poison gas, and underestimated the power of mustard gas.

Although there are not many severe patients directly caused by it, the number of patients with mild symptoms caused by inhalation of a small amount of poisonous gas is an extremely large number.

In that case, it is impossible to hurry on the road immediately, so they can only rest in place for a day to give them a time to recover their strength.

The reason for not resting for two more days is because of insufficient supplies and supplies.

Since the heavy artillery transportation was attacked, the transportation line of the Ninth Tourist Group has been subjected to various attacks.

Their current reserves are running out, and they will run out of food in at most two days.

So even if the New Second Regiment does not retreat, it is time for the Ninth Brigade to retreat soon.

Right now, there is a lack of clothing and food, and the combat effectiveness of the troops has fallen to the bottom. Even if Ushijima is no longer willing to admit his failure, he has no choice but to hold his nose and order a retreat.

The Ninth Brigade moved towards the nearest county, Licheng County.

The march of more than 3000 people can stretch out two and a half miles, which is a half less than when it came.

When he came, Xiong Jiu was full of spirit, like an invincible army, wanting to give the enemy some color.

When I left, I was very embarrassed.

One word to describe it, that is Reservoir Dogs.

What's more, even a dog in the water is worse than a dog in the water. A person who is supported by someone and lying on a stretcher is a disabled dog in the water anyway!
Ushi Daoman was riding on the back of a large oriental horse. When a gust of cold wind blew in, he couldn't help shivering, and hurriedly tightened his coat.

Having not slept the night before, and the cold wind blowing in the middle of the night, young people may not be able to bear it, let alone an old man who has suffered a major blow.

Ushidoman has been running a fever all day, and sometimes he wakes up and sometimes faints.

When he was awake, Ushijima Man would think, why did he fail in the replay?
Is it because his subordinates are weak?
Of course not, he could really see through the binoculars that the soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army all had the spirit of dedicating themselves to the Emperor.

Fighting is as usual, fearless of sacrifice, and extremely hard.

Is the enemy stronger than the imperial army?

If it is really powerful, why not fight it out!Instead, he hid inside like a coward, occupied some terrain, and resisted steadily.

At most, Ushijima admitted that the Eighth Route Army that fought against them was already comparable to the Imperial Army to some extent.

However, it is absolutely impossible to be stronger than the imperial army.

So what exactly caused the failure?

Ushido couldn't think of it at all, or he had already thought of it, but he just didn't want to admit it.

Maybe the cause of his fever was not the cold wind that night.More from the mental trauma.

In the telegram sent from Taiyuan, the commander was extremely dissatisfied with the result that he lost his wife and lost his army. The telegram was full of reprimands.

The commander who is about to be transferred back to China is already deeply disappointed in his heart.

Niu Daoman is not afraid of him, he is just an old man who is about to lose his power.

But what will his fiasco be like in the next battalion commander?
Most of the brigades couldn't take down the position held by the Eighth Route Regiment, and suffered extremely heavy losses.

A hat of incompetence will definitely be put on. Will he still be the brigade commander of the Ninth Brigade?

Ushishima didn't know it at all, he just felt his head was hot and dizzy, and he could hardly think.

"General, general, call the military doctor quickly."

The marching team was forced to stop, and Niu Daoman was carried to the lee.

After seeing it, the military doctor prescribed a dose of medicine, and said: "The brigade commander has a severe fever and can no longer blow the wind. He needs to find a place to rest as soon as possible."

The head of the brigade was unconscious, and the chief of staff took over the command. He pondered for a moment: "A dozen miles ahead, you will find Caozhuang. Take the general there and rest."

"Cao Zhuang?"

A combat staff officer reminded him: "There are many eight-way guerrillas operating there, and our transport team has been attacked many times around there."

The chief of staff didn't care: "So what, if they dare to attack my Ninth Brigade, they will hit the steel plate like an egg. The imperial army will teach them a lesson they will never forget."

"Hi!"

The combat staff officer bowed his head and said yes, and after the chief of staff turned and left, he shook his head slightly.

For the huge Ninth Brigade, the Eighth Route Army guerrillas are like a mantis arm that is vulnerable to a single blow.

But mosquitoes can't eat people, and they can disgust people to death.

Planting landmines and playing cold guns, the next journey will not be peaceful.

The retreating Japanese army either did not take the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army seriously at all, or regarded them as a slight danger that would block the way back.

The four regiments of the th Brigade approached this very covertly, and were not noticed by the Japanese planes.

Therefore, no one expected that the returning Ninth Brigade would plunge into a pocket formation again.

A fierce bloody battle began with the Japanese army being attacked.

(End of this chapter)