Anti-Japanese War: I have unlimited assistance

Chapter 7 The key to killing Sakata!
Li Yunlong returned to the regiment headquarters, a camouflaged fortification temporarily built by the guard platoon.

He took out a cigarette and a box of matches, put the cigarette in his mouth, struck the match and then lit the cigarette.

After taking a deep breath and exhaling forcefully, Li Yunlong's mind suddenly became a little clearer.

This was the first battle of the New 1st Regiment after crossing the Yellow River. Victory was the only option, but he had no say in victory or defeat.

Li Yunlong stood up and walked to the eight-immortals table with a gloomy look.

He stared at the map on the table, his eyes thoughtful.

This was a standard decapitation operation, and the target was the Japanese Sakata Regiment Headquarters.

The new regiment currently has strong firepower. If it is an ambush, it has the ability to kill Sakata and the hundreds of Japanese soldiers around him in a short period of time.

However, how to retreat after killing Sakata and in which direction to retreat is also a problem.

Once we are surrounded by the Japanese, we will probably be doomed, even if they have some firepower.

The Japanese are well-equipped and may have tanks and armored vehicles around the Sakata Regiment Headquarters.

This issue should also be taken into consideration.

According to the experience shared by the 115th Division in fighting the Japanese, the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles have strong firepower and cannot be destroyed by bullets or grenades.

So, Li Yunlong called Zhong Zhicheng and said, "Deputy Commander Zhong, we still have two issues that we haven't considered."

Zhong Zhicheng said: "One of them is the issue of retreat, right?"

Li Yunlong nodded.

Zhong Zhicheng asked, "Which direction do you plan to retreat from?"

Li Yunlong pointed at the map: "From here."

Zhong Zhicheng was shocked: "This is the direction of the devil's attack. If we break out from this direction, we are likely to encounter a large number of devils..."

This guy is so bold in his combat plans that every time he makes a combat plan, Zhong Zhicheng gets terrified.

It was already very bold to ambush the Sakata Regiment Headquarters right under the noses of the Japanese, but no one expected that Li Yunlong would break out from the direction of the Japanese attack.

Zhong Zhicheng is also a veteran, but his tactical command tends to be conservative.

Li Yunlong, on the other hand, likes to take an unconventional approach.

Li Yunlong said, "It's impossible for all the devils to gather together. After the ambush is successful, I will order the firing of three red flares. Then you will lead the remaining soldiers to meet us from the front. We will defeat the devils from inside and outside."

Zhong Zhicheng asked, "Don't I want to act with you?"

Li Yunlong said with a serious expression: "You take the 40nd and 20rd Battalions, which have withdrawn their core members, and the Special Agent Company to stay. I will also leave you 2000 Czech machine guns, 2 submachine guns and 1 MK grenades, and one infantry gun. Whether we can withdraw depends on you!"

To ambush the Japanese, 3000 grenades, 60 Czech-style and 80 submachine guns were enough, and there was even excess firepower.

Zhong Zhicheng looked thoughtful.

Supporting from the periphery is also participating in the battle, and the Second Battalion, the Third Battalion and the Special Forces Company do need a unified command.

Moreover, the support mission is very important. Whether the ambush troops can withdraw in time depends on whether the support troops can provide support.

Thinking of this, Zhong Zhicheng nodded: "Yes! What about the other question?"

Li Yunlong said: "It's not a big problem. The Japanese may have tanks or armored vehicles. I will bring an artillery squad and an infantry gun and artillery shells. It should be able to deal with the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles."

Zhong Zhicheng: “Okay!”

After an afternoon of test firing and rest, the reinforced battalion of the new regiment was ready. Each soldier test fired 10 rounds of ammunition, and the soldiers in charge of receiving the ammunition also test fired some rounds.

Although dinner consisted of steamed bread and pickles, the soldiers' morale was high.

After nightfall, Li Yunlong ordered Quartermaster Lao Gou to distribute ammunition. Each submachine gun participating in the ambush was to carry 500 rounds of ammunition, each light machine gun was to carry 500 rounds of ammunition, and each soldier was to carry six grenades. Since the submachine gunners and machine gunners could not carry so much ammunition, other soldiers participating in the battle were to carry it. In addition, the first artillery squad was to carry one infantry gun and 6 rounds of ammunition, including 1 grenades and 1 armor-piercing rounds. Platoon Leader Wang Chengzhu was in charge of the operation.

During the day, in order to prevent bombing by Japanese aircraft, the New 1st Regiment was located in a relatively concealed position.

After nightfall, the New 1st Regiment was ordered to enter the flank position of the battlefield, as the Japanese were about to arrive here.

Because the New 1st Regiment was poorly equipped, undermanned, and undertrained, it could only assist in defense.

The Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army did not take the New 73st Regiment seriously at all. Even when the rd Division headquarters convened a meeting to coordinate defense with the commanders of each regiment, Li Yunlong was not called.

In their view, the New 1st Regiment was worse than beggars, so why would they fight? It was good enough if they didn't cause trouble.

At this time, Li Yunlong was still an unknown person and had not yet made a name for himself.

But it won’t be long before the three words “Li Yunlong” will become famous on the Xinkou battlefield.

Li Yunlong and Zhong Zhicheng led their troops into the position smoothly. The Kuomintang troops, including the 73rd Division and 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, also entered the position. The engineers had already built defensive fortifications.

After a brief pre-war mobilization, Li Yunlong prepared to lead the reinforced battalion to leave the position and lie in ambush at the planned hiding place.

Before leaving, Zhong Zhicheng called Li Yunlong: "Captain, I have a request."

Li Yunlong said angrily: "Why do you have so much trouble? Tell me quickly."

Zhong Zhicheng's voice trembled a little: "I demand that you kill Sakata and come back alive."

Li Yunlong patted Zhong Zhicheng on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry. I've fought for so many years and never even got a finger hurt. The fortune teller said that our Li Yunlong is a general whose success is the result of countless sacrifices. No one who can kill me, Li Yunlong, has been born yet."

Li Yunlong's revolutionary optimism eased the atmosphere within the regiment headquarters.

In the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong and Zhong Zhicheng saluted each other, and Li Yunlong turned and walked out of the regiment headquarters.

The moment he walked out of the regiment headquarters, Li Yunlong looked at the soldiers in the trenches, who were carrying Czech-style and PPSh submachine guns on their shoulders, with grenades hanging on their shoulders and waists, and their bullet bags were full.

He didn't know why such a useful submachine gun was given a strange name like PPSh.

Li Yunlong's expression instantly became solemn: "Let's set off according to the original planned route!"

Then, the soldiers bent down and crossed the position, without torches or flashlights, and headed towards the target location in the dark.

The soldiers walked lightly, no one was allowed to speak, and even coughed and farted.

Liuzhuang is about 73 kilometers away from the front-line positions of the New 358st Regiment, the 8rd Division and the th Regiment.

The 27th Division of the Central Army was still fighting with the Sakata Regiment at the front, but the 27th Division was obviously no match for the Sakata Regiment and would soon be defeated.

Li Yunlong judged that even if the 73rd Division, the 358th Regiment, the 360th Regiment and the New st Regiment were combined, they would most likely not be a match for the Sakata Regiment.

Although their troop strength was three times that of the Sakata Regiment, the Japanese had the support of artillery, aircraft, tanks and armored vehicles, and had powerful firepower.

On the other hand, the Chinese army only had millet and rifles.

The 73rd Division set up three lines of defense. Once the first two lines of defense collapsed, the Sakata Regiment Command would inevitably move forward.

Li Yunlong controlled the attack route of the Sakata Regiment. When the Japanese were attacking fiercely, he would have the opportunity to raid the Sakata Regiment's headquarters from behind, or even ambush the Sakata Regiment's headquarters.

Whether he can lead the reinforced battalion to hide successfully under the eyes of the Japanese is the key to killing Sakata.

(End of this chapter)