Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Most of the forces responsible for attacking Datong were the main force of the independent column. They had been busy at the train station all night and fell asleep immediately, so they pulled the Datong Miner Guerrillas over to perform outside the city.

Soon, Li Youfu brought the commander of the Daqingshan detachment, Yao Zhe, and the political commissar, Zhang Dazhi, to the temporary command post in Shenquan.

The so-called temporary command center was actually just a shed with only a radio. Except for Shen Quan, all the people there were members of the miner guerrillas. Shen Quan's subordinates were snoring and basking in the sun under the city of Datong.

"Hello, comrade. I am Yao Zhe, commander of the Daqingshan Guerrilla Detachment, and this is Zhang Dazhi, the political commissar."

Shen Quan immediately extended his hand and said, "Hello, Commander Yao, Political Commissar Zhang. I am Shen Quan, commander of the Second Detachment of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Independent Column. Welcome!"

After hearing Shen Quan's name, Yao Zhe looked around and asked, "Captain Shen, what are the casualties of the troops?"

Shen Quan was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood that the comrades of the Daqingshan Cavalry Detachment mistook the soldiers who were sleeping outside Datong City as comrades who had "sacrificed".

He immediately said with a smile: "You two, Datong City has been captured by us. We are just putting on a show now. Those comrades are not sacrificed, they are sleeping. We are putting on a show for the Japanese reconnaissance planes."

"???"

Commander Yao and others looked at Shen Quan in shock, with confusion, bewilderment, and some wariness in their eyes.

They can understand these words when they are spoken individually, but why can't they understand them when they are put together?

Had it been taken? Why hadn't they received any news? It seemed the surrounding Japs weren't making any large-scale movements. And who were those puppet troops and Japs on the city walls?

And sleeping? Sleeping outside the city?

Did the soldiers of the Independent Column have some kind of habit? Did they like sleeping outside the city?

Just when Shen Quan was about to explain to the group of people, two small black dots appeared not far away.

"Report, Captain, the Japanese reconnaissance plane is coming again!"

An observer took a look through the telescope and immediately reported.

"Got it. Prepare to continue the siege. Be careful, the Japanese reconnaissance planes also have weapons, spread out!"

"Yes!"

After receiving the order, the Datong miners' guerrillas immediately began to prepare, and the defenders on the city wall also began to get busy.

When the reconnaissance plane arrives, we must shoot at them to let the Japanese know that Datong is still firmly in the hands of the Datong defenders.

The two Japanese reconnaissance planes were not flying high, and the pilots were lowering their altitude so that the observers could see more clearly.

"Look more carefully!"

"Hayi!"

The observer immediately used the periscope on the belly of the plane to observe the situation in Datong below.

Inside Datong City, a Japanese observer saw Japanese and puppet troops patrolling and immediately reported: "I saw Imperial Warriors and the Imperial Army patrolling the streets, but no Chinese civilians. They must be hiding at home because of the war!"

"Lower your altitude so I can see more clearly!"

After hearing this, the pilot immediately continued to lower his altitude and flew towards the west gate of Datong, because he found traces of military activities there.

"Most of the buildings in the city are intact, and we didn't see any bombardment. The Chinese siege troops probably don't have any heavy weapons!"

The observer noticed the situation again and immediately shouted loudly, telling what he saw.

A Japanese soldier next to him immediately took a pen and recorded everything.

At this time, outside the city gate of Ximen.

The fighters of Datong Miners' Guerrilla Force, carrying flags, began to attack Datong.

"Come on!"

"Come on!"

"rush……"

These miner guerrilla fighters ran very fast, but soon they fell down one after another, lying on the ground, listening to the independent column soldiers snoring loudly beside them.

The reason why they shouted "charge" so loudly was to cover up the snoring of the soldiers. After moving goods all night, the soldiers were really tired. The snoring of hundreds of people combined together was quite loud.

Even with such loud shouting and screaming, they did not wake up.

However, at this time, the "devils" on the city wall began to shoot, but the directions of the guns were aimed at places where there were no people, and the gun muzzles were raised a lot.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom"

"..."

Hearing the gunshots, many soldiers were awakened and looked around, but they immediately reacted and continued to sleep on the ground. Every attack on the city meant that the Japanese reconnaissance planes were coming to investigate again.

However, the Japanese reconnaissance plane in the sky did not see these soldiers who suddenly looked up, but instead locked their eyes on the flags used by the attacking forces.

"The Datong Miners' Guerrilla Unit is an Eighth Route Army guerrilla unit active around Datong. They have approximately 2,000 members and are poorly equipped."

The observer of the reconnaissance plane knew Chinese characters and had some common knowledge about the Eighth Route Army, so he recognized the Datong Miners' Guerrillas at a glance.

Shen Quan looked at the Japanese reconnaissance plane in the sky and said, "Commander Yao, please ask your cavalry detachment to carry the flag and take a walk around. Please pay attention to your feet. The soldiers are sleeping in a scattered manner."

At this time, Yao Zhe and others also believed what Shen Quan said. After all, he saw with his own eyes that the soldier lying on the ground suddenly came back to life and then lay down again.

After seeing the Japanese reconnaissance plane appear in the sky, Yao Zhe and others roughly understood the purpose of doing this.

"Alright, First Battalion, show the flag of our Daqingshan Cavalry Detachment and go out for a walk. Remember not to step on our comrades who are resting!"

After hearing the order, the soldiers of the first battalion of the Daqingshan Cavalry Detachment immediately unfolded the rolled-up red flag and raised it high, launching a charge towards Datong.

Chapter 207 Report to the Commander, Datong is as solid as a rock

"The Chinese cavalry has been dispatched. The Chinese cavalry are truly foolish. They actually deployed cavalry to attack a city."

The observer on the Japanese reconnaissance plane continued to watch the situation on the ground, and then noticed the flag of this unit.

When he saw the words "Daqingshan Cavalry Detachment", a smile appeared on his face and he said, "So it turns out to be our old rival, the Daqingshan Cavalry Detachment!"

After saying that, he continued to observe the situation on the ground.

"The Eighth Route Army's siege troops suffered heavy losses, with at least a thousand killed!"

"Datong is as solid as a rock. The Chinese can't conquer it at all!"

The two Japanese reconnaissance planes circled over Datong for about ten minutes before turning around and flying towards Zhangjiakou.

After the Japanese reconnaissance plane left, the lively siege battle came to an end.

The members of the Datong Miners' Guerrilla Team who crawled up from the ground returned to the team one after another, and the "devils" upstairs also took off their hats one after another. They fought this battle in fear, fearing that they would accidentally hurt friendly forces if they were not careful.

Especially the group of cavalrymen who just appeared almost bumped into the muzzle of his gun. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and pointed the muzzle of the gun into the sky.

The puppet soldiers were resting against the Taiyuan city wall. They had been worried that they would be shot. Now it seemed that they were just being asked to act out a show, not to be shot.

"Commander Yao, our commander is at the train station. Please come over."

Li Yunlong already knew about the arrival of the Daqingshan detachment, so he sent a telegram to Shen Quan, asking him to bring the people over.

Yao Zhe and Zhang Dazhi looked at the group of people lying in front of Datong City and asked with some concern, "Are they really okay?"

"It's okay, I'm just too tired. I'll get up when it's time for dinner!"

After saying this, he asked the guard beside him to take Commander Yao and others to the train station to find Li Yunlong.

After Yao Zhe and others arrived at the train station, they believed what Shen Quan said that Datong had been captured by the Independent Column.

A large amount of supplies were piled up in the train station, and a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers were guarding the supplies.

"Hello, Commander Li. Commander Yao Zhe of the Daqingshan Cavalry Detachment and Political Commissar Zhang Dazhi report to you. Please give us your instructions!"

The two men had seen Li Yunlong's photo and recognized him immediately. Seeing Li Yunlong commanding his troops to deploy at the train station, they couldn't help but ask curiously, "Commander Li, what are you doing?"

"A train will arrive in Datong tonight with 40,000 Kuomintang prisoners on board. I guess the Japanese will arrange for people to escort them, so get ready, kill those Japanese, and rescue those prisoners."

Hearing the number of 40,000, Yao Zhe couldn't help but widen his eyes and asked, "40,000? Did the Nationalist army lose again?"

Li Yunlong shook his head helplessly and said, "In Zhongtiao Mountain, 200,000 nationalist troops were defeated by 100,000 Japanese soldiers. I guess the Japanese will start a propaganda campaign in the next two days. By then, the anti-Japanese sentiment in the country will probably enter a low period again."

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Yao Zhe sighed, shook his head and said, "It's a pity that the confidence that Commander Li just gained is gone just like that."

People like Yao Zhe, who have been fighting behind enemy lines for many years, especially in remote areas like Chahar, are very sensitive to anti-Japanese sentiment.

If news of a great victory reached the Chahar region, many people would be willing to join the anti-Japanese forces. If the news was always of defeat, it would be very difficult to develop an anti-Japanese base behind enemy lines because there were too many speculators.

Just like after Li Yunlong captured the Japanese General Shinozuka Kazuo and recovered Ping'an County, the Daqingshan Detachment ushered in a small peak in development. Many people took the initiative to join the army, and they didn't even have to go to various regions to promote it themselves, people came to them on their own initiative.

As a result, this situation did not last for a few days, and the national army suffered another major defeat. The confidence that had just been accumulated collapsed in an instant.

Hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately laughed and said, "Don't worry, there will be a great victory soon!"

"A great victory?"

Yao Zhe and others looked at Li Yunlong curiously. Li Yunlong smiled and said nothing. He began to arrange the tasks of the Daqingshan Detachment. First, he replenished their weapons and ammunition, and then sent the Daqingshan Detachment out to patrol around Datong with the cavalry battalion. After discovering any traces of the Japanese reinforcements, they would report immediately.

At the same time, the Japanese Mengjiang Garrison Headquarters in Zhangjiakou.

Shigetaro Amakasu went to the airport in person and waited for the reconnaissance plane to return.

When the pilots and scouts of the two reconnaissance planes got off the planes, Shigetaro Amakasu couldn't wait to walk over and ask about Datong's situation.

"Report to the General, Datong is safe and sound and is under the control of our army."

After hearing these words, a hint of joy appeared on Shigetaro Amakasu's face.

With a smile, he asked, "Please report the details."

"Hayi!"

One of the investigators pulled out a notebook and said, "General, our plane arrived over Datong and found no signs of disorder in the city. No trace of the Eighth Route Army troops was found. The Imperial Army and the Imperial Army were patrolling the streets, and most of the people were hiding in their homes."

"To the west of the city, the Eighth Route Army is launching an attack on Datong."

Hearing this, Shigetaro Amakasu frowned slightly and waited for his subordinates to report.

"According to our observations, the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy losses in their attack on Datong. Thousands of Eighth Route Army soldiers' bodies were found outside Datong City. Furthermore, we have also identified the Eighth Route Army unit that attacked Datong this time."

"The main force attacking Datong is the Datong Miner Guerrilla Unit, numbering approximately a thousand men. They also have a cavalry unit. After identifying their flags, we can confirm that they are our old rivals, the Eighth Route Army's Daqingshan Cavalry Detachment, numbering approximately five hundred men."

After hearing the names of the two teams, Amakasu Shigetaro breathed a sigh of relief. "I see. Is there any movement at the mine?"

"Ha Yi, everything is normal at the mine. The Eighth Route Army attacking team has been repelled. We found the mine train was loading coal, and there was no trace of the Eighth Route Army."