Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"In the Ping'an County Campaign, you gave our Independent Regiment the greatest benefit, but the Independent Regiment undertook the lightest task. Although you cooperated well with Zhao Gang in front of the Brigade Commander, I, Kong Jie, am not a fool. I can see that you were just putting on an act for the Brigade Commander."

Kong Jie exhaled a puff of smoke and said, "In the final analysis, it's me, Kong Jie, who owes you. Even though you stole my radio and infantry training manual, I don't blame you. We were broke at the time, and the supplies we captured were so few. We, as regimental commanders, have to save our reputations, but the soldiers under us have to suffer. If I were Kong Jie, I would do the same."

"But Li Yunlong, I'm unwilling to accept this. You and I, Ding Wei, are from the same class. You, Li Yunlong, are now the commander of a column. And it's not just a small column with only one or two battalions under your command. It's the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Independent Column, with tens of thousands of troops under your command. Ding Wei went to the rear headquarters to study, and he definitely won't be a regimental commander in the future. And what about me, Kong Jie? I almost died at the hands of the Japanese during their raid, and I still have to rely on you old comrades for help..."

Li Yunlong silently patted Kong Jie's shoulder. The relationship between men is sometimes simple and complicated. Although Li Yunlong did not care about his identity when he was with Kong Jie and Ding Wei, as Li Yunlong's achievements grew and he commanded more and more troops, his former comrades-in-arms gradually became distant.

"Kong Erlangzi, I told you you're stupid, and you really are stupid. You're not willing to accept it, so you just keep complaining here."

Although he could understand Kong Jie's feelings, Li Yunlong kicked Kong Jie in annoyance after he stood up. Although Kong Jie had some bad habits, he still had some abilities. Li Yunlong absolutely could not bear to see his old comrade-in-arms sinking into self-pity here, so he had to scold him to wake him up.

After rolling on the ground for a while, Kong Jie immediately got up from the ground and said, "Li Yunlong, don't think that just because you are my superior, I won't dare to hit you. Others are afraid of you, but I am not!"

Seeing Kong Jie being irritated by him, Li Yunlong immediately said, "How can you not accept it even after I scolded you a few times? You are sighing here like an old woman. If you are not willing to accept it, then go and make meritorious deeds. How did the Independent Regiment merge into my Independent Column and wronged you? Don't you know how I became the commander of the column? I got there through military exploits."

"Let me tell you, Ding Wei and I both achieved our positions through our own efforts, not through complaining. If you're not willing to give up, I'll give you weapons and equipment, and you can go fight the Japanese for me. As long as you can fight the Japanese better than me, I'll let you take the position of commander!"

After listening to this, Kong Jie rolled his eyes at Li Yunlong and said, "You are such a jerk. Li Yunlong, just wait for me. Sooner or later, I will take your place!"

"I'm waiting!"

"Give me the equipment you promised me!"

"You can have as much love as you want, I won't kill you!"

"Let me tell you straight up, this time in Datong I seized over 800 tons of grain, tens of thousands of canned goods, nearly 4 million rounds of ammunition, ten Type 92 infantry guns, over 200 grenade launchers, dozens of mortars, thousands of artillery shells, and tens of thousands of rifles. Take as much as you can and carry as much as you want. I'm going to see if you can empty my headquarters!"

After Li Yunlong's shout, the air suddenly became quiet.

Ding Wei stared at Li Yunlong with wide eyes at this time. Although he had helped Li Yunlong unload supplies from four trains before, the trains only transported some industrial equipment, food and other things.

Weapons, ammunition and equipment were all transported by trucks or manpower. Kong Jie, Ding Wei and others did not receive any notification and did not know the specific numbers.

When Li Yunlong said this today, both of them were stunned.

"Close to four million rounds of ammunition?"

"More than 10,000 guns?"

"More than two hundred grenade launchers?"

"More than 800 tons of grain?"

"Ten Type 92 infantry guns?"

Ding Wei and Kong Jie were talking back and forth, and the brigade commander also interjected.

Li Yunlong raised his head and said, "Yeah, not much, just enough for my independent column!"

At this time, Li Yunlong's heart was already cheering. It had been three days, three days. At that time, Li Yunlong wanted to send a telegram to show off, but he finally held back and prepared to show off in front of these three people in person.

Three days, how did I spend these three days? Every time I saw the radio, I wanted to send a telegram to these three people in person, but I held back.

Finally, I was able to tell the brigade commander, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie about the captured items. Moreover, I told them in front of the three of them at the same time. It was triple the happiness, no, it was the happiness of three to the cube of three.

"Commander, I, Kong Jie, promise you that the Independent Regiment will be your right-hand man from now on. Wherever you want to fight, the Independent Regiment will fight there!"

Kong Jie was the first to jump out and express his loyalty.

Ding Wei grabbed Li Yunlong's telegram and began to read it. "Brigade Commander, can our New Second Regiment also be transferred to Li Yunlong's Independent Column? We, the New Second Regiment, also want to make progress."

The brigade commander rolled his eyes at Ding Wei and said, "You want to go, and I want to go too. Li Yunlong, how about we swap places?"

Hearing the brigade commander's words, Li Yunlong hesitated and said, "Brigade commander, does this include the commander of the Taiyue Military Region?"

"You kid..."

Chapter 222: One Ding equals five holes, one-thirtieth of Li

After the joke ended, Li Yunlong looked at the appointment letter seriously. His position did not change much, except for an additional title: Deputy Director of the Operations Department of the 18th Group Army and Commander of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Independent Column.

Originally, there were twelve subordinate detachments, but now some changes have been made. Li Yunlong is allowed to expand the organization under the independent column by no more than the regiment. The appointment of cadres at the regimental level and above in the independent column needs to be approved by the group army. Positions below the regimental level will be discussed and decided by the independent column headquarters of Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong's independent column is allowed to open up bases and carry out local work.

This is equivalent to giving Li Yunlong a great deal of autonomy. Previously, the appointment of detachment leaders of each detachment had to be reported to the headquarters. In the future, except for cadres at the regimental level and above, the cadres at the battalion level below only need to be reported by Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others through a small internal meeting.

In addition, there was no limit on the number of people who could expand Li Yunlong's independent column this time. Li Yunlong could form as many regiments as he wanted, and the independent regiments were also assigned to the independent column.

The most important thing is that Li Yunlong can open up a base and carry out local work. Although Zhao Gang is in charge of this part, Li Yunlong's independent column basically manages both military and local affairs, just like the brigade commander's Taiyue Military Region. It's just that because Jin-Cha-Ji already has a military region, Li Yunlong did not serve as the commander of the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region.

"What a pity! I searched for a long time but couldn't find the New Second Regiment. Lao Kong, remember to help me in the future. Don't be stingy with me."

Ding Wei said this jokingly, but he was actually talking to Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong rolled his eyes at him and said, "Alright, if you want something, ask Kong Erlangzi for it. Isn't that a slap in my face? Write me a list of what you want and I'll send someone to deliver it to you."

After hearing this, Ding Wei immediately smiled and saluted Li Yunlong and said, "Thank you, Commander Li. I won't be polite. You took Datong without a word. The Japanese will definitely retaliate. I need to prepare, otherwise I will suffer a great loss."

At this time, the goods on the train had been almost moved, and Xiaocao and others came to Li Yunlong carrying bamboo baskets containing pandas.

After seeing the panda in the bamboo basket, Ding Wei's eyes lit up: "Where did these two little things come from? This thing is a bear, right? You plan to raise it until the New Year to eat meat. Then you have to call me. I heard that bear tastes good, but I have never eaten it."

"Go away. I didn't plan on eating the meat. I just saved these two little guys from the Japanese. They're worth a hundred thousand dollars, more valuable than you."

Ding Wei couldn't help but yelled after hearing this: "How much?"

"One hundred thousand dollars!"

"Oh my god, it's more valuable than me. If my head could be exchanged for 100,000 yuan, I would definitely ask the Japanese to exchange it for it."

Ding Wei had been offered a reward of 10,000 yuan by the Japanese before, which was equivalent to one-thirtieth of Li Yunlong and one-tenth of a panda.

"Just be content. It's not low anymore. You're worth five holes."

Li Yunlong and Ding Wei looked at each other and then laughed. Kong Jie was depressed and turned around to smoke his pipe, thinking in his heart that he had to teach the Japanese a lesson and increase his bounty.

After saying this, Li Yunlong looked at the almost empty train and said, "Old Ding, we passed a railway bridge on the way here. The Japanese spent a lot of effort to build it. Are you interested in blowing it up?"

"Why blow up the bridge? We'll have to cross this railway bridge later."

Ding Wei asked with some confusion.

"The Japanese will definitely seek revenge. This railway line is one of their main arteries. A lot of their supplies go through this line. And if they find out we're using the train to transport supplies, they'll definitely send people after us. Are you sure you don't want to blow it up?"

Ding Wei thought about it and said, "Alright, seeing that you brought so many good things, the Japanese will not take it lightly this time. It's better to blow it up. After all, the Japanese will have to repair it later, and we can also ambush them then."

"Hahaha, the bridge hasn't been blown up yet, but the ambush has already been planned. You won't be thinking about blowing up the bridge every day in the future, right?"

Ding Wei waved his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense. I, Ding Wei, never blow up a bridge."

Having said that, Ding Wei was very experienced in arranging the soldiers of the New Second Regiment to blow up the bridge.

At this time, the last batch of cargo was unloaded from the train. To be more precise, several Japanese soldiers were escorted off the train.

Kotaro Kotera was walking in front and was not tied up. There were only two soldiers watching him. He was a VIP client and the ransom was as high as more than 30,000 oceans and several kilograms of gold bars, so he enjoyed the treatment of not being tied up, but if he dared to run, he would be killed.

As for the two Japanese soldiers with Kotaro Kotaro, they were tied up. Both of them were poor, and their total assets were only more than 300 oceans, which was a disgrace to the Fourth Division. Li Yunlong was ready to offer 1,000 oceans. If the other party was unwilling to pay, he would take more than 200 oceans and turn them into 30 oceans. If they were willing to pay, the return would be seven or eight times, which was a good rate of return.

There was another Japanese soldier at the end, named Tani Shou Mizuno, who was the captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 23rd Regiment of the 6th Division, responsible for escorting the prisoners of war in Zhongtiao Mountain.

The rest of the Japanese soldiers in this infantry battalion had their heads chopped off and their bodies were thrown next to the train station without any time to deal with them.

The reason why this Tani Hisao Mizuno is still alive is entirely because he is Tani Hisao's son. Li Yunlong was reluctant to kill him with a knife, and planned to send him to reunite with Mukai Toshiaki and Noda Takeshi. Li Yunlong didn't know where Tani Hisao was now, so he first collected some interest from his son.

After everyone left the train, Zhang Dabiao led his men to start the final finishing work, dismantling the train bit by bit. The train that Li Yunlong was riding had several additional carriages so that more things could be taken down during the dismantling process.

In addition to the iron in the train carriages, which can be recycled and smelted to make weapons, it can also be made into large shields. The next time a stronghold is attacked, the soldiers can carry the iron lumps and advance forward 50 meters, which can reduce certain casualties.

In addition, the steam engine in the locomotive could be taken to an arsenal and used as a power source. The axles of the train could be used to manufacture cannons. The axles on the locomotive could be made into 150mm mortars, while the axles on the carriages could be made into 120mm mortars. The disadvantage was that the range was a bit short, but the caliber was large, making it considered heavy artillery, and a single shot could destroy some fortified structures. (Note 1)

There was no time to dismantle the previous three trains, but Li Yunlong had more time to dismantle this train. After all, the Japanese should have known about the fall of Datong and were probably busy going to Datong to investigate the situation. They had no time to pay attention to him.

Zhang Dabiao and others brought ready-made equipment. After derailing the train carriages, a group of people overturned the train and began to dismantle it. Although each component was heavy, they could not withstand the weight of the large number of people.

Thousands of people acted together, and soon all the axles of a train were dismantled and transported to the base in batches.

Li Yunlong took his men to Ping'an County.

When Li Yunlong rushed back to Ping'an County, the division commander and chief of staff had been waiting there for a long time.

"Division Commander, Chief of Staff!"

Seeing the two people coming, Li Yunlong immediately put away his cynical expression and greeted them seriously.

"Okay, kid, don't look so stern. If others see us, they might think we're here to rob you. Don't worry, we're not here to beg for alms."

The division commander jokingly said, then looked Li Yunlong up and down, nodded with satisfaction and said, "You kid, not bad. This time you gave the Japanese a big surprise, as well as Shancheng and that Yan Laoxi a big surprise."

When Li Yunlong heard that the two were not coming to ask him for supplies, he immediately relaxed. If these two came to ask him for supplies, Li Yunlong really wouldn't dare to refuse: "Hehe, it's all because of your good teaching. What kind of general leads what kind of soldiers, I learned it from you two."

"Stop talking nonsense. We came here to discuss something important with you."

Li Yunlong immediately took the division commander and others into the underground bunker. Although Li Yunlong left Ping'an County and went to Datong for about ten days, the Japanese bombing of Ping'an County did not stop, and there was a bombing almost every other day.

So the entire Ping'an County is basically a ruin except for a few houses under the ruins and some city walls. The only relatively intact building is the small wooden house where Toshiaki Mukai and Takeshi Noda stayed, and the monument that was rebuilt every time it was bombed by the Japanese.

"Why are you stationed here? Can you sleep well even if you are bombed every day?"

The division commander looked at Li Yunlong's underground bunker and couldn't help but smile and said, "We took over a county town, but ended up living in a cellar outside the city."

"We'd better waste as much ammunition as possible. Besides, they only have so many planes. If they bomb Ping'an County, they won't have any other planes to bomb other places. Besides, aerial bombs are not cheap, so the Japanese can bomb as much as they want."

"You're the only one with so many good ideas. Let's get down to business. What are you going to do with all the equipment that was delivered this time? Not only are you a capable fighter now, you've become a weapons expert. Headquarters is considering whether to send you to the rear to focus on development."

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Note 1: Thanks to fellow reader tds201 for his suggestion. I checked and confirmed that train axles can be made into mortars. Thanks for the suggestion. Also, thanks to the previous reader's review, which made the Japanese think Datong was occupied by Nationalist prisoners. Thanks! ~Great review, I'll keep it up next time, hahaha! ~

Chapter 223 Two Important Information

"Commander, the arsenal needs to be expanded. Black Cloud Mountain is a good choice for location. Although transportation is somewhat difficult, the terrain is easily defended and difficult to attack. I think we can continue to build a new arsenal at the foot of Black Cloud Mountain, placing some large equipment at the foot of the mountain, and then specialize in producing bullets and mining copper on the mountain."

Li Yunlong opened the map of Heiyun Mountain. Li Yunlong had spent some effort on this map. He had drawn the terrain of Heiyun Mountain and its surroundings clearly, and also marked the locations of various key places.

Three layers of defense circles were arranged outward from Black Cloud Mountain, with outer reconnaissance, and several passes in the middle as well as some valleys and paths as the main positions to block enemies from invading Black Cloud Mountain.

Finally, there is the defense of Black Cloud Mountain itself.

If there is real danger, Heiyun Mountain can directly blow up the big stone bridge and become an isolated mountain. At the same time, it also began to expand various caves inside Heiyun Mountain, so it is not afraid even if the Japanese bomb it every day.

"Two of these small mining machines can be transported to Black Cloud Mountain to collect copper ore. The remaining equipment can be distributed to various other mines, especially the iron ore mines. Our current iron ore production is still insufficient."

Li Yunlong pointed to some of our army's mining sites on the map. Taihang Mountain is a treasure trove with a wide variety of minerals. Li Yunlong even knew the location of the uranium mine in Taihang Mountain. Thanks to the benefits of being a time traveler, he once had the opportunity to see a complete design drawing of a centrifuge. Li Yunlong could reproduce it in his mind at this moment, but he didn't have the conditions now. Moreover, the drawing was too huge, and it would take at least one or two years to draw it by hand.

"But we won't be short of raw materials in the short term. The materials we brought back from Datong will be enough for us to use for a while. I've also designed a new rifle!"

Li Yunlong took out the notebook he carried with him and handed it to the division commander and chief of staff.