Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Hearing this, the three regimental commanders exchanged glances. The commander of the 763rd Regiment said, "Captain Huang Zhiyong, right? Go back and tell Commander Li to rest assured. From Wenchang Mountain to Paotai Liang, whether the Japanese want to escape or reinforcements want to get in, there's only one way: to step over the corpses of our Liang army!"

"Yes, tell Li Yunlong, no, Commander Li!"

"..."

Huang Zhiyong immediately saluted and said, "Please rest assured, three regimental commanders, I will definitely pass on your words to our commander!"

"Go!"

At the same time, the 771st and 772nd Regiments located in Hongmiao Mountain also received ammunition sent by Li Yunlong.

Each regiment was given 100,000 rounds of ammunition. In addition, each regiment was given 20 grenade launchers, 4 mortars and 200 artillery shells to enhance the firepower of each unit.

Li Yunlong had no intention of taking these things back. As long as he could defeat the Japanese Sixth Division, these supplies would be nothing.

In Li Yunlong's command center, the division commander, brigade commander and chief of staff all came to the command center.

However, he did not interfere with Li Yunlong's command, but smoked on the side and helped Li Yunlong find out the omissions and fill in the gaps.

In this battle, the headquarters provided Li Yunlong with a total of twelve regiments with more than 20,000 people to help. In addition to several main regiments, there were six regiments on standby in the rear as reserves.

Together with Li Yunlong's own independent column, there are nearly 20,000 people, and all the people add up to more than 50,000 people. For Li Yunlong, this is a time to test his command ability, and it is an examination of his ability by the headquarters.

Commanding a battle of 50,000 people is completely different from commanding a battle of 10,000 or 20,000 people. Various issues need to be considered. The simplest one is material supply, followed by various on-the-spot responses, etc.

This is based on the fact that the Eighth Route Army at that time was composed of infantry and had no mechanized troops. Otherwise, they would have to consider various issues such as fuel. This is why many people in later generations only talk about the macro level when talking about war, and will not talk about a battle or campaign in detail, because the things to consider are too complicated and tedious, and ordinary people without training cannot command a battle at all.

Except for a very small number of geniuses who can learn these things without a teacher, the rest need systematic learning and then combined with practical experience to gradually master them.

This time, the division commander and others are like invigilators, to see how Li Yunlong performs this time. If Li Yunlong does well, then they will be able to safely hand over military operations of tens of thousands of people to Li Yunlong in the future.

"Report, the 23rd Regiment of the 6th Division is moving from Huashan to Yu County. The 772nd Regiment is inquiring whether they need to stop them!"

"No need to block them, let them in. Once the Japanese troops come in, immediately block the entrance!"

"Yes!"

After hearing that the last regiment of the Japanese 6th Division had also entered the encirclement, a smile appeared on Li Yunlong's face. He asked Zhao Gang to bring his men to the vicinity of Yu County in order to attract all the main forces of the Japanese to the Yu County Basin area, concentrate superior firepower, and eat them all out.

If the various regiments of the Sixth Division were separated into different areas, it would be difficult to defeat them all at once. However, now that all the forces of the Sixth Division are concentrated in Yu County, it has become much easier.

At the same time, in the Sixth Division headquarters, Division Commander Kanda Masatane was listening to reports from his subordinates.

"Report, headquarters has sent a telegram. A large number of Eighth Route Army troops have appeared around our unit. The main force of the Eighth Route Army is suspected to have appeared south of Yu County. Command believes that the Eighth Route Army is likely to launch an encirclement against our troops!"

"Humph, they've surrounded us? They don't have the ability to wipe out our Sixth Division!"

"Has the 23rd Regiment returned?"

"Your Excellency, the Division Commander, the 23rd Regiment has passed Huashan. The 23rd Regiment reports that they have discovered traces of Eighth Route Army troops near Huashan, but they have not launched an attack on them. Someone is watching them from the mountain."

Kanda Masatane tapped his fingers lightly on the map and said slowly, "Ignore these peripheral troops. Order the 23rd Regiment to station five kilometers south of Yu County and establish a defensive position."

"Hayi!"

Kanda Masatane also discovered that the Eighth Route Army had surrounded the Yu County Basin, but he was not panicked at all. The only thing that worried him was the 23rd Regiment that had been sent to be stationed ten kilometers away. He was worried that the 23rd Regiment would be eaten up by Li Yunlong's independent column.

Now the 23rd Regiment has also returned to Yun County. The entire Yun County Sixth Division has more than 20,000 troops, and the Fourth Division is stationed in Yangquan 40 kilometers away. If the Eighth Route Army dares to launch an attack on the Sixth Division, the Fourth Division can immediately go north and join the Sixth Division to encircle the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Moreover, the mission of the Sixth Division was to lure the Eighth Route Army to the vicinity of Yun County, and then use poison gas bombs to catch the Eighth Route Army off guard and completely defeat the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Independent Column. No, now it was to defeat Li Yunlong's Independent Column and then defeat the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area.

"Send electricity to Taiyuan. Our unit has attracted the main force of the Eighth Route Army and can carry out the Fox Extermination Plan!"

"Hayi!"

"Order the 45th Regiment to put on chemical protective suits and await the order to attack!"

"Hayi!"

"Order the field artillery regiment to enter the firing position..."

At this time, in Li Yunlong's command center, time passed by little by little. Li Yunlong continued to issue various orders and adjust the combat plan.

"Report, scouts report, the location of the Japanese field artillery regiment has been discovered!"

"where is it?"

"Here, three kilometers south of Yu County."

Li Yunlong quickly found the location on the map, and a smile appeared on his originally calm face. The biggest obstacle to defeating the Sixth Division was the Japanese field artillery regiment, which he had finally found. The disadvantage was that there were no planes and no air superiority, and it was difficult to obtain the enemy's specific deployment.

In order to find the enemy's heavy weapons, reconnaissance personnel need to explore bit by bit. If there is a plane, they can fly directly over the enemy's head to find clues.

"Tell the rocket artillery battalion the location. Tell them that once they are ready, they don't need to ask for permission. Just fire and destroy the enemy's field artillery regiment."

"Yes!"

ps: I saw a comment saying that there is only Yu County but no Meng County in Jin Province. What I wrote was Yu County.

Chapter 246 You are as ridiculous as your bunker

"Artillery battalion, assemble, assemble!"

After receiving the order, the rocket artillery battalion commander Chu Qiwen calculated the most suitable firing position, distributed the position to each artillery company, and the rocket artillery battalion began to assemble.

The soldiers of the rocket artillery battalion rushed to the rocket artillery they were responsible for. Four of them ran while pulling a rocket launcher, followed by ammunition handlers carrying rockets.

"Firing position number two, target south three, one round of rapid fire, no need to report, quick, quick, quick!"

After the company commanders of each rocket artillery company received the location of the firing position and the target position, they ran while issuing combat missions to each rocket artillery platoon.

A rocket artillery company has three rocket artillery platoons, each rocket artillery platoon has two 107mm rocket launchers. The number of people in each rocket artillery platoon exceeds that of an infantry platoon. A platoon has fifty people, divided into six squads.

Two operating squads plus four ammunition supply squads.

The operation team is responsible for the assembly and transportation of rocket launchers, while the supply team is only responsible for the transportation of ammunition.

Soon the first rocket artillery platoon entered the No. 2 firing position. The platoon leader observed the target direction with a telescope: "The target is three kilometers south, seven kilometers away, the muzzle is forty-five degrees, and the warhead is deflected twelve degrees!"

The aiming method of the 107 rocket launcher is different from that of ordinary artillery. The launcher is just a launcher, and the actual aiming still depends on the rotation angle of the warhead of the rocket launcher shell itself.

The warhead has a deflection device, and the degree of deflection determines the range and shooting angle of the rocket. If you want to attack at the maximum distance, there is no need to correct the angle of the warhead.

After hearing the order, the ammunition loader immediately turned the rocket warhead according to the degree lines engraved on the warhead. After all of them were turned to twelve degrees, they lined up and stuffed the rockets into the launcher one by one.

"Cannon number five is ready!"

"put!"

Without any unnecessary steps, after the sixteen rockets were loaded, the platoon leader immediately gave the order to attack.

"Cannon No. 6 is ready!"

"put!"

Another sixteen rockets flew out from the launcher one after another, and the ground behind the launch pad became scorching hot because of the tail flame.

At this time, the remaining rocket launchers were also prepared one after another and started shelling directly.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!..."

"call out……"

The sound of rocket launchers was endless. The rocket artillery battalion's eighteen rocket launchers and 288 rockets flew towards the Japanese field artillery regiment in the distance.

This is already half of the rocket artillery company's ammunition reserves. During this period, the Heiyunshan Arsenal worked overtime to produce less than 107 rockets. Kong Jie took away rockets, and the rest were all concentrated in the artillery battalion.

However, Li Yunlong did not feel any distress. He knew very well that using less than 300 rockets to kill the Japanese field artillery regiment could at least reduce the casualties of the attacking forces by thousands.

The Japanese artillery was very accurate, especially the artillery of the Type A division.

Take the Osaka Division, known as the cowardly division, as an example. When it attacked the Corregidor Fortress in Southeast Asia, it destroyed 24 bunkers with 25 artillery shells, almost one bunker per shell.

If the artillery of the 4th Division has this capability, what about the artillery of other divisions of the Japanese devils?

If the Japanese field artillery regiment cannot be destroyed before the war, once the troops launch a charge on the Japanese positions, they will have to rely on piles of lives to have a chance of taking down the Japanese positions.

The 75th Division was a packhorse division, so its field artillery regiment had a total of thirty-six mm mountain guns and twelve mm field guns.

Among them, the mountain artillery is actually a castrated version of the field artillery. The range of the 75mm mountain artillery used by the Japanese is about 6 kilometers, but the range of the field artillery with the same 75mm caliber can reach 8.2 kilometers, and the power of the artillery shells is greater.

At this time, the field artillery regiment of the 6th Division was setting up artillery positions. The construction of the positions in the south of Yun County was also a consideration, because the Japanese discovered the main force of the Eighth Route Army operating in the south of Yun County and knew that they were now surrounded.

Although the independent column coming out of Mount Wutai in the north has a large number of people, it is impossible for them to carry heavy firepower because they have to cross mountains and ridges. If they want to attack the Sixth Division, they mainly rely on infantry and light weapons. The infantry artillery carried by the artillery squadron in the regiment under the Sixth Division can deal with troops without heavy firepower.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army in the south might be hiding in the surrounding mountains with heavy weapons. For example, Li Yunlong's independent column had two heavy artillery pieces with a caliber of more than 100 mm, as well as unknown weapons that could easily destroy artillery towers. This was the intelligence sent by the 13th Regiment before its death.

Therefore, the Japanese field artillery regiment was deployed south of Yun County to deal with the heavy firepower of the Eighth Route Army.

"Dig the gun pits more solidly and reinforce the bunkers. The troops there also have heavy artillery!" A Japanese artillery commander stood in front of an artillery position, directing his artillerymen to reinforce the trenches.

In the trench, a 75mm field gun was in place, with the barrel raised high towards the hilltop south of Yu County.

"Hayi!"

Several Japanese soldiers immediately began digging to reinforce the field artillery bunkers, ensuring that if any shells fell around, their guns would not be affected and could fire normally.

Fifty meters away, artillerymen were reinforcing the field artillery bunkers. Not far ahead, the Japanese from the mountain artillery battalion were digging mountain artillery bunkers. In addition, the Japanese from the 23rd Regiment were digging defensive positions in front of them.

In order to be able to take care of the north and south sides, the Japanese dug these artillery positions very wide. If the north of Yun County needed artillery support, they could also turn the gun barrel within a few minutes to provide artillery support to the troops in the north.

"Captain, who would really attack Yu County?"

A Japanese artilleryman took out a pack of Sakura cigarettes and handed it to the artillery commander who was giving orders.

"Sakura cigarettes, where did you buy them? They're a rare commodity."

The Japanese troops would also provide cigarettes, but they were not Sakura brand. Sakura brand was the Japanese native cigarette, and it was difficult for these Japanese soldiers to smoke it after leaving their homeland.

"I bought it from the Fourth Division for one dollar." (Note 1)

"The Fourth Division? You can actually buy anything there!"

As the gunner spoke, he took the cigarette, took a puff and said, "I hope some unit will come over and die. That way, we can get another military achievement and I can get promoted to a lieutenant sooner!"

Hearing the gunner's words, the Japanese artilleryman said with a flattering smile: "Captain, don't forget us after you get promoted..."

Before the Japanese artilleryman could finish his words, he saw a black speck in the sky in the distance flying towards them. He couldn't help but ask curiously, "Captain, what is that?"

"Nani?"

The Japanese gunner turned his head and saw a strange scene in the distant sky.

Black dots with tail flames were flying towards them.

Although he had never seen a rocket, as an artilleryman, and the commander of a field gun, he immediately realized that this was definitely not a bird, but most likely a cannonball. Birds and airplanes definitely don't look like this when flying.