Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Yes!"

Long Wenjian followed a soldier named Xiao Liu and immediately moved to the side along the trench. At this time, the Japanese artillery also began to exert its strength, continuously bombarding the front-line positions.

"boom!"

A shell exploded not far from Long Wenjian and others, and the mud it kicked up fell on a group of people.

Xiao Liu patted himself and spat, "They're just bullying us because we've used up all the rockets we brought to Datong. Otherwise, I'd call in 107mm rockets to blow up these Japanese artillery pieces."

"107 rocket, what is that?"

Long Wenjian and a group of Kuomintang soldiers looked over like curious babies.

At this time, a soldier named Xiao Liu suddenly saw a meteor streaking across the sky in the distance. Worried about not being able to explain it, he pointed to the sky and said, "That's it, look!"

"meteor?"

Long Wenjian and others looked up in the direction of Xiao Liu's finger. Three shells with tail flames flew across the sky and fell into the Japanese position.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

Three huge explosions were heard, accompanied by some secondary explosions, and the artillery squadron position of the Japanese 45th Regiment was destroyed.

"Don't be dazed. We've destroyed the Japanese artillery. Now it's up to us!"

After Xiao Liu finished speaking, he took his weapons and led Long Wenjian and others to continue to encircle the flank.

In the 23rd Regiment, after Okamoto Shin'o briefly reported what happened on the battlefield to the 8th Regiment, he instructed the signalman to curse Zhong Ming Daxiang a few times, and the anger in his heart was slightly reduced.

But it was useless to get angry now, the ammunition was almost used up, and the Eighth Route Army's attack had not stopped.

"Send a telegram to the division commander immediately. Our unit has suffered heavy losses and requires tactical guidance!"

"Hayi!"

At this time in Yu County, Kanda Masatane was also listening to telegrams sent from various directions.

"Report, the 45th Regiment has sent a telegram: the independent column has broken through their third line of defense. The artillery squadron was hit by a missile and completely destroyed! Requesting tactical guidance!"

"Order the 47th Regiment's artillery squadron to provide artillery support to the 45th Regiment!"

"Hayi!"

"Report, the 23rd Regiment is in distress. The main force of the Eighth Route Army has broken through four of their defense lines in succession. Requesting tactical guidance!"

"Baga, have the Engineer Regiment build a defense line beneath the Yu County wall. Tell the 23rd Regiment to hold out for an hour!"

"Hayi!"

"Report, telegram from the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters."

Kanda Masatane perked up immediately after hearing this, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw: "Read it!"

"The 4th Division has been ordered to reinforce the north. Zhangjiakou and Sijiucheng Airports have been ordered to dispatch aircraft for support. The Wuhan Heavy Bomb Flying Squadron has taken off!"

"Finally, there's some good news!"

Kanda Masatane smiled and said, "Distribute this message to all the troops, tell them that our reinforcements will arrive soon, and order them to hold their positions. Once the reinforcements arrive, it's time for us to strike back!"

"Hayi!"

"Report, telegram from the 4th Division!"

"Read!"

"Commander Yamashita Fengwu of the 4th Division has sent a telegram. The 8th, 37th, 61st, and 70th Regiments of the 4th Division have all set out!"

Kanda Masatane breathed a sigh of relief.

The bad news he had just received gave Kanda Masatane the illusion that the 6th Division would be destroyed in Yu County.

"Eat up our Sixth Division?"

Kanda Masatane couldn't help but shook his head and put this ridiculous idea behind him. He thought that he might be under too much pressure and there was something wrong with his brain.

"Reinforcements are finally coming!"

The 4th Division was less than 40 kilometers away from the 6th Division. If they hurried at full speed and used transportation equipment such as cars and three-wheeled motorcycles, the vanguard would be able to reach Yu County in six hours, no, maybe five hours.

Chapter 256 Report: The Japs Are Out of Bullets

8th Regiment of the 4th Division.

Zhong Ming Daxiang looked at the telegram sent by Okamoto Zhenxiong, his face became heavy, and there was surprise and suspicion in his eyes.

"Li Yunlong's troops actually have such powerful firepower?"

Looking at the content in the telegram about the destruction of the field artillery regiment, Zhong Ming Daxiang's suspicion turned into surprise, and he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

A wave of missile bombardment completely destroyed the field artillery regiment. What were missiles? A new weapon for the Eighth Route Army? Where did it come from? I had never heard of it.

An unknown sense of fear came over him. Li Yunlong actually had an unknown weapon that could destroy the field artillery regiment.

Thinking of this, Zhong Ming Daxiang couldn't help but shudder. If these missiles fell on the Eighth Regiment, the Eighth Regiment would probably suffer heavy losses.

Turning around and picking up the telegram that Li Yunlong had just sent, Zhongming Daxiang suddenly felt that the content of Li Yunlong's telegram was not unacceptable. General Li Yunlong was still relatively kind and did not want to take action against him. He just warned him. He was a little ungrateful.

Well, I spoke a little loudly just now.

"It's really surprising, General Li Yunlong!"

Zhong Ming Daxiang sighed, and at this time the signalman came in: "Report, the division commander sent a telegram, urging our troops to set out as soon as possible to support the Sixth Division!"

Hearing this, Zhong Ming Daxiang couldn't help but sigh. Although he didn't want to wade into this muddy water, he couldn't disobey the division commander's order. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I understand. Tell the division commander that our troops have already set off."

After hearing this, Kota Kota looked at the regiment commander and said, "Sir, are we really going to support the Sixth Division?"

"Well, support us. After all, we can't openly disobey orders. General Li Yunlong has already told us that we only need to stay within 15 kilometers of Yu County. This is also a good opportunity to settle accounts. Koji-kun, you must remember that our Eighth Regiment did not resell supplies. Those are just our normal losses. Let's stick to the previous plan and provide support!"

"Like aid? Ha Yi, I understand."

"Let's talk to the other regiment commanders. Our main goal this time is to settle our accounts and fire all the ammunition we've sold!"

"Hayi!"

The 4th Division moved. The 8th, 37th, 61st and 70th Regiments all set out from their own defense zones and marched towards Yu County along different roads.

However, except for the 61st Regiment, the speed of the other troops was not fast.

In the headquarters of the 4th Division, Yamashita Tomotake breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that several regiments had set off. He had been transferred to the 4th Division for some time and was supposed to be transferred away, but His Royal Highness the Prince suddenly transferred him from Baoding to Taiyuan, so he continued to serve as the commander of the 4th Division.

Yamashita Tomotake doesn't want to be the commander of this crappy division anymore. Except for a few staff officers he brought with him, all his subordinates are hypocritical and he is considered lucky if they can execute 30% of his orders. In Yamashita Tomotake's view, these Osaka people are the shame of the empire and they should all be thrown into mining, which is better than letting them go to the battlefield.

Every move of the Japanese Fourth Division was monitored by the Eighth Route Army troops.

Some peripheral district squads and county battalions were keeping an eye on the various regiments of the Japanese Fourth Division. Li Yunlong had already received the news after the various regiments of the Fourth Division were dispatched.

"Are you dispatched?"

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes slightly. Since the Japanese didn't want to be decent, he would help them to be decent.

"Order Chu Qiwen to immediately withdraw his rocket artillery battalion from the artillery position and head ten kilometers south to await orders!"

"Yes!"

"Order the Ninth Detachment and the New Fourth Battalion to follow the Rocket Artillery Battalion and march ten kilometers south to await orders!"

"Yes!"

Li Yunlong planned to destroy the fastest-moving regiment of the 4th Division to make the Japanese think twice. It would be best if he could scare the 4th Division so that they would not dare to provide support.

If the Fourth Division really came to support regardless of the consequences, the more than 20,000 Japanese soldiers, although they had little ammunition, would still be a problem.

The fighting on the front lines continues.

After receiving the telegram from the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters, the morale of the Sixth Division improved significantly. However, the problem facing the Sixth Division was that the 23rd and 45th Regiments were running out of ammunition.

"Insufficient ammunition? How is that possible!"

Kanda Masatane's eyes widened when he saw the 230th Regiment's call for assistance. How long had the battle begun? An hour? And an entire regiment was already running low on ammunition?

"Ha Yi, the 23rd Regiment reports that after the field artillery regiment was destroyed, the Eighth Route Army launched a fierce attack on their position. They barely managed to hold the line with the help of light and heavy machine guns."

Kanda Masatane had already thought of a possibility. It was impossible for a division's ammunition reserves to be used up in one hour, even if the heavy machine guns kept firing, because it was impossible for the heavy machine guns to provide continuous fire suppression for an hour. People could withstand it, but the gun barrels could not.

Someone must have resold supplies and sold a large amount of ammunition, otherwise this situation would never have happened.

Reselling supplies was very common among the Japanese army, but this was the first time they had encountered such a situation where too much was sold, affecting combat missions.

"These bastards!"

Now is not the time to assign blame. We can only hold on until reinforcements arrive, repel the Eighth Route Army, and then settle the score. We must defend Yu County first.

"Immediately order the Quartermaster Regiment to deliver supplies to the 23rd Regiment. Let them hold on!"

"Hayi!"

After the commander of the 23rd Regiment's Quartermaster Regiment hung up the phone from headquarters, he sighed and said, "Immediately allocate 200,000 rounds of ammunition to the 23rd Regiment. Quick!"

After hearing this, the deputy regiment commander said embarrassedly: "Two hundred thousand rounds of ammunition have been sent out, and our ammunition reserves only have four hundred thousand rounds left. What if later..."

"Send out some first, then report that they were attacked by Eighth Route Army artillery fire, and then send more!"

The deputy commander's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Your Excellency, Commander, that's brilliant! It's truly brilliant!"

The commander sighed helplessly. What the hell was so tall? This was what he had just learned after sending a telegram to Zhongming Daxiang for advice.

Those bastards from the Fourth Division had already thought of various contingency plans when they were selling supplies. No matter what happened, they could deal with it calmly. Although it was not the first time for him, it was the first time that he sold out more than half of the reserve ammunition.

"Go!"

"Hayi! Your Excellency, Captain, how much damage have you reported?"

"The first batch will be 400,000, and the second batch will be 200,000."

After removing the 400,000 in water and adding the remaining ammunition reserves, if we do it again, we can almost settle the account.

The forward position of the 23rd Division.

After Milong killed a Japanese soldier with one shot, another Japanese soldier rushed towards him with a bayonet. When Gu Xiaomai saw this, he immediately pulled out his pistol and shot the Japanese soldier dead.