Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Ding Wei stood in the last row. He was mainly responsible for blowing up the bridge in this battle. He arrived in the second half of the night, but Li Yunlong did not forget his old comrade.

After everyone was in position, Li Yunlong stood up and looked back. He felt like something was missing, but he couldn't remember what it was. Everyone should be there.

"what happened?"

Zhao Gang and the others looked at Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "I always feel like something is missing, but I just can't remember it. Forget it, it's probably not important. Let's take a picture first."

Li Yunlong sat down next to Zhao Gang, then stretched out his rough big hand, held Zhao Gang's hand, and finally covered it with his left hand with force, looking a little excited.

"Come on, leaders, look at the camera. Captain Zhang, don't be nervous, relax. I'll count down, one, two, three!"

Li Yunlong smiled at the camera.

"Crack!"

The camera shutter is pressed and the moment is frozen.

Above the south gate of the city wall, the words "Yu County" are written. In the middle of the photo is Li Yunlong, with Zhao Gang on the right, the army commander on the left, and so on. Behind him stand more than a dozen regimental commanders and political commissars, as well as the commanders of various detachments of the independent column.

Everyone had a smile on their face with their mouth corners raised. This photo was later published everywhere, written into military history, and included in the Military Museum, numbered 101.

Standing not far away, Yang Xingru watched a group of people taking pictures and wanted to join in, and so did Commander He.

The annihilation of the Japanese Sixth Division was such an important historical moment. If I could also be recorded in it, it would be worth the trip. No matter how the times change in the future, this photo will be preserved and printed forever.

However, Li Yunlong did not invite both of them. If it was just Yang Xingru alone, Yang Xingru would definitely pull Li Yunlong to take a photo together, and at most give him some ammunition. But since Commander He was there, Yang Xingru still held back.

I'll talk to Li Yunlong alone later and take a few secret photos together.

“Don’t worry about wasting film, take two extra pictures!”

After taking one picture, Li Yunlong reminded people that it was easy to make mistakes when developing film these days, so they should take a few more pictures to be safe.

"Okay!"

Zhu Zhiming nodded and took a few more photos. In one of the photos, Li Yunlong playfully stuck out his tongue and made a "yeah" gesture when the photo was taken.

After the group photo, we started taking individual photos.

Finally, Yang Xingru got what he wanted. He painfully spent 500,000 bullets and 10,000 yuan to get the right to shake hands and take a photo with Li Yunlong under the wall of Yu County. This was the MVP settlement scene for annihilating an entire division, and the price was not the same as taking a photo with Ping'an County.

While Li Yunlong was celebrating his victory, the atmosphere inside the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters was terribly low.

"Report, we still can't contact Yu County."

"Keep calling, keep generating power, and make sure we contact the Sixth Division!"

"Hayi!"

Tada Shunhe and Chief of Staff Moritake Tanabe were extremely anxious at this time. They had not slept all night and had been in contact with the 6th Division by telegram. They also knew that the 6th Division might have been destroyed.

But he is unwilling to accept this fact.

On the table was a telegram sent half an hour ago by the commander of the 6th Division, Kanda Masatane.

"The enemy's firepower is fierce, and they have already captured most of Yu County. We have exhausted our ammunition, and reinforcements have not yet arrived. I am willing to lead the Sixth Division's Security Battalion in a final resistance. As the only division commander in the Empire who has never been captured, I, Kanda Masatane, feel ashamed to His Majesty the Heavenly Locust. May the Empire's military fortunes flourish. Long live the Empire. Kanda Masatane, Commander of the Empire's Sixth Division."

Although this telegram did not ask for help, its content explained everything. The division commander needed to lead the last guard battalion to fight the final battle. This was the final preparation for death.

"Where are the reinforcements? What's the 4th Division doing? Are they all suffering from diarrhea again? And what's the 20th Division doing? And where are the reinforcements from Jingxing?"

At this time, Tada Shun was still unwilling to accept that an entire division was surrounded and annihilated by the Eighth Route Army. If this was true, then all the Japanese in Shanxi Province would be in danger.

Although a Type A division lost an infantry regiment, it still had more than 20,000 people and was still defending the city. If it was completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in less than 24 hours, how many cities in the entire Shanxi Province could they defend?

Changzhi? Yangquan? Jinzhong? Taiyuan? Even if we put a division in each of these cities, we wouldn't necessarily be able to hold them.

"Commander, we must prepare for the worst. The Sixth Division may..." Tanabe Moritake was silent for a long time before suddenly speaking.

At this point, they had to accept the fact that the Sixth Division might really be destroyed en masse.

"Baga! What on earth is the 4th Division doing? They only managed to get there in less than 20 kilometers overnight. They could have crawled there!"

At this time, in the 4th Division, Yamashita Tomotake had become immune to the telegrams sent by the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters. He now had only one thought: Zhong Ming Daxiang must catch the Eighth Route Army's marching pot.

"Report, telegram from the 8th Regiment!"

Yamashita Fengwu, who had also not slept all night, was drowsy at this time. After hearing the telegram from the 8th Regiment, he immediately became alert.

"bring here."

"..."

Chapter 267 The Fourth Division Fights All Night

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone. Although we failed to capture the Eighth Route Army's marching pot, we tried our best. The battle last night was extremely fierce and thrilling. You all did a great job!"

"Your Excellency, Commander, I am ashamed to have let the marching pot of Zhina escape!"

A Japanese captain bowed with a look of shame.

"Please punish me, Captain!"

Zhong Ming Daxiang shook his head and said, "Forget it. It's not that you guys didn't work hard, but that the Chinese were too cunning. Let's count the ammunition consumption last night."

"Hayi!"

A group of Japanese captains immediately took out the list they had prepared long ago and presented it to Zhongming Daxiang.

The Japanese commanders of other regiments were doing the same thing and began to count the ammunition losses.

"Ah, to think we'd lose so much ammunition."

Zhong Ming Daxiang said with some surprise after seeing the report from the regiment that it had consumed 500,000 rounds of ammunition.

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency the Regiment Commander, the Eighth Route Army's firepower is extremely fierce. We fought all night..."

"Send a telegram to the division commander. My unit fought fiercely with the Eighth Route Army all night, but failed to capture their marching pots. We are running out of ammunition. Please resupply."

"Hayi!"

Yamashita Tomotake looked at the contents of the telegram with a somewhat ugly expression, especially after seeing that the ammunition was almost exhausted, he almost understood what had happened. He was not a fool. He came to the 4th Division with the task of training the 4th Division. He did not expect that in more than a year, not only had the training not been completed, but the 4th Division's habit of reselling supplies and smuggling goods had become more and more serious.

"Baga, these bastards!"

Yamashita Tomoyuki cursed in his heart. Although he really wanted to send a telegram right away to expose their trick and ask them to come back with the shells to replenish ammunition, Yamashita Tomoyuki knew that he could not expose it. The Eighth Regiment and other regiments were also playing tricks, and he had to cooperate with them in the show.

These bastards are blackmailing me.

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

As the closest unit to Yu County, Yamashita Fengwu received numerous telegrams from the headquarters overnight, urging his 4th Division to support Yu County as soon as possible.

As dawn approached, the urging became more urgent, and Yamashita Tomotake knew that the 6th Division might be doomed.

The Eighth Route Army mobilized a heavy firepower force that could destroy an infantry regiment within a few minutes to deal with the reinforcements. Then the Eighth Route Army in Yun County must have more heavy firepower, and the Sixth Division would definitely not be able to stop it.

As for where the Eighth Route Army got so much heavy firepower, it was no longer his concern at the moment. Anyway, all the artillery of the 4th Division's field artillery regiment was there. Yamashita Fengwu made a special inspection and then felt relieved.

He needed to distance himself from the encirclement and annihilation of the 6th Division and not become a scapegoat like Kuroda Shigenori.

The Sixth Division was annihilated. When a division is annihilated, someone must be held accountable. As long as Kanda Masatane is not a fool, he will definitely fight to the death. The Japanese will regard a division commander who dies in battle as a hero and will not take the blame.

So there are only a few people who need to be held responsible for this defeat, including Commander of the North China Expeditionary Army, Tada Shun, Commander of the First Army, Prince Asaka Naruhiko, and the Fourth Division which is closest to the Sixth Division.

At most, Tada Shun's command was incompetent. After all, this battle was not planned by him. The planner was Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko. However, he was Tian Huang's uncle, and was seriously injured and was being rescued in Taiyuan Hospital. It was impossible for him to take the blame.

Then there would only be the Fourth Division left, which was poorly supported. Someone would definitely blame the Fourth Division. If the Fourth Division could reach Yu County, perhaps the Sixth Division would be able to break through and avoid being completely wiped out.

Yamashita Fengwu knew very well that if he didn't want to take the blame, he could only admit that Zhong Ming Daxiang and others were indeed ambushed by the Eighth Route Army troops, and that they were the main force of the division. The Fourth Division fought bloody battles for a day and a night and failed to support Yun County. Only in this way could he get rid of the blame.

"asshole!"

Yamashita Fengwu said this somewhat unwillingly, but he had no choice but to say, "Send a telegram to the headquarters. My unit was ambushed by the main force of the Eighth Route Army division near Yulin Ridge. Most of the 61st Regiment was killed. The remaining troops fought fiercely with the Eighth Route Army all night and suffered heavy losses. Ammunition depletion is huge. We need ammunition supplies and request tactical guidance!"

"Hayi!"

Yamashita Tomotake knew that by doing this he might have to bear the punishment of failing to provide adequate support, but compared to the big blame of the Sixth Division's demise, failing to provide adequate support would at most result in harsh criticism, and the punishment would not be too severe.

"You bunch of bastards, I will deal with you sooner or later. You are a bunch of parasites of the empire, scum, and a disgrace!" Yamashita Fengwu had cursed Zhong Ming Daxiang and others a hundred times in his heart, but he was helpless.

At this time in Yu County, after taking photos, all that was left was to clean up the battlefield.

"Commander, do you want the spare parts for these Japanese mountain and field artillery?"

After being bombarded by a round of 107mm artillery, most of the mountain guns and field guns were destroyed, but some were blown into scrap metal, while some were still intact.

"Tear them all down and take them back. If they're broken, we'll remelt them to make steel. Also, keep the barrels if they're good."

"Yes!"

"Commander, where are the devil's bodies?"

"Corpses, first use a car to pull these devil corpses to a nearby hilltop. There's no need to bury them. I'll contact the devils and they'll be sold quickly. Count the number."

"Yes!"

"Commander, where are the spoils?"

"Distribute some of the light and heavy machine guns, mortars, and grenade launchers to the brother units, and take the rifles with you. We are short of rifles right now!"

"Yes!"

The large force led by Zhao Gang has rushed back, and Li Yunlong's independent column is about to usher in a new wave of military expansion. Li Yunlong still has a lot of mortars and grenade launchers.

However, the number of rifles was not enough. Datong seized more than 10,000 rifles, plus the more than 5,000 rifles originally purchased for reserves, for a total of more than 15,000 rifles.

There were more than 32,000 Kuomintang troops who followed the independent column to the base, plus nearly 40,000 miners. These people could form a team of at least 20,000 or even more.

"Yes!"

"Report, Commander, the outer reconnaissance unit reports that two Japanese infantry battalions are approaching from Jingxing, approximately ten kilometers from Yu County."

"Jingxing?"

After hearing this, Li Yunlong walked to the front of the map and asked, "Where are Deputy Commander Che and Deputy Political Commissar Liu?"

"Clean up the battlefield in Yu County!"

"Call them over, there's a combat mission!"

The 11th and 12th detachments arrived in Yu County around 4 pm yesterday afternoon.

Li Yunlong had no time to greet them. After the Japanese bombers left, he ordered the 11th and 12th detachments to join the battle.

In Yu County.