Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Chapter 48: The Japanese Bombers Attack

"How are the casualties at the field hospital? What are the casualties among the soldiers in the regiment?"

When Li Yunlong led his troops back to Yixiantian, he asked about the situation immediately.

After being attacked at Yixiantian yesterday, Li Yunlong received a telegram from Zhao Gang and immediately led the cavalry battalion to rush towards the regiment headquarters. He finally returned to Yixiantian in the morning.

"The field hospital needs to be rebuilt. The entire platoon of soldiers stationed there have been killed. Sixteen wounded have been killed. Seven medical staff have been injured and two have been killed. A significant amount of medicine has been lost!"

"The Second Battalion lost over seventy people, all of whom died in the pursuit, but they also killed seventy-three Japanese soldiers."

Zhao Gang quickly reported the losses. Li Yunlong's face turned grim after hearing about the losses. He slowly said, "Take me to see the dead bodies of the devils!"

On the open space outside the ruins of the Yixiantian Field Hospital, the bodies of Japanese soldiers from the Yamamoto Special Forces were carried down from the mountain and various places and neatly lined up on the open space.

Li Yunlong glanced at the corpses of the Japanese devils and his face looked a little ugly.

Originally, Li Yunlong thought that after the Yangcun ambush, Yamamoto's special forces had been wiped out by him, and Yamamoto Ikki could not cause any big trouble, but he did not expect that Yamamoto's special forces could make a comeback.

"Did you kill Yamamoto Ikki?"

Zhao Gang shook his head. "We've only found the bodies of two Japanese lieutenant colonels, not the colonel! The Second Battalion still has troops pursuing him, so he can't escape."

"Oh shit!"

Li Yunlong kicked the Japanese corpse on the ground and said: "Chop off the head and burn it. The damn Japanese are good at sneak attacks!"

Li Yunlong is very angry now. The ambush in Yangcun was because he knew the plot and made preparations in advance, so the Yamamoto Special Forces did not succeed. This time, it was also because he saw the Japanese battlefield observation group and immediately reacted and ordered to strengthen the vigilance, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

"Damn it, since the Japs love decapitation operations so much, I'm going to teach them a lesson on what a real decapitation operation is!"

A plan had already appeared in Li Yunlong's mind. Who doesn't know how to perform a decapitation operation? If the Japanese can perform a decapitation operation, then he can do it too. And if he wants to perform it, he has to perform it on a big scale!

But at this moment, black spots suddenly appeared in the distant sky.

"The devil's plane!"

"Commander, the Japanese planes are coming!"

"hidden!"

"Quick, hide!"

"Sound the air raid alarm and notify the people at the arsenal to evacuate immediately!"

"Have the machine gunners prepare for air defense and see if they can shoot down a Japanese plane!"

Li Yunlong also noticed the black spot in the distance and immediately gave the order.

Soon, the soldiers of the new regiment began to retreat behind some surrounding bunkers, but no one was seen running out of the arsenal.

After seeing this scene, Li Yunlong immediately jumped on his horse and rushed towards the arsenal. When Li Yunlong arrived at the arsenal, he found that the workers inside were moving some equipment.

The punching machine, stamping machine and improved generator made by Li Yunlong were being carried by them with difficulty.

"Retreat quickly, hurry up. If we lose the equipment, we can rebuild it, but we can't lose the people!"

"Captain Li, these devices are the treasures of our arsenal. If..."

Director Yang shouted at Li Yunlong anxiously at this time.

"This is an order. Evacuate immediately. Take away all equipment. Quick!"

"Captain Li!"

"This is an order. Hurry up, I'll make you the missing equipment!"

Seeing Li Yunlong's unquestionable tone, Director Yang sighed and said, "Yes!"

"Everyone put down your equipment and move immediately!"

Although Director Yang gave the order, some workers still held on to some parts.

Li Yunlong could only fire into the air and said, "Everyone, drop everything in your hands and evacuate immediately after leaving the house. Don't gather together!"

Frightened by Li Yunlong's empty shot into the sky, the surrounding workers immediately dropped what they were holding and began to evacuate.

The Japanese planes in the distance were getting closer and closer, and a black dot the size of a sesame seed had become the size of a soybean.

After seeing the people in the arsenal begin to evacuate quickly, Li Yunlong immediately jumped on his horse and rushed towards the surrounding bunkers.

I happened to run into a group of medical staff from a field hospital who were escorting the wounded to transfer.

"Throw away the things and give me the people!"

Li Yunlong jumped directly off his warhorse, rolled twice on the ground, and came to a doctor who was carrying a medical box and supporting a seriously injured soldier.

"Ah, Captain Li?"

The doctor was frightened when he saw Li Yunlong, but he still followed Li Yunlong's instructions and threw away the medical box on his body. Li Yunlong carried the seriously injured person beside him on his back and ran towards the woods not far away.

By the time Li Yunlong rushed into the woods carrying the wounded, the planes in the distance were already visible to the naked eye.

Six Japanese bombers were flying at low altitude in the air, constantly observing the situation below.

There was no bombing when flying over the Yitiantian Basin, which made many people feel a little relieved.

However, after flying for a distance, these bombers immediately turned around in the air, and at the same time began to continue to lower their altitude and fly towards the narrow gap again.

This time the altitude from the ground was even lower, and no more bombs were dropped.

"Captain Li, what are these planes doing?"

The doctor next to him couldn't help but ask in a low voice after watching the plane fly over his head twice.

"Re-identify the target. Without ground guidance, they can only find the target visually. They will bomb immediately!"

Just as Li Yunlong said, after the plane flew over the Yitiantian Basin for the second time, it circled again and returned to Yitiantian. This time, the bomb bay door on the lower belly of the Japanese bomber had been opened.

"call out!"

"call out!"

"call out……"

The sound of heavy objects falling through the air was heard above Yitiantian. Aerial bombs were thrown out from the belly of the planes and fell towards the buildings in the Yitiantian basin.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

A series of explosions sounded, and the first to suffer was the arsenal. The arsenal building was a relatively large target in the Yitiantian Basin, so it also became a key target of the Japanese bombers.

More than ten aerial bombs fell on the arsenal. Under the watchful eyes of Li Yunlong and everyone else, the arsenal, which had been built with the Eighth Route Army's countless efforts, was reduced to ruins.

After bombing the arsenal, the bombers did not turn around and leave, but continued to bomb. All the buildings in the basin were bombed. Even so, the Japanese did not intend to let go of the Yitiantian Basin. After dropping the bombs, the bombers turned around again and strafed some bunkers on the ground.

"Da da da……"

"Da da da……"

"Da da da……"

The machine guns and cannons carried by the Japanese planes strafed the targets on the ground until all the ammunition was used up, and then they flapped their wings and began to return.

The limited firepower air defense organized by the New 1st Regiment had no way of hitting these Japanese planes flying flexibly in the air.

On their way back, these Japanese bombers did not notice at all that in a valley outside the narrow gap in the sky, a limping Japanese colonel was waving at them on the ground.

When the planes left the Japanese colonel's sight, he heard the movement behind him and immediately ran away using his hands and feet, but he accidentally stepped on empty air and began to roll down the mountain.

Chapter 49 Yamamoto Ikki Hiding in the Pigpen

"Suck……"

A low gasp of air came from a forest in Taihang Mountains.

Yamamoto Ikki gritted his teeth and dared not make any loud noise, for fear of attracting the pursuers and discovering his whereabouts.

After pulling out a wooden stick that was stuck in his calf, Yamamoto Ikki gritted his teeth and tore a hole in his clothes, then bandaged it simply and struggled to stand up from the ground.

At this time, Yamamoto Ikki was in a very miserable state. He no longer had the high spirits of the past. The military cap that Japanese soldiers had to wear was gone, and there were several bloodstains and bruises on his face.

The military uniform was tattered and full of holes, mixed with blood that was not sure whether it belonged to Yamamoto Ikki himself or other Japanese soldiers. The bandage on the arm had fallen off, and blood was still flowing out, hanging limply on the shoulder.

There didn't seem to be any injuries on his left leg, but the clothes on his right leg were stained with blood.

"idiot!"

Yamamoto Ikki was now full of anger, but he could not vent his anger. He and his troops had been dispersed. When the Second Battalion was chasing the Yamamoto Special Forces, it fully utilized the tactics they had trained in daily training, various small-scale detours and flank attacks, which made the Yamamoto Special Forces exhausted.

Although the Yamamoto Special Forces had a certain firepower advantage, the two three-person teams in the front tied down the firepower, and soldiers from the second battalion often appeared on the side or back to catch them off guard. In the end, Yamamoto Ikki and his Yamamoto Special Forces were completely separated.

When Yamamoto Ikki was retreating alone in the mountains, he encountered a pursuit team. If he had not been lucky enough to escape the search several times, he might have been a corpse now.

When he saw the bombers passing by in the sky, Yamamoto Ikki knew that General Shinozuka Kazuo had bombed Yixiantian as planned. He was so happy that he missed a step and rolled down the hillside.

It was also good luck that it was winter and the ground was covered with yellow fallen leaves, otherwise Yamamoto Ikki might have fallen to his death.

However, not falling to death was not a good thing. At this time, Yamamoto Ikki was covered in wounds and felt severe pain from time to time. After confirming his direction, he knew that the nearest Japanese stronghold was at least ten kilometers away.

Yamamoto Ikki instinctively felt a little desperate as he tried to walk the ten kilometers of mountain road with injuries.

"Ouch..."

Just after Yamamoto Ikki stood up, he suddenly heard bursts of wolf howls coming from all around him. Yamamoto Ikki did not dare to delay and retreated in the direction he had confirmed.

Every step was torture for Yamamoto Ikki. The severe pain in his legs and arms made him want to take out his pistol and kill himself, but he gritted his teeth and persevered.

When he walked from morning till dark, Yamamoto Ikki was almost losing consciousness. He had not eaten or drunk anything for a whole day and was covered in wounds. His physical limit was almost reached.

"I think I heard a wolf howling today. Let's be careful at night, don't let Wolf 2 steal our chicks!"

At this moment, Yamamoto Ikki heard Chinese and instinctively wanted to touch his gun, but he soon realized that he had thrown away his gun. For Yamamoto Ikki now, the military uniform on his body felt very heavy. If he had not known that he might freeze to death if he took off his clothes, Yamamoto Ikki might have taken off all his clothes at this time.

After taking a look around, Yamamoto Ikki gritted his teeth and walked towards something that looked like a wall not far away. As the footsteps got closer, Yamamoto Ikki became more and more panicked, but fortunately, he finally used up all his strength and fell headfirst into the wall.

However, Yamamoto Ikki soon discovered that this was not a fence at all, but a pigsty. In the pigsty, two pigs, one big and one small, were eating. They looked at the uninvited guests in front of them with a little confusion, but soon lowered their heads and continued to eat in their trough.

Yamamoto Ikki leaned against the wall and swallowed his saliva while watching two pigs, one big and one small, eating feed. He was very hungry now. After being injured, he had lost a lot of physical strength and his lips were a little chapped because he had not drunk water for a day.