Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"We don't have this, but we have four twin-mounted anti-aircraft cannons!"

"Find a concealed location behind the Dashiqiao Bridge and set up the machine gun horizontally. Remember to prepare for air defense!"

"what?"

“Go do it!”

"Yes!"

After Staff Officer Wang left, Li Yunlong took a deep drag on his cigarette, exhaled a smoke ring, looked at Zhao Gang and said, "Old Zhao, I have a plan!"

"..."

"No, that's ridiculous. I absolutely disagree!"

After listening to Li Yunlong's plan, Zhao Gang firmly rejected Li Yunlong's plan.

Chapter 73 Li Yunlong's plan, decapitation operation

"Li Yunlong, I absolutely disagree. This plan is too risky and too crazy!"

In the command center, Zhao Gang stood up and objected loudly, not even calling Lao Li.

Li Yunlong still had a smile on his face. He slowly lit a cigarette and said, "Old Zhao, if you don't do this, think of a way!"

After hearing this, Zhao Gang immediately said, "We can defend Black Cloud Mountain to the death. We have natural defenses, food supplies, and arsenals. We can hold on!"

Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "The Japs don't even need to attack. They just need to bombard us with artillery and aircraft every day, or even plant mines at the foot of the mountain and station troops there to trap us to death in Black Cloud Mountain!"

"Then transfer!"

"Where are the supplies? Where is the arsenal? The enemy's encirclement has already formed. If we move now, it would be like turning our backs to the enemy and waiting for them to rush over and tear us apart. By then, we will be eaten to pieces by the enemy!"

Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Zhao Gang stared at him and asked, "You knew this would happen, so you waited until now to tell me?"

Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "No, I had originally planned to launch a surprise attack on Taiyuan, but I didn't expect that I would have the same idea as the Japanese. They would actually launch an offensive before the Spring Festival!"

Zhao Gang stared at Li Yunlong's face, then sat down next to him and said, "Old Li, this is too dangerous. You are the backbone of our independent column. If you lead people to Taiyuan, what if something unexpected happens?"

Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang and said, "Old Zhao, this is the only way to solve our current predicament!"

Li Yunlong sighed. His plan was to lead the monks and the trained guard company to Taiyuan to carry out a decapitation operation, attack the Japanese First Army Headquarters, and kill Shinozuka Kazuo.

Leading the troops to attack Taiyuan is not something Li Yunlong can consider now. After all, Heiyun Mountain is too far away from Taiyuan. It takes two days for a large army to walk there. There are also layers of Japanese blocking the way along the way. Only small troops have a chance.

Seeing that Zhao Gang still showed no sign of giving in, Li Yunlong continued, "Old Zhao, this operation is not only related to our independent column, but also to our entire Eighth Route Army!"

"The devils are clearly out for revenge this time. They won't stop until they achieve their goal. They're not just targeting our independent column, but the entire Eighth Route Army. If we let the devils penetrate into the Taihang Mountains, the base we've worked so hard to build will be gone!"

"These people in the mountains will also be killed by the devils!"

"Now we can only make a feint to the east and attack in the west. Take advantage of the Japanese Taiyuan's insufficient defense and give them a fatal blow, forcing them to retreat!"

Zhao Gang waved his hand and said, "I don't agree!"

Li Yunlong didn't want to explain too much: "I am the chief military officer, I have the final say!"

After he finished speaking, Li Yunlong stared at Zhao Gang and said, "Old Xing!"

"Commander!"

"I now appoint you as the temporary commander of the Independent Column, responsible for all matters of the Independent Column!"

Old Xing was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then looked at Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong, who were still looking at each other angrily with their hands on their hips. "Old Li, what's wrong?"

"It's okay. I'm going to take some people down the mountain to carry out the mission. I'll leave the things on the mountain to you!"

After hearing this, Old Xing said without asking any more questions, "Please rest assured, Commander, we will complete the mission!"

"Well, I'll give the instructions. Tell the soldiers to change out of their uniforms and not reveal our identities. Secondly, immediately dig an air-raid shelter in the back mountain. If we are exposed, the Japanese will definitely send out planes and heavy artillery. Be prepared to hide!"

"If we can't hold on any longer, we can have the first battalion descend from the back mountain, attack the enemy's flank, and then quickly retreat deep into the Taihang Mountains to attract the enemy's attention!"

After he finished speaking, Li Yunlong stared at Lao Xing and said, "One week. You only need to hold out for a week. The Japanese will definitely retreat. If they haven't retreated after ten days, you will lead your troops to break out!"

Zhao Gang understood what Li Yunlong meant. Li Yunlong planned to complete his decapitation operation within a week, or ten days at the latest. If the Japanese did not retreat within ten days, it would mean that Li Yunlong's operation had failed and he would stay in Taiyuan City forever.

"I will report this matter to headquarters!"

Li Yunlong looked at Zhao Gang and said, "Old Zhao, I'm leaving the column in your care for the time being. If we're besieged by the Japanese, you'll be responsible for the ideological work. If necessary, you can tell the soldiers where I'm going, but I can't tell them now because I'm afraid the news will leak out!"

"it is good!"

Old Zhao looked at Li Yunlong's firm attitude and did not try to persuade him, nor did he have any way to stop him. Li Yunlong was right. Li Yunlong was in charge of military affairs and he had no control over it at all.

"Monk Wei!"

"Captain!"

"Those with the guards, follow me to change equipment!"

"Yes, leader!"

The guard company originally had more than 120 people, but only 60 of them passed the training and selection of Monk Wei.

Three people were sacrificed and nine were injured. Including Li Yunlong and Wei Heshang, there were a total of fifty people involved in this operation.

"Captain, do you want to change into the devil's uniform?"

Li Yunlong shook his head and said, "No need. The Japs are not fools. They must have known about our sneak attack with military uniforms last time. We can only do this once!"

In the warehouse, Li Yunlong took out the submachine guns seized from the Japanese Yamamoto Special Forces. Li Yunlong had kept these submachine guns, just waiting for this operation.

"Bring your weapons, change into normal clothes, and bring plenty of grenades!"

"Yes!"

The soldiers immediately began to change their clothes. These clothes were ordinary clothes that Li Yunlong had prepared long ago. Some of the clothes were very worn and had patches all over them, but this was the clothes worn by more than 95% of ordinary people in that era. Some people even didn't have winter clothes.

Each person carried five grenades, a submachine gun, four magazines and a hundred loose bullets.

The combined weight of the weapons was already over 20 kilograms, plus each person carried three days' worth of rations, so the weight of the miscellaneous items was almost 30 kilograms. However, for these selected soldiers, it was very easy, as they usually carried around 40 kilograms during training.

After changing weapons and getting supplies, Li Yunlong led this special forces team directly to the iron lock near the back mountain.

"Comrades, this time our operation is extremely dangerous. Many of you may not be able to return. Are you afraid?"

Everyone stared at Li Yunlong with sharp eyes: "Don't be afraid, Captain, we will do whatever you tell us to do!"

Li Yunlong nodded: "Very good, let's go!"

Li Yunlong took the lead, picked up a chain, placed it in the middle of the iron lock, and slid down along the iron lock.

The rest of the special forces soldiers also picked up the chains on the edge of the cliff and descended to the foot of the mountain one after another at a speed of one person half a minute.

Chapter 74 There is an old saying: He who knows the times is a hero

"Is everything okay?"

Li Yunlong invented the method of using a cable car to quickly slide down a cliff hundreds of meters high. This method is very common in later generations, but it was the first time it was attempted in this era.

Fortunately, this group of people had trained several times before and knew how to release the force. In addition, there was a prepared cushion at the landing point, so no one was injured.

"Captain..."

"From now on, don't call me by my title. Call me Lao Li!"

"Lao Li, it's okay, comrades..."

"You can't call us comrades either. We are villagers now, fleeing from disaster. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

After arriving at the foot of the mountain, Li Yunlong identified the direction and took the lead to head towards Taiyuan. At this time, the Japanese encirclement had not yet begun to close completely, and there were still some gaps to get out.

"Damn it! The Japs are planning to set up an iron bucket formation!"

At night, Li Yunlong had reached the exit on the edge of Taihang Mountain, but there were already puppet troops stationed there.

A dozen puppet soldiers set up a roadblock at the intersection, two people were patrolling, and more than ten people were gathered together to warm themselves by the fire.

"I'm freezing to death on patrol outside in this awful weather!"

"Come on, stop complaining. At least it's better than those people being dragged into the mountains to be cannon fodder!"

"..."

The special forces team led by Li Yunlong was very close to this group of puppet soldiers, less than 30 meters away, and could clearly hear the conversation between these puppet soldiers.

"Get ready to take action!"

Li Yunlong made a gesture of wiping his neck.

After seeing this, Monk Wei immediately nodded and waved his hand. More than a dozen soldiers followed Monk Wei, holding bayonets in their mouths, squatting, and slowly approaching the puppet troops in front.

"I don't know when this damn day will end!"

"I think it will be soon. I heard that the Eighth Route Army has all gone into hiding. If the Japs can't find them after searching around, they'll naturally retreat!"

A group of puppet soldiers continued to chat, and those who were better off were holding a wine jug and drinking to warm themselves.

"Give me a bite!"

"Get lost! I spent a dollar on this. If you want to drink it, buy it yourself!"

"Did you hear anything?"

At this moment, a puppet soldier suddenly raised his head and looked around. He seemed to hear footsteps. The sound was not very loud, and he suspected that there was something wrong with his ears.

"What's that sound? What else could it be besides the wind? It's not bad here either, there's plenty of northwest wind!"

"Hahaha……"

A group of puppet soldiers immediately burst into laughter, but at this moment, the puppet soldiers who had just heard the sound suddenly discovered that the two people who were supposed to be standing guard more than ten meters away were missing.

"Where are you guys, Lao Liu?"

As soon as these words were spoken, a group of puppet soldiers raised their heads and looked over, but at this moment, Monk Wei, who had already touched the side of these puppet soldiers, took the lead in attacking.

He pounced on one of the puppet soldiers.

"who!"

A puppet soldier noticed the movement and tried to raise his gun in panic, but before he could raise his gun, he was thrown to the ground and the bayonet in his hand had already pierced his heart.