Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Although launching a surprise attack from the cliff can achieve the effect of surprise, the enemy will also be prepared in advance, and the troops attacking from the cliff will almost certainly die.

"retreat!"

In the current situation, Yamamoto Ikki knew that he was powerless to turn the situation around and could only retreat, preserve his manpower to the greatest extent possible, and look for an opportunity to take revenge.

"Do you know which unit of the Eighth Route Army is across from us?"

Yamamoto Ikki took two steps and suddenly stopped, asking the person next to him in a low voice.

"Captain, no, I don't know!"

"idiot!"

The veins on Yamamoto Ikki's fists were bulging. His special forces team suffered heavy losses. Both teams were killed here, but they didn't know who their opponent was.

Looking at Yangcun unwillingly, Yamamoto Ikki took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. Then he waved his hand to signal to continue retreating. However, he left a backup plan. He asked several soldiers from the second squad to set up an ambush at some hidden positions on the retreat route. If the defenders of Yangcun chased out, they would catch a few of them and ask for their numbers to prepare for future revenge.

However, Yamamoto Ikki had a very good idea. Just as he gave the order and assigned the task, a flare was launched directly over Yangcun.

Yamamoto Ikki suddenly felt something was wrong.

Immediately afterwards, some flames suddenly appeared on both sides of the riverbed where they were hiding, and then a group of torches were thrown out from both sides of the riverbed, and the dry grass on the dry riverbed in winter became the best fuel.

In an instant, the area around the riverbed was set on fire, and the flames illuminated Yamamoto Ikki and the remaining Yamamoto Special Forces soldiers.

Chapter 8: Cut off the devil's heads

On the dry riverbed outside Yang Village, Yamamoto Ikki's special forces team was illuminated by the flames and had nowhere to hide.

After seeing this scene, the Second Battalion Commander immediately said, "Brothers, follow me!"

After saying this, he immediately led the troops of the second battalion from their hiding position and rushed towards the riverbed.

The Second Battalion had been stationed on the mountain outside Yang Village for more than ten days. Everyone was holding their breath and charged towards the riverbed, but they forgot Li Yunlong's instructions.

After seeing this scene, Yamamoto Ikki calmed down and quickly led the remaining Yamamoto Special Forces soldiers to fight and retreat.

The Yamamoto Special Forces were all equipped with automatic weapons. Although they were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers, the Second Battalion lacked cover and charged towards the Yamamoto Special Forces, resulting in heavy casualties.

"Second Battalion Commander, the regimental commander orders you to stop charging immediately and harass the enemy troops on both sides to force them into the outer encirclement!"

At this moment, a messenger found the second battalion commander and loudly announced Li Yunlong's order. The second battalion commander looked at the Yamamoto special forces in the distance and the bodies of the fallen soldiers, feeling somewhat unwilling.

"The commander said this is a death order!"

After hearing this, the second battalion commander took off his hat and threw it to the ground, then gave new orders, asking the soldiers of the second battalion to move along the mountains on both sides, hold on to the Yamamoto special forces, and not allow them to launch a charge or enter the forests on both sides.

After stopping the charge and moving along the mountains on both sides of the riverbed, the casualties of the Second Battalion began to decrease.

After seeing this scene, Yamamoto Ikki breathed a sigh of relief and continued to lead his troops to retreat along the riverbed. At the same time, he sent a few soldiers from time to time to move towards the mountains and forests on both sides of the riverbed, but they were all beaten back.

They kept moving forward for about half an hour. During this time, several of the remaining soldiers of Yamamoto's special forces were killed. Now there were only 23 fighters left, but the ammunition had been almost used up.

This was not good news for Yamamoto Ikki. If they continued to fight with the Eighth Route Army, they would run out of ammunition and food. The good news was that if they went a little further, they would enter the plain area and no longer have to worry about being harassed by the Eighth Route Army on both sides.

At this time, Li Yunlong also led the defenders of Yangcun and chased Yamamoto Ikki from behind. However, Li Yunlong was very clear about the combat effectiveness of Yamamoto's special forces, so he did not chase too closely. Instead, he kept a distance to prevent Yamamoto's special forces from completely getting rid of him.

As they got closer to the exit of the valley, the riverbed began to become narrower and narrower. At the same time, the river channels on both sides of the riverbed also began to gradually narrow. The Japanese soldiers used to be able to walk with their backs straight, but now they had to bend over to barely expose their bodies.

At the end of the riverbed, the Third Battalion, which had already completed the encirclement, had set up machine guns and aimed them towards the riverbed, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese.

"Finally retreated!"

When the mountains on both sides disappeared and there was an endless plain in front, the surviving Yamamoto Special Forces soldiers breathed a sigh of relief. Not far ahead was where they had hidden their car, and they could finally leave this nightmare place.

Although Yamamoto Ikki's face was still ashen and ugly, his frown relaxed slightly. Although the Yamamoto Special Forces suffered heavy losses this time, as long as he was still there, there was a chance for revenge. Moreover, the Yamamoto Special Forces still had some reserve personnel, and the troops could be replenished soon.

Yamamoto Ikki looked back at the direction of Yangcun in the distance, gritted his teeth and swore in his heart that he would definitely wash away the shame of today.

"Keep going and stay alert!"

Yamamoto Ikki turned around and continued giving orders. They had not yet reached the safe area and there were pursuers behind them.

"If the Chinese had ambushed another army here, we would all have died here today. It's a pity that the Chinese don't have the brains to do that!"

Yamamoto Ikki spoke to the communications soldier beside him.

And right now.

"Da da da……"

"Da da da……"

"Da da da……"

A burst of rapid gunfire rang out from the front, and the Yamamoto special forces soldier walking in the front was killed directly.

"Attack!"

A Japanese soldier cried out before he died, but it was too late. The soldiers of the third battalion opened fire almost at the same time. Yamamoto Ikki only saw the soldiers in front of him falling one after another.

"Captain, be careful!"

The communications soldier next to Yamamoto Ikki flew over and pinned Yamamoto Ikki under him, holding him tightly.

When the gunfire stopped, Yamamoto Ikki pushed aside the body of the communications soldier, whose body had been riddled with bullets.

There were only six or seven soldiers left by Yamamoto Ikki who had escaped by chance, and most of them were injured.

"Captain, what should we do?"

At this time, the soldiers of the Yamamoto Special Forces were completely panicked. Yamamoto Ikki had a gloomy face. Looking at the soldiers of the Third Battalion moving towards them not far away, he whispered, "Break out from the left immediately and retreat to the mountains and forests behind!"

"Hayi!"

Several surviving Yamamoto Special Forces soldiers immediately retreated to the left while firing, and the soldiers of the Third Battalion were also attracted by the shooting Yamamoto Special Forces soldiers.

"There are still some alive who want to run!"

"Don't let the devils escape, chase them!"

"..."

Just when the soldiers of the third battalion were attracted by several Japanese soldiers from the Yamamoto Special Forces.

Yamamoto Ikki turned over with a quick step and moved to the right. A sharp-eyed soldier from the third battalion immediately spotted Yamamoto Ikki's whereabouts and said, "There's another devil trying to escape on the right!"

"..."

Yamamoto Ikki used the remaining Yamamoto Special Forces soldiers as bait to attract the attention of the Third Battalion, while he himself fled frantically to the right with all his might.

"Can this make Yamamoto Ikki run away?"

When daybreak came, Li Yunlong led his men to check the Japanese soldiers of Yamamoto's special forces who were killed one by one. No one was spared. Even the bodies that were riddled with bullets were turned over to search for Yamamoto Ikki's body.

A total of seventy-four Yamamoto Special Forces soldiers were killed and four were captured alive, but Yamamoto Ikki was not among them.

"Captain, how about I take my men and continue the pursuit? A soldier reported that a Japanese soldier escaped towards Ping'an County. It must be that Yamamoto Ikki!"

Li Yunlong sighed deeply. He let Yamamoto Ikki escape with such a good opportunity. It was already daybreak and it was no longer suitable to pursue him. There were still many Japanese strongholds and artillery positions around. If a large-scale exchange of fire broke out, the loss would outweigh the gain.

"No need to chase him. This time, this old fellow is lucky. I'll keep his head on his neck for now. Next time, I'll take his head off myself!"

After saying this, Li Yunlong took a look at the corpses of the Yamamoto Special Forces soldiers and said, "Chop off their heads and burn them!"

"Captain, why is this?"

No one understood why Li Yunlong wanted to chop off the heads of the Japanese soldiers.

Chapter 9 Who is the mole?

"The Japanese believe that the soul is hidden in the human head. If the head is chopped off after death, they will never be able to reincarnate!"

"I see! Captain, you really know a lot!"

Listening to the flattery of the Second Battalion Commander beside him, Li Yunlong's expression turned serious: "How are the casualties of the Second Battalion?"

"Commander, sixty-three men were killed and seventy-two soldiers were injured..."

After the second battalion commander finished speaking, he immediately lowered his head.

After hearing this, Li Yunlong grabbed the second battalion commander by the collar and said, "I've told you repeatedly not to charge this enemy unit. There are so many soldiers..."

The second battalion commander lowered his head and dared not speak. When the casualties were counted, he couldn't believe that just a few small-scale charges would result in such heavy casualties.

"I will report your situation to headquarters. Before headquarters makes a decision, you go to the regiment headquarters and feed the horses!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he looked at Zhang Dabiao and the third battalion commander.

Zhang Dabiao immediately said, "Reporting to the regiment commander, the first battalion has lost 36 men and 137 wounded. Commander, these devils are incredibly ruthless. If you hadn't reinforced the bunkers and positions, it would have been difficult to hold the front!"

Zhang Dabiao still feels a little scared. Even though the First Battalion had made full preparations, hundreds of people were injured and dozens were killed. If they had not been prepared for the surprise attack by this Japanese army, the consequences would have been disastrous.

"Well, this unit is no ordinary devil. You can see from their equipment that they are truly elite!"

Li Yunlong took out one of the grease guns and looked at it. Originally, designing rifles was Li Yunlong's weakness. Now that he had a sample, Li Yunlong became more confident in his weapon design.

"Commander, the Third Battalion lost sixteen men, all of whom died during the pursuit. Nine more soldiers were injured. These Japs are really good with their guns!"

The third battalion commander said with some annoyance that, logically speaking, the third battalion's mission was the easiest, but there were also 25 soldiers killed or wounded, and the third battalion commander felt very ashamed.

"This isn't your problem. Our soldiers lack training and experience in facing this kind of elite force. Once we return, the entire regiment will begin targeted training. Do we have the confidence to defeat this force if we encounter it again?"

"Have!"

"Very good, notify the entire group, pack up your equipment, and prepare to move!"

"Transfer?"

Everyone was stunned. The troops had just been stationed in Yangcun for a short time and they were about to move. Why?

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "The unit we surrounded and annihilated is the most valued unit by the Japanese First Army Commander Kazuo Shinozuka. After suffering huge casualties here, the Japanese will definitely retaliate. Not only do we have to move, but the headquarters must also move! Send a telegram to the headquarters immediately and report the battle in detail!"

"Yes!"

At the same time, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.

Last night, the New 1st Regiment was attacked by the Japanese in Yangcun. The headquarters has received the news, but still does not know the specific situation.

"Is there still no news from the New 1st Regiment?"

The division commander had been worried all night and just dozed off for a while. Now he looked at the chief of staff again with a cigarette in his hand. This was the third time the division commander asked within a minute.

"Commander, no news yet!"