Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

Li Yunlong was a little surprised when he saw the soldiers of the county brigade, all of whom were wearing Type 38 rifles and leather boots that only the main force of the Japanese army would wear. Li Yunlong had seen district squads and county brigades in other places before, and their equipment was relatively simple.

Even in the county brigade in Shuiquan, there were only a dozen guns among the 200 or so people, and the rest of the comrades were holding red tasseled guns or broadswords.

But look at the county brigade in Ping'an County. Do you call this a county brigade?

"Hello, Captain Zhang!"

"Hello, Commander Li."

"..."

"Go inside and have a meeting!"

After seeing the equipment of the county brigade and the district squad, Li Yunlong's confidence increased a lot, but he still had some doubts in his heart. After all, the equipment of the county brigade and the district squad was too good, even surpassing some main forces, such as the independent regiment.

If Kong Jie were here, he would probably be jumping up and down and cursing.

"Old Zhao, how come the equipment of this county brigade is almost catching up with our independent column?"

Zhao Gang couldn't help but laugh after hearing this: "You don't remember?"

Li Yunlong shook his head and recalled that he had no memory of the county brigade and district squad of Ping'an County. Before his time travel, when Li Yunlong attacked Ping'an County, he saw the scene of the district squad's final charge towards the Japanese troops, with a homemade cannon and some people holding various cold weapons and rifles with no bullets.

"At the Wangjia Town stronghold, you sent the cavalry battalion to intercept the Japanese reinforcements, and later urged the cavalry battalion to retreat. The Ping'an County Brigade was present at the time. Sun Desheng asked the county brigade to help clean up the battlefield and distributed some weapons and equipment to them."

Li Yunlong suddenly realized it after hearing this, but he really had no impression of this incident, because the harvest in Wangjia Town was so huge that the equipment sent by Sun Desheng was not worth mentioning at all.

"Later, the comrades from the county brigade sent weapons and ammunition to our independent column. You were not there at the time, so I took the initiative to send them a batch."

Li Yunlong understood the whole story and said, "The comrades from the county brigade and district squad really need these equipment. Their environment is much more difficult than ours!"

By the time Li Yunlong entered the conference room, everyone was already there. Ping'an County had a total of one county brigade and eight district teams. These people were active in the mountainous areas around Ping'an County and were very familiar with the surrounding terrain.

After seeing Li Yunlong come in, everyone immediately quieted down and looked at Li Yunlong, some of them not understanding why Li Yunlong had gathered them together.

"Comrades, I've called you all together this time because I, Li Yunlong, need your help with something."

As he spoke, Li Yunlong opened a map.

"I, Li Yunlong, am planning to eliminate the enemy strongholds surrounding Ping'an County and need your help!"

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone immediately said excitedly: "Attack the Japanese stronghold, good news!"

"Yes, we should have eradicated these Japanese strongholds long ago. They are like thorns in our throats, and we will feel uncomfortable if we don't remove them!"

"Commander Li, tell us how to fight. We will follow your instructions."

Some were excited, some were happy, while others asked worriedly, "Commander Li, it's easy for the main force to capture a stronghold, but our troops, although we have guns, we don't have artillery, so it's difficult to capture a stronghold. Last year, our district team wanted to take out the Baizhuang stronghold. We fought for an entire night and lost more than a dozen soldiers... Alas!"

After hearing this, many people lit their pipes in silence. The stronghold was indeed difficult to attack. In the absence of heavy weapons, it was almost impossible to break through the Japanese stronghold by relying on the piling of human lives.

"Don't worry, this time we'll be attacking the stronghold, and our independent column will lead the way. Soldiers will be carrying weapons to destroy the artillery towers. You all just need to provide cover. Let me tell you about the combat mission!"

Half an hour later, everyone, including Captain Li, looked at Li Yunlong in shock: "Commander Li, are we a little short of numbers to attack the stronghold?"

According to Li Yunlong's distribution, Li Yunlong's independent column dispatched 30 soldiers to each stronghold, and the district squad and county brigade dispatched another 50 people.

It is really an exaggeration to send out less than a hundred people to attack a stronghold.

"I understand everyone's concerns. This time, we'll choose to tackle the easy ones first and then the difficult ones. We'll disperse our forces to eliminate some easily conquered strongholds first, and then concentrate our forces to take down some of the tougher ones!"

"What about the main force?"

Li Yunlong smiled and pointed towards Ping'an County.

"Suck……"

Chapter 113 I, Li Yunlong, am also a handsome young man in the surrounding area

After the meeting, the independent column began to prepare to set off according to the assigned combat mission.

"Commander Li, Commander Li!"

Just as Li Yunlong walked out of the headquarters and prepared to lead the troops to Ping'an County, he had just opened the door of the temporary headquarters when he heard a clear and pleasant voice, which sounded like it came from someone not very old.

Turning around, I saw several women gathered together. Yang Xiuqin was holding a few pairs of shoes and waving at Li Yunlong.

"Hello, comrade!"

Li Yunlong stopped and looked at Yang Xiuqin.

When Yang Xiuqin heard Li Yunlong's response, her face turned slightly red, and then she stood up amid the laughter of several women.

"Commander Li, my name is Yang Xiuqin, and I'm the director of the Zhaojiayu Women's Association. When our comrades heard that your independent column was coming, we made you a few pairs of shoes overnight. I hope you don't mind."

After saying that, he handed a few pairs of shoes to Li Yunlong.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Li Yunlong took the shoes handed to him by Xiuqin and looked at them carefully. They were both cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles, but the craftsmanship was very good and the stitching was very neat.

"Don't be polite. You men are responsible for fighting the Japanese, and we women are responsible for logistics. If you need anything in the future, just tell us. We can mend clothes, mend shoes, and rescue the wounded. We can do it all, right?"

"Correct!"

"Our Miss Xiuqin really admires Commander Li."

"Hahaha……"

Yang Xiuqin was about to say a few more words to Li Yunlong, but after being coaxed like this, she ran back to the crowd with a red face. After seeing this scene, Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong and then at Xiuqin, and couldn't help laughing.

Li Yunlong was actually a little embarrassed. Although he was not a virgin in his previous life and had dated two girls, the customs in later generations were completely different from those in this era. Especially when he was stared at by a group of people, the soldiers passing by would also look at him curiously.

"Don't just stand there, everyone's gone!"

After the women from the Women's Association had left, Zhao Gang walked over to Li Yunlong and gently nudged him. Li Yunlong then came to his senses, looked at the cloth shoes in his hand and said, "Old Zhao, give some to the soldiers."

"Are you willing?"

"For the soldiers. I have shoes to wear."

"You, Old Li, you've wasted my kindness!"

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong and did not refute. He looked through several pairs of shoes and took out a pair of cloth shoes with the largest size. He stretched out his hand to measure them. As the political commissar, Zhao Gang was responsible for his daily life, so he knew what size shoes Li Yunlong wore.

After stuffing Li Yunlong's wearable shoes into his arms, Zhao Gang handed the remaining shoes to the guard beside him and said, "Give them to the soldiers whose shoes are broken!"

"Yes!"

After that, he quickly followed Li Yunlong and said, "Old Li, why didn't anyone send me shoes?"

When Li Yunlong heard Zhao Gang teasing him, he immediately retorted: "Old Zhao, don't tell me, Old Li is handsome and has been popular with girls since he was a child."

Zhao Gang looked at himself, then at Li Yunlong and couldn't help laughing.

"Old Zhao, don't believe me. Go ask around. Back then, I, Li Yunlong, was a famous handsome young man in the surrounding villages. But those young ladies, young wives, and matchmakers trampled on the threshold of my house!"

"I believe it, I believe it, alright, but Lao Li, you really should consider your personal issues!"

As soon as these words came out, Li Yunlong's face turned even redder. Although this was the first time he met Xiuqin and he didn't know her well, the scene of Xiuqin's heroic sacrifice kept appearing in Li Yunlong's mind again and again. Moreover, from the contact just now, Xiuqin was really a good girl, generous, enthusiastic, proactive, and dexterous.

"Ahem, ahem, there's a war going on. Wait for me... No, you can't say that. I'm going to check on the troops!"

Li Yunlong was so scared that he almost threw a flag. This was not something he could talk about, so he quickly changed the subject and quickened his pace to check the situation of the troops.

Zhao Gang looked at Li Yunlong's back, and he felt that something was going to happen. After thinking for a while, he said to the guard beside him, "Get some daily necessities from the small warehouse of our column headquarters and go to express our condolences to the comrades of the Women's Rescue Association on behalf of our commander!"

"what?"

The guard was stunned. Zhao Gang patted his head in annoyance and said, "What? Go!"

"Yes!"

The independent column did not need much preparation, as the combat tasks had been assigned before setting off. The soldiers of the third battalion were responsible for cooperating with the county brigade and district squad to eliminate the stronghold.

The First Battalion, the Second Battalion, the Cavalry Battalion, together with the sharpshooter platoon directly under the column, the artillery company and the special operations company followed Li Yunlong and prepared to look for opportunities to attack Ping'an County.

After the main force set out from Zhaojiayu, it immediately split into countless small teams and rushed towards the various strongholds around Ping'an County.

"Captain, why am I so unsure? It's broad daylight, and we only have so few men. If we go to attack the Japanese stronghold, can we really take it down?"

A soldier from the district squad asked with some concern as they followed the soldiers of the first platoon of the eighth company of the third battalion to the Xiaoguanzhuang stronghold closest to Zhaojiayu.

"What are you afraid of? Commander Li's orders couldn't possibly be wrong. Commander Li can go to Taiyuan and capture the Japanese commander. There must be a way."

"Then we don't have any cannons!"

"There must be a way!"

The Xiaoguanzhuang stronghold is about five kilometers away from Zhaojiayu, located next to a road on the outskirts of Taihang Mountains, guarding the main road in and out of Taihang Mountains.

Today, when Li Yunlong led the independent column passing by, he saw the Xiaoguanzhuang stronghold from afar.

The Xiaoguanzhuang stronghold was also frightened when it saw the independent column, and everyone immediately became alert. The independent column passed through the Xiaoguanzhuang stronghold in a swaggering manner and did not attack the Xiaoguanzhuang stronghold, which made the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold breathe a sigh of relief, and they immediately reported the news to Ping'an County.

The Xiaoguanzhuang stronghold is not big. The main building is a watchtower. There are only ten Japanese devils and thirty puppet soldiers stationed there. The main task every day is to check the people passing through Xiaoguanzhuang. At the same time, if the Japanese devils enter the Taihang Mountains to carry out a raid, it also serves as a logistics stronghold.

Like most Japanese strongholds, all the trees within a 200-meter radius centered on the artillery tower were cut down and the weeds were burned to ensure the tower's observation field of view.

The area more than fifty meters away from the artillery tower is surrounded by barbed wire, and a moat about two meters wide and three meters deep has been dug inside. However, it is winter now, which is the dry season, and there is basically no water in the moat.

"That's the Xiaoguanzhuang stronghold. There aren't many devils inside, but the firing holes in the artillery tower allow us to see the surrounding situation clearly. No matter which direction we attack from, the devils in the artillery tower will be able to see us."

"Can you come a little closer?"

"Yes, there's a trench we dug in the northwest corner that can get close to the artillery tower, but it only goes forward about fifty meters. I took a special look when I passed by yesterday, and the Japanese didn't have time to fill it in."

"Then we're going somewhere, lead the way!"

The platoon leader looked at the distance and immediately gave the order.

"This way!"

At this time, the puppet soldiers in the artillery tower also discovered the activities of the Eighth Route Army in the distance, and immediately shook a bell beside them frantically.

"Ding ding ding..."

The sound of copper bells rang out inside the artillery tower, and the puppet soldiers and Japanese devils who were smoking and playing cards immediately looked up at the top of the artillery tower.

"what happened?"

"Report, guerrillas spotted outside, they seem to be preparing to attack the artillery tower!"

Upon hearing this, a Japanese sergeant immediately ran to the observation port of the artillery tower and looked in the direction pointed by the puppet army. Sure enough, he saw dozens of soldiers moving towards the artillery tower.

"Hey, another guerrilla is here to die. It's a good opportunity for us to practice our marksmanship!"