Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

After hearing that the brigade commander only took two sets of equipment, Li Yunlong immediately smiled: "Brigade commander, take care, I'll see you off!"

"No need for you to send it, by the way, this is for you!"

After the brigade commander finished speaking, he took out two letters from his pocket.

"This is?"

"Commendation!"

"One is from Chongqing, and the other is from headquarters. Which one do you want?"

"Of course it's from headquarters!"

After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he took out the commendation order from the headquarters.

"In the battle of Cangyun Ridge, the New 1st Regiment annihilated the Japanese Sakata Regiment Headquarters, killing the regiment commander, Sakata Nobutsu, and the chief of staff... killing over 620 enemies. The entire New 1st Regiment is awarded a first-class merit. Commander Li Yunlong is also awarded a first-class merit for his proper command and calm composure. The deputy regiment commander... the first battalion commander... this is hereby telegraphed to the entire army!"

After reading the commendation order from headquarters, the corners of Li Yunlong's mouth curled up slightly, and everything was fine.

In the original plot, Li Yunlong broke through the front line because he disobeyed military orders. Although he defeated the Sakata Regiment, his merits and demerits offset each other, and he was neither rewarded nor punished. However, now the entire regiment has been awarded first-class merit, and Li Yunlong alone has been awarded first-class merit.

Don’t underestimate this first-class merit. These achievements will play a key role in future awards.

"Brigade Commander, is there any reward for killing this special forces team of the devils this time?"

"You dare to ask for a reward? It's already good enough that we don't hold you responsible for such heavy casualties!"

The brigade commander paused and said, "In addition to this first-class merit, headquarters said that the new regiment can be expanded a bit. You will be given another battalion. You now have four battalions under your command. We are the only one in the Eighth Route Army!"

"Thank you, leader!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately smiled. The Japanese were still in their strong period, and the Eighth Route Army had not started to expand. Now all troops were recruiting according to their establishment.

For example, Li Yunlong's New 1st Regiment only had three battalions plus the regimental guard company, and could recruit a total of more than 1,200 people. If Li Yunlong recruited more, he would have to find ways to provide food, military pay, guns, etc. for the extra people.

Although most of the Eighth Route Army's guns were captured by themselves, they still needed to rely on the headquarters for supplies of food. Even if Li Yunlong wanted to expand the organization, he was powerless. Now that there is an additional battalion, Li Yunlong's next plan can be implemented. After all, the cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town is also a battalion.

"You figure out the soldiers yourself, and I'll give you this too!"

The brigade commander handed the Chongqing commendation to Li Yunlong. Li Yunlong opened it and took a look. He couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "Isn't our principal too stingy? Just a verbal commendation? No tangible reward? Giving me two machine guns would be better than this."

"You want a substantial reward? Yes, I have one, on the way. I'm not talking about awarding you some Blue Sky and White Sun medal."

"Just one? That's too stingy!"

Li Yunlong muttered to himself.

The brigade commander stared at Li Yunlong and asked, "You like this tune? You like medals?"

Li Yunlong immediately waved his hand and said, "How can that be? I don't like this thing. But Commander, we don't want this thing. There are many people who want it. We can sell it on the black market for some money or exchange it for some equipment."

The brigade commander laughed immediately after hearing this and pointed at Li Yunlong: "You kid, if our principal knows about this, you will lose your medal in the future. Okay, I won't talk nonsense with you anymore. You kid has been doing well recently, but you should pay attention and don't make any mistakes, otherwise I will peel off your skin!"

"It's the brigade commander!"

After watching the brigade commander leave the base, Li Yunlong did not delay any further in Yangcun, but directly led the troops towards Yixiantian.

Chapter 12 Li Yunlong must have made a mistake

"Commander, I've been to the New 1st Regiment. The devils they encountered are indeed extraordinary. Their weapons and equipment are different from those of ordinary devils. Moreover, their training methods are also different. Their methods are extremely cruel, and their combat effectiveness is very strong!"

After Brigade Commander Chen caught up with the transferred headquarters, he immediately reported to the division commander what he saw and heard in the New 1st Regiment.

He also showed the two sets of equipment he brought back to the division commander and chief of staff. While on the way, he let several captured Japanese soldiers practice fighting with his guards. Although these Japanese soldiers were injured, they could still defeat a guard with their bare hands. There was even a Japanese prisoner who tried to grab a gun and escape, but was shot dead by the brigade commander.

After listening to the brigade commander's report, the division commander looked at the equipment again and nodded, saying, "The war has reached this point. The Japanese are getting anxious and have revealed some of their trump cards. This time, it's all thanks to Li Yunlong. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous!"

Looking at the equipment in front of them, if eighty fully armed Japanese soldiers came to Daxia Bay, with the security forces around Daxia Bay, something might really happen.

"Li Yunlong has performed another great feat. The entire New 1st Regiment will be awarded a second-class merit, and Li Yunlong will be awarded a first-class merit!"

The division commander had already made a decision in his mind. Although the New 1st Regiment suffered heavy casualties, after looking at the equipment of these devils, the division commander realized that it was not because the New 1st Regiment had low combat effectiveness, but because it was a special group of devils.

Facing an unknown enemy with fierce firepower, the New 1st Regiment was able to annihilate most of the enemy, which was already a great achievement.

"Commander, Li Yunlong has already made meritorious service twice in a row. Judging from his character, I'm afraid..."

The chief of staff's words immediately alerted both the brigade commander and the division commander.

"I almost forgot about this. Li Yunlong is not only capable of making great achievements, but he is also capable of making mistakes. Every time he makes a great achievement, he gets into great trouble!"

The division commander nodded in agreement with the brigade commander's words, thought for a moment and said, "Li Yunlong is a wild horse, and we need someone to hold the reins. The New 1st Regiment currently has no political commissar. Does the division commander have any suitable candidates?"

The division commander looked at the chief of staff, who thought for a moment and said, "There is a shortage of talent in political work at the moment, and there is no suitable talent at headquarters."

The division commander looked at the brigade commander again. The brigade commander shook his head and said, "The brigade is also short of political workers. Besides the New 771st Regiment, the political commissar position of the st Regiment is also vacant."

"Report, Commander, there's a man chasing us from outside. His name is Zhao Gang and he said he's here to report!"

At this moment, a guard walked in. After hearing Zhao Gang's name, the chief of staff immediately smiled and said, "If you feel sleepy, come to me. Hurry and bring the person over."

Zhao Gang arrived at the right time. Originally, Zhao Gang's job was not to be the political commissar of the New 1st Regiment, but he had other work arrangements. Graduates of Yenching University are definitely rare talents in this era, but now there is an urgent need for political commissars, so Zhao Gang was arranged to be the political commissar of the New 1st Regiment.

"The New 1st Regiment is currently moving towards Yixiantian. You can go directly to Yixiantian. Li Yunlong has a bad temper, so it might be difficult for you to carry out your work, but don't worry..."

The division commander, chief of staff, and brigade commander all talked to Zhao Gang, encouraging him and strengthening his psychological defense. After all, they all knew what kind of person Li Yunlong was, a stubborn man who could drive away five or six political commissars.

"Please rest assured, leaders, I will complete the task!"

The conversations with the division commander, chief of staff and brigade commander not only did not scare Zhao Gang, but instead aroused Zhao Gang's competitive spirit. He wanted to see what kind of person could make the leaders so concerned.

Just as Zhao Gang was on his way to Yixiantian on horseback, Li Yunlong, who was driving towards Yixiantian, suddenly slammed on the brakes and said, "It's broken!"

"Captain, what's wrong?"

The sudden braking almost caused Zhang Dabiao to hit his head on the windshield.

"Zhang Dabiao, you lead your men to continue moving towards Yixiantian. The Third Battalion will follow me and move towards Wanjialing!"

Li Yunlong remembered at this time that Zhao Gang should be here soon. He had made meritorious deeds and had not made any mistakes recently, but Zhao Gang would probably still become his political commissar. After all, the position of political commissar of the New 1st Regiment had been vacant for three months.

But now the New 1st Regiment's base has been moved to Yixiantian. Going from the headquarters to Yixiantian will not pass through the direction of Wanjialing, so Zhao Gang will not meet Wei Heshang, and Wei Heshang may be hunted down and killed by the Japanese.

In addition, after Zhao Gang arrived, he would definitely be discovered if he used a battalion of troops to attack the cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town. At that time, Zhao Gang would definitely report the matter. Given the brigade commander's personality, he would definitely not be able to protect his cavalry battalion!

Therefore, Li Yunlong must rescue Wei Heshang before Zhao Gang arrives, and at the same time get the cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town.

"Captain, Wanjia Town?"

"Well, there's a cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town. Didn't our regiment just expand a battalion? The cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town is just right."

Zhang Dabiao pondered the information about Wanjia Town: "It's not close to us. The headquarters is..."

"The brigade commander told us to expand our recruitment ourselves. What's the problem with us recruiting soldiers?"

The deputy commander thought for a moment and said, "I have some impression of the cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town. They used to be a local security group, but later became traitors and transformed into puppet troops. Their combat effectiveness is very poor. We fought against them last year, and they were defeated in one blow."

"Well, drive from here to Wanjia Town, launch the raid tonight, and rendezvous at Yixiantian tomorrow morning. The time is perfect!"

After listening to Li Yunlong's combat arrangements, Zhang Dabiao and others thought about it and found no major problems, so they all agreed with Li Yunlong's combat plan.

The cars of the New 1st Regiment were the spoils captured by Li Yunlong after defeating Yamamoto's Special Forces. There were a total of five trucks. No one in the New 1st Regiment knew how to drive a car, but Li Yunlong knew how to drive. After a simple teaching, more than ten soldiers had learned the driving skills.

One of the five cars was a supply truck, which not only had gasoline but also some ammunition and food, so that Li Yunlong had sufficient ammunition supply for the submachine guns he had captured.

There were more than 300 people in the Third Battalion. Li Yunlong directly loaded more than 30 people into a car and rushed towards Wanjia Town with more than 100 people.

Although there were only more than a hundred people, fifty of them were carrying submachine guns captured from Yamamoto's special forces. Although there were two hundred fewer people, their firepower was more ferocious.

At this time in the Wanjialing prisoner-of-war camp, because the Yamamoto Special Forces suffered heavy losses in an ambush, Yamamoto Ikki had to select talents from the reserve team to join the Yamamoto Special Forces. The selection criteria was the ability to kill four armed prisoners of war with bare hands.

Chapter 13: Disguised Raid on Wanjia Town

After Li Yunlong drove the car out of the base, he immediately stopped the car.

"Put on the devil's clothes. Have you guys remembered the Japanese I taught you?"

While changing into a Yamamoto Special Forces uniform, Li Yunlong asked several soldiers who had been to school.

"Captain, remember that!"

"Tell me about it again."

"idiot!"

"well."

"Very good, after changing your clothes, get in the car and don't speak on the way!"

Although he only knew a few words of Japanese, it was enough to fool the puppet army.

This time, the raid on Wanjia Town was quite far away and had to pass through several Japanese defense zones. In order not to alert the enemy, Li Yunlong prepared a disguised raid. The equipment and uniforms left behind by Yamamoto's special forces after being surrounded and annihilated could be of great use at this time.

The remaining soldiers without military uniforms hid inside the vehicles, and were covered by people wearing Japanese uniforms outside. The convoy looked a bit out of place, but the puppet army and the Japanese would never have thought that this was the Eighth Route Army in disguise.

After the convoy drove forward for about five kilometers, it encountered the first checkpoint, which was a checkpoint set up by the Japanese in a blockhouse stronghold around Dazhangzhuang.

After seeing the car with the Japanese flag driving towards the stronghold, the puppet soldiers at the checkpoint immediately removed the roadblock without hesitation, then stood together in an orderly manner and saluted the convoy.

Li Yunlong parked the car in front of the checkpoint and pretended to ask in broken Chinese: "Where is this?"

"Report to the Madam, this is Dazhang Village!"

A puppet army lieutenant heard Li Yunlong's question and immediately nodded and answered.

Especially after seeing clearly that Li Yunlong had the shoulder straps of a lieutenant colonel on his shoulders, he didn't dare to speak too loudly. You have to know that the highest-ranking Japanese soldier in their stronghold was just a sergeant.

"Yoshi, you guys lead the way, we're going to your base to rest, missy missy."

As Li Yunlong spoke, he gestured with his hands to show the movements of eating.

Hearing this, several puppet soldiers immediately nodded in agreement and rode the three-wheeled vehicles parked next to the checkpoint towards the artillery tower not far away.

When he was about to approach the artillery tower, he shouted to the Japanese on the tower: "Taijun, an important person has come to our stronghold, come down quickly to greet him!"

As he spoke, he waved his hands vigorously.

The Japanese soldiers on the artillery tower watched the truck with the Japanese flag driving towards the stronghold without any doubt. When the vehicle stopped, Li Yunlong jumped out of the vehicle and adjusted his military uniform.

All the Japanese soldiers inside the artillery tower ran out and lined up to welcome Li Yunlong and others.

"Have all those in military uniform get off the bus. Don't let the puppet troops and the devils get close to the bus!"

After Li Yunlong whispered an order to the third battalion commander, he turned around and looked at the Japanese soldiers who were coming towards him. Li Yunlong was proficient in German, English and Japanese, so he had no problem dealing with these Japanese soldiers.