Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

"Two hundred meters!"

When they were two hundred meters away, Zhang Dabiao gave the order: "Get into position!"

Immediately, one soldier after another rushed out from the bunkers on the city wall, rushed to the battlements and shooting holes, and aimed at the Japanese in the distance.

"Company One, use your machine guns to defend against air attacks! Shoot down those planes!"

"Yes!"

"One hundred and fifty meters!"

The distance of one hundred and fifty meters is already very close. At this time, the Japanese soldiers under the city wall are rushing towards Ping'an County like a tide. There are no roadblocks and no traps. The Japanese soldiers below are rushing towards Ping'an County at almost a sprint speed.

The Japanese who had eaten the Bingliang Pills now had only one thought in their minds, which was to charge and kill.

"Machine guns ready!"

Zhang Dabiao looked at the distance measuring marks left in front of the city and gave orders loudly.

All the machine gunners immediately pulled the bolt.

"beat!"

Following Zhang Dabiao's order, all the machine guns on the city wall immediately opened fire, strafing the Japanese soldiers who were madly charging below.

Behind the charging Japanese soldiers, the grenade throwers were also preparing. After the machine guns and mortars on the city wall opened fire, they immediately adjusted the shooting angle and fired at the firepower points.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

Several explosions sounded on the city wall, and three machine gun positions fell silent instantly, but soon the soldiers behind them immediately took their places and continued to operate the machine guns to fire at the Japanese below.

"Where's the grenade launcher? Shoot down the Japanese's grenade launcher for me!"

Chapter 137: What can we do with the devil’s corpse? Make soap?

"boom!"

There was a huge explosion.

The Japanese placed a bomb under the gate of Ping'an County, trying to blow it open.

When the smoke cleared, the gate of Ping'an County was still tightly closed, but cracks could be seen on the gate caused by the explosion.

"Continue the attack!"

Noda Takeshi hid in a newly dug trench and continued to command the troops to attack. This old Japanese soldier was very cunning. When he was more than 300 meters away from the Ping'an County wall, he waved the command knife in his hand and signaled the troops to charge.

After one round of charge was repelled, the Japanese immediately organized a second round of attack. A new group of Japanese continued to attack Ping'an County by stepping on the corpses of the Japanese. This was the most commonly used tactic of the Japanese, a wave-like and intensive charge.

"beat!"

On the city gate tower, Zhang Dabiao continued to give orders while operating a machine gun.

"Battalion Commander, do you want to take out the tank gun?"

The main firepower on the city wall is the Type 7.7 heavy machine gun and the mm heavy machine gun removed from the Japanese tank. In addition, there is a mm tank gun, but it has never been used.

"It's not time yet, keep using the machine gun! Magazine!"

Zhang Dabiao shouted, and the ammunition handler immediately handed a magazine to Zhang Dabiao.

At this moment, Kong Jie led the soldiers of the first battalion of the independent regiment to the top of the city wall: "Zhang Dabiao, Zhang Dabiao!"

At this time, Zhang Dabiao had just punched a hole in a magazine. When he saw that the person coming was Kong Jie, he said while changing the magazine, "Captain Kong, why are you here?"

"Come over and take over. You two battalions can go down and rest. Leave this to us!"

Zhang Dabiao glanced at the soldiers at the city gate, most of whom were injured, and said, "Okay, wait until we repel this Japanese attack!"

After saying that, he pulled the trigger again.

"boom!"

Another explosion was heard, and two more explosive packs exploded under the wall of Ping'an County. The Japanese were still trying their best to blow down the Ping'an County building, but with little success.

At this time, although the First Infantry Battalion was attacking the Japanese position in front, the Second Infantry Battalion was not idle either. They were still digging trenches and extending them towards the wall of Ping'an County.

"Order the attacking forces to cross-cover and retreat!"

"Hayi!"

After three rounds of attacks, Okabe Michino put down his telescope and signaled the attacking First Infantry Battalion to retreat.

In this attack, although the Japanese army reached the city wall of Ping'an County, they failed to enter the county and left more than 300 corpses under the city wall. However, the Japanese army's trenches advanced about 300 meters.

"When did the damn Japanese become so easy to beat?"

On the city wall, Zhang Dabiao couldn't help but say while changing guard and looking at the retreating Japanese soldiers in the distance.

"That's because the Japs have no heavy firepower. We have no shortage of bullets, light and heavy machine guns, and we even have an advantage in mortars and grenade launchers!"

At this time, Li Yunlong also came to the top of the Ping'an County wall and looked at the corpses of the devils outside the city: "How are our casualties?"

"One hundred and twenty-seven soldiers died and more than three hundred were injured, but most of them were slightly injured. More than sixty of them died during the bombing by Japanese planes, and the rest died while defending the city!" Zhang Dabiao's voice was a little hoarse when he said this.

"Record the names and hometowns of these soldiers. Transport all their remains to the city and send them to the rear for a unified burial after the battle!"

After more than an hour of fighting, 127 soldiers were killed, not counting the casualties from the Japanese bombing in the city. Li Yunlong couldn't help feeling heartbroken, and even a trace of regret arose in his heart. If he hadn't defended Ping'an County, perhaps there wouldn't have been so many casualties.

However, Li Yunlong still has to defend Ping'an County. As long as he can hold on through this wave, he can gain at least half a year of development time. Li Yunlong's troops are recruiting soldiers in Taihang Mountains, and it is very difficult to fill the quota of the independent column and the detachment.

A detachment has 600 to 800 people, plus some troops directly under the column, ten detachments have about 8,000 people. Although there are many villages in Taihang Mountains, each village has only 200 to 300 people, and a larger village has 500 to 600 people. It is almost impossible to recruit 8,000 people. In the original drama, Li Yunlong's troops expanded rapidly and one regiment had more than 10,000 people. That was at the end of 1943 or 1944. By then, the opportunity was gone.

Secondly, the geographical location of Ping'an County is very important. Ping'an County is located in the north of Taihang Mountain. In addition to having several factories, it is also connected to the roads leading to Taiyuan and Hebei Province. If Li Yunlong can control Ping'an County, he can take the initiative strategically.

As long as they can gain a foothold in Ping'an County, the independent column can threaten Taiyuan to the west, cross Jingxing, one of the Eight Xings of Taihang Mountains to the east, and develop towards Hebei Province. It can even launch a surprise attack on Shimen. This is also an important reason why the Japanese stationed a large battalion in a small county like Ping'an County.

Most importantly, Ping'an County is not far from the Jingxing mining area. As long as you cross Jingxing, you can reach the Jingxing mining area in later generations. There is high-quality coking coal here. If you can occupy the mining area, the Eighth Route Army's steel production can increase exponentially.

Moreover, after occupying a county town, Li Yunlong can obtain a large amount of hidden resources, just like Jia Ji and others he met. Many people traveled thousands of miles to Shanxi Province to join the Eighth Route Army, but after arriving in Shanxi Province, they could not find any trace of the Eighth Route Army at all.

Li Yunlong is like a business card in Ping'an County. Anyone who wants to join the Eighth Route Army can come to Ping'an County, which is very beneficial to Li Yunlong's development.

"Old Li, do you want the corpses of these devils outside the city?"

At this moment Kong Jie suddenly asked.

"Demon corpses? Used to make soap?"

There happened to be a soap factory in Ping'an County, but after thinking about using the corpses of Japanese soldiers to make soap, Li Yunlong decided to put the idea behind him. It was too disgusting, and the Japanese soldiers were not worthy of it. Moreover, most of the Japanese soldiers were thin and had little fat.

"Make some soap for money!"

"Change money?"

Li Yunlong was stunned and looked at Kong Jie in surprise: "Someone is also recovering the bodies of the Japanese soldiers?"

"You do not know?"

Li Yunlong thought about it and really didn't know there was such a thing. After the battle, Li Yunlong chopped off the Japanese's head and buried the body together with a stone tablet recording the battle process, so that people in the future would not be frightened when they dug it up.

"After the Japs finish their battles, they usually send people to buy back the bodies. One Japs body can be exchanged for about ten dollars!"

"So valuable?"

Li Yunlong couldn't help but widen his eyes. The hundreds of corpses outside the city were worth thousands of dollars. Looking further into the distance, there were more than two thousand Japanese devils, which could almost be exchanged for a heavy artillery piece.

Then Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao and said, "Zhang Dabiao, why didn't you tell me such an important thing?"

"Commander, you always ordered immediate beheadings. I thought you didn't want to change."

"Remind me next time. By the way, will the Japanese take the bodies that have been buried? We can dig them out."

"..."

Chapter 138 Independent Regiment: Never fought such a rich battle

"Commander, so many machine guns? And grenade launchers? So many bullets?"

Yang Wanli, the commander of the first battalion of the independent regiment, looked at the weapons and ammunition left for them by the independent column with some surprise and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"What are you yelling about? This is just the beginning!"

Kong Jie said this with a pipe in his mouth, pretending to be nonchalant.

"Commander, I've never fought such a rich battle before. Damn it, we can finally have a real fight with the Japs. The previous battles were so frustrating. The Japs had machine guns and cannons, and we had nothing!"

As Yang Wanli spoke, he excitedly touched a Type 92 heavy machine gun, as if a peerless beauty was standing in front of him.

"This is just the beginning. Let me tell you, the best days for our independent regiment are still to come!"

After Kong Jie finished speaking, he looked up at the Japanese positions in the distance. When Li Yunlong first told him that he was going to face an entire regiment of the Japanese, Kong Jie was very nervous, after all, it was an entire regiment of the Japanese.

But after the battle this morning, Kong Jie suddenly felt that a Japanese regiment was no more than this. After fighting for a whole morning and using bombers, they failed to even break through the gate of Ping'an County and left behind hundreds of corpses.

The casualties of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Column were obviously less than those of the Japanese attacking forces. However, looking at the weapons used by the 1st Battalion of the Independent Column in defense, Kong Jie was also very distressed. Yang Wanli had never fought such a rich battle, and neither had he, Kong Jie.

At this time, the Japanese 13th Regiment's headquarters was somewhat lifeless. The captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion, Taifu Rikitaro, and Noda Takeshi were standing in front of Okabe Michino with their heads lowered.

"Your Excellency, the Chinese troops' firepower is extremely fierce. We have never encountered such fierce firepower..."

After a long silence, Okabe Mitsuno slowly said, "What are the casualties of the troops?"

"Report, His Excellency the Regiment Commander, 342 men of the First Infantry Battalion died in battle!" After saying this, Taifu Rikitaro and Noda Takeshi lowered their heads again.

"Please, Captain, give us one more chance. If we can't take Ping'an County, I am willing to commit seppuku to thank the locusts!"

Taifu Ritaro spoke again.

"You guys go back and rest first. Tomorrow, we must capture Ping'an County!"

"Hayi!"

After Noda Takeshi and Taifu Rikitaro left, Okabe Michino slammed his fist on the table. He wanted to get angry, but he held back because he knew it was not the fault of the 1st Infantry Battalion. There was no artillery cover, and the firepower of the independent column on the opposite side was very fierce. The 1st Infantry Battalion really had no chance of capturing Ping'an County.

"Have the Second Infantry Battalion and the Engineer Company continue digging trenches. I want to advance them two hundred meters below Ping'an County!"

"Hayi!"

Throughout the afternoon, the Japanese engineers and the Second Infantry Battalion were frantically digging trenches. However, when the trenches were 500 meters close to Ping'an County, the Japanese began to be shot by soldiers on the top floor of Ping'an County.