Anti-Japanese War: Li Yunlong dared to attack Taiyuan

At this time, these Japanese soldiers hid in the room, taking out the dry food they carried with them to replenish their physical strength. Behind them, in the headquarters of the 13th Regiment, Okabe Michino, who had not slept all night, looked at Ping'an County with some worry.

Ping'an County was captured, but the Second Infantry Battalion was almost completely wiped out, and almost all the remaining soldiers were injured.

"Report, the First Infantry Battalion has successfully entered Ping'an County and is preparing to launch an attack! Please give instructions!"

Now Okabe Michino is hesitating. He doesn't know the casualties of the defenders in the city, but he is very unwilling to retreat directly. It took hundreds of imperial warriors to successfully attack Ping'an County. Maybe now he only needs a charge to occupy Ping'an County.

"Order, the First Infantry Battalion, immediately launch an attack on Ping'an County and eliminate any defenders within the city!"

"Hayi!"

At the same time, in Ping'an County, in the independent column's position.

The soldiers of the second battalion were staring at the building where the Japanese were located in the distance. At this time, the soldiers from the kitchen squad entered the room with hot buns.

"How was the fight?"

"We killed at least five devils last night. If the battalion commander hadn't told us to retreat, we could have killed more!"

"Here, freshly-baked buns. Take as many as you can eat. The commander said there's plenty of buns!"

"Meat or vegetables!"

"Of course it's meat!"

"Give me three!"

"I want four!"

"Eat more! Only when you are full will you have the strength to kill the devils!"

Meanwhile, in Li Yunlong's headquarters, Shen Quan was reporting the battle situation to him: "Report, the Second Battalion lost 163 men and 147 were injured, 39 of whom were seriously injured and have been sent to the rear. The number of Japanese killed is uncountable, but at least 500. Every step the Japanese take forward is paved with their corpses!"

Shen Quan was a little excited. He had never thought that one day he would be able to achieve such an exaggerated casualty ratio in a battle with the Japanese, and it would be a head-on battle with the Japanese.

"Don't be arrogant. We only have the advantage of firepower and terrain. Don't underestimate the enemy. We are facing the elite of the elite of the Japanese. Can the Second Battalion still fight?"

"Report, yes! Commander, please rest assured, we are fighting against the elite troops, and the Second Battalion will never underestimate the enemy!"

"Very good. I will transfer two companies from the independent regiment to you. Your mission today is only one: pin the Japanese inside the city and don't let them take a single step forward!"

"Yes!"

At the same time, black spots appeared again in the distant sky. The Japanese bombers came again. This time they were not only here to bomb. The Japanese planes also had a mission to airdrop a certain amount of supplies to the 13th Regiment. After a day and night of fighting, the 13th Regiment was running low on ammunition.

After the Japanese planes appeared in the sky, Li Yunlong's command center received the news immediately.

"Notify all troops to hang up the prepared Japanese flags!"

"Yes!"

Soon, Japanese flags were hung in every corner and house of Ping'an County, mainly concentrated in the north of the city, while in the cleared area there, no flags were hung.

At the same time, after the flags were raised, all the soldiers did not hide in the buildings, but hid in various cat ear holes or cellars.

Soon, the Japanese pilots flew fighter jets over Ping'an County, looking for bombing targets or targets for airdropping supplies.

Before taking off, these pilots had received news that the 13th Regiment had already entered Ping'an County, and they were specifically reminded to be careful to distinguish between friendly forces and the Eighth Route Army.

But at this time, a large number of national flags can be seen flying below Ping'an County.

"It seems that the 13th Regiment will be able to occupy Ping'an County soon!"

A Japanese observer said optimistically after seeing the situation below.

"Tomoda-kun, where do we drop off the supplies?"

"Just find a place where we have a lot of flags and drop off supplies!"

"Okay, here it is!"

The pilot glanced down at a spot with several flags hanging and began dropping supplies.

When the Japanese soldiers of the 13th Regiment in the north of the city saw the bombers coming, they were excitedly cheering for victory on the ground. At the same time, some Japanese officers who had received the news that supplies would be airdropped unfolded the national flag, hoping that the Japanese pilots in the air would see it and airdrop some supplies to them.

Especially the 2nd Infantry Battalion, which had fought hard all night and had almost run out of ammunition, and was in urgent need of ammunition replenishment.

But soon these Japanese soldiers saw a scene that made them stunned. The planes in the sky were clearly painted with their plaster flags, but they were dropping supplies to the Eighth Route Army positions. The supply boxes were hung with white parachutes and floated towards the position of the independent column.

"Baga, here, here, are you blind?"

A Japanese officer stood up angrily and shouted loudly, waving a plaster flag in his hand.

Just at this time.

"boom!"

With a crisp gunshot, the Japanese officer was killed instantly.

In a distant ruin, Xizi pulled the bolt, reloaded the bullet, and searched for his next target. A new recruit who was observing the surrounding situation beside Xizi looked at him in surprise: "Platoon leader, you killed another Japanese officer. Including yesterday, you have killed forty-seven Japanese soldiers! Platoon leader, can you teach me?"

"Want to learn?"

"Ok!"

"I'll teach you later!"

Chapter 142 The th Regiment Wants to Withdraw? I Don’t Agree!

"There are no flags of ours in this part of Ping'an County. The Chinese army must be hiding here!"

On the Type 97 bomber, the observer looked at the area south of Ping'an County and immediately spoke.

"I think so!"

"Then let the Chinese army experience the power of aerial bombs!"

Several Japanese bombers almost simultaneously chose the area south of Ping'an County as their bombing target. After opening their bellies, they began to prepare to drop bombs.

"call out!"

"call out!"

"..."

Explosions continued to sound in the buildings south of Ping'an County. After dropping their bombs, the Japanese pilots changed their course and once again observed Ping'an County below. They did not dare to lower their altitude because they already knew yesterday that Ping'an County had anti-aircraft guns and they did not want to become targets of the anti-aircraft guns.

"Now the Thirteenth Regiment should be able to take over Ping'an County!"

"The troops down there should be wailing in the ruins!"

"Hahaha……"

The Japanese pilots and observers communicated loudly, and after confirming that Ping'an County was engulfed in flames, they changed course and returned to Taiyuan.

At this time, above the Japanese positions north of Ping'an County, the captain of the First Infantry Battalion, Taifu Litaro, watched the airdropped supplies fall into the area controlled by the independent column. He immediately gritted his teeth and said, "Warriors of the Empire, attack and take back our supplies!"

After a night of rest, most of the soldiers of the First Infantry Battalion were full of energy. After hearing the order to attack, the Japanese immediately began to attack the positions guarded by the Second Battalion in the form of squads along the streets and ruins.

"Da da da……"

"Da da da……"

"..."

As soon as the Japanese soldiers rushed out of the bunkers and ruins where they were hiding, they were immediately fired upon by machine guns. The machine gun positions set up by the Second Battalion at various intersections continued to take the lives of the Japanese.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"..."

The sound of gunfire continued to be heard from all directions. Under the ruins blown up by the Japanese, in the windows of some buildings, every building and every intersection had positions ready for battle, waiting for the Japanese troops to come and die.

Li Yunlong was standing on the southern wall of Ping'an County, observing the battle situation in the distance: "How many Japanese troops have entered Ping'an County!"

"There are probably more than 500 people. Including the wounded, there should be more than a thousand people in the command center outside the city."

"Where are the 771st and 772nd Regiments now?"

"It's still five kilometers away from Ping'an County. They made a forced march last night and are expected to arrive near Ping'an County ahead of schedule!"

"Notify the 771st Regiment that upon arrival at the designated location, they must immediately organize a defensive position to block the fleeing Japanese army! Notify the 772nd Regiment that upon arrival at the designated location, if there are any Japanese reinforcements, do everything they can to hold off the Japanese reinforcements for at least four hours!"

Li Yunlong already had a rough idea in his mind that it was almost time for a decisive battle with the 13th Regiment.

At this time, in the headquarters of the 13th Regiment, Okabe Michino was pacing back and forth, anxiously waiting for the battle report of the 1st Infantry Battalion.

"No news yet from the First Infantry Battalion?"

"not yet!"

"Send someone to check the situation immediately and inquire about the progress of the First Infantry Battalion!"

"Hayi!"

As it got closer to noon, Okabe Michiya became more and more anxious. Originally, after the city wall of Ping'an County was blown down last night, Okabe Michiya felt that this was an opportunity to take Ping'an County in one fell swoop. However, after fighting for a whole night, they still had not occupied Ping'an County.

Theoretically, the independent column's reinforcements would only have a few hours to arrive in Ping'an County. If they did not retreat now, once their retreat was cut off, the 13th Regiment might not even have enough time to retreat.

Just as Okabe Michino was anxiously waiting for the battle report from the front line, the battle in Ping'an County had entered a white-hot stage. The First Infantry Battalion continuously launched charges towards the positions of the Second Battalion. Several positions of the Second Battalion were captured by the Japanese, but were quickly recaptured, and this cycle repeated.

"Captain, the commander of the regiment has sent a telegram ordering our troops to immediately withdraw from Ping'an County and retreat towards Yangquan!"

Taifu Litaro, who was covered in blood and had an injured arm, was stunned when he heard the news. He immediately said, "Send a telegram to the commander of the regiment immediately. Our troops are about to capture Ping'an County. Give us two more hours, not just one!"

"Captain, our telegraph machine is broken!"

At this time, the signalman hurried over and whispered.

"Then run and tell the captain that I can take Ping'an County in just one hour!"

"Hayi!"

Twenty minutes later it was not until the signalman delivered the message to Okabe Michino that he knew this was not the time to hesitate. Every minute of delay would put the 13th Regiment at greater risk.

"Tell Taifu Ritaro that the First Infantry Battalion retreat immediately. This is an order!"

"Hayi!"

More than ten minutes later, Taifu Litaro looked at Ping'an County in front of him and the corpses around him, gritted his teeth and shouted: "Retreat!"

A group of Japanese soldiers helped the wounded on the ground and prepared to retreat with their weapons.

"Battalion Commander, the Japs seem to be retreating!"