The soldiers of the new regiment were sweating profusely from running.
But he still gritted his teeth and continued running.
During this period, the advantages of the new group's improved group food are reflected.
After running fast for 20 minutes, they had already covered 5 kilometers. The soldiers' physical strength was still able to withstand it, and there was no chance of falling behind.
But there are still more than 20 kilometers to the end of the basin, which is a big test for the physical strength of the soldiers.
Hearing the buzzing roar of the aircraft motor coming from the southwest, Li Yunlong raised his telescope and turned to look while running.
Four more Japanese planes flew towards them.
The Japanese planes that had been circling overhead also began to drop bombs.
Boom boom!
Two aerial bombs landed dozens of meters away from the team and exploded. Along with fireballs and smoke, two mushroom clouds rose up.
More than a dozen soldiers were knocked over by the air wave, but nothing happened.
Li Yunlong secretly thought that it was a bad thing, he was really afraid of what he was doing!
I'm afraid that the Japanese planes will do this. Although the hit rate is low, as long as the Japanese planes hit a few aerial bombs, they will explode into a large area.
And when you are running away, the enemy planes will suddenly focus on you with a dive, strafing and bombing attack, which can kill hundreds of your people in one go.
But Li Yunlong did not dare to divide his troops, because once the soldiers were all dispersed, the Japanese planes would be able to chase their butts, swoop, shoot and bomb without restraint.
Because the machine gun needs to be stopped to operate, and there is no way to cover such a large area.
"Stop!"
"hidden!"
"Air defense preparations!"
Li Yunlong shouted loudly.
Li Yunlong's voice was so loud that the soldiers running around heard it. The company commanders of each battalion called the soldiers to take cover.
Following his order, the soldiers of the new regiment responded quickly. The originally concentrated team dispersed, and the squad platoons took cover.
The soldiers were breathing heavily, but the movements of their hands were indifferent. The machine gunners were setting up machine guns, the machine gun battery was setting up machine guns, and the rest of the soldiers were looking for places to lie down.
Each warrior carries some grass and branches on his back for concealment, and wears a grass ring on his head.
Regarding concealment after the Japanese planes arrive, the soldiers have practiced this set of actions many times and have had actual combat experience twice.
Therefore, the soldiers were very skilled and did not panic at all.
Da da da da…
The sound of machine guns and machine guns rang out like exploding beans, and a trajectory of orange-red tracer bullets as dense as a spider web filled the sky.
Seeing this, the Japanese pilots quickly raised their altitude, hid in the clouds and stayed away, while the Eighth Route Army's machine guns and machine guns fired at them.
"What a fool! You're doing this again!" Li Yunlong couldn't help but cursed when he saw this scene.
"Old Li, we can't go on like this." Zhao Gang walked over quickly with a solemn expression, "Why don't we let the soldiers run separately in squads? The Japanese only have seven planes."
"Soldiers running separately can reduce the hit rate of Japanese aircraft."
There is no way around this. Fighting from high altitude to low altitude already gives you the advantage.
Even if the Japs pilots were careless and shot down two Japs planes, the Japs are still at an absolute disadvantage if they don't swoop and straf.
If it is a defensive battle, there will be more than 20 anti-aircraft guns. If the anti-aircraft guns have enough shells, they can effectively defend the air.
In this case, the Japanese plane may not dare to approach and drop bombs. When the Japanese plane runs out of fuel, it will leave on its own.
But the new group is currently escaping, and they certainly cannot wait here for the Japanese plane to run out of fuel. By then, they will probably be surrounded by Japanese soldiers from all directions.
"No!" Li Yunlong flatly refused, "That would cause too many casualties!"
Zhao Gang got angry: "Why not?"
"We don't know how many Japs are chasing us from behind, and we don't know if there are Japs in front of us."
"The Japanese plane obviously wants to slow down our progress. Do you know that if we don't disperse, our entire group may have to get in?"
"Of course labor and management know!" Li Yunlong became even more angry and shouted at the top of his voice, "It won't work if labor and management say it can't be done!"
The nearby soldiers looked over in surprise when they heard the sound, then quickly turned away, pretending that nothing happened.
Zhao Gang pointed at Li Yunlong's nose and cursed: "Li Yunlong, you fucking bastard!"
"Labour and management are bastards." Li Yunlong said, "What's wrong? You, Zhao Gang, still want to fight with labor and management?"
After saying that, Li Yunlong ignored Zhao Gang and raised his binoculars to look at the Japanese plane.
The Japanese plane had already flown far away, and the soldiers stopped firing one after another.
Suddenly, Li Yunlong saw the large smoke rising after the Japanese bomb exploded, and suddenly he had an idea, as if he had caught something.
After a while, Li Yunlong laughed and said: "Haha... labor and management have a solution."
After saying that, Li Yunlong laughed at Zhao Gang again and said, "Old Zhao, I have an idea."
Zhao Gang was speechless. Is this guy a dog?
She was baring her teeth at him in an argument just now, but now she's wagging her tail again.
Zhao Gang quickly squeezed out a smile and asked: "Old Li, what can you do?"
Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Signal soldiers, go and call the direct company commanders of each battalion over immediately!"
A Japanese cavalry squad of more than 50 people pursued them along the traces left by the Eighth Route Army in the basin.
The Japanese infantry was still far away, having just crossed the Tongpu Railway.
In fact, the Japanese troops that caught up were not many, and the largest encirclement and suppression force only had more than 500 people.
Because the Japanese army was conducting a mopping-up operation against the base area of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi, a large number of Japanese troops from several nearby counties were mobilized.
This is also the reason why Li Yunlong did not lead his troops to go to northwest Shanxi. If there had not been this raid by the Japanese, the new regiment would only have to drill into the mountains of northwest Shanxi, and then cross the XZ plains into the mountains at night, and rest in the mountains for one day and one night.
A quick march will take you to the Zhengtai Railway.
Of course, a lot of Japanese cavalry were also mobilized. The two encirclement and suppression forces only managed to gather a total of more than 50 cavalry, and they pursued them closely.
These Japanese cavalrymen were also thieves. They stopped 400 meters away from the rear soldiers of the new regiment, mounted their horses and fired guns to harass them.
Because the little Japanese cavalry also saw that the Eighth Route Army had cavalry, and there were a lot of them, they did not dare to get too close, and the guns in the hands of the Japanese at a distance of 400 meters could threaten the Eighth Route Army.
However, the soldiers of the machine gun battery were not used to these Japs.
While the comrades in the cavalry battalion were shooting at each other with the Japanese, they secretly pulled three twin machine guns to the back, waiting for the Japanese to discover them.
The firepower equivalent to 6 machine guns whipped at the Japanese cavalry like a whip.
Coupled with the firepower of more than a dozen light machine guns from the cavalry battalion, the Japanese cavalry saw that the situation was not good and turned their horses and ran away.
He wanted to run but it was already too late. Those who were shot on the spot were thrown off their horses. Although the Japanese cavalry dispersed widely, they suffered heavy casualties.
…
Soon, Zhang Dabiao, Zheng Yu, Chen Dugu, Wang Chengzhu, Sun Desheng, as well as the heavy machine gun company commander Wang Dashan, the machine gun company commander He Jie, and the sword detachment faced Lu Yingjun. After receiving the order, they ran over quickly. Everyone looked at them.
They gathered solemnly around Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.
Li Yunlong glanced at everyone, with a cold look on his face, and said:
"There are Japanese planes aboard and Japanese soldiers chasing below."
"Now I'll cut my story short."
"Sun Desheng, in your cavalry camp, tie the grass and branches on the soldiers with ropes and tie them to the tails of the horses. Drag the grass and branches on the ground like brooms. The more tails you tie to each horse, the better it will be.
good."
"Captain, what do you mean, tie the broom to the horse and use the large amount of dust brought up by the horse's running to cover the sight of the Japanese pilots?" Zhang Dabiao's head turned very fast, and Li Yunlong understood him before he finished speaking.
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Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, and Zhao Gang's face showed even more joy.
Although large plumes of smoke and dust were raised just now when the soldiers and horses were running, there was not enough dust to block the Japs pilot's view.
In this way, the soldiers will definitely eat a mouthful of ashes, but eating ashes is better than losing their lives, and the soldiers also ate a lot of ashes during the run just now.
Of course, when the Japs pilot found something was wrong, he would angrily throw bombs into the dust and fog, but the soldiers dispersed widely and the Japs had no target, so the casualty rate was greatly reduced.
Li Yunlong continued: "The distance between each military horse is more than ten meters. Our two cavalry companies have 200 military horses, which is a full width of 2 kilometers."
"Hey, let's scatter all the commanders and fighters in the middle of a 2-kilometer-wide dust mist. The Japanese pilot can only have a black eye."
"Once the cavalry battalion raises the dust fog, the other battalions and companies will immediately disperse into it."
"Remember two points. One is to ask the soldiers to cover their mouths and noses with towels and cover their faces with leggings. The amount of dust is quite large."
"Second, we must let the soldiers run in the direction of the sound of the cavalry's hooves. They must not lose their way in the dust and fog. The enemy's fighter jets are not vegetarians once they are alone."
"There is also a cavalry battalion. If the Japanese pilots find something is wrong, they will definitely chase you. If you notice that the Japanese planes are chasing you, just run around like this."
Li Yunlong drew an S shape on the ground with his finger.
"And your cavalry battalion can't run too fast. It's windy today and the dust and mist won't last long."
"Once the dust and fog dissipates, our infantry behind will be unable to keep up, and we will become a living target for the Japanese planes."
"Time is urgent!"
"Sun Desheng, I only give you 5 minutes, and we will set off immediately in 5 minutes!"
"The meeting is over, get ready to go!"
"Yes!" everyone shouted in unison, and then the company commanders of each battalion ran towards their respective units.
"The machine gunners and the machine gun battery stay where they are!" he shouted as he walked: "The rest of them should take all the grass and branches they have to the cavalry camp!"
"Quick, move fast!"
As the company commanders of each battalion issued orders, the soldiers took off their disguises and quickly walked to the cavalry battalion.
"Make these grass and branches into a broom, tie the long rope to your body, and tie the short rope to the horse's tail."
"Move quickly, we only have 3 minutes!"
Seeing the soldiers busy in an orderly manner, Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Old Li, you are really a fucking genius."
"Who are you scolding?" Li Yunlong also breathed a sigh of relief and said casually, "You are the fucking genius."