After Li Yunlong finished showing off at the brigade headquarters, he rode back to Yangquan to spend the night.
After the New Regiment broke into Yangquan City, they did not harm the common people except those belonging to the Japanese and traitors.
Unlike the Jinsui Army, which even robbed the common people of their food, many people in Jin would rather be the lackeys of the Japanese than support the Jinsui Army.
In this age of war and smoke, for the vast majority of people, survival is their only luxury.
So when the Xinyi Tuan took out the food from the traitor's house and distributed it to the people, the people all lined up to welcome it.
Nearby militiamen and civilians have arrived one after another to carry out the supplies from the grain depot and ammunition depot.
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Li Yunlong walked into the regiment headquarters. The new regiment headquarters was not in Yangquan City, but under a camouflage net outside the city.
The cavalry battalion seized a radio, but no one in the new regiment knew how to use it, so on this trip to the brigade headquarters, Li Yunlong asked the brigade commander for a telegraph operator.
Naturally, the brigade commander would not refuse, and immediately arranged a telegraph operator for Li Yunlong from the communications department of the brigade headquarters.
"This is Comrade Fang Lei, the telegraph operator assigned to our new regiment by the brigade commander."
Li Yunlong introduced to Zhao Gang: "Comrade Fang Lei, this is the political commissar of our new regiment, Zhao Gang."
Fang Lei saluted Zhao Gang and said with a smile: "Hello, political commissar Zhao, my name is Fang Lei, and I am the telegraph operator of the New Regiment."
The New Group is a heroic group, and Fang Lei is honored to be able to work in the New Group.
Zhao Gang returned the military salute: "Hello, Comrade Fang Lei, on behalf of all the officers and men of the new regiment, I welcome you to work in the regiment."
Then, Li Yunlong pointed to the telegraph machine in the corner: "Comrade Fang Lei, the telegraph is over there. Can you see if that thing can still be used?"
Fang Lei walked towards the telegraph machine, picked it up, checked it, and then reported: "Report to the leader, the telegraph machine is good, the battery has sufficient power, and there is nothing wrong with the earphones."
"That's good." Li Yunlong nodded, "You can start working."
Xia Lei immediately sat down, put the headphones on his head, turned on the radio, and started working.
She has a super memory and is sensitive to numbers. She can translate signals into messages through memory without looking at the code book.
Looking at Fang Lei, Zhao Gang whispered: "Lao Li, now that there are lesbians in the group, you must use less swear words in the future."
"Do you need to remind me? I... we, Lao Li, are civilized people and never use bad words."
Li Yunlong's face didn't turn red and his heart didn't beat.
hehe…
Zhao Gang curled his lips and said, I believe you, you, Lao Li, are pretending to be civilized people like me.
However, Zhao Gang did not want to expose Li Yunlong's shortcomings in this regard.
Because Li Yunlong's ideological consciousness has indeed improved in the past few months, and he has also followed Zhao Gang to learn and practice calligraphy, and he has also begun to pay attention to the international situation.
This is a good start.
Zhao Gang asked: "Did you get any news from the brigade headquarters?"
Li Yunlong's expression changed: "What news?"
Zhao Gang said angrily: "How is the current war situation? You guys won't just show off in front of the brigade commander, right?"
"How is it possible?" Li Yunlong said: "I just got the news from the brigade headquarters. In just one day, various brigades and regiments overturned dozens of kilometers of tracks on the Zhengtai-Taiwan Railway."
"Unplug Shota, there were more than 200 Japanese artillery towers on the Tongpu Railway, and more than 4,000 Japanese soldiers were killed, of which 2,000 were killed by our New Regiment."
"The division headquarters and headquarters instructed our 129th Division to continue to expand the results according to the original plan and strive to completely destroy the Shota Iron Force."
As Captain Li spoke, the corners of his mouth unconsciously raised, and he smiled happily.
"This can be considered as a complete break of the prisoner's prison."
Zhao Gang waved his fist, his tone also filled with excitement.
Dozens of regiments attacked the Japanese at the same time. Just thinking about such a big scene is enough to make your blood boil and give you goosebumps all over your body!
"Our containment mission has been completed. Has the brigade commander given us a new mission?" Zhao Gang said with hope in his eyes.
"Of course." Li Yunlong said, "You don't think that our old Li Zhen went to the brigade headquarters to show off, do you? I actually went to fight for the war."
"The brigade headquarters ordered our new regiment to launch an attack on the Xinzhuang stronghold tomorrow morning and capture it before dark."
"The day after tomorrow is the 23rd, our four main regiments of the 386th Brigade will gather troops and firepower to attack Shouyang."
Xinzhuang is one of dozens of large strongholds on the Zhengtai Railway. It is stationed by more than 200 Japanese troops and more than 200 puppet troops.
Large enemy strongholds like this usually stock up on ammunition and food for three months to half a year.
This means that even if the Eighth Route Army surrounded these strongholds but did not attack them, the Japanese and puppet troops could hold on for at least three to five months.
Of course, anyone who can break through such a stronghold can make a small fortune.
Is there a new battle to be fought? Zhao Gang was immediately shaken when he heard this.
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The casualties of the new regiment have been sent to the rear for treatment.
Last night, a transport team composed of militiamen and civilians continuously transported weapons, ammunition, medical supplies and food to the rear.
The new group rested for one night in Yangquan.
Early the next morning.
After breakfast, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang led a new group to the Xinzhuang stronghold.
Xinzhuang is located between Yangquan and Shouyang, only about 20 kilometers away from Shouyang County.
Outside the Xinzhuang stronghold.
Shen Quan, commander of the second battalion of the independent regiment, and several of his company commanders, as well as militia captains, came to greet Li Yunlong and his new regiment.
Mountain artillery battalion, machine gun battery, Maxim heavy machine gun, 60mm mortar, bazooka rocket launcher, countless light and heavy machine guns and submachine guns, all 38 cover...
Seeing the new group of rich equipment, the expressions on everyone's faces gradually evolved from anticipation and curiosity to envy.
The eyes of the company commanders under his command soon turned to disdain.
It is said that the new regiment is a heroic regiment. It has never lost a battle and killed thousands of Japanese.
That's it? The new regiment just relies on its good equipment.
Give these equipment to the independent regiment. If the ammunition is sufficient, the performance will be no worse than that of the new regiment.
This was the true thought of several company commanders at this time.
"Captain Li, Political Commissar Zhao!"
"I am Shen Quan, Commander of the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment. Our unit has received orders from the brigade headquarters to assist the New Regiment in capturing the Xinzhuang stronghold."
Chen Quan glanced at the expressions on the faces of the company commanders under his command, and naturally saw the thoughts in their eyes, but he did not say anything, but stepped forward and saluted with a military salute.
"Where is your regimental commander?" Li Yunlong asked with a military salute in return.
Chen Quan replied: "Our regimental commander led the first and third battalions in front to attack the Potou stronghold."
"What's the situation at Xinzhuang stronghold now?" Li Yunlong nodded and asked.
Chen Quan said: "Now the Xinzhuang stronghold is surrounded by my second battalion and militia team."
"According to intelligence, there are about 200 Japanese soldiers and 200 puppet troops inside."
"Last night, these Japanese and puppet troops tried to escape to Shouyang County, but we were able to fight them back."
"In terms of firepower, the Japs have about four mortars and no less than fifteen light and heavy machine guns. Judging from the Japs' willingness to spare bullets and artillery shells, there is a lot of ammunition reserves in the stronghold..."
Speaking of this, Shen Quan's eyes showed a hint of envy. Only the New Regiment in the entire Eighth Route Army was as wealthy as the Japanese.
Light machine guns are equipped at the squad level. Each battalion has a mixed artillery company. The artillery company is equipped with machine guns and mortars. Each company is equipped with at least 2 bazookas.
The soldiers of the new regiment had bulging ammunition bags, and hanging on their waists were either German-style bombs or the Japs' melon grenades.
Looking away from the soldiers of the new regiment, he saw Li Yunlong already lying on the small slope, holding a telescope and looking towards the Xinzhuang stronghold.
This is a standard Japanese stronghold. In terms of area and scale, this Xinzhuang stronghold is similar in size to the Huting stronghold.
However, the stronghold in front of us was built on the mountainside, closely monitoring and protecting the Shotai Railway about 150 meters away.
The stronghold is equipped with bunkers, turrets and barracks. The turrets and bunkers are covered with shooting holes. A circle of trenches outside the stronghold is at least four meters wide. It is basically impossible to jump over it with weapons. There are three layers of barbed wire outside the circle.
Chen Quan followed and lay down next to Li Yunlong, and continued: "Last night we used bazooka rockets to kill a small Japanese artillery tower and a bunker, but the Japanese firepower is still very strong."
In the plan, Kong Jie led the main force to remove the other two medium-sized strongholds this morning, and then concentrated his forces to take down the large stronghold of Xinzhuang.
However, the plan could not keep up with the change. The new regiment had captured Yangquan, and Li Yunlong came to the brigade commander to fight for the war. The brigade commander gave Li Yunlong the task of taking down the Xinzhuang stronghold.
Although Shen Quan's second battalion was equipped with two bazookas, he did not dare to attack by force because the Japanese had many troops and strong firepower. A force attack would cause too many casualties for the independent regiment.
There is no problem in building a medium or small stronghold, but it is too difficult to build a large stronghold.
"Does it have strong firepower?" Li Yunlong said casually, "It will take less than half an hour for one of my battalions to capture this kind of stronghold."
I saw the word disbelief written on Shen Quan's face.
Li Yunlong said in a disdainful tone: "It can be done in half an hour at most with one attack. Save some time and rush to the next blockhouse."
Although the bunkers and gun towers in the stronghold in front of us have strong defenses, they are still far behind the reinforced concrete fortifications built by the Japanese on the Yuliao Highway.
Each of the three main infantry battalions under his command has captured at least 10 such gun towers, and they are very skilled.
Although the brigade commander only gave Commander Li Da one task, this did not prevent him from finding battles to fight on his own.
Putting down the telescope, Li Yunlong said: "Battle Commander Shen, ask your soldiers and militia to give up their attack positions. We are going to start the attack."
Shen Quan was a little surprised. A battalion could be captured in half an hour?
Their entire independent regiment launched an offensive, but they might not be able to capture the Japanese stronghold in front of them in an hour and a half.
Seeing Li Yunlong walking down the slope, Zhang Dabiao quickly ran over with sharp eyes, straightened his body and said.
"Commander, please give me a favor and hand over this stronghold to our first battalion."
Li Yunlong nodded: "Okay, since you are so active, the task of attacking the stronghold will be given to your first battalion."
"I will let the artillery battalion destroy the bunkers and gun towers in the Japanese stronghold first. Your battalion must help me resolve the battle within half an hour."
"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao first raised the corner of his mouth, and then looked solemn, "I promise to complete the task."
Zheng Yu and Chen Dagu's movements were a beat slow. By the time they ran over, the task had been taken away by Zhang Dabiao.