The combat effectiveness of the 2nd Guards Division is only three infantry regiments and one artillery regiment, with a maximum of 12,000 troops in total, and he still has two aces in his hand.
Although the Taihang column traveled more than 100 kilometers in two days and fought several battles during the period, the troops were a little tired.
But the little Japs were not feeling well either. They were constantly harassed and blocked by the Eighth Route Army all the way, and the Japs must have been quite tired.
"There's no need to bring it up to meet you," the chief of staff said, "We must ensure that we complete the mission!"
"Yes!" Li Yunlong's expression was solemn.
Next, Li Yunlong communicated with the leaders about the battle plan for attacking the 2nd Guards Division.
Finally, Li Yunlong saluted the boss and chief of staff, turned around and walked out.
The chief of staff stopped Li Yunlong: "Wait, where is your belt?"
Li Yunlong said: "Report to the Chief of Staff that my belt was broken during the emergency march last night."
The chief of staff untied the belt around his waist and handed it to Li Yunlong: "If the coach doesn't have something to cheer you up, just use mine."
"No, no, no, chief, this is inappropriate." Li Yunlong said hurriedly.
"Take it if it's given to you, that's an order!" said the chief of staff.
"Yes!" Li Yunlong took the belt from the chief of staff.
The boss said to Li Yunlong: "Li Yunlong, this belt was brought back by the chief of staff from the Frunze Military Academy. You must cherish it."
When Li Yunlong heard this, he said: "There is a way to come and not to reciprocate. Next time I will give the chief a little devil's general's knife."
"Haha, okay!" the chief of staff nodded and said happily, "I'm waiting for your general sword!"
Li Yunlong held the belt in his hand, turned around and walked out, tying the belt around his waist. Li Yunlong straightened his waist. It was indeed Frunze's belt. The feel was different.
He came outside the headquarters, took the reins and riding whip from Huang Erhu, and got on his horse.
"Drive!" As the horses hooves rolled, the heroic figures of Li Yunlong and Huang Erhu on horseback quickly disappeared at the entrance of the village.
In less than half an hour, Li Yunlong returned to the Taihang Column headquarters.
At this time, Zhao Gang, Cheng Shifa, Ding Wei, Kong Jie, Lu Yingjun and others had gathered, all waiting for Li Yunlong to deploy a combat meeting from the headquarters.
Li Yunlong glanced at everyone, walked quickly to the map, stared at the map and said:
"The Japanese currently attacking the Huangyadong Arsenal include the 36th Regiment and the 2nd Guards Division."
"The 36th Regiment will be handled by the brother troops, and the 2nd Guards Division will be handled by our Taihang Column."
"Great!" As soon as these words came out, Ding Wei, Cheng Shifa and Kong Jieden all grinned.
Although the purpose of the Taihang Column's return was to deal with the 2nd Division, everyone was very excited when they heard the order in person.
"Currently, the 2nd Guards Division is only a dozen kilometers away from the Huangyadong Arsenal."
"Arrived outside the Huangyadong Arsenal around noon."
Li Yunlong clicked his finger on the map to indicate the current location of the Japanese 2nd Guards Division.
“Time is tight and the task is heavy, so I’ll keep the story short.”
"The Japs are more than ten kilometers northwest of us. There is only one main road into Huangya Cave. It goes from Xiangyangtan, Huojiazhuang and then towards Moshi."
"This is the outskirts of our Huangyadong Arsenal."
"The battlefield for us to attack the 2nd Guards Division is here."
Everyone looked down at the map and saw that the position pointed by Li Yunlong was Huojiazhuang.
The terrain near Huangyadong Arsenal is crisscrossed with ravines. There is a large canyon a few kilometers east of Huangyadong. It runs from north to south and the terrain is flat, with steep mountains on both sides of the canyon.
This canyon was the only major road for the Japanese to get to the arsenal, and the road into the Huangyadong arsenal happened to be in a T-shape with this grand canyon.
Although there are several small roads leading to the arsenal nearby, the mountain roads are more difficult to walk, and heavy weapons and luggage cannot be carried.
It is also relatively hidden, so unless there is a traitor leading the way, the Japanese will definitely not discover it.
"The third attack group ambush at Siding Mountain, the second attack group ambush at Xiaozhai, and the first attack group ambush at the hilltop behind Huojiazhuang."
"The cavalry detoured along the path back to the Gujia Village area to cut off the enemy's retreat."
"My new main force will ambush the enemy in front."
"As soon as the 2nd Guards Division comes in, let's close the door and beat the dog!"
This cemetery was selected by the boss and chief of staff for the Japanese 2nd Guards Division.
Li Yunlong had just returned from Changzhi and had no time to reconnoiter the terrain. Fortunately, Li Yunlong had been there several times and was relatively familiar with the terrain there.
However, Li Yunlong still has the final say on the specific allocation of combat tasks, and the head of the headquarters does not interfere.
Then, Li Yunlong looked at Lu Yingjun: "Lv Yingjun, have the artillery positions and false positions been set up?"
"Report to the leader!" Lu Yingjun nodded and said, "Everything is set up, don't worry, you will only need to watch the performance of our Sword Squadron."
"Okay!" Li Yunlong said, "I can rest assured that your Sharp Sword Squadron is doing the work!"
After a pause, Li Yunlong said again: "Are you all aware of your respective tasks?"
"It's clear!" everyone shouted in unison.
"Any more questions?" Li Yunlong glanced at everyone and asked.
"No."
"If not, let's adjourn the meeting!" Li Yunlong said, "By the way, within two hours, each unit must arrive at the designated location and prepare for an ambush."
Everyone walked out, then got on their horses and rode towards where their respective troops were.
Li Yunlong stared at the map for a while, and was about to order the transfer of the headquarters. Huang Erhu walked in and gave a military salute: "Report to the commander-in-chief, Director Cheng wants to see you!"
"Director Cheng?" Li Yunlong's mind was still on the map and he subconsciously asked, "Which Director Cheng?"
Huang Erhu said: "That's Director Cheng of our arsenal."
Li Yunlong: "Please come soon."
After a while, Cheng Mingsheng walked into the headquarters and looked happy when he saw Li Yunlong.
Then the two of them saluted each other with a military salute. Cheng Mingsheng grabbed Li Yunlong's hand tightly and shook it hard twice.
His face was filled with a warm smile: "Captain Li, long time no see!"
Li Yunlong said: "Director Cheng, hello."
Cheng Mingsheng said: "You'll get along if you call me Director Cheng. How about you calling me Lao Cheng and me calling you Lao Li?"
"No problem." Li Yunlong said, "I, Li Yunlong, are lucky enough to make friends with a great intellectual like you, Lao Cheng."
Cheng Mingsheng was an engineer and an overseas student. To put it bluntly, he, Li Yunlong, was just like a martial artist. Except for that time when he was delivering the production line, the two of them had not had much contact before.
Cheng Mingsheng said: "Old Li, you are too humble. Who among us in the Eighth Route Army doesn't know your name?"
"Lao Cheng, the battle is about to start, why haven't you evacuated yet?" Li Yunlong had other things to do and didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he quickly changed the subject.
"Why are you evacuating?" Cheng Mingsheng said, "Because your Taihang column is returning for reinforcements, the headquarters has ordered our arsenal not to evacuate. We are currently working overtime at full capacity to produce weapons and ammunition. I came to you this time to give you some
A gift."
"what gift?"
Li Yunlong sounded surprised and secretly said that Factory Director Cheng was quite enthusiastic and even brought gifts when he came to see me.
Cheng Mingsheng's lips curled up: "I brought you 100 60mm mortars and 20,000 rounds of artillery shells."
"What?" Li Yunlong's eyes widened, "100 mortars, 20,000 rounds of artillery shells?"
"Is this the output of your arsenal for more than half a month?"
"If you give it to me, won't you be afraid that the head of the headquarters will ask you to deliver the goods and you won't be able to come up with it?"
"That's the output of 10 days of overtime work. Our arsenal is delivered on a monthly basis. There are still more than 10 days until the next delivery. This batch of mortars and artillery shells is lent to you." Cheng Mingsheng said, "Waiting for you.
After this battle, you can just pay me back."
"Thank you very much. Don't worry. When this battle is over, in addition to returning you 100 mortars and 20,000 rounds of artillery shells, I will also have a big surprise for you."
Li Yunlong felt touched in his heart.
Director Cheng is not afraid that he will be defeated. If these 100 mortars are scrapped during the battle, he will not be able to deliver the goods, but he will be punished.
However, Li Yunlong does need these 100 mortars and 20,000 rounds of artillery shells now. After all, the stronger the firepower, the more Japs can be killed, and the greater the chance of winning.
Cheng Mingsheng's eyes suddenly lit up, and his tone was full of expectation: "What a surprise, it won't be the production line again, right?"
Last time it was the mortar and smokeless gunpowder production line. What is the surprise this time?
"Haha, keep it secret for now, you will know when the time comes."
Li Yunlong pretended to be a loser, but the real situation was that he himself didn't know what surprise Brother Chen Feng would give him.
The two walked out of the headquarters together, and saw a transport team outside the door. There were dozens of fully loaded mule carts. It was the mortars and artillery shells brought by Director Cheng.
"This is my transportation team. Unloading is a waste of time. Lao Li, just take it away." Cheng Mingsheng glanced at the transportation team and then looked at Li Yunlong.
"Then I'm welcome!" Li Yunlong laughed.
After watching Factory Director Cheng walk away, Li Yunlong finally looked away, turned around and ordered the communications troops to notify Zhang Dabiao, Zheng Yu and Chen Dagu to the headquarters.
Not long after, the three battalion commanders came to the headquarters together.
Li Yunlong divided the 100 mortars equally among the three main infantry battalions.
Although the artillery battalion of the new regiment has not returned, there is an artillery company under each main infantry battalion.
Although there are not that many artillery, if the firepower is covered, the artillery only needs to prepare the mortars to fire at the elements, and the infantry only needs to load the artillery shells into the running tube.
The rate of fire of the mortar depends on the skill of the gunner.
And there are plenty of artillery shells, a full 20,000 rounds, which is 2 bases.
This also made Li Yunlong lament that the only one in the Eighth Route Army that was richer than the New Regiment was probably the Huangyadong Arsenal.
The special agent group responsible for defending Huangyadong this time was also very wealthy. In addition to being equipped with 30 60mm mortars, each soldier was assigned an average of 50 hand grenades made in the border area.
The freedom of grenades is truly realized. In addition, there are enough bullets and mortar shells, and you can replenish them at any time as much as you consume in the arsenal.
The hand grenades made in the border area today are very different from those made in the border area in the past. The power of the hand grenades made in the border area filled with smokeless gunpowder is no longer the same.
Li Yunlong carefully calculated that these 100 60mm mortars, plus the mortars currently equipped by each regiment, are estimated to be more than 200 mortars and more than 30,000 mortar shells.
This is equivalent to having another trump card in his hand!
