Chapter 425 It's time to fight the local tyrants again!
Chapter 425 It’s time to fight against the local tyrants again!
afternoon.
Li Yunlong returned to Zhaojiayu Village.
The first and second battalions, as well as the militiamen and civilians, all returned with their loads.
Li Yunlong left a company to defend the county seat.
Li Yunlong knew very well that with the current strength of the New Regiment, there was no need to engage in an offensive and defensive battle with the Japanese in the county town.
Guerrilla warfare and field warfare are the specialty of the Eighth Route Army, and there is no need to give up its advantages.
When the Japs carry out their next raid, there is a high probability that they will abandon the county town, but it is not entirely certain. When they do get there, it will depend on the battle plan.
It is not necessary to make a fuss about the county seat and inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese.
Not long after Li Yunlong arrived in Zhaojiayu Village, Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou each came back with their teams and generous captures, and returned home with a full load.
This battle went much smoother than imagined.
Li Yunlong couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
At the regiment headquarters, Zhao Gang beamed: "This seizure is very rich. My siege troops suffered less than 200 casualties, annihilated 800 Japanese and puppet troops in Ping'an County, seized more than 200,000 kilograms of grain, and fired hundreds of thousands of bullets.
There are more than 400 guns.”
With ferocious firepower and a nighttime raid, the cannon shells fell on the city wall before the Japanese and puppet troops in the county could recover.
After the artillery shells blasted open the city wall with absolute firepower advantage, mortars, infantry cannons and machine guns each fired another round, and the city wall in the main direction of the army's attack was occupied.
Since there was no headquarters, the Japanese and puppet troops did not have much courage to resist.
As soon as the main force entered the city, the puppet troops dispersed through the gap in the city wall deliberately left by the Eighth Route Army.
There were only two to three hundred Japanese soldiers left who resisted and were quickly wiped out.
"In addition, more than 100,000 kilograms of grain and some money were seized from the traitors."
Li Yunlong nodded and looked at Wang Dehou: "Chief of Staff Wang, how are the gains and casualties from the capture of Anhua County?"
"It's similar to how Political Commissar Zhao captured Ping'an County," Wang Dehou said. "There were about 200 casualties, more than 800 enemies were wiped out, more than 200,000 kilograms of grain was seized, hundreds of thousands of bullets, and more than 400 guns."
In total, Li Yunlong's attack on Heyuan County resulted in much fewer casualties and much more seizures.
However, this was the result of the cooperation of the Sharp Sword Squadron. Without the cooperation of the Sharp Sword Squadron, the battle to attack Heyuan County might have been much more difficult.
Li Yunlong said expectantly: "Now we have nearly 1 million more kilograms of grain, and road construction can be put on the agenda."
When Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou heard this, their faces immediately showed anticipation.
As long as the roads are repaired, cars can run and new regiments of heavy artillery can maneuver.
Zhao Gang asked: "Lao Li, how many roads do you plan to build?"
Li Yunlong thought for a while and said: "At least it must be connected to the base areas of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment, otherwise it will be meaningless."
According to the outside world, there are roads around the county. Although the Japs are far from motorized, they do have a lot of cars equipped with them.
It's just that the Japs' cars are too poorly built, and the Japs' fuel and other resources are scarce, so the few cars the Japs have equipped look a bit useless.
Once the base areas of the New First Regiment, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment are opened to traffic.
From now on, we will be able to use cars to maneuver quickly between these three base areas.
It only takes a few hours by car to reach the defense area of the New Second Regiment or the Independent Regiment.
If you have nothing to do, you can go to Lao Ding or Lao Kong to find a door.
"Okay!" Zhao Gang nodded, indicating that he had no objection.
"By the way, these seized grains can be temporarily stored in people's homes."
Chief of Staff Wang raised a new question: "After the airport is repaired, we will have to account for more than 1,000 tons of grain. Have we thought of a place to store it?"
This actually made Li Yunlong ask.
In addition to these more than 1,000 tons of grain, for every county town captured, there is also a harvest of 200 tons of grain at a trading price.
200 tons of grain, or 400,000 kilograms, was more than what was captured by capturing a county itself, and it also contained rice, white flour, canned food and other fine grains and fresh meat.
These grains are mainly for soldiers in battle, and the quantities are too large to be placed in ordinary people's homes.
Zhao Gang suddenly thought of a way: "Can we build a few large grain depots?"
"Grain depot?" Li Yunlong was stunned.
"That's right, build the grain depot." Zhao Gang said, "Let's find some canyon terrain, pour the ground, sides and top with reinforced concrete, store the grain inside, and then build the road to the location of the grain depot.
It is also convenient to allocate food to the troops. As long as the top is camouflaged, it will not be easy for Japanese reconnaissance planes to detect it."
"This is a way." Li Yunlong nodded and said.
When we were in Yangcun, southeastern Shanxi Province, the new batch of grain was mainly hidden in a large cave in the mountain behind Yangcun, and waterproofing measures were taken.
However, around Zhaojiayu Village, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang searched several hills and found no large caves like Yang Village.
The terrain in northwest Shanxi is crisscrossed with ravines, and there are quite a few canyons like the ones Zhao Gang mentioned.
“Having a warehouse alone is not enough, we must also take measures to prevent moisture and waterproofing.”
Li Yunlong nodded and said: "Old Zhao, Chief of Staff Wang and I will take the troops out to do side jobs these days. You should focus on this matter at home. As for the materials for building the warehouse, I will give Brother Chen credit."
The so-called side business is naturally to attack the county town in the defense areas of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment.
There is no need to worry about the materials for building a large warehouse. Anyway, he can get credit from Boss Chen and pay it back later.
"Okay, I will take care of this matter myself." Zhao Gang took over the matter.
Li Yunlong instructed: "The warehouse is the foundation of our new regiment. Once it is repaired, it must contain our food, weapons and ammunition. From site selection to construction, it must be kept confidential."
"Yeah." Zhao Gang nodded, looking thoughtful, thinking about the most suitable place to build the warehouse.
At this time, Xiu Qin, director of the Women's Rescue Association of Zhaojiayu Village, came in carrying a large basket of pancakes.
"Captain Li, Political Commissar Zhao, and Chief of Staff Wang."
As soon as she entered the door, Xiuqin saw the three of them sitting on stools in the outer room of the regiment headquarters and said with a smile: "You are all here. These are pancakes made by our comrades from the Women's Rescue Association. Eat them while they are hot."
Zhao Gang quickly stood up, took the basket from Xiu Qin's hand, and put it on the table.
Zhao Gang said to Xiu Qin seriously: "Comrade Xiu Qin, on behalf of all the cadres and soldiers of the regiment, I would like to express my gratitude to all the women of the Women's Rescue Association of Zhaojiayu Village. The pancakes you made are really a timely help. We must kill more Japanese..."
Li Yunlong grabbed a piece of pancake and ate it. While eating, he said: "Okay, Old Zhao, why are your clichés the same every time? I have written them all down. The following words must be 'I will never let down the folks.
Our expectations', isn't it? I say you intellectuals are just too sour."
Zhao Gang said with some embarrassment: "Lao Li, do you really remember that I say the same thing every time?"
Li Yunlong said: "That's right, not a word is wrong. Don't talk about the comrades in other places. I'm tired of hearing it. Can't you speak in plain language? Sister Xiuqin, you ladies are making pancakes, and we men are making pancakes."
Japs, don’t be polite to anyone, the division of labor in the revolution is different, this is so close, isn’t it, Sister Xiuqin?”
Xiuqin smiled and said: "The leader is still nice to hear. We are all a family, so there is no need to be polite."
Zhao Gang immediately took the pancakes and ate them while laughing: "It seems that as an intellectual, I need to integrate more with the workers and peasants."
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After the new regiment captured Ping'an, Heyuan and Anhua County, two days passed without any movement from the Japanese in the direction of Taiyuan and Datong.
After resting for two days, the county brigade guard Li Yunlong and chief of staff Wang Dehou led four main battalions, the cavalry battalion, the first artillery battalion, the machine gun battalion and the heavy machine gun battalion to the defense area of Ding Weixin's second regiment.
The defense area of the New Second Regiment is more than 100 kilometers away from the defense area of the New First Regiment.
After two days of rapid march, Li Yunlong and his troops finally arrived at the defense area of the New Second Regiment.
In the regimental headquarters of the New Second Regiment.
Ding Wei asked the cooking team to prepare a table of good wine and food, and greeted Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou.
The dishes have passed three rounds, and the wine has passed the five flavors.
Ding Wei asked: "Old Li, please tell me the truth. Last time we attacked Taiyuan and killed Yoshio Shinozuka, how much benefit did you gain?"
"How many benefits?" Li Yunlong threw a peanut into his mouth, looked at Ding Wei and Xu Shansheng, political commissar of the New Second Regiment, who were sitting opposite, and emphasized, "I'll scare you if I tell you!"
Seeing that Li Yunlong was just eating without talking, Ding Wei became anxious: "You are talking?!"
Li Yunlong said: "I said yes, but this involves strategic weapons, so you two have to keep it a secret."
"You can't trust us?" Ding Wei said, "It's not the first day Lao Xu and I have been involved in the revolution. Of course we know the confidentiality regulations."
Xu Shansheng also said: "Captain Li, don't worry, Lao Ding and I will never leak secrets."
"Actually, it's nothing." Li Yunlong pretended to be indifferent, "That's 24 150mm howitzers. The head of the headquarters removed 12 of them, and I kept 12 of them myself."
Wang Dehou also smiled slightly when he thought of the 12 150mm heavy artillery in the regiment.
Ding Wei and Xu Shansheng couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and even the chopsticks used to pick up vegetables suddenly stopped in the air.
"150mm howitzer?"
"12 doors? Real or fake?"
When Ding Wei heard this, he stared blankly at Li Yunlong, so envious that his saliva almost flowed out.
The New Second Regiment is now equipped with more than 30 75mm mountain field guns and 2 105mm howitzers, which makes Ding Wei crazy and dares to attack the county town.
But compared with the New Regiment, the gap immediately emerged. Now the New Regiment is equipped with 12 150mm heavy artillery, which is an even more dimensionally reducing attack.
Comparing people with others will lead to death, and comparing goods with goods will lead to throwing away.
Before this, the Eighth Route Army did not even have a single 150 mm caliber gun, and even the National Army had few of these.
"How can this be false?" Li Yunlong said with a smile, "The power is incredible. A shell weighs more than 80 kilograms and can kill a small stronghold with one shot."
As soon as these words came out, the envious expressions on the faces of Ding Wei and Xu Shansheng became even more intense.
A 150 mm caliber heavy gun, I really want one.
Ding Weidao: "Now your new regiment is estimated to have more than 70 cannons of 75mm or above. This is an artillery brigade, and there is also a heavy artillery battalion. It is simply rich."
"More than 70 cannons?" Li Yunlong said, "I'm just a petty person. When I succeed in attacking the county town, there will be almost 100 cannons above 75 mm. Now we, Old Li, are the real rich man."
When Ding Wei heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "It's time to fight the local tyrants again!"
Captain Li laughed, with a proud look on his face: "Come on, let's have a drink."