As soon as he stepped into the regiment headquarters, Zhao Gang couldn't wait to ask.
"That's right!" Li Yunlong nodded, and when he saw that everyone had arrived, he said, "Duan Peng has just returned with the Sword Squadron and has found the best ambush position."
Xing Zhiguo and Wang Dehou on the side also had their eyes lit up slightly.
Currently, there are still 11 days left before Gushoufu flies from Peking to Taiyuan. The reconnaissance is completed so quickly, and the time is completely enough.
The Sword Squadron performs its missions so cleanly and neatly.
"Where?" Zhao Gang came over and sat on a bench, and everyone sat down around the Eight Immortals Table.
Li Yunlong pointed at the map and said:
"To the northeast of Taiyuan Wusu Airport, about 20 kilometers away from Wusu Airport, below the route where the Japanese plane passes."
"According to Duan Peng's report, there is a small mountain here called Purple Mountain, which is not marked on the map."
"More importantly, there is an abandoned horse trail that leads directly from the Tongpu Railway to Zijin Mountain."
"Shoot down Gu Hisao's plane and we'll do it at Purple Mountain."
One of the great advantages of Li Yunlong's method is that if he can shoot down the Japanese plane, he will kill it all in one go.
Even if you parachute, there is no chance of survival under the dense firepower net.
Zhao Gang nodded in agreement, the Purple Mountain was indeed an ideal ambush location.
Since it is a mountain, there must be hidden places, and it is closer to the Japanese planes than the plains, making it more suitable for shooting Japanese planes.
"Okay!" Zhao Gang nodded, "What is the specific battle plan?"
"The specific battle plan is..."
Li Yunlong said: "Use a vehicle from the transport battalion to pull 100 20mm machine guns and 37mm anti-aircraft guns to this position, and then use mules and horses along the horse road to pull the 37mm anti-aircraft guns to Zijin Mountain, and wait for the Japanese plane to arrive.
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"But..." Zhao Gang said, "In this case, the mules, military horses and mule carts will have to leave early."
The mules and military horses used for pulling, as well as the mule carts used to transport ammunition, could not run as fast as cars.
Because the horse road is relatively narrow, cars cannot run on it, otherwise they would drive directly to Zijin Mountain.
so.
100 20mm machine guns, 40 37mm anti-aircraft guns and ammunition require animal power to transport.
The road conditions at that time were incomparable to today.
Li Yunlong nodded. The mule cart, mules and military horses must set off first.
However, mules and military horses can still move faster without carrying any weight.
"The troops we dispatched this time," Xing Zhiguo said, "include transportation battalions, automobile battalions, anti-aircraft gun battalions and machine gun battalions."
"Our two cavalry battalions must also be mobilized." Wang Dehou added, "The Japs still have a cavalry brigade in Taiyuan. After we shoot down the Japs' plane, the Japs' cavalry will probably catch up."
The cavalry brigade Wang Dehou mentioned was the Japanese cavalry 1st brigade of Tadamichi Ribayashi.
Among them, the 13th Cavalry Regiment was killed in the Battle of Xinzhou, half of which was killed.
The cavalry is more difficult to replenish, so the current Japanese 1st Cavalry Brigade also has a full cavalry regiment and half a cavalry regiment.
The 1st Cavalry Brigade is an elite Japanese cavalry force. It has been fighting against Fu Zuoyi's cavalry for a long time in Inner Mongolia, and its combat effectiveness is very strong.
However, the firepower of the New Regiment was too strong. Even the First Cavalry Brigade suffered losses at the hands of the New Regiment several times.
Everyone spoke to each other and quickly improved the entire combat plan and emergency preparedness.
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the next day.
Li Yunlong finished his breakfast and counted the days. The battalion and company-level officers sent from the headquarters should be arriving soon.
So, Li Yunlong asked Duan Peng to come to the regiment headquarters.
"Report to the regiment leader!" Duan Peng walked into the regiment headquarters at a snail's pace, saluted with a military salute, and said with sharp eyes, "Duan Peng is reporting to you!"
Seeing Duan Peng, Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction. This guy looked more and more like a special captain.
Under the leadership of Duan Peng, the Sharp Sword Squadron has become increasingly powerful.
Li Yunlong handed Duan Peng a note and said: "The battalion and company-level officers given to us by the headquarters are about to arrive. Your Sharp Sword Squadron will go to the Zhengtai Railway to meet them. The time and place are written on the note."
"Yes, leader!"
Duan Peng glanced at the note, straightened his body, turned around and walked out.
From southeastern Shanxi to northwest Shanxi, you need to pass the Zhengtai Railway.
The current Zhengtai Railway is still controlled by the Japanese, so it is still relatively dangerous.
This time, the headquarters sent more than 140 battalion and company level officers.
The new regiment will expand to 7 infantry battalions and 1 artillery battalion. Battalion commanders, instructors and deputy battalion commanders will need 24 battalion-level officers.
The gap among company-level officers is even greater.
The strength of the infantry battalion of the new regiment is five times that of the infantry battalions of other troops. Each infantry battalion of the new regiment has 2,000 men, 9 infantry companies and 1 artillery company.
Each infantry battalion requires 30 company-level officers such as company commanders, deputy company commanders and instructors. Expanding to seven infantry battalions means 240 people.
This time, the new regiment needed a total of nearly 300 battalion and company-level officers, because the new regiment also lost some company-level officers during the battle.
Let’s not talk about battalion-level officers. Not only the New Regiment, but also other units of the Eighth Route Army, the casualty rate of company-level officers is not small.
Because the company-level officers of the Eighth Route Army were at the forefront in almost every battle.
However, the casualty rate of the company-level officers of the new regiment is much smaller, because the infantry of the new regiment can call for artillery fire support at any time if the attack does not go smoothly.
Therefore, during battles, the soldiers of the new regiment rarely charge against the enemy's fierce firepower.
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At noon, Li Yunlong ordered Zhang Dabiao, commander of the first battalion of the main force, and Wei Dayong, commander of the second battalion of the division, to come to the regiment headquarters.
In the inner room of the regiment headquarters, Zhang Dabiao and Wei Dayong were standing in front of the kang, looking at the serious-faced regimental commander Li Da on the kang.
Both of them couldn't help but secretly shrink their necks.
what happened?
"Do you know why you two were called to the regiment headquarters?"
Li Yunlong glanced at Zhang Dabiao and Wei Dayong and asked coldly.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Report to the leader." Zhang Dabiao said, "I don't know."
"I don't know." Wei Dayong also shook his head.
"Don't know?" Li Yunlong said angrily, "Then let me remind you that during the attack on Datong this time, you two violated discipline. Do you know this?"
Zhang Dabiao and Wei Dayong looked at each other and realized that something had happened.
However, Wei Dayong did not panic at all. He smiled and showed his white teeth: "Commander, I have not violated any discipline. The regiment party committee stipulated that the battalion commander is not allowed to participate in hand-to-hand combat and charge, but I have not violated any of them."
And even if he violates discipline, this time his battalion is the first to achieve success. Even if he violates discipline, he will only be criticized at most.
Li Yunlong looked at Zhang Dabiao, and Zhang Dabiao touched his head and suddenly did not dare to speak, with an expression as if he was at the disposal of the regiment leader.
Wei Dayong added: "Captain, I am reporting that Battalion Commander Zhang not only personally led the soldiers to charge, but also threw away a helmet during the charge."
"Oh?" Li Yunlong's voice suddenly rose, and his eyes suddenly stared over, "Da Biao, is this the case?"
Zhang Dabiao: "..."
"Captain, I asked the guards to pick up the helmet and didn't throw it away."
Zhang Dabiao looked at Li Yunlong's expression, his heart thumped, and he quickly explained.
After finishing speaking, Zhang Dabiao glanced at Wei Dayong, as if to say, Monk, you are an unreasonable boy for actually slandering me.
A steel helmet is no better than a military cap. A steel helmet is a life-saving thing at critical moments. Each soldier only has one, so Li Yunlong will never allow it to be wasted.
Li Yunlong looked at Wei Dayong, who chuckled again and said: "Captain, I really didn't violate discipline. I participated in street fighting, not hand-to-hand combat or charge."
"Who said street fighting is not a violation of discipline?" Li Yunlong curled his lips, "If labor and management say it is a violation of discipline, then it is a violation of discipline."
"That has to be reasonable, right?" Wei Dayong whispered, "battalion commander Zhang participated in both the charge and the street fighting."
Zhang Dabiao: "..."
Zhang Dabiao hurriedly explained: "Captain, I learned this from you. When you were the commander, when were you not at the forefront?"
Li Yunlong was slightly stunned.
In the past few years, Li Yunlong always listened to the warnings from his superiors with one ear and out the other.
He almost always led the charge in every battle. After Zhao Gang came to the new regiment, he restrained himself a lot, but occasionally quietly participated in the battle.
After all, it’s better to treat others than others. After a while, Li Yunlong’s hands will feel itchy if he doesn’t chop off the heads of a few Japanese. Whenever he gets a chance, he will definitely kill a few Japanese to satisfy his cravings.
Suddenly, Commander Li felt the mood of the brigade commander and others.
It's indeed a bit bad. No wonder the brigade commander scolded him so loudly before...
The new regiment used to be fine and allowed the battalion commander to participate in the battle, but now the battalion commander is not allowed to participate in the battle. These problems were immediately exposed.
The soldiers you bring out have the same virtues as you.
"Damn it, if I don't learn the good stuff, I will learn the bad stuff."
"..."
Li Yunlong stared at them and scolded the two of them for more than ten minutes, and finally said:
"The monk's merits and demerits are equal to each other. Dabiao went to the regiment headquarters to work as a groom for me for a week."
"yes!"
Both of them saluted, then wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads and turned to leave.
"Monk, why didn't I realize before that you still like to make snitches?"
After walking out of the regiment headquarters, Zhang Dabiao said with an unhappy expression.
Wei Dayong's mouth curled up slightly: "Captain Zhang, this is not a snitch. Do you think the regiment commander didn't know that you threw your helmet and participated in a street fight? Who doesn't know that you, Zhang Dabiao, have been following the regiment commander most of the time?
Commander? Commander, are you willing to punish you?"
"That's true." Zhang Dabiao nodded and said, "Hey, I never noticed before, monk, you have a pretty good head."
Wei Dayong said: "Because I understand a truth, if you want to become smart, you still have to study more."
Zhang Dabiao originally wanted to use the regiment headquarters to make some moves with Wei Dayong.
But he quickly gave up this idea and tried to challenge Monk Wei. He was probably no match for him.
Forget it, don’t argue with this flower monk.
Zhang Dabiao shook his head and walked towards the regimental stable.