Chapter 170 The duck in the mouth flew away! "Old Zhao, think about it, after our independent regiment and Pinglu Yongfu's Fourth Brigade come into conflict. Normally speaking, if we really had a senior officer of the Eighth Route Army here. So the first thing we should do is to cover the retreat, rather than fighting hard in Yuxi Town and the 4th Brigade. But now our independent regiment did not retreat. Instead, we fought head-on with the old Japanese enemy Ping Lu Yongfu's Fourth Brigade. The fight was very fierce. We would never let the Japanese enemy enter Yuxi Town. It can prevent an entire regiment from retreating and confront the Japanese head-on. This is analyzed based on the previous experience of the Japanese attacking our Eighth Route Army. The Japanese will definitely think that our independent regiment has a very important mission and must defend Yuxi Town! And a senior officer of the Eighth Route Army would definitely not be able to let the entire independent regiment risk annihilation and fight the Japanese head-on. Therefore, Pinglu Yongfu would definitely guess that behind Yuxi Town, or in other words, the person we are protecting is definitely not just a senior officer of the Eighth Route Army, but what we need to cover is something more valuable than a senior officer of the Eighth Route Army. I bet that Pinglu Yongfu will definitely think so when the time comes. Then, in order to find out what our independent regiment is covering, he will definitely try his best to launch an attack on Yuxi Town.
Otherwise, when the other two brigades arrive, the Fourth Brigade won’t be able to enjoy the credit alone.” Listening to Li Yunlong's explanation, Zhao Gang nodded thoughtfully. "I understand. Commander, you mean to let Ping Lu Yongfu, the old devil, guess that our independent regiment is desperately resisting the attack of the fourth brigade of the devil in Yuxi Town. That's because we were protecting a very important target, and then we used this fake target to completely lure the entire 4th Brigade into the ambush circle. When Pinglu Yongfu led the 4th Brigade into Yuxi Town, the New 1st Regiment cut off the 4th Brigade's retreat and then launched an attack from the rear of the Japanese 4th Brigade. The Vanguard Regiment and the New Second Regiment launched an attack on the Japanese Fourth Brigade from the direction of Tongshi Town. By then, Pinglu Yongfu will know that there is no important target in Yuxi Town at all. The so-called important goal is actually to lure his Fourth Brigade to Yuxi Town, and then surround and annihilate it! "Being surrounded on three sides by us, and we are the ambushing party, we have a deliberate plan. Unless the brave men of Pinglu and the Fourth Brigade of the Fourth Brigade have wings, they will not be able to fly out of our encirclement!" "Yeah, that's the truth. Even if the Japs have wings, I will make sure they can't fly! Once they enter the ambush circle, the Japanese soldiers can't fly out even if they have wings. It's impossible to escape even if you have wings!" Listening to what Zhao Gang said, Li Yunlong nodded in agreement. As soon as Li Yunlong finished speaking, a burst of gunfire was heard in the distance. Hearing the gunshots, Li Yunlong sat up immediately. "Hahaha, Lao Zhao, the direction from which the gunshots came is our first line of defense! It seems that Zhang Dabiao has already gotten into a fight with the 4th Brigade. Communicator, go and tell Zhang Dabiao not to save ammunition for me and hit him hard. Tell him to remember this: all soldiers must stay in the trenches and are not allowed to charge! I approved so much ammunition for him so that he could use it to fight the Japs, not to lead soldiers to fight the Japs with bayonets! " The communicator outside the house listened to Li Yunlong's words, nodded immediately, then turned and ran to the communication room next door, ready to convey Li Yunlong's order to Zhang Dabiao. Thinking that the First Battalion had already started a firefight with the Japanese Fourth Brigade, according to the predetermined plan, after two hours the First Battalion would pretend to be unable to withstand the Japanese attack and retreat.
Then they launched an attack on the Japanese again during the retreat. By then, Pinglu Yongfu would see that the Eighth Route Army's resistance was extremely fierce, and it would be difficult for the troops sent out to break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line in a short period of time. Pinglu Yongfu would certainly be worried that if time dragged on for too long, the senior officers of the Eighth Route Army in Yuxi Town and the so-called important target that was imagined out of thin air would be evacuated. In order to speed up the attack, Pinglu Yongfu will definitely push all the remaining troops to Yuxi Town. At that time, as soon as the main force of the 4th Brigade entered the ambush circle of Yuxi Town, the New 1st Regiment waiting on the edge of Linyuan County would immediately send out troops to cut off the retreat route of the Japanese 4th Brigade. Then launch an attack on the Japanese 4th Brigade from the rear. Once the Japanese realize that something is wrong, they will definitely try every possible way to break out. It was not easy for the 4th Brigade to break out of the ambush circle. To the east is the Yuxi Town defense position held by the Independent Regiment. To the north is the blocking position recaptured by the New 1st Regiment, and the 772nd and 771st Regiments of Shiquan County can provide reinforcements at any time. As for the south, there is a big river. The water depth in the river is basically about one or two meters, and can be as deep as four or five meters in some deep places. In addition, several large bridges on the river have been installed with explosives. As long as the Japanese climb over the bridge, they will be thrown into the water and fed to the fish. If the Japanese wanted to break out from the south, the only way would be to swim down the river to the other side and risk being used as a moving target by the New Second Regiment. If they had to swim across the river, it would mean that the Japanese could not carry heavy weapons. After the Japanese Fourth Brigade, without heavy weapons, entered the Shangdang area, it was like a toothless tiger, and anyone could slap it. Not to mention the new Second Regiment which received ammunition and some equipment from the Vanguard Regiment. Not only that, the Pinglu Yongfudu Fourth Brigade wanted to cross the river and break out. In addition to facing the obstruction of the New Second Regiment, they also had to face the attack of the three main regiments of the Eighth Route Army behind them. However, the possibility of the 4th Brigade crossing the river is not high. Pinglu Yongfu was not an idiot. It was impossible for him not to guess that there were Eighth Route Army blocking positions on the other side of the big river in the south. If it were Li Yunlong himself, then when faced with this situation, Li Yunlong would definitely choose to hold on and wait for help, or retreat from Tongshi Town west of Yuxi Town. If they evacuate from the direction of Tongshi Town, as long as they leave the hills on the edge of Yuxi Town, the 4th Brigade's artillery advantage and tanks will be immediately demonstrated. With the powerful artillery advantage and the assistance of the tank squadron, it would definitely be easy to attack Tongshi Town. By then, the 4th Brigade will occupy the large plain of Tongshi Town, and its artillery advantages and the tank squadron's advantages will be greatly utilized. The 4th Brigade will change from the attacking side to the defending side, while the Eighth Route Army will change from the defending side to the attacking side. As for holding on in the ambush circle in Yuxi Town and waiting for reinforcements, this is not a good idea. The terrain of Yuxi Town is relatively complex, and the more complex terrain has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army. In addition to the limitations of the terrain, the artillery and tanks of the 4th Brigade are unable to exert their normal combat effectiveness and will be restricted everywhere. In addition, it was night time, and it was extremely difficult for the Japanese to find out where the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions were.
But the Eighth Route Army could easily find out where the Japanese artillery positions were. After all, not all places are suitable for setting up artillery. All the places in Yuxi Town that can be used to set up mountain artillery or field artillery have already been marked on the sand table. When the time comes, the Japanese will just open fire. The Eighth Route Army only needed to know an approximate location to have its own artillery blow up the Japanese artillery. It can be said that in Yuxi Town, the Eighth Route Army had the best of both time, place and people. If the Japanese reinforcements could not arrive in time, even if the Fourth Brigade held on and waited for help, it would be destroyed sooner or later. However, from Pinglu Yongfu's perspective, breaking out from the direction of Tongshi Town is indeed the best option. But it’s different from the perspective of the Eighth Route Army. Compared with the Japanese Fourth Brigade holding out in Yuxi Town waiting for reinforcements, Li Yunlong hoped that the Japanese Fourth Brigade would break out in the direction of Tongshi Town. As long as we attack the Japanese when they break out, it will be difficult to take their heavy equipment with us. It would have been even better if the Japs had used a tank squadron as the vanguard. The Japanese have a tank squadron, but does that mean the Eighth Route Army has no tanks? Qin Yangming just surrendered a tank battalion. Moreover, Qin Yangming brought the vanguard group to escort not only the headquarters but also the headquarters organs. The heavy artillery regiment from the headquarters also came along! As long as the Japanese Fourth Brigade dares to break out towards Tongshi Town, it will immediately be bombarded by the headquarters' heavy artillery regiment. Especially the vanguard regiment stationed in Tongshi Town, its firepower density is much stronger than that of the independent regiment or the new first regiment. Combined with the fortifications outside Tongshi Town, Li Yunlong was even confident that he could completely wipe out the Japanese Fourth Brigade within a day! Having come here, Li Yunlong couldn't help but smile proudly. "Hahaha, little devils, we were always surrounded by you, and then we were encircled and chased... This time, I, Li Yunlong, will let you experience the feeling of being surrounded, chased and beaten." Li Yunlong had even imagined the scene of himself chopping off the head of that old Japanese soldier Pinglu Yongfu, and then began to think about how to divide the equipment of the Fourth Brigade when he took it down. If Li Yunlong had not been still conscious, he would have known that the battle had just begun and there would be many variables and unexpected events. Otherwise, Li Yunlong would have wanted to open a bottle of good wine to celebrate the fact that the Independent Regiment had meat again, and it was a big meal. Just as Li Yunlong was happily looking at the sand table, thinking about how to give the Japanese Fourth Brigade a severe blow at night. Li Yunlong suddenly discovered that the sound of gunfire, which had been very intense just now, suddenly became sparse. "what happened?! Why did the gunfire stop?!" Seeing that there was no more gunfire coming from that direction, Li Yunlong began to feel a strong sense of uneasiness. The gunfire lasted only ten minutes before it stopped. There are only three possibilities. Otherwise, the first battalion was completely wiped out by a regiment of the Japanese within ten minutes.
However, the battalion responsible for blocking the enemy had more than a thousand men, most of whom were veterans, and was definitely a reinforced battalion. More than a thousand people were wiped out by a Japanese regiment in just ten minutes. This was simply impossible, and the equipment level of the first battalion was no better than that of the Japanese. It would be impossible for a Japanese regiment to wipe out a battalion within ten minutes even with the use of poison gas bombs. The second possibility is that the first battalion wiped out the Japanese regiment. But this is not realistic. The combat effectiveness of the 1st Battalion is strong, but it is not enough to destroy a field regiment of the Japanese within ten minutes. At that time, the strength of the Vanguard Battalion could be said to be twice or even three times that of the First Battalion. It took the Vanguard Battalion most of the night to wipe out an entire field regiment of the Japanese. How could the First Battalion wipe out an entire field regiment of the Japanese in just ten minutes? Another possibility is that the Japanese retreated! Only the Japanese retreated, so the artillery fire of the first battalion stopped. Thinking of this, Li Yunlong began to feel nervous. If the Japanese Fourth Brigade suddenly retreated, all his preparations would be in vain. Especially since the Japanese Fourth Brigade did not enter the ambush circle, Li Yunlong's plan to bite a big piece of fat from the Japanese Fourth Brigade and at the same time use the Fourth Brigade to let the Independent Regiment fight a tough battle and wear down the pride of the soldiers would most likely fail. Zhao Gang, who was standing by, saw that Li Yunlong, who was originally cheerful, suddenly frowned, and spoke to Li Yunlong. "Don't worry, Lao Li, the gunfire only lasted less than ten minutes. There must be no problem with the First Battalion. Maybe the Japanese saw that it was difficult to attack and retreated temporarily? Maybe the little devils saw the strength of our blocking force and began to report the situation to Pinglu Yongfu, the old devil?" Li Yunlong listened to what Zhao Gang said, shook his head and said: "I told Zhang Dabiao that when the Japanese troops entered the blocking position within 100 meters, they opened fire. Once you start firing, don't stop. Until the Japs were out of range. But after only ten minutes, the gunfire stopped, and something was obviously wrong. It is impossible for the Japanese to withdraw their troops after only fighting for ten minutes. Something must have happened ahead.” Just when Li Yunlong was about to call the front line to inquire about the situation, the phone in the regiment headquarters rang. The telephone in Li Yunlong's regiment headquarters was mainly used to communicate with the various regiment leaders, while the telephone for commanding the troops was installed in the communications room next door. Of course, if Li Yunlong wanted to use the regiment headquarters’ phone to give orders to the battalion commanders and company commanders of the independent regiment, that would also be possible. However, calls to battalion commanders and company commanders could only be made to the communications room. Now the phone in the regiment headquarters is ringing. It must be other regiment leaders calling me. "Hello, I'm Li Yunlong, the leader of the independent regiment. What's going on?!" "Captain Li, this is the 771st Regiment, emergency! Our scouts discovered that the troops behind the Japanese 4th Brigade changed direction and did not head towards Yuxi Town. Instead, they turned to Tongshi Town and sent two battalions of troops back to the road where the 4th Brigade entered Shiquan County to deploy defenses! " …… After hearing the information from the 771st Regiment, Li Yunlong received more information from the communications room before he put down the phone.
"Commander, Captain Zhang reports that the Japanese have withdrawn!" "boom!" "Damn it! The duck that was about to be in my mouth flew away!" (End of this chapter)