Chapter 92 Great Victory in Qinghe! At the 386th Brigade headquarters, the brigade commander breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that Li Yunlong had successfully captured Qinghe County. "Quick, report to the commander-in-chief that Li Yunlong's troops have successfully captured Qinghe County. Let the 120th Division prepare to enter Qinghe County!" "Yes!" The telegraph operator quickly relayed the brigade commander's words to the headquarters via the radio. The headquarters then issued an order for the 120th Division to prepare to enter Qinghe County for garrison. At the same time, good news came from the 115th Division. They defeated the reinforcements of Pianguan County through an ambush, and finally captured Pianguan County with the help of internal support. This time, Li Yunlong's battle directly pulled out the nail that the Japanese had inserted between the Northwest Shanxi Base and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Base, and directly connected the two bases. The political commissar standing by thought of the situation that Zhao Gang had just reported, and asked the brigade commander with some concern. "Brigade Commander, Li Yunlong blew up the Zhengchuan River, and the river water basically destroyed all the farmland on the flat ground in Qinghe County. Is this the case?"
The brigade commander listened to the political commissar's report and thought for a while. "I knew Li Yunlong would make a big mess, but I didn't expect that he couldn't poke a hole in the sky, but he made a hole in the ground for me." "Li Yunlong took a very risky action, but we have to admit that if he hadn't blown up the Zhengchuan River, he wouldn't have been able to take over Qinghe County so quickly." "I will explain it to the boss in person. All in all, Qinghe County has won a great victory this time." "Brigade Commander, do you want to wait for the division commander to come before you go see the boss?" "Well, let's wait for the commander to come. It's time for the commander to have a headache." "Hahaha~" …… "Xu~" The neighing of horses filled every area in Qinghe County. Ordinary people and Eighth Route Army soldiers kept entering the houses with buckets of clear well water, and then they brought out buckets of muddy dirty water. Last night, the Vanguard Battalion and the Independent Regiment tried their best and brought all the horses from the Junggar Horse Farm back to Qinghe County before dawn. Because he was worried that the Japanese planes would strafe and kill the horses, Li Yunlong ordered all the horses to be temporarily placed in the houses of ordinary people to avoid observation by the Japanese planes. Zhao Gang, political commissar of the independent regiment, Zhong Zhicheng, political commissar of the new regiment, and Zhangye led the soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield and build fortifications to prevent the Japanese reinforcements from seizing the opportunity to attack Qinghe County again. All military tasks of the two regiments were temporarily assigned to Kong Jie, while everyone else was resting, especially Li Yunlong. After learning that Qinghe County had been taken, he collapsed to the ground after not closing his eyes for two days. He was unable to perform even basic movements and had to be carried away on a stretcher. Because Qinghe County had been taken, there was no need to worry about being attacked from both sides, so reinforcements from the 120th Division also entered Qingshui Town, responsible for helping the Independent Regiment and the New st Regiment defend the outer positions and the puppet Mongolian army in the north. The 115th Division also squeezed out two regiments of troops to go to the Pianguan base to consolidate the defense line, and at the same time sent more than a thousand people to Qinghe County to prepare to transfer horses. Perhaps the Japanese felt that Qinghe County had been occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and they were unable to forcibly attack Qinghe County with their current military strength.
If they forcefully attack Qinghe County, the Eighth Route Army might take advantage of the empty rear to attack other counties, which would result in even greater losses. After the brigade commander and the division commander helped to deal with the mess caused by Li Yunlong, the brigade commander also brought his men to Qinghe County, took over the follow-up work, and allowed Kong Jie to take a rest. After a whole day's rest, Li Yunlong and others became energetic again and could act normally. After Li Yunlong woke up, he immediately asked Hu Zi to find Zhao Gang, wanting to see what was captured during the attack on Qinghe County. "Huzi, quickly call Political Commissar Zhao over. I want to see how many good things we have seized in this attack on Qinghe County." Hu Zi listened to Li Yunlong's question and seemed to be hesitant to speak. Li Yunlong looked at Hu Zi's expression and had a bad feeling in his heart: "What's wrong? What happened?" "Could it be that Political Commissar Zhao handed over the list of spoils to the Brigade Headquarters?!" "No, Commander, the Brigade Commander is here." "What the hell? The brigade commander is here?!" After hearing what Hu Zi said, Li Yunlong quickly stood up from the bed. He also thought about secretly hiding some good stuff and then sharing it with the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment. But now that the brigade commander came in person, his plan was directly thwarted. Li Yunlong's eyes rolled, and he quickly continued to speak to Hu Zi: "Quick, call Ding Wei, Kong Jie, and Xiao Qin over, and bring a list of spoils, and let Captain Ding get the list!" "Yes!" Soon, several major military commanders gathered in Li Yunlong's room. "Old Ding, how much did we seize this time?" After Ding Wei came over with the list, Li Yunlong couldn't wait to ask Ding Wei. Not only Li Yunlong, Qin Yangming and Kong Jie also wanted to know how many good things were seized this time. Ding Wei took out the document and said as he looked at it: "Why are you in such a hurry? I just got the list." "Old Li, we really gained a lot this time." “There are 2,312 horses that can be used directly as war horses. Among them there were 413 Oriental horses. There are 1,600 horses that need to be trained for war. There are also 1,842 nags." "Including some stallions and the like, there are about 5,000 horses in total, and a large number of cattle and sheep." "What about the equipment?" "As for equipment, the main thing is that we captured 3,200 Liao 13-style rifles." "Eighty-two Type 17 light machine guns made in Liao.
Twenty-one Type 13 heavy machine guns made in Liao. Two Liao-made Type 14 75mm mountain cannons and 134 shells. There are also thirteen mortars of unknown models and some obsolete weapons, and the inventory work has not been completed yet. The ammunition count has not been completed and is still ongoing.” Li Yunlong listened to the report and asked quickly, "Are the weapons and equipment that you each seized also in here?" Kong Jie nodded: "All the spoils have been handed in and are being counted." "The brigade commander is here, who dares to hide the equipment?" After Kong Jie finished speaking, he glanced at the door and whispered, "I talked to the commanders of the new recruits' battalions of our two regiments and asked them to change their equipment. I wonder if they have changed it." Li Yunlong listened to Kong Jie's words and looked at Kong Jie with some surprise. Qin Yangming listened to the conversation between the people, thought for a while and said to them: "Captain, the Vanguard Battalion found an arsenal in the mountains near Luxun Town. It should be the arsenal left behind by the Northeast Army when they retreated here. This matter has not been reported yet." After hearing this, several people looked up at Qin Yangming: "The arsenal left by the Northeast Army?!" Qin Yangming nodded: "It should be the Northeast Army. Most of the weapons inside are Liao 1924 rifles and a batch of genuine Mauser rifles, also known as Zhongzheng rifles. There are also some big ones among them." Li Yunlong's eyes lit up when he heard what Qin Yangming said: "Don't report the matter of the arsenal yet. Go to Luxun Town and hide there. Don't let the brigade commander see you." "Now that you have reported to me, the rest is my business. Don't worry about the armory." Qin Yangming listened to Li Yunlong and shook his head: "Captain, we can't use the equipment in the armory now." "Are those big guys you mentioned?" "Well, a 105mm howitzer weighs nearly kilograms. There is no way that a mule or horse can pull it away. Even if they can, they will probably die of exhaustion after walking a few miles." Li Yunlong listened to Qin Yangming's words and thought for a while: "Don't worry about it for now, go to Luxun Town first and find a way to get those light weapons out and hide them." Qin Yangming listened to Li Yunlong's order, turned around and left Li Yunlong, and quickly rushed to Luxun Town with Goudan. As for the town’s arsenal, the ones left behind by the Northeastern Army were created by the system at Qin Yangming’s command. The weapons and equipment in his warehouse have been kept for so long, it's time to take them out and kill the Japanese. Especially the six 105mm howitzers, which are powerful weapons and heavy artillery. (End of this chapter)
