In the smoky Taiyuan City, more than a thousand soldiers and thousands of civilians were busy surrounding the arsenal.
"We need four boxes of artillery shells here..." a soldier shouted to the squad leader not far away.
In less than a minute, four ordinary people were seen walking towards the soldiers carrying four boxes of artillery shells.
Several people helped together and bundled four boxes of artillery shells onto the backs of mules and horses in two or three minutes...
After the soldier estimated the weight, he took two bags of bullets from the side and tied them to the horse's back. Then he handed the mules and horses to the grooms nearby and asked them to help them rush to the city gate to hide.
"Captain..."
Wei Dayong didn't know when he touched Huang Yu's back and suddenly said: "Plus the mules and horses we brought..."
"More than 1,900 mules and horses have been strapped with cannonballs and sent to various city gates in Taiyuan to be on standby. They can set off as soon as it gets dark."
Kong Jie looked at his watch and replied: "It will be dark in more than five hours..."
"Let all the troops work harder and try to collect another two thousand horses."
"Don't be reluctant to spend money..."
"The artillery shells we brought back are all good things that even money can't buy. If we buy one more mules and horses, we can transport back more than ten more artillery shells."
"This kind of good deal with guaranteed profit and no loss is not something you can come across all the time."
"Except for mules and horses..."
"As long as it can help speed up ammunition, you can buy horses, war horses... you can buy as many as you want, there is no limit..."
Li Yunlong suddenly walked towards Huang Yu, patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, Xiao Huang..."
"I've already explained all these things..."
"Just now I personally led a company to collect mules and horses. I don't know how lucky I was to find a trading house run by a Japanese..."
"My dear..."
"Not only are the warehouses filled with grain, but the grain in the yard is also piled up into mountains, with more than 100,000 kilograms of rice and flour alone."
"If the little Japanese reinforcements weren't about to arrive, I really wanted to transport them back to the base together."
"The grain bank needs to transport grain everywhere, and often goes to the countryside to purchase grain. It has its own transportation fleet."
"We seized eight transport vehicles there alone... 128 batches of mules and horses..."
"I asked the underground party..."
"There are six or seven grain merchants of this size in Taiyuan City alone, and each grain merchant has its own transportation team."
"Many other companies also have their own transportation teams..."
"They alone can muster fifteen hundred mules and horses."
"Although there are not many people who own mules and horses, Taiyuan City is large and has a large population base."
"They must have more mules and horses than those trading houses."
"It should be no problem to gather four thousand mules and horses..."
"Even if the Taiyuan arsenal cannot be emptied, it can still be moved..."
"Captain..."
As soon as Li Yunlong finished his promise, he saw Duan Peng running towards them in a hurry, with a solemn look on his face, as if he had brought some bad news.
Li Yunlong hurriedly asked before Duan Peng could speak: "Have the little Japanese returned to Taiyuan in advance after returning to the reinforcements..."
The Taiyuan Arsenal has too many weapons and ammunition.
When the reinforcements from northwest Shanxi arrived an hour late, he was able to transport tens of thousands more kilograms of weapons and ammunition. This was a good thing that could not be found even with a lantern, so he had no choice but to be in a hurry.
Duan Peng quickly shook his head: "There is no news about the return troops from northwestern Shanxi..."
"It's the Taiyuan garrison that broke out last night and is in trouble."
"They suddenly sent two reinforced squadrons to surround the four city gates of Taiyuan."
Wei Dayong immediately retorted: "Surround Taiyuan..."
"impossible……"
"I am in charge of Taiyuan city defense. Have you ever heard that the Japanese and puppet troops built fortifications outside the city to block the city gate?"
Duan Peng quickly explained: "They didn't build fortifications, nor did they directly block the city gate."
"Using combat teams as units, separate troops and lurk on the roadside connecting the city gates."
"They definitely didn't do this to play with us!"
"I think they want to imitate us..."
"Use guerrilla warfare to slow down our retreat after dark."
"As soon as the reinforcements from northwestern Shanxi arrive, they will block us in Taiyuan City."
Li Yunlong punched the brick wall next to him, his face filled with anger. He stared at the map that the guard quickly spread out and said regretfully: "Yoshio Iwamatsu, this old devil, is really difficult to deal with."
"They know that we don't dare to retreat during the day, so we can only retreat at night..."
"Deploy an ambush on the roadside in advance to slow down our retreat... buy them time to return to the reinforcements..."
"What a good plan..."
"If I had known, I would have risked my life to keep him in Taiyuan City last night."
"Damn it!"
"If you don't pay attention, you will get yourself into big trouble..."
Huang Yu was not affected by the news at all. He looked at Li Yunlong and comforted him: "Captain Li..."
"It's okay..."
"Aren't they just two squadron brats?"
"Kill them."
"How should we retreat after dark or how?"
"Have several cavalry company commanders report to me immediately."
"The troops have been deployed for so long, and they have been complaining that they have no war to fight..."
"Now the opportunity has come...it depends on whether they can seize it."
Li Yunlong reacted suddenly, looked at Huang Yu with admiration and said, "You're the one who can turn your head so fast."
"If hundreds of little Japs get together, our cavalry can only kill them by launching an attack together. During the operation, they will be bombed by Japanese planes and lose their troops."
"Now the little devils have divided their forces and ambushed outside the city, which gives us a good opportunity to defeat them."
"After we captured Taiyuan Airport, it became much more difficult for the Japanese air force to reinforce Taiyuan. There were obviously fewer planes in the sky, and the time in the air became shorter and shorter."
"We have ten or twenty cavalrymen working together, coming and going like the wind. The Japanese's limited air support will definitely not be wasted on them."
"The cavalry can take the opportunity to eliminate those ambush troops..."
"I heard that Yoshio Iwamatsu still has more than a thousand people in his hands..."
"If we eat two more reinforced squadrons, he will have less than a thousand remaining soldiers in his hands, and he will definitely not dare to touch our brows again."
…………
In the bushes one kilometer east of Taiyuan City, nearly twenty Japs were lurking here waiting for darkness.
They were equipped with two light machine guns and two grenade launchers, although they did not threaten the safety of the Eighth Route Army.
But as long as we find the right opportunity, there is no problem in slowing down their march.
As soon as the troops were lurking in place, the leading lieutenant asked everyone to find bunkers and plan their retreat route.
At the same time, let them take the time to rest, replenish their physical strength, and prepare for tonight's battle.
After all, they fought all night yesterday and still lost a battle. Both morale and military morale were greatly affected.
"Rumble..."
The sound of horse hooves slowly reached the second lieutenant's ears from far away.
The second lieutenant was very vigilant. He followed the sound and looked over. In the blink of an eye, he saw a dozen cavalry rushing towards him. Some were holding horse rifles and some were holding sabers. They were very fast.
