Half an hour later, the Japanese railway garrison came over. More than 30 cavalrymen arrived first, followed by seventy or eighty Japanese soldiers.
Li Yunlong gave the order to attack, and in less than ten minutes he wiped out all the Japanese soldiers, seized all their weapons and ammunition, and captured 16 war horses, which was a big gain.
Sun Desheng came over. When he saw that the New Brigade had eaten up the Japanese squadron, he said to Li Yunlong: "Captain, the mission has been completed. Let's go back."
Li Yunlong said: "Sun Desheng, Lao Zi came out and led a whole brigade of troops. This little harvest is not enough to fill his teeth. Your boy is familiar with this area. Find a target and let's fight him again."
Sun Desheng said hesitantly: "Captain, when we came out, didn't the captain say we would go back if we damaged the railway line? Do you want to report it to the captain?"
Li Yunlong said: "What are you reporting? Brother Dalong doesn't have much to do. He can fight the Japanese and seize supplies. He has absolutely nothing to say. Now I am the most powerful official here. You kid, listen to me. Tell me quickly, where are the Japanese? Let's go and do it. .”
Sun Desheng knew Li Yunlong too well and knew that he could not defeat this guy, so he took out the map, circled it, and said: "Captain, there is a battalion of the puppet army in Panjiayu Town, seventy miles away from here, and there are more than a dozen Devil."
Li Yunlong said: "Okay, it's him. Zhang Dabiao, gather the team quickly and rush there now. Sun Desheng, take your cavalry and surround this town to Laozi. Don't let the Japanese and puppet troops inside escape. . But your cavalry is only responsible for encirclement, leaving the attack on the town to the new brigade."
Sun Desheng said helplessly: "Yes, commander, I promise to complete the mission." After saying that, he led the cavalry and set off.
Li Yunlong led his troops on a rapid march and arrived at Panjiayu Town. After a battle, all the Japanese and puppet troops in the town were wiped out, and a batch of weapons, equipment and some supplies were seized. Only then did they return to the base with satisfaction.
No anti-theft
Yan Guiwu was very depressed after receiving the news. He and Xu Dalong had a tacit understanding for a long time. The Mawushan guerrillas generally did not attack the puppet army. Li Yunlong killed a battalion of Huang Xiejun's fourth division in one fell swoop, which made Yan Guiwu feel a little distressed.
He sent a telegram to Xu Dalong, saying that he hoped this would not happen again in the future.
Xu Dalong did not expect that after Li Yunlong completed his mission, he went to fight Huang Xiejun's troops. But he didn't say anything. After all, he didn't communicate with Li Yunlong about this matter in advance.
He sent a telegram back to Yan Guiwu, saying that it was a misunderstanding. If there were any similar actions in the future, he would definitely notify Yan Guiwu and tell Yan Guiwu that all the prisoners would be released.
Yan Guiwu was helpless about this, he couldn't offend Xu Dalong, and he also believed that Xu Dalong was a man of his word, so he had no choice but to admit this misunderstanding.
In any case, Li Yunlong led his troops to cut off the Shitai Railway line and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army in Shanxi.
At the same time, Bob and the others successfully attacked the Japanese Second Air Force's airport in Houma, causing serious damage to the airport. They had already flown to the airstrip in the Taihang Mountain base area, where they refueled and were ready to fly. Return to the Mawu Mountain base.
Taiyuan City.
The airport in Houma of the Second Air Force was destroyed again, and the Shitai-Taiwan Railway line was cut off. Two bad news came, which made Yoshio Shinozuka very depressed and angry.
He said viciously: "Bage Yalu, this Xu Dalong is really abominable."
He called the chief of staff and discussed with him to send troops to attack the Mawushan base area.
Yoshio Shinozuka is a very calm person, but this time he was completely angered and was about to mobilize troops to attack the Mawu Mountain base.
As the commander's most important staff, the chief of staff must of course remind him not to be impulsive. He said: "Your Excellency, commander, this Xu Dalong is really abominable. The Huang Army will destroy him sooner or later. At present, the reinforcements sent by the front army are still there." They have not entered Shanxi and do not have enough troops to eliminate Xu Dalong. The humble suggestion is to let Xu Dalong be arrogant for a few more days. When the Huang Army's large forces arrive, they will completely eliminate him. When the time comes, he will be captured and taken to Taiyuan, where he will be exposed in front of others. In front of His Majesty the Commander, I knelt down and begged for mercy.
His words were very relieving, and Yoshio Shinozuka began to calm down.
He said bitterly: "You are right, then let Xu Dalong live for a few more days."
Mawushan base area.
The airport in Houma was destroyed again and the Shitai-Taiwan Railway was cut off in order to anger the Japanese army. However, the Japanese army did not take any action. Not only that, according to intelligence, small Japanese troops concentrated in big cities.
It seemed that the Japanese army kept calm and would not move blindly until reinforcements arrived, leaving opportunities for the guerrillas to defeat them.
The issue was again discussed by coalition command.
Li Yunlong attacked the Shitai-Taiwan Railway and fought two small battles, but he still felt that it was not enough.
He said: "Since the little devils are too scared to come out, let's just knock on the door. I don't believe they can still be a coward."
This time everyone had the same opinion, and they all believed that we should take the initiative, mobilize the enemy during the battle, use the tactics of encirclement and reinforcements, and eat up part of the Japanese army to reduce the pressure of future anti-mopping operations.
Chu Yunfei has been in this area for a long time and is very familiar with the surrounding enemy situation.
He said: "The 110th Division in Yangquan and the 32nd Division in Lingao City are very afraid of us. They are holding on to the city. Even if we attack them, they may not be willing to come out to fight us. The 108th Division in Yucheng There is the 32nd Division in the middle. The distance is too far and it is not a good target.
Our biggest threat is the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division in the direction of Taiyuan. This force is a fully mechanized force with strong combat effectiveness and very arrogant. If we can destroy this force in advance, it will be very beneficial to our future battles. "
Xu Dalong agreed with Chu Yunfei's opinion. He said: "Mr. Chu is right. Among the surrounding Japanese troops, the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division is very arrogant. If our troops go to lure the enemy, they are likely to Come out. Let's ambush them on the way and eat this enemy."
Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and Wang Limin also thought that Chu Yunfei's suggestion was reasonable, so everyone discussed this topic and finally decided to target the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division.
Gucheng County is about 70km away from Taiyuan City. The 21st Brigade was stationed here after the last retreat from Mawu Mountain. The 21st Brigade is a fully mechanized force with a large number of armored combat vehicles and transport vehicles, which cannot be accommodated in the county town. , so the brigade headquarters and directly affiliated teams live in the county town, and other troops live in barracks outside the city.
This morning, the sentry noticed the cavalry appearing in the distance and hurriedly reported it to his superiors.
A captain of the Japanese army came to the gate of the barracks and looked through his binoculars. He saw two to three hundred cavalrymen in the southeast direction of the barracks, where they were setting up artillery.
The brigade captain hurriedly ordered an alarm, sent someone to call the brigade commander to report, and at the same time organized troops to prepare for a counterattack.
At this time, the enemy's cavalry had set up artillery and began shelling the Japanese barracks.
The anti-Japanese armed forces used Type 92 infantry artillery. The Japanese barracks were so large that there was no need for test firing. The shells fell into the camp area. The shells exploded everywhere. Some buildings in the barracks were blown down, and vehicles and personnel were damaged. Small loss.
The Japanese officers and soldiers gathered urgently, poured out of the barracks, set up artillery, and prepared for a counterattack.
When the guerrilla cavalry saw the large group of Japanese troops leaving the barracks, they stopped shelling and quickly evacuated with their horses pulling the Type 92 infantry cannon.
The Japanese captain was very angry. He wanted to lead his troops to pursue him, but he had received orders from his superiors and was not allowed to leave the barracks without authorization. He could only look at the retreating enemy's back and curse continuously.
The enemy did not go far. After a while, they appeared on the other side of the barracks and quickly set up artillery to shoot into the barracks.
The Japanese army also urgently set up artillery in preparation for counterattack.
The enemy army still used the old tactics. Before the Japanese army could set up the artillery again, they began to retreat with the artillery.
Such guerrilla tactics made the Japanese army very distressed. In order to prevent the enemy from attacking again, the top commander of the Japanese army in the barracks, Captain Sakamoto, ordered all the artillery in the barracks to be dispersed around the barracks. As long as they saw the enemy coming, they would fire Fire immediately.
The cavalry unit led by Sun Desheng was the one who attacked the Japanese army. When they approached the enemy's barracks again and began to set up artillery, the enemy's artillery fired over first. Sun Desheng saw that this was not going to work, so he led his troops to evacuate.
The Japanese regiment commander ordered the losses to be counted. As a result, more than 60 Japanese soldiers were injured or killed, 4 trucks were blown up, and 12 barracks collapsed.
The wing commander reported the situation to the brigade commander.
The brigade commander suffered a lot in the last battle with the guerrillas. He hated the Mawushan guerrillas very much. He had long been holding back his energy to attack the guerrilla base areas.
When he saw the guerrillas coming to his door, he was very angry and wanted to go out and eliminate these hateful guerrillas right away. However, he had already received an order from Yoshio Shinozuka. No unit was allowed to attack without permission before the unified combat deployment of the First Army was completed.
He had no choice but to order his troops to strengthen their defenses and to counterattack the guerrillas who came to harass them at any time.
The guerrilla cavalry now dare not get too close to the Japanese barracks. The number of artillery they carry is limited and they cannot take advantage of the artillery battle with the Japanese.
However, the officers and soldiers of the guerrillas were very creative. They quickly discovered a weakness of the Japanese army, that is, the Japanese troops lived in barracks and were very concentrated. The guerrilla artillery did not need to fire accurately. They only needed to drop the shells into the Japanese army. In the barracks, they can cause casualties to the Japanese army.
Therefore, they set up the Type 92 infantry gun at the maximum range, then fired at the Japanese barracks. After firing a few rounds, they quickly moved to another place and continued to bombard the Japanese barracks.
Since there is no need for precise aiming, the guerrillas can set up the artillery and fire at will, so they are very fast.
In order for the Japanese army to lock down the guerrillas' artillery, they still need to carefully measure and calculate the shooting elements, and then conduct a test firing of the artillery. This takes a long time, and the speed at which they use artillery to fire is far slower than Guerrillas.
The guerrilla cavalry dragged the artillery and found a place to bombard the Japanese army. When the Japanese artillery had been busy for a long time and was ready to start shooting, the guerrilla cavalry dragged the artillery and continued to move.
In this way, the Japanese army was completely passive and vulnerable.
The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were all frightened, and they all asked to go out and eliminate these hateful guerrillas.
The commander of the regiment did not dare to make any arbitrary decisions and asked the brigade commander again for instructions.
The brigade commander heard that his troops were completely passive and had been beaten. The number of casualties had exceeded 200, and vehicles and other supplies had also suffered great losses. He was already very arrogant, and how could he bear this? Unable to bear it any longer, he ordered the troops to attack immediately to annihilate those hateful guerrillas.
The commander of the regiment had been waiting for this order for a long time. After receiving the order, he immediately led a large number of Japanese troops in tanks, armored vehicles, motorcycles, and cars to rush towards the guerrillas.
When the guerrilla cavalry saw the enemy coming out, they immediately pulled up their artillery and began to retreat.
Sun Desheng had been paying attention to the situation on the battlefield. When he saw that the Japs finally couldn't bear to come out, he immediately sent someone to report to Xu Dalong.
When Xu Dalong heard that the Japanese army had come out and there were only about 1,000 people, he told Kong Jie to put the New Second Brigade in charge of attacking this group of enemy troops, and asked him to only repel the enemy, not annihilate them all, in order to leave some Japanese soldiers to go back. Reporting the news, the brigade commander angered the Japanese and mobilized the entire 21st Brigade.
Xu Dalong ordered Li Yunlong's New 1st Brigade, Wang Limin's Independent Brigade, and Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade to stand still and wait in hiding.
Xu Dalong has a huge appetite and wants to eat the entire 21st Brigade in one bite.
The guerrilla cavalry dragged the cannon and ran not very fast, allowing the Japanese and puppet troops to catch up.
When the Japanese soldiers saw that the guerrilla cavalry was getting closer and closer, they were all very excited, and they used all their strength to chase forward desperately.
The guerrilla cavalry suddenly stopped while running. They dismounted one after another and assumed a blocking posture.
Seeing this situation, the Japanese commander acted exactly as he wanted and immediately organized his troops to prepare for an attack.
At this moment, the troops of the New Second Brigade appeared, and the troops of the two regiments outflanked them from both sides.
When the Japanese commander saw that he had been ambushed, he immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing and prepare to retreat. But when they saw that the enemy's strength was only two to three thousand men, they didn't take them seriously at all.
The commander ordered the troops to get off the vehicle, and then started fighting with the guerrilla cavalry and the officers and soldiers of the New Second Brigade.
Both sides suffered casualties during the battle. The 21st Brigade's combat effectiveness was very strong and it had the upper hand to a certain extent.
Seeing this scene, Kong Jie sent another regiment to join the battle.
At this time, the Japanese troops began to lose their support and climbed onto the trucks one after another, preparing to withdraw to the barracks.
Seeing this situation, Sun Desheng immediately commanded two cavalry squadrons to surround them and shoot fiercely at the Japanese convoy.
The Japanese army retreated while fighting, looking very embarrassed.
The brigade commander has also rushed over. He has been observing the situation on the battlefield with the artillery scope. This area is all plains, and he is not worried about enemy ambush. Seeing that there were approximately thousands of anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party, he weighed his own strength and believed that he was absolutely sure to annihilate these enemy forces.
So he made up his mind and led the main force of the brigade to fight out.
Kong Jie's New Second Brigade was chasing the Japanese army. When they saw the main force of the Japanese army dispatched, they were very panicked, stopped their pursuit of the Japanese army, and began to retreat.
The brigade commander saw that the guerrillas were about to escape. Most of these guerrillas were infantry and could not outrun his own tanks, armored vehicles and automobile wheels. He was very excited and led a large group of troops to pursue them.
Determined to completely annihilate this enemy force, he ordered his troops to divide into three groups to outflank the guerrillas in front.
