Of course, the telegram sent by the Independent Regiment to its superiors received a quick reply.
The superior leaders had no objection except to remind them that the little devils from Hexian County were going north to block their retreat.
Anyway, the intention of the superiors is obvious now, that is, they want to cause big things and make the little devils miserable, so that they can applaud.
The Independent Regiment attacked Fuwan Town, attracting the Japs from Shuiquan to go south, leaving a loophole in the Japs' troops protecting Zhengtai Road, and also creating opportunities for other troops to attack Zhengtai Road.
Now that the leader has approved it, Zhao Gang has nothing to say and can only ask Li Yunlong:
"Old Li, how do you plan to fight this Fuwan Town?"
Li Yunlong said nothing, picked up a branch from the ground, and simply drew a map of the vicinity of Fuwan Town on the ground.
Then he said seriously:
"It's estimated that there are still 3-4 hours until dark. I'll rush to Fuwan Town from here and I'll probably arrive at around 8pm.
After resting for 2 hours, the attack begins.
At that time, the special agent battalion will be responsible for attacking Fuwan Town. The first battalion and artillery battalion will block the enemies in Yang County in Songxigou to the north. The third battalion will guard the retreat channel of Hongshui Village to the west. The second battalion will guard Wujiaping to the east and Mengbi Village to the south. Stop the enemies heading north to He County.
All actions are completed within 3 hours.
Three hours later, regardless of the outcome of the battle, they all evacuated from Hongshui Village to Yelang Valley, continued northward around Shiting Village, and headed straight for Ping'an County. "
Zhang Dabiao responded to this order and stopped the enemies in Yang County. This proved to be a tough battle and he was very satisfied.
But Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao were unhappy. They knew very well that according to Li Yunlong's arrangement, they might not be able to capture anything even in a battle, and if there was no battle, there would be no capture. The equipment of their second and third battalions would never be able to upgrade. Left behind by the First Battalion and the Special Agent Battalion.
Immediately jumped out to object:
"Captain, why is it their special agent camp that eats meat again? Are we, the second and third battalions, the stepmothers?"
"Hmph, I asked you to attack Fuwan Town. Can you win it in half an hour?"
Li Yunlong sneered.
As soon as these words came out, Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao stopped talking.
In any case, they can't guarantee that they can capture Fuwan Town in half an hour!
You must know that this is a pre-war deployment. If you ask for it, it will be a military order!
Seeing that they stopped talking, Li Yunlong said again:
"The logistics and non-combatants will first change their route eastward with the logistics platoon of the special agent battalion and wait for us at Tianjing Village in the west of Ping'an County.
This time we went out with only combat troops. Each battalion paid attention to handing over heavy equipment and unused artillery shells to the logistics troops first!
Lao Zhao, you can only take the lead in this matter. "
Zhao Gang knew that this guy clearly wanted to get away from him, but he couldn't refuse and could only nod in agreement.
And reminded Li Yunlong:
"Old Li, don't forget, the main goal given to us by our superiors is to go to northwest Shanxi and attack Zhengtai Road!
Don't get too hot-headed and make trouble in Yang County, delaying serious business. "
"Don't worry, Old Zhao, I can't let my superiors do anything wrong."
Li Yunlong waved his hand and didn't care at all.
In his opinion, the task limit given by his superiors to attack Zhengtai Road is within one month. He will first attack Fuwan Town, then bypass Shuiquan, pass through Ping'an County, rush to Heyuan County, and attack Zhengtai Road, which means ten A matter of a day and a half cannot be delayed at all.
…
After some arrangements, everyone went to prepare according to Li Yunlong's arrangement.
When Yang Yuanshan returned to the spy camp, Han Yang and others saw him and quickly came up to him and asked:
"Battal Commander, is there going to be a war?"
"Yes, I have discussed it with the group leader. We will go to Fuwan Town in the south of Dayang County tonight."
Yang Yuanshan answered.
"Hit a town? Isn't this a bit risky?"
He Yunfu was a little worried.
Although he didn't know the enemy situation in Fuwan Town, since it was a town, he expected that the little devil's defense force would not be too small.
"It's okay. With the strength of our special agent battalion, it won't be difficult to conquer Yang County.
If we attack a small Fuwan Town now, how could we not win it?
What's more, the regiment leader arranged for other battalions to help us block possible Japanese reinforcements. "
Yang Yuanshan waved his hand.
Can't beat it?
Totally impossible!
With the current strength of the spy battalion, it is certainly far from enough to deal with a regiment of little devils, but to fight a large group, it is a handful.
Yang Yuanshan didn't believe that the little devil would set up a regiment in a small Fuwan town!
Where did they get so many troops?
In the land of Sanjin, there are only a few divisions of little devils, and they have to garrison so many big cities. Little Fuwan Town is not worthy at all!
After hearing what Yang Yuanshan said, no one said anything.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, he immediately ordered:
"We will set off later and rush to Fuwan Town. We must arrive before dark.
The artillery company went straight to the mountain ridge east of Hongshui Village, mounted the cannon on the mountain ridge, and calibrated it in advance to shoot at Zhu Yuan.
If necessary, I will use the torch as a signal to order you to fire cannons and mountain cannons to bombard the enemy. The range of both guns should be able to reach Fuwan Town.
If there is no need, I will also use torches to order you to evacuate to the direction of Hongshui Village in advance. Do you understand? "
"clear!"
Wang Gensheng nodded quickly.
Then he asked worriedly:
"But battalion commander, the line of sight is unclear this night, and it is impossible for observers to accurately distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. Our artillery fires on the ridge. What if one of our own people is hit?"
"I'm placing you on the mountain ridge just in case. If the situation becomes urgent and we hit one of our own people, we won't even care."
Yang Yuanshan explained.
After hearing what he said, everyone present fell silent.
The battlefield situation is ever-changing, especially in a surprise attack like this. It is impossible to cover everything, and we can only act according to urgency.
Afterwards, Yang Yuanshan explained to the three company commanders Han Yang, He Yunfu and Li Dahe, and then ordered the whole battalion to immediately turn around and march towards the southeast at a high speed.
…
It was nearly 40 miles from Lijiagou to Fuwan Town. Soldiers from the Secret Service Battalion and other battalions of the Independent Regiment ran at full speed until they were out of breath. When it was just dark, they arrived at their respective reservations. Location.
While Yang Yuanshan arranged for the soldiers to hide in the woods to rest, he led a few guards to climb to the treetops and use binoculars to look at Fuwan Town.
Through the lens of the telescope, there were indeed little Japs coming and going in Fuwan Town, but they were not many. Yang Yuanshan knew from a rough count that they would not exceed an infantry squadron.
Knowing that his previous judgment was accurate, Yang Yuanshan breathed a sigh of relief.
If the little devil really sent a large group here, he might have no choice but to let Wang Gensheng's artillery fire and directly clear the ground with artillery shells.
Now there is only one squadron, and there are three Type 92 infantry cannons in the three companies of the secret service battalion, which is enough to bully them to death.
In this way, the artillery company can retreat early.
Those cannons and artillery shells cannot retreat quickly. If they don't run ahead of time, they will easily be overtaken by the Japs after dawn.
Then the fun will be great.
After some reconnaissance, Yang Yuanshan felt relieved, climbed down from the big tree, and said to Han Yang:
"Take the soldiers to prepare torches in advance. After the battle, quickly search for food and meat. Replenish some bullets and then withdraw. All other spoils will be left to the regiment. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
Han Yang immediately accepted the order.
He ordered the soldiers to cut down dead wood and make torches.
At this time, the engineer shovel built by Yang Yuanshan in Liujia Village came in handy.
In addition to leaving some in the logistics platoon, each infantry company is also assigned ten.
Now there are 30 torches in three companies, which are used in turns to cut and saw wood. It is very easy to use. It took more than an hour and almost every soldier got a torch.
However, the quality of these military shovels that were hastily made by blacksmiths was hard to describe. After just over an hour of use, several of them were broken.
This scene made Yang Yuanshan couldn't help but think that he would have to find a place to build a traditional steel-making furnace, specifically for steel-making, so that he could make various tools.
At worst, when the time comes, don’t ask for quality, just quantity!
(End of chapter)
