It took Li Yunlong less than half an hour to issue combat missions to the battalion commanders.
After the mission was assigned, he ordered each battalion commander to check their watches with him. After confirming that the time was consistent, he asked everyone to lead the troops and set off towards their respective mission target points.
Time is running out and the whole group must hurry up.
He was worried that Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment would take the lead due to long nights and many dreams, so he decided to start the battle at 10 o'clock tonight!
Although the artillery power of the independent regiment now exceeds that of the entire army, Li Yunlong does not want to give up his advantage in night attacks.
After all, although the independent regiment has many artillery shells, they can't be wasted casually, right?
Only Yang Yuanshan was a little unhappy and thought to himself: Fighting with the regiment will be troublesome!
If he was asked to make a decision, he would definitely wait until dawn before fighting, give full play to his artillery advantage, knock out all the firepower points of the little devil first, and then launch a barrage.
It’s beautiful to think about!
What's more, he also wanted to deliberately attract the Little Japanese Air Force to bomb in order to avenge the bombing of Shuiquan Coal Mine!
If attacked at night, this effect may not be achieved.
However, thinking of the tragic experience of Shuiquan Coal Mine, he became alarmed again and felt that maybe Li Yunlong's decision was the right one. He would attack at night first and try to eliminate the little Japs as much as possible.
If the fight isn't over yet at dawn, the Japs' plane will definitely come.
There will be no delay in dealing with them when the time comes.
Too much, it can easily cost the soldiers blood!
Moreover, Li Yunlong also took into account the huge number of his own anti-aircraft guns this time. It would be a waste not to shoot down a few Japs planes.
Therefore, I specifically told each battalion not to be too hasty in this siege and to minimize casualties.
The purpose, of course, is to give the little Japanese aircraft reaction time so that they have time to fly in and die.
The commander who killed the little Japs probably never imagined that the Eighth Route Army, which was always afraid of air raids, would actually expect them to launch an air raid this time and deliberately give them a chance.
How could they have thought that this time the independent regiment had prepared nearly 30 anti-aircraft guns for them!
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After giving the order, all the battalions on Shuishen Mountain gathered and set off.
The morale of the soldiers was high and their eyes were full of fighting spirit.
Fighting in the county seat is exciting just thinking about it!
They feel that after this battle is over, they can brag about it for half a year.
At the spy camp, Yang Yuanshan ordered the Second Company, led by company commander Xia Dayi and instructor Xu Shaobai, to go with Li Yunlong's regiment headquarters to act as a reserve team for this battle.
When Xia Dayi heard that his company had not won the battle, he couldn't help but feel very depressed. He quickly looked at his old partner Han Yang as if he was asking for help.
I hope the other party can stand up and say a few words for me.
Han Yang received his distress signal and had to stand up and said:
"Battal Commander, the second company is our main company and has strong combat effectiveness. How about we let the guard company stay as a reserve team?"
As soon as he said this, the guard company commander Wang Ye wanted to hit someone.
He immediately jumped out and shouted:
"Deputy Battalion Commander Han, you are too partial!
Is our guard company's combat effectiveness weak?
Come, let's practice. If you beat me, I will agree that our company will be the reserve team! "
Wang Ye remembered what Yang Yuanshan told him before, that if you want to steal the task, you can't be afraid of beating people.
So he was ready to really beat Han Yang, the deputy battalion commander.
Anyway, in the end, Yang Yuanshan helped to take care of the whole story, so I was so scared!
Of course Han Yang knew about Wang Ye's martial arts. In the secret service camp, only Wei Dayong, a fair-weather monk, could stand up to him.
In terms of fighting, there was no way he could be his opponent.
He quickly laughed and said:
"Wang Ye, your guard company still fights less. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is indeed not as good as the second company.
It's such a waste to let the Second Company serve as the reserve team!
This good steel should be used on the blade. "
"You said our security company is not good at steel? I don't accept it!"
Wang Ye was anxious.
Roll up your sleeves and rush over.
Yang Yuanshan saw that they were making trouble that was going to hurt the feelings of his comrades, so he quickly stopped:
"Okay, I said let the Second Company be the reserve team, let the Second Company be the reserve team!
The guard company has had little experience in combat, so this is a good time to get some experience! "
Seeing Yang Yuanshan's final decision, everyone did not dare to explode any more, and agreed in unison——
"yes!"
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After arranging the reserve team matters, Yang Yuanshan called the company commanders Feng Shuanglin and Guo Youqing of the anti-aircraft artillery battery:
"Shuang Lin, Lao Guo, the regimental commander ordered us to set up the anti-aircraft gun position in the east, preparing to intercept the Japanese planes coming from Shimen and the direction of the capital.
You leave me a No. 40-meter anti-aircraft gun and a twin Oerlikon machine gun, and then take the other guns to the east of Xiaoyangou to find favorable air defense positions and deploy them.
The entire regiment's attack time is 10 pm, and the Japs' plane will arrive after 7 am. You have enough time to choose gun positions.
Be sure to choose an area with good shooting range. As long as the little devils dare to come, you must seize the opportunity and knock down all their planes.
In addition, the 1st Battalion is responsible for the attack to the east. You can level the anti-aircraft guns appropriately according to the situation to support the 1st Battalion's attack and speed up the city's destruction.
Anyway, we brought a lot of artillery shells this time.
Understand? "
"clear!"
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After everything was arranged, Yang Yuanshan immediately ordered the troops to break camp and run towards the south of Heyuan County.
A team of thousands of people surged down the mountain road like a torrent, with momentum like a tiger descending the mountain!
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Time passed in the rapid march of the soldiers. When it was getting dark, the entire spy battalion had arrived in the mountains and forests west of Lounan Town in the south of Heyuan County.
At this time, Wei Dayong, who had been sent out to scout the enemy's situation a long time ago, came back with his people to report:
"Battal Commander, if we want to attack the south gate of Heyuan, we must give priority to Lounan Town, which is 5 kilometers away!
Otherwise, he might be attacked from both sides by the little devils. "
"Good fellow, monk, do you still know how to use your brain to fight?
Not bad! "
Yang Yuanshan praised him repeatedly, which immediately made Wei Dayong feel a little embarrassed.
He scratched his head and said:
"I've fought so many battles. Thinking of this, it's nothing, right?"
"Hahaha!
Okay, let’s talk about Lounan Town.
Last time we visited Heyuan County, we didn't hear that there were any little Japs in Lounan Town! "
Yang Yuanshan was a little suspicious.
He vaguely felt that the task he originally thought was to simply hit the south gate of Heyuan County, but now it has become more difficult without knowing it!
"Battal Commander, it's getting dark now. Lounan Town has been sealed off. Our people can't enter the town and can only observe from outside.
It seems that there are not many little Japs in the town, probably no more than a squadron.
However, they built gun towers at the entrance of the town on both the north and south sides, and installed at least two heavy machine guns. There were barbed wire fences and bonfires in front of the gun towers, and the defense was very tight! "
“It’s just a few heavy machine guns, no big deal.
Have a cannon? "
Yang Yuanshan didn't care.
"I didn't see the cannon."
"good!"
"Han Yang, take Xu Wei's company to capture Lounan Town!
As soon as 10 o'clock arrives, you will launch an attack to capture the town and prevent our team attacking the south gate from being attacked from both sides. Do you understand? "
"clear!"
Han Yang and First Company Commander Xu Wei immediately took the order.
"Act immediately. When fighting, use your brain more and try to reduce the casualties of soldiers as much as possible!"
"yes!"
"After taking Lounan Town, a small number of people were left to clean up the battlefield. The main force rushed to Huong Nao, preparing to block the little Japanese Shuiquan reinforcements."
"Promise to complete the mission!"
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Seeing Han Yang hurried away with a company of soldiers taking advantage of the last light, Yang Yuanshan immediately said to He Yunfu:
"Lao He, you and Zhao Li, take the comrades from the logistics company to Huang Nao to find favorable terrain to dig trenches and prepare to block the reinforcements from Xiaogui Shuiquan. I will give you three mountain cannons as fire support.
You must hold on until other troops arrive, do you understand? "
Previously, Yang Yuanshan thought that he had brought more than 7 companies with nearly 3,000 men and horses, and he should have plenty of manpower. But now that Li Yunlong wanted to remove one company and transferred two anti-aircraft artillery batteries, he found that he had only 4 more companies.
With more than 4 companies of troops to complete the task of 3 targets, it suddenly felt a bit stretched.
Therefore, he could only send the logistics company to the blocking position in Huang Nao to provide support for the time being.
According to the rules of our army, the troops and cooks are always ready to go to the battlefield!
After hearing Yang Yuanshan's order, Zhao Li couldn't help frowning and asked with a wry smile:
"Battal Commander, you didn't even let us bring engineers to shovel. How are we going to dig trenches?"
Yang Yuanshan was a little embarrassed. He was the one who decided not to bring the engineering company. This made Zhao Tietou very unhappy.
Are you dumbfounded now?
But now that the matter has come to this, he has no choice but to give the order:
"Go to the villages along the way and ask the villagers to borrow it! You can also give some cash as payment."
"yes!"
Zhao Li quickly agreed.
…
After He Yunfu and Zhao Li left with the soldiers from the logistics company, Yang Yuanshan immediately led the remaining soldiers out of the forest and rushed towards the south gate of Heyuan County.
Soon, they arrived at the woods beside the road less than 3 kilometers outside the south gate of Heyuan County.
At this time, the sky was completely dark.
Yang Yuanshan ordered the soldiers to rest first, eat some dry food, drink some water, and wait silently for the arrival of 10 o'clock.
This is also Li Yunlong's intention to order the battle to start at 10 o'clock. On the one hand, he is worried that some battalions will not be able to arrive at the designated combat area in time. On the other hand, he also wants the soldiers to have a buffer to rest and recover from the physical fatigue caused by the march. .
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(End of chapter)
