"Support the Third Company?" Zhao Gang frowned slightly, "Now that the Huting stronghold has been taken, can't we just send communications troops to notify the Third Company to retreat?"
Li Yunlong's tone was still very calm: "There may be checkpoints and artillery towers set up by the Japanese along the road. I'm afraid there will be trouble if we send communications troops there, so I will take the main force there. Political Commissar Zhao, do you have any questions?"
"Then we don't need all the main troops to go, right?" Zhao Gang had a playful expression on his face.
After a pause, Zhao Gang continued: "Captain Li, you did not order the Japanese army's telephone lines to be cut off until five minutes after we opened the Huting stronghold. Also, on the day I went to the brigade headquarters to submit the battle plan, you traveled far away. It’s not that you came to the Huting Stronghold, because you are more familiar with the Huting Stronghold than anyone else. I guess your real target is not the Huting Stronghold, but the Okazaki Brigade, am I right?”
Zhao Gang had actually discovered the clues a long time ago, but he had never figured it out.
On the day of the meeting, Li Yunlong left three battalion commanders behind to discuss the training of new recruits, and Zhao Gang vaguely felt something was wrong.
What made him angry was not that Li Yunlong acted without authorization, but that he didn't discuss things with him and made it clear that he was treated as an outsider.
Zhao Gang didn't know Li Yunlong's true goal earlier, but now it's as clear as an old cat sleeping on salted fish.
When Li Yunlong heard this, his eyes narrowed slightly. This little scholar seemed different from the previous political commissars, didn't he?
There are ghosts and ghosts, and they are not easy to fool.
Li Yunlong looked around. The three battalion commanders and many soldiers were watching, so he motioned to Zhao Gang to go to a remote place.
"Now that we've said it, I won't hide it." Li Yunlong said, "Yes, I am going to lead my troops to destroy the Okazaki Brigade now. Zhao Gang, do you want to stop me?"
The reason why Zhao Gang was called to a remote place was because Li Yunlong was afraid that they would quarrel later and lose Zhao Gang's face in front of the soldiers.
Although Li Yunlong doesn't like this new political commissar very much, he still needs to work hard to save face.
When it comes to quarrels, Li Yunlong has never surrendered to anyone, especially this new political commissar, who is obviously no match for him.
"This is not a question of blocking or not." Zhao Gang said, "War is not a child's play. Full reconnaissance must be done before the war, and detailed combat plans and emergency plans must be formulated before action can be launched. For example, the attack on the Huting stronghold this time The battle was executed very well. The enemy is an elite Japanese brigade. If we act rashly, we will suffer heavy losses."
Li Yunlong asked: "Has Political Commissar Zhao ever heard of the Bantian United Team?"
"I heard from comrades in the Political Department," Zhao Gang said, "Captain Yi Li led the new regiment to defeat the Bantian Regiment head-on, killing the Bantian Regiment leader, causing more than half of the Bantian Regiment's casualties, and then calmly retreated. The entire Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region Who doesn’t know?”
"No elite unit is a match for my new regiment."
Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes: "Do you think I, Li Yunlong, would take a mere elite brigade of Japanese troops seriously?"
"I wonder if Political Commissar Zhao has heard anything about it in the past few days since he came to the New Regiment?"
Zhao Gang then asked: "What are you talking about?"
Li Yunlong said: "What the hell are elites? I am fighting elites in the new group."
"I've heard of it," Zhao Gang said, "But..."
In the past few days since he came to the Xinyi Regiment, Zhao Gang has not only heard this sentence, but also found that the Xinyi Regiment, from the commander to the soldiers, has an unruly temperament.
Li Yunlong's tone was solemn and unquestionable:
"There's nothing good about it. I've decided on this battle today. Even if the King of Heaven comes, I won't be able to stop you. I said so!"
"You, Zhao Gang, can either go to the brigade commander and report it, or you can pretend you didn't see anything."
Zhao Gang remained calm and silent, while Li Yunlong tightened his cotton-padded clothes and walked toward the three battalion commanders.
At this point, it is absolutely impossible for Li Yunlong to give up 100 Czech guns and 300,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition. It's not easy for anyone to come, except the brigade commander.
Zhao Gang also knew that he couldn't stop Li Yunlong, so he didn't waste any more words.
I was thinking about waiting for this battle to be over and preparing to have a good talk with Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong shouted: "Pass my order, the second battalion will leave a platoon, cavalry company, and logistics transportation team behind. All commanders and fighters are ready to go!"
The three battalion commanders immediately assembled their respective teams. A platoon from the second battalion was left to clean the battlefield, and the team exited the Huting stronghold in an orderly manner.
Li Yunlong walked out with the guards, and a voice shouted from behind: "Captain! Commander!"
Sun Desheng caught up from behind, gave Li Yunlong a military salute, and then said: "Commander, our new regiment is going to fight a tough battle, and we cannot do without the cavalry company."
Li Yunlong looked at Sun Desheng and said.
"Sun Desheng, I told you that your cavalry company will not have any combat missions within three months."
"Besides, the transport team's mule carts will not be able to transport the capture of the Tiger Pavilion stronghold this time, and the horses of your cavalry company will be needed to help transport it."
"Without the horses, how can your cavalry company fight? You can't use sabers, right?"
Sun Desheng said: "Commander, our cavalry company can participate in the battle without horses. As for transporting captured supplies, we can let those puppet prisoners do it. I see that one company from the second battalion and the third battalion have gone to different directions to block the attack. There are two less companies of soldiers who can participate in the battle, and our cavalry company can just fill this gap."
Li Yunlong thought for a while and realized that for this reason, there were two fewer companies participating in the battle, which meant that the number of troops was much lower.
So he said: "Well, the cavalry company can participate in the battle, but all my cavalry are precious. You must lead the cavalry company to ambush behind the team and finally attack the enemy."
"Yes!" Sun Desheng looked delighted, "Thank you very much, Captain!"
Immediately, the cavalry company left its horses behind. The cavalrymen carried Yunlong knives and rifles on their backs, and followed the team in a rapid march along the road toward the county seat.
Li Yunlong sent someone to inform Zhao Gang that the army horses would stay and the cavalry would follow them to participate in the battle, and let the puppet prisoners transport supplies instead of the cavalry company. Zhao Gang said nothing.
Zhao Gang loudly ordered: "Pass my order and clean up the battlefield quickly. The Japanese reinforcements may be heading here. We must hurry up."
The second to last unit was the artillery company. Since the distance traveled was only kilometers, the field artillery was not disassembled and the field artillery was directly pulled forward by mules.
During the march, Italian field artillery was used to bombard two gun towers and a bunker along the highway.
After an hour of rapid marching and running for a full 10 kilometers, the main force of the new regiment arrived at the ambush site, Guaizi Mountain.
As the name suggests, this section of the road is a big turn here, and it still winds along the mountain.
As long as the Japanese enter the ambush circle, the ambush troops will be able to condescend to the Japanese, and the Japanese will be cut in half directly, unable to see each other from head to tail, and unable to use heavy firepower. Li Yunlong took a fancy to the dangerous terrain here. The Okazaki Brigade's cemetery was finally determined here.
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