The soldiers of the new group were sweating profusely from running.
But he gritted his teeth and continued running.
During this time, the advantages of the new group's food improvement are reflected.
After running fast for 20 minutes, they had already covered 5 kilometers. The soldiers' physical strength was still able to withstand it, and there was no chance of falling behind.
But there are still more than 20 kilometers to the end of the basin, which is a big test for the physical strength of the soldiers.
Hearing the roar of the aircraft motor coming from the southwest, Li Yunlong raised his telescope and turned to look while running.
Four more Japanese planes flew towards them.
The Japanese planes that had been circling overhead also began to drop bombs.
Boom boom!
Two aerial bombs landed dozens of meters away from the team and exploded. Along with fireballs and smoke, two mushroom clouds rose up.
More than a dozen soldiers were knocked over by the air wave, but nothing happened.
Li Yunlong secretly thought that it was a bad thing, he was really afraid of what he was doing!
I am afraid that the Japanese planes will do this. Although the hit rate is low, as long as the Japanese planes hit a few aerial bombs, they will explode into a large area.
And when you are running away, the enemy planes will suddenly focus on you with a dive, strafing and bombing attack, which can kill hundreds of your people in one go.
But Li Yunlong did not dare to divide his troops, because once the soldiers were all dispersed, the Japanese planes would be able to chase their butts, swoop, shoot and bomb without restraint.
Because the machine gun needs to stop to operate, and there is no way to cover such a large area.
"Stop!"
"hidden!"
"Prepare for air defense!"
Li Yunlong shouted loudly.
Li Yunlong's voice was so loud that the soldiers running around heard it. The company commanders of each battalion called on the soldiers to take cover.
Following his order, the soldiers of the new regiment responded quickly. The originally concentrated team dispersed and the squad platoons took cover.
The soldiers were breathing heavily, but the movements of their hands were unambiguous. The machine gunners set up machine guns, the machine gun company set up machine guns, and the rest of the soldiers found a place to lie down.
Each warrior carries some grass and branches on his back for concealment, and wears a grass ring on his head.
Regarding the concealment after the Japanese planes arrived, the soldiers had practiced this set of actions many times and had actual combat experience twice.
Therefore, the soldiers were very skilled and did not panic at all.
Da da da da…
The sound of machine guns and machine guns rang out like exploding beans, and a trajectory of orange-red tracer bullets as dense as a spider web filled the sky.
Upon seeing this, the Japanese pilots quickly raised their altitude, hid in the clouds and stayed away, while the Eighth Route Army's machine guns and machine guns fired at them.
"What a fool! You're doing this again!" Li Yunlong couldn't help but cursed when he saw this scene.
"Old Li, this can't go on like this." Zhao Gang walked over quickly with a solemn look on his face, "Why don't we let the soldiers run separately in squads? The Japanese only have seven planes."
"Fighters running separately can reduce the hit rate of Japanese aircraft."
There is no way around this. Fighting from high altitude to low altitude already gives you the advantage.
Even though the Japs pilots were careless and shot down two Japs planes, the Japs are still at an absolute disadvantage without swooping and strafing.
If it is a defensive battle, there are more than 20 anti-aircraft guns. If the anti-aircraft guns have sufficient shells, they can effectively defend the air.
In this case, the Japanese plane may not dare to approach and drop bombs. When the Japanese plane runs out of fuel, it will leave on its own.
But the new group is running away now, and they definitely can't wait here for the Japanese plane to run out of fuel. By then, they will probably be surrounded by Japanese soldiers from all directions.
"No!" Li Yunlong flatly refused, "That would cause too many casualties!"
Zhao Gang got angry: "Why not?"
"We don't know how many Japs are chasing us from behind, and we don't know if there are Japs in front."
"The Japanese plane obviously wants to slow down our progress. Do you know that if we don't disperse, our entire group may have to get in?"
"Of course labor and management know!" Li Yunlong became even more angry and shouted at the top of his voice, "It won't work if labor and management say it can't be done!"
The nearby soldiers looked over in surprise when they heard the sound, then quickly turned away, pretending that nothing happened.
Zhao Gang pointed at Li Yunlong's nose and cursed: "Li Yunlong, you fucking bastard!"
"Labour and management are bastards." Li Yunlong said, "What's wrong? You, Zhao Gang, still want to fight with labor and management?"
After saying that, Li Yunlong ignored Zhao Gang and raised his binoculars to look at the Japanese plane.
The Japanese plane had already flown far away, and the soldiers stopped firing.
Suddenly, Li Yunlong saw the large smoke rising after the Japanese bomb exploded, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, as if he had caught something.
After a while, Li Yunlong laughed and said: "Haha... labor and management have a solution."
After saying that, Li Yunlong laughed at Zhao Gang again and said, "Old Zhao, I have a solution."
Zhao Gang was speechless. Is this guy a dog?
She was baring her teeth at him in an argument just now, but now her tail is wagging again.
Zhao Gang quickly squeezed out a smile and asked, "Old Li, what can you do?"
Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Signal soldiers, call the direct company commanders of each battalion over immediately!"
A Japanese cavalry squad of more than 50 people pursued them along the traces left by the Eighth Route Army on the basin.
The Japanese infantry was still far away, having just crossed the Tongpu Railway.
In fact, the Japanese troops that caught up were not many, and the largest encirclement and suppression force only had more than 500 people.
Because the Japanese army was conducting mopping up operations against the base area of the 120th Division of the Eighth Route Army in northwestern Shanxi, a large number of Japanese troops from several nearby counties were mobilized.
This is also the reason why Li Yunlong did not lead his troops to northwestern Shanxi. If there had not been this raid by the Japs, the new regiment would have just drilled into the mountains in northwestern Shanxi, and then crossed the XZ plains into the mountains at night, resting in the mountains for one day and one night. A quick march will lead you to the Zhengtai Railway.
Of course, a lot of Japanese cavalry were also deployed. The two encirclement and suppression forces only managed to gather a total of more than 50 cavalry, and they pursued them closely.
These Japanese cavalry were also thieves. They stopped 400 meters away from the rear soldiers of the new regiment, mounted their horses and fired guns to harass them.
Because the little Japanese cavalry also saw that the Eighth Route Army had cavalry, and there were a lot of them, they did not dare to get too close, and the guns in the hands of the Japanese at a distance of 400 meters could threaten the Eighth Route Army.
However, the soldiers of the machine gun battery were not used to this group of devils.
While the comrades in the cavalry battalion were shooting at each other with the Japs, they secretly pulled three twin machine guns to the back, waiting for the Japs to discover them.
The firepower equivalent to 6 machine guns whipped towards the Japanese cavalry like a whip.
Coupled with the firepower of more than a dozen light machine guns from the cavalry battalion, the Japanese cavalry saw that the situation was not good and turned their horses and ran away.
It was too late to run away, and those who were shot on the spot were knocked over. Although the Japanese cavalry dispersed widely, they suffered heavy casualties.
…
Soon, Zhang Dabiao, Zheng Yu, Chen Dugu, Wang Chengzhu, Sun Desheng, as well as the heavy machine gun company commander Wang Dashan, the machine gun company commander He Jie, and the sword detachment faced Lu Yingjun. After receiving the order, they ran over quickly. They gathered solemnly around Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang.
Li Yunlong glanced at everyone, with a cold look on his face, and said:
"There are Japanese planes aboard and Japanese soldiers chasing below."
"Now I'll make a long story short."
"Sun Desheng, in your cavalry camp, tie the grass and branches on the soldiers with ropes and tie them to the tails of the horses. Drag the grass and branches on the ground like brooms. The more tails you tie to each horse, the better it will be. good."
"Captain, what do you mean, tie the broom to the horse and use the large amount of dust brought up by the horse's running to cover the sight of the Japanese pilots?" Zhang Dabiao's head turned very fast, and Li Yunlong understood him before he finished speaking. the meaning of.
Everyone's eyes lit up when they heard this, and Zhao Gang's face showed even more joy.
Although large plumes of smoke and dust were raised just now when the soldiers and horses were running, there was not enough dust to block the Japs pilot's view.
In this way, the soldiers will definitely eat a mouthful of ashes, but eating ashes is better than losing their lives, and the soldiers also ate a lot of ashes during the run just now.
Of course, if the Japs driver finds something is wrong, he will definitely throw bombs into the dust and fog in anger, but the soldiers are spread out widely, and the Japs have no target, so the casualty rate is greatly reduced.
Li Yunlong continued: "The distance between each military horse is more than ten meters. Our two cavalry companies have 200 military horses, which is a full width of 2 kilometers."
"Hey, let's scatter all the commanders and fighters in the middle of a dust mist 2 kilometers wide. The Japanese pilot can only have a black eye."
"Once the cavalry battalion raises the dust fog, the other battalions and companies will immediately disperse into it."
"Remember two points. One is to ask the soldiers to cover their mouths and noses with towels and cover their faces with leggings. The amount of dust is quite large."
"Second, we must let the soldiers run in the direction of the sound of the cavalry's hooves. They must not lose their way in the dust and fog. Once the enemy's fighter is alone, it is not a vegetarian."
"There are also cavalry battalions. If the Japanese pilots find something is wrong, they will definitely chase you. If you notice that the Japanese planes are chasing you, just run around like this."
Li Yunlong drew an S shape on the ground with his finger.
"And your cavalry battalion can't run too fast. It's windy today and the dust and mist won't last long."
"Once the dust and fog dissipates, our infantry behind will be unable to keep up, and we will become a living target for the Japanese planes."
"Time is urgent!"
"Sun Desheng, I only give you 5 minutes, and we will set off immediately in 5 minutes!"
"The meeting is over, get ready to go!"
"Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison, and then the company commanders of each battalion ran towards their respective units.
"The machine gunners and the machine gun battery stay where they are!" he shouted as he walked: "The rest of them should take all the grass and branches on their bodies to the cavalry camp!"
"Quick, move fast!"
As the company commanders of each battalion issued orders, the soldiers took off their disguises and quickly went to the cavalry battalion.
"Make these grass and branches into a broom, tie the long rope to the body, and tie the short rope to the horse's tail."
"Move quickly, we only have 3 minutes!"
Seeing the soldiers busy in an orderly manner, Zhao Gang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Old Li, you are really a fucking genius."
"Who are you scolding?" Li Yunlong also breathed a sigh of relief and said casually, "You are the fucking genius."
