How dare the Eighth Route Army resist?
Upon hearing the news, the commander of the 36th Division, Jing Guanren, narrowed his eyes with an expression of arrogance.
The order he received was to occupy the three counties of Heyuan, Pingan and Anhua and monitor the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
But in Jingguan Ren's view, using an entire division to monitor a mere regiment of the Eighth Route Army was like using a cannon to swat mosquitoes.
Overkill.
If supplies are sufficient, the 36th Division only needs to launch a wave of raids and will soon be able to completely eliminate the new Eighth Route Army regiment.
No matter how Li Yunlong and his new regiment can fight, there will only be one regiment.
Could it be that an elite division of the Imperial Army couldn't even deal with a regiment of the Eighth Route Army?
However, Yoshio Iwamatsu's order was very clear. He only asked the 36th Division to monitor the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and then completely solved it after raising materials and mobilizing troops.
But Jingguan Ren felt that the new group was a bit disrespectful.
I don't use troops against you on a large scale, but you still dare to stay in Dagu Town and not leave?
"Map!" Jingguan Ren shouted without looking back.
A combat staff officer quickly brought a map and spread it out in front of Jingguan Ren.
Jingguan Ren's eyes dropped and he looked at the map.
On the side, Chief of Staff of the 36th Division Ishikawa Harimi pointed at the map and said:
"Your Excellency, Commander, from the map, the location of Dagu Town is very important. You can advance, attack, retreat or defend. After taking this place, you can launch a mopping up operation at any time to attack the Eighth Route Base."
Jingguan Ren nodded, feeling the same.
The Japanese army's occupation of Dagu Town was equivalent to driving a nail into the Eighth Route Army's base area.
Not only will the territory of the Eighth Route Army be divided, but it will also make the Eighth Route Army feel like it is stuck in its throat and like a thorn in its back.
Although the commander of the First Army, Yoshio Iwamatsu, did not allow the 36th Division to attack the Eighth Route Army base areas on a large scale, he did not say that it was not allowed to occupy the towns surrounding the county.
At that moment, Jing Guanren ordered: "Order the 222nd Regiment and the 36th Regiment of the Mountain Artillery to capture Dagu Town immediately!"
"Hi!"
Ishikawa Harishui turned around and walked towards the communications team.
As Jingguan Ren's order was issued, the 222nd Regiment, which had just entered Anhua County, and the 36th Regiment, which had just entered Heyuan County, quickly left the city and rushed towards Dagu Town.
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Zhaojiayu Village.
New regiment headquarters.
"A Japanese infantry regiment and an artillery regiment are rushing towards Dagu Town?"
Li Yunlong couldn't help but narrow his eyes after receiving the information.
People and land are saved, and people and land are saved.
Although the troops of the New Regiment evacuated the county seat, they left behind an intelligence system equipped with radio stations in the county seat. The headquarters of the New Regiment would soon know if there was any movement from the Japanese.
Not long ago, the First Battalion stationed in Dagu Town reported that a group of Japanese soldiers tried to occupy Dagu Town, but were repelled by the First Battalion.
He did not expect that the Japanese would not give up and actually dispatched an infantry regiment and an artillery regiment in an attempt to occupy Dagu Town.
Hearing the news, Li Yunlong was also a little angry.
Is it because the Japanese are drifting away, or is it that I, Li Yunlong, can no longer lift the knife?
Don't the Japanese know that it was the famous Li Yunlong's troops who occupied Dagu Town?
Zhao Gang stared at the map for analysis, and his tone was somewhat serious: "This place in Dagu Town is very important to our new regiment's base area, and we must not give it to the Japanese easily."
Dagu Town is only about 10 kilometers away from Zhaojiayu Village.
If the New Regiment did not have these assets now, it would not be a big problem to hand over Dagu Town to the Japanese.
After all, there is no property, and at worst when the Japanese are raiding the country, the New Regiment organizes the masses to clear the country, fight guerrillas with the Japanese, and look for opportunities in mobile warfare.
But now the new regiment not only has an airport, but also 19 150mm heavy guns, 21 37mm anti-aircraft guns, as well as more than 100 vehicles, grain depots and arsenals.
The airport has just been repaired, so we must not give up lightly.
The base area has just begun to be built, and neither the 150mm heavy artillery nor the 37mm anti-aircraft artillery can maneuver and move quickly.
Once the Japanese occupy Dagu Town and use Dagu Town to suddenly invade the base area, the new regiment will not be able to react.
Therefore, Dagu Town must not be given up to the Japanese.
"Then beat him, son of a bitch!"
Li Yunlong suddenly slammed the table and said angrily: "If you want to drive nails into the territory of labor and management, then labor and management will let the little devil see how many eyes Lord Ma has."
"Pass my order, the second battalion, the third battalion, the fourth battalion, the first artillery battalion and the second artillery battalion, the heavy machine gun battalion, the machine gun battalion and the air defense battalion must assemble immediately!"
Xing Zhiguo was startled and immediately advised: "Commander, it is broad daylight after all. If we dispatch two artillery battalions, I am afraid we will attract Japanese planes."
"Is it possible that there will be no war if there are Japanese planes?" Li Yunlong said loudly, "Besides, the heavy machine gun battalion, machine gun battalion and air defense battalion of labor and management are for a living? Labor and management are still afraid that the Japanese planes will not come."
Xing Zhiguo said again: "Commander, this is too hasty. It affects the whole body. What if the Japanese 36th Division comes up with a whole division? We don't know what to do. No matter what, we have to ask The New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment will provide support."
Although the new regiment has strong combat effectiveness, it also has strong firepower and sufficient ammunition.
However, compared to an entire Japanese division, the number of troops was still insufficient.
Even if they could win, it would probably be a disastrous victory. The new regiment would probably suffer more than half of their casualties, injuring the enemy by 1,000 and losing 800 by themselves. This was not in line with Li Yunlong's idea of only taking advantage and not suffering losses.
Li Yunlong said easily: "We don't have the right to mobilize our neighbors' troops. We can just give them a notice. Just say that our new group is drinking and eating meat. If anyone sees it and is greedy, come over and eat together. If you don't come, forget it. We are not afraid of supporting it." Come on, put as much rice as there is in the pot, our new batch will be enough!"
Zhao Gang said: "But we must also be prepared to clear the country. Once the Japanese troops in Taiyuan, Datong, Xinzhou and other places reinforce, the pressure on us will be too great. There is no need to destroy the entire Xinyi just for the sake of Dagu Town." The whole group goes in."
"What Lao Zhao said makes sense." Li Yunlong nodded, "On the one hand, we must dare to show our swords, and on the other hand, we must be prepared for the Japanese reinforcements."
"In this way, we have a clear division of labor."
"I will lead the main force to fight against the Japanese in Dagu Town. Lao Zhao, you will lead the militia to be prepared to fortify the walls and clear the country, and be ready to evacuate at any time."
Zhao Gang nodded: "Okay!"
Then, Li Yunlong said to Wang Dehou: "Chief of Staff Wang, immediately report our new regiment's combat plan to the headquarters, and inform the new second regiment and the independent regiment, saying that we have a fortune here, and if you are brave enough, come and make a fortune together."
"Yes!" Wang Dehou immediately drafted three telegrams and asked the telegraph operators to send them to the headquarters, the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment respectively.
The order from the headquarters of the new regiment was issued, and the main forces of the various ministries were quickly assembled.
That is to say, the expansion of the new regiment has just begun. If the more than 15,000 newly expanded troops form combat effectiveness, the Japanese 36th Division will be looking for death.
However, the only ones that the new regiment can fight at the moment are the old troops brought by Li Yunlong from southeastern Shanxi.
The Sharp Sword Squadron and more than a dozen car soldiers drove trucks and jeeps, towed howitzers and mountain cannons, loaded the truck buckets with shells and artillery, and then drove towards Dagu Town.
Although the connection between Zhaojiayu Village and Dagu Town has not yet been opened to traffic, the highway has been built to a position 5 kilometers away from Dagu Town.
Using trucks to pull cannons and artillery can not only greatly save time, but also greatly save the artillerymen's physical strength.
At the shooting range at the back of Zhaojiayu Village, all the secret heavy artillery emplacements hidden in the rocks and hidden in the air raid shelters and under the cliffs were activated.
The heavy iron doors disguised as rocks were slowly opened, and a 150mm howitzer made by Zunde slowly slid along the track towards the entrance of the tunnel, with the barrel extending out of the entrance of the tunnel.
At this time, Li Yunlong no longer hid his strategic weapons and heavy artillery.
After all, they lost this battle, and the Japanese 36th Division took advantage of the situation to invade the base area. If they couldn't take away these heavy artillery, they would all have to be blown up by then.
Li Yunlong first took a jeep and then rode a horse to Dagu Town, the forward command post of the 1st Battalion.
"Da Biao, please report the current battle situation."
"Yes, leader!" Zhang Dabiao pointed at the map and reported:
"Three hours ago, the Japanese launched two attacks with a large group of troops. However, our first battalion was repelled and more than 140 Japanese were killed."
Li Yunlong nodded and asked, "Tell me how you defend yourself."
Zhang Dabiao then said: "Dagu Town is surrounded by mountains. The First Battalion was not idle during the period when it arrived at Dagu Town. Although no reinforced concrete fortifications were built, except for the tunnels leading outside the town, During the attack on Anhua County, the mountains in the direction of Dagu Town were also dug with tunnels by our First Battalion, just like the tunnels dug by the Fourth Battalion in Baozi Mountain. The artillery positions were set up on the reverse slope. When the Japanese bombarded the troops, They all hid in the tunnels, waited for the Japanese infantry to attack, and then emerged from the tunnels to shoot the Japanese infantry."
Li Yunlong looked very satisfied after listening to Zhang Dabiao's defense deployment.
Da Biao, a boy who led a battalion into Dagu Town, has not been idle. In this way, Li Yunlong is sure to hold Dagu Town, and may even have the opportunity to severely damage a wave of Japanese.
Li Yunlong said: "The Japs are coming here from an infantry regiment from Anhua County and an artillery regiment from Heyuan County. It seems they want to capture Dagu Town. Have the people in Dagu Town evacuated?"
"Not yet," Zhang Dabiao said, "The Japanese attack came suddenly and the people didn't have time to evacuate."
Li Yunlong ordered: "Organize the evacuation of the people in Dagu Town immediately."
"Yes!" Zhang Dabiao turned around and picked up the walkie-talkie to give orders to the company commander below.
Li Yunlong inspected the fortifications of the first battalion. When the soldiers of the first battalion saw the arrival of the regiment leader, they were very excited and their morale increased greatly.
In this kind of defensive battle, Li Yunlong usually goes around the position before the battle and chats with the soldiers, letting the soldiers know that the regiment leader is always by their side and fighting alongside them.
Soon, the 1st Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Artillery Battalion built artillery positions 5 kilometers away from Dagu Town. The two artillery battalions were actually the artillery regiment's firepower ready.
In addition to building multiple fake large-scale artillery positions by pulling up defense nets, the newly formed air defense battalion and machine gun battalion also protect the two artillery battalion positions at any time.
Reinforcements from each battalion also arrived in Dagu Town.
(End of chapter)
