Li Yunlong led the convoy and cavalry two kilometers forward.
The speed was slower during this period, mainly because I was afraid of a Japanese ambush, but because I was driving or riding a horse, it was faster than walking.
The current battle situation is unknown, but the reconnaissance cavalry has already touched down and is scouting the battlefield.
After driving forward a few hundred meters, the scout cavalry soldier returned again, came to Li Yunlong's jeep, and reported to Li Yunlong:
"Reporting to the regimental commander, a Japanese artillery position was found one kilometer ahead. There are about a dozen mountain cannons, and they are guarded by a squadron of Japanese soldiers. Our scout cavalry has already exchanged fire with the Japanese scouts."
At this time, Chu Yunfei had led the 358th Regiment to defeat the Japanese and puppet troops behind him, and was running towards Datong.
The Japanese and puppet troops were being chased by the 358th Regiment, and the main infantry force of the 3rd Brigade was chasing behind the 358th Regiment.
The mountain artillery brigade of the 3rd Brigade had just set up 12 mountain cannons, but before they could fire, the 358th Regiment had already run away.
The Japanese artillerymen were cursing and closing their artillery, when the Eighth Route Army's reconnaissance cavalry arrived.
Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong jumped out of the jeep and came to a commanding height on a slope beside the highway. He raised his binoculars and looked at the Japanese artillery position ahead.
I saw the highway enemy's artillery position on the highway. There was a piece of flat land there, and more than a dozen Japanese vehicles were parked there. At this moment, the Japanese artillerymen were hurriedly loading artillery shells into the vehicles.
Four to five hundred meters away from the artillery position, the cavalry of the new regiment dismounted and fired at each other with the Japanese scouts, resulting in a small-scale fire.
The infantry squadron responsible for protecting the Japanese artillery brigade sent a small team over here to try to reinforce the Japanese scouts.
"This must be the mountain artillery brigade of the 3rd Brigade. God has been kind to us, Old Li!"
"Xiao Yang! Xiao Yang!"
Li Yunlong shouted twice, and Yang Jiuping hurriedly ran over: "Here we are!"
"Look, Xiao Yang." Li Yunlong pointed at the Japanese artillery position and said, "Set up your battalion's mortars and fire five rounds of shells at the Japanese artillery position. I will lead the cavalry up to collect the corn."
Yang Jiuping was suddenly startled and said: "Captain, you promised Political Commissar Zhao not to participate in the battle personally."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Labor and Management are the leaders of the new regiment, and Political Commissar Zhao has to listen to me." Li Yunlong's eyes widened, "Execute the order!"
As soon as Li Yunlong became fierce, only Zhao Gang could suppress him. Yang Jiuping did not dare to say more, and said with a stern look: "Yes!"
At that moment, Yang Jiuping returned to the road and ordered the artillery company to find an artillery position and set up the mortars.
The soldiers of the artillery company jumped out of the truck, unloaded the mortars and shell boxes, and then found a piece of flat ground to set up the mortars.
Each division of the New Regiment has 9 infantry companies and 1 artillery company, equipped with 18 82mm mortars. Each infantry company also has an artillery platoon, equipped with 60mm mortars and 20mm machine guns.
Although the combat effectiveness is not as good as the main battalion of more than 1,000 people in the New Regiment, in terms of artillery and infantry firepower, it has never served anyone.
Huang Erhu brought two military horses. Li Yunlong got on the horse and took the Yunlong knife and M1 carbine from Huang Erhu's hands.
Then Huang Erhu also got on his horse.
When Zhao Gang is around, Li Yunlong will still restrain himself and will never participate in hand-to-hand combat in person.
But once Zhao Gang was not around, Li Yunlong's heart felt itchy. If he didn't cut off the heads of a few Japanese, his heart would feel like a cat scratching his head.
In the original drama, even if Li Yunlong became the division commander, when Zhao Gang was not around, he still personally led the special agent company to the battlefield to behead Chu Yunfei.
If Zhao Gang had not been transferred, perhaps Li Yunlong would not have been injured in the Huaihai battlefield.
Back to business.
In the attack position, the cavalry battalion of the new regiment and the cavalry company of the independent regiment were ready. They all entered the attack position, waiting for Li Yunlong's order.
Seeing the regiment leader personally leading the charge, all the cavalry and infantrymen were greatly morale-boosted and high-spirited to fight!
In less than 3 minutes, the soldiers of the artillery company set up the mortar.
"Target, Japanese artillery position!"
"5 rapid fire shots!"
"put!"
As the artillery company commander gave an order, there was a muffled sound all over the artillery position. 18 artillery shells instantly rose into the sky, arced across the sky, and hit the Japanese artillery position.
The Japanese artillery position is protected by a squadron of infantry, and the Japanese firepower is not weak.
Although he had a chance to capture all 12 mountain cannons by rushing forward, Li Yunlong did not do so in order to reduce the casualties of the cavalry.
After the artillery bombards the cavalry charge, it can reduce many cavalry casualties.
The shells fired by the 82mm mortar are much more powerful than the shells fired by the 60mm mortar.
An 82mm artillery shell with a unique whistling sound hit the truck containing the shells. With a loud crashing sound, the entire truck was blown apart.
The continuous roar of artillery fire shrouded the entire Japanese artillery position in firelight and gunpowder smoke.
The artillery fire did not stop, Li Yunlong got on his horse, waved his hand forward and said: "Kill!"
Following Li Yunlong's order, the soldiers of the New Regiment Cavalry Battalion and the Independent Regiment Cavalry Company urged their horses forward.
This terrain is not flat land, but a gently sloping hilly terrain. The sound of horse hooves was not too loud at the beginning. In addition, it was covered up by the explosion of artillery shells, so the Japanese did not realize that a cavalry was accelerating.
After Li Yunlong led his cavalry over the gentle slope, the view ahead suddenly became clearer, and he could see the Japanese artillery position at a glance.
Since the Japanese had hung their cannons on the trucks and were about to leave, they were under bombardment at this time and had no time to set up their cannons again and fire at the cavalry.
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"kill--"
Amidst the shouts of killing all over the sky, all the cavalry entered the extreme sprint stage. Since it was downhill, the acceleration was faster.
At this time, the mortar positions in the rear had stopped firing, and the Japanese artillery positions were only three hundred meters away.
When the cavalry crossed over from the top of the slope, a small group of reinforcements of the Japanese scouts immediately turned around and fled. However, before the Japanese could escape back to the artillery position, they were overtaken by the cavalry led by Li Yunlong.
"ah!"
Li Yunlong swung the Yunlong Sword in his hand, and a bloody arrow shot out. The devil's right arm was cut off from the back in an instant.
The Japanese soldier may not have felt any pain for a moment and ran forward two steps, but he soon screamed and fell to the ground, being trampled to pieces by the surging horse hooves.
The Japs were running as fast as they could in the front, only hating their parents for giving them two fewer legs, but how could two legs outrun four horse legs?
After a while, the cavalry caught up with the Japanese who were running desperately. In the flash of cold light, one Yunlong knife after another flew through the air, and one after another the Japanese fell into a pool of blood.
Because there were Japanese infantry blocking the front, the Japanese riflemen and machine gunners did not dare to fire. However, after the Japanese infantry was killed, the Japanese infantry responsible for protecting the artillery finally opened fire.
Da da da…
The Type 92 heavy machine gun and crooked light machine gun screamed wildly, and the Eighth Route Army cavalry was constantly shot and fell off their horses.
But at this time, the Japanese artillery and infantry positions were already close to Chi Chi. As the horses hooves rolled, Li Yunlong led the Eighth Route Army cavalry to rush into the Japanese positions.
The Japanese suddenly lost their courage to resist and fled in all directions.
Li Yunlong didn't use much force, and the extremely sharp saber had already scratched the neck of a Japanese infantryman, and blood spurted out more than half a foot high with the pressure.
The next second, Li Yunlong stared at a Japs running away. This Japs had no weapons in their hands and must be artillery.
In the blink of an eye, Li Yunlong urged his troops to catch up with the Japanese artilleryman.
The Japanese artillerymen seemed to be aware of the danger and subconsciously ducked to avoid it. However, Li Yunlong was an expert with knives, and the Yunlong knife in his hand changed from sweeping to slashing in the air.
"Kill!" Li Yunlong shouted loudly, and with a soft thud, the saber in his hand immediately burst open on the back of the Japanese artilleryman.
The Japanese artilleryman let out a shrill scream and fell to the ground. Li Yunlong continued to urge his horse forward without looking back.
More than 400 army horses passed by the Japanese artillery position. After Captain Li killed another Japanese soldier, there were no more Japanese soldiers in front of him, so he urged the army horses to rush to the top of the gentle slope.
The view ahead suddenly opened up again, and I saw that the entire road ahead was densely packed with mule carts, and the mule carts were filled with sacks.
The mule cart was heading south. There were some Japanese around the mule cart, but not many.
Li Yunlong suddenly became happy: "God makes us, Mr. Li, rich!"
Looking back, I saw that the Japanese artillery position was in a mess, and the Japanese corpses were lying in a mess. Although there were many fish that slipped through the net, a new regiment of infantry had already pressed forward.
Without any further hesitation, Li Yunlong pointed his Yunlong knife forward: "Kill me and grab supplies!"
Following Li Yunlong's order, more than 400 cavalrymen accelerated again and sprinted towards the road ahead.
The Japs never dreamed that they would be stabbed in the eyes by the Eighth Route Army, so there was only a small group of Japs guarding here. Seeing the Eighth Route Army cavalry charging over the mountains and plains, the Japs were frightened to the point of peeing, and they could not muster the courage to resist at all. Some The Japanese turned around and ran away. Some of them hid under the mule cart.
After driving away the Japanese, the Japanese hiding under the mule cart were shot dead, and Li Yunlong ordered the attack to stop.
"Captain, it's all food!"
"There are also weapons and ammunition!"
"This box contains the ocean!"
The cavalrymen dismounted and walked toward the mule cart, and the sounds of surprise suddenly came over them.
Li Yunlong was riding on horseback and looked carefully forward and backward. There were at least two hundred mule carts or carriages parked on the road, and none of them was empty.
Seeing this situation, Li Yunlong immediately understood what was going on.
It must have been Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment who encountered the 3rd Brigade on their way back from Datong with the supplies they captured in Datong, and the supplies were snatched away by the Japanese again.
But now, this batch of supplies is a new batch!
There was nothing to gain from conquering three county towns, but he made a small fortune here, and Li Yunlong was in a good mood.
Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Hu Zi!"
Huang Erhu, who was riding a military horse beside him, replied: "Yes!"
Li Yunlong said: "You immediately notify the car soldiers and Battalion Commander Yang to drive all the cars here. Leave two infantry companies in the third division and load all the supplies onto the trucks. After loading, you don't have to wait for the large troops. Let's drive immediately." The cars transported all the combat supplies back to Zhaojiayu!"
"Yes!" Huang Erhu turned around and urged the war horse to leave.
Li Yunlong: "The cavalry continues to attack!"
Under Li Yunlong's order, the cavalrymen urged their horses forward. Smoke and dust quickly rose amidst the rumble of horses' hooves.
