"Attack Lijiazhen?" Zhang Dabiao was surprised: "Regiment commander, Lijiazhen is the territory of the Jin Sui Army, although there are our friendly troops nearby, but the two sides have always been peaceful. If we attack Lijiazhen, I am afraid it will cause Chu Yunfei's dissatisfaction. ”。

Li Yunlong smiled slyly: "Damn, labor and management are fighting on the territory of the rebels, and it is the territory of the two devils. It used to be the territory of the Jin Sui army, but now it is not. It's the territory of Qian Bojun, a dog traitor, and we attack Lijia Town, which is reasonable! ”。

"This? Captain, you cow! Zhang Dabiao thought about it, this seems to be the same.

With such a reason to go out, even if Chu Yunfei comes to negotiate in the future, he will have a reason to say it. Well, labor and management are fighting on the territory of the Imperial Army, so there is no problem.

Li Yunlong pointed to the map and said: "From the time Qian Bojun's troops secretly stationed in Pinglu to being defeated by us, at least half of its remnants remained, and more than a thousand rebel troops under the command of Qian Bojun have retreated to Lijiazhen. And Lijia Town is located south of Hongtao Mountain, and it seems that we are going to eat this rebel army first. ”。

"Regiment Commander, what you actually want is half of Qian Bojun's rebel troops, right?" Zhang Dabiao thought of the more than 300 soldiers of the Jin Sui Army who rebelled on the battlefield outside the northern city of Pinglu, and immediately smiled.

Li Yunlong did not hesitate to bow his head and said: "Yes, although Qian Bojun is nominally the commander of the 1st Battalion of the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army, he has been in control of the Jin Sui Army of this battalion for a long time. However, the Jin Sui Army of this battalion has always been Chu Yunfei's main battalion, so under the control and influence of Chu Yunfei, most of the Jin Sui Army soldiers in this battalion are believed to be extremely dissatisfied with the Japanese army. Now that Qian Bojun suddenly defected to the Japanese army, the matter started in a hurry, and most of the soldiers of the Jin Sui Army in this battalion were passive. Now that Chu Yunfei still has no possibility of knowing that Qian Bojun has defected to the Japanese army, it is still possible for us to attack Lijiazhen first and force down the rebel forces in Qian Bojun's hands. ”。

"Commander, then we need to speed up!" Zhang Dabiao nodded and said, agreeing with Li Yunlong's operational goal of attacking Lijiazhen.

Li Yunlong nodded, and then asked the herald to order all units to speed up the march, and galloped south directly along the mountain road in Hongtao Mountain, and soon, the troops came to hide in the woods less than 300 meters outside Lijia Town.

Since there were more than 300 soldiers of the Jin Sui Army who rebelled on the battlefield outside the city of Pinglu Beicheng, Li Yunlong quickly selected a few of them as guides to follow Duan Peng's special combat team to investigate the situation of the rebels of Qian Bojun's army in Lijia Town.

At this time, in Lijia Town, after Qian Bojun led more than 1,000 remnants to flee back to Lijia Town in embarrassment, he began to strengthen the defense of the periphery of the town, looking like he was going to wait for help.

In the town, in Qian Bojun's headquarters, seven or eight high-ranking rebel officers looked at each other, and then Qian Bojun's henchman Zhang Fugui said to Qian Bojun anxiously: "Tuanza, we only have less than a thousand people left." In the battle of Pinglu, we lost almost a thousand men and horses. Now what? Tuanza. Do you want to ask the Imperial Army for help? ”。

"Made, we are running away in Pinglu City, if Sakaguchi Wang is not killed by the Eighth Route Army, won't he hate labor and capital and flee without a fight?" Qian Bojun said angrily.

Zhang Fugui hurriedly said: "Tuanzao, now the Eighth Route Army is likely to have captured Pinglu. If they continue to move south, it will be easy for them to come to Lijia Town to attack. What will we do then? Li Yunlong's troops are too strong, and there are too many fighting forces. ”。

"Yes, Tuanza! It's better to give up Lijiazhen and move closer to the head of the regiment! A rebel officer muttered to Qian Bojun in a low voice.

Qian Bojun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he clapped his hands and said: "Although we still have an artillery battalion in our hands, the morale of the troops is chaotic now, and some soldiers no longer have the will to fight. If Li Yunlong had commanded his troops to quickly move south to attack Lijiazhen after taking Pinglu City, we would probably have been defeated. ”。

After a pause, Qian Bojun continued: "At present, we still have more than 1,000 horses. It is feasible to defend Lijia Town, and sent a telegram to Chu Yunfei asking for help, saying that our 1st Battalion went out of Lijia Town to attack the Japanese army, and encountered Li Yunlong's unauthorized attack on friendly troops, and asked the regiment to reinforce us. ”。

"Tuanza, do you mean to return to the 358th regiment?" Zhang Fugui and other rebel officers looked at each other one by one and said in unison.

Qian Bojun had a crushing taste of wisdom, and said: "Yes, Chu Yunfei didn't know that we had defected to the imperial army. While Chu Yunfei didn't know yet, let Chu Yunfei lead the other troops of the 358th Regiment to reinforce us. Perhaps, when Chu Yunfei led his troops to reinforce Li Jiazhen, they could make them and Li Yunlong's troops scuffle. When the time comes, we may have the advantage of being a fisherman. ”。

"Tuanza, is this okay?" Zhang Fugui said a little uneasily.

Qian Bojun's eyes kicked and said dissatisfiedly: "There is no other way now, Lijiazhen is now our lair, if we evacuate without permission, the remaining more than 1,000 brothers in our hands will collapse." It is necessary to stabilize the position in Lijiazhen, pass on my orders, and strengthen the fortifications of Lijiazhen. Zhang Fugui, you immediately send a report to Chu Yunfei, report to him that our 1st battalion has been attacked by Li Yunlong's troops without authorization, and the troops have suffered heavy casualties at least half of the men and horses, and ask for reinforcements to Lijiazhen. ”。

"Yes, Tuanza!"

Qian Bojun waved his hand and said: "Don't call the group seat now, change back to the previous one, call it the camp seat!" lest when Chu Yun flew over, he would call out an accident. The rest of the people, do you understand? ”。

"Understood, Camp!" One by one, the rebel officers nodded in response.

And just when Qian Bojun sent a report to Chu Yunfei to hit a rake, at this time, Duan Peng had already withdrawn to the woods with the reconnaissance squad of the special combat team to the hidden woods of the large army brought by Li Yunlong.

"Regiment commander, the reconnaissance is clear, the rebels of the Jin Sui Army in Lijia Town have withdrawn to the town to strengthen the defense. Its artillery position was located in the south direction of the town, and according to the defected soldiers, we detected that there was indeed an artillery battalion in the Qian Bojun division of Lijia Town, with at least 10 infantry guns of 70 mm caliber, and the artillery fire was very strong. If we attack Lijiazhen head-on, I'm afraid we will suffer heavy casualties. Duan Peng, who rushed back, directly reported the investigation to Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong immediately asked Wei Dayong to spread out the map on the ground, pointed to Lijiazhen on the map and said: "Lijiazhen is located at a critical point, and while Qian Bojun's foothold is not stable, it is necessary to take Lijiazhen with lightning speed." ”。

Without waiting for Zhang Dabiao, He Yongjie and others to speak, the communications soldiers accompanying the army rushed to Li Yunlong's front from one side and said uprightly: "Regiment commander, intercept the urgent telegram sent by Qian Bojun's department in Lijia Town to Chu Yunfei's regimental headquarters, to the effect that Qian Bojun asked Chu Yunfei for reinforcements!" ”。