Chapter 64: Caught between the front and back, in a dilemma!
The fierce fighting around the mouth of the Bicha River, five kilometers north of Wei County, had been over for about five or six minutes, and the gunfire on the battlefield had completely stopped.
The heavy snow still hasn't stopped, and Li Yunlong also asked a fellow villager who is familiar with the local astronomical situation, at least this kind of snowfall may last for about two or three days. It can't be stopped today, and this is good news for Li Yunlong.
After all, if Naosaburo Okabe, the temporary commander of the First Army of the Japanese Army, had already known the news of the annihilation of the main force of the Japanese army on the North Route commanded by Kenichi Muto, he would inevitably send a large number of Japanese fighters to attack him in anger, and it was also possible to retaliate against the new regiment.
Fortunately, in this kind of heavy snowy weather, coupled with the strong north wind, it is impossible for the basic little devils to send fighters to bomb.
"Captain! According to the latest statistics, in this ambush north of Ulxian, we annihilated the Japanese troops on the North Route under the command of Kenichi Muto, including the 15th Brigade under the division, an engineer wing, a cavalry wing, and an artillery wing, totaling 15,378 people. With a large amount of weapons and equipment captured, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to equip the strength of a division of our Eighth Route Army. It's just that there are a lot of weapons, and the captured devils' grain, grass and ammunition are much less. ”
At this time, Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, walked quickly to Li Yunlong's side, and reported immediately, his tone still a little regretful.
Li Yunlong patted Zhang Dabiao's shoulder, pointed to the soldiers who were cleaning the battlefield everywhere and said: "This is already good, the 15,000 Japanese troops on the North Road under the command of Kenichi Muto can withstand our siege and ambush for so long, and the bullets and shells consumed must be a lot." It's already good to capture weapons, but as for ammunition, it's enough to capture and replenish them again in the future! ”。
Then, Li Yunlong paused for a moment and said, "Da Biao, how about our losses?" ”。
"Commander, there are still a lot of losses. More than 15,000 devils are desperately charging at us, and the devil soldiers under the 2nd Division of this devil are really very elite and have strong combat effectiveness. The tactical action coordination is also very familiar! Our fighters also suffered heavy casualties, according to statistics, the losses of various units were reported as high as more than 500 people, and the guerrillas also suffered at least 600 casualties, for a total of more than 1,000 casualties. ”
Zhang Dabiao solemnly reported that the losses were still very large.
Sure enough, Li Yunlong knew as soon as he heard it that in the case of eating so many people on the other side, his own casualties could not be too few.
However, judging from the current situation, the scope of the loss is still expected by Li Yunlong.
"The annihilation of more than 15,000 elites of the Japanese army, and our casualties of more than 1,000, is already an absolute victory! We can report our results to the brigade headquarters, and in addition, clean up the battlefield within ten minutes. If it's too late, leave the battlefield to the guerrillas to clean up. The main force of the regiment immediately assembled and went south, returned to Wei County, replenished ammunition, and immediately attacked and advanced in the direction of Guangling. Li Yunlong waved his hand and ordered Zhang Dabiao.
Zhang Dabiao has also served as the chief of staff of the regiment, and his mind has always been very sharp, and he has been partnered with Li Yunlong for a long time, and he immediately realized what Li Yunlong meant.
"Regiment commander, do you mean to attack the main force of the Japanese army on the southern route of the 2nd Division?"
"Not bad"
Li Yunlong asked Wei Dayong, the guard who was following him, to spread out the map, pointed to it, and said: "Judging from the map, and according to the emergency telegram report received by Zhou Hua following the main force of the Japanese army on the South Road, the main force of the Japanese army on the South Road under the command of Yamada Hao, chief of staff of the 2nd Division of the Devil, has already walked to the road less than half an hour away from Wei County. And this distance is about half of the distance from Guangling. In other words, the main force of the Japanese army on the South Road at this time was almost in the middle of Guangling to Wei County! For us, an extremely advantageous fighter has appeared. ”。
"In other words, the main force of the Japanese army on the southern route at this time is equivalent to being attacked by us in the front and rear!"
Zhang Dabiao said in a condensed voice, isn't it!
The main force of the Japanese army on the southern road commanded by Yamada Hiroshi at this time had already walked to the middle road between Guangling and Wei County. At this time, the fighters in favor of the main forces of the new regiment had appeared, and in the middle of this section of the road, there was no danger between the two sides.
Once you quickly move south and return to Wei County to replenish food, grass and ammunition, and then attack and advance in the direction of Guangling, you can join Zhou Hua's independent battalion and guerrillas and other units to attack the Japanese army on the southern route under the command of Yamada Hao in the middle.
The destruction of the main force of the Japanese army on the north route will inevitably cause the morale of the Japanese army on the south route to plummet.
You must know that even more than 15,000 Japanese troops on the North Road commanded by Kenichi Muto were ambushed and eaten by Li Yunlong and others. The Japanese troops on the southern route, which were in the middle of the front and rear attacks, were probably no longer the opponents of the new regiment.
At least, at this time, Yamada Hiroshi knew that once Li Yunlong ate the main force of the Japanese army on the northern route commanded by Kenichi Muto, then they would soon be the next to be eaten.
"Yes, so we need to hurry! Execute the order, Dabiao! ”
Li Yunlong nodded and said!
"Understood, Captain!" Zhang Dabiao nodded, and temporarily played the role of chief of staff.
While ordering all units to seize the time to clean up the battlefield, while looking at the situation, according to Li Yunlong's order, first sent part of the main force south to return to Wei County to replenish grain, grass and ammunition.
After that, Li Yunlong and others ordered all the guerrilla fighters to stay on the battlefield and continue to clean up, while the rest of the men and horses of the new regiment quickly returned to Wei County to replenish grain, grass and ammunition.
By the time Li Yunlong and the others had finished replenishing the grain, grass and ammunition, the various units had already assembled outside the West Gate of Wei County.
"Report to the regiment commander, the independent battalion is urgent!" Just after Li Yunlong and others encouraged all units to prepare for the westward march and cooperate with Zhou Hua and other troops to mobilize the Japanese army on the southern route, a signal corps soon rushed to report to Li Yunlong.
Li Yunlong took the urgent telegram from the signal corps, read it for less than half a minute, and then handed it to the commanders of the other battalions.
"Made, Hiroshi Yamada's movements are still quite fast. It had stopped moving forward and quickly retreated in the direction of Guangling. Fortunately, Zhou Hua was about five kilometers away from the main force of the Japanese army on the south road, and Zhou Hua got the signs of the retreat of the main force of the Japanese army on the south road, and had already sent guerrillas to block the attack along the way, and quickly laid mines to delay the withdrawal of the main force of the Japanese army on the south road to Wei County. We are running out of time, so we order the troops to march immediately and advance towards Wei County! ”
Li Yunlong clapped his hands fiercely and ordered to the commanders and fighters.
"Yes, Captain!" Zhang Dabiao and the others stood up and saluted, and then went back to command the troops to set off for a rapid march towards Wei County.
At this time, Hiroshi Yamada, who was no longer able to contact Kenichi Muto's regiment again, knew that the destruction of the Japanese army on the North Road was basically 100%, and immediately ordered all units to quickly speed up and retreat to Guangling!
"Report to the Chief of Staff, reconnaissance troops and troops who previously turned around to attack the enemy forces out of the city in Guangling, the Eighth Route Army is densely packed with mines along the way to block the attack of our army! In addition, the intelligence personnel of the Wei County Empire were lurking in an emergency, and Li Yunlong personally commanded the main force of the army to set off from Wei County and march towards Guangling! ”
After getting the emergency devil staff report, Yamada Hao suddenly became a little dignified: the situation is not second, he is a bit of a dilemma, and he is attacked by the other party before and after!