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The person's personality is often difficult to fathom.

Even if there is a general direction, it can fluctuate at any time.

In the face of the unprecedented scale of the Japanese army's May Day sweep, the different command styles displayed by the front-line commanders of the Eighth Route Army in the whole battle were also particularly distinct.

And it's always full of surprises and surprises.

Take the more outstanding trio of the Iron Triangle in the northwest of Shanxi in this battle.

Li Yunlong, the impression left on the deputy commander-in-chief, the deputy chief of the general staff, and the old brigade commander is that they are very capable of causing trouble, and they are a thorn in the coffin that can cause trouble for you at every turn.

Of course, the head of the thorn is the head of the thorn, in everyone's impression, Li Yunlong still has a lot of ideas for this kid to fight.

Often do not play according to the routine.

In the words of the Deputy Chief of the General Staff, "If you are not careful, this kid can always give you some new tricks!" ”

For example, this time, when you think that when Li Yunlong led the New Second Regiment and the Sixth Division of the Japanese Army to fight, there must have been a lot of strange ideas, and all kinds of means could greet the little devil.

The result?

This time, under the nose of the old brigade commander, Li Yunlong turned out to be unusual, not only did he lose his impatience and impulsiveness in the past, but he was as steady as Mount Tai; he ran through the entire defense line, discussed with the commanders of various nodes how to defend, how to counterattack, how to retreat, perfect the battle plan, and carried out it step by step.

It is to drag the devil troops hard, drag them until they are exhausted, and then attack on all fronts.

For this reason, the old brigade commander did not come back to his senses until the end of the battle.

"Hey, this kid is really Li Yunlong?"

This made the old brigade commander and the commissar chief of staff couldn't help but sigh when they chatted.

"In the past two years, even Li Yunlong, a bastard boy, has really grown! It's no longer the Sun Monkey who jumps like thunder at every turn and can make trouble for you, but suddenly has a bit of a meaning of fighting to win the Buddha! ”

The old brigade commander was greatly pleased with this.

If it weren't for this progress, with his positioning of Li Yunlong, it would be more than enough to command a regiment, and if it goes any further, I am afraid it will be almost meaningless.

As for Ding Wei, this time he came in the opposite direction with Li Yunlong.

This lord, who has always been bold, not only is not as steady as in the past, but he is radically diverting the troops into interspersed troops, and does not care about anything, that is, interspersing behind the devils, and before the devils can react, the Japanese army is already in a situation of encirclement and flanking.

For this reason, the Japanese commander who fought against him was speechless.

Is there such a war?

He rummaged through what he had learned at the Imperial Army University, and he didn't command it like that.

Divide the troops into one interspersed force after another, completely ignoring the situation of equipment and troops, and only intersperse the enemy's rear.

Could it be that the commander of the Eighth Route Army on the other side was not worried that his troops would be broken one by one and throw himself into the net?

Ding Wei is very confident in this, "Since the day our Eighth Route Army was founded, it has been fighting hard battles, vicious battles, and the most difficult and arduous battles.

We can fight a battle in an army, a division in a battle, a regiment, a company and a platoon, even if it is a squad, can still fight a battle.

After the division of troops and interspersing, there will be no problem of unification, and your various units will be combat units all the way, and they will all rely on the command of your commanders, and they can only fight flexibly and make trouble in the rear of the devils. ”

Finally, there is Kong Jie, who is still a master of attacking the heart.

Propaganda offensives and military offensives go hand in hand.

Ambush first, and then pretend to cut off the rear road of the Sixth Division, feint to attack the periphery of Yangquan, and actually go to drill wells, making a huge noise, and there were camouflage and interspersed troops everywhere overnight, and they were dazzled by their own numbers.

After the troops of the Sixth Division were raided, they gradually grouped together and temporarily retreated to the temporary camp occupied behind, and before they decided to retreat, false news was already flying all over the sky, as if the devil's retreat was blocked.

Before the final battle began, the little devil was already in chaos.

In addition, due to the confrontation between the elite of the Japanese army, which is dominated by the Sixth Field Division, and the Iron Triangle in the northwest of Shanxi, the true strength of the Iron Triangle has been exposed.

Only then did all parties truly realize the strength of the Iron Triangle of the Eighth Route Army.

Especially the first independent detachment of the anti-Japanese in the northwest of Shanxi.

Let's not talk about the level of equipment in almost all American departments.

Not to mention the semi-mechanized heavy troops, armored corps, various types of artillery units, and even the aviation units first established by the Eighth Route Army.

Speaking of this troop strength alone, just the elite steel helmets of the detachment pulled out nearly 20,000 people, plus the local army units that fought together, the devils couldn't even tell which was the main force.

So much so that after the war, the Japanese army's intelligence department characterized the anti-Japanese independent detachment in the northwest of Shanxi as follows:

It is at least equivalent to the division-level combat unit of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and in terms of combat strength alone, it should be regarded as a military-level combat unit.

So much so that at the post-war summary meeting, the heads of each regiment looked at Kong Jie with envy and jealousy.

His grandmother's is carrying two shoulders and one head, how can Lao Kong's team be so much stronger than ours?

After the war, the Propaganda Department also compiled into a script the combat deeds of some commanders who were particularly brilliant in command during the May 1 anti-sweep.

also wrote a special biography of famous generals.

Among the regimental-level commanders, Kong Jie, who led a detachment to achieve dual development and outstanding achievements in both economic and military fields, was the leader.

In contrast, although they are also ranked higher, Li Yunlong and Ding Wei, who are many places behind Kong Jie, later heard about it, and their noses were almost crooked, and they drank sullenly.

Li Yunlong: "Fuck! Kong Er was stunned, why? Father...... Lao Tzu is much more handsome than him! ”

Ding Wei: "I don't have anything to say in front of the old Confucian faction, I said Lao Li, why are you still in front of me, why, just because your head is bigger?" ”

The rest of the regiment commanders really didn't have a second word.

Some people even say that the gold content of this famous biography is still quite sufficient.

…… Oh, and there's another interesting fact.

In the Iron Triangle base area, the 6th Division was heavily damaged and fled in a rout.

The troops of Lao Yang of Jinchaji returned to Jinchaji, and the independent detachment also had to send some troops to reinforce the past, preparing to launch a counterattack in northern Hebei, forcing the Devil Jizhong troops to withdraw part of it.

Li Yunlong also divided a part of his troops to join the New 10th Brigade to the Pinghan Line, preparing to cross the Pinghan Line when the devil's forces were empty, and directly join the Jizhong battlefield to reap some benefits.

The remaining New 1st Brigade remained in the Iron Triangle base area for the time being.

The rest of the mobile troops were all pressed to Li Cheng to eat meat.

This rainy season is coming, if you don't scrape a layer of flesh off the devil's body, I'm sorry for God's help.

This is the most dazzling final battle set by the Eighth Route Army at the end of the unprecedented scale of the May Day sweep and the end of the decisive battle set off by the Japanese army, as the grand finale.

Directly take the Japanese army's lair-up in Licheng.

And this time is not like the last time when the Eighth Route Army besieged Licheng, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and it ended in a farce, but it was just to hide from the world.

This time, it was a real preparation to capture the city of Li.

In the words of Deputy Chief of General Staff Wang, "The devils set off the May Day sweep in order to take revenge on us, and took the initiative to attack us.

The so-called exchange of courtesies.

Defeat Li Cheng, this is the gift we return to the little devil with our backhand! ”

The 385 Brigade, the main force of the 386 Brigade, and the new brigades.

Including the elite clusters of the Iron Triangle field that almost poured out, they all moved closer to the Licheng area.

After Li Yunlong's main force converged with Kong Jie, and Ding Wei's mobile troops inflicted heavy losses on the southward detachment of the Sixth Division, they left part of the troops to besiege them, and all the others penetrated directly into the Licheng area, and blocked the retreat of the Ushishima Manchu Division, the Xiangyuan Field Unit, the Third Mixed Brigade, and the Field Unit of the 12th Army in front of other brother troops.

When these little devils swept away, they came from different routes, and after the Eighth Route Army launched a full-scale counteroffensive and suffered a blow, they gradually counterattacked in groups, and when they evacuated, they invariably chose the shortest route to leave from the Eighth Route Army base area, and it was also the most suitable plain area for large-scale evacuation.

Kong Jie, Ding Wei, and Li Yunlong mobilized all the mobile troops of the Iron Triangle to encircle and intercept the retreating Japanese army, killing them all the way.

This Li Yunlong's troops had more light trucks, tanks, and armored vehicles, which were faster than Ding Wei and Kong Jie's troops, and they were the first to enter Licheng.

When the troops passed by Licheng, under the command of Li Yunlong, a recruit soldier of the New Second Regiment, wearing the standard military uniform of the Iron Triangle, wearing a steel helmet, and a pair of marching boots, and a small truck next to him, guarding in front of a material warehouse of the devil, with his head held high, his mouth cocked, and a pair of smug little eyes almost no one in his eyes.

Don't mention how proud you are!

The follow-up troops of Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, and Ding Wei passed by, and those who knew each other kept greeting.

Looking at the trucks, tanks, armored vehicles, cavalry, and infantry passing in front of him, the recruit's head was raised higher and more proud!

Subsequently, when Li Yunlong passed by in a command car, he couldn't help but scold, "You rookie egg!" What are you doing guarding this warehouse?

Hurry up and move forward with the troops, if you catch Ushijima, Lao Tzu will let you be the first to take a photo with him, this is interesting!

What good things can there be in this broken warehouse, could it be that the little devils have put their mother-in-law in it? Look at the look of your baby! ”

The recruit replied: "Report to the regiment commander, we haven't had time to open such a large warehouse, and we don't know what good things are in it!"

It's just that after the devils are cleared, they will occupy various defensive locations, and they haven't counted them yet!

It's a pity to give up like this, in case it is robbed by other teams, then we will lose a lot!

Would you like to put a seal on us? ”

Li Yunlong scolded: "Go and go, these old men have traveled from south to north, all these years are rushing to cut off the heads of devils, when have you ever done the work of looking at the warehouse?"

It has always been me who chased the devil, and the brother troops behind me helped collect the supplies, and then took the list to ask Lao Tzu what he needed and if he could send them some supplies.

The equipment seized by Lao Tzu was thrown on the ground, and they didn't dare to take it indiscriminately!

Shame on you!

Let me tell you, when the troops come later, when they see the old cadres wearing glasses or the older ones, they will hand over the warehouse, and if you are left behind, I will not stop and wait for you.

Comrades, hurry up, eat meat, don't let Ding Dabi and Kong Er catch up and rob our devils to kill! ”

In this way, Li Yunlong left.

Lao Li's current pattern has really improved a lot, and he really can't look down on ordinary seizures.

After Ding Wei's troops arrived one after another, he didn't even look at these warehouses, and directly led his troops to continue to advance in the direction of Licheng.

However, Kong Jie, who led the troops to arrive, looked at the recruits and soldiers of the New Second Regiment who were guarding the warehouse, and looked quite familiar.

He couldn't help but ask, "What's your name?" ”

The little soldier raised his head proudly, as if he was the leader of the parade, "Report to Regiment Commander Kong, I am a scout of the new second regiment, my name is Wang Yousheng, and I joined the army at the end of last year!" ”

"Wang Yousheng !!"

Kong Jie was stunned, there is a victory in the military parade, this is a famous scene of bright swords, he remembers it clearly.

In this way, this Wang Yousheng really appeared in advance, and after careful inquiry, he learned that Wang Yousheng heard that the Iron Triangle was very famous, so he came from his hometown to join the army, but because the standards for recruiting recruits in a team were too strict, in the end, Wang Yousheng successfully joined the new second regiment and became a scout with honor.

This time, Wang Yousheng followed the reconnaissance company to advance first, so after occupying the warehouse, their company commander stayed behind to guard the seized materials.

There is also this scene in front of me.

"Good boy, you have a spirit!" Kong Jie smiled and encouraged, and left with emotion in his heart.

The smile on the corner of Wang Yousheng's mouth grew.

Then Commander Wang's troops came, and Wang Yousheng just wanted to find their front-line commander and hand over the materials according to Li Yunlong's explanation.

As a result, after hearing this, Head Wang scolded: "Damn, who does Li Yunlong, this stinky boy look down on?

The materials he can't even look down on, and Lao Tzu is not rare.

Last time, the 3rd Mixed Brigade chased the devil all the way, but because I picked up too much equipment and materials on the road, the boss said that I was the King of Rags.

This time, I didn't be fooled by what Lao Tzu said!

Comrades, speed up, let's go to Licheng to eat meat! ”

Then the troops of the 771 and 772 regiments of the 386 brigade passed by, and when they heard that they wanted to receive the warehouse and count the materials, Lao Xu and Lao Cheng sat on the three wheels made in the border area, and left without looking back.

Ahh

In the end, Wang Yousheng had no choice, and saw a convoy passing by, which was the 385 and 386 two brigade commanders accompanying the division commander to move forward.

Wang Yousheng was a recruit, but he also recognized the division commander, so he immediately rushed to report, and after handing over the warehouse, he hurriedly took the rest of the officers and men of the reconnaissance company to chase after the main force.

At this moment, the deputy chief of the general staff who followed him wondered.

"This Li Yunlong has always eaten more and occupied more, and there are also things he doesn't like?"

The old brigade commander said with a smile: "What he can see is the plane, the vault, and the big seal of the Devil Division's regimental headquarters and the general's sword."

This kid has always been unconvinced that the big seal of the Datong 26th Division headquarters was taken away by Kong Jie, and this time Kong Jie fished out the big seal of the headquarters of the Sixth Division, and he was even more unconvinced.

Last time I went back to Mengxi, Li Yunlong, this kid, got the big seal of the Kwantung Army Chariot Brigade, and as soon as he wrote a report, he liked to stamp this radish stamp at the end, the only one!

This time it's so positive, it's estimated that it's going to Ushijima Man's big seal. ”

The teacher said happily: "This kid, and this grotesque fetish? ”

The old brigade commander said with emotion: "The times have changed, and in recent years, the vision of each one has been higher, and this kind of material is not looked down upon, but our brigade headquarters and division headquarters follow behind to receive materials, and it has become a tattered collection!" ”

The deputy chief of the general staff did not dislike it at all, and arranged for the team to be optimistic about the supplies.

"No matter how small this sparrow is, it is still meat, and if you harvest too much, you can still become a rich man, and in the future, we will have to rely on these rags to completely beat the little devils out of China!"

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(End of chapter)