Chapter 57: The Siege of Anhua County
"We were able to wipe out this group of enemies before Japanese reinforcements arrived." After speaking, Ding Wei threw the pen in his hand aside, and then looked at Li Yunlong and Kong Jie.
In the past, when the Japanese army had the upper hand, they divided their troops into four ways and surrounded the three regiments, intending to slowly grind them to death after they had recovered from it.
But no one expected that after more than half a year of tug-of-war, the strength of the Eighth Route Army would grow so fast, and now the situation has been reversed. Although the Japanese army also discovered the abnormality, they still did not know how the specific strength of the Eighth Route Army had fallen, so no troops were adjusted, which just gave Li Yunlong a loophole that they could break individually.
After listening to Ding Wei's words, Li Yunlong immediately puffed up his palms, and then said with a smile: "Lao Ding, your old boy really has two hits, why do you want to go with me." To tell you the truth, when I discussed with Lao Zhao before, I decided like this. ”
While talking, Li Yunlong got up and came to the map, picked up the pen on the table and pointed in the direction of Anhua County and said: "I have already sent someone to investigate, the Japanese army in Anhua County has about more than 8,000 people, I think so, this group of devils is responsible for annihilation by our new regiment, and your two regiments are responsible for blocking the reinforcements of the devils around." Wait for our new regiment to finish the work, and then turn around and join the two of you regiments to annihilate the little devils who came to support Anhua County. ”
Li Yunlong also thought it through careful consideration, dealing with the 8,000 Japanese troops in the direction of Anhua County, his new regiment of more than 20,000 people was absolutely enough, and he also knew that the new second regiment and the independent regiment were expanding too quickly and their combat effectiveness was declining.
If they let the two regiments fight the little devils head-on, not only will the casualties be very large, but maybe the devils will seize the opportunity to break out of the encirclement and join up with the Japanese troops who have come to reinforce them, so that their battle plan will be wasted.
But let the two regiments block the devil's reinforcements differently, relying on the commanding heights on both sides of the road to defend, in the construction of some fortifications, even if the combat effectiveness and the little devil can't be compared, but it can still be done for a period of time.
As long as Li Yunlong and the others finish their work, it is basically difficult for the little devils to have a chance to turn over.
"I said Lao Li, Lao Ding, you two are bold enough, you two want to serve the little devil in a pot, is this movement a bit big? 30,000 Japanese troops, the strength of two divisions, that can be taken so easily. ”
And Yoshio Shinozuka, an old devil, won't watch us wipe out his two elite Kwantung Army divisions, and don't do anything at all. What should we do if this old guy is bringing in troops from other regions? Kong Jie said to Li Yunlong and Ding Wei while smoking a big cigarette.
This is no wonder that Kong Jie sang the opposite, the Japanese army had this precedent before, you must know that since the devil entered the country, the front and back together, the casualties of the troops are at most hundreds of thousands, and the casualties of two divisions and regiments at one time have no such precedent on the domestic battlefield.
The little devils will definitely not let the strength of the two divisions be annihilated by the Eighth Route Army and ignore it, even for their own prestige, they will transfer troops to reinforcements, and at the worst, they will let them break out.
Hearing Kong Jie's words, Li Yunlong laughed, and then said unceremoniously to Kong Jie: "Troop transfer, where did he transfer troops from?" They still have surplus forces there to mobilize. ”
"No, Lao Li, what do you mean by that?" Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Kong Jie felt a little wrong, so he asked rhetorically.
And Ding Wei on the side also heard that Li Yunlong's words were a little wrong, so he asked: "Lao Li, I heard what you said, just say anything, there are no outsiders here." ”
"Didn't you two notice anything wrong with the devil?" Li Yunlong put down his pen and sat down to take a sip of water and asked.
He had been paying attention to the movements of the devils before, and sent people from the elite squad to other war zones to collect intelligence, according to the news that the monks had sent back, as Li Yunlong expected, the age of the devil soldiers in many places began to be younger, and some were sent by the Japanese mainland before they were even adults.
Moreover, because of the tight situation in the Pacific theater, many units of the Kwantung Army in the northeast were transferred, and the Japanese troops left in the northeast were said to be the Kwantung Army, but their combat effectiveness could not be compared with the previous troops at all.
Moreover, the Japanese army in North China also transferred a part of it to support the Southeast Asian battlefield, so the Japanese troops remaining in China were already overstretched, and it was not easy to maintain security in the occupied area, and there was no extra strength to transfer to the southwest of Shanxi to oppose Li Yunlong and them.
Because of the exhaustion of the Japanese army's own strength, it had no choice but to expand the number of puppet troops in the country in order to stabilize the domestic situation and confuse the Central Army and the Eighth Route.
People who have not been careful understand this situation do not know this situation at all, and they think how strong the Japanese army is.
Hearing the words of Ding Wei and Kong Jie, Zhao Gang also said loudly: "Lao Li, don't hold on to it, just say what you have to say, so that Head Ding and Head Kong can rest assured." ”
Li Yunlong glanced at Zhao Gang and then said: "I don't know if you have noticed, although the Japanese army has maintained its previous strong style in the past six months, the signs of offensive in the country have slowed down, at first I thought it was just this situation in our place, so I sent people to other areas to learn about it, and according to the information they sent back, I found a problem." ”
"What's the problem, could it be that little Japan's conscience has found out that it intends to withdraw its troops from the country and return to its homeland?" Ding Wei raised his head and looked at Li Yunlong and asked.
He knew that this kind of thing was impossible, and with the greedy character of the little devil, where would he spit out the meat he ate. This is just to stimulate Li Yunlong, and I want him to quickly tell what he knows.
Hearing Ding Wei's words, Li Yunlong glanced at him angrily, and then said: "The actions of the Japanese army are a little abnormal, their local strength is no longer enough, there are many young recruits on various battlefields, some of them have been sent over before they are even adults, and there are many places where the number of puppet armies has exceeded the devils, don't you think it's a little abnormal?" ”
"Lao Li, are you saying that the war potential of the devil is close to exhaustion?" Hearing Li Yunlong's words, Kong Jie asked in disbelief.
"There's nothing to doubt about this, after all, the local situation of the little devils is where they are, the war against us was originally to swallow elephants with snakes, and they also frantically expanded the scale of the war and opened up several battlefields, I also thought of this situation before, but I didn't expect it to come so quickly." Ding Wei thought for a while and said.
He had read the leader's discussion of protracted warfare before, so he knew that although the Japanese army seemed arrogant and domineering at home, it could not hold out for a few years, and in his mind, this situation would happen but it should be a few years later, you must know that the Central Army that the little devils were chasing two years ago was running around, and the Eighth Route Army did not dare to touch its edge, so it could only play guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. He didn't expect that just two years had passed, and the situation would change so much.
"Good guy, you both know about this, but I don't know." Kong Jie smoked a cigarette and said with some loss in his heart. He had been worrying about his own independent group before, and he paid little attention to other things, and his personality was like this.
After Ding Wei finished speaking, Li Yunlong continued: "Although the current strength of the Japanese army has sunset, it is not so easy for us to counterattack, we can only come step by step, now our most important thing is to sweep away the surrounding Japanese forces, and then develop their own strength, after all, there are two divisions of Japanese troops watching from the sidelines, and it is always a threat." ”
"I agree with Lao Li's opinion, as long as the gang of devils can be eliminated or driven out, the six or seven surrounding counties will become the base of our three regiments. Not only can our defense area be expanded, but the number of civilians in the defense area will also increase, so that we can expand our forces, and eliminating this group of devils can just replenish our weapons and equipment. After Li Yunlong finished speaking, Ding Wei was the first to stand up in support.
Hearing Ding Wei's words, Li Yunlong set his eyes on Kong Jie.
"Okay, let's Lao Kong do it with the two of you, anyway, I know, you Li Yunlong won't do a loss-making business." Seeing Ding Wei's support for Li Yunlong, Kong Jie had no choice but to speak.
"Commander Ding and Commander Kong, don't worry, Lao Li has been thinking about it for a long time before, and we will definitely succeed in this battle." Seeing that both of them agreed, Zhao Gang stood up and said to the two of them with a smile.
As the political commissar of the new regiment, since he Zhao Gang came to the new regiment, he has witnessed the development and growth of the new regiment, from the army of about 2,000 people when he first came, it has expanded more than ten times in just two years, and now the strength of the new regiment has reached more than 23,000 people.
Therefore, he knew that only by eliminating the surrounding Japanese troops and further expanding the defense area of the new regiment could the strength of the new regiment be developed, otherwise this level would already be the peak of the new regiment.
Since it was decided to take the initiative to attack the devils, Ding Wei and Kong Jie began to mobilize troops after returning to occupy the commanding heights of various places to build fortifications on the only way to Anhua County in the defense area.
And Li Yunlong was not idle, and after Ding Wei and Kong Jie left, he held a meeting, mobilized the troops of eight battalions and quietly moved to the surroundings of the devil's camp in Anhua County, and began to launch a general attack as soon as Li Yunlong gave the order.
And such a large-scale troop movement of the Eighth Route Army is still impossible to hide from the eyes of various forces.
The first to get the news was the 358th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army stationed in Pinggu Town, Anhua County, since the last time Chu Yunfei withdrew from Ping'an County, he came here with his troops.
originally thought that the Japanese army would soon annihilate Li Yunlong and his three regiments, after all, the devil was really moved, and even the Kwantung Army was transferred, so there was no reason why Li Yunlong and them could not be eliminated.
But the actual situation was beyond Chu Yunfei's expectations, not only did the Japanese army not wipe out Li Yunlong, but its own strength was also lost, and a decisive battle turned into a tug-of-war, and it lasted for more than half a year.
So far, Li Yunlong has not been solved, which makes him think a little, wondering if the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is not good, and the two dirt and eight roads cannot be solved.
This is still the Kwantung Army in his impression, if the Kwantung Army is so virtuous, then what is he afraid of.
So Chu Yunfei was a little eager to try, thinking that Li Yunlong should be okay with himself, so he found an opportunity to fight with the little devil.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they met, the Japanese army beat his 358 regiment to the ground, and in the end, Yan Xishan came forward to mediate, and apologized and apologized. The main combat goal of the Japanese army was the Eighth Route Army, and they didn't want to offend the Jin Sui Army, so they let go of the 358th Regiment by taking advantage of the donkey.
Since then, Chu Yunfei has been honest, and he honestly stayed in the defense area of Pinggu Town to train the troops, mainly because he was indeed a little autistic in the last battle.
In his mind, the combat effectiveness of his 358th regiment and Li Yunlong's new regiment should be comparable, and there is no reason why Li Yunlong can beat himself but can't, is it because of his own ability.
Just when Chu Yunfei was thinking nonsense in the regiment headquarters, Chief of Staff Fang Ligong strode in.
"Regimental seat, the front-line observer has sent information that Li Yunlong's department of the Eighth Route Army has made a big move, and the troops of eight regiments have rushed towards our side." After Fang Ligong came in, he didn't have time to drink his saliva and immediately reported to Chu Yunfei.
Hearing Fang Ligong's words, Chu Yunfei was taken aback, and then said, "What do you say, the strength of eight regiments?" How can there be so many troops, are you mistaken? Also, you said that Li Yunlong's new regiment also came over, so the other seven regiments are all those troops of the Eighth Route Army? ”
"Tuanzao, the troops of these eight regiments are all rushed from the direction of Ping'an County, if my guess is correct, these troops should be the troops of Li Yunlong's new regiment."
Fang Ligong had a feeling of unspeakable suffering, he was against it when Chu Yunfei decided to touch the Japanese army before, after all, people came for Li Yunlong's new group, there was no need to ask for trouble, but Chu Yunfei didn't listen.
I feel that Li Yunlong dares to fight hard with the little devil, if he doesn't dare, then he will not be a head lower than him Li Yunlong. But now I know that Li Yunlong has the strength to dare to fight the little devil, not to mention anything else, in terms of military strength, it is a big cut above the devil, but now it is indeed a little late to know.
"What, Li Yunlong's new regiment has the strength of eight regiments? How can there be so many people? Hearing Fang Ligong's words, Chu Yunfei suddenly felt like a fish in his throat. He said that how dare Li Yunlong compete with the little devil, it turns out that people have confidence.
But he can't learn this kind of confidence, because the scale of the Jin Sui Army's troops is determined by his superiors, and it is not something he can expand if he wants to, even if he can recruit soldiers, but it will be useless if the weapons and equipment are not replenished for you.