It was a night with sparse stars and moons.

The moon is dark and the wind is high, and the night is suitable for killing.

A new squadron of swords and a battalion of mountain artillery were ordered to assemble in the dark.

The location of the sortie was selected on the highway outside Shouyang County, and the straight-line distance from Taiyuan was only more than 50 kilometers.

When Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, Kong Jie and others arrived at the attack site, the soldiers of the Sword Squadron and the Mountain Artillery Battalion had already assembled.

Zhao Gang, Zhang Dabiao, Zheng Yu and Chen Dagu came to see them off, and their expressions were a little solemn.

"Lao Zhao, why are you so serious?" Li Yunlong said, "We're not going to die, if the mission goes well, we'll be back before dawn." ”

"You must be careful and careful, Taiyuan is the nest of the first army of little devils, and the little devils have been operating there for several years..."

Zhao Gang looked a little chattering: "If you encounter an emergency, you can abandon these mountain cannons, as long as you can come back safely." ”

"Political Commissar Zhao, you can rest assured." Kong Jie said, "Lao Ding and I must bring your old partner back safely." ”

Zhao Gang nodded when he heard this.

Li Yunlong turned around and waved his hand: "Ready to go!" ”

The convoy consisted of 14 trucks, all of which were seized from Yangquan City and Shouyang County.

The front 12 trucks were towed at the back of an M1 American 75mm mountain gun, and in addition to the shell box, there were also artillery members of the mountain artillery battalion and members of the sword squadron.

The artillerymen and the members of the Sword squadron were divided into different cars.

Unlike the serious expressions of the artillerymen, the members of the Sword Squadron looked a little relaxed.

It seems that instead of going on a mission, he went to Taiyuan to pay homage to Yoshio Shinozuka on his vacation.

The pistols and daggers of the Sword Squadron were also worn in a somewhat messy way, some hanging under their armpits, some hanging on their waists, and some simply hanging leather pistol covers around their necks. The training method of the Sword Squadron is very focused on individual habits and personality.

Lu Yingjun thinks that he can put his weapons as he wants, and he also made an analogy, which is like his wife, she can sleep how she wants, and others can't control it.

With Li Yunlong's order, the sound of the truck's motor sounded in his ears, and the bright lights were turned on, illuminating the road ahead.

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie were about to jump into the truck when the sound of horses' hooves sounded in their ears, and several people stopped and turned their heads to look over.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves became louder and louder, and more than a dozen military horses ran to Li Yunlong and the others, and the owner on horseback turned over and dismounted.

The leader was Brigade Commander Chen, who was wearing a leather coat and holding a horsewhip, and his face was resolute but not smiling.

The brigade commander walked over quickly and said, "It's okay, I caught up." ”

"Yo, Brigadier, why are you here?"

After taking a few glances and carefully confirming that it was the brigade commander, Li Yunlong hurriedly caught up with him, his expression and movements looking cautious.

Ding Wei and Kong Jie hurriedly followed, and together with Li Yunlong, they gave a military salute to the brigade commander.

"I'll give you food."

Seeing Ding Wei and Kong Jie following behind Li Yunlong, the brigade commander instantly realized that these two boys must also want to join in the fun.

The brigade commander turned around and asked Zhao Gang, "Do you have any wine?" ”

Zhao Gang said: "I will immediately call someone to prepare." ”

"Time is precious, so if you don't prepare wine, forget it." The brigade commander said, "I'll just say a few words. ”

Then the brigade commander turned to look at the sword squadron members and artillerymen standing in the car, and the driver also turned his head to look at the brigade commander.

The brigade commander said loudly: "Today, I Chen Geng is here to see you off, I just want to say that there is not a single mischief in our new sword squadron and mountain artillery battalion, all of them are men who stand up to the sky, and I believe that you will definitely complete the task brilliantly under the leadership of Commander Li." ”

"Three years ago, the Japanese army occupied Taiyuan, and the Chinese soldiers guarding Taiyuan shed their blood on the battlefield, and they deserved the title of soldiers."

"And tonight, you will be the first Chinese army to hit Taiyuan with shells after the fall of Taiyuan, and you will use shells tonight to teach the devil a good lesson."

"To be honest, I envy you even more, and I can't wait to exchange the position of brigade commander with you."

"But as soldiers, we have to obey orders as our duty, and we have different responsibilities, so we can only perform our own duties."

"Today, I have only one request for you, that is, you will have a lot of you, all of you will come back safely, and when you return to the base area, I will serve you a wine at the brigade headquarters to celebrate your achievements!"

Li Yunlong stood up and saluted, including the sword squadron and artillery on the truck, raised their hands to salute the brigade commander.

Subsequently, Li Yunlong jumped into the truck, and Ding Wei and Kong Jie hurriedly followed, for fear that the brigade commander would change his mind.

More than a dozen trucks made the sound of engines and faded into the darkness...

The brigade commander stood on the side of the road, staring at the place where the truck had disappeared, and only then did he turn over his horse and leave under the protection of the guard squad.

In the past few days, the headquarters of the 9th Brigade in Taiyuan has been counterattacking the Zhengtai Railway in order to create conditions for Li Yunlong to shell the Taiyuan airport.

The 385th Brigade organized a larger offensive during the day today and sent the 9th Brigade back to Taiyuan.

In a day or two, the devils in Taiyuan will definitely not be able to fight back, so they can only transfer troops to Taiyuan from several surrounding counties.

In addition to Taiyuan, devils in other areas have also frequently attacked in the past few days, trying to counterattack and drive the troops of the Eighth Route Army away from the Zhengtai Railway.

However, many devils have been severely attacked, and the Zhengtai Railway is still firmly controlled by the Eighth Route Army.

On the road from Shouyang to Taiyuan, the obstacles on the road ahead were cleared by the soldiers and militia of the 385th Brigade, so that Li Yunlong's convoy could go all the way unimpeded.

Longwang Cave, only more than 20 kilometers away from Taiyuan, several members of the first combat squad of the Sword Squadron waited here for a long time under the leadership of Monk Wei.

Lu Yingjun and Duan Peng had already sneaked to the vicinity of the Xincheng Airport in the northern suburbs of Taiyuan at this time, and several of them had also found a suitable artillery position.

Just after twelve o'clock in the night, Monk Wei and several members of the team heard the sound of truck engines in the distance.

After a few minutes, the sound of the engine became louder and louder, and the bright headlights shone through.

Monk Wei immediately stood up, picked up the flashlight, turned on the switch of the flashlight three times, and the flashlight went out three times.

Wang Gensheng, who was in the cab of the head car, saw the flickering lights in the darkness ahead, so he immediately honked the long horn three times.

This is the agreed light and horn signal.

Monk Wei grinned, and jumped from the grass on the side of the road with several team members, and Wang Gensheng immediately stepped on the brakes, but did not turn off the flame.

Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and Kong Jie jumped out of the car, and Monk Wei stepped forward and saluted: "Regiment leader!" ”

"Monk!" Li Yunlong asked, "How is the reconnaissance mission of your first combat team completed?" ”

Monk Wei's expression remained unchanged, and he reported: "Report to the regiment commander, the reconnaissance mission of our first combat squad has been completed, and an artillery position has been found. ”

"Where?" Li Yunlong asked, "Can you point it out to me on the map?" ”

Monk Wei took out a map, and pointed to the map by the light in front of the car: "Here in Dongshan, there is a small road that can go directly to Dongshan, but it is not marked on the map, and the straight-line distance from Xincheng Airport is about 8 kilometers." ”

"Within 10 kilometers from Taiyuan, all intersections are guarded by devils, and in some places even bunkers and turrets have been built."

"Wait." Kong Jie asked, "You just said that there are devils guarding the intersections within 10 kilometers, so why are there no ones here in Dongshan?" ”

"Higashiyama used to be a mine, but now it's abandoned, but the road is still there." Monk Wei said, "10 kilometers away from Taiyuan, there is a road that can go directly to the Dongshan mine. ”

"That's okay, monk, you go to the co-pilot and show Wang Gensheng the way." Li Yunlong said, "Let's go to this Dongshan mine." ”

"Get in the car!"

Then everyone jumped into the truck and continued to drive forward.

As early as more than an hour ago, Lu Yingjun used the radio intercom to send a signal to Wang Chengzhu in secret language, and he and Duan Peng were already dormant near the Devil's Airport, waiting for the arrival of the mountain artillery battalion.

Within a radius of 10 kilometers of Taiyuan City, there are not only dense pillboxes and turrets, but also devils and puppet army patrols patrolling.

The closer to Taiyuan City, the tighter the devil's defense, especially at this juncture when the Eighth Route Army launched a major battle, the devil and the puppet army were even frightened.

As long as you encounter a suspicious person, whether you are a spy or not, you will be arrested and sent to the prison of the special high school first.

And it is difficult to get out of the prison of the extra-high class, and even if there is a relationship to get out, it will have to peel off the skin.

However, the patrols of the devils and the puppet army can stop ordinary scouts and spies, but they can't prevent the reconnaissance and infiltration of special forces.

Under the guidance of Monk Wei, the mountain artillery convoy turned around from the vicinity of Baipo Village on the Zhengtai Highway and drove into the small road.

This path is overgrown with weeds, and it can be seen that no one and the car have walked this road for a long time, and it is remote enough.

After driving on this road for more than half an hour, I finally came to my destination, there was a large open space under the mine, and more than a dozen trucks drove into the open space and then stopped.

Immediately, the members of the Sword Squadron jumped out of the car one after another, quickly occupied the commanding heights of the Dongshan Mine, and released warning posts to the surroundings.

The movements are clean and clean, without any mud and water.

Under the command of Wang Chengzhu, the artillerymen began to construct artillery positions, and the shell boxes were unloaded from the trucks, and more than 20 snow-bright lights from the trucks provided the artillerymen with enough light for their operations.

"Isn't that right? Lao Li. Kong Jie said to Li Yunlong. How do I feel like I've been fooled? ”

"Yes, Lao Kong and I came here to see the shells fall at the devil's airport, so you can show me this?"

Ding Wei had an expression of "I took off my pants, you show me this".

Hehe, with a smile, Li Yunlong said: "The legs are long on the two of you, and I didn't stop the two of you, you go and see for yourself, anyway, my mountain artillery battalion only fires here." ”

"But you two also heard the monk say just now, there are devil sentry posts everywhere within ten kilometers of Taiyuan."

"Not to mention near the airport, it must be three steps, one post, ten steps and one sentry, it is estimated that before the two of you get close to the airport, you will be arrested by the devil."

Kong Jie asked, "Can you see the devil's airport from here?" ”

"I can see a fart." Ding Wei said, "Don't talk about the night, I guess I can't see it during the day, I knew that Lao Tzu wouldn't follow me, how good is it to sleep in Shouyang?" ”

At this point, Ding Wei and Kong Jie could only listen to the sound of the cannon being ejected, and as for the shells falling on the devil's airfield, they would definitely not be visible.

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