"Although we are very well armed and equipped, the enemy this time is the Kwantung Army after all, so we can't be careless."

Looking at the relaxed and joyful expressions on the faces of several battalion commanders, Zhao Gang looked solemn and his tone was serious.

He knew that Li Yunlong had never floated in the face of devils.

Recently, the superiors have praised the new regiment many times, especially the commander of the regiment Li Da many times, what a model heroic regiment leader, combat backbone... Even publicized the achievements of the new regiment in the whole army, and now the new regiment is recognized as the trump card regiment of the entire Eighth Route Army, which is even more awesome than the main regiment.

The new regiment also deserves these commendations and publicity, and more than 10,000 devils have been annihilated in the past year, and weapons and ammunition have also been provided to the higher authorities to support several artillery regiments and several infantry regiments.

Although Li Yunlong has floating capital, he has never floated.

Even if the new regiment encounters the devil's full formation team head-on, it can do it with real knives and guns, and the odds of winning are still very great.

However, these battalion commanders are obviously a little drifting, they are battalion commanders, and such emotions can easily be transmitted to subordinates.

Underestimate the enemy, and there will be big problems.

Li Yunlong heard the meaning of Zhao Gang's words, glanced at several battalion commanders, and said in a stern tone: "We can despise the enemy strategically, but in terms of tactics, we must pay attention to the enemy, and we must not underestimate the enemy." ”

This was said by Brother Chen Feng when he was drinking with Li Yunlong, and he felt that what he said was also very reasonable.

After all, after so many victories, it is impossible not to look down on the little devils, so this sentence is very appropriate to use to educate the soldiers.

There is no conflict between looking down on little devils and not despising them.

When several battalion commanders heard this, they thought about it and quickly understood this sentence.

It's like an initiation.

Immediately, several people admired Li Yunlong again, thinking that it seemed that the head of the regiment had been studying very well recently, and he could say such profound and reasonable words.

Several battalion commanders expressed their stance to Zhao Gang and Li Yunlong one after another, only despising devils and never underestimating the enemy.

Zhao Gang also made a self-examination, saying that during this period of time, he practiced marksmanship and did ideological and political work for the county brigade, but neglected the main battalion.

Several battalion commanders said that when they returned, they would let the camp instructors strengthen ideological education.

Li Yunlong continued: "Now I will deploy specific combat missions. ”

"Just like the last operation, the battalions did not carry Makqin heavy machine guns, and all other weapons were brought with them."

"In addition, all the tents captured by the 9th Brigade Regiment last time were made into camouflage cloaks, and every soldier who participated in the battle had to wear it."

The little devil's tent cloth is very thick and impermeable, and it can be worn as a cloak to keep out the cold.

Of course, the most important thing is to be able to camouflage, it snows heavily in the northern winter, and it is normal for the snow to not melt for a month or two.

"Regiment leader, aren't there earthen ditches on both sides of the highway in Chenjiagou?" Zhang Dabiao said: "Let's just like last time, lie in the ditch, wait for the Kwantung Army to come, both sides will open fire together, and we will catch him off guard." ”

"The Sword Squadron went there to reconnoitre." Li Yunlong's eyes widened, and he said, "The devil has already filled in the soil ditch. ”

"Let's wear camouflage cloaks and lie down in the snow so that the devils can't see it."

"The terrain there, the devil never dreamed that there were people hiding in the snow, and the keeper was taken by surprise and caught off guard."

Zhang Dabiao nodded suddenly, and then stopped talking.

Zheng Yu, the commander of the second battalion, asked, "Regiment commander, do you need to bring an artillery company?" ”

"Of course the artillery company should be brought." Li Yunlong said, "The artillery company is responsible for long-range artillery support. ”

The new regiment was equipped with 60-mm mortars weighing only 40 pounds, and there was also a cavalry battalion to help carry shells, so the soldiers of the artillery company could march lightly.

"Still have questions?"

"There is no problem with the meeting, the battalions go back to prepare, let the cooking squad prepare dry food for 4 days, and distribute ammunition."

"Let's go the morning after tomorrow!"

Li Yunlong glanced at everyone, and then said with a solemn expression.

"Yes!" The three battalion commanders replied in unison, stood up and walked out.

The next day, the cooking squads of the 1st Battalion, the 2nd Battalion and the Cavalry Battalion of the 1st Regiment began to fry dry rations and distribute ammunition.

The logistics department began to make snow camouflage capes.

Early in the morning of the third day, Li Yunlong led the 1st Battalion, the 2nd Battalion, and the Cavalry Battalion to Chenjiagou.

In winter, the sky was gray and there was light snow, and the warriors, dressed in white cloaks, stepped into the snow with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

Although Yangcun is only a little more than 50 kilometers from the mountain road of Chenjiagou, it is necessary to start early, as the snow will slow down the march.

Despite the rugged mountain roads and the bitter cold wind, the commanders and fighters all carried their guns on their backs and their morale was very high.

Like some of the heavier ammunition boxes and heavy equipment, they were handed over to the military horses to carry in ambush.

The fighters were able to travel lightly, which greatly saved their physical strength.

After a day's rest and marching, Li Yunlong led his commanders and fighters to Chenjiagou at midnight.

At that moment, Li Yunlong asked the soldiers to find a place to put up their tents and sleep and rest.

There were a lot of tents seized from the devils, and even if some of them were used to make camouflage clothes, there were still a lot left.

He himself took Zheng Yu, Zhang Dabiao and Sun Desheng to reconnoitre, but it was already midnight, and there was no devil car passing by on the highway.

After reconnaissance, the soil ditches on both sides of the highway were indeed filled in by devils.

In fact, it's not just here, after the devil Kwantung Army was ambushed here, the entire Zhengtai Highway on both sides of the place where there were earth dogs was filled.

The devil's tactics are not static, the devil has also learned well after suffering a lot of losses, and it is difficult for the Eighth Route Army to capture much in ambush warfare and sparrow warfare.

Unless there is a big combat operation, the devils and puppet soldiers usually go out and only carry a small amount of weapons and ammunition.

Even the ammunition storage in the devil's stronghold and turret is not much, and sometimes the Eighth Route Army spends a lot of effort to take down the turret or stronghold, but not much is captured.

"The little devil of the dog day, it's quite fine."

Seeing that the ditches on both sides of the highway were really filled, Zheng Yu, the commander of the second battalion, scolded and scolded.

"On intrigues." The corners of Zhang Dabiao's mouth curled, "We Chinese are the ancestors of his little Japan. ”

Li Yunlong didn't want to talk nonsense, pulled out his bayonet, and drew a line in the snow, representing that this was the Zhengtai Highway.

Then he said: "This is the Zhengtai Highway, and at half past five in the morning, all the commanders and fighters entered the ambush position. ”

"The first battalion is ambushed on the left side, and the second battalion is ambushed on the right, remember to be well disguised and never exposed."

"In order to conceal it, the ambush should be located 100 meters away from the road, and if it is too close, it may be seen by passing devils."

"And after entering the ambush position, it is necessary to arrange for the fighters to sweep the traces in the snow."

In winter, it dawns very late, and in snowy weather like this, it usually doesn't dawn until about 7 o'clock, so it's no problem to enter the ambush position more than an hour early.

Li Yunlong glanced at Sun Desheng, who was full of expectation on the side, and said: "If there are devils who escape, don't chase the infantry, and hand over the fleeing devils to the cavalry." ”

It's all here, and Li Yunlong doesn't seem to be suitable for the cavalry battalion not to give some tasks.

Although there may not be a few devils who escaped, it was still possible to warm up the cavalry battalion.

"Yes!" Sun Desheng looked slightly happy.

Zheng Yu said: "Regiment commander, anyway, there are no devil cars passing by at night, I suggest that the soldiers bury some ground mines on the road at night, which is the kind of large mines composed of explosives packs and more than a dozen large tumors." ”

"The second battalion commander is a good suggestion." Li Yunlong nodded and praised, "Remember to get a few more and cook a big meal for the devil." ”

At the beginning of the tank wing that ambushed the devil in Hulugou, the sappers of the new regiment engaged in this kind of land mine, and it was a devil tank as soon as it exploded.

Blow up a little Wang Ba, not to mention the devil's truck, and it will only be blown up by pulling the strings, so you don't have to worry about being blown up by the devil's wheels.

Li Yunlong took out his pocket watch and saw the time on the watch clearly by the faint light: "It's 12:25, wake up the soldiers on time at 5 o'clock in the morning, finish breakfast, and start entering the ambush position at 5:30!" ”

The three battalion commanders shouted in unison: "Yes! ”

Li Yunlong added: "By the way, remember to arrange for sappers to bury mines on the road." ”

"Let's go, go to sleep."

Li Yunlong took the three battalion commanders and the guards to the new regimental camp on the other side of the mountain, and got into the tent to sleep.

By 5 a.m., Li Yunlong and several battalion commanders were woken up by their respective guards, and then the battalion commanders gave orders to wake up the soldiers.

The soldiers began to eat breakfast, which consisted of fried noodles, horse jerky, and mixed with snow, one bite of fried noodles and one bite of snow, or one bite of fried noodles and one bite of horse jerky.

Li Yunlong eats the same as the soldiers.

After breakfast, the 1st and 2nd Battalions, led by their battalion commanders, entered the ambush positions one after another.

There is no need to mobilize before the battle, the morale of the new regiment is very strong, and as long as Li Yunlong gives an order, the soldiers will rush up with a roar.

In less than half an hour, the troops were in ambush positions, and all the fighters were lying on their stomachs in the snow and in good disguise.

The warrior in charge of pulling the strings was closer, lying 50 meters from the road, his whole body lying in the snow, his body covered with snow.

The advantages of a cloak made from a tent are evident, as the cloth is not only protected from wind and rain, but also from the cold when worn in the snow.

It was more than an hour after the fighters entered the ambush position before dawn.

After dawn, the highway begins to be lively, and occasionally a devil's truck or tricycle drives by.

Time passed in waiting, and Li Yunlong's order was that no one was allowed to move, and had to be pulled in my crotch.

More than 1,700 soldiers from two battalions waited quietly in the snow.

I don't know how long it took, Li Yunlong raised his binoculars and looked at the hill in front of him, just in time to see the lookout post on the hill signal.

"Here we are." Li Yunlong lowered his voice and said to Zhang Dabiao beside him, "Let the soldiers prepare for battle." ”