The night was as dark as water, and under the hazy moonlight, the troops of the Eighth Route Army were marching in a hurry.

The clash of grenades made a subtle clanging sound.

In order to achieve concealment, the troops did not light torches during the march.

Because there are scouts and special forces from the Sword Squadron to lead the way, there is no need to worry about going the wrong way.

If there are soldiers who are physically exhausted, as long as the squad leader shouts, there will be cavalry to bring the war horses immediately, and there will never be a phenomenon of falling behind.

The brigade cavalry regiment has completed the task of blocking the attack, and more than 1,400 cavalry cavalry have followed the main force to move together.

Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang, and Kong Jie gave up their military horses to the physically exhausted soldiers.

From yesterday to now, Li Yunlong slept for two or three hours in the middle of the night and another three hours in the afternoon.

As Li Yunlong, who came from the Long March, he can withstand both willpower and physical strength.

Zhao Gang's large-caliber sniper rifle called Barrett was also carried by them in turn.

The soldiers also have long-distance training in their usual training subjects, and although they are tired from continuous combat and marching, no soldiers are tired.

Suddenly, there was a buzzing sound in the sky, and the devil's reconnaissance plane arrived.

"Devil plane!"

"Hidden!"

Hearing the roar of a buzzing motor in the distance, Li Yunlong was very familiar with this voice, and immediately roared loudly.

With his order, the soldiers reacted quickly, and the troops that had been lined up in two columns suddenly dispersed and lay on the road in a hurry, and even the war horses lay on the ground under the supervision of the cavalry.

The machine gun battalion Kacha Kacha loaded the machine gun and aimed it in the direction of the devil's plane, but was soon ordered by the battalion commander to turn off the safety and not to open the gun.

The Devil reconnaissance plane did not fly high, but it quickly flew through the air.

"Fuck, what kind of plane are you doing?"

After the devil reconnaissance plane flew away, Li Yunlong patted the dust on his body and stood up scolding.

"The devil can't find out where we are, right?"

Zhao Gang stared at the direction in which the devil's reconnaissance plane flew away for a while, and the devil's plane seemed to be reconnoitring along the highway.

"Impossible."

Li Yunlong shook his head and said in an affirmative tone: "This bit of moonlight, you can't even see a ghost shadow a few meters away, and the plane is hundreds of meters above the ground, so it's impossible for a ghost to find it." ”

Kong Jie said: "That is, the devil is not sure whether we will come back to help, and he sent planes and planes to reconnoiter at night, but the loss is that he did not light the torches, otherwise he would have been discovered by the devil scouts." ”

Li Yunlong shouted loudly: "Pass my order, rest for 5 minutes, and continue the rapid march after 5 minutes!" ”

After finishing speaking, he took out two steamed buns that were still a little hot, swallowed them in a few bites, took the kettle from Huzi's hand, and poured two mouthfuls of water.

After resting for about 5 minutes, Li Yunlong felt that he was resurrected with full blood, and shouted loudly: "Go!" ”

Immediately, several thousand troops began to march to the Huangyadong Arsenal again.

……

Taiyuan, the headquarters of the First Army.

"Your Excellency Commander, the reconnaissance plane has just sent back news that the Eighth Route Army has not been found on the roads from Licheng, Xiangyuan, and Changzhi into the Eighth Route Bandit Zone."

"Matsuda Zhongzuo called back, the artillery group of the Eighth Route is still in Changzhi, and the firepower of the Eighth Route on the city wall is more powerful than during the day."

Yoshio Shinozuka, who had eaten something and slept for four hours, had just gotten up when Hideyoshi Kusuyama reported to him.

Now it is the county brigade of the new regiment that guards the city wall, and although the firepower is not as good as the main force of the new regiment, it is several levels stronger than the other regiments.

"Oh?" Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, "Sure enough, it's still there." ”

However, Nanshan Hideyoshi was still a little uneasy, and said: "In one night, it is impossible for the Eighth Route to transport the artillery back to the bandit area, but their infantry can return lightly to help. ”

Hearing this, Yoshio Shinozuka paced back and forth in the conference room with his hands behind his back:

"Nanshan-kun, order the reconnaissance plane to take off half an hour before dawn, so that it can reach the sky over Changzhi at dawn, and then you can see whether the main force of the Eighth Route will return to help."

"Hey!" Nanshan Hideyoshi paused, turned around and went to arrange matters.

6 a.m.

Before dawn, two Japanese Nakajima reconnaissance planes took off from the Xincheng airfield.

After the two Nakajima fighters took off, they flew south in battle formation, and the roar of huge engines woke up the residents near Taiyuan.

Changzhi County.

As soon as it was dawn, the humming motor roared.

The militiamen, who had just gotten up, immediately took up their weapons and hid themselves.

And the devil's plane did not go to the city wall, but swooped down straight to the camp of the Eighth Route Army.

After the militiamen changed into the uniforms of the main force, they slept in the marching tents of the main force, and the tents had not yet had time to be put away, which was very eye-catching.

Before the devil plane could dive into place, a lot of anti-aircraft guns and machine guns fired into the air.

The devil pilot did not dare to pull too low, and after dropping a bomb and strafing a few hundred meters away, he saw at least 10,000 people on the ground wearing gray military uniforms.

Then he flew away to the north without looking back, and went around Xiangyuan and Licheng again before flapping his wings and flying back to Taiyuan.

"The commander, chief of staff, and pilots report that the main forces of the Eighth Route are still in Changzhi, Xiangyuan, and Licheng."

It didn't take long for the news to reach the headquarters of the First Army, and the communications staff officers reported to Yoshio Shinozuka and Hideyoshi Kusuyama.

"Li Yunlong actually doesn't even care about the arsenal, it seems that he is determined to eat the 37th Division!" Kusuyama Hideyoshi's tone was helpless.

"Order, the 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade will speed up to the 37th Division!"

"We must arrive at Xiangyuan and Licheng at noon today, and we must arrive at Changzhi at night!"

Yoshio Shinozuka lifted his glasses, stared at the map for a while, and gave orders to the communications staff officer in an indifferent tone.

"Hey!" The communications staff officer reluctantly bowed his head, put his feet together, and then turned and walked towards the communications room next door.

……

Meanwhile.

Daling Village, headquarters of the Eighth Route Army.

"Phew!" Li Yunlong and guard Huang Erhu grabbed the reins of the military horse, and the military horse immediately stopped.

Li Yunlong turned over and dismounted, and handed the horsewhip and reins to Huang Erhu.

He straightened his collar and hat before walking into the headquarters.

The guards at the headquarters all knew Li Yunlong and saluted him.

At this time, the commander of the headquarters guard company walked out, and when he saw Li Yunlong, he said in surprise: "Commander Li, you came so quickly, the head of the headquarters is asking me to pick you up." ”

"Company Commander Wang, is the chief here?" Li Yunlong asked.

"Yes." Company Commander Wang said.

This guard company commander was the one who was sent to pick up the Jin Sui Army Observation Group.

Li Yunlong was taken to the door of the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army by the commander of the guard company, and Company Commander Wang walked into the conference room: "Report to the chief, Li Yunlong has arrived!" ”

"So fast? Invite him in! ”

Li Yunlong heard the surprised voice of the head of the headquarters, and after a while, Company Commander Wang came out and said, "Commander Li, the chief, please come in." ”

"Okay, good work." Li Yunlong glanced at Company Commander Wang, and then walked into the headquarters.

"Chief, Li Yunlong reports to you!" Walking up to the boss, Li Yunlong stood up and raised his hand as a military salute.

The boss raised his head and looked at Li Yunlong, who had a touch of fatigue between his eyebrows, and looked extremely satisfied.

"You're a fast kid." The boss smiled, "I thought it would be another hour to arrive, but I didn't expect it to arrive so soon." ”

After a pause, the boss patted Li Yunlong on the shoulder again: "Your kid led his troops to attack the 37th Division, and this battle was fought beautifully, setting a record for our Eighth Route Army to hit a Japanese division." ”

Li Yunlong said seriously: "The main reason is that the main force of our Eighth Route Army is too small, if you give me another 30,000 people, after the boss finishes the 37th Division, I will go directly north to attack Taiyuan and clean up Yoshio Shinozuka together." ”

As soon as these words came out, both the boss and Li Yunlong couldn't help laughing.

"Who is going to fight Taiyuan?"

At this moment, the voice of the chief of staff sounded in the ears of Li Yunlong and the boss.

Li Yunlong and the boss turned their heads to see that the chief of staff was walking in from the door of the conference room.

"Chief of Staff!" Li Yunlong raised his hand and saluted the chief of staff.

"Li Yunlong?" The chief of staff said in a surprised tone, "I didn't expect it to be you kid, I'll just say, there is no one else who dares to fight Taiyuan except you kid." ”

"Let's get down to business." The boss looked stunned, and the three of them came to a map.

"The devils who tried to besiege the arsenal included the 18th Wing of the 36th Brigade of the Japanese Army, as well as the 2nd Guards Division."

As he spoke, the boss's finger pointed out on the map the current location of the 36th Wing of the Japanese Army and the 2nd Guards Division.

Li Yunlong took a closer look, the distance between these two devils and the arsenal was only more than ten kilometers, fortunately he led the Taihang column to arrive overnight, otherwise the situation would be dangerous.

"We have troops who have been resisting layer by layer, blocking step by step, but the enemy is menacing, and it is expected that these two groups of devils will be able to reach the periphery of the arsenal at noon." The chief of staff said, "By the way, how many main forces of the Taihang Column did you bring back?" ”

Li Yunlong said: "In order to paralyze the devils, the troops I brought are about 20,000 people and 48 cannons. ”

The Taihang column totaled more than 30,000 people, but more than 5,000 people were killed and wounded in the two-day battle, and more than 8,000 people remained in Changzhi, Xiangyuan and Licheng.

"20,000 people, 48 cannons!"

"We also have 20,000 people and 72 artillery pieces here, and it shouldn't be a big problem to deal with a division and a wing."

The chief of staff made a quick calculation and nodded.

The cannons mentioned here are all cannons of 75 mm or more, and if you count 70 mm infantry guns and 60 mm mortars, it is even more.

The boss stared at the map: "The 14th Brigade and the 18th Brigade are more than 30 kilometers away from us, we must move quickly, and we must use the shortest time to defeat or even defeat the 2nd Guards Division of the Japanese Army, otherwise these two brigades are likely to bite like mad dogs." ”

After a pause, the boss looked at Li Yunlong: "Li Yunlong, I will personally command the 36th Wing raised by this son of a son to kill it, and the 2nd Guards Division will be handed over to your Taihang Column, are you sure that the 2nd Guards Division will be defeated in a short period of time?" ”

Li Yunlong immediately expressed his position, and his tone was confident: "Chief, if the 2nd Guards Division has not been defeated before dark, I, Li Yunlong, will come to see you!" ”