Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

Chapter 252 I’m not bragging this time. I’ll let you two broaden your horizons when the time comes!

Before, Li Yunlong was very confident in holding the position, but the current situation made him less confident. The Independent Regiment is now a real rich man, and there is no need to save artillery shells. Instead of letting the position be breached and eventually seized by the Japanese, it is better to fire it out and hear the sound. Even if the bomb fails to kill the Japanese, it can scare them half to death!

Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang had the same idea and spontaneously dispatched a heavy artillery company to start shelling the Japanese camp. In order to be able to fire the shells into the Japanese camp, they directly moved the artillery forward part of the way. If the Japanese dared to attack at this time, it would be exactly what they wanted.

However, after seeing the formation of Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, Ichiro Katayama and Colonel Kobayashi not only did not send troops to attack, but instead let the Japanese hide in cat ear caves to avoid the artillery fire of the independent regiment.

After an entire afternoon of intense shelling, only over 200 Japanese soldiers were killed. For the independent regiment, this was definitely a losing business, but Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang did not think so. They wanted to use this trick a few days ago, but who would have thought that after the heavy artillery of the Second Mixed Brigade was destroyed by Lin Zhenhua, the Japanese Zero fighter group would come here every afternoon, which made them dare not put their idea into practice.

It was only after they had experienced a fierce air defense battle yesterday, in which the Japanese lost 10 fighter planes, that they dared to take a gamble. Otherwise, they would not have dared to take the gamble and launch an artillery attack on the Japanese positions in the afternoon.

After such a long time, the headquarters finally got the news of the Japanese's large-scale operation. The headquarters immediately sent a telegram to the brigade commander, asking him to find a way to transfer troops to rescue the independent regiment.

After receiving the telegram, the brigade commander looked very anxious. After calculating the time, the two battalions of reinforcements he sent out should have arrived at the Independent Regiment, but he still hadn't received any news from the Independent Regiment, which made him more and more uneasy.

However, due to the shortage of radio stations, up to now, only the brigade headquarters is equipped with a radio, and the regiments below do not have any radios. Daily communication depends on messengers. Li Yunlong's independent regiment had a radio before, but the call could not be made after many attempts. It was confirmed that it was damaged. None of the signalmen sent out have returned, which made the brigade commander extremely anxious.

When he was about to go to the Independent Regiment again in person, the communicator Xiao Zhao came in panting and reported in a hurried tone: "Brigade Commander, the Independent Regiment has been completely blocked. The breakthrough troops sent before did not break through the blockade of the devils at all. They were directly blocked by the devils halfway. Even the reinforcements sent by Captain Ding and Captain Kong did not reach the Independent Regiment. After fighting for such a long time, the Independent Regiment did not receive any reinforcements. If this continues, they will definitely not be able to hold on for long!"

"Fortunately, the reinforcements from the four battalions have gathered together. They plan to launch a new round of attacks in the near future to break through the enemy's blockade and support the independent regiment!"

The brigade commander looked at Xiao Zhao's sweaty face and quickly poured him a glass of water. From his words just now, he could judge that the independent regiment was still holding its position firmly, which made his biggest worry disappear. As long as the independent regiment was still resisting, it proved that the base was still in the hands of the independent regiment. The reinforcements of the four battalions could definitely help the independent regiment hold its current position.

"Chief of Staff, immediately give orders to the New 1st and New 2nd Regiments, and have them take all their equipment to support the Independent Regiment! Just now, we received news from the headquarters that the Japanese have dispatched a Type B division to attack the Independent Regiment's base. They intend to wipe the Independent Regiment off the map. Tell Ding Wei and Kong Jie to hurry up, or it will be too late!"

"Order each regiment to launch a night attack tonight. We must disrupt the enemy's deployment. The enemy's raid this time is fierce. We must hold on. Now is not the time to retreat lightly. All troops must hold their current positions and never let the enemy break through their current positions!"

Under the order of the brigade commander, the regiments under the 386th Li acted quickly and launched a night attack and counterattack that evening, retaking the positions lost during the day and engaging in a fierce tug-of-war with the Japanese. Both sides suffered heavy casualties and the battle situation suddenly became stalemate.

After receiving the order from the brigade commander, Ding Wei and Kong Jie immediately ordered their troops to assemble urgently. After fighting for so long, their casualties were very heavy. There were only more than 2200 people on both sides combined, and most of the ammunition had been consumed.

"Lao Kong, let's gather all the light machine guns and submachine guns in our hands, break through the Japanese blockade overnight, and march quickly to Xiaoyunling. It would be best if we can arrive before the reinforcements we send out launch an attack. This way we can concentrate more strength and break through the Japanese blockade!" Ding Wei suggested cautiously.

Kong Jie agreed with this very much. The civilians had already been evacuated in advance, and the Japanese had suffered heavy casualties after fighting for so long. There would be absolutely no problem in breaking out tonight.

"Lao Ding, there is still half an hour before dark. Let the soldiers eat quickly. We will launch the attack on time in an hour and a half!"

The raid that night went very smoothly. After discarding heavy machine guns and artillery, which were equipment that were difficult to carry, Ding Wei and Kong Jie led the team to break through two blockade lines and marched quickly towards Xiaoyunling.

Five days later, Ding Wei and Kong Jie successfully arrived near Heiyunling and met the brigade commander and the reinforcements they had sent before. Seeing their dusty appearance, they realized that they had launched a night attack a few days ago, which not only failed, but also resulted in the loss of a battalion of troops.

"Old Ding, I just counted the number of troops. Our total strength now adds up to about 3200 people, which is only six battalions. The Japanese have a full regiment. It will be very difficult for us to break through head-on!"

Just as Kong Jie was about to continue speaking, he heard Wei Dayong's shout and stopped talking immediately. He still remembered Wei Dayong very clearly, after all, he was the former head of the independent regiment and was very familiar with Wei Dayong.

In order to understand the current situation of the independent regiment as soon as possible, Kong Jie hurried over, followed by Ding Wei. When Wei Dayong saw Ding Wei and Kong Jie, he said anxiously: "Captain Ding, Captain Kong, I am glad to see you. We have been waiting for reinforcements for a long time. Why did you come just now?"

"The Japanese used a division to attack our independent regiment. We suffered heavy losses. The regiment commander and the political commissar have already planned to mobilize the garrison battalion. Fortunately, you have arrived. Otherwise, we would not have been able to hold this position for a few days and would have been broken through by the Japanese!"

Ding Wei and Kong Jie learned about the current situation of the independent regiment from Wei Dayong, and their faces changed drastically. They did not dare to stay any longer and immediately ordered the troops to cook and wait until dark to prepare to attack the Second Mixed Brigade. They had to break the blockade of the Japanese at all costs. The two also believed that as long as they launched the attack here, Li Yunlong would never be an outsider. By then, with the cooperation of both sides, they would definitely be able to reach the Xiaoyunling position tonight.

At 8:30 in the evening, Ding Wei and Kong Jie led their team to the vicinity of Xiaoyunling. They did not launch an attack directly, but waited until midnight before launching an attack on the Second Mixed Brigade.

Li Yunlong, who was resting, heard the loud noise coming from outside and was immediately awakened from his sleep. Listening to the gunshots coming from the distance, he judged that it was the arrival of reinforcements, and there were quite a few of them. They were planning to break through the Japanese blockade in one fell swoop. Li Yunlong did not dare to delay and immediately asked Wang Chengzhu to mobilize the artillery in his hand to start shelling the Japanese. At the same time, he sent out a 300-man commando team to launch a raid on the Japanese positions.

With the cooperation of both sides, after three hours of fighting, they finally opened a passage and brought the large troops in. However, because the Japanese had prepared in advance and built fortifications, the troops suffered heavy casualties when breaking through the Japanese defense line. The total number of casualties reached a thousand, and the troops of two battalions were directly reduced.

"Damn it, the damn Japs reacted very quickly and started hand-to-hand combat with us. If there wasn't a moonlit night tonight, the losses of the troops would have been even greater!" Kong Jie cursed in pain.

"Old Kong, the Japanese casualties tonight must have been considerable. We also killed three Japanese squadrons and offset their advantage in weapons and equipment. We did not suffer any loss in tonight's battle. If it weren't for the heavy casualties in the beginning caused by trying to break through the Japanese fire blockade, our casualty ratio with the Japanese would have been 1:1 tonight. This is already a very good record for us, and we finally got rid of our previous anger!" Ding Wei sighed with a look of regret.

The expression on Kong Jie's face looked better now. They had been suppressed by the Japanese these days and the losses were very heavy. Two regiments could not even withstand the strength of a Japanese battalion. It was really frustrating.

"Old Ding, you are right. Our surprise attack tonight was quite successful. More importantly, we completed the brigade commander's order and connected with Li Yunlong. Next, we will have a good fight with the devils. I don't believe that our three regiments can't defeat a regiment of the devils!"

Li Yunlong was very happy about the arrival of the two. With the addition of fresh forces, the precarious situation of the independent regiment was completely reversed, and they had the strength to fight against the Japanese. After the consumption in the past few days, he only had more than 600 troops, including the lightly wounded, and he really couldn't hold on any longer. He was planning to mobilize the garrison battalion. The timely arrival of Ding Wei and Kong Jie allowed Li Yunlong to hold on for more time.

"Lao Ding, Lao Kong, let the soldiers have a good rest. I have asked people to get guns and ammunition. Our independent regiment is short of people, but we have plenty of guns and ammunition. I am a rich local tycoon now!"

"I'm really not bragging this time. I have nothing to tell you. I'm hiding something from you. I'll let you two learn a lot in a while. If I didn't have sufficient weapons and ammunition, I wouldn't have been able to hold out for so long. The Japanese sent out a division of troops and even used dozens of fighter planes, but they still couldn't break through our position. The greatest credit should go to the college students!"