Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 485: The Devil's Request for Help

This battle was quite boring for Lao Li. There was simply no room for a tactical master to perform.

First, 12 rounds of 155-caliber heavy artillery directly stunned the Japanese, and then more than a thousand Tiger-like soldiers carrying automatic and semi-automatic weapons crushed the Japanese who were using bolt-action rifles.

In just half an hour, Zhang Dabiao and his battalion of soldiers surrounded the Japanese in a valley with a radius of about one kilometer.

Li Yunlong took a quick count through the telescope and found that after this round of attack, there were still nearly two thousand Japanese soldiers suppressed in the valley.

Zhang Dabiao strictly followed the regiment commander's order. After suppressing the Japanese in the valley, he stopped attacking further. He ordered the soldiers of the first battalion to occupy the commanding heights to prevent the Japanese from breaking through.

At the same time, Zhang Dabiao ordered the setting up of 107 rocket launchers. As long as the Japanese dared to gather Type infantry guns or mortars, they should cover the area with firepower without any hesitation.

At the beginning, the Japanese did not believe it and actually organized grenade launchers and mortars to fight back in an attempt to tear open a gap. However, after several rocket launchers, the Japanese became obedient and no longer dared to use artillery shells to fight back.

After the Japanese temporarily stopped their breakout attempts, the people in the first battalion also temporarily stopped their attack, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.

The Japanese army commander had no idea what the Chinese army was up to, but he knew very well that he would not be able to break through the Chinese encirclement by relying solely on his own strength.

Or even if they could break through, the Japanese would suffer heavy casualties.

The Japanese commander thought for a long time, but he couldn't figure out what the Chinese troops in front of him were trying to do.

However, it was clear about one thing: this team was definitely the elite force in the Chinese team, and its best option now was to ask for help from the brigade commander in Datong City.

The Japanese regiment commander called the signalman and said, "Send a telegram to General Yoshizawa Tadao, the commander of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Datong City, and tell him that we are surrounded by the Chinese army at this time. Please come to support us as soon as possible."

"Hai!"

The professional capabilities of the Japanese signalmen were still very strong. In less than three minutes, Yoshizawa Tadao, the commander of the Japanese Third Independent Mixed Brigade in Datong City, received a telegram asking for help.

Yoshizawa Tadao was instantly shocked. If they could surround an entire regiment of locust soldiers, then the combat effectiveness and scale of this Chinese army must be quite good.

At least it should be the level of a brigade of the Eighth Route Army, right?

After the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese in Shanxi Province had a consensus in their hearts, that is, they were not afraid of the Chinese Nationalist Army on the battlefield, even if they were ten times stronger than themselves, they could easily defeat them. But once they encountered a large-scale Eighth Route Army, they had only one choice, that is to run!

This shows how great an impact this battle had on the Japanese.

Yoshizawa Tadao did not respond immediately after receiving the telegram for help. Instead, he hesitated for a moment and said to the signalman who came to report: "Send a telegram to the commander of the Yoshino regiment and ask him which Chinese army is surrounding them?

We can prepare ourselves.”

"Hai!"

The Japanese army commander who was surrounded in the valley by Zhang Dabiao received a call back from Datong. The moment he saw the call back, he was a little confused. What the hell was going on?

Shouldn't Brigade Commander Yoshizawa immediately gather his troops and set out to rescue me as quickly as possible, and then encircle these Chinese troops that are surrounding me?

Why are you asking now which army is surrounding you?

The commander of the regiment just wanted to curse in his heart, how the hell do I know which team is surrounding me? I just judged from experience that it is very likely to be the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment. After all, there are only a few Chinese troops in the entire Jin area that can have such firepower.

He still patiently sent a telegram to Yoshizawa Tadao: "Your Excellency, based on comprehensive judgment, my unit believes that the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment is surrounding us.

The situation is critical, please help as soon as possible, Brigade Commander."

After receiving the call back from the regiment commander, the commander of the 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade, Yoshizawa Tadao's hands were shaking. Everyone knew that the Eighth Route Army was at its peak in Shanxi, and the Independent Regiment was the sharpest tip of the spear. Now that the spear was coming towards him, should he really rush forward foolishly?

Yoshizawa Tadao expressionlessly crumpled the telegram into a ball, then spread it out, and finally tore it into pieces, as if he had made a very difficult decision in the process.

"Pass on my order. Prepare the defense of Datong. Do not move out without my order."

Finally, Yoshizawa Tadao issued an order, which was spoken almost word by word, and this sentence almost drained all of Yoshizawa Tadao's strength and courage.

The Japanese lieutenant was very anxious. He had never encountered such an order in all his years of military service. How could he just watch someone die without helping?

"Commander, that's a regiment of locust soldiers. If they are attacked by the enemy..."

The lieutenant stopped talking halfway through his words. He had never expected that the brigade commander would actually issue such an order.

Yoshizawa Tadao glared at the lieutenant, staring at him with bloodshot eyes and said, "Of course I know! That's the regiment under my command, I care about it more than anyone else.

But have you ever thought that the troops surrounding them were not just some other Chinese troops, but the most elite independent regiment in Jin area of ​​China, equipped with heavy artillery, artillery clusters, and all-automatic firearms.

I want to ask you, how can we save them?"

Without waiting for the lieutenant's reply, Yoshizawa Tadao continued, "The Independent Regiment attacked the Yukou Coal Mine and surrounded our regiment. I don't think this is their ultimate goal. Their ultimate goal must be to lure the tiger away from the mountain!

There must be troops ambushing outside our Datong city. After I lead my troops out of Datong, they will immediately attack Datong.

By that time, not only the Yukou Coal Mine would be lost, but Datong City would also be lost.

By then, it will be too late to regret.”

"But......"

The lieutenant wanted to argue, but Yoshizawa Tadao raised his hand to stop him: "No buts, tell them to quickly break through the encirclement of the independent regiment.

I'll wait for them to come back in Datong City!"

The lieutenant officer was helpless and could only look deeply at Yoshizawa Tadao and sigh. From a military point of view, it does make some sense, but brigade commander, you have forgotten that the core goal of the locust army's occupation of Datong is the coal mines.

At this time, it is meaningless to simply consider military issues, and we must rise to a higher level.

The Japanese soldiers trapped in the valley were extremely anxious at this time. According to the distance from Datong City to Yukou Coal Mine, it would take about 4 hours for the Japanese soldiers to advance at full speed. As long as they could hold on for 4 hours, they would definitely be rescued.

However, when the captain of the corps received the telegram from Datong City with such thoughts, he was stunned on the spot.