Li Yunlong chuckled and said: "I brought the cavalry battalion here first and I was not idle for more than a day. First I went to see Chu Yunfei and got two Min-24 heavy machine guns. Then I came to Niangzi Pass and implemented a small plan to imprison Niangzi.

The main forces of the Japanese and puppet troops inside have been mobilized."

"Oh?" Zhao Gang's expression changed, "How did you mobilize the Japanese and puppet troops?"

Immediately, Li Yunlong explained exactly how to send false information to the Japanese and how the Japanese and puppet troops frequently sent out but failed.

"The Japanese and puppet troops in Niangziguan must be exhausted now!"

After hearing this, Zhao Gang couldn't help but admire Li Yunlong. This regiment leader Li Da, who had never been to a military academy and had a humble background, had to be said to be a genius in fighting.

"You mean to lure the Japanese out and fight with us in the wild?" Zhao Gang changed the subject and quickly understood what Li Yunlong meant.

"That's right!" Li Yunlong said coldly, "A tough battle is not good for us, but if the Japanese are lured out and engage in field battles with us, then we will have the advantage."

Excluding the special operations battalion that attacked Yuncheng Airport, the independent regiment now has more than 2,500 people gathered here.

5 infantry battalions, 1 cavalry battalion, and 1 artillery battalion.

And it is not like the other Eighth Route Army troops with insufficient ammunition, poor equipment, and malnourished soldiers.

The current independent regiment can be said to be strong, with not only cavalry and artillery, but also sufficient ammunition, and the faces of the soldiers are glowing with good nutrition.

If such an independent regiment is to deal head-on with thousands of Japanese and puppet troops, is it better to hold them in check?

Zhao Gang said: "But the problem is that the Japanese and puppet troops in Niangzi Pass have been defeated several times in a row. I am afraid that the Japanese commander has realized that he is being tricked and may not be fooled. The Japanese will not understand the principle of crying wolf."

Li Yunlong said.

"I know the Japanese will not let go of the rabbit before they see the rabbit, so we are going to take action this time!"

"What do you mean?" Zhao Gang asked thoughtfully, "Surround the site for reinforcements?"

"That's right!" Li Yunlong said, "Send my order and the battalion-level officers will come here immediately for a meeting!"

Soon, the communications soldiers quickly passed the order to the battalion commanders.

Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan, Wang Huaibao, Guan Dashan, Liu Dali, Sun Desheng and Yao Shangwu arrived one after another.

Li Yunlong arranged the combat tasks concisely and quickly.

Each battalion commander received the mission one after another, and then took their respective subordinates to their designated locations.

More than an hour later, 400 people from the 5th Battalion moved to a blockhouse on the road near Zhengtai.

A platoon of puppet troops was stationed in the artillery building, responsible for protecting Zhengtai Road and preventing guerrillas from causing sabotage.

Originally, there was a detachment of Japanese troops in the artillery tower, belonging to the Japanese Fourth Brigade, but they were all transferred to the front line of Zhongtiao Mountain.

It is close to Niangziguan, which is convenient for Li Yunlong to implement his plan.

Originally, there were farmers' fields around it, but after the Japanese built the blockhouses here, no ordinary people dared to farm the land, and the surrounding crop fields became deserted, and the blockhouses stood alone on the wasteland.

Therefore, the surrounding field of vision is very wide. It is simply impossible to remove this turret without anyone noticing during the day.

There are three turrets forming an angle with each other. They are brick and stone structures. The main turret is even three or four stories high and has machine gun firing holes at 360 degrees.

The puppet soldiers, who were afraid of death, even dug the trenches a hundred meters away and dug two defensive trenches on the outside. However, there were no puppet soldiers in the trenches and they all hid in the gun towers.

A layer of barbed wire was also erected outside the trench to prevent guerrillas from sneak attacks at night.

I have to say, this is very pseudo-military.

If you want to pull out such a turret, for the guerrillas who lack ammunition and have poor equipment, they may not be able to do it even if they pay several times the casualties.

And even for the main force of the Eighth Route Army, which lacked direct firepower, it was a tough nut to crack.

However, the Independent Regiment has mountain artillery, and it is very easy to capture this fort.

But the order received by the 5th Battalion was to besiege this gun tower and not capture it.

The 5th Battalion of the Independent Regiment had just been established recently, and most of them were new recruits who had not been on the battlefield much. The task of being responsible for the feint attack was naturally handed over to them.

Liu Dali and Liu Zeshui led their troops to a few hundred meters away from the gun tower, and were detected by the puppet military telescope on the top of the gun tower.

The puppet troops in the turret immediately became alert. Flames spurted out from the firing holes in the turret, crackling bullets hit them, and a puff of soil mist bounced up.

Liu Dali scolded: "Damn, these puppet soldiers are really rich. Bullets seem to be free. Instructor, you take the 3rd company to the back, I will take the 1st company to the front, and the 2nd company to the side."

"Okay!" Instructor Liu Zeshui didn't have any objections, so he led the 3rd company to outflank the left side of the turret, and the 2nd company also took a detour to the right.

"Set up the light and heavy machine guns and mortars for me!"

"Hit! Beat these traitors hard!"

The soldiers lay down 400 meters away, set up their guns and fired in the direction of the gun tower.

The light and heavy machine guns suddenly screamed wildly and hit the turret with a crackling sound.

The puppet platoon leader huddled in the turret, watching this scene through a telescope, and was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

"Press, press... mortar!?"

Wearing earth-grey military uniforms and carrying mortars and heavy machine guns, this is definitely the main force of the Eighth Route Army!

Seeing a group of Eighth Route Army carrying heavy weapons to attack the gun tower, the puppet platoon leader couldn't help but wonder, could this be the Eighth Route Army that Major Ikeda has been looking for?

According to what Major Ikeda said, this group of Eighth Route Army troops numbered several thousand men, and they were definitely not something that our small artillery tower could compete with.

If the guerrillas come to attack, we can still withstand it, but the ones outside are obviously the main force of the Eighth Route Army, so we can only shake them off.

The puppet platoon leader put down his telescope and shouted in a sharp and vibrato voice: "Shoot! Shoot for me! Don't, don't... don't let the Eighth Route Army get closer!"

"He, he, he...he?" the puppet platoon leader turned around and asked, "Why hasn't the phone been connected yet?"

The puppet soldier in charge of communications held the receiver with fear on his face and replied: "The call... has been opened. Taijun asked how many people came from the Eighth Route Army and what equipment they brought?"

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The puppet platoon leader rolled his eyes: "Just, let's just say that 1,000 people came from the Eighth Route Army, no less than 10 heavy machine guns, and at least mortars

, at least 6 doors!”

"Hey!" The puppet soldier immediately put the receiver to his ear, "Taijun, the situation is clear. There are 3,000 people coming from the Eighth Route Army, no less than 30 heavy machine guns, and at least 20 mortars. Please hurry up and provide support.

, otherwise we really won’t be able to withstand it!”

"It's true! I didn't lie, Taijun, I really didn't lie to you!"

"If you don't believe me, listen, there are gunshots and cannons everywhere outside!"

In order to prove that they were not lying, the puppet soldiers even lifted the telephone and placed the receiver at the machine gun hole.

At this time, two mortar shells landed next to the gun tower and exploded, causing the entire gun tower to shake.

The puppet soldiers inside were frightened to death, but the Japanese on the other side of the phone also heard the fierce fighting.

Yuncheng Airport.

Wei Dayong has finished assigning combat tasks.

The first wave of aircraft dispatched all sorties, divided into three batches, heading to three target locations.

The first target is the Japanese 41st Division in Yuanqu County, the second target is Xinxiang Airport in northern Henan, and the third target is Taiyuan Airport and Niangziguan.

Only two bombers are enough to bomb the airport. The main purpose is to destroy the airport runway and prevent it from taking off in a short period of time. The second is to destroy the aircraft on the airport runway, as well as the oil depots and weapons depots in the airport.

In addition, Wei Dayong also ordered six machine guns and captured weapons and ammunition to be loaded onto two transport planes.

On the one hand, the weapons and ammunition captured after killing Jiangdao Squadron at Yuncheng Airport were inconvenient for the special operations battalion to carry when retreating, but it was a pity to abandon them.

On the other hand, with so many fighter jets and bombers at his disposal, Wei Dayong's strategic vision obviously cannot be limited to Niangzi Pass.

Now the main divisions and brigades of the Japanese First Army are on the front line of Zhongtiao Mountain. With empty troops in the rear and air support, the independent regiment can try to attack the military town of Yangquan. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the Eighth Route Army.

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The city wall of Yangquan can never withstand the bombing of 250 kilograms of aerial bombs.

After everything was ready, Wei Dayong led the first flight echelon, a total of 2 Zero fighters, 3 bombers, and 2 transport aircraft to take off first.

The targets were Taiyuan Airport and Niangziguan. Every fighter or bomber was loaded with aerial bombs, and the transport plane was also loaded with more than a hundred guns and ammunition, 6 machine guns, and all the machine guns and shells searched from the arsenal.

The planes took off from the airport one after another, formed a flight formation in the sky after taking off, and then quickly climbed into the clouds and headed northwest towards Taiyuan.

Because in the second theater, neither the Jinsui Army, the Central Army, nor the Eighth Route Army had any fighter jets. The Japanese army had absolute airspace rights, so they were not equipped with radars.

This led to the fact that when Wei Dayong and his flight formation flew towards Taiyuan, the top brass of the Japanese army still knew nothing about it.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Dahe led the second echelon of two bombers and one fighter to take off and fly eastward, with the target being Xinxiang Airport.

The straight-line distance between Yuncheng and Taiyuan is almost 400 kilometers, the straight-line distance from Xinxiang is almost 300 kilometers, and the straight-line distance from Zhongtiao Mountain is only 60 kilometers.

It takes more than an hour for a fighter plane to take off from Taiyuan, an hour to Xinxiang, and only about 20 minutes to the front line.

The bombers and fighters of the third echelon can take off 40 minutes after the first and second echelons take off.

There is a time difference, because it is necessary to ensure that the three targets are bombed at about the same time, so that the Japanese high-level officials have no time to react.

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Niangziguan, inside the Japanese command post.

Although Taro Ikeda was very tired, he still managed to gather his energy to handle military affairs.

Because there are military columns coming and going through Niangziguan every day, there must be no problems with these military columns.
To be continued...