bookcurios Chapter 189 Li Yunlong Attacks Yangquan
Chapter 189 Li Yunlong Attacks Yangquan
The Eighth Route Army Headquarters in Daxiawan.
The chief was lying in front of a large map, looking at the offensives of both sides. He saw that the attack direction of the Eighth Route Army was very clear on the map, and the entire Zhengtai Railway was attacked by various units of the Eighth Route Army.
Since the war began, each unit has reported its battle results to the headquarters every day for statistics and strategic adjustments.
At this time, the entire command center was filled with the sound of radio stations, and at every time period a large number of telegrams were sent from all over North China to the Eighth Route Army headquarters.
The commander was very satisfied with the battle situation over the past two days. Everything was going according to the plan. He believed that this major raid would achieve significant results.
At this time, the chief of staff ran happily to the leader.
"Commander, good news."
"The statistics of each unit have been released. Commander, how many units do you think will participate in this war?"
The chief put down his pen and looked up at the chief of staff.
Curious, "Chief of Staff, how many troops are participating in this operation? Tell me."
The chief of staff said: "Commander, according to the statistics of the calls from the troops below, there are as many as 106 regiments participating in the battle. Basically all the troops in the entire North China region have participated in the battle.
There were battles everywhere in North China, and even the district squads and county brigades from various regions joined in. The scale of the Eighth Route Army's proactive attack this time was absolutely unprecedented and shocking."
After hearing the report from the chief of staff, the chief was stunned. He did not expect that so many troops would take the initiative to participate in this battle.
The leader turned to the chief of staff and said, "Chief of Staff, since there are so many troops participating in this battle, we should continue to pursue the victory and expand the results. This time we must break the Japanese's cage policy and give them a thorough beating."
"Yes, Commander. I will send telegrams to all the troops immediately."
After the chief of staff left, the leader stood in front of the large map and muttered.
"This action has exposed the true strength of the Eighth Route Army. I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse. Now we can only take one step at a time and deal with it. If an enemy comes, we will fight him with our troops and if a flood comes, we will block it with earth."
The leader sighed. Although they had achieved good results at this stage, for the vast North China region, this little damage was not enough to cause any serious damage to the Japanese.
Once the Japanese came to their senses, they would certainly launch a large-scale retaliatory action against the Eighth Route Army base. In the past, the Japanese did not take the Eighth Route Army seriously, thinking that they were just a bunch of peasants.
But after this war, the Japanese will never underestimate the existence of the Eighth Route Army again and will definitely send a large army to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army.
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Lijiazhuang, Ping'an County.
Inside the independent column headquarters, Gundam was marking on the map. The Yangquan area on the map was covered with red marks. Each red mark represented that all the Japanese strongholds, bridges and roads in the area had been destroyed.
After marking, Gundam stood up and looked at the large map in front of him with satisfaction.
After the Hundred Regiments Campaign began, the three brigades of the Independent Column launched large-scale attacks in all directions. The Japanese strongholds could not withstand the attack of the Independent Column at all. In just two or three days, the Independent Column achieved extraordinary results.
Compared with the Independent Column, other Eighth Route Army troops were just a fraction of it and could not even begin to compare.
Qi Tongwei walked into the command center excitedly.
"Commander, I just finished counting the battle situations of each brigade. The numbers are simply astonishing."
Gundam turned and looked at Qi Tongwei expectantly.
"Political Commissar, please read out the situation quickly."
Qi Tongwei held the statistical report in his hand and cleared his throat.
"Commander, in this operation, the troops of the independent column destroyed 45 kilometers of the Japanese Zhengtai Railway, 823 strongholds, 64 bridges, 131 roads, destroyed 523 Japanese communication lines, eliminated 145 checkpoints, killed more than 2400 Japanese soldiers, captured more than 8000 Japanese soldiers, and seized a large amount of military supplies in the Yangquan to Taiyuan section."
Gundam said with a smile after hearing the political commissar's report.
"Yes, the independent column was able to achieve such a great result in such a short period of time. It seems that the offensive of each unit went very smoothly. The Japanese would never have dreamed that our Eighth Route Army would suddenly launch an attack on them."
Qi Tongwei nodded in agreement and said, "Commander, if the head of the headquarters had not spread false information to deceive the Japanese, it would have been very difficult for us to achieve such a good result."
Qi Tongwei knew very well in his heart that although the Eighth Route Army had achieved good results in the early stages, this was after all the rear area of the Japanese invaders. Once the Japanese invaders recovered, they would definitely launch a large-scale retaliatory action, so he had to prepare for it as soon as possible.
Gundam looked at the map and said to Qi Tongwei.
"Political Commissar, the road traffic in Yangquan has been basically destroyed by us. The next step is to launch an attack on the Japanese in Yangquan and attract the Japanese in other places to destroy them."
"Pass on my order. Li Yunlong's independent brigade will immediately launch an attack on Yangquan. The New 1st Brigade and the Ping'an Brigade will ambush outside Yangquan and surround and destroy the Japanese reinforcements."
"Yes, Commander."
After receiving the order, Qi Tongwei turned around and left the command center and began to make arrangements.
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The mountainous area outside Yangquan City.
Li Yunlong has led the independent brigade to attack everywhere in the past few days, destroying many Japanese strongholds, and basically all the Japanese strongholds outside Yangquan City have been eliminated.
After receiving Li Yunlong's call, Zhang Dabiao, Zhao Gang and others came to the temporary command center together.
As soon as Zhang Dabiao walked into the command center, he laughed and said loudly.
"Brigade Commander, the battles we fought these past few days were so exciting. It's been a long time since we've had such an exciting time. This time, our regiment destroyed more than 70 enemy strongholds."
After saying that, Zhang Dabiao turned and looked at Shen Quan beside him.
"Captain Shen, how is the performance of your Second Regiment?"
Shen Quan smiled and said, "Captain Zhang, our Second Regiment is no match for your First Regiment. We only destroyed more than 60 Japanese strongholds and robbed a transport team."
Zhang Dabiao was stunned after hearing this.
"Of course, Captain Shen. Your Second Regiment has made a fortune this time."
Li Yunlong looked at the people in front of him and clapped his hands.
"Okay, okay, everyone, be quiet for a moment."
The command center suddenly became quiet, and everyone looked at Li Yunlong.
"Everyone, in the past two or three days of fighting, we have wiped out all the enemy strongholds on the periphery and achieved good results. The next step is to launch an attack on Yangquan.
First, we have to destroy the Japanese defensive positions outside Yangquan, and then surround Yangquan City.
Please look at the map. The train stations outside Yangquan City are also our main targets this time. We need to destroy them all."