Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 112 Yan Xishan with ulterior motives

The Second War Zone Headquarters in Qiulin Town, Yichuan County, Shaanxi Province was brightly lit, and the ticking sound of radio transmissions made the silence of the entire headquarters seem extremely busy.

A steady stream of intelligence was placed on the desk of Yan Xishan, the highest commander of the Second War Zone.

All the intelligence pointed to the Taihang Mountains south of Pingshun County.

"Oh my goodness, the 37th Division, the 69th Division, nearly people are gathered over there? Find out which unit they are from?"

The chief of staff searched for a long time but did not find any armed forces registered with the Ministry of Military and Political Affairs stationed in the southern part of Pingshun County.

"Commander Yan, I didn't find any military forces from our side there. Could it be the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army again?"

Yan Xishan walked to the huge map, stared at Pingshun County and the mountainous area in the south, and fell into deep thought.

"In the name of the Second War Zone Command, call the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and the 129th Division and ask them to report the situation in Pingshun!"

"Yes!"

The chief of the Eighth Route Army headquarters was also busy in the command center at this moment. The battle results reported by the independent column in the past few days constantly refreshed his understanding.

If he didn't understand Li Yunlong, he would have really thought of him as a guy who lied about his military achievements.

The enemy's Pingshun Security Corps was wiped out in a short while.

In a short while, the Heiteng Battalion of Pingshun County was completely wiped out.

The next step was to destroy the enemy's poison gas bombs and annihilate most of the Murata Battalion of the 327th Infantry Regiment.

Then came the artillery bombardment in Pingshun County, which annihilated the 37th Artillery Regiment and most of the 325th Infantry Regiment.

The brilliant results continued to stimulate the boss's nerves.

It turned out that when the independent column reported its organization, the boss still had some doubts that the independent column was just a mere show and its equipment had not yet formed combat effectiveness. However, the continuous good news completely dispelled his doubts.

The Left Chief of Staff of the Eighth Route Army walked in with a telegram from Yan Xishan.

"Boss, Yan Xishan can't sit still anymore and called to ask about the situation in Pingshun County."

"This old man Yan has a very sharp nose. He smelled it so quickly."

"Li Yunlong has turned southern Shanxi upside down. How could Yan Laoxi not know about this? It seems he is here to test the waters."

The boss held the telegram in his hand, thinking about how to protect Li Yunlong's secret and at the same time fool Yan Laoxi.

"So, let's say that our 386th Brigade has decided to fight the Japanese to the death in Taihang Mountains, and we ask for the full support of the Second War Zone!"

"Yes!"

Yan Xishan received the telegram and read it word by word. At the end, he smiled meaningfully.

"No wonder there is such a big commotion. It seems that the 386th Brigade has really invested a lot. Since they want to fight the Japanese to the death, let's help them! Which unit of our Shanxi Suiyuan Army is near Pingshun?"

The Chief of Staff of the Second War Zone walked to the front of the map and circled Linzhou to the right of Pingshun County.

"Commander Yan, Linzhou County is still in our hands, and the garrison is Chu Yunfei of the 358th Regiment!"

"Chu Yunfei? He is a talent!"

"Then I'll notify him to stop the Japanese reinforcements?"

"Wait a minute, don't move yet. Tell Chu Yunfei to step up the alert. No soldier is allowed to move without my order!"

Since Yan Xishan was the supreme commander of the Second War Zone and knew that the Eighth Route Army was fighting hard, he could not just sit there and say nothing.

Weapons and ammunition certainly could not be given, but several trucks of pork, beef, mutton, rice and flour were allocated to the 386th Brigade.

Yan Xishan's order was passed on to the 358th Regiment Command in Linzhou County.

At this time, Chu Yunfei was doing map analysis all night. According to his analysis, with the 386th Brigade having only about soldiers and completely makeshift equipment, it was impossible for them to withstand the attack of more than Japanese soldiers.

But his observation posts and intelligence networks at the front line did indeed report that the Eighth Route Army had dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese this time.

Especially the overwhelming artillery fire, which made his observation posts and intelligence personnel terrified.

If Chu Yunfei had not seen those artillery pieces at the independent regiment’s base before, he would have really killed these “false” intelligence officers.

But what we saw at the beginning were just infantry guns, and the number was unknown.

Therefore, he did not believe that Li Yunlong's artillery could destroy a Japanese artillery regiment in less than a year.

"Could it be that Li Yunlong has obtained heavy artillery again?"

Chu Yunfei shook his head and gave up this ridiculous idea.

Yan Xishan's Jinsui Army possessed an almost complete ordnance system, but his 358th Regiment did not dare to engage in an artillery battle with the Japanese infantry regiment-level artillery, let alone an entire artillery regiment.

"Maybe Li Yunlong is using some trick or scheme again?"

Chu Yunfei looked at the telegram delivered by Chief of Staff Fang Ligong and slammed it on the table.

"It is said that defending the country is everyone's responsibility, but at this time, our old commander has other thoughts."

"Brother Yunfei, it is the duty of a soldier to obey orders. Perhaps Commander Yan has his considerations. We should just follow his orders."

Chu Yunfei shook his head helplessly and gave orders to continue to pay close attention to any movements in Pingshun. He wanted to find out the deployment of the Japanese devils and Li Yunlong's strength.

The next day, Zhao Gang took Wei Heshang and the reconnaissance battalion to Shipo Township to strengthen security.

Lin Shubing also brought Zhang Xuan and the special operations team to cooperate with the soldiers of the independent regiment to guard the artillery positions and prevent sneak attacks by small enemy forces.

Li Yunlong and Wang Meng also arrived at the front line of Shipo Township to observe the terrain.

Li Yunlong looked at the silent position through the telescope. There was no sign of life, especially the death zone that was directly hit by the anti-aircraft guns. Not even the complete corpse of the Japanese could be seen.

"Mengzi, you are really cruel. Look at that piece of land, it's all minced meat. We can't eat our spicy beef noodles. The soup looks just like the minced meat of the devils!"

"Commander, the Japanese meat is not as expensive as beef."

"Zhang Dabiao, can you hold on? If not, I will call up the second regiment and let you go down and rest."

When Zhang Dabiao heard this, he thought, isn’t this an insult?

"Commander, you are so shameless. You beat our First Regiment in just one night? I, Zhang Dabiao, would like to say on behalf of the First Regiment that we can hold out for ten days or half a month without any problem. Let the Second Regiment take a good rest!"

"Hahaha, you kid, you're so mad at me! Let's go!"

After saying this, Li Yunlong took Wang Meng back to the Taihang Mountain base.

As soon as I mentioned beef, the brigade commander sent two trucks of beef, mutton and flour that Yan Xishan had allocated.

"Isn't Mr. Yan very generous? Mengzi, give Mr. Zhao a call and ask him to come back and divide up the supplies so that everyone can have a taste."

Zhao Gang, who hadn't even sat down in the Grand Canyon Town yet, hurried back. Looking at the two large trucks full of supplies, he was very happy.

"Now our wounded can finally eat something nutritious!"