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

Chapter 566: Damn monk, you almost made a big mistake, I'm going to teach you a lesson this tim

After careful consideration, Yoshio Shinozuka agreed to Jun'ichi Aoki's central flowering tactics and sent out the Yamamoto Special Forces, a killer team, to prepare for a fierce battle with Li Yunlong in Komatsu Forest to regain the lost initiative in the war.

In recent days, the Japanese have been led by Li Yunlong. Frequent troop movements have made the Japanese in various strongholds miserable. In order to solve the current predicament, Shinozuka Yoshio decided to make a decisive move and completely destroy the armored regiment in Li Yunlong's hands. After all, as the oil fields are mined in the future, the roads that have been dug need to be restored as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a hassle to transport the oil.

After getting the support of Yoshio Shinozuka, Junichi Aoki showed a relaxed smile on his face. Starting from this afternoon, he had ordered the troops to retreat. All the outer positions were abandoned, leaving only the inner positions for defense.

In order to inflict huge damage to the armored regiment, Jun'ichi Aoki ordered the Japanese engineers to bury a large number of mines in the trenches, and took out some explosives to let hundreds of Japanese hide in the positions. When the tanks approached the positions, these hundreds of Japanese would use the method of mutual destruction to detonate the explosives they carried.

Li Yunlong was unaware of this and was making all the preparations he could. Starting at two o'clock in the morning, Wang Chengzhu's artillery battalion received an order to prepare for the shelling before two o'clock in the morning.

"Monk, you kid, take your men to the enemy's position immediately and scout the enemy's firepower points. I have already given orders to Zhuzi in advance. After you send out a safety signal, they will immediately launch an artillery attack on the enemy's firepower points. You kid better be smart and don't get blown up by your own shells!"

"Zhang Dabiao, you kid, don't just sit there. Command the tank troops to immediately clear a five-meter-wide attack channel according to the college students' request. Don't worry about the so-called shell consumption. We have received a large amount of shells tonight. Just fire as much as you can!"

"Shen Quan, you better behave yourself. Tomorrow's battle will be very big. You should have a good rest tonight. Don't be a weakling when it's your turn tomorrow morning. I will kill you then!"

After arranging the attack at night, Li Yunlong went to check the troops' light and dark sentries. Only after confirming that there were no problems with the camp's defense did Li Yunlong feel completely relieved.

"Old Li, there has been no reply to the telegram you sent to Kojiro Hirata and his men. I always feel that Kojiro Hirata and his men are very likely to play tricks when we are encircling and annihilating the Aoki Division. We must quickly remind Chu Yunfei. We must not let Chu Yunfei fall into the trap of the Japanese. Otherwise, the isolated 358th Regiment may really be severely damaged by the Japanese!" Lin Zhenhua ran over in a hurry and reminded in an urgent tone.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yunlong replied with a look of approval: "Regardless of whether Hirata Kojiro and the others are involved, we must remind Chu Yunfei that the vanguard of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army will engage in battle with the Japanese at noon tomorrow. In order to hit the momentum of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army, the Japanese are very likely to attack Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment first."

"According to the intelligence we got from our reconnaissance plane, two battalions of Japanese soldiers are rushing towards Shentouling, with the goal of encircling Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment. However, after a large-scale refit, the 358th Regiment is much stronger than before. Even if we are surrounded by a large number of Japanese soldiers, we don't have to worry about Chu Yunfei being wiped out by the Japanese."

"Chu Yunfei is much more powerful than you think. Even if I fight him, it can only be a 50-50 match. I am not bragging. Chu Yunfei does have this ability. He is much more powerful than Xue Changkun. The two are not on the same level at all!"

Li Yunlong asked Xiao Zhongyuan to send an urgent telegram to Chu Yunfei, reminding Chu Yunfei to be careful and ensure the safety of the retreat at all costs. Chu Yunfei was also a person who listened to advice. After receiving Li Yunlong's telegram, he immediately sent Qian Bojun's fourth battalion to guard the retreat. It was because of this bad move that Chu Yunfei fell into danger all of a sudden.

"Brother Ligong, go and give Qian Bojun an order. Tell him to defend Niu Shu Gou for me no matter what the cost. This is the lifeline of our 358th Regiment. As long as Niu Shu Gou is not lost, our 358th Regiment, with the protection of the armored battalion, can withdraw from Shentouling calmly."

"Tomorrow Li Yunlong will launch an encirclement and annihilation campaign against the Aoki Division. We can't just stand by and watch. Brothers, fight hard. We must take Shentouling no matter what. This battle must showcase the momentum of our Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and bring good luck to our counterattack!" Chu Yunfei said with a smile on his face.

Chief of Staff Fang Ligong has been in high spirits these two days. Since the Battle of Xinkou, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has not launched a large-scale counterattack. To be precise, it has been difficult for them to even protect themselves, let alone a counterattack. Now that they are finally going to launch a major counterattack, everyone in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is in high spirits, and they want to take this opportunity to regain the lost territory.

"Captain Chu, the morale of the brothers has been very high these past two days. Our 358th Regiment is equipped with a large number of advanced weapons and has gained an advantage on the battlefield. If nothing unexpected happens, we will be able to capture the Shentouling position by tomorrow night at the latest."

"I have to say that the heavy howitzers produced by the independent regiment's arsenal are very useful. They can really blow up a large area, and have a huge impact on the morale of the Japanese. If there were no problems with the coordination between the armored battalion and the infantry, we would have been able to capture the Shentouling position today!"

"If it weren't for the sake of precaution, I really wouldn't want Commander Chu to transfer Qian Bojun's Fourth Battalion to guard our rear. According to my idea, we should directly push all our troops forward, not giving the Japanese any chance, and take over the Shentouling position in the shortest possible time."

Compared to the two happy people, Qian Bojun did not have a smile on his face after receiving the order. He had been in the position of battalion commander for many years. He thought that the 358th Regiment would soon be promoted to the 358th Brigade, and then he would be able to become a regimental commander. However, after waiting for several months, the 358th Regiment was still the 358th Regiment and did not become the 358th Brigade. He was a battalion commander before and he is still a battalion commander now. This made Qian Bojun more and more dissatisfied.

This time Chu Yunfei sent him to guard the rear, which made him have some inappropriate thoughts. He decided to negotiate a deal with Jiro Hirata and others and sell Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment for a good price.

At 2:30 in the morning, the monk led a platoon of soldiers to conduct a fire reconnaissance of the outer positions occupied by the Japanese. However, they found that there were only sporadic fire points shooting outward, which immediately aroused the suspicion of Monk Wei.

Relying on his great skills and courage, and with the cover of darkness, Monk Wei sneaked into the Japanese position. In order not to be discovered by the Japanese, he changed into Japanese clothes in advance. However, he found that there were only less than two squadrons of Japanese troops stationed in the outer position. At the same time, he heard the screams of many wounded Japanese soldiers, which made Monk Wei feel uneasy.

After finding out the situation of the Japanese's outer positions, Monk Wei waited for a full quarter of an hour before sneaking out of the Japanese's outer positions. He quickly joined the fire reconnaissance platoon and sent a safety signal to Li Yunlong, who immediately ordered Wang Chengzhu to launch an artillery attack.

More than a dozen artillery pieces had been ready to go, and after receiving the signal to fire, they quickly launched an artillery attack on the enemy's firepower points. A quarter of an hour after the bombardment began, Wei Heshang rushed back to the headquarters and reported the important intelligence he had discovered.

"Captain, I can't tell whether the Japanese did it on purpose or not. This might be a trap they set for us, so I notified you to fire the artillery." Monk Wei scratched his head embarrassedly.

Li Yunlong looked at the map on the table. He really couldn't understand why the Japanese had to abandon their outer positions on a large scale. Could it be that Jun'ichi Aoki was really kicked in the head by a donkey? This made Li Yunlong puzzled.

Lin Zhenhua made a bold guess with some uncertainty: "Could it be that Junichi Aoki did this on purpose, in order to make us lose our vigilance, and then give us a ruthless blow when we attack tomorrow. But this is not right. If we launch a large-scale night attack tonight, we don't need to pay much price to occupy the outer positions of the devils. I really don't believe that Junichi Aoki can hold out until the reinforcements arrive by relying on the inner positions!"

Zhao Gang also found it difficult to understand Jun'ichi Aoki's train of thought, but everyone agreed on one point, which was that Jun'ichi Aoki was definitely not a fool. He must have set up a large number of traps in the outer positions, but they had not been discovered.

"Monk, that means that during the entire firepower reconnaissance operation, except for you who went to investigate, the more than 20 soldiers of the reconnaissance platoon did not leave the anti-tank trench dug by the Japanese. Am I right?"

Zhao Gang soon noticed something was wrong. He felt that the reconnaissance operation tonight was too smooth. Even if Junichi Aoki dragged his feet, it was impossible that he didn't bury a single mine. Monk Wei was lucky not to encounter any, but that didn't mean the Japanese didn't bury any. It could only be said that Monk Wei was just lucky.

Monk Wei saw the serious expression on Zhao Gang's face and told him everything he had done without hiding anything. Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua couldn't help rolling their eyes. They didn't expect Monk Wei to be so dishonest. He only cared about being a hero without considering the overall situation.

"You damn monk, you almost made a big mistake. After this battle, I will definitely give you a good beating!" Li Yunlong cursed with a smile.