GBP Chapter 521: We can’t go forward any further. My intuition is never wrong. There must be an ambush a
Chapter 521: We can’t go forward any further. My intuition is never wrong. There must be an ambush a
Li Yunlong had no idea that the Japanese no longer intended to trade with him directly, or even have any contact with him at all, and that they were trading supplies directly from the 358th Regiment. This caught Li Yunlong completely off guard and caused him huge trouble. Chu Yunfei also took this opportunity to take advantage of Li Yunlong, and the two sides began a six-month-long argument.
The armored regiment followed the newly planned marching route and adopted a marching method of hiding during the day and moving at night. They were not discovered by the Japanese for two consecutive days. But on the third night, a new situation appeared. A three-meter-wide trench appeared on a road, which made it impossible for vehicles to pass.
When Lin Zhenhua was about to arrange for the bridge-laying vehicle to go to lay the bridge, Li Yunlong pulled his arm. He quickly turned around and asked in a low voice: "Old Li, we have to cross the trench quickly. If we delay any longer, we will be more likely to be discovered by the Japanese."
Li Yunlong relied on his battlefield intuition and believed that this was a trap set by the Japanese. Otherwise, how could he only equip the reconnaissance troops with bicycles during the night march and not allow them to drive three-wheeled motorcycles for reconnaissance? He took the current situation into consideration.
The noise of the engine can be transmitted very far at night. If there is really an ambush of Japanese troops ahead, the Japanese troops can determine the number of attacking vehicles through the noise of the engine and estimate the number of enemies.
"College student, something is wrong. The reason why I stopped the troops halfway and came to take a look was because I noticed something was wrong. According to common sense, this path is not a main road, and few people come here at ordinary times. But now the road has been dug up, which is totally unreasonable."
"I suspect this is a trap set by the devils. If we leave any traces, we will most likely fall into their encirclement. The devils have been looking for us for two days but have not found any trace of us. The more time has come, the more we have to be patient. We would rather wait two more days than take risks at this time."
"Monk, you and the brothers of the reconnaissance company must keep an eye on this place and report any suspicious situations at any time. You guys must be obedient to me. You are not allowed to act without my order. This concerns the lives of nearly 10,000 of our brothers, so we cannot allow even the slightest mistake."
Lin Zhenhua believed in Li Yunlong's battlefield instincts very much, and said in full agreement: "Monk, you must be careful and don't be careless. We are still surrounded by the devil's encirclement. If we are not careful, we may be surrounded by the devil's heavy troops in a narrow area. At that time, even if we want to break out, it will be very difficult."
"The Japanese have not been idle these days. They have mobilized a large number of civilians and puppet soldiers to dig trenches and create artificial swamps. This is to make our armored regiment lose its mobility and force us to fight a positional war with the Japanese. This is not a good thing for us. The armored regiment may even suffer heavy losses as a result."
Lin Zhenhua's throat was also a little uncomfortable. He wanted to cough but didn't dare to cough, so he could only speak in a muffled voice. Monk Wei assured with a firm face: "College student, don't worry. I am a monk who is never confused about major matters. I will put down a nail and nail it firmly here. When the commander gives the order to retreat, I will lead the people to retreat!"
Lin Zhenhua and Li Yunlong led the team out of the woods quietly, and it took them two hours to get back to the armored regiment's camp. Lin Zhenhua was finally able to take a good breath and coughed loudly twice, and then he felt his throat was a little better. He had taken a breath of cold air before, which made his throat itchy and made it difficult for him to speak.
"Old Li, college student, you two have been gone for five hours. If I hadn't been able to contact you, I would have thought you were in trouble. Judging from your expressions, the situation is not good. Tell me quickly what the situation is like ahead? Can we continue our march tonight? This matter must be determined quickly and there must be no delay." Zhao Gang asked with a serious face.
Li Yunlong took the water bottle handed over by Sanwazi, took a big sip, wiped the water stains from the corners of his mouth, and replied solemnly: "Lao Zhao, the situation may be more serious than you think. According to my battlefield intuition, the Japanese have ambushed a large number of troops ahead, and their strength should be no less than 6000. There are also many traps ahead that we have not discovered. Now we can't continue to march, but we have to find a suitable place to station down. When the Japanese take the initiative to close the encirclement, we will take action."
"The Japanese will definitely fill in some trenches to make it easier to march. We only need to lay steel plates on the road to allow vehicles to pass quickly. Now we don't need to do anything but wait patiently, using the tactic of using static to brake dynamics to wait for the arrival of fighter planes."
Li Yunlong led the two into the communication command vehicle. The map on the wall was clearly visible under the light. He pointed to a forest 20 kilometers north of the base and said, "There is a forest of more than a thousand acres in this place. We only need to hide in it to avoid being discovered by the Japanese air force."
"In order to ensure that the wheel tracks are not discovered by the enemy, we need to find a way to eliminate them. On the other hand, we need to send a troop to roam around nearby, specifically responsible for creating wheel tracks to interfere with the enemy's sight."
"According to my estimation, we will be able to see the truth in 2 to 3 days at most. We need to play hide-and-seek with the Japanese for two days. No one is allowed to light a fire, and no smoke is allowed. Everyone must stay in the car honestly during the day, so that the birds in the sky will think we are their own people. Only in this way can the Japanese air force be fooled by us when they are patrolling."
Lin Zhenhua interrupted at the right time and said, "Old Li, I have considered the difficulties we are facing now, and specially prepared some food that birds like to eat. I will distribute it to each battalion to attract birds. When the Japanese air force patrols and finds birds in the woods, they will judge from experience that there is no one below, and then we will be very safe."
"As for making fire and cooking, we can only do it at night, and the noise has to be very small. We can only boil some hot water for the soldiers to drink. They can only eat canned food and compressed biscuits for three meals a day. After all, the smell of smoke and fire can spread far away, even with the cover of trees, it is easy to spread the smell. At that time, we can arrange a cooking team to boil more hot water, and then let the soldiers fill the kettles. If they are wrapped in quilts, they can keep warm for a long time."
"We have to be careful about the Japanese releasing plague. After all, the Japanese in a crazy state can do anything. We have to prepare for the worst in advance."
Zhao Gang said with some concern: "Old Li and the college students have considered everything very carefully, but you all forgot one thing, that is, can our fuel reserves last for such a long time? I think this needs to be questioned. Old Li obtained a large amount of fuel from the Japanese airport before, but we discarded some of it in order to speed up the march. If we cannot obtain fuel supplies in the next four days, the armored regiment will face the embarrassing situation of having no fuel available."
"When we discarded fuel before, we discarded it every 50 miles. I think we should send troops to bring the fuel back now, even if it costs a huge price. Once our vehicles are out of fuel, they can only be discarded as scrap metal. Vehicles consume a lot of fuel, especially armored vehicles and tanks, which are oil guzzlers. At the current fuel consumption rate, I think all vehicles will be grounded in two days at most."
Li Yunlong and Lin Zhenhua really didn't pay much attention to this matter. The oil barrels were too inconvenient to carry before. If they were hung on the vehicle, once they were hit by the Japanese shells, they might directly detonate the vehicle. In order to avoid this dangerous situation, they had to abandon the fuel, but they didn't expect that it would cause a serious fuel crisis.
Lin Zhenhua patted his head and said with some fear: "The fuel consumption of troops during marching is not as good as that during fighting. The fuel consumption between the two sides can differ by 80%. I ignored this point before. Fortunately, Lao Zhao reminded me in time, otherwise it would be a big deal!"
"The original plan was that the transport plane would refuel us tonight, but under the current circumstances, this is simply impossible. If we want to refuel, we can only retrieve the discarded fuel. Fortunately, we have only discarded fuel twice so far, so we can completely exclude a mechanized infantry battalion to perform this task. Three-wheeled motorcycles are light and easy to turn around, and can pass through crooked places."
"One tricycle can transport three oil drums. They just need to be tied together tightly with ropes. It's three o'clock in the morning now. If the troops set out now, they should be able to find the first batch of buried oil drums before dawn."
"After loading the fuel onto the tricycle, we will immediately hide the vehicle and the personnel in the nearby forests, and then start to return after dark. We will be able to get all the fuel back in two nights at most, and then our fuel crisis will be resolved. With this batch of fuel, the armored regiment will be able to hold out for nearly four more days. By then, we will definitely have broken out of the enemy's encirclement and reached the combat radius of the fighter unit. When we replenish the fuel, we won't have to be as cautious as we are today!"