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

Chapter 393: We are not going back, but instead we will raid Wangjia Town and get in touch with Chu

Yamamoto Ikki had a clear understanding of the current battle situation. He didn't know that Li Yunlong had already led his troops back with four armored companies to provide emergency support to Ding Wei and Kong Jie. It was precisely because of Yamamoto Ikki's opposition that Hirata Kojiro and others calmed down completely and decided to recapture Ping'an County first. As for annihilating the independent regiment, they could only wait until the arrival of the main army.

Lin Zhenhua and Zhao Gang arrived at the base at 11:30 p.m. that night and began to accommodate the people who followed them from Ping'an County. They were busy until five in the morning when they finally arranged accommodation for the people. Only then did the two feel that the heavy pressure had completely disappeared. They hurriedly ate breakfast and began to deploy the base's air defense operations.

It only took Li Yunlong one day to meet up with Kong Jie and Ding Wei's large forces. After the three met, they exchanged a few words of greeting. They had different opinions on how to evacuate next, and there was even a brief argument. For a while, no one could convince anyone else.

"Lao Li, it's not that I, Lao Ding, don't want to go back to the base, but it's too dangerous to go back now. Yesterday afternoon, we encountered two bombings by Japanese bombers. From this, we can judge that the Japanese have moved the airport forward, which is not good news for us. Our armored forces are too big a target, and we can't break up into small groups at this time. If we do, the Japanese may take the opportunity to divide us up, surround us and eat us up."

"I think we should make a big detour now. We can send troops to attack Shuiquan and conduct a larger-scale war-for-training campaign. We can change the target from puppet troops to the devils. Only in this way can the troops complete their transformation as quickly as possible."

"I know that going to the water spring will definitely cause a lot of casualties, but we must train our soldiers now. Once the cold winter is over, the Japanese will definitely send out a large army to encircle our base. This is a fact that cannot be changed. We must prepare in advance. Originally, I didn't have this plan, but when we had the advantage in weapons and equipment, we fought several battles with the Japanese reinforcements, and the troops suffered unnecessary casualties. Very large!" Ding Wei persuaded with full of concern.

Kong Jie felt that Ding Wei's idea was too risky. The combat effectiveness of the new recruits under his command was indeed not strong, but if they were to engage directly in a battle with the main force of the Japanese, the casualties would be very large, which would indeed be not worth the loss.

"Old Ding, I don't agree with you. You do have your reasons, but I think we are on the defensive now. We can use the method of fighting the puppet army to conduct training. Now directly engaging in large-scale battles with the devils can indeed train new recruits quickly, but the casualties are too great, we simply can't afford it!"

"Lao Li, I think the most important thing for us right now is to withdraw to the base, summarize the experience of this battle, and promote it among the troops below. We didn't fight well in the battle of Ping'an County. Although we have always taken the Japanese air force into consideration, we all know that if we don't solve the threat from the air, it will be very difficult for us to achieve anything!"

"I, Kong Jie, am not a weapon-only theorist, but we must see that advanced weapons can sometimes determine the outcome of a battle. The reason why we think that weapons cannot play a decisive role is because our weapons are not advanced enough. A college student told me that there is a kind of bomb that can directly destroy a city. If we can have hundreds of such bombs and drop them on the Japanese mainland, we can make the Japanese surrender directly!"

Li Yunlong was very conflicted now. What Ding Wei and Kong Jie said was very reasonable, and he also had his own plans, which made it impossible for any of the three to convince the other. Li Yunlong took out the seized map and looked at it carefully. He was not thinking about smoothing things over. The situation of the base was very bad. The most important thing now was to get in touch with Chu Yunfei. Everything else could be put aside.

"Old Ding, Old Kong, our most important thing now should be here. Chu Yunfei's attack in the direction of Yushuling encountered setbacks and he simply could not open up this land transportation line on time. If we send troops to Yushugou now, we will also face many difficulties. Not to mention other troops, our armored forces alone are not suitable for fighting in the mountains."

"I think we can use Xiaobaozhuang as the starting point, Wangjia Town as the transit station, and Niujiagou as the trading location. This trading route will be more beneficial to us. This road is very flat, which is conducive to our mechanized march and the material trading between the two sides, which can save a lot of time."

"The Japanese must think that we will return to the base as soon as possible. If we raid Wangjia Town at this time, it will definitely be beyond the Japanese's expectations. With the mobility and powerful firepower of the armored forces, we can occupy Wangjia Town in half a day at most, and meet up with Chu Yunfei's troops in three days."

Kong Jie and Ding Wei listened to Li Yunlong's battle plan, and neither of them objected. This action plan was indeed unexpected. As long as they could get rid of the contact with the devils tonight, they could launch a surprise attack on Wangjia Town the day after tomorrow. The most important thing was that the troops defending Wangjia Town were only a battalion of puppet troops and a devil squadron, which was no match for Li Yunlong and his three men.

"Old Li, I have no objection. We have to quickly get in touch with Chu Yunfei's troops and trade copper from him. Our arsenal only has six tons of copper in stock, which can only guarantee the arsenal's production for half a month at most. Once copper is scarce, our artillery shells and bullets will no longer be produced. With our existing ammunition reserves, it is not enough to fight a big battle with the Japanese!" Kong Jie was the first to nod in agreement and express his support.

Ding Wei was troubled for a moment, and after three minutes of contemplation, he spoke up to express his support: "I also agree with Lao Li's plan. The arsenal is our top priority right now. Without the arsenal to provide us with weapons and ammunition, we will not be able to defend the base."

Li Yunlong and his two companions then perfected the plan for the surprise attack on Wangjia Town. By this time it was already eight o'clock in the evening. The troops had completed their rest and immediately turned to the southeast, marching rapidly towards Wangjia Town.

This was a tough time for Jun'ichi Watanabe, who was following behind. He had no means of transportation and could only walk. After following for more than four hours, he could no longer follow and had to slow down his march. As a result, by the next day, Jun'ichi Watanabe had no idea where Li Yunlong had gone.

In fact, on normal days, Junichi Watanabe could easily find the traces of Li Yunlong and his three companions. He only needed to judge the wheel tracks of the armored forces to find their marching direction. But the sudden heavy snowfall last night directly covered up the wheel tracks on the ground. In addition, the special forces were unprepared for this and had to withdraw in advance, which made Li Yunlong's plan to raid Wangjia Town go more smoothly.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect it to snow last night. Even God was helping us! Before, I was worried that the armored unit's tire tracks would be discovered by the Japanese. Now, there is no need to worry at all. Even the Japanese air force can't see through our camouflage. I have to say that this college student is very thoughtful and specially asked us to bring two kinds of camouflage cloth. I was full of complaints about this a few days ago, and I used this matter to make fun of the college student many times. I didn't expect that I would be camouflaged in the end!" Li Yunlong looked at the half-foot deep snow outside and sighed with a smile on his face.

Ding Wei angrily scolded, "Old Li, don't be so shameless. We have gained a lot from following the college students these days. Not to mention other things, just the three kinds of camouflage cloth produced by the arsenal have made great contributions. You said these things were useless before, but after they were produced, you were the first to jump out and grab them. You really have no shame at all. I, Old Ding, am ashamed for you!"

Kong Jie also seized the opportunity to sarcastically say, "Old Ding, when has this son of a bitch Li Yunlong ever suffered a loss? No matter if something is useful or not, as long as he sees it, he has to take it back. I remember the last time Li Yunlong and I went out to do something, we saw a cigarette box on the ground. It looked bulging inside. Li Yunlong immediately ran over and picked up the cigarette box. When he opened it, he found that it was full of small tree sticks. As a result, Li Yunlong actually poured out the small tree sticks and put the cigarette box in his pocket, calling it thriftiness."

"Later, I realized that I was completely fooled by Li Yunlong's sleight of hand. There was still half of the cigarettes left in the pack. In order to prevent me from meeting him to share half, Li Yunlong took advantage of me talking to someone and put the cigarettes in his pocket. He also put some small tree sticks in it and tricked me into going over. If Li Yunlong hadn't let it slip later, I still wouldn't know the truth!"

Li Yunlong didn't expect that Kong Jie would tell his embarrassing story in public. He was a little angry, but he said calmly: "Old Kong, stop making up rumors about me. You are not honest at all. I hid two bottles of Fenjiu, and you secretly took one bottle. You still have the nerve to say bad things about me. I didn't settle the score with you, so you should be happy secretly. But you dared to provoke me. Aren't you asking for trouble?"

"And you, Ding Wei, are not a good person either. I was hospitalized some time ago, and I wanted you to secretly bring me some cigarettes and alcohol, but you took away my hidden box of cigarettes and three bottles of sweet potato sour wine, and only gave me two cigarettes and half a pound of sweet potato sour wine. Even the landlords are not so cruel, but you, Ding Wei, did this to the point of saying that it was the doctor who told me not to drink, but you drank the wine for me for my health! Look at what you said, I blushed for you after hearing it, but you didn't change your face or your heart, and you lectured me instead. You really don't have any shame at all!"