"Regiment commander, the battlefield has basically been cleaned up. The total number of Japanese defenders in Zhangbei was 1,085 people, including Kenichiro Yamaguchi, the captain of the devil brigade, and Keita Transcript, the chief of staff. The captured weapons and equipment have been replenished into the hands of the fighters. After the sound of footsteps came from behind Li Yunlong, a staff officer in charge of counting the results of the battle was reporting to Li Yunlong.

At this time, Li Yunlong was standing outside the south gate of Zhangbei County, and the cleaning work of the battlefield inside and outside the city had ended.

"Good!"

Li Yunlong nodded and said, "Let the departments hurry up and replenish the lost ammunition!" In addition, close the four gates, leave a small force to strictly guard the county seat of Zhangbei for half an hour, and then go south to catch up with us. ”。

"Understood, Captain!"

By the time the statistical staff officers had left, Zhang Dabiao and others, who had received Li Yunlong's temporary combat meeting, had already rushed to the place where Li Yunlong was standing.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Li Yunlong motioned to Wei Dayong and Monk Wei to take out the map and spread it out on the ground, and the flashlight shone on the map.

"Brothers, the county seat of Zhangbei has been taken. There is no obstacle to the way we must go south through the Great Wall to enter the Guannai, but thirty miles south of Zhangbei County is the famous Yehuling. Here is more than 1,000 meters above sea level, Yehuling is the only pass road to Zhangjiakou. If we want to enter the pass without any obstacles, this place must be captured. ”

Li Yunlong pointed to the map and said in a deep voice.

Yehuling is located more than 30 miles south of Zhangbei County, where the Mongolian army and the Jin army fought a strategic decisive battle in history. The Mongol army defeated the Jin army with a total of 500,000 troops with about 100,000 men and horses, annihilating the living force of the Jin army in one fell swoop. After the Battle of Yehuling, the Jin State, which had lost most of its main army, collapsed and was finally destroyed by the Mongol army.

In addition, Yehuling is also the only way to pass through the north of the Guannei, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is a place where soldiers must fight.

It was obvious that all the commanders and fighters understood the importance of Yehu Ridge, which was more than 30 miles south of Zhangbei.

In other words, if you can't take the Wild Fox Ridge, it will be impossible to enter the pass. Only by going over the mountains and mountains, then it is necessary to abandon the basics. After all, the current new regiment of troops under the command of Li Yunlong and others already has a war horse in their hands, how can they move with a large number of war horses when they cross the mountains and mountains?

Therefore, Wild Fox Ridge must be taken!

Sure enough, Zhang Dabiao, the commander of the first battalion, was the first to say: "Regiment commander, Yehu Ridge is easy to defend and difficult to attack. I estimate that the Japanese army will inevitably garrison heavy troops in Yehuling! ”。

"It's nature!" Li Yunlong nodded, there is no doubt about it.

Shen Qun, the commander of the second battalion, said: "Regiment commander, the Japanese army in Zhangbei must know the situation in Yehuling. Old horse, did your third battalion capture a few devil soldiers? ”。

"I took a few prisoners, and I didn't surrender, and I was about to kill them." The third battalion commander, Ma Wenhai, said with a smile.

Li Yunlong also heard it, so he said to Ma Wenhai: "Immediately send someone to interrogate these devil prisoners separately, and be sure to ask if there is a Japanese army guarding Yehuling, and its strength and firepower." Under the terrain of Wild Fox Ridge, we may need to sneak attack and storm it. ”。

"Understood, Captain!" Ma Wenhai nodded, and then directly waved his hand to signal the herald soldiers behind him to carry out the order.

Li Yunlong and the others looked at the map and discussed the details of the operation around Yehuling.

Less than a few minutes later, a staff officer of the third battalion who had personally taken in the prisoners of the devils rushed to the front of everyone to salute and stand upright, squatted down and said, "Regiment commander, the torture has come out." will be tortured separately with a few devil captives to confess, Yehuling is indeed guarded by Japanese troops, and there are quite a few of them. Originally, after the devils conquered Zhangjiakou, Xuanhua and other places, they attached great importance to the important place of Yehuling in the north of the country. The Japanese army built dozens of bunkers in Yehuling, equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns as fire support. The defenders are currently about 500 men and are heavily guarded. In addition, it is estimated that there are between ten and fifteen Type 92 infantry guns! ”。

"The enemy army in Yehuling is not much, but the terrain of Yehuling is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is necessary to carry out a sneak attack, once the enemy army in Yehuling is attacked, it will inevitably use telephone, radio and other equipment to contact the enemy troops in Zhangbei and Zhangjiakou. So, we have to be prepared. When Li Yunlong heard this, he knew that it was a little difficult to do.

Fortunately, the Japanese defenders in Yehuling were only 500, and their strength was far lower than their own.

If you can sneak attack and capture Yehuling, even if you get the news of the capture of Zhangjiakou at that time, it will be too late!

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong continued: "Without further ado, Zhangbei County has fallen into our hands, and the devil defenders of Yehuling will notice it sooner or later. Once their communication with Zhangbei County is interrupted, they will inevitably send people to Zhangbei to check. Therefore, the various ministries immediately assembled and moved south. Duan Peng! ”。

"Captain!" Duan Peng, the captain of the special combat team, immediately spoke up.

Li Yunlong pointed to the map and said, "You took a dozen members of the special combat team to set off quickly ahead of the army, rushed to Yehuling for close reconnaissance, and captured the Japanese soldiers patrolling Yehuling to torture and extract information. ”。

"Understood, Captain." Duan Pengli saluted, his expression was serious, and then he left quickly under Li Yunlong's signal.

"The rest of you, prepare now!" Li Yunlong then said to Zhang Dabiao, Shen Qun and others.

Zhang Dabiao and the others immediately got up, stood up and saluted: "Yes, regiment leader." Then they dispersed and commanded the various departments to assemble.

Five or six minutes later, Li Yunlong, who had assembled all the departments, waved his hand and took advantage of the cover of night to withdraw from Zhangbei and rush south.

More than 7,000 warriors who were already armed with a war horse galloped south on a war horse, and the ground shook.

More than an hour later, Li Yunlong commanded the cavalry to go south and arrived five miles north of Yehu Ridge. The cavalry of the large army galloped south, so they dismounted and walked when they entered the Yehuling Ridge, where the Japanese defenders were out of range. Otherwise, with so many war horses galloping, the shaking of the ground was enough to make the Japanese defenders stationed in Yehuling feel it.

It was still night, but it was just over an hour before dawn. Yehuling is the only way to pass through the pass, the mountain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the enemy army in the pass has built bunkers in the forward position, and deployed light and heavy machine guns to carry out cross-fire blockade.

Therefore, the Japanese army deployed 500 troops to garrison Yehuling, and it was also because of the fact that Yehuling was easy to defend and difficult to attack!

Arrange for the army to quietly abandon their horses and walk, and after approaching five miles north of Yehu Ridge step by step, they will not advance.

And Duan Peng, who was one step ahead of the army and quietly approached Yehuling for reconnaissance, had already returned with the special combat team.

Seeing Li Yunlong, Duan Peng immediately reported: "Report to the head of the regiment, I arrested a few devil sentinels who patrolled and guarded the periphery of Yehu Ridge, and tortured them. The strength of the defenders of the enemy's Yehuling is similar to that of the captured devil soldiers in Zhangbei, with more than 500 garrisons, 11 Type 92 infantry guns, and a total of about 13 light and heavy machine guns. Five mortars! ”。