At the beginning of the 'steelmaking' operation, during the start of the troops of each regiment, the three of Ding Kong Li met.

The battle plan has been formulated, the tasks of each regiment have been assigned, the emergency measures for accidents have also been formulated, and the tacit understanding between the three people under the comrades-in-arms for more than ten years does not need to be said, it stands to reason that the three people do not need to meet, there is something to contact by radio, and the marching routes of the three regiments do not overlap.

But because of the speed of the three jumpers and the hard road connecting the three bases, the three guys met very coincidentally.

Under the sun.

At a wide highway corner, three three-jumpers were parked on the side of the road in a circle, and the three of them were each leaning on the saddle of the motorcycle, with their legs crossed, their hats oblique, and their cigarettes in their mouths.

Beside them was an independent regiment that set off in a mighty way.

In this operation, Li Yunlong dispatched more than 3,500 troops, the first and second battalions were dispatched in unison, the cavalry battalion followed closely as a reserve, and the recruit training battalion also dispatched more than half of them to be responsible for auxiliary transportation.

"Lao Li, can you really load a little five tons of cargo on this tire truck?"

Taking a sip of the cigarettes made by Zhao Jiayu Cigarette Factory, Ding Wei looked at the board team behind the team.

More than 300 large mules towed more than 300 brand-new carts with rubber tires along the winding road, forming a mile-long procession, like a giant python hovering in the mountains.

"Nonsense, labor and management can still lie to you!"

Li Yunlong also took a puff of cigarette, his eyes widened, and he was very dissatisfied with Ding Wei's suspicion.

"I know the big mule is fine, one and a half tons can indeed be pulled, but can the frame hold? The Zhengtai Railway is not close to us, and if you run so far, if half of the road is shaken apart, it will be a big loss. ”

Ding Wei's tone was worried.

Rubber pneumatic tires are less resistant than wooden tires and devils' iron tires, and the big mules loaded with a five-ton cargo can be pulled after the board car is used, and during this time with a motorcycle, Ding Wei also felt the quality of its tires, and Boss Chen's things are much better than those of devils, and he is not worried about this.

He was worried about whether the frame could hold up, because at this stage the highway was only available in the base area between the three regiments, and leaving the base area was a dirt road with stone slabs, and the board car ran slowly and vibrated greatly, so if the frame fell apart and there was no time to repair it, they would have to give up some of the goods.

One and a half tons of goods can be loaded on ordinary board trucks, but they will fall apart after a few steps.

"Don't worry about this."

Li Yunlong is very confident:

"I have tested before, loading a little five tons of goods, running on the road all night without any problems, and an average of five kilometers per hour, this board car, but there are shock-absorbing steel plates, our Zhao Jiayu Machinery Factory product quality assurance."

"So powerful?"

Kong Jie and Ding Wei were shocked.

Loading one and five tons of cargo, running on the road for a whole night, is three times that of an ordinary carriage, not to mention an average speed of five kilometers per hour, with this thing, the transportation capacity of the regiment has increased several times.

"Bring me some when the time comes."

Ding Wei immediately spoke.

"I want it too."

Kong Jie was a beat slower, and his face was full of frustration for a slow beat.

If he is slow, the time for this cart to arrive in the regiment will be slow for a long time, and there is a coal mine in his base area that is organizing large-scale production, providing coal and coking coal to the independent regiment, and what he lacks most in the regiment is transportation force.

"Hahaha..."

Li Yunlong is very generous this time, after all, it is what he produced:

"Okay, when this mission is over, I'll give you a hundred cars each."

"Thank you very much."

Kong Jie was overjoyed, and began to think in his heart, he would discuss with Ding Wei later, and give him this new type of board car first.

During the conversation between the three of them, the large group of independent regiments had already left the road and entered the mountain horse road, and dispersed.

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The mighty movements of the independent regiment were naturally discovered by the devils for the first time, after all, they had suffered so many losses from the independent regiment, and the little devils in several counties near the independent regiment were staring very closely.

However, the first reaction of the devil garrisons in Ping'an County, Pan County, Heyuan County, etc., was not to mobilize troops to intercept them, but to shrink back one after another, hiding in the county military camp or artillery tower and not coming out.

The devils thought they were coming to trouble them again, and they were going to be turtles with shrunken heads for a while.

It wasn't until late in the evening that Li Yunlong's two main battalions and a huge transport team approached the Zhengtai Railway in the direction of Panxian County, and the devil realized that something was wrong, and this group of people went to pay attention to the railway again, and it was the same place last time.

But this is when night is coming.

Taiyuan Devil's Airport was reopened, and there were a large number of aircraft replenished, for the safety of the transport team, Grand Master Li chose to act at night to avoid the threat of aircraft.

"How many people did Li Yunlong dispatch?"

Shimakawa Daisa, who was in charge of the garrison railway command in Yu County, hurriedly asked.

"About three thousand people, and they carried a lot of horse-drawn carts."

The devil scouts have already figured out the size of the independent regiment.

"Three thousand."

This number made Shimakawa breathe a sigh of relief.

Three thousand people, a large number of which are transport troops, then the actual combat force should only be about two thousand, which made Yoshimoto suddenly fatten, after he informed the Taiyuan headquarters of the situation, without too much hesitation, he ordered the troops of Yuxian County to gather and prepare for battle.

Last time, he suffered a big loss, Li Yunlong stole 1.5 kilometers of railroad tracks, destroyed several turrets, and lost a lot of troops, while the other party was unharmed.

This is no longer the case.

He was severely underarmed, and a brigade sent to support him was crushed by two heavy mortars.

Now, however, the three newly transferred brigades have all been added to his command, the problem of troop strength has been solved, the artillery has also been strengthened to a certain extent, and four new Type 94 mountain guns have been obtained, and the firing range of eight kilometers can completely suppress Li Yunlong's heavy mortars.

already has the strength to fight Li Yunlong head-on.

Moreover, after the theft of the railroad tracks last time, he also convened the captains of the surrounding groups to hold a combat meeting and conducted targeted drills and arrangements, just to prevent Li Yunlong from stealing the rails again.

"The railway garrison brigades moved to Xizhuang, Chawan, Yejiacun and other places."

Shimakawa Osa is gearing up at the headquarters, intending to be ashamed.

With his order, including the railway armored car patrol squadron, more than 4,000 Japanese troops rushed to Xizhuang, Chawan, and Yejia Village, which is the location of the independent regiment.

After thinking about it, Shimakawa continued to give orders:

"Order the Panxian garrison to block the main communication road leading to the mountainous area, build positions around the horse road and the road, and prepare to block the fleeing Li Yunlong troops."

Shimakawa knew very well that Li Yunlong's independent regiment was very strong, and its firepower alone was even stronger than that of the permanent divisions of the empire, and the other side had a large amount of mortar firepower, and most of the several brigades under his command were newly formed brigades in China, and they lacked combat experience.

For this reason, he arranged for the Panxian garrison to go out to intercept and form an encirclement.

"Order the garrisons of Ping'an County and Heyuan County to strengthen their vigilance to guard against the rest of the Eighth Route Army troops, as well as Li Yunlong's follow-up troops."

Naturally, Shimakawa did not forget the new 1st regiment and the new 2nd regiment, which had always been honest, and he did not forget that the total strength of the independent regiment was as high as 6,000 people, and this time only half of the troops were dispatched.

However, the Taiyuan airport has been restored, and as long as it is daylight, he will be able to receive air support.

The order was quickly conveyed, and Yoshimoto received a telegram from Shimakawa.

"Dispatch 3,000 people to carry a large number of board cars to the Zhengtai Railway..."

Looking at the news reported by Shimakawa and the countermeasures, Yoshimoto's originally nervous mood instantly calmed down.

Yoshimoto and Shimakawa thought the same, in this battle, the advantage is in the Imperial Army!

Although Li Yunlong has an advantage in firepower, the imperial army has an advantage in strength, and it is an absolute advantage.

There are more than 4,000 mobile troops near the railway, and there is also a garrison brigade of nearly 1,000 people in Panxian, with a total strength of more than 5,300 people. Once dawn, his air force will be able to make Li Yunlong's artillery superiority disappear.

"Hmph."

Yoshimoto sneered:

"This Li Yunlong has been going too well recently, do you really think that the imperial army can't deal with him? Do you really think that the imperial army is afraid of him? ”

"It's just a short-sighted person."

After a sneer, Yoshimoto gave the order.

"Order the airport to prepare, and take off immediately after dawn to support the Panxian region."

At this moment, Yoshimoto felt more comfortable than ever, and the depression and grievances in his heart were swept away.

Yamamoto, who came to deliver the information, looked at Yoshimoto Sadachi's expression, movements, and demeanor at this moment, and his thoughts suddenly returned to more than a year ago, he remembered, it seems that when Li Yunlong attacked Shou County, General Shinozuka was also like this?

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"Report to the head of the group."

The movements of the devil were reported to Li Yunlong by the scout soldiers as soon as possible:

"Yuxian, Niangziguan Railway Station and other places devils have been dispatched, including an armored car patrol squadron, about four thousand devils are rushing towards our side,"

"The devils of Panxian County have also been dispatched, and they are setting up blockades on horse roads and highways near the county seat."

"Hey, hey, hey..."

"The little devil reacts quite quickly."

After hearing the devil's arrangement, Grand Master Li did not panic at all, and even praised it in a graceful tone.

"But..."

"Hmph."

With a cold snort, Grand Master Li changed his words, and did not worry about the army of devils coming, but waved his hand and urged the independent map soldiers beside him:

"Hurry up and get this thing down."

Looking forward along Li Yunlong's arm, he saw a train parked on the railway, the locomotive had derailed, and it had overturned beside the tracks with ten carriages, and nearly a thousand soldiers of the independent regiment were busy working on the train.

The locomotive is more troublesome, because the boiler has just been extinguished, and the structure is complex, it is inconvenient to cut and difficult to disassemble, but this is not a problem, the second battalion commander Luo Er personally took the reconnaissance company to first disassemble the parts that were easy to dismantle, and then installed an explosive package on the locomotive, ready to blow up the locomotive directly, and then cut it with a gasoline grinding wheel cutter.

And, of course, a large number of fighters are cutting the rails.

"Hurry up."

Carrying a dismantled iron wheel and walking to the board car, Li Yunlong looked at his watch by the way and urged:

"We have four hours left."

Although he brought an anti-aircraft heavy machine gun, the heavy load of the board truck was not maneuverable, and the target was large, so he had to reach the mountainous area before dawn tomorrow to avoid the bombardment of the devils.

As for the devil reinforcements.

He will let the devil know this time that this Jin Northwest is comparable to only him Li Yunlong and the Independent Regiment.

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At night.

At the same time.

Ding Wei took two battalions of his new regiment, an artillery company, a guard company, and a reconnaissance company, totaling 2,000 people, to approach the Niangziguan railway station under the cover of night.

"Ready."

Ding Wei raised his binoculars and looked at the Niangziguan Railway Station in the distance, his voice was cold.

Beside him, the platoon company of the new regiment began to assemble and construct positions with four 120 heavy guns and eight 82 mortars, and the first battalion took advantage of the cover of night to slowly approach the railway station.

The rest of the troops formed positions on the spot.

Also at the same time.

Kong Jie also took two battalions of his new second regiment, with a total of 2,000 troops, and approached Panxian under the cover of night.

"Ready."

Following Kong Jie's order, the artillery company of the new second regiment pointed its guns at the devils who were building positions.

"A battalion, up."

The first battalion was secretly approaching the devil's position, and at this time the devil was engrossed in digging bunker fortifications, and his attention was all in the direction of the independent regiment and the railway, and he paid little attention to the flank, and the first battalion of the new second regiment moved until it was 300 meters away from the position, and the devil did not find it.

As for the second battalion of the new second regiment, it was secretly approaching the county seat of Panxian.

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In the direction of Yuxian County, Zhang Dabiao and a battalion had already set up a position here, ready to block the reinforcements of the devils in the distance.

"Battalion commander."

On the position, Zhang Dabiao received a message from the reconnaissance company:

"About two thousand devils are approaching us along the railway, and armored vehicles."

"All ready to fight."

Zhang Dabiao shouted:

"Company Commander."

"Yes."

The commander of a battalion and a company quickly came.

The first battalion and one company, which was the previous reverse breakthrough in Shou County and blew up the 240 heavy artillery troops, was the second company at that time, but among the three main battalions of the independent regiment, the company title was not fixed, and whoever had great ability would be in the forefront.

The company commander's name is Xu Husheng, and he is 21 years old this year.

"You take your company and make a detour from the left, lie in ambush on the hill, and wait for my order to launch an attack and destroy the devil's artillery."

Although the total strength of the first battalion was less than 1,000 people, and the devils had more than 2,000 people, more than two to one, Zhang Dabiao still dared to send one-third of the infantry to flank and ambush in a roundabout way.

Because this time, the first battalion was not only supported by six 82 guns of the battalion artillery company, but also six 82 mortars of the third battery of the artillery, six 120 heavy mortars for fire support, plus 60 mortars of each company, for a total of thirty artillery pieces.

The unprecedented ferocity and powerful artillery firepower gave Zhang Dabiao confidence.

This time, he not only had to stop the devil, but also hit the devil hard.

"Yes."

Hearing that the target was the devil's artillery, Xu Husheng felt as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.