mtl008 Chapter 502 Li Yunlong: First, fire a round of rockets at Taiyuan City.
Chapter 502 Li Yunlong: First, fire a round of rockets at Taiyuan City.
Led by Li Yunlong, the independent regiment quickly moved towards Taiyuan City.
The independent regiment now has a lot of trucks, and its speed of marching and interspersing is much faster than before. Because it took some time to wait for the ammunition shipped from the Ping'an Industrial Zone on the road, it entered Taiyuan on the morning of the third day.
Along the way, Lao Li's behavior can be described as reckless and he spoke out loudly.
All the Japanese strongholds and checkpoints, anyone who dared to block the way would be fired upon without any further ado.
When the vanguard of the independent regiment encountered any checkpoint controlled by only one detachment, they would directly launch a single-soldier fuel-air explosive bomb without any hesitation.
As Lao Li said when he was speaking to the soldiers in the regiment, why are you aiming? Just fire a 40mm round at them. If there are a few more Japanese, just fire a single-soldier fuel-air explosive bomb at them. Any hesitation for even a second would be a sign of lack of trust in the Liaoyuan Arsenal, and would be a blasphemy to the minister.
Therefore, no Japanese dared to stop them as they rushed through the states and prefectures.
Even if some short-sighted Japanese came to stop us, they would be killed on the spot.
This feeling is so refreshing, and it feels like the invincibility of Chen Qingzhi of the Southern Liang Dynasty.
The Japanese had been extremely short of troops after their defeat, and such a high-profile move attracted many courageous people to come and watch the battle, and even many young people expressed their desire to join the team on the spot.
I'm afraid even Lao Li himself didn't expect that this battle of his would actually have a propaganda effect, which would make it easier to recruit soldiers when the time comes.
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The Japanese command in Taiyuan city kept receiving various battle reports about the independent regiments breaking through various checkpoints and military camps. Each checkpoint was broken through in no more than half an hour, and often artillery towers and checkpoints more than ten kilometers away were broken through almost at the same time. It can be said that all the Japanese strongholds within one or two hundred kilometers were like paper.
At the beginning, the Japanese officers were worried about one stronghold being breached, but later on they became numb. When another stronghold was breached, they were all numb.
Originally they were discussing whether to send Japanese soldiers stationed in other surrounding cities to provide support, but which Japanese soldiers to send became a very troublesome problem.
The core problem was that in the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese lost too many men, and then the independent regiment's offensive rhythm was too fast, so that the Japanese had no time to mobilize troops from other places. At this time, the Japanese troops in Jin were already stretched to the limit. No matter where they were mobilized from, it would inevitably cause an imbalance in the confrontation with the Chinese army. By then, it would not just be Datong and Jincheng that would be taken back by the Chinese army.
Based on these issues, none of the Japanese officers in the room dared to suggest asking the Japanese stationed in other cities to stop the independent regiment's attack.
Fortunately, they don’t have to worry about this issue anymore.
Because the independent regiment has arrived at the city of Taiyuan.
Five or six kilometers outside Taiyuan City, Li Yunlong stood on a hill, using a telescope to try his best to reach the vague city wall in the distance, muttering to himself: "Damn it, I've been thinking about this day and night for several years, and finally I can touch the foot of Taiyuan City."
"Captain, how are we going to fight?"
"We'll first get to the city of Taiyuan and fire a round of rockets to test out the enemy's artillery configuration. Damn, Taiyuan is such a huge city, I'm drooling just thinking about it."
There was a gleam of eagerness in Li Yunlong's eyes, and it was obvious that he was extremely excited.
When the Japanese soldiers in Taiyuan City were worrying about how to deploy their defenses, a series of rocket launchers exploded on the top of the city, waking up their busy and confused brains.
The sound of the 107 rocket launcher exploding was particularly harsh.
Yoshio Shinozuka was appointed as the on-site commander of the Japanese Taiyuan defense war. He could only walk to the front line of the battlefield cursing in his heart. After all, Prince Asaka Naruhiko and Okamura Neiji had higher official positions than him. A higher-ranking official can crush a person to death.
After arriving at the scene, Yoshio Shinozuka saw the city walls that were riddled with pits from the high-explosive shells of the Independent Regiment, and he immediately ordered the mountain artillery troops to bomb back at all costs.
According to its orders, these arrogant soldiers of the Independent Regiment must be taught a lesson.
As a result, some mortars and mountain artillery began to counterattack and covered the position where the independent regiment launched rocket launchers.
However, after firing a round of 107 rocket launchers, the soldiers of the independent regiment quickly dismantled the 107 rocket launchers. The soldiers ran away carrying the parts without any hesitation.
When the Japanese's first round of mortars and mountain artillery arrived, the original launching position had become an empty space, leaving not even a hair behind for the Japanese.
Lao Li hid in a makeshift bunker and said to the artillerymen who were surveying and the communicator who was operating the telegraph: "You all saw the enemy's artillery fire just now, right? Bomb them for me.
No position should be missed.”
If it weren't for the fact that Old Li was really not very good at surveying and telegraphing, he would probably have done it himself.
Just three minutes after the Japanese counterattack, four 4mm howitzers had fired a round of shells, targeting the artillery positions that the Japanese had just exposed.
Four explosions like muffled thunder sounded in succession, and the Japanese artillery positions were destroyed in an instant.
Yoshio Shinozuka, who had just arrived at the Taiyuan city command post, was stunned by the four heavy artillery fire. The firepower intensity of this independent regiment was really beyond his expectations.
If the independent regiment is allowed to continue bombarding like this without regard for the consequences, the defenses of Taiyuan city may not be able to hold out.
Should we mobilize bombers to give the independent regiment a little shock?
Yoshio Shinozuka's mind was working frantically. He was thinking about all the possibilities. He absolutely could not let the Independent Regiment continue to act so recklessly, otherwise Taiyuan City would be in danger.