Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 306: Sword 9

Two days later, the headquarters issued a punishment, and Li Yunlong was punished again, with a sentence added: If it weren't for the enemy, he had to withdraw the people. Li Yunlong could accept this punishment. But he couldn't accept that half of the captured spoils were gone, which made him so angry that he couldn't eat for three days.

Chu Yunfei, who was visiting the Independent Regiment, said he couldn't understand it. If such a big mess had happened in his place, he would have been shot, but here he was just given a demerit, and instead of being happy, he was furious.

Chu Yunfei doesn't know how expensive firewood and rice are until he runs the household. He, like Li Yunlong, is a regiment commander, but their logistics are centrally coordinated by the commander-in-chief of the Second War Zone. In addition, given the status of the 358th Regiment in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, they are basically given whatever they have.

Li Yunlong's independent regiment was different. The logistics warehouse was always empty, which made anyone who heard about it sad and saw it cry. They had to find ways to eat, drink, defecate, sleep, move around, sit, lie down and walk by themselves.

Now that a lot of Japanese officers have been killed, not only have they not received any commendations but have also been given demerits, Li Yunlong could not tolerate the fact that half of the captured spoils have been confiscated.

However, no one had the mood to think about these issues at the moment. The Japanese army was approaching, and it was time for Chu Yunfei to return to the 358th Regiment. Li Yunlong reluctantly gave him a lieutenant's sword as a return gift and then sent him away.

Not long after the observation group was completely wiped out, Ningji Okamura organized an unprecedented large-scale and brutal sweep of the anti-Japanese bases in North China. Yoshio Shinozuka's First Army was ordered to support the operation and launched Operation Plan A against the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese forces in Shanxi.

The anti-Japanese armed forces were facing an extremely severe situation. When the headquarters was transferred, the deputy chief of staff died. Under such circumstances, the headquarters ordered the various units in northwest Shanxi to break out in a dispersed manner, and the order was quickly conveyed to each unit.

"Remember, those of you wearing Japanese army uniforms are not allowed to talk and must walk with your backs straight. Those of you wearing puppet army uniforms don't have to be so restrained, just do whatever is comfortable!" Yu Xian spoke while trying to suppress his grief as he looked at the seventy or so people in the yard.

After nearly a month of fighting, he was promoted from platoon leader to company commander. Because the company commander of the first company was sacrificed, he was appointed as the company commander of the first company by Zhao Gang. Now there are only more than 70 people left in the first company, and half of them are wounded.

After receiving the order to disperse and break out, Yu Xian immediately made a general plan and entrusted the seriously injured soldiers who could not move and some medicines to the local villagers, asking them to help take care of them. Others disguised themselves as the Japanese and puppet troops who were on a raid and took a stealth approach to break out and retreat to the designated location.

"Captain, what should we do if we are approached by the Japanese?" asked a soldier.

"Don't worry about it, just move forward, I'll take care of it!" Yu Xian replied: "Rest now, and we'll set off when it gets dark!"

After hearing Yu Xian's words, everyone sat back to back in silence, waiting for the night to come. Yu Xian also sat cross-legged on one side, holding a command knife in his right hand and sticking it on the ground, with his eyes closed. At this moment, he was exactly the same as those Japanese junior officers more than ten kilometers away.

In this mopping-up operation and breakout, the cavalry company of the independent regiment was completely wiped out, and more than half of the infantry were killed or wounded. Li Yunlong was the only one left in his company and regiment headquarters, along with Wei Dayong, and that was despite Zhao Gang's timely rescue.

This was also a disaster for the independent regiment or the entire anti-Japanese armed forces to be reborn. Under this devastating blow, the top leaders of the organization once again evaluated the current anti-Japanese situation and made further adjustments to both military and political aspects in order to gain more forces to join the war.

At the same time, under the leadership of the organization, anti-Japanese armed forces in various places took various measures to unite the masses to attack the roots of the devils. The size and quality of the army were slowly growing, just waiting for the moment of dawn.

But talking about all this now is too far away for Yu Xian and the soldiers. Their current task is to break through the siege and cross the numerous blockades to reach the predetermined gathering place, Zhaojiayu.

At nine o'clock in the evening, intermittent sounds of gunfire were heard. Yu Xian opened his eyes and looked at the starry sky to determine the direction of advance. The soldiers also stood up and stood silently waiting for the order to break out.

It was hundreds of miles from here to Zhaojiayu, with enemy artillery towers blocking the ditch, as well as countless Japanese puppet troops and spies. Now that I no longer have the so-called God's perspective, I can only rely on the experience and experience of several lifetimes to march and bring the soldiers there.

"Set off."

Yu Xian took a deep breath and gave the order to march. After giving the order, he led the way forward. There was no other movement in the entire queue except the sounds of breathing, footsteps and the friction of weapons.

The troops walked southwest for more than two hours and came to a blockade ditch. The reason for choosing this place was that it was not a battlefield for a frontal attack. After the Japanese dug the ditch and set up the net, they only allowed the puppet army to guard it.

"stop!"

As the queue approached the artillery tower, a searchlight shone on it, and the muzzles of the two machine guns next to the checkpoint were raised towards the soldiers, ready to shoot at any time.

Yu Xian did not answer, but raised his hand to stop the team. The puppet army leader sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and came over with a few lackeys. When he saw the person clearly, he was scared to death.

"Baka!" Yu Xian slapped him in the face.

"Tai...Taijun, it's not my fault! I couldn't see because it was dark..." The puppet army leader had a hard time expressing his grievances.

"What the hell are you talking about! Taijun is leading us on a mopping-up mission in the front, and we just received an order to pass through here and rush to Zhangjia Village to join the main force. You are blocking Taijun and our way. Did you take money from the Eighth Route Army to delay military affairs?" Deputy company commander Wang Ping, dressed in puppet army uniform, walked up from behind and cursed.

"Brother, I really didn't mean it. Please say something nice to the ladies. It's just too dark and we can't see clearly!" The puppet army leader felt like he had found a savior when he saw someone like him.

"We have run out of bullets. Ask the brothers to hand over all the bullets and grenades. We will use them for the mopping-up operation!" Wang Ping saw the opportunity and immediately asked for things.

"Brother, we have handed over all our bullets. If the Eighth Route Army passes by here, we..." The puppet army leader felt bitter.

"Come on! If the Eighth Route Army passes through here, will the Queen let you guys who are blind at night guard it?" Wang Ping said contemptuously.

This made the puppet army leader blush. Since the Hundred Regiments Campaign the year before, the quality of the people who followed the devils had deteriorated significantly. For example, they themselves were so weak that no one was willing to take them with them when they went out to sweep. If the battle line was not so long this time, they would probably still be washing the loincloths for the ladies in the camp, and would never have had the chance to come out to guard the blockade trenches and artillery towers.

"Erdan, go and tell the brothers to leave the artillery tower and trenches, take out all the bullets and grenades they are carrying and unopened, and hand them over to Taijun and the friendly brothers." The puppet army leader looked at Wang Ping and then at Yu Xian who was standing in front of Wang Ping without saying a word, gritted his teeth and asked his confidant to call for help.

Soon, more than a dozen puppet soldiers came to the open space and piled bullets and grenades in front of them.

"Yoshi!" Yu Xian patted the puppet army leader's shoulder and said coldly.

"My Lady, My Lady, hehe..." the puppet army leader flattered with a smile.

Yu Xian turned around and waved to the soldiers. They received the order and divided themselves into groups, two by two, to take away all the bullets and grenades.

"Taijun, the brothers have arranged a midnight snack. Do you want to eat before leaving?"

Seeing that the bullets and grenades had been taken away, the puppet army leader started to call for help again.

Yu Xian pretended not to understand and looked at Wang Ping, and Wang Ping immediately frowned and spoke.

"You think we are just like you and only know how to eat? Taijun and we have to rush to join the main force, so forget about the midnight snack. Let us go now!"

"Okay, okay, brothers, move the barricades aside and let Taijun and our friendly brothers pass." The puppet army leader secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Several puppet soldiers trotted over to remove the barricades. The soldiers tensed their nerves and marched in the drill formation while quietly observing their surroundings, ready to take action at any time. The whole process of passing the checkpoint took nearly ten minutes, and they only relaxed when they reached a safe distance.

Watching the last figure disappear into the night, the puppet soldiers could finally breathe freely. The aura of the Japanese leader just now was too terrifying. It seemed that he could pull out his command knife and chop people at any time.

"Captain, the ladies just left like that?" A lackey always felt something was wrong.

"What else?" the puppet army leader said unhappily.

"But I think it's so weird!" said the lackey, scratching his head.

"Do you suspect they are the Eighth Route Army in disguise?" The puppet army leader rolled his eyes at him. "The reason I'm the captain is because I think more than you do. Didn't you see the guards following the Taijuns? Except for the captain and the deputy, everyone else is injured. Except for a few of the Taijuns, all the others are fine."