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

Chapter 601: Pass on my order immediately, brothers, prepare for battle and be careful of the Japane

Yamamoto Ikki stayed in the Xiaozhang Village area and quickly contacted Hirata Kojiro by radio, asking him to bring people over immediately, planning to set up an ambush near Zhangjiagou and attack the transport team led by Li Yunlong. Hirata Kojiro, who received the news, did not dare to neglect it and quickly led his people back. Five days later, the two sides successfully met in Xiaozhang Village.

"Mr. Yamamoto, due to the battle in Niujia Village, I only brought back three squadrons, with a total of only 596 soldiers. It's not that I don't want to bring back more people, but there is really no way to bring more. I hope you can understand this!" Hirata Kojiro bowed with an apologetic look on his face.

Yamamoto Ikki thought he could get reinforcements from at least a battalion, but who would have thought that the number of troops that came was less than 600 people. The special forces he brought had only more than 230 people, and the total number of troops was only more than 800, equivalent to the strength of four squadrons. It was still very difficult to completely wipe out Li Yunlong's transport team.

However, even if he wanted to transfer troops from other places, it would be difficult to implement due to confidentiality. He had no choice but to accept this fact and replied in a bored tone: "Hirata-kun, my previous battle plan was to eat up all of Li Yunlong's transport team in one go, but because we are short of troops, we need to arrange at least two squadrons to guard the front and back. The main force responsible for the attack is only two squadrons, which makes our troops a little weak."

"Fortunately, we were able to gain the upper hand despite our deliberate actions. In addition, all members of our special forces team are equipped with submachine guns, so our firepower is very strong. We are fully capable of confronting Li Yunlong's transport team head-on."

"According to the intelligence I just received, in six days Li Yunlong will lead the transport team to escort food back to the base from Ping'an County. What we need to do now is to wait. In the next six days, no one is allowed to go out. Follow me and sneak into the nearby mountains and forests. We must not reveal any traces, otherwise our ambush will most likely be discovered by the enemy in advance."

"If our four squadrons are really surrounded by heavy enemy forces, even if we can break out, I'm afraid there won't be many people left. You must tell your soldiers to strictly follow my orders. I will kill anyone who dares to disobey my orders!"

Kojiro Hirata knew that Yamamoto Ikki was not joking. If anyone dared to disobey military orders, the guy in front of him would definitely not show any mercy.

"Don't worry, Yamamoto-kun. I will give instructions to my soldiers and have them strictly follow your orders. If anyone dares to disobey orders, you don't need to be the bad guy. I will kill them myself!"

Five days later, Li Yunlong came to Ping'an County again. In order to keep the base's pharmaceutical factory in production, sporadic transport teams transported medicinal materials to the base every day. This time, Li Yunlong personally took action because Ping'an County had collected another 20 kilograms of grain, which he needed to transport back to the base by transport teams.

Due to the drought and locust plague, the price of grain did not drop after the summer harvest, but instead kept rising. At the beginning, Li Yunlong thought that he could buy a lot of grain at the market in Ping'an County, but in fact, the amount of grain traded at the market was not much. The Japanese were fighting every day, and the blockade of grain was very strict, which made it impossible to increase the scale of grain trading. The daily trading volume was only about tens of thousands of kilograms.

Li Yunlong thought of many ways to solve the problem, but to little avail. After checking the defenses of Ping'an County again, he escorted the food and left Ping'an County overnight, anxiously rushing towards the base.

The Japanese spy in charge of monitoring Ping'an County quickly informed Yamamoto Ikki of Li Yunlong's departure. Yamamoto Ikki immediately led his men to the vicinity of Zhangjiagou to set up an ambush.

After six hours of forced march, Yamamoto Ikki arrived at Zhangjiagou. He immediately made deployments based on the terrain and mobilized two squadrons of Japanese soldiers to guard the entrances and exits respectively. As for the remaining two squadrons, they ambushed in the woods near Zhangjiagou, and tied some flowers and branches on their heads as camouflage in order to deceive the reconnaissance platoon sent by Li Yunlong.

Around 6pm the next day, Li Yunlong arrived near Zhangjiagou. At first, he didn't notice anything wrong, but for some reason, he felt a little uneasy. Having experienced many battles, Li Yunlong always trusted his battlefield instincts. He was keenly aware that there was a high possibility of an ambush ahead, and ordered without hesitation: "Monk, pass the order to me immediately, let all the brothers prepare for battle, take the horses aside, and gather the carriages in a row, ready to fight a positional battle with the devils!"

"Zhu Zi, immediately mount the guns for me and fire them at the suspicious places in Zhangjiagou. Don't save your shells for me. Every time we escort food, we bring plenty of shells. They are enough for you to shoot as hard as you can."

At this time, Li Yunlong was still more than 300 meters away from Zhangjiagou. Under his order, the escort team quickly stopped moving and was ready for battle in less than ten minutes.

Yamamoto Ikki had been watching Li Yunlong's movements through a telescope, and found that after Li Yunlong stopped, he did not give the order to attack. He had already anticipated being discovered in advance, and he knew that this was the only way for Li Yunlong to pass. No matter how Li Yunlong tried to get around, he could not get around here. He was ready to stay in Zhangjiagou like a nail, and no matter what choice Li Yunlong made, he would have to fight with him.

"Mr. Yamamoto, Li Yunlong has made preparations for defense. If we launch an attack at this time, we will not gain any advantage at all. I suggest that we stay put!" Kojiro Hirata whispered softly.

Yamamoto Ikki was just about to speak when he heard the sound of a shell falling to the ground. He immediately looked up and found that the enemy's artillery was conducting exploratory bombardments on suspicious places. This made him more convinced that Li Yunlong had not found any trace of them at all. The reason why he stopped moving forward was probably because he sensed the danger. Now it was time for both sides to compete in patience, and he, Yamamoto Ikki, was completely confident in this regard.

The bombardment lasted for a quarter of an hour, but no screams were heard, which made Li Yunlong suspicious. It must be said that Yamamoto Ikki was very cruel. He ordered all his soldiers to cover their mouths with cloth strips, so that they could not even scream after being killed. From this point, it can be seen how difficult Yamamoto Ikki was. Li Yunlong really met his match this time.

"Damn it, these damn Japanese are really patient. I have really met my match this time. It is rare to see such patient Japanese. I guess only that bastard Yamamoto Ikki can be so powerful. If I really meet this guy this time, I can only stay where I am and wait until it gets dark before I can retreat."

"But since this bastard has been guarding Zhangjiagou for so long, he will definitely not watch us leave. He will definitely chase us when we retreat. We are carrying so much food, it will be very difficult to retreat, and we may really be seriously injured by Yamamoto Ikki."

"I really can't bear to abandon all these foods, but it will be too dangerous to wait until daybreak. After all, that bastard Yamamoto Ikki can call for air support at any time. It seems that this battle is really difficult to fight. If I'm not careful, I might really become Yamamoto Ikki's prisoner!"

Li Yunlong realized that the situation was very difficult and he was completely caught in a dilemma. He had no choice but to order the telegraph operator to send a telegram to the base immediately to see if he could send out tomorrow to cover his withdrawal from Zhangjiagou.

"College student, Lao Li has been blocked by the Japanese in Zhangjiagou. He can't move forward or backward. We want to mobilize the Air Force Battalion to help him retreat to Ping'an County. What do you think the chances of success are?" Zhao Gang asked anxiously.

Lin Zhenhua was also very shocked when he heard the news. He thought about it quickly in his mind and shook his head helplessly, saying, "Old Zhao, it is really difficult to meet Old Li's request. You know that the Japanese have been eyeing our air force battalion. In addition, there is a Japanese spy in our base. Once the air force battalion is dispatched, it will be impossible to hide it. At that time, the air force battalion will not only be unable to cover Old Li's withdrawal from Zhangjiagou, but it is also very likely that he will be involved. I am not talking nonsense. The result is very likely to be like this."

"Old Li, we haven't fought with the devils in Zhangjiagou yet. I believe his battlefield instinct is correct. There must be devils in Zhangjiagou. The only way to break the current deadlock is to abandon the transported food and let Old Li lead his troops to withdraw to Ping'an County immediately."

"The Japanese ambushed in Zhangjiagou this time. They must be after Ping'an County. We should ask Lao Li to come back immediately to support us and defend Ping'an County at all costs. We must not give Ping'an County up at any cost. We have worked hard to build up the reputation of Ping'an County Market. If we close it again, it will have a huge impact on our purchase of medicinal materials, which we cannot afford at the moment!"

Lin Zhenhua was also very depressed. If the base wanted to continue to develop, it had to exchange medicines for the necessary raw materials. A perfect closed loop had been formed, but if Ping'an County fell into the hands of the Japanese again, the delivery date of their pills would have to be delayed further. I'm afraid no one could predict the final delivery date, which would deal a huge blow to their reputation. This was something Lin Zhenhua absolutely could not accept.