Wandering the Heavens

Chapter 316: Sword 19

Because Xiuqin went to Zhao Gang in the morning to report the situation, Zhao Gang immediately went to Li Yunlong to verify and decided to hold the wedding. By the time everything was arranged, it was already evening.

Zhao Gang, as the witness, asked the two to talk about their love story, and then according to local customs, Xiuqin left first and Li Yunlong, the groom, accompanied the guests. This guy was usually strictly controlled, but now that he had the opportunity to drink openly, he stayed in the yard, chatting and drinking with the big guys from the regiment and the villagers of Zhaojiayu.

Zhao Gang was still vigilant. The villagers could do as they pleased, but the cadres and soldiers in the regiment headquarters had a limit of three cups, so it was useless for Li Yunlong to protest.

At this time, at the entrance of the valley outside Zhaojiayu, more than 80 fully armed Japanese soldiers avoided the traps and early warning signals set by the regiment headquarters and ran here. After seeing the black mountain not far away, Yamamoto Ikki raised his hand and asked everyone to stop and hide their whereabouts, and then took a look at a Japanese soldier.

After receiving the signal, the Japanese soldier put down his weapon, clasped his hands together in the shape of a trumpet, placed them next to his mouth, and made an owl sound towards the valley entrance. After a while, a dark shadow came over from the valley entrance. When he got closer, it turned out to be Zhu Ziming. Yamamoto Ikki felt something was wrong with him.

"What are you doing today? According to your military discipline, you should not drink." (Japanese)

"The colonel asks you, what were you doing today and why do you smell of alcohol?" The Japanese translator relayed Yamamoto Ikki's words.

"Today is our regiment leader's wedding, and the political commissar allowed us to drink a little." Zhu Ziming said dejectedly.

"It's good that Li Yunlong is getting married. I think he will like the wedding gift given to him by our Imperial Japanese Army." Yamamoto Ikki said gritting his teeth when he heard Zhu Ziming's words.

"Mr. Zhu, take us into the village!" the Japanese translator said to Zhu Ziming.

Zhu Ziming took a few deep breaths, wiped his face, and finally said, "Come with me."

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the valley entrance.

The regiment headquarters was having a great time, Li Yunlong was chatting with a bunch of soldiers. Looking at the lively scene in the yard, Zhao Gang felt more and more uneasy, and finally the sound of gunfire was heard from the valley entrance.

"Enemy attack, everyone prepare to fight! Lao Li, arrange for the people to evacuate immediately, quickly!" Zhao Gang pulled out his pistol and rushed out of the yard with his guards.

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In the Battle of Zhaojiayu, although there was a contingency plan in advance, it was discovered too late. The Japanese firepower was too fierce and the traitors led the way, exposing many firepower points and shooting positions. In order to cover the evacuation of the masses, the regiment headquarters was almost wiped out.

After the inventory was taken, it was found that more than one hundred people from Zhaojiayu were killed by the Japanese, and the bride Xiuqin was missing; on the independent regiment's side, the political commissar Zhao Gang was wounded and unconscious while commanding the battle, and only eight people were left in the entire regiment headquarters, including the regiment commander Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong looked at the Zhaojiayu villagers who were at a loss in the shelter, then looked at the gun in his hand, and then at the surviving soldiers.

"Monk, tell the cavalry company to go out and find out where that bastard Yamamoto is. I'm going to kill him!"

Wei Dayong ran away as soon as he heard the order.

The fighting in Zhaojiayu was so noisy that it alarmed Chu Yunfei who was nearby. However, it was too dark at night and he didn't know what happened. When it was dawn, he found a group of Japanese devils appeared in the assembled defense zone, and Fang Ligong also found out what happened last night.

In a rage, Chu Yunfei ordered the shelling of the troop transport trucks left behind by Yamamoto's special forces at the base and refused to allow them to pass through his defense zone.

"Battalion Commander, what happened last night was that a small Japanese force bypassed our defense zone and raided Zhaojiayu. The casualties are unknown." Liu Xing, who was already the deputy battalion commander, hurried to Yu Xian to report as soon as he received the news.

"Where is that Japanese army now?" Yu Xian asked, closing his eyes, taking a deep breath and suppressing his tone.

"After they raided Zhaojiayu, they wanted to use the 358th Regiment's defense zone to return to their stronghold, but they were discovered by the 358th Regiment and an exchange of fire occurred. The cars they parked in the stronghold were also blown up by artillery fire, and their whereabouts are now unknown." Liu Xing took a look at the map and the sand table on the table.

Yu Xian stood up from his seat and walked to the sand table, taking another look at the map hanging on the wall.

"Liu Xing."

"Yes!" Liu Xing immediately stood at attention and replied.

"Order all units of the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment to return immediately and prepare for battle! I will take the special forces company and leave first. The rest of the work will be handed over to you. If the regiment convenes an emergency military meeting, you will also go. The orders of the regiment must be carried out resolutely!" Yu Xian said coldly.

"Captain, this..."

Liu Xing didn't know where Yu Xian was going or what he was going to do?

"If the captain asks, just say I went to Ping'an County!" Yu Xian left the meeting room with a gun and walked to the door and fired a burst of bullets into the air.

Liu Xing looked at the traffic lines and the markings of various forces on the map and sand table, and then thought of other things. Only then did he realize that Yamamoto had nowhere to go and had run to Ping'an County.

Hearing the gunshots outside the house, Liu Xing hurried out and saw that the entire special forces company had gathered and was on standby on the playground.

"I order each team of the special forces company to sneak into Ping'an County on their own before six o'clock tonight. They will meet at Xie's Rice Shop in the city, where they will receive the second phase of orders!" Yu Xian looked at the soldiers in front of him and gave orders.

"Roger that!"

The soldiers of the special forces company yelled and dispersed.

During the entire Ping'an Battle, the local armed forces were the first to reveal their military intentions, so they had to infiltrate Ping'an County before martial law was imposed. After entering, after the siege troops forced Yamamoto Ikki out of his lair, the special forces company divided their forces to seize the city gates and towers. The main reason was that it was not certain whether they had captured Yang Xiuqin in the battle last night.

If there were no hostages, it would be easy. We could just attack the military police headquarters. Yu Xian turned and walked towards the barracks. He also needed to change his clothes and equipment before going down the mountain.

When Liu Xing saw that Yu Xian was about to leave, he immediately asked the communications squad to send out Yu Xian's order and ask all companies to return immediately.

The independent regiment rebuilt its headquarters in Zhangzhuang. Li Yunlong locked himself in the room and refused to eat or drink. No matter how the soldiers from the kitchen squad tried to persuade him, he refused to open the door.

Deputy head of the regiment Xing Zhiguo hurried over and informed him that Yamamoto Ikki had fled into Ping'an County. Li Yunlong opened the door and stared at Xing Zhiguo with shining eyes and asked.

"Are you sure this information is true?"

"Of course it's true. The cavalry company discovered it through reconnaissance, and the other battalion also sent a report over. They corroborate each other." Xing Zhiguo vowed.

"Communications squad, assemble. Call a meeting of all battalion commanders immediately!" Li Yunlong shouted outside the yard.

"Old Li, what are you going to do?" Xing Zhiguo became nervous.

"What are you doing? I want to avenge the folks in Zhaojiayu, the regiment headquarters and our Political Commissar Zhao, rescue my wife, and kill that bastard Yamamoto!" Li Yunlong shouted.

"Commander, should such a large-scale military operation be reported to the brigade for approval?" Xing Zhiguo still wanted to rescue him.

"Deputy Captain Xing, this is a military matter. I have the final say. Follow my orders!" Li Yunlong said coldly to Xing Zhiguo.

Xing Zhiguo could only stand at attention, salute and say yes.

After more than three hours, the commanders of all the battalions of the independent regiment finally arrived. Everyone was filled with emotion as they hadn't seen their comrades for a long time, until Li Yunlong came out with a cold face.

"Captain, you are going to be the division commander!" Xing Zhiguo said to Li Yunlong happily while holding a stack of rosters.

"Well, everyone has lived a pretty good life over the past year or so. Where's that bastard Yu Xian? I'm going to give him a slap in the face!" Li Yunlong asked lazily after glancing at the roster.

"Yes! Where is that kid Yu Xian?" Zhang Dabiao also noticed that this person was missing.

For a moment, everyone in the room looked at Liu Xing, who looked a little embarrassed.

"Report to the regiment commander, chief of staff, the battalion commander has left ahead with the special forces company." Liu Xing felt that he would be stared at by more than a dozen people.

"Go ahead, where did he go?"

Li Yunlong was on the verge of a rage. He was the one who had the final say on military matters, but now a battalion commander was acting on his own.

"Report to the commander, he has brought his special forces company into Ping'an County to support the attack of the independent regiment." Liu Xing replied with a stiff face.

"Haha, he only has a few people in his special forces company, and they can't support me! Since he leads the special forces company, he should be the company commander. Liu Xing, you are now the battalion commander of the first battalion of the independent regiment!" Li Yunlong looked at Liu Xing and said loudly.

"Old Li, this is a personnel matter and is not the responsibility of the regiment commander. You should tell us the purpose of calling everyone to the meeting today!" Xing Zhiguo saw that Li Yunlong was getting more and more outrageous and quickly spoke out to stop him.

"Old Xing, don't try to fool me. You dared to disobey me in the independent regiment and rebelled against him! Let's put this matter aside for now. I came to you all today because of one thing. My wife, your sister-in-law, was captured by the Japanese and is now in Ping'an County. I will lead the troops to attack Ping'an County and rescue my wife. That's it!" Li Yunlong said to everyone present.