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Chapter 527: Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant Taken
"What the hell? What happened? Why is Old Yu so angry?"
When Lao Li saw Yu Ye's call back, he was a little confused. He really couldn't remember how he had offended Lao Yu, and why Lao Yu's tone was so harsh.
The steel plant and the Japanese prince are indeed very important, but Lao Yu wouldn't burn himself to death over this matter. It's really a bit outrageous.
However, based on Li Yunlong's understanding of the industry, this matter was definitely not groundless. It was obvious that Old Yu was really angry this time.
In a valley four or five kilometers away from the Ping'an Industrial Zone, Yu Ye stood in a sturdy fortification built with concrete and steel bars in a cave, directing comrades in protective clothing who were refueling in the distance to pump out the fuel.
Although alcohol used as fuel is not toxic, Yu Ye still implemented very strict operating procedures, which also serve as operating specifications for future launches of toxic rockets (missiles) using UDMH as fuel.
As the fuel was extracted, the missile was declared scrapped because the fuel had caused severe corrosion and damage to the entire rocket body.
In fact, according to the design requirements, the missile must be launched within 15 minutes after refueling, otherwise the missile will be useless.
This missile was designed by Yu Ye based on the Dongfeng-1 as a template. It was mainly used for technical verification and accumulation. He suddenly brought it out this time because he was worried that Lao Li and his men did not have enough firepower, so he planned to use this missile with a high-explosive warhead containing one ton of RDX explosives to attack the city of Taiyuan.
However, he didn't expect that Lao Li and his men were so powerful that they defeated the Japanese directly, making him worry in vain.
In order to prevent the Japanese from noticing the existence of this powerful weapon in advance, Yu Ye decided not to launch it for the time being.
However, the cost of this wasted missile must be charged to Lao Li.
As for the 10,000 individual-soldier fuel-air explosive bombs requested in Lao Li's telegram, there were definitely none. Yu Ye might scold him, but there was no ambiguity about the support that should be given to Lao Li.
Yu Ye arranged for all the remaining soldiers of the cavalry battalion to drive or even ride horses to deliver all the newly produced artillery shells, as long as they were of suitable caliber, to Lao Li.
The last bit of stock at Liaoyuan Arsenal was given to Lao Li.
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The Japanese troops at the South Gate had been basically cleared out. Lao Li arranged a battalion to guard the prisoners and arranged another six tanks to complete the point-by-point elimination of the Japanese troops ambushing in the city.
Not long after, Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan came in person to report.
"Report to the regiment commander. The Second Battalion launched a surprise attack on the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant in accordance with your instructions and took over the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant before the Japanese army arrived.
At present, I have left more than 500 comrades and two tanks there to guard, and now the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant has restored stable order."
Shen Quan has always been very steady in his work, so Li Yunlong arranged for him to take over the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant and maintain normal production order.
Just now at the temporary command center, Li Yunlong listened to Yu Ye talk about the importance of the blast furnace in a steel plant. Once a blast furnace is built, it will never be turned off. Ore, coke, lime and other iron-making raw materials are fed into it one furnace after another, and molten iron flows out of it one furnace after another.
There is generally only one reason why a blast furnace goes out of service: it has reached the end of its service life, or it has been decided to overhaul the furnace.
In either case, once the flame is turned off, the damage to the blast furnace will be enormous.
After hearing Shen Quan's report that the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant had been saved and was still running smoothly, Old Li finally felt relieved. With this steel plant in hand, at least things should be much easier to explain over there.
"Let's go, take these Japanese prisoners and go to the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant. Our mission now is very simple, that is to defend the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant. No matter what happens outside, it has nothing to do with us."
Although Lao Li is usually very cunning, he can always grasp the most core points of the battle at critical moments. He now knows very well that with the intervention of the brigade commander and others, his mission as a battering ram has come to an end. As long as he can defend these core industrial industries from being destroyed by the desperate Japanese, then we will have won a great victory in the Battle of Taiyuan!
Since the Japanese prince has chosen to change his clothes and escape, it will not be easy to catch him in a short time. Two birds in the bush are not as good as one bird in the hand. If he has already left the city, then it will be the brigade commander's business.
If they fail to escape from the city, interrogating the captured prisoners themselves might yield some unexpected results.
Li Yunlong decisively led the troops currently around him and rushed towards the steel plant, including, of course, the three or four hundred Japanese prisoners who had been disarmed and tied up with ropes.
Prince Asaka Naruhiko was wearing the uniform of an ordinary Japanese soldier. He lowered his head and silently followed the independent regiment towards the steel plant. Along the way, he was also observing this team and their commander.
Logically speaking, capturing Taiyuan City and achieving such a great victory at the South Gate would be considered a great victory if the Locust Army could capture such a city and annihilate so many Chinese troops, let alone in the Chinese army.
If it were a Japanese commander, he would certainly be very excited, but this Chinese army was very calm. No matter whether it was the commander or the grassroots soldiers, they were very calm when leading the prisoners after the battle, and there was no sign of excitement at all.
Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko found it difficult to describe the scene he saw. If he had to use a description, it would be that it seemed that the Independent Regiment was accustomed to victories of this level, and they did not take this little victory seriously at all.
Prince Asakanomiya Naruhiko was shocked when he got this answer. If this was true, then this team would be very terrifying. It would be a true army of kings.
Even the most elite Type A division of the Locust Army may not be able to do this.
Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, who had been thinking about these issues all the way, followed Li Yunlong to the Taiyuan Iron and Steel Plant. When he thought about the existence of such an opponent in the Locust Army, he felt extremely heavy.
puff.
Accompanied by the sharp sound of steam rising, a furnace of molten iron was released from the blast furnace. The fiery red color was so beautiful that it opened the eyes of many independent regiment soldiers and captured Japanese soldiers.
Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko's heart skipped a beat. Hadn't he already arranged for someone to blow up the Taiyuan Steel Plant? How come it was still in production and had fallen into the hands of the Independent Group?
Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko didn't dare to imagine how much this blast furnace would improve the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness after it fell into their hands. In any case, the Eighth Route Army would only be more powerful.