Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 260 The Japs’ encirclement!

When Li Yunlong explained everything to the miners and arranged for them to go home first, it was already 3:30 in the morning.

The independent regiment had also completed cleaning the battlefield and was preparing to evacuate.

Just as Li Yunlong was about to issue the assembly order, a mortar drew a parabola from the distant mountain ridge and landed on the ambush position in front of the independent regiment.

"Who the hell is firing the gun?"

Li Yunlong blurted out and started to curse with his eyes glaring.

At this time, because he was in the valley, the sound was not clear enough to tell where the artillery fire came from. He did not realize the seriousness of the problem and thought it was an accident caused by artillery operation errors.

Unexpectedly, the artillery company commander who was following Li Yunlong suddenly changed his face. He often dealt with various artillery and knew it very well. Even though the sound was not very clear in the valley, he could tell that it was not the sound of a 107 rocket launcher at all.

"Captain! Commander! This is not a rocket launcher! This is not a rocket launcher!"

The artillery company commander Yang Xing almost shouted at Li Yunlong.

"what?"

Li Yunlong was also shocked. He didn't bring the Japanese 60mm mortar with him this time because he thought it was too weak!

There is only one possibility, this is not the independent regiment's artillery, this is the Japanese's standard mortar!

Could it be that the Japanese reinforcements have arrived?

Thinking of this, Li Yunlong's face suddenly changed. Without any hesitation, he decisively issued an order: "All soldiers of the independent regiment, hurry up to seize the commanding heights, and all miners, find shelter on the spot!"

Wang Huaibao was not a man who would drag his feet, so he went straight to the ridges that were the target of the initial attack. Fortunately, there were still a small number of artillerymen left on those ridges, which attracted a lot of attention from the Japanese. Otherwise, the Japanese would have discovered the situation and immediately occupied the nearest commanding heights, and then it would have been really impossible to save the situation.

In less than three minutes, most of the soldiers of the Third Battalion had already stood on the commanding heights and quickly formed a battle formation.

At the same time, Captain Yang Xing of the artillery company quickly built a rocket artillery position and began to prepare to counterattack the mortar position that had just opened fire.

Thanks to proper training, the disassembled rocket launcher was assembled in just two minutes and began to prepare for loading.

This speed was already relatively fast, but this time the Japanese did not give the independent regiment's artillery company enough time to react.

Before the members of the independent regiment could react, a series of mortar shells were already coming towards them.

This time, Li Yunlong finally understood the aggrieved and helpless feeling of the Japanese when they used rocket launchers to bombard their squadron from a high position.

Normally, a Japanese battalion is equipped with 8-12 mortars and 2 mountain cannons. Judging from the density of the firepower from the Japanese bombing just now, there are at least more than 8 battalions of troops encircling Li Yunlong.

"Commander, are the Japanese crazy? Why is the firepower so fierce? They don't even give us a chance to fight back!" Wang Huaibao lay beside Li Yunlong, protecting him tightly.

"Damn it, are the Japs sending a brigade of troops?"

Even when facing the Japanese's torrential rain of bullets, Li Yunlong still remained calm, because he knew that the more urgent it was, the more he should not panic, especially as the supreme commander.

Li Yunlong muttered secretly in his heart, this guy really thinks highly of me, Li. I only have the strength of a battalion, but you use the strength of a brigade to besiege me. You really think highly of me.

Although they had previously defeated the 56th Brigade, that was a deliberate move, as they used 107 submachine guns and rocket launchers to suppress the Japanese.

Now the Japanese are already familiar with the Eighth Route Army's 107 rocket launcher, a powerful weapon, and have even considered obtaining rocket launchers from the Russians through underground channels for imitation.

Naturally, they would have an unusual understanding of some of the characteristics of the 107 rocket launcher. With the current firepower intensity, facing a prepared brigade of the Japanese, I am afraid that we might not be able to achieve such strong results.

"Captain, how do we fight this?"

Wang Huaibao sucked his teeth and thought, given the current situation, even the Jade Emperor might not be able to win.

Li Yunlong did not respond. He lay on the ground as low as possible, carefully counting the number of shells fired by the Japanese mortars and identifying the direction of the Japanese mortar positions.

After a long while, Li Yunlong said: "The Japs should have used a total of 96 mortars and 16 mountain cannons this time.

The Japs are showing no mercy and are determined to eat us up!"

After analyzing the real intentions of the Japanese, Li Yunlong became even calmer.

He was not afraid of the Japanese's fierce firepower, but was worried that the Japanese would act aimlessly, leaving him no chance to seize the opportunity.

However, being calm does not mean there is a way to completely change the current situation.

Moreover, as the shelling time prolonged, casualties and serious injuries had occurred, and the combat casualties were severe.

During this period, there was a tragic incident in which three new recruits who had just joined the team had never experienced such intensive artillery attacks. They panicked and ran around, but were killed on the spot by subsequent artillery shells.

At this time, being afraid means death, but not being afraid means you still have a chance to survive.

Li Yunlong saw this and began to feel anxious. He knew that at this time the Japanese infantry must be trying to advance towards his position. If he didn't find a way to reverse the situation now, then a very tragic ending would be waiting for him.

"Captain Yang, is there any way to temporarily suppress the Japanese firepower?" Li Yunlong asked.

"Captain, the Japanese now have nearly a hundred mortars coming from all directions. It is basically impossible to completely suppress the Japanese artillery fire.

At most, we can only suppress the Japanese firepower in a certain direction.

Even that is very difficult.”

Yang Xing knew the current predicament of the independent regiment, but in the current situation it was really difficult to suppress the Japanese artillery fire in a certain direction when the Japanese had the upper hand in firepower.

"However, Commander, according to the enemy's conventional firepower configuration, they will finish firing all their shells in this round in four minutes. That's when we will counterattack."

"Okay, how long do you need to prepare?" Li Yunlong asked.

"ten minutes."

"Five minutes. I only give you five minutes. Suppress the enemy's artillery positions and infantry in the northwest. We are going to tear a big hole in their path!"

Li Yunlong slapped the ground hard to calm himself down quickly and make subsequent decisions.

Yang Xing gritted his teeth and responded, "Yes! Comrades, we must suppress the devils at all costs and create space for us to evacuate!

Even if I die, I will die on the way to attack the devils!"