bookrandom Chapter 663 Come with me. If you can’t take my wife down, I’ll kill you first before I’m shot.
Chapter 663 Come with me. If you can’t take my wife down, I’ll kill you first before I’m shot.
After completing the occupation of Taiyuan City, everyone was not idle. They immediately shot the Japanese in the city again. After ensuring that there were no survivors, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The news of the capture of Taiyuan City was immediately reported to Li Yunlong, who was so shocked that he jumped up. He looked at Niangziguan in front of him and angrily cursed: "Damn little Japanese, you really don't give me face. We have been fighting for three days, and you are still stubbornly resisting me. You don't take me seriously at all!"
While cursing, Li Yunlong sent a congratulatory telegram to Lin Zhenhua. In order to capture Niangzi Pass as soon as possible, the commando team led by Li Yunlong personally launched a fierce attack on the defenders of Niangzi Pass. The battle lasted until 11 o'clock in the evening. After paying the price of a battalion's casualties, they still failed to capture Niangzi Pass.
Li Yunlong had thought of other ways to tackle this tough problem, but none of them worked after trying many methods. In the end, he could only adopt a steady and solid attack tactic, using fierce firepower to consume the enemy's manpower bit by bit until all of them were wiped out.
"College student, the situation at Niangzi Pass has not improved at all. The Japanese soldiers stationed here are very tenacious. The battle between our two sides entered a white-hot state from the beginning, and both sides suffered heavy losses. Up to now, the independent regiment has suffered more than half of its casualties. The Japanese soldiers at Niangzi Pass have also not had an easy time. After suffering continuous attacks from our independent regiment, they also suffered heavy losses. The remaining Niangzi Pass defenders only have a total of a thousand people, and they rely on favorable terrain for defense."
"It's not that I, Li Yunlong, am not doing my best, but I just can't find any way to break through. I sent people to take Niangzi Pass by encircling it from behind, but the Japanese had already prepared for it, and the encircling troops didn't even break through the Japanese defenses and were beaten back."
"There is only one day left until the scheduled date. If we can't take Niangzi Pass before tomorrow night, it will be useless even if we occupy Taiyuan City. Once the enemy's reinforcements arrive, we will have to evacuate on our own initiative!"
Lin Zhenhua stared at Li Yunlong's complaints, his face gradually becoming gloomy. He did not expect that the independent regiment would encounter a setback at Niangzi Pass. According to his understanding of Li Yunlong, he would never have said it so bluntly if he had no other choice. This showed that Li Yunlong was under great pressure, and he did not even have the confidence to take Niangzi Pass. This made Lin Zhenhua immediately aware of the crisis.
"Old Li, Taiyuan City has been taken by us. With Taiyuan City as a support, even if we retreat, we have a fulcrum and are no longer like rootless duckweed. Niangzi Pass is very critical. As long as we can defend it, it will be very difficult for the Japanese to take Taiyuan City. We will then have the confidence to fight the Japanese!"
"Tomorrow I will arrange for Lao Zhao to transfer all the pepper smoke bombs in the base to you, and deploy them to the front line of Niangzi Pass at all costs. At the same time, I will also have Lao Zhao airlift a battalion of reinforcements for you. No matter how heavy the casualties are, you have to take Niangzi Pass for me!"
"Old Li, I'm not discussing this with you. I'm giving you an order. We have no choice now. After the 14th, the fake plague operation will be exposed. The Japanese who find out the truth will immediately launch a full-scale counterattack. If we can't occupy a favorable terrain, we will not be able to stop the Japanese counterattack at all."
"This time I have already planned to pull out the militia to fight. Yesterday I gave Lao Zhao an order to airlift all eight battalions of militia to the front line. Now we have no way to retreat. We can only charge forward. Our strength has been used to the limit. The main force has all run away. If there is any mistake, I am afraid that even the Zhaojiayu base will be lost!"
"I'm not exaggerating. What I said is the truth. If we want to change our current unfavorable predicament, we have to take Niangzi Pass at all costs. If we lock this important pass, the whole game will be safe!"
Li Yunlong knew the seriousness of the matter, and he directly issued a military order to Lin Zhenhua, stating that if he could not capture Niangzi Pass before eight o'clock tomorrow night, he, Li Yunlong, would commit suicide to apologize!
In order to capture Niangzi Pass as quickly as possible, Li Yunlong immediately dispatched two battalions of fresh troops and launched a night attack on the Japanese.
"Zhang Dabiao, you lead the troops to fight in the first half of the night, and I will lead the troops in the second half. We must consume the enemy's manpower at all costs. No matter how much it costs, we must take down Niangzi Pass before eight o'clock tomorrow night. If we can't do it, I will kill you before I commit suicide!"
"Zhu Zi, you, don't just sit there and do nothing. Immediately launch an artillery attack on Niangzi Pass. Destroy all the Japanese's firepower points and provide artillery support for the attacking troops."
"Shen Quan, call up all our rocket artillery units and prepare to fire at the enemy positions. Use up all the rockets in our hands. Even if we can't hit the enemy, we must shock them to death!"
Li Yunlong looked like he had given up completely. Before, he was a little concerned about the consumption of ammunition, but now he didn't care at all and used all the light and heavy weapons in his hands. The heavy artillery of the artillery battalion fired day and night, and even the gun barrels were replaced twice, which shows how intense the shelling was.
The defenders stationed at Niangzi Pass were also secretly groaning. The Japanese did not expect Li Yunlong's attack to be so fierce. They launched a night attack. They thought the night attack would end soon, but they did not expect it to last all night, making it impossible for the Japanese to get enough rest.
"Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, the enemy's attack has not stopped since last night. We have lost half of our main positions, and we have only more than 500 troops left. If we can't get support from the rear, we will be wiped out here by tomorrow night at the latest!" Operations Staff Officer Ono Heiyasu bowed and reported with a serious face.
Ichiro Miyano put down his command knife and replied calmly, "The command given to us by the headquarters is to defend Niangzi Pass at all costs, even if our entire independent mixed brigade is completely destroyed here, we must do it."
"We have no way out now. The headquarters' encirclement operation is about to take shape. The only thing we can do now is to hold on and wait for reinforcements. Anyone who dares to mention retreat will die!"