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

Chapter 170 I am not even afraid of the Yoshino United, let alone this mob! 3-word chapter

Li Yunlong looked at the time on his pocket watch. It was already 12 noon. He was still about three kilometers away from the Erchaling intersection and could arrive there in half an hour by quick march. He didn't hear any gunshots along the way, which made Li Yunlong feel relieved.

"Da Biao, arrange for the brothers to rest. We will rush to Erchaling after lunch. Anyway, it's only an hour's journey to Erchaling now. There's no need for us to rush. We can stay here for a while. Waiting anywhere is the same. Maybe if we wait here, we can save some distance!"

Zhang Dabiao quickly responded, "Captain, I will arrange for the team to rest and have the kitchen staff cook. We have been on the road for the past few days and the brothers haven't had a hot meal. I will take this opportunity to make everyone a hot meal!"

Li Yunlong found a place to sit down. The march made him a little tired. More importantly, the news he got from the two businessmen made him feel a little worried.

Just at this moment, Wei Dayong came back with the reconnaissance platoon. Li Yunlong quickly stood up and asked, "Monk, I asked you to scout out whether there is an ambush ahead. Did you find anything?"

Wei Dayong stuck out his tongue and replied with some breathlessness: "Captain, you really guessed it right. There is really an ambush ahead. I roughly counted the number of people, about four battalions, a total of nearly 3000 people, more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, four 75mm mountain cannons, and more than a dozen mortars. In short, the firepower is very fierce. If we rush forward without preparation, I'm afraid the losses will be huge!"

"Even if we have armored vehicles leading the charge, it will be difficult to pass the ambush area ahead. This time the enemy is determined to kill us. We can't just rush forward foolishly. Let's wait for the college students. With the addition of the college student battalion, our chances of winning will be better with the two battalions combined!"

Li Yunlong anticipated that Xue Changkun's revenge would be quick, but he didn't expect Xue Changkun to go to such a big length and mobilize an entire regiment of troops. Was he really going to break off relations with him?

But thinking of Xue Kai's instructions to him, Li Yunlong suppressed this idea. He had dealt with Xue Changkun before, but when he met Xue Changkun this time, he always felt that the other party was like a different person. His whole face looked very uncomfortable. The first feeling was that this person was very cunning and insidious, which was completely different from Xue Changkun's previous carefree character.

But there was nothing wrong with the other party's behavior, and he had never heard of any fighting inside the 726th Regiment before. Until now, he still didn't understand what Xue Kai said: Captain Li, some things are just my intuition. I always feel that our captain has been replaced by someone else. I am investigating the matter. You must be careful when you go back this time. Even if you encounter an ambush, that is definitely not our captain's intention. There must be a misunderstanding. You must be more tolerant!

It was precisely because of this vague sentence that Li Yunlong did not send troops to attack directly. Even if there was a regiment of troops in front, Li Yunlong would not take it seriously. War is all about momentum, and the brave will win when two meet in a narrow road. He even dared to confront the Sakata Regiment head-on, let alone the group of rabble in front of him.

Li Yunlong thought for a moment and said, "If the enemy doesn't move, I won't move! Since they want to ambush us, let them wait patiently! We can take this opportunity to let the brothers have a good rest!"

Wei Dayong asked uncertainly: "Captain, what if the other party attacks us directly?"

Li Yunlong kicked the dirt clod aside and cursed: "Damn it, there is nothing to worry about. If they dare to come, we will beat them up and let them see how powerful our independent regiment is! When has our independent regiment ever been afraid? Last time, we beat the Yoshino Regiment of the Japanese devils away. I don't believe that this group of people can be more powerful than the Yoshino Regiment!"

Wei Dayong sneered and said, "Captain, I see that many of those people are from the bandits in this area. They may be good at fighting a favorable battle, but if they run into a tough guy like our independent regiment, we can teach them a lesson in one go!"

Li Yunlong glared at the monk unhappily, took out a cigarette and lit it with a match, took a puff, blew out a circle, waved his hand and said, "Monk, stop talking nonsense here. I don't need you to brag for me. Go do what you need to do. Leave one company to keep an eye on them and let the other soldiers rest in peace. There's no need to take these bastards to heart!"

Wei Dayong secretly took a cigarette from Li Yunlong's cigarette box, grinned and turned away. Li Yunlong looked at his useless appearance and wanted to kick him. He looked at the only cigarette left in the cigarette box, put the cigarette box back into his pocket, thinking that he had to smoke sparingly this time.

When it was time to eat, Li Yunlong said to Zhang Dabiao, "Dabiao, let the brothers take turns to eat. The monk told me before that there is an ambush of nearly 3000 troops in Erchaling. Let the brothers take turns to eat and be on guard. Fill up the four armored vehicles with fuel and don't turn off the engines. If they really come to attack stupidly later, they will come in handy!"

"Tell the armored vehicles to be careful, the enemy has artillery. Don't just rush forward in a straight line, you have to move in a zigzag pattern. Only in this way will it be much easier to dodge the shells. You have to use the skills the college students taught you, don't just forget everything and rush forward. We can't do such a stupid thing!"

Zhang Dabiao really didn't expect that someone would dare to ambush the Independent Regiment. He knew that the Independent Regiment was very famous in northwestern Shanxi. The Japanese even shouted the slogan "attack anyone else but the Independent Regiment", which made the Independent Regiment famous throughout northern Shanxi.

"Captain, the armored battalion has been training very hard these days. It is easy for them to deal with a small shrimp like me. As long as they dare to attack us, our armored battalion will resolutely destroy them!"

Li Yunlong narrowed his eyes at Zhang Dabiao and scolded him with a smile: "Zhang Dabiao, who did you learn this bad habit from? You are so shameless when you brag about it. You are still talking about the armored battalion. We only have four armored vehicles in total. Now we are leading the first battalion. Don't keep getting confused!"

"Alright, I'm too lazy to say anything more to you. Hurry up and do what I tell you. We're not going to leave today. We're going to have a good time with them and wait for the college students. I want to see how patient they are!"

Li Yunlong's delaying tactic really made Xue Laosan speechless. He did not expect Li Yunlong to be so shameless and stop there and not move. His location was still one kilometer away from the encirclement. This was completely different from Li Yunlong's previous style of doing things. Li Yunlong should not have rushed up with his men at this time. Why was he so calm this time? This is totally unreasonable!

Xue Lao San angrily asked the jade-faced scholar beside him: "Scholar, you f*cking told me that this time it would be absolutely foolproof, but now Li Yunlong doesn't even take the bait, what do you want me to do?"

The Jade-faced Scholar replied angrily, "There is not even a flying bird in our area. Even a fool can see that there is an ambush here. And those merchants were also driven to another road by you in advance. Even if Li Yunlong is stupid, he will find something wrong. I told you not to do that before, but you insisted on going against me for that little bit of money. Are you happy now?"

"We only have two choices now. One is that we continue to wait here. This is the only way for Li Yunlong to return to the base. No matter how long he stays in other places, he has to pass through us!"

"The second option is to abandon this ambush site and directly attack Li Yunlong. The two battalions under your command are still okay, but those bandits may disperse during the fight. I'm not sure whether we can capture Li Yunlong in the end!"

Xue Laosan lit a cigarette and started smoking. The Jade-faced Scholar gave him two choices, but he didn't want to choose either one. He just wanted Li Yunlong to walk into the encirclement on his own initiative, but that was simply impossible. Time did not allow him to wait any longer. According to previous intelligence, the college student had another battalion in his hands. Once the two sides joined together, it would be almost impossible for him to defeat the other side. Now he only had one choice, which was to take the initiative to attack.

Xue Laosan spat out the half-burned cigarette butt in his mouth and cursed, "Scholar, I can't wait any longer. You won't give me the chance to wait any longer. So I can only lead my men to fight and take the initiative to attack Li Yunlong's troops. I'll leave Xie Baoqing to you. I'll give you a company of supervisory teams. If the bandits dare to escape, just shoot them!"

The jade-faced scholar gently shook his feather fan and replied solemnly, "Third Master, I have already made arrangements with Xie Baoqing. If anyone dares to desert, I will never show mercy! This time, Third Master has no way out, and neither do I. If we don't capture Li Yunlong, we will have no way to explain to the people behind the scenes. Even the things they promised us before will all come to nothing!"

"Once this matter is exposed, neither you nor I will have a good ending. Even our relatives are no exception. Even if we don't think about ourselves, we should think more about our relatives. People have things they care about throughout their lives. This time, the two of us must fight hard. Only by fighting hard can we have a chance of winning!"

"Li Yunlong only has one battalion of troops, while we have four battalions of troops, as well as machine guns and artillery. We have the advantage in personnel and equipment. As long as we don't care about casualties, even if Li Yunlong is a good fighter, he won't be able to turn the tables in the face of a 4 to 1 difference in troops!"

"Li Yunlong's previous battle record is not as impressive as he boasted. The real heroes are the college students of the independent regiment. Let's deal with Li Yunlong first before the college students arrive!"

Lin Zhenhua had no idea that his reputation was so great that even the Japanese spies had heard of his name and were frightened by his fame. If they had known, they would have laughed three times to express their inner joy.