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

Chapter 493 Datong, recovered!

Thinking of this question, Yoshio Shinozuka's face turned pale instantly.

"Your Highness, there is another very serious problem."

No matter how Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko feels, even if he is scolded harshly by it, he still needs to be reminded of this issue.

"Say!"

Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, who was on the verge of a rage, squeezed out this word from his throat, and it seemed that he would go crazy if he said one more word.

“Your Highness, now that our Third Independent Mixed Brigade has been almost completely destroyed, we only have a few hundred garrisoned military police and some locust soldiers left in Datong City.

I am afraid......"

Yoshio Shinozuka lowered his voice and did not dare to continue speaking, but the people present had already understood what Shinozuka meant, which was that Datong City might be lost.

Prince Asaka Naruhiko originally thought that the annihilation of Yoshizawa Tadao's troops by the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment was a slap in the face for himself. However, when Shinozuka Yoshio reminded him that Datong City might be lost, he realized that he had only slapped himself once in the face, and now he would be slapped again on the other side of his face.

If it was just a matter of face just now, then after being slapped twice in a row, it is no longer just a matter of face. As a prince of the devils, he should consider the issue of substance more.

Now that Yukou Coal Mine and Datong City have both been captured, not only will the locust army's energy supply be affected to a certain extent, but the connection between Jin and Ji will also be cut off.

Now after the defeat in Zhongtiao Mountain, the Japanese can no longer easily cooperate with the Japanese in Henan. If the connection between Jin and Ji is cut off again, I am afraid that the Japanese in Jin will really become an isolated island.

Thinking of such serious consequences, the devil prince was now extremely anxious, like an ant on hot pan.

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While the Japanese prince was suffering, the independent regiment was constantly speeding up the assault on Datong City.

"Comrades, it takes four hours to get from here to Datong City. It's three o'clock in the afternoon now. Let's try to have dinner in Datong City today!"

Li Yunlong shouted to the soldiers from the first and second battalions.

In fact, after receiving the order, Wang Huaibao's Third Battalion ran towards Datong City without stopping, which was even faster than the speed at which the previous brigade commander completed the penetration from the west line of Zhongtiao Mountain to the east line.

Since Wang Huaibao's ambush was halfway, he would arrive much earlier than the main force. Normally, it would take two hours for a strong civilian to walk fast without carrying any weight. Unexpectedly, Wang Huaibao and the Third Battalion, fully armed, arrived there in just one hour and fifty minutes. This was definitely a case of speed being of the essence.

I had already asked the regiment commander for instructions when we were on the way, and as long as the Third Battalion had enough strength to arrive, we could launch an attack on Datong City.

At that time, Lao Li's original words were: "Isn't it just a few cities? You three battalions can definitely launch the main attack, I approve it! But you must not do any work that will put you at a disadvantage. If I knew that you were causing unnecessary losses to the team by doing it recklessly, I would definitely punish you after this battle is over!"

When Wang Huaibao received this order, his heart was filled with joy. With this order as a foundation, he could go all out and work hard.

In our history of battles, this is probably the first time that we have attacked a large city occupied by the devils. Although the previous attack on Ping'an County was extremely exciting, it was only the scale of a county.

Now we are going to attack Datong. Wang Huaibao rubbed his hands excitedly when he thought of this.

When he appeared at the gate of Datong City with three battalions, he encountered a very embarrassing situation.

That is, the tight defense of the Japanese as Wang Huaibao expected did not occur. Instead, there was a strange sense of desolation on the city gate tower.

To make an exaggerated description, there was not even a single Japanese soldier on the city gate tower of Datong. Even the Japanese plaster flags were hung crookedly, which did not look like they were ready for battle at all.

This confused Wang Huaibao. What the hell was going on?

Could it be that the Japanese had set up an empty city plan for him? When he entered the city, there were thousands of Japanese swordsmen lying in ambush everywhere in the city, waiting for the Japanese commander to give the order to chop him and his men into meat sauce?

Wang Huaibao, with more than a thousand soldiers from the Third Battalion of the Independent Regiment, stood at the foot of Datong City in a daze. He hesitated for seven or eight minutes and didn't know what to do. He couldn't just launch a round of rocket launchers regardless of whether there were any Japanese invaders or not, right?

This isn't the way to do it.

In the end, Wang Huaibao arranged for someone to ask the regiment commander for instructions, and at the same time sent two squads of soldiers into the city to find out the situation, so as to avoid falling into a trap set by the Japanese.

Half an hour later, the two squads of soldiers had circled the entire city of Datong. Sensing that a war was about to break out, the civilians all dispersed. The Japanese military camp was completely empty. Apart from some guns and ammunition, all other supplies were not taken away. Moreover, the entire military camp and the Japanese headquarters were in a mess. It did not seem like a premeditated retreat, but rather a hasty act.

The soldiers who entered the city made a simple judgment that the Japanese must have received the news that the entire 3rd Independent Mixed Brigade had been wiped out, so they retreated in a hurry.

But these soldiers never imagined that they would actually be able to see the Japanese fleeing in panic in their lifetime. It was really a great loss for them.

After comprehensively analyzing information from all aspects and obtaining the regiment commander's approval and confirming that the journey would only take an hour, Wang Huaibao waved his hand and led the entire third battalion of soldiers into Datong City.

When Li Yunlong led the first and second battalions to the outskirts of Datong City, he saw that Wang Huaibao was fast enough to have taken down all of the Japs' bullshit flags. Our military flag was flying on the top of the city wall of Datong City.

"Damn Wang Huaibao, you're pretty quick."

Li Yunlong looked up at the red flag flying over the city wall of Datong in the afternoon and muttered to himself.

"Pass the order down, search Datong City carefully, and don't miss any suspicious places. At the same time, pay attention to discipline and resolutely do not take any needle or thread from the people. Otherwise, you will be punished according to military law!"

Li Yunlong gave the order seriously.

Although he had allowed his soldiers to rob friendly forces of their food in the past, he was forced to do so. Now he deeply understands the importance of military discipline.

Moreover, when large-scale military operations are carried out, military discipline must be strict.

This is the first large city we have recovered, and it must be used as a benchmark. Old Li does have this sensitivity.

Li Yunlong arranged everything and led the team into Datong City.

Datong, recovered!