Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 240 Smooth Declaration

Chu Yunfei is very angry now, especially after knowing the whole story, he is even more furious.

"Has Chongqing lost its mind? All the losses are from China's armed forces! Maybe the Japanese are laughing at the joke now!"

"Commander, let's not discuss the matter of the higher-ups for now. Now that the telephone line to the outside of the city has been cut off, what should we do?"

Chu Yunfei picked up the telescope again and looked at the gradually deployed armored forces. It seemed that this was not a bluff.

Even if it was a military exercise, if Li Yunlong was really pissed off, he would most likely turn his fake act into reality.

"Well, I will arrange a meeting with Li Yunlong in my personal name, and try to get him to withdraw his troops for the sake of the gift of guns. Then, in the name of the 358th Regiment, I will report the current situation to Commander Yan and ask for the next step!"

Two telegrams were sent, but neither received a response.

Li Yunlong, who was dozens of kilometers away, swung the telegram.

"Brother Yunfei, I'm not the one who wants your life now, but you guys are the ones who want my life!"

"Does the Commander need a reply?"

"Well, you can tell me that you are out on business and did not bring your radio with you. Please report back when I come back!"

Chu Yunfei waited anxiously, but all he got was this bland remark.

"It seems that Commander Yan has hit a wall this time!"

Five minutes later, a telegram signed by the Second War Zone Command was delivered to Chu Yunfei.

"358th Regiment, the current situation is complicated. We will try our best to avoid conflict, but please be prepared for battle, defend Linzhou to the death, and annihilate all invading enemies!"

Chu Yunfei's heart was completely chilled. After waiting for a long time, he actually received the order that he and Linzhou City should live and die together.

"My Lord Commander Yan, we are facing the armed forces of China, not the Japanese. Moreover, how can we let our soldiers fight against Li Yunlong's iron torrent?"

Fang Ligong made a gesture to Chu Yunfei to keep quiet and asked his attendants to leave.

"Be careful with your words, for walls have ears."

It would be fine if you didn't mention this, but mentioning it would just add fuel to the fire.

"If Chongqing could focus on fighting the Japanese, would we have lost so much land and sacrificed so many men?"

Fang Ligong remained silent. The cautious Fang Ligong here gave him the greatest support.

After a while, Chu Yunfei finally calmed down.

"I'm just complaining. Let the soldiers get ready. If things don't work, withdraw from Linzhou!"

"Commander, the Second War Zone Command has ordered us to defend Linzhou to the death."

"I can't joke about the lives of the soldiers! All the blame will be borne by me alone!"

After Chu Yunfei gave the order, he felt completely exhausted.

There was only one of his battalions in the city, the other three battalions were outside the city and had been divided and surrounded by Li Yunlong's independent column.

The 358th Regiment is a reinforced regiment with more than people, but the rd Armored Division has four times as many people and countless times more firepower.

What can I use to fight against Li Yunlong?

Catch the shell with bare hands?

Far away in Taiyuan, Yoshio Shinozuka sat in the headquarters with a wide grin on his face.

"Yoshi, the Chinese army is finally experiencing internal strife. Let's watch the show from now on!"

"General, should we contact our old friend Yan Xishan? Maybe he needs a fire at this time!"

Yoshio Shinozuka pondered for a moment, his face full of sinisterness.

"Tell Yan Xishan that if he can wipe the independent column off the map, he will be a friend of the empire, and Changzhi, Pingshun and Jincheng will also be his territory. The empire promises not to attack again!"

The pie that Yoshio Shinozuka drew was like an injection of stimulants into the crazy Yan Xishan, making him completely lose his mind.

Finally, in the early morning of the next day, despite the warnings of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment, they forced their way across the Yellow River.

"Captain, what should we do?"

"Retreat to Fenglingdu Town. Have the 150mm howitzers and all the supplies been loaded onto the trucks?"

“The loading has been completed!”

"withdraw!"

It was thought that there would be fierce fighting at the Fenghuangzui ferry crossing in Fenglingdu, but unexpectedly, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army occupied Fenghuangzui without firing a single shot.

"Send a message to Commander Yan. Our troops have occupied Phoenix Mouth. We have occupied Phoenix Mouth!"

When Yan Xishan saw the telegram, he felt relieved.

"It seems that Li Yunlong is scared. The hundreds of thousands of troops we have are not pushovers! Order the troops to advance quickly towards Fenglingdu to ensure that the follow-up large forces can be deployed smoothly!"

At the same time that Yan Xishan sent the telegram, the reconnaissance battalion of the independent column was also forcing a crossing of the Yellow River at the westernmost bank of the Yellow River in Yongji County, north of Fenglingdu.

The unprepared garrison troops in the Second War Zone were quickly disarmed by Wei Dayong.

"Send a telegram to Commander Li immediately. Our troops have captured the position on the west side of the Yellow River in Yongji!"

Li Yunlong and Wang Meng at the independent column headquarters looked at the telegram and laughed out loud.

One side of the Yongji Yellow River Bridge, which was about to be completed, was in the area controlled by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. In order to ensure the safety of the bridge, Li Yunlong and Wang Meng had been thinking about how to take the position on that end.

Just when they were about to go to sleep, someone handed them a pillow. Li Yunlong and Wang Meng happened to have such a good opportunity.

"Let Monk Wei immediately expand the victory and open up a passage from the bridge to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia base area, and ensure that the area within a hundred miles of the bridge is ours!"

After Li Yunlong finished the arrangements, he asked Wang Meng if he had anything to add.

"Commander, the press group we invited to Fenglingdu has already recorded all the images of Yan Xishan occupying Fenghuangzui in their cameras! Our Pingshun Radio Station can also show the whole country Yan Xishan's ugly face!"

Li Yunlong laughed happier than when he got married, although he had never married before.

"Okay, let's do it! We have a legitimate reason to do this. By the way, let Wei Dayong control the situation and make sure no one catches us!"

Wang Meng immediately went out and turned right, found Lin Shubing, and asked him to draft a declaration about the independent column.

The general meaning is that the Chongqing government disregarded morality and let them attack Taiyuan like moths to a flame.

Therefore, in order to preserve the anti-Japanese forces, they decided to leave the Eighth Route Army and the 386th Brigade. However, no matter what, they will continue to fight the devils as always. Please keep your eyes open and don't be deceived by the hypocritical faces of some people.

Wang Meng took the declaration drafted by Lin Shubing, took a jeep to Pingshun County, copied the declaration into several copies, and distributed them to the branches of major newspapers.

Then he took the final copy of the declaration to Pingshun Radio Station and broadcast it to the people of the whole country through the radio frequency.

On December 1942, 12, the "Pingshun Declaration" was everywhere in the streets and alleys of Chongqing.

"Damn it, the independent column is still just talking nonsense. Order Yan Xishan to attack immediately!"