Outside the city gate, Li Yunlong slowly looked up at the plaque on the city.

The eyes were filled with emotion!

"Old Ding Lao Kong, counting this, it should be our second time here!"

Ding Wei and Kong Jie nodded: "For the first time, when we left, we were chased by the Japanese like our third grandson. This time, we can finally enter the city with a swagger!"

"Yeah!" Li Yunlong responded, and his heart suddenly felt a lot of emotion.

Taiyuan, the core of Shanxi, has finally returned to the hands of us Chinese.

This is obtained by countless military and civilians who have devoted countless lives.

Li Yunlong instantly remembered many lost faces in his mind.

Some people died in front of them as soon as they became familiar with each other.

Some people, if they don’t even know their name, will never see anyone again.

There were more people who died in battle and were unable to recover their corpses in the end. The family didn't even know that he was dead, let alone their names.

There are also countless ordinary people who were killed one by one after another after the Japanese sweeps.

After Li Yunlong came to this life, he saw with his own eyes that all the people in a village were burned to death by the Japanese.

The child was even placed on the millstone...

Li Yunlong clenched his fists tightly, his eyes full of hatred and anger.

Today, they finally took revenge.

The Japanese devils deserve to go to hell.

"Old Li, let's go, the boss and the others are still waiting for us inside!" Zhao Gang reminded in a low voice.

Li Yunlong said "yes", pulled the horse rope and walked towards Taiyuan City.

As soon as we entered the city gate, the people standing by the roadside had another warm welcome.

Because the Eighth Route Army troops continued to enter the city, the people spontaneously stayed on the street.

Although the boss has ordered them to go back.

But it cannot withstand the enthusiasm of the people!

They were exploited by the Japanese for too long and finally saw their troops entering the city. This day can be said to be the happiest and most meaningful day for them in the years.

Seeing the people happy, Li Yunlong felt from the bottom of his heart that everything he had done before was worth it.

Protecting the country and the people is the responsibility of their soldiers no matter what era they change.

Kong Jie laughed excitedly: "Old Li, have you seen it? The villagers have long been looking forward to our arrival."

Li Yunlong nodded. Just as he was about to say something, he heard someone calling his name in front of him.

From a distance, I saw Fang Ligong and others greeting him quickly.

"Staff Officer Fang?" Li Yunlong was stunned and dismounted and said, "What? Brother Yunfei asked you to pick me up into the city?"

Fang Ligong laughed: "That's not, but it's almost the same."

"It was the boss who asked me to come here. The boss and the others are waiting for you in the Japanese command center!"

Li Yunlong smiled and said, "Old Ding and Old Kong, have you seen it? The boss has to wait for us now. We have a great face now!"

Ding Wei laughed: "We have made great contributions this time. I guess the boss is going to reward merits. Wouldn't you wait for you?"

"You have to think about it. This time you have to ask the boss for more things. Don't put the 38th tower to the base again, and you need more light and heavy machine guns!"

Kong Jie echoed: "That's right, the warehouse is almost impossible to pile up. I don't want to use the fire stick like the 38th large-scale fire stick for free now!"

Li Yunlong laughed and joked: "When you asked you kid to throw down your weapon and move from Yangcun to Xiaohuangshan, I didn't know who it was, so I almost cried."

"At that time, you didn't use the 38th hood? You still dislike it now?"

Kong Jie's old face turned red: "You kid, don't pick up any pot without opening it. Go away quickly, but don't be anxious for the boss."

Li Yunlong laughed and got on his horse and walked towards the command center.

"Yo! Look, who is here?"

As soon as Li Yunlong walked into the gate, Cheng Xiaozi immediately welcomed him enthusiastically: "Look, our great hero is here."

"Go and go!" Li Yunlong glanced at Cheng Xiaozi in anger: "What are you doing so enthusiastic? I don't owe you money."

"You show your kindness to me if you have nothing to do, either you are a traitor or a thief. You kid don't want to give me the pain, right?"

The blind man Cheng was defeated and said angrily: "Old Li, you misunderstood me. This time you stick to the secret of the wife and buy time for the large army to take Taiyuan. What's more, the one who first attacked Taiyuan this time is yours. I sincerely thank you this time!"

"That's it!" Xu Shengji echoed: "Old Li, not everyone is like you, thinking about calculating others every day."

"This time, you have made great contributions!"

Li Yunlong took a deep breath: "Old Xu, are you praising me? Why doesn't I smell that way?"

Xu Shengji was stunned and pretended to be thinking: "Let me think about it..."

"Yes! I'm just praising you again..."

"Go to yours!" Li Yunlong pushed Xu Shengji in anger: "But to say that as long as we are Lao Li, we can't lose our wife's hinds. You just have to worry and dare to fight Taiyuan. Lao Li is your most solid backing!"

"Hahaha, you kid are still pretending?" The division commander walked to Li Yunlong, patted his shoulder and said, "You kid did a good job this time. You are worthy of being the soldier I led. You really give me a face!"

Li Yunlong was stunned and joked: "Teacher, can you hear you praise us? Could it be that the sun rose from the west today?"

"If you want me to see, I won't be praised. You can take the things you took from me before..."

The commander thrust his face and laughed, "Today is a good day to attack Taiyuan. Don't talk about this or this..."

Everyone laughed again.

After some chat, the boss suddenly looked dim: "This time, we have won Taiyuan, which has achieved unprecedented results, but at the same time we have also paid a heavy price."

"I called you here this time, and I also want to count the casualties of each unit."

As soon as the boss finished speaking, everyone immediately lowered their heads and showed a dull look on their faces.

"Li Yunlong, you are the great hero this time. How many people have you lost when your wife is there?"

Li Yunlong sniffed: "The casualties this time are quite serious. Originally, our army had more than 15,000 people, and there were more than 10,000 left after the Battle of Ping'an County. Nearly 7,500 casualties were caused by Niangziguan and Taiyuan. This time, I was seriously injured."

Speaking of this, Li Yunlong's heart was as if he had been shattered. He had never suffered such a big loss since he came through time.

When everyone heard the casualties, they suddenly fell silent. They only knew that Li Yunlong had made great contributions this time, but they did not expect that Li Yunlong's losses this time were so great that they didn't know that they should comfort him like this for a moment.

Seeing this, Li Yunlong stood up and said, "This time, although my troops suffered heavy losses, they killed many Japanese soldiers, and there were three divisions in total."

The boss nodded: "You have achieved such a battle and killed so many Japanese devils. I believe that the comrades who died in battle can also rest in peace in the sky."

After saying that, the boss took a deep breath: "Okay, how are the casualties of other troops?"

Cheng Xiazi slowly stood up: "My condition is similar to Lao Li. In the number of people in the eight battalions, half of the soldiers died on the way to siege the city. Now...hey!"

As soon as Cheng Xiazi finished speaking, Xu Jisheng stood up and said, "The casualties were very small this time. Our 771st Regiment has a battalion left, including the seriously injured persons..."

Immediately afterwards, the commanders of each unit came forward to report, without exception, this time everyone was injured. The worst unit was even left with only two squads, one of which had the kitchen squad.

And all of these team leaders, including Li Yunlong, felt extremely uncomfortable when reporting on the damage to the war.

Because, they could not bring these soldiers back.

After the last person finished reporting, everyone in the hall was silent, and the boss slowly stood up: "It seems that everyone has suffered a lot of losses. Although Taiyuan was taken this time, it also suffered huge casualties."

"When we attacked Taiyuan, we came in a total of more than 100,000 people, nearly one-third of them died in battle, and there were many minor and serious injuries."

"The fundamental reason for such large casualties is that the weapons and equipment are high and strong, and our troops lack heavy weapons. Therefore, even if there are few Japanese in some places, we still have huge casualties to take them down."

"It can be said that this victory was filled with life."

"But then again, even when the firepower of the two sides was disparate, we still took Taiyuan, which shows that the will of the Chinese people can defeat the Japanese planes and cannons. Just to attack this point, we living people must pay tribute to the sacrificed comrades."

As he said that, everyone stood up, took off their hats and observed a moment of silence in the direction outside the city.

After the silence, the boss sighed and said, "I believe everyone has seen this battle. Although our combat effectiveness is not weak, we are indeed inferior to the Japanese in terms of weapons."

"If Li Yunlong hadn't blocked the Japanese's support at Niangzi Pass and attracted a lot of firepower for us, I'm afraid we wouldn't have been able to take Taiyuan this time."

"What the boss said!" Xu Shengji said: "Old Li just said that if the three divisions of the Japanese were replaced by us, I'm afraid we might not be able to defend the Maiden Pass."

"If the Japanese from these three divisions support to Taiyuan, the consequences may be unimaginable."

Everyone nodded, and they asked themselves, if it were them, the forces of the three divisions would not be able to defend even if there was such a natural danger as Niangzi Pass.

The boss pondered for a moment and said, "From now on, give all the seized weapons you have from your hands and can make them, so that they can help the troops improve their combat effectiveness."

"At least, in the future, we will never be bullied by the Japanese on the land of Shanxi, and we will never let the soldiers take this risk."

Everyone nodded.

At this moment, a soldier hurriedly walked in: "Report to the boss, Chief Yan of the Jinsui Army is here!"
Chapter completed!