Chapter 31: Strike First

  Yang Junran's occupied county town and Zhou Yulan's occupied mountainous area are not far apart, but they belong to two completely different administrative regions.

  It's just like a border between two countries, although they are close in distance, but have different nationalities.

  Zhou Yulan's mountainous area belongs to Xilingol League, Yang Junran's county town belongs to Dariganga Banner.

  Li Shouxin has already deployed his plan in Dariganga, and here in Xilingol League, it naturally also caught the attention of the Japanese.

  This Xilingol League is really something, apart from having a big traitor to the Mongols, he also holds the position of league leader.

  This general is currently serving as the commander-in-chief of the Mongolian army and vice chairman of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Government, De Wang.

  At first, King De was not paying much attention to it, but once he saw that things seemed to be going wrong, if these people were allowed to continue developing on their own turf, things would probably not be so easy.

  The Japanese character was well understood and in order to reassure the Japanese, the German king dispatched an infantry division and a cavalry division, totaling nearly four thousand troops.

  This force of four thousand men, combined with the existing troops in Xilingol League, formed a force of more than five thousand men, preparing to launch an encirclement campaign against Zhou Yulan's mountainous area.

  The King of Germany is not a simple person, he personally deployed this plan.

  And for the people, he also made a special statement that he would not target any ordinary people, but only drive out the "bandits" in the mountainous areas.

  As for De Wang's actions this time, Zhou Yulan was very concerned.

  Although the villagers in the mountains have been with the female soldiers for a long time, they were originally under the leadership of Te Wang.

  In order to disrupt the German king's deployment in advance, Zhou Yulan decided to launch a surprise attack.

  Due to concerns about troop strength, Zhou Yulan could only dispatch Meng Yuemei here to ask Yang Junran's intentions.

  County Command Center

  Choi Jeong-myeong smiled and sat on the chair, directly rejecting Meng Yumei's request.

  His reason was simple: guerrilla warfare is not suitable for now and needs a period of rest before fighting.

  Meng Yumei's face didn't look very good, her eyebrows were tightly furrowed together.

  She didn't know if she still had a reason to stay, but she wanted to see Yang Junran and hear what he had to say.

  Yang Junran outside had already run over, because of the long running reason, forehead on has revealed sweat marks.

  "Commander Yang, you're back. There are some things I'd like to discuss with you." Meng Yumei said with a slightly reserved tone after seeing Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran smiled and said to Meng Yumei, "If there's something on your mind, just say it. We don't need to be polite with each other."

  Yang Junran originally wanted to say that their guerrilla troops and the female soldiers had a good relationship, but saying it this way could lead people nearby to misunderstand.

  Meng Yumei's face turned slightly red as she fell silent, looking at Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran looked around at the puzzled eyes and only then realized he had misspoken.

  "This and that. I mean the relationship between the guerrillas and the female soldiers is not bad, don't get me wrong." Yang Junran said hastily.

  "Commander Yang, our big sister is preparing to attack Duolun County Town. There are a lot of supplies and ammunition there." Meng Yumei said directly, looking at Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran sat on the chair and gestured for Meng Yumei to sit down.

  Before Yang Junran could respond, Cui Zhengming on the side said: "Commander, for now we should still prioritize rest and reorganization. I suggest that we shouldn't send troops to fight against the Japanese yet. We should wait until our strength grows before having the capital to compete with the Japanese."

  Looking at Cui Zhengming, Meng Yumei's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, worried that Yang Junran would listen to the colonel's opinion.

  "Choi, it seems you've forgotten your position. You're the head of the telegraph office, not the strategy office. As for battle plans, I have my own judgment. Don't say anything more. Have you completed the task I assigned to you? If not, go back to work." Yang Junran's face wasn't looking good, his tone was very stern.

  Choi Jeong-myeong stood up and walked out with a smile.

  Although Yang Junran repeatedly made things difficult for him, he didn't mind at all. As long as he could pull Yang Junran into the Central Army's series, Cui Zhengming would gain a lot of benefits.

  He was waiting for Yang Junran to join the combat sequence of the Central Army.

  "Don't listen to his nonsense, I'll arrange this matter immediately. I'll dispatch a reinforced battalion to follow you and take action." Yang Junran said hastily to Meng Yumei after Cui Zhengming left.

  Seeing Yang Junran like this, Meng Yumei finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  "Commander Yang, if you have any difficulties, we won't force you." Meng Yumei said seriously, looking at Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran smiled and said hastily, "Don't worry, we don't have any difficulties. Xia Canmou, Fang Canmou Zhang, immediately let the fourth branch team prepare, cooperate with Zhou Siling's action, temporarily hand over the things here to Fang Canmou Zhang for unified command, I will lead the fourth branch team to support the female soldiers' battle."

  Xia Ke hastily bowed and ran out towards the outside.

  Meng Yumei felt relieved when she saw Yang Junran like this.

  In a short while, the fourth detachment of the Second Guerrilla Column assembled, and to strengthen the combat effectiveness, Yang Junran also gathered the artillery regiment of the Second Column.

  Although the tank regiment was not established for a long time, there were also several armored soldiers.

  To cultivate these few armored soldiers, Yang Junran still dispatched two armored tanks, and the remaining thirty-eight tanks remained in the county seat.

  Fang Hanqin was very surprised when he saw the situation here after returning from the instructional team.

  "Commander, what's going on?" Fang Hanchen asked in confusion upon seeing Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran smiled and said to Fang Hanqin, "You're back just in time. You take care of things here for now. I'll go support the female soldiers in battle. They're preparing to attack Duolun County City."

  Fang Hanchen's face showed some surprise, but since Yang Junran had made up his mind, he wouldn't say anything more.

  Inside the mountainous area, Zhou Yulan's command center.

  Several female soldiers wearing National Army uniforms have gathered here.

  Yang Junran, who had just rushed over, was sitting on the side. He was invited to attend this meeting, but he didn't have any speaking rights.

  Zhou Yulan had already walked in with a military uniform on, and the fragrance on her body had already entered Yang Junran's nostrils.

  This time Zhou Yulan was still like before, covering her face with gauze.

  Yang Junran looked at Zhou Yulan, and his heart was still fluctuating.

  Although he had been busy for several days and hadn't seen Zhou Yulan, Yang Junran still had some thoughts of her in his heart.

  "Commander Yang." Zhou Yulan walked up to Yang Junran's side and smiled slightly.

  Yang Junran nodded and did not stand up.

  Zhou Yulan has walked up to her position and is looking seriously at several female military officers.

  "According to intelligence, the Mongolian army has gathered more than 5,000 people in Duolun, preparing to attack our mountainous area. I and Yuemei, Qiaoru have discussed it, we want to take the initiative to launch a preemptive strike against the Mongolian army in Duolun County, kill as many Mongolian soldiers as possible, and make them give up their attack on us." Zhou Yulan said seriously, looking at the female officers.

  "Yes, sister." The female officers stood up and shouted loudly.

  Yang Junran on the side was in no mood to listen to what they were saying, but instead thinking about how to attack Duolun.

  Although he did not know much about Duolun, in later generations he still knew this county town.

  Since the Mongolian army has gathered its forces here, the defense situation here should not be very weak.

  "Commander Yang, would you like to discuss your views?" Just as Yang Junran was thinking, Zhou Yulan's voice came over.

  Yang Junran took a look and smiled, waving his hand: "No need, you all continue discussing, I have no opinion."

  Zhou Yulan saw Yang Junran's appearance, smiled and said: "Alright, you all go back to prepare, tonight we will set out immediately, striving to arrive at the outskirts of Duolun by dawn tomorrow."

  The female officers nodded quickly and walked out towards the outside.

  "Commander Yang, can you still march or not? If it's really impossible, then rest for a night and act tomorrow." Zhou Yulan walked over and said to Yang Junran.

  Yang Junran heard this and although he was very tired, he couldn't lose face in front of these women.

  "No problem at all, I'll go gather the troops right away." Yang Junran said with a smile.

  "Hey, I'm telling you, if you can't handle it just say so, don't cause trouble for me later. As I said, our female soldiers can completely solve the problem. You're coming along to help us cover the rear and guard the artillery, that's all. How many people did you bring this time? It won't be a few hundred, will it?" Chen Qiaoru walked over with wide eyes.

  Zhou Yulan glanced at Chen Qieru, and Chen Qieru stuck out her tongue and ran out towards the outside.

  "Commander Yang, that's just how she is. Hope you won't mind." Zhou Yulan saw that although Yang Junran still had a smile on his face, his eyes were clearly somewhat displeased.

  "It's okay, I'll go prepare." Yang Junran smiled and walked out towards the outside.

  After seeing Yang Junran leave, Zhou Yulan said to Meng Yumei beside her: "There are so many of them, and there are still people stationed in the county town. We can't delay their affairs because of our things here."

  "This time they have more than 3,000 people, and many cannons. Commander Yang also brought two tanks. Their strength has increased a lot, and the National Government also sent a head of the secret telegraph department over. However, this person seems to be very cunning, and Yang Junran's attitude towards him is not very good." Meng Yumei said to Zhou Yulan.

  Zhou Yulan furrowed her brow and didn't say anything, but instead took Meng Yumei and walked out towards the outside.

  The troops have set out, including Yang Junran's unit, a total of more than 6,000 people, carrying artillery, light and heavy machine guns, marching in the direction of Duolun.

  All the way, Yang Junran was very sad. The sound and smell inside this tank made Yang Junran lose his good impression of tanks in this era.