Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Are the Japanese coming?!" Li Jin immediately guessed what was going on. After all, he was the one who asked Tian Xiaoqi to guard the road into the mountain.

"Well, about 300 people came." Tian Xiaoqi nodded. He estimated the number of people and it should be about the same.

"300 people?! To fight bandits, they actually sent so many people into the mountains. The devils want to eat us all in one go." Li Jin sneered, apparently irritating the devils in the county.

Otherwise, these bandits from Junhuang Mountain would not need to send so many people into the mountain.

Obviously they were afraid that the bandits would scatter and become difficult to pursue, so they sent so many people in. After all, one squad of Japanese soldiers could deal with many bandits.

"Then are we going to face the enemy now?!" Zhang Cheng asked. The enemy was coming in a menacing manner, and it was obvious that he had no intention of letting them go.

"No, retreat first." Li Jin shook his head. It's not time to face the enemy yet, so he should show weakness first and let the Japanese relax their vigilance, and then eat them in one go.

"Lao Zhang, you immediately ask the soldiers of the new regiment to retreat to the mountains to the east first." Li Jin ordered.

"Okay, what about you?!" Zhang Cheng said, hearing what Li Jin meant, he didn't plan to withdraw with them.

"I commanded the bandits to briefly fight with the Japs and then retreat." Li Jin said, it would be bad if they all ran away at once and the Japs could not find them.

"Then I'll go with you." Zhang Cheng said.

"No, you have to let the soldiers of the new regiment withdraw first, otherwise they will easily suffer casualties in the fight. It is not their turn to fight the Japanese yet." Li Jin shook his head and said.

If the Japanese are not allowed to kill some bandits, how can the Japanese take it lightly?

"Okay, then be careful." Zhang Cheng stopped insisting after hearing this and asked Li Jin to pay attention to safety.

After Zhang Cheng left, Li Jin thought for a while and then asked Tian Xiaoqi to call the bandit captains to the Juyi Hall for a meeting.

A few minutes later, Li Jin came to Juyi Hall, where more than ten or twenty bandit captains had arrived.

"Big boss."

"Big boss."

After seeing Li Jin, the bandit captains greeted him one after another.

Li Jin nodded to them, and then sat on the big mink chair above.

"Brothers just came to report that the Japanese have sent troops into the mountain." Li Jin said slowly while looking at everyone.

"What?! The devil is coming?! How come it's so fast?"

"Should we fight or not?!"

"I think we should retreat first, the Japanese are still quite powerful."

"Damn it, you're afraid of a ball. Aren't they just a few little devils? Just fuck them. If you're afraid of death, why don't you become a devil!"

The bandits were talking a lot, some were talking about retreating, and some were talking about starting a fight with the Japanese directly.

"Don't be anxious, listen to me." Li Jin opened his mouth, and everyone shut up after hearing this, not daring to interrupt, for fear that Li Jin would kill them if he got upset.

"We must fight, but before the decisive battle, let's show our weakness to the enemy first, pretending that we can't defeat him, and then retreat.

Lure the Japs deep into the mountains. When the time comes, it will be difficult for the Japs to escape. We are taking action to destroy the Japs. "Li Jin said very easily.

"The boss is right, just do this, and when you get to the mountains, the devils won't be able to escape even if they want to."

"The problem is, the Japs are not weak. Even if they pretend to be invincible, there will still be casualties among our brothers."

"It's not normal to have casualties. People and money die, and birds die for food. If one person dies, let's share more money."

The bandits started talking again. To them, any brotherhood was bullshit. When we were enjoying happiness, we were all brothers. When we were in trouble, only ghosts took care of us. "Then it's settled, let the brothers be ready to retreat to the east at any time." Li Jin said directly.

"Yes!!" Everyone nodded.

As these captains began to convey orders, the bandits on the mountain were also ready, and Li Jin was accompanied by several soldiers from the special operations battalion.

.........

Around 01:30 pm.

Captain Oda led the troops to a distance of less than 500 meters from Junhuang Mountain.

"The artillery set up a position on the spot and will bombard Junhuang Mountain in three minutes! Others, continue to move forward with me." Captain Oda immediately ordered.

He left the artillery behind and moved on with the others.

Three minutes later, as the Japanese artillery position was established, they immediately fired towards Junhuang Mountain.

boom boom boom......

Shells flew out of the barrel and landed on Junhuang Mountain, causing an explosion. Some unlucky bandits were directly killed and injured by the shells.

The bandits were all panicked after being bombed, and some were already planning to run away. But they saw that Li Jin was always calm, and they felt confident in their hearts.

Of course, it's more about fear, because Li Jin once said, whoever dares to run will be killed first. The bandits will not think that this is to scare them, because the other party really dares to kill.

"Ah!!! Save me! Help me quickly!" A bandit had one of his legs broken by a shell and fell to the ground wailing.

"Have someone bring the injured brother and we will retreat immediately!" Li Jin ordered.

Soon someone picked up the wounded and carried them away.

As Li Jin took the lead in retreating, other bandits followed suit. Li Jin's order to treat the wounded also warmed the hearts of the bandits, feeling that Li Jin really regarded them as his own.

Otherwise, if it were them, who would take care of the wounded, it would not be a drag on themselves.

For a time, the bandits were all moved by Li Jin and wanted to follow him to the death. However, what they didn't know was that Li Jin did this on purpose.

For bandits, they will not trust the people around them casually. When in danger, they will probably push the people around them out to block bullets as soon as possible.

Now that Li Jin is doing this, it is obvious that the bandits feel valued for the first time, and winning people's hearts is often done through these small things.

Li Jin led nearly a thousand bandits to retreat from Junhuang Mountain. The Japanese soldiers were still chasing and shooting from behind. From time to time, bandits were shot and fell to the ground dead.

"They are just a bunch of chickens and dogs. They dare to kill the soldiers of the empire. They are just looking for death!" Captain Oda couldn't help but said when he saw the bandits running away.

No matter how ferocious the bandits are, they are just bandits, a ragtag group of people who cannot even resist against a real regular army.

"What Taijun Oda said is that they are just a group of bandits. They dare to go against the empire. They are really desperate." Hu Sanpang flattered him from the side.

Seeing the bandits being beaten up, he felt so happy. If you let you be arrogant, it would be over.

Captain Oda ignored Hu Sanpang and asked people to continue the pursuit. He had the momentum to wipe out all the bandits in one breath.

The pursuit lasted until [-]pm, as the bandits took advantage of the terrain to throw off the Japanese.

But Captain Oda didn't panic at all. Those bandits couldn't escape from his grasp, and it was useless even if they could escape. It was only a matter of time before the bandits were eliminated.

"Set up camp on the spot, start eating, and continue to chase the bandits tomorrow!" Captain Oda ordered.