Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 778

At the same time, Ichiro Fukagawa also learned that Kinsuke Kamiyashi did not reply to the telegram!
"Strange, has something happened?!" Ichiro Fukagawa frowned, feeling vaguely uneasy.

It stands to reason that under such circumstances, the brigade commander would not fail to reply to the telegram, unless the enemy's offensive was so fierce that the telegraph operator could not receive the telegram in time, report to the brigade commander, and reply.

"Captain of the regiment, I think something may have happened with the brigade commander." The Japanese lieutenant colonel on the side speculated and was also a little nervous.

If something happened to the brigade commander and they let this group of enemies get away, I'm afraid a lot of people would be punished.

"It shouldn't be that serious. Although the brigade commander has suffered casualties from surprise attacks these days, the loss is not particularly severe. He still has more than 3,000 soldiers.

In the situation of positional warfare, no matter how powerful the enemy is, it is impossible for them to gain an advantage in positional warfare.
I suspect that the radio station of the brigade commander was probably accidentally destroyed by the enemy's artillery shells." Ichiro Fukagawa also expressed his guess.

To be honest, he didn't think that the brigade commander would be unable to stop the enemies. Although there were some very capable soldiers among the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, they were not much stronger than them.

Therefore, he guessed that the enemy must have accidentally destroyed the telegraph when attacking the brigade commander and his men with artillery shells.

"So that's how it is. It seems I worried too much!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded, as if he had suddenly realized something. He was really worried that the enemy was too powerful and that the brigade commander didn't have time to send someone to reply to their telegram.

If that were the case, it would be terrible. Now after hearing the captain's analysis, he felt that he had thought too badly.

"Pass the order down, tell the soldiers to speed up their pace and leave the supplies and heavy machine guns behind. We will first rush to the brigade commander to provide support." Ichiro Fukagawa ordered.

In the current situation, as long as they can surround the enemy, they will win. It will take too much time to move forward with the baggage, so it is better to abandon it temporarily and successfully meet up with the brigade commander first.

"Hi!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded and immediately ran over to give orders.

For a moment, the soldiers carrying food and heavy machine guns all put their things on the roadside. In this way, their forward speed was indeed much faster.

After a few minutes, Ichiro Fukagawa still felt something was wrong.

He called the telegraph operator.

"Send a telegram to Yukutaro immediately and ask what's going on." Ichiro Fukagawa ordered.

"Hi!" The telegraph operator did as he was told immediately, but after waiting for a few minutes, he received no news from Yukutaro.

This made Ichiro Fukagawa feel vaguely uneasy.

"Captain, what's going on?! The brigade commander didn't reply to the telegram because he was fighting the enemy, but why didn't Yukutaro reply to the telegram?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel couldn't help but speak when he saw the situation.

He couldn't figure it out. Could it be that Yukutaro was also attacked by the enemy? !
But that shouldn't be the case. Aren't the enemies attacking the brigade commander in the east? How could they split up their forces to stop Yukutaro and the others?

"Maybe we are in too much of a hurry. Don't worry about them!" Ichiro Fukagawa couldn't consider any other situations at the moment.

Soon, the group continued to move forward.

As he advanced, Ichiro Fukagawa was also thinking, what on earth is the enemy thinking? !

If the enemy really wanted to break out from the east, why did they block Yukutaro in the north? !
"Baga! Could it be that this group of enemies is planning to eliminate the brigade commander before Yuukutaro and his men arrive?!" Ichiro Fukagawa couldn't help but curse when he thought of this possibility.

If that was the case, then they really underestimated the enemy.

I'm afraid Yukutaro was really attacked by the enemy and was held back. After all, Yukutaro was closer to the brigade commander and could get support faster.

It makes sense that the enemy would choose to stop Yukutaro.

No wonder Yukutaro didn't reply to the telegram. It was probably because he saw through the enemy's purpose and was trying desperately to break out.

"What?! Impossible?! How dare the enemy take such a risk?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel was shocked. The enemy knew that they also had people in other directions sending support, but they still sent people to stop Yukutaro who came to provide the fastest support.

Are you so confident that you can destroy the brigade commander and his men? ? !
"Something is wrong. The brigade commander might have been deceived by the enemy!" said Ichiro Fukagawa.

"The brigade commander was deceived?! How do you mean?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel was completely confused. He couldn't understand what the regiment commander said.

"I guess the brigade commander was attacked by the enemy an hour or half an hour before sending the telegram.
It's just that the brigade commander has been attacked in the past few days, so he believes that the enemy's real breakout direction is not the east.

That's why you didn't send us a telegram right away.

Who knew that the enemy's breakout direction was the east, and that they not only wanted to break out, but also wanted to destroy the brigade commander's troops!

We underestimated this group of enemies! They had the ability to break out from the beginning.
But they didn't do that. Instead, they deliberately let us advance, making us think that the enemy had no way to escape.
Now it seems that this was all done intentionally by the enemy!" Ichiro Fukagawa's analysis was very reasonable.

They definitely underestimated the fighting power of this group of enemies. They never expected that this group of enemies would be so powerful.

"What?! If you say so, then the brigade commander is in danger, isn't he?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel's face changed drastically. His mood was really up and down, and now he was completely depressed.

"Well! We must speed up! Otherwise, not only will the enemy run away, but the brigade commander will probably also die!" Ichiro Fukagawa nodded.

Since the enemy dares to do this, it means they are fully prepared, so we must run faster to support the brigade commander.

Moreover, he speculated that if the enemy destroyed the brigade commander's troops, they would most likely break out from the north.

Because there are still enemy soldiers in the north blocking Yukutaro's troops, the enemy will most likely retreat to the north after destroying the brigade commander's troops.

Even if the enemy cannot kill the brigade commander and his men, they will retreat to the north, because given the brigade commander's temperament, he would not dare to take too much risk by continuing to pursue when his troops have suffered heavy losses.

This will give the enemies a chance to escape.

The enemy's commander is really powerful!
This was the first time that Ichiro Fukagawa felt so scared of an enemy.

The other side actually played all of them like monkeys. They had no idea what they were thinking.

Suddenly, there was a huge explosion ahead!
Boom boom boom......

The sound of dozens of mine explosions resounded throughout the valley ahead, and many Japanese soldiers were killed or injured in the explosions.

Bang bang bang…………

Da da da………

Not long after the explosion, intensive gunfire was heard from the mountains on both sides.

This made Ichiro Fukagawa stunned.

"Stop advancing! Everyone retreat!" Ichiro Fukagawa gave the order immediately. Unlike Yukutaro's choice, when he was ambushed by the enemy, he immediately ordered the troops in the rear to stop advancing.

More than 2,000 Japanese soldiers immediately retreated and stopped running towards the valley. As for the soldiers in the valley, Ichiro Fukagawa was also hesitant about whether to rescue them. "Captain, what about the soldiers in the valley?! Shouldn't the enemy be blocking Yukutaro's side?! How come there are enemies on our side?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel asked several questions in a row.

"Don't be impatient! I'm just thinking about it!" Ichiro Fukagawa suddenly scolded. His mind was also confused and he didn't understand it either.

The enemy should have attacked Yukutaro's side, but why are there people on their side as well? And judging from the gunshots, it seems that there are nearly a thousand soldiers.

If this is the case, plus the number of people on Yukutaro's side, the enemy has mobilized more than 2,000 soldiers to stop us.

Then wouldn't the enemy attacking the brigade commander only have more than 2,000 people? !

Could it be that the enemy was going to use a smaller force than the brigade commander to destroy the brigade commander? !

This is impossible. The enemy will never be able to do this unless the combat effectiveness of these thousands of people is similar.

Otherwise, it simply cannot be done.

.........

At this time, in the valley.

When Fang Ligong saw that there were still a group of Japanese soldiers who had not entered the rear, he couldn't help but speak.

"Damn it, this space can't accommodate so many Japanese invaders!" Fang Ligong cursed.

But this is indeed the best ambush spot, other places are not suitable for ambush at all.

"Chief of Staff, I looked at the number of people. I estimate that there are nearly two thousand Japanese soldiers left outside the valley!" said the second battalion commander on the side.

The Japanese soldiers in this group were quite far apart and not very close to each other, so not all of them could be allowed in when entering the valley.

"No matter what, let's first delay the Japanese soldiers entering the mountain. Besides, I don't believe that the Japanese soldiers outside will watch the Japanese soldiers coming in being blocked here!" Fang Ligong replied.

Although they failed to trap all the Japanese soldiers in the valley, the Japanese soldiers outside would not stand by and watch them die, so their mission was not a failure.

"That's true, unless they don't want to support the Japanese in the east." The second battalion commander also agreed.

Bang bang bang…

Da da da………

Puff puff………

The battle continued. The soldiers were attacking the Japanese at the foot of the mountain, and the Japanese were fighting back.

"Machine gunner! Suppress the enemies on the mountain!" A Japanese officer drew out the command knife from his waist and shouted loudly. As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, a bullet pierced his head and the Japanese officer fell to the ground.

The Japanese machine gunner also had a hard time speaking out, because he had seen several machine gunners die in front of him. The key point was that several people died before they finished firing a whole magazine of bullets, which meant that they were killed by the enemy without even firing a few shots.

In this situation, he finally understood that there were sharpshooters specifically targeting their machine gunners. Now, this invincible machine gun was a hot potato to them. Whoever touched it would die. The key point was that even if they died, they would not be able to launch an effective counterattack.

Shooting with a rifle can help you live longer.

The Japanese lieutenant colonel outside the valley was looking at the situation in the valley through a telescope.

"Baga! Why don't the machine gunners open fire to suppress the enemies on the mountain!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel couldn't help but curse. Without the fire suppression of the machine guns, how could they fight the enemies on the mountain.

"Let the artillery support them!" Ichiro Fukagawa said. Of course, he couldn't just watch the soldiers in the valley being annihilated by the enemy.

"Hi!" After hearing this, the Japanese lieutenant colonel hurriedly organized the artillery to build an artillery position.

The artillery position was soon built following the order given by the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

One shell after another was fired towards the valley and landed into the position.

Boom boom boom......

There was a huge explosion, accompanied by flames.

Fortunately, the soldiers led by Fang Ligong dug trenches and even anti-artillery holes on the mountain, otherwise, a lot of people would have died.

"Don't panic, everyone! The regiment commander is supporting us with artillery fire. Hurry, seize the opportunity and let's break out!" Seeing this, a Japanese major was very happy and gave the order immediately.

At the same time, less than two miles away, dozens of artillerymen were adjusting their guns. They were soldiers from the special operations battalion.

The muzzle was adjusted quickly, and with an order, they put the shell into the muzzle.

Bang bang bang…

Muffled sounds were heard immediately, and shells drew parabolas in the air and fell quickly towards the Japanese artillery positions.

Boom boom boom......

The Japanese artillery positions were covered by artillery shells, and many Japanese artillerymen were killed on the spot. The remaining Japanese artillerymen were also blown away and fled in a panic.

"Damn it!! How could this happen?! Were the enemy soldiers who can calculate the position of the artillery positions also sent here?! Or, does the enemy have a lot of artillerymen who can calculate the position through the highest point and landing point of the artillery shells?!" When Ichiro Fukagawa saw this situation, his face had turned pale.

He found that things had gone beyond his expectations and it didn't seem to be that simple at all. What he had thought of before might not be the enemy's purpose.

"Captain, the artillery position is gone, and more than 90% of the artillerymen are killed or wounded!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel ran back covered in dust.

"Let's retreat!" Ichiro Fukagawa suddenly said.

"What?! Retreat?! Where to retreat?! The enemy is still attacking the brigade commander!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel was stunned when he heard this.

The brigade commander is now being attacked by the enemy. If they retreat first, what should the brigade commander do?

"I'm afraid the brigade commander has already been in trouble. If we don't leave now, we'll probably be in trouble too. The enemy is not as simple as we thought.
Why do we think that this group of enemies is not our opponent? Judging from the current situation, the enemy's goal is not to break through! Their goal is probably to wipe out all the imperial soldiers who enter the mountain!" Fukagawa Ichiro said.

He is now completely sure of this!

Why would the enemy do this?! The soldiers attacked the brigade commander and sent troops to stop him and Yukutaro. That was because the enemy wanted to wipe them out.

After they have annihilated the brigade commander, they will send their troops to attack them. In this way, they will also encounter the same situation as the brigade commander.

If we don't retreat now, there will probably be only one outcome, and that is the annihilation of the entire army!