Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 788

"Commander, there's a telegram from the commander!" On Chu Yunfei's side, the telegraph operator ran to Chu Yunfei again.

Chu Yunfei took the telegram and started reading it.

"What did the commander say?!" Qian Bojun asked.

"Casualties: Yesterday, the commander and his men fought off the Japanese for a whole day and suffered nearly two thousand casualties." Chu Yunfei put down the telegram and said to Qian Bojun.

"What?! So many casualties in just one day?!" Qian Bojun was a little shocked. He didn't expect that the commander's casualties would be so heavy.

This is only the first day. If we hold on any longer, more people will die. No wonder the commander told Chu Yunfei that if they cannot launch an effective attack within a week, they will retreat.

"The pressure the commander faces is much greater than us." Chu Yunfei sighed.

"Yes, in the mountains, many of the Japanese heavy weapons cannot be brought in. Unlike the commander, we not only have to face the Japanese artillery, but also the bombing by the Japanese planes." Qian Bojun also nodded and said.

They are suffering few casualties now because the Japanese's firepower has been weakened and they have not mobilized planes to bomb them.

Even if planes were dispatched, they would not be able to cause too many casualties to them. After all, they did not confront the Japanese head-on and were always scattered.

"However, such casualties on the first day are to be expected. The commander has a lot of new recruits.
Without combat experience, it is normal to be frightened when encountering the enemy's artillery and aircraft bombing, and the casualties will be smaller later. "Chu Yunfei can understand this.

If their 358th Regiment had no combat experience, they probably wouldn't be much better off when faced with such a situation.

However, it is normal to have such casualties on the first day. The new recruits will calm down later and will not panic and be killed by the Japanese.

But the price is a bit too high.

"Yes, our new recruits still have someone to lead them in combat, but it's a bit difficult for the commander's new recruits." Qian Bojun felt somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, they fought together with Mu Jin and his men, otherwise, the 358th Regiment would probably have suffered heavy casualties.

"No matter what, we must set out to support the commander as soon as we have a good rest tomorrow and try to reduce casualties as much as possible!" Chu Yunfei made a decision. To be honest, if he was not worried that the soldiers would be too tired if they traveled all night, he would want to set out to support the commander right away.

"Yeah." Qian Bojun nodded in agreement. The soldiers had been fighting all night and needed to take a good rest for a day before taking action. Otherwise, even if they arrived in time, their combat effectiveness would be affected.

Chu Yunfei continued to write a detailed combat report.

.........

About four or five miles away from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army’s position, inside the Japanese command post.

"Brigade Commander, our casualties today are less than 400 people, but I estimate that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has suffered at least 2,000 casualties!" said a Japanese regiment commander while looking at the Japanese brigade commander sitting in the main seat.

They attacked for a day. Although the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had a geographical advantage, it was still useless and they could not gain any advantage by fighting them.

"Under this situation, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army will retreat in a week at most." Another Japanese regiment commander said with a smile on his face.

In his opinion, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army would not be able to hold out for long. Generally, a 30% casualty army would have lost its will to fight.

In a week's time, they were able to inflict more than 30 percent casualties on the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's side.

"That's right. I don't know how dare these Shanxi-Suiyuan troops do this. They knew we were coming, so not only did they not run away, but they also tried to confront us. They really overestimated their own abilities!" A Japanese lieutenant colonel sneered at the end.

If the other party had run away earlier, this situation would not have happened at all.

"The other side is just trying to save face and is worried that they will be looked down upon if they run away without firing a shot." A Japanese officer also spoke up.

"What's the point of resisting for a while? You'll just have to run away anyway."

"You can't say that. At least we blocked the enemy for a few days. It's better than leaving our base without firing a single shot."

"That's right. They can't win in the first place. If they hold out and then run away, they can save face. But I don't know how long they will hold out before retreating. Maybe they will retreat after a week."

Other Japanese officers also started talking.

"Haha, after a week, they still want to retreat?! What are they thinking?! Once they get to Lin Jinyou and wipe out the enemies in the Yunli Mountains, they can come over and outflank this group of Jinsui troops.

At that time, it will be impossible for them to escape, and the only outcome is that they will be annihilated by us!" At this time, the Japanese brigade commander Fujito Ichiro sneered and said.

In his opinion, it was impossible for this group of Shanxi-Suiyuan troops to escape, and their only fate was to be wiped out by them.

"Yes, Brigade Commander Shanglin, I estimate that we will be able to wipe out the enemies in the mountains in the next two days. Then, we will catch these Shanxi-Suiyuan troops in a trap!" The Japanese regiment commander said with an even brighter smile on his face.

"That's right. Do these Jinsui troops really think they can fight against the Empire just by training some powerful soldiers? They are simply courting their own death!"

"But to be honest, the troops they trained were indeed quite powerful. They caused quite a lot of casualties to our soldiers and caused us a lot of trouble."

"So what?! They can only jump around for a while. If the commander here hadn't underestimated the other side, I don't think there would be such a big trouble, and there would be no need to mobilize so many people to take action."

"That makes sense. I think they are just a bunch of rabble!"

A group of Japanese officers looked down on the troops trained by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

"Don't be too careless. The soldiers trained by the other side are still a big threat. If we don't eliminate them and let them continue to run to other places to launch sneak attacks,

That would be a big problem for us!" Endo Ichiro said, his expression somewhat serious.

They had indeed suffered a great loss at the hands of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, otherwise, their superiors would not have agreed to mobilize so many soldiers to encircle and suppress them!

"The brigade commander is right! We underestimated the enemy." The Japanese regiment commander apologized quickly, and the others nodded, saying that they should not have underestimated the enemy who had caused them so much trouble.

"In short, the enemies are no longer able to cause any trouble. We will eliminate them this time. The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is thinking about training.

I guess you have to think about whether it is worth it to spend so much manpower and resources to provoke us and what kind of retaliation you will get!" Endo Ichiro said with a smile.

He believed that as long as he could annihilate the enemy this time, there wouldn't be too much trouble later.

This is also the reason why the higher-ups agreed to temporarily shelve the plan and mobilize so many soldiers to encircle and suppress the enemy.

It was a warning to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army not to try to provoke the Empire, otherwise they would suffer a devastating blow! "If we wipe out these 30,000 Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, I think they will be seriously injured! They won't dare to make any big waves in the future." The Japanese commander changed the subject.

Thirty thousand Jinsui troops could make the commander of the Jinsui army vomit blood in grief. He only trained one unit, but they killed so many people. Who would dare to train again?!
"Of course." Endo Ichirō nodded in agreement.

"By the way, Brigade Commander, is there any news from Brigade Commander Shanglin?!" a Japanese officer asked curiously.

He wanted to know when Shanglin Jinyou would be able to annihilate the enemies in the mountains.

"He had sent a telegram earlier, saying that it would only take two or three days to wipe out the enemy in the mountains.
I have to say that the enemies in the mountains are quite good at running, but it’s no use, they have to die anyway.” Endo Ichiro told the story.

Shanglin Jinyou's troops have been advancing layer by layer, compressing the enemy's living space. It is estimated that in just a few days, they will really fight with the enemy.

"Brigade Commander, the enemy group in the mountains seems to be really powerful. I wonder if they can escape from the encirclement?!" A Japanese officer hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

He always felt that this group of enemies that caused them such heavy casualties were not simple and might be able to break out of the encirclement.

"What are you thinking? How is this possible? We are surrounded by more than 12,000 soldiers, and the other side has only a few thousand people. How can they break out?! How can they break out?!" The Japanese officer next to him retorted with a hint of disdain in his tone.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it!"

"Okay, you all go and rest, and continue fighting tomorrow." Endo Ichiro was too lazy to consider the possibility that the enemy would break through the encirclement.

"Hi!" Upon hearing this, a group of Japanese officers stood up and left.

After the Japanese officers in the tent left, Endo Ichiro fell into deep thought. In fact, if he thought about it carefully, it was not impossible for the enemy to break through.

The opponent's strength was still quite strong, and they were good at night battles, which caused them great losses.

If Shanglin Jinyou was careless and was attacked by the enemy at night, the enemy might really escape.

"Forget it, I'll just give him a reminder." Endo Ichiro thought about it and decided to send a telegram to Kamiya Kinyou, reminding him to be careful.

Especially at this moment, it is impossible for the opponent to really let Shanglin Jinyou completely compress the opponent's living space. He will definitely choose to break through before then, otherwise, he would be a fool!

"Someone come here!" Endo Ichirō shouted, and a Japanese messenger ran in.

"Go and call the telegraph operator over!" Endo Ichiro ordered.

"Hi!" The Japanese messenger nodded and immediately turned and left.

Endo Ichiro began to write the content of the telegram. In fact, he also knew Kamiya Kinyou, who was a very cautious person in fighting.

Maybe she was already prepared and didn't need him to remind her at all.

However, he still decided to say a few more words. What if Shanglin Jinyou suddenly became careless again and let the enemy escape? !

They put a lot of thought into eliminating the very force that caused them so much trouble.

If we do not eliminate the other party and let it escape, wouldn't it only encourage its arrogance and cause greater trouble?

"Brigade Commander! Do you have any instructions?!" The Japanese telegraph operator lifted the curtain and walked in, speaking respectfully!
"Send this content to Kamiyasu Kinsuke immediately." Endo Ichiro handed the written paper to the telegraph operator.

"Hi!" The telegraph operator took the paper and turned away.

"It shouldn't be a problem." Endo Ichiro touched his chin. Without considering the situation on Kamiya Hayashi's side, he began to study tomorrow's war again.

Ten minutes later, the Japanese telegraph operator came in again.

"Brigade Commander, Brigade Commander Shanglin has not replied to the telegram." The Japanese telegraph operator said hurriedly.

"What?! No reply?!" Endo Ichiro glanced at his watch and realized that it was already half past one. At this time, Kamiya Kinyou must have gone to bed.

"Go down." Endo Ichiro waved his hand and asked the Japanese telegraph operator to retreat.

He guessed that Shanglin Jinyou might not have slept, but he was unhappy when he saw his reminder telegram, so he was too lazy to reply.

However, Fujiyuan Ichiro was too lazy to care about it. After all, he had already reminded everyone he needed to, and if anything happened, it would have nothing to do with him.

.........

Jinsui Army Headquarters.

Commander Yan hasn't rested yet. He is still waiting for the combat report from Chu Yunfei.

After waiting for nearly an hour, Commander Xu finally came in happily with a telegram.

"Commander, Chu Yunfei has sent the combat report." The paper in Commander Xu's hand was filled with densely written words.

"What did he say?!" This time, Commander Yan did not read the telegram but waited for Commander Xu to tell him the content.

"Just as we guessed, the main force is indeed Mu Jin's troops, and this Mu Jin has set traps for the devils one after another.
Step by step, he changed the devil's thinking into Mu Jin's way of thinking. I feel that such a person is really dangerous!
The other party has been impersonating us since the beginning and has already started to lay out their plan. Mu Jin has also included us in the plan!" When Master Xu said this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Because he had never been so afraid of such a person before. It was simply not something a human could do to start planning so long in advance.

"In other words, we are all being used as guns by him?!" Commander Yan frowned.

“It can’t be said to be entirely true, but at least we did gain a lot of benefits, and Chu Yunfei’s casualties were not too great.

What I fear is that if the other party becomes our enemy one day and plots against us in this way, I feel that none of our officers will be able to deal with them!" Commander Xu said the key point, which was also what he feared.

It would be fine if the other party remained neutral, but he was afraid that the other party would run to someone else's side. If that happened, they would be in trouble. He didn't want to be an opponent of such an enemy.

It would be fine if the troops under him were powerful, but even the commander's wisdom was far beyond that of ordinary people.

"You are too cautious. This is just a normal calculation. We just haven't thought about it in this regard for the time being.

There's no need to think of him as so scary. If we really start fighting, I don't believe that his few men can fight against so many of us!" Commander Yan was somewhat disdainful when he heard this.

In his opinion, the reason why they didn't think of so much was because they didn't treat Mu Jin as an enemy from the beginning, otherwise, how could they not think of these things? Therefore, Mu Jin's command can only be said to be better than many people, but it is still far behind him.