Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 792

Around six o'clock in the afternoon, after Li Jin and his team finished their dinner, they set off.

It was not until after eight o'clock that Chu Yunfei received a telegram.

"Commander, the division commander sent a telegram urging us to set out to provide support immediately." The telegraph operator told Chu Yunfei the content.

"Tell the commander that we are on the way and will definitely arrive in three days!" Chu Yunfei said.

"Yes!" The telegraph operator immediately turned around and left to send a telegram.

.........

Time flies, and soon it was three days later.

During these three days, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army suffered heavy losses, many soldiers died in battle, and the first line of defense was also occupied by the Japanese.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army could only retreat to the second line of defense.

At this time, in the devil's headquarters!

"Brigade Commander, our attack is going smoothly. We have already taken down one of the enemy's lines of defense. It looks like it won't be long before we can break through the remaining lines of defense." The Japanese regiment commander was very happy.

"These Shanxi-Suiyuan troops are really seeking death by not retreating!"

"Wait for Brigade Commander Shanglin to come and support us. None of them will be able to escape."

"Yes, we must keep a close eye on these Shanxi-Suiyuan troops and not give them a chance to retreat!"

Other Japanese officers also spoke up.

In their view, this group of Shanxi-Suiyuan troops had no way to escape and would inevitably be wiped out by them.

"Brigade Commander, speaking of which, why is there still no news from Brigade Commander Shanglin? Have they eliminated the enemy and come to support us?!" The Japanese regiment commander suddenly reacted.

Why does it feel like there's been no news from Brigade Commander Shanglin? !
"I don't know, there is no news at all. I always feel that something is wrong." Endo Ichiro shook his head, and Kamibayashi Jinyou didn't reply to his message at all.

Even if he had been pointed fingers at Lin Jinyou before, he wouldn't be so angry that there has been no news at all until now.

"Strange, coming to support is a big deal, Brigade Commander Shanglin shouldn't have failed to reply to the message!" The Japanese regiment commander frowned.

"Could it be that Commander Shanglin is still encircling this group of enemies and has no time to reply to the message?!" a Japanese officer speculated.

The enemies in the Yunli Mountains are still quite powerful. Even Commander Shanglin may not be able to annihilate them.

"Impossible! It's been a week, how could the enemy not be eliminated yet!" someone nearby retorted.

He believed that Shanglin Jinyou had already annihilated the enemy and was definitely on the way to support him, but he was just too lazy to send them a telegram.

"I think so." Other Japanese officers also agreed.

They did not think that the enemy had the ability to break out from the encirclement of so many imperial soldiers.

Endo Ichiro also frowned. Since Kamiyasu Kinyou didn't reply, he would send a telegram to the division commander and ask him to ask Kamiyasu Kinyou about the situation.

But after some consideration, Endo Ichiro gave up the idea. If he sent a telegram to the division commander, it would be equivalent to reporting Lin Jinyou.

"Go and send a telegram to Brigade Commander Kamiyasu, asking him to immediately respond to his current location. Otherwise, I will send a telegram to the division commander." Endo Ichirō instructed the Japanese regiment commander beside him.

"Hi!" The Japanese captain nodded, turned and left.

"Brigade Commander, you are not worried that Brigade Commander Shanglin will not be able to annihilate the enemy, right?!" asked a Japanese lieutenant colonel.

"I'm not worried about that. What I'm worried about is that something happened to Shanglin-kun!" Endo Ichiro spoke with a serious face and expressed the worst thought in his mind.

As soon as these words came out, all the Japanese officers were shocked.

"Captain, you are kidding me!

How could this happen?! The commander of the Shanglin Brigade led more than 12,000 soldiers, all of whom were combat personnel, not logistics soldiers! "The Japanese lieutenant colonel's tone was full of doubt.

He simply didn't believe that Shanglin Jinyou would fall into the hands of this group of enemies, because he thought it was impossible.

"Yes, Brigade Commander, are you wrong? Even if it is the worst result, it should be that Brigade Commander Shanglin failed to annihilate the enemy and let them escape, right?!" Other Japanese officers also spoke up.

"This possibility is greater. The enemy can't turn around and annihilate our people. They don't have the ability to do so!"

"I'm not sure, but Kamiyashi-kun has never failed to reply to a telegram for several days. Even if he is angry, he will reply the next day!" Endo Ichirō explained why he thought so.

He might have thought about what others said, but he always felt that something was wrong.

"But, Brigade Commander, do you think the enemy has the ability to wipe out our people? They only have a few thousand people, fewer than us, and most of them are weaker than us.
Those people, are they so powerful that they can wipe out our people?! This is absolutely impossible." The Japanese lieutenant colonel continued to speak, he still did not want to believe the possibility that Endo Ichiro said.

"Now we just need to wait for a reply from Kamiyashi-kun. If he doesn't, then send a telegram to the division commander and let him send a telegram to Kamiyashi-kun!" Endo Ichirō said.

What we are saying now are just guesses. We can only know the specific situation after the telegram arrives.

A group of Japanese officers still felt that the brigade commander might be thinking too much.

However, after waiting for more than ten minutes, the Japanese regiment commander ran back.

"What's the situation?!" Endo Ichiro asked hurriedly.

"Brigade Commander, Brigade Commander Shanglin didn't reply to our telegram at all. I have just sent a telegram to the division commander!" The Japanese regiment commander quickly informed the situation.

When everyone heard this, they were all stunned, and they couldn't help but feel worried.

The uneasiness in Endo Ichiro's heart became even stronger.

"Commander, maybe Commander Shanglin got angry again after seeing your threatening telegram, so he didn't reply." The Japanese lieutenant colonel spoke, trying to ease his inner anxiety.

"Yes, after all, you threatened Brigade Commander Shanglin and used the division commander to pressure him. If it were anyone else, they would definitely feel uncomfortable." Another Japanese officer spoke up and agreed.

Endo Ichiro had a gloomy face and didn't say much. He hoped that things were not as he thought, otherwise the empire would suffer a huge loss this time.

A few minutes later, a Japanese telegraph operator opened the curtain and ran in. "Brigade commander, the division commander sent a telegram saying that Brigade Commander Shanglin can't be contacted now." The telegraph operator said.

"What?! How is this possible?!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this!

"Could it be that Brigade Commander Shanglin's radio accidentally broke down during the battle?! That's why this happened?!" The Japanese regiment commander helped to explain!

Maybe the battle was too intense and the radio station was damaged by the enemy.

"Yes, that must be the case." Everyone nodded. They would rather believe that the radio was broken than believe that something had happened to Brigade Commander Shanglin.

"Is it possible that Brigade Commander Shanglin's radio is broken, so he can use other radios to reply?!" At this time, a Japanese officer came out and sang a different tune.

It's not like Commander Shanglin only brought one radio into the mountains. If one radio broke, it's impossible that the others would also break by coincidence, right?!

“This…” Everyone fell silent after hearing this.

"It seems that things are just as I thought, something really big has happened!" Endo Ichiro sighed. If he could, he would not want to believe it.

But judging from the current situation, the fact is that something big has happened to Shanglin Jinyou, and it is very likely that the entire army has been wiped out.

"But how is this possible?! How could the enemy do this?! With their combat effectiveness, how could they be able to fight against so many enemies!" The Japanese regiment commander could not accept this result at all.

"Could it be that those enemies have reinforcements?!" a Japanese officer speculated.

"If there are reinforcements, the enemy must have at least 20,000 to 30,000 troops. Otherwise, how could they achieve this!"

"The problem is, let alone 20,000 or 30,000 people, even if it's 40,000 or 50,000 people, it's impossible to wipe out all of Brigade Commander Shanglin's soldiers, right?! There will always be someone who can escape with a radio, right?!"

"Yes, no matter what, someone will definitely run out! It's just that the radio may be broken, so it can't report the situation."

A group of Japanese officers began to discuss the matter. They felt that no matter how powerful the enemy was, it would be impossible for them to completely wipe out the Shangshan Brigade.

"This is possible." Endo Ichiro began to agree with this statement.

No matter what, the enemies in the Yunli Mountains would not be able to completely wipe out the Shangshan Brigade, not even with reinforcements.

"That's not right. If they have reinforcements, where will they come from? With such a large-scale troop on the road, it's impossible for us to have no information at all?!" The Japanese regiment commander questioned. He didn't believe that their intelligence personnel could not detect the large-scale troop movement.

"It's strange, but I haven't heard of any large-scale troop movements. How did they appear over there in the Yunli Mountains?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel was also a little puzzled!

"It's no use for us to speculate here now. When the soldiers who escaped from the Yunli Mountains return to Linyin County, they will send us a telegram." said a Japanese officer.

All they said were speculations. The only thing that was certain was that Shanglin Jinyou really had an accident, but they didn't know how many casualties there were.

"What I'm worried about now is whether the enemies in the Yunli Mountains will come to support us?" Endo Ichiro said.

If the enemies from the Yunli Mountains come over and attack them from both sides together with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, they will be in big trouble!

“That shouldn’t be the case. I don’t believe that the Shanglin Brigade failed to cause casualties to the enemy. Under such circumstances, how could they dare to come here?

Even if they come, they can't pose much of a threat to us!" The Japanese brigade commander analyzed carefully.

Although something happened to the Shanglin Brigade, he was sure that the enemy's casualties were also heavy. Even if the enemy had the courage, they would not dare to attack them.

"It's better not to be too absolute. It would be bad if there is any problem!" Endo Ichiro retorted.

"What the brigade commander said is right. We'd better not be careless, or we might end up capsizing in the ditch!" said the Japanese lieutenant colonel. The Shanglin Brigade had already encountered an accident due to carelessness, so they would not make such a mistake again.

"Starting tomorrow, have people guard the rear carefully to prevent the enemy from launching a sneak attack on us!" Endo Ichiro gave the order immediately.

No matter what the outcome, there can be no accidents on his side.

"Hi!" Everyone nodded when they heard this!

"Brigade Commander, what's the response from the division commander?!" At this time, the telegraph operator asked, they had not yet responded to the division commander.

"Tell the division commander our guess." Endo Ichiro ordered. Although he was not 100% sure, he was about 80% sure.

"Understood!" The Japanese telegraph operator left immediately.

.........

At the same time, about seven or eight miles behind the enemy, Li Jin and his men took a temporary rest.

"Captain Chu, take your men to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to meet Commander Yan first and inform him of our attack on the Japanese!" Li Jin looked at Chu Yunfei and said.

He planned to divide his troops into four groups tomorrow night, launch a surprise attack on the Japanese from the rear, and then have the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army launch an attack from the front, so as to achieve a two-pronged attack.

"I understand!" Chu Yunfei nodded seriously.

"Wait, tell Commander Yan that if he doesn't get his men to cooperate with us after we launch the attack, I will withdraw from the battlefield immediately. At that time, nothing will be my business anymore!" Li Jin stopped Chu Yunfei and gave him instructions.

"Captain Mu, our commander is not the kind of person who sells out his teammates!" Chu Yunfei was obviously unhappy after hearing this. After all, Commander Yan was still his old superior.

"Captain Chu, I trust your Commander Yan, but I don't trust his subordinates.
What if they didn’t cooperate with us and instead watched us fight the Japanese? Wouldn’t that cause us to suffer heavy casualties? ” Li Jin explained.

The reason why he said this was not because he did not trust Commander Yan, but because he wanted Commander Yan to give a death order to his officers, that anyone who dared not cooperate with the attack in the first time would be killed.

The main reason was that there was a new regiment among them, and he was worried that someone would want to see them and the Japanese suffer mutual losses.

"Okay, I understand!" Chu Yunfei nodded seriously. If the New 1st Group was not there, those people might not do this. After all, Mu Jin was neutral after all, and he helped them so much.

But it’s different with the New 1st Regiment around. The officers under him might really sit back and do nothing, waiting until the New 1st Regiment is almost done fighting the Japanese before they take action to reap the benefits.

"Well, thank you, Captain Chu!" Li Jin nodded.

"Small problem!" Chu Yunfei took Fang Ligong away from here, and asked someone to send a telegram to Commander Yan, asking Commander Yan to send someone to pick him up.

After all, the patrolling soldiers didn't know him. It would be bad if they mistook him for a spy and shot him.

He didn't die at the hands of the Japanese, but instead died at the hands of his own people. That was such an unfair death!
"Brother Mu, the words you gave at the end played a big role. In fact, let alone you, I was a little worried that they wouldn't cooperate with us the first time." Han Mingyuan also praised.

You know, they took the initiative to attack the Japanese from the rear, which was risky. If the Shanxi Suiyuan Army did not cooperate with them, they would suffer heavy casualties.