Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 857

"Wait, there's something wrong with the gunshot." The Japanese regiment commander frowned.

The gunfire was intense at first, but soon stopped.

"Maybe the enemy was directly repelled by our people. How could the enemy's combat effectiveness be compared with ours?" said the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

Although they are not good at night battles, their overall strength is still stronger than that of the enemy.

The Japanese captain frowned, still feeling a little uneasy.

At this time, a Japanese major came running over in a hurry.

"Captain, the artillery positions suffered heavy casualties, and many guns were destroyed by the enemy." The Japanese major quickly told the story.

"What?! Have the specific losses been counted?!" The Japanese captain was shocked and asked quickly.

He thought that the enemy's bombardment would not cause much damage, but now it seems that the damage is probably much greater than he thought.

"We're still counting, but we estimate that more than 30% of the artillery pieces have been damaged, and the artillery personnel have also been reduced by 30% to 40%!" The Japanese major gave a rough estimate.

"How can it be repaired? How is this possible?!" The Japanese commander was shocked and couldn't believe it. How could just a few rounds of bombing cause such heavy losses?

"Captain, the enemy's artillery seems to have calculated the location of our artillery positions and launched a covering attack.
That's why such a huge loss was caused!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel hurriedly explained that the enemy's shells landed very accurately.

"Notify the artillery immediately and move the position." The Japanese regiment commander gave the order quickly.

"Hi!" The Japanese major nodded and left immediately.

"Captain, we don't know how many enemies are coming to attack us.

I'm afraid they've crossed the river again. I suggest sending people to patrol the riverside to prevent the enemy from sneaking over and attacking us again!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel suggested.

In this way, if the enemy dares to come again, they will be destroyed on the river.

"Well, send someone to do it immediately!" The Japanese captain had a gloomy face.

It would have been fine if the attack had not been successful during the day, but we didn't expect to be attacked by the enemy at night, and so many artillery pieces were damaged.

As a result, tomorrow's firepower will be much weaker.

"Yes." Just as the Japanese lieutenant colonel was about to leave, a Japanese second lieutenant hurried over.

"Captain, something bad has happened!" the Japanese second lieutenant shouted, panting.

"Baga! Calm down, what happened?!" The Japanese regiment commander cursed and even slapped the Japanese second lieutenant in the face.

"Captain, I just went with the captain to chase the enemy, but we were ambushed by the enemy halfway.

Their firepower was extremely fierce. In the first encounter, more than half of the soldiers in the two squadrons were killed or wounded.

The captain also died, and I led the rest of the people back." The Japanese second lieutenant quickly told the situation.

"What?! How is that possible?!" the Japanese lieutenant colonel said in shock, "Weren't you fighting the enemy just now?!"

He thought that it was their people who forced the enemy to retreat, but who could have imagined that it was the enemy who ambushed their people and caused heavy casualties among them.

"We didn't even see anyone and most of them were killed or injured." The Japanese second lieutenant replied with a horrified look on his face.

Thinking of what had just happened, he still felt a little scared. Fortunately, he was not walking in front, otherwise, he would have become a corpse by now.

"Captain, the group of enemies that came to attack us must have brought most of the unit's machine guns with them, so they have such fierce firepower!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel analyzed.

"Don't worry about those for now. Let the other soldiers rest first. We still have to attack the enemy's position tomorrow." said the Japanese regiment commander.

What has happened has already happened, and the important thing is not to let it happen a second time!
"Hi!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded.

.........

On the other side, Li Jin and his team retreated to the temporary camp.

"Captain Mu, do you want to launch another surprise attack tomorrow? Those Japanese might think we came across the river.
So we will send people to patrol, and we should be able to attack once." Kong Sheng was still a little excited.

He felt that it was really fun to fight the Japanese with Mu Jin, but it was a pity that he couldn't shoot and kill a few Japanese.

"Forget it. Another attack would be equivalent to exposing our position, and then we would be in danger." Li Jin shook his head!
With their attack tonight, the Japanese will not think that they are in the mountains, but will retreat to the opposite line of defense.

But if we attack again, it would be telling the Japanese that there is an army in the mountains.

If it was a Japanese regiment coming into the mountains to encircle and suppress him, he would not be afraid, but he was worried that the Japanese would later associate his troops with the fact that they were most likely trained by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

At that time, the Japanese might mobilize a lot of soldiers to encircle and suppress them, and planes and artillery might come towards them.

Therefore, it is not the time for them to be exposed yet.

"That's true. I had forgotten about this." Kong Sheng gave up the idea after hearing this.

Just now I was just thinking about killing more Japanese soldiers, but I forgot that the consequences would be serious.

"Tonight's attack has already caused considerable losses to the Japanese. In tomorrow's attack, the pressure on the soldiers over there will be less," said Li Jin.

They have already achieved their goal tonight, so there is no need to do anything else.

"Well, I believe Brigade Commander Luo also knows that it was us who did it. They owe us a favor." Kong Sheng nodded and smiled at the end of his speech.

They are the only troop here, and who else could be involved in the attack tonight?

"I don't care whether it's a favor or not. As long as I can reduce their casualties, that's enough." Li Jin responded. He took action only because he didn't want to see so many brave and fearless soldiers killed or injured.

"Captain Mu has a bigger vision." Kong Sheng admired him from the bottom of his heart.

"Let's just stay quiet these few days and don't worry about anything else," said Li Jin.

Luo Jiuchen and his men did not need to defend the line to the death. They only needed to make use of the river to kill the Japanese as much as possible, and then they could retreat.

Therefore, Li Jin did not plan to continue attacking the Japanese.

.........

The next day, at dawn, the Japanese regiment commander led his men to check the place where the soldiers were ambushed.

The bodies of soldiers were lying all over the ground.

"Captain, the injured soldiers have been sent to the rear for treatment." The Japanese major reported.

Last night he had people rescue the injured soldiers here, and as for the bodies, they can only be taken away today.

"The enemy commander is so bold that he dares to attack us!" The Japanese regiment commander did not expect this.

They were clearly the stronger party, but the other side was not afraid of them at all and even sent people to attack them.

They are simply not taken seriously and are underestimated.

"They only dare to attack this time." said the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

"Don't be careless. We still have to patrol the places we should patrol. If we are attacked again, it would mean we are really stupid." The Japanese regiment commander warned.

Last night, 40% of their artillerymen were killed or wounded, 30% of their artillery were destroyed, and the total number of soldiers who died in battle reached more than 400, which is comparable to the casualties in yesterday's attack.

"Don't worry, Captain. I have already instructed the patrol personnel." The Japanese lieutenant colonel responded.

"Well, get ready, and launch an attack on the enemy at 8 o'clock sharp." The Japanese regiment commander gave the order.

"Hi!"

.........

Time soon reached eight o'clock. Boom boom boom...

The Japanese artillery positions began to fire at the Kuomintang defense line on the opposite bank.

One shell after another fell into the Kuomintang’s defense line, causing a huge explosion. Many Kuomintang soldiers died on the spot!

The Japanese infantry also launched an attack across the river.

It’s just that today’s shelling was a little weaker than yesterday’s.

Bang bang bang…

Da da da………

Boom boom boom......

The sound of gunfire was mixed with the sound of artillery fire, and the battle was fierce!
"Commander, why is the Japanese artillery fire so much weaker today?!" the chief of staff asked in confusion. Although the Japanese were still very powerful today, they were much worse than yesterday.

"Captain Kong's artillery bombardment yesterday was probably aimed at the Japanese artillery positions, so it destroyed a lot of the Japanese artillery. Didn't you see that the Japanese artillery shells were coming from other directions?!" Luo Jiuchen saw the clue and spoke up.

"That's true. It looks like we owe Captain Kong a favor." said the chief of staff.

I thought Kong Sheng was randomly bombing the Japanese positions last night, but I didn't expect that Kong Sheng was bombing the Japanese artillery positions.

No wonder the Japs' artillery fire was so much weaker today.

"Well, Captain Kong has a capable person under his command. He can actually calculate the location of the Japanese artillery positions." Luo Jiucheng couldn't help but admire him.

"Yes, many of them are veterans who survived Fengling, so it's not surprising to see this." The chief of staff also said.

.........

Li Jin and his men also hid halfway up the mountain, observing the battle situation through binoculars.

"Captain Mu, last night's shelling was very effective. The Japanese artillery fire is much weaker today." Kong Sheng was somewhat happy.

Their hard work last night was not in vain.

"Well, but there are still casualties." Li Jin nodded. Although the Japanese artillery fire was weaker, the casualties of the National Army soldiers were still not small.

I can only say that it is much smaller than yesterday.

In the following two days, the Japanese were unable to cross the river and suffered heavy casualties.

On the third day of the attack, around seven o'clock in the evening, the Japanese stopped the attack.

"Damn it, how can the enemy be so tenacious!" In the command center, the Japanese regiment commander slammed the table in anger.

In three days, they suffered more than 1,200 casualties.

Especially the casualties on the first day, which were caused by the enemy's sneak attack.

"Captain, the enemy is about to collapse. We will definitely be able to take it down after fighting for a few more days." said the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

They suffered heavy casualties, but the enemy also suffered heavy casualties.

"Send a telegram to the brigade commander, requesting support." The Japanese regiment commander ordered.

We thought we could quickly take down the enemy’s defenses, but we were blocked for days and suffered heavy casualties.

If this continues, even if the enemy is repelled, they will not be able to advance further.

If you still need help at that time, it is better to ask for help in advance.

"Hi!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded.

.........

At this time, in Luo Jiucheng’s command center.

"Brigade Commander, we have counted the casualties for the past three days. The total number of casualties is 2,200, not including those with minor injuries and combat capability." The chief of staff came to the command center to report the situation to Luo Jiuchen.

"For the lightly injured soldiers, ask the medical staff to give them good medicine and don't let them get infected." Luo Jiuchen instructed.

Although they are only minor injuries, there is a high probability that the wounds will become infected. Therefore, we must ensure that this situation does not occur for the slightly injured soldiers. Otherwise, we will lose personnel before we even defeat the Japanese.

"Don't worry, Commander. The medical soldiers have already bandaged them." The chief of staff said quickly.

"That's good. I'll call the commander first to see if we can retreat." Luo Jiuchen nodded, picked up the phone on the table and called the commander.

The call was answered quickly.

"Commander, we have caused considerable casualties to the Japanese in the past three days. Can we retreat now?!" Luo Jiuchen asked.

"You can retreat now. I was just about to call you to inform you to retreat." said the commander.

Their mission is not to defend this place to the death. As long as they can cause considerable casualties to the Japanese, they can withdraw.

"Got it. I will notify the troops to retreat now." Luo Jiuchen nodded.

"Keep the noise down and don't alarm the Japanese, or they will bombard you with artillery." The division commander warned.

"I understand." Luo Jiucheng nodded.

The commander hung up the phone.

"Brigade Commander, I will order a retreat now." The chief of staff also heard from the conversation that they could retreat.

"Go, let them retreat quietly." Luo Jiuchen nodded.

"Okay. By the way, do we need to inform Captain Kong that we are withdrawing?!" the chief of staff asked.

"Can you get in touch?!" Luo Jiucheng said helplessly.

They didn't even know Kong Sheng's radio code book, so how could they get in touch?

"Uh...it seems so." The chief of staff was stunned.

"Captain Kong was supposed to be there anyway, so let's retreat first!" Luo Jiucheng said.

Kong Sheng was originally leading people there to wait for them to retreat, so it was not a big deal whether to tell it or not.

"Okay, I'll give the order." The chief of staff nodded and left the command center.

.........

At this time, Li Jin had just finished his meal.

"Captain Mu, the Japanese have suffered heavy casualties these days. The Japanese regiment commander is probably asking for reinforcements," Kong Sheng said.

For a regiment, more than a thousand people were killed or wounded in three days, which is a heavy casualty.

"They should. They are also worried that if they continue fighting, even if they can attack, they will not have enough troops to advance." Li Jin nodded.

By then, the Japanese will still need to wait for reinforcements to arrive, so it is better to ask for help in advance.

"Then can we prepare to attack the Japs?" Kong Sheng smiled. Isn't this the moment they have been waiting for? They specifically target the Japs' logistics forces.

The Japanese's logistical forces are not as strong as their regular troops, and if they are ambushed by them, they are basically dead.

"Well, once we encounter the Japanese's logistics troops, we will annihilate them in one go and not give them a chance to send out information. Then, we can destroy the advancing Japanese troops." Li Jin nodded.

Without the supply from the logistics troops, the Japanese troops in the front will choose to retreat due to insufficient ammunition. They can take the opportunity to eliminate the Japanese retreating to the rear and let the Japanese know what evil human nature is.