Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 859

"Yes, yes, yes, we have to hurry." Kong Sheng nodded repeatedly.

They have been waiting here for two days. I'm afraid this Japanese regiment has already engaged in battle with the troops on the rear line of defense.

After this battle, Li Jin and his men seized a lot of guns and ammunition, as well as mortars and grenade launchers, and even two infantry guns. It can be said that their firepower suddenly became stronger.

As for the seized weapons, Li Jin and Kong Sheng divided them 4:6, with him getting 6 and Kong Sheng getting 4.

Although the 335th Regiment only took 40% of the spoils, its firepower was much stronger. Combined with the machine guns that Li Jin had borrowed before, its firepower could even rival that of the same number of Japanese soldiers.

"Commander, it's more fun to follow Mu Jin and his men to fight the Japanese. More than a thousand Japanese were wiped out so quickly.
In the past, with so few people, we would not have dared to ambush so many devils." Deputy Regiment Commander Liu Xin sighed.

Although their regiment is directly under the division, there is still a big gap compared with the Japanese.

If they used their previous firepower to ambush this Japanese force, they would most likely not be able to defeat the Japanese, after all, there were still many new recruits.

Although this Japanese army looks like a transport unit, it is actually a combat unit with very strong combat effectiveness.

"So, although there are some risks in following Mu Jin, as the saying goes, the greater the risk, the greater the reward." Kong Sheng said with a smile.

He understood this truth since he met Mu Jin in Fengling.

As long as Mu Jin thinks a battle can be fought, it can definitely be fought.

Many new recruits were also talking about the battle that had just taken place.

"I just shot and killed a Japanese soldier. The squad leader gave me credit for the achievement. I might get a reward when I get back."

"That's for sure. The Japs are quite strong. If we fight normally, one Japs can replace five of us."

"It's a pity that I was too nervous just now and fired without aiming. Otherwise, I would have definitely killed one of the Japanese soldiers."

"Me too."

The recruits were talking about it. Compared to the recruit who killed the Japanese, the other recruits could only envy him.

"Speaking of which, what's going on with this soldier from the Fourth Battalion? How come his shooting skills are so accurate?!"

"I'm curious about this, too. I feel like they're much more accurate shooters than our squad leader."

"I think their marksmanship is many times better than our squad leader's. They kill one Japanese soldier with one shot, just like killing a chicken. It's so accurate."

"Moreover, their battalion's equipment is much better than ours, all equipped with Type 38 rifles, a large number of light and heavy machine guns,
If the squad leader hadn’t said that this was one of ours, I would have suspected that the Japanese were wearing our uniforms.”

"I suspect this is a unit from our regiment that was secretly trained and is just coming out now."

"More than half of the dead devils were killed by soldiers from the Fourth Battalion. Are they more powerful than the devils?!"

"It shouldn't be that serious. The Japanese soldiers are all veterans who have been trained for several years."

"I also think it's unlikely. They shouldn't be as good as the Japs, but in an ambush, they can narrow the gap in combat power between them, so they are so powerful."

"That makes sense."

The new recruits started talking about the newly emerged fourth battalion.

"Be quiet, everyone, and don't talk nonsense." The squad leader heard the discussions behind him and spoke up to remind them.

The recruits quickly shut up, but some still came forward to ask curiously.

"Sergeant, was the Fourth Battalion secretly trained by our regiment? Why haven't I heard of it before?!" The new recruit was very curious and wanted to know from the squad leader what this unit was like.

"You said it was a secret training, how would I know what the situation was?" The squad leader replied unhappily.

Of course he knew what the Fourth Battalion was like. It was not their unit at all, but a Northeastern Army.

Moreover, they were called to a meeting and were forbidden to reveal any information about Mu Jin and others to the new recruits, otherwise they would be punished by military law.

.........

Around ten o'clock the next morning.

The Japanese regiment commander ordered his troops to take a short rest when they were about ten miles away from the second line of defense of the National Army.

"Captain, we are facing the resistance of the 323rd Brigade." The Japanese lieutenant colonel came to the tent and reported the situation to the Japanese commander.

"Well, no matter who the enemy is, they will not be a match for the Empire. At three o'clock in the afternoon, we will launch a tentative attack." The Japanese captain was very confident.

I plan to test the combat effectiveness of this unit at around three o'clock.

"Hi!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded.

.........

In the mountains about four or five miles away from the Japanese.

Luo Jiuchen took the chief of staff to the mountain to observe the situation of the Japanese with binoculars.

"Our next task is to lead the team to block the Japanese reinforcements and prevent them from delivering supplies to these Japanese invaders." Luo Jiuchen said.

Although the Japanese are very powerful, they will panic if their supplies cannot keep up.

After all, a gun without bullets is no different from a fire stick.

By then, they will have bullets and artillery shells, and fighting the Japanese will be like a piece of cake, unless they are mentally ill and want to fight the Japanese with bayonets when the Japanese have no bullets.

"Understood." The chief of staff nodded.

"Let's go, we'll go to the designated location and block the Japanese reinforcements." Luo Jiuchen ordered.

He felt that the only pity was that there was no suitable ambush site here, otherwise, he would be confident that he could annihilate the Japanese reinforcements.

At that time, they could only fight a positional battle with the Japanese on the flat ground.

.........

The 323rd Brigade set up a second line of defense along the river bank to block the Japanese. If the first line failed, they would withdraw directly across the bridge, blow up the bridge, and then continue to block the enemy.

In the headquarters.

A chief of staff came running in hurriedly.

"Brigade Commander, we received intelligence that the Japanese are now less than ten miles away from our defense line," said the chief of staff.

"Okay, I got it. Let the 19th Regiment be prepared to fight the enemy. The Japanese may launch an attack on them." Brigade Commander Liu Xin nodded, as if everything was under control.

"Yes!" The chief of staff nodded.

The time soon came to three o'clock in the afternoon.

Boom boom boom......

The Japanese artillery positions began to bombard the Kuomintang's defense line.

Shells fell like raindrops, explosions rang out one after another, and the sound of explosions echoed along the river bank.

After the bombardment, the Japanese troops began to attack the Kuomintang positions.

The 19th Regiment took advantage of the geographical location and began to counterattack the attacking devils. Da da da...

Bang bang bang…

The two sides began to fight fiercely, gunshots rang out continuously, and both sides suffered casualties.

The Japs' shooting skills were very accurate, and they would tactically move and dodge after each shot, which made the soldiers of the 19th Regiment feel a lot of pressure.

Especially the gap between the machine gunners of both sides. The Japanese machine gunners were very accurate and could easily suppress the firepower of the 19th Regiment.

On the contrary, the machine gunners of the 19th Regiment fired a volley of bullets but did not hit a single Japanese soldier. However, it did play a certain role and slowed down the Japanese soldiers' advance.

"Grenade launcher, blow up that light machine gun for me!" A Japanese second lieutenant called the artilleryman carrying a grenade launcher.

"Hi!" The Japanese artilleryman nodded, immediately took out the grenade launcher, and began to aim at the machine gunner of the 19th Regiment about 200 meters away.

boom!
After the Japanese artillery took aim, they placed the shell into the barrel. With a muffled sound, the shell inside was fired out and accurately landed in the machine gun position.

boom!
There was a loud bang, and the machine gunner at the machine gun position and several deputies were all frightened.

The machine gunner died on the spot, and the others were seriously injured and unconscious, losing their combat effectiveness.

At around six o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese's exploratory attack ended and they retreated.

The soldiers of the 19th Regiment also breathed a sigh of relief. In front of the position lay many dead bodies of the Japanese devils, as well as the bodies of their own people.

There were a few Japanese soldiers who were not dead yet, so some soldiers with accurate marksmanship shot them to death.

But now is not the time to clean up the battlefield to avoid being attacked by the Japanese.

"Commander, the casualties have been counted. One hundred and seventy-three soldiers have been killed, and fifty-six are seriously injured." The deputy commander ran into the command center and reported the intelligence to the commander.

"Well, how about the casualties on the Japanese side?!" The regiment commander nodded, the casualties were still within an acceptable range.

"The Japanese suffered more than a hundred casualties, but we still have the geographical advantage," said the deputy regiment commander.

If they did not have the geographical advantage, it would be difficult for them to suffer such a casualty ratio against the Japanese.

"Not bad. We've effectively killed the Japanese. We need to keep up the good work tomorrow." The regiment commander was quite satisfied.

He felt sorry for the soldiers who died, but that was all he felt.

This is a war, not a game of house, and people will die in war.

If a few people die, he will be sad for a long time. How can he command the troops? A kind man cannot command an army.

.........

In the following two days, the Japanese launched fierce attacks on the positions of the 19th Regiment. Fortunately, the 19th Regiment had a geographical advantage and the Japanese troops could not deploy their forces. Therefore, the 19th Regiment not only blocked the Japanese attacks, but also caused considerable casualties to the Japanese.

Around 7pm.

The Japanese regiment commander was also somewhat helpless. He had discovered that each line of defense on the Kuomintang side was more difficult to attack than the last.

It had been three days, and they still hadn't been able to break through the defense line and reach the river. Instead, they suffered hundreds of casualties.

"Captain, our artillery shells won't last much longer, and neither will our bullets." The Japanese lieutenant colonel then announced even worse news.

"What?! Is the consumption so huge?!" The Japanese captain was stunned when he heard this. It had only been a short while since they started fighting and the ammunition they carried was not enough.

"Yes." The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded. Before each attack, they would bombard with artillery shells, which naturally consumed a lot of energy.

The key point is that a large number of artillery shells were consumed but the enemy's defense line was not broken. This is the biggest loss.

"How long can the remaining ammunition last?!" asked the Japanese regiment commander.

"As for the shells, at normal consumption, it can last for two days. With more bullets, it can last for about four days." The Japanese lieutenant colonel replied.

"That's good. Send a telegram to the backup troops and ask them to deliver the supplies as soon as possible. It would be best if they can arrive tomorrow." The Japanese regiment commander ordered.

Fortunately, he asked for help in advance and applied for supplies, otherwise, if the ammunition was really used up, they would have to retreat.

"Hi!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded, turned around and asked someone to send a telegram to the support troops. However, there was no reply for more than half an hour after the telegram was sent.

This made the Japanese lieutenant colonel a little panicked. Was something going to happen? !
He hurried to find the Japanese commander.

"What's going on?!" the Japanese regiment commander asked hurriedly when he saw the Japanese lieutenant colonel coming in.

"Captain, the backup force has not responded to us." The Japanese lieutenant colonel told the story.

"What?! How is that possible?!" The Japanese captain was stunned when he heard this.

"I don't know what's going on over there. Maybe there's something wrong with the radio station, so I couldn't respond immediately.

Or, they were ambushed, so…” The Japanese lieutenant colonel mentioned two possibilities, and he fell silent when he talked about the latter possibility.

"Baga, what nonsense are you talking about?! If they were ambushed, they would definitely send us a telegram for help as soon as possible." The Japanese regiment commander cursed.

If the reinforcement troops are ambushed, they are the only ones who can provide support to them the fastest, unless the ambushers can quickly annihilate the reinforcement troops and prevent them from even sending out a distress telegram.

But how is this possible? There are more than a thousand backup troops. Who can eliminate them so quickly?

"The radio must be broken. They will probably arrive tomorrow!" added the Japanese regiment commander.

In short, the latter possibility is impossible to happen.

"Then we'll wait for them to come tomorrow," said the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

"Yeah." The Japanese captain nodded, but for some reason, he felt a little uneasy.

At this time, Liu Xin, the brigade commander of the 323rd Brigade, also ordered the soldiers of the 19th Regiment to cross the bridge and retreat to the position here to defend.

At twelve o'clock in the morning, all the soldiers of the 19th Regiment crossed the river and retreated.

After all the soldiers of the 19th Regiment crossed the river, Liu Xin did not rush to give the order to blow up the bridge, but instead thought that the bridge could be used to ambush the Japanese.

.........

Li Jin also led his men to stop in the woods about four or five miles away from Luo Jiuchen's blocking position.

"Battalion Commander, Brigade Commander Luo has dug a position not far from us. It seems that he wants to block the Japanese reinforcements." Lu Changgong found Li Jin to report.

"Then their work will be in vain." Li Jin smiled.

The Japanese reinforcements had been annihilated by him.

"Captain Mu, what should we do then?!" Kong Sheng asked.

"Let's go around and ambush on the other side. The Japanese haven't received any news about the reinforcements, so they will most likely choose to retreat, and they won't retreat along the original route," said Li Jin.

Once the Japanese realize something is wrong, they will definitely not return by the same route. After all, the support troops have been in trouble. If the Japanese return by the same route, they will be delivering themselves into their mouths!
Therefore, the Japanese would most likely choose to retreat by a detour, and it would be just right for them to block the Japanese's retreat route.

"That's fine. We'll have to give the Japanese a big surprise then." Kong Sheng said happily after hearing this.

He could imagine the shocked expressions on the Japanese soldiers' faces when they were ambushed. It was interesting to think about it.