Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Soon, the Japanese lieutenant colonel led his men to evacuate the bridge and rushed to the position previously built by the 323rd Brigade.

"Brigade Commander, the Japanese have retreated." An officer ran over to report to Liu Xin.

"Damn it, they are not trying to retreat, but to occupy our positions on the other side of the river." Liu Xin understood the devil's purpose at the first moment.

"Kill them and kill these devils!" Liu Xin ordered.

The soldiers in groups of three or two hurried across the bridge.

Attacked the Japanese troops at the position.

Boom boom boom......

Shells were fired at the Japanese, and many of them were killed on the spot. Some unlucky ones were blown into pieces, with blood splattered all over the place.

"Let the 4th and 6th Regiments encircle them from both wings and launch an attack at the same time. We must annihilate these Japanese devils as quickly as possible." Liu Xin continued to give orders after crossing the bridge!

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

The soldiers of the 323rd Brigade rushed towards the Japanese, and from time to time some soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.

The soldiers around him didn't have time to care about these things and continued to charge.

The Japanese lieutenant colonel was also ordering the Japanese soldiers to launch a counterattack.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, Liu Xin ordered the troops to withdraw and take a short rest.

"Brigade Commander, these devils are really good at positional warfare. It's difficult to eliminate them in a short period of time." The chief of staff came to Liu Xin.

The positions occupied by the Japanese made it difficult for their troops to deploy their forces, and this was how they had inflicted heavy casualties on the Japanese before.

Now it's their turn!
"Damn it, let the soldiers of the Fifth Regiment surround these Japs, and the Fourth and Sixth Regiments go around and support Luo Jiuchen!" Seeing this, Liu Xin stopped fighting with the Japs.

Since the Japs want to stay, let them stay.

Wait for them to meet up with Luo Jiuchen, kill the Japs over there, and then turn around and kill this group of Japs.

"Yes!" The chief of staff nodded and immediately gave the order.

Half an hour later, the soldiers from the 4th and 6th Regiments had gathered, bypassed the Japanese positions, and rushed towards Luo Jiuchen.

During this period, they did not launch any attack on the Japanese.

In the trench, the Japanese major was gasping for breath with a bandage on his left arm.

"Major, I don't know what the enemy is doing. They haven't continued their attack yet." The Japanese captain came to the Japanese major and said.

"Something is wrong. Oops, the enemy is planning to bypass us and join other troops.

If that were the case, our troops might have already engaged the enemy, so the enemy would ignore us." The Japanese lieutenant colonel reacted.

"Then what should we do?!" asked the Japanese captain.

"How many soldiers do we have now?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel did not answer the question, but asked instead.

"There are still more than two hundred and thirty people." The Japanese captain replied.

"Alas, it seems we can't rush out and intercept those enemies. We shouldn't have retreated just now." The Japanese major sighed when he heard this.

He should have guarded the bridgehead and blocked the enemy instead of leaving there.

Although their situation was much better than when they were guarding the bridgehead, they were unable to intercept more enemies. He made a wrong decision.

"Let's hold on here. Since the enemy won't let us leave, then we won't leave. We can still hold on for a while.
During this period, try to kill as many enemies as possible." The Japanese lieutenant colonel sighed, feeling somewhat helpless.

They now have the advantage of terrain, and it will still take a lot of time for the enemy to eliminate them.

"I understand!" The Japanese captain nodded.

"Let the soldiers consolidate their positions. The enemy's positions are not as good as ours." The Japanese major gave the order.

When it comes to positional warfare, the Empire is better at it, not only in offense, but also in defense.

"Hi!" The Japanese captain crouched down and immediately went to convey the order.

"Captain, I hope you can break out as soon as possible." The Japanese major could only pray now.

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The Japanese lieutenant colonel led his team and quickly arrived at Luo Jiuchen's side.

Without any hesitation, he ordered the attack.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

Fierce gunfire was heard, and the Japanese were launching an attack.

Both sides suffered casualties, but the Japanese side did not build a position after all, so the casualties were almost the same as those of Luo Jiuchen's troops.

"Has the artillery built its position?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel called a Japanese officer and asked.

"Just a little bit more." The Japanese officer responded.

"Let them build their positions and fire at the enemy as soon as possible." The Japanese lieutenant colonel gave the order.

Some of the Japanese were using sacks filled with sand to build temporary combat positions.

"Since the fighting has started here, the enemies on the regiment commander's side should also be rushing here." The Japanese lieutenant colonel thought to himself.

Although it is somewhat unwilling to die like this, it is worth it as long as the captain can leave safely.

A few minutes later, the Japanese artillery position was built, and the Japanese artillery began to adjust the muzzle, and soon they completed the adjustment!

Bang bang bang…

Boo hoo hoo...

The Japanese artillerymen put the shells into the muzzle, muffled sounds were heard, and one shell after another was fired out, forming a parabola and falling into the position!
Boom boom boom......

The shells exploded, bursts of fire were heard, and then dissipated!

Under the bombardment of artillery fire, many Kuomintang soldiers were killed and wounded, and the Japanese soldiers also advanced further under the cover of artillery fire.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

The gunfire continued as both sides fought fiercely, disregarding life and death. They had only one goal in mind, which was to kill the enemy in front of them!

.........

Boom boom boom......

Luo Jiucheng frowned as he listened to the sound of artillery bombardment.

"Damn, these little Japs have quite strong firepower." The chief of staff couldn't help but curse.

But he saw Luo Jiuchen frowning, and immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Commander, what's wrong with you?!" asked the chief of staff.

"The enemy's artillery firepower is much weaker than before, and the number of people attacking us is not large, at most only one battalion." Luo Jiucheng explained the situation. "Then the number of people is indeed not right." The chief of staff said.

When the Japanese crossed the river, there were still two to three thousand people. They fought with Liu Xin and his brigade for two or three days, and at most only suffered a few hundred casualties. Now there is only one battalion of Japanese soldiers, where are the rest? !

"It seems that the remaining Japanese soldiers are running towards Captain Kong. Fortunately, we have them. Otherwise, with just the number of us, it would be difficult to destroy this army." Luo Jiuchen sighed.

Although their troops, combined with the 323rd Brigade's strength, outnumbered the Japanese by a ratio of six to one or even seven to one, it would cost a huge price to destroy this unit.

Kong Sheng and his men eliminated the Japanese reinforcements and successfully forced the Japanese commander to split up and leave.

Of course, even if the Japanese didn't do this and continued to choose to break out to his side with all their members, he could still hold on until Kong Sheng and others arrived.

This is the price, it's just a little high, and many soldiers will be sacrificed.

"If that's the case, I think the Japanese will most likely leave some troops behind to stop Brigade Commander Liu," said the chief of staff.

Since the Japanese thought there might be ambushes in both directions, they would definitely not let Liu Xin and his men easily surround them.

"Well, that's for sure." Luo Jiuchen nodded and said, the Japanese are not that stupid and will definitely do this.

"But I estimate that there are not many soldiers left by the Japanese. So the Japanese are betting that they can break out before Brigade Commander Liu and his men arrive." said the chief of staff.

"So, we must hold our position here and prevent the Japanese from breaking through. As for Captain Kong, we don't need to worry about him.

Although they were few in number, their firepower was strong, especially as they annihilated the enemy's backup forces and seized more weapons.
I believe they can destroy this Japanese army." Luo Jiucheng said.

Compared with Kong Sheng's regiment, their brigade had a relatively difficult time and was not able to defeat the Japanese.

"Notify the artillery and let them bombard the Japanese!" Luo Jiuchen was no longer hiding anything and gave orders to the messenger.

They have to hold out against the Japanese attack until Liu Xin and his men arrive!

"Yes!" The messenger nodded and immediately went to convey the order.

Not long after, their artillery positions also fired shells towards the Japanese.

Boom boom boom......

One artillery shell after another exploded, killing and blowing away many Japanese soldiers.

When the Japanese lieutenant colonel saw this scene, he continued to give orders for the artillery positions to fire.

The two sides started to fight each other at once!
Luo Jiucheng was protected by the position and the artillery shells did not cause much damage to him and his men.

On the contrary, the Japanese did not have many shelters, and the casualties were more serious!
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at the same time.

Li Jin and his men were also quietly waiting for the arrival of the Japanese.

They did not choose to ambush in a favorable terrain because the Japanese would definitely send an advance team to scout.

Once they discover them, the Japanese will most likely turn around and leave, then find an advantageous terrain to build a position and want to fight a positional battle with them. This is what Li Jin does not want to see.

Because once we fight a positional war with the Japanese, it will mean trouble, especially when the Japanese have the geographical advantage.

Therefore, Li Jin and his men ambushed about sixty to seventy meters away from both sides of the road, and this position happened to be just past the most suitable ambush spot in front.

When the Japanese captain finds out that there is no ambush there, he will most likely be careless when he passes here.

"Captain Mu, are we really going to fight the Japanese with bayonets later?!" Kong Sheng asked.

He was a little worried because the 335th Regiment still had quite a few new recruits.

Mu Jin's method of warfare was to bury mines on the road, and once the mines were detonated, the artillery positions would bombard the Japanese.

At this time, the soldier on the right fired all the bullets in his gun as quickly as possible, and then the soldier in ambush on the left rushed towards the Japs and started fighting with them.

When the Japanese were being entangled by the soldiers on the left, the soldiers on the right would rush over to fight the Japanese with bayonets.

Although it looked fine, he was still a little worried.

What if there are more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers coming? Can they, with only 3,000 men, win a bayonet fight against them? !
He admitted that Mu Jin's soldiers were very accurate with their guns, but he had never seen how good they were in bayonet fighting, so he felt a little uneasy.

"Don't worry, I won't joke about the lives of my soldiers. Not all the devils are coming." Li Jin comforted.

I also know that Kong Sheng is worried, simply because he is afraid that he will not be able to defeat the Japanese in close combat.

Li Jin had already made preparations.

If there are so many Japanese soldiers coming, then we will carry out the plan. If only half of the Japanese soldiers come, then Li Jin will have to transfer half of them to support Luo Jiuchen.

Because only half of them came, it meant that the Japanese were divided into two routes. If the Japanese broke through the position guarded by Luo Jiuchen and his men, wouldn't they be able to escape?

After hearing Li Jin's comfort, Kong Sheng felt a little relieved. He believed that Mu Jin would not risk the lives of soldiers casually.

At this time, the walkie-talkie in my hand rang.

"Battalion Commander, the Japanese have now reached the first outpost, about eighteen miles away from you." Lu Changgong's voice came from the walkie-talkie.

Although the effective range of the walkie-talkie is only six miles, by connecting them together, you can get to know more distant targets. One contacts two, two contacts three, three contacts four, and it is easy to know the situation more than ten miles away.

"Okay, I get it. How many Japanese soldiers are there?!" Li Jin nodded and asked.

"At the moment, we can see only one battalion. I don't know if there are any Japanese soldiers behind them. I'll ask someone to go and check." Lu Changgong said.

"Okay, do it as soon as possible." Li Jin ordered.

"clear."

The intercom soon went silent.

"This thing is really useful. It can tell you clearly what's happening more than ten miles away." Kong Sheng looked at the walkie-talkie in Li Jin's hand and liked it more and more.

It would be great if he had one too.

"Captain Mu, why don't you sell me two to play with? I won't use them in combat, just for research. Any price is fine with me." Kong Sheng couldn't help but say.

If you don't use it in combat, it's fine to use it for fun, as long as it's not taken away by the Japanese.

"Captain Kong, I advise you to give up this idea. I can't give you this thing. You know how important it is. If you mention it again, I will get angry." Li Jin said seriously.

"Um...Captain Mu, I just said that. Don't take it to heart. Don't take it to heart." Kong Sheng said repeatedly.

He also felt that he had gone too far. This was something made by Mu Jin and his team. It was so precious. If he gave it to him and it got lost or got hold of by the Japanese, he would have to die ten times.

"This is just the first time. If you say it again, our cooperation will end unilaterally." Li Jin continued to say, "This will never happen again!"
"Don't worry, Captain Mu, I will never mention it again." Kong Sheng was also afraid that Mu Jin would end the cooperation.

If that were the case, he would be scolded to death, and demotion would be the lightest punishment.

After Li Jin waited for ten minutes, the intercom rang.

"Battalion commander, I've sent people to check. There are indeed no other Japanese troops following behind. Only this Japanese brigade has arrived." Lu Changgong's voice was heard.

"Well, let the soldiers come back." Li Jin nodded and said.

"Yes."

"Captain Kong, it is now basically certain that there is only one battalion of Japanese invaders coming. You can rest assured now." Li Jin said with a smile.

Isn’t Kong Sheng just worried that there are too many Japanese devils? Now there are not many left.

(End of this chapter)