Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 876

"What happened?!" asked Captain Yoshida. His heart skipped a beat and he had a bad feeling.

"Brigade Commander Oshima, died in battle!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel slowly told the story.

"What?!" Captain Yoshida widened his eyes in disbelief.

"What on earth is going on? Did the division commander tell me in detail?!" Lieutenant Commander Yoshida tried his best to calm himself down and asked.

"An enemy troop ran to our rear area and attacked the logistics troops transporting supplies.

They also attacked the logistics department and killed the brigade commander Oshima. I don't know the details. The division commander didn't give any more details in the telegram. "The Japanese lieutenant colonel handed the telegram to the commander Yoshida while speaking.

The latter took the telegram and started reading it. The content was exactly as it was said.

"What on earth is going on?! There are so many soldiers in the logistics department, how could something like this happen?!" Captain Yoshida couldn't accept it.

No wonder the logistics troops did not arrive as scheduled, it turned out that an accident really happened.

But the problem is, even if something happened to the logistics unit, there should be more than a battalion of soldiers in the logistics department, so how could it be breached by the enemy? !
"I don't know either. Judging from the meaning of the telegram, the troops that attacked the logistics department are probably very powerful." The Japanese lieutenant colonel guessed based on the content of the telegram.

"Strong combat effectiveness?! Could it be which unit?!" Captain Yoshida thought of a secret unit trained by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

"Captain, do you know what's going on?!" the Japanese lieutenant colonel asked hurriedly. From Captain Yoshida's expression, he already knew who it was.

"Well, this unit caused great losses to the empire!" Captain Yoshida nodded. He looked solemn and felt that there was a big problem.

Which army caused them to lose more than 20,000 elite soldiers?

Although it is not entirely due to the other party, the cause of the loss is indeed related to the other party.

Judging from all this, the commander of this unit has terrible command ability and is making their people run around in circles.

"What's going on?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel was a little anxious.

Captain Yoshida has not gotten to the point yet. He now wants to know who this unit belongs to.

"Shanxi-Suiyuan Army! I shouldn't have told you about this, but now, I have to tell you!" Captain Yoshida then told everything that the army had done.

This left the Japanese lieutenant colonel stunned.

"How could such a small force cause such heavy losses to the empire?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel's face was full of disbelief.

He didn't expect that the defeat in that war would be caused by a small force.

"Yes, so the Empire has been sending people to investigate this unit, but they haven't found any information at all." Captain Yoshida nodded.

He also felt that the situation was a bit tricky, which was why the division commander wanted their two regiments to combine their forces.

Because they were worried that they would be defeated one by one by the enemy, they never expected that one day they would have to be so cautious because of a small force.

At this time, a Japanese soldier ran in.

"Captain, Commander Hengtian is here." The Japanese soldier reported the situation.

Captain Yoshida and the Japanese lieutenant colonel looked at each other.

"Please ask him to come in immediately," Captain Yoshida ordered.

"Hi!" The Japanese soldiers left.

Not long after, a Japanese colonel walked in.

"You know all the news, right?!" Captain Hengtian Lian said as soon as he came in.

"Yes, the order from the division commander has been received." Lieutenant Commander Yoshida nodded.

"That's not what I'm talking about, it's Brigadier General Oshima!" said Captain Yokoten unhappily. He naturally knew that Yoshida had also received orders from the division commander.

"I know, he died in battle, alas..." Captain Yoshida sighed heavily when he finished speaking. He had never expected that Brigade Commander Oshima would die in battle like this.

"The enemy's troop is basically the one trained by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. What I can't figure out is what's going on with this troop.

Why haven't the intelligence personnel found any information about that unit until now? They don't even know the name of the other party.
Is it really that our intelligence personnel are too bad? Or is it that the enemy's intelligence work is too strict? "Captain Hengtian said a lot in one breath.

"What do you want to say?!" Captain Yoshida also heard the hidden meaning in Captain Yokoten's words.

"What I mean is that this unit may not have been trained by the Jinsui Army at all, so it is not in the Jinsui Army.

This is why our intelligence personnel didn't find any information at all!" The captain of Hengtianlian expressed his guess.

He just thought of it after thinking about it carefully.

The empire's intelligence work is very powerful. Even if the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army does a good job of intelligence work, it is impossible not to find any clues.

The only possibility is that this unit does not belong to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army at all and is not within the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, so it is useless for intelligence personnel to investigate.

"Since they are not the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, could it be that they were trained by the Eighth Route Army over there?!" asked Captain Yoshida.

"This is even more impossible. Given the situation of the Eighth Route Army,

How could they have the supplies to train such a powerful army? ” Captain Hengtian denied.

Training a unit with such strong combat effectiveness would consume a huge amount of supplies, so it is impossible that they came from the Eighth Route Army.

"But the problem is, some soldiers claimed that the people they saw carrying out the attack were indeed wearing the uniforms of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army." Captain Yoshida frowned.

Why did he feel that they were still from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?

"Is it possible that the unit cooperated with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, so they wore the clothes of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?" Captain Hengtian continued.

The more he thought about it, the more likely it was.

"If that's the case, then whose unit are the enemy from?!" Captain Yoshida frowned. He really felt that his brain was not enough.

"To train such a force, in addition to supplies, you also need a commander who knows how to train soldiers.

And these are very likely related to the Northeast Army." The captain of the Hengtian League mentioned the Northeast Army.

"The Northeastern Army, but the intelligence said that the people there have never been valued, and they didn't even have supplies after the battle, so many Northeastern Army soldiers left...

You mean, this unit is composed of the Northeast Army that broke away from the army? ”Lieutenant Yoshida finally reacted.

"Yes, this possibility is the greatest!" Captain Hengtian nodded seriously.

"Then let's quickly tell the division commander about the situation." Lieutenant Commander Yoshida suggested. "We can't be sure it's them yet. All this is just a guess." Lieutenant Commander Yokoten shook his head.

"Alas... Even if we know it's them, there seems to be nothing we can do. And looking at the division commander, it seems that he is quite afraid of this unit." Captain Yoshida sighed again.

Yes, the other party caused them such a huge loss. While they were ruthless, they were naturally full of fear.

The key point is that the war is imminent, and they can't choose to give up attacking Changsha because of a small force.

You have to know that this is a decision made after careful consideration. It is impossible to choose not to attack just because of the appearance of a small force, or to mobilize a large force to encircle and suppress this small force, which is even more impossible.

Compared with encircling and suppressing a small force, the superiors hoped to capture Changsha in the shortest possible time and achieve the strategic goal.

They have now dragged on in China for too long, which is completely contrary to their purpose of a quick victory.

The longer it delays, the more disadvantageous it will be for them.

Therefore, it is crucial for them to take Changsha.

"No matter what, let's do as the division commander said and gather our troops together first," suggested the captain of the Hengtian League.

In order to deal with this force, they can only do this now to avoid any accidents.

"In fact, I think that this army may not be us. They don't have as many people as us. In a head-on confrontation, they are definitely no match for us.
That's why they chose to launch a surprise attack on our logistics forces and cut off our logistics." Captain Yoshida began to analyze.

If the enemy really has the ability to destroy them, then they should take this opportunity to attack them.

Instead of choosing to attack the logistics department, exposing themselves and making them prepared.

"Although what you said makes some sense, if the enemy's target is really us and they attack us, we will be in trouble as we are attacked from both sides." The captain of the Hengtian League also expressed his concerns.

If they unite their forces, they will naturally not be afraid of the enemy. However, if they do not unite and their forces are dispersed, the enemy will have the opportunity to defeat them one by one.

"That's true, but we still can't gamble! Mr. Hengtian, you will be transferred to my side. We have relatively more advantages here." Captain Yoshida suggested.

"Well, I had already asked the troops to assemble when I came here!" said the captain of the Hengtian League. This was what he thought.

"That's fine." Captain Yoshida breathed a sigh of relief. He was still worried that Captain Yokoten would ask him to go there.

"Let's not attack for the next few days to save ammunition. Let's gather our forces together. As long as we don't attack, the enemy won't dare to attack us." The captain of the Hengtian League suggested.

The two captains of their regiments together have a force of more than 5,000. Even if the enemy has the help of the Northeast Army, it will be impossible to defeat them in a short period of time.

On the contrary, if they dare to launch an attack from the rear, they can also take the opportunity to bite the enemy. At this time, the enemy on the other side of the river will not be able to run over to attack them.

"Let's do as you say." Captain Yoshida agreed with the plan.

In short, proceed with caution.

.........

On the other side, Liang Gu also left Changde with his soldiers and began to go to the designated location according to Commander Xue's instructions.

"General, should we send a telegram to Mu Jin and the others to inform them of our deployment?!" Han Mingyuan asked in the car.

"That's good. I didn't expect Commander Xue to entrust us with such an important task." Liang Gu nodded, then his face looked heavy.

His task was to block some of the retreating Japanese troops. According to Commander Xue's plan, the Japanese troops would inevitably be defeated in this battle.

Then they would retreat to the rear, and Liang Gu would be responsible for blocking some of the Japanese soldiers on their retreat route in advance.

This is the most important task, but also the most dangerous. Once he blocks the Japanese troops and other troops do not come to support him in time, he will be in trouble.

If things go wrong, his army will be beaten to pieces by the Japanese who are eager to retreat.

To be honest, this mission was very dangerous and he didn't really want to take it, but in order to kill more Japs, he still took it.

In fact, part of the reason why he took on this task was because Mu Jin and the others were also there, so he felt more or less confident.

"Then I will send a telegram to Mu Jin now." Han Mingyuan quickly called the telegraph operator to send a telegram to Mu Jin.

"We don't know what the situation is with Mu Jin and the others now." Liang Gu frowned. To be honest, he was really worried that something might happen to Mu Jin.

It would be such a pity if such a talented person died at the hands of the Japanese.

"Mu Jin and his men are unlikely to be in trouble. I am worried that Kong Sheng and his men will be in trouble. What if Mu Jin pissed off the Japanese?

Send a lot of soldiers to encircle and suppress him. The 335th Regiment does not have the same strong combat power as Mu Jin. "Han Mingyuan said instead.

There is no way anything will happen to Mu Jin. Even if something happens, it will be Kong Sheng and the others.

"There is some truth in what you said." Liang Gu couldn't help laughing when he heard that.

"That's how it is. Although Kong Sheng's group is considered an elite group, in Mu Jin's eyes, it's nothing.

In Mu Jin's eyes, the Japanese are nothing but chickens and dogs. Killing them is just like killing chickens. We are no match for them." Han Mingyuan continued.

Although what he said was exaggerated, it was indeed true, that is, there are only more than a thousand people in Mu Jin now.

If Mu Jin were allowed to grow to six or seven thousand men, he felt that Mu Jin would dare to go and attack Taiyuan. This was no joke.

.........

On the other side, Kong Sheng received a telegram from Han Mingyuan. He immediately found Mu Jin and showed him the telegram.

"The commander and his men have already set off. What should we do now?!" Kong Sheng asked hurriedly.

"Why are you in such a hurry? Take your time. They haven't arrived yet." Li Jin said calmly.

Unexpectedly, Liang Gu actually took on such a difficult task. He remembered that when the Japanese retreated, many troops did not dare to chase too closely for fear that the Japanese would make a counterattack, so they let the Japanese escape, resulting in the failure to further expand the results of the battle.

What he didn't expect was that Liang Gu was actually sent to block the enemy's retreat.

This is not a good thing. If things go wrong, Liang Gu’s army might be wiped out.

There were quite a few Japanese soldiers retreating. Liang Gu was a little too bold.

"Captain Mu, in your opinion, is the commander's mission a good or bad one?!" Kong Sheng asked. To be honest, his strategic vision was indeed not far-sighted.

So, at this time, he could only ask Mu Jin for his opinion.

"Do you want to hear the truth or a lie?!" Li Jin asked back.

"Oh, Captain Mu, please stop keeping us in suspense and tell us now." Kong Sheng pleaded. He was almost dying of anxiety, but Mu Jin was still in the mood to joke with him.