Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Many Japanese soldiers took sacks and started filling them with sand to build positions.

In the distance, in the trench on the hillside, Liang Gu was observing the movements of the Japanese with a telescope.

"Commander, the Japanese are building a position. Should we fire a few shots to interrupt them? Or let the machine gunners shoot them?!" Han Mingyuan suggested.

"There's no need for that. If we open fire now, it will expose the location of our machine gun position. The Japanese artillery is very accurate. Let's not get involved in this." Liang Gu shook his head.

If we open fire now, not only will we fail to cause any harm to the Japanese, but on the contrary we will expose our own machine gun positions.

By then, once the location of the machine gun position is remembered by the Japanese, they will not let it go.

"Forget it then." Han Mingyuan gave up decisively after hearing this.

You can't just let the machine gun position fire two shots and then change position. You have to rebuild the position, and then the power it can exert will be less.

Li Jin and his men were also watching the situation on the Japanese side. He was not in a hurry to launch an attack on the Japanese as it was not the right time yet.

"General, other troops have also encountered the Japanese and are preparing for battle." At this time, a telegraph operator came running over to report.

"Well, let them defend well. If the follow-up troops still don't arrive within two days, let the Japanese pass." Liang Gu nodded and said.

It was already amazing that he was able to stop the Japanese for two days. Anyone who dares to say that he didn't try his best will be intercepted.

"Yes!" The telegraph operator turned and left.

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While Captain Yoshida was having his men build up their positions, he also had them send a telegram to the division commander to report on the situation on their side.

However, what Captain Yoshida did not expect was that other troops were also blocked by the enemy and were now ready to fight.

"Which unit is this unit?!" Captain Yoshida also frowned.

How could the enemy send a troop so quickly to block their rear? Moreover, it not only blocked their rear, but also other troops.

"From this situation, the enemy must have predicted that we would choose to retreat, so they made preparations.
However, the enemy can only send a few tens of thousands of troops to encircle us, so it is unlikely that they can encircle us." The captain of the Hengtian League also interrupted.

If the enemy had not predicted this in advance, no one would have been able to surround them so quickly.

"Well, that should be correct. We were careless in this attack." Captain Yoshida said.

They didn't consider enough things, so they suffered a lot of losses. Moreover, the enemy's commander was indeed powerful.

"The division commander probably can't send anyone to support us. However, it's impossible for such a small number of enemies to encircle us," said the captain of the Hengtian League.

They sent a telegram to the division commander, but they had no intention of asking him to send people to them. Instead, they wanted to break through the enemy's defense line themselves.

"Of course. Now we have enough supplies to break through the enemy's defenses." Captain Yoshida was also very confident.

If he didn't have supplies, he wouldn't be so confident. Now that he has supplies, he naturally doesn't have to worry so much.

Around noon, the Japanese position was almost completed.

Boom boom boom......

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

The Japanese artillery positions opened fire and began to bombard Lianggu's positions. Machine guns also started to suppress the situation.

As shells fell into the positions, huge explosions occurred, the soil was blown away, and holes were left on the ground. The soldiers quickly hid in the anti-artillery holes.

After several rounds of artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers began to attack the national army.

"Come out, don't hide, the Japanese are coming!" an officer shouted orders.

After the soldiers came out of the anti-artillery holes, they quickly returned to their previous combat positions.

They did not shoot immediately, but waited for the opportunity.

Because the Japs were still some distance away from them, shooting now would be a waste of bullets.

However, the Japanese didn't care about that and shot at them, with bullets whizzing past their heads.

As the Japanese got closer, the officers ordered their soldiers to open fire.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

The machine gun started firing at the attacking Japanese.

However, the machine gunner's accuracy was quite poor. After firing a whole round of bullets, he failed to hit a single Japanese soldier.

However, this also slowed down the speed of the Japanese attack.

"Baga, grenade launcher, blow up that heavy machine gun for me!" A Japanese second lieutenant lay on the ground and called a Japanese artilleryman who was carrying a grenade launcher.

"Cover!" The Japanese second lieutenant ordered the people around him to cover the artillery's aiming.

boom!
Soon, a shell was fired from the grenade launcher, forming a parabola and falling towards the heavy machine gun not far away!
boom!
There was a loud bang, and the heavy machine gunner was killed on the spot by a shell. Even the heavy machine gun was blown over. The two machine gun assistants and the loader were also seriously injured. They fell to the ground, covered in blood and unconscious.

"Medic! Medic!" a squad leader shouted loudly. He did not have time to treat the wounded. He quickly picked up the heavy machine gun, called a soldier to help load the ammunition, and started shooting at the Japanese again.

Boom boom boom......

The Japanese artillery positions once again launched bombardment at the positions to give the attacking Japanese a chance to advance.

Many National Army soldiers did not dare to hide in the anti-artillery holes, for fear that the Japanese might kill them when they came out.

Therefore, the National Army soldiers could only attack under the Japanese artillery fire, and many soldiers were killed by the Japanese artillery shells.

In the command center at the rear, the table was covered with dust, and Liang Gu's military uniform was stained by the dust, but he didn't care.

call out……

Suddenly, a voice came down in this direction.

"General, be careful!" Han Mingyuan immediately threw Liang Gu to the ground.

boom!
The shell exploded less than ten meters away from the headquarters.

The soil was blown away and fell into the command center through the window, covering Han Mingyuan and the others with a layer of soil.

"General, are you okay?!" Han Mingyuan asked loudly. He helped Liang Gu up and heard a buzzing sound in his ears. The explosion just now was too close to them, and his ears were temporarily deafened.

"I'm fine." Liang Gu shook his head and responded. He was fine, but he was a little hard of hearing.

"General, what did you say?!" Han Mingyuan couldn't hear what Liang Gu said.

"I said I'm fine!" Liang Gu raised his voice, and Han Mingyuan finally heard it clearly. After a long while, the two of them recovered.

"Damn, the firepower of these Japs is quite strong." Han Mingyuan cursed.

"General, it's too dangerous here. Why don't we move the command center to the rear?" Han Mingyuan suggested.

He was really worried that the Japanese would kill their commander with a single artillery shell.

"There's no need for that." Liang Gu shook his head. He walked out of the command center and walked along the trench. He picked up the telescope and looked at the attacking Japanese again.

At this moment, these Japanese devils were only fifty or sixty meters away from the foot of the mountain.

Many soldiers have begun throwing grenades at the Japanese. Although they cannot be thrown that far, the fragments produced by the grenade explosion can still cause damage to the Japanese.

Boom boom boom......

Grenades exploded one after another, and some unlucky Japanese soldiers were indeed injured by shrapnel. One of them was even shot in the eye by shrapnel, blinding him on the spot, bleeding profusely, and was subsequently shot dead.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

boom!
The fighting between the two sides became more intense, with people falling down every minute and every second, either National Army soldiers or Japanese devils!
"The individual military qualities of the Japanese are indeed much stronger than ours. Mu Jin's troops are really amazing, being able to beat the Japanese like this." Han Mingyuan couldn't help but say.

After fighting with Mu Jin for so long, they almost thought that the Japanese were just that powerful. However, the reality was that without Mu Jin, it would be impossible for them to quickly eliminate the Japanese.

"That's why you only need to absorb some combat experience instead of learning Mu Jin and the others' fighting methods. They are them and we are us." Liang Gu also began to preach.

Letting the troops fight with Mu Jin is actually to enable the soldiers to grow faster, but it also requires the soldiers to face reality.

It is Mu Jin's troops that are strong, not them. If they want to learn Mu Jin's quick-fighting and decisive combat style, their troops' combat effectiveness must be as strong as Mu Jin's.

Otherwise, learning this way of fighting would be seeking death.

"Yes." Han Mingyuan nodded.

Soon, the Japanese were less than thirty meters away from the position.

"Pass the order down, everyone put on bayonets!" a brigade commander ordered.

A few minutes later, one by one, the Kuomintang soldiers rushed out of the trenches and rushed straight to kill the Japanese in front.

The Japanese also turned off the safety of their Type 38 rifles as soon as possible.

Ding ding ding…………

Puff puff………

The two sides began to fight with bayonets. A Japanese soldier knocked the Kuomintang soldier's gun away in two or three moves, and then stabbed the soldier's heart with a quick, fierce and accurate bayonet.

The National Army soldiers endured the pain and held on to the Japanese bayonets tightly to prevent them from pulling out their guns.

Seeing this, the Japanese soldier kicked the Kuomintang soldier in the abdomen, knocking him down.

However, at this moment, a Kuomintang soldier nearby also rushed over.

puff!
He took the opportunity to stab the Japanese soldier's lower back with his bayonet, then kicked him to the ground. Then he rushed forward and stabbed him in the heart with his bayonet before he could recover.

The Japanese soldier vomited blood, his eyes wide open, and tried to struggle but had no strength. Finally, his legs went limp and he died completely.

Less than three minutes into the bayonet fight, the next group of Nationalist soldiers joined the battle, replaced the soldiers who were fighting with bayonets in front, and started fighting with the Japs again.

The same thing happened with the Japs.

Close combat is the most physically demanding, because every attack is almost full of strength, and physical strength is consumed very quickly. If there is no one to replace, it is impossible to withstand the pressure.

Li Jin and Kong Sheng were also watching the battle. The reason why he was not in a hurry to attack was because the Japanese attack was still tentative.

Only when the Japanese began to attack with all their strength would he seize the opportunity, launch an attack, capture the Japanese positions as soon as possible, and form a pincer attack on the Japanese.

Kong Sheng fell into deep thought when he saw the heavy casualties of his own troops.

"Commander, please tell me something." Deputy Commander Zhao pulled Kong Sheng aside.

"What's wrong?!" Kong Sheng asked puzzledly.

"I feel like we have all somewhat underestimated the Japs," said Deputy Regiment Commander Zhao.

"Yes, it is true. We have been too relaxed in fighting the Japanese recently, so we almost thought that the Japanese's fighting power was just average.
But now, seeing with my own eyes that our troops were being beaten by the Japanese, I realized that it was Mu Jin's troops that were stronger, not us." Kong Sheng also agreed with what Deputy Regiment Commander Zhao said.

"We have to learn from our mistakes. After the battle, we need to sum up the experience we have learned from Mu Jin and his men. For example, Mu Jin's command was
This can be learned, but as for fighting a larger force with a smaller force, forget it. It may work for other troops, but forget it for the Japanese. "Deputy Regiment Commander Zhao also summed up some experience.

Mu Jin has strong command ability. Not only are his soldiers powerful, but Mu Jin's brain is also strong.

Therefore, they need to learn more from Mu Jin's command ability.

After the two finished their discussion, they returned to Li Jin.

"Captain Mu, when are we going to launch the attack?!" Kong Sheng asked. Seeing that his own troops had suffered heavy losses, he was a little anxious.

"Don't panic, it's not time yet. The Japanese are only launching a tentative attack and haven't started fighting with all their strength yet," said Li Jin.

If the Japanese attacked with all their strength, they would not be able to quickly occupy the Japanese positions.

"Okay." Kong Sheng had no choice but to nod when he heard that. Mu Jin's judgment was never wrong, so he could only wait quietly.

After the two sides fought in close combat for more than half an hour, the Japanese chose to retreat first.

During this period, soldiers from both sides rotated many times and many people died, but more people died on the Kuomintang side.

There is no way. The fighting effectiveness of the Japs is indeed much stronger than that of the National Army soldiers. Although they are short, they are very strong, and their bayonet fighting skills are also extremely high.

Many bodies were left in front of the position.

"Mr. Yoshida, after testing, the combat effectiveness of this group of enemies is just average, not worth mentioning. It's time to attack with all our strength." Captain Yokoten looked into the distance.

"Well, let the troops rest for half an hour, and then we will start the formal attack. We must tear through the enemy's defense line before noon tomorrow.
I want to let them know that it is impossible to stop us." Captain Yoshida nodded and said.

After testing, he was basically certain that the combat effectiveness of the troops in front of him was very average and it was not worth wasting their time at all.

"If we weren't worried about the enemy troops chasing us from the rear, I think we should wipe out this group of enemies before retreating. This would be a good opportunity to vent our anger." Captain Hengtian felt it was a pity.

Their attacks have not been going smoothly these days. Even the brigade commander was ambushed by the enemy and killed. It was a huge loss.

On the other side, Liang Gu was also ready. He ordered the reserve troops to enter the position.

This group of reserve troops are composed of veterans. The soldiers who fought against the Japanese before were actually mostly new recruits. The purpose of doing this is to make the Japanese think that they are weak and become careless. In this way, by cooperating with Mu Jin and others, they can destroy the Japanese as quickly as possible.

(End of this chapter)