Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 886

As soon as the bombardment ended, Zhao Jiexu immediately led his men out of the trenches and rushed towards the Japanese positions not far away.

Soldiers also appeared on both wings. They were the troops led by Liang Gu. The artillery positions behind the Japanese were also quickly occupied by Liu Changshun and his men, and they killed towards the Japanese.

For a moment, the Morishita Corps was surrounded on all sides, and the remaining Japanese soldiers were struggling to hold on. However, it was of no use. They lasted less than ten minutes before being completely wiped out.

Captain Morishita never understood until his death why the combat effectiveness of that troop was so much stronger than that of the Empire's soldiers?!

"General, Commander!" As soon as the battle was over, Zhao Jiexu immediately brought his men to meet Liang Gu.

"Well done, your brigade has made a great contribution!" Liang Gu praised without hesitation.

"It's all thanks to the commander-in-chief that he arrived on time." Zhao Jiexu scratched his head embarrassedly. If the commander-in-chief had arrived later, they might not have been able to withstand the enemy's attack and would have been defeated and fled.

"Captain Mu, long time no see!" Zhao Jiexu looked at Li Jin and greeted him.

Sure enough, he knew that the reason why Junzuo and his men were able to destroy the Japanese Oshima Brigade was because Mu Jin and his men were also there.

Otherwise, the commander wanted to use the strength of two brigades, not to mention annihilating the Oshima Brigade, it would be difficult to even stop the Oshima Brigade for two days.

"Captain Zhao." Li Jin also responded politely. The two sides had met once in Fengling.

"I didn't expect that Captain Mu still remembered me!" Zhao Jiexu was a little surprised.

"My memory is still good, I won't forget it." Li Jin smiled.

"Commander Liang, you basically have no control over what happens next. I have to find an opportunity to deal with the Japanese, so I won't waste my time with you." Li Jin looked at Liang Gu and said.

He was still thinking about killing a division commander.

"Captain Mu, do you still want to fight the Japanese?! I have already ordered the troops to retreat. You probably won't be able to catch up with us now." Liang Gu said in a daze.

I didn't expect that Mu Jin was still thinking about fighting the Japanese.

"It's not a big problem. I'll go and take a look. If I can catch up, that's the best. If not, forget it. As for follow-up, we will meet in Changde. I hope Commander Liang will have everything ready by then." Li Jin reminded.

In addition to the money for the cooperation, there is also money for equipment, so he can't do it for nothing.

"Don't worry, Captain Mu. I won't forget it." Liang Gu said with a smile. After all, he was a man of his word and would not go back on his word.

"Then I won't say much more. I'm leaving first." Li Jin turned and left.

"Hey, Captain Mu, wait a minute, how about you take the 335th Regiment with you?!" Liang Gu stopped Li Jin, wanting him to take Kong Sheng and the others with him.

If Mu Jin kills the Japanese again, the 335th Regiment will also get more credit.

"No, they can't keep up with my pace." Li Jin declined politely, and his words were quite clear. The physical strength of the special operations battalion was not comparable to that of the 335th Regiment.

If we let the 335th Regiment continue to follow, the other side will not be able to catch up at all. We were not in a hurry before, so it was okay to bring them along.

But it’s different now, we need to hurry, so he naturally won’t wait.

"Okay, Captain Mu, be careful on your journey. If you are in danger, you can send me a telegram at any time and I will bring people to pick you up." Liang Gu heard this and said nothing more.

"No problem." Li Jin nodded, turned around and left with the soldiers of the special operations battalion, then he remembered something.

He quickly found Kong Sheng.

"Captain Mu." Kong Sheng greeted.

"Lao Kong, please help move the previously seized supplies to Changde. I will have to take them away when the time comes. Do you understand?" Li Jin instructed.

Those supplies were not to be sold to Liang Gu. He had to take them back to strengthen his own strength.

"No problem." Kong Sheng agreed immediately.

"Then I'll leave first." Li Jin then left.

Looking at the backs of Li Jin and the others leaving, Zhao Jiexu couldn't help but sigh and said, "Captain Mu's strength has become much stronger."

"By the way, Commander, Captain Mu just told you to prepare everything that needs to be prepared. What does that mean?!" Zhao Jiexu reacted.

He felt that the military commander seemed to have reached some kind of deal with Mu Jin.

"Don't ask too much." Liang Gu shook his head and didn't say it clearly.

"Oh, that's strange. Why don't Captain Mu and his men even want the Japanese's weapons? Don't they like them?!" Zhao Jiexu nodded, then frowned.

Mu Jin just seemed to want to take away the Japanese equipment of this regiment.

"Report the details of your casualties to me as soon as possible." Liang Gu urged. These fallen soldiers need to be reported later so that death pensions can be paid to their families.

"Yes!" Zhao Jiexu nodded and immediately sent someone to count the casualties.

"General, what does Mu Jin want to do? Is he planning to look for the Japanese division commander?!" Han Mingyuan couldn't help but guess.

They didn't ask for details just now, but Mu Jin is a very courageous man. It is impossible for him to just beat the man when he is down. He must have some big plan.

Before, Mu Jin dared to run to the rear of the Japanese with a group of soldiers alone. At that time, Mu Jin's goal was to destroy the Japanese division-level command headquarters.

However, he did not expect that he did not find the division-level headquarters, but instead found the brigade-level headquarters. He then asked Mu Jin to destroy the brigade-level headquarters and kill the Japanese brigade commander in the process.

With such courage, if Mu Jin only wanted to kill a few Japanese devils, he would not have brought everyone with him.

"You know what, this is really possible." Liang Gu agreed seriously upon hearing this.

"Master, how many people should we leave here?!" Han Mingyuan asked.

"Or you can take a brigade of troops and stay here. If Mu Jin and the others are in danger, you can bring people to support them." Liang Gu said after thinking for a while.

"I understand. I'll also stay here with the 335th Regiment. If anything happens, we can escape." Han Mingyuan suggested.

The 335th Regiment is now their most elite regiment, so it would be safer to have them around.

"Okay." Liang Gu nodded and did not refuse.

Kong Sheng ran over at this time and said, "General, Mu Jin just said..."

He told Liang Gu everything Li Jin said.

"Since he asked you to help, then you should help him and take away his share of supplies. Remember, keep an eye on Mu Jin's supplies and don't lose them, otherwise you'll have to pay for them yourself." Liang Gu said.

"Don't worry, Commander. I will definitely take good care of it." Kong Sheng was shocked. If he was asked to pay for it, he couldn't afford it even if he sold himself. His life was not worth so many supplies. ………

On the other side, in Inaya Shiro's headquarters.

"Division commander, the enemy can't hold on any longer and has retreated!" A Japanese regiment commander ran in to report the battle situation.

"Hmph, I knew they wouldn't be able to hold on for long!" Inaya Shiro sneered. Although the combat effectiveness of the troops that stopped them was okay, it was still far behind the imperial soldiers.

"Send a telegram to other troops and ask them about their situation." Inaya Shiro ordered.

"Hi!" The Japanese captain nodded, turned and left the tent.

"Division commander, now we don't have to worry. The troops in the rear have caught up with us." said a Japanese brigade commander.

"Hmph, if the enemy wasn't so insidious, causing heavy casualties before we even reached Changsha, how could this situation have happened!" Inaya Shiro snorted coldly and then said.

In his opinion, the defeat was due to the fact that he did not expect the enemy to be so insidious.

"What the division commander said is right. The enemy only knows how to use dirty tricks. If we confront them head-on, they are no match for us!" The Japanese brigade commander echoed.

"That's not the case. The enemy is insidious, but that's also part of war. We were just too careless.

I didn't expect so many things. I'll learn from this lesson and I'll definitely be able to take Changsha in one fell swoop in the future!" Inaya Shiro said.

There is an old Chinese saying that goes, "The art of war is all about deception." Although he did not learn the elite tactics, the enemy seemed to have learned them and used them on them, causing them to suffer a great loss.

"Hey! The division commander is right. I will definitely study hard." The Japanese brigade commander nodded quickly.

"In comparison, what I care more about is the army that has caused us to suffer heavy losses time and time again!" When Inaya Shiro thought of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, his face immediately darkened.

"Are you talking about the unit that caused Brigadier General Oshima to die in battle?!" said the Japanese brigade commander.

"Who else could it be other than them?! I can't believe that with our intelligence network, we haven't been able to find any intelligence about this unit.

We don't even know how many people the other side has now, it's a great shame and humiliation." Inayashiro gnashed his teeth in anger.

The casualties were not that great originally, but this army suddenly appeared and attacked them, causing them to lose nearly ten thousand soldiers.

Together with other troops, the casualties in this direction reached nearly 20,000. The casualties in the other two directions are still unclear.

The enemy blocked their advance in those two directions, preventing the three parties from uniting. Otherwise, the outcome would be unpredictable. So, they could only retreat now.

"Division Commander, to be honest, I also find it a bit strange. I suspect that this unit may not be from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
Otherwise, with our intelligence network, how could we not find relevant information about this unit!" The Japanese brigade commander said slowly.

"You mean they were not trained by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army?!" Inaya Shiro had a flash of inspiration, as if he had thought of something.

"Well, I don't think so. Besides, the Shanxi Suiyuan Army was targeted in Shanxi, but there has been no news about that unit.
If they were trained by the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, how could they watch them being targeted and remain indifferent? ! They ran over here instead, aren't they ungrateful?" The Japanese brigade commander continued to analyze.

"Yes, your analysis makes sense. This unit can never be from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army!" Inaya Shiro also agreed.

"But who are they? They can't be members of the Eighth Route Army, right?

They simply don't have enough supplies to train such a powerful force." The Japanese brigade commander frowned.

Although he ruled out the possibility that this troop was from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, he still felt it was unlikely that they were from the Eighth Route Army. This made him wonder who this troop could be for a moment.

Just as they were lost in thought, the Japanese regiment commander ran in.

"Division Commander."

"How are the other troops?!" Inaya Shiro looked up and asked.

"Commander in chief, the enemies faced by other troops have also retreated, but..." The Japanese regiment commander hesitated when he said this.

"But what? Hurry up and say it!" Inaya Shiro urged. He hated people who hesitated the most.

"Division Commander, we can't get in touch with the Morishita Regiment!" The Japanese regiment commander quickly informed them of the situation.

"What?! We can't get in touch with him?! Didn't Morishita-kun just send a telegram asking about the situation?" Upon hearing this, Inaya Shiro widened his eyes with a look of disbelief on his face.

How long has it been since then and we can't get in touch anymore?! You must be kidding.

"Yes, but now they can't be contacted. I suspect that they were annihilated by the enemy, that is, the troops that annihilated the Oshima Brigade ran to surround them." The Japanese regiment commander began to speculate.

He felt that this possibility was very high, and only in this way could the enemy have a chance to annihilate the Morishita Regiment.

"Damn it, that's for sure. Damn it, we lost another regiment! Sooner or later, I will destroy this army!!!" Inaya Shiro gnashed his teeth in anger.

He had never hated a unit so much.

"Division commander, given the current situation, we should retreat. It would be bad if the enemies from the other two directions also surround us." The Japanese brigade commander reminded.

"What are you afraid of? They want to come over. Do you really think our people are just here to eat and do nothing? Although they failed to break through the enemy's defense line over there and join us, as long as they dare to transfer manpower to block us, we will be dead!" Inaya Shiro replied.

If this were the result, they might be able to turn the tables and destroy the enemy.

"Forget it, retreat!" Inaya Shiro ordered.

"Hi!" The Japanese brigade commander nodded.

.........

At this time, Li Jin and his men were also rushing towards the Japanese in the next direction. They chose to take a shortcut, hoping to catch up with the Japanese as quickly as possible.

Changsha, inside the command center.

Commander Xue looked gloomy.

"Are my orders ineffective? I've told you so many times that we must catch up with the Japs and further expand our victory, but you won't listen!" Commander Xue slapped the table, scaring everyone present so much that they dared not breathe.

"Commander, maybe the Japanese ran too fast and it was difficult to catch up with them for a while." Someone argued.

"Bullshit! I have already sent Liang Gu to block the enemy's retreat. Even if they can only block the enemy's retreat for one day, the other troops will be able to catch up with the enemy.

If they are attacked from both sides, even if the Japs can escape, they will suffer many casualties. They are clearly trying to preserve their strength!" Commander Xue cursed.

This opportunity was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, but the troops under him wanted to preserve their strength and did not pursue the enemy with all their strength, thus failing to expand the results of the battle.

"Ah...that's all." Commander Xue sighed deeply and felt a little tired. This was the first time they had repelled the Japanese under such circumstances. It was considered a great victory, but they were unable to expand the results. He felt that it was a pity.