Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Afterwards, Li Jin and his men continued on their journey. Before entering Henan, Li Jin decided to take action against the Japanese.

That night, Li Jin led his men to attack more than a dozen of the Japanese checkpoints at the same time, and did not have anyone cut the telephone lines.

You can ask the Japanese at the checkpoint to call the county town for help.

When the Japanese commander in the county first received the news that the checkpoint was attacked, he was also very angry and immediately sent people to support.

However, after receiving news of attacks on multiple checkpoints, he fell silent.

"Major, this situation is very similar to what that unit did. They used this method before to surround a point and attack reinforcements, causing heavy casualties in other counties." said a Japanese captain.

Needless to say, the army they are encountering now must be that army!

If they dare to send troops to support, they will inevitably be ambushed by the enemy along the way and many people will be killed or injured.

"Damn it, didn't they say they were going to retreat by a detour? Why are they still taking this road?" The Japanese major was extremely angry.

He had thought that things could be quiet here for a while, but he didn't expect that the enemy would not choose to take a detour.

"It seems that the enemy deliberately released the news in order to prevent the division commander from continuing to encircle us.

Alas, what a pity! If the division commander had continued the ambush, he might have been able to annihilate this unit. "The Japanese captain also spoke up.

He felt that it was unwise for the division commander to give up the plan of continuing the siege because of a telegram.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple. If the division commander continues to block the enemy, they will never fall into the trap.
The enemy commander was not so arrogant as to order the division commander to retreat with just a telegram, so when they continued to retreat along the same route, they must have sent out a vanguard to explore ahead.

Therefore, even if the division commander surrounded them, they could detect it in advance and decisively choose to retreat by a detour. "The Japanese lieutenant colonel analyzed.

In fact, the prerequisite for encircling the enemy is that the enemy is unaware of it, which is especially true when encircling such a powerful force!

"If that's the case, the enemy might have deliberately exposed their position," said the Japanese captain.

"That's right, the enemy's commander has fooled us. Such a man is too dangerous. No wonder our people have suffered heavy losses at the hands of the enemy several times." The Japanese major felt a little creepy. The feeling of being crushed is scary.

"Then there's no need to send anyone to support the checkpoint that's being attacked by the enemy," said the Japanese captain.

"Who else to send? Are they going to die? As for the soldiers at the checkpoint, we can only say that they are unlucky." The Japanese major felt helpless.

The feeling of watching your soldiers being killed by the enemy and not daring to rescue them is really uncomfortable.

"How can we repair this! This unit is so disgusting! They have such strong combat effectiveness, but they always use shady tricks." The Japanese captain gnashed his teeth in anger.

"Warfare is all about deception. The enemy is very good at this. If we don't destroy them soon, and wait for them to develop,
If the number of people increases, we may face greater troubles. "The Japanese lieutenant colonel felt deeply worried!

The enemy now has only a few hundred people, and they have caused tens of thousands of casualties to the empire in Changsha. If the number reaches several thousand, wouldn't it cause even more casualties to them? !
"Major, we should tell the regiment commander as soon as possible that we are being attacked by the enemy," the Japanese captain reminded.

It is basically certain that there will be no survivors at any of these dozen or so checkpoints.

"Yes, you are right." The Japanese major picked up the phone on the table and immediately dialed the number of the regiment commander.

"Why are you calling me at this time?!" The voice of the Japanese regiment commander came, with a bit of anger in his tone.

"Captain, more than a dozen checkpoints on our side have been attacked by the enemy, and it is very likely that unit." The Japanese major quickly reported the situation.

"What?! What did you say?!" The Japanese captain's voice of disbelief suddenly came.

The Japanese lieutenant colonel had no choice but to repeat it.

"These damn enemies actually deceived us!" The Japanese regiment commander was so angry.

"You didn't send anyone to support us, did you?!" the Japanese captain asked hurriedly.

"Don't worry, Captain. After I noticed something was wrong, I didn't send anyone to support us," the Japanese major replied.

"Well, don't send anyone over there. The enemy must have ambushed them halfway. This is their usual trick." The Japanese regiment commander breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

He was really worried about sending people over, otherwise, it would not just be the soldiers at the checkpoint who would be killed.

.........

At this time, Li Jin and his men had already taken down the checkpoint.

"Battalion Commander, let's send some people to ambush us halfway. I don't think any Japanese will come to support us, right?!" Liu Changshun said.

"It is highly likely that they will not support us. We attacked more than a dozen checkpoints at the same time, telling the devils clearly that we are here.
If they dare to send people to support us, they are really stubborn. "Li Jin said that the reason why he sent people to ambush was actually to prevent it.

What if the Japanese are really stubborn and choose to send people to support them, and they don't ambush, wouldn't they kill fewer Japanese?

Soon, they burned the supplies at the checkpoint. There was no other way because they already had too many things and could not carry more.

After other companies also wiped out the Japanese at the checkpoint, they joined forces and continued towards Henan.

.........

At this time, it was in the deep mountains northwest of Xiangyang.

Kong Sheng brought people here, and they were looking for supplies left by Li Jin.

"Commander, we can't find him. Is Captain Mu playing a trick on us?!" an officer couldn't help but say. They had searched the area several times but couldn't find him.

"Impossible, Captain Mu would never be that kind of person." Kong Sheng shook his head. He believed that Mu Jin was not the kind of person who would lie.

"Have someone search more carefully!" Kong Sheng ordered.

Half an hour later, a soldier halfway up the mountain shouted.

"Commander, I think I have discovered something here." the soldier shouted.

After hearing this, Kong Sheng hurried up the mountain. Eventually, they removed a lot of weeds and found a cave.

After he shone the flashlight in, he found a lot of supplies placed deep in the cave.

"What did I say? Captain Mu would never play tricks on us. Send someone to come quickly and move all the supplies out." Kong Sheng's face was full of pride.

He had always believed in Mu Jin, and sure enough, he was right.

Soon, many soldiers came over and began to carry supplies out of the cave.

"Hurry up and send a telegram to the division commander, telling him that the supplies have been found." Kong Sheng quickly ordered the telegraph operator.

"Yes!" The telegraph operator nodded and immediately sent a telegram to Han Mingyuan.

Han Mingyuan was very happy to learn that the supplies had been found. He told Liang Gu about it, and the latter just said he knew it.

.........

Time flies, and another half a month has passed. Li Jin and his companions are now about four or five miles away from a village.

"Battalion Commander, it seems that our retreat route is not here?!" Liu Changshun was a little confused. Their original retreat route was not here.

"Have you forgotten so quickly, kid?! When I helped the village fight the bandits, I promised the old village chief that after we came back from defeating the Japanese, I would recruit the villagers as soldiers." Li Jin said.

When they heard gunshots coming from the direction of the village, they rushed over and encountered bandits burning, killing and looting in the village.

So, they killed the bandits in the village and also killed the bandits nearby.

At that time, the old village chief wanted to let the young people in the village join the army, but they had to travel quickly, so they had to come back and recruit them.

"Yes, I almost forgot about this." Liu Changshun slapped his forehead. He actually forgot about this.

……

In the village, the old village chief was smoking a pipe in the yard. He looked sad, as if he had encountered some difficulties.

At this time, several young people came outside.

"Old village chief, when will they come? Didn't they say they would recruit us? Did they forget?!" said a young man.

"They definitely wouldn't forget such an important thing. They are probably busy fighting the Japanese and their mission is not yet completed.

They will come back when the mission is completed, so please wait patiently." The old village chief said helplessly.

"It's been several months. What kind of mission would take so long? They haven't come yet. Could it be that they have no intention of recruiting us?" another young man couldn't help but say.

"If they don't come again, I will go find the Eighth Route Army myself."

"Yes, we'll go find it ourselves."

Other young people also spoke up and expressed their desire to join the Eighth Route Army.

"Don't be anxious. Wait a few days. If they don't come yet, you can take action. Otherwise, if you leave and they arrive right after you, won't you miss them?!" The old village chief quickly calmed them down.

Upon hearing this, several people fell silent. It didn't matter if they had a few days. If the Eighth Route Army really came during these few days and they were not there, they would have missed the opportunity.

"That makes sense. Let's wait for a few days." Several young men nodded in agreement and turned to leave the yard.

The old village chief couldn't help but sigh as he watched the young people leave. He stood up and walked towards the village entrance.

In fact, the old village chief had another worry in his heart, that is, whether Li Jin and his men had died in the battle! That’s why he broke his promise and did not come back to recruit soldiers.

"I hope you are all well." The old village chief came to the entrance of the village, sat down on a wooden stool, and looked into the distance.

Suddenly, a group of people in gray military uniforms appeared in the woods.

This made the old village chief stand up immediately, and he walked quickly over there.

A young man also walked out of the crowd.

"Old village chief, please don't walk so fast. It would be bad if you fall down!" Li Jin said hurriedly.

"You are finally here. I have been waiting for so long." The old village chief's tone sounded a little complaining, but more of it was happiness.

"I'm sorry, the place where we fight the Japanese is quite far away, so it took a lot of time just to get there." Li Jin also admitted his mistake sincerely. After all, it was indeed he who broke his promise.

"It's okay. The most important thing is that you are all okay." The old village chief smiled happily, and the wrinkles on his face were squeezed together.

"Can you tell me where you went to fight the Japanese? Now that you're done fighting, you can always talk to me about it." The old village chief pulled Li Jin to sit in front of the wooden stool.

"This time, I went to Changsha to fight the Japanese." Li Jin did not hide it, because the mission was indeed completed. He did not say it before because he was worried about any accidents.

"What?! Changsha?! The Japanese have reached Changsha?!" The old village chief was shocked when he heard this.

"Yes, the devils have mobilized tens of thousands of people, hoping to capture Changsha in one fell swoop and put pressure on us."

"What was the result? It couldn't be lost too, right?!" The old village chief's heart skipped a beat when he asked this question.

Because the information he received was basically that the Japanese had occupied many large cities, so he was worried that Changsha might also be occupied by the Japanese.

"Old village chief, don't worry. Changsha has not been lost. I led my team to kill many Japanese soldiers. Look at our troops, carrying a lot of supplies. Those are spoils of war." Li Jin pointed at the soldiers not far away.

"Good, good, good, you guys are great, so awesome!" The old village chief grinned happily when he saw the soldiers carrying a bunch of things.

"It's nothing. It's what we should do. Although the Japanese failed to take Changsha this time, they will not give up. I estimate that after they rest, they may continue to attack." Li Jin said with a serious face.

"The Japanese suffered a loss there, we must fight again until we defeat them!" The old village chief also agreed.

At this time, the young people in the village rushed to the village entrance after being notified. Other villagers also came with them. They all came to see what was going on.

When they saw Li Jin, they all gathered around him.

"Captain Li, please take us away quickly."

"Yes, we also want to fight the devils."

The villagers started talking one after another, they were all getting impatient.

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, just record the list first." Li Jin said.

"Captain Li, I already have the list here, just take it." At this time, the old village chief smiled and took out a piece of paper from his clothes and handed it to Li Jin.

"Above are the names of the soldiers from our village who have joined the military. It has their detailed addresses and family situations. They are all registered according to what you said." said the old village chief.

"That's great. It saves me a lot of effort." Li Jin also became happy.

He took the list and started looking at it. Most of the people on the list had brothers and sisters in their families, and there were no only children.

"Everyone line up, I'll have something to say later." Li Jin stood up and looked at these young people.

After hearing Li Jin's words, these young people quickly lined up.

No one spoke during the whole process. They all stood very straight, fearing that they would be rejected if they stood crookedly.

"I have to tell you that if you join the army, you will fight, and people will die. If anyone is scared, you can withdraw now. I won't pursue the matter.

But if you join us but then regret and want to desert, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Li Jin looked at these young men and spoke slowly.

After the words fell, none of these teenagers chose to quit. Their eyes were determined to join the army.

(End of this chapter)