Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Hey, Tanigawa-kun, your idea is very good. Let's do as you say!" After hearing this, Oki Ichiro also agreed with this idea.

Unexpectedly, not only does this time I don’t have to go to war, but I can also make some money at the same time. It’s really the best of both worlds. My body suffers a little, but compared to the money, it’s nothing!

"Come to think of it, could those merchants who trade with us be the Northeastern Army?!" Taro Tanikawa became a little suspicious.

He always felt that the so-called merchants who traded with them at the beginning were probably the Northeast Army. If this was exposed, would they be punished? ! They would be accused of aiding the enemy.

"What Northeastern Army? I don't remember us ever doing business with them. Those who did business with us were all businessmen!" Oki Ichiro responded, pretending to be stupid.

It is impossible to get him to admit that he had made transactions with the Northeast Army. He would never admit it even if he died.

"The captain is right. Those who do business with us are businessmen. Even if the higher-ups know about it, they won't say much." Upon hearing this, Taro Tanigawa immediately understood Oki Ichiro's thoughts.

Anyway, when they were doing business with the other party, whether the other party was wearing a military uniform or not, even if their transaction was exposed, they could insist that the transaction was between businessmen and definitely not the Northeast Army.

"In short, you should know what to say and what not to say. The soldiers below don't know the other party's identity, and they won't say anything nonsense.
For them, making money is more important than anything else, and they won't delve into the details of the transaction partner." Oki Ichiro continued, he didn't want anyone to let the cat out of the bag and get himself into trouble.

"Hey! I understand!" Taro Tanigawa nodded quickly.

Ring ring ring......

Just then, the phone rang and Oki Ichiro picked up the phone.

"Moses, I'm Oki Ichiro."

"Oki-kun, the higher-ups have cancelled the encirclement mission. Your most important task now is to make sure that no soldiers under you die. Do you understand?!" The voice of the Osaka division commander came over the phone.

"Division commander, why did you suddenly cancel the mission? If the mission is urgent, my soldiers can still overcome it. After all, it is more important to encircle the enemy." Oki Ichiro responded seriously, but in fact, he was so happy in his heart.

"Okay, you don't have to carry out this mission anymore. Just let the soldiers rest. I will transfer military doctors from other counties to support you." The Osaka division commander said unhappily. How could he not know that Oki Ichiro said this on purpose.

"Hi! Thank you, Commander." As soon as Oki Ichiro finished speaking, Commander Osaka hung up the phone.

"Captain, has this mission been cancelled?!" Taro Tanikawa on the side asked happily.

"Well, judging from the situation, the soldiers from other regiments should have also taken laxatives, so they have no combat effectiveness." Oki Ichiro nodded in response.

Fortunately, he had obtained a lot of laxatives. After selling them to the soldiers in his own regiment, he also sold them to other regiments. This enabled him to avoid this operation.

"Strange, what's going on at the airport?!" Taro Tanigawa was a little curious about this. The airport was so important, was it defended or not? !
"I'm not sure. The division commander didn't give me a chance to ask, but I guess the airport was not defended and was lost very quickly. So, even if nothing happened here, we wouldn't be able to encircle the enemy in time," Oki Ichiro analyzed.

Only when this happens will the higher-ups cancel the mission. If we can't encircle the enemy, it will be a waste of time to go.

"That group of Northeastern soldiers is really powerful. They wiped out an entire regiment of soldiers at the airport in such a short time. It's incredible.

If the enemy attacks us someday, I'm afraid we won't be able to withstand their attack." Tanikawa Taro said this, and he became a little scared.

The soldiers who can be sent to guard the airport are all veterans with combat experience. Even if an ordinary enemy sends 10,000 or 20,000 people to attack, it is impossible to take over the airport in such a short time. This shows that the combat effectiveness of that group of enemies is ridiculously strong.

"Well, needless to say, we can't stop them. However, they probably won't attack us. After all, we didn't come here to harm the local people.
We are just doing business with the local people. They won't attack us. Besides, we have reached a good deal with them. They have no reason to attack us. Just be at ease." Oki Ichiro comforted them. He seemed very calm and was not worried that the Northeast Army would attack them.

What's more, what he said was true. The arrival of their troops did not cause any persecution to the people in the city. Therefore, not to mention the Northeast Army, even the Eighth Route Army would not come to attack them.

.........

At around 7:30 in the morning, Itakune Seishirō walked back and forth in the office, sometimes sitting down at the desk, sometimes going to the window. He still had no idea how to tell the commander that the airport might have been bombed.

Taiyuan was not attacked by the enemy last night. It was likely that he was overthinking it and the enemy had no intention of attacking Taiyuan at all.

As for Ban Shangshanfu, he had already led people to the airport twenty minutes ago. It would probably not take long for him to get there.

"How can I repair this? How should I tell the division commander about such a big thing? Kojiro Tanashita hasn't replied to the telegram yet. It looks like he's in danger!" Itagaki Seishiro's face was gloomy.

If I had known this would be the outcome, I should have let Kojiro Tanashita lead his men to retreat immediately when I first learned that the airport was attacked.

In this way, it would be impossible for the enemy to keep all of them, and the losses could be minimized.

There is nothing left now. The airport has been bombed and all the pilots are probably dead. I hope some of those pilots can survive. Even being captured is acceptable.

If they were all killed, the loss would be too great. He could not bear the responsibility and might even be removed from his position as commander.

"Oh... let's wait a little longer and see what news we get from Ban Hengjun." Ban Heng Seishirō sighed. Now he could only wait for news.

On the other side, Ban Shangfu was leading his team and was almost at the place where Zhao Gang had ambushed before.

"Brigade Commander, this group of enemies should have retreated. It doesn't seem necessary to send out the vanguard." In the car, a Japanese regiment commander couldn't help but say to Banshanfu.

He felt that the enemy had retreated long ago and would not dare to stay any longer. After all, they were not vegetarians.

"What do you know? This group of enemies has at least tens of thousands of people. If they haven't arrived yet and are waiting for us to come over, do you think our small number of people can withstand their attack?!" Ban Shangshanfu responded. Facing such a powerful enemy, he naturally had to be extra cautious!
If he was not careful, he might die too. He didn't want to die because of carelessness. Upon hearing this, the Japanese regiment commander fell silent. A regiment guarding the airport had been annihilated by the enemy. They only brought a reinforced regiment this time. If they were ambushed, they might not be able to escape.

"Brigade Commander, maybe things are not as bad as you think. Maybe the airport is still there, but the radio and telephone there were accidentally damaged, so they couldn't contact us." The Japanese regiment commander persuaded Banshanfu to think positively about everything.

"Alas... before dawn, I thought so too." Ban Shangshanfu shook his head. He had thought of all the possibilities the other party mentioned, but they were all denied. If they really couldn't get in touch, wouldn't they send someone back to report? !

At this time, a Japanese captain hurried to the car.

"Brigade Commander, a large number of soldiers' bodies were found ahead. They are the soldiers sent to support the airport!" The Japanese captain hurriedly reported the situation.

Upon hearing the news, Ban Shangfu's heart finally died. As expected, this kind of thing still happened, without any luck at all.

When Banshanfu arrived at the scene, he saw frozen bodies. The ice and snow nearby were all blood red because the blood had frozen.

"Commander, I have already surveyed the battlefield. The enemy ambushed the troops a few dozen meters away from the main road.

After all, this location is generally not suitable for ambush.

At the same time, there were many craters on the ground, indicating that the enemy's artillery fire was very fierce. Judging from the many bullet shells left on the ground, their firepower also suppressed us.
Judging from the distance of the trenches, the number of enemies is no less than five or six thousand!" A Japanese lieutenant colonel spoke out his analysis one by one. These were the conclusions he came to after the investigation, and they were basically the same.

"Well, go on." Ban Shangshanfu nodded expressionlessly.

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"From the soldiers' wounds, in addition to the fatal wounds on their bodies, they were also shot in the head by the enemy. The enemy had no intention of leaving anyone alive.

This method of shooting directly into the head after the war is very similar to those Northeastern troops. No unit dares to use bullets to perform autopsies in this way. "The Japanese lieutenant colonel added.

"If I'm not mistaken, there should be a group of soldiers in the mountains not far away. They are the vanguard. They should be attacked by the enemy now.

Therefore, the rear troops thought there was no danger on the road, and were caught off guard by the enemy because of their carelessness! " Ban Shangshanfu continued.

He looked at the battlefield and saw that many soldiers were killed on the spot, so a large number of them fell. They must have been attracted by the enemy in the distance, and thus relaxed their vigilance nearby.

Therefore, when they were ambushed by the enemy, many soldiers had no time to react and were killed by the enemy.

The enemy should first let the people nearby attack to attract attention, then let the artillery positions launch a fierce bombardment, and finally launch a charge, using close combat to quickly end the battle by outnumbering the enemy.

"The brigade commander's analysis is correct. This should be the case." Upon hearing this, the Japanese major also agreed with Banshanfu's statement.

"Have we found any enemy bodies on the battlefield?!" Ban Shangshanfu asked. He took a quick look and found that they were all bodies of their soldiers, but no enemy bodies.

He just couldn't believe that the enemy could have wiped out so many of their soldiers without killing any one. This was impossible.

"Reporting to the brigade commander, no enemy bodies were found. I suspect that the enemy took the bodies away as well." The Japanese major replied quickly.

When he arrived, he did not find any enemy bodies, so they must have been taken away.

"I understand. Send a telegram to the division commander immediately and tell him that the supporting regiment Youjiro was completely wiped out." Ban Shangshanfu ordered the regiment commander beside him.

"Hi!" The Japanese regiment commander immediately went to find the telegraph operator and asked him to send a telegram.

After the telegram was sent, Banshanfu and his men continued to move forward. When they entered the mountain, they encountered one or two hundred corpses, just as Banshanfu had expected.

"Captain of the Brigade, this group of enemies does seem to be quite powerful. They even predicted that the troops would send out the vanguard.
So the ambushing enemy deliberately let the vanguard go and let the troops behind attack, thus paralyzing our people. "The Japanese regiment commander said.

"It's not that they are strong, it's that we made a wrong judgment. We shouldn't have sent people to support the airport. As a result, the airport was not defended, and even the reinforcements we sent were wiped out." Ban Shangshanfu said. If they had thought earlier that the enemy would have a large number of people, this situation would not have occurred.

"Captain of the Brigade, I think you shouldn't boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige. I admit that this group of enemies is very strong, but does that mean we are weak?!
Since the war began, we have occupied most of the country's territory, and we have basically won all the major battles we have fought with them.
This Northeast Army, no matter how strong it is, is only a small unit. As long as we get the chance, we will definitely be able to destroy the other side! "The Japanese regiment leader couldn't help but said directly after hearing Ban Shangshanfu's discouraging words.

He could not accept that Ban Shangshanfu said such cowardly words. As a soldier of the empire, how could he say that?

"Of course I understand this. If it was just the Northeast Army there, there would be nothing to be afraid of. But when it cooperates with the main force, the effect is what you can see now.

I'm not afraid of them, I just don't want more soldiers to die because of this, understand?" Ban Shangshanfu explained.

The strength of the Northeast Army lies in the fact that it can cooperate with the Eighth Route Army or the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army at any time, and then coordinate with the other side to defeat many of them. This is more terrifying.

If the other side had no one to help, he believed that with the abilities of their soldiers, they would definitely be able to annihilate the other side.

"Brigade Commander, I misunderstood you, I deserve to die!" Upon hearing this, the Japanese regiment commander immediately slapped himself in the face.

"It's okay. It's not your fault. If anyone is to blame, it's the enemy's cunningness. Sooner or later, they will be destroyed!"

Twenty minutes later, Banshanfu finally arrived at the airport gate.

"Brigade Commander, all the planes in the airport have been blown up. Only their shells are left. The soldiers inside have all died!" A Japanese officer came to report.

(End of this chapter)