Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"I also learned it from the leader. It's not all done by myself." Li Jin responded modestly. He didn't have that much ability.

"Captain, commander." The intercom on Li Jin's waist rang, and Lu Changgong's voice came.

"What's the situation?!" Li Jin asked.

"The Japanese's county town has not been opened until now. I suspect they dare not open the city gates." Lu Changgong reported the matter and gave his analysis.

"Well, that's expected. Keep on waiting and have people keep a close eye on the Japanese's support directions. If any Japanese troops come to support, report immediately." Li Jin nodded and gave the order.

Although they guessed that the Japanese would not send anyone to support them and encircle them, it was still better to take precautions just to be on the safe side.

In order to prevent the Japanese from really sending troops to encircle and suppress them, they would be caught off guard and might end up in trouble. He didn't want that to happen.

"Understood!" Lu Changgong responded, and then the intercom became completely silent.

"This walkie-talkie is really easy to use. Commander Chen's arsenal really makes good things." He Guangchen couldn't help but praise it.

The emergence of walkie-talkies allows their troops to be better commanded, which reduces the probability of errors. If there are problems with deployment, adjustments can be made immediately, thus saving a lot of time.

"Yeah." Li Jin nodded. It seemed that He Guangchen didn't know yet that this walkie-talkie was actually made from his arsenal. It was probably kept secret by the leader.

"Especially for your special operations regiment, having a walkie-talkie is like adding wings to a tiger." He Guangchen continued with a smile.

"Of course." Li Jin responded. The special operations regiment itself has strong combat effectiveness, and the troops under it cooperate well. With walkie-talkies, commanding the troops is as easy as drinking water.

"Didn't your company also have a lot of walkie-talkies allocated to it?" Li Jin changed the subject.

"Well, ten have been assigned so that company-level officers and platoon-level officers can communicate with each other. However, on weekdays, they mainly use walkie-talkies to check on their posts." He Guangchen directly stated the number.

They are responsible for protecting the security of the headquarters. Although there is also a regiment of troops on the defense, the main task still depends on them.

"It is indeed necessary to check on them. If you can't get in touch with them for a certain period of time, then there is a high probability that something has happened, and you can react quickly." Li Jin agreed with this.

In case the enemy approaches and quietly eliminates the guards, the guards at the headquarters can also react quickly to protect the safety of the leader.

"Yes, this task seems easy, but it is actually very difficult. Although the walkie-talkie saves time in checking on the post, it requires more caution to avoid any problems." He Guangchen also sighed.

However, they have multiple layers of protection, so even if there is a problem with one post, there are still other posts.

"Yeah." Li Jin nodded in agreement.

They quickly finished the porridge in their bowls, and then went into the tent to rest. They had nothing to do now, so they might as well conserve their energy!

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Changgong reported the news again. The Japanese still did not open the city gate. Some people who wanted to enter the city were also stopped outside the city. Li Jin was helpless about this.

After all, the Japanese have become like a frightened bird and will not open the city gates unless they receive support from Japanese from other counties.

However, Li Jin has not received any news from the Japanese coming to support him. It is basically certain that the Japanese have given up this county, which makes Li Jin feel a little relieved.

If the Japanese had not been frightened before, it would not be so easy to resolve the matter now.

The time soon came to ten o'clock in the evening, and Li Jin and his men chose to attack a different city gate this time.

Li Jin brought his men to the woods about two miles outside the west city gate.

"Captain, I always feel that there is something strange about the Japanese here." Lu Changgong came over and said with a frown.

"Oh?! How strange?" Li Jin asked with some confusion.

"How should I put it? Those devils on the city gate today looked a little unnatural, looking around as if they were afraid of being attacked.
Although it is not wrong to be cautious after last night's attack, these devils are cautious but also a little scared, just like new recruits standing guard for the first time, which is very strange. "Lü Changgong told the story. Because it was daytime, he did not get too close to observe. At night, even if he got close, he could not see the devil's face.

"Have the Japanese soldiers guarding the city really been replaced by new recruits?!" He Guangchen asked doubtfully, but he felt something was wrong. They were attacked last night, and today they have replaced all the soldiers to defend the city. Which commander would dare to do this?

"Maybe those people are not devils at all!" Li Jin thought about it carefully and then spoke.

No matter how powerful the Japanese are, they can't let all the new recruits to guard the city. They must let the old soldiers lead the new recruits. But judging from what Lu Changgong said, the Japanese on the city are basically new recruits, which is very problematic.

"You mean, those devils are actually puppet troops?! They just wore devil's clothes?!" He Guangchen immediately understood what Li Jin meant.

"Well, that's right. The Japs didn't want anything to happen to their own soldiers, so they let the puppet army guard them, and let the puppet army change into their clothes." Li Jin nodded and continued his analysis.

For the Japs, those puppet soldiers had no combat effectiveness, so if they died, it wouldn't have much of an impact, as long as their own people didn't die.

"That should be the case. If they are all puppet soldiers, should we still attack tonight?!" He Guangchen hesitated. After all, some puppet soldiers really had no choice but to join the Japanese just to make a living. It seemed inappropriate if they were killed by them.

"Fight! However, spare the lives of those puppet soldiers for now, just to scare them." Li Jin said directly. There are also many puppet soldiers in the special operations regiment, so, when it is impossible to judge whether those puppet soldiers are good or bad, spare their lives.

"That's a good idea." He Guangchen nodded quickly, thinking that Li Jin's idea was very good.

"Anyway, our goal is to make the Japanese think that we are luring them out of the city. Even if we don't kill anyone, we can achieve the same effect." Li Jin explained.

We killed some Japanese last night, but we won't kill anyone tonight. This will give the Japanese a feeling that the people who attacked them are sometimes strong and sometimes weak. This must be intentional, and the effect will be the same.

"Yeah." He Guangchen nodded.

At this time, the dozens of puppet soldiers standing guard on the walkway on the city wall were extremely nervous. They had never thought that the Japanese would ask them to guard the city gate.

On weekdays, the Japs would at most ask them to cooperate in checking the civilians entering and leaving the city gates. As for the task of guarding the city walls, they would never let them do it. Suddenly, the Japs trusted them so much that they realized the danger!
"Captain, I always feel something is wrong. How about we find an excuse to withdraw?" A puppet soldier whispered to the puppet army captain. "Do you think I don't want to withdraw? The Japanese said that we have to take turns to stand guard this time. We must finish the guard duty, otherwise our lives will be in danger!" The puppet army captain was also a little helpless. If he could not come, he definitely did not want to come.

But when he gave the money to the Japanese, they refused to take it. He knew that this time of standing guard would definitely not be easy, and he might even lose his life.

"Ah?! Captain, is there no other way?!" The puppet soldier was surprised and asked quickly. He didn't want to stand all night.

"No, do you see the stairs? The Japanese are hiding there. If we want to leave, we will be the first to be killed." The puppet army squad leader turned his head and looked not far away. There were many Japanese soldiers sitting there, who were specifically there to watch over them and not let them leave.

"Damn it, these little Japanese are trying to use us as a shield." The puppet soldier couldn't help but curse, and he gritted his teeth in anger.

"Baga! Stop whispering!" A Japanese sergeant saw the situation here and immediately shouted. Although he spoke in Japanese, his tone was very bad, but people could roughly understand what he meant.

The two people who were chatting immediately shut up. Now the puppet soldiers only hoped that if someone really came to attack, they could hide faster.

At this time, Tian Yuanjiro did not go to rest, but was still waiting in the office.

If my guess is correct, the enemy will most likely come to attack tonight. Of course, it would be even better if they don't come.

It can only be said that this group of Northeastern troops were just passing by and attacked them to scare them.

But he didn't think this possibility was very high.

"If we don't annihilate this Northeastern Army, we won't be able to sleep well. We will be threatened at any time." Tian Yuanjiro sighed.

The more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he felt. At the same time, he couldn't understand why the combat effectiveness of this Northeast Army was so strong, even more powerful than the elite troops carefully trained by the empire.

This Northeast Army is just a small force. How could it cause such heavy losses to the empire? Fortunately, the number of people in this force is not large enough. If the enemy has tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people, and their combat effectiveness is stronger than theirs, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Fortunately, the higher-ups have long begun to take this seriously and have already taken action against this Northeastern Army. Otherwise, if the other side really grew so powerful, it would be a trouble for the empire.

As the time approached twelve o'clock, Tian Yuanjiro became nervous because they were attacked at this time last night.

However, more than ten minutes passed and there was no call about the attack. Tian Yuanjiro became a little impatient and quickly called the officers guarding the city.

But the response he got was that there was no enemy attack, which made Tian Yuanjiro feel lucky. Could it be that the enemy was just passing by? ! And had no intention of attacking the city? !
"Damn it, I was actually happy about this!" Tian Yuanjiro then felt extremely ashamed. He actually felt fortunate that the enemy did not attack. It was so embarrassing.

"Perhaps the enemy has changed the time of attack." Tian Yuanjiro felt that he should not be too careless. After thinking about it, he called the officers at each city gate and asked them to pay attention to defense and not to take it lightly.

Soon, when half past twelve arrived.

Bang bang bang…

Da da da………

Li Jin and his men attacked at the west gate. Fierce gunfire was heard. Bullets hit the wall, splashing sparks and some gravel falling down.

The puppet soldiers on guard were startled and quickly squatted down, listening to the sound of bullets hitting the wall. They were trembling with fear and did not dare to fight back at all.

The Japanese soldiers sitting at the stairs were also alarmed at the same time, but they just crouched down and went to their previous posts to wait, because they had received orders not to fight back.

"You are finally here, my lady. I was scared to death." The puppet army squad leader's voice was trembling. He almost thought he was going to die. A bullet almost flew past his ear. He could even feel a heat reaching his ear.

At that moment, he thought his grandmother had come to pick him up, but unexpectedly, he was not dead. He was really lucky.

The gunshots soon stopped and the place suddenly became quiet, as if nothing had happened.

"Strange, why didn't anyone die?" The Japanese lieutenant leading the team was a little confused. He heard that when the South Gate was attacked last night, nearly 20 soldiers were killed or injured in an instant. How come there were no casualties here? ! Could it be that the enemy's strength has weakened? !
Or maybe the enemy showed mercy? !
The puppet army captain was stunned for a moment when he heard this, wondering if he had heard it wrong?! What the hell is this little devil talking about?! No one died?!

Could it be that the Japanese wanted them dead? This was too much.

"You stay here and don't move. I'll call the major to report the situation." The Japanese second lieutenant couldn't figure out what the enemy was doing, so he left immediately after giving the order.

The puppet soldiers were all celebrating at this time.

"Damn it, I'm scared to death!"

"There really is an enemy attack. I thought I was going to die just now."

"This little Japanese is really inhumane. He actually asked us to do something that would lead to our own death! Fortunately, nothing happened."

The puppet soldiers gathered together and talked in low voices, but these discussions obviously made the Japanese, who were facing a powerful enemy, feel dissatisfied.

"Baka, I'll kill you if you keep talking!" A Japanese sergeant shouted in Japanese, not caring whether the puppet soldiers could understand him or not.

The puppet soldiers were frightened and quickly shut their mouths, but some of them were not convinced and muttered to themselves, "Why are you so proud? You are still too scared by the enemy and dare not fight back."

It was because the Japanese didn't hear this, otherwise, this puppet soldier would have been in big trouble.

After attacking for a while, Li Jin and his men decisively chose to retreat because they had guessed that the Japanese would not counterattack, so there was no point in staying and it would be better to leave as soon as possible.

As for what the Japanese will think, that’s none of their business. Anyway, the Japanese will definitely not dare to sleep easily and will still be cautious all night, which is enough.

If you don't let the Japanese sleep well, then they can sleep well. Twenty or so people forced thousands of Japanese in a county to not dare to sleep. No one would believe it if you tell others about it.

(End of this chapter)