Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Mr. Kitajima, you are closest to the floating city. When the time comes, separate a regiment to attack the floating city. Remember, you must rush there overnight and do not get discovered by the enemy, lest they run away!" Matsushita Renkyu looked at a Japanese brigade commander and said slowly.

"Hi! Please rest assured, Commander." Kitajima Jiro nodded.

"Fight beautifully this time and don't lose the first battle, understand?" Matsushita Renkyu warned in a serious tone.

Before setting off, Nakajima-kun repeatedly reminded him that he must capture the 358th Regiment.

"I understand! The 358th Regiment has repeatedly cooperated with the Northeast Army and caused losses to the empire. I will never let them go!" Kitajima Jiro responded quickly, and at the same time he felt some pressure.

"Let's adjourn the meeting." Matsushita Renkyu waved his hand, and a group of officers left the operations room, leaving only Matsushita Renkyu still staring at the map.

.........

Three days later, in the afternoon.

Two thousand soldiers from the special operations regiment, wearing prepared gas masks, joined Li Jin and his men.

"Captain, Captain Kong, you should distribute these gas masks and let each soldier take one." Li Jin looked at Li Yunlong, Kong Jie and others and said.

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie did not waste any time and immediately asked their soldiers to take away the gas masks.

"Li Jin, how do I use this thing?!" Li Yunlong asked, holding a gas mask in his hand.

"This is how to use it..." Li Jin picked up a gas mask and demonstrated it to them. Li Yunlong and the others followed suit and put on their gas masks.

"This thing is a bit stuffy when I wear it, and there's a weird smell." Li Yunlong took off his gas mask and began to comment.

After he put it on, he felt uncomfortable all over.

"There's nothing we can do. It's just like this. In order to prevent the Japanese's biological weapons, the soldiers can only be patient." Li Jin said.

If it wasn't for the purpose of preventing the Japanese from using their biological weapons, he would have wanted to wear this thing too. It's not very comfortable.

"Yeah." The two nodded.

"It's time for you to set off for the designated location. If you have any problems during the battle, feel free to contact me." Li Jin said.

Now the gas masks have been delivered and the Japanese are rushing towards the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, so it is time for them to set off.

"Li Jin, you must capture Nakajima Imao alive! Don't let him die too easily!" Li Yunlong nodded and said.

"I'll try my best. It's hard to explain what happens on the battlefield." Li Jin responded. He didn't dare to guarantee anything. It was not impossible that Nakajima Imao was killed by a stray bullet. After all, bullets don't have eyes and can't recognize people.

Li Yunlong and Kong Jie took their respective soldiers and set off.

"I'm going to Chu Yunfei's place too." Xu Qingfeng also said.

"Don't worry, bring a battalion of troops to support us. Seven hundred people is too few. Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment is not as powerful as the Independent Regiment.
If we send the same number of people to support, it will be more likely to cause heavy casualties." Li Jin said, and after thinking it over, he decided to let Xu Qingfeng bring more people to help.

"No, then what are you going to do?!" Xu Qingfeng frowned and refused.

In his opinion, Li Jin's mission was more important. If some people were missing, the mission might fail. Then, all the time they had spent preparing for it would have been in vain.

"You don't have to worry about me. Don't forget that the reconnaissance battalion and the sharpshooter battalion are both here with me. With the same number of people, it's a surprise attack.

It's easy to beat a regiment of the Japanese, you don't worry about me, do you? " Li Jin smiled and said, in order to increase the success rate of the mission, he did not send out the sharpshooter battalion and the reconnaissance battalion.

"Okay then." Upon hearing this, Xu Qingfeng nodded helplessly in agreement.

"You should be careful and don't rush forward too much." Xu Qingfeng reminded him. He was worried that Li Jin would rush forward. What if something happened?

"You too." Li Jin patted Xu Qingfeng on the shoulder and watched Xu Qingfeng leave with his men.

"Captain, where are we going?!" Liu Changshun asked, as everyone else had somewhere to go.

"Don't worry, we just need to keep waiting." Li Jin said calmly.

"Oh."

.........

Two days later, the 20th Division divided into three groups and headed towards the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's base.

The number of people in two of the Japanese troops was around 6,000, and the number of people in the third Japanese troop reached 8,000, which was more than an ordinary brigade.

The soldiers from the reconnaissance battalion who followed behind them also reported the matter to Li Jin as soon as possible.

"Captain, the Japanese have divided their troops into three groups, but the strange thing is that the Japanese troops near Fucheng only have about 6,000 people.
It doesn't look like they are going to attack the floating city." The soldier told the story and started to speculate.

If the Japanese wanted to attack the floating city, they should assign more people to the force closer to the floating city, but now it seems that this is not the case.

"The Japanese want Chu Yunfei to relax his vigilance. Only in this way will the Japanese think that Chu Yunfei will not run away.
In this way, the Japanese will have a chance to surround the floating city and then attack. "After listening, Li Jin began to analyze.

The Japanese also knew that Chu Yunfei must have sent people to keep an eye on them, so they deliberately did not assign more soldiers to the troops near the floating city, in order to dispel Chu Yunfei's vigilance.

"So that's how it is!" The soldier looked as if he had suddenly realized something when he heard this.

"Keep keeping an eye on the Japanese." Li Jin said.

"Yes!" The soldier turned and left.

"Xiao Liu, go send a telegram to the regiment commander and inform them of the 20th Division's movements. Also tell Lao Xu at the same time." Li Jin called Liu Changshun over and gave him instructions.

After giving the order, Li Jin took out a cigarette and lit it. The current movements of the Japanese were basically within his expectations, but he still didn't dare to be careless until the battle was over.

.........

Floating city, in the military camp.

Chu Yunfei also received news from the intelligence personnel, and he immediately asked someone to call all the officers under him to a meeting in the conference room.

He told everyone about the situation of the Japs.

"Commander, from this perspective, it seems that the Japanese have not listed us as one of their targets for attack," said the deputy commander.

If the Japanese really wanted to attack them, the number of Japanese troops near Fucheng would definitely be more than 6,000.

"That's true. Mu Jin also said that the Japanese would definitely target us. He was wrong." Qian Bojun also spoke up.

I always thought Mu Jin's judgment was very accurate, but now it seems that it is just that.

"But he did determine the direction of the enemy's attack! Our intelligence personnel can almost be withdrawn, so as to avoid any accidents." Fang Ligong said. He also felt that the enemy would not attack Fucheng.

"Do you all think so?!" Chu Yunfei frowned upon hearing this. "Isn't that so?! The Japanese can't possibly send half of their 6,000 troops to attack us, so they won't attack the rest of the troops?!" Qian Bojun asked in confusion.

The main target of the Japanese was still the large force of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. As for the floating city, it was not within the range of the Japanese attack.

"Is there a possibility that the Japanese did this on purpose, in order to make us let down our guard and then take the opportunity to kill us!" Chu Yunfei said with a serious face. Fang Ligong and the others were a little too optimistic. How could this be possible?

"No way?! The Japs wouldn't do this!" The deputy commander was stunned.

"What do you mean, we caused the Japanese to suffer heavy losses, and they can't do anything to Mu Jin and his men, so they can only come after us.

This arrangement is definitely to deal with us! War is not a joke, any action of the enemy needs to be figured out! "Chu Yunfei said with certainty, he never underestimated the devils.

Everyone fell silent for a moment. What Chu Yunfei said made sense. If the Japanese really thought so, and suddenly attacked them while they were unprepared, wouldn't that be disastrous?

"I will make the following arrangements. First Battalion Commander, you will lead the first battalion to guard the north gate!"

"Yes!"

"Commander of the Second Battalion, you are in charge of the South Gate!"

"........."

Chu Yunfei quickly deployed the plan and everyone followed suit.

"Commander, wait a minute, didn't Mu Jin say he would come to help? Why don't we see them?!" Fang Ligong said hurriedly.

The premise for them to defend the city was because Mu Jin said he would send people to help. Now the Japanese might come to attack them, but Mu Jin's people haven't even seen a shadow of them.

"Yeah, they are not playing tricks on us, are they?! Or, they will deliberately wait until we have almost exhausted all the enemy's strength before helping us." Qian Bojun also said, he was still very worried about this.

His battalion had grown with great difficulty to over a thousand people. If it was wasted like this, how would he make money in the future?

As soon as the words came out, everyone else's faces darkened.

"Or, let's just withdraw and stop cooperating with them." An officer spoke up. After all, Mu Jin was just an outsider.

The support they mentioned was just overhead support. If the enemy didn't come, wouldn't they be wiped out by the devils? !

Even if they escape by then, there will probably be heavy casualties.

"Don't worry, Mu Jin will definitely send someone. You just watch. If any accidents occur, I will take full responsibility!" Chu Yunfei made a solemn promise.

He believed that Mu Jin would never be the kind of person who would betray his teammates. Since the other party said that it was targeted at Nakajima Imao, then that must be the case.

"Okay." After hearing this, everyone nodded. Since Chu Yunfei had said so, it would be inappropriate for them to say more.

"Commander, we've received a telegram from the Northeast Army!" The telegraph operator pushed open the door and ran in, handing the telegram to Chu Yunfei.

"What did Mu Jin say?!" Qian Bojun asked curiously.

"Could it be that Mu Jin has already brought people here?!" Fang Ligong also asked.

"He said that the Japanese were indeed coming for us. The reason they allocated their troops in this way was to make us relax our vigilance and then quietly launch an attack." Chu Yunfei told the contents of the telegram.

The corners of his mouth raised, revealing a faint smile. It seemed that Mu Jin's judgment was the same as his.

"Where are they?!" Qian Bojun asked. What he cared about now was whether Mu Jin brought people over. This was the most important thing.

"Xu Qingfeng has already brought people here. As long as the Japanese attack us, they will take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack outside the city and eliminate the Japanese attacking us!" Chu Yunfei said slowly.

This was also what he had discussed with Mu Jin.

"That's good." Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. If the other side didn't come to help, they didn't want to confront the Japanese head-on.

Because they felt it was unnecessary, it would be better to retreat as soon as possible rather than suffer heavy casualties.

.........

Around six in the evening, the sun sets.

After finishing his meal, Nakajima Imago looked at the map in the tent.

He was waiting for news from Banheng Zhengshiro. He was getting closer and closer to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army’s base, but there was still no news from the New 1st Regiment.

This made him doubt for a moment. Would the Northeast Army really not come?! Then it might really be a wasted trip.

"Division Commander, there is still no news from Division Commander Banheng. I think the enemy is unlikely to come. Why don't we retreat?" A Japanese brigade commander walked in. He had just returned from the telegraph operator and did not receive any telegram.

"Don't be in a hurry, wait a little longer, I feel that the Northeast Army will definitely come." Nakajima Imao said expressionlessly.

He just didn't believe that when the Northeast Army learned that the 20th Division had most of the new recruits, they would remain indifferent and have no intention of taking action against them.

"But if the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment hadn't been dispatched, even if the Northeast Army took action, it would probably just be a sneak attack, right?!

In this case, it may be impossible for us to completely wipe them out." The Japanese brigade commander analyzed.

According to previous expectations, the Northeast Army's request for help from the Eighth Route Army was for the purpose of annihilating the 20th Division. In this way, the 20th Division could delay the enemy.

On the contrary, if the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment did not come, given Mu Jin's caution, he would never have the intention of wiping out the 20th Division in one go.

The most likely plan is a sneak attack. In this case, Mu Jin will attack and then retreat, and the 20th Division will not be able to hold back Mu Jin's troops at all.

After hearing this, Nakajima Imago fell silent, because what he said was very true.

With the combat effectiveness of the Northeast Army, no one could surround them in the case of guerrilla attacks.

"Division Commander, let's retreat as soon as possible. We won't lose too much supplies. What do you think?" The Japanese brigade commander continued to persuade.

"Let's wait for another day. If there is still no news from the New 1st Regiment, we will choose to retreat!" Nakajima Imao said, gritting his teeth.

At that time, if the 20th Division was attacked by surprise, it would just have to retreat to avoid heavy casualties.

"I understand!" The Japanese brigade commander nodded.

"Division Commander! There's a telegram from Division Commander Itahira!" The telegraph operator ran into the tent and handed the telegram to Nakajima Imago immediately.

"Haha, I told you, Mu Jin will definitely not let go of this opportunity!" Nakajima Imao laughed after reading the telegram.

He was worried for a long time and felt that there was no chance to eliminate Mu Jin!
"Commander, what did Commander Banheng say? Is it related to the New 1st Regiment?!" The Japanese brigade commander at the side also asked when he saw this.

(End of this chapter)