Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

These so-called new recruits of the Japanese army definitely received a long training period, and their food was relatively good. Although they were short, they were very strong.

On the contrary, the soldiers of the 358th Regiment, although much taller than the Japanese, were relatively thin. Moreover, the soldiers of their regiment ate much better than those of other troops.

Therefore, even their regiment had a hard time fighting. If other regiments came to fight the Japanese, they would be even more unable to win.

"The gap is still quite large. Not to mention the intensity of training, just in terms of food, the Japanese are much better than us." Fang Ligong also sighed.

So, even when facing the Japanese's new recruits, they were no match for them given the same number of people.

"Order the soldiers in the rear position to replace the soldiers in the front position and let them have a good rest." Chu Yunfei ordered.

In fact, when the soldiers in the front position just rushed out to fight the Japanese, the soldiers in the rear position had already reached the front position to guard it.

After all, hand-to-hand combat is extremely physically demanding. Generally speaking, after fighting for more than ten minutes, the soldiers in the rear positions need to take over and replace the exhausted soldiers to rest.

However, the hand-to-hand combat only lasted a dozen minutes before the Japanese retreated. Overall, their casualties were not much higher than those of the Japanese.

"Yes." Fang Ligong nodded and immediately went down the city wall.

At this time, the devils were over there.

The Japanese regiment commander was in the tent, looking at the sand table in front of him, lost in thought. The combat effectiveness of the 358th Regiment was somewhat beyond his expectations.

"Captain, when will the next round of attack begin?!" asked the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

"Don't be in a hurry, wait a little longer!" The Japanese regiment commander frowned. Although they had only fought for two rounds, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army was indeed not weak.

"Captain, according to the current situation, it is unlikely that we can capture the floating city and annihilate the defenders inside within three days." The Japanese lieutenant colonel said with a serious expression.

The attacks in other directions were also not successful and resulted in heavy casualties. This shows the tenacity of the 358th Regiment.

"It's a bit troublesome, but not a big problem. If we can destroy the enemy's artillery positions as soon as possible, it will be much easier to fight." said the Japanese regiment commander.

The enemy's artillery still poses a great threat to them. The key is that they are the attacking party, but they have no anti-artillery holes for them to hide in, so they must destroy the enemy's artillery positions.

"The only thing we can do is to continue the attack and let the enemy continue to fire, so that the artillery has a greater chance of calculating the location of the enemy's artillery positions, or wait until the enemy's artillery shells run out." The Japanese lieutenant colonel suggested two solutions.

They only have these two options now.

"Damn it, if only the planes at the airport hadn't been destroyed, we could have directly moved the planes over to blow up their artillery positions!" the Japanese regiment commander cursed.

The planes at the airport will take some time to be transferred due to some reasons, so they currently have no air force.

In the past, in order to destroy the enemy's artillery positions, in addition to having our own artillery calculate the number, we also sent aircraft to bomb them. Generally speaking, the number of artillery positions destroyed by aircraft was far greater than what was calculated.

"Alas... So, we probably won't be able to take the county town within three days." The Japanese lieutenant colonel sighed.

"Speaking of which, the other troops are probably about to arrive at the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's base one after another. I wonder if they have started fighting." The Japanese regiment commander changed the subject.

The three attack directions did not reach the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army at the same time, so the time of attack would be different.

"It's not clear about that. It's possible that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has already fled and has no intention of fighting our troops at all." The Japanese lieutenant colonel shook his head.

In his opinion, the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army would most likely not choose to confront them head-on, because the enemy's strength was not very strong, and a head-on confrontation would definitely be seeking death.

"Forget it, no matter what, let the troops continue to attack in twenty minutes. I really don't believe that the position here is so difficult to capture!" The Japanese regiment commander shook his head. The more important thing now is to take care of his own affairs first. He can't take care of other things for the time being.

"I understand!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded.

.........

At this time, in the northwest direction, the commander of the 20th Division, Matsushita Renkyu, had arrived less than ten miles away from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army’s base.

"Division commander, news has come from the troops in the front that there are troops guarding the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's base, but the exact number of troops is unknown." A Japanese signalman came to Matsushita Renkyu to report the news.

"Okay, I understand. Let them keep watching." Matsushita Renku, who was sitting in the car, nodded.

"Hi!" The Japanese signalman turned and left.

"Division Commander, does this mean that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army is planning to confront us head-on?!" the Japanese regiment commander at the side couldn't help but say.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army did not flee, probably because it had support, and this so-called support, if nothing unexpected happened, was the Northeast Army. That's why the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army dared to confront them.

"It's hard to say. It's also possible that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army left behind a troop to stop our pursuit in order to allow the main force to transfer." Matsushita Renkyu shook his head and suggested another possibility.

The Shanxi-Suiyuan Army also knew that if they did not send anyone to stay behind to block the enemy, once they were caught up by them, the losses would be even more severe, so they could not rule out this possibility.

"That's true, but if that's the case, doesn't it mean that the Northeast Army will not attack us?! Wouldn't the plan fail?!" The Japanese regiment commander frowned.

If things were as the division commander said, their plan to attack the Northeast Army would be ruined.

"Not necessarily. Division Commander Nakajima has sent word that the New 1st Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army have left their bases.
Therefore, the Northeast Army will definitely attack us. However, if the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army does not confront us head-on, it can only mean that the enemy commander has not reached a cooperation with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.
In this way, the Northeast Army can only secretly find an opportunity to attack us. "Matsushita Renkyu continued to analyze, and what he said made sense and made people feel that it was right.

The New 1st Regiment had often cooperated with the Northeast Army, and although the Independent Regiment had not cooperated much with the Northeast Army, the combat capability of this regiment was still not weak.

The Eighth Route Army has sent out these two main regiments. It is impossible for them to just come out for a while and then go back. This is absolutely impossible.

"The division commander is right." The Japanese regiment commander nodded quickly, agreeing with his point of view.

"Actually, I still hope that the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has cooperated with the Northeast Army. In this way, the mission may be completed soon." Matsushita Lianjiu sighed.

If he brings this new division to cooperate directly with the 16th Division to annihilate this powerful enemy, it will be a great achievement and will be very helpful for his future promotion.

"By the way, there should be a fight over in the floating city. Ask what the situation is and whether we can take it down within three days?!" Matsushita Renkyu gave the order.

"Hey!" The Japanese regiment commander turned and left to send a telegram. ………

Kong Jie and his men hid in the mountains because it was not yet their chance to appear, and they were eating at the moment.

"As long as we fight well in this battle, our regiment will have accomplished a great feat." Political Commissar Li Wenying ate canned beef with a smile on her face.

Only when there is a war can they eat canned beef. On ordinary days, they dare not eat such a luxury.

"Yes, all along, I've been hearing about the New 1st Regiment being commended by the entire army time and time again, which makes me jealous. I wish I was the one who could cooperate with Li Jin." Kong Jie felt more and more uncomfortable when he said this. Why didn't their regiment have talents like Li Jin?

"Indeed, the New 1st Regiment has been living a life of luxury following the Special Operations Regiment." Li Wenying also sighed. Ever since Li Jin appeared in the New 1st Regiment, the regiment has had no shortage of ammunition and supplies and is extremely wealthy.

They even used several infantry guns. The independent regiment didn't have a single one of these, but Li Yunlong had at least five or six.

With the addition of mortars and grenade launchers of various calibers, the firepower of the New 1st Regiment is probably comparable to that of an entire regiment of the Japanese.

Just then, there was a movement from the walkie-talkie on Kong Jie's waist.

"Commander, the Japanese troops are now less than ten miles away from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's base!" The scout's voice came through the intercom.

"Okay, I got it. Just keep watching and don't let anything slip." Kong Jie nodded and warned.

"Yes!"

"This little Japanese is quite quick." Kong Jie said with a smile.

"I just don't know if the Japanese will attack the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army immediately after they get there." Li Wenying also said.

"How can we attack so quickly? The Japanese have been rushing all the way, so they have to rest before attacking." Kong Jie responded. Unless the Japanese were stupid, they would definitely rest before attacking.

"That's true. This time, we have to get a few infantry guns or howitzers, to prevent Li Yunlong from bragging about having infantry guns all the time." Li Wenying said. He urgently hoped that the independent regiment could have its own mortars, preferably howitzers.

"You're right. I want to slap him when I see him bragging! We must get a howitzer." Kong Jie nodded in agreement. They must have their own howitzer.

.........

At the same time, Li Yunlong also received news from the scouts that the Japanese were still twenty or thirty miles away from the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army’s base.

"Old Li, it seems that the Japanese will launch an attack on the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's base today." Zhao Gang said.

"Well, let them fight first, we just watch for the time being." Li Yunlong nodded and said, it is not the time for them to take action against the Japanese.

It would be their turn to take action only at night. Now they could do nothing but watch the two sides fight.

.........

Jinsui Army, headquarters.

Commander Yan was in the operations room, observing the sand table map.

"Commander, are you still a little worried about Mu Jin?!" Commander Zhang on the side could see that Commander Yan still did not trust Mu Jin.

There is no way. This battle will cost the commander tens of thousands of soldiers, which is a very large force. If Mu Jin sells them out, he will have no place to cry.

"I want to feel at ease. Do you think I can feel at ease? I have to think about the retreat." Commander Yan's tone was a little unhappy. One third of his family fortune was here.

If that guy Mu Jin just ran away, he would be in trouble. If he wanted to retreat after confronting the Japanese head-on, he would probably have to pay a huge price!
"Commander, I don't think Mu Jin will sell us out. Let's not rush the retreat. Besides, didn't they say,
They have already reached the designated location, and when the time comes, they will launch an attack on the devils." Commander Zhang advised.

He was a little worried. If the commander suddenly ordered a retreat at the critical moment, the consequences would be very serious.

"Who knows if they really arrived? Maybe they were just trying to trick us. When we agreed to cooperate,
Chu Yunfei should have sent someone to follow Mu Jin and the others, at least someone should have informed them!" Commander Yan regretted that he had agreed hastily and was not well prepared.

"No matter what, it's not wrong to make preparations for both situations. I don't want to suffer too great a loss!" Commander Yan snorted coldly.

If he is not prepared, what will happen if he is really caught?

"Commander is right!" Commander Zhang nodded when he heard this.

"Commander, Commander." At this time, a signalman ran in.
"What happened?!" Master Zhang frowned.

"The Japanese are less than seven or eight miles away from our position." The signalman quickly spread the news.

"What?! These Japanese soldiers came so quickly. By the way, how many of them came?!" Commander Yan asked in shock.

"About six or seven thousand people, almost the number of an ordinary brigade," the signalman responded.

"Six or seven thousand people? That's not bad. We'll have some to fight with." Commander Yan heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that. He was still afraid that like last time, tens of thousands of people would come directly. At that time, he only managed to hold out for a few days with 30,000 people.

"Anyway, we only have to fight the Japanese for one day. At night, Mu Jin and his men will launch a surprise attack on the Japanese. By then, annihilating this division will be a foregone conclusion!" Commander Zhang was still a little excited when he thought of this.

So far, they have not yet achieved the feat of directly annihilating an entire Japanese division. As long as this battle is fought well, it will shock the whole country again.

"Calm down and don't get excited." Commander Yan said slowly.

"Okay." Master Zhang nodded.

"Don't celebrate in advance before Mu Jin and the others take action. How do you know they are not playing tricks on us? By then, we might get nothing." Commander Yan added.

After all, he still had some distrust of Mu Jin, an outsider, in his heart. Especially in this cooperation, Mu Jin still used threats to force him to compromise, which made him even more uncomfortable.

The most infuriating thing was that he had no way to deal with Mu Jin and he didn't even dare to refuse directly!
(End of this chapter)