Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Fortunately, we only managed to hold out against the Japanese attack for one day. If we had held out for a few days, I'm afraid we would have been wiped out." Fang Ligong sighed.

It has to be said that the Japanese's Class B Division is still much stronger than them.

.........

At this time, in the tent of the Japanese regiment commander.

"Captain, the casualty reports from the other three directions have been sent in. A total of 355 soldiers were killed today, and 212 soldiers were seriously injured!" A Japanese lieutenant colonel held the casualty report in his hand and began to read out the data.

"Baga! How is this possible!" Upon hearing this, the Japanese regiment commander couldn't help but curse. So many soldiers died in just one day!

"Captain, we have indeed underestimated the combat effectiveness of the 358th Regiment. Although they do not have as much heavy firepower as us, they still have quite a bit. The main reason is the bunkers built by the enemy. We cannot destroy the firepower points inside, so our attack is hindered." The Japanese lieutenant colonel also explained the reason.

Although they blew up many machine gun positions of the 358th Regiment, they failed to blow up the most threatening bunker firepower points. This was the main reason for their failure.

"Damn it! I didn't expect the attack to be so unsuccessful. I had planned to take down the floating city within three days. Now it seems that this is simply impossible." The Japanese regiment commander had a gloomy face.

They haven't even occupied the enemy's position yet. Although they occupied a part of it before, it was quickly taken back by the enemy, which means they have made no progress today.

"Captain, how about we attack the enemy position at night? After a day of fighting, the enemy is exhausted. I don't think they would expect us to attack their position at night.

Therefore, as long as we launch a night attack, we will definitely be able to seize a large number of the Shanxi Suiyuan Army's positions, especially by heading straight to the enemy's bunkers and blowing them up!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel told the plan in his mind.

As long as they can blow up the enemy's bunkers during the night attack, everything will be worth it.

In this way, their attack on the second day will be smoother, and it will not be a problem to capture Fucheng and annihilate the 358th Regiment within three days.

"Yes, that makes sense. Let's do as you say! It doesn't matter if we are discovered. Our main goal is to blow up the enemy's bunker!

You pick out a few assault troops, observe the situation secretly, and when others attract the enemy's firepower, take the opportunity to rush into the enemy's bunker and blow it up!

By the way, the assault troops must be composed of veterans, new recruits are fine." The Japanese regiment commander further improved the plan.

Veterans have more combat experience and are more likely to complete the mission.

In short, if they don't blow up the enemy's bunkers, it will take them at least five or six days to capture the floating city. By then, they won't be able to join up with the troops in time.

"Understood! I will go and select veterans to form the assault force now." The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded quickly and was about to leave the tent when he was stopped.

"The time is set at twelve o'clock tonight!" the Japanese captain ordered. At this time, the human body is relatively sleepy, so the success rate of the surprise attack will be higher.

"Hi!"

.........

At the same time, Xu Qingfeng had also made his deployment. He divided the army of thousands of people into four small teams, and then launched an attack on the Japanese in four directions at the same time.

The first task of the four teams was to destroy the Japanese artillery positions and turn the guns to bomb the Japanese.

As for the time of action, Xu Qingfeng set it at around twelve o'clock.

All the deployments have been completed, and we will just wait for the time to come to launch an attack on the Japanese.

The reason why it was set at twelve o'clock was actually to cooperate with Kong Jie and Li Yunlong and others.

Tonight, Kong Jie and Li Yunlong will launch an attack on the Japanese at around 2:30, while Xu Qingfeng and his men are still an hour away from the Japanese in the southwest.

In addition to rushing over, you also need to rest before launching an attack on the enemy.

"Since the Japanese were thwarted in their attack today, will they think of launching a night raid on the 358th Regiment's position?!" Xu Qingfeng frowned.

Judging from the Japanese's performance today, they suffered quite a lot of casualties, at least three to four hundred people died. The casualties of the 358th Regiment are estimated to be around one thousand.

This death toll is still somewhat unacceptable to the Japanese. After all, the Japanese casualty ratio in battles with other troops has always been one to four, or even one to five.

But today the casualty ratio was one to two, which was already a huge loss. The key point was that the Japanese failed to occupy the position of the 358th Regiment, which was an even greater loss.

Therefore, he thought that the Japanese might be planning to launch a night attack on the 358th Regiment.

"Political Commissar, what you said is very possible, and the Japanese will most likely go for the bunkers on the battlefield. If it weren't for those bunkers during the day, Chu Yunfei's casualties would probably be even greater.

The Japanese wouldn't have suffered so many casualties, so I think the Japanese's purpose, in addition to occupying the position of the 358th Regiment, is to blow up the bunker!" Zhao Ming also agreed with what Xu Qingfeng said, and also expressed his own analysis.

"Well, good, good, what you said is almost what I thought!" After hearing this, Xu Qingfeng smiled with satisfaction. Zhao Ming is now considering things more and more thoughtfully.

"I learned all this from the political commissar." Zhao Ming scratched his head and smiled embarrassedly.

"Don't give me that. I learned that from your commander. I didn't teach you that. Okay, go send a telegram to Chu Yunfei and remind them! When the time comes, we will cooperate with them to attack the Japanese!" Xu Qingfeng ordered.

Chu Yunfei still needs to be made aware of this matter, otherwise Chu Yunfei will suffer any loss.

Moreover, if the Japanese chose to attack the position of the 358th Regiment at night, they could take the opportunity to raid the Japanese position and annihilate them without them even having the ability to resist.

"Yes!" Zhao Ming immediately went to find the telegraph operator!
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Inside the city gate tower, in the lobby, Chu Yunfei sat at the table, looking at the casualty report in his hand, and discovered that their casualties today had indeed reached thousands as expected.

"Fortunately, we built bunkers and preserved the firepower points, otherwise, the casualties would be even greater." Fang Ligong, who was sitting next to him, said.

Fortunately, they had foresight. When they learned that the Japanese might come to attack Fucheng, they immediately spent a lot of supplies to build these sturdy bunkers.

The only pity is that time was a bit tight and not many bunkers were built. Otherwise, if there were more bunkers, there might be fewer casualties.

"Well, after this battle is over, the Japanese will definitely be quiet for a while. If the Japanese send more people later, we need to blow up the bunkers while we retreat." Chu Yunfei nodded and said. He didn't want the Japanese to use the bunkers in the county after the retreat, so he let the Japanese pay for the repairs.

"Of course." Fang Ligong also agreed.

"Commander, there's a telegram from the Northeast Army." A telegraph operator ran in and handed a telegram to Chu Yunfei.

"Are they telling us that it's time to take action tonight?!" Fang Ligong asked Chu Yunfei.

"Xu Qingfeng said that the Japanese attack was thwarted today, and there is a great possibility that they will launch a night attack on our position!" Chu Yunfei said slowly after reading the telegram.

"What?! The Japanese are going to attack at night?! Is this reliable?!" Fang Ligong said in shock.

"I think it is possible, and Xu Qingfeng said that in addition to capturing our positions, the Japanese may also choose to blow up our bunkers!" Chu Yunfei continued to speak out the contents of the telegram.

"Damn it, these Japanese devils are so insidious. If it were in the past, we might have really been tricked." Fang Ligong pushed his glasses and cursed.

"Immediately give orders to Qian Bojun and his men, and have them inform them to stay alert and not let the Japanese sneak attack succeed.
Moreover, if the Japanese don't launch a surprise attack, we can launch a surprise attack on them instead, and then cooperate with Xu Qingfeng and the others to quickly wipe out the Japanese!" Chu Yunfei began to give orders in an orderly manner.

Since the Japs want to launch a surprise attack on them, let them experience the power of fire suppression.

"I understand." Fang Ligong nodded.

.........

In Renkyu Matsushita's tent, he looked calm as he looked at the casualty report summarized today.

Today's attacks in three directions were all quite successful, causing heavy casualties to the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. In comparison, their troops did not suffer that many casualties, so they still made a profit.

"Division commander, since the Northeast Army may attack us, should we move our artillery positions? We must not let them destroy us." The Japanese regiment commander at the side reminded.

Their artillery positions are still in an open location. If the enemy attacks, they will definitely not miss the opportunity to raid the artillery positions.

"This cannon must not be moved!" Matsushita Renkyu said directly.

"What?! Why?! What if the cannon is taken away by the enemy and used to bomb us?! I heard that the artillery of the Northeast Army is very powerful!" The Japanese regiment commander was shocked when he heard this.

Their artillery position has three heavy howitzers.

"That's because once the artillery position is moved, the enemy will be alert. After all, we haven't moved the artillery position all day.

If we suddenly move the artillery position now, do you think the enemy won't notice anything?!" Matsushita Renkyu explained slowly.

These howitzers are actually bait, making the enemy think that the plan is going smoothly.

"But what if they use cannons to bomb us?!" said the Japanese regiment commander. He knew very well how powerful this heavy howitzer was.

If the enemy pointed their guns at them, the situation would be dangerous.

"What are you afraid of?! Even if we give this howitzer to the enemy, will they use it?! Even if they can use it, how can they attack us without shells?!" Matsushita Renkyu said with a confident smile.

"What the division commander means is that we should secretly transport the shells away from the artillery positions at night, and secretly transport them back the next day, and then attack again?! Wouldn't that be a bit troublesome?!" The Japanese regiment commander also reacted.

"It is a bit troublesome, but as long as we can trick the enemy, it will all be worth it. We have already paid so much for this plan, and we must not fail!" Matsushita Renkyu said seriously.

As long as we can destroy this group of Northeastern Army, it will be worth it even if we don’t have these howitzers, because the future gains will be far greater than today’s losses!

"Hey! I understand! I'll do it now." The Japanese captain nodded, turned and left.

"The trap has been set up, and we're just waiting for you to get in!" Matsushita Lianjiu sneered. He believed that the enemy would never have thought that this was just a trap from the beginning to the end.

Moreover, they also prepared poison gas bombs. As long as the enemy dared to launch a sneak attack on them, they would fire poison gas bombs at the enemy to let the enemy know what the experimental results are.

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At this time, Li Yunlong and his men were also making preparations. The soldiers had already started to rest, waiting for the time to come to launch an attack on the Japanese positions.

"Captain, this time we are taking the initiative to attack the Japanese positions. I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties, so we have to be careful." Zhao Gang said seriously.

The Japanese must have been prepared, so their attack was equivalent to fighting the Japanese head-on. This was the first time they had fought so hard.

"Don't worry, with the special forces here, we won't encounter too much firepower from the enemy.
Besides, we are not rushing forward mindlessly. It is enough to break into the enemy's position and occupy part of it, so that the enemy knows that we really intend to wipe them out. "Li Yunlong naturally understood this.

Even though they are facing only an ordinary Class B division, they cannot take it lightly.

In fact, it is mainly because of the presence of the special operations regiment. As long as the Japanese machine guns start to fire, the soldiers of the special operations regiment will kill the Japanese machine gunners in the first place, preventing the Japanese from causing too much casualties to them with machine guns.

As for the Japanese artillery positions, Li Yunlong naturally planned to destroy them as soon as possible.

"From the fact that the Japanese haven't moved their artillery positions yet, it seems that they are doing this on purpose. They are worried that we will notice their trick.

So I deliberately didn't move. Moreover, if I guessed correctly, the Japanese would most likely transport the shells from the position.
Even if we occupy the enemy's artillery positions, we cannot use their artillery to bombard the enemy!" Li Yunlong continued.

I have to say that the Japs were indeed very thoughtful, but what they didn't know was that from the very beginning, their target was not the 20th Division, but the 16th Division!
In other words, it was Nakajima Imago, the commander of the 16th Division.

The Japanese would never have thought that they would be so bold.

"That's right. It doesn't matter if the Japanese take away the shells. We also have artillery, and they are not the only ones who have them." Zhao Gang smiled and said when he heard this.

Not only do they have cannons, the Special Operations Regiment brings more cannons than the New 1st Regiment. In short, the Japs will not gain any benefit, but will instead suffer heavy casualties.

(End of this chapter)