Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Soon, Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment assembled, and then the group set off quickly and rushed to the designated location.

As for Chu Yunfei's suggestion to divide the spoils equally, under Xu Qingfeng's insistence, he only took 40%.

Before leaving, Xu Qingfeng asked someone to send a telegram to Li Jin, informing him that all the Japanese in Fucheng had been dealt with.

When they arrived at the designated location, Xu Qingfeng asked people to distribute gas masks to Chu Yunfei and others.

"Captain Xu, where did you get this gas mask? Are we going to use gas masks in this battle?!" Chu Yunfei couldn't help but say after seeing the gas mask.

"Well, I got news from the Eighth Route Army that the Japanese have transported a batch of poison gas bombs. It is obvious that they are targeting us, so it is necessary to wear gas masks!" Xu Qingfeng nodded and then explained.

Li Jin asked him to distribute these gas masks to the 358th Regiment. After all, they were in a cooperative relationship. It was impossible for them to wear gas masks and ignore the people of the 358th Regiment.

"Do you have any extra gas masks? I'm worried something might happen to other people!" Chu Yunfei was referring to the other Jinsui Army troops.

"We no longer have this. Besides, the Japanese's poison gas bombs are mainly aimed at us and cannot be used by others." Xu Qingfeng explained.

"Okay then." Chu Yunfei nodded.

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When Li Jin received the telegram from Xu Qingfeng, a smile appeared on his face. The plan would be implemented soon.

"Captain, has the political commissar been dealt with?!" Liu Changshun asked.

"Well, the Japanese in one regiment of Fucheng have been dealt with." Li Jin nodded and gave another order: "Notify the soldiers to rest for another hour and a half, and then prepare for battle!"

The headquarters of the 16th Division was located about ten miles away from the Division, which was very close. But as long as the soldiers of the 16th Division were lured away, there would only be one regiment of Japanese soldiers left to protect the headquarters.

Therefore, they had to eliminate all the Japanese in this regiment in the shortest possible time, and then let the others retreat.

If the command center is attacked, the Japanese will definitely come back to rescue, but the Japanese division commander will never let everyone come back.

Therefore, others need to evacuate as soon as possible to avoid being surrounded by the Japanese.

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Around 1:30 in the morning, at the 16th Division Headquarters.

Nakajima Imao has not rested yet. He always feels like he has forgotten something.

"Division Commander, isn't it time for you to rest at this time?!" said a Japanese brigade commander. In the past, the division commander would have gone to bed early, but why didn't he sleep tonight?

"Don't worry, let me think about it again. I always feel like I missed something!" Nakajima Imao frowned. For a moment, he couldn't remember what he missed.

"Division Commander, the regiment attacking Fucheng doesn't seem to be making smooth progress. Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment has built a sturdy bunker at the city gate, and the firepower points inside cannot be cleared. So, it is probably unlikely that we can capture Fucheng within three days." The Japanese brigade commander thought about it and spoke out about this matter.

"What?! The defenders of the floating city also built a bunker?! Has this happened before?!" Nakajima Imao was stunned when he heard this and asked quickly.

"The bunkers were not built before but only recently. It's as if they had guessed that we were going to attack the floating city, so they built them in advance." The commander of the Japanese brigade responded.

He also found it strange that building a bunker would take a lot of time. Based on his understanding of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army, it was impossible for them to waste energy on doing this for a city like Fucheng that could be lost at any time!
"It's not just like that, they just guessed that we would take action against the floating city!" Nakajima Imao said with a serious face and a very affirmative tone.

"The enemy commander is indeed not a simple person. He even guessed this! I always felt like I missed something. It turns out it was from the floating city!
This Northeast Army must have sent people to support Fucheng, otherwise, the 358th Regiment would never have wasted energy on building bunkers.
The purpose is to delay this regiment and give the Northeast Army a chance to annihilate them." Nakajima Imao finally remembered.

He was only thinking about getting the troops in the other three directions ready for defense, but he forgot about the situation in the floating city.

"Division Commander, if what you said is true, this regiment will be in danger!" the Japanese brigade commander said hurriedly.

With the Northeast Army around, the coalition attacking Fucheng will most likely be wiped out.

"Don't panic, send a telegram to Matsushita Renkyu immediately and ask him to order the regiment attacking the floating city to withdraw immediately and join the troops in the southwest direction!" said Nakajima Imao.

In his opinion, the Northeast Army would not attack so quickly. After all, the other side must be planning to let them fight the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army for a few more days before taking action.

"Hi!" The Japanese brigade commander hurried out to do it.

"Mu Jin, you really surprised me. I didn't expect that you knew in advance that I was going to send people to attack the floating city!" Nakajima Imao was also deeply afraid of the commander of the Northeast Army.

It was as if the enemy had anticipated that they would attack Fucheng, so they ordered the 358th Regiment to build bunkers to resist the attack.

But unfortunately, he was more skilled than the others and had seen through the opponent's plan. As long as the regiment attacking Fucheng withdrew, the Northeast Army's plan to annihilate this regiment would fail.

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In the northwest direction, Matsushita Renkyu had already fallen asleep in the tent, but a telegraph operator came in hurriedly and woke him up.

"Baga! What's the matter?!" Matsushita Lianjiu woke up with sleepy eyes and spoke with some anger. If he hadn't taken advantage of today's attack, he would have kicked anyone away who dared to disturb his sleep.

"Division Commander, Division Commander Nakajima sent a telegram!" The telegraph operator was frightened by the murderous look in Matsushita Renkyu's eyes and quickly told the story.

"What did he say?!" Matsushita Renkyu asked.

The telegraph operator didn't say much and handed the telegram directly to Matsushita Renkyu.

At this time, a Japanese regiment commander also came in. He saw the telegraph operator hurriedly entering the division commander's tent, obviously there was something important, so he also hurried over to avoid wasting time by the division commander looking for him.

"What?! Quick, send a telegram to the regiment attacking the floating city and ask them to meet up with the troops in the southwest as soon as possible!" After reading the telegram, Matsushita Renkyu was shocked and gave orders immediately!

"Division Commander, are we going to let them retreat now?! Are we not going to attack the floating city?! Are we not going to destroy the 358th Regiment?!" the Japanese regiment commander asked in confusion.

The floating city was now surrounded, and it was only a matter of time before it was captured. If we retreated now, wouldn’t all our efforts be wasted? Moreover, this retreat would be the equivalent of letting the 358th Regiment go.

"Baka! Why are you still concerned about the 358th Regiment? Nakajima-kun said that the Northeastern Army is likely to send troops to Fucheng.
If it's too late, this regiment might be gone, hurry up!" Matsushita Renkyu told the story and urged the telegraph operator.

"Hi!" The telegraph operator quickly left the tent to send a telegram!
"Division commander, this shouldn't be necessary. The regiment we sent out didn't set out until night. The enemy couldn't possibly know about it!" said the Japanese regiment commander.

"Nothing is impossible. In fact, when they sent a telegram today saying that Fucheng had built a bunker, I felt strange. Now that Nakajima-kun said it, I realized that the 358th Regiment had already made preparations.
There is only one reason why they would do this, and that is that they anticipated it in advance!" Matsushita Renkyu said.

"If that's the case, then the enemy's commander is no ordinary person! He's really powerful!" said the Japanese regiment commander with a breath of cold air.

The enemy commander was actually able to see through their plan.

“I’ve said it before, don’t underestimate this Northeastern Army. If they weren’t so powerful, Division Commander Ban Heng wouldn’t have lost so many people at the hands of the enemy.

Sometimes it’s not that Commander Banheng is not in command, but that the enemy is really strong!” Matsushita Renkyu sighed.

Before, he felt that the command ability of Division Commander Ban Heng was not even as good as his. He even felt that the reason why Division Commander Ban Heng was able to defeat so many troops was simply because the enemy was too weak, and he would be able to command as well.

Now it seems that he still underestimated the commander of the Heng Division.

"No wonder Division Commander Ban Heng repeatedly requested the commander to eliminate this Northeast Army as soon as possible. If we don't eliminate the other side, the threat will be too great." The Japanese regiment commander nodded and said.

"Yeah." Matsushita Lianjiu nodded. He was also somewhat fortunate that the enemies he encountered were not as powerful as the Northeast Army, otherwise it would have been really troublesome.

"I can't believe that a troop of several thousand people could cause such heavy losses to the empire. It's unbelievable!" The Japanese captain felt his scalp tingling.

In the past, they didn't even take hundreds of thousands of enemies seriously, but now, they were forced into this situation by a brigade of troops.

"So, I have some doubts. Even if we surround this army, can we inflict heavy damage on them!" Matsushita Renkyu said with a frown.

The performance of this unit was somewhat terrifying. Not only was their combat effectiveness strong, but even their commander was ridiculously strong. Compared with the enemies they had fought before, they were completely on a different level.

"Division Commander, I think they can still do it. I don't believe they can escape from the encirclement! Even if they escape, not many people will escape." said the Japanese regiment commander.

You know, the 16th Division is a Class A division, and its combat effectiveness is much stronger than those Class B divisions. What's more, they are carrying poison gas bombs.

"It's hard to say, it's hard to say." Matsushita Renkyu shook his head. He would have thought that once the enemy was surrounded, they would definitely not be able to escape, but now he no longer thinks so!

"Division commander, don't forget, we still have secret weapons, poison gas bombs! I think that with them, there is no need for the 16th Division to come. As long as they dare to attack, we can deal with them!" The Japanese regiment commander reminded.

They brought a lot of poison gas bombs, which are powerful bacterial weapons. The Northeast Army didn't have gas masks, so they would definitely be hit!
"Yeah, how could I forget about this thing!" Matsushita Renku couldn't help but slap his forehead when he heard it. He actually forgot about the poison gas bomb.

If there were no poison gas bombs, he didn't think he could cause serious damage to the Northeast Army even if he surrounded them. But now that there were poison gas bombs, how would the enemy respond?

Even if the enemy seized some gas masks in the laboratory, they were only a few. With the enemy's capabilities, it was impossible for them to produce a large number of gas masks.

So, the advantage is on them!
"That's terrible. We will inflict severe damage on them tonight. It will be even more impossible for them to rise again in the future. The threat will be eliminated!" The Japanese regiment commander also laughed.

Ten minutes later, the Japanese telegraph operator ran in.

"What's going on?! Have they started to retreat?!" Matsushita Renkyu asked hurriedly.

"Reporting to the division commander, they did not reply to the telegram." The telegraph operator replied. After he sent the telegram, he began to wait, but there was no reply from the other side, so he came back to report.

"What?!" Matsushita Renjiu couldn't help but frown, feeling that something was not right, and had a vague bad premonition in his heart.

Logically speaking, his orders should be telegraphed and executed immediately even if the commander is sleeping.

"Division commander, don't think too much. They must have been in a hurry to retreat and forgot to reply to the telegram for a while. After all, the deterrent power of this Northeast Army is indeed quite great." The Japanese regiment commander comforted him.

I think the troops over there didn't reply to the telegram because they were in a hurry.

"That makes some sense. Let's wait a little longer." Matsushita Renku nodded.

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On the other side, Li Yunlong had already prepared for the attack. He asked the soldiers to carry gas masks with them and put on the gas masks immediately if they found the Japanese firing poison gas bombs at them!

"Commander, the artillery position is ready!" Zhao Gang came over to report at this time.

"Well, very good. It's not far from the time for the attack." Li Yunlong glanced at his watch. There were only a few minutes left before two o'clock for the attack.

As soon as the time comes, the attack will begin immediately. As for the soldiers of the special operations regiment, they will naturally take the lead. After all, only their attack can exert great oppression on the Japanese.

It would also make the Japanese more certain that the ones attacking them were the so-called Northeast Army. In this way, when the 16th Division learned the news, they would immediately send people to support them.

"Xu Qingfeng has also arrived at the designated location. They fought the first battle. I hope it will not affect the subsequent battles, especially the 358th Regiment." Zhao Gang couldn't help but feel a little worried.

After a series of fierce battles and an hour's journey, the Special Operations Regiment could hold on, but I'm afraid the 358th Regiment might not be able to hold on.

"Don't worry, the 358th Regiment is still quite strong and will not fall behind. What's more, the special operations regiment over there has hundreds more people than us!" Li Yunlong said. He still believed that the 358th Regiment would not fall behind.

The hundreds of extra people in the special operations regiment can replace thousands of people, which can completely give the Japanese over there a hard time!

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(End of this chapter)