Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"So, these Japanese guys are still quite capable. They firmly believe that we will launch an attack tonight, so they decisively ordered the troops to set off." Li Jin said.

Nakajima Imaogo does have some abilities, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to become the commander of a Class A division, but it's of no use. What Li Jin wants is Nakajima Imaogo's self-righteousness.

Only in this way will he have the opportunity to take action against Nakajima Imao.

"Commander, should we alert other troops?!" Liu Changshun said. The 16th Division was dispatched more than ten minutes earlier than they expected.

"Well, it's better to say it." Li Jin nodded. In fact, it didn't matter whether he said it or not. As long as he could resolve the battle quickly, Li Yunlong and the others could retreat.

"Okay." Liu Changshun quickly asked someone to send a telegram.

.........

When the time came to two o'clock, Xu Qingfeng decisively launched an attack.

Boom boom boom......

The artillery positions began to bombard the Japanese positions. The shells fell like raindrops, and huge explosions resounded throughout the area.

The Japanese brigade commander who was present was also startled, but because he had been reminded by the division commander before, he was not particularly panicked.

What he didn't expect was that the enemy's bombing would be so fierce. Fortunately, their positions had been built, otherwise, they would have suffered heavy casualties under such fierce bombardment.

At the same time, the Shanxi Suiyuan Army here also began to attack the Japanese positions.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

The machine gun started, flames came out of the muzzle, and bullets were fired towards the Japanese as if they were free.

Xu Qingfeng also led the soldiers of the special operations regiment to shoot at the Japanese. Their shooting skills were very accurate. Although they were at a long distance, as soon as the Japanese opened fire, they were able to quickly determine their position and then open fire.

Of course, due to the long distance, they couldn't hit the target with every shot, and they didn't intend to close the distance, but this caused the Japanese to suffer heavy losses for a while.

The Japanese brigade commander hiding in the trench also changed his face when he learned of this situation.

He didn't expect that the strength of this Northeast Army was so terrifying. They could quickly shoot and kill the enemy just by relying on the flames from the gunshots!
"Brigade Commander, the enemy has a lot of sharpshooters. If we continue fighting like this, I'm afraid we will be wiped out in less than two hours!" In the trench, the Japanese regiment commander spoke anxiously.

His scalp felt tingling. After fighting for so long, this was the first time he encountered such a terrifying enemy. They were not on the same level at all.

"Tell the soldiers not to expose their heads when shooting. Just hold the gun and shoot to reduce body exposure." The Japanese brigade commander gave the order quickly.

That way, their soldiers wouldn't suffer so many casualties.

"Brigade Commander, but if that's the case, we can't kill the enemy, right?!" The Japanese regiment commander was stunned when he heard this.

If doing this can kill the enemy, it would be sheer luck!

"Baga, our goal is to delay the enemy, not to fight with this group of enemies!" The Japanese brigade commander cursed.

Before, he might have been thinking about fighting the enemy, but now after so many soldiers had died, he had become completely obedient and only wanted to delay the enemy.

Although it is difficult to kill the enemy in this kind of combat, it can also prevent the enemy from rushing over easily. As long as the 16th Division can surround them, their mission will be accomplished.

As for the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army attacking them in the front, he really didn't take it seriously. Even though there were quite a few Shanxi-Suiyuan Army soldiers here, they were really not worth mentioning compared with the Northeast Army!
"Hey!" Upon hearing this, the Japanese regiment commander decisively sent someone to give orders, and then came back to report.

"Brigade commander, I think, how about we just use biological weapons? Let the enemy have a taste of our power." The Japanese regiment commander couldn't help but suggest, he felt that now was a good opportunity.

"Don't be in a hurry. Wait a little longer. The distance is too far. Let's wait until the enemy advances a little further." The Japanese brigade commander shook his head. It was not the time to use the poison gas bomb yet. Only by waiting for the enemy to get closer before firing can the enemy be caught off guard.

"Have the soldiers put on gas masks immediately and prepare for a counterattack!" the Japanese brigade commander ordered again.

The 16th Division was about four hours away from them. As long as they could hold out for this time, they would be able to surround this group of enemies.

"Understood!" The Japanese regiment commander also hurriedly gave the order.

During the attack, Xu Qingfeng also discovered that when the Japanese opened fire, he did not choose to expose his head to attack, but raised his hands to shoot.

"Political Commissar, the Japanese are afraid of too many casualties, so they do this to delay time?!" Zhao Ming said.

"Well, it's obvious, that's it." Xu Qingfeng nodded, but this just suited his taste. Anyway, their goal from the beginning was not to annihilate them, but to let the other side lead the 16th Division away from the command center.

In this way, there is only one command post protected by the brigade commander, which is no match for Li Jin and his men.

"Continue the attack and kill as many enemy soldiers as possible." Xu Qingfeng instructed.

Chu Yunfei was also ordering the 358th Regiment to attack.

"Commander, why do I feel that Xu Qingfeng and his men don't seem to have a strong plan for an attack?" Fang Ligong expressed his doubts. Based on previous cooperation, the Northeast Army's attack was extremely fierce and would never be like today.

Although the attack seemed fierce, Xu Qingfeng did not advance quickly, as if he did it on purpose!
"I think Xu Qingfeng has his own plans. Many of the soldiers he brought are new recruits with insufficient combat experience, so it is normal for them to attack steadily." Chu Yunfei said. He was helping Xu Qingfeng explain, and what he said made sense.

In fact, he was the only one in the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army who knew what Xu Qingfeng and his men were planning, and their attack was just a show.

From the beginning to the end, their only goal was to lure away the 16th Division and create opportunities for Li Jin, but Chu Yunfei would not say such things.

Because once it is revealed, Fang Ligong will definitely ask someone to send a telegram to the higher-ups immediately. At the very least, Fang Ligong cannot be allowed to report it now.

"That makes sense." Fang Ligong heard this and didn't say anything more.

"But what's a bit strange is that the Japanese reacted so quickly! It's as if they knew we were going to launch a sneak attack." Fang Ligong raised another question.

Under normal circumstances, if they chose this point to attack, the Japanese should not have reacted so quickly.

"Maybe the Japanese are also worried that someone will launch a sneak attack on them." Chu Yunfei said.

"Yeah." Fang Ligong nodded.

………While Xu Qingfeng was attacking, Kong Jie and his men in the northwest were also attacking the Japanese. Their attack was also very fierce, as if they wanted to annihilate these Japanese in a short time!
"Division commander, the enemy attacking us is extremely powerful. It is definitely the Northeast Army!" A Japanese regiment commander reported to Matsushita Renkyu.

"Yo! This group of enemies really fell for it!" After hearing this, Matsushita Lianjiu raised the corners of his mouth, thinking that it was worth it that he waited for so long.

"But we suffered a lot of casualties. In the just one encounter, dozens or even hundreds of people were killed or injured." said the Japanese regiment commander.

The enemy attacking them was very powerful, which made him terrified.

"Some casualties are acceptable. As long as we can hold on until the 16th Division's support arrives, everything will be worth it." Matsushita Renkyu said slowly.

Although he did feel sad that so many people were killed and injured at once, compared with the empire, it was nothing!

"Division commander, the troops in the west and southwest have sent telegrams saying that they were attacked by a powerful enemy and suffered heavy casualties. It is probably the Northeast Army." Soon, a Japanese telegraph operator rushed in and told the story.

"Well, send a telegram to Division Commander Nakajima immediately and tell him that the enemy has attacked us. Ask him to send people to support us immediately!" Matsushita Renkyu changed the subject and gave orders.

"Hi!" The Japanese telegraph operator nodded quickly, turned and left.

"Now we can basically confirm that the enemy attacking us is the Northeast Army." The Japanese regiment commander laughed.

From the current perspective, the Northeast Army must have divided its troops into several groups to attack their troops, obviously with the intention of annihilating them.

"Who else but the Northeastern Army can inflict heavy losses on us in a short period of time!" Matsushita Renkyu said with certainty.

He firmly believed that the people who attacked them were the Northeast Army.

.........

Sixteenth Division, headquarters.

Nakajima Imao was waiting anxiously. In fact, he was a little panicked because sending people out in advance this time was a gamble. If the enemy did not attack the 20th Division tonight, their plan would have failed.

It is really hard to accept that so much talent and resources were wasted, but in the end nothing was accomplished.

"Division commander." At this time, the Japanese brigade commander ran in.

"What's going on? Is there a telegram from the 20th Division?!" Nakajima Imao asked hurriedly.

"It's not the 20th Division, it's the telegram sent by Commander Banheng of the Division. He asked you how the plan is going?!" said the commander of the Japanese brigade.

"Tell him that the plan is still in progress and will be completed soon." Nakajima Imao felt a little disappointed when he heard this, and then said impatiently.

"Why is he not sleeping at this hour and sending out telegrams for no reason!" Nakajima Imago had a gloomy face. He thought it was a telegram from the 20th Division asking for help, but who would have thought that it was a telegram from Itakane Seishirō. What a waste of his time.

Just as he was complaining about Itakune Seishiro, the 20th Division's telegram for help finally arrived. Nakajima Imago took the telegram, and after reading it, he finally couldn't help it.

"Hahaha, that Northeastern Army has been fooled!" Nakajima Imao was extremely happy. After being worried for so long, he finally lured that Northeastern Army into the trap.

Before, he was worried that the Northeastern Army might not intend to annihilate the 20th Division and therefore attacked Fucheng in advance, but he changed his mind.

If this was the only purpose of the Northeast Army, it would not have been possible to convince the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army and the Eighth Route Army to cooperate.

"We have been attacked fiercely by the enemy in three directions. It must be the Northeast Army." The commander of the Japanese brigade also laughed.

"That's what we call effortless!" Nakajima Imao responded.

"But division commander, in addition to the Northeast Army, there are also the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. In fact, it is equivalent to our troops being attacked from three sides. Can they hold out until our troops can support them?!" The Japanese brigade commander frowned and couldn't help but worry!

The enemy was fooled, but what if the 20th Division was annihilated before they could support it? Wouldn't their efforts be in vain?

"Keep calm. Although the enemy is powerful, it is not so easy to annihilate a well-prepared imperial army within four hours!
Besides, we still have biological weapons such as poison gas bombs. If there is any accident, we can just let them use biological weapons. Don't think too much of them!" Nakajima Jin Chaowu said confidently.

He had to admit that the Northeast Army was indeed powerful, but their troops in three directions had nearly a brigade of troops, and it was impossible for them to be annihilated by the enemy within four hours.

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On the other side, Li Jin glanced at his watch. It was already two o'clock. He also knew from the skyrocketing contribution value of the system that the battle over there had already begun.

"Commander, the political commissar and others should launch an attack on the Japanese." Liu Changshun said.

"Well, now it's up to us. Notice that in an hour and a half, we will launch an attack on the enemy's headquarters! At the same time, tell the artillery positions not to hit the enemy's division commander's tent!
By the way, if you see a high-ranking Japanese officer, don’t kill him! Leave him alive. "Li Jin nodded and gave the order.

He also didn't want Nakajima Imao to be killed by a cannon. If that happened, how could he capture Nakajima Imao alive?

"Yes!" Liu Changshun left quickly.

"Nakajima Imao, you are probably still immersed in the joy of me falling into the trap." Li Jin also curled his lips into a sneer.

It took him a lot of time to set up this plan, which was to capture Nakajima Imao alive. Now it is only a matter of time before the plan succeeds.

Li Jin was still a little excited, but he still restrained himself to avoid any accidents. After all, the more critical the moment, the more he couldn't let down!

.........

Li Yunlong also led the team personally and went around to the Japanese howitzer position. As soon as the time came, he launched an attack and took down the artillery position first.

As for the others, they followed the plan, bombarding the Japanese positions and then attacking. Anyway, their goal was not to really annihilate the Japanese, so they did not need to worry too much about heavy casualties.

As the time reached two o'clock in the morning, Li Yunlong also ordered his men to launch an attack.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

Gunshots rang out in the open space, and the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment rushed towards the Japanese in the artillery positions. These dozens of Japanese were quickly wiped out under the fierce attack!
(End of this chapter)