Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Hurry up and send a telegram to other troops and ask them to retreat immediately." Commander Yan gave the order quickly. The most important thing now is to withdraw the troops.

As for the 20th Division, although it failed to be destroyed, the battle reports from the front line had already dealt a heavy blow to the 20th Division.

In addition, Mu Jin captured the headquarters of the 16th Division, which meant a great victory, and their Jinsui Army would become famous again.

"Yes!" Commander Zhang nodded and quickly sent someone to send a telegram.

.........

The commanders in the three directions were stunned when they received Commander Yan's telegram. They originally thought that the 20th Division was going to be annihilated, but now it seems that Mu Jin and his men's target is not the 20th Division at all.

The three commanders, without any hesitation, chose to order the troops to retreat, while leaving troops behind to prevent the 20th Division from pursuing them.

But obviously, they were overthinking it. The 20th Division didn't dare to pursue at this moment.

At this time, Matsushita Renkyu was a little panicked. He was a little worried that the Northeast Army would want to destroy them before retreating.

If that were the case, their casualties would probably be even greater.

"Division commander, the enemy has stopped attacking. I don't know whether they are retreating or they want us to let down our guard." The Japanese regiment commander came to Matsushita Renjiu to report.

The Northeast Army that attacked them has stopped attacking, and even the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army has stopped, so the enemy has either retreated or is plotting something.

"Don't be careless!" Matsushita Renkyu said seriously. He didn't want any more accidents to happen.

"Hi!" The Japanese captain nodded.

"Division Commander, if the enemy retreats, does that mean that Division Commander Nakajima..." The Japanese regiment commander stopped here and did not dare to continue because he had already thought of the worst outcome.

If Division Commander Nakajima had held on, the enemies here would not have retreated so quickly.

"Don't talk nonsense. Division Commander Nakajima is a lucky man. Besides, it's only been a short time, and he has a regiment of soldiers guarding him. He will definitely be able to hold on until the reinforcements come back!" Matsushita Renkyu scolded and made another analysis.

It has only been ten or twenty minutes since Division Commander Nakajima was attacked. No matter what, it is impossible for the enemy to eliminate him so quickly.

The 16th Division is a Class A division, and its combat effectiveness is unmatched by other troops.

"But what if something happens?" said the Japanese captain.

"There's no such thing as a chance of that happening!" Matsushita Renkyu said firmly. He absolutely did not believe that this would happen.

The Japanese regiment commander didn't dare to say anything more. In fact, he felt that the Northeast Army that attacked them might not have been serious about it until now, and everything was just to delay time.

The other side was not in a hurry to destroy them, probably because they were worried that the 16th Division would arrive and it would be difficult to retreat. So, the enemy had the ability to destroy them, but did not do so in order to reduce casualties.

In general, the enemy deliberately let them go. As for Division Commander Nakajima, he basically couldn't escape.

The enemy will definitely concentrate all its firepower to attack Division Commander Nakajima. It would be fine if Division Commander Nakajima was prepared, but the key is that Division Commander Nakajima did not expect the enemy to attack him. The result is self-evident.

.........

On the other side, Li Yunlong also received Li Jin's telegram.

"Damn, good boy, he really destroyed the Japanese headquarters in such a short time! It's unbelievable!" Li Yunlong was very happy. Before, he was a little worried that Li Jin would not be able to eliminate the Japanese so quickly.

After all, the 16th Division is a Class A division at best, and a regiment that can protect the headquarters must be elite.

However, this so-called elite force had no power to fight back against Li Jin's attack and was defeated in just over ten minutes.

"Even after fighting with Li Jin many times, I found that we still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the special operations regiment. It seems that they have no upper limit. It's really outrageous." Zhao Gang sighed.

Even they underestimated Li Jin's fighting power, let alone the Japanese. In just over ten minutes, with the same number of people, he directly eliminated the elite of the Japanese A-class division. I'm afraid no one would believe it if he told others about it.

"Yeah, never mind, let's hurry up and retreat! And blow up the Japanese heavy artillery at the same time. We can't leave this stuff to the Japanese." Li Yunlong said. He did not forget to blow up the Japanese heavy artillery.

These heavy artillery pieces can sometimes turn the tide of a battle, so they must not be left to the Japanese.

"Understood!" Zhao Gang nodded, and he immediately asked someone to detonate the explosives.

Boom boom boom......

Several earth-shaking explosions were heard, and several heavy artillery pieces were blown to the ground. Even if they were taken for repair, they might not be able to be repaired.

As for Kong Jie, they could only blow up the captured heavy artillery with tears in their eyes.

"Damn it, I'm really unwilling to give up!" When Kong Jie retreated, he looked back every few steps. He was really envious of those cannons.

"Old Kong, let's go quickly and stop wasting time." Political Commissar Li Wenying urged.

“Oh…” Kong Jie sighed helplessly. He followed the troops in the retreat, and he felt that he was at a disadvantage this time.

Although a lot of Japanese were killed, no weapons were seized, which was a big loss. But on second thought, it was worth it since the headquarters of the 16th Division was destroyed by Li Jin.

.........

In Taiyuan, in the office, Itahene Seishiro stared blankly at the exquisite short knife hanging on the wall. It was given to him by the emperor. It was very sharp and it would be no problem for him to use it to commit suicide by seppuku.

"Mr. Nakajima, I never thought that the enemy would go after you." Itahira Seishiro sighed. Nakajima Imago also made great contributions, but he was surrounded by the enemy after only being here for more than a month.

"Division Commander, we can't get in touch with Division Commander Nakajima. I don't know what the situation is now." The Japanese telegraph operator suddenly ran in and reported the situation.

"Mr. Nakajima should have died for his country." Itakane Seishirō sighed and said, if the enemy targeted Nakajima Imago because he participated in the massacre, then there was basically no way that Nakajima Imago would survive.

"Division Commander, that shouldn't be the case. I think if Division Commander Nakajima surrenders, he will definitely survive.

Don't forget, the Eighth Route Army is still there during this attack. They are in urgent need of supplies and will not allow the Northeast Army to kill the division commander. "The Japanese telegraph operator had a different view. In his opinion, the Eighth Route Army was able to exchange pilots with them before, so they can definitely do so this time.

But Division Commander Nakajima had to endure a lot of hardships before this.

"This is not impossible." Upon hearing this, Itahira Seishirō suddenly felt that it made some sense.

If Nakajima Imao could survive, he might not have to commit suicide. As long as he could survive, it would be worth it to give the enemy as much supplies as possible.

"Division commander, you are not going to commit suicide by disembowelment, are you?" the Japanese telegraph operator couldn't help but say. When he just came in, he found that the division commander was staring at the dagger on the wall, and it is very likely that he wanted to commit suicide by disembowelment.

"Don't ask so many questions that you shouldn't ask. Get out!" Itaige Seishiro scolded with a stern face, as if he was furious because he had been seen through.

"Division Commander, this Northeast Army is incredibly powerful. You are the only one who knows this army best. You must not die.

Otherwise, it would be even more difficult for other command officers to deal with the Northeast Army! Therefore, for the sake of the overall situation, please endure the temporary humiliation and survive!" The Japanese telegraph operator said this and then turned and left.

Itaheng Seishiro sighed. Did he not want to live?! It was possible that he would not survive, otherwise why would he have the intention to commit suicide by seppuku.

But the other party was right. It was not the last moment yet. He should try again. Perhaps things could turn around.

"Let's tell the commander about this first. Whether he lives or dies depends on what the commander says." Itagaki Seishirō was a little helpless.

He originally wanted to commit suicide by disembowelment, but now he had to let the commander know about it.

Itakune Seishirō picked up the phone and called the commander.

"My name is Seishirō Itakane. I have an urgent matter to report to the commander. Please let the commander answer the phone." He said to the operator after he got through the call.

"The commander is asleep now. If you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow."

"Stop talking nonsense, and ask the commander to answer the phone!" Itaheng Seishiro said with some anger in his tone.

"Hi!" When the operator heard this, he did not dare to delay any longer and hurried to ask for the commander.

Soon, the voice of the Japanese commander was heard on the phone.

"Don't tell me that not only did your plan fail, but the 20th Division was also wiped out by the enemy." The Japanese commander said calmly. He was not very optimistic about the plan at that time, but Itakaki Seishirō and Nakajima Imago made a solemn promise.

Especially Nakajima Imao, he was very sure that the plan would succeed, so he chose to agree to carry out this plan.

"Commander, the 20th Division has not been destroyed, but something happened to Nakajima-kun!" Itagaki Seishirō said after a moment of hesitation.

"What?! How could something happen to him?! Shouldn't the enemy be heading for the 20th Division!!!" The Japanese commander was shocked and started to ask questions immediately.

Itakane Seishirō also quickly told the whole story, and the person on the other end of the phone fell silent all of a sudden.

"In other words, the enemy is heading directly for Nakajima-kun?!" the Japanese commander said after a while.

"Yes, yes! We can't contact him now." Itahune Seishirō swallowed nervously and responded stutteringly.

"Itagaki Seishiro, you really gave me a big surprise!" The Japanese commander gritted his teeth and read out the other party's name. It can be seen that he was really angry to the extreme.

"Commander, it's my fault. I will commit suicide by seppuku and apologize to His Majesty the Emperor!" said Itagaki Seishirō.

"Baga! You caused such a big trouble and you just want to die? You are so lucky!" The Japanese commander cursed!
"Commander, I'm sorry. I failed your expectations and caused the empire to suffer heavy losses again. I was eager to prove myself, so I agreed to the plan.

I am the cause of all this, and the only way to resolve this is to die as an apology." Itahene Seishiro said firmly.

What he said was indeed true. He was a little too impatient. He should have waited for the commander's special forces team to return from Germany before taking joint action with the special forces team!

However, when he heard Nakajima Imao's perfect plan, he was still moved and chose to agree, which resulted in an irreversible situation.

"You admit it readily. This unit has already seriously threatened the Empire's layout here. I will transfer two more divisions to the headquarters.
You are the one who knows them best, you must take responsibility and eliminate them!" said the Japanese commander in a serious tone.

If possible, he really wanted to kill Itakura Seishiro, but now, the only one who knew this army best was Itakura Seishiro.

Judging from the enemy's performance, they are indeed very powerful. If other people are allowed to replace Itakune Seishirō, they may underestimate this force, and then something bad will happen again.

After several battles with the enemy, Itakune Seishirō was very clear that he must not be careless when dealing with this army.

"Thank you, Commander. I will definitely live up to my mission!" Itahira Seishirō was extremely excited. He almost thought he was going to die, but he didn't expect the commander to give him another chance.

"Don't be happy too soon. This is your last chance. If something goes wrong again, not only will you die, but I will be in trouble too! Do you understand?" The Japanese commander threatened. In fact, he was also under great pressure.

If another accident happened, he would not be able to hold on. Fortunately, the 20th Division was still there. Although it might have been severely damaged, the organization was still there and could still be reorganized.

"Please rest assured, Commander, I will never let you down again!" Itahira Seishirō responded firmly.

"That's better." The Japanese commander was already a little tired. He couldn't figure out why such a powerful army suddenly appeared in Shanxi? !

It's too outrageous that it's so powerful that it can affect their layout here. Moreover, the failure in Changsha is also related to this unit. Even the commander of the Class A division, Inaya Shiro, was blown into a cripple and chose to commit suicide.

"Commander, I actually think that Nakajima-kun will not necessarily be in trouble. If he chooses to surrender, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not kill him. Instead, they will use Nakajima-kun to exchange supplies with us.

But in this case, we will have to pay a price." Itahene Seishirō also mentioned another possibility.

"If we can get Nakajima-kun back, it will be worth any amount of supplies!" said the Japanese commander. The empire has already lost a Class A division commander. If it loses another one, it will be a huge loss indeed.

"I understand!" said Itagaki Seishirō.

"Let's do this for now. If there is any new situation later, please report to me. I also need to inform the headquarters about this matter." The Japanese commander hung up the phone. He was going to be scolded by the headquarters. After all, such a big thing happened and he couldn't run away.

(End of this chapter)