Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Brigade, brigade commander, there's a telegram from the regiment commander." A Japanese telegraph operator came running over in a hurry. He looked panicked and even stuttered when he spoke. It was obvious that he was frightened by the content of the telegram.

"Let me see." Brigade Commander Fukada understood at a glance that something big might have happened, and his heart sank to the bottom.

When he finished reading the content, his pupils shrank and an expression of horror appeared on his face.

"Fukada-kun, what's going on?!" Matsushita Renkyu asked hurriedly. He guessed what was going on, but still wanted to confirm it.

"Division Commander Nakajima, died in battle!" Brigade Commander Fukada said with a sad tone and a look of great grief.

"What?!" Matsushita Lianjiu was stunned when he heard this. Although he had expected it, he still couldn't accept it when it happened.

"I can't believe that Nakajima-kun, who has spent half his life in military service, would die in such a way! This is a huge loss to the empire!" Matsushita Renkyu sighed.

Nakajima Imao had fought in many battles and made great contributions to the empire, but today, he was killed by the enemy. It was such a pity.

"This damn Northeast Army actually killed the division commander. I thought they would capture the division commander and use him to exchange for supplies.
But I didn't expect that the other side would just kill the division like this. Why didn't the Eighth Route Army stop them? "Brigade Commander Fukada was very angry and even blamed the Eighth Route Army, thinking that it was because the Eighth Route Army did not stop them in time that the division commander was killed.

"Alas...it has already happened. My 20th Division has suffered heavy losses, and even several heavy artillery pieces were blown up by the enemy.
This loss is huge, and we are all seriously injured in this battle." Matsushita Renkyu sighed and said.

Not only did Nakajima Imazogo die in battle, but the 20th Division also suffered heavy casualties, and also lost many heavy artillery that could defend the positions. The losses in this battle were truly too severe.

"What?! Was the heavy artillery also destroyed by the enemy?!" Brigade Commander Fukada was shocked when he heard this.

"Yes." Matsushita Renkyu nodded in affirmation.

"What about the heavy artillery that our 16th Division lent you?!" Brigade Commander Fukada asked. Their division didn't have many of these heavy artillery pieces.

"It was also blown up." Matsushita Lianjiu shook his head helplessly and continued: "I thought that even if the enemy seized the heavy artillery, they would not be able to take it away, so they used it as bait. Who would have thought that we are not hunters, but prey!"

Matsushita Renkyu was also very regretful. If he had known this would happen, he would never let the heavy artillery be seized by the enemy. In this way, the enemy would have no chance to blow up their heavy artillery!

"Damn it! The Empire doesn't have many of these heavy artillery pieces!" Brigade Commander Fukada gritted his teeth. Only division-level troops could be equipped with a few heavy artillery pieces of this level. Unexpectedly, they were blown up by the enemy. It was such a pity.

But we can't blame Matsushita Renkyu, because they didn't realize that the enemy had already figured out their plan and used the same trick against them.

"There's no need to continue this military training. Send a telegram to Division Commander Ban Heng and tell him that it's time for us to retreat," said Matsushita Renkyu.

There is no point in training soldiers at this point. Most of the new recruits have died, and the remaining ones have been scared out of their wits by the enemies and have completely lost their confidence.

"Yes." Brigade Commander Fukada nodded and asked someone to send a telegram.

Matsushita Renkyu also sent a telegram to other troops, asking them to come and join them, as they were about to go back.

.........

At this time, Xu Qingfeng, Chu Yunfei and others retreated to a safe place.

"Captain Chu, this cooperation is very good. I hope we can keep up the good work in the future!" Xu Qingfeng said with a smile.

"Okay, okay." Chu Yunfei also responded with a smile. Judging from the time Xu Qingfeng received the telegram, Mu Jin's action should have been successfully completed.

"Cooperation?! I don't think this is necessary. If it is cooperation, then we should be honest with each other, instead of hiding it from our partners and fighting on our own.

The key point is, you didn't even tell us that the 20th Division was actually a bait! It was used to lure the 16th Division!" Fang Ligong started to criticize angrily. He felt that Mu Jin and the others were really going too far.

"Brother Ligong! Watch your words!" Chu Yunfei frowned and said. He also knew that it was normal for Fang Ligong to be angry. If Mu Jin had not told him about this, he would probably be very angry too.

However, he still couldn't tell this matter, otherwise, he would have a hard time explaining it to the commander. After all, he knew Mu Jin's entire plan, but deliberately didn't say it. By then, with the commander's temper, he might become suspicious of him, and then he would be in trouble.

"Commander, they were wrong in this matter. There's nothing wrong with not saying it." Fang Ligong said dissatisfiedly.

"Although they didn't say it, our battle has achieved significant results, and the losses are not too great, right?!" Chu Yunfei persuaded.

"So what? They did deceive us!" Fang Ligong still refused to give in.

"Captain Chu, we were indeed wrong in this matter. We are willing to give you 20% of the weapons captured in previous battles as compensation." Xu Qingfeng quickly stopped the quarrel between the two and offered a solution.

A regiment has a lot of weapons, which directly gives Chu Yunfei and his men 80% of the supplies, which is already very good.

"That's better." Fang Ligong was immediately happy when he heard it. In fact, it was mainly because their 358th Regiment did not suffer too much loss.

Moreover, we annihilated an entire regiment of the Japanese invaders and made a great contribution. Otherwise, this matter could not have been let go.

"Then it's settled." Xu Qingfeng also smiled. He felt that Fang Ligong was not really trying to find someone to blame, but just to get more spoils.

Chu Yunfei felt somewhat embarrassed upon seeing this. He knew the truth but did not tell it out. Instead, he asked Xu Qingfeng to give them more supplies as compensation!
"Captain Chu, this matter has been settled. We have to wait for the commander here. He will have to meet with Commander Yan later to explain things to him." Xu Qingfeng said.

No matter what, Li Jin had to explain the matter of using the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army's defense maps to threaten Commander Yan's cooperation, and he had to make a symbolic apology to give the other party face.

"This indeed needs to be explained." Chu Yunfei also nodded in agreement. Mu Jin was probably the first young man who dared to threaten Commander Yan.

"Yeah." Xu Qingfeng nodded.

Fang Ligong also pulled Chu Yunfei aside to talk in private.

"Commander, how about my pretending to be angry? It directly exchanged for 20% of the supplies!" Fang Ligong began to take credit.

"Awesome, awesome." Chu Yunfei was also a little helpless, wondering whether he should find an opportunity to send the supplies back in the future.

"Actually, I think that after this incident, Mu Jin and the others owe us a favor, so it's good for us.

The so-called 20% of supplies is not a big deal. What is important is to bring the two sides closer together. "Fang Ligong said with a serious face. After this battle, he felt more and more that Mu Jin and his men were extremely scary. He had the idea in his mind that no matter what happened in the future, he must not be their enemy.

"Brother Ligong, you are worthy of being like this. You are really smart." After hearing this, Chu Yunfei also praised him. In fact, his relationship with Mu Jin was already quite good.

Even without these 20% of supplies, even if they accidentally become rivals in the future, Mu Jin will not be harsh on them for this reason.

After all, if Mu Jin and his men really attacked them, he felt that the other side would only need to dispatch a battalion of troops to beat them into a state of disarray.

"That's right. But Mu Jin is going to meet Commander Yan this time, and it probably won't be easy for him." Fang Ligong frowned. After all, Commander Yan cooperated because of Mu Jin's threat. Not only did he cooperate, but he was also deceived by Mu Jin.

They agreed to annihilate the 20th Division, but in the end they went for the headquarters of the 16th Division. This was a very serious problem, as they were completely kept in the dark.

"The commander shouldn't make things too difficult for Mu Jin. His strength is there, but a scolding is inevitable," said Chu Yunfei.

The strength that Mu Jin now displayed not only shocked the Japs, but also shocked them.

The opponent is developing very quickly, and the key is that their combat effectiveness is very strong. This is the most frightening thing!
"I think so too." Fang Ligong nodded. Mu Jin's strength was there. Even if the other party didn't come to explain to Commander Yan, Commander Yan probably wouldn't pursue anything. There was no way, he really couldn't beat him.

Not to mention them, even the Japanese soldiers from the Class A Division were fooled by Mu Jin.

"Commander, I think with the combat effectiveness of Mu Jin and his men, if they were to go head-to-head with the 16th Division, they would probably be able to destroy the other side!" Fang Ligong expressed his guess.

"It's not impossible, but if he does that, Mu Jin's troops will probably suffer heavy losses. He won't do such a thing," said Chu Yunfei.

After cooperating with Mu Jin several times, he deeply understood the opponent's combat style, which was to annihilate the most enemies at the lowest cost.

"Indeed, he would never do a business that would lose money." Fang Ligong nodded.

.........

On the other side, Li Yunlong also met up with Kong Jie and others.

"Lao Kong, how is the battle situation on your side? How many Japanese have been killed?!" Li Yunlong asked as soon as they met.

"It's okay. There are probably about six or seven thousand Japanese soldiers. How about you?!" Kong Jie boasted without even thinking.

"I only killed tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers, which is not bad." Upon hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately started to brag.

"Damn it, you're bragging too much. There are only more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers on your side, at most, and you killed more than 10,000 of them. Where did the extra Japanese soldiers come from?" Kong Jie laughed and cursed after hearing this.

He thought he was good at boasting, but he didn't expect Li Yunlong to be even better.

"You weren't the one who blew it first. I was just cooperating with you." Li Yunlong also laughed.

"Hey, tell me the truth, how many Japanese devils did we deal with?!" Li Yunlong asked seriously.

"I estimate that we killed about 3,000 Japanese soldiers, mainly because they dropped poison gas bombs on us from behind.
They thought we were tricked, so they foolishly rushed out of the trenches, and ended up in trouble." Kong Jie couldn't help laughing when he talked about the latter part.

He found it funny when he thought of the Japs wearing gas masks and rushing forward so fast. It was no different from rushing to die.

"Haha, it's the same over here. When they really rushed over, I was really shocked. Didn't the Japs make sure before charging?!" After hearing this, Li Yunlong immediately talked about what happened over there, which was almost the same as Kong Jie's.

"I guess the Japanese thought that their poison gas bombs were very powerful and we would definitely not be able to withstand them, but they didn't know that we were wearing gas masks! That's why we tricked them," said Kong Jie.

The Japanese might be too confident about this, perhaps because they had achieved good results with poison gas bombs on other battlefields before, so they were so eager to charge. More importantly, there were many special forces soldiers among them, and what the Japanese wanted most was to kill them and gain merit.

"Yes, if it weren't for the gas masks Li Jin prepared for us, we would have been in trouble. Although I haven't tried the power of this thing,

But seeing how fast the Japanese charged, it was obvious that their power was not weak. "Li Yunlong said, he did not get complacent about it, but instead reflected on it.

"You're right. This time it was because we were prepared that the Japanese's poison gas bombs became ineffective." Kong Jie also nodded in agreement.

"It's a pity that we didn't capture any spoils in this battle, and only wasted ammunition." Li Yunlong sighed, feeling that it was a bit of a loss.

This was the first time they had fought a battle without capturing any spoils.

"Just looking at the ammunition consumption, it is indeed a bit. Although we have the ability to annihilate the 20th Division, it will take a lot of time. By then, it will be difficult to retreat.

It's not worth putting yourself in danger for these spoils." Kong Jie comforted.

"Damn it, the most regrettable thing is that we were unable to capture the Japs' heavy howitzers, so we had to blow them up.

This is the first time I have seen a cannon with such a large caliber.

If we can capture them, our Eighth Route Army will become even more powerful." Li Yunlong still felt heartbroken when he mentioned these heavy artillery pieces.

When they were first seized, he really thought that these heavy artillery pieces belonged to him, but there was nothing he could do. They were too heavy to take away, and even if he tried to dismantle them, they were difficult to take apart.

"Yeah, it's a pity. The Japanese may not have many heavy artillery like this." Kong Jie also felt a little regretful.

"Of course. If the National Army hadn't had heavy artillery blocking the Yangtze River and preventing the Japanese warships from approaching Chongqing, there would have been a risk of losing the city," said Li Yunlong.

The Japanese warships would be hit by heavy artillery if they got close. It was said that the Japanese had lost a lot of warships and dared not go there anymore. They could only send planes to carry out air strikes or something.

From this we can see why the National Army spent a huge amount of money to purchase heavy artillery from abroad. Its strategic significance is still very great.

(End of this chapter)