Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"Damn it, it's making me so itchy!" Li Yunlong cursed under his breath. If Xu Qingfeng hadn't been there instead, he would have rushed up.

"Commander, this battle is already decided. Just watch quietly," Xu Qingfeng advised, also not wanting Li Yunlong to go.

After all, this is a top-tier Japanese division, whose combat strength is far superior to that of ordinary Japanese troops. If something were to happen to Li Yunlong, that would be disastrous.

On the battlefield, soldiers from several sides were locked in fierce combat. It must be said that the Japanese soldiers of the 33rd Brigade were indeed worthy of being a Class A division; their close-quarters bayonet fighting skills were not weak.

At this moment, several tanks and armored vehicles also drove over, followed by many soldiers who used the tanks as cover to launch a frenzied attack on the Japanese.

Da da da………

The machine gunner on the tank opened fire wildly towards the Japanese position, completely stunning the Japanese soldiers. Weren't those their tanks and armored vehicles? How could the enemy drive them?!
The most shocked person was none other than Ichiro Nakajima.

"Damn it! How can the enemy drive our tanks?!" Nakajima Ichiro couldn't help but curse. He never imagined that the enemy could drive their tanks and armored vehicles.

"That shouldn't be the case; the enemy wouldn't open fire." The Japanese regimental commander standing nearby also didn't quite believe it, but the facts were right in front of them.

Moreover, the enemy used similar infantry-tank combined arms tactics to tear through their defenses, achieving a devastating victory!
"I almost forgot, they're from the Northeast Army, so there must be soldiers among them who have operated tanks and armored vehicles." Nakajima Ichiro thought about it carefully and realized it.

The Northeast Army was actually quite strong, with a powerful military manufacturing industry. When the empire occupied Northeast China, it captured a lot of equipment from the Northeast Army, including tanks.

Now they are being attacked by the Northeast Army, although not all of them are from Northeast China.

"They're already formidable enough, but to send in tanks and armored vehicles is just too much!" The Japanese regimental commander's face was grim.

! ……

Li Yunlong, who was on the mountain, was overjoyed when he saw tanks and armored vehicles attacking the Japanese.

"These Japanese tanks and armored vehicles are really something. They're quite powerful and can even cover the infantry's advance! No wonder the Japanese always like to build tanks," Li Yunlong laughed.

Seeing the soldiers advancing smoothly behind the tanks and armored vehicles, he thought to himself, "If only they could have their own tanks someday."

"Yes, the Japanese equipment is indeed several levels ahead of ours," Zhao Gang remarked. An industrialized country fighting an agricultural country is truly a crushing defeat.

"So what? Aren't all the Japanese's things ours anyway?" Kong Jie laughed. The Japanese weapons were useful, but they would definitely belong to them in the future.

"We'll probably encounter quite a few Japanese tanks later. We can't drive these things away either; they'll probably blow up eventually," Li Wenying said.

For safety reasons, they still had to take the mountain path.

"Yes, indeed. To be honest, it's a little hard to part with them." Kong Jie nodded in agreement.

"The Japanese tanks are really nothing special; a single armor-piercing round can penetrate them," Li Yunlong said. Although they couldn't build them now, they could still deal with the Japanese tanks.

That means using armor-piercing shells to deal with them. The armor-piercing shells that Li Jin made were powerful enough to easily penetrate Japanese tanks.

"That's true, but we can't build this thing right now," Kong Jie said. Even if we could, it would probably take a long time.

"There will be a day when it can be built. Once Li Jin makes the arsenal even more powerful, maybe he'll be able to build it. Coincidentally, we've also acquired a lot of Japanese gasoline, which we can use then." Li Yunlong had great confidence in Li Jin. He would believe Li Jin even if he said he could build airplanes, let alone tanks.

“Then it’ll probably be a long wait. Speaking of which, should we share some armor-piercing rounds with Chu Yunfei and his team? They might come in handy later, after all, they’re our current partners,” Kong Jie suddenly said.

He felt that the 358th Regiment should also be allocated some armor-piercing rounds, in case the Japanese tanks broke through their positions and caused heavy casualties.

“We should allocate some to them. How about giving them five armor-piercing rounds?! Isn’t that a bit too much?!” Li Yunlong nodded in agreement and then stated the number he wanted to give them.

"Five shots?? Old Li, are you trying to fob me off? You should at least give me ten shots." Kong Jie couldn't help but say, looking at Li Yunlong's stingy attitude.

What can five armor-piercing rounds do? Even if all the soldiers of the 358th Regiment went out to fire, they probably wouldn't be able to take down the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles.

"Five shots is plenty. One shot can take out a tank. I don't believe the Japanese would send more than a dozen tanks to fight the 358th Regiment," Li Yunlong replied.

"Old Li, have you ever considered what if all five of their armor-piercing rounds missed?!" Kong Jie said.

"That's none of my business. Anyway, I'll only give them five armor-piercing rounds. I don't have any more. You can have them if you want." Li Yunlong shrugged. He didn't care whether the 358th Regiment could take down a Japanese tank with one shot.

"Fine, fine, I'll give them five shots too, is that alright?" Kong Jie said helplessly.

"I'll give them to you, you can keep yours," Xu Qingfeng said. They had plenty of armor-piercing rounds, so giving some to Chu Yunfei wouldn't be a problem.

"Alright, you're rich and powerful, so we won't fight you for it." Li Yunlong agreed immediately. Although the New First Regiment also had a lot of armor-piercing rounds, each one used was one less available, and the manufacture of armor-piercing rounds was far more difficult than that of ordinary bullets.

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On the battlefield, the fighting continued. Many soldiers of the 358th Regiment were killed after only a few rounds against the Japanese soldiers.

In contrast, the soldiers of the Independent Regiment and the New First Regiment did not suffer many casualties because of their excellent teamwork.

Of course, for the soldiers of the special operations regiment, these Japanese soldiers, although they had some strength, were still far inferior to them and were not on the same level.

When Chu Yunfei saw this scene from the mountain, he couldn't help but frown. He wasn't surprised that Mu Jin's troops could win against the Japanese in close combat, but the soldiers of the New First Regiment and the Independent Regiment were cooperating so well, and their bayonet fighting methods seemed to be similar to those of Mu Jin's troops.

The only difference is that Mu Jin's soldiers can easily overwhelm the Japanese in one-on-one situations, while the soldiers of the New First Regiment, although they cannot overwhelm them, can hold out for a long time, giving other soldiers a chance to kill them.

"Commander, the bayonet fighting techniques of the New First Regiment and the Independent Regiment look so similar to those of Mu Jin's troops! Could it be that Mu Jin taught them these techniques?!" Fang Ligong couldn't help but say.

He wasn't stupid; he could naturally see it.

“Given their relationship, this is not surprising,” Chu Yunfei said.

"It seems that the combat effectiveness of these two regiments has truly improved in all aspects, not just in marksmanship." Fang Ligong frowned.

He had initially thought that the two regiments were most skilled in marksmanship, and that they were quite different in close-quarters combat, but now it seemed that wasn't the case. "Hmm." Chu Yunfei nodded.

"Sure enough, following Mu Jin really brings benefits. It's a pity they only have good relations with the Eighth Route Army." Fang Ligong sighed. He was genuinely envious that the New First Regiment could maintain good relations with Mu Jin.

Although Mu Jin and the regimental commander are on friendly terms, it's highly unlikely that Mu Jin would teach them his skills.

A dozen minutes later, the battle finally ended. The trenches were full of corpses, the air thick with the stench of blood, severed limbs, and even entrails and bits of flesh.

The scene was like hell on earth; an ordinary person who saw such a scene would probably faint on the spot.

In the trench, Japanese brigade commander Nakajima Ichiro lay in a pool of blood, his chest pierced by a bayonet, blood seeping from the wound. His eyes were wide open, and he died with his eyes open.

The one who killed him was a soldier from a special forces regiment.

"Haha, this is a Japanese major general. I actually have the chance to kill a major general with my own hands." Xiao Zhang, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Damn it, I still couldn't beat you!" The soldier behind was furious. He had clearly seen the Japanese brigade commander, but he couldn't run as fast as Xiao Zhang, and Xiao Zhang intercepted him.

"Don't be discouraged. At least you killed a regimental commander," Xiao Zhang comforted him, but the smile on his face never left.

He stepped forward, took the ivory sword from the Japanese brigade commander, and also seized the man's pistol.

"Nakajima Ichiro, is that the name of this Japanese brigade commander?" Xiao Zhang looked at the name engraved on the pistol. Although it was in Japanese, he had learned quite a bit from the commander and recognized it.

The soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, and gunfire rang out from time to time.

Holding his sword and the captured pistol, Xiao Zhang hurriedly ran up the mountain to find Xu Qingfeng.

"Deputy Commander, I killed a Japanese major general. Here are his sword and pistol." Xiao Zhang happily handed the spoils to Xu Qingfeng.

"Good lad, well done, I'll give you a big credit!" Xu Qingfeng said as soon as he took the item. This was a Japanese major general, a high-ranking officer in the Japanese army. Not every soldier had the opportunity to kill him.

Therefore, it is entirely reasonable to recognize the great merit of killing a Japanese major general.

"Thank you, Deputy Commander!" Xiao Zhang was overjoyed.

"Brother Yunlong, Commander Kong, Commander Xu, you fought a brilliant battle this time." Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong arrived at this time. He came over as soon as he saw that the situation on the scene had stabilized.

"It's all thanks to everyone. Without your help, I think it would have been very difficult to wipe out an entire Japanese brigade," Xu Qingfeng said with a smile.

"What is this knife?!" Chu Yunfei looked at the ivory sword in Xu Qingfeng's hand. It was obviously not ordinary; only a Japanese officer of at least regimental commander level could carry it.

"Oh, this is the sword of the Japanese brigade commander, his name was something like Nakajima Ichiro, and I, one of his soldiers, killed him," Xu Qingfeng explained, glancing at Xiao Zhang in the process.

"That's impressive, very impressive!" Chu Yunfei was also a little envious. That was a Japanese brigade commander. He had just wanted his soldiers to find the Japanese brigade commander and kill him, but they were still not as fast as Xu Qingfeng and his men.

"Deputy Commander, the Commander has sent a telegram." A telegraph operator from the Special Operations Regiment hurriedly reported to Xu Qingfeng.

“It’s related to the battle situation, right? Just read it aloud,” Xu Qingfeng said.

"If I'm not mistaken, Brother Mu should have already taken care of that secret Japanese unit," Chu Yunfei said.

"Yes, the Japanese secret unit has been dealt with, and the regimental commander has ordered us to rendezvous with them," the telegraph operator quickly relayed the message.

"I knew I was right. I told you Brother Mu could easily take down the Japanese secret force." Chu Yunfei smiled; his guess was spot on.

"We just finished the battle, and Commander Mu sent a telegram. They're moving pretty fast!" Fang Ligong laughed.

"Actually, the regimental commander sent a telegram a few minutes ago, but I didn't report it immediately because I saw that the battle wasn't over yet," the telegraph operator said.

"So, they finished the battle even faster than us?! It seems the Japanese secret forces aren't all that great after all." Fang Ligong suddenly had some doubts about whether the Japanese secret forces were really that powerful.

The battle between the other side and Mu Jin ended far too quickly, like fighting a regular army unit. He also had the intention...

"The Japanese secret unit is already very powerful. If it were an ordinary unit, it wouldn't have lasted this long under Mu Jin's ambush," Li Yunlong said, knowing the special operations regiment's combat capabilities.

If the Japanese secret forces weren't troublesome, Li Jin wouldn't have only finished the battle a few minutes ago, which shows that the Japanese are indeed formidable.

However, the Japanese were ambushed by Li Jin, and Li Jin must have meticulously planned the ambush. Even if the Japanese secret troops were as strong as the special forces regiment, they would not be able to escape if they could fly when ambushed.

"Brother Yunlong is right, I think so too." Chu Yunfei couldn't help but agree. The fact that the Japanese secret unit could hold out for so long even when ambushed meant they were definitely not weak.

He had previously had some doubts about whether the secret force Mu Jin mentioned existed, but now he was basically sure it was true.

"Alright, let's get ready as soon as possible. Once the battlefield is cleaned up, we'll set off immediately. As for the spoils, don't rush to divide them; we'll talk about them when we meet up." Xu Qingfeng said, looking at the others.

"I have no objection," Li Yunlong replied, since he didn't need to worry about not getting a share of the spoils anyway.

"I have no objection either." Kong Jie shook his head.

"Then it's settled. I'll go and call Commander Zhang." Chu Yunfei had no objections. Now that the battle was over, it was time to summon Commander Zhang.

After Chu Yunfei left with Fang Ligong, the telegraph operator spoke again.

“Deputy Commander, I didn’t actually finish the telegram.”

"Did the commander give any further instructions?!" Xu Qingfeng asked.

"Yes, the regimental commander said that Division Commander Zhang can almost go back now," the telegraph operator quickly replied. (End of Chapter)