Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"No, it's also thanks to Brigadier Chen's people. Commander Xiao mentioned your people in the telegram, which was a big help." Zhao Yu said with a smile.

"Wherever it is, this is what it should be."

"It is the credit of both of us that we were able to capture the county this time. Don't worry, I will definitely say a few nice words to the superiors. When the time comes, the superiors will definitely reward us." Zhao Yu said.

Conquering a county seat is very important and of great significance to China at present.

Therefore, once the merit is reported, he may be directly promoted to division commander. As for the Eighth Route Army, hehe, they only played a small role.

When the time comes, he has the final say on how the credit will be divided. Besides, even if he counts the Eighth Route Army's credit, it will still have to be rewarded by the Commander-in-Chief.

Although the Eighth Route Army and the National Army are now united in the war of resistance, the commander-in-chief has always kept the original incident in his heart!
As long as the Japanese are driven out, the Eighth Route Army and the National Army will definitely fight again, and the commander-in-chief must be credited with such a great achievement as capturing the county seat.

"Then thank you Brigadier Zhao." The Brigadier said. He said this on the surface, but he knew very well in his heart that it was strange that Zhao Yu would help him.

Even if it's a nice word, from the National Army's side, it's probably just a verbal commendation, nothing special.

Besides, although Li Jin also participated in the siege this time, it was normal for the Sichuan army to take the biggest hit since the Sichuan army had the most casualties.

"The Japanese are expected to arrive in half an hour. Let your subordinates be smart and not shoot without orders." Zhao Yu said to his subordinates.

The brigade commander also told his men to pay attention.

This time, there were ambushes on both sides of Malingpo, nearly tens of thousands of people. Although the reinforcements to fight the Japanese army could not be called chopping melons and vegetables, they were better than ambush.

If they fight openly and honestly, they may not be able to defeat more than 2000 Japanese soldiers.

Time flew by and half an hour passed quickly.

From the road at the corner of the mountain far away from Malingpo, the first Japanese military vehicle appeared in front of us, followed by one military vehicle after another.

On the co-pilot of a military vehicle in the middle sat a lieutenant colonel, who was the commander of this operation.

"I didn't expect that the Jinsui Army would have the courage to attack Quyang County." Lieutenant Colonel said slowly.

In fact, neither he nor the colonel expected that the Jinsui Army would choose to attack Quyang County. After all, the cities lost by the national army in the past had never been regained.

This time, something changed, which surprised him. If he wanted to fight, why didn't he just defend the city in the first place.

Wouldn't it be more advantageous to defend the city?
But now, the Jinsui Army chose this time to attack the city and sacrificed more people to attack the city, which is unpredictable.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant Colonel suddenly had a bad feeling.

The motorcade continued to move forward and soon arrived at Malingpo.

Malingpo stretches for several miles, with a road more than [-] meters wide passing through the middle.

Watching the convoy enter Malingpo, Lieutenant Colonel became increasingly uneasy.

Until he was halfway through, when he was about to call for a stop.

suddenly.

Boom boom boom!
There were many explosions ahead, but there were rumbling sounds, and huge rocks rolled down the slope, directly blocking the road ahead.

Several military vehicles were directly blown over and the Japanese on board were more or less injured.

Immediately afterwards, many people suddenly appeared on both sides of Malingpo. They were the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army.

"Throw a grenade!"

"Call me!"

Boom boom boom!
Grenades were thrown down from above one after another, followed by intensive gunshots and explosions, soil splashed, and rocks flying randomly.

"Enemy attack!"

"Fight back!"

Many Japanese soldiers got out of the vehicles at the rear and chose to fight back.

Bang bang bang!
Da da da!
Gunfire broke out, shooting at people on both sides of the slope.

Puff puff!
Many soldiers of the Jinsui Army were unable to dodge and were shot dead, with their blood splattering in the air. Many Eighth Route Army soldiers were also shot dead.

Although the Japanese were ambushed, their combat effectiveness was still very strong.

However, the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army, occupying favorable terrain and having a numerical advantage, were just able to overwhelm the Japanese.

"No, if this continues, I'm afraid the whole army will be annihilated, and we must withdraw immediately." Lieutenant Colonel knew very well that fighting here, they suffered from the disadvantages of the terrain. Although the imperial soldiers' combat effectiveness was very strong, it was under favorable circumstances. Down.

At this time, the combat effectiveness of the imperial soldiers could not be used at all. Once the fighting continued, he could not think of any other result except the annihilation of the entire army.

"Get out!" Lieutenant Colonel immediately ordered.

However, at this moment, several explosions were heard from behind.

Rumbling sounds were heard again, and the road behind was also blocked.

"Damn it! The vehicles can't get out. We have to retreat while fighting!" Lieutenant Colonel cursed and continued to order people to retreat.

Bang bang bang!
Da da da!
There were constant gunshots on both sides of Malingpo, and everyone was shooting downwards.

For a time, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties, and the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army were not much better.

Although the Japanese retreated while fighting, it still took some time to leave Malingpo.

"Haha, do you really think you can leave after entering? How naive." The brigade commander sneered when he saw the Japanese's intention to retreat.

He was lying in ambush here, so he naturally knew what situation he would face, so he had already made preparations.

In addition to ambushing on both sides of Malingpo, he also sent other people to guard the other side. As long as the Japanese entered Malingpo, they would immediately block the Japanese's retreat!

Boom boom boom!
Da da da!
Bang bang bang!
Continuous gunshots resounded throughout Maling Slope, and gravel rolled down from time to time on both sides of the slope.

And as the sound came, one life after another was taken away, including those of the Eighth Route soldiers, the soldiers of the Jinsui Army, and the Japanese.

Although it was a two-sided attack, the Japanese's combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army.

If the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army had not occupied favorable terrain, they would have suffered heavy casualties.

But even so, their casualties were still more than those of the Japanese.

But compared to previous battles, they have taken advantage of it.

At this time, the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel led his men to retreat towards the rear. As long as he left Malingpo and fought elsewhere, the Lieutenant Colonel was confident that he could hold back this group of Eighth Route Army and Jinsui Army.

At that time, if Guyang City or Lu City sends troops over, they can successfully surround and suppress them!

However, an ideal is an ideal after all.

When the Japanese soldiers retreated from the big stone, they discovered that there were eight soldiers behind them, and they had already set up their guns.

"Call me!"

Bang bang bang!
Da da da!
Following the order, the Eighth Route Army opened fire directly, and the Japanese who had just withdrawn were beaten into sieves!
"Lieutenant Colonel, no, the Eighth Route Army is blocking our retreat from behind!" A Japanese soldier came to the Lieutenant Colonel and said.

"Baga! We must rush out at all costs!" Lieutenant Colonel said loudly.

He knew very well that if he couldn't rush out, not to mention holding back the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army, his entire army would be wiped out!

"Send a telegram to Guyang City, saying that we have been ambushed and requesting support!" Lieutenant Colonel immediately asked someone to send a telegram.

In the current situation, in addition to leading people to rush out, Guyang City also needs to send troops to support.

...Guyang City.

Barracks, command room.

Colonel Jing Sheng was still waiting for news. For some reason, Quyang County stopped sending telegrams to this side half an hour ago.

He felt a little uneasy.

"Captain, something happened!"

Just then a communications soldier hurried in.

"What's the matter?" Colonel Jing Sheng stood up immediately.

"The soldiers who went to support Quyang County encountered an ambush from the Eighth Route Army and the Jinsui Army. We need our support immediately!" the soldier said.

"What? Encountered an ambush?!" Colonel Jing Sheng took a breath. He had previously felt that there was something wrong with the Jinsui Army's sudden attack on Quyang County.

But I never expected that the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army would actually work together to ambush the supporting soldiers.

It turns out that this is what they had in mind!
Use Quyang County as bait, ask him to send troops to support, and then ambush the supporting soldiers on the road. What a plan!

"Fortunately, I notified General Matsushita of Lucheng before and asked him to send troops to support Quyang County. Otherwise, it would be really troublesome." Colonel Jing Sheng breathed a sigh of relief.

But he didn't act rashly either.

After thinking about it carefully, he ordered: "Send 800 people to Malingpo for support."

"Hi!" A lieutenant colonel nodded and turned to leave.

If he wasn't worried that Guyang City would also be in crisis, he might have sent everyone there to support him.

"Have people turn over all the weapons of the Imperial Association Army, and no one is allowed to leave the Imperial Army's barracks!" Colonel Jing Sheng continued to order.

In order to prevent Guyang City from being attacked, he could only put away the weapons of the puppet army first, lest the puppet army rebelled and lost Guyang City.

"Send a telegram to Lucheng, saying that the soldiers supporting Quyang County have been ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army and are in urgent need of support." Colonel Jing Sheng continued.

Although he had sent troops to support the city of Lucheng before, he knew that there would not be many soldiers sent by Lucheng, so he needed to send a telegram next time to ask the city of Lucheng to continue sending troops.

.........

Flooding city.

Saburo Matsushita is processing documents in the office. As for supporting Quyang County, he is not very concerned about it.

In his opinion, the Jinsui Army's attack on Quyang County was simply seeking death.

"General, a telegram came from Guyang City." A communications soldier walked in.

"Oh? What's going on? Did the Jinsui Army that attacked Quyang County withdraw?" Matsushita Saburo said.

In such a short time, they would definitely not be able to reach Quyang County, and if Guyang City sent a telegram at this time, it should be that Quyang County has withdrawn its troops.

"General, the telegram said that the soldiers who went to Quyang County to support were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army. They asked us to send troops to support quickly. If it is too late, their entire army may be wiped out," the communications soldier said.

"Nani!" Matsushita Saburo stood up in shock. His soldiers in Guyang City were ambushed. In an instant, he thought of the reason, bait, and ambushed reinforcements.

It turned out that this was the purpose of the Jinsui Army. They colluded with the Eighth Route Army and had enough manpower to ambush and support the soldiers.

"I didn't expect to be plotted! Immediately ask Kameda Lieutenant Colonel to bring 500 people to support! At the same time, send a telegram to the soldiers sent to Quyang County to support, asking them to go directly to Malingpo to support!" Matsushita Saburo immediately ordered, now Time is of the essence.

Moreover, once this group of Eighth Route Army and Jinsui Army are annihilated, he will have made a great contribution. Although it is not enough to get him a promotion, it will also make the people in the base camp pay attention to him.

.........

at the same time.

Monkey Ridge is the only way from Lucheng to Guyang City and Quyang County, and Li Yunlong and the others are ambushing here.

Li Yunlong led more than 3000 soldiers in the regiment, just to prevent the Japs in Lucheng from going to support them. Of course, not everyone was at Monkey Ridge, but they were divided into several groups to block the attack.

"Our purpose is only to delay the Japanese's support, there is no need to fight against the Japanese," Li Yunlong said to several of his men.

They just need to hold back Lucheng's support and let Malingpo end the battle as soon as possible, when the time comes.It would be easier for them to evacuate.

And a thousand Japanese soldiers who set out from Lucheng were already approaching Monkey Ridge.

On the road, Japanese military vehicles and motorcycles marched in a line, with the motorcycles leading the way.

at this time.

Boom boom boom!

There was a sudden explosion in the middle of the road, which directly alerted the vehicles behind.

The two motorcycles at the front were blown up, and the Japanese on board were blown away, thrown into the air and hit the ground heavily.

"Ah..." Five or six Japanese soldiers screamed and fell to the ground, all seriously injured. All this seemed slow, but in fact it only took a few seconds.

"Enemy attack!"

"Get out of the car!"

For a moment, the soldiers in the car got out of the car one after another, and everyone stared at the surroundings warily.

However, after waiting for several minutes, they found no enemy attacking them.

"Major, the road ahead is mined by the enemy. Engineers need to clear the mines before we can continue to move forward." A soldier came to a major and said.

"Besides this road, are there any other roads that can lead to Quyang County?" Major asked. He had not received the telegram from Lucheng at this moment, so he still thought of going to Quyang County for support.

"Major, this is the only road open to traffic in Quyang County."

"Baga! Why don't you quickly call the engineers to clear the mines!" When the major heard this, he was furious.

"Hi!" The Japanese soldier nodded and quickly ordered the engineers to clear the road ahead.

More than a dozen Japanese engineers were carefully clearing mines in the front.

"Major, there's an urgent report!" A communications soldier ran in front of the major.

"What's going on?" The major took the telegram, glanced at it, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

"The reinforcements who went to Quyang County to support were actually ambushed in Malingpo!" The major immediately understood that something serious was going on. He was going to support Quyang County, but he encountered a landmine halfway.

This is the enemy's delaying his time, preventing him from supporting him immediately.

"Immediately send a telegram to the general, saying that we are now encountering mines set by the enemy on the road, and the only road leading to Malingpo is open to traffic, so we can only spend time clearing mines," said the major. .

"Hi!" The signal soldier immediately went to send a telegram.

.........

This side of Monkey Ridge.

"Look, the mine we planted exploded. We should be able to hold off the Japanese for a while now." Staff Officer Zhong said when he heard the explosion not far away.

"Yes, but the Japanese actually sent only about 1000 troops to support them. This is something I didn't expect." Li Yunlong said.

He also thought that the Japanese would send more people to support him, but he thought too much.

(End of this chapter)