Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

"It's good that Commander Luo and his men are guarding here. If the Japanese think we are blocking their retreat, they might choose to take the risk and return the same way they came." Li Jin continued.

This can be considered as double insurance. After all, Li Jin does not dare to underestimate the Japanese.

"Yeah." Kong Sheng nodded.

"Let's go, we're going to block the direction the Japanese are retreating in." Li Jin ordered.

According to what he thought, if the Japanese over there couldn't get reinforcements today, they would probably realize that something was wrong.

By then, the Japanese will most likely retreat.

Even though the Japs' ammunition could only last for two days, the ammunition they had in these two days was many times more than that of the National Army troops with the same number of people.

.........

The arrival of dawn dispels all darkness, and the light illuminates the earth again.

The Japanese captain didn't sleep well last night because his eyelids kept twitching.

For the entire night, the support troops did not reply to the telegram. Even when he sent a telegram to the brigade commander, asking him to contact them, he was unable to get through.

This made him feel somewhat uneasy.

Thinking about it carefully, the possibility of something happening to the backup troops was indeed not very high. He did not believe that there was any troop that could defeat more than a thousand imperial soldiers to the point where they could not even send a telegram for help.

"Captain, the backup troops still haven't responded. Should we continue the attack today?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel walked into the tent and asked.

Hearing this, the Japanese regiment commander fell into deep thought. If an accident really happened to the support troops and the supplies could not be delivered in time, they would be in danger.

Without ammunition, there would be no suspense in their battle with the enemy. After all, the enemy was not a fool and would not abandon the advantage of guns and choose to fight them with bayonets.

"Fight! We must fight. If the reinforcements still haven't arrived after fighting today, we will retreat." The Japanese regiment commander thought about it and decided to fight.

He felt that since the support troops did not reply to the telegram, they were most likely ambushed, but nothing serious happened, it was just that the radio station happened to be blown up by the enemy!
This is why I cannot reply in time.

"Hi!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded.

At around eight o'clock, when the Japanese were about to attack, they found that the enemy on the front line had retreated to the other side of the river.

The Japanese lieutenant colonel also quickly reported the matter.

"It seems like the enemy couldn't hold on any longer than us." Upon seeing this, the Japanese regiment commander curled up his lips into a smile.

"Captain, the enemy didn't blow up the bridge. Should we try to seize it?!" asked the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

If they don't rob, they will probably need to send people across the river to attack like before, which will result in heavy casualties.

"Don't be in a hurry. I suspect the enemy has already placed explosives on the bridge. If we come over, we will most likely be attacked by the enemy." The Japanese regiment commander was not fooled and was still cautious.

He is not a fool. The enemy did not retreat in panic, but retreated in an orderly manner last night. Therefore, there must be something wrong with the bridge that was not blown up!

"Captain, will the enemy think that they can stop us without blowing up the bridge?!" said the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

They have lost a lot of soldiers at the hands of the enemy in the past few days, and perhaps the enemy has become a little inflated and thinks there is no need to blow up the bridge.

"This is possible, but it is too small. I prefer the former." said the Japanese captain.

Although the latter is more beneficial to them, it is also very dangerous, so it is better to be cautious.

"Hi." The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded.

"Let's not attack today. Let's wait for the arrival of reinforcements." After thinking for a while, the Japanese regiment commander decided to wait.

He originally thought that the enemy would not retreat to the other side of the river so quickly, but he did not expect the enemy to retreat so quickly. In this case, he could also slow down the speed of attack a little.

"Understood." The Japanese lieutenant colonel quickly ordered the soldiers to rest first.

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On the other side of the river, Brigade Commander Liu Xin personally went to the front line to check after discovering that the Japanese had no plans to attack.

"Commander, it's too dangerous here. Let's go back." The chief of staff was persuading, worried that something might happen to Liu Xin if the Japanese attacked.

"What's there to be afraid of? If I really die, there are others to take my place." Liu Xin responded.

He didn't take the so-called danger to heart.

The two men walked in the trenches, and the chief of staff was also very alert.

If the Japanese attack, he must protect the brigade commander first and not let anything happen to him.

"Brigade Commander, Chief of Staff." Upon learning that the two men were coming, a colonel regimental commander hurried to greet them.

"Are there any signs of attack from the Japanese?!" Liu Xin asked.

"Report to the brigade commander. There isn't any for now. The Japs are resting on the other side of the river." The regiment commander quickly reported the situation.

"Commander, the Japanese may have discovered that we have buried explosives on the bridge, so they are thinking about how to attack us." The chief of staff guessed.

"Well, that's possible, but I think the reason they didn't call is

Maybe they are running low on ammunition and are waiting for reinforcements to arrive." Liu Xin nodded and expressed his opinion.

This Japanese regiment first fought with Luo Jiuchen and his men for a few days, consuming a lot of ammunition, and then fought with them for a few more days. I'm afraid that a lot of the ammunition they carried had been consumed.

Therefore, the Japanese on the other side of the strait probably don’t have much ammunition left.

"Brigade Commander, if this is the case, can't we turn around and attack the Japanese?!" The chief of staff's eyes lit up.

The Japanese don't have much ammunition now, isn't this a good opportunity for a counterattack? !
"No, it's too dangerous. The Japanese have now occupied the other side of the river. If we want to counterattack, there will be heavy casualties and the gain will not outweigh the loss." Liu Xin rejected this combat method and explained.

If the Japanese take the initiative to attack, they can rely on the advantage of the river surface to inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese, but on the other hand, if they attack, the Japanese can also take advantage of this.

Moreover, the Japanese's fighting power is far stronger than theirs, and even if they all sacrificed themselves, they might not be able to defeat them.

"Are we just going to watch?!" said the chief of staff.

"Don't worry. Brigade Commander Luo and his brigade are already prepared. Their goal is to block the Japanese reinforcements and prevent them from coming to support us." Liu Xin said slowly.

Although they may not be able to destroy the Japanese reinforcements, they can consume their supplies. If they are lucky, Luo Jiuchen and his men can even blow up their supplies.

By then, they would turn their guns around and come to support, and this Japanese army would be trapped.

"It turns out that Brigade Commander Luo didn't come to guard the line with us because of this mission. Brigade Commander, you are too tight-lipped. Why didn't you tell me?" The chief of staff finally reacted.

"There's no other way. I have to be careful. There are too many Japanese spies. What if the plan is exposed and the Japanese run away?" Liu Xin replied.

It's not that he doesn't want to say it, but he can't say it, lest the plan fail.

"That's true. The Japanese do have a lot of spies." The chief of staff nodded. ………

Around six or seven in the afternoon, Luo Jiucheng was also waiting.

"Brigade Commander, why haven't the Japanese reinforcements arrived yet?! Logically, the Japanese should have arrived today." The chief of staff said with a frown at the command center.

"Yes, they should have arrived here by now at the latest. Why is there no news at all?!" Luo Jiucheng was also a little confused.

"Brigade Commander, you said that the Japanese reinforcements would not take any other route, so they just happened to bypass us, right?!" The chief of staff proposed a possibility.

If the Japs took a detour, we would indeed bypass them.

"No, if we take a detour, the Japanese will need more time, and other roads are more likely to be ambushed." Luo Jiuchen shook his head.

The most important thing is that the Japanese troops have already walked safely along this road before, so the Japanese backup troops will subconsciously think that this road is very safe.

In this way, the possibility of the Japanese taking a detour is almost zero.

"But the problem is, the Japanese are nowhere to be seen now. It's impossible that they were ambushed by others?!" said the chief of staff.

"Now that you mention it, could it be that Captain Kong has ambushed the Japanese reinforcements?!" Luo Jiucheng also reacted.

"Uh...it's possible. Didn't Captain Kong say before that he would specifically target the enemy's logistics forces?

Maybe the first logistics unit they targeted was the devils here." The chief of staff was stunned and said.

When Kong Sheng said he wanted to target the Japanese's logistics troops, he thought the other side would go somewhere else. Unexpectedly, Kong Sheng snatched their mission.

"We can't draw a conclusion now. Let's wait and see. If the Japanese still don't come tomorrow, it is likely that they are being held back by Captain Kong and his men." Luo Jiuchen shook his head.

Although Kong Sheng was there, it cannot be said that Kong Sheng really took action against the Japanese reinforcements.

"Couldn't they have been annihilated by Captain Kong and his men? Their firepower is not weak. If they had found a good place to ambush, they might have been able to wipe out the Japanese reinforcements." The chief of staff's words made sense.

Just like on the way the Japanese came, there were many terrains suitable for ambushes. Once they were ambushed, coupled with the powerful firepower, the Japanese couldn't escape even if they wanted to.

"Well, it's not impossible." Luo Jiucheng nodded, agreeing with this statement.

"Let the soldiers stay alert tonight and keep an eye on both sides. If the Japanese on Brigade Commander Liu's side sense something is wrong, they will probably choose to retreat directly. We will block them here and cut off their retreat." Luo Jiuchen said with a serious face.

"Yes." The chief of staff nodded.

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At this time, the Japanese captain could no longer sit still.

"Damn it, why is there still no news!" The Japanese regiment commander walked around in the command center in annoyance, cursing.

"Captain, haven't they really gotten into trouble, have they?!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel was also a little uneasy. At this time, there was still no news at all.

Maybe something unexpected really happened, and maybe they were killed by someone.

"You mean to say that the reinforcement troops were ambushed and annihilated by the enemy?!" said the Japanese regiment commander with a gloomy face.

"Captain, I also think it is unlikely, but now it seems that this is the only possibility." The Japanese lieutenant colonel was unwilling to believe it.

"What's going on?!" the Japanese captain frowned.

If you want to quickly eliminate the reinforcements, the enemy must have powerful firepower and occupy a very suitable ambush point to do so.

Of course, if the enemy's strength is similar to that of the imperial soldiers, it is possible to quickly destroy the reinforcements.

But how could there be such a force? He believed that the enemy had geographical advantages and numerical superiority, which enabled them to do this.

"Captain, what should we do now?!" asked the Japanese lieutenant colonel. They couldn't just keep fighting. Once they ran out of ammunition, they would be in trouble.

"Send a telegram to the brigade commander immediately and tell him that there is still no news of the reinforcements and that we haven't seen them. It is very likely that something has happened.

The ammunition we have is only enough for two days, so we request to retreat first and not advance any further." said the Japanese regiment commander.

In the current situation, he has to retreat. He can't let the regiment be destroyed here.

"Hi!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel hurriedly left the command center and asked someone to send a telegram.

Not long after, the Japanese lieutenant colonel came in with a telegram in his hand.

"Captain of the regiment, the brigade commander said we can retreat." The Japanese lieutenant colonel said.

"Well, let the soldiers pack up and retreat tonight." The Japanese regiment commander responded.

"Then do we have to go back the same way? The enemy has ambushed the reinforcements and may have also ambushed them along the original route." asked the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

He felt that since the enemy had already ambushed the reinforcement troops, they would most likely block their retreat, making it impossible for them to withdraw by the original route.

The Japanese captain fell silent. He felt that if he didn't choose the right retreat route this time, he would be doomed!
"Captain, I think we can go back from the northeast and take a detour, so we can avoid the enemy's ambush." ​​The Japanese lieutenant colonel suggested.

"What if the enemy thinks that we will retreat to the northeast and ambush us there?!" the Japanese regiment commander asked back.

"This..." The Japanese lieutenant colonel fell silent for a moment.

After all, the enemy commander is not a fool, and it is possible that he is ambushing in the northeast direction.

"Then should we continue to retreat along the same route? ! ! What if the enemy thinks the same way?!" the Japanese lieutenant colonel continued.

If they follow the captain's intention, they won't be able to escape no matter where they run.

"Let's split our forces into two groups. You lead your men to retreat along the original route, and I will lead my men to retreat from the northeast." The Japanese regiment commander thought for a while and said.

"That's the only way." The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded helplessly. No matter what, there was always a safe way.

They have no other choice now.

"Also, we have to leave two squadrons of soldiers to guard here and prevent the enemy from coming over, so as to avoid being attacked from both sides." The Japanese regiment commander continued.

"I understand!" The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded.

At nine o'clock that evening, the Japanese regiment commander divided his troops into two groups and began to retreat.

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At this time, on Luo Jiuchen's side, they did not sleep either, but continued to wait.

They were worried that if the Japanese reinforcements were not destroyed, they would break through Kong Sheng's ambush and come here.

Therefore, Luo Jiuchen did not dare to fall asleep easily, and even patrolled various posts to make sure that no soldiers were lazy, so that he could feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)