Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

Luo Jiuchen was still fighting fiercely with the Japanese. After the Japanese built their positions, the casualties on their side also increased!
"Damn, these little Japanese are pretty powerful." The chief of staff couldn't help but curse.

As soon as the Japanese established their position, they pressed down on our side and attacked.

Fortunately, they had a lot of people on their side, otherwise, they would have probably been defeated by the Japanese.

"I took advantage of the Japanese before, and I really underestimated them." Luo Jiuchen looked serious.

Before the Japanese crossed the river, they relied on the terrain advantage to kill many Japanese. Now that they have lost their advantage, they feel very stressed out with only four or five thousand of them fighting against a small battalion of Japanese.

"But don't worry, it won't be easy for the Japanese to break through our defense line.

If I'm not mistaken, Lao Liu should have brought people here." Luo Jiucheng continued.

The Japanese must have left some troops to intercept Liu Xin's troops, but the number of people would not be too large. Even if the Japanese might have some advantages and Liu Xin could not take them down in a short time, he would choose to bypass these Japanese and come to support.

As long as Liu Xin holds on and brings his men to support them, this group of Japanese devils will be annihilated by them.

"Well, I hope so. Speaking of which, the other Japanese troop has most likely run to Captain Kong's side. If they can eliminate the Japanese as soon as possible, they may be able to arrive faster than Brigade Commander Liu." The chief of staff nodded and said.

Kong Sheng’s firepower is much stronger than theirs, so maybe he can quickly wipe out the Japanese who escape to their side.

"This is a bit hard to say. If the Japanese are not prepared, they can be quickly eliminated. But the Japanese are obviously prepared now. In this case, it is hard to say whether Captain Kong can quickly eliminate those Japanese." Luo Jiucheng said.

Although he also hoped that Kong Sheng could eliminate the Japanese as soon as possible and come to help them, the fact was that Kong Sheng would probably be in a tough battle.

Of course, Kong Sheng must have the advantage, but it will take a lot of time to eliminate the Japanese.

The only one who could possibly provide support now is Liu Xin.

.........

The Japanese lieutenant colonel was not in a hurry because he had already made the plan to die with honor.

"Lieutenant Colonel, we have been fighting for so long. The enemy who ambushed the regiment commander may have arrived." The Japanese captain came to the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

“Well, although we are only attacking with one battalion now, the enemy commander cannot guarantee whether the soldiers of the other battalion will really break out to the northeast or wait behind us.

Therefore, in order to prevent this, the enemy commander will definitely withdraw some of the soldiers in ambush over there.

In this way, it will be difficult for the remaining people to stop the regiment commander." said the Japanese lieutenant colonel.

He forced his soldiers to fight desperately just to create a chance for the captain to break out.

"Then I'm relieved. The best outcome for now is for the captain to break out.
Later, after the regiment commander and his men have replenished their forces, they will come back and make the enemy pay a heavy price." The Japanese captain also looked relaxed.

He was not afraid of being attacked from both sides. For the sake of the empire, even death would be worth it.

"Of course. The commander will not forget to avenge us. Let the soldiers continue to attack. We must make the enemy in front of us feel the pressure." The Japanese lieutenant colonel ordered.

"Hi!" The Japanese captain nodded.

He then ordered his soldiers to continue charging and his artillery to fire, putting more pressure on the enemy.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

Boom boom boom......

For a moment, the sound of gunfire was very intense, and the Japanese soldiers rushed towards the Kuomintang positions like crazy.

Many National Army soldiers were shot and fell in a pool of blood. They had no time to grieve over the death of their comrades as they were still busy dealing with the Japanese attack.

Because they all knew that if they couldn't stop these devils and let them escape, their comrades would probably have died in vain.

Therefore, in order to win and to avenge their comrades, they are also fighting desperately.

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At this time, Liu Xin was leading his soldiers to support Luo Jiuchen.

"Hurry up, run faster!" Liu Xin waved his hand and called on the soldiers to speed up.

The soldiers were also trying their best to hurry on their way.

"Brigade Commander, there's no need to rush like that. By the time we get there, the soldiers will probably be exhausted. How can they be capable of fighting?" The chief of staff couldn't help but say upon seeing this.

The soldiers have been running for a long time from the beginning to now.

If they continue to run, even if they can reach Liu Xin, their soldiers may not have much combat effectiveness.

"I'm afraid Lao Luo is under a lot of pressure. If they delay for one more minute, they will be in more danger." Liu Xin said.

Luo Jiuchen now doesn’t know whether to deal with one battalion or two battalions of Japanese soldiers.

If there was only one battalion of soldiers, Luo Jiuchen should be able to hold on, but if there were two battalions of soldiers, that would be a bit troublesome.

If they go too late, they may just have to collect Luo Jiuchen's body.

"Commander, have you forgotten that there is also Captain Kong? If they fail to stop the Japanese, they will definitely understand that the Japanese are with Commander Luo. In this way, Commander Kong can go to support Commander Luo.

If they support us, they will be faster than us.
If Captain Kong can stop some of the Japanese, then although there will be pressure on Brigade Commander Luo, he will definitely be able to hold out until we can support him." The Chief of Staff continued.

Therefore, no matter whether it is the previous ending or the later ending, it is advantageous for them.

Unless Luo Jiuchen was defeated as soon as he fought with the Japanese, but this is obviously impossible.

Liu Xin was also stunned for a moment when he heard this.

"Brigade Commander, let the soldiers rest for a while, otherwise, we will be sending ourselves to death if we go over there," the chief of staff continued to persuade.

"Well, what you said makes sense. Okay, then let's do as you say. Everyone listen up and rest here for twenty minutes!" Liu Xin gave a loud order, asking the running soldiers to rest first.

After hearing this, the soldiers stopped one after another. Many of them bent over and supported their knees with their hands. They did not sit down to rest immediately, otherwise they would easily die suddenly.

They were gasping for breath, and their throats felt as if they were being stabbed by a knife.

They were finally able to stop and rest for a while. If they continued running, they felt they might die!

.........

At eight o'clock in the morning, Luo Jiuchen was still fighting with the Japanese. The battle lasted until half past eight, when the Japanese temporarily stopped their attack.

They fought off the Japanese's repeated attacks. Several times the Japanese rushed to their positions and fought with bayonets, trying to occupy their positions. Fortunately, they were able to take them back.

"Damn, these little Japs have such strong willpower that they can hold on for so long." In the trench, Luo Jiuchen was gasping for breath. He was stabbed in the abdomen by a Japs soldier, but fortunately his internal organs were not injured, otherwise he would have died.

A medical soldier bandaged Luo Jiuchen's wound again.

Seeing the fierce attack of the Japanese, Luo Jiucheng had no choice but to lead the charge and fight with the Japanese with bayonets, and only then did they repel the Japanese. After a night of fierce fighting, they suffered heavy casualties.

"Brigade Commander, don't rush forward anymore. Fortunately, the Japanese's knife missed the target, otherwise you would have met your death now!" said the chief of staff.

His arm was bandaged because he was stabbed by the Japanese during a bayonet fight.

"It's nothing serious, just a superficial wound." Luo Jiuchen didn't care.

"Commander, your wound was just sutured simply. It will need to be sutured again later. Don't rush forward again." The medical soldier also reminded him. He was worried that Luo Jiuchen would break the stitches on his wound during the fight.

"Don't worry, I'll pay attention." Luo Jiuchen replied. He stood up with difficulty, took out a telescope and began to check the situation on the Japanese side.

Starting from about 200 meters ahead and moving backward, the Japanese built a number of positions using sandbags.

There were many corpses of Japanese soldiers lying on the ground, and the sand was soaked with blood and stuck together.

"Brigade Commander, let me tell you something. Our artillery company has run out of ammunition," said the chief of staff.

"What?! All the shells were used up?! All the shells were used up so quickly?!" Luo Jiucheng was stunned when he heard this. All the shells were used up in just one night? !

"Yes, in order to stop the Japanese attack, the artillery positions launched multiple rounds of fire suppression, so there are not many artillery shells left now," said the chief of staff.

The Japanese attack in the front was indeed fierce, so in order to undermine the Japanese morale, they could only use the artillery company to bombard the Japanese.

"Forget it, if the shells are gone, then so be it. Just hold on for a few more hours. Liu Xin should be here soon. The Japanese will also suffer heavy casualties, so they can hold on even without shells." Luo Jiuchen said.

Calculating the time, Liu Xin can reach them in more than two hours, so just hold on for these two hours.

Fortunately, we killed a lot of the Japanese soldiers in front when they had no cover, otherwise, it would be really troublesome.

"Understood." The chief of staff nodded.

"The Japanese must be eating, so they temporarily stopped attacking.

Now tell the soldiers in the kitchen to quickly deliver food to the soldiers." Luo Jiucheng gave the order.

After a night of fierce fighting, both sides had almost exhausted their physical strength. If they didn't eat, they probably wouldn't even have the strength to hold a gun.

"Don't worry, Brigade Commander. Food has been arranged for the soldiers." said the chief of staff.

"Well, that's good. After the battle, maybe we can be transferred to the rear. Then, let these soldiers have a good meal. I'll pay for it!" Luo Jiuchen said generously!
These are the brothers who have lived and died with him. It is only right that he pays for a good meal for them.

"The brigade commander is so generous! I'll have to eat more good food then." After hearing this, the chief of staff also smiled. The brigade commander's family is rich, so he will have a good meal this time.

"No problem, as long as you can finish it and there's no waste, you can eat as much as you want!" Luo Jiucheng said.

He is not a big shot. If others order casually but cannot finish it, wouldn’t that be a waste of his money?

"Hahaha, okay, that's for sure." The chief of staff laughed.

.........

The Japanese lieutenant colonel was eating canned beef at the moment.

"Lieutenant Colonel, we only have enough shells for three rounds of fire!" The Japanese captain came to the Japanese lieutenant colonel with a can of beef in his hand and reported.

They didn't have many shells to begin with, and most of them were taken away by the regiment commander, so after a night of attack, their shells were almost used up.

"Well, it's okay. We'll attack later and use up all these shells in one go." The Japanese lieutenant colonel nodded and said.

There are only three rounds left anyway, so just finish them in one go. There is no need to save any more shells.

"I understand!" the Japanese captain responded. In fact, he felt the same way.

Ten minutes later, the Japanese launched another attack.

Boom boom boom......

Shells fell into the Kuomintang positions, killing and injuring many soldiers.

But this time, the number of bombings by the Japanese was obviously not as frequent as before.

After the second round of bombing, the Japanese started the third round of bombing, and the Japanese soldiers took this opportunity to launch an attack on the Kuomintang positions.

Because it was daybreak, the Japs' vision was unimpeded and their combat effectiveness was restored.

Their shooting skills were very accurate during the day, and they could hit a National Army soldier with just a few shots, causing heavy casualties on Luo Jiuchen's side.

Fortunately, the number of Japanese soldiers now is less than four or five hundred, but Luo Jiuchen only has three thousand soldiers, and only more than two thousand of them are capable of combat.

In terms of numbers, they still have the advantage.

Luo Jiucheng also discovered that the number of Japanese bombings had decreased.

"It seems that the Japanese don't have many shells left." Luo Jiuchen sneered. They had no shells, but the Japanese didn't have any either. This gave them an advantage.

Da da da………

Bang bang bang…

The two sides started fighting fiercely again, and soldiers fell almost every minute and every second, either Japanese or national army soldiers.

At this time, Liu Changshun, Zhao Ming and others also arrived at a position about three or four miles behind the Japanese.

Liu Changshun took a look at the terrain.

"Artillery, build positions immediately. Ten minutes later, start bombing the Japanese positions. Old Zhao, you and I will occupy the mountain at the nine o'clock direction. Deputy Commander Zhao, when the time comes, you will lead your men to attack the Japanese." Liu Changshun gave the order.

"Yes!" Several people nodded and quickly began to act.

The Japanese didn't know that a new troop had arrived so quickly and went around behind them.

ten minutes later.

The artillery of the special operations battalion began to bombard the Japanese positions. They had plenty of artillery shells and fired one shot after another into the Japanese positions.

Many Japanese soldiers were killed directly by the explosion. They never expected that the shells would fall so accurately into the positions they had built.

Boom boom boom......

The artillery bombardment continued, and the Japanese were almost unable to find their way.

"Damn, what's going on? When did a troop appear behind us?" The Japanese captain couldn't help but curse.

"Haha, these must be the soldiers who ambushed the regiment commander. They are here as expected. It seems that the regiment commander is safe." The Japanese lieutenant colonel laughed. They were fighting the enemy here to attract the enemy to transfer troops over.

Now that they were under such heavy artillery fire, the people who had ambushed them must have all returned.

"You're right. The commander is finally safe. All our hard work is worth it." The Japanese captain also smiled.

(End of this chapter)