Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Chapter 889

Two days later, after much searching, Li Jin and his team finally found the location of the suspected Japanese division commander.

At night, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse. The bright moonlight shines on the mountains and forests, providing light for people. From time to time, a few dark clouds pass by.

"Battalion commander, we have investigated and found that this Japanese brigade has the largest number of people we have encountered so far, about 8,000 people. They must be protecting some important person." Lu Changgong analyzed.

As they went along, they found that the number of members of several Japanese brigades had been greatly reduced due to the fighting.

Only in this brigade, the number of people remains almost the same as before the war.

Therefore, Lu Changgong believed that there must be some important person in this Japanese brigade.

"Well, it should be correct. The Japanese division commander must be here." Li Jin nodded, but he fell into deep thought.

"The problem is that the number of the Japanese is a bit too large. It's impossible for us to break in with so few people." Lu Changgong frowned.

Although the target was found, the problem was that this was a Japanese brigade that suffered almost no losses. It was not easy to kill the Japanese division commander among these Japanese.

If you are not careful, you may be easily chased by the enemy.

Moreover, other Japanese soldiers also seemed to be moving towards this side. Once the fighting started, if they failed to withdraw in time, they would probably be surrounded by twenty or thirty thousand Japanese soldiers.

"Tonight is our only chance. The Japanese have just broken through the defense line not long ago and basically think they are safe. This is our chance." Li Jin said.

In fact, for the Japanese, breaking through the defense line of Lianggu’s troops was indeed safe, and the troops in the rear would not continue to pursue them.

But the Japanese would never have thought that an army like Li Jin would come and launch a surprise attack.

"Tsk, it's indeed not easy to fight. It's quite difficult to kill the Japanese division commander. If things go wrong, a lot of people will be lost here." Li Jin smacked his lips.

He did have a plan, but it would most likely reduce the number of troops by one-sixth. Killing a division commander would require sacrificing so many people, and Li Jin was naturally unwilling to do that.

"Why don't we just forget it? The Japs aren't on high alert right now. How about we just use our artillery shells to make a pot of artillery shell porridge for them and then retreat?!" Lu Changgong suggested.

Since we can't kill the Japanese division commander, we can't come here in vain, so we can just bomb the Japanese for a few rounds, which will definitely kill a lot of them.

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll take a look at the distribution of the Japanese. Let me see the topographic map you drew." Li Jin looked at Lu Changgong and felt that there should be some way to kill the Japanese division commander.

"Battalion Commander, here you go." Lu Changgong quickly took out the blueprint from his body and handed it to Li Jin.

After taking the blueprint, Li Jin began to look at the map in the moonlight.

This is a topographic map of where the Japs are now.

Based on the distribution of the Japanese, Li Jin believed that the location of the Japanese division commander should be the gravel mountain in the northeast direction.

Only that direction was guarded by the Japanese.

"Xiao Liu, Zhao Ming, take your men to attack the Japanese from the south to attract their attention. Remember, after fighting for three minutes, retreat immediately to avoid being bombarded by the Japanese artillery shells." Li Jin gave the orders.

It would take some time to correct the muzzle of the gun late at night, so Liu Changshun and his men had to retreat in a short time.

"Understood." Liu Changshun and Zhao Ming quickly agreed.

"If you retreat, the Japanese will most likely not dare to pursue you. Most of the Japanese will retreat to protect their division commander.
They will definitely gather in the direction of the Gravel Mountain, so that if we bombard it, we can kill more devils." Li Jin continued.

He wanted to make the Japanese soldiers think that they launched the attack in order to lure the tiger away from the mountain, so that the Japanese would move closer to the Japanese division commander. In this way, they could kill more Japanese.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"You two hurry up and launch the attack in half an hour, and the others will support you." Li Jin looked at the two of them and urged them.

"Yes." Liu Changshun and Zhao Ming quickly left with their soldiers.

.........

On Gravel Hill, a relatively hidden location, a large tent was set up. This was the enemy's headquarters.

"Division commander, it has been two days since we broke through the enemy's defense line. No enemies have been found in the rear. We are basically safe." The Japanese brigade commander reported.

"They didn't dare to chase us. Although we seemed to have failed and lost a lot of people, the enemy didn't dare to push us.
So, in the final analysis, the enemy is still afraid of us, afraid that we will bite them back, or in other words, they are all thinking about preserving their strength. "Inaya Shiro's analysis is reasonable.

Based on his understanding of the enemy, the latter possibility was the most likely.

"What the division commander said is that if they pursue us with all their might and form a pincer attack with the enemies surrounding us, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

Unfortunately, the enemies all had their own plans and did not pursue us with all their strength!" The Japanese brigade commander also agreed with the division commander's statement.

Even if the enemies behind them catch up, they are not afraid. Given the enemy's strength, it is simply wishful thinking to want to annihilate them.

Do you really think that the combat effectiveness of each unit is the same as the one that attacked the Oshima Brigade?

"Although the troops in the rear did not cause too many casualties to us, that Northeast Army cooperated with Liang Gu to annihilate nearly 10,000 of our soldiers!" Inaya Shiro remembered this.

He felt that even if the troops in the rear caught up with them, they would not necessarily be able to inflict such heavy losses on them, but a small force actually did it.

"Division commander, don't lose heart. One day, we will wipe out this small force. At that time, we will capture the commander of this force and torture him severely!" The Japanese brigade commander comforted him.

"Well, I hope so." Inaya Shiro nodded. He even wanted to blame the reason for the defeat on this small army.

But doing so would only encourage the enemy's arrogance, so forget it.

"By the way, when will the other troops that broke through the defense line be able to join us?!" asked Inaya Shiro.

"Tomorrow there will be troops that will be able to join us. It will probably take two days for everyone to join us." The Japanese brigade commander replied.

They did not wait there after breaking through the defense line, so it would take some time for other troops to come and join them.

"Well, notify them to meet up as soon as possible, and we will retreat to Wuhan." Inaya Shiro nodded. The superiors were already urging him.

"Hi!" The Japanese brigade commander nodded and immediately sent someone to send a telegram to other troops.

.........

On the other side, Liu Changshun led his men to the south, about 300 to 400 meters away from the Japanese on the mountain. "Fight!" Liu Changshun glanced at his watch and gave the order decisively.

Bang bang bang…

Da da da………

The soldiers opened fire at the Japanese soldiers on guard.

There was intense gunfire, and one Japanese soldier after another was shot and fell to the ground, bleeding from their wounds.

This naturally alarmed all the Japanese soldiers, and many of them rushed to the south and attacked Liu Changshun and his men.

"Captain Fujishita, you take two squadrons and encircle them from the left. Captain Tagami, you also take two squadrons and encircle them from the right. I will lead my men to meet the enemy head-on and attract their attention." A Japanese major gave the order.

He planned to attract the enemy's attention head-on, and let others outflank them from both wings to eliminate this group of enemies.

.........

In the Japanese command center, the division commander Inaya Shiro frowned when he heard the fierce gunfire.

"Division commander, this group of enemies might be that small unit. We didn't expect they would dare to attack us. We might as well take the opportunity to destroy this group of enemies!" The Japanese brigade commander on the side also spoke quickly.

"Something's wrong. They know our number. There's no way they think they can cause too many casualties to us like this." Inaya Shiro shook his head and frowned.

The enemy knew their number, but still dared to attack like this. The enemy commander should not do such a stupid thing. There may be only one purpose for the other party to do this.

"Division Commander, do you mean that the enemy is planning to make a feint to the east and attack in the west?!" The Japanese brigade commander also reacted.

The enemy attacking now is actually just a bait, the purpose is to lure their people to the south.

"Well, that's most likely the case. Judging from the gunshots, the enemy's firepower is indeed quite strong. With the same number of people, the enemy's firepower is far stronger than ours." Inaya Shiro analyzed.

Of course, he was talking about the situation where the number of people was the same. Their current number is much greater than that of the enemy.

"Division commander, the enemy's target is most likely you!" The Japanese brigade commander expressed his guess.

Because this group of enemies must be the same force that destroyed the Oshima Brigade. If they want to run to their side, they will inevitably encounter other troops.

However, the enemy did not attack other troops, so it seems that the enemy's purpose must be to target the division commander.

"That makes sense. I didn't expect the other party to be so smart and guess which unit I'm in." Inaya Shiro couldn't help but admire him.

"Division commander, we are not sure how many enemies there are yet. I will send someone over here to protect you immediately!" said the Japanese brigade commander, and without waiting for Inaya Shiro's consent, he turned and left the tent.

Soon, some Japanese soldiers who were originally going to help moved towards the gravel mountain, and some of them began to build positions.

Once the enemy really comes this way, we can catch them off guard.

Inaye Shiro in the tent was still thinking, how many enemies there are, and whether the enemy's move was really a feint to the east and attack in the west? !

To be able to come to him from such a long distance in such a short time, those soldiers must have very good physical strength, even much stronger than the imperial soldiers. Only in this way could they come so quickly.

If this is the case, then only a small number of enemies can come, and it is impossible for them to bring most of their soldiers to attack.

But the question is, are the enemies really sure that they can annihilate him with so many people? !
He didn't believe this. No matter how strong the enemy was, they always had the advantage in numbers. No matter how powerful the enemy was, they could not break through their defense line.

"Division commander, a group of powerful enemies attacked us, and dozens of soldiers have been killed or injured!" At this time, a Japanese regiment commander ran in and reported.

"What?! In just a few minutes, we suffered such heavy casualties?!" Inaya Shiro was shocked when he heard this.

Dozens of people were killed or injured in just a few minutes. How strong is the enemy? !
"Yes, the enemy has a sharpshooter who specifically targets our machine gunners. We are unable to suppress the enemy. On the contrary, the enemy's firepower is very strong and their shooting is quite accurate." The Japanese regiment commander quickly informed them of the situation.

"How many enemies are there?" Inaya Shiro asked seriously.

"Probably, about a squadron, which is a reinforced company with about 200 people." The Japanese regiment commander replied.

"Two hundred people?! Damn it, just two hundred people caused us such a heavy loss?!" Inaya Shiro couldn't help but curse.

Although dozens of deaths and injuries are not a big deal, the problem is that these dozens of people were injured in just a few minutes, which is a bit scary.

The enemy's combat effectiveness is simply terrifyingly strong.

"Division commander, the officers under my command have already sent people to encircle the enemy from both wings. I estimate that the enemy will be wiped out soon." said the Japanese regiment commander.

Although the enemy is indeed very strong, if they are surrounded by them, they will have no chance of escaping.

"Let them withdraw immediately, the enemy cannot have only this few people!" Inaya Shiro gave the order hurriedly. He was sure that there were people supporting this enemy force in the rear.

If we send people to encircle us from both wings, we might end up playing into the enemy's hands.

"What?!" The Japanese captain was also stunned when he heard this.

"Baga, why don't you go and convey the order!" Inaya Shiro cursed. The enemy here obviously wanted to attract more people to chase them.

"Hi!" The Japanese regiment commander quickly turned around and left the tent, and ran wildly towards the south.

"What an idiot! You can't even see such a simple plan to lure the enemy deep into our territory!" Inaya Shiro was extremely angry.

It seems that this enemy commander is quite capable.

Perhaps, the other party's purpose was really just to attack them, and they wanted to use a simple plan to lure people out and kill more soldiers.

"No, the enemy's target should still be me. Maybe they just want to wait for me to reveal a flaw." Inaya Shiro murmured.

Once he thinks that the enemy just wants to kill more soldiers, and thinks that the enemy only has so many people, he will send more people out to chase them. At that time, the enemy will probably take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack on him.

Judging from the reports from his subordinates, this unit is extremely powerful. Once there are fewer people around him, the enemy may be able to break through the defense line in a short period of time. By then, he won't even be able to escape.

"Humph, do you really think I would be fooled so easily?" Inaya Shiro sneered.

At this time, the Japanese brigade commander also ran in.

"Division commander, most of the soldiers have arrived nearby and started to build positions. As long as the enemy dares to come, they will never return." The Japanese brigade commander said with confidence.