Liang Jian: Commander, save some for me

Seeing that no one quit, Li Jin nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, very good. Since no one has withdrawn, then next, those whose names I call out will stand behind me..." Li Jin began to call out names.

"Mao Er..."

"arrive."

"Liu Dazhuang..."

"arrive."

As Li Jin began to call out names, all the teenagers came and stood behind Li Jin.

"Old village chief, now that everyone is here, we can't hang around any longer. We have to hurry on our way." Li Jin closed the roll call book and said to the old village chief.

"Yeah." The old village chief nodded and looked at the young people in the village.

"Listen, everyone. If you join the Eighth Route Army, you must kill the enemies and serve your country. Don't bully ordinary people. Do you understand?" the old village chief shouted to the young people.

"I understand!" the teenagers responded.

"Let's go!" Li Jin gave an order and took these energetic young people out of the village.

Many villagers watched their children leave with reluctance in their hearts and never expected that this day would come so soon.

When the boys left, they looked back every few steps, filled with reluctance to leave their families. They had tears in their eyes, but they quickly wiped them away for fear of being seen.

For them, they have been told by their families since childhood that men should shed blood but not tears! That is the behavior of cowards.

During the rest period that night, Li Jin had someone cook rice for the teenagers and used the Japanese canned beef as a side dish.

During the time that Li Jin plans to return, he will take care of the health of these people and practice the general posture.

The boys devoured the rice and canned beef.

After they finished their meal, some veterans told them about killing the Japanese.

When they heard that the special operations battalion had killed so many Japanese devils, they were shocked and could hardly believe it.

Because in their opinion, this army is not that powerful.

The veterans did not explain too much about this, and the new recruits would know the situation once they arrived at the base and participated in training.

.........

Time flies, and more than half a month has passed in the blink of an eye. Li Jin and his team have already returned to Shanxi.

After entering Shanxi, Li Jin and his companions could no longer move around openly, but had to rest during the day and travel at night.

A week later, Li Jin had led his men to a location about ten miles away from the brigade headquarters.

After a short rest, Li Jin and his team continued on their journey and arrived about five or six miles away from the brigade headquarters. They also sent a telegram to the chief.

.........

Brigade headquarters, in the conference room.

The telegraph operator rushed in.

"Commander, good news. Battalion Commander Li is now less than ten miles away from the brigade headquarters." The telegraph operator said with a smile.

He knew that the leader attached great importance to Li Jin.

"Haha, this kid is finally back." Upon hearing this, the political commissar couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Someone come here." The leader shouted towards the door, and a messenger ran in.

"Commander!" The messenger came in and saluted immediately.

"Send someone to notify the sentry on duty. Soldiers from the special operations battalion will be here soon. Don't let anything unexpected happen." The commander gave the order.

The soldiers in the special operations battalion feel much more oppressive than those in ordinary troops.

"Yes!"

.........

At this time, about four or five miles away from the brigade headquarters, two sentries were standing guard at the intersection.

"Sergeant, when can we go fight the Japanese?!" a teenager said to the young man next to him.

They are all special forces trained by the headquarters, and they are here to protect the leader.

"It's hard to say. We have to protect the safety of the leaders here. Basically, there will be no chance for us to go to the front line to fight the Japanese.

Unless some Japanese soldiers can get here, otherwise, you are overthinking about fighting them." The young man replied.

He also wanted to fight the Japanese, but the safety of the leader was more important.

"Alas... It was better before when I could go kill the Japs." The young man sighed helplessly. He missed the time when he was at the headquarters and often went on missions to kill the Japs.

"Don't be discouraged. We will probably be transferred to fight the Japanese later. When the time comes, someone will come to take our place." The young man comforted.

In fact, he wasn't sure if anyone would come.

"Sergeant, there are enemies!" The boy saw some birds in the forest not far away suddenly startled and flew away. This must have happened because a lot of people passed by.

"Be on guard! If there is any problem, retreat first!" the young man said with a serious face.

"I understand!" The boy nodded without much hesitation. There was no point in arguing about who should leave and who should stay.

"We can't be sure yet whether it's an enemy or one of our own. Don't rush to load your gun." The young man said, so as not to hurt one of our own.

After waiting for a while, a group of people in gray military uniforms appeared in the distance.

"Huh?! It seems like they are one of our own?! But why do I feel something is wrong? It seems like they are from the special operations company!" The young man was a little surprised after seeing this.

When he first saw them, he thought they were enemies in disguise, but when he saw that each of them was taller and stronger than the Japanese, he gave up the idea.

"No need to look, they are indeed our people. The one walking in front is the commander of the special operations battalion, Li Jin." said the young man. They had all seen Li Jin's appearance when they were at the headquarters.

"Now that you mention it, it is indeed him." The young man was a little excited.

"I heard that Captain Li is very powerful. I really want to fight with him." The young man was looking forward to it. When he was training, he told their platoon leader that Li Jin's fighting ability was the most powerful.

"Stop making trouble. Captain Li probably came here for something. Don't delay him." The young man said. He was also convinced. How come this boy was as combative as a martial arts fanatic?

"Oh, forget it." The boy gave up the idea.

At this time, the messenger came running over.

"The commander has ordered that soldiers from the special operations battalion will be here soon," said the soldier.

"I see!" The young man looked not far away.

"Okay, then you don't have to stop them, just let them pass through the checkpoint." After seeing this, the soldier felt that he had made a wasted trip.

"Yeah." The two nodded.

The messenger was waiting on the side.

Not long after, Li Jin and his men came closer. "Captain Li!" The three men saluted Li Jin immediately.
"Hello." Li Jin saluted in return.

"Captain Li, the leader is waiting for you in the conference room, please go over quickly." said the messenger.

"Okay." Li Jin nodded and turned to look at Liu Changshun and the others.

"Captain Li, wait a minute, what happened to those people who didn't pass on the military uniforms?!" the young man asked. It seemed that his figure was quite different from the others.

"Those are new recruits," Li Jin replied.

"That's okay." The young man didn't ask any more questions after hearing that.

"Everyone listen up, march quickly!" Li Jin gave the order and immediately ran quickly.

The soldiers behind him also hurried to catch up. Although they were carrying supplies, their speed was not slow.

"Where did Captain Li go to fight the Japanese? How did he get so many supplies?!" the boy was a little curious.

"I'm not sure, maybe it's Changsha." The squad leader thought of the newspaper he had read before, which was about the Battle of Changsha.

"What?! Changsha?! Captain Li went to Changsha?!" The young man was surprised. He didn't expect that Li Jin could actually participate in this battle.

"I'm just guessing, but I think it should be correct. The Japanese suffered heavy casualties in Changsha. Moreover, there was a commander named Liang who killed more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers.
It was basically impossible for him to kill tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers with his own army.

But if Captain Li and his men are assisting, I think it is very likely." The squad leader was keenly aware of this.

He felt strange at the time, but now after seeing Li Jin, he understood.

"Yes, although Captain Li and his men are few in number, their combat effectiveness is much stronger than the Japanese." The young man also suddenly realized.

"I wish I could take part in this battle." The young man sighed.

"You're overthinking. If we get involved in this kind of war with fewer people, we're courting death.
Didn’t you see that Captain Li brought five or six hundred people with him? The 335th Regiment might have been there to assist Captain Li in the battle.” The squad leader continued.

He could basically conclude that this was it.

After Captain Li went to Changsha, he also asked the 335th Regiment to assist in the battle.

.........

A few minutes later, Li Jin and his friends arrived at the village entrance.

"Move the supplies to the warehouse and put them away." Li Jin gave the order, asking the soldiers to move the supplies to the brigade warehouse.

He went to the conference room to meet the leader first.

After entering the meeting room, Li Jin saluted the chief and political commissar immediately.

"I am Li Jin, commander of the special operations battalion. I am honored to meet the leader and the political commissar!" Li Jin said seriously.

"Stop talking nonsense and sit down quickly." The leader said unhappily.

"Yes!" Li Jin pulled out a chair and sat down.

"You kid, you are really capable. You jump like this? And you dare to expose your position to the Japanese." The leader came up and questioned him right away.

"Commander, I actually did this after serious consideration. My purpose is to trick the Japanese." Li Jin said the words he had prepared.

He wanted to do this to avoid being scolded by the leader.

"Stop it! Damn it, you're just getting carried away after winning the battle!" The leader cursed directly. He would not be fooled by Li Jin's words.

"Commander, I still can't hide it from you. I reflect on myself and I was indeed a little careless this time. I originally thought it was no big deal.
Who would have thought that the last time I attacked the Japanese, I blew up the Japanese division commander with one shot. "Li Jin also admitted his mistake obediently.

The leader has guessed it, and if he still insists on being stubborn, he will only be asking for trouble.

"You admitted your mistake pretty quickly." The chief was also a little helpless. He thought Li Jin would be stubborn and continue to say that it was his own plan, but he didn't expect him to admit his mistake so straightforwardly.

"Hehe, I'm the kind of person who admits when I'm wrong." Li Jin grinned.

"It's not enough to just admit your mistake. You have to learn from it, okay?!" the leader warned in a serious tone.

The consequences of what Li Jin did this time would have been very serious if he had not realized that the Japanese were surrounding him and instead foolishly continued to retreat along the same route.

The Japanese mobilized a division of troops plus a regiment, a total of nearly 20,000 troops.

If Li Jin was really surrounded, even if he could escape, he would probably suffer heavy casualties.

"Don't worry, Commander. After this lesson, I have deeply reflected on myself." Li Jin said seriously.

He was indeed a little too arrogant. Since the start of the war, he had been invincible and had almost always defeated the Japanese. Unconsciously, he had become careless.

"Well, luckily you reacted quickly and turned around to hit the Japanese in the face." The leader also nodded with satisfaction.

Although Li Jin was a little distracted, he did not stay that way forever. Instead, he came to his senses in time, which was very rare. As a result, no major disaster occurred and he managed to disgust the Japanese at the same time.

"This is all thanks to the leader's teaching." Li Jin said with a smile.

"Don't give me that. I haven't taught you these things. But I have to praise you. In a critical moment, you can come up with a solution so quickly. That's good." The leader praised Li Jin.

If it were an ordinary person, he would probably have foolishly walked into the enemy's ambush.

"Commander, is the Japanese division commander dead?!" Li Jin asked knowingly. He knew the situation on the commander's side in much more detail than Liang Gu's.

"He's not dead, but it's no different from being dead. You did a great job this time. Inayashiro was crippled by you.
Even if the injury heals, he will basically be unable to return to the troops to command operations." The commander replied.

Although the bomb failed to kill Inaya Shiro, it did prevent Inaya Shiro from leading troops into battle in the future, which is of great significance.

"At the time, I wanted to attack them directly, but I didn't expect that there were so many devils around Inaya Shiro.

I had no choice but to fire at Inaya Shiro." Li Jin said that if there were two or three thousand fewer Japanese soldiers around Inaya Shiro, he might have taken a risk and chosen to kill Inaya Shiro.

"He is a division commander after all, and Inaya Shiro is also a senior division commander on the Japanese side. It's normal for him to have so many people protecting him." The leader replied.

"Li Jin, now you have finished writing your combat report, show it to the leader." The political commissar spoke at this time.

"It's written. Please take a look, Chief." Li Jin quickly took out the combat report and handed it to the chief for review.

He wrote in detail about all the battles in Changsha.

The chief and the political commissar watched with great interest. Li Jin's operations were basically based on the Japanese's lack of knowledge.

Because the Japanese had no idea that Li Jin's highly combat-effective troops would actually come to Changsha. By the time the Japanese reacted, the battle was almost over.

The leader originally wanted to comment on it, but he found that Li Jin's battle plan was indeed perfect, and he even made several preparations.

Once an accident occurs, there are corresponding measures to deal with it. In this respect, Li Jin's ability is stronger than many commanders!

"You kid, you even went deep into the enemy's rear and wanted to carry out a decapitation operation?!" The leader said when he saw the combat report on the enemy's logistics department.

Li Jin's move was basically aimed at destroying the enemy's headquarters.

"Well, I just wanted to try my luck, but I didn't find the enemy, so I had to destroy the Japanese logistics department." Li Jin nodded.

If he had really been able to find the Japanese headquarters at that time, he would have been able to carry out a decapitation operation.

"However, even if I didn't find the enemy's headquarters, I at least managed to eliminate the Japanese division commander in the end, and also killed a Japanese brigade commander." Li Jin smiled as he spoke.

(End of this chapter)