Chapter 157: The Helpless Battle
In the capital, Chairman Chang also quickly received the critical intelligence about Lugou Bridge and Yuanping City. This was sent over by Boss Dai, and he immediately read it.
“Damn Japanese Army! They occupied the Northeast, and now they actually want to target the Beiping side too? They simply have a wolf’s ambition! It seems this battle won’t be easy to handle! It looks like I need to follow the original operation plan and divert the warfare to Shanghai. Otherwise, once Northern China falls, the Japanese Army can kill their way here via the railway and occupy even more places!”
“As for whether the 29th Route Army alone can hold fast at Lugou Bridge and Yuanping City, there’s some doubt!”
“Commander Song is still fantasizing about peace negotiations with the Japanese Army!”
“Why can’t this guy see the Japanese Army’s wolf’s ambition clearly?”
“Even I can see the Japanese Army’s fickle ambition!”
After reading the intelligence, Chairman Chang was full of irritation and paced back and forth in his living room, chattering nonstop.
“What do you think about this matter?”
Then, he turned around and inquired of Chen Cheng beside him.
“Are you saying whether to send troops to support the Beiping side? Your Excellency!”
Chen Cheng cautiously asked in return.
“Let’s see the subsequent battle situation! Northern China is too far. Even if we want to transfer troops there, it will take time, and we also need to communicate with Commander Song!”
“This matter isn’t something we can do just by sending troops immediately. Moreover, if I transfer all the elite troops there, and the Japanese Army decides to start a war in other places at the same time, then this will be hard to handle!”
Chairman Chang responded with heavy concerns.
“Yes! This subordinate understands. Everything follows Your Excellency’s instructions!”
Chen Cheng quickly agreed.
“Yes! Actually, I also hope to achieve peace. If Commander Song really has the ability to negotiate peace with the Japanese Army and stop this war, I would be happy to see it!”
“Although such a situation is quite slim!”
“But there’s still a feeling of expectation!”
In the end, Chairman Chang sighed helplessly and muttered to himself.
Afterward, he changed the topic with Chen Cheng to discuss the military training and weaponry of the German-equipped division, as well as the ammunition configuration, and so on.
At this time, the warfare on the Lugou Bridge side had also reignited,
After the mad bombing by a Japanese aircraft group,
the Japanese Army took the lead in deploying six tanks,
and under coordinated infantry-tank operations, launched a new round of offensive operation.
The battalion commander, company commander, and most of the 29th Route Army soldiers holding fast here had all been killed in action.
Now, only one platoon leader remained, leading fewer than 30 soldiers, still stubbornly resisting the Japanese Army’s coordinated infantry-tank offensive operation.
“Platoon Leader! What do we do now? The brothers have almost no ammunition left. When will our reinforcements arrive? We don’t even have the strength of one platoon now!”
“If we keep fighting like this, I’m afraid we’ll all be annihilated here, and Lugou Bridge will fall under the edge of the Japanese Army! How much longer until our reinforcements arrive, or do we even have reinforcements coming?”
“Yeah! Platoon Leader! Do we have reinforcements coming to support our operation?”
“And my ammunition, is there any supply left?”
“Do you think those air force units that came to rescue us last time will continue to come aid us and bomb these damn Japanese Troops?”
After the Japanese Troops temporarily paused,
these remaining few 29th Route Army soldiers were suddenly disheveled and discussed heatedly,
and many soldiers were worrying about the lack of reinforcements and ammunition supply,
Faced with his subordinates’ constant pressing for an answer, the lightly injured platoon leader Fang Likun also didn’t know how to respond for a moment,
As for reinforcements, he didn’t even dare to think about them.
Because he had continuously requested reinforcements, but the reply from above was that the 29th Route Army’s high-level was now negotiating with the Japanese Army’s high-level to end this war.
