Chapter 249: Jin Sui Army Joins The Battle
The Japanese Troops of the Twenty-first Brigade and the garrison Puppet Army joined in.
The pressure on the Eighth Route side naturally increased considerably.
But the Eighth Route’s resistance remained extremely tenacious.
This was mainly due to the continuous support of weapons and ammunition from the arsenal, although the quantity was not large, their use was extremely critical.
386 Brigade Headquarters
“Brigade Commander, the Japanese Invaders are going all out. It seems that the containment on Li Yunlong’s side has probably gone wrong,” the Deputy Brigade Commander said to the Brigade Commander.
If there was no problem on Li Yunlong’s side, the Japanese Invaders wouldn’t dare to easily go all out.
“What’s the rush!” The Brigade Commander was very calm. “Li Yunlong is planning to pull in the Jin Sui Army Troops. As long as the Jin Sui Army Troops are pulled in, these Japanese Invaders going all out won’t have to rest again.”
Don’t think the Japanese Invaders are fierce now; it’s all temporary.
“Mm.” The Deputy Brigade Commander hummed and said, “As long as the Jin Sui Army Troops come in, the Japanese Invaders’ mopping-up Troops might immediately stop the raid and go straight back.”
“Pass the order down: the troops should not fight head-on with the Japanese Invaders and Traitors. At appropriate times, they can retreat and give them some ground,” the Brigade Commander ordered.
As long as the Jin Sui Army Troops join in, when the Japanese Invaders’ mopping-up Troops leave, the ground given up won’t come back again.
“Yes.” The Deputy Brigade Commander went to pass the order.
The Brigade Commander cursed: “Li Yunlong, you son of a bitch, you better make a good mess for me. If you don’t mess up the entire Shanxi Province, don’t come back to see me!”
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Jin Sui Army 358 Regiment
“Regimental Commander, bad news, bad news.”
Chief of Staff Fang Ligong ran panicked to Regiment Commander Chu Yunfei, his tone grave and tense: “I just intercepted important intelligence from the Japanese Invaders’ side. Li Yunlong and they are trapped by the Yoshino Regiment.”
Li Yunlong trapped by the Yoshino Regiment?
Upon hearing this, Chu Yunfei naturally didn’t believe it and questioned: “With Li Yunlong and their current firepower, can it really be contained by just a single regiment from the Japanese Invaders?”
They obtained ample artillery replenishment at the Yanzhen Arsenal, and even the Twenty-ninth Brigade was beaten into chaos by them.
A mere Yoshino Regiment, what can it do to Li Yunlong and them?
What a joke!
If the Yoshino Regiment encounters Li Yunlong and them, it would be good if they weren’t trapped by Li Yunlong.
But Fang Ligong’s next words made Chu Yunfei unable to stay calm. Fang Ligong said: “Under normal circumstances, the Yoshino Regiment is definitely no match for Li Yunlong and them, but this is not just the Yoshino Regiment alone. Shinozuka Yoshio drew troops from various rear areas and replenished them to the Yoshino Regiment. Now the Yoshino Regiment’s total troops number ten thousand. In addition, the Yoshino Regiment also used poison gas shells.”
“What, the Yoshino Regiment has ten thousand men and also used poison gas shells!” Chu Yunfei was instantly shocked upon hearing this. “Did the Japanese Invaders really use poison gas shells?”
Chu Yunfei had experienced how powerful the Japanese Invaders’ poison gas shells were.
Previously, when the 358 Regiment fought an encounter battle with the Sakada Regiment, the reason they suffered three hundred casualties in one hour.
Besides Sakata, that old Japanese Invader, being skilled at commanding, was that Sakata used poison gas shells at the time.
Chu Yunfei’s troops had no protective equipment and could only withdraw quickly.
And now, with the Yoshino Regiment having over ten thousand troops, plus the coordination of poison gas shells, Li Yunlong and them not being a match made sense.
“Yes.” Fang Ligong said anxiously, “The intelligence also says that Li Yunlong and they attempted multiple breakout actions, all suppressed back hard by the Yoshino Regiment. Regiment Commander, Li Yunlong and they need to maintain a certain speed behind enemy lines, so the dry rations and water they carry are definitely not much. Now the Japanese Invaders are besieging them without attacking, clearly wanting to starve them to death. Deputy Factory Director Yan is now in their hands; we probably can’t sit idly by.”
Bang!
Chu Yunfei slammed his fist hard on the table: “It really turned out as I feared. Deputy Factory Director Yan has been used as bait by Li Yunlong again.”
Fang Ligong looked suspicious: “Regimental Commander, do you mean this was intentional by Li Yunlong? His goal is to get our Jin Sui Army Troops to join the fight?”
“Li Yunlong is such a shrewd man. Knowing the Japanese Invaders have poison gas shells, instead of hurrying to break away, he let the Japanese Invaders surround them. That itself is unreasonable,” Chu Yunfei cursed. “His intention is definitely the same as last time: using Deputy Factory Director Yan to pull us Jin Sui Army Troops in.”
Fang Ligong jumped up and said: “Regimental Commander, how about we deliberately delay a bit?”
“Delay, what do you mean?” Chu Yunfei didn’t quite understand the meaning of Fang Ligong’s words.
Fang Ligong said through gritted teeth: “This bastard Li Yunlong is risking our Deputy Factory Director Yan; that’s too despicable. If we delay a bit, let their combat power decline, then when we go in later…”
Fang Ligong’s words were solemnly interrupted by Chu Yunfei: “Ligong, your words are extremely dangerous. You must know, Deputy Factory Director Yan is now in Li Yunlong’s hands. Who knows if the Japanese Invaders behind will throw a few more poison gas shells at them, or even if Deputy Factory Director Yan has been injured by poison gas shells now—that’s still unknown. If you delay to make the Eighth Route pay a price, and in case it leads to Deputy Factory Director Yan’s death, can you bear that responsibility!”
“Then, then, then wouldn’t that let Li Yunlong take advantage?” Fang Ligong stammered.
It feels like we’re completely pinned down by Li Yunlong.
“Ligong, look at the bigger picture,” Chu Yunfei said. “The Kumamoto Division is aggressively encircling and suppressing the Eighth Route Base Area; it won’t be done in a short time. If we send troops to rescue Deputy Factory Director Yan, the Japanese Invaders’ rear will be empty, and we might even take advantage of it then.”
“That does make some sense.” Fang Ligong nodded. “Last time we hit the Japanese Invaders’ encirclement Troops and took advantage to claim merit. If this time we can take advantage of the Japanese Invaders’ rear being empty to grab another one, it doesn’t seem like a loss.”
“So, hurry and report to the superior. Let the superior decide quickly, and we’ll prepare to send out troops,” Chu Yunfei said decisively.
“Yes, Regimental Commander!” Fang Ligong hurried off to report.
Chu Yunfei’s gaze fell on the map.
His mind was thinking about how to take advantage of the opportunity then.
Not long after—accurately speaking, before Chu Yunfei had figured out how to grab it—Fang Ligong rushed back hurriedly and said to Chu Yunfei: “Regimental Commander, the superior just issued an emergency order for our 358 Regiment to quickly join in the attack and rescue Deputy Factory Director Yan back.”
Obviously, Chu Yunfei’s superior had also received the intelligence, and even before the 358 Regiment.
Upon hearing this, Chu Yunfei didn’t hesitate and immediately nodded: “Since it’s the superior’s order, execute it immediately. 358 Regiment, except for those left to guard the home, all the rest come out with me.”
“Yes.”
Just like that, most of the Jin Sui Army Troops rapidly moved out.
With the 358 Regiment as the vanguard, charging into behind enemy lines.
Due to the Japanese Aircraft still unable to take off, the sandstorm hadn’t stopped.
Plus, Li Yunlong and the others had already cleared the obstacles on the road earlier.
So the Jin Sui Army Troops entered like it was no man’s land!
Rapidly approaching the rear of the Yoshino Regiment.
The news quickly reached Shinozuka Yoshio.
Shinozuka Yoshio was furious and puzzled: “Baka, what the hell is going on? How did the Jin Sui Army Troops, those turtles hiding in their shells, come out to meddle again like last time! With them doing this, won’t the Yoshino Regiment’s efforts be wasted!”
Miyano Doichi, who had returned, said to Shinozuka Yoshio: “On the surface, the Jin Sui Army Troops and the Eighth Route are harmonious, but in reality, the Jin Sui Army Troops wish the Eighth Route would fend for themselves. For something like the Jin Sui Army Troops sending out a large force to rescue the Eighth Route to happen again, I think there must be a reason forcing the Jin Sui Army Troops to send troops.”
“Chief of Staff Miyano, the reason why the Jin Sui Army Troops have no choice but to send troops is not important now,” Shinozuka Yoshio shook his head gravely and said. “What’s important is that the Yoshino Regiment finally trapped this group of Eighth Route. We can’t let the Jin Sui Army Troops rescue them out. Otherwise, Kumamoto Division Commander will have worries on his mind again.”
The sakura tree is still alive, the five carts of tungsten ore need to be retrieved, and the Eighth Route’s headquarters and arsenal all need to be taken.
We can’t let Kumamoto Division Commander have worries on his mind!
“Then we can only draw troops from the rear again and quickly go intercept the Jin Sui Army Troops,” Miyano Doichi said. “The Jin Sui Army Troops always fight when the wind is with them. If we intercept strongly, they might still…”
Miyano Doichi didn’t finish his words, changed the subject, and said: “I’m still worried. We don’t know the reason why the Jin Sui Army Troops are sending troops to rescue the Eighth Route. If it’s this reason forcing the Jin Sui Army Troops not to retreat and still fight us head-on, that would still be very troublesome, unless…”
“Unless what?” Shinozuka Yoshio asked.
“Unless we have the Kumamoto Division draw out another brigade,” Miyano Doichi said. “Have them and the troops we draw again pincers the Jin Sui Army Troops from front and back, see if we can suppress the Jin Sui Army Troops.”
“Kumamoto Division Commander finally gets to go all out on the raid, and drawing another brigade would just form a tug-of-war with the Eighth Route again,” Shinozuka Yoshio pointed out, then thought of something and said: “We still have some poison gas shells on hand. Should we use the poison gas shells…”
“Your Excellency Commander, the poison gas shells are not many; using them all has little meaning because the Jin Sui Army Troops are too numerous,” Miyano Doichi shook his head. “These poison gas shells should still be used for defense. Honestly, the current situation is very unfavorable. If the Jin Sui Army Troops can’t be stopped and they rescue this group of Eighth Route, then if the two join forces to attack our Taiyuan rear area, that would be no joke. At that time, we’ll need poison gas shells, and it’s best to communicate with Commander Okamura to see if we can get more.”
“Baka, this clearly favorable situation has become so troublesome because of the Jin Sui Army Troops’ joining,” Shinozuka Yoshio cursed loudly. “After handling this crisis and dealing with the Eighth Route, I will definitely make the Jin Sui Army Troops taste my power!”
Immediately after, Shinozuka Yoshio still followed Miyano Doichi’s suggestion.
He quickly drew troops from the Taiyuan Rear again and also had Kumamoto Division Commander send a brigade to cooperate, pincer attacking the Jin Sui Army Troops from front and back, not giving them a chance to approach the Yoshino Regiment.
Finally, Shinozuka Yoshio personally called Gangcun to see if he could get more biological weapons.
