Chapter 270: Willing To Cooperate With The Devil
“Brigade Commander, an urgent telegram came from the Commander.”
“Brigade Commander, an urgent telegram came from Kumamoto Division Commander!”
Two urgent telegrams were handed to Major General Kawashima.
Major General Kawashima quickly took them, and after reading the contents, Major General Kawashima’s expression was extremely shocked.
Kumamoto Army’s logistics and supplies were actually destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, and the army now only has one day’s dry rations on hand.
My god, how did the situation suddenly turn so dire, becoming like this.
Major General Kawashima didn’t hesitate at all and immediately said to Regimental Commander Yoshino: “You take half the troops to continue pursuing the Eighth Route Army and Jin Sui Army, while I take the other half to escort supplies and provisions to Kumamoto Division Commander.”
Originally, Major General Kawashima had planned not to pursue the Eighth Route Army and Jin Sui Army, but to feign approaching Kumamoto Division, then see if the Eighth Route Army and Jin Sui Army would pursue, and set an ambush midway.
Major General Kawashima had prepared fully for the retreat.
But now with Kumamoto Division Commander’s supplies and provisions cut off, Major General Kawashima had no choice but to hurry over for real.
And taking away half the troops, even if the Yoshino Regiment wanted to set a trap to ambush the enemy, there wouldn’t be enough troops.
So, Major General Kawashima could only have Regimental Commander Yoshino continue the pursuit.
“Yes, General.” Regimental Commander Yoshino nodded.
Major General Kawashima then took the other half of the troops along with a large amount of redistributed supplies and provisions and moved toward Kumamoto Division Commander.
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“Regiment Commander, the Japanese invaders pursuing us have pulled out half their men; they’re taking a large amount of supplies and provisions toward our rear area.” As soon as Major General Kawashima led the Japanese troops away, it was quickly spotted by Li Yunlong’s eyes and ears.
Old Li was still being pursued, but he had scattered many eyes and ears on the battlefield.
Every move of these Japanese invaders was under Li Yunlong’s control.
After all, this was twenty to thirty thousand Japanese invaders; intelligence couldn’t afford the slightest carelessness.
“Looking at this, Kumamoto Army’s supplies and provisions must have run into problems.” Li Yunlong immediately analyzed the issue.
Gao Liujin laughed: “Li Yunlong, with half the Japanese invaders gone, don’t we need to keep pretending anymore? Can we turn around and give them a good thrashing?”
To be honest, mobile warfare dragging the enemy would eventually wear them down.
But!
This efficiency was still too slow.
Gao wanted to directly and efficiently inflict heavy damage or even annihilate the Japanese invaders on the battlefield.
“Do this: send someone to take a shortcut and catch up with Old Ding right away, tell him to stop pretending.” Li Yunlong quickly said to Gao Liujin, “Have him bring Yan Kai and link up with us; I’ll go communicate with Chu Yunfei.”
With half the Japanese invaders gone, there were still over ten thousand troops left.
But Jin Sui Army had plenty of troops here; as long as we, Gao Liujin, and Old Ding teamed up to set an ambush formation in advance.
Four regiments’ artillery fire would be enough to tear open the opening in these over ten thousand Japanese invaders’ vanguard position.
Then Jin Sui Army could take the opportunity to charge and definitely inflict heavy damage on the enemy.
And the prerequisite for getting Jin Sui Army to fight freely and charge was definitely to hand over Yan Kai to them.
With Yan Kai safe, the opportunity to heavily damage the enemy had come, and Jin Sui Army wouldn’t easily miss out.
Once these over ten thousand Japanese invaders were heavily damaged, our chance to go to Taiyuan rear would come too.
“Good.” Gao Liujin nodded and immediately took action.
Once Gao Liujin brought Ding Wei over, regarding Ding Wei capturing another Japanese military industry expert, Li Yunlong didn’t have time to ask more and quickly headed toward Chu Yunfei’s position.
Li Yunlong had scattered eyes and ears on the battlefield, and Jin Sui Army had done the same.
As soon as Major General Kawashima led half the Japanese invaders away, Fang Ligong quickly reported the news to Chu Yunfei: “Regiment Commander, something strange: half the Japanese invaders’ troops took a large amount of supplies and provisions and withdrew.”
“Which direction did they go?” Chu Yunfei asked.
“Toward the Eighth Route Army rear area.” Fang Ligong answered.
“It looks like the Eighth Route Army successfully attacked Kumamoto Division Army’s logistics.” Chu Yunfei immediately guessed the answer too.
Fang Ligong was a bit stunned: “Kumamoto Division Army’s logistics and supplies, that wouldn’t be easy to sneak attack, right? Can the Eighth Route Army pull it off?”
“The Eighth Route Army is a force that constantly creates miracles.” Chu Yunfei said solemnly, “Haven’t you noticed? This Japanese raid is larger in scale than ever before. And the Eighth Route Army, against convention, didn’t choose to break out but is tangling with the Japanese army. Haven’t you thought about the reason?”
Fang Ligong thought for a moment: “Could it be the Eighth Route Army planned this in advance and found a way to attack Kumamoto Division Army’s logistics and supplies?”
Fang Ligong was still a bit puzzled why the Eighth Route Army, facing this raid, didn’t break out and relocate but chose to tangle with the Japanese army.
Now it seemed, besides buying time for Border Region Arsenal production, they also had a trump card to attack Kumamoto Division Army’s supplies and provisions.
With Kumamoto Division’s supplies and provisions attacked, the Eighth Route Army counterattacks at the opportunity, and if done right, they might heavily damage Kumamoto Army before replenishment arrives.
Once Kumamoto Army is heavily damaged, this counter-raid would be broken by the Eighth Route Army.
“I reckon that’s it, otherwise the Eighth Route Army…” Chu Yunfei didn’t finish when someone came to report: “Report Regiment Commander, Chief of Staff, Eighth Route Army’s Regiment Commander Li is here.”
“Let him in.” Chu Yunfei nodded immediately upon hearing it.
Fang Ligong quickly reminded Chu Yunfei: “Regiment Commander, the Japanese invaders just pulled out half their men, and now Li Yunlong shows up. He’s probably wanting us to follow him and attack the remaining half. Even with half left, taking them down would cost us. Our main task is to find Deputy Factory Director Yan.”
“Don’t worry, I know how to handle him.” Chu Yunfei nodded.
Soon Li Yunlong came in, saying as he walked: “Brother Chu, the Japanese invaders pulled out half their men; do you know about this?”
“Brother Yunlong’s intelligence comes quick.” Chu Yunfei nodded, looking at Li Yunlong: “Brother Yunlong, you should understand that without finding Deputy Factory Director Yan, my unit won’t easily engage the Japanese invaders decisively.”
Li Yunlong didn’t deny it and went along with Chu Yunfei’s meaning: “Brother Chu, you’re right. Fighting the Japanese invaders without finding Mr. Yan Kai definitely doesn’t fit your original intent.”
Then Li Yunlong changed tack: “Brother Chu, why not think differently? If we set an ambush formation in advance and take out these over ten thousand Japanese invaders, wouldn’t Mr. Yan Kai’s safety be assured…”
Li Yunlong didn’t finish when Fang Ligong on the side didn’t even pretend and directly scolded unceremoniously: “Li Yunlong, stop bullshitting us here. Clearly your two old comrades deliberately led Deputy Factory Director Yan in circles with us!”
Chu Yunfei also said seriously: “Without finding Deputy Factory Director Yan, my unit absolutely won’t engage the Japanese invaders decisively. Regiment Commander Li, if you have no other business, please go back…”
Chu Yunfei didn’t finish when Captain Sun Ming quickly came over and said to Chu Yunfei: “Regiment Commander, we’ve found Deputy Factory Director Yan.”
So coincidental?
Chu Yunfei and Fang Ligong both felt upon hearing it that this was too coincidental.
With half the Japanese invaders gone, the chance to deal with these little Japanese invaders had come; Li Yunlong had just arrived on the front foot, and Deputy Factory Director Yan was found on the back foot.
To say this wasn’t Li Yunlong meddling in the middle, neither would believe it even if beaten to death.
Li Mouren’s thick skin impervious to machine guns immediately lit up with surprise: “Really? Have they found the person? Any scrapes?”
Then Li Mouren’s tone grew even more agitated: “Oh no, don’t tell me Mr. Yan Kai has something wrong; otherwise, back home my brigade commander will surely shoot me.”
No one paid attention to Li Mouren’s shamelessness; Captain Sun Ming said to Chu Yunfei: “Regiment Commander, Deputy Factory Director Yan is fine, not a thing wrong; we’ve already sent him to see the superior.”
Li Mouren laughed upon hearing it: “Haha, great! Luckily Mr. Yan Kai is fine. With him safe, the stone in my heart finally settles. Thank heavens.”
Then Li Mouren immediately crowded up to Chu Yunfei again: “Brother Chu, didn’t you say you wouldn’t decisively engage the Japanese invaders without finding Mr. Yan Kai? So now that Mr. Yan Kai is found, can you consider my request? Brother Chu, my two old comrades have strong firepower too; linking up with my side, we can confidently take on the Japanese invaders head-on. As long as your Jin Sui Army cooperates with us on an ambush formation, heavily damaging this bunch of Japanese invaders is completely no problem. Brother Chu, hurry and communicate with your superior.”
“Li Yunlong, we don’t need you teaching us how to fight wars…” Fang Ligong glared.
Chu Yunfei interrupted Fang Ligong and said to Li Yunlong: “Regiment Commander Li, I need to go find the superior; you go back and wait for news first.”
Although Li Yunlong using the Yan Kai matter was infuriating.
But right now it was indeed an opportunity to heavily damage the Japanese invaders.
With this bunch of Japanese invaders heavily damaged, our Jin Sui Army might have a chance to go to Taiyuan rear and grab a haul.
“Good, Brother Chu, you get busy first; I’m off.” Li Mouren dropped this and immediately slipped away.
Fang Ligong couldn’t help saying to Chu Yunfei: “Regiment Commander, are you really going to persuade the superior?”
“Brother Ligong, though this Eighth Route Army Li Yunlong has flaws in character, ask yourself honestly.” Chu Yunfei looked at Fang Ligong seriously, “Have we ever lost out cooperating with him in battle?”
Several cooperations with Li Yunlong in battle had all heavily damaged the Japanese invaders.
Chu Yunfei had a motto: as long as it heavily damages the Japanese invaders, he’s willing to cooperate with the devil!
Once you put on this military uniform, you should do what a soldier should do.
Not treat it like those parasites using it for official career.
“That we haven’t.” Fang Ligong shook his head.
“Get ready on your side; I’m going to find the superior now.” Chu Yunfei acted decisively, “After being bullied by the Japanese invaders for so many days, we should seize the opportunity quickly and give these clueless Japanese pigs a good beating.”
“Yes, Regiment Commander.” Fang Ligong nodded.
Chu Yunfei quickly went to find the superior.
