I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 278 Isn’t this the militia of the Eighth Route Army?

After a while, Sakata's regiment chief of staff came back with a telegram in his hand.

"Your Excellency, Commander, we have just contacted the brigade commander.

The brigade commander said that he and his brigade, as well as two other regiments, were marching towards Cangyun Ridge in parallel.

If we hold on for another three hours, they will be able to reach Cangyun Ridge and create the glory of the Fourth Brigade again."

"Yoshi," Nobutsu Sakata was very satisfied with the answer.

Nobutsu Sakata's regiment had an excellent record and was well-liked by his brigade commander.

The commander of the 4th Brigade had already given him the inside scoop before the raid.

If they can achieve outstanding results this time, their 4th Brigade will most likely be promoted to a higher level.

By then, their brigade will be upgraded to a division, the brigade commander promised Hosakada.

There will definitely be a position of brigade commander reserved for Nobutsu Sakata in the division.

This is a major general brigade commander!

I have been in the army for many years and am now forty-five years old.

If I can be promoted to major general this year, then when I retire, the rank of lieutenant general will be the lowest.

Then it will be a great help to your family and descendants.

How can he achieve merit? Annihilating the main forces of the Eighth Route Army division is undoubtedly his greatest opportunity.

Now the Eighth Route Army's status in Shanxi has risen, and their combat effectiveness is obviously higher than that of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Being able to destroy a division of the Eighth Route Army is a greater achievement than destroying an army of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Just as Sakata was imagining the future, a Japanese sentry came into the regiment headquarters to report the situation.

"Your Excellency, the Eighth Route Army in the direction of Cangyunling seems to have received reinforcements?"

"Pa", the chief of staff walked up to the sentry and slapped him.

"Bakayalu, what do you mean by 'seem'? Is this how your sergeant taught you to report the enemy situation?"

"Hi," the Japanese sentry who was beaten quickly bowed 90 degrees to apologize.

"Reporting to the Chief of Staff, several thousand people have arrived at the Eighth Route Army's position opposite.

But their weapons and equipment are unknown, and no one is wearing military uniforms. They seem to be a group of farmers.”

"Nani? Farmer?"

Nobutsu Sakata and his chief of staff no longer had time to reprimand the sentry.

The two of them picked up the telescope and went to the observation post of the headquarters.

We need to see what exactly happened on the Eighth Route Army’s position.

What they saw at this moment was the moment when Shi Muqiao found Captain Cheng and asked him for a mission.

These newcomers are too conspicuous. They all have wooly white towels wrapped around their heads.

They were all very familiar with this outfit. They had dealt with them many times when they went out for raids before.

Aren’t these the county battalion, district squad and militia of the Shanxi Eighth Route Army?

Could it be that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side thinks that these peasants can stop the advance of the Imperial Army?

After sending the sentry out, the chief of staff of the regiment laughed at each other with Nobutsu Sakata.

"Mr. Sakata, I think this is the last trump card of the Eighth Route Army on the other side.

Do they think that they can stop the imperial army's attack with just over 2,000 peasants? "

Nobutsu Sakata touched his chin and looked at the chief of staff in disbelief.

"Bakayalu, my Chief of Staff, don't you think this is too disappointing?

If I had known the situation on the other side was like this, I would not have asked you to send that telegram to the brigade commander urging him to mobilize troops."

The Japanese Chief of Staff said: "Sir, do you want to see those peasants running away in panic?

Should we fire a few shells at the militia's position to scare them?"

Nobutsu Sakata thought about it and shook his head regretfully.

"The general offensive is about to begin. Forget it. If the Eighth Route Army on the other side notices this, it will be more trouble than gain."

"boom……"

Half an hour later, the Japanese troops had all assembled.

Their four Type 92 infantry guns began to bombard the Eighth Route Army's positions again.

However, the Japanese artillery shells this time were fired in scattered pieces, with absolutely no order at all.

The squadron they attacked also seemed scattered and almost came straight at them.

The commander of the first battalion said to the commander Cheng proudly: "Commander, do you think the Japanese can no longer fight? This tactical move is perfunctory."

Commander Cheng: "Pass the message to me, let these devils get within 100 meters before shooting. I want them to come back without returning.

Also, find a messenger to tell the militiamen in the back that the Japs are about to attack, and tell them to hide in the back."

After a while, the young Eighth Route Army soldier who went to the back to inform Shimuqiao came back running.

"Captain, those new militiamen are too outrageous.

He actually wore the uniform of our Eighth Route Army. If we lose the battle, wouldn't it be a disgrace to our Eighth Route Army?"

Captain Cheng hit the sandbag in front of him hard. After hearing this, he was also very dissatisfied.

"Li Yunlong, you are not strict with your subordinates. After this battle, let's see how you will explain it to the brigade commander."

The deputy head of the regiment laughed and said, "Forget it, Old Cheng. Do you think this will be useful to Li Yunlong?"

Commander Cheng also laughed: "Alas, I heard that our brigade commander has beaten him several times with a belt, but it was of no use.

If you ask me, our brigade commander still favors him.

If we could tie Lao Li to a tree and beat him, I think he would remember the discipline.

Alas, even our brigade commander is unwilling to do so."

Seeing that the Japanese had begun to attack, he had no time to care about the affairs of the militia.

A squadron of Japanese soldiers came to a small hill carelessly and stopped.

The Japanese infantry began to half-crouch, and a row of grenade throwers came out and started firing special grenades at them.

Captain Cheng said to himself, "This is not right, the range of the grenade launcher is only 180 meters.

They started firing at this distance, but they couldn't hit anyone."

As they were speaking, the Japanese grenade exploded in front of their regiment's position.

The Eighth Route Army suffered no casualties because the Japanese only fired smoke bombs this time.

For a moment, there was a cloud of smoke in front of the Eighth Route Army's position, and the Japanese could no longer be seen.

Captain Cheng loaded his revolver with bullets and gave a loud warning.

"Comrades, pay attention! If the little devils show their heads, beat them hard."

A gust of cold wind blew, and the smoke from the Japanese smoke bombs dispersed.

There was no trace of the Japanese in front of Captain Cheng and his men's main position.

Captain Cheng: Hmm? Where are the Japanese?

A soldier suddenly shouted, "Captain Cheng, look! The Japanese are heading towards our junction."

Everyone looked to the right of their position and saw that a squadron of Japanese troops appeared between the two regiments.

Their grenade throwers were only a hundred meters away from the junction position.

"all……"

As the grenade fired by the grenade launcher exploded, the only light machine gun of the two squads was blown into pieces.

Fortunately, the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army reacted quickly and knocked down the machine gunner, so the two men survived.

However, four or five Eighth Route Army soldiers failed to avoid the explosion of the grenade and died on the spot.

There were more than a dozen Eighth Route Army soldiers hiding in the trenches and had no time to stand up and fight back.

"Kill the chickens and give them to us." Seeing that the Eighth Route Army in the trenches had been suppressed, the Japanese immediately launched a charge.