roccoschili Chapter 138 Emergency Orders
Chapter 138 Emergency Orders
"What's wrong with the intelligence department? How come the intelligence about a regiment of puppet troops reinforcing the county town is being sent over now? This puppet army is about to arrive at the Sanjiaji battlefield!" Tang Weiguo was shocked when he received the intelligence that Li Qukou had just sent over.
According to Li Qukou's intelligence, a puppet army is heading towards the Sanjiaji outpost to provide support.
Previously, Tang Weiguo wouldn't have taken this reinforcement of puppet troops seriously. However, now that the main force of the militia was engaged in fierce fighting with the Japanese troops in Sanjiaji, and the Japanese were reinforcing them with a regiment of puppet troops, the battlefield in Sanjiaji was truly in danger.
Just as Tang Weiguo was hesitating whether to order his troops to immediately abandon the Sanjiaji stronghold and prepare to retreat, he heard Li Qin's cheers.
"Commander, Commander, good news, good news! Battalion Commander Niu and Staff Officer Long have destroyed the Japanese artillery positions. They are now resting in a safe place and requesting further orders," Li Qin reported happily to Tang Weiguo.
"That would be great!"
Upon hearing this news, Tang Weiguo immediately abandoned his plan to retreat; now he had an additional usable force at his disposal. Moreover, with the Japanese artillery destroyed, the defensive pressure on the Sanjiaji position was greatly reduced.
"Li Qin immediately sent them a telegram, ordering them to ambush a regiment of puppet troops that was coming to reinforce the county town in the Juma River area. This order was extremely urgent."
"Yes."
"Company Commander, how much time do we have to get to the Third-Level Outpost?" Tang Weiguo asked.
"Commander, at the current speed, it will take another hour," the fourth company commander estimated.
"okay."
Tang Wei glanced at the transport team soldiers who were already gritting their teeth and persevering, and knew that they had given it their all.
"Correspondent, tell everyone to hang in there a little longer, we'll be at our post in Sanjiaji soon."
"Yes, Captain."
. . . . .
"Reporting to the battalion commander, Staff Officer Long, the regimental commander has sent an urgent telegram." The operator rushed over to report after receiving the order.
"read."
"The regimental commander ordered us to immediately ambush a regiment of puppet troops coming to reinforce the county town in the Juma River area. This order is extremely urgent."
"Bring me the map." The guard hurriedly brought out the map.
“Staff Officer Long, our location is roughly here. The Juma River is here, and there’s only one road leading to Sanjiaji. This puppet army will definitely pass through here,” Niu Dali said, pointing to the map.
“I agree. Tang Xiaohu previously reported that they had already established temporary blocking positions along the Juma River to block the Japanese reinforcements from the county town. They didn’t need to use them, but this time we can put them to good use.” Staff Officer Long recalled the previous intelligence.
"That would be extremely beneficial for us." Niu Dali's brows relaxed upon hearing the news.
"Speed is of the essence in war, we need to set off immediately," Long Wenying continued.
“In that case, I will lead a company lightly armed to advance first and seize the blocking positions around the Juma River ahead of the puppet troops,” Niu Dali said.
“Alright, I’ll take the rest of the troops and follow. You must act quickly,” Long Wenying reminded him again.
"Don't worry, our reconnaissance battalion has never lost a five-kilometer field training exercise. Qin Yang, take your men and follow me. Tell everyone to unload their packs, take your weapons and ammunition, and travel light," Niu Dali ordered Qin Yang.
"Yes, battalion commander."
"Everyone, put down your packs quickly, only take your weapons and ammunition," Qin Yang ordered the soldiers of the first company.
After the troops were ready, Qin Yang led his company and followed Niu Dali towards the Juma River area.
"The rest of you, let's go." Long Wenying led the other reconnaissance battalion troops, following behind Niu Dali.
"Hurry up, speed up the movement! We must reach the Juma River before the puppet troops!" Niu Dali urged the soldiers of the First Company to speed up along the way.
Fifteen minutes later, Niu Dali led the soldiers of the first company of the reconnaissance battalion to the Juma River area, five minutes ahead of schedule.
"Battalion Commander, we've spotted puppet troops; they're heading this way," Qin Yang quickly reported.
"Get into battle positions immediately!" Niu Dali didn't have time to let everyone rest and hurriedly prepared to fight the puppet army.
"Battalion Commander, that was close! If we had arrived a few minutes later, this puppet army would have reached the Juma River position," Qin Yang said, panting heavily.
"Heaven is on our side," Niu Niu Dali thought to himself, secretly relieved.
"Order the soldiers to hold off the first wave of attack. Staff Officer Long will arrive with the rest shortly afterward."
"Yes."
Less than two minutes later, the vanguard of the puppet army jogged over. This puppet army unit had not been attacked along the way and had almost no vigilance.
"Commander, once we cross this river, we'll reach Sanjiaji," said the commander of the puppet army's first battalion.
"Very good. Order the troops to speed up. Let's meet up with Commander Ikeda as soon as possible. Our chance to make a name for ourselves has arrived." The puppet army commander said with a smile.
"Speed up!" urged the commander of the puppet army's first battalion.
"Battalion Commander, they've infiltrated the ambush area." Qin Yang said hurriedly after seeing the puppet troops enter the ambush zone first.
"Alright, fire!" Niu Dali opened fire on the vanguard of the puppet troops.
"Da, da, da, da."
Before the soldiers running ahead could even react, they all fell to the ground.
"Not good, enemy attack! Stop advancing immediately!" Upon hearing the intense gunfire ahead, the commander of the puppet army's first battalion hurriedly ordered his troops to halt.
"Reporting to the battalion commander, our advance troops were ambushed by a small group of enemy soldiers and suffered heavy casualties."
"Damn it, how come there are still troops here? What are those Japanese intelligence agents good for?" the battalion commander cursed upon hearing this.
The Japanese devils clearly said that everything would be unobstructed, that everything would be unobstructed. How can they call that unobstructed?
"What's going on with the First Battalion? Why did the troops stop?"
"The vanguard was attacked by a small group of enemy troops," reported the commander of the puppet army's first battalion.
"What are you all standing there for? Why don't you organize the troops to attack immediately?" The puppet army commander looked displeased.
"Yes, Commander, I will organize an attack immediately."
"We must eliminate this force as soon as possible and rendezvous with Commander Ikeda."
"Yes, Captain."
"First Battalion, charge!" With that, the commander of the puppet army's First Battalion charged toward the position.
"Good! Fire!" Niu Dali commanded the soldiers of the company to fire wildly at the attacking puppet troops, driving back wave after wave of their charges.
Meanwhile, Masato Ikeda also received intelligence that the puppet troops had been ambushed.
"Reporting to the Commander, the reinforcements of the puppet troops were blocked by the enemy in the Juma River area. I suspect that this unit was the one that attacked our artillery," the staff officer reported.
"Eight teeth, how can this unit move so fast?" Upon hearing this news, Masato Ikeda lost his previous composure.
"Send the Aoki Company to meet up with the puppet army troops."
"Yes."
"Order the Second Regiment of the Imperial Army to break through the enemy's blocking position at all costs and join me." Ikeda Masaki had a premonition that the last opportunity was about to arrive, and now it was just a matter of who could seize it.
"Yes."