These two people who suddenly appeared were Xiao Shandong and his squad leader. They were separated from the main force and could only follow the guns. As they walked, Xiao Shandong was the first to find these two Japanese who were fleeing in a panic.
soldiers.
Originally, Xiao Shandong wanted to kill them, but he was stopped by the squad leader. If he could ask for the way, he would be beaten to death even if he couldn't.
Facing the black muzzle of the gun, Ihara Heihachi was the first to put down the rifle in his hand and raised his hand. Uehara Yoji was still hesitating, but after being kicked hard by Uehara Yoji, he also dropped the gun and slowly raised it.
hand.
Seeing the two Japs drop their guns, the vigilant look in the squad leader's eyes softened a little, and he turned around and said, "Little Shandong, ask them, where is this place?"
"Monitor...I...I don't know Japanese either. How do you want me to ask?"
"What the hell would I ask you to ask if I knew the Japanese bird language?" the squad leader cursed angrily. The two looked at each other and realized that even if they captured a prisoner, it would be useless if they didn't understand the language.
"Squad leader, since we can't find out anything by asking, let's just kill them so we can go find the troops." Xiao Shandong made a suggestion.
Before the squad leader could speak, he saw an older Japanese guy across from him suddenly stammering in unskilled Chinese: "Don't... don't kill us... I... I know a little bit of Chinese."
Xiao Shandong was surprised and pointed at the talking Japanese and shouted: "Hey... squad leader, this little Japanese can actually understand our words."
The squad leader's expression became more solemn, the muzzle of the gun was pointed at his chest, his finger was on the trigger, ready to fire at any time, and he asked vigilantly: "Who are you, and why can you speak our Chinese language?"
"Sir, I...my name is Ihara Heihachi. I am willing to surrender to you. Please accept our surrender!"
After saying that, Ihara Heihachi bowed solemnly to the two of them and threw all the weapons he was wearing, including grenades and bayonets, on the ground.
Seeing the kid in front of them surrendering so completely, both the squad leader and Xiao Shandong were dumbfounded.
In their impression and experience, the Japanese soldiers were extremely tenacious in their fighting will. Even if they were seriously injured, let alone putting down their guns and surrendering, they would still struggle to survive.
It should be noted that the first article of the Japanese infantry drill clearly states: Never surrender, because it will only bring shame to your relatives. The last bullet must be reserved for yourself.
In the cognition of Eastern people, surrender is a very shameful thing, which can even make oneself and even relatives and friends unable to hold their heads high. This is especially true in Japan where Bushido is prevalent.
"Squad leader, what should we do?" Xiao Shandong hesitated and looked at his squad leader.
"this..."
The squad leader also scratched his head a little. He was just a young sergeant and had never encountered such a thing.
In the end, the squad leader decided to leave this trouble to his superiors. The two of them carried Ihara Heihachi and Uehara Yoji's rifles, bullets, grenades and other items on their backs, and walked toward the place where the gunshots were heard.
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Even Gao Hongming did not expect that the 41st Division would be defeated like this, especially when he ordered the troops to launch a counterattack. This failure turned into a huge rout, truly demonstrating what it means to be defeated like a mountain.
In the dark night, nearly ten thousand Japanese troops staged a desperate escape. Looking around, there were surging crowds everywhere. Countless soldiers wearing yellow-green military uniforms and soldiers wearing gray-green military uniforms intertwined into a group. They were everywhere.
There were gunshots and shouts of death.
But the difference is that the defeat of the Japanese soldiers was a real defeat, while the Liantai militia was scattered but not chaotic, and most of the pursuing troops were able to form a certain battle formation.
The reason for this is not to say that the quality of the officers and soldiers of the Liantai Militia is much higher than that of the Japanese army. On the contrary, objectively speaking, in terms of the quality of individual Japanese soldiers, the Japanese army is actually higher than that of the Liantai Militia.
In addition to the defeat of the Japanese army, the main reason for this result is that the Japanese army was dispersed in the dark night. The soldiers could not find the officers, and the officers could not find the soldiers. As far as the eye could see, everything was covered with black clouds.
No one knows where to go.
The Liantai Militia were different. Although they also had a dark eye, the biggest advantage of the Liantai Militia compared to the Japanese army was that Gao Hongming, who came from a later generation, fully understood the role of wireless communications in war.
In addition to equipping radio stations at the battalion level, he also equipped SCR-300 walkie-talkies at the platoon level. This also allowed the battalion and company commanders to effectively control the troops and ask them about their location and location even if the troops were scattered.
Condition.
Although it cannot be positioned as accurately as during the day, even if it can only report the approximate position and situation, it is enough for the commander.
It was a chaotic night, but also a stormy night.
Decades later, this battle was even called the most humiliating night in the history of the Japanese army by Japanese historians.
A dignified army organized a division and went to attack the pass defended by only one militia group. Not only did they fail to take the position, they were defeated by the opponent. The most embarrassing thing was that after the defeat, they were chased and beaten. This is simply
It overturned Japan's record of humiliation since the Meiji Restoration.
This rout lasted all night, and the Japanese troops withdrew to Ping'an County. Only then did Koizumi Yukio reorganize the remaining soldiers to defend themselves. When it got dark, Gao Hongming gave the order to stop the pursuit.
For other Chinese troops, even the most elite German weapon masters or even the central instructors, it is not easy to issue orders to retreat the troops that have been scattered. It will take at least three to five days to gather the troops.
It was even possible in ten days and a half, but this problem was always too big for Gao Hongming. Who made this man so crazy that he equipped the platoon-level units with walkie-talkies?
It can be said that this inconspicuous thing played a crucial role in the success of the game last night.
Gao Hongming stood at Qixia Pass and watched the soldiers returning one after another in front of him. He could not suppress the smile on his face. Although he had not slept all night, he was still in high spirits.
"Sir...a great victory...a great victory..."
Amidst the sound of footsteps, Wu Chengfeng, Xiao Zhankui, You Tianliang, Li Changan and other battalion commanders arrived at the headquarters. Everyone could not hide the joy in their eyes. Wu Chengfeng hurriedly came to him and said loudly, "Sir,
We defeated the 41st Division, and the little Japs fled to Ping'an County in disgrace!"
Wu Chengfeng's voice was trembling, and there was even a look of disbelief in his eyes.
Maybe they never dreamed before that that such a local ragtag force could defeat an integrated division of the Japanese army, right?
"Okay...okay!"
Gao Hongming was also in a surging mood. After this disastrous defeat, the 41st Division probably no longer had the strength to attack Qixia Pass. This meant that the Japanese would not have the energy to deal with him for at least ten days and a half or even longer.
"correct!"
Gao Hongming suddenly remembered something and asked Wu Chengfeng: "Have the casualties of each unit and the loss of weapons and ammunition been counted?"
"That's not the case yet." Wu Chengfeng patted his head with some distress, "Gentlemen, it's not that I don't do my duty, it's just that I'm really not good at these things. Gentlemen, I think you need to hire a professional
Chief of Staff."
"Chief of Staff, do you think I don't want to do it? But there must be someone willing to condescend to come to our small temple."
Gao Hongming said angrily that the position of chief of staff may not be very important, but for an army, its importance is no less important than the military chief of the army.
His job responsibilities include:
Organize the collection and grasp of information related to military work, plan military construction and military operations of the army, report and make suggestions to the chief officer.
Organize and formulate plans and plans for troop construction and military work, and organize related guarantees.
Guide logistics and equipment work according to the needs of military construction and military operations.
Organize the review of funds related to military work, the distribution plans of weapons and equipment in charge, and materials and equipment, and supervise and inspect the implementation, etc.
It can be said that with an excellent chief of staff, the military commander of the army can free up his hands from trivial matters and devote more energy to commanding operations.
At this point, the country that is currently doing the best is Germany, and the quality of German staff is recognized as the best in the world.
However, Gao Hongming never expected to get a German staff officer. As long as an officer who graduated from Huangpu was willing to be his chief of staff, he would be grateful.
However, he also knew the difficulty of this matter. The officers who graduated from Huangpu were all disciples of the Emperor, but any officer who could graduate from there would not worry about having no food to eat.
Who would ignore the good Central Army and become the chief of staff of a local militia? Isn't this sick?
Because of the lack of a chief of staff, Gao Hongming had to do the training, statistics and other chores of the troops himself. He was as tired as a dog and had no choice. There were too many things to deal with every day.
Fortunately, a few days ago, he spent a lot of money to recruit several combat staff officers from the Jinsui Army. At least they were able to share some of the work, otherwise he might not even have time to sleep.
Now that he heard Wu Chengfeng mentioning old things again, he drove all these people away impatiently and asked them to report the casualty statistics of each battalion.
After dealing with these things, Gao Hongming felt a wave of fatigue coming over him. He sat down in a corner and lit a cigarette to refresh himself. He never thought that he would fall asleep in the corner after just two puffs.
I woke up after feeling a sharp pain in my finger, and realized that the smoke had burned my finger.
He quickly threw the cigarette butt out and ran to the war room to wash his face. The cold water hit his face and he felt a little more energetic. He was just looking for something to pad his stomach when he heard a noise coming from the front. It seemed that
Someone is cursing something.
Surprised, Gao Hongming walked out of the war room. Just as he was about to ask what happened, he saw Dabao running up in a hurry. When he saw Gao Hongming, he saluted and then said: "Master, someone in front of me captured two people who surrendered voluntarily."
The Japanese prisoners are being escorted over, and the brothers are watching."
"Two prisoners taken?"
Gao Hongming was stunned when he heard this. It has been more than half a year since he came to this era. He has fought more than ten battles with the Japanese army, large and small. Except for the occasional Japanese who were stunned by shells, he has never captured any real prisoners, let alone
What's more, he surrendered voluntarily, which is even more rare.
"Hurry up and ask them to bring those two Japs over. I want to see what the Japs who are willing to surrender look like?"
Soon, two soldiers came to them with two Japanese prisoners pressed against them.
"Reporting to the commander, Zhao Huaiqing, squad leader of the third platoon and squad of the second battalion of the Liantai Militia Regiment, and private Lu Xianping have been ordered to escort the prisoners. Please give instructions to the commander!"
The two people who came were naturally Xiao Shandong and his squad leader.
Gao Hongming looked at the two dust-covered soldiers and nodded with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "It's very good that you were able to capture two Japanese soldiers. I think you have made a great contribution. Now can you tell me how you captured these two people?"
?"
The two from Xiao Shandong told the story of how they got separated from the main army last night, how they met the two Japs while searching for the troops, and how they captured them later.
Finally, Xiao Shandong said: "Originally, I thought of simply killing the two Japanese, but the squad leader said why would the ones who can live as slaves die, so I forced these two people to come back, but I didn't expect that the brothers would see them along the way.
It was only when these two noble sons got too excited that they made all this noise."
After saying that, he scratched his head in embarrassment.
Gao Hongming laughed, "Okay... This is the first time for brothers to see a prisoner, so they are a little curious. This is human nature."
After saying that, he turned his head and looked at the two prisoners, and found that they were only a first-class soldier and a second-class soldier. He couldn't help but shook his head with some disappointment, and muttered: "They are just two small soldiers, they are of no use."
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, the superior soldier suddenly stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Majesty General, we are useful... very useful... please don't kill us!"
Gao Hongming was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and couldn't help but laugh and said, "You, a small soldier, can actually speak Chinese, but your Chinese seems to be not good enough. I am not a general."
"No...in my heart you are the general of China, and you also defeated the 41st Division. If you are not a general, who else can deserve this title?"
Everyone nearby was amused when they heard this, but they didn't expect that this little devil was actually a flatterer.
Gao Hongming couldn't help but laugh: "You said you asked me to spare your life, but tell me, what are you of use to me? You know, to me, a worthless person is not worthy of living in this world."
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Although Gao Hongming said this with a smile, Ihara Heihachi would not naively think that the person in front of him was a good person with a kind heart.
He bowed deeply to Gao Hongming and said in the most sincere tone: "Your Excellency General, although I am only a lowly superior soldier, I sincerely surrender to you. And I also believe that you must have many
When you need someone like me to do it for you.
As long as you give the order, I will do my best to do it for you, and you will also need a loyal dog like me.