The Forty-seventh Division began to retreat, but this retreat was not a one-sided defeat. Under the education of Bushido, most Japanese soldiers during this period had a crazy mood or generally had a sense of
The fervent passion for the glory of dying in battle.
Therefore, although the Japanese troops retreated, there were still some small groups of Japanese troops and wounded soldiers who spontaneously stayed behind to launch a final counterattack against the pursuing coalition forces.
At the foot of a barren slope overgrown with weeds, a Japanese captain was lying in the grass staring intently at the tank that was slowly approaching them.
Soon, the captain saw a crouched figure in front of him on the right, rushing towards the approaching tank.
In just a breath, he had already reached a crater just a few meters away from the tank. Then he jumped up and rushed towards the tank in front of him. The captain could clearly see the fuse of the explosive pack behind him coming out.
White smoke.
"boom……"
Just when the figure was about to approach the tank, several short strings of firelight flew out from behind the tank. The firelight flashed diagonally, blocking the figure running forward with his body lowered.
This time the shadow staggered and jerked its head back, its chest seemed to be pressed against the shining firelight and then disappeared, blending with the ground.
Immediately, a violent explosion blew the body lying on the ground into pieces. The captain lying in the grass even saw that one of the brave soldier's thighs was blown to a place only a few meters away from him.
"idiot!"
Just as the captain was yelling curses, suddenly a figure that looked like a small insect jumped out of the dark crater.
Then he rushed forward for a few meters and then lay down on the ground that was scorched by the bomb. He hunched up and huddled up. After a while, he saw a huge thing moving in the smoke and rushing towards him.
.
"boom!"
Then there was a silent explosion, and the Panzer IV tank shook violently, and then a thick black fountain rose from the tank.
After seeing the tank destroyed by human bombs, the captain and several Japanese soldiers around him showed fanatical looks in their eyes and shouted at the same time.
"Banzai!"
Amidst their shouts, several more meat bombs that had been hiding in the crater jumped out of the crater and rushed towards the nearest tank...
The crazy behavior of the Japanese army quickly spread to the Provisional Allied Forces Command.
"Regiment...First Battalion Commander Li Changan reported that three more Panzer IV tanks in the First Armored Battalion had their tracks damaged by Japanese death squads, and one tank was destroyed."
The muscles on Gao Hongming's face twitched a few times, "You tell Li Changan not to worry about the casualties of the tanks. His mission is to cover the 386th Brigade and cripple the 47th Division. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
As soon as the staff officer of the Liantai Militia left, Master Liu walked aside and picked up the phone.
"I'm Liu**... pick me up from the 386th Brigade..."
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"Brigadier...I am Li Yunlong, what are your instructions?"
"Li Yunlong...how the hell did you give the command?
In less than an hour, the armored battalion lost six tanks... six tanks..."
Brigadier Chen's roar came to his ears, and Li Yunlong's hand holding the microphone trembled in fright. He quickly said: "Commander, please listen to my explanation."
"I don't want any explanation!"
Brigadier Chen's roar still came from the microphone.
"Commander Liu called me just now and asked why the two armored battalions serving as cover suffered such heavy losses. I was speechless.
The Liantai Militia only has a few hundred tanks in total. Commander Gao assigned them all to us. I assigned half of the tanks to you. Isn't that worthy of you, Li Yunlong?
But you're good...I defeated six tanks in less than two hours. If you play like this, the armored battalion assigned to you will be completely wiped out tonight at most. You are such a bastard.
Tian’s heart doesn’t hurt!”
Listening to the roar coming from the phone, Li Yunlong could imagine how angry Brigadier Chen was on the other end of the phone.
Of course, Li Yunlong could explain that the matter was not that bad. Only one of the six bombed tanks was actually blown up, and the other five tanks only had their tracks blown up and could still be put into battle after being repaired.
But now it was a war, and war always only asked about the results and not the reasons. Faced with the brigade commander's outburst, he could only bow his head and admit his mistakes honestly.
"Brigadier...I was wrong. I will go and supervise it myself right away. I will make sure those bastards are allowed to walk in front of the tank. What just happened will never happen again."
"Fuck your mother!"
Brigadier Chen's roar came from the microphone.
"I'm making this call to you to stare at the little devil with wide eyes, not to use you as a human shield for the tank!
Li Yunlong, let me tell you, if you dare to do this, I will shoot you first without a word from my superiors! Do you understand?"
"Yes!" Li Yunlong puffed up his chest, "On the premise of preserving yourself, keep your eyes wide open to protect our tanks."
A soft hum from Brigadier Chen came from the other end of the phone: "As long as you understand, I'm waiting for your good news!"
Facing the trapped beast of the 47th Division, the 386th Brigade was not intimidated and instead stepped up its offensive.
In order to deal with the 47th Division as soon as possible, Gao Hongming even issued an order to Huang Huaimin to dispatch two additional P47 fighter squadrons to the 386th Brigade.
When the battle progressed into the afternoon, the 47th Division could no longer hold on. The small-scale retreat evolved into a large-scale complete rout, and even the division headquarters was forced to move.
On a desolate hillside, more than two hundred Japanese soldiers were bending forward towards the west. Mixed among these Japanese soldiers was Lieutenant General Osato Tosada of the 47th Division.
Osako Tsusada, who was marching forward with heavy steps, prayed in his heart, hoping that as many people as possible from the 47th Division could retreat to Yangcheng, fifty miles away, and reorganize the defense line there.
At this time, the dense explosions coming from the rear and the monotonous clicking sound of machine gun fire somewhat reassured Osako Tsusada. These gunfire sounds at least proved that there were still people in the 47th Division fighting.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Osako Tsusada and the Japanese soldiers who were immersed in marching did not notice a Fi-156 "White Crane" light reconnaissance aircraft that made almost no sound from above their heads.
It passed by, its wings tilted slightly, as if to confirm something, and then flew away.
Two minutes later, there was a sudden roar in the sky.
Osako Tsusada looked up and saw four planes appearing in the sky, rushing down in the direction where he was.
"No, it's a Chinese plane... Get down... Get down quickly!"
After discovering the plane, the marching Japanese troops panicked, and the Japanese soldiers fell to the ground in very ugly postures.
"Woooooooo..."
Two P-47 Thunder fighter jets were diving toward the ground from an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, making a whimpering sound after their wings violently rubbed against the air.
When the plane dived to a height of more than 300 meters above the ground, the two P-47 fighters shook their wings, and two bombs separated from the belly of the plane and fell among the Japanese troops.
This is a 117 kilogram AN/M81 fragmentation bomb. The explosive charge of this bomb is only 15 kilograms, and the rest are fragments. When it explodes, it can produce 6000~7000 high-speed fragments. Any unprotected personnel, livestock and trucks will be
torn into pieces.
"Boom...boom..."
The moment they lay down, two bombs exploded almost simultaneously, and more than 10,000 shrapnel shot out in all directions instantly.
Osako Tosada felt as if the ground was shaking for a while, and the originally silent land was suddenly shrouded in thick smoke and black soil that was blown into the air.
"Baga, hide quickly, hide quickly!" Osako Tsusada shouted loudly, but his cry was blown away in the wind.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's dangerous... Get down quickly!" Just when Osako Tosada was directing the soldiers to hide, a figure threw him to the ground.
After the explosion, Osako Tsusada pushed away the person on top of him and struggled to get up. Only then did he realize that the person who had just thrown him to the ground was his adjutant, Major Kiyoshi Morita, who was lying quietly on the ground at this time.
, half of his head had been cut off by shrapnel, and his white brains were constantly flowing to the ground.
"Morita-kun!"
Osako Tosada knew that now was not the time to be sad. He looked around and saw corpses and wounded soldiers everywhere. Many wounded soldiers were lying on the ground and wailing. The culprit of all this was just two casualties.
bomb.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, leave quickly...it's too dangerous here."
At this time, a man grabbed his arm and ran away. He turned around and saw that it was Colonel Someya Hanjiro, the chief of staff.
"Someya-kun, wait a minute, there are still a lot of wounded here."
"It's too late, the Chinese plane will be back soon!" Someya Hanjiro's voice sounded particularly anxious.
In fact, his anxiety was right. Before the two of them had run very far, a roar came from far to near. The two P-47 fighter jets climbed up and then began to dive down.
"This time four more bombs fell from their wings..."
Lieutenant General Adachi 23rd, Chief of Staff of the North China Front, hurriedly walked to Okamura Neji and said urgently.
"Your Excellency, Commander, we have just received a report that the 47th Division's commander, Osako Tosada, was strafed and bombed by China fighter jets during the retreat. His Excellency, Osotō Tosada, was injured."
"Nani, how could such a thing happen?" Neji Okamura felt his eyes go dark, and he quickly held on to the table to support his body.
"Your Excellency, Commander, please take care of yourself!" The staff officer next to him saw this and quickly supported him.
"I'm fine!"
Okamura Neiji sat down with the support of his staff. He took a breath and took two sips of the boiling water handed by the orderly. Then he stared at Adachi Twenty-Three and said: "Adachi-kun, you immediately order the 47th Division."
The remaining troops should immediately withdraw to Ping'an County...no...immediately move closer to the Sixth Division, otherwise it will be too late."
"Hi!"
"Also, you immediately notify Kanda Masane and immediately retreat to Ping'an County after the round with the 47th Division."