After the grenade exploded, the leading soldier rushed into the house. With the dim sunlight, he saw three Japanese soldiers lying in a pool of blood inside the house.
The soldier did not hesitate at all. He held his MP40 submachine gun and fired bullets at the three Japanese soldiers. He did not stop until he emptied the magazine. By this time, the three Japanese soldiers were already dead.
Regarding the soldier's actions, there was no strange look on the faces of the two riflemen following him. For them, this operation was too normal, and there would be no such thing as seeing wounded Japanese soldiers or soldiers in later film and television works.
After the body was found, the soldiers immediately came forward to inspect or search the body.
All soldiers of the Liantai Militia will be told on the first day of training that the most important thing for soldiers is to ensure their own safety before talking about anything else.
Question: What will you do when you see several enemy corpses lying on the ground on the battlefield?
Answer: When there is sufficient ammunition, you should refill them as soon as possible. After confirming that they are indeed dead, go forward and check the bodies. If there is insufficient ammunition or you are nervous, you can also use a bayonet to solve the problem.
This is also clearly stipulated in the infantry drill issued by the Liantai Militia.
"Second floor!"
After replacing a new magazine for the submachine gun, the three of them quickly went up to the second floor, with occasional clear gunshots ringing out.
"Yingzuo, Building 7 on North Street has been taken down!"
"Very good!"
Looking at the blue sky and white sun flag rising on the collapsed building, Yan Xiaofu breathed a long sigh of relief, finally showed a smile on his face, turned his head and spat on the ground.
"Damn it, this building was finally taken down, and now this street is finally in our hands."
"yes!"
The third company commander on the side also wiped the sweat on his forehead and cursed: "The Japanese are really crazy. They built all these buildings into bunkers. All the taller buildings and yards were reinforced with steel bars and cement.
Even hitting the Sanqi anti-artillery can only leave a white mark.
In order to capture those dilapidated houses, we sacrificed many brothers. Fortunately, the regiment finally agreed to deploy artillery to attack the city. You see, those houses were blown away with just one shot! Now I see how arrogant the Japanese are.
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"boom!"
While they were talking, hundreds of meters away from them, with a loud noise, another Japanese stronghold was blasted into the sky by the B4-203mm howitzer that entered the city, and some small broken bricks and rubble even splashed towards them...
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At the North City Gate less than one kilometer away from Yan Xiaofu and others, a Japanese squadron of more than 200 people was standing quietly on both sides of the city gate.
At the gate of the city, First Army Commander Yoshimoto Teiichi and North China Front Army Chief of Staff Adachi Twenty-san looked at the thick smoke rising not far away with solemn expressions on their faces.
They knew that another stronghold had been captured by the Chinese army.
But this was what they expected. After learning that the Chinese army had mobilized artillery, and it was a heavy artillery with a caliber of 200 mm, they knew that Taiyuan could not be defended. After all, no matter how strong the stronghold was, it could not withstand the bombardment of heavy artillery.
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And now, it's time for them to leave.
But Yoshimoto Teiichi's expression was a little sad: "Adachi-kun, this city was captured at the expense of thousands of imperial soldiers, but now it is lost in my hands. I am a sinner of the empire!"
"You are wrong!" Anda Twenty-Three shook his head, "This time we are outnumbered and the enemy has absolute firepower and air superiority. Our army had to retreat after suffering heavy casualties. I can't blame you for this.
What’s more, let’s not talk about it, didn’t even Commander Okamura return home sadly because of this?”
Having said this, Anda Twenty-Three shook his head and stopped talking.
A major strode up to the two of them: "Your Excellency, Commander, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, please get in the car immediately. The Chinese will be here soon."
Seeing that the two of them had no intention of getting into the car, the Major became anxious and said, "Both of you, you are both the pillars of the empire.
Even if Taiyuan is temporarily lost, we can get it back in the future, but if you two suffer any losses, it will be an immeasurable loss to the empire, so please don’t hesitate any longer and get on the bus quickly!"
This major is the person in charge of the security of the headquarters. One of Yoshimoto Teiichi and Adachi Adachi is the commander of the First Army, and the other is the chief of staff of the front army. If any one of them has a problem, it will be a big deal.
It was definitely not something that a young major like him could afford.
Seeing the anxious look on the major's face, Adachi Seiko sighed secretly, but said with a smile: "Yoshimoto-kun, let's get in the car, otherwise Koike-kun should order the guards to force us into the car."
Yoshimoto Seiichi shook his head helplessly: "Okay, let's get in the car!"
After that, the two of them got into the black car parked aside. The major quickly stepped forward to close the car door and waved to the driver to drive.
After the vehicles started moving slowly, the Japanese troops on both sides boarded ten Nissan trucks that had been waiting for a long time. The convoy drove towards the north gate.
The purpose of this convoy's trip was to Datong, which is more than 500 miles away. It is also an important town in Shanxi, and there is also a Japanese brigade stationed there. As long as the convoy reaches there, it will be safe.
Although he got into the car, Major Tomoyuki Koike, who was sitting in the passenger seat of the truck cab, was still worried about the fact that there were Chinese troops everywhere around Taiyuan.
Although there are no signs of large-scale military activities in the north, he cannot relax his vigilance. For him, as long as the two generals do not arrive in Datong, he will not be able to let go.
And for some reason, he always felt that something was going to happen.
Just when he was suspicious, the vehicle in front suddenly stopped.
There was only a "squeak" sound, and the Nissan truck Koike Tomoyuki was riding in also came to a sudden stop, causing the dazed Koike Tomoyuki to hit his head on the cab, causing him to let out a cry of pain.
"Baga, are you blind? Why did you brake suddenly!"
Faced with Koike Tomoyuki's angry scolding, the driver next to him turned pale with fright and quickly explained: "Major, the vehicle in front stopped first. It seems that something happened in front."
"Go over and see what happened?"
"Hi!"
Soon, the Japanese army came over and reported, "Your Majesty, Major, there is a group of broken soldiers in front of us blocking our way. They asked to take a truck to retreat together!"
"Nani, are they crazy?"
Tomoyuki Koike only felt angry and funny. When did a group of broken soldiers dare to stop the headquarters' convoy? Are they really not afraid of death?
Thinking of this, he opened the door and jumped out of the cab.