The Taiwanese garrison is mainly composed of local soldiers and retired soldiers, with a number of about 2,000. Compared with the regular field divisions of the Japanese army, its combat effectiveness is naturally far behind. Hasegawa Qing did not lead the way when he ran away.
Going with them now seems to be an advantage for Taro Nakamura and others.
Since Kiyoshi Hasegawa had escaped, the security team was in chaos. Many veterans of the security team took the opportunity to take off their military uniforms and fled. Most of the remaining people were panic-stricken. Taro Nakamura led more than 30 soldiers in the security team to take advantage of the chaos.
Fishing in troubled waters and trying to win over each other, miraculously he managed to organize a team of more than 600 people in two days.
After having troops, Nakamura Taro became more and more courageous. He took the opportunity to coerce thousands of Japanese civilians and established a "self-rescue association" centered on the former Governor's Palace, and issued the slogan of returning to Japan and saving himself.
, it really made him become such a climate for a while.
Liu Zhaochen was walking on the road with his three platoons. The continuous rainy weather made the clothes on his body always wet. Even though he was wearing a raincoat, he still felt uncomfortable. He was as strong as an ox and was already shaking along the way.
I sneezed several times.
At this time, the sixth squad leader Zhang Yanbo walked up quickly and reported: "Platoon leader, let's take a break before leaving, otherwise these new recruits will not be able to bear it."
"Well, let's rest for ten minutes before leaving." Liu Zhaochen looked at the long team behind him and felt helpless. The losses of the Second Marine Division in the battle to annihilate the 20th Division a few days ago were not small, more than 2,000.
The death of the soldiers made the division commander still feel heartbroken. Fortunately, the reserve soldiers were quickly replenished. Even Liu Zhaochen and his platoon received more than 20 new recruits. It was precisely because of the addition of more than 2,000 new recruits.
The addition of the 2nd Marine Division has caused the average combat effectiveness of the Second Marine Division to drop a lot. But there is nothing that can be done about it. Although these recruits have received half a year of training before coming here, they are not as good as those who have fought hard and vicious battles and have seen blood.
Compared with the veteran Marines, they are still far behind. This can be seen from the very small details. For example, in today's march, those who were pulled behind were almost all new recruits.
"Go down here and rest for ten minutes."
"Ten minutes of rest"
As the order was passed down, more than 40 soldiers stopped on the roadside one after another. The recruits who were newly assigned to the platoon sat on the muddy ground and gasped for breath regardless of their image. And like Zhang Yanbo,
Some veterans just rested quietly against the trees on the roadside. Some took out chocolates and slowly put them in their mouths. The high calories in the chocolates could effectively replenish their physical strength.
After a while, Zhang Yanbo, who felt that some heat had returned to his body, kicked up the recruits who were resting on the roadside one by one, "Hey, why don't you all get up and sit on the ground one by one? It's so easy to get sick."
, get up quickly." Under Zhang Yanbo's continuous kicks and beatings, more than 20 soldiers who were lying on the ground were all driven up one by one, although they were somewhat reluctant.
A soldier asked with a grimace: "Squad leader, why don't we walk when we have a car? You see, we have been walking for almost a day and we have only walked less than thirty miles, but the brothers are almost exhausted."
Well, what do you think?"
Zhang Yanbo took a breath, stared at this private soldier who was obviously a new recruit with disdain, and said: "You stupid boy, you don't even look at the broken road this is. If you really come here by car, then you are riding on it."
It’s better to let the car ride you. I’m afraid you’ll spend more time pushing the car than riding in the car. Besides, we’re very close to Taipei now. The target of riding the car is too big. If the little devil comes over with a cannon, we’ll all
The entire platoon must be destroyed, do you understand?”
"Oh," the trained private replied in a somewhat depressed voice and left.
After resting for a while, Liu Zhaochen raised his wrist and looked at the time. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon. Their mission was to get out of Taipei City before six o'clock in the afternoon. There was not much time left for them. Just as Liu Zhaochen gave the order
When he was about to set off, Zhang Yanbo came over and said to Liu Zhaochen: "Sir, we are not far from Taipei City now, but we still know nothing about the situation in Taipei. Why don't you let me take a few people to go out for reconnaissance?"
Give it a try
Liu Zhaochen thought for a moment: "That's fine, you can just take your squad and go out for reconnaissance. I'll take the fourth and fifth squads behind. If there is any situation, report to me via walkie-talkie at any time. If you encounter a large group of Japanese troops, you must not do it."
Hard fight, you know?
"Yes" Zhang Yanbo responded casually and shouted loudly: "Class 6, follow me." Soon Zhang Yanbo and Class 6 disappeared in the continuous drizzle.
Deputy platoon leader Zhou Fangzhou, who had been silent as he watched the retreating figure of Class 6, slowly came to Liu Zhaochen's side and said worriedly: "Platoon leader, most of Zhang Yanbo's class are recruits, and now
There are remnants of the defeated Japanese army everywhere, and I’m afraid it will be very difficult for them to carry out such a dangerous mission.”
Liu Zhaochen twitched the corner of his mouth before answering slowly: "There is no other way, this is the battlefield. I also want to give them time to grow up slowly, but the Japanese will not give us time. As for the new recruits, the battlefield will teach them everything."
Zhou Fangzhou's face was washed away by the cold rain and turned pale. He stood there for a moment and stopped talking. The battlefield is the cruelest and most brilliant teacher. The soldiers it teaches are the best, because those who are unqualified have gone to other places.
A world.
Zhang Yanbo and fifteen soldiers were marching quickly along the road full of potholes. The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and the vision was getting blurry. Soon it was impossible to see clearly anything more than 20 meters ahead.
In desperation, Zhang Yanbo had no choice but to order a corporal named Jiang Cunmao and a superior soldier to go at the front to explore the road. This kind of work is usually left to the most experienced soldiers in the team, and this time was no exception.
The raindrops fell indiscriminately on the helmets worn by the soldiers. The dense and depressing sound of tiny percussion was like a hazy gauze covering people's eardrums. The water jumping and falling from the hillside slapped the rocks and made a splash.
The sounds dotted the restless night. A sudden burst of frightened shouts inappropriately interrupted the singing of nature at night. The sharp and nervous shouts alerted Zhang Yanbo and the others, and the noisy shouts
gradually become larger.
The sudden warning of "something is happening" made everyone's nerves tense, and the sound of "clicking, clicking" the gun bolt was heard one after another in the rain.
The voice of "アンへへれなら, アリババ" is getting closer and closer, but the expressions of these marines have changed a little. They have had so many encounters with the Japanese and they can hear it with their knees. There is no doubt that these voices are Japanese.
It doesn't matter if the language is Japanese, but the important thing is that they can tell from these voices that there are at least hundreds of Japanese people.
"Damn it, where did these devils come from?" Zhang Yanbo cursed in a low voice.
In fact, what Zhang Yanbo didn't know was that this Japanese army was the largest Japanese army that had escaped from Taoyuan, with nearly 200 people. After their defeat, they did not dare to take the road, but just immersed themselves in the small road to rush back to Taipei.
What they didn't expect was that when they stepped onto the road from the path in the bush, they met Zhang Yanbo and his group.
At this time, the rain suddenly became much lighter, and I could already see clearly what was more than 200 meters away on the opposite side. The two sides immediately met each other. The sudden collision between the two sides made everyone stunned.
"Brothers, fire." Seeing that his side had been exposed, Zhang Yanbo gave the order to fire without hesitation. Similarly, the Japanese army on the opposite side also gave the same order, and the battle started inadvertently.
This group of retreating Japanese troops is worthy of being an elite field division of the Japanese army. Although they suffered a new defeat, the battle formation is still stable, especially after discovering that there are only a dozen soldiers on the opposite side. They are arranged in a neat queue.
Class 6, which was gradually approaching Zhang Yanbo, waved several plaster flags arrogantly in front of the queue.
What responded to them was the clusters of flying flames and the hot metal heat spurting out from the muzzle of the gun. The sparse firepower of semi-automatic rifles and Somi submachine guns barely blocked the front of the position, but the efficiency was not high. The few running in front
The Japanese fell down one after another, and then more howling desperadoes surged behind them.
The Japanese army was trying its best to break through this thin temporary position that blocked their return. The gunfire was not interrupted by this crazy charge. On the contrary, under the command of Zhang Yanbo, even greater and deep gunfire was heard.
It kept ringing, mixed with the howls of wild beasts.
"Aiming at the front left and right." Next to the only mg42 general-purpose machine gun in the class, an ammunition handler held a bullet chain in his hand while indicating the direction of attack for the shooter.
The tracer bullets flying at several times the speed of sound rushed towards the destination with a whistling sound. The projectiles, which shone due to violent friction in the air, drew a gorgeous trajectory. The densely intertwined trajectory converged into a long metal whip.
The machine gun shooter waved the long whip with all his strength, and the long and sharp whip whip quickly and resolutely slashed and cut any object that dared to move forward. The raindrops fell on the barrel of the gun that had become hot due to rapid shooting and turned into wisps of mist.
There was blue smoke, and the empty cartridge cases jumped out of the shell ejector like golden grains dumped from a threshing machine.
This was a sudden battle, and it was also a battle with great disparity in strength. Both sides of the battle were passively involved in this conflict without preparation. The Japanese army's absolute advantage in numbers led to this battle.
It entered a fever pitch at the beginning, with the crisp sound of the Type 38 rifle and the deep sound of the Type 56 semi-automatic rifle intertwined with the continuous sound of the mg42 tearing oilcloth, playing a strange symphony amidst the sound of wind and rain.
"Everyone must hold on, reinforcements will arrive soon." Faced with the attack of hundreds of Japanese troops, Zhang Yanbo did not panic. He just directed the soldiers to think about shooting in front. He knew that as long as he persisted, he
In about ten minutes, the platoon leader from behind will lead his team over. By then, the Japanese army in front of him will not be able to fly even if it has wings. The only thing he is worried about now is that the ten newly added recruits will suffer this unexpected encounter.
Will it collapse after the war? But now it seems that there is no need to worry about it. At least for now, it seems that these new recruits are still doing their jobs very well. However, it will be difficult to say if they are forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat later.
The mg42 is worthy of being called the "tearer". Its firing rate of thousands of rounds per minute is so great that the hundreds of Japanese troops in front of it can't even lift their heads. And because the Japanese army was defeated, heavy machine guns like the Type 92 heavy machine gun weighing nearly a hundred
Needless to say, the weapons were heavy and heavy, and even the Type 11 light machine gun only had one crooked handle, and there was a serious shortage of bullets. The squadron leader leading the team could only wave the command knife and instigate the soldiers to rush forward desperately.
, and only by rushing to the front and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the Chinese soldiers can we hope to get out.
Just as the Japanese army was desperately advancing forward, another burst of gunfire came from the other side of the road, and along with the gunfire came bursts of chirping sounds.
"No, the Japs from Taipei City have come out for reinforcements." Zhang Yanbo's expression suddenly changed. Now they can barely withstand the attack of more than a hundred Japanese troops in front of them, and most of the credit is due to
With the fierce firepower of the only mg42 machine gun supporting them, once the Japanese army came on the road on the right, they would definitely collapse.
Zhang Yanbo, who had no time to think about it, shouted loudly: "Jiang Cunmao, bring four people with me and be sure to block the Japanese army on the right."
Zhang Yanbo's sixth squad had only 16 people in total, and two of them had been killed in the sudden fierce firefight. It was already very difficult to withstand more than a hundred Japanese troops pouring out of the woods. Now Zhang Yanbo has been transferred away.
With five people, it would be more difficult to deal with it. But Zhang Yanbo had no choice. If he didn't send people to block it, the Japanese Army's Sixth Squadron on the right would be destroyed in an instant.
Just as Zhang Yanbo and Jiang Cunmao were crawling to the side of the road and preparing to block the Japanese army, something happened that shocked Zhang Yanbo and several other soldiers. They hurried away from the road.
The Japanese soldiers who came here, all with white towels wrapped around their arms, actually charged into the woods and fired at the same time. This sudden blow stunned both sides of the war.
The squadron leader who was directing the soldiers to charge in the jungle originally saw a group of Japanese troops running towards him. He thought they were coming to support him. Unexpectedly, the other party instead started firing at him. A hail of bullets howled.
It fell on the head of the other party who was unprepared. They were caught off guard and fell down in large pieces.
"Sir, what on earth is going on? The little devils are starting to fight among themselves." Jiang Cunmao, who was stunned, forgot to shoot, and looked at everything happening not far ahead with dull eyes.
"Could it be that the little devils are really having internal strife?" Zhang Yanbo was also confused, and the gun in his hand stopped involuntarily.
The number of Japanese troops coming from the road was about three hundred. After they joined the battle, the previously unknown Japanese troops quickly stopped resisting and were disarmed and escorted out. Only a Japanese soldier in the leader was seen.
The officer took off the white towel on his arm and shook it vigorously at Zhang Yanbo as they walked towards them. He indicated that he had no weapons on his body and shouted in Chinese: "Don't shoot, go ahead and don't shoot, I want to
See your commander"
When the young officer walked up to the Chinese team, two Chinese soldiers stood up from their hiding place and pointed their guns at him: "Stop, we have to search you before we can let you go."
past."
Soon, this young Japanese officer was brought to Zhang Yanbo by a Marine.
Zhang Yanbo looked at the young face in front of him and said, "Tell me your name, position, and purpose of coming."
"Hai" the visitor bowed fiercely to Zhang Yanbo and loudly reported: "Taipei Police Warrant Officer Taro Nakamura has met with His Excellency, Commander of the Chinese State."
"Are you Taiwanese?" Zhang Yanbo frowned. The warrant officer in front of him spoke very standard Mandarin, with a hint of Beijing accent, which made people doubt his identity. 1 "No.
"Nakamura Taro bowed again, "I am from Tokyo, Japan. This time I led my troops here specifically to revolt in front of the battle."
"What... what... what... you want to revolt?"
What Nakamura Taro said shocked Zhang Yanbo to the core. He had been in the army for several years, and he had never heard of any Japanese army surrendering voluntarily, let alone any uprising before the battle.
Generally speaking, uprising has two meanings: one meaning is an armed insurrection held by the revolutionary people to resist reactionary rule; the other meaning is that part of the armed forces or individual soldiers of the reactionary group betray the group to which they belong and defect to the revolutionary ranks. Now
As soon as Nakamura Taro said that he was part of the uprising team, Zhang Yanbo was stunned. Boom, stir-fried green onions with Filipino vegetables, the Japanese will also revolt. The sun really rises from the west.
Nakamura Taro looked at the Chinese officer with a gloomy face in front of him. His heart was beating fast. It was impossible for him not to be nervous. This time, his family and life were on the line. If he could not gain the trust and trust of the Chinese army,
If you accept it, you will become an enemy and a traitor that neither China nor Japan can tolerate.
Fortunately, the Chinese non-commissioned officer said what he expected after thinking about it for a short time, "This matter is of great importance, and I cannot make the decision without authorization. I must report it to my superior before I can make a decision. You order it now."
The personnel are optimistic about the prisoners just now and are waiting for the arrival of our large force."
"Hai has caused trouble for you." Nakamura Taro was overjoyed when he heard the words of the Chinese officer on the other side. It seems that it was really worthwhile for him to risk going out of the city to save this Chinese team. The Chinese people are very concerned about those who take the initiative to surrender.
As expected, they are treated differently. Now my plan to return to Japan can be said to be half successful.