"Mr. Li Fan, weren't the Eighth Route Army and Chinese people around us evacuated by the Independent Division? Where did you capture these Chinese and Eighth Route Army people?" Looking at the dozen prisoners in front of him, the division
Nagaitagaki Seishiro asked curiously.
"Hi, division commander, we followed the footprints left by the Chinese who laid mines on the road to a village. We found more than thirty Eighth Route Army militiamen who had not evacuated in the village, and after a brief exchange of fire
After that, 21 enemies were eliminated, 13 were captured, and our army lost 6 soldiers." After hearing the division commander's question, Chief of Staff Colonel Hide Kuri Iihara quickly explained.
"Yoshi! Mr. Lifan, you are really good. You deserve to be an outstanding officer of the Japanese Empire. Now I order 13 prisoners to be sent to each brigade, two of them. Tell all the brigade captains to let them
Use the blood of these Eighth Route Army prisoners to arouse the fighting spirit of the soldiers, and I will see the effect in ten minutes." Itagaki Seishiro patted Colonel Hide Kuririihara on the shoulder and ordered loudly.
"Hi! Your Excellency, division commander..." Hearing the praise from the division commander, Colonel Hide Kuririihara replied excitedly. He turned around and ordered the soldiers behind him to escort the 13 prisoners to each group.
Just like that, in less than five minutes, the Japanese army's march stopped. And then, there were bursts of screams from among the marching columns... 13 people were captured by the Japanese army
Each of the prisoners had at least 100 holes drilled into their bodies, and they fell under the bayonets of these little devils who were worse than beasts.
After less than a few minutes of killing, the morale of these little devils was exactly as Chief of Staff Hide Kuriihihara said. Each of their eyes was full of murderous intent. Under the influence of this murderous intent
, the marching speed of the troops has obviously accelerated a lot.
"Yoshi, Mr. Li Fan, your method is indeed good. The morale of the soldiers has been completely boosted, and even the marching speed has been accelerated a lot. I believe that with such high morale, we will be able to
Destroy the main force of the independent division in Gong Village." The division commander Seishiro Itagaki saw the increasing morale of the troops. He nodded with satisfaction to the temporary chief of staff beside him and praised excitedly.
"Hey, it's a humble honor to serve Your Excellency, the Division Commander..." After hearing Itagaki Seishiro's praise, Colonel Kuriboshi couldn't help feeling proud, but he still said modestly.
And when the Japanese Fifth Division was full of murderous reinforcements to Gong Village, they didn't know that a huge pocket formation was waiting for them quietly at Changgukou, less than 5 miles away from them. Of course.
, the brutal behavior of the Japanese army just now was also sent to the temporary headquarters in detail by his team.
"Division Commander, Division Commander, Liu Xiaogang from the Special Operations Brigade is calling..." Just when Liu Hua and Sun Xingbang were holding binoculars, standing at the lookout of the headquarters, looking at the quiet Changgukou not far away. The Chief of Staff called
A voice sounded behind him, and then a telegram was stretched out in front of Liu Hua.
"What's the content..." Liu Hua put down the telescope in his hand and took the telegram and asked.
"Division Commander, the special operations brigade called. An hour ago, the Japanese army sent a squadron of troops to suddenly attack and surrounded all the militiamen of a militia squad. In less than a minute, the militia squad was completely wiped out by the Japanese squadron, and
We also captured 13 militiamen... What's even more hateful is..." Chief of Staff Li Qing didn't want to talk any more.
"What is it? Answer quickly..." Liu Hua, who had already issued an order to retreat, said very dissatisfied when he heard that one of his militia teams was wiped out by the Japanese army.
"Yes, division commander. It's like this. According to the telegram sent by the special operations brigade, in order to boost the morale of its soldiers, the Japanese army brutally killed all 13 captured prisoners. Moreover, each of them was stabbed by a kid.
There are no less than a hundred holes...the death is very cruel." Li Qing replied.
"Beasts, worse than beasts...Chief of Staff, immediately publicize this matter to all commanders and fighters. I request that every soldier should be aware of this matter within ten minutes...Since the Japanese army wants
To boost their morale, we will also use this incident to boost the morale of the soldiers." Zhang Hua gritted his teeth and said bitterly.
"Yes, division commander, I promise to complete the mission..." Soon, under the special propaganda of the chief of staff, this matter spread to the ears of every commander and soldier like a gust of wind. And after learning about this matter,
As Liu Hua said, every commander and fighter was indignant at the Japanese army's monstrous behavior. They wrote a blood letter to avenge the dead militiamen and kill all these little devils...
And just when all the soldiers were gearing up to deal with these little devils who were worse than animals, the Japanese advance troops had already appeared in Liu Hua's field of vision. In order to avoid guiding our artillery to the target, the Japanese marching troops
The column did not carry bright torches. However, under the bright moonlight in the sky, the figures of the Japanese troops still clearly appeared in the field of vision of Liu Hua and others.
"Order all troops to prepare for battle. No firing is allowed without my order..." Liu Hua ordered to Chief of Staff Li Qing behind him.
Soon, after being encouraged just now, the little devil with a murderous look on his face ran rampant and plunged into the pocket formation arranged by the soldiers. He had no idea that the muzzles of the artillery and the heavy machine guns were
The muzzle of the gun was pointed at them accurately. What made people even more frightened was that under the little devil's feet, soldiers from the engineering battalion had buried thousands of kilograms of loaded gunpowder...
Finally, after Liu Hua and others waited anxiously for half an hour, the Japs formation, which stretched nearly 1.5 kilometers long, finally moved into the pocket formation arranged by the soldiers under the personal leadership of division commander Seishiro Itagaki.
The guard battalion tasked with sealing the pocket formation had quietly moved back behind the little devils, blocking their retreat.
"Order the artillery group to start shelling...the engineer camp, use the camera to detonate the explosives under the little devil's feet..." Seeing the signal from the guard camp, Liu Hua nodded with satisfaction and turned to Chief of Staff Li Qing behind him.
commanded.
"Boom, boom, boom...wuwuwu..." As Liu Hua issued the order, bursts of roaring sounds and huge whistling sounds came from the sky. Nearly 150 rounds of various artillery shells,
Drawing various arcs in the sky, they exploded towards the heads of the Japanese troops. However, those little Japanese soldiers who had become numb to the shelling did not notice the difference at all and continued to march stupidly.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom..." Just when most of the little devils still chose to continue marching, a shell fell to the ground. The mortar shell with this huge lethality could very well be fired at a distance from the explosion point.
All the little devils within 10 meters were blown to the ground.
As the first artillery shell landed, bursts of violent explosions followed, ringing out in the canyon less than two kilometers long. In an instant, the little devil, who had been calm just now, was hit by the explosion before he realized the danger around him.
The air waves and flames were involved in the fierce artillery fire. But after most of the little Japanese soldiers, relying on their agile skills and combat movements, escaped an artillery bombardment, an explosion made these Japanese soldiers feel even more desperate, completely breaking the
gained their confidence.
"Start detonating..." After seeing a round of artillery fire, countless little Japs lay down in their own minefields and explosive areas to avoid the artillery fire. The engineer battalion commander was excited and hugged several people around him.
The soldiers holding the detonating device shouted loudly.
"Yes, battalion commander...kaka kaka..." Immediately, a familiar voice sounded, and several blasters pressed down the explosive devices in their hands.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Several loud explosions overwhelmed the explosion of artillery shells in the canyon and reached the ears of everyone on the battlefield. Amidst the huge noises, fireballs appeared one after another,
With huge heat, it emerged from the ground. Those little devils who had just escaped the first round of shelling felt lucky.
Just as he lay on the ground, there was a loud explosion. Then, the ground where he was lying began to tremble. In just a moment, a huge fireball came out of the ground in front of him.
And because he was too close to the fireball, his whole body was ignited by the hot flames, and he slowly lost his will...
As bursts of explosions rang out, thousands of kilograms of explosives buried in the canyon were all detonated at once. Countless little Japanese were lying on the ground, avoiding the shells. They still didn’t understand why, but they were buried under the ground.
The explosives blew them to pieces. And more people were shocked by the violent air waves and the sky-shattering explosions, bleeding from all their orifices, and reported directly to their own Amaterasu.
As a stream of explosives was detonated by the engineering battalion, and the shells continued to fall from the sky, the entire Changgukou was completely shrouded in fierce smoke, and there were blazing fires and billowing smoke caused by the detonation of explosives.
Ten minutes later, as the artillery group shelling stopped, the smoke from Haseguchi finally slowly dissipated.
After the gunpowder smoke cleared, dozens of large pits suddenly appeared in the narrow canyon at Changgukou. And around the large pits, they were all burned corpses of Japanese soldiers. As for places further away from the large pits,
There were complete corpses lying motionless on the ground. Needless to say, these motionless little devil corpses were all shaken to death by the violent explosion just now.
As for the dozens of large pits with a depth of more than two meters in the middle of the canyon. Needless to say, these were caused by the explosion of dozens of kilograms of explosives.
"Baga, what's going on? Why are there so many artillery pieces in the Eighth Route Army's shelling this time? Hey, what exactly did the Eighth Route Army bury under our feet? Why is it so powerful?" said the man who was blown away by the shells.
Division commander Seishiro Itagaki, with the help of chief of staff Colonel Hide Kuriiihara, got out of the slit where he was hiding. Under the illumination of the burning flames, he looked at dozens of two-meter-deep pits in front of him and
There were countless corpses of imperial soldiers, and he said angrily.
"Your Excellency, Division Commander... it's explosives. What's buried underground must be explosives... This must be a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army. It must be... Ta da da... Ah! Division Commander, be careful...
." Before the chief of staff could finish his answer, a burst of intense gunfire rang out at the mouth of the Changgu, which had just calmed down. This was the troops ambushing on both sides of the canyon. After receiving the order, they began to attack. Just now
The mouth of Changgu was still silent, but suddenly, countless gun muzzles spitting out flaming tongues appeared on both sides.
At this moment, dense bullets swept towards the division commander and other senior officers standing on the battlefield. The division guard squadron who had been guarding Seishiro Itagaki's side, the squadron leader reminded loudly. At the same time, a
He pushed the division commander and chief of staff to the ground, and stuck himself tightly behind the division commander. Several rounds of heavy machine gun bullets, with a sharp whistling sound, flew past the scalps of the two men, killing them.
I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat.
"Baga, where did the bullet come from..." The division commander Seishiro Itagaki, who had not yet recovered from the shock, raised his head and cursed loudly. But the moment he raised his head, a warm feeling
The liquid slowly flowed down from his neck.
Turning his head, he saw that half of the head of his guard squadron leader had been hit by several bullets. Half of his head had been smashed into pieces, and red and white brains were dripping continuously on his neck.
, and slowly flowed down his neck.
"Bageya Road... Mr. Lifan, I want to know what is happening now. Why are there so many Eighth Route Army troops around us? Could it be that we were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army and they want to eat us in one fell swoop?
?" The division commander Seishiro Itagaki showed no pity. He pushed away the body of the guard squadron leader who had just saved his life, and asked the chief of staff, Colonel Hide Kuriiihara, who was also lying on the ground next to him.
"Division Commander, Division Commander..." Just when the temporary chief of staff, Colonel Hide Kuriihihara, was at a loss when faced with the division commander's question. Colonel Yamada Tetsujiro, commander of the 41st Infantry Regiment, came a few days ago.
Under the cover of an orderly, he crawled over from his hiding place not far away. He screamed as he crawled.
"Nani, Yamada-kun, how are you doing now? Where is your 41st Regiment? How are the troops doing now? How many Eighth Route Army are there around us..." Seeing Yamada Regiment Captain, division commander Seishiro Itagaki hurriedly
asked.
"Division Commander, we are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army wants to annihilate us... My regiment, my regiment suffered heavy losses in the shelling and explosion just now. Two battalion captains were shattered and soldiers were also lost.
More than a thousand people... Division commander, organize the troops to retreat immediately. Before the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army has been formed, let's rush out quickly!" Seeing that there was no firepower in front and behind us. The 41st Infantry Regiment
Captain Tetsujiro Yamada, the co-captain of the team, quickly persuaded.
"Nani? It is impossible, absolutely impossible for the Eighth Route Army to annihilate our fifth division. How could they have the ability to annihilate a field division of the Japanese Imperial Army? Also, their main force is not in
Gongcun surrounded and annihilated our 11th Infantry Regiment. Why did it appear here? No, this must be their suspected soldiers. They want to prevent the Imperial Japanese Army from surrounding them. This must be the case." After listening to the words of the commander of the regiment, the division
The group leader Seishiro Itagaki said in disbelief.
"Division Commander, no, there is no main force of the Eighth Route Army in Gongcun. Only the Eighth Route Army here is their main force. In the shelling just now, they used at least 150 artillery pieces and nearly a hundred light and heavy machine guns.
.This must be the main force of the independent division. Division commander, retreat immediately. It will be too late..." Seeing the angry look on the face of the division commander, Captain Yamada did not flinch and continued to persist.
arrive.
"What? What did you say? 150 artillery pieces of all kinds...how is that possible?" After hearing what Captain Yamada said, the division commander Seishiro Itagaki opened his mouth, exclaimed, and then fell into deep thought.
"Division Commander, it's over, we're done. Now we have lost the artillery wing and all the artillery. Even the ammunition on the soldiers can only last less than a few hours... Division
Commander, let's break through immediately. We must not let the Eighth Route Army wipe out our fifth division." After hearing what Captain Yamada said, he contacted the situation that his division has encountered in the past few days. Temporary Chief of Staff Kuri Iihara
Colonel Xiu immediately reminded,
"Baga, what's wrong with you guys? When did you fight the Japanese Imperial Army invincibly? When was the only way to break out of the encirclement? Baga..." After listening to the suggestions of the two people, the division commander
Although Itagaki Seishiro believed it a little, out of trust in the fighting power of the heroic imperial army and out of consideration for his own dignity, he still did not dare to admit it and continued to curse.
"Division Commander, we must retreat immediately. I believe that everything that has happened around us in the past few days is a conspiracy and a trap set by the Eighth Route Army. They have only one purpose, and that is to quietly steal us
The Fifth Division is completely wiped out here, wiping out the main force of our Fifth Division. If my guess is correct, now the Chief of Staff and all the logistics behind us have been completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. The Nagano Regiment Captain in Gong Village has also been wiped out.
They should have also been wiped out by these cunning Eighth Route Army. Now the infantry regiment of the Fifth Division led by us has completely become a lone army in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army, and it is a lone army without any heavy weapons. Division Commander,
I request the troops to break out of the encirclement immediately. Time will not wait for me... No matter how late it is, Taniguchi will be surrounded by the Eighth Route Army..." the chief of staff reminded again.