The officers and soldiers of the Jiangsu North Corps were still chasing the Japanese soldiers all over the mountains and plains. The Japanese soldiers, who had turned into homeless dogs, no longer had the strength to fight back this time.
The brothers carried torches and chased him all the way. In the fields and ditches they passed, the corpses of the little Japanese lay scattered everywhere, blood red all the way.
The little devil was not familiar with this area. When the large forces were gathered together for action, the commanders and operational staff were considering the way forward.
But now the Japanese soldiers have been defeated, and the remaining Japanese soldiers are running for their lives in small groups, especially since it is dark again, and it is difficult to tell the direction.
Many little Japs fell into the river while running. The bitingly cold river was a deadly trap at night. Only splashing water could be heard, and the Japs flopped a few times and then stopped.
Many of these Japanese infantrymen could not swim, and the cotton-padded clothes on their bodies became extremely heavy due to the rain. Many of the exhausted Japanese soldiers fell into the river and drowned alive during the night of their escape.
The Hirayama brigade has been defeated across the board, and the desperate brigade captain Hirayama Jing has tasted the taste of failure. He is currently sitting in the yard of a farmhouse in Daqiao Village in disgrace, feeling extremely upset.
If he could attack steadily during the day, even if the Chinese troops of the Jiangsu North Corps were able to attack, it would be almost impossible to eat up his entire brigade.
Unfortunately, he was angered by the layers of resistance from the Chinese Army, so he pressed forward directly and deployed all his troops without leaving any reserves.
When the two sides were fighting hand to hand, he still wanted to crush the opponent with absolute strength, but the opponent's combat effectiveness was too tenacious, and his life-threatening style of play caused them heavy losses. Thinking of the Chinese officers and soldiers who rushed up with grenades, he was greatly shocked.
Captain Hirayama Kei's mouth twitched and he was still frightened.
Faced with the Chinese officers and soldiers' fighting style, it was impossible for the Japs to distance themselves. The two sides were already stuck together in a melee. When they met on a narrow road, the brave would win, so they had no choice but to fight head-on.
Captain Hirayama Kei still overestimated the combat effectiveness of his troops. This group of troops composed of heavy supplies and supplementary troops was no longer the brave and capable Imperial Japanese Army. They were far worse than the security division.
A grade.
It was the underestimation of the enemy along the way that led to the current disastrous defeat. Hearing the wails and cries of pain from the wounded soldiers with missing arms and legs leaning against the fire around him, Captain Hirayama Kei's mood was particularly complicated.
"Report to the captain... We still have 112 soldiers who can still fight, and the rest are wounded who cannot move. Moreover, we lack food and medicine. I am afraid that we will not survive tonight..."
The report of the staff officer who was ordered to go to the village to count casualties made the captain Kei Hirayama, who was already in a bad mood, even more heartbroken.
Because of their desperate attack, except for the bullets and rifles in their hands, all their backpacks and sundries were left behind in the starting camp.
However, the defeat prevented them from going to the camp to pick up these things. Now they retreated all the way to this village. After a hard day's battle, their stomachs were already growling. Now they were hungry and cold, and they were really in extreme despair.
"Ignore the wounded for now, distribute the food found in the village first, so that the soldiers who can fight can replenish their strength."
We no longer care about the wounded, we must let the soldiers who can still fight maintain their combat effectiveness.
Although Captain Hirayama Kei gave the order, the staff officer with bloodstained face did not leave, standing there hesitant to speak.
"Execute the order." Seeing that he was standing there without moving, the staff officer and captain Kei Hirayama softened his tone and added: "The Nishiyama Brigade is already on the way to reinforce. As long as we hold on until dawn, the wounded can be treated, so
The most important thing now is to maintain the combat effectiveness of soldiers who can fight. Whether they can hold on until dawn depends on them, so distributing food to them is our only choice now."
"Captain, we didn't find a grain of food in the village..." The Japanese staff officer saw that Captain Hirayama had misunderstood him and explained.
"What? No food?" Captain Hirayama Kei frowned. This is not good news.
The Japanese staff officer continued pessimistically: "We searched every place and couldn't find a grain of food."
Seeing the frustrated staff officer, the Japanese captain Jing Hirayama's face turned livid, and he punched the table with anger: "These damn Chinese people!"
The Japanese soldiers have become accustomed to the strategy of supporting war with war. When they go out to fight, in addition to carrying some daily supplies, most of the supplies are collected on the spot.
When the Japs crossed the border, the pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks fed by the local people would be swept away every time, and the food would also be plundered by the Japs.
Sometimes the people will resist. After all, in this era, taking away rations and almost killing people is no different. Sometimes the fierce and violent devils will be provoked and massacre the village. In order to cover up the evidence, they will burn the village to the ground.
Ashes, completely wiped from the map.
This is also the reason why many areas became deserted after the war, because after the devils burned, killed and looted the villages, even the villages were burned into ruins.
This area has become a planned battlefield for Yang Ling and the others, so the villages near the highway were evacuated in advance and the country was cleared.
Now the little Japs didn't even want to eat chicken, duck or fish, they couldn't find even a grain of food. This made the Japs Captain Hirayama Kei, who was retreating to the village and preparing to hold on, very angry.
Now they had nothing to eat or drink, and they were surrounded by Chinese troops from the Jiangsu North Corps. Captain Hirayama Kei, who thought they could wait for reinforcements, suddenly realized in despair that they might starve to death if they could not wait for reinforcements.
"We can't sit back and wait to be killed!" This was the first thought of the Japanese leader Hirayama Kei after learning that there was no food in the village.
With no food and about to run out of ammunition, it would only be a matter of time before the village was guarded and annihilated.
Therefore, we must break out of the encirclement at night while the troops still have fighting capacity. Otherwise, when the Chinese officers and soldiers of the Jiangsu North Corps pull the artillery over at dawn, they will die.
"Report to the captain, Commander Sano of Gaoyou has called back, asking our troops to hold the line of defense and wait for reinforcements." At this time, the Japanese communications soldier ran out of the house and reported happily.
The Japanese captain, Hirayama Kei, no longer had any idea of holding on, and now he was only thinking about breaking out of the encirclement and getting back alive, so he had to admit the fact that he was defeated.
"Reply the call. Our unit is under siege by the main force of the China Army. More than half of each squadron has been lost and it is difficult to support it. We have decided to break out in the direction of Gaoyou and hope to send troops to respond..."
"Hey!" the Japanese communications soldier immediately turned around and ran back to the room where the telegram was sent.
The Japanese captain, Hirayama Kei, was previously preparing to gather his troops and launch a counterattack, which might save the defeat, but now he can only go back alive first and then explain.
"Notify the troops immediately, concentrate all ammunition, and break out to the south in an hour!"
"Hey Yi!" The Japanese staff also knew that staying here would mean death, so he had no objections to the decision to break out.