"Why no contact for so long?" Nishihara Tengxiong, the Japanese artillery battalion captain, stared at the communications staff officer with cold eyes and asked loudly.
The communications staff officer saw the brigade captain who had been smiling just now change his face instantly, and he was also complaining in his heart. He hurriedly explained: "Captain, you asked us to ignore the telegram from the Pingshan Infantry Brigade, so..."
"Baga!" Captain Nishihara Tengxiong slapped the communications staff officer in the face before he could finish his words.
"Your dereliction of duty!" Saihara Tengxiong said angrily.
"Hi!" The communications staff officer endured the burning pain on his face. He was already cursing in his heart and his face was full of grievances.
"Contact Hirayama Brigade immediately and inquire about their location." Captain Nishihara Tengxiong also knew that this was his mistake, so he did not pursue too much.
After all, the Hirayama Brigade was really annoying yesterday. He kept urging them to move closer for reinforcements, and his commanding tone made Nishihara Tengxiang feel very unhappy.
In addition, the road was in a mess caused by the destruction of the Northern Jiangsu Corps, so the captain Tengxiong Nishihara ignored the telegram from the Hirayama Brigade in anger, but he did not expect that the communications staff took it seriously.
It wasn't until Taro Sano from Gaoyou sent a telegram to inquire that the Japanese commander Tengxiong Nishihara discovered that it seemed that they had not heard from the Hirayama Infantry Brigade for a long time.
Full of grievances, the Japanese communications staff quickly returned to his position and tried to contact the Pingshan Brigade.
It's a pity that the Pingshan Brigade has been destroyed, and the radio station has been blown up by the Japanese radio operator with a grenade when the Japanese were destroyed. Now there is no way to contact them.
"Captain, we can't contact Pingshan Brigade..." The Japanese communications staff sent many telegrams in succession, but all of them were like nothing, with no news. This made him realize that the problem was more serious than imagined.
The Japs Battalion Captain Nishihara Tengxiong no longer looked like he was chatting and laughing as before. If there were any shortcomings in the Hirayama Battalion, he would not be able to escape the accusation of insufficient reinforcement.
"Perhaps their radio station was damaged during the battle. After all, the China Army is very cunning and will often send out small groups of troops to attack." Nakamura, the Japanese combat staff, saw the unsightly look on the face of Captain Nishihara Tengxiong and said with relief.
"I hope so." Nishihara Tengxiong also prayed in his heart that nothing would happen to the Hirayama Brigade.
Although he was praying in his heart, Nishihara Tengxiong was still not optimistic about the situation. Even if the radio station was damaged during the battle, was the backup radio station also damaged?
"Immediately send a search team to the direction of Jieshou to determine the location of the Pingshan Brigade."
"Order the repair of the road to speed up, and the road must be opened before dark!"
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The Japanese battalion captain Nishihara Tengxiong immediately issued a series of orders, making the entire artillery battalion suddenly tense.
At noon, the search team that went to look for Hirayama Brigade came back and brought back an unconscious soldier from Hirayama Brigade.
After receiving the news, the Japanese captain Tengxiong Nishihara rushed over immediately. When he saw the soldier with a dirty and bloody face, his heart suddenly sank.
The person brought back by the artillery battalion search team was none other than Private Suzuki Takeshi of the Hirayama Battalion.
When the Japanese battalion Kei Hirayama led his troops to break out of the encirclement from Daqiao Village, Suzuki Takeshi, who had an extra eye, discovered that the battalion leader Kei Hirayama did not break out with him and others, so he realized that he and others were cannon fodder to attract firepower.
The Japanese private Suzuki Takeshi had seen his comrades die one after another in the brutal battle. He was tired of the war and just wanted to go home, so he did not follow the large army towards death, but turned around secretly and followed the large army.
Captain Hirayama directed their breakout.
However, the entire village was besieged. Although the Japanese captain Hirayama Kei calculated that his subordinates would cover his breakout, he did not break out.
Neither side broke out, and the Japanese soldier Suzuki Yi was so frightened that he retreated to the village and hid in a dry well, and finally escaped with his life.
Then, while the guerrilla officers and soldiers in Northern Jiangsu were cleaning the battlefield and relaxed their vigilance, they went to great lengths to escape the guerrilla sentries, jumped into a freezing cold river, and escaped several search teams from the Northern Jiangsu Corps.
Swim out.
Due to continuous fighting and high nervous tension, Suzuki Takeshi who escaped from the battlefield finally fainted in the water and was washed up on the beach. He was discovered by the Japanese search team and brought back. It must be said that he was extremely lucky.
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"Where is your brigade?" Looking at Suzuki Takeshi, who was shivering with cold, Japanese brigade captain Nishihara Tengxiong tried his best to make his tone as friendly as possible.
"Dead, all dead...dead..."
Takeshi Suzuki, a fanatical militarist before the war, now became delirious under the bright light of the cruel war. Facing Nishihara Tengxiong's questions, he could only mutter "die, die".
"Where are your commanders and troops?" Nishihara Tengxiong frowned when he saw Suzuki Takeshi like this.
"Dead, dead...I want to go home..." As Suzuki Yi said, he stood up with empty eyes and stumbled towards the outside of the tent.
However, he was exhausted and fell to the ground after walking a few steps. Then he curled up and muttered incomprehensible words.
"Captain, he must have been mentally stimulated. He might be able to recover after a good rest." The military doctor also rushed over. After checking Suzuki Yi, he shook his head helplessly.
"Take it down."
Seeing that he could no longer ask any questions, Nishihara Tengxiong waved his hand to the guards and asked people to take the crazy Suzuki Takeshi out.
Soldiers with mental abnormalities are not allowed to enter combat units, but now Suzuki Takeshi is crazy, which undoubtedly casts a haze over the hearts of the Japanese. How much stimulation does it take to become like this?
In fact, the reason why Suzuki Takeshi went crazy was the result of the superposition of many factors. The troops were killed by Chinese officers and soldiers until they were bloody. They were not only defeated physically, but also mentally. This was the biggest stimulation for Takeshi Suzuki.
Although Suzuki Yi went crazy and did not ask for any useful information, the Japanese were still in a heavy heart. They knew that the Hirayama Brigade was in danger.
Soon, the re-sent reconnaissance team came back in a hurry, announcing the fact that after just one day and one night of fighting, the Pingshan Brigade was completely annihilated by the Chinese officers and soldiers they despised.
The news of the destruction of the Pingshan Brigade was like thunder, making all the Japanese soldiers stunned on the spot. They could not believe that a full infantry brigade was destroyed like this.
"Captain, Chief Sano has an urgent message!" The Japanese communications soldier brought a telegram from Taro Sano.
Because when the Japanese captain Nishihara Tengxiong learned about the destruction of the Hirayama Brigade, the Japanese leader Sano Taro also learned about the destruction of the Hirayama Brigade because the Jiangsu North Corps sent a clear telegram.
The Northern Jiangsu Corps not only stated in the clear telegram the number of the Pingshan Brigade that was annihilated, but also the number of people annihilated and the names on the soldier's ID card. They even announced the number of weapons seized. The authenticity can no longer be doubted.
In the end, the clear coded telegram from the Northern Jiangsu Corps also gave a stern warning to the Japanese, asking them to withdraw from Gaoyou within three days, otherwise a hundred thousand troops would trample Gaoyou and wipe out all of them!
Although the Japanese Taro Sano would not be frightened by a mere warning to quit Gaoyou, he was also frightened by the combat effectiveness of the Northern Jiangsu Corps. He hurriedly sent a message to Nishihara Tengxiong and asked them to retreat immediately to prevent them from being unaware of the situation and falling into the trap again.
The same fate as the Peace Mountain Brigade.
Undoubtedly, the destruction of the Japanese Pingshan Brigade gave the Japanese a great shock and made them dare not act rashly in a short period of time.