Dark night once again enveloped the earth, and the burning villages were emitting bright black smoke, embedded in the desolate land, like stars in the deep sky.
Orange flames flickered in the black smoke, flickering and illuminating the bloody corpses under the broken wall. The sound of dense footsteps came from far and near, and a large group of gray figures came out of the darkness and were exposed to the firelight.
"What a sin..."
Looking at the messy corpses stacked under the wall, some people in the crowd let out long sighs, while others clenched their fists with anger.
The Japanese soldiers burned and looted all the way and became extremely vicious. From Shanghai to Jiangyin, the continuous fierce battles had made them red-blooded. In addition, officers at all levels acquiesced in the policy of supporting war with war, so wherever they passed was almost a dead end.
No humans or animals left.
"Let's go, one day we will make them pay with blood!" Yang Ling gritted his teeth and spoke with murderous intent.
"Blood debt must be paid with blood!" Someone echoed in the darkness. The defeated soldiers who were serving as soldiers for military pay and food suddenly felt something heavy in their hearts. Although it was blurry, it was different from usual.
The crimes committed by the Japs in this land are countless, and this is just the tip of the iceberg, but Yang Ling believes that this blood debt must be settled by the Japs in the future!
The gray team continued to move forward and submerged into the darkness. Along the way, countless teams joined them. The team moved forward in silence and continued to grow.
Yang Ling and the others collected the scattered soldiers all the way, and when they arrived at the outskirts of Yunting Town, the team gathered again.
"Rest for an hour and eat some solid food."
Yang Ling ordered the team to stop. After all, after several fierce battles with the Japanese during the day, they were running back and forth. Even an iron man couldn't bear it. Now, while it was safe, let the defeated soldiers take a rest and eat some dry food to replenish their energy.
physical strength.
After the defeated soldiers received the order to rest, the breath they were holding in through clenched teeth was released like a rubber ball. They didn't even bother to take another step to find a dry place, and just collapsed on the muddy roadside. They were really
too tired.
"A row of guards—"
Although Wu Jiang was very tired, he still did not forget to set up sentry posts, but Yang Ling waved his hand to stop him: "The Japs will not be able to catch up for a while, let the brothers take a rest."
Wu Jiang thought for a few seconds and nodded, then said to the soldiers in the row who were almost unsteady on their feet: "Then you should rest first."
When the soldiers in the row heard this, they felt as if they had been granted amnesty and expressed gratitude to Yang Ling.
Yang Ling and others had been fleeing eastward during the day, attracting the Japs' attention to the east. At night, they turned back the same way, preparing to pick up the hidden wounded soldiers and break out from the west toward Huashan, because there were still Chinese defenders there.
In a fierce battle with the Japanese.
Yang Ling's tactics of attacking from the east to the west attracted all the main forces of the Japanese pursuit to the east. Colonel Nagamura led the troops to pursue them to Zhouzhuang Town, where they met the troops of the 29th Brigade and asked if any Chinese troops were breaking out from here.
But the answer of the 29th Brigade was that they had never seen any broken troops arriving here. Only then did Colonel Nagamura realize that he had been fooled. I was afraid that he had lost the pursuit halfway, and now maybe the broken troops were preparing to start from there.
Breakthroughs were made in other directions.
When he thought about being tricked by that man named Yang Ling, Colonel Nagamura became furious and cursed fiercely in his heart. He did not dare to delay and immediately reported the situation to the brigade commander, Major General Tomomichi, requesting to strengthen vigilance in other directions to prevent Yang Ling.
Lead the defeated troops to break out of the encirclement.
The brigade commander, Major General Tomomichi, learned that Colonel Nagamura and his thousands of men had lost track of such a large group of Chinese troops as Yang Ling and others. He was so angry that the veins on his forehead popped out and he cursed Nagamura: "Waste! Idiot!"
At this moment, Captain Nagamura was dumb and unable to express his sufferings. Who knew he would encounter such a guy who didn't follow common sense? After chasing him for a day, not only did he not catch him, but he lost a lot of troops and was tricked.
, he hates it!
The commander of the brigade, Major General Tomomichi, was furious because Colonel Nagamura had lost pursuit of Yang Ling and his troops, but he kept scolding him because he knew that if the troops escaped from their hands and caused heavy losses to them.
Then they will not only destroy their majesty, but also greatly affect their morale, so they must be annihilated before they break out no matter what. Thinking of this, he immediately issued containment orders to his subordinate regiments and independent brigade, and at the same time to the division headquarters
Report the situation and request support.
The large-scale mobilization of the Japanese at night immediately attracted the attention of the Chinese defenders of Jiangyin. The frontline defense forces were worried that the Japanese would launch a large-scale attack at night and immediately reported the situation to the Jiangfang Group Headquarters.
"What's going on?" Commander Liu of the Jiangfang Group heard that the Japs on the other side of the position were making frequent moves. He was alert and immediately got up from his bed and went to the headquarters to inquire about the situation.
A combat staff officer gave Liu Xing a military salute and said: "Sir Liu, the 667th Regiment defending Huashan called and said that the Japs in front of them are moving frequently and there are signs of increasing troops, which is a bit abnormal."
"Tell me the specific situation." Commander Liu put on his clothes and walked towards the huge hanging map.
The combat staff officer said: "The situation was discovered by the Third Battalion. They organized an assault company to take advantage of the night to retake the positions captured by the Japs during the day. When they went up to it, they found that the Japs were mobilizing frequently, secretly increasing their troops, and increasing their alert. They did not
If you dare to fight, retreat quietly."
"Secretly increasing troops?"
Liu Xing frowned. According to his own understanding, the Japanese generally did not launch attacks at night because there was no aircraft cover and artillery guidance became difficult.
If there are no aircraft or artillery to support the attack and they rely solely on infantry to attack, the Japanese are not that stupid, so the increase in troops becomes a bit strange.
Liu Xing was pacing in front of the map, but he couldn't figure out the Japanese's intention. He stopped and told his staff: "Tell the regiments on the front line that all night attacks will be canceled tonight, and more sentries will be added to strengthen the alert. If there is an emergency,
Report the situation immediately."
The combat staff nodded. Now that he couldn't figure out the situation on the Japanese side, he could only keep the same in response to the changes. He was about to turn around to convey the order when he was suddenly stopped by Liu Xing.
"Is there any news about the commando team going to raid Dingshan?"
The combat staff officer shook his head and replied: "Their radio station has been silent, and we haven't contacted them yet."
"If they have any news, let me know immediately."
"yes!"
Liu Xing waved his hand: "Go ahead." His eyes returned to the intricate map, guessing the Japanese's intentions.