Facing the anxious gazes of everyone, Xu Rui appeared calm, but in fact, his heart was also full of anxiety.
Xu Rui is actually no stranger to this trick used by the Japanese. As a time traveler, even if he has never eaten pork, has he never seen a pig running? Let’s not talk about anything else. In the online novels of that era, this
I don’t know how many poisonous tricks were used, but then again, such a vicious scheme is really difficult to crack.
In novels, the most common method is to attack indiscriminately. As long as you are determined and show your determination at all costs, the enemy will no longer use this vicious trick. In fact, you are protecting the hostages at the expense of a small number of people.
hostage's life to ensure the survival of most hostages.
In fact, in ancient China, it was not uncommon to drive people to serve as hostages and attack cities, but it was rarely effective because in ancient times, few generals cared about the lives of ordinary people, even those who talked a lot about it.
Confucian officials and generals who are benevolent and righteous will not hesitate to kill ordinary people when necessary.
But the Communist Party's troops are obviously a special existence.
The Communist Party's army is the first true people's army in five thousand years of history.
Xu Rui took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Let's go to the front line first."
Soon a group of people arrived at the North Gate position by car. Because it was protected by a tight air defense fire network, they could ride in the city. However, there was no protection from the air defense fire network outside the city, so they could only walk. When they arrived at the North Gate Tower,
A group of more than ten people could only get off the car and walk. After passing through the north gate, they entered the street fighting battlefield outside the north gate.
He Shuya quickly came up to him and said urgently: "Captain, the position is about to be lost!"
"Shu Ya, don't be anxious!" Xu Rui waved his hand and said, "Don't be anxious, please speak slowly."
But He Shuya smiled bitterly and said: "I won't say anything. Captain, you can go to the front and see for yourself."
At present, He Shuya took Xu Rui and his party to the forward observation post. This forward observation post was located on the roof of a three-story small foreign-style building. It was well concealed and had an extremely wide field of vision. It was not far from the front line of the battle between the two sides.
Therefore, you can clearly see what is happening on the battlefield ahead at this time.
I saw about a squad of more than a dozen Japanese escorting more than a hundred civilians along the street.
A dozen Japanese soldiers were mingling among more than a hundred civilians, and they were extremely concealed. The officers and soldiers of the Chahar Independent Regiment did not dare to shoot because they were worried about accidentally injuring civilians. Even snipers like Eagle did not dare to shoot.
If you shoot easily, life is at stake. If innocent people are accidentally injured, they will not be able to escape even if they jump into the Yellow River.
But the little devil was well prepared. Every time he passed a private house, he would throw grenades into the rooms on the first or second floor. One or two grenades would be thrown into each room, and there would definitely be no omissions. After throwing the grenades, another
A few Japs will be separated, and the civilians will be led into the houses to clean up the battlefield, acting as human shields.
Under this situation, the officers and soldiers of the Chahar Independent Regiment hiding in private houses had no way to fight back.
Unable to fire back, they could only retreat step by step. Many officers and soldiers were shot dead by the Japanese because they could not retreat in time, and the supporting firepower from the rear could not provide any support.
One squad leader thought he had come up with a solution, so he hid behind the ruins and shouted loudly: "Young and old men across the way, I know you are forced, so now, listen to my command! When I count to three, you hurry up
When you lie down, you must be quick. Remember, you must lie down quickly. Now I’m starting to count.”
After saying that, the squad leader signaled the more than 40 officers and soldiers behind him to prepare for shooting. The more than 40 officers and soldiers immediately raised their rifles and aimed the black muzzles at the Japanese in front, waiting for the civilians blocking the Japanese to lie down on the ground.
, they would shoot decisively and beat those dozen damn devils into sieves.
"One...two...three, lie down!" the monitor yelled.
Unfortunately, no one fell to the ground.
The people did not lie down, and the more than 40 officers and soldiers who were ready to shoot did not dare to shoot.
The squad leader was stunned on the spot, and after a long while he said with great sadness and anger: "Why? Why don't you lie down?"
The squad leader asked him three times in a row, and finally a man on the other side replied: "Boss, we really have no choice. Little Japan has captured my mother. If I don't do what they want, he will kill my mother."
Boss, there is nothing we can do, there really is nothing we can do..."
As soon as the man finished speaking, the remaining men also cried out in sorrow.
"Yes, boss, little Japan captured my wife and my baby."
"Boss, if you don't cooperate, they will kill my daughter."
"Boss, it's not that we don't want to help you, it's really that we can't help you."
The more than a hundred young and old men who were taken hostage lamented, and many even burst into tears. Obviously, they knew that by doing so, they were aiding the tyrants, and they felt very guilty in their hearts, but the little devil pinched their weakness,
This left them with no room for resistance.
The squad leader continued to ask sadly and angrily: "You have parents, don't we? You have wives and daughters, don't we? You can help the little devils kill compatriots for your parents, can we also do it for your parents and children?"
Daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, shoot at you? If you do this, won’t your conscience hurt?”
Hearing this, a man immediately knelt down on the ground and said with a face full of shame: "Boss, we know you are a hero. We are sorry for you. We will be your cows and horses in the next life." After saying that, he kowtowed repeatedly.
In the next life, they will work as cows or horses. The implication is that in this life, for the sake of their parents, wives and children, they will still help the little devils without conscience.
Seeing this, a Japanese soldier immediately picked up his San Ba Gai and threw it at the man.
The man was immediately knocked to the ground, but the Japanese soldier refused to give up. He continued to pick up the San Ba Gai and hit the man head and face. In just a moment, the man was beaten to a bloody head.
The officers and soldiers of the Chahar Independent Regiment in the dark did not dare to shoot casually. What if the bullet penetrated the Japanese and then hit the civilians behind?
In a word, the discipline of the Eighth Route Army does not allow them to point their guns at compatriots! No matter what the circumstances, they are never allowed to point their guns at innocent compatriots! Although this is not included in the three major disciplines and the eight points of attention,
Do you think that even beating and cursing people is not allowed, let alone shooting people with guns?
Under the coercion of the Japanese, the common people who were taken hostage no longer dared to communicate more with the officers and soldiers of the Independent Regiment. They could only keep their mouths shut and move forward slowly, helping the Japanese to occupy one house after another. It didn't take long.
, the Japs had already occupied half of the main street outside the North Gate, and were less than a hundred meters away from the forward observation post where Xu Rui and the others were.
Not only on the main street, but also in the dozens of alleys on both sides of the main street, the same scene is constantly happening.
He Shuya was so anxious that his mouth blistered, and he asked Xu Rui: "Captain, what should we do? What should we do?"
Du Junjie's eyes flashed and he suddenly said: "Commander, why don't we give the order to shoot, otherwise this battle will not be fought."
"No!" Before Xu Rui could speak, He Shuya flatly refused and said in a deep voice, "Don't forget that we are the Eighth Route Army, soldiers of the masses. Without the support of the masses, how can our Eighth Route Army survive? How can we grow stronger? So no matter what
Under such circumstances, we must not point our guns at the masses, let alone shoot them!”
"Then what should we do? Kneel down and beg these uncles?" Du Junjie wailed miserably, "But you have all seen what happened just now. Even if you kneel down and beg them, it is useless! Unless their relatives are rescued, otherwise this
If you help me, you won't be able to wake up, and you will definitely continue to help the Japanese to attack us."
Du Junjie's words were unintentional, but Xu Rui's eyes suddenly lit up after hearing this.
Yes, although the little devil's trick is vicious enough, it is not impossible to crack. As long as the parents, wives and children of these hostages are rescued, they will no longer be able to obey the little devil's orders. Even if the hostages cannot be rescued in the end, as long as they find a few
Publicizing personal models can also have great influence.
If the propaganda keeps up, it could even shake the three eastern provinces!
Crisis, crisis, crisis often contains opportunities. What our ancestors said makes sense! Ishihara Wanji, an old Japanese soldier, prides himself on the wisdom of the Japanese army, but this time, he actually resorted to such a stupid move!
At that moment, Xu Rui turned to He Shuya and said: "Order the first battalion to immediately abandon the positions outside the city and retreat into the north gate wall!"
He Shuya quickly conveyed Xu Rui's order. Soon, the officers and soldiers of the first battalion completely abandoned all the blocks outside the North Gate city wall, retreated into the city and continued to hold on! Almost at the same time, the seventh and ninth battalions also gave up.
All the neighborhoods outside the east gate and west gate city walls also retreated into the city.
Because of the city wall blocking it, the Japanese's human shield poison plan was temporarily curbed, because even if the hostages were willing to cooperate and even if the defenders did not dare to shoot, the hostages would not be able to climb up the tower with bare hands.
However, the Japanese were well prepared. After the Chahar Independent Regiment fully contracted and retreated into the city, they immediately mobilized a large number of combat defense artillery to attack the city gates of Fengtian's north, west, and east gates and severely damaged wall sections.
Get close and shoot, trying to blow down the city gate or make a gap in the city wall, and then drive the hostages into the city.
The Japanese artillery almost pushed the anti-war artillery to the base of the city wall. The defenders at the top of the city did not even need to aim, and could easily hit the Japanese below the city wall. However, no one dared to shoot rashly, because the penetrating power of the rifle bullets was too strong.
At such a close distance, it is easy to penetrate the enemy's body and accidentally injure the civilians who are being taken as hostages.
Fortunately, the city wall of Fengtian is very thick, and the city gate has been bricked up by the defenders. In addition, the Japanese only have 37mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, so there will be no problem for the time being.
