An almost identical scene also took place in a village called Princess Village fifty miles northwest of Fengtian.
A squad leader of the 10th Battalion who returned to Gongzhutun, whose nickname was Ajiu, brought back a squad of soldiers this time.
"Ah Jiu, you can be considered promising now." An old man with white beard and hair patted Ah Jiu on the shoulder happily, then nodded and said, "Now I will hand over all the more than 300 villages of Princess Tun to you.
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"Uncle, don't worry." Ah Jiu said solemnly, "As long as I am still alive, I will never let the little devil harm the folks in Princess Tun!"
The old man nodded and said, "Well, I'm relieved."
"Okay." Ah Jiu said again, "Uncle, you can move with the villagers first."
The old man nodded again, then turned around and waved his big hand, saying: "Folks, let's go!"
The old man obviously had a high prestige in Princess Village. With an order, more than 300 old, young, women and children in Princess Village immediately followed the old man and moved into the corn field next to the village. By this time, the corn had grown to more than two meters high, and
Stretching endlessly, more than 300 old, young, women and children burrowed into it and immediately disappeared without a trace.
The remaining more than a hundred are all young and strong cattle.
One of the young men, who was as strong as a calf, stepped forward and asked, "Jiu'er, what are you doing now?"
Ah Jiu turned around and glanced at the only dirt road leading to the village, and said in a ferocious voice: "Let's find a place to hide in front, wait for the Japanese to come, and ambush them!"
"Okay, you have the final say, we all listen to you!"
At that moment, Ah Jiu led a squad of soldiers, plus more than a hundred young men from Princess Village, to ambush on both sides of the dirt road ahead. After almost half an hour, there were indeed more than a dozen Japanese soldiers carrying weapons.
With the bayonet's three-eight caps, they rushed towards the princess village with great momentum. These Japanese soldiers did not expect that they had stepped into the ambush circle.
Without hostages, Ah Jiu and the others had no worries. When the Japanese completely entered the ambush circle, Ah Jiu opened fire first and knocked down the Japanese leader Cao Chang with one shot. The next moment, more than a dozen of Ah Jiu's brothers
They also opened fire one after another. The dozen or so Japs on the dirt road were caught off guard and most of them fell down in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, more than a hundred young men from Gongzhutun swarmed up, and the remaining Japs were soon completely submerged. The entire battle lasted less than a minute, and the dozen or so Japs who came to Gongzhutun in an aggressive manner to arrest people started to rush forward.
They were all killed. Facing organized armed resistance, the dozen or so Japanese soldiers were completely vulnerable.
After the battle, Ah Jiu asked the young men in the village to clean up the battlefield, and then called a dozen of his veterans to come forward and asked them to cooperate with the comrades from the Propaganda Department to go to the surrounding villages to mobilize the masses. However, he sent one of the veterans to a place not far away from Princess Village.
The nearest Faku County town asked him to contact the Puppet Manchukuo Army in Faku County town.
By this time, the puppet troops in Faku County had already retreated.
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In Puhe Town, the headquarters of the Japanese Seventh Army.
Because the hostages were either rescued or killed, the attack on Fengtian had completely stalled.
Yano Otozaburo walked into the war room with a livid face. He first glared at Junzaburo Koizumi coldly, then gave Ishihara a smile and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, Commander, an infantry brigade of the 7th Infantry Regiment is here.
We were ambushed halfway and suffered heavy losses. Matsui-kun requested to withdraw to Tieling County immediately."
"Nani?" Ishihara Wan'er said in shock, "An infantry brigade of the 7th Infantry Regiment was ambushed?"
Ishihara Wanji could not imagine that the 7th Infantry Regiment would be ambushed. How dare those idiots dare to ambush the established Imperial Army? And it was a brigade!
Things have to start early this morning.
As early as dawn, Ishihara Kanji deployed four infantry regiments from the Seventh Division and four other divisions. Using infantry squads or even infantry groups as units, they spread out to arrest civilians, and then captured the civilians.
He was escorted outside Fengtian City and prepared to serve as a human shield for the siege again to force the Chahar Independent Regiment to abandon the city.
Ishihara Wanji thought that there could be no accident in this matter.
Because with the collapse of the Democratic Anti-Resistance Alliance, the resistance in the three northeastern provinces has disappeared. Under the brutal suppression of the Japanese army, the people in the three northeastern provinces have basically lost their will to resist. Therefore, the infantry team sent to arrest the people cannot encounter an accident, even if it is just
A Japanese soldier can easily capture a Chinese citizen in the countryside.
However, the cruel reality dealt a heavy blow to Ishihara Wanji. The people in the villages around Fengtian not only resisted, but also resisted on a large scale! Within one morning, dozens of infantry groups were attacked, and some people still escaped.
After returning, there were more infantry groups that immediately lost contact and were probably wiped out by the local people.
But even so, Ishihara Wanji was not too worried. What kind of trouble could a group of unarmed people make? Immediately, Ishihara Wanji ordered the four infantry regiments to shrink their troops and use infantry squads as units to focus on attacking large villages.
Because there were so many people in the big villages, it was enough to arrest thirty or fifty people from the villages.
However, what Ishihara Kanji never expected was that after shrinking his troops and attacking in infantry squads, he was still attacked by the common people. What Ishihara Kanji didn't expect even more was that the dozens of infantry squads that attacked were fighting with each other.
The common people were still at a disadvantage in the confrontation, and several infantry squads among them even suffered heavy losses.
As for the reason, it was because the people in various places joined forces with the rebellious Manchukuo army.
With the support of the Manchukuo Army, the threat from the people everywhere immediately increased exponentially.
Until this time, Ishihara Kanji still refused to give up. He decisively ordered the four infantry regiments to further reduce their strength and attack in infantry squadron units. In Ishihara Kanji's view, the Japanese army attacked in infantry squadron units, which was almost the same.
It's worth a regiment of the Manchukuo Army, so there's no problem.
However, the cruel reality once again gave Ishihara Wanji a slap in the face!
The impression given to Ishihara Wanji by the Manchukuo Army was that the grassroots officers and soldiers were of good quality, but the command of the senior officers was poor. Basically, few of them knew how to command the war. However, in this battle, those who rebelled
The commander of the Manchukuo Army actually showed very superb command skills and severely damaged several attacking Japanese infantry squadrons.
In particular, an infantry squadron that attacked Gongzitun was completely annihilated by Chinese soldiers and civilians!
Seeing that the situation was not right, Ishihara Wanji quickly ordered the attacking Japanese infantry squadrons to shrink and move closer to prevent the Chinese soldiers and civilians, who were gradually showing signs of "beating them crazy", from seizing the opportunity to defeat them one by one.
In the end, it was still useless. Not long after the order was issued, Yano Otonzaburo came in and reported that an infantry brigade of the 7th Infantry Regiment was ambushed halfway and suffered heavy losses under the siege of the common people and the Manchukuo Army. The 7th Infantry Regiment
The captain of the team, Matsui Jiro, even sent a telegram back requesting a withdrawal to Tieling.
It can be seen that the 7th Infantry Regiment is now in a very dangerous situation and may even be completely annihilated by the Chinese military and civilians.
Yano Otonzaburo said: "I understand Matsui-kun's character and humble position. If the situation was not so bad, he would never have the intention to retreat! Therefore, it is best to quickly order the four infantry regiments that are attacking to withdraw. The top priority is
, let’s first find out what happened around Fengtian, and then make the next battle plan.”
After a pause, Yano Otonzaburo continued: "The general manager feels that we seem to have fallen into an extremely huge conspiracy. If we don't reflect on it in time, we will be in big trouble!"
"Big trouble? Huge conspiracy? Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, have you heard the alarm?" Junzaburo Koizumi smiled, then turned to Ishihara Wanji and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, the people in the villages around Fengtian must have heard the news.
, so they started to resist one after another, and with the support of the rebellious Manchukuo Army, it put a certain amount of pressure on the four infantry regiments that went to arrest people, but this was a big problem for the imperial army.
Insignificant."
After a pause, Junzaburo Koizumi continued: "I believe that the operation to capture hostages must not stop. Compared with the huge threat from the Chahar Independent Regiment, the resistance of the hundreds of people in the villages around Fengtian is really insignificant.
, Therefore, the top priority is to send more troops to reinforce, capture more people to serve as hostages, and use these hostages to drive the Chahar Independent Regiment out of Fengtian City!"
Yano Otonzaburo said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think that we should clarify the specific situation first!"
Junzaburo Koizumi said: "Chief of Staff, don't you think that the hundreds of people from the villages around Fengtian and the several rebel infantry regiments of the Manchukuo Army can pose a fatal threat to the Seventh Army?"
Yano Otonzaburo was speechless for a moment because he had no way to refute.
Yano Otonzaburo believes that there must be an inside story to the sudden rebellion of hundreds of villages around Fengtian, and the sudden rebellion of the Manchurian Army in several surrounding counties! It is not even ruled out that this is Xu Rui's conspiracy, but to say
It is a fantasy that hundreds of people from villages around Fengtian and several rebel regiments of the Manchukuo Army can pose a threat to the Seventh Army!
The Seventh Army is a heavily-armed group with eight infantry divisions and two armored divisions. If it weren't for the strong backbone of the Chahar Independent Regiment, such a heavy-armed group could bulldoze the entire North China!
Therefore, not to mention the more than a hundred villages around Fengtian or the several regiments of the Manchukuo Army, even the tens of thousands of people in the villages and the hundreds of regiments of the Manchukuo Army were invincible in front of their Seventh Army.
hit!
Ishihara Wanji pondered for a moment and then said: "Yano-kun, send four more infantry regiments to reinforce the troops under attack. The mission of capturing hostages will continue, and the number will be doubled!"
