Under the night sky, Li Bian and Chen Shuizheng were running wildly across the road.
At this moment, Li Bian and Chen Shui only hated their parents for having two legs, and they even hated their parents for not giving them a pair of wings. If they had a pair of wings, they could fly away from this terrible ghost place in the blink of an eye.
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While running, a huge series of explosions suddenly came from the direction of the Huangnipu stronghold behind them. When the two looked back quickly, they saw dazzling huge fireballs rising in the direction of the Huangnipu stronghold, almost illuminating them.
It lit up half of the night sky, making their figures invisible.
"Hide quickly!" Li Bian reacted very quickly. He jumped forward and fell to the ground, and then hid in a nearby depression as quickly as possible. Chen Shui's reaction was obviously half a beat slower than Li Bian's.
It wasn't until Li Bian had already hid in a small depression that he woke up as if from a dream and quickly rolled into the depression.
Li Bian cursed in his heart, what the hell are you doing following me all the time? Li Bian really wanted to drive Chen Shui out of the depression where he was hiding, but in the end he didn't dare to make a mistake because the two of them didn't run too far.
If it was exposed, Chen Shui wouldn't be the only one who would be unlucky. He would also be ruined, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it.
Chen Shui poked his head out of the depression and looked at the Huangnipu stronghold in front of him, which was already engulfed in flames. Then he asked Li Bian in a sleepy voice, "Brother Bian, what happened to the Huangnipu stronghold?"
"You ask me, who am I going to ask?" Li Bian replied angrily, but he was also surprised in his heart. Judging from the momentum of the explosion, it is estimated that the entire Huangnipu stronghold was covered by artillery fire. It is unimaginable.
When did the Dameishan Independent Regiment have such a powerful artillery group?
Chen Shui swallowed and whispered, "Brother Bian, I'm afraid our trip to Taiwan is over."
Li Bian did not get angry this time. He nodded and said, "It's over. The Taiwan Brigade is definitely over!"
"Fortunately." Chen Shui turned back and glanced at Li Bian, and said happily, "Fortunately, I have you, Brother Bian. Otherwise, I would definitely be dead. Thank you, Brother Bian."
"No need." Li Bian shook his head and said worriedly, "But don't be too happy too early. We haven't escaped from the sphere of influence of the Dameishan Independent Regiment yet, and even if we are lucky enough to escape, it may not be certain.
If I can survive, I'm afraid I have to make up a justifiable reason."
Chen Shui nodded silently. If there was no justifiable reason, even if the two of them escaped back, they would be caught by the military police as deserters and shot.
After a while, Chen Shui asked in a low voice: "Brother Bian, what should we do now?"
"Wait." Li Bian said in a deep voice, "Now the red light from the explosion illuminates a radius of more than ten miles like daylight. How can we run? Wait until the fire goes out!"
"Yeah." Chen Shui nodded lightly.
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On a hill less than two kilometers away from Li Bian and Chen Shui, Xu Rui and Wang Husheng were enjoying the grand "fireworks show" that took place in the Huangnipu stronghold.
Seeing the explosion flames set off by the Huangnipu stronghold, which almost turned half the sky red, Wang Husheng couldn't help but was a little speechless and said: "Old Xu, the momentum is not small."
"What's the point?" Xu Rui said with a smile, "Two thousand bundles of ten kilograms of explosives and a total of twenty thousand kilograms of yellow explosives. How can the momentum be so small?"
Wang Husheng sighed and said: "It seems that the Iida detachment is finished."
Xu Rui said: "The Iida detachment is definitely over, but the casualties will not be too great, at least today's casualties will not be too great, but it will be difficult to say tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
"The casualties are not big today, but it will be difficult to tell tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?" Wang Husheng asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"
Xu Rui said: "Because the damage caused by explosive packs is different from that of artillery shells. The damage caused by shells is fragmented, and the wounds are visible. Most of them are open wounds. However, the damage caused by explosive packs is basically shock damage, and the wounds are invisible.
Many soldiers appear to be fine, but in fact their internal organs have been severely damaged. These soldiers will die one after another within two days to half a month, and they will suffer a lot of pain before dying."
Wang Husheng shook his head, and a trace of pity suddenly arose in his heart: "Old Xu, wouldn't it be too cruel to do this? After all, these Taiwanese soldiers are not little devils, they can also be regarded as our compatriots."
Xu Rui's expression was as cold as iron, and he said: "Old Wang, this is war!"
Wang Husheng nodded silently and said nothing more, because he knew that Xu Rui was right. From the moment these Taiwanese soldiers stepped onto the mainland wearing Japanese military uniforms, their identity was no longer compatriots, but invaders.
For their compatriots, they can be infinitely enthusiastic, but for the invaders, they have only one word, kill!
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There have been five waves of "rain of explosives" in the Huangnipu stronghold, and the military morale of the Iida detachment has been completely shattered. Now, except for a very small number of Japanese officers, the rest of the Taiwanese soldiers only have the following thoughts:
I have only one thought left, get out of this damn place!
But Shojiro Iida didn't give the order, and no one dared to run away.
Shojiro Iida was also blown to pieces and was almost stunned. However, the old devil did not forget his responsibilities and mission, so he struggled to stand up from the rubble of the turret again, and pulled out his saber with his backhand.
He yelled: "Don't panic, don't panic, this is an explosive pack, not a cannonball. The explosion of the explosive pack looks very scary, but it only looks scary, but the real lethality is not great!"
What Shojiro Iida said is actually quite reasonable. From the perspective of direct lethality, gunpowder packs are indeed far less terrifying than cannonballs. Even a 70-caliber high-explosive shell has a direct lethality far greater than a ten-pound charge.
Even though the Dameishan Independent Regiment threw so many explosive packets at the Huangnipu stronghold, not many Japanese were killed directly by the explosive packets.
However, there was one sentence that Shojiro Iida did not say. Although not many Japanese soldiers were killed directly, there were only a few who survived in the end.
In addition, the psychological shock of an explosive pack explosion is far greater than that of an artillery shell!
Therefore, even if Iida Shojiro shouts to break the sky, it will not be able to stabilize the morale of the Iida detachment's collapse.
Kotaro Okamura, who was still arrogant a moment ago, was now as completely wilted as an eggplant beaten by frost. He supported Shojiro Kuda and said in panic: "Detachment leader, the artillery fire from the Dameishan Independent Regiment is too fierce. Huangnipu stronghold
The fortifications have been almost destroyed and are no longer enough to serve as a defensive barrier, so withdraw!"
"Nonsense, we can't withdraw. If you can't stand it, you have to hold it back!" Iida Shojiro said angrily, "The Damei Mountain Independent Regiment has artillery, don't we have artillery? We also have the Independence Mountain Artillery Regiment, Yonekura Yu
Where is Yonekura Yu? What are his artillery doing? Counterattack, counterattack!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a Japanese colonel came over in panic and replied: "Detachment leader, Yonekura-san has been broken into pieces. Yonekura-san has died for the empire!"
"Nani, is Yonekura-san's jade broken?" Iida Shojiro was stunned for a moment, then he grabbed Okamura Kotaro's lapel and shouted, "Okamura-san, I will appoint you as the captain of the Independence Mountain Artillery Regiment now.
You quickly order the Mountain Artillery Regiment to build artillery positions and launch artillery counterattacks immediately!"
"It's useless, detachment leader!" Kotaro Okamura replied miserably, "It's dark now, there's no way to conduct observation operations. Without observation operations, there's no way to be sure about shooting Zhu Yuan. If you're not sure about shooting Zhu Yuan, there's no way to do it.
There is no way to carry out counter-artillery fire, there is no way to carry out counter-artillery fire!"
"Baga!" Iida Shojiro said angrily, "It's night, why are the artillerymen of Dameishan Independent Regiment not affected by anything? Can they measure the shooting elements? Can they carry out artillery bombardment? Go, go, go, go quickly
Go organize the artillery to carry out counter-artillery fire, or I will kill you, I will kill you!"
While roaring, Iida Shojiro raised the cold saber.
Kotaro Okamura instinctively took two steps back. He was very convinced that if he refused again, Shojiro Iida might really kill him alive. For subordinates who disobeyed orders on the battlefield, Shojiro Iida, as the detachment leader, did have the power to execute him on the spot.
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However, just when Kotaro Okamura turned around to organize artillery for counterattack, a violent explosion suddenly occurred at the station of the Independence Mountain Artillery Regiment. The flames caused by the explosion were even worse than those caused by the explosive cannon explosion just now.
, obviously the ammunition of the Mountain Artillery Regiment exploded!
So many explosive packets fell in just now, and the ammunition depot of the Yama Artillery Regiment was fine. It was not detonated until this time. It was actually very lucky! But for the Iida detachment, the result was still the same. As the Yama Artillery Regiment was detonated,
The artillery regiment's ammunition exploded, and the last hope of counterattack was extinguished.
"Baga!" Shojiro Iida cursed in a low voice, slumped down into the rubble, and the saber in his hand fell to the ground with a bang.
"Detachment leader!" Kotaro Okamura quickly returned, helped Iida Shojiro up, and then said sadly, "Detachment leader, evacuate quickly! Give the order to evacuate immediately!"
Iida Shojiro sighed lowly and said feebly: "Order, leave one infantry brigade in the rear, and the other infantry brigade quickly break through to the north!"
"Hai." Kotaro Okamura paused heavily, then turned around and shouted, "Order, the first infantry battalion stays behind and tells Itaro Maeda that in addition to the enemies in the south, we must also pay attention to blocking the enemies on the left and right wings. We must ensure the safety of the main force of the detachment.
, the rest of the infantry brigades and directly affiliated regiments, immediately follow me to break through to the north!"
Iida Shojiro's breakout order was quickly conveyed. The Taiwanese soldiers, whose military morale had already been shaken for a long time, swarmed out from the north gate of Huangnipu stronghold under the supervision of Japanese officers at all levels and broke through at full speed to the north. However, the First Infantry Battalion
However, under the supervision of Japanese officers at all levels, the Taiwanese soldiers had the courage to stay.
Although these more than a thousand Taiwanese soldiers were scared to death, they still lacked the courage to resist against the sabers of Japanese officers at all levels. Although Kawabe Masami's ability was not very good, his judgment on the Taiwanese soldiers was still very correct. These
The obedience consciousness of Taiwanese soldiers is indeed better than that of Korean soldiers!
After a while, most of the officers and soldiers of the Iida detachment swarmed out of the north gate of Huangnipu. Shojiro Iida also ran out of the north gate with the support of Kotaro Okamura and another Japanese officer. Kotaro Okamura
They also found a pack horse for Iida Shojiro and carried him to the north at full speed to break through the encirclement.