Chapter 473 The ‘original intention’ of the Japanese second lieutenant
The Chinese soldiers occupied the strategic positions of the Japanese army and used heavy weapons that the Japanese were proud of to bombard the two battlefields of the Japanese army.
However, the main force of the Japanese army allowed the two battlefields to rot and only focused on its own main battlefield.
This weird battlefield situation lasted for most of the night.
Tang Dao used the 30 cavalrymen left by Gong Shaoxun as a reconnaissance unit. When the bombardment began, they launched a reconnaissance in the direction of the main force position of the Japanese 18th Division. As far as the battlefield of the two armies, which was only three kilometers away, the main force of the Japanese army was not seen.
There was no movement at all.
It was not until two o'clock in the morning that Tang Dao, who received intelligence from three groups of cavalry scouts that the main force of the Japanese army was stationary, finally decided to withdraw its troops.
Tang Dao had already prepared that the Japanese 18th Division would attack with great force. After forcing the Japanese artillery to drop troops to bombard the front line of the blocking position to eliminate the crisis in the blocking position, the infantry remaining on the heavy artillery position relied on the infantry on the outskirts of the heavy artillery brigade.
The idea was to form a new line of defense with defensive positions, and to give the Japanese troops who dared to attack a heavy blow before finally running away.
But I didn't expect that Ushijima Sadao of the 18th Division was far less resistant than Ushijima Mitsuru. The heavy artillery brigade was gone, and his infantry regiment was still being beaten, and he didn't even do anything superficial.
However, Tang Dao knew that whether it was out of helplessness or smart enough to avoid suffering greater losses, Ushijima Sadao's operation was absolutely correct at this moment.
Leaving an infantry company and a group of artillery and cavalry led by Cheng Tieshou to deal with the aftermath, Tang Dao led the main force and the wounded to advance toward the blocking position.
The artillerymen continued shelling in the direction of the Japanese infantry regiment for more than half an hour, and then stopped after almost all the captured artillery shells were fired.
The 150-meter heavy artillery is a good thing, and it is very fun to shoot, but it is absolutely impossible to get rid of these two-ton big guys, especially in the fields crisscrossed by the Jiangnan water system.
Although Tang Dao issued an order to blow up all the heavy artillery after the bombardment, Cheng Tieshou still refused to give up and brought eight pack horses to try.
Not to mention the 12 doors here, even if only one door can be towed away, the chasing Japanese troops will know why the flowers are so red.
It's definitely not because of love, it's because of blood!
Unfortunately, the eight packhorses were whipped with whips and hissed loudly. The Japanese artillerymen responsible for pushing the cannon used all their strength to lower the cannon, and the artillery wheel stuck in the mud was difficult to move forward for a hundred meters. It took a long time
More than five minutes.
At this turtle speed, let alone the remaining hours, even if they are given another day, they may not be able to catch up with the main force with this gun.
Cheng Tieshou, a rough man like steel, did not cry when his comrades were blown up by the Japanese infantry artillery into a shower of blood right next to him. After the battle, one-third of the brothers who had been with him day and night in the fire support company were replaced by new ones.
Face, he didn't cry...
But when I saw that I was willing to disobey military orders and tried my best but could not take away the captured Japanese cannon, tears rolled down my face.
Because, for this fire support platoon leader, having such a cannon means that he can provide sufficient fire support to his infantry brothers on the front line, and his infantry brothers will die less.
Before the war ended, the brothers he was familiar with had changed one after another. They were all young people, some were in their early 20s, and some were even less than 20. Many of them he couldn't even name, and then they...
Disappeared.
As the chief commander of the fire support company that provided the most important guarantee for the infantry, he could only watch them use their bodies to contend with the Japanese artillery. This huge psychological pressure was beyond words.
All the sadness spewed out completely after the heavy artillery that had been captured but could not be taken away turned into balls of flames that reached the sky.
"In the light of the explosion of the Empire's heavy artillery, the tears rolling down the face of the Chinese lieutenant seemed to be blood red. When I saw such a scene, I understood that it would be difficult for the Empire to defeat China, because they have such a group of people.
Respectable Chinese soldiers. They are real soldiers."
This is a sentence written by Komura Akiichi in his memoir "The 20th Day of Landing in Southeast China" ten years after he retired from active service early after the war.
Yes, Tang Dao kept his promise this time and released all the Japanese artillery soldiers who sent his comrades to hell with their own shells.
In Tang Dao's original words: "It is more useful to retain a group of Japanese who have wielded a butcher's knife against their own comrades than to kill them."
If they want to live, they have to find an excuse for their evil deeds on the battlefield. They have convinced themselves, and the rest must be convinced by others.
Apart from the high-level officials in Japan who launched the war of aggression, they could not find a more suitable candidate.
As expected by Tang Dao, these surrendered soldiers who were lucky enough to survive the war became the staunchest anti-war people. Under the protection of the American cowboys who occupied the Japanese mainland, they defeated the once superior senior Japanese navy and army officers.
The general scolded him like crazy.
However, Tang Dao, who had already left, asked Cheng Tieshou to tell them: "The two armies are fighting for their own masters. As soldiers, they can continue to serve their country and do what soldiers should do, but if they are on Chinese soil,
If we slaughter civilians and act like beasts, then the 'valor' of these hundreds of people on the artillery positions will be made public, along with their positions and names."
This is the deadliest handle.
Tang Dao did not pay too much attention to a group of Japanese who had not wielded the saber for the first time. In his eyes, a group of people who had shown martial prowess to their comrades had lost their qualifications to be opponents.
However, Tang Dao did not expect that the more than 100 Japanese surrendered troops who luckily escaped being killed would bring him a big surprise.
More than 100 artillery troops were released and surrendered. After returning, more than 80% applied to their superiors for retirement. Because all the equipment of the artillery brigade was destroyed and personnel losses exceeded 80%, the Japanese Army Base Camp
Its organization was dismantled, and the remaining hundreds of people were judged as defeated troops without any intention to fight, and were sent on ships returning home.
Only junior officers and technical backbones like Komura Mingichi were ordered to continue serving in the military until the end of the entire war.
However, these artillerymen who are still in the army are no longer as vicious as before, let alone massacring civilians. In order to prevent their "brave" on the battlefield from being exposed, a dozen artillerymen headed by Komura Mingichi
They even formed the Japan-China Military-Civilian Friendship Alliance, for no other reason than to promote "friendship" with ordinary people in the occupied areas.
Although this move seemed extremely unusual within the Japanese army, which was implementing a high-pressure policy on the occupied areas at this time, it was not unappreciated by the Japanese generals who had a longer-term vision.
These idiots also know that massacre will only lead to stronger resistance. Massacre alone cannot conquer this country and nation with a huge population and vast territory. The big stick and the sweet dates complement each other, just like the Jurchens in the past.
, is the right way.
The move of Second Lieutenant Akiichi Komura and others who had no choice but to protect themselves was not only not stopped by strict orders, but was valued by a high-ranking Japanese general who promoted the leading Japanese second lieutenant. By the end of the war, Akiichi Komura relied on promoting "friendship"
The second lieutenant actually became the captain of the colonel cascade.
Not to mention, as the official became bigger and bigger, his "original intention" remained unchanged. There had never been a massacre in his jurisdiction, and he was considered an extremely unique existence among the beast-level Japanese army.
In the words he wrote in his memoirs: "Peace is the sweetest spring!"
Some things, if done for a long time, will become a matter of course and you will take pleasure in it! Komura Mingichi should have this kind of mentality.
After the war, the Japanese colonel who retired from active service was even more condemned by his conscience and told the long-hidden truth, which dealt a heavy blow to the domestic militants in Japan.
It turns out that the Imperial Japanese Army could surrender so simply and neatly!
Of course, that will happen in the future. At this point in time, Tang Dao has already arrived at the blocking position and battlefield.
The battlefield has become peaceful!
Tang Dao and Tantai Mingyue stand on the ‘lone mausoleum’!
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