However, what happened next took Lieutenant Oguri by surprise again.
Just when he looked gloomy and thought that he was destined to be blown to ashes by the terrifying Chinese along with a massive amount of supplies, the Chinese attack stopped.
There were no artillery shells falling, no fire cover, and no infantry charge. The big stick that the Chinese had swung fiercely earlier seemed to have appeared in a dream, if it weren't for the strong smell of gunpowder smoke that reminded Lieutenant Oguri.
What tricks did the Chinese want to play? The sudden stop of the bombing inevitably made Lieutenant Oguri and his subordinates flush with their thoughts.
After all, they have already spread their legs and lie down, letting the Chinese army attack them. Why, do you think this position is not exciting enough? Is it possible that the Imperial Japanese Army has to kneel down and whisper softly: Sir, do you have mercy on the slave family?
a little?
This is really too shameful. Who can be spared?
Don't tell me, a fool will always gain something after all his worries!
Leng Feng ordered to postpone the attack on the baggage warehouse. Tang Dao personally sent someone to inform him.
It wasn't that they were reluctant to part with the munitions stored by the Japanese army, and Tang Dao had to pay for them with human lives, but that an unexpected situation occurred on the battlefield.
The resistance of the Japanese army in the city wall area of the east gate of Licheng was actually very tenacious. If the third battalion had not used blasts to send a rain of stones to stun the Japanese troops on the position, and then used artillery shells to wash away the ground, they could quickly enter the city and defend the south gate from the flanks.
The Japanese troops on the ground launched an attack, and it was absolutely impossible for the Second Battalion to invade the city without paying a certain amount of casualties.
But the reality is that since Li Jijin's Seventh Company organized the sharp knife platoon to use grenades and submachine guns to clear the way and completely defeat the left wing of the Japanese defensive position, the Japanese defensive position at the south gate has completely collapsed.
However, this wave of Japanese troops was more tenacious than expected. As the three infantry companies of the Second Battalion rushed into the city and annihilated the main force of the Japanese troops on the position, a small number of Japanese troops actually chose to enter the residential areas of the city and fight with Chinese soldiers in the streets.
Of course, this is not a problem for Tang Dao. Although the special squadron is full of elites, he still has more than ten people from the special squadron as backup to prevent this situation from happening.
The ordinary infantrymen of the infantry company were used to blockade the streets and prevent the Japanese from taking flight. The special forces, in groups of two or three, went deep into the alleys and strangled the remaining Japanese soldiers.
The Chinese army, which has already taken a dominant position, is not stingy about the use of flares. Not only is the device itself not difficult to manufacture, there will definitely be no shortage of it in the Japanese army's baggage warehouse. As long as Li City is captured, all the consumption this time can be recouped.
We even found an undamaged searchlight on top of the Japanese city wall. Don't ask why the people were blown to pieces but the light was still intact. Just ask, not only was the light not blown up, it was still usable.
Under the simultaneous action of flares and searchlights, the residential area where the remnants of the Japanese army retreated was illuminated like daylight. If you got closer, you could clearly see the faces of both sides, let alone shoot each other with guns.
However, compared to the panic-stricken Japanese army who could only fight desperately, the Fourth Army Regiment would undoubtedly have a comprehensive advantage. The two infantry companies participating in the encirclement and suppression had at least 20 elite shooters. They all climbed to the commanding heights and used sandbags as their targets.
They used light machine guns and infantry to blockade several major alleyways, basically blocking the Japanese army's activity space.
The special forces all use submachine guns as their main firepower. Two people form a small firepower team. When encountering resistance from the Japanese army, one will cover with continuous firepower and the other will greet them with grenades. If there are many Japanese soldiers, nearby groups will quickly provide support.
The gunmen on the commanding heights threatened the Japanese and kept them from running around, so they had no problem.
As for the issue of civilian casualties during the battle, Tang Dao's attitude was very firm. What was the point of complete victory on the battlefield? If this Japanese army did not seize the time to annihilate it, the destructive damage it would cause might be even greater. Even if there were casualties, they would be killed.
The regiment headquarters will bear all the compensation for any casualties caused by this battle!
Hesitation on the battlefield is not about defeat or defeat, but at the cost of the soldier's life. Whether Tang Dao is willing or not, he is becoming a true commander. He is not only cruel to the enemy, but also to his own people.
also the same.
In the end, he will become the kind of person he once disliked! But so what? Today's China cannot be saved by a super soldier who can block ten or even a hundred.
In other words, the only thing that can save China is sacrifice!
In the past time and space, the casualties of nearly 4 million Chinese officers and soldiers from south to north, and the casualties of 40 million Chinese soldiers and civilians were the basis for the final victory of the long Patriotic War.
The last stubborn resistance of the remaining Japanese troops took less than 20 minutes before they were crushed to pieces. At the cost of four military casualties, two casualties, and nearly ten civilian casualties, the Four Troops killed 36 Japanese troops who retreated into the civilian area.
But in a bungalow, their attack was blocked!
A Japanese officer who was surrounded made an unconventional maneuver. He resisted the siege of Chinese soldiers not with bullets, but with a baby less than half a year old!
In addition to the fact that the baby of this household, who was less than half a year old, was tied to his chest as a shield, there were two elderly and two young people in the household, and as many as five people in total became his hostages.
This is a number confirmed by the troublesome special forces who broke into the neighbors around the residence.
The Japanese officer who was yelling outside didn't speak very good Chinese, but he could be understood to some extent. He had at least three grenades in his hand, which could kill the family three times.
Before the battle started, the special forces would probably have done it hard. This was a battlefield, not a nunnery. The Chinese soldiers would not accept any threats. But now it is basically the end of the battle, and five Chinese were exchanged for one Japanese.
, it is indeed a loss-making business.
In particular, the child who was tied to the chest by the Japanese was only half a year old. Because he was roughly tied to the chest with a sheet by an unfamiliar man, he cried heartbrokenly, with tears and snot on his face. He should not
When I didn't understand anything and couldn't even speak, I was dragged into hell by a demon.
Moreover, the Japanese officer in the room made it very clear that he wanted to negotiate with the Chinese top commander.
Cai Yongguan, commander of the Fifth Company of the Second Battalion, who was responsible for blocking the block, was the first to arrive at the scene. However, the lieutenant rank on his collar badge was despised by the Japanese officer.
"You, a small infantry company commander, are not qualified to negotiate with a second lieutenant of the Imperial Japanese Army!" The Japanese officer in the room was extremely arrogant.
If this guy hadn't reported himself to his family, the ugly-faced Chinese soldiers outside would have thought that they had surrounded the Japanese supreme commander of Licheng, Saki Rachutama!
Cai Yongguan's nose was almost crooked with anger. If he could, he really wanted to pick up his big knife and chop the Japanese second lieutenant into ten or eight sections. He would have killed more than two or three Japanese officers of this level!
It’s just that now Cai Yongguan is no longer the bandit leader who used to do anything with a big sword, nor is he a ragtag soldier who hangs around with a pipe every day. He is now a serious regular army lieutenant company commander, and his brothers who died in the battle are all
Still watching him in heaven!
He knew that Tang Tuanzu would never be stingy with sacrifices, but he would never make meaningless sacrifices. In a situation like this, the only option was negotiation.
After reporting on the situation one by one, Tang Dao, who had already entered the city and was about to go to the Japanese army's baggage warehouse, arrived in front of this residence.
Tang Dao is too familiar with this routine. The so-called negotiation is just begging for work.
But in fact, both the perpetrator and the threatened party know clearly that no matter what they say, the threatened party wants to kill the opponent as quickly as possible. However, this is the last life-saving life of the Japanese military officers who are surrounded.
Straw, even if it was a one-ten-thousandth chance of survival, he could only hold it tightly in his hands.
Of course, the courage of this Japanese officer was beyond Tang Dao's surprise.
No, not only did he reject Cai Yongguan, he even rejected Guo Shouzhi who came in person.
Guo Shouzhi was a lieutenant colonel, at least four levels higher than his junior lieutenant. Five Chinese civilians seemed like a good bargaining chip, but if the Chinese military commander was ruthless enough and didn't care about the civilian casualty rate, just a few grenades would be enough.
Blast this young Japanese Army lieutenant who was looking for a way to Shu into pieces.
"I am the highest commander of the Chinese army in the attack on Licheng. I am a colonel of the Chinese Revolutionary Army. If you give up all resistance and ensure the safety of my compatriots, I promise to let you out of Licheng with the honor of the Chinese military!" Tang Dao's voice said in the air.
There was a sound outside the courtyard door.
"If you let me out of Li City, I will die. I know that there are all you Chinese outside the city, and I can't get out of this mountain wilderness." A slightly sharp roar sounded in the house.
Obviously, the Japanese second lieutenant who was able to make such a choice at the most pressing time had a fairly wise mind and instantly judged his situation from Tang Dao's promise.
It will be bright soon. In the mountains and fields, he will only become the prey of the heavily armed Chinese army. Perhaps, he is not even a prey, but at most a lamb to be slaughtered.
"This is the final bottom line!" Tang Dao's voice was equally firm.
Negotiation itself is a psychological game. Tang Dao must first draw a line for this person that exceeds his psychological bottom line, otherwise, the other party will only make further progress.
"Then I will die with these Chinese people, including this child." The Japanese second lieutenant was also very tough.
"That's up to you, you Japanese, are you still too young to slaughter villages and households in China? In Jinling alone, you killed hundreds of thousands of my compatriots!" Tang Dao's cold voice came out.
"In addition, if you really do this today, I, Tang Dao, will also guarantee the honor of the Chinese military. Today, all the Japanese pirates in Licheng, regardless of their gender, regardless of their status, will have their heads built up in front of Licheng and made into Jingguan.
!Also, although I personally hate attacking civilians, for the sake of the five compatriots who died because of you, if I break into another city again in the future and see Japanese pirate civilians, I will repay them with ten times the death!"
Tang Dao's cold and cruel voice not only shocked the Japanese second lieutenant in the room and was speechless, but even the Chinese soldiers around him felt goose bumps all over their bodies.
The second lieutenant of the Japanese Army may not know Tang Tuan Zao well enough, but his subordinates know that Tang Tuan Zao has always said one thing is the same. If he said ten times, then it must be 50 or 49.
It's just that if you kill me a commoner, I'll repay you tenfold. There's nothing wrong with that. Who stipulated that one-to-one exchange should be done, even if the Jade Emperor said it, it's useless.
Tang Dao's bloody threat was by no means an empty talk. With the success of the Japanese war, more and more Japanese civilians came to China to seek gold, including many family members of Japanese military officers. Many of them came to China from the island, and most of them were concentrated in the two big cities of Pingjin and Tianjin.
Now we see that the Japanese army is fighting smoothly and the Chinese army is retreating steadily, but as the saying goes: Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, before the final victory is achieved, who knows whether the Chinese army will be able to determine that day?
Didn't Licheng take a beating first? With more than 1,000 defenders, they were still beaten to a pulp by the Chinese soldiers. Within an hour, the two tightly deployed positions were captured.
Yes, there was already fear in the eyes of the Japanese Army lieutenant in the room. He could feel the toughness, coldness, and even confidence of the unknown Chinese commander opposite.
What frightened the second lieutenant of the Japanese Army even more was that this battle really put his confidence that the Imperial Japanese Army was the best in the world to the ground.
It would be fine to say that the Japanese army did not seek success, but the key point is that they are really good at it. The officers and soldiers they serve are extremely tenacious in fighting. Even if they are constantly bombarded by artillery shells, and even if the strength of the Chinese army is several times theirs, they will hold on.
Once the flanking positions were completely breached and attacked from both sides, they entered the rout mode.
Even though they are so tough, they are still defeated by the Chinese army. What does that mean? It means that the Chinese army is very powerful, at least the one in front of us is.
However, no matter who the Chinese kill, it will be after his death. He is already dead, no matter what the flood is? But he is a noble after all! It is too unacceptable to die on the battlefield in China like this.
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The Japanese army second lieutenant's eyes flashed fiercely as he made his final struggle.
'Wait a minute, what did he just call himself? His name is Tang Dao.' This name suddenly flashed into the mind of the Japanese Army second lieutenant, and he was stunned for an instant.
"You are Tang Dao, the commander of the Fourth Infantry Regiment of China's 43rd Infantry Army! Aren't you still on the southeastern battlefield? Why are you here?"
The Japanese Army Second Lieutenant's series of questions confused Tang Dao and the surrounding Chinese soldiers, but then they couldn't help but feel a little excited.
What makes me confused is who this guy is, and he is quite familiar with Tang Tuanzuo; and what makes him excited is that he is probably a big fish?
A second lieutenant, no matter how valuable he is, is destined not to become a big fish, but whether a fish is delicious or not really does not depend on its size.
After getting Tang Dao again to confirm his identity, the Japanese army second lieutenant actually chose to walk out of the house, but there was no grenade in his hand, and the half-year-old child who had cried so much was no longer hanging on his chest, but with his hands raised.
Standing proudly under dozens of guns: "Tang Jun! My name is Xi Zhubeicun, I surrender, and I can call on my colleagues who are still resisting to surrender, but I hope that you, Tang Jun, will grant me and these colleagues official prisoners of war."
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Except for the sound of children crying, the surroundings were quiet.
This was not the first surrendered Japanese army that the Four Lines Group had encountered on the battlefield, but Juebi was the boldest. Just the act of giving up all his amulets and standing in the small courtyard was very bold.
There were at least twenty guns aimed at him from all directions.
"I never promised anything to surrender! Especially to your 108th Division, 108th Regiment!" Tang Dao walked into the courtyard gate and looked at the Japanese Army second lieutenant coldly.
"Tang Jun, I can swear on the honor of the West German family that I will never do anything to damage the honor of the military when I arrive in China. In addition, the colleagues I hope to persuade to surrender do not belong to my 108th Regiment." The Japanese Army Second Lieutenant's face changed.
Bai, said quickly.
"The West German family?" Tang Dao always had some impression.
"Yes, my uncle served as the Imperial Foreign Minister and also came to China!" The Japanese Army Second Lieutenant said quickly when he saw something interesting.
"Nishimura Kazu's family?" Tang Dao finally remembered that there was such a nobleman in Japan. To be precise, he was a nobleman who did not look up to the emperor very much.
The Nishimura Kazuo Tang Dao was talking about was considered to be the most famous member of his family. He won an equestrian championship in the Olympic Games six years ago. He later joined the army, but because he was not so humble to the emperor, he continued to do so until a few years later.
He died in battle on a small island in the Pacific, and he was just a chariot captain, not even a general.
"Tang Jun, do you even know about my cousin?" Now it was the Japanese Army second lieutenant's turn to be shocked.
"Okay, if you have sworn in the name of your family and have not violated military honor, I can accept your surrender, and if they are not affiliated with the 108th Regiment, if they are willing to give up resistance, I can also agree to treat them as prisoners of war!" Tang Dao looked.
He glanced at the fireball rising in the direction of the baggage warehouse in the distance and made a decision.
What he wanted to kill were the butchers whose hands were stained with the blood of the Chinese. It would be best if he could capture the baggage hoarded by the Japanese army without losing any blood. Besides, these Japanese prisoners of war were not completely useless.
Even if they will waste food for a few days, the four-line regiment should still be able to afford one steamed bun and one bowl of porridge every day compared to the captured baggage.
Of course, Tang Dao currently has no plans to develop an anti-war alliance like the Eightyth Army. There are anti-war people among the Japanese, but their purpose of anti-war is not to make China stronger, but to worry that failure of the war will destroy their own nation.
Pulled into the abyss.
The Eighty Group Army has its own considerations, and Tang Dao hopes that the Four Elements Regiment is a pure army. The meaning of their existence is to constantly fight the Japanese army. Even if they are not large enough at the moment, they can only tear off a piece of the behemoth Japanese army at a time.
A small piece of flesh and blood can make the Japanese lose blood, right?
If they can successfully recruit and surrender, Tang Dao has already thought about it. Based on the principle of using waste, he will contact the Japanese to make a deal. Prisoners of war can be exchanged, or people can be exchanged for things.
Although such a transaction has not occurred in this time period, Tang Dao believes that the Japanese will agree.
Because, in the past, let alone exchanging prisoners of war, the Japanese had no bottom line and exchanged arms for supplies. Can you believe it? But that is true, even if they know that the Chinese will turn around and kill themselves after changing their bullets.
They still do it.
Who knew that the Japanese Empire was already so poor at that time? Without enough supplies to appease the army, the army would have killed more people than the Chinese.
Of course, the Japanese army was still at its peak during this period, so it might not be possible to exchange arms, but it shouldn't be difficult to exchange for the supplies you want, especially when the man in front of you is still a noble.
Tang Dao knows the status of Japanese nobles in the Japanese army. Isn't it because Mao, the indoor shroud, can be the commander of the North China Front Army because he still wears the brand of earl?
As for why the Japanese second lieutenant named Nishizhu Beicun immediately surrendered when he heard his name, Tang Dao didn't have time to ask carefully now. He had to quickly let this man realize his value.
Otherwise, Leng Feng's side would not even dare to use the 150-weight mortar once it comes up. Moreover, up to this point in this battle, the four 150-weight mortars that the Four Lines Regiment relies on most have not yet fired a single shot.
The Japanese army pulled the trigger even before they even showed their trump cards. The artillerymen were not allowed to get angry. When the infantry battalion requested fire support, they just went all out?
Therefore, Lieutenant Oguri, who had decided to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, did not wait for the overwhelming Chinese artillery fire, but instead waited for his friend to persuade him to surrender!
