Chapter Thirty-Second The Battle of the Independent Regiment 1921
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Jin Ye's bold behavior made everyone present amazed and even more worried.
After a while, he put the kettle on his head. Jinye shouted cheerfully: "Don't worry. Just hit it quickly."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shanzi turned sideways and waved his gun. With a loud gunshot, the kettle suddenly fell from Jin Ye's head, and water flowed out.
Yumei and others were stunned. Okada applauded and shouted: "Yo Xi. Yo Xi."
Shan Zi put away the shell gun numbly and stared at Jin Ye running towards this side.
Until Jin Ye ran up to him, Shanzi's nose felt sore and his eyes were blurred by hot tears.
In Yumei and Jinye's memories, this is the first time they see Shanzi's tears.
I don't know why. Shanzi was full of tears when he saw it. Not only Yumei, but also Xiaoru and Yanni were in tears. The three women rushed to Jinye in unison.
At this moment, Yumei hugged Jinye selflessly. With tears and a smile, she whispered: "Jinye, you have won glory for Zikai. You have won glory for our independent group."
Jinye pushed Yumei away. He glanced at Xiaoru from the left and Yanni from the right. Finally, he glared at Shanzi angrily: "What's wrong with you? My aunt is not dead. Why are you crying?"
Shanzi hurriedly turned his head and quietly wiped away his tears.
Yanni cried and scolded Jin Ye again: "Little hedgehog, it's good that you're not dead. But we were almost scared to death."
Jin Ye then turned his gaze to Okada and spat contemptuously.
Okada was not willing to be humiliated by Jinye. When Shanzi turned around, he raised a new challenge: "Captain Wang, according to the rules of the game, usually the winner of two out of three rounds is the winner. Can we continue the competition?"
Shan Zi bit his lip and said, "I'll accompany you."
Although Shanzi was superior in the previous round of competition, he did not let the opponent completely admit defeat. Therefore, Xiaoru was extremely unwilling and took the initiative to challenge Okada.
For a weak woman, Okada was certainly willing to accept her challenge.
Unexpectedly, Xiaoru made another request. The target must be thrown in the air. When it is fifteen meters away, hit it with one shot at the highest point. The target begins to fall. No more shooting. You should surrender to the opponent.
For the sake of fairness and justice, Xiao Ru went on to say that target throwers are all designated by the other party.
After listening to the rules drawn up by Xiaoru, Okada couldn't help but look at this delicate and handsome woman. His expression could not hide the timidity and embarrassment in his heart.
Facing Okada's strange gaze, Xiao Ru said calmly: "By the way, Captain Okada. My surname is Ru. Who will start this round first?"
Okada smiled awkwardly: "Miss Ru, please go first."
Xiaoru nodded in response and quickly took out the shell gun.
Shanzi approached Xiaoru with concern: "Are you sure?"
Xiaoru replied: "No problem."
Shanzi was still worried: "I'll do it."
Xiaoru licked her forehead and said, "Don't worry. I won't embarrass you."
Shanzi nodded: "Let's get started."
However, no one expected that when Shanzi took two steps back, Xiaoru pointed the gun at Okada: "You bastard. If it weren't for the Chinese people's loyalty, I would immediately make your head turn upside down."
Faced with the sudden threat, Okada was so frightened that his face turned pale: "Miss Ru, the two armies are fighting. Do not kill the envoy. Please abide by the rules."
Xiaoru smiled contemptuously: "Okada, since you are also afraid of death, then I kindly advise you to get out of China as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will die sooner or later."
Okada took out his handkerchief in embarrassment and wiped the sweat from his face shivering.
Xiaoru was impatient: "Okada, let your people shoot the target."
Finally, under Okada's instructions, a Japanese soldier threw the kettle out.
When the kettle flew from no more than ten meters away to the highest point, Xiaoru raised her hand and took out the gun. One shot hit the bottom of the pot.
When the platoon leader threw the kettle, Okada fired twice. The bullets were all empty. There was a warm applause at the scene.
Xiaoru then faced Okada and said in a mocking tone: "Mr. Okada, a dignified Japanese captain, was defeated at the hands of a Chinese woman. I can't bear it. I would like to be given a chance to start again." Save face. I wonder if Captain Okada would appreciate it."
Okada hurriedly handed over his hand: "Thank you, Miss Ru. But my humble position requires that I use a rifle this time."
Xiaoru also raised her hands: "Captain Okada, I will do as you please."
Okada continued: "Miss Ru should invite me first."
Xiaoru suddenly turned around and reached out to take the soil pressure five handed over by Xiao Liu.
He opened the gun's bolt with a bang. Xiaoru urged Okada to shoot the target.
It was the same Japanese soldier just now. After making a sound of force, he quickly threw the kettle out.
Xiaoru didn't panic. He raised the gun and pulled the trigger. The bullet instantly penetrated the pot body and fell to the ground from the highest point fifteen meters away.
When it was the platoon leader's turn to shoot the target, Okada suddenly stopped: "Captain Wang, Ms. Ru is so awesome. I admire her for her humble position and she is willing to admit defeat."
Upon hearing Okada admit defeat, Jinye took the lead in applauding.
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According to Shanzi's arrangement, at about 8 o'clock in the morning, the sharp knife team escorted the martyrs and the sick and wounded back to the base camp. The intelligence center stayed at the same place and continued relevant reconnaissance tasks.
When the escort passed by Position 3, at Shanzi's request, Okada and his entourage took off their hats and observed a moment of silence for the remains of the martyrs.
It was past nine o'clock in the morning. All rescue work was completed. Only position No. 3, including the sick and wounded, captured more than 200 Japanese soldiers and collected more than 400 corpses.
According to the instructions from the detachment and in accordance with the regulations of the General Political Department of the Eighth Route Army on the handling of Japanese prisoners of war, the detachment agreed to the second plan of the independent regiment and released all captured Japanese soldiers.
However, Yamako made a condition to Okada. In addition to the three captured walkie-talkies and six telescopes, he would also send ten walkie-talkies, fifteen hand-operated generators, two hundred spare batteries, and twenty telescopes.
In addition, another 300 boxes of grenades, 1,000 boxes of Type 38 rifle bullets, and 500 boxes of special bullets for Type 92 heavy machine guns will be delivered.
Shanzi went on to say that the above items must be packaged for use. They can only be accepted after passing our inspection.
After asking for instructions through the walkie-talkie, Ishii reluctantly agreed to Shanzi's request. However, because he had to use military vehicles to transport him from the Linshui Arsenal, he expected to arrive after three o'clock in the afternoon.
So Shanzi ordered that all positions be temporarily released for the wounded and corpses of the Japanese soldiers, and that all others should be detained.
As a result, the Independence Group also spent a lot of rice and noodles to provide the detained Japanese with a full lunch.
Sure enough, at about four o'clock in the afternoon, Ishii used more than fifty horse-drawn carriages to deliver all the supplies Shanzi needed.
Before Okada left, Shanzi asked when the troops would be withdrawn.
Okada said, It depends on Major General Ishii's decision. There is no way to know for his humble position.
Shanzi asked Okada to send a message to Ishii. No matter how long this battle lasts, the independent group will accompany it to the end.
After Okada led the Japanese rescue team to leave, Shanzi, Yumei and Zhao Danian gathered at the regiment headquarters to analyze the current enemy situation and discuss corresponding countermeasures and plans.
Prior to this, the intelligence center conducted a comprehensive investigation of various Japanese troops and found that Ishii showed no signs of withdrawing his troops.
Zhao Danian believed that Ishii was unwilling to withdraw his troops and had two purposes. The first was to continue to increase troops and vow to fight to the death with the Independent Regiment. The second was to not besiege for a long time and besiege the Independent Regiment like in Yukou Mountain.
Zhao Danian's view was unanimously recognized by Shanzi and Yumei. It was the latter that Shanzi was most worried about.
When Yumei asked Shanzi how to break the siege, Shanzi frowned and said after a long time that this was just a guess. How to break the siege can only be decided based on the situation.
After the discussion was over, Shanzi asked the front-line personnel to move their bedding to their positions and prepare for a protracted war. At the same time, he asked all positions to strengthen nighttime vigilance to prevent enemy sneak attacks.
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At eight o'clock in the evening, Ishii held a meeting at the headquarters to re-formulate the attack plan.
According to statistics before the meeting, a total of 1,231 people died and more than 200 people were seriously injured in the first round of the Japanese attack.
According to Ishii's latest attack plan, request the commander of the Miyamoto Division to send a report to the theater headquarters to dispatch bombers as soon as possible and use aerial firepower to destroy the independent regiment.
Ishii also decided to urgently dispatch at least 200 special operations troops from the division to rush to Qiaonan County within three days.
Speaking of which, Ishii was really damaging. Just after eight o'clock in the evening, he ordered four grenade squads to fire on the independent regiment's positions from all sides.
The soldiers of the Independent Regiment immediately prepared for battle.
An hour passed in the freezing cold, but there was no sign of the Japanese troops.
At about ten o'clock, the soldiers had just fallen asleep. The explosion of grenades sounded again around the position. However, the shelling lasted only ten seconds. After that, it became silent again.
It turns out that this is a fatigue tactic specially designed by Ishii for independent regiments.
So Shanzi instructed each position to immediately take anti-harassment actions and resolutely shoot down the grenades that came to harass.
According to Shanzi's suggestion, each position sent a machine gun squad to leave quietly. After traveling a certain distance, they chose favorable terrain to hide.
The machine gun squad dispatched by Jinye was hidden in Circle Ridge opposite the position.
When the machine gun squad set off, Jin Ye gave special instructions to get closer before attacking. The closer the better, and try to devour all the little Japs in one go.
After another few dozen minutes, the Japanese grenade squad arrived again.
When the Japanese climbed halfway up the slope, a machine gunner asked the squad leader: "Can't we fight?"
The squad leader said: "Get closer to 20 meters and then hit."
After holding their breath and waiting for a while, the thirteen Japanese soldiers gradually approached the top of the ridge. The distance was about ten meters.
The squad leader no longer hesitated at this time. With an order, four light machine guns opened fire at once, killing seven Japs in an instant. The other six Japs were all shot dead when they escaped.
After a while, the squad leader led fourteen soldiers to pick up three grenade launchers, two boxes of grenades, four tortoise boxes, and nine 38-inch rifles.
After returning from Circle Ridge, there was no sound of gunfire from any position.
When I woke up, it was already seven o'clock in the morning. Jinye Zhi asked Qiuhong to water the water with a kettle. He washed his face and called the correspondent over.
The correspondent asked Jin Ye what he was doing. Jin Ye said: "You go to the No. 4 position. Let Chun'er go to the regiment headquarters after breakfast."
At seven-thirty, the cook brought a hot breakfast.
Although she was born into a noble family, Jinye always wolfed down her meals. She swallowed two steamed buns and a bowl of porridge all in her stomach.
Just as Yanni picked up the second steamed bun, she was kicked by Jin Ye: "Quickly go."
Yanni asked: "Where to go."
Jin Ye said: "Regiment Headquarters."
Yanni said: "Wait until I finish the meal."
Jin Ye scolded: "Those born in the Year of the Pig know how to eat."
Finally, under Jin Ye's pull, Yanni climbed out of the trench with Jin Ye while chewing the steamed buns.
As they walked, Yanni woke up from a dream: "By the way, little hedgehog. Didn't you tell me with your stubborn eyes? You are not allowed to leave the position casually. Why are you going to the regiment headquarters?"
Jin Ye said: "When I woke up in the morning, my right eyelid kept twitching. I'm afraid it's something bad."
Yanni said: "Whether you do good or bad is your own business. Go to the regiment headquarters and use it for nothing."
Jin Ye showed a rare seriousness at this time: "Yanni, I guess this is not a personal matter. From last night to now, my aunt has been thinking about it. The little devil will not withdraw his troops and he will not attack. What does it mean?"
After hearing this, Yanni also became serious. She thought about it for a long time, but did not say what she meant.