Saburo Kuroda looked at the body of Yamamoto Kiyoshi being carried on a stretcher in front of him in disbelief, and he didn't come back to his senses for several seconds.
Then, he kicked the bitter-faced Zheng Yunqiu to the ground with an angry kick, and then pulled out the command knife hanging from his waist.
When he went to attack a Chinese flank position where there were not many troops deployed, the two infantry squads he sent to supervise the battle were wiped out along with their lieutenant and deputy captain, while the commander of the infantry battalion of the security army who was the main attacker was still unscathed.
No matter what, it's the reason why he wants to kill people.
Of course, it is a stretch to say that he was unscathed. Not only was Zheng Yunqiu's head wrapped in a bandage, he was also shot in the arm and hung up with a bandage. I heard that there were less than 200 people left in the security army infantry battalion, and the battle damage rate was as high as 100%.
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But Kiyoshi Yamamoto was Saburo Kuroda’s favorite general, so how could he die in vain like this?
"Sir Kuroda, listen to me, listen to me, Lieutenant Yamamoto's sacrifice was not in vain! He led nearly a hundred imperial warriors along the attack channel opened with flesh and blood by my infantry battalion brothers and rushed to the enemy's position.
, fought hand-to-hand with the enemy and killed nearly 200 enemy troops!
I just didn't expect that the enemy was so cunning and tenacious that they deployed nearly 400 reserve troops behind the mountain. Although the Tubas did not have many guns, they were all equipped with long-pole spears. Lieutenant Yamamoto and the Imperial warriors were now outnumbered.
, I will do my best to serve His Majesty the Emperor." Zheng Yunqiu cried out as he was kicked to the ground.
"To express my respect for Lieutenant Yamamoto and the Imperial Warriors, I am willing to spend all my wealth to donate a thousand taels of gold to support the families of the warriors!"
I don’t know whether it was hearing about the heroic achievements of his subordinates or the number of thousand taels of gold that had an effect. After all, the sharp command sword mentioned by Saburo Kuroda did not strike with one blow, but stared at Zheng Yunqiu who was kneeling and crying with cold eyes:
"Yours, report the battlefield to me carefully. If there is any omission, you and your security camp will all die."
"Lieutenant Yamamoto is the most heroic warrior of the Japanese Empire I have ever seen. Seeing that our troops suffered heavy casualties and were still unable to conquer the enemy's positions, he immediately ordered all troops to mount bayonets." Zheng Yunqiu started his performance with runny noses and tears.
Amid this guy's unfailing cries, Lieutenant Kiyoshi Yamamoto's heroic image was so tall that Saburo Kuroda's headquarters could hardly accommodate him.
Of course, in front of an old soldier like Saburo Kuroda, if Zheng Yunqiu showed even the slightest flaw or the battle situation was unrealistic, he would be killed in an instant.
The body of Lieutenant Kiyomichi Yamamoto has been examined by the regiment medical officer. The fatal injury was a German-made Luger pistol bullet shot into the left chest at close range. There were also twelve bayonet wounds on his body!
Just looking at these wounds, you can imagine how tragic the battlefield was at that time. Yamamoto Kiyoshi must have killed several enemy soldiers and then been targeted by the enemy. He first shot them with a pistol and then swarmed them, otherwise there would have been so many
A bayonet wound deep into the gut?
If Saburo Kuroda knew, the bullet that shot into Lieutenant Yamamoto's left chest at close range was precisely because the security force major in front of him approached with his infantry company and suddenly drew his gun and fired when Yamamoto Kiyoshi was unprepared, and the other eight
All the bayonet wounds were the work of 12 officers of the Security Army Infantry Battalion who killed all the Japanese troops. It is estimated that even ten thousand taels of gold could not save Zheng Yunqiu's life!
It is a pity that Saburo Kuroda will not know this secret at least during the war.
All the Japanese who knew the situation at the scene were killed, while all the Chinese who knew the inside story were keeping their mouths shut because they wanted to save their own lives, and because they needed insiders.
In order to fit in with Zheng Yunqiu's story, the Chinese side even deliberately obscured the battle damage report of the Battle of Bauhinia Mountain after the war. They only said that they annihilated more than 500 Japanese invaders and puppet troops in the Battle of Bauhinia Mountain.
The number of casualties among our regular army and militia was around 400.
In such an offensive and defensive battle, the battle losses were almost one to one, which is definitely worthy of praise. It is no wonder that the 80th Army specially awarded the "Panzhai Guard Company" a certificate of collective first-class merit.
But this was clearly a cover-up in the eyes of the Japanese military intelligence department. According to Zheng Yunqiu's report and visual inspection of the battlefield, the number of Chinese casualties was definitely over 800.
Of course, Kuroda Saburo would not listen to one-sided words and sent an army captain with extensive battlefield experience to observe the battlefield on the spot.
As Zheng Yunqiu said, in order to retrieve the remains of Yamamoto Qinglu, the Japanese even formed a death squad with machine gunners and grenade launchers wearing white cloths on their heads and holding rifles.
This is very characteristic of the heroic style of the Imperial Japanese infantry. Of course, this kind of behavior is not uncommon in the 10th Division's battles in several places. If the chief officer dies in battle, his subordinates will risk their lives to get it back.
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Therefore, they all died on that position, together with the two security army infantry platoons that broke into the Chinese position.
The hillside after the war was dotted with security army infantry camps and the remains of imperial officers and soldiers, especially thirty meters away from the front of the Chinese position, where the remains of imperial officers and soldiers with white cloths on their heads were everywhere.
Those should have been thrown from the position by the Chinese who won the final victory. On such a cruel battlefield, the number reported by the Chinese was most likely false.
At least one judgment of the Japanese intelligence agency must be correct, and the number of 400 casualties cannot be false anymore.
That is, the truth is no longer far from their imagination, but completely opposite.
In this magical blocking battle, the "Panzhai Guard Company" actually lost one person and injured four others. Those injured by stones and scratches were not included in the count.
The general commendation issued by the headquarters of the 80th Army was not specifically designed to fool the Japanese intelligence department. It was indeed more than 150 officers and soldiers, mainly 60 officers and soldiers of the 2nd Company of the Fourth Army Regiment, who achieved the most dazzling battle loss ratio on this battlefield.
Perhaps only all the Chinese people present knew how aggrieved the two Japanese infantry teams were.
Hand-to-hand combat did occur, but it was a hand-to-hand combat between nearly 300 puppet troops and more than 40 Japanese infantry.
The combat effectiveness of the puppet army is nothing compared to the Japanese regular army, but for the puppet army, if they don't completely kill this group of Japanese soldiers, they will die, and they can only fight desperately. In addition, they are almost seven times the size of the Japanese army.
The military strength and psychological advantage are also much stronger.
As for the dozens of Japanese troops who were caught off guard at the foot of the hillside, seeing the hundreds of puppet troops Wuyang Wuyang rushing towards them, they were naturally frightened first and then panicked. Their resistance and combat effectiveness in the rush was somewhat reduced compared to before.
Under this ebb and flow, dozens of Japanese soldiers would be damned if they were all eaten up.
However, even so, more than 40 Japanese troops resisted desperately and even took away twice as many puppet troops. Facts once again proved that the strength of the Japanese infantry in hand-to-hand combat was really not overshadowed.
The Japanese troops on the hillside had already realized that this was a mutiny by the security forces, but they could not go down to join the battle. The Chinese on the hill unexpectedly surrounded them from both sides, and the remaining dozens of puppet troops below also struggled to block them.
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When the puppet troops at the foot of the mountain finished dealing with their opponents, more than 10 light machine guns were fired. Nearly 200 puppet troops fired randomly, and the Chinese on the mountain threw grenades at them. The dozens of Japanese troops who were surrounded tightly were like steel bars.
Even Iron Bones can't survive.
Seeing that the Chinese army on the mountain was so cooperative, Zheng Yunqiu, who originally planned to send someone to communicate with the Chinese army, risked his life. Even though he knew that his head was on the list of "Tuba", he actually went to the Chinese position in person.
As he expected, the Eightyth Group Army felt that he was more useful alive than dead. After nearly half an hour of communication between Zheng Yunqiu and Lao Abacus, the specific agreement was unknown, but at least one item had been determined. Zheng Yunqiu would
Donated 200,000 yuan in cash to the Guangping Division of the Eightyth Army to serve as military expenses.
Of course, if the old abacus could know that this product is worth a thousand taels of gold when exported from Kuroda Saburo, he would definitely regret that the 200,000 yuan is less.
In this day and age, what kind of business can be robbed so quickly? Battalion Commander Zheng’s reputation as the culprit in Guangping County is not just that he robbed the boss and the west. With the support of the Japanese, several wealthy households in Guangping County wanted to be safe.
, the family fortune was almost wiped out by this guy.
However, Lao Baanpan is not afraid that this guy will default on his debt or not cooperate in the future. As for the battle at Bauhinia Mountain, as long as the wind is released, the Japanese will definitely doubt. Can Zheng Yunqiu guarantee that his remaining 200 people can withstand the torture?
Even if their hands are stained with Japanese blood.
Zheng Yunqiu was indeed a ruthless man. When he left the Chinese position, he specifically asked the Chinese to shoot him in the arm with a Liao-made Thirteen.
Because the equipment of his security camp was all captured by the Japanese army, it is quite complicated. The rifles and equipment include Hanyang-made, medium-formal, and 38-type large caps. Pistols are like shell guns, Southern Fourteeners, and Ruger pistols, but they are only made in Liao.
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A shot with a Liao-made Thirteen Rifle is obviously more convincing.
Lao Abacus complied with his request. After he walked a hundred meters away, he asked Yang Bicheng to aim at Zheng Yunqiu's arm and shoot him. The wound caused in this way was more in line with his temperament as a brave commander of the attacking side.
Sure enough, when the Japanese military medical officer pretended to dig out the warhead for him, he made a ballistic analysis and determined that it was a gun shot from a long distance and was definitely not a self-inflicted wound. This completely cleared him of suspicion.
Of course, Kuroda Saburo was more suspicious that this guy was injuring himself to win sympathy, but he never thought that this guy just gritted his teeth and stamped his feet and killed nearly a hundred infantrymen of the Imperial Japanese Empire. He was given a thousand taels of gold here.
, but there was another 200,000 yuan given to the 80th Army as military expenses.
All we can say is that Zheng Yunqiu is so bad that he has sores on his head and runny feet.
But for the 80th Army and the Fourth Army, fighting fire with fire to deal with the Japanese was a good method.
Soon, it was determined that the battle at Bauhinia Mountain was due to Lieutenant Kiyomichi Yamamoto's excessive bravery, which resulted in the death of all his own troops, and because Zheng Yunqiu promised to donate a thousand taels of gold after the war to the families of those who died in the battle, Saburo Kuroda finally
Still didn't take out his anger on Zheng Yunqiu.
However, perhaps because he was upset after seeing Zheng Yunqiu and the dejected security forces of No. 200, Saburo Kuroda gave Zheng Yunqiu a task to transport the remains of those who died on the front line back to Guangping County, including those left on the slopes of Bauhinia Mountain.
The team went to carry it on the hillside.
It was already May, and the weather was already a bit hot. He believed that the Chinese were not willing to let these corpses stay on the battlefield, otherwise the smell of the decaying corpses could make people faint.
The first half of Saburo Kuroda's vision was correct. Wei Donglai agreed to the Japanese request and allowed the Japanese corpse collection team without any weapons to approach 80 meters in front of the position to collect corpses. Within 80 meters, Chinese officers and soldiers would be responsible.
Move the body over.
This is not because of any international rules or morality, but because the temperature in May has exceeded 20 degrees, and the body will decompose in just one night. Not to mention the stench that towers into the sky, people who can smoke it will not be able to eat a bite in a day.
Rice, and more importantly, the overwhelming mosquitoes and flies caused by carrion will also bring various diseases.
Even if the Japanese don't come to collect the corpses, the Chinese will send people to throw them further away at night.
But the corpse transport team arranged by Saburo Kuroda chose the wrong person. There were more than a hundred corpses inside, but they had caused it themselves.
What's even more terrible is that as early as an hour ago, Wei Donglai was keenly aware of a key point that could quickly end this battle.
The security forces driving the carriage encountered a strong man wearing a simple waistcoat about three kilometers away from the county seat.
The security forces, who had always been vicious towards the common people, not only did not dare to shout loudly after the other party revealed his identity, but were instead personally received by Battalion Commander Zheng.
Although Commander Zheng's face turned pale after the strong man left, he could only order the whole camp to rest for half an hour in accordance with the strong man's request.
It wasn't until the sky got dark that they continued to set off with the security camp. However, the number of people in the security camp had grown from less than 200 to 230.
When entering the city gate, the Japanese infantry team leader responsible for defending the city gate did a symbolic inspection and stood at a distance with his nose covered.
The stench of sweat and blood on the bodies of more than 200 security troops can be smelled from a distance of more than ten meters, but if compared with the strong smell of death emanating from the corpses piled in more than 20 carriages, it is simply better.
The smell is terrible.
What's more, the message that the security forces were responsible for transporting the corpses was sent to the regiment headquarters by Major Saburo Kuroda's frontline headquarters. What could possibly be wrong?
Colonel Jiro Kikukawa looked at the corpses of nearly 300 Japanese infantry, and his face was extremely ugly. This was the first day, and more than one-tenth of the more than 2,000 imperial troops had been lost. Those who didn't know it thought he had led the regiment to participate in another battle.
It's a big battle!
But the other side was just a group of "Tuba"! After the war, if there were not thousands or even tens of thousands of Chinese corpses as the result of the war, the "Ember War" launched by his leadership would have been a huge defeat.
As a result, the face of Zheng Yunqiu, an unlucky child who was already pitiful with a bandage on his head, quickly became red and swollen. If he didn't slap his only punching bag five or six times, it would be disrespectful to the shining rank of Colonel Jiro Kikukawa.
As everyone knows, it would be better not to draw. Zheng Yunqiu originally planned to bring 30 people into the city to pay for the 80th Army. There are still 200 Japanese troops in the city. 30 people want to make a difference in the county. That is really too much.
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But after this attack, Zheng Yunqiu simply broke the jar and told Mr. Long about a secret tunnel he had dug inside the city that led outside the city.
That was the escape route that Zheng Yunqiu had left for himself long ago. Whether it was the Japanese or the Eightyth Army who wanted his life, this route was 600 meters long, with one end exiting in the hidden woods outside the city, and the other end at the other end 200 meters away from the city wall.
In a dilapidated small building, the old couple living in it were greatly favored by his father in the early years and are the only people Zheng Yunqiu can trust now.
Of course, these are just Zheng Yunqiu's words. Even Long Yan, who didn't know him well, didn't completely believe his lies.
The cunning rabbit still has three holes. How could a person as selfish as Zheng Yunqiu leave only one escape route for himself?
But this tunnel has solved a big problem in Longyan.
The three elite infantry platoons, the mountain infantry platoon, the reconnaissance platoon, and the guard platoon, ran 140 miles in 10 hours, and all arrived at the Panzhai battlefield at 11 o'clock yesterday.
However, Wei Donglai did not immediately put them into the battlefield. Instead, he held these 230 elites in his hands as a reserve force and did not use them until this morning.
After finishing all this, Zheng Yunqiu was as busy as a donkey. He and the remnants of the security army only had a meal and rested for two hours in the county town. At 11 o'clock in the evening, he led the entire battalion to escort a Japanese army baggage team.
and supplies set off for the Panzhai front line.
That was the order of Jiro Kikukawa. Saburo Kuroda looked at the security forces, but Jiro Kikukawa had no troops left under him. This 60-man baggage team was the last force he, a dignified infantry commander, could use.
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But a mere 60 people went walking at night, and the risk factor was extremely high, so they could only use the security troops who had just returned from the front line as donkeys of the production team.
The big mouths that Zheng Yunqiu suffered were actually foreshadowing this. No matter how aggressive the dogs were, they would basically behave honestly!
Who knows how happy the donkeys of the production team are at this moment? As soon as dozens of capable men sneak into the queue, anyone with any sense knows that there will definitely be no peace in the city tonight. Who will stay in this land of right and wrong?
It's courting death.
No need to be afraid of being a little tired or miserable, life is the last word!
The donkeys of the production team set off again with full energy, which impressed the second-line soldiers of the Japanese army's baggage squad. It would be great if the Chinese people were so cooperative.
Little did they know, the little donkeys who had just killed a hundred regular Japanese troops looked at them as if they were looking at a group of rogues ()
