Chapter 933 This is the glory that belongs to the entire army!
Of course, not all Japanese soldiers who wished to surrender were kneeling.
For example, Tang Dao gave the highest commander of the surrendered Japanese army the right to stand.
It's just that since the top commander of the Japanese army, Koshiminami Goto, committed suicide out of fear of crime, this Japanese army has no officers above the rank of left officer, only a few second lieutenants.
Therefore, Lieutenant Kuroki Komatsu held the sword of Minami Ozuo Goto, the captain of the 108th Infantry Regiment, who committed suicide out of fear of crime, and asked to surrender.
It was certainly a good thing that the Japanese surrendered like this, but this great good thing created a big problem for the four regiment-level commanders at the scene.
Since Brigadier Cheng, the top commander of the Chinese military, was not present due to some matters, there was a question as to who would serve as the surrender officer of the Chinese military.
The Chinese and Japanese armies have been fighting for more than a year, which is a long time of 8 months in terms of time. The Japanese army that has always had the upper hand rarely surrenders, and if there are, they are scattered soldiers on local battlefields.
Such a collective surrender of nearly 200 Japanese troops was the first time since the war began. It was an absolute honor to be able to surrender on behalf of the entire army.
In other words, this is no longer a personal honor, but belongs to the commander's unit.
Especially for the three members of the 921st Division, letting them give up the glory that belongs to the 921st Division is simply more uncomfortable than killing them.
It's just that Tang Tuanzuo was asked to come forward during the negotiation, only to have to fight for the surrender. This kind of unkindness cannot be justified anywhere.
The three colonels, whose average age was no more than 30, were somewhat silent for a while, while the officers and soldiers were filled with endless joy.
"The commander is still discussing the next battle plan with the division chief. We can't reach the front line for a while. We can't go to the surrender ceremony together. I think we should let Brother Tang do it for us!" The leader of the 771st Regiment finally broke the news.
silence.
Even though this person may appear to be a bit honest in his daily life, in fact, wood also has great wisdom.
First of all, he knew that the 'local tycoon' who came up with Tang Dao and sent guns and artillery was very valued by the brigade commander, and in this battle, he personally led the elite troops to block the retreat of the Japanese army with the respect of a regiment commander.
It is not an exaggeration to let him enjoy the glory of first-class merit.
Furthermore, Tang Dao was not alone among the various tribes participating in this battle.
Wang Xiaoqiang has a bad temper and doesn't obey anyone, but he is very loyal to Tang Dao. Although the young leader of the 769th regiment is young and energetic, he miraculously recognizes Tang Dao. Both of his friends are like this.
If we don't take the initiative, the Four Elements Group will still say that their 683 brigade is petty.
"It's rare for Old Xu to be generous today!" Wang Xiaoqiang looked at his old comrades, with a knowing smile on his face, but his mouth was unforgiving. "Brother, hurry up, lest this old comrade will regret it later.
Already."
"Okay, I agree with Commander Xu's proposal to have Commander Tang accept the surrender of the Japanese invaders as the chief representative of the ministries participating in the war!" The young leader of the 769th Regiment also nodded.
"Brothers, I know how you feel. Thank you for your recognition of me and all the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Regiment. However, I personally believe that the glory of victory in this battle belongs to all the officers and soldiers participating in the battle. None of them deserves to enjoy this."
Second honor!" Tang Dao shook his head and made another suggestion. "How about we do this..."
Tang Dao knew that of course he could not refuse this kind of honor, and he and the Four Elements Group fully deserved this honor.
But he can't have it all to himself!
In this battle, the 769th Regiment sacrificed no less than 500 people, which was almost the strength of an infantry battalion. They paid an unimaginable price.
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Although the 771st Regiment and the 772nd Regiment did not sacrifice so much, they were the leading force on the entire battlefield. Without them as a deterrent on both wings, the Japanese army had already devoted all its strength to break through the frontal defense line of the 769th Regiment. Then it would have to wait until the fourth line.
The regiment marched urgently to complete the final encirclement?
What's more important is that this battle was not completed under the command of Tang Dao. It was due to the genius idea and decision of the 683 Journey Brigade Commander that the battle was finally successful.
It can be said that this honor does not belong to the person here, nor to that infantry regiment, but to all the Chinese soldiers present.
They are all qualified to participate in this surrender ceremony.
The queue is composed of a section of the 921st Division's Third Regiment and Fourth Regiment each deployed nearby. They will observe the ceremony! As representatives of the entire army, they will observe the entire surrender process.
In this surrender ceremony, the commanders of both sides will not hand over the command sword of the losing side in front of the two armies as usual. Instead, the Japanese representatives will walk through the queue where the Chinese military representatives stand.
Representatives of these outstanding Chinese soldiers will look down at their battle results with their proud military postures, and will cheer for victory with their commanders at the first opportunity!
"Japanese devils are just like dogs in front of me!" This is the reward Tang Dao gave to these outstanding Chinese soldiers!
That kind of spiritual pleasure will far exceed the so-called material rewards!
After hearing Tang Dao's suggestion, the three captains' eyes lit up. Although this surrender ceremony was a little cumbersome, it emphasized the various ministries participating in the war, rather than just highlighting a certain person. It was perfect, and it also
It gave major incentives to the officers and soldiers of various departments.
"Yes!" Brigadier Cheng, who was busy at the rear brigade headquarters, received the report from the front line. He smiled and waved in agreement.
The order was immediately passed on, and each regiment was assigned 100 quotas, which were then assigned to nearby infantry companies. Although they were told that there would be photos taken, in the words of Tang Dao Tang Tuan Zuo: "This time, it is not a welcome ceremony.
We are here on behalf of the entire army to see how the little devils surrendered to me. We are not playing tricks, we can do whatever we want. The only requirement is to hold my chest high and let the little devils
Look, what do Chinese soldiers mean?"
Although the Battle of Beiganling is over, it does not mean the end of the entire campaign. The troops on alert in the direction of Lucheng are more than 2,500 meters away. The Four Lines Regiment even sent elite cavalry and special forces to rush towards Lucheng.
There's no telling when another war will start, and there won't be much time left for the Chinese army to hold a grand surrender ceremony.
Tantai Mingyue, who was still responsible for treating the wounded behind the mountain, and her precious camera were brought to the scene on horseback by the cavalry. Each unit of the Fourth Regiment also selected personnel to participate in the surrender ceremony.
The standards for the participants are almost unprecedentedly consistent, that is, the brave officers and soldiers of each company fought in this battle.
Because the number of places was limited, each infantry company and platoon commander voluntarily gave up this opportunity and left the glory to their brothers.
For example, the officers and soldiers of the Si Xing Regiment who participated in this short surrender ceremony were basically from the Guard Company and the Seventh Company on the most intense battlefield that blocked the Japanese retreat in the previous World War. However, there was not a single officer, and they were all composed of soldiers.
Most of them are wounded soldiers, either with their arms hung up by bandages or their heads wrapped in bandages. There are even soldiers with injured lower limbs being carried by stretcher soldiers. Although their bodies are stained with blood, their faces are even more tired from the long march.
They looked a little pale with the heart-wrenching pain, but everyone's eyes were full of energy.
Because these ordinary soldiers all know that witnessing the Japanese commander hand over the command knife in front of them will be a feat they can brag about for the rest of their lives.
But obviously, this is not a patent of the Four Lines Regiment. The three infantry regiments of the 921st Division are almost identical, and a considerable part of them are wounded.
Although they do not belong to the same sequence, looking at the actions of the Four Lines Regiment, the 921 Division from top to bottom has a great sense of identification with this unit that fights side by side with them. This sense of identification even goes beyond
When Tang Dao presented a large number of weapons to the 683 Brigade on behalf of the Four Elements Regiment.
It’s a strange psychology, but it’s real.
The reason is simply that the so-called integration of officers and soldiers is nothing more than that! Such troops are extremely reliable comrades-in-arms.
Maybe even Tang Dao himself didn't know that it was from this moment that he and the Four Elements were truly accepted by this army.
Of course, Tang Dao did not do this deliberately, nor did he do it deliberately. The army he was in in his previous life was just a continuation of the army in front of him, and since he became the highest officer of the Four Elements Regiment, he has already
Subtly implant some of the genes of that future army into the Four Lines Regiment.
Comrade-in-arms is the one who is most worthy of giving your back to him on the battlefield! With such a concept as support, those officers who are already company commanders and platoon commanders will chill the hearts of their brothers for the sake of mere glory.
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This sunny afternoon in spring was definitely an afternoon of extreme inner suffering for Second Lieutenant Kuroki Komatsu, who had been waiting in fear for a long time until he could go and hand over his command knife to the Chinese commander.
And this hundreds of meters of road that usually only took a few minutes to complete was definitely the longest several hundred meters he had walked in his life. According to what he said in his post-war memoirs, it was even longer than that.
When he returned to the battlefield, he kept thinking about the long thoughts of the devil in his heart.
Because he saw a Chinese army that was completely different from what he knew.
Before that, even if he had admitted his own defeat, he attributed the reason to the poor command of that idiot Koshiminami Goto, as well as the fact that China's concentration of troops far exceeded his own and his lack of familiarity with the geographical environment.
Deep down in his heart, he still firmly believed that with equal strength, the imperial infantry could not be defeated.
But when he walked through the surrender path lined with Chinese soldiers, some strength deep in his heart was broken bit by bit.
The Chinese soldiers lined up starting from the kneeling Japanese soldiers.
Four hundred Chinese soldiers stood upright, forming two rows like green pines, with a three-meter-wide aisle in the middle!
As soldiers, based on their appearance, age composition, and equipment, they undoubtedly do not have the qualifications to form an elite army.
Some of them are wearing blue military uniforms, some are wearing gray military uniforms, and some military uniforms have no time to dye. Some of them are teenagers no more than 16 years old, some young people in their 20s, and some middle-aged people over 40 years old.
And the guns in their hands include Type 38 rifles, some made in the Czech Republic, some made in Hanyang, some long guns, some short guns, almost all kinds of kinds. It is completely impossible for such a mess of equipment to exist in the Japanese army. Any one of them has
Soldiers with sufficient military experience know that this will lead to the collapse of the logistics supply system, and long-term operations are a joke.
But it happened that such an army defeated the Imperial Army. How on earth did they do it? Kuroki Komatsu was a little confused at that moment.
But as he kept moving forward, he seemed to gradually begin to find the answer!
Yes, they are old and young. Not to mention that their weapons and equipment cannot be unified, and even their military uniforms cannot have the same color. They have no courage that a strong army should have.
But, they really do.
Their courage is not in their military uniforms, their open-toed straw sandals, or their various firearms.
On their faces, in their bright eyes, on their high heads.
The faces of these soldiers who had just finished the battle were still covered in gunpowder smoke and dust, their bodies were still stained with blood, the steel guns in their hands seemed to be steaming, and many of them were even sitting on stretchers...
They should have been lying on the hospital bed, struggling with the pain, but they were still here, proudly watching their defeated generals, watching them humble themselves in front of them and begging for survival.
This is the privilege that Chinese commanders give to their subordinates, because they are strong enough and because they deserve it all!
Such Chinese soldiers certainly deserve to be respected!
Especially when he saw the disdainful looks they looked at him, the defeated general, Kuroki Komatsu shuddered even more!
If all Chinese soldiers are like this, can the empire really win this war no matter how much more troops it invests? He kept asking himself this in his heart.
But the answer really made this Japanese Army lieutenant desperate. The empire could invest two million or five million with all its national strength, but the Chinese, whose total population is more than six times that of the empire, might be able to invest ten million or twenty million.
...
Such a group of people, even if they have all fire sticks in their hands, can the imperial army kill them all?
Tang Dao stood at the end of the queue, waiting for Kuroki Komatsu, who was walking heavily as his psychology was constantly being destroyed.
"Your Majesty, please accept our surrender!" Kuroki Komatsu humbly bent down and raised the command knife hanging from the waist of a certain left hand, which was still stained with blood, above his head.
"On behalf of our department, I accept your surrender. If you fully cooperate, our department will give you normal prisoner of war treatment!" Tang Dao reached out and took the command knife from Kuroki Komatsu's hand, giving a formulaic answer.
For him, he is actually very welcome to see this group of Japanese soldiers uncooperative at any time. Then he has reason to kill these guys completely. It is really a waste of food for these nearly 200 people, even if he has already thought about it.
Okay, it’s just two meals of porridge every morning and evening, the kind that can clearly illuminate people’s silhouettes.
But Tang Dao also knew that he didn't want these prisoners of war, but the 921st Division did. The "Anti-War Alliance" that already had a framework was waiting for these guys to enrich it!
Even though the 80th Group Army adopted a soft policy and was not a powerful weapon against these surrendered troops, it was fed all kinds of truths every day and was absolutely gentle. The simple and crude brainwashing indoctrination by Japanese high-level officials was not enough for those who wanted to surrender.
In front of the boss, he is really nothing.
Tang Dao knew that in the future, the 'Japanese Anti-War Alliance' formed by the Eighty Group Army would continue to grow and grow, and by the time the Great Patriotic War was won, it would become an organization with 5 branches and 20 branches with more than 1,000 members.
That doesn't mean they are just waving flags and shouting. Most of them not only participate in production and construction in the base area, but also directly devote themselves to fighting and become the famous "Japanese Doha"!
Even then, the Japanese army did not capture many prisoners. If at the current rate, one hundred and eighty were captured in the first battle, Tang Dao even dared to believe that it would be no problem to capture tens of thousands of "Japanese Doha" in this time and space.
After Tang Dao took the offered command sword, Kuroki Komatsu still maintained his bowing posture, but stepped back three meters, in a full surrender posture!
This is the Japanese. They pay attention to detail in everything they do, even if it is surrender!
Seeing that Tang Dao had taken over the Japanese surrender command knife, the chests of the Chinese soldiers standing in two rows could not help but rise and fall, and their breathing could not help but become heavier.
That's because they are waiting, waiting for Tang Dao to represent all Chinese soldiers and lift up this trophy that symbolizes victory.
They can't wait to taste this fruit of victory that belongs to them!
At this moment, Erya, who was staying far away, hurried over and reported to the three regiment leaders behind Tang Dao, then whispered into Tang Dao's ear, who was listening attentively.
The Chinese soldiers present couldn't help but feel a little bit in their hearts. Could it be that something unexpected happened?
Still hunched over and not daring to raise his head, Kuroki Kosong, who had retreated three meters, was a little far away from Tang Dao. He could not quite hear the whispers of Tang Dao's signal soldiers. He only heard the keywords "Lucheng" and "Japanese invaders".
As a former Japanese soldier, this man couldn't help but feel happy. Could it be that the division commander had regrouped the army to fight here? But what followed was that the joy disappeared and filled him up.
It was a moment of great fear.
If the Imperial Army gathers a large force to attack, the most tragic thing may not be the Chinese here, but the surrendered troops.
If the Imperial Army wins, the defeated Chinese will definitely take action against these surrendered troops. Even if they take 10,000 steps back and say that they have kept their promise, Kuroki Komatsu will not be so naive as to think that the division commander will forgive them for falling into these traps.
A guy who was forced to surrender in desperate circumstances.
In particular, he was not the only one who knew the inside story of a certain leftist who "swore to die and will not surrender." There were at least dozens of people involved, and hundreds of people were watching.
To put it bluntly, if the Chinese win, he can live, even if he is humble, but if his own people win, he will die.
Then let the Chinese win! The already ‘fallen’ Second Lieutenant Kuroki Komatsu walked further and further towards the place of darkness, and he was filled with such hope deep in his heart!
This time, Amaterasu must have heard the thoughts of this no longer pious citizen and satisfied him.
From an angle invisible to the bent Kuroki Komatsu, the faces of the three commanders of the 921st Division were filled with uncontrollable smiles.
The smiles were about to flow out of their faces, even Old Xu of the 771st Regiment, who was known as the "rock" of the 683rd Brigade.
Because, this battle can be completely declared over!
The news of victory can also be announced to the entire army at the moment when the Japanese army's left-class saber is raised!
