Chapter 165: Persuading the Surrender of the Fourth Independent Brigade Please subscribe
A strange aspect appeared on the battlefield. The battalions of the Third Regiment of the Independent Detachment had received orders to stop firing. Upon seeing this, the enemy troops in the encirclement also stopped fighting back.
"Batalion Commander, why did the Eighth Route Army cease fire?"
"How the hell did I know, stop talking nonsense, take this opportunity to carry the injured brother over quickly, the health worker quickly bandages the wound of the injured brother, and the rest build fortifications on the spot!" The 1st Regiment of the Independent Fourth Brigade in the encirclement
The third battalion commander said.
The enemy's third battalion commander was also a little confused at this time. The Eighth Route Army's firepower had just suppressed them and they could not lift their heads, but now they actually took the initiative to cease fire.
"Battal Commander, this group of Eighth Route Army is really evil. Listen to the gunfire, there are no less than four heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route Army and no less than twenty light machine guns in the front. When did the Eighth Route Army become so wealthy? Look at this crater, it is clearly a small one.
The Japanese Type 92 infantry cannon exploded!" said a company commander of the third battalion.
"This group of Eighth Route Army troops came specifically for us. This time our Fourth Independent Brigade will most likely fall into their hands. I don't know what is happening to them now!" the third battalion commander said pessimistically.
"Brothers of the Fourth Independent Brigade, look around you. They are all our people. You have been surrounded by the main force of our independent detachment. Stop making unnecessary resistance. The Chinese will not fight the Chinese!" Instructor Sun Jiu said with a hand held by Sun Jiu.
The iron trumpet shouted from the battlefield.
"My friend San is going to surrender to the enemy and become a traitor. You must know it in your heart. Do you want to follow him and surrender to the little Japanese? Although you are serving as a soldier and eating food, there is nothing wrong with obeying the orders of your superiors, but you can't just follow the orders of your superiors in a daze, right?
"
"Your Sixty-ninth Army used to be a heroic unit that fought against the Japanese. During the Battle of Xuzhou, it was your Sixty-ninth Army that cut off the supply line of the Kunisaki Detachment of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army and won a fighter opportunity for the main force. Why do you think of joining us now?
You’re a little devil!”
Sun Jiu held an iron trumpet and spoke for a long time, but the enemy troops in the encirclement did not respond at all.
"Hey, I said, Old Sun, does this work? Why didn't the other side react? I don't know what the commander is thinking. If you give us some time, we can definitely eliminate the enemy forces in the encirclement!" Ding Sheng, commander of the first battalion
said.
"Don't be anxious. Give the other side some time to react. They were fighting to the death just now. How is it possible to ask them to surrender right away? Don't worry, the duck in your mouth won't fly away!" Sun Jiu advised.
"The commander is right. We cannot deny the entire 69th Army because of Shi Yousan's personal actions. Most of the grassroots officers and soldiers of the 69th Army are still good.
The political work of our Eighth Route Army has three major principles: unity of officers and soldiers, unity of army and people, and disintegration of enemy forces. Disrupting enemy forces is an important weapon for defeating enemy forces that is as important as military combat!"
"Battal Commander, what should we do? Should we continue to fight back or..."
The enemy's first battalion commander looked around at the company commanders around him: "Let's report the casualties first!"
"Battal Commander, there are 250 soldiers left in our third battalion, including 85 seriously injured soldiers!"
"Battle Commander Lin, there are 295 people in our first battalion trapped in the encirclement who are still breathing, including 52 wounded. The morale of the soldiers is low!" a company commander of the first battalion reported.
After listening to this, several people present felt a bit solemn.
More than 1,500 people from the Second Regiment of the Independent Fourth Brigade, the Kangyongtu Regiment, revolted on the battlefield. The remaining regiment was on the march, and soldiers in each battalion deserted. After another battle, each battalion suffered serious attrition, including
The third battalion of the vanguard suffered particularly serious casualties.
"Let's talk about it. What do you think?" the enemy's third battalion commander said in a low voice.
"What do you think this is going on? Although the Eighth Route Army is not an army of the same faction as ours, they are all Chinese after all. As a result, so many people have been injured and killed. I am not afraid of death, but I want to die on the battlefield fighting the Japanese.
At least he can be considered a martyr, and his face will be bright when his family members tell him about it!"
"That's right, Battalion Commander, there are some things I've been holding back for a long time. I usually don't dare to say them, but I can't care about them so much today!
Since we, the 69th Army, came to Jinan, have we done anything that made the common people applaud? We either arrested strong men or made apportionments. If the little devils scratched one layer, we scratched them harder than the little devils.
I also come from a poor family, damn it, no wonder the Eighth Route Army can get the support of the common people!"
After the conversation was divided, Zhou Weihan saw that there was no movement at the forward position and went directly to the forward position.
"Commander, why are you here?"
"What's the matter, you can be at the forward position, but I can't come! How is the situation?" Zhou Weihan said with a smile.
"I said everything I could, but the other party didn't react at all!"
"Let me say a few words to them!" Zhou Weihan took the iron horn. There were some things or some decisions that Ding Sheng and other battalion-level cadres could not bear. As the commander of the independent detachment, Zhou Weihan should shoulder the responsibility without hesitation.
"Brothers of the Fourth Independent Brigade, I am Zhou Weihan, the commander of the Southern Hebei Independent Detachment of the Eighth Route Army. I can barely be considered a brigade commander according to my rank. I ordered the troops to stop attacking. I really can't bear to watch our brothers kill each other.
, in the end the cheap ones are not the little devils!
Now is the time for the entire nation to unite in the war of resistance. Our Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially. You can raise any conditions you want!"
"We should join hands to fight the enemy. The reason why we are in today's situation lies with your commander Shi Yousan and has nothing to do with you!
You don’t know yet, but Kang Yongtu’s regiment revolted on the battlefield not long ago. Most of the soldiers in his regiment have joined our Eighth Route Army. A few people are willing to join the New Eighth Route Army, and our Eighth Route Army has not stopped them.
After the war is over, send them to the New Eighth Army. If you are willing to surrender, I promise to give you the same treatment!" Zhou Weihan shouted loudly.
"Battal Commander, surrender. The high-ranking officials of the Eighth Route Army have personally promised it. Besides, the Eighth Route Army treats captured little devils well, how can it treat us any worse? They even allow us to go to the New Eighth Army!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Hey, go tell the brothers to put down their weapons and surrender to the Eighth Route Army. I'm just sorry for the brigade!" The enemy's third battalion commander saw that everyone wanted to surrender, so he simply
I got off the donkey and agreed directly.
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Xiao Zhangzhuang.
"Commander Duan, I'm sorry!" Dong Jiang led more than 20 soldiers from the reconnaissance company to surround Duan Haizhou and his party.
Shortly after Zhang Shifan led the people away, Dong Jiang and others captured them all.
The only enemy troops left in the village were non-combatants such as the communication platoon and the health team. They were no match for the reconnaissance company and others. After three strikes, five divided by two, they were disarmed and even the brigade commander Duan Haizhou was tied up.
stand up.
"Humph, I'm so blind that I actually treat you as one of my own!"
"Brigadier Duan, I could have killed you when we first met, but I heard our commander tell many heroic deeds of Brigadier Duan before I came here. Heroes like Brigadier Duan should not die here.
In our own hands!" Dong Jiang said.
"Why are you talking so much? Since you have heard of me, you should know that they can surrender, but I will not!"
"Brigadier Duan, although I don't know what the situation is outside right now, your troops surrounded by our army may have suffered heavy casualties. We also heard the gunshots from the north of the village just now. I'm afraid the situation is not optimistic either." Dong Jiang continued.
Gentle advice.
After Zhang Shifan arrived at the north of Xiaozhangzhuang Village with the remnants of the First Battalion and the guard company, he found that there were no troops deployed by the Eighth Route Army in the north of the village.
Overjoyed, he personally led his troops out for reconnaissance, but was driven back by Zhu Dashan's cavalry company who was ambushing in the dark.
The remaining 70 or so soldiers of the reconnaissance company were originally hiding in the dark. After the Fourth Independent Brigade assembled and retreated, they took the opportunity to enter Xiaozhangzhuang and prepared to secretly follow the Fourth Independent Brigade. Who would have thought that the enemy would attack again?
was driven back to the village.
When the cavalry company fought with the enemy in the north of the village, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company rushed out. If Zhou Weihan's ceasefire order had not been conveyed, the enemy in the north of the village would have been destroyed long ago under attack from two sides.
"Brigadier Duan, if you don't think about yourself, you should also think about your brothers. They shouldn't die like this! As a senior officer of the 69th Army, you should know that this battle was not initiated by our Eighth Route Army.
Got up.
Shi Yousan's intention of taking refuge with the Japs was to cut himself off from the people. I'm afraid the National Government won't be able to tolerate him. Are you really going to sink with this broken ship?
With all due respect, the third friend of mine has been kind to you, but you are foolishly loyal. You have also been in the ranks of the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army treated prisoners preferentially!"
"Do you think I am a prisoner or a traitor? The Eighth Route Army will never show mercy to traitors!" Duan Haizhou said mockingly.
"Commander Duan, regarding your question, I am just a company commander, so I can't guarantee it, but your contribution to the Eighth Route Army will definitely be remembered by the commanders!" Dong Jiang said honestly.
"That's all, my life is not worth dragging the entire Fourth Independent Brigade with me! Let the communications platoon inform the battalions to surrender!" Duan Haizhou said in a low voice with mixed feelings in his heart.
