Domon Jiro and Ozawa had already climbed to a nearby roof. They looked at the roaring flood below their feet and wiped the sweat from their heads with lingering fear.
At this moment, Ozawa suddenly felt the roof shaking under his feet, so he hurriedly looked down and discovered that where he was sitting, there was a long crack in the roof, which was expanding rapidly.
It turned out that the house had been in disrepair for a long time and could have been sustained for a while, but a millstone swept by the flood hit a corner of the house, causing cracks to appear in the wall of the house.
"Ozawa-kun, come here quickly." Domon Jiro also saw the cracks in the roof. He shouted anxiously, and at the same time stretched out his hand, trying to pull Ozawa over.
Ozawa also stretched out his arm and reached Domonjiro's arm. He was about to reach it, but at this moment, the house beneath him suddenly made a loud bang and collapsed.
Ozawa fell into the flood water along with the collapsed house. He only let out a scream and disappeared.
"Ozawa-kun!" Domon Jiro let out a cry of sorrow, threw himself next to the broken roof, and searched in the flood, hoping to see Ozawa's shadow. However, the momentum of the flood was too great, and Ozawa was nowhere to be seen.
’s shadow.
Domon Jiro's heart felt like a knife was stabbing him. Ozawa and he grew up together, and then joined the army together. They started from the lowest level of soldiers and rose to their current position. They can be said to be friends who share life and death. Unexpectedly, today
Died in the flood.
But Domon Jiro had no choice. The flood was so big that even if he jumped down to search, there would be no result, only one more corpse.
Watching the raging flood roaring past his feet, Domonjiro could only wait on the roof, waiting for the flood to pass before he could gather the remaining troops and leave this dangerous situation.
He knew that as soon as the flood receded, what was waiting for them was likely to be a counterattack from Huxiaoling. By then, the Kwantung Army, which had been routed by the flood, would not have the strength to fight back. This sweep was destined to fail, and it might even be a failure.
A disastrous defeat.
Although the flood was fierce, because it was a hoarded amount of water, when the water in the upstream reservoir was released, it lost its sustained power. Therefore, after raging for ten minutes, the water gradually eased, until half an hour later, the flood
Then it stopped completely.
Although it was only half an hour of raging, Niujia Town had been changed beyond recognition. Most of the houses collapsed. The Japanese soldiers on the roof fell into the water. Some were drowned and some were washed away. There were no survivors.
How much.
On the street, gravel and water plants carried by the floods are everywhere, as well as the blue-black silt, which is three to four fingers thick. It is slippery to step on it, and you will fall down if you are not careful.
On the ground.
Many Japanese soldiers jumped from the houses and walked cautiously on the streets, looking for anyone who survived.
In a depression in the town, corpses of Japanese soldiers were piled up in a large pile. They were all drowned by floods and then rolled here. Because of the terrain here, they finally stayed.
In Niujia Town, a brigade of Japanese soldiers is stationed, and within a radius of two kilometers, a regiment of elite infantry is stationed. It can be said that the force is strong and the defense capabilities are extraordinary.
However, when the flood came, the dense distribution became a nightmare for the Japanese army. Facing the all-pervasive and unstoppable flood, their defensive position was as thin as a piece of paper.
In just a few breaths, thousands of people from a multi-unit group around Niujia Town were washed to pieces and entered the river to feed the fish.
After the flood passed, the remaining troops that the Japs could gather together were less than one squadron, and the rest were gone. Even the Japs' commander was nowhere to be seen.
Of course, what they didn't know was that at this time, their captain was hanging on a crooked tree sticking out of the water by the river, and had been dead for a long time.
"Commander, the team has suffered heavy losses, all heavy weapons have been lost, and there are not many weapons left that can still fight." After taking stock of the team's situation, a staff officer ran over quickly and reported to Domon Jiro.
This flood caused heavy losses to the Japanese army. Although we don’t know the losses of the Japanese troops currently distributed in other places in Niujiawa, at least the troops at the Niujia Town headquarters can be said to have been completely wiped out, with only more than a hundred remaining.
people, and there are more than 60 rifles.
Domenjiro frowned and asked, "Where are the soldiers' weapons?"
The staff officer had a troubled look on his face, as if hesitating whether to say anything. Finally, seeing the sharp look in Domon Jiro's eyes, he spoke, "When we were escaping from the flood just now, many soldiers threw away their weapons."
Under such a ferocious flood, the sooner you can escape, the sooner you can survive. Although rifles are not usually heavy, they became cumbersome at this time, so many Japanese soldiers abandoned their weapons and ran away with bare hands.
So, now, there are fewer weapons than people.
After listening to the staff officer's report, Domon Jiro angrily cursed, "Baga, don't they know that weapons are part of a soldier's life, and discarding weapons is tantamount to committing suicide."
The staff officer lowered his head and did not dare to say anything. Now that the commander was furious, he did not dare to get into trouble.
Domenjiro vented the anger in his heart, then waved his hand and said, "Order the team to leave here immediately. Pay attention to searching for surviving soldiers on the way, and also pay attention to collecting weapons."
After the flood raged, the Yanhuang Legion would definitely send troops here, because this was a good opportunity to beat up the drowned dog. Domon Jiro knew this very well, so he commanded the Japanese squadron to leave before the flood outside the town completely receded.
Niujia Town, walk along the road towards the outside of Niujiawa.
Niujiawa is just a depression. More than 20 kilometers away from it is Tieling County. There is a Japanese regiment stationed there, and there is a tall city wall to rely on. It is the best place for defeated soldiers like them.
After leaving Niujia Town, the Japs marched all the way north. All they saw on the road were traces of the raging floods. Most of the green gauze tents on the roadside had fallen down. The ground was completely covered with water. It looked white, and the dirt road under their feet was also
It was muddy, and the black clay mud unique to the Northeast stuck to the feet. If you stepped on it, you would pick up a large piece of it. Soon the devil's suede leather shoes were stained with lumps, and the weight increased a lot.
In this way, along a sloping road, Domen Erlang led this squadron of Japanese soldiers to walk about four or five miles, gathered the strength of another squadron, and then saw the hills to the north of Niujiawa.