When the first person who lost the courage to continue fighting and turned around and retreated appeared, the Japanese army collapsed like an avalanche. The rout was like this. One can take away ten, and ten can take away a hundred. No matter it is The Japanese army or any other army is the same. The only difference is that it was not as completely collapsed as the armies of other countries. At least it could maintain its organizational structure.
Although there are not many Japanese troops who can stand up at this time, a full squadron participating in the attack plus some puppet Manchu troops, plus plainclothes teams, the total number of companies that can still stand and crawl at this time is There were only a few dozen people, but for the Japanese offensive, the occurrence of this situation undoubtedly heralded a total collapse.
Despite relying on his skilled military skills, Yasuhiro Takada once again escaped death. Seeing that the situation was not good, he personally rushed down the mountain to supervise the battle. Whether you fired a gun into the sky or pulled out your saber and personally chopped down a Japanese soldier who was leading the escape. , but still could not prevent the collapse of the army.
Even he himself was squeezed by the defeated army and retreated all the way. Even if he tried to pull the remaining troops up the hill to block the attack and secure these two commanding heights, he was unable to do so. He could only passively be crowded and retreat toward the northeast. Go, fortunately these guys also know that there are troops of their own to the east of the village.
Moving closer to that side, it would be relatively safer for everyone to be together, but they still didn't know that the fate of their friendly forces to the east of the village was actually no better than him, but compared to them at this time , it has not finally collapsed, but because it has more troops than here, the number of casualties is much higher than here.
Although the collapse of the Japanese army is not like that of the current national army, which completely became a piece of sand once defeated, and the troops basically let the sheep go, but the fact that they cannot stabilize their position is not much better than the Chinese army. , under the firepower pursuit behind them, all the Japanese soldiers had only one thought in their minds, which was to get as far away from here as possible.
In addition, the main officers did not need Takada Yasuhiro and forced him to commit suicide. At this time, almost all of them had been killed in the battle. The various commanders who could have replaced some of the officers' functions were also killed or wounded. The remaining Japanese troops basically lost their command. No matter how hard Takada Yasuhiro tries, he can no longer stop the decline.
For these Japanese soldiers who survived the hail of bullets, the current defenders were not an army, but a group of devils. And for Takada Yasuhiro, who was extremely angry when his men collapsed across the board, if not If he knows that his opponent has changed, then he is a fool.
Although he had not calmed down completely, the firepower of the defenders suddenly increased several times from the last moment, and he immediately felt that his opponents behind him could never be those Tuba Road soldiers before. On the Northeast battlefield, right now, The only ones with such strong firepower are the Resistance Alliance in the north.
Those weapons that brought serious casualties to themselves were not light machine guns, but automatic rifles equipped by the Anti-Japanese Alliance in the north. If you just rely on those old-fashioned rifles to advance into the army, they will definitely not have such intensive firepower, but damn The anti-alliance infantry, cavalry, and tank troops that were transferred to Rehe have already been transferred east to join the war. When did the anti-alliance troops that appeared here now arrive?
Thinking of this, Yasuhiro Takada turned his head and wanted to find someone who had sworn to assure himself that there were only a small number of advance troops with extremely poor equipment here, and there was no such thing as the damn Cui Sihu of the anti-alliance alliance. He wanted to ask what this guy did. It's a pity that no matter how hard he tried, he never found this guy again.
At this moment, he had devoured Cui Sihu alive, but he also tried to find the damn guy who provided him with false information among the rebels, and executed him with his own hands to satisfy his hatred. Unfortunately, his opponent... I was not prepared to give him this opportunity at all.
In fact, there is no need for him to execute the execution himself, because even if he can escape back to Chifeng, I am afraid he will never see Cui Sihu, whom he hates with gnashing teeth. The guy who has been painstakingly calculating how to save his life since the battle started. In the end, he still couldn't save his life.
Just when he was trying to quietly take a few confidants with him, and wanted to take advantage of the chaos around him, and when the Japanese army that had been supervising the battle behind him also collapsed, he broke away from the entire battlefield and fired two shots. It was not known whether it was intentional or unintentional. The grenade fired at him hit him exactly where he was.
This guy, whose hands were stained with the blood of the anti-Japanese comrades in the Rehe area, took advantage of the power of the Japanese, worked hard, committed all kinds of evil, and accumulated a lot of bloody wealth for himself. Together with his two hard-core confidants, he was blown into parts. People make calculations and calculations, but in the end they all come to nothing. This result can be regarded as retribution for him who has done many evil things.
It's just that this matter is something that Yasuhiro Takada, who is currently in the midst of a rebellion and is still trying to find this damn guy and kill him quickly, doesn't know. It's just that at this time, facing the defenders' full-scale attack, he himself is also Takada Yasuhiro, who was in danger, had no chance to realize his wish.
Seeing the total collapse of the Japanese army, Zhu Shijian, in addition to leaving a platoon to hold the position, issued the order to attack across the board. For him, it was not necessary to completely annihilate the Japanese and puppet troops, but the village north The two commanding heights overlooking the village must be recaptured.
The Japanese army, which had collapsed at this time, had already completely lost its determination to continue fighting. In addition, the few officers commanding the front line were mostly killed during the battle. They had become headless flies, although they were not yet alive. They ran into chaos, but they could only resist passively while retreating northeastward.
At this time, the Japanese and puppet troops in the north of the village, not to mention clinging to the two commanding heights overlooking the entire village, could not even hold their own feet. In addition, the 12.7mm machine gun behind them and the ultra-long range of the rapid-fire cannon The firepower pursuit made the Japanese army have no intention to stop and resist.
After the two previously lost commanding heights were recaptured without much effort, Zhu Shijian stopped his men and Gao Shijie from thinking of continuing the pursuit. After leaving two squads of troops on the commanding heights, he led The team quickly gathered back to its original position.
For Zhu Shijian, protecting the headquarters of the advancing army and his No. 1 safety is the top priority. As for annihilating this Japanese and puppet army, it is not of great significance, especially since the enemy situation is not yet clear at the moment. It is not yet clear how many Japanese and puppet troops there are, and whether they are the ones that have been exposed. The actual situation will only be known after interrogating the captured prisoners.
If the entire army attacks, even if the Japanese and puppet troops in front of them are completely annihilated, the headquarters will be taken advantage of by Japanese and puppet troops from other directions. What is the point of annihilating more Japanese and puppet troops? Moreover, Zhu Shijian is also It can be seen that although the Japanese army collapsed, it did not fall into complete chaos. Even when it retreated, it did not give up resistance, and its organization did not fall into chaos.
Once it stabilizes its position and finds a commanding height in this mountainous area, even if it has the advantage in weapons, it will be difficult to completely eliminate it in a short time based on the Japanese army's consistent combat effectiveness. , it is very likely that they will be held back by this Japanese and puppet army. When the Japanese and puppet troops from other directions take advantage of the situation, the safety of the headquarters and No. 1 will be in danger.
As a security force, the first priority is to protect the safety of the people it guards. Although he is not a full-time security force, Zhu Shijian still remembers clearly what the commander and division commander repeatedly explained when he came. , was not dazzled by the temporary victory.
Therefore, he did not pursue and fight fiercely, but instead retreated as soon as he could. After regaining the commanding heights, he immediately withdrew his troops and returned to their positions. However, while cleaning the battlefield, two company commanders from different organizations, Zhu Shijian and Gao Shijie, even A fierce quarrel broke out between the two troops.
There is no other reason. The difference in the treatment of prisoners of war between the two armies has brought about certain conflicts. The anti-alliance forces led by Zhu Shijian only put aside the lightly wounded and uninjured prisoners. As for those Japanese who have lost the ability to move, The severely wounded soldiers of the puppet army were basically replaced with a bayonet. For the Japanese and puppet soldiers who had been killed, as long as the body was still intact, a bayonet was also added to the chest to prevent people from pretending to be dead.
And his approach is undoubtedly unacceptable to the cadres and soldiers of the Forward Army who always pay attention to the prisoner policy. Although the general cadres and soldiers of the Forward Army, due to their own cultural limitations, do not accept these prisoner policies. I don’t quite understand, and most people hate these two-legged beasts to death.
But for them, from the day they joined the army, the education of preferential treatment of prisoners has been deeply ingrained in their minds. For them, who have always paid attention to the three major disciplines and the eight points of attention, they must implement them even if they do not understand them. Now the Anti-Japanese Alliance It was really difficult for them to accept the practice of giving a bayonet to a seriously wounded prisoner. In their eyes, this was a serious violation of discipline.
Gao Shijie and his men wanted to stop them, but after all, there were too few people. They stopped this side, but could not stop that side. More than 20 seriously wounded Japanese and puppet troops were all picked up by the Anti-Japanese Alliance within a few minutes. Looking at the corpses picked up by bayonets on the ground, Gao Shijie said angrily: "Old Zhu, you are violating discipline. No matter what your number is now, you are also a member of the Communist Party. We have a policy of preferential treatment of prisoners, don't you? Do you know?"
Regarding Gao Shijie's anger, Zhu Shijian did not care and said: "Of course I know about the prisoner policy, but our prisoner policy of the Anti-Japanese Alliance is somewhat different from that of the Guan Nei army. Prisoners who have lost the ability to work are generally not needed for seriously injured people, except for those who hold positions of colonel or above, or those who serve as combat staff. Our food production is also limited, and there are idle resources to feed a bunch of useless people."
Hearing Zhu Shijian's answer, Gao Shijie almost bit off his tongue. He was still above the rank of colonel. Can you please stop bragging like this? He joined the Red Army during the Red Army's Eastern Expedition in 1936 and was later incorporated into the 129th Division. Since crossing the Yellow River eastward in 1937, there have been bloody battles behind enemy lines for four years. Not to mention officers at the rank of colonel, not even ordinary soldiers and prisoners of war have been captured.
Especially since I was transferred to the guard camp of the 129th Division in 1939, all prisoners of war captured by the 129th Division have to be sent to the division headquarters for unified placement. Among the few prisoners, let alone junior officers, they are lieutenants. There were only a few senior officers, and he knew very well how difficult it was to capture prisoners of the Japanese army. In order to capture prisoners, some troops even paid the price with their lives.
Not to mention the internal troops with extremely poor equipment, the Nationalist government troops were much better equipped than the 18th Army, and hundreds of thousands of people fought in large groups. However, after so many years of war, several prisoners were captured, and to them Here, except for colonels and above, they really think they are gods. If it is possible to capture so many Japanese civilians, the Japanese prisoners of war can brag.