Chapter 277 The last madness of the Forty Alliance
After looking through the telescope at Matsuzaki Rikio's action of setting a fire on the severely injured and the extra weapons at the same time, Liu Changshun, who had seen such a crazy Japanese army for the first time, shook his head slightly. He didn't know how to express his displeasure.
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Was this behavior of the Japanese army crazy or an innate bestiality? But he couldn't tell. Beside him, Wang Xiaoming, who was also seeing this crazy behavior of the Japanese army for the first time, also didn't know how to evaluate it.
This move by the Japanese army caused the two people who had just had a heated discussion about the war to become surprisingly silent.
Not that they had much sympathy for these two-legged beasts, but they did not expect that these Japanese soldiers were cruel to the Chinese and would do the same to their own compatriots. The seriously injured people they threw in the fire were burned alive.
Although they have lost the ability to move, they are their compatriots after all. They can really do it.
However, the two people's sighs did not last long before they were interrupted. Matsuzaki Rikio's desperate struggle, and his almost successful counterattack made the two people secretly sigh that after all, they were the ace unit of the Japanese army, and they were at the end of their rope.
Under such circumstances, he is actually still able to fight back. And the attack power can be so sharp.
Naturally, Liu Changshun would not accept the offer of Komatsuzaki Rikio himself. He did not mobilize troops to reinforce the two companies of the first brigade on the front, but ordered them to retreat 100 meters back to the second-line position.
, after using firepower to block the follow-up actions of the Japanese army, he directly called on the artillery of his headquarters and asked Ma Qichang to fire a volley in the front.
Seeing that the two companies that his opponent had been stabbing at his heart were being beaten back by his own counterattacks, Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio, who seemed to have hope of a successful breakout, was about to follow up and try to defeat the two infantry companies of his opponent in one fell swoop.
When he opened a way to break through, a burst of artillery shells fell from the sky, covering him and his remaining men firmly on the position vacated by the two companies of the first brigade.
He never expected that his opponent would fire at night when the distance between us and the enemy was less than 100 meters, and the unprepared Matsuzaki Rikio and his men were blown to pieces. After the bombardment was over, Matsuzaki Rikio sadly found himself
The remaining force was less than a quarter due to the sudden bombardment by the opponent. In other words, the remaining three-quarters were all blown up into the sky.
After losing almost all his troops in one fell swoop, Matsuzaki Rikio gritted his teeth, picked up his rifle and took the lead to greet the opponent who was retreating after being beaten by him just now. But behind him,
The subordinates rushed forward when they saw their commander, and they rushed forward without any fear to face the opponent who had an absolute advantage at this time.
Matsuzaki Rikio wanted to end his life in a hand-to-hand fight, but it also depended on whether the opponent would give him this opportunity. When Matsuzaki Rikio, with only the remaining strength, managed to get close to the opponent within fifty meters, the opponent
However, a batch of grenades suddenly flew out of the formation and hit hard the Japanese troops who launched the final desperate charge.
When the smoke from the grenade explosion dissipated, the light machine guns and submachine guns in the opponent's hands fired almost at the same time. The dense rain of bullets turned the last few dozen Japanese soldiers who tried to follow their commanders in the final charge into honeycomb.
Fortunately, he escaped the artillery fire and the grenade explosion. When he rushed to the distance of less than 30 meters from his opponent, Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio's good luck finally came to an end. The dense submachine gun bullets hit by his opponent were the first to hit him.
Then he beat him into a sieve.
Colonel Matsuzaki Rikio was unwilling to give up, and could almost be said to be stubborn. His eyes that had lost their former luster were staring at the opponent who was already very close, unwilling to close his eyes.
However, his opponent didn't care whether he could close his eyes or not. After seeing the rank of Colonel on his collar badge, he felt regretful that the merits he had obtained were gone, took off his collar badge, pistol, and saber, and then
Without giving him special treatment, he and his troops were collectively thrown into a big pit and buried together.
The fighting on General Shishan's front line completely subsided with the destruction of the 40th Regiment. After the fighting here, Yang Zhen rejected Guo Bingxun's suggestion to go north for reinforcements, and instead ordered the brigade except Wang Guangyu to return to Xingshan
While the area was resting, Liu Changshun's troops immediately went south to recover various areas occupied by the Japanese army.
After receiving the order, Liu Changshun and Wang Xiaoming led their troops to immediately go south, and successively recovered Tangyuan County, which they had voluntarily abandoned before, and various important towns in the southern part of Tangyuan County. Small groups of troops also crossed the Songhua River from time to time to launch exploratory attacks towards the south bank.
In fact, when he received Guo Bingxun's suggestion to go north for reinforcements, Yang Zhen had already launched an offensive against the 22nd Regiment. After the battle on General Shi's front line ended, Yang Zhen could safely stay on the Heli front line and was ready to go south at any time.
Several independent regiments of reinforcements were transferred eastward. Yang Zhen's purpose of transferring several independent regiments to the front line of birch tubes was very simple. He had not eaten for two days, and even the clean drinking water was almost exhausted.
, now he is training with the 22nd Regiment, which is suffering from hunger and cold.
Chai Shirong and Wang Ruqi's offensive in the middle of the night, although not satisfactory, failed to defeat the main force of the 22nd Regiment in one fell swoop. In particular, the progress of Chai Shirong, who was responsible for the flanking detour, was not as great as that of Wang Ruqi in the front. However, after a fierce battle in the middle of the night,
It is better to compress the 22nd Regiment before dawn into a small area of less than 500 meters long from east to west and less than 200 meters wide from north to south.
If the fat Colonel Nishi Otiao doesn't want to be driven back to the mud pit in the swamp, he can only stick to this small area and wait for the reinforcements who don't know when they will arrive. But when the reinforcements will arrive, he is
There is no bottom at all.
That damn swamp swallowed up not only his artillery and heavy weapons, but also backup radios. Several radios of the 22nd Regiment were either damaged by water or were forced to be thrown away. In the fierce battle last night, the 22nd Regiment's radio stations
The only remaining radio station of the Second Regiment was reduced to parts by a mortar shell from the opponent along with the communication troops. Without the means of communication, all contact with the superiors was lost. I am afraid that wherever I am now, Lieutenant General Bo will not be able to do anything at all.
have no idea.
He had lost contact with the division headquarters for a long time. He didn't know that Lieutenant General Nemoto Hiroshi and the 24th Division Headquarters had already returned to the embrace of Amaterasu. Fat Colonel Nishi Ojo was still looking forward to Lieutenant General Nemoto Hiroshi.
Rescue yourself and the 22nd Regiment as soon as possible.
The commander of the army, except for occasionally sending planes to airdrop orders to urge him to speed up, had no actual support. The fat colonel Nishi Ojo, who was compressed in a small area and could hardly move, held the airdropped weapon in his hand.
The code book that came down to directly contact the military headquarters and the order urging me to move forward were simply dumbfounding. Now that I don’t even have a radio on hand, what is the use of this code book? Couldn’t it be used to light a fire?
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In the opinion of Fat Colonel Nishi Ojo, this code book is not as good as airdropping a few rice balls to solve the urgent needs of the 22nd Regiment. This unit has been deprived of water and rice for two days and two nights. If it continues like this, it will
Without supplies and no need for opponents to attack, the 22nd Regiment would be starved to death even if they were hungry.
Regarding the current situation, the excitement of walking out of the swamp, being able to appear on the opponent's flank as a surprise force, cooperating with the main force of the division fighting head-on, defeating the opponent in one fell swoop and making the first contribution to this battle is gone. Now everything is gone
The fat Colonel Nishi Ojo, who couldn't walk or fight, was almost helpless.
It's not that he hasn't thought about breaking out, but although his opponent's fighting ability is not strong, he can't get rid of his persistence. In the fierce battle in the middle of the night last night, not only did he fail to get rid of his opponent's entanglement, but he himself
He was surrounded by numerous opponents.
He took the kettle handed over by the guard, took a swig of water, suppressed his hungry stomach, threw the kettle back into the guard's hand, and said to the two captains in front of him: "We can't wait any longer.
Even if we are hungry, we will starve to death here. After the loss of the last radio station, we have lost all necessary contact with our superiors, and there will be no reinforcements or supplies at least for a short time."
"If we sit back and wait, we will just sit and wait for death. We must break out, even if there is no air cover. There may be some hope for breaking out. If we continue to be trapped here, I'm afraid we will all be doomed."
Regarding the idea of Fat Colonel Nishi Ojo breaking out of the encirclement, Kono Yohei, the first captain of the 22nd Regiment, frowned and shook his head: "Your Excellency, company captain, breaking out of the encirclement is necessary. But how do we break out of the encirclement now? Each soldier now has an average amount on hand.
There are less than thirty bullets. The light machine gun bullets are less than a base number. As for heavy weapons, I don’t need to talk about them.”
"All our baggage was lost in the swamp. The troops have been without food for two days now. The soldiers are now just relying on the strong will inherent in the imperial army to barely sustain the battle. If we break through, our soldiers' physical strength will not be able to support it at all.
No. With the shortage of ammunition, we can only rely on the imperial army’s advantage in hand-to-hand combat to break through.”
"But Your Excellency, Captain, you said that considering that our soldiers' legs are shaking when walking, what can we do to fight with the opponent's bayonets? It is not impossible to break through, but at least we must give the soldiers a full meal.
We can have the physical strength to fight with our opponents. Otherwise, according to our current situation, let alone breaking through, even if the opponent opens a big road for us to run, we won't be able to run very far."
"And where are we going to break out? We have lost contact with the division headquarters for two days, and the enemy situation around us is unknown. To the north is the enemy's hinterland. To the south, are the main forces of the division still on the General's Stone line? Do we still have to turn back?
Can’t we continue walking through that muddy pond?”
Regarding Kono Yohei's words, although Fat Colonel Nishi-Ojo knew this was the truth, he was helpless. There might be a way to survive if he broke out of the encirclement, but staying here would be a dead end if he did not break out. Fat Colonel Nishi-Ojo insisted on breaking out because in his life
It seems that there may be a way to survive by breaking out of the encirclement, which is better than sitting here and waiting for death.
In response to Kono Yohei's objection, Colonel Nishi Ojo shook his head and said: "Kono-kun, I understand what you said. But without reinforcements and supplies, we cannot persist here for a long time. Although the military headquarters has given us
The code can be airdropped to directly communicate with the army commander, but we don’t have a radio at hand now, so even if we want to request an airdrop, there is no way.”
"The response of the combat army headquarters this time was obviously very slow. In addition to airdrop orders urging us to advance, they did not even give us a report on the enemy's situation. They did not reveal even a single bit of news about the progress of the main force of the division. We
I haven't contacted them since I received the password, and they actually haven't sensed that anything is wrong yet."
"I really don't know how the empire chose such a group of losers to form the Fifth Army. They shouldn't be aware of the situation we are currently facing. But you see, from the time we emerged from the swamp to now, in addition to urging us to attack south
We didn't get even a word other than the order to move forward."
"If we continue to wait here, the only thing waiting for us is death. It is the honor of our soldiers to sacrifice our lives for the empire and the emperor. But we cannot all starve to death here. Now it is necessary to break out.
, and there can be no delay.”
"From the encounter yesterday afternoon, I have discovered that although the opponent has a large number of troops, at least twice as many as ours, its actual combat effectiveness is not strong. Judging from the tactical actions, it should be mainly new soldiers. And when fighting during the day,
Their attacks are very cautious. As soon as our aircraft appear, their attack momentum will be greatly reduced. It seems that they are still very worried about our aviation."
"So when we break through during the day, although we have to take some risks and it is easy for the enemy to see through our tactical intentions. But we can take advantage of their scruples about our aviation during the day and break through with all our strength. Although the enemy's situation in other directions is unknown, there is one direction where I
I know there will never be an ambush there."
Having said that, Fat Colonel Nishi Otiao opened the combat map, pointed to the east, and saw the swampy tunnel where he had abandoned almost all the heavy equipment and baggage: "It is impossible to say that they are not prepared for our breakout at all. But what if?
It is impossible to say that they are also prepared in this direction. They would never have expected that we would choose this route to break out."
Looking at the route pointed by Fat Colonel Nishi-dai, Kono Yohei and the captain of the 2nd Battalion, Tasaka Hachiba, were stunned, and then looked at their immediate superiors with surprised eyes. They suspected Colonel Nishi-dai
Maybe he was starving? The swamp swallowed up more than one of his squadrons, and almost all the baggage of the 22nd Regiment was lost in it. Why would he want to go back?
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