Chapter Ninety-Four: The Secret of the Tunnel
In the alley, Lin Lao Er and Kandong Zeng are still there, and because a large number of young and middle-aged men have been sent out, there are very few people in the alley who can participate in the war.
Han Feng told Lin Lao Er and Guan Dongzeng to mobilize everyone, including the young women, to form a combat detachment.
Some homes and courtyards were merged.
The old, weak, sick and disabled citizens stepped up their efforts to dig tunnels and trenches in courtyards and houses to make it easier for them to escape from the search of devils.
If you can fight, you will fight, and if you can't, you will hide.
Han Feng still went out alone.
He wanted to go back to the overflowing alley and see what was going on over there.
Tang Gongmen and other team members who followed him were also dispatched.
The second day after the fall of Nanjing, it must have been another day of crazy massacre by devils, and it was even more ferocious than the massacres in history.
The devils were wiped out in less than twenty-four hours in a radius of five or six miles in this area, and most of the three infantry squadrons, can the devils not investigate, can they not retaliate?
On the street, the strength of the little devils increased suddenly, and there were two soldiers standing guard thirty meters away, firmly controlling the street.
At an interval of fifty meters, another point of machine-gun fire was added.
There are also devil troops, which are constantly coming this way.
Cavalry, infantry, armored vehicles, came from the north and south, and occasionally, some devils, passed through the alleys on the west side and entered the street on this side.
Devil, this is a crazy rhythm!
Han Feng couldn't move forward, so he could only retreat.
What he didn't know was that the devil Ito's brigade, after being attacked last night, Captain Ito returned to the site of the night attack and saw the body attached to Hashimoto Kanohabe, and cried bitterly on the spot.
The Japanese troops left behind here suffered heavy casualties and all their communication equipment was destroyed, and he was unable to give an account to the wing commander, so he even drew his knife and committed suicide.
Fortunately, thanks to the interception of his subordinates, he did not die.
When the news reached the wing headquarters, the wing commander was furious and immediately reported to the brigade commander, who immediately ordered more troops to be mobilized to be responsible for clearing this area.
"There are a large number of Chinese troops lurking in the area of Pegasus Street, and they have repeatedly attacked and killed my heroic officers and soldiers, so we must clear and sweep them away as soon as possible!"
After receiving the news, the division and regimental headquarters also issued a military order.
Soon, the Japanese army mobilized two infantry brigades and focused on encircling and sweeping Pegasus Street.
Pegasus Street is the main street where the overflowing alley is located, the north and south streets, which are more than 2,000 meters long.
The northern section of Pegasus Street is where the Japanese army was attacked twice, and the Japanese squadron leader Shunji Yokota and the brigade headquarters attached to Kazuha Hashimoto were killed.
The residential area on the east side of the southern section of Pegasus Street contains overflowing alleys.
The Ito brigade was attacked twice and suffered a lot of losses, but the vitality was still there, and all the existing officers and soldiers were enraged by the attack, grief and indignation, and vowed to kill all the Chinese here, not a single one left!
Under the command of the Japanese wing commander Fujino Keitomi Osa, another infantry brigade arrived.
The Fukuyama Lingzhi Infantry Brigade surrounded this area on the periphery and controlled the street, and the Ito Brigade was specifically responsible for sweeping it.
Ito Shaoza was murderous, brandishing his saber, summoned the squadron leader and squad leader to give a lecture, and vowed to kill all the Chinese soldiers and civilians here.
"The people of China are an evil race, they are vile, insidious, cowardly and ruthless, they dare not fight with dignity, they can only sneak attack and assassinate, this is a shame for mankind! We must remove this cancer and use their blood to summon the souls of the brave and loyal Jade Crushers! ”
All the squadron leaders of the Ito Brigade raised their arms and shouted.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
Ito quickly drew a simple map on the ground, pointing out the specific tasks of each squadron.
"Hayi, resolutely purge the people of China, and leave no one behind!"
The area was divided, and the Japanese army took small teams as units, blocked the alleys, next to the courtyard, and searched and killed them one by one.
Whether the street door is closed or not, no matter which house is, it is subject to a carpet search.
"No one!"
"There's really no one."
"Damn China, have fled!"
"Actually, when I saw the open door, I had a hunch that it must have been last night, when we returned to rescue the headquarters of the bridge, they took the opportunity to slip away."
The Japanese soldiers saw in the courtyard that almost every courtyard house had been damaged.
Especially in the wing houses, the roof tiles fell off, the railings on the second floor of some small buildings were smashed, the courtyard was in a mess, and some corpses were still lying all over the place, covered in blood and motionless in the cold weather.
The news quickly reached Ito Shaosa.
"What? All the people of China fled? Ito was taken aback, and then enraged, and he personally led the team to search.
Indeed, it was a mess, the corpses were bloodied, the houses were damaged, all kinds of furniture were messy, and they were discarded everywhere.
In the corners of the courtyard, there are all kinds of dirt.
"Damn, hateful, damnable! Set it on fire and burn it to ashes! Ito raised his knife, cut off the head of a corpse, and kicked it away.
Someone reminded Ito: "Your Excellency, the wing commander prohibits arson, this time it will affect the occupation of our Imperial Army!" ”
Ito Shaozo was annoyed and angry: "Okay, we can not set fires, but these houses must be destroyed as much as possible!" Also, let's set off immediately, report to the wing commander, and attack the surrounding area, the people of China here, the remnants of the army, must have fled! They wouldn't be so stupid to lurk here! ”
Hundreds of Japanese soldiers threw grenades into houses and rooftops in large numbers, blowing up in a mess.
After tossing for a while, the Japanese army left.
In each courtyard, there are actually residents.
Bald San took the class to cover the residents of the alley, left at night, and later had to come back!
Because, in other places, there are also a large number of devils guarding, on the street, devils in groups of three or five, illuminated with flashlights, they can't get out, although they pass through a few alleys, walk for a while, and have to return.
Wu Jiangzi and the people of Tang Gongmen, as the forces to contain the enemy, also sneaked back from the path of the alley after the activity.
Only your own home is the most inseparable, anyway, Nanjing City is full of devils, where can you go?
Fortunately, at dawn, when Tang Gongmen and the others returned, they brought Han Feng's instructions.
They quickly learned about the people in the whole alley and dug a large number of tunnels.
In order to confuse the soil, one or two corpses were buried in disguise, and the soil in the courtyard and the new soil from the excavation tunnel were used to deliberately destroy various buildings in the courtyard, creating the illusion that the place was seriously damaged and the people had fled.
When the devil Ito's brigade swept through the heavy troops and searched one house after another, everyone hid in the tunnel.
The devils tossed and turned outside, stabbing with bayonets in the house, like a pack of mad dogs, angry and ruined.
In the tunnel, everyone listened to the voice of the devil, afraid and happy.
Fortunately, with Han Feng's command, there is such a good way to avoid the slaughter of the enemy.
Xiaoqiao West Street, which is the street where the alley of Kandong Zeng, Lin Laoer, is located, and the devils have also assembled an infantry brigade to retaliate frantically.