Chapter 395: A Different Puppet Army
This Hideo Ikeda has obviously read the 36 strategies of the Chinese Art of War, and he scolds almost one set and one set. The problem is that no matter how much you scold, you can't change the situation. Hideo Ikeda, who did not want to die a glorious battle here or be a prisoner here, could only rush out on foot towards the mountain pass under the cover of the guards.
Although Japanese officers have always paid attention to the bushido creed that they would rather die in battle, they would never steal their lives. But the question is whether every officer can truly live and die with his subordinates. Letting the leader go first was also quite common among the Japanese army. Unless you are trapped on an island and can't escape, there is really no way.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the one who should run still has to run. This Hideo Ikeda not only left behind the troops that were still fighting hard when the troops were in chaos, but also took the lead in slipping away. He also took advantage of his two long legs under the height of 1.73 meters, which are rare among the Japanese, and his strong physical fitness, and his escape speed was quite fast.
The few guards left behind him, taking advantage of the little time that the terrain had bought under the desperate cover, the old man rushed all the way towards the mountain pass. Even the few guards who retreated with him, as well as the communication soldiers with the radio on their backs, took a lot of effort to not be left behind by him. Wait until the pursuing troops behind you can get rid of the guards.
Ignoring the ruggedness of the mountain road, this old man stepped into the two long legs, which were quite rare among the Japanese who were short legs in the Luo circle, and ran all the way to the mountain pass. Its speed is so fast that it can go to the Olympics and compete with track and field masters from all over the world. Even if you can't win the gold medal, it is estimated that there is absolutely no problem with mixing a silver medal.
The pursuing troops behind him could only watch his back, and they were somewhat caught off guard. It's just that this old man who tried to escape just ran to the mountain pass, and he escaped from the ascension to heaven when he rushed out of the mountain pass. A wave of platoon guns from the flank, plus three simultaneous explosions*, directly knocked down half of the few guards around him.
The two guards who rushed to cover in front also stepped on the two * planted at the mountain pass. When the gunshots fell, Hideo Ikeda woke up from his panic, only to find that there were only two people left around him. The communications soldier with the radio on his back had also fallen to the ground. Eight or nine rifles with bayonets also rushed out of the bushes on one side of the pass.
This Eight Roads is none other than the person who was left by Li Ziyuan at the entrance of the village and led by the platoon leader of the hospital guard. After all the Japanese puppet troops entered the village, he touched the buttocks of the Japanese puppet army. found that because the Japanese puppet army bit Li Ziyuan too tightly, he had lost the opportunity to directly join Li Ziyuan.
He tried to find a way to bypass the position of the Japanese puppet army, but he was unable to find a way to bypass the Japanese puppet army when he joined Li Ziyuan. When I finally found this place, I was about to go up the mountain through this pass when I saw Hideo Ikeda fleeing in this direction under the cover of several guards.
This old man, who has a strong desire to fight, has a reason not to take advantage of this cheapness. After planting two iron mines from the militia at the narrow mountain pass, he ambushed a few soldiers around him into a bush. When Hideo Ikeda and his entourage came here, he did not hesitate to give the order to open fire.
After taking out most of the guards around Ikeda, the platoon commander and a few fighters around him rushed out of the hidden bushes. Originally, I only heard the dense gunfire on the Dongshan side, and I didn't know the real battle situation. Originally, he just wanted to take advantage of the fact that these Japanese soldiers appeared alone, and the platoon commander wanted to make a profit, but he didn't expect to catch a big fish.
looked at the only three Japanese soldiers left in front of him, and one of them was a young man. This guard platoon commander who originally only wanted to get a few rifles or pistols, but he didn't expect to come was a super fat sheep, and he couldn't help but be a little overjoyed, and rushed directly with a few soldiers around him.
After rushing out of the bushes, the barge gun in his hand raised his hand to shoot twice. Directly knocked down the two soldiers who were holding the 38-type rifles with bayonets and wanted to fight to the death. Cadres who can be appointed as guard platoon commanders are generally the best in the army in terms of military qualities.
In addition, there is only a distance of more than ten meters, although the muzzle of the Jinzao barge gun in his hand is a little older, but there is definitely no problem with hundreds of shots at this distance. His two shots knocked out Hideo Ikeda's last two guards, and directly turned Hideo Ikeda into a bare-bones commander.
And Hideo Ikeda, who was in front of him, saw that he had been surrounded, but he did not lose it weakly, and his one at this most critical moment brought him a jammed southern pistol. Directly pulled out the saber and tried to fight to the death to protect the dignity of his imperial officer.
Not to be outdone, Hideo Ikeda drew his saber and faced the rushing several Hachiro who were ready to fight to the death. Unexpectedly, a cool breeze suddenly blew behind him, and then a hard object smashed the back of his head, which was not wearing a steel helmet. made his eyes go black, and he didn't even have time to scold a word, so he fell directly to the ground without knowing anything.
After Hideo Ikeda was knocked down, one behind him crept up behind him, and the fighter who had taken it down put down the rifle in his hand. Seeing that this guy was so unresistant, he was smashed over as soon as he was *, and he couldn't help but be a little worried about whether he would stone this guy to death.
After all, he wants to catch him alive, so if he gets a heavy shot, he will crush this guy to death. Not only did he stone the big fish that the battalion commander fancied to death, but he also violated the battlefield discipline of the Eighth Route Army. Although this guy did not give up resistance, he was a living creature after all.
For this soldier's worry, his platoon commander touched the big fish's snort indifferently, shook his head and signaled that there was nothing wrong, this unlucky guy was just knocked unconscious. However, looking at the rank of Shaozo on this guy's collar badge, this guard platoon commander was very satisfied. If you catch a young man, no matter what the superior says, you have to transfer yourself back to the field army.
After having someone rip off the belts of several Japanese corpses on the ground, he tied the unlucky Hideo Ikeda to a strong knot. Then the battlefield was hastily cleaned. After giving a bayonet to several other Japanese soldiers, they quickly withdrew with the captured weapons and ammunition.
Of course, as the commander of the guard platoon, although he is only the commander of the guard platoon in the field hospital, he is also staying in the agency after all. This insight is naturally very different from that of an ordinary platoon commander below. When he was about to evacuate, although the burden was already a little heavy, he still did not forget to take away the radio station that the Japanese signal soldier who was killed.
However, when he was leaving, he forgot to carefully search the messenger's body, and did not have time to search the code book of the Japanese army's signal soldier. The platoon commander of the guard, who had ignored this, quickly withdrew with his booty and hurried to the place where the guns were fired at the foot of the east mountain.
When a platoon chasing behind him got rid of a few guards left behind by Hideo Ikeda and used the terrain to block the attack, it finally pursued here. But he only saw the corpses of a few guards on the ground, and the rest was gone. As for Hideo Ikeda, let alone the shadow, even the corpse can no longer be seen.
The pursuers, who were a little disappointed, could only search the corpses of these Japanese soldiers thoroughly, collect the belt and the paper with words on their bodies, and return to the battlefield to join the main force. In the end, he was born in a field army, and cleaning the battlefield was much more careful than that guard platoon commander.
The platoon commander who led the team saw that the water bottle, belt, and backpack on the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were still there. He ordered the troops to remove the belts, water bottles, backpacks, uniforms and steel helmets from the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, so that they could take these things back to the errand. However, this platoon commander was very careful and knew that these people were all guards around the Japanese commander.
I must have brought something with me, so I collected all the pieces of paper on the corpses of these Japanese soldiers. This check, I really found out something. Not only did a complete combat map be found from a map bag carried by a Japanese soldier, but there was also a list that I didn't know what it meant, but at first glance it was a list, plus a codebook that had been overlooked before.
The platoon commander, who didn't know that Hideo Ikeda had fallen into the hands of his brother's troops, was relieved to see these things. Otherwise, he was run away from under his nose by the devil commander, but he found nothing, and he didn't know how to explain it when he went back.
While cleaning the battlefield at the Dongshan Pass, the fierce battle at the foot of the Dongshan Mountain continued. Although Hideo Ikeda had already broken through first, two-thirds of the puppet army had already been disarmed, and after a hard battle, nearly half of the Japanese army had been resolved. However, the remnants of the Japanese army were still desperately resisting, and desperately breaking through to the west.
At this time, not counting the left flank of Dongshan, although the Japanese army on the frontal battlefield of Dongshan has been divided into two large parts, there is no fear on the battlefield. Li Ziyuan commanded three companies, but in the face of the Japanese army, which was divided into two pieces, he was unable to solve the problem for a long time.
Even in the face of unfavorable terrain and the disappearance of the commander, the resistance of the Japanese army did not decrease. Of course, Li Ziyuan, who was already quite familiar with the temperament of the Japanese army, did not bother to persuade him to surrender. Li Ziyuan, who knew that he would not get any response other than guns and cannons if he was persuaded to surrender, and did not want to waste time on this matter, did not even make a meaningful move.
In the fierce battle on the left flank, a company commanded by the deputy commander of this battalion was also fighting hard with a small squad of Japanese troops and more than 70 puppet soldiers. Compared with the battle situation of the frontal battlefield with a strong but scoreless situation, no one can help anyone on this side. Although the left flank is dominated by puppet armies, the puppet armies in this part are obviously different from the puppet armies on the front.
With the cooperation of the Japanese army, or more importantly, the battle was quite tenacious. Not only is it extremely well-equipped, all the Liao 13 rifles and Mukden-made Czech machine guns, but also the ammunition is quite sufficient. The amount of ammunition equipped with it, there is simply no way to compare with the puppet army on the front.
The officers are all made by Fengtian, and there are a few Fengtian-made*. The most critical issue is not only well-equipped, but also extremely tenacious will to fight. was even pressed on the head, and he was still struggling with his life and death without surrendering his gun. This puppet army is so tenacious that almost all the troops participating in the war have come into contact with it for the first time.
This puppet army with a northeastern accent not only has all the tactics Japanese. The proficiency of its tactical movements and the tacit understanding of mutual cooperation far exceed all the puppet armies that have encountered it before. Moreover, the fighting spirit is extremely tenacious, the equipment is excellent, and the proportion of machine guns is high, which can be said to be very different from other puppet armies.