Chapter 397: Losing the Watermelon and Picking Up the Sesame Seeds

When settling the battle, it is necessary to send no less than two squads of troops to seize the commanding heights of the perimeter and guard the perimeter. After completing the settlement of these more than 10 Japanese troops, their two platoons did not need to be rebuilt for the time being. Conduct a cordon in place, especially in the north-west direction. As soon as a new enemy situation arises, return to Dongshan immediately to report.

After settling the battle of the last dozen Japanese troops, it was handed over to a company commander to command. Li Ziyuan quickly regrouped and assembled the troops that were also scattered on the mountain road for more than ten miles and had completed the battle. With these troops, they rushed back to the foot of the East Mountain as fast as they could.

It's just that after returning to the Dongshan battlefield, Li Ziyuan was greeted only by the corpse of one place and the troops who were cleaning up the battlefield. Looking at the battlefield that had been resolved, Li Ziyuan shook his head and didn't say anything. Regarding the instructor's violation of his orders, Li Ziyuan just smiled and said nothing.

Although he said that he violated his orders, in addition to the consumption of ammunition was somewhat large, the casualties were minimal, and the progress of the battle was greatly accelerated, what could he say? Originally, Li Ziyuan kept this piece of Japanese army, and he didn't solve it for the time being in order to contain the Japanese puppet army on the left flank.

As soon as the gunfire on this side ends, there will definitely be a startling snake over there. The Japanese puppet army is not a fool, the gunfire here ends, and the Japanese puppet army over there must know that the battle situation here is not good. After finding out that he had become a lonely army, it was really strange that these Japanese puppet soldiers did not run.

This is also the reason why Li Ziyuan left this Japanese army and did not solve it immediately, in order to contain the Japanese puppet army on the left flank. Let them feel that there is still hope, and they can provide support for the frontal battle if they do not retreat. But now, this instructor violated the order and attacked without authorization, disrupting almost all of his follow-up plans.

What really annoyed Li Ziyuan was not the problem of attacking without authorization here, but that after this instructor solved the remnants of the enemy at the foot of Dongshan, he had nothing to do there before he returned, except to clean up the battlefield, and did not go to support the battle in the left flank mountain pass, which was what made Li Ziyuan the most dissatisfied.

Since the problem was solved in advance, but your left wing is still fighting hard. It is enough to clean up the battlefield and leave a platoon of troops. You're here with nothing to do, and you've been delayed for so long. You are all fools when the Japanese puppet army on the left flank, and the gunfire has subsided here, and they are still waiting there stupidly waiting for you to surround them?

If we can get to the left flank in time after dealing with the Japanese puppet army here, we may still have a chance, but now I'm afraid it's too late. It's just that it's not his own troops, and Li Ziyuan is also a little angry. It can only take remedial measures, and with the troops that have rushed back, outflank the last battlefield on the left flank.

But when Li Ziyuan arrived, it was already late. Although the actual situation on this side could not be seen over there, when Li Ziyuan commanded the main force to bite the Japanese army that broke through all the way, as most of the gunfire shifted westward, this Japanese army was quite keenly aware that the situation was not good.

Especially after hearing that at the foot of the East Mountain, there was something wrong with the gunshots that were still resisting. A Japanese squad leader in charge of the command made a decision on the spot, regardless of the life-and-death entanglement of the Eighth Route in front of him. After taking the lead with this puppet army and launching a bluff counterattack against a company in front of him.

Leaving behind the puppet army that was entanglement with the troops in front of him, he concentrated a reinforced squad, and at this time there were less than thirty Japanese troops left and suddenly turned to the east. The friendly forces on the west side could not see even a shadow, and the change in the situation of the battle was already obvious. There is no hope for a breakthrough to the west, and there may be hope for the calm east.

Before the Eighth Route could react, the more than 20 Japanese troops had already rushed all the way east along the ridge. The deputy battalion commander who was in a hurry by this Japanese army suddenly ignored the life and death of the puppet army and suddenly quickly broke away from the east. When a platoon was gathered and followed in pursuit, the Japanese army had already run seven or eight hundred meters in one go.

I don't know if it was the survival instinct that was sent out when human beings were facing a threat to their lives, which allowed this Japanese army to run so far in just a few minutes. Or these Japanese soldiers, who themselves have been trained in long-distance running. By the time the deputy battalion commander in command of this aspect concentrated the forces of a platoon and wanted to pursue, he almost couldn't see even a shadow.

Just when the Japanese army was about to completely leave the battlefield, and the troops who had started a lot too late, some of them could not pursue. The platoon guns that suddenly sounded in the direction of the retreat of the Japanese troops in front, and the bullets fired from a row directly knocked down five or six of the fleeing Japanese troops. At the same time, a few * were thrown out, which also made the actions of these Japanese troops who were eager to break through instantly stagnate.

Although the interception firepower of this rifle plus * is a little weaker, after all, it is enough to stop the Japanese army in a short time. The instantaneous change in the situation made the deputy battalion commander, who was originally annoyed, immediately regain his spirits and personally command a platoon to pursue the Japanese army.

As for the dozens of puppet soldiers behind him, he threw them to the command of the company commander he led. The deputy battalion commander, who was almost run away by this Japanese army, took the troops directly to the bayonet in order to save face. When the pursuit reached that time, after the interception fire raid, there were only more than a dozen blocked Japanese soldiers left, and they rushed forward directly with a pistol in one hand and a broadsword in the other.

Catching up with this Japanese army, this somewhat annoyed and angry old man. After running out of bullets from the shell gun in his hand, he picked up his broadsword and rushed into the Japanese army. At a Japanese soldier who was rushing towards him, he slashed obliquely one by one, and split a Japanese soldier who intercepted him into two with a gun.

After splitting this unlucky guy into two pieces with a gun. He didn't care to wipe the blood on his face, his face was full of blood and a murderous image, carrying a big knife and with the cooperation of the soldiers who also rushed over beside him, he rushed into the Japanese formation and slashed left and right. And the warriors around him, each of them at this time is a big knife.

Before joining the Eighth Route Army, this deputy battalion commander had served as a soldier in the 29th Army, a platoon commander in the 29th Army's broadsword team, and also participated in the Rehe War of Resistance. After the 29th Army withdrew south after the 77 Incident, it did not follow the troops to retreat south but chose to stay in his hometown of Hebei.

When the troops of the 129th Division marched into southern Hebei, he participated in the Eighth Route Army, and was the company commander of this company before being promoted to deputy battalion commander. When he was in the 29th Army, he played with a good big knife. Led by him, the company commander, each of them had a broadsword in addition to a rifle and *.

Compared with other units that use the Japanese army as a teacher to practice white-knuckle tactics, this guy clung to the big knife to the death. His reasons are good, whether the bayonet is easy to break or the broadsword is strong. The devil's 38-style rifle has a slender body, and it is a loss to use Hanyang-made or Czech-style rifles to fight stabs.

When he was in the 29th Army, he learned the stabbing tactics of using a broadsword to fight devils. So when he was the company commander, each of his companies had a big knife, and he also learned the knife skills of the 29th Army. When fighting a white-knuckle battle with this Japanese army, each of the troops he led showed his broadsword and mingled with the Japanese army.

At this time, the Japanese army, whose morale had been dispersed, was unable to form a complete resistance in the face of the eight-way force that rushed over and held high the broadsword. It only took five or six minutes for these more than a dozen Japanese soldiers to become a pile of mutilated corpses. And the platoon commander of the hospital guard who intercepted it before was quite dissatisfied with the several Type 38 rifles that were split.

We are poor, and you don't know it. His own guard platoon was a very poor quality Jinzao Type 38 rifle. If a soldier captures a Japanese-made 38-style, it will be even more exciting than the New Year. It's a pleasure for you to go down with these knives, but it's a pity that these guns are broken.

It's just that he is the deputy battalion commander, and he is also his chief in his position. Even if he is not satisfied, he really can't say anything more. I could only look at a few severed Type 38 rifles, and I was distressed in my heart. Fortunately, the bullets in the bullet box on the devil's body were not cut off by his broadsword.

The puppet army that was originally extremely stubborn under the cooperation of the Japanese army, but whose morale plummeted after being abandoned by the Japanese army, was still resisting and trying to break through. However, the corpses on the Japanese side, as well as the failure of two successive breakthroughs, made their resistance weaker and weaker.

By the time Li Ziyuan arrived with reinforcements, the morale of the more than 40 remaining puppet troops was even more depressed. After the first person to surrender his weapons appeared, the rest of the people also threw away their weapons as if they were infected with an infectious disease.

As this puppet army stopped resisting, there was no more gunfire in the entire Dongshan battlefield. Except for the more than 200 puppet soldiers who were captured, the rest of the Japanese army has become piles of corpses. Although the captured weapons and ammunition cannot be said to be piled up, they are enough to make the troops participating in the battle smile.

However, although the reinforced battalion that participated in the battle annihilated more than 500 puppet troops, it also suffered one-third casualties. In the case of roughly equal troops, it is quite a satisfactory result to be able to obtain this casualty ratio. Fortunately, guarding the field hospital of the military region, the treatment of the wounded was very timely, and it is estimated that the losses will be further reduced.

Seeing Li Ziyuan rushing over with reinforcements, he caught the guard platoon commander who caught the biggest fish on the entire battlefield. Hideo Ikeda, who was awake at the moment but was tightly tied up and down, like a pig waiting to be slaughtered, handed over as if he were offering a treasure.

Looking at the one in front of him, although he was already sober, he was still dizzy after being hit on the head. Li Ziyuan didn't have much interest, but he was optimistic about this guy and was ready to send him to the military region after the transfer. It's just a major general, and it's not a major general.

However, when he saw the Japanese military radio brought by the guard platoon commander, Li Ziyuan was very interested. However, after asking the guard platoon commander, Li Ziyuan wanted to kick to death this stupid guy who lost a watermelon and picked up sesame seeds. It was a great thing that the Japanese communications corps was killed and a radio station was captured.

But when your brother cleans up the battlefield, he is more careful and serious. Only the radio station of the Japanese army was captured, the question is what about the code book? If a codebook can be captured, it is much more important than capturing this Japanese soldier Shaozo alive. That Hideo Ikeda is a pig, and in terms of importance, it really doesn't compare to a codebook.

When Li Ziyuan urgently sent someone to the Dongshan Pass to look for the code book. But there was nothing left, and even the corpses of the Japanese soldiers over there were stripped away. After listening to the report, Li Ziyuan didn't say a word, and immediately sent someone to search to see who had picked up the corpses of these Japanese soldiers so cleanly.