Chapter 409: Prisoner of War Camp
No matter how big the lineup and thunderous momentum of the Japanese army can be, the destruction of the 6th and 9th divisions of the Japanese army by the special operations division is a matter of minutes, and the Japanese army cannot be allowed to have too much time. Of course, Jiang Haoran was willing to end the training of recruits, eat this bait in advance, and relieve the more than 10,000 Japanese troops on Mantou Mountain. Otherwise, with the strength of the Nanshan Independent Army at this time, it would only be necessary to carry out a round of devastating bombing of the Japanese army, and the recruits and veterans of the special operations division would rush up, and the Japanese army on Mantou Mountain would collapse within a day. Even the Japanese top brass understood that the tighter they pressed on the high front, the tighter the rope of death would strangle the 6th and 9th Divisions.
Over time, the 6th and 9th divisions of the Japanese army even became flies in the mouths of the Japanese high-level troops, who could not swallow or spit out, and were extremely disgusting, and even made the Japanese high-level have their own thoughts of destroying them with bombers.
A week later, the Japanese finally gave up the airdrop to the 6th and 9th Divisions, and only sent a telegram to Nakagawa Hiroshi, ordering him to lead his troops to break through, otherwise there was no way out.
On May 20, the 28th year of the Republic of China (1939), on the third day of the Japanese Army's 9th Division, Lieutenant General Nakagawa Hiroshi, the commander of the 9th Division, personally burned the flags of the 6th and 9th Divisions of the Japanese Army.
More than 11,000 Japanese soldiers completely collapsed after the suicide of the division commander, and more than 2,000 Japanese diehards rushed into the field hospital, gathered all the female doctors and nurses in the unit, stripped them all to strips, and carried out a round of chaos for four or five hours, and then stabbed all of them to death with bayonets, and then committed collective suicide.
The remaining more than 9,000 soldiers chose to surrender, when the Japanese army walked down from the mountain, almost all of them were eyes sunken and skinny, unkempt and unkempt clothes, not at all like human beings, several cameras recorded the scene at that time, the Nanshan Independent Army Command kept a box of tape until the victory of the Anti-Japanese War was handed over to the National Archives for preservation, but unfortunately in the "Great Revolution", a nameless fire that has been controversial so far has destroyed these precious video materials, and even all the historical records of Jiang Haoran's words and images, They were all annihilated in this fire, as if he had never appeared in Chinese history.
The surrender of nearly 10,000 Japanese troops made the world think that these surrendered Japanese soldiers still could not escape the massacre of Jiang Haoran, because the Nanshan Independent Army had no precedent for accommodating prisoners. Even the top brass of the Japanese army had already prepared the materials, and when Chiang Haoran was killed, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Japanese Army would file a complaint with the League of Nations, denouncing Chiang Haoran for violating the Geneva Conventions and asking the Kuomintang to use diplomatic means to force the Chinese government to hand over the murderer.
But this time, to everyone's surprise, Jiang Haoran actually did not execute them, and built a large concentration camp in a mountainous area in Pingxiang. Because the 331 base is growing bigger and bigger, the demand for coal and ore for ironmaking and steelmaking and power generation is staggering, and the cost of hiring Chinese labor is naturally much higher than that of these prisoners of war who do not spend money. Therefore, these nearly 10,000 Japanese prisoners of war became Jiang Haoran's free laborers, giving them two meals of green vegetables and rice bran every day, feeding them like pigs, and the workload was not large every day, just more than ten hours, tired to death, your League of Nations has nothing to say, you can't control the birth, old age, sickness and death of prisoners of war?
At the beginning of June, the commendation order of the Military Commission was long overdue, but it finally came.
The Nanshan Independent Army made outstanding achievements in this battle, with a prize of 1 million silver dollars, and all officers and men were promoted to the first rank, Jiang Haoran was promoted to the rank of second-class army general, and other division commanders, including Zhang Dabiao and Liu He, were promoted to lieutenant generals. Military merit medals and bonuses will be issued to outstanding units and individuals.
The special operations division Biandan Mountain resisted the Japanese army several times, and Mantou Mountain successfully annihilated two divisions of the Japanese army, which was the first achievement. He was inscribed by the chairman of the committee and awarded the title of "Iron and Steel Division".
The third division, entangled with the Japanese army in Yuxian County, fought for the whole division several times and almost lost all casualties, but still resisted the crazy attack of the Japanese invaders with the momentum of Mount Tai, and remained unmoved. He was inscribed by the chairman of the committee and awarded the title of "Master of Mount Tai".
The 3rd Brigade of the 3rd Division suffered only 200 casualties in the fight against the Japanese invaders, but it still held its position and did not retreat. Yan Yi, the commander of the major general brigade who died in battle, was posthumously awarded the title of lieutenant general, and his remains were buried in the Chinese martyrs' cemetery, and he was forever mourned by the people.
The other teachers will be rewarded for their meritorious deeds.
At the same time, the salaries of the Nanshan Independent Army have also been implemented, and the whole army is organized according to six divisions and one cavalry brigade, with a total strength of up to 100,000; because each division overlaps with the original division, the word "new" is added before each division, that is, "the first division of the new formation," "the second division of the new formation," "the third division of the new formation," ・・・・・・and so on for each regiment and brigade.
The chairman of the committee can be described as extremely generous and tolerant this time, and Jiang Haoran can be sure that there is definitely the credit of his wife in this. But Jiang Haoran didn't care what the process was, he only focused on the result, and this result greatly exceeded his expectations.
However, there is also a disturbing thing. The Political Training Office was officially listed in the Nanshan Independent Army, and the director of the Political Training Office was none other than Jiang Haoran's old acquaintance, Major General Ma Jianhui, a senior agent of the Military Command Bureau when he worked together to rescue Anna in Nanjing. The deputy director is also Jiang Haoran's acquaintance, and it was also during the rescue in Nanjing, the little Wang who gave Jiang Haoran a motorcycle - Wang Dingyuan, he rode a motorcycle well, and Jiang Haoran had a good impression of him at the beginning, but after he came in in this capacity, no matter how good his impression was, it was in vain. There are more than 100 people in the entire political training office, and each regiment, brigade, and division has an office. It can be said that it is almost impossible for the entire Nanshan Independent Army to hide from them in the future.
There is not much affection for this matter, because this fact can no longer be changed, and excessive resistance has caused disgust from above, so he can only order the people below to try not to conflict with them, and not to leave any tricks in their hands.
However, there was one place where Jiang Haoran strictly ordered them not to enter, and that was the arsenal of the base. Of course, he also has good reasons. On the one hand, the arsenal is a joint-stock company, strictly speaking it does not belong to the army, on the other hand, the military factory is a special top secret, although the personnel of the political training department have undergone strict political examination, but no one can guarantee that there are no hidden spies in it.
After dealing with this series of things, the 331 base has also entered a high-speed development is a moment, the troops are recruited in large numbers, six divisions, each division includes logistics personnel, in principle, no more than 18,000 people, but in order for the troops to develop towards mechanization in the future, logistics personnel can be increased as appropriate.