Chapter 765: Raid on Prisoner of War Camp
Northeast of Langfang City, the Japanese army's 'one-word serpentine' artillery group position on the north bank of the Fenghe River, half a mile on the left rear side.
The Qing army temporarily held prisoners of war camps.
When the cavalry of the 'Tiger Regiment' in the city gathered in the north gate and drank Zhuangxing wine in a big bowl.
The 237 soldiers of the reconnaissance company, dressed in blue and black coarse homespun cloth and disguised as ordinary people, had quietly pulled out the four guard posts on the perimeter of the Japanese army.
They reached three hundred meters northeast of the prisoner camp and lurked on a barren slope.
The Japanese 1st Army marched for 13 hours from 3 p.m. to 4 a.m. yesterday, and then the divisions entered their predetermined positions according to military orders.
I tossed until 6 o'clock in the morning before I got the military order to rest.
These Japanese soldiers were indeed boiled too hard, one by one wrapped in quilts and fell asleep on the ground, even the explosion of Langfang City, many soldiers were dead asleep and did not want to open a trace of their eyes, to see if it was a cannon shot.
And those unlucky Japanese soldiers who were ordered to be in charge of the guard were even more bitter with bitter faces, and their eyes were even more dry and yawning on the guard posts.
The sentries on the four Japanese guard posts that were killed by the reconnaissance company were almost all tired, staggering, and dozing off on the grass.
The soldier was stabbed to death with a knife, and he didn't open his eyes until now, and saw the king of Hades directly in his dream.
This is also because the Japanese army neglected the prisoner of war camps, and there was not enough cross-guard force at all, and the sentries in charge of the guard were also extremely careless.
Who would have thought in a normal way of thinking that the enemy, faced with many more tempting options (such as brigades, divisions, and even regimental headquarters), would plot this prisoner of war camp without any 'oil and water'.
The artillery positions in front of the prisoner of war camp, the rear of the north and east wings, were much higher than those in the prisoner of war camp, and the Japanese lieutenants who followed the vigilance kept kicking the confused soldiers, and then yelled and ordered the soldiers to wash their faces with cold water and sober up.
Not to mention the core of those divisions, brigades, and regimental headquarters, all of which are three steps, one outline, five steps, and one sentry, not to mention that the soldiers doze off, and the guards are all standing and constantly wandering.
The reconnaissance company simply did not have any chance to sneak closer.
At this time, in the eyes of Xu Weijie, the commander of the reconnaissance company, the barren grassland of the prisoner of war camp where the weeds were separated was full of Qing prisoners who were sleeping soundly.
The nearly 200 Japanese soldiers, in addition to the soldiers who were in charge of standing guard and guarding, were also sleeping on the dry grass.
Nothing for the rest.
From Tongzhou to Langfang, after a long period of hard work and whipping, these prisoners of war were so tired that they were all casually wrapped in a tattered quilt and lying on the grass, curled up and fell asleep.
From time to time, there were screams of pain in the camp, either the prisoners screaming in their sleep or having nightmares like the day.
And the soldiers who took care of it obviously didn't take it too seriously.
In their opinion, these tired and half-dead pigs are forced with knives, and they may not be able to get them up, let alone have the strength to escape?
Nearly 200 Japanese soldiers were guarded, except for the 40 or so people on duty, who were scattered around the unobstructed prisoner of war camp and dozing and sloppy, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers were also wrapped in quilts and lying on the ground and sleeping.
This is not something that the Japanese army took lightly.
Even if it was the Japanese army position facing the Langfang City Gate, in their opinion, even if the anti-Japanese army took the initiative to attack, the response of the 2-mile distance was enough for the concentrated Japanese army to organize a successful defense.
The only omission is that it does not take into account the rapid raid of the cavalry on the scattered artillery battalions, and the infantry of the anti-Japanese army will 'gnaw' the 'chicken ribs' of the prisoner of war camp.
"All bow down and stand up, stealthily trot, target the Japanese prisoner of war camp!"
With Xu Weijie's order, the men of more than 230 reconnaissance companies all stood up one after another, holding rifles with bayonets in both hands, and rushed to the prisoner of war camp.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"
"Bang! βββ
"Enemy attack!"
This time, the reconnaissance company did not have the good luck it had before, and the charging team had just rushed to a distance of less than fifty meters when it was spotted by the dozing Japanese vigilant soldiers, who shouted in surprise and fired warning shots into the sky.
This gunfire spread far and clearly in the vast and quiet world, and countless people were terrified and frightened on the entire Langfang battlefield, looking at the source of the gunshot.
"Attack with all your might! Kill the dogs! β
"Kill the dogs!"
With Xu Weijie's shout, all the soldiers of the reconnaissance company immediately straightened their waists and yelled and rushed to the prisoner of war camp.
"Yaga, get up, get up, grab your rifles, shoot, shoot!"
The infantry squadron of the 1st Heavy Artillery Wing of the Japanese Army, which was in charge of the prisoner of war camp, crawled out of the unwarm bed in a daze under the desperate yelling of the squadron leader, Captain Chisaka Tomojiro, and was dizzy to find his rifle.
The more than 4,700 Qing prisoners of war were surprised and delighted and suddenly lifted the tattered quilts and sat on the ground looking for the rescued soldiers.
"Untie the rope on your feet, untie the rope on your feet!"
Huang Jiashan shouted loudly as he quickly untied the thick hemp rope that had been ordered to be tied to his legs when he entered the prisoner of war camp.
"Untie the rope on your feet, untie the rope on your feet!"
The Qing captives who received the revelation were all so surprised that their voices trembled, their big hands trembled, and they hurriedly untied the hemp rope on their feet.
"Shoot!"
"Bang, bang, bangβ"
Fifty or sixty and the Japanese soldiers who had already picked up their guns, under the order of Chisaka Tomojiro, raised their guns and fired at the reconnaissance company that was charging over.
Suddenly, the battlefield was filled with smoke, and three scouts were shot and fell to the ground.
"The medical corps went to treat them, and the wounded were evacuated north to the war zone as soon as possible; I'll keep rushing for the rest! β
Xu Weijie roared, and rushed forward with a knife in the lead.
At this time, it was less than sixty meters from the edge of the northern line of the Japanese prisoner of war camp.
"On the bayonet, on the bayonet!"
Chisaka Tomojiro looked at such a close distance, and he could even see the fierce and hideous faces of the charging Qing army.
Holding back the great fear in his heart, he roared and ordered the soldiers not to waste time by loading ammunition, but to mount their bayonets and prepare for a white-knuckle battle with the anti-Japanese army.
"Kill!"
In the midst of the roar, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company held their bayonets and collided with the frightened Japanese soldiers, stirring up a ball of blood.
"Run!"
And those Qing prisoners who first untied the ropes on their feet, instead of picking up the crowbars resting on the ground to help the battle, shouted one after another, and fled towards the fields on both sides of the east, north, and sides.
"Soldiers, if you run away today, you will be shameful captives and deserters for the rest of your life! You, your parents, family, wife and children, have been a coward all your life and have been ridiculed, insulted, and looked down upon; β
Second Lieutenant Song Muzhou, the military judge general of the reconnaissance company, couldn't help but shout with grief and anger when he saw the groups of Qing prisoners desperately fleeing outside the war zone after breaking free from the footropes:
"It's a man who picks up a stick on the ground and smashes these dogs to death! You are no longer a captive, let alone a deserter who shames his ancestors, but a man who stands up to the sky and kills the enemy! β
With Song Muzhou's roar, there was a trace of hesitation at the feet of some fleeing soldiers, and some even stood in place with a series of struggles.
At this time, Xu Weijie, who was fighting a bayonet with a Japanese soldier Cao with eyes, picked a stab, and the tip of the knife smoothly pierced the neck of that military Cao, and shouted in his mouth: "We are fighting against the Japanese army!" β
"Invincible!"
In the prisoner of war camp, all the soldiers of the reconnaissance company who fought with the Japanese army with bayonets shouted proudly.