It was a quiet night.

The so-called silence is actually a kind of relative quiet, and the sound of gunfire is constantly around, except for Woniu Mountain.

This kind of silence is actually a kind of terror, because everyone knows that in the Japanese army's operational route of attacking Xuzhou City, Woniu Mountain must be taken, and the current silence can only show that the Japanese army is adjusting the offensive strategy of Woniu Mountain, and once the adjustment is completed, it will be launched immediately. And once it unfolds, it will be unbearable for the defenders of Woniu Mountain.

This night, Zhang Luohui couldn't sleep.

This night, Feng Zhongliang, Guo Zhonglin and others seemed to be asleep.

This night, only Ye Tufei snored loudly.

The night was quiet until dawn. First the crowd was awakened by the terrifying whistling of cannonballs piercing the sky, and then the deafening explosions. Then, everyone saw that the Niubei Heights of Woniu Mountain were quickly shrouded in smoke, and dazzling fires flashed from time to time in the smoke.

The artillery cover lasted for fifteen minutes, and after the artillery fire stopped, the sky was already bright, and it was not long before everyone saw the Japanese flag erected on the bull's back heights.

In just half an hour, the third and fourth battalions of the 258th Regiment evaporated.

In the past half hour, Liu Yujie had contacted Zhang Luohui, but before he could finish a sentence, the phone was cut off, and after that, Zhang Luohui could no longer contact Liu Yujie's regiment headquarters.

After the Oxback Heights were conquered by the Japanese army, we saw that the Cowback Heights suffered the same fate as the Cowback Heights.

Now, there is only one battalion left, a lone army.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the Japanese launched a tentative pure infantry charge on the Niutou Heights from the two directions of the northwest and southeast ridges, with the help of more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, but they were quickly beaten down by the brothers of the first battalion, and then, for two whole hours, the Japanese did not make any move.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army, with grenadiers and flamethrowers as the main offensive weapons, once again launched a flanking charge on the Niutou Heights from two directions at the same time, and after paying the price of nearly 30 casualties, it was declared defeated.

After lunch, the Japanese suddenly changed their tactics and launched non-stop waves of charges from two directions to the Niutou Heights.

As long as he was not bombarded by artillery shells and dealt with the pure infantry charge of small Japan, Ye Tufei thought that with the combat strength of the brothers, he could completely cope with it. In fact, the non-stop wave charge of the Japanese army, which lasted for more than an hour, finally stopped, and the little Japan had nothing to gain except for the results of more than 70 casualties.

Keigo Yamashita has a headache.

Seeing that several other squadrons were about to rush into Xuzhou City, his detachment faced the disgrace of transforming from a vanguard to a queen.

Yamashita Keigo had to make a change, he ordered the Kawashima squadron and the Onizuka squadron to continue to maintain the posture of flanking the north and south of the Niutou Heights, and the other troops immediately marched towards Xuzhou Castle.

Two days later, on May 19, the Japanese army fully occupied Xuzhou.

On the same day, the headquarters of the commander of the Fifth Theater received a telegram from Liu Ruming's department, declaring that the garrison of the city had also jumped out of the encirclement of the Japanese army, and that the Japanese would be left with an empty city.

The Fifth Theater immediately issued a declaration marking the end of the Battle of Xuzhou, declaring that in the Battle of Xuzhou, more than 30,000 Japanese soldiers were killed and wounded at the cost of more than 60,000 casualties, smashing the Japanese army's strategic attempt to quickly complete the north-south connection, and realizing the strategic intention of 'exchanging space for time' formulated by the Supreme Command.

When the reporter asked some specific questions, such as the comparison between the Battle of Xuzhou and the Battle of Nanjing, the spokesman of the Fifth Theater replied with a smile: "Xuzhou, which was left to the Japanese army, was an empty city, and the Japanese could not even get a captain. ”

and so on this information is in the newspapers, although these newspapers will not be published in the Japanese-occupied areas, but the Japanese army's special high school has already penetrated into the hinterland, so Yamashita Keigo still has a chance to see these reports. He was extremely angry and said to the reporters accompanying the Japanese army and some reporters loyal to the traitorous government in Beiping: "What the Chinese newspaper said is simply nonsense, and our army captured a colonel of the Chinese army in Woniu Mountain. ”

In order to prove that he was not lying, Keigo Yamashita provided evidence to the reporters on the spot: the colonel of the 258th regiment, Liu Yujie.

Two days ago, Liu Yujie led the second battalion of the 258th Regiment to be stationed in the Niubutt Heights of Woniu Mountain, and he calculated that once the Niutou Heights were conquered by the Japanese army, then he would immediately retreat to Anhui along the north shore of Shigouzi Lake through Yunlong Mountain under the protection of the second battalion and the time gained by sacrificing the third battalion and the fourth battalion of the Niubei Heights. It's just that I didn't expect that the Japanese army actually bypassed the Niutou Heights, went around in a circle, and directly surrounded the entire Woniu Mountain.

Before he could react, the Oxback Heights fell, and then, the Cowbutt Heights where he was located were covered by Japanese artillery fire. The whole battalion, under less than ten minutes of artillery fire, only about 30 people were left who could breathe, and in desperation, he raised the white flag to the Japanese army.

After being captured, he was flattered by the attitude of the Japanese army towards him. Liu Yujie originally thought that the Japanese army would throw him into a prison or a prisoner of war camp, but he did not expect that the Japanese army would be very polite to him, arranged for him to live in the Garden Hotel, and invited a military doctor to treat his injuries. You must know that the Garden Hotel is the most luxurious hotel in Xuzhou, and at the beginning, General Li Zongren, the supreme commander of the Fifth War Zone, stayed in the Garden Hotel.

He had a sense of affection for the Japanese army.

Therefore, when Yamashita Keigo asked him to attend the press conference together, Liu Yujie agreed without any hesitation, and Yamashita Keigo was moved to bow to Liu Yujie and praise Liu Yujie as a true friend of the Japanese Empire.

At this time, in the face of many reporters, Liu Yujie generously stated: "First of all, I want to say that the Imperial Japanese Army is a mighty army, and at the same time, it is also a division of benevolence and righteousness. Why is it said to be a mighty army? In the battle of Woniu Mountain, I was ordered to lead the 258th Regiment to fight against the Imperial Army, and in less than an hour, the Imperial Army resolved the battle, and it was a battle, and my 258th Regiment suffered more than 700 casualties, but the Imperial Army only paid the price of more than 40 casualties. Ladies and gentlemen, there is an old Chinese saying that a glimpse of the whole leopard can be seen, from which we can calculate the casualty ratio of the two sides in the entire battle of Xuzhou. Hehe, anyone with a discerning eye knows that Li Zongren is bragging! Let's talk about why I call the imperial army a teacher of benevolence and righteousness? As an opponent on the battlefield, after I was captured by the imperial army, the imperial army not only did not hold grudges, but also treated me with the best medical conditions. ”

Liu Yujie's speech received thunderous applause, and Yamashita Keigo also cast an appreciative look at Liu Yujie, and at that moment, Liu Yujie suddenly felt that his image was taller.

Liu Yujie's performance made Yamashita Keigo feel very happy, but Liu Yujie's subordinates made Yamashita Keigo feel very unhappy. The battalion on Woniu Mountain made him feel like a fish in his throat, and the division commander expressed his dissatisfaction with him, saying: "If the Chinese army adopts the example of hanging the head of His Majesty the Emperor, then our Imperial Japanese Army can only retreat?" ”

Yamashita Keigo understood the meaning of the division commander's words, and the division commander was telling him that as a soldier, the ultimate goal was to achieve victory in battle, and not to be limited by some trivial things. But when it comes down to it, he is not stupid, he doesn't want to be caught by his colleagues with any pigtails.

In other words, Yamashita Keigo was thinking about how he could properly deal with this enemy without firing at the portrait of His Majesty the Emperor. He thought of a way to besiege but not attack, but he was quickly denied by himself, and Shangfeng did not give him much time. He thought of using Liu Yujie to persuade him to surrender, but he failed after trying. He thought about it a lot, but he wasn't sure.

Keigo Yamashita, who couldn't figure out a way to break his head, could only go to his think tank, his assistant Takahashi Nobu in 'Manchukuo'.

Takahashi Shin is actually a Chinese, his original name is Qin Tianshi, and he followed his father to Japan when he was eight years old. His father has a Japanese friend named Takahashi Shoichi, a professor at Nagoya University in Japan, Takahashi Shoichi has no children and no daughters under his knees, and he likes Qin Tianshi very much after seeing him. Later, Qin Tianshi's father fell ill and died when he was fourteen years old, so Takahashi Shoichi adopted Qin Tianshi and changed his name to Takahashi Shin.

In the third year of the Showa era, at the age of twenty-four, Keigo Yamashita was conscripted into the army and assigned to the Kwantung Army, and in northeastern China, he met Nobu Takahashi, who was working in the Manchurian Railway. In the sixth year of the Showa era, the Kwantung Army launched the Manchurian Incident on the night of September 18, after which the "Manchukuo State" was established under the planning of Kenji Dohihara, the head of the Kwantung Army's special service. Keigo Yamashita showed extraordinary abilities in these two major events, and won Kenji Dohihara's appreciation.

Keigo Yamashita, who went straight up to Qingyun, first transferred Takahashi Shin to his side with the emotion of bringing his old buddies, but then he found out that this Takahashi Shin is not an ordinary person, and many difficult things are in the hands of Takahashi Shin, which seems to be very simple, and three or five sentences can make you suddenly realize.

This time, he was transferred from the Kwantung Army of 'Manchukuo' to the North China Dispatch Army, and he deliberately took Takahashi with him.

When he told Takahashi Shin the question one by one, Takahashi Shin lit a cigarette in his usual slow half-beat rhythm and swallowed a few puffs before slowly answering Yamashita Keigo: "Bombing the portrait of the emperor?" You're tired of living! "Yamashita Keigo knew Takahashi's habits, so he didn't dare to interject, but just handed the ashtray over." Have you investigated the background of those soldiers on the mountain? Are they really going to have to fight the Japanese army as you said? ”

Yamashita Keigo felt a pang in his heart, this Takahashi Shin really said the idea, it seems that there is a play!

"You let Liu Yujie persuade him to surrender, can they believe Liu Yujie? This card can only serve as a stepping stone. You write a letter to them, make enough promises, let Xiao Wei take Liu Yujie to talk to them, I believe Xiao Wei, he can convince this gang of bandits. ”

Yamashita Keigo smiled, lit a fire to Takahashi Shin, who took out the second cigarette, and said, "If the Shina army has you, it will be a misfortune for my Imperial Japanese Army!" ”

Takahashi Shin glanced at Yamashita Keigo and said, "How many times have I told you, don't listen to it in front of me." Also, after these bandits surrender, you must fulfill your promise and not put them in a prisoner of war camp. ”

Keigo Yamashita looked embarrassed and said, "This is a bunch of outlaws, I'm worried about them..."

"Isn't it solved by the army sequence that was incorporated into the Beiping Provisional Government, equipped with weapons but not with ammunition? Trust me, you'll be able to use these people sooner or later. ”

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