Chapter 948: Turn Tokyo into a Battlefield!
June 1936.
During this month, the Chinese army completed the clearance operation on the outskirts of Tokyo. On June 9, Chinese troops launched an assault on Tokyo.
After the crushing defeat on the outer front, the Japanese resistance was extremely weak, and the Japanese command focused on street fighting in the city of Tokyo.
On the 10th, the first regiment of the Chinese army entered Tokyo with little resistance.
This was the first time that Chinese troops had entered Tokyo, and it also indicated that the Sino-Japanese war had come to an end. Although there will still be resistance from the Japanese in the city of Tokyo, it doesn't matter anymore.
In the afternoon of the same day, Rao Guohua also entered Tokyo.
Gunfire rang out everywhere in the city, and fierce battles were taking place almost everywhere, and the Japanese were not resigned to such a defeat and wanted to do their best to defend their capital.
Some Japanese civilians looked numbly at the Chinese troops entering the city, and in their eyes they could see despair and helplessness.
The only thing to be "thankful" about is that those terrible Chinese planes are no longer bombing. Also, the Chinese's own team is now in Tokyo, and the Chinese's fighters are also afraid of accidental damage.
A tank appeared, and it was a tank for the Chinese. In its vicinity, a dozen Chinese soldiers followed, vigilantly monitoring the surroundings with guns.
A few civilians, who did not know whether it was soldiers or took up arms, shot at the tanks without their lives, and the result quickly attracted the fiercest retaliation from the Chinese.
The gunfire hit several Japanese who couldn't raise their heads and ran into a house in embarrassment. But then the tank raised its black, terrible muzzle.
A few seconds later, the tank's artillery opened fire, and the house where several attackers were hiding was destroyed in an instant Μ.
The Japanese were still very determined to defend their capital, and their resistance was fierce. In just two days, from the 10th to the 11th, the Chinese army suffered heavy casualties.
Long before the battle on the outskirts of Tokyo, the Japanese government began to distribute large quantities of weapons and equipment to civilians, calling on them to arm themselves against the "invasion" of the Chinese army.
The Japanese in Tokyo were almost all soldiers, attacking every target they could see and killing and wounding every Chinese soldier who came into range.
Street battles often bring more casualties to the attacking side than positional battles.
The most troublesome thing is that the Japanese army has assigned a large number of veterans with actual combat experience to the civilian population, directing them how to fight, how to effectively kill targets, and how to make the greatest possible use of favorable terrain to kill and injure invaders.
The offensive of the Chinese army on the outskirts of Tokyo was unstoppable, but almost every inch of advance since entering Tokyo has been accompanied by dead and wounded. For two days, the Chinese army did not make much progress.
The whole of Tokyo has become a huge battlefield.
This forced Rao Guohua, who commanded the Tokyo operation, to change his approach. On the 13th, Rao Guohua, having obtained the support of a tank regiment, ordered his subordinates to use all possible means to annihilate every target he suspected.
This means that it is permissible to fire at all targets, including civilians!
The eyes of the Chinese soldiers were also red, and the anger that made them feel angry when their companions who had landed in Japan fell under the cold guns one by one.
Mortars, flamethrowers, tanks ΜEverything that can be used in Tokyo has been used....,
Since the Japanese want to turn Tokyo into a battlefield, let's fulfill their "wish"!
This is one of the most tragic scenes in the history of Tokyo, where the Chinese troops who entered the area, using all the weapons they could use, were shooting like crazy at all the targets they could.
There is no more sympathy, and no sympathy is needed here.
The only thing they have to do is to end the war that is happening here as soon as possible!
When a company of Chinese soldiers had gone to great lengths to annihilate the Japanese troops hiding in a hotel, they were about to go in to search for survivors, when they suddenly saw a Japanese man waving a white flag from a distance.
"Ready to shoot! Get ready to shoot! The company commander raised his hand.
Now he didn't trust the Japanese with the white flags, and just two hours ago, they had met a few Japanese with the white flags, but when the Japanese came up to them, they suddenly showed their weapons, and two of his brothers were unfortunately killed.
The company commander, who had always been in self-reproach, was now angry with these Japanese to the point of unspeakable.
The soldiers were in the same mood, their guns raised. Since the Japanese like this, the only way to end it all is to do the same thing.
"Chinese, Chinese!" The "Japan" seemed to anticipate what was going to happen and hurriedly shouted out.
The soldiers were a little puzzled and looked at the company commander, who was also undecided.
There was only one person on the other side, and he was waving a white flag with one hand and raising the other high, without any chance of pulling out his weapon. The company commander hesitated, continued to keep the soldiers on guard, and then asked a soldier to bring the man over.
"I'm a military commander." As soon as the "Japanese" came over, they spoke fluent Chinese: "My code name is 'Seagull,' and I ask to see your military commander at once." β
"Documents!" The company commander said in disbelief.
"Papers?" "Seagulls" smiled bitterly, these soldiers will never know what kind of life these agents are facing: "Brother, do you think people like us will carry their documents with them?" β
The company commander was skeptical, and the "seagull" immediately said: "Brother, please take me to your supreme military commander immediately, I have very important information!" β
Maybe this person is really an agent, the company commander thought to himself. However, the "supreme military commander" he recognizes is his own regimental commander.
The company commander brought the officer, who called himself "Seagull", to the battalion commander, who in turn handed it over to the regiment commander. No matter what these people asked him, "Seagull" would never reveal a word.
After several twists and turns, when he finally saw Major General Rao Guohua, the "horn" saluted, and the action was not standard: "Report to the chief, Major Meng Xigui of the Tokyo Station of the Military Command, code name 'Seagull, Japanese name Matsumoto Haiqing, report to you!" β
"Good work." Rao Guohua returned a standard military salute.
After working hard, only these three simple words made the "seagull" - Meng Xigui burst into tears in an instant. Everyone in the command headquarters saw that this man's eyes turned red all of a sudden, and they didn't know what was going on, and they looked at Meng Xigui inexplicably.
Only Meng Xigui himself knew that he had survived after all. You don't have to live in fear all day long, you don't have to live in the shadow of fear that might be exposed.
I went home, I really went home.
"You may be seated, Major Meng." Rao Guohua invited him to sit down, then called his combat staff officer, whispered a few words in a low voice, and the combat staff quickly nodded and left. β¦,
Rao Guohua sat there with Meng Xigui, drinking tea and chatting, pulling and talking, several times Meng Xigui wanted to talk about business, but Rao Guohua took it lightly, which made Meng Xigui also confused.
After about half an hour, the staff officer who had left earlier came, handed a telegram to Rao Guohua, and nodded.
Rao Guohua hurriedly looked at the telegram: "I'm sorry, Major Meng, I just checked your identity with the people of the military commander, you are indeed the hidden agent of the military commander's seagull, I'm sorry!" β
Meng Xigui smiled bitterly. I have already returned home, but I still can't get the trust of my family. But this can't be blamed on Rao Guohua, as a military commander, he must be responsible for his soldiers!
Meng Xigui put aside the distracting thoughts in his heart: "It's okay, sir, I'm here, I'm used to being misunderstood."
Rao Guohua nodded sympathetically, although he had nothing to do with these intelligence workers, he could still taste the helplessness and sadness from the other party's words.
Meng Xigui cheered up, took out a map from his pocket, opened it, and marked many marks with a red pen: "Sir, since the beginning of the battle on the outskirts of Tokyo, the Japanese have been arranging street battles in Tokyo, and the places marked by these red pens are all places where the Japanese army has hoarded troops."
Meng Xigui was overjoyed, hurriedly asked the combat staff officer to come over, and after studying it carefully, he nodded vigorously at Meng Xigui: "Major Meng, thank you, thank you!" β
He fully understood the importance of this map to his army, and from now on, his army knew where to attack and where to attack first.
This map is so detailed that it shows exactly how many troops the Japanese army has in a certain place, how many light and heavy machine guns, and even who their commander is!
"Sir, there's one more thing." Meng Xigui continued: "The Japanese have drawn up a list of sleepers, and another comrade of ours has completely mastered this list, please give me a battalion of troops to dig out all these Japanese sleeper agents!" β
Rao Guohua no longer had any hesitation: "Call Zhang Lingfu in for me!" β
After Zhang Lingfu came in, Rao Guohua first briefly introduced the situation: "Zhang Lingfu, now I order you to personally take a battalion of troops and follow Major Meng to catch all those Japanese sleeper agents for Lao Tzu, and let one go." β
Zhang Lingfu stood upright, and then responded loudly: "Yes!" β