With the capture of Xuji by the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, the area that the 77th Army was responsible for defending was completely broken. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 The front-line troops of the 77th Army, which had already decided to retreat themselves, also retreated from the front line to the mountains for rest and recuperation.

Although some of the soldiers of the 77th Army were not very happy to stay in the mountains to avoid the enemy. But these soldiers also know that if they really go outside the mountain, they are afraid that their fate will not be too good, and the little devils will not let them go easily.

Even if some soldiers think that as long as they take off this military uniform, maybe the little devil will not trouble them. But many recruits had heard earlier that the little devils liked to catch strong men as coolies, and these coolies were also worse than death.

It's not a good feeling to stay in this mountain, but at least you can save your life. What's more, they who stay in the mountains also find that they can at least eat enough every day. With such treatment, what else can a big-headed soldier like them ask for?

The full retreat of the 77th Army meant that the flanks of the area defended by He Zhengdao's division were wide open. In order to avoid letting the little devils break through from the flanks, He Zhengdao also ordered in a timely manner that the blocking troops would also temporarily avoid the mountains.

The real battlefield has shifted from the main roads of various county towns to the relatively remote mountainous areas. The more difficult the road is, the more the people and the Eighth Route Army's anti-Japanese troops behind enemy lines.

Knowing that the New 67th Army, which had been resolutely resisting, had also abandoned the blocking position they were defending, Fujita Jin felt a little regretful, and could only order the troops to begin to accept Huaibin City, which had been abandoned by the Eighth Route Army.

Looking at this county town, which wiped out the entire army of the 10th Division, the city wall that had been damaged by the earlier battle was still visible. The only regret is that Huaibin City, which was abandoned, looks very desolate and silent at the moment.

The first thing Fujita Jin, who had transferred his headquarters from Funan to Huaibin, was to appear in a valley outside the city. The reason for coming here was that the troops who received Huaibin found the place where the body was buried.

Earlier, after the 10th Division was surrounded and annihilated, the Japanese army sent special personnel to inquire where the bodies of those soldiers were buried by the Eighth Route Army. And this valley is where the bodies are buried.

Looking at the highly decomposed bones, many of the soldiers in charge of the excavation were disgusted and vomited by Kaoru. Even Fujita Jin, who arrived here, felt that the valley looked gloomy, and there was a foul smell in the air.

Although he also felt disgusting, Fujita Jin still said, "Yaga! They have insulted the bodies of our warriors in such a way! More than 20,000 people are buried in such a small valley, it is so hateful! ”

On the other hand, the chief of staff who accompanied the inspection said with a wry smile: "General, the clean-up work in the past two days has caused hundreds of people to suffer from fever and cough of varying degrees. Is this kind of clean-up work so that others can do it? ”

'Who is going to do it?' Let those Imperial Allies clean up the corpses, and let them see the end of our warriors like this? Find the people of China to be responsible for cleaning up, and then we must be able to find the people. Now, do we want to find people? ’

In Fujita's view, he knew that cleaning up so many corpses was a great headache. But he also knew that if he could bring the bodies of these fallen soldiers back to China for burial, he would also receive a lot of honors.

Although he still has a lot of troops from the Imperial Cooperative Army in his hands, he doesn't want these Imperial Cooperative Army to see them end miserably. After all, none of the exhumed corpses were well preserved.

It was not the Eighth Route Army that destroyed the corpses of these little devils, but that these corpses had been buried for nearly a month, and many of them were decomposed. The most unbearable thing for the excavation team was that many of the corpses were piled up in a pit.

Even if some officers suggested that the corpses of these Japanese soldiers should be buried here and a monument should be erected for them. However, Fujita Susumu believes that the bodies must be cremated and then put in the ashes and brought back to Japan.

Only in this way can these heroic souls who sacrificed their lives for the country return to China, and their families will be liberated. If there are no ashes, I believe that the families of the officers and men of the 10th Division will also have resentment towards the military department.

It was precisely because of these considerations that Fujita decided to dig up the corpses, carry out large-scale cremation, put all the corpses into the ashes, and send them back to Japan by steamer to give an explanation and comfort to the people.

Although some of the corpses could not be identified at all, Fujita felt that after cremating these corpses, he could at least give an explanation to the country. As for who the ashes belong to in the altar, it may not be so important.

Originally, this kind of errand used to be able to catch some young people to do it. What made Fujita Jin speechless was that his third division took over Huaibin City, and he didn't find a single citizen staying in the city.

Although he has sent troops to sweep and search the surrounding areas of the county. But it's a pity that those villages and towns are also empty. Even the search troops, most of them have gone and have not returned.

He knew very well that in today's Huaibin, there were many guerrilla troops of the Eighth Route Army lurking. These guerrilla units do not operate in county towns and towns at all, but only in some remote places.

With their knowledge of the local terrain, these guerrillas are like wolves hunting, and they will bite hard when they find an opportunity. It is precisely this tactic that often causes heavy losses to the troops who go to the countryside to clean up.

Taking Huaibin City is indeed worthy of Fujita Jin's joy. But except for the villages and towns near the county seat and the highway, other villages and towns with relatively bad road conditions are simply the world of the Eighth Route Army.

Even if Fujita Jin knew, there were many people who avoided them in those remote villages and towns. But if you want to catch those people, you must first pass the level of those guerrilla troops.

There were so many clearance troops dispatched that they couldn't see a single person at all. If there are fewer troops dispatched, they will often be counter-encircled and suppressed by the Eighth Route Army. This helpless reality also made Fujita Jin feel very aggrieved.

Thinking of this, Fujita Susumu could only say: "Collect more fuel and speed up the cremation and ashes collection." In addition, our troops were ordered to accept the county seat here as quickly as possible.

In addition, find a way to let our intelligence department persuade some more people to return to the city. If there were no people, it would be meaningless for us to occupy these county seats, and it would even drag down our actions.

As for the elimination of the resistance forces, we will wait until we meet with the 13th Division. In addition, we also need to know more about where the fleeing people are hiding.

If we don't know the exact goal, we just try our luck here and there, and you will only waste our troops. The most important task now is to take over all the counties in Xinyang and then consider the next battle plan. ”

'Yes, General! I'll pass on your orders! ’

This time the attack on Xinyang, although it was still the Japanese army that won the victory. But for such a victory, no one in the Third Division, from top to small, could be happy. On the contrary, some people feel that they should not come at all.

In the past, in other places, they could also find some Chinese people to show the majesty of the Japanese army. When I got here, it was as if the entire perimeter was empty except for them, and there were dangerous places everywhere.

And He Zhengdao, who returned to Huangchuan at this moment, scattered the main forces deployed in Huaibin as battalions and companies. The tactics of frontal blocking were transformed into the tactics of guerrilla warfare and encroaching on the strength of the Third Division.

He Zhengdao, who successfully implemented this tactic, soon found that the Japanese army had also become honest and took great strides after accepting the defense of Xinyang cities. However, they found that whether to send troops to garrison these counties has also become a headache.

Even compared to Huaibin City, there are still some people in the rest of the county. But most of these people are lonely old people. Even children, in these occupied counties, there is not a single one at all.

As for the Chinese women that many little devils crave, they can't find it. And most of these lonely old people have nothing to worry about. Whether the person who took over the county was a little devil or the Eighth Route Army, it didn't seem to have much to do with them.

Although there are also some traitors who flatter the little devils, these traitors often don't live much. As long as they dare to accept the squires hired by the Japanese army, they must worry that the Eighth Route Army will liquidate and attack them.

The officers and men who were initially dissatisfied with He Zhengdao's decision to abandon the blocking position gradually found that their battle became easier because of this. Many people feel that life in the guerrilla base is not bad.

Seeing that the guerrilla warfare in various places had yielded quite a lot of gains, He Zhengdao also said in a timely manner: "Chief of Staff, I have decided to transfer another main force regiment from Huaibin to Fuyang and the surrounding areas to carry out activities and strengthen the combat effectiveness of the Second Reconnaissance Regiment.

If they can make progress, I believe that the Third Division will also understand that their supply lifeline has been blocked by He Zhengdao. When the time comes, it will be very difficult for them to continue to occupy this place. ”

After taking care of it, the Eighth Route Army also occupied the vast majority of Xinyang villages and towns. Even with this opportunity, the new sixty-seven once again recruited many hot-blooded young people who were unwilling to lose their homes and planned to die with the little devils.

Under such a situation, many battalion and company commanders who had been split up were also very excited. Even if it is on their heads, they have to accept the command of the regimental headquarters where they are located. They can be stationed outside, and they are also much freer.

Even some small troops who were unwilling to be lonely began to harass the Japanese army and the Imperial Allied Army stationed in various places. By beating their respective units in the form of fighting and training, they will be able to complete the expansion of their units as soon as possible.

If the army can be expanded, their duties can be promoted in the future. This kind of good deed, which kills multiple birds with one stone, has gradually been recognized by the troops of the new 67th Army. But for the Japanese army, it was undoubtedly a very painful situation.

For these Eighth Route Army anti-Japanese war forces who seemed to have turned into bandits from the regular army, Fujita also hated itchy. But after some investigation and understanding, Fujita finally knew that the guerrilla tactics of the Eighth Route Army should not be underestimated.

After coming to such a conclusion, Fujita Jin felt more and more that he had to really cheer up and deal with this difficult opponent He Zhengdao! (To be continued.) )