Chapter 88: The Wasted Division (Part II)
"The people of China said that they wanted us to surrender. If you don't surrender, all your doubts will be annihilated, and not one will be left. Moreover, they want to kill us all and avenge their compatriots who were slaughtered in Liaodong! The messenger of the Fourth Division said.
These words immediately exploded, and someone immediately said angrily: "We didn't participate in the massacre in Liaodong, the main people who participated in the massacre were people from the First Division, how can they find us to take revenge?" ”
"Yes, it's really good to be bullied, and horses are good to be ridden!" "How unreasonable is this group of people who actually put the blame that is not our guilt on our heads!" ……
These Japanese troops of the Fourth Division did not participate in a single battle when they were in Liaodong at that time, and they were all responsible for guarding work, and they did not participate in the massacre. So now they heard that Wang Guorui was going to hold them responsible, which suddenly made them unbearable. After all, they thought that they did not participate, so why should they take responsibility for the 1st Division? So they feel very aggrieved and naturally don't want to bear it.
"Okay, now what should we do? I think we have to fight them, or we won't be able to survive! Shizugo Yamazawa, commander of the 4th Division, said.
This Yamazawa Shizugo also felt very aggrieved, how did he get into this Fourth Division? If he had known that the Fourth Division was such a combat force, then he would never have chosen to come here to serve as the commander of this division. You must know that before, this fourth division was organized and equipped according to the standards of the horse pulling division. Moreover, the Japanese did not realize that this fourth division was so poor in combat effectiveness that it was simply unimaginable.
"Division commander. I guess we better surrender, or we might as well be killed by them to avenge us! A low-level staff officer said.
"You're going to surrender? Aren't you afraid of implicating your family? Shizugo Yamazawa asked.
"Anyway, we have more than 17,000 people here, and even if we surrender to His Majesty the Emperor, it is impossible to implicate more than 10,000 of us, right? The law does not blame the public! The staff officer said.
And Shizugo Yamazawa almost fainted. This guy even said that the law is not responsible. And this made Shizugo Yamazawa immediately realize that if the Fourth Division chose to surrender, then I am afraid that although Emperor Meiji would not punish the family of every soldier in the future, he, as the division commander of the Fourth Division, would not be able to escape responsibility. At that time, once he is held accountable, he will be the most responsible, so his family will be doomed. So, for the sake of their own families. So he was absolutely not able to order the surrender of the 4th Division.
"Rush me! Go kill the enemy! Shizugo Yamazawa shouted.
Shizugo Yamazawa constantly drove his troops to charge and kill the enemy, even if these troops were weak, but he could only follow Shizugo Yamazawa to kill the enemy. And the division commander Shizugo Yamazawa also personally led the charge. Shizugo Yamazawa can see that he has such a tattered army, which can be regarded as his own bad luck. But he could never give the order to surrender, once he gave the order to surrender. Then their own families will be implicated. So he would rather risk his death in battle. It is impossible to choose to surrender.
"Warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army, rush with me!" Shizugo Yamazawa took the command knife and began to rush forward.
"Hmph, look for death!" Zhu Yuan said.
And when Shizugo Yamazawa was at the front, a bullet had already rushed towards him.
"Poof!"
Shizugo Yamazawa felt as if he had been hit hard in the chest, only to find that he was missing a hole in his chest and knew nothing.
"Lieutenant General Yamazawa is dead!" "Lieutenant General Yamazawa is dead!" "Let's run!" ……
Just now they were forced to fight under the pressure of Shizugo Yamazawa, but now that Shizugo Yamazawa is dead, there is no need for them to continue to fight hard. So they chose to run away. But at this time, the troops of the 4th Division began to chant.
And Natasha whistled, apparently killing a Japanese lieutenant general again. It feels very good. Natasha has now killed two Japanese generals, so it still feels very good. Only a general-level figure is worth Natasha's shot, otherwise her high bullet cost must be a very loss.
"Kneel, surrender, don't kill!" "Kneel, surrender, don't kill!" ……
The soldiers of the 4th Division began to chant in Japanese, and now the recruits have to learn a few words in Japanese during training, that is, surrender and do not kill, so as to avoid unnecessary casualties caused by excessive resistance of the Japanese army. The Japanese army's will to fight in this era was much worse than that of World War II, and naturally many of them would choose to surrender.
When the Japanese soldiers of the Fourth Division heard this, they all began to kneel down and surrender, choosing to surrender for survival, and the troops of the Fourth Division soon began to accept prisoners. The Japanese troops of these Fourth Divisions surrendered one by one, and they surrendered in one piece, and many units surrendered in formation. There was even a brigade that surrendered en masse and then waited for the troops of the 4th Division to come and receive it. This situation really surprised the people of the Fourth Division, and this kind of battle was probably only encountered this time in their lives.
And after the Japanese commander Kawakami Caoroku heard the news, he almost fainted with a mouthful of blood. He didn't expect that the Fourth Division would surrender all day, which was a big joke in the world. You must know that the Fourth Division is one of the first seven divisions, and it is a very old division. However, after the 4th Division was annihilated by 10,000 people, the remaining 10,000 people surrendered almost entirely, which was unimaginable to Kawakami Caoroku. Originally, he thought that the Fourth Division could completely defeat the enemy, at least let Wang Guorui's army return in vain. But now he will surrender as a whole, which is simply a slap in the face of him, the commander of the Japanese army.
This is nothing more than a blow to him, he just came to Taiwan, and he has not won a single battle, even if he has caused greater losses to the enemy, but now he has actually lost a division! The loss of a division into a formation is a murderous thing. The surrender of the entire division was a great blow to the Japanese army, and the Japanese army currently has only six divisions and regiments in Taiwan, and there is one less division at once, so the battle plan must be very different. So, now they are also full of holes in their defenses.
"Immediately order the troops next to you, hurry up and annihilate that army, hurry, hurry!" Kawakami said angrily.
"Report to the commander, the army of the Chinese people has retreated, and it has retreated with a large number of weapons, ammunition and supplies of our fourth division!" Immediately a staff officer said.
And Kawakami didn't stand firm on one foot, and almost fainted. This time, not only did the Fourth Division surrender as a whole, but he, the commander of the attack on Taiwan, would probably have to suffer from it. This is a division, not a squad. If a division surrenders as a whole, he, the commander of the attack on Taiwan, will also be punished. Once this matter spreads, I am afraid that the whole of Japan will be in an uproar, and I am afraid that I will have to go to court at that time. And now Kawakami Caoroku really would rather the Fourth Division be completely annihilated than surrender as a whole. If it was completely annihilated, it could be said that it reflected the bravery and unyielding of the Imperial Japanese Army, but now it was actually surrendered as a whole, which really made him almost crazy.
"Your Excellency, you are also the person who once served as the commander of the Fourth Division, why is the combat effectiveness of the Fourth Division so poor?" Kawakami said angrily.
Now Kawakami Caoliu really doesn't care about his identity, and directly sprays this Prince Nohisa of Kita-Shirakawa Palace, who made this Prince Nohku of Kita-Shirakawa Palace the former division commander of the Fourth Division! And Kita-Shirakawa Palace Nengjiu also felt disgraced, and his old troops actually surrendered as a whole, which is simply unimaginable and incredible.
"Your Excellency Commander, our Fourth Division trained very hard before, but I don't know why their will to fight is so poor? It was shattered with such a beating, and it was so unbeaten. I'm guilty, it's me who didn't take the 4th Division well. ”
Kita-Shirakawa Palace Nengjiu also secretly complained, his own Guards Division had just been annihilated, and now the division led in front of him actually surrendered as a whole, so if the new and old accounts are calculated together at that time, I am afraid it will be really troublesome. And Kita-Shirakawa Gong Nengjiu didn't understand, the Fourth Division originally seemed to be training very hard, but when it really started, the will to fight was so bad that it would be shattered at the slightest touch. They had not had the 4th Division in battle before, so there was no way to know what the situation was like with the 4th Division. But now I know, but the price is too great, and the 4th Division surrenders as a whole. And those who were killed were really on the way to escape, not on the way to charge, which is the most tragic.
"Okay, let's hurry up and figure out how to eliminate the impact! This time we have been annihilated by a division, I am afraid that it will cause great repercussions within our army, so we must do a good job of appeasing the soldiers, otherwise the soldiers may not be able to accept this result at all. At that time, if there is chaos among the soldiers, I am afraid that it will really be very miserable. Therefore, immediately order the officers and staff officers at all levels to appease the soldiers, so that they will not be affected by the annihilation of a division by the enemy this time! Kawakami said.
And Kawakami Caoroku finally couldn't help touching the cold sweat on his forehead, and said: "It's good that the Fourth Division burned all the wing flags before surrendering this time, otherwise I would really be miserable!" ”
And the North Shirakawa Palace Nengjiu was also glad that he helped Wang Guorui return the people of Taipei to Wang Guorui, and then Wang Guorui returned the two captured Union flags to him. And Kita-Shirakawa Miyano also hurriedly burned the evidence of the destruction of miè, so that at least he would not feel humiliated by the capture of the United Flag. (To be continued......)