The last 100 or so Japanese troops immediately began to surrender. They had never seen such heavy fire, and even when they were fighting with Manchu soldiers, they had never encountered such heavy fire. And now they were suddenly stunned, and they had lost ninety percent of their vital strength, and they could not withstand it at all. The Japanese army in this period did not have the spirit of bushido during World War II, and their psychological elements were still much weaker than later. They surrendered spinelessly and accepted Wang Guorui's disarming.

"Let these prisoners quickly dig a big pit, and then throw all the corpses of the Japanese soldiers down, and then bury them!" Hu Wei said.

Now after the war, Hu Wei has also begun to command soldiers to do those ordinary things. And these Japanese prisoners were also ordered to dig a pit, and they dug a huge pit, and then buried the bodies of more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers. Anyway, these Japanese prisoners had to do some rough work, after all, Wang Guorui couldn't spend money to support them for no reason. What's more, these Japanese soldiers are also their former comrades-in-arms, and it is also appropriate for them to bury the corpses. At this time, Wang Guorui didn't have so much time, so he naturally buried it and dug a pit and buried it directly, so that he would not be able to be cremated. As for the future when the war is over, then the corpses of the Japanese soldiers will be returned to the Japanese government, which can be regarded as some humanity! Wang Guorui didn't have the idea of insulting the corpse, after all, they were all killed in battle, and if he insulted the opponent's corpse today, his army would also suffer retribution in the future. Although the Japanese army may not take care of it, Wang Guorui has to take this into account.

"Lord Wang, this time we have annihilated a total of 1,000 and 54 enemies, and the remaining more than 100 have surrendered. This is a victory for us, and this is a big victory! You must know that in Liaodong, in the entire war, we only annihilated more than 2,000 people, but in this ambush war, we also annihilated more than 1,000 people, this time is really a great cause! Hu Wei said.

And Wang Guorui immediately asked: "How much did we sacrifice this time?" ”

"Only five people were sacrificed, and no more than twenty were wounded. The wounded were also arranged, and they were all treated by the doctors in the field hospital, and they were not considered strict. However, Lord Wang, our ambush battle was mainly won by strong firepower, and there was not much fighting process in itself. I have not the slightest doubt that if the enemy had the same weapons and firepower as us, we would lose ugly! Hu Wei sighed and said.

Wang Guorui is still a little glad that these officers are also aware of their shortcomings, that is, they have too little actual combat experience, and the officers' command ability is also a little poor. Wang Guorui, a semi-layman, who commanded Wang Guorui this time, could see that these officers were either a little confused as soon as the war started, and subconsciously ordered all of them to shoot indiscriminately, without any rules. Either that's very dogmatic, without any flexible manipulation, it's all done according to the script, according to the previous training. And both of these are actually caused by lack of combat experience, if the Japanese army is not blinded, then the Japanese army is afraid to retreat in time.

And this time he was able to win, mainly because Wang Guorui's army's firepower was more than ten times more fierce than the opponent's, and it was completely suppressed. It was this situation that made even the Japanese army unable to resist. It can be said that this battle did not reflect the level of combat, even Wang Guorui had to admit that the Japanese army lost a little aggrieved this time, because the firepower was inferior to its own, not how good the command skills were.

"I'm glad you know that. However, we have to rely on firepower to defeat them now, and I can tell you that you will have to study hard during this time before you can really adapt to this new combat mode. And this time we also had the advantage of the terrain, and we set up an ambush on the hill on one side, completely overwhelming the enemy with artillery and machine guns, so that they could not resist at all. And they either choose to attack the mountain, and the other end is the ocean, which they cannot cross. So this also caused them to be squeezed in a relatively small place, which was beneficial to our heavy firepower. If we are in a plain place, then our firepower advantage will be greatly reduced. When the time comes, they can't beat it, so they can make a detour, so that our firepower advantage does not occupy too much advantage. Wang Guorui said.

The fact that this ambush had such a great effect had a lot to do with the terrain restricting the Japanese army. It is much narrower with the sea on one side and the mountains on the other. These Japanese troops either attacked the mountains upwards, so they suffered a great loss. And on the other side is the ocean, and it is impossible for them to throw it into the sea. In this way, they can only rush through from the front, but they have two battalions of troops in front of the kingdom, and there is an artillery battalion to bombard, so if they don't suffer heavy losses, then it will be a ghost.

"Lord Wang, I have an idea, why don't we do another vote?" Hu Wei said.

"One more vote?" Wang Guorui asked rhetorically.

Hu Wei immediately explained: "Miss Tanya interrogated the prisoners just now, and he was sure that this brigade was only at the front, and there was at least one wing behind them. And if we can annihilate them, then the next step is to encourage the entire anti-Japanese situation in Taiwan. No one in that brigade was able to escape at all, which means that their follow-up troops were not able to know that the brigade in front of them was annihilated. We might be able to ambush them again and wipe out one of their wings! As long as one wing can be eliminated, then the Japanese army in Taiwan will probably suffer heavy losses. ”

"A wing?" Wang Guorui's heart was moved.

If one wing of the Japanese army can be annihilated, that is, more than 3,000 people, then this will annihilate more than 4,000 Japanese troops. If we follow the ratio of more than 20,000 people in a Japanese army's horse-pulling division, it is already a seventh-seventh loss. One-seventh of the battle losses are already very large for an army. In this way, the idea of occupying Taiwan can be completely smashed, and they will inevitably fall into a big drop in morale, which can completely defeat the sharp spirit of the Japanese army.

"If you knock out a wing, then the Japanese Guards Division will be severely damaged. This Guards Division is the Imperial Forest Army of the Japanese Army, and it is a great encouragement for us to resist Japan in Taiwan. At that time, Taiwan's confidence in resisting Japan will inevitably surge again, and at that time, the people of Taiwan will also have great confidence in resisting Japan. At this time, faith is actually more important than weapons. Many Taiwanese people think that the Japanese army has defeated even the entire imperial court, so how can the power of Taiwan Province be able to resist? We also want to eliminate a Japanese wing, especially the Japanese Guards, which can boost morale! Hu Wei said.

Wang Guorui understood what Hu Wei meant, that is, he had to make achievements in order to boost morale. Although Wang Guorui can boost the morale of some soldiers, morale does not mean that they can have confidence. There has always been a thinking circulating in Taiwan, that is, the whole of China has not defeated the Japanese army, so how can a province in Taiwan be defeated? So it was necessary to boost morale with a big victory.

Just like the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in later generations, China could not have the confidence to resist the repeated defeats of the Japanese army. After the Battle of Pingxingguan, the myth of the invincibility of the Japanese army was broken, which restored everyone's confidence and made everyone see that the Japanese army could also be defeated, and the Japanese army was also a man, not a god.

"Okay, let's do one more vote!" Wang Guorui said.

But at this time, Tanya said: "Commander, I want to remind you, I am sure that once you do this and annihilate a wing of the Japanese army, then the Japanese army will definitely immediately realize that they will not be able to occupy Taiwan just by approaching the guard division, and they will inevitably increase their troops." Especially if you are transferring troops from within the country, then you will definitely be under a lot of pressure. So, are you really going to do it? ”

"Do we have a choice?" Wang Guorui asked.

Wang Guorui really didn't have a choice, because now the terrain here is good, the terrain is narrow, one side is mountainous, and the other side is the ocean, which is very helpful for Wang Guorui's dense firepower. If they leave here, the terrain advantage will be gone, and the Japanese will have more and more room to move and dodge. And once you take a step back at this time, then the Japanese army will come over like a flood bursting its banks.

At this time, unlike the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression more than 40 years later, the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression more than 40 years later could adopt the method of exchanging space for time to dilute the Japanese army into the huge territory of China. However, Taiwan cannot use this method, because Taiwan is also an island, and its strategic depth is too small, and there is not much room for maneuvering and dodging. So since the terrain here is very good, the only one who can stick to this place, no matter how much pressure there is, must hold on. At least in the early stages of the war, it was not until the middle and late stages of the war that this outcome could be changed. However, in the middle and late stages of the war, they faced the Japanese army attacking from both directions in Taipei and Tainan, which was a huge test.

"Let's fight! Anyway, we have to fight sooner or later, who makes me not be able to back down? Once we retreat, the geographical advantage and performance will no longer exist, and the crisis we face will be even greater. Where it is difficult, we must grit our teeth and persevere. We are also going to delay until the Japanese army collapses financially. Wang Guorui said.

Tanya didn't continue to say anything, after all, the commander has the highest power, and he is just a hero. The hero cannot command the army in place of the commander, only the commander can make the final decision.