After the ban was lifted, the 34th and 36th main brigades quickly moved westward, choking the retreat of the Japanese army. In order to contain the actions of the Japanese army, the 34th Brigade also sent many small units to penetrate deep into the enemy's depth, trying to divide and encircle it.

One of the companies successfully bypassed the outlying positions of the Japanese army under the cover of floods and rushed straight to the west side of Kaifeng. This is the junction of the three master regiments of the Japanese army, and the location is very important.

It was raining lightly, but the troops were still stubbornly pushing forward, and this was only one of many interspersed troops. Suddenly, the company leader waved his hand and shouted in a low voice: "Stop!" The soldiers, thinking that they had discovered the enemy, stopped their tracks, pulled the bolt of their guns and loaded the bullets.

The deputy company commander was puzzled: "What's the matter, company commander, is there a situation?" ”

The company commander said, "Shhh ”

Everyone hurriedly pricked up their ears, and sure enough, they faintly heard a heart-rending cry. The sound must have come from the village ahead. Because it is far away, the sound is very small, and you can't hear it at all if you don't listen carefully.

A soldier was furious and scolded: "Grandma's, it must be the little devil who is harming us Chinese again!" ”

"Surely these brutes love to kill people for fun!"

"Company commander, don't wait, let's hurry up and save people!"

"Yes, company commander! It's important to save people! ”

……

The soldiers were anxious and resentful, and asked the company commander to fight.

The deputy company commander took a look at it and said, "Let's fight, company commander!" "Although there is a danger of exposing the target, it will also cause panic among the Japanese and accelerate their collapse.

The company commander thought for a moment. said: "Okay, pay attention to each platoon, target the village in front of you, attack separately, and not a single devil can be spared." ”

Several platoon commanders answered and rushed forward with their troops. The monstrous anger quickly turned into a murderous intent, and the soldiers tightly held the steel guns in their hands one by one, just waiting to fight to the death with the Japanese devils.

Four hundred meters, two hundred meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters, getting closer and closer, I saw that I was about to break into the village. The cries inside grew louder and louder. It's getting more and more miserable. The soldiers were bleeding from pain, and they wanted to rush in to rescue them immediately.

But at this moment, a Japanese sentry at the entrance of the village suddenly turned around and happened to see the soldiers of the assault platoon. He suddenly saw so many enemies. Screamed in fright. As soon as the bolt is pulled, the gun will be fired as a warning.

Thankfully, he'll never have that chance again. At the same time that the sentry pulled the bolt of his gun. A pair of large, powerful hands reached out from behind like lightning, and with a slight twist, they wrenched his neck.

The warriors looked at them with admiration and quickly slipped into the earthen enclosure outside the village. But the scene in front of them stunned them.

What greeted them was a large flat wheat field. Many wounded Japanese soldiers (note that, not Chinese) were tied to chairs by their companions, one by one as strong as killing pigs, and laid out on the wheat field.

After a while, they were doused with gasoline, and then they lit firewood and threw it at them, and with a whoop, the fire flew high, and several wounded soldiers cried and screamed in pain in their chairs, and struggled desperately, but could not break free. The Japanese soldiers next to him all lowered their heads and did not dare to look up.

In addition, there are some burnt and twisted wreckage in a corner of the wheat field, which shows that this is not the first time that people have been burned alive. There are also some that are tied up and not burned, and at this time they are even more frightened and pale, and they keep begging for mercy.

The translator whispered, ", the little devil is so vicious!" ”

The assault platoon commander hurriedly said: "Don't talk about those useless things, quickly translate them, what are those little devils calling blindly?" ”

The interpreter's face was a little strange, and he was stunned for a moment before he said, "They are shouting that they can still serve the emperor, and they beg the commanders not to kill." ”

The platoon commander spat and scolded: "Fuck, what a fucking cheap!" He waved at the soldiers and said, "Don't be stupid, get ready to do it!" ”

It didn't take long for the fighters of several other platoons to move into place. With the company commander's order, each platoon quickly rushed towards the enemy in the village. The Japanese army had been battling the flood during this time, and they did not expect that the Chinese army would break through the layers of danger and rush in. When the machine gunners began to burst out, most of the Japanese soldiers were even empty-handed. Especially the guys who burned the living, a bunch of people became live targets.

A few minutes later, the fighting stopped completely, and the ground was covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers. The company commander deliberately took a closer look and found that except for a few officers, whose faces were still a little shiny, the rest of the non-commissioned officers were described as withered, and they were only half a life left when they were hungry. Of course, now there is not even half a life. Due to the lack of manpower, rations, and ammunition, he ordered that no prisoners be kept.

"Company commander, what about these people?" A squad leader ran over to ask for instructions, pointing to the tied devils in the wheat field, some of them had not yet extinguished the fire, they were half dead, they were still struggling and moaning, and some had not yet started to burn, and they were looking at these Chinese soldiers in horror.

The company commander walked over and looked at it, and said, "Give them a good time if they are already burned!" If you don't burn it, let the translator review it, most of our whereabouts will be exposed, and we have to move as soon as possible. ”

The interpreter hurriedly stepped forward to talk to the Japanese soldiers. These guys have long been frightened, and basically say whatever they ask, only one or two will not speak.

The company commander was a little impatient and urged, "Did you ask out?" How were the surrounding Japanese troops deployed? ”

The interpreter hesitated for a moment and said: "According to them, now the Japanese army is not deployed at all. Except for a small number of Japanese troops who were scattered, most of them shrank in Zhongmu, Kaifeng, and Weishi. ”

The company commander didn't believe it and said, "Nonsense! How is it possible not to arm? ”

A Japanese soldier tied to a chair said, "Sir, there is no food, so there is no defense." ”

The company commander was surprised and said, "Do you speak Chinese?" ”

The Japanese soldiers nodded hurriedly, as if they wanted to salute, but their bodies were tied, which looked a little funny. He said, "Hello! Will be a little, my former dry talk in Manchuria. ”

The company commander's face suddenly became gloomy, and he squinted his eyes and said, "So you also had a share of the people who robbed us of the Northeast back then?" ”

The Japanese soldier saw that his face was not good, and hurriedly said: "Misunderstanding." Misunderstanding, the work of my Manchurian staff is not that of the soldiers. ”

The company commander's face softened slightly, and then asked, "What's the matter with you?" What did the Japanese burn you for? ”

The Japanese soldier scolded a few words in Japanese, and then said angrily: "I'm so hungry that I stole a cucumber, and the squadron leader is going to kill me!" These bastards, I really want to kill them. Several other tied Japanese soldiers also shouted a few words of scolding, and seemed to have a deep grudge against their commander.

The interpreter wondered: "So many of you were executed because you stole something to eat?" ”

The Japanese soldier shook his head and said, "Of course not!" My cucumber stealing, Miki-kun's escape work. Itamoto-kun's injured work. Morihara-kun is sick and working. As he spoke, the Japanese all lowered their heads, some of their eyes were red, and they seemed to be very sad. Maybe they feel that they are too wronged.

The company commander was stunned. He said, "Why should the wounded and the sick be burned?" ”

The Japanese soldier explained: "Because there is not enough food. So ...... "in fact. In the past two days, they have already received a lot of food. However, the breakthrough was imminent, and the commanders of the troops still ordered to "reduce the number of troops and get rid of the burden." The wounded and sick have limited mobility. In their eyes, of course, it is a burden that must be discarded.

The company commander's face changed slightly, and he scolded: "Grandma, you are ruthless enough!" ”

When the news reached the military headquarters, everyone was also shocked by the ruthlessness of the Japanese army. Chief of Staff Zhou muttered: "It seems that the little devil is planning to break through desperately." ”

Zheng Weiguo's face was a little solemn, and he said, "Not bad! Do you think we're blocking or not? ”

The officers quickly split into two factions, one demanding a resolute blockade and the other suggesting that the main road be cleared and attacked only on both sides. The reason for agreeing with the blocking faction is that the opportunity is rare, and the Japanese army is short of food and ammunition, and after being hungry for so long, it will not have too strong combat effectiveness. As the saying goes, if you are sick, you will die, and you should seize this opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the enemy army.

The opposition believes that the Japanese army will even set fire to its own people, which shows that they are determined to break through the siege. The battle will surely be fierce. After several bloody battles, the 97th Army suffered great losses in the backbone of the battle, and if it continued to fight hard, it would be broken.

Zheng Weiguo thought twice and said, "What you said makes sense. In my opinion, if the situation is favorable to us, we will resolutely block the attack, otherwise, we will try not to fight hard with the enemy, but choose to attack behind the enemy or on its flank, constantly tearing its formation, and achieving as great results as possible. ”

Duan Shuanghu hurriedly said: "Junzao, how can I judge whether the situation is favorable to me?" ”

Zheng Weiguo stretched out his index and middle fingers and said, "Two conditions." First, to see whether the main forces of the First Theater of Operations on the Western Front can launch an attack on the Japanese army on time; Second, see when the 5th Division of the Japanese Army on the Eastern Front will arrive for reinforcements. ”

When everyone heard this, they nodded their heads one after another, indicating that it made sense. If the main force of the First Theater could not arrive in time, it would be impossible for the 97th Army to shake the 80,000 Japanese troops. In the same way, if the Fifth Division arrives, the arrival of the main force in the first theater will not play a big role.

As expected, the trapped Japanese troops began to desperately break through that afternoon. Almost every soldier became an outlaw, and the "wave charge", "pig rush charge", and "long live charge" never stopped, and they still charged with grenades at every turn, launching a "meat bullet offensive".

What is even more vicious is that they deliberately send troops to charge, and then suddenly send planes to bomb, blowing up both sides behind enemy lines that are fighting in the melee. At this time, the Chinese Air Force was also repelled by the Japanese Army Air Force and surrendered air supremacy, so the Japanese planes bombed as much as they wanted.

This desperate offensive brought great difficulties to the 97th Army. Fortunately, the 36th Brigade is very good at defending and can still hold on to one or two. But what's even worse is that the main force of the First War Zone dropped the chain at a critical moment. They failed to attack the Japanese in time, allowing the Japanese to attack freely.

In desperation, Zheng Weiguo had no choice but to personally ask the newly appointed commander Wei Lihuang for reinforcements, but the commander Wei also said that he was powerless and could only let the 97th Army "insist on holding on to it again".

The bitter battle some time ago has long worn out the morale of the soldiers. After the embankment burst at the mouth of the garden, the fighting spirit that was finally gathered was also lost because of Chang Kaishen's two ends. Coupled with the temporary change of commander, it was difficult for the newly appointed Wei Lihuang to control the troops at all. When the national army was still slowly assembling, the brigade of the 10th Division had already rushed to the front of the 97th Army's position.

After several hours of fierce fighting, Qi Sixian, the commander of the 36th Brigade, shouted on the phone: "Military seat, the enemy is attacking fiercely, ask for reinforcements, ask for reinforcements!" ”

Zheng Weiguo replied: "Brigade Commander Qi, if you hold on for another two hours, I will immediately transfer troops for reinforcements." "Almost all of the troops in his hands are now scattered. Although there were still two main forces, the 34th Brigade and the 35th Brigade, that was to prevent the 5th Division. What if they were all drawn to the Western Front and the Fifth Division suddenly came from behind?

Qi Sixian said with a sad face: "No, military seat, the position can no longer be held." ”

Needless to say, Zheng Weiguo had already heard the sound of the Japanese army charging from the phone. His heart was suddenly filled with a deep sense of powerlessness, and he sighed and said, "If you really can't hold it, just retreat, and try to keep the troops." ”

As soon as the 36th Brigade withdrew, the Japanese army rushed over like a flood that burst the embankment. Zheng Weiguo did not have enough troops in his hands, and he did not dare to fight hard, so he had to give up the Longhai line. The 10th Division took advantage of the situation to seize the first line of Luowang Station, Sanyiji, and Lanfeng County, thus opening up the connection with Xuzhou.

Farther south, the 16th Division also began to break through. They didn't have the national army in front of them, but the flood was too big to wade. Nishio Shouzo had no choice but to transfer the bridge troops to respond, and although he suffered a lot, he finally crossed the "New Yellow River" smoothly.

Zheng Weiguo stood on the edge of the Yellow River, sighed and said, "Alas, did the battle fail like this? The sacrifice was so great, and it was still empty-handed. ”

Director Xiong hesitated for a moment and said, "I have a plan, it depends on whether you dare to use it!" "He has been busy with the affairs of the military academy during this time, and if it is not for a major incident, he usually rarely comes to the military headquarters.

Zheng Weiguo said angrily: "What kind of pass!" It doesn't matter if you use it, you can say it first! ”

Director Xiong smiled and whispered his plan.

Everyone present was amazed when they heard this. Before Zheng Weiguo could reply, Chief of Staff Zhou preemptively refused: "No, this can't work, it's too dangerous!" (To be continued......)

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