Chapter 109: Deterrence
The fierce battle lasted until three o'clock in the morning. More than 10,000 people of the 55th Division of the Japanese Army www.biquge.info were all killed, including the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiro. In order to annihilate the 55th Division of the Japanese Army, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army also paid a lot of casualties. The number of soldiers killed alone was more than two thousand.
This is still the battle loss ratio only after the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army took the Japanese army by surprise and severely damaged the Japanese army with powerful artillery fire. If this were not the case, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army wanted to completely annihilate the 55th Division of the Japanese Army, and the losses would probably have to be doubled.
Of course, all of this was under Qin Shou's control. He was already very satisfied with being able to completely annihilate the 55th Division of the Japanese Army at the cost of 2,000 people.
"Commander, this is the corpse of that old devil Takeuchi Kan." Sun Changwu led Qin Shou to the corpse of Lieutenant General Takeuchi Kuan.
"He was killed by one of our soldiers." Sun Changwu added.
"Hmmm! To die is to die. This is the second lieutenant general of the Japanese army that we have killed. A smile appeared on Qin Shou's face.
What he could not do on the domestic battlefield, he seemed to be able to do it easily on the battlefield in Burma. This made Qin Shou very happy.
"Yes, Commander. This is already the second Japanese lieutenant general that we have eliminated. In the future, I don't know how many Japanese generals we will be able to deal with. Yu Chengyin, the commander of the 2nd regiment, also said on the side.
"Don't think about it, we will definitely kill more Japanese generals in the future. If we have the opportunity, we can also set foot in Tokyo, pull that guy Hirohito out of the palace, and make him pay enough price for the Chinese who died. Qin Shou said firmly.
In another time and space, after the defeat of Japan*, Emperor Hirohito did nothing and was not held accountable, and finally died of old age. Such a result is unacceptable to all Chinese. Although, the power of Emperor Hichimoto is not great. However, everyone knows that Emperor Hirohito was also a supporter of the invasion of China. Without his support, those militarists in Japan would not have succeeded so easily. So, Hirohito has to take responsibility for it.
If it is according to Qin Shou's idea, it is that in the Tokyo trial, it must be tried together with Hirohito. Then, he was hanged to deal a heavy blow to the militarist forces in Japan.
However, Qin Shou knew that it would be very difficult to do all this. Americans, there will definitely be different opinions when the time comes. If Qin Shou wanted to act according to his wishes, he had to have enough strength. The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army had to be strong enough that the Americans could not refuse the demands of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army.
Of course, it's too far to say that now.
"Order the troops, clean up the battlefield, bury the bodies of the fallen soldiers, and evacuate." Qin Lifetime ordered.
In this battle, they won again. However, the depletion of weapons and ammunition is fast. If the Japanese reinforcements catch up, I am afraid that it will inevitably be a bitter battle.
"Yes, Captain." The commanders of the various infantry regiments of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army nodded one after another.
The bodies of the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army who died in battle were buried in the dense forest. For fear of sabotage by the Japanese army, it was not specially built. However, they are all well marked. In the future, after defeating the Japanese themselves, the tombs of these fallen soldiers will be rebuilt.
As for the corpses of the Japanese soldiers, no one paid attention to them at all. The Japanese soldiers who caught up later might have collected their bones for them. However, in order to teach those Japanese soldiers a lesson, many soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army directly cut off the heads of the dead Japanese soldiers with bayonets.
Shintoist Hito* himself believes that if they don't have a head, their soul can't return to their hometown. And this is also a deterrent to the Japanese army. The next time the Japanese army fought with the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army, there was fear.
It can be said that in order to defeat the Japanese themselves, the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army also exhausted all means. Although, these means may not be so glamorous. However, in order to get the final victory, it is all understandable. Who made Japan* himself do a lot of dehumanizing things in this war?
The 18th Division of the Japanese Army is on its way. Despite some reluctance, Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya ordered the troops to hurry up. It's just that at three o'clock in the morning, Yasuo Mihashi, holding a telegram, came to Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya with an ugly face.
"Mihashi-kun, what's going on?"
"Your Excellency Division Commander, the 55th Division is finished." Yasuo Mitsuhashi reported.
"What? Is the message confirmed? Lieutenant General Mutaguchi's face changed drastically.
"It has been determined that they should have been wiped out by the people of China again." Yasuo Mihashi affirmed.
"Yaga! Damn the Shina people, how can their attack power be so powerful? Lieutenant General Mutaguchi scolded.
Although, he already knew that the 55th Division might be more than lucky this time. However, I still didn't expect them to be wiped out so quickly.
"Your Excellency the Division Commander, are we going to continue the pursuit?" Bai Jia Ximing Dazuo asked.
Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya didn't think about it, and directly ordered the troops to stop advancing and deploy on the spot.
"Order the troops, defend in place, raise alert. The fact that the people of China can easily annihilate the 55th Division means that they can easily annihilate us. Everyone, cheer me up! Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya ordered.
The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army has annihilated two divisions of the Japanese army one after another, which also frightened Lieutenant General Mutaguchi Ryoya. He didn't want his 18th Division to follow in the footsteps of the 33rd Division and the 55th Division.
"Yes, Your Excellency Division Commander." The generals and officers of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army were also nervous. I was afraid that after the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army eliminated the 55th Division, it would attack them.
At the same time, the 18th Division of the Japanese Army also reported the news of the total annihilation of the 55th Division to the headquarters of the Burmese Front.
The commander of the Burma Front, Lieutenant General Shigesei Aoki, has been waiting for news in this regard. After receiving a telegram from the 18th Division, Lieutenant General Shigesei Aoki was once again struck by it.
Another division was completely annihilated, which was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Burmese front. This would make him completely unable to raise his head among the many front commanders of the Japanese army.
"Yaga! Damn the Shina people, I am at odds with you. I'm going to kill you all! Lieutenant General Aoki Shigesei swore viciously.
Of course, for the pursuit of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, Lieutenant General Shigesei Aoki never mentioned it. If another division is completely annihilated, he may only have to apologize for his seppuku. Everything has to wait until the main force led by him arrives, and then think about it in the long run.