The whistling shells fell and were crushed by the fire. The surviving Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain were dominated by fear and hesitation.

In front of them, the heavily armed Red Guard soldiers had advanced to the edge of the artillery strike, and while the artillery fire was looking back, they fearlessly trampled on the burning craters and trees, and rushed into the ravaged. The woods after the ravage.

Some of the Japanese soldiers in the woods who had escaped again did not dare to get up from the ground, even after the artillery fire had extended backwards, and clenched their rifles with only one or two bullets in their hands, as if they had only weapons in their hands, and they would have great courage to support their will to collapse.

However, when one enemy appeared in front of them, the first reaction was not to attack with weapons, but to hurriedly throw away the weapons in their hands.

The Japanese soldiers of this period were not the Japanese soldiers dominated by the crazy bushido of World War II, although there are still many soldiers in the Japanese army who advocate the spirit of the samurai and are proud of it, but that is only a part.

The truly terrible Japanese army was from the time of the Russo-Japanese War.

After the victory over Russia, Japanese militarist-oriented propaganda shaped four military gods:

Heihachiro Togo, commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet in the Battle of the Sea of Japan;

General Nogi Noshinori, commander of the Japanese Third Army in the Russo-Japanese ground battle;

Two other mid-ranking officers were killed in the blockade of Hong Kong: Takeo Hirose and Shuta Tachibana.

Through the establishment of a series of elevated and magnified images of typical military gods, the younger generation of Japan will be able to dedicate themselves to the military country and be loyal to the emperor as the supreme glory and the best way to be born.

In Japan, from the Meiji period, Chukei Taisho, to the early Showa period, a social phenomenon was formed, with men growing up in the army or entering military academies, while women worked as medical nurses or telegraphers.

In a word: it is glorious to join the army.

And really reach the top. At the peak time, after the death of Emperor Meiji, Nogi Noshinori committed suicide with his wife to be buried, which provided excellent material for the spread of militaristic ideas.

He was called a model in the world and a loyal minister of the country, and held a state funeral, built a shrine, and made a steel statue for him, so that he could be deified.

At this time, not everyone was not afraid of death, not to mention that when militarism was just budding, they did not accept the Japanese who grew up under the inducement of this thought, and they were new recruits, and in the face of life and death, instinct would naturally make the most suitable choice for their hearts.

However, not every Japanese soldier chose to surrender when he saw the enemy.

The first Japanese soldier to throw down his weapons and surrender, the vanguard battalion of infantry artillery to coordinate the attack, sent this kneeling Japanese soldier on the ground into Huangquan Road with a single bullet.

The surviving Japanese soldiers, often before they had time to surrender, were already easily killed by the Red Alert soldiers who attacked in front of them.

The Japanese Army, which has not yet formalized infantry and artillery coordination, is still in the stage of military tactical exploration, and the Japanese Army Military Academy during this period will not even have teaching materials for infantry and artillery coordination until next year.

For the surviving Japanese soldiers, it was as if the enemy was attacking under artillery fire, and as soon as the artillery fire passed, they saw that the enemy had reached the front of their eyes, and the Japanese soldiers, who had lost their morale, had no time to react.

Even those officers who have studied professionally and systematically are at a loss in the face of the enemy who is attacking closely with artillery fire, and they have been killed before they even have time to draw their pistols.

The Red Alert soldiers who shoot accurately, in the attack, as long as there are intact Japanese soldiers on the ground, whether they are dead or alive, raise their hands to shoot a shot.

Like a pioneer battalion sweeping away leaves, the advanced speed was surprisingly smooth, and there was no decent resistance at all, and there was no need to stop as the artillery fire advanced.

It was a complete one-sided slaughter.

There are Japanese troops who are trying to fight back, and they can't roll up any wind and waves.

There were no bunkers, no positions, no trenches, only dead leaves, broken branches and mutilated corpses, no place to hide, and the burning trees shone the woods like day, and the smoke was billowing out, and the crisp sound of gunfire, accompanied by the crackling sound of the trees burning, played an ensemble of death.

Major General Shen Hao, the commander of the First Army Corps on the top of the mountain, was a little disappointed with the battle below.

Two infantry battalions were dispatched, and with the cooperation of artillery fire, the Japanese soldiers who escaped from Sasebo were easily annihilated.

The battle was easy, it was as if it was just moving forward and harvesting corn at the same time, with only sporadic resistance.

However, Shen Hao hopes that there will be more such disappointments, and the war is not a knight duel, everything is centered on killing and defeating the opponent.

Although a strong enemy can be used to prove that he is stronger, as a corps commander, what he really has to think about is to win the war and let more soldiers survive.

Before launching the attack on Sasebo, the First Army had already carried out the most detailed reconnaissance of Sasebo and the surrounding area.

Two field artillery brigades, together with the firepower of the Second Fleet, captured the port of Sasebo without pressure at all.

Shen Hao stood at the forefront and also wanted to see the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army with his own eyes.

It may be that the standing divisions and elite soldiers are the reasons why they have been mobilized to Siberia, and these Japanese soldiers in front of them cannot be called soldiers at all.

In the same situation, if it were to be replaced by the Red Police Corps, even in the most disadvantageous situation, even if you could not move your hands and feet, as long as you had the opportunity, you would have to bite the enemy's throat.

"I hope the next battle will be a little more interesting." Shen Hao put down the binoculars in his hand, shook his head and walked down the top of the mountain, walking towards the temporary headquarters.

The 11th Field Division successfully occupied the periphery of Sasebo, and the artillery fire of the Second Fleet completely stopped, and there was no whistling of shells.

Everywhere in and around the harbor, corpses can be seen everywhere, burned, blackened, shattered corpses in the fire, and all kinds of scattered daily necessities.

In particular, several coal mine warehouses in the port have been ignited by fires, and thick smoke has swept up, and the crescent moon hanging high has long been obscured by the smoke of gunpowder.

In the sea near the port, the ships docked in the port were also sunk in the burning, and several gunboats belonging to the Second Fleet were near the port, killing the Japanese who had jumped off the port and survived.

Without mercy, even in the face of unarmed Japanese soldiers, it will only be a muzzle and a butcher's knife.

Fan Yize did not intend to rule every world, let alone rule an intact Japan, suppress all resistance and disobedience with absolute force, even if the whole of Japan was slaughtered, there would be no relentlessness.