Chapter 268: Tongdeng Meat Grinder (7)

Kuno still wanted to continue to explore the truth, but the development of the battlefield situation could not give him more time, the aggressive wheeled armored vehicles advanced very fast, and they were already approaching the edge of the first-line position, the German armored vehicles were unscrupulously firing machine guns and artillery shells at any target they felt suspicious, and there were already a few scattered 20-millimeter warheads exploding near the rock where Captain Kuno was hiding.

This place is no longer safe, and if Kuno and his party do not retreat, it is likely that they will be left in this position by the enemy. Ono Cao Chang and Yamamoto Jun Cao with two henchmen, regardless of the squadron leader's opposition and struggle, dragged Kuno out of the forward position, and evacuated in a panic in the direction of the main team of the Morimoto brigade.

On Highway No. 4 leading to Tongden, groups of Japanese soldiers belonging to the Kuno squadron were running hard, and most of the soldiers were still carrying their own equipment and weapons, because losing a weapon in the Japanese army was a serious crime, even a bayonet was a precious weapon given by His Majesty the Emperor, and if the loss of equipment was serious, it would be sent to a military court.

Captain Kuno was the last group of people to retreat, looking at the scattered soldiers on the road who had collapsed, the squadron leader wanted to cry without tears at the moment, if the fiasco was like this, the military prestige of the imperial army was gone. It is foreseeable that Captain Kuno's military career will come to an end, and it will be considered lucky to be transferred to the reserves, and he will have to thank Amaterasu afterwards.

Of course, if this battle can finally be turned around, maybe he may still be able to escape, because no one will blame a hero who has won, but after seeing the strength of the mysterious force that appeared behind, Hisano has completely given up this hope, it is not an opponent that can be fought against with the current strength of Morimoto's brigade, Kuno is ready to meet Morimoto Nakasa and ask the captain to order a retreat immediately, in the face of that kind of enemy, this battle is impossible to win again.

Second Lieutenant Help reported. They had broken through the Japanese ambush position, the enemy's resistance had been crushed, and a small number of enemy troops had abandoned their positions and were retreating in the direction of Tongdeng. The communications officer reported loudly.

"How's the Powell crew doing?" Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig turned his face and asked the intelligence staff officer.

"Sergeant Powell and Corporal Carl were wounded, and Corporal Chuck was killed. Sergeant Powell's injuries were serious and needed to be taken to a regular hospital for emergency treatment. Major Smith replied with a serious look on his face, pushing the lenses of his glasses.

"Nearest hospital," Ludwig frowned.

"Together in the city." Smith's answer was short and clear.

"Now we have another reason why we have to take out this group of bandits." Ludwig picked up the red and blue pencil placed on the map table and drew a large blue arrow on the map.

"Order Captain Help and the armored reconnaissance platoon to pursue at full speed and not to spare any of the enemy. Destroy all hostile targets they encounter along the way, and we must enter Tongdeng City as fast as we can. The life of an SS comrade is at stake. At the same time, this order was conveyed to all the troops, and Captain Sherman's company, as the core company, made a surprise advance towards Tongdeng, and we opened Highway 4 and crushed all the enemy who stood in our way. Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig gave the order in a loud voice.

Immediately, the two half-track command vehicles of the brigade headquarters left the road and stopped at a hillside with a good view, which was to be used as the temporary headquarters of the brigade until the end of this operation. At this time, the brigade headquarters is only responsible for the overall control of the battle, as well as the deployment of support firepower and the delivery of logistics supplies. It will definitely not interfere in the specific combat command affairs of front-line combat units, and as a communication hub and command and dispatch center, it does not need to follow the movement of combat units.

After receiving the order, the armored reconnaissance platoon had accelerated over the gentle slope of the road next to the Japanese position, followed by four half-track transporters belonging to the guard platoon of the brigade. The car was stuffed with heavily armed soldiers of the guard platoon. At this time, the sound of fierce machine guns and machine guns was already sounding on the other side of the hill, and the armored reconnaissance platoon had already begun to follow the fleeing Japanese soldiers in pursuit.

"Did everyone hear the company's orders?" The platoon commander of the company of the guard brigade Hans. Friedrich. Second Lieutenant Claude asked the soldier in front of him with his hands behind his back.

"Hear me clearly, sir." The SS replied loudly at the top of their voices.

"Line up in a wedge formation and search forward. Destroy every enemy you come across! ”

"Our honor is loyalty!"

"Hey! Reinhart! ”

"Tomahawk forward!"

Claude's platoon spread out in infantry squads on the side of the road, and the soldiers shouted loudly and rushed towards the dilapidated Japanese position.

The task of pursuing the retreating enemy forces, occupying the Japanese positions along the road, and clearing the remnants of the enemy was left to the infantry in the brigade. The infantry platoon of the Claude platoon was ahead of the line. So he took on this arduous and dangerous mission to find and capture all the Japanese soldiers on the Japanese position who could still breathe.

To the surprise of the SS soldiers, several wounded Japanese soldiers were spotted as soon as they took the lead to the position, snuggling up to each other and hiding in a waist-deep trench.

"Schultz, you and Hans, find a way to lift them up, it looks like these guys can't move on their own."

The squad leader gave the order to the two riflemen beside him, and one of the SS men jumped into the trench in agreement.

"Hey, who among you knows German? What about French? Do you know English? ”

The squad leader interrogated the wounded Japanese soldiers who stared at him in three languages, in fact only in simple French, as part of the brigade's training course to find someone to communicate with among the prisoners of war, and then handed them over to the brigade intelligence department for valuable information. He asked several questions in succession, but none of the Japanese soldiers answered the corporal's question, and these people seemed to have only half their lives left, and their slightly dull eyes were full of fear and despair.

Just as the SS infantryman stepped forward and grabbed the arm of one of the wounded Japanese soldiers, another Japanese soldier sitting next to the wounded soldier suddenly shouted loudly.

"It's dark and the card is loaded!" Then he clenched his fist and slammed it into his head.

The German squad leader was at first surprised by the Japanese man's behavior, but he was immediately horrified to find that the soldier was holding a whirring Type 97 grenade tightly in his hand.

"Grenade! Take cover! The squad leader issued a warning loudly, but the incident happened suddenly, and most of the people surrounding the trench did not react in time.

Seeing that a tragedy with heavy casualties was about to unfold, the SS rifleman in the trench flew forward, grabbed the fist holding the grenade with his huge palm, and then pressed down hard. The grenade was clamped tightly between him and the Japanese soldier's body. A dull explosion rang out, and the German and Japanese soldiers lay on their backs at the bottom of the trenches, the smell of burnt clothing and flesh in the air, and a puff of blue-gray smoke wafted from the two soldiers who were clinging to each other.

"Nope! Hans! The squad leader shouted the names of his subordinates.

"You damn Japanese monkeys, all die!"

The SS members standing at the edge of the trench were stunned by what had just happened, and then they were enraged by the sacrifice of their comrades and the vile actions of the enemy, and all of them took up their weapons and pulled the trigger on the surviving Japanese wounded soldiers in the trenches. The squad leader gave the order to stop shooting.

The explosion of the grenade and the opening of the fire of the first squad alarmed the soldiers of the entire second platoon, and many people came forward to ask what had happened, and when they learned the truth, everyone's hearts were filled with righteous indignation, these damned Japanese were simply unreasonable, and shamelessly attacked the German soldiers who tried to help them.

"Immediately report to the lieutenant colonel what is happening here, and now it's all for me, if it weren't for the other side surrendering to us on his own initiative. We will no longer attempt to capture any Japanese soldiers, and I will report this as my personal opinion. Second Lieutenant Claude gave the order to the signal soldier with the radio on his back, and he stood on the edge of the trench and gritted his teeth to look at the broken corpses of the Japanese soldiers below, and then turned his face to comfort the squad leader who was kneeling beside Hans's corpse.

"Stand up. Corporal Kirfman, it's not your fault. Private Hans was a brave warrior who proved his oath with his life and showed his comrades. Incomparable loyalty to the collective, to the Motherland, to the FΓΌhrer. He is the hero of the Tomahawk brigade. I will ask my superiors to give him a decoration. ”

Then Claude turned to face the SS soldiers around him and said loudly: "In order to protect the lives of his comrades, one of our brave comrades sacrificed his life and showed incomparably noble dedication, I hope everyone can remember this scene in front of them, we will prove to him with our actions that his sacrifice is worthwhile, we will never let the blood of our comrades be shed in vain, we will ask those damned Japanese to repay this blood debt!" ”

"Kill! Kill! Kill! The surrounding SS roared angrily, and they raised their bayonet-mounted rifles aloft.

"I order, unless these Japanese bastards surrender immediately on their knees when they see us, they will all be wiped out on the spot, and all the responsibility will be borne by me alone."

"Kill! Kill! Kill! The soldiers roared loudly again, their eyes blood-red and their blood boiling, and everyone couldn't wait to kill a few despicable Japanese.

"Spread out the formation and move on." Claude waved his arm, and the company re-launched the wedge formation, and continued to search and advance along the Japanese position.

"Did you hear that? A company and a platoon were attacked. ”

"They wanted to treat a few wounded Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese attacked them with grenades."

"How could such a thing happen? These damn Japanese are all crazy. ”

"We were ordered to be careful not to approach the wounded Japanese soldiers."

"I saw a shot in the head of that Japanese bastard."

"I also think it's safer."

"There was a comrade who died in this attack, and in order to protect the lives of his comrades, he threw himself on that grenade."

"God, what a good man."

"Hero!"

"What's his name?"

"I don't know, if I had hesitated, this soldier is a real SS."

"We want to avenge him!"

"That's right! Avenge. ”

The encounter of the platoon was radioed from one group to another, adding new fuel to the already raging anger of the soldiers, and the SS soldiers were in a rage, ready to take out all their anger and hatred on poor Morimoto's brigade, and the Japanese were now confronted with eight hundred heavily armed berserkers, fearless and without mercy.

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