Chapter Twenty-Three: The Medic (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
Ten minutes later, the battle was over, and the beach was littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers, lying to the ground in various positions.
There was also a little danger at the end of the battle...... When the U.S. military met the Chinese army, it really mistook the Chinese army for the Japanese, and even fired a volley of bullets in the direction of the Chinese army. Fortunately, the Chinese army had worked with the American military in Burma, and some of them had learned a few words of English, so they shouted at the Americans in English: "******, we are Chinese!" Stop shooting! ”
Then the nervous Yankees realized that they had almost made a big mistake, and hurriedly shouted to the Chinese army: "I'm sorry, man." We didn't cause any casualties on you! ”
The fellow villagers couldn't help but scold a few times: "****** Yankee, if there are casualties, Lao Tzu wants you to pay for your life!" It's a big deal to fight you guys and see who can beat whom! ”
Of course, this is just angry talk, and fellow villagers also know that things can't go that far.
After greeting each other, the Chinese and American armies began to clean up the battlefield.
At this time, the two armies again had a very different situation...... The Chinese soldiers were carrying good bayonet guns to clean up the battlefield, while the Yankees were calling medics.
There were even a few American GIs who shouted angrily when they saw the Chinese soldiers stabbing the wounded Japanese soldiers with bayonets: "Hey, stop, you can't do that!" ”
But the Chinese soldiers did not pay any attention to the American GIs, and still took care of themselves to "test" the battlefield with bayonets...... For Chinese soldiers, only dead Japanese devils are good devils.
When an American GI couldn't help but come up to stop them, his fellow villagers stopped them and said, "You are the ones who shouldn't do this!" What you should stop more is what your own people are doing......"
"What?" The American GIs were puzzled.
But soon he understood, because several explosions of grenades sounded on the battlefield.
The American GIs followed the sound of the explosion and found that it was the wounded Japanese soldier who had lit the grenade and died along with the American medic who had gone to try to save them......
"God!" The American GIs, who were watching this scene, couldn't help but exclaim: "Why are they doing this?!" We're trying to save them! ”
"Because this is the battlefield!" The fellow townsman responded coldly, and then stabbed the Japanese soldier who was still struggling at his feet with a bayonet.
"What should we do?" An American GI shouted.
And at this moment, there was another loud bang. Two American paramedics disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant...... This time it was a bag of explosives that was lit, and the American medics were even blown to pieces.
In the next second, the American major gave an order: "Chinese is right, the Japanese do not need ambulance, the medical soldiers retreated, and a company of bayonets ......"
So the American GIs followed the example of the Chinese soldiers and walked to the Japanese corpses on the ground with bayonets, and later the US soldiers even thought that it was dangerous to do so...... This is because American GIs do not have rich combat experience, and they often cannot distinguish which Japanese soldiers are playing dead, so they will still be killed by wounded Japanese soldiers when cleaning up the battlefield.
Then the U.S. military used a safe method, they lined up five tanks in front of the Japanese corpses. Then at the sound of the order, he drove forward at full speed, whether dead or alive...... Suddenly, there was a disgusting smell of blood on the battlefield, and in a short time the tank tracks were full of Japanese minced meat and torn strips of clothing, like a meat grinder.
This method is indeed convenient and safe, and of course, this does not rule out the possibility that the wounded Japanese soldiers will blow up the tank by igniting the explosive pack...... This possibility is actually very small, because the tank is very fast, and the wounded Japanese soldiers are either run over to death before they have time to react, or they cannot accurately estimate the time when the tank will drive in front of them. Even if you pull on the explosive pack, you won't be able to blow up the tank.
The only drawback was that the Japanese officers and soldiers were crushed into a pile of pulp, so it was impossible to tell which Japanese officers were killed.
The fellow villagers had also wanted to find the body of the Japanese officer who commanded the unit, so that they could determine whether the Japanese commander was dead or alive, and perhaps find some information from him. But if the Yankees stir it up like this, they have to do it.
According to the recollections of the Chinese soldiers, the last time they saw the officer commanding the Japanese army with a command knife, he was trying to retreat behind the reef on the side of the sea with the Japanese army...... Later, a small number of Japanese troops were lucky enough to escape from the encirclement of the Sino-American coalition, because those reefs could be good cover for them.
But Kiyoshi Ichiki did not escape. He was killed by the debris blown up by the American tank gun, and his body fell into the sea, so no one was able to find it for a long time. Both sides thought he had fled to some corner of the jungle on Kuah Island, and it was not until a few days later that his body washed ashore and the Japanese recognized him from his rank and relics.
The battle ended in the complete defeat of the Japanese army, and the 1,000 elite led by Ichiki Kiyonao finally escaped less than 100 people, and the other 900 or so were all killed in the attack of the Sino-American coalition forces.
However, the Sino-US coalition forces only suffered 35 killed and 75 wounded, which can be said to have achieved a great victory.
But Zhang Chi was not satisfied with the result of this battle......
When Clifton arrived at Zhang Chi's regimental headquarters in a jeep, Zhang Chi didn't say a word.
"Zhang ......" Clifton spread his hands a little embarrassed: "You are right, the Japanese are not as strong as we thought, I shouldn't have ordered an attack!" It's my fault. ”
Zhang Chi frowned and shook his head, and said, "It's useless to talk about this now. We did not find a radio station for the Japanese, which means that it is quite possible that the Japanese side already knows what we are capable of, so the next ...... It's time for us to face a massive Japanese attack! ”
Zhang Chi was right, after Baiwu Haruyoshi was wiped out within a few hours of a thousand elite soldiers led by Ichiki Kiyoshi, he was shocked to realize that the troops stationed on Kuah Island were not a small force of harassment, but a large number of strong troops.
"This could be an opportunity for us!" Hyakutake Haruyoshi said to his staff officer: "The number of Sino-US coalition troops stationed on Kuah Island is large, and it is initially estimated that there are at least three regiments of about 10,000 people. With so many troops, there is no U.S. Navy to supply them...... That is, a lone army, if we can defeat them, it will be a big blow to the Sino-American coalition! ”
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General!" The staff officer reminded: "But it is also difficult for us to provide sufficient supplies to Kuah Island, because our warships can only operate in the dark!" ”
"Then ......," replied Hyakutake Haruyoshi, "we should do both at the same time, on the one hand, continue to increase troops on Kuah Island, and on the other hand, the navy must be ready to attack!" ”
(To be continued.) )