Chapter 760: The Japanese puppet army that reaped its own consequences

The Japanese puppet army that reaped the consequences

On the highway less than ten kilometers away from Huai'an City, the Japanese puppet army reinforcements lined up in four columns, Zheng Hao Hao dàngdàng, murderously counterattacked Huai'an City, preparing to recapture Huai'an City, which had just been occupied by the East China Field Army.

Major General Himeno, as the supreme commander of this reinforcement force, at this moment, is not as murderous as this force shows. Instead, he rode on his horse with a solemn face, constantly urging the troops around him to speed up the pace of marching....

"Report to Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, the Commander of the Central China Front Telegram...."At this moment, a cavalry communicator, riding a war horse, quickly stopped beside Major General Himeno and reported breathlessly.

......After his horse completely stopped, Major General Himeno waved the whip in his hand and ordered loudly to the communications staff officer in front of him.

"Read..."

"Hayi..."

"Your Excellency the Commander telegraphed: Huai'an City is located in the center of northern Jiangsu and has very important strategic value. Therefore, no matter what, Huai'an City must not lose. In addition, if Huai'an City cannot be captured in a short period of time, your troops must surround it and wait for the arrival of reinforcements from Nanjing....... "The cavalry correspondent quickly took out a telegram and read with a serious face.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, judging from the telegram, the commander has given us a death order...."After listening to the contents of the telegram, the brigade commander, Major General Himeno, frowned at his brows, as if he was thinking about something. The chief of staff of the brigade next to him, Inoshita Daisa, first frowned at first, and then spoke.

"Jingxia-kun, this is for sure, Huai'an City is lost in our hands, no matter what reason we come up with, this fact will never change. If we can recapture Huai'an City with the strength we have at our disposal, then the two of us may still hope to continue to lead the troops and avoid the trial of the military court. But if we can't retake Huai'an on our own, wait for reinforcements from the direction of Nanjing. If nothing else, when the time comes, there must be a military police unit with it. The gendarmerie that escorted us back to China to receive a military court trial...."After shaking his head helplessly, the brigade commander, Major General Himeno, said with a helpless expression.

"Herald, immediately send a telegram back to the commander in my name, I, Himeno, will definitely swear to recapture Huai'an City and live up to the trust of the commander. If I fail to complete the task assigned to me by the commander, I will personally apologize to His Majesty the Emperor...."After a short period of contemplation, Major General Himeno ordered very decisively to the cavalry messenger waiting for his reply.

"Hayi, Your Excellency the Brigade Commander...."

"Brigade commander, what should we do next?" asked Osa Inoshita.

"There is only one way, and that is to recapture the city of Huai'an....order the troops to speed up their march. Within two hours, the siege of Huai'an City was completed. In addition, inform the follow-up baggage troops, artillery units, speed up and immediately catch up with the main forces. This time, whether we can successfully recapture Huai'an City from the hands of the Shina people depends on these artillerymen..."Rear Admiral Himeno ordered.

"Ha Yi, I'm going to give orders right away..."

Outside the north gate of Huai'an City, after an hour of offensive and defensive battles, the entire north gate has been completely shrouded in gunsmoke. Directly in front of the wide defensive position, hundreds of corpses of Japanese puppet soldiers, in various postures, fell scattered in front of the position. The entire battlefield was also shrouded in a bleak atmosphere.

Of course, in front of this defensive position that stretched for nearly a thousand meters, the position that killed the Japanese puppet army the most and achieved the greatest results was still the bunker where Yan Yufa's platoon commander was located. In front of the huge pillbox, nearly 100 corpses of the Japanese puppet army, in various postures, were scattered in the open space between 50 and 150 meters in front of the pillbox....

"Platoon commander, we have repelled the enemy's third charge..."Looking at the hundreds of Japanese puppet soldiers who retreated in embarrassment outside the pillbox. In the bunker, Li Yuqing, a prisoner soldier who had just been directly promoted to the leader of the first squad by Yan Yufa because of his military exploits, handed over the machine gun that had been red in his hand to his deputy for cooling maintenance. said to the platoon commander behind him.

"Squad Leader Li, well done....brothers, you all played well... In less than an hour, we killed nearly 100 Japanese puppet soldiers in a platoon at the cost of only one sacrifice and two minor injuries....I believe that as long as everyone can make persistent efforts, we will continue to fight as we just did. I can guarantee that the final victory will be ours. "At the same time, I also promise you that with these combat exploits, as long as you can exit the battlefield alive, when the time comes for the meritorious service of the troops, you can at least be promoted to squad leader or even deputy platoon commander by virtue of these combat exploits in your hands....Of course, even those brothers who died in battle, we will not forget them. We will treat them as if they were martyrs, find their families, and give them full pensions. Comrades, according to the policy of our Party, let the local government support them and take care of them, so that those brothers who died will not have any worries..."

Seeing that everyone was looking at him expectantly, Platoon Commander Yan Yufa took advantage of the favorable opportunity in front of him and loudly encouraged: "Brothers, there are no worries, if possible, everyone still has a chance to be promoted." What else are you worried about? Cheer me up and beat the devil hard, for myself and my family..."

"Platoon commander, don't worry. Now that Li Yuqing has become a squad leader, I will definitely kill more little devils, make more military achievements, and strive to be the squad leader, and I will definitely not fall behind Li Yuqing...."

"Yes, platoon commander, we will definitely kill more little devils, make great contributions, and become squad leaders..." In the face of hard facts, plus Li Yuqing, who has been promoted to squad leader, as an example. The remaining twenty or so captives all stared at a pair of red eyes and swore an oath.

"Okay, as long as everyone has this spirit, I promise, everyone can be the squad leader...."Seeing everyone's fighting spirit, after more than an hour of fighting, coupled with their own encouragement, they were finally completely aroused. Yan Yufa's platoon leader's face was slowly shrouded in a smile, and he did not hesitate to everyone's rhetorical questions, and replied very affirmatively.

"Platoon commander, the little devil is here again, and the enemy is attacking again...." As soon as Yan Yufa's words fell, the exclamation of the guard post followed closely and reached everyone's ears.

"Brethren, your opportunity to make meritorious contributions has come. Now I order, all enter the battle position, prepare for battle, win over everyone, and destroy at least two enemies...."With a hint of murderous aura, Yan Yufa ordered very decisively.

"Yes, platoon commander..."

Major General Himeno, as the supreme commander of this unit, has been standing at a position with a wide field of vision, less than a kilometer away from the battlefield, holding up the telescope in his hand, and watching every move on the battlefield with a solemn face....

At this moment, with the beginning of a new attack by the troops, Major General Himeno, who was full of confidence in this attack, also stood in place with an expectant face, watching every move of the attacking troops...

"Brigade commander, the bunker that the people in front of you are holding on to is really too strong. And in our hands, apart from field artillery, there is simply not any large-caliber siege artillery of more than 100 mm, and there is almost no effect on these pillboxes. The only way to do this is to escort the sappers and blow up the bunker in front of you with explosives. However, the firepower of the Shina people was so dense that the engineer troops could not get close to the hedgehog-like bunker. In just an hour of attack, more than a hundred soldiers fell in front of this pillbox. "I saw that more than 500 attacking groups composed of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Allied Army were once again blocked by dense firepower at a position of 100 meters directly in front of the pillbox. Chief of Staff Inoshita Daisa's face immediately showed a hint of embarrassment, and then spoke.

"Chief of Staff, I saw the soldiers of the Imperial Army fall in front of us like this. As the brigade commander, I regret very much why I built so many strong fortifications and pillboxes outside Huai'an in the first place. Now, I finally understand an old Chinese saying, that is, you will reap the consequences..."After a long sigh, Major General Himeno spoke.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the construction of these bunkers is an order from your superiors, and it is not your business. I think that the urgent thing we need to delay now is to solve the bunkers of the people in front of us, otherwise, our troops will not be able to rush into the city at all....", the chief of staff, Osa Inoshita, comforted.

As soon as Inoshita's words fell, there was a slight change in the battle situation in front of him. Facing the dense machine gun fire fired by a few tǐng light and heavy machine guns in the bunker, like a hedgehog. After losing nearly 100 troops again, several hundred Japanese puppet troops had to stop and slow down the pace of their attack. What's more, the hundreds of Imperial Allied troops who charged at the front of the queue and used as cannon fodder actually showed a hint of imminent collapse. Seeing this, Chief of Staff Inoue Osa couldn't help but exclaim.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, something happened....The firepower of the people of China is so fierce that our engineering unit can't rush to the front of the pillbox at all... The Imperial Allied Army is already showing signs of collapse..."

"Nani, collapse....pass my military order, without my order, anyone, it is forbidden to take a step back, otherwise, you will be killed." At this moment, the brigade commander, Major General Himeno, also had a thick murderous aura on his face, and he ordered decisively.

"Hayi, I'm going to deliver the order right away.," replied Chief of Staff Matsushita Daisa.

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