Chapter 654: Unprecedented Surrender
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is still the same sentence I just said, the wish is beautiful, but the reality is often extraordinarily cruel. The whole battle, from the very beginning, was completely out of the hands of Lieutenant General Yokoyama, the commander of the 125th Division of the Japanese Army. Let him give his troops a carefully formulated battle plan, all of a sudden it becomes a piece of waste paper, which has no effect...
There is less than an hour left before the final general attack. All the attacking units that had prepared for the battle, under the command of Bruce Lee, the commander of the guard division, had all moved in place.
At this moment, less than five hundred meters from the position of the troops to attack the former enemy headquarters. Three regiment commanders of the Guards Division, plus three regiment commanders of the fifth column. A total of six people are gathering in the temporary front enemy headquarters, waiting for the commander-in-chief in front of Bruce Lee, to give everyone the final order to attack.
"Comrades, there are more than 10,000 Japanese troops, and we only have more than 10,000. Although, in terms of the combat effectiveness of the troops, the morale of the troops, and the armament of firepower, we have an absolute advantage. However, the Japanese army had the advantage of being geographically advantageous and waited for work. More importantly, we do not have an absolute advantage in numbers. Therefore, it is almost impossible to eat more than 10,000 little devils in one go..."Bruce Lee glanced at the six regiment leaders sitting in front of him and said.
As soon as Bruce Lee's words fell, Huang Zhengqing, the commander of the first guard regiment, said: "Division commander, you just give an order, you say how to fight, we will fight..."
In an instant, Huang Zhengqing's words were echoed by the remaining group leaders. Seeing everyone's eyes, all of them converged on themselves. Bruce Lee spoke.
"Comrades, my idea is very simple, that is, to divide the encirclement and eat the little devils in the encirclement little by little. The three guard regiments to which the guard division belongs, equipped with more than twice as many light and heavy firepower as other infantry regiments, are very suitable for assault. As for the three main regiments of the fifth column, after several days of fighting, the troops were very tired. However, if I assign the divisional artillery battalion and the anti-aircraft battalion to the regimental battalion. Then, these three main regiments have become three real fortified regiments ...
Seeing that several regiment commanders nodded approvingly, Bruce Lee changed his words and ordered with a serious face.
"Now I order the three infantry regiments of the Guards Division, with battalions as units, to launch a surprise attack on the current Japanese positions. The task of your nine infantry battalions, as I just said, is to attack and intersperse, and divide and surround all the little devils on the battlefield....The three regiments of the fifth column are also battalions, with all the heavy weapons, and follow the commandos. The commandos surround a group of little devils, and you stop and destroy a group... In a word, through continuous attacks and annihilation of the enemy, the living space of the Japanese army was quickly compressed, and their living forces were killed and wounded... Do you know what you're doing? ”。
"Clear...," the commanders replied in unison.
"Very well, according to the order of the headquarters, at eight o'clock, the troops will be on time to launch an attack on the Japanese position....When the time comes, gather all the artillery fire of the whole army and launch a ten-minute intensive artillery bombardment of the current Japanese position. Then, the troops immediately attacked..."Bruce Lee finally ordered.
To say, the firepower of the guard division is not ordinarily tough. Each infantry platoon is equipped with a grenadier group, for a total of three individual grenadiers. Each infantry company, equipped with a mortar squad, totaled two 82 mortars. Each infantry battalion was equipped with a medium mortar platoon with a total of 6 82-mm mortars ....as for each infantry regiment, with an infantry artillery battery, a total of six Type 92 infantry guns ... And the artillery battalion directly under the guard division is even more exaggerated. The entire artillery battalion is equipped with all 75 mm mountain guns and field guns, a total of 18 ......., of course, this is only the standard equipment of artillery, as for the equipment of various light and heavy machine guns, it has reached a very terrifying level. The average of more than 10,000 people in the division has basically reached the point where each infantry squad is equipped with a crooked light machine gun and each infantry platoon is equipped with a heavy machine gun. In addition, in the air defense battalion directly under the division, it is also equipped with 36 anti-aircraft machine guns and 36 Type 92 heavy machine guns, which can provide powerful fire support to the infantry at any time in the course of the troops' battles....
Under Bruce Lee's order, all mortars, grenadiers, mountain artillery, and infantry artillery in the whole army, totaling more than 150 mortars, 38 mountain artillery, and infantry artillery, all raised their own black muzzles. Prepare for a ten-minute artillery cover of the forward positions of the Japanese army ....
"Bang bang bang...", three sharp flare explosions, breaking the silence of the night. The artillery cluster of the Guards Division immediately showed its hideous face and began to pour shells at the target that had already been marked...
During the 10-minute saturation bombardment: the fortifications built by the Japanese army for a hard day, in the sound of shells from mountain artillery, were blown up in pieces, and finally, they became a ruin... One by one, the little devils hiding in the trenches, in the explosion of raindrops of mortar shells, were lifted out of the trenches one after another, and then, they fell heavily to the ground and turned into corpses....
The sudden and heavy artillery fire disrupted the deployment of Lieutenant General Yokoyama at the first time. At the same time, it also hit the forward positions, and thousands of Japanese troops were caught off guard... Let the forward position, the defense line composed of thousands of little devils, before they have time to react, was torn to pieces by the flying shells...
Of course, the heavy shelling came quickly, and those who left quickly ... Before the ten minutes had arrived, the commandos of the guard division, which had already been trained in infantry and artillery coordination tactics, had already rushed out of their starting positions and moved to a place less than fifty meters away from the shelling area, waiting for the end of the shelling...
Ten minutes later, the heavy shelling came to an abrupt end. The remaining Japanese troops on the forward positions had not yet reacted from the shock just now. The loud sound of the charge has begun to echo in the middle of the huge battlefield...
"Rush...", the sound of the earth shaking and the shouting of killing immediately covered up all the sounds on the entire battlefield at the first time. Assault teams lurked less than fifty meters from the Japanese position. At the moment when they jumped up from the ground and launched an assault, the light and heavy machine guns in their hands had already spewed hot tongues of fire forward...
In the face of the close range, a commando team protected by machine-gun fire, like a hedgehog.
The ghost soldiers who stood in front of the soldiers often reached a hornet's nest by the dense rain of bullets before they could react from the shock. And these dead little devils, until death, it is not clear when the 'cunning Eighth Route Army' has lurked under their noses....
With the official start of the offensive, Japanese troops, under the continuous interspersed division of the assault team, were surrounded. Then, under the attack of the troops behind the commando, they were wiped out by all that remained.
Of course, the defeat on the front-line battlefield was also transmitted to the temporary command headquarters of the Japanese army at the first time. At this moment, with a combat staff officer with an anxious and panicked look on his face, holding a telegram everywhere in the command headquarters, the atmosphere in the command headquarters can be said to be extremely tense.
Everyone in the command headquarters, from the faces of those combat staff officers who came and went in a hurry, from the unpredictable faces of Lieutenant General Yokoyama, the commander of the division in front of them. Of course, as a staff officer, they could not put forward any opinions except for raising their nervous hearts to their throats...... and finally, in the command headquarters, after watching the battle reports of the front-line troops losing battles and being surrounded and annihilated. The chief of staff of the Japanese division said: "Division commander, you can't fight like this anymore. According to reports from the forward positions, the firepower of the troops of the Eighth Route Army far exceeded that of our army by several times ... Under the blow of such fierce firepower, our army could not cause any damage to the other side at all, but was interspersed by the commandos of the Eighth Route Army, and was surrounded by a little division ..."
"Hehe..."Faced with the reminder of the chief of staff, how did Lieutenant General Yokoyama not know. However, I know how, in the face of absolute disadvantage, what can be done... Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Yokoyama could only shake his head very helplessly and said to the chief of staff with an anxious look in front of him.
"Chief of Staff, I don't know... Now we are like a piece of fat on the chopping board. And our opponent, the Eighth Route Army, is the one who wants to eat this fast fat meat. However, because we are so big, they will never be able to swallow one bite. So, they set up a commando team, and these commandos, like sharp knives, cut our fat piece of meat into small pieces little by little, and then ate it bit by bit..."
In the face of the very vivid metaphor of the division commander in front of him, although the chief of staff was very unhappy, he had to accept this very cruel fact... Because, what the division commander in front of me said is at this moment, and it really can't be true anymore....
However, he still has nearly 10,000 troops in his hands, but he has to let himself sit in the headquarters and wait for the enemy to point the muzzle of the black hole hole at his head without doing anything. This is clearly not the outcome that the Chief of Staff wants to see. Seeing the division commander in front of him, Lieutenant General Yokoyama, who looked depressed and didn't say a word. The chief of staff asked retortively with an unwilling expression.
"Division commander, are we just sitting here, watching nearly 10,000 warriors being ruthlessly slaughtered under the attack of the Eighth Route Army..."
Seeing the stubborn chief of staff in front of him, Lieutenant General Yokoyama spoke again. However, at this moment, his tone of voice was already full of low emotions: "Chief of Staff, but since the Kwantung Army Command organized and launched this battle. Then, we must bear the cost of this defeat..."
"Is there really no way?". Lieutenant General Yokoyama's answer, although it made the desperate look on the chief of staff's face a little more. However, the unwilling look still did not dissipate, and he continued to ask rhetorically.
"Alas..."Under the expectant gaze of the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Yokoyama let out a long breath and said, "It's not impossible. At present, there is indeed a way to protect the nearly 10,000 warriors of the Imperial Army under our command. However, if we do that, even if we return to the Kwantung Army headquarters, the two of us will be subject to the most severe sanctions in the military court..."
"Chief of Staff, to do it when you know that it is impossible to say it is irresponsible for the lives of nearly 10,000 imperial soldiers under your subordinates. And now, knowing that resisting under the fierce offensive of the Eighth Route Army will not only not lead to any results, but will destroy the whole army, why continue? Speaking of which, this road is very simple, that is, surrender to the Eighth Route Army..."
"What, surrender to the troops of the Eighth Route Army..." Lieutenant General Yokoyama's words were like a thunderclap, and the chief of staff of the division and regiment in front of him was speechless for a long time.
After receiving an affirmative answer from Lieutenant General Yokoyama in front of him, the chief of staff slowly fell into deep thought. After a few minutes, the chief of staff slowly raised his head and said to Lieutenant General Yokoyama in front of him: "Your Excellency the division commander, what do you think?" ”
In the face of the chief of staff's inquiry, Lieutenant General Yokoyama's answer once again surprised everyone: "Chief of Staff, as the division commander of the 125th Division, I must bear the responsibility of bringing the troops into a situation of annihilation. Therefore, from now on, all the officers and men of the entire 125th Division will be handed over to you. As for me, I should also give an explanation to the fallen warriors of the 125th Division, to the Kwantung Army Headquarters, and to His Majesty the Emperor....", after saying that, Lieutenant General Yokoyama drove out all the personnel in the headquarters, including the chief of staff of the division.
Ten minutes later, with a crisp gunshot, the corpse of the division commander, Lieutenant General Yokoyama, suddenly appeared in his seat... Lieutenant General Yokoyama, this old devil, committed suicide to apologize and ended his glorious life....
Looking at the division commander who was already dead in front of him and could no longer die, the commanders at all levels immediately fell into a panic. For a time, everyone's eyes were all focused on the chief of staff ....
After giving a solemn military salute to the division commander who had died in front of him. The chief of staff's face immediately showed a decisive look, and he ordered to the group of staff officers in front of him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, what His Excellency the Division Commander said before leaving, I believe that everyone should be very clear. Your Excellency, the commander of the division, used his own death to pave a way for all of us to live. From now on, everyone must make decisions about their own future, and I, as the temporary supreme commander of the 125th Division, will not force everyone..."
Seeing everyone, all lost in thought, the Chief of Staff continued to command.
"Communications staff officer, immediately send a farewell telegram to the former enemy headquarters of our 125th Division... In addition, orders were given directly to the captains of individual infantry brigades. Continuing to resist senselessly, he can only sacrifice a large number of elite Imperial soldiers in vain. It is required that all departments, with the consent of all officers, surrender to the opposing Eighth Route Army units in formation... If the troops are unwilling to surrender, then continue to resist until the jade is shattered..."
"Flag Squadron, now I order, immediately burn the flag of my 125th Division. Even if our 125th Division surrenders to the Eighth Route Army, however, the flag of our division and regiment will not be able to fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army..."
"General Staff, immediately destroy all important documents in the headquarters, and must not let important documents fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army..."
"Communications Department, after issuing all the orders to play, immediately destroy the communication password and destroy the radio station...."
As all the orders were given, the chief of staff slowly took out the matching gun on his waist and said to the officers in front of him: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have received a commission from His Excellency the division commander to take the remaining officers and soldiers of my 125th division out of the battlefield safely. So that they can go to their hometown after the battle is over. So, I decided to surrender to the Eighth Route Army. As for everyone's way forward, I hope you can make a decision as soon as possible, and there is not much time left for us..."
After saying that, the chief of staff put his own gun on the table in front of him ....
Immediately, almost half of the commanders in the entire command headquarters chose to surrender and handed over their matching guns. As for the small number of officers and soldiers who were unwilling to surrender, under the command of a Zhongsa officer, with slogans in their mouths, they rushed to the battlefield not far away with artillery fire...
In the high command of the field army, with the rumbling of artillery sounded on two battlefields. The final encirclement and annihilation of the remnants of the two divisions of the Japanese army also officially began. Commander Liu Hua and Zhou Baozhong, who served as the temporary chief of staff, picked up the binoculars and began to pay attention to every move on the two battlefields....
However, what they didn't expect was that in less than an hour after the entire battle, an unexpected telegram of victory reached them...
"Report to the chief, the telegram of the commander of the guard division Li..."
"Could it be that the Guard Division has already solved the 125th Division......impossible, the 125th Division still has nearly 10,000 troops, how can it be possible to solve the battle in less than two hours?" Hearing the report of the communications staff officer in front of him, Liu Hua couldn't help but ask rhetorically.
"Report to the chief, Division Commander Li reported that the various units of the guard division attacked in less than an hour. The Japanese troops stationed on the various hills began to surrender in patches. So far, more than 10,000 people of the 125th Division of the Japanese army have been killed by our army, except for more than 3,000 people. The remaining 8,000 people, headed by the chief of staff of the Japanese army, surrendered to our army in an organized manner..."The communications staff officer replied with an excited face.
"The little devils surrender to us... How is it possible, the 125th Division is the most elite Kwantung Army unit of the Japanese army..."Liu Hua asked rhetorically in disbelief.
"Yes, chief, these are what Commander Li said on telegram... At the moment, throughout the battlefield, the Guards Division is accepting the surrender of the Japanese army ....", the communications staff officer replied with great certainty ....
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