This very young, adjutant who had just graduated from the Army University before the war. But he never thought that in the Japanese army, which has always honored the death in battle, there is such an alternative figure. I didn't expect that the co-captain who was only infinitely glorious to die for His Majesty the Emperor on weekdays, and repeatedly vowed to live and die with his subordinates.

At such a critical moment, he did not fulfill his promise at all, and left his subordinates to flee for his life alone. Although this is not unprecedented among the Japanese army, it cannot be said to be the last. But at least in the entire Chinese battlefield at the moment, it is still unique. The adjutant thought that His Excellency the Wing Commander had died an honorable death, and he wept a lot.

Although for the Japanese army, which was extremely cohesive, whether it collapsed on the battlefield or not was not based on whether the highest commander was killed or disappeared. In the vast majority of Japanese troops, the presence or absence of a commander does not lead to the total collapse of the unit. Even in unfavorable conditions, the presence or absence of a commander will not determine the fate of an army.

As a modern army, the well-organized Japanese army, in the case of the death of its own commander, will publicly elect a person with the highest rank to command. Even if all the officers were killed, the experienced veteran non-commissioned officers would take over the command of the troops. Therefore, even if the direct commander is killed, it will not affect the Japanese army's operations.

Moreover, in the past, the combat enthusiasm of the middle and lower-ranking officers and non-commissioned officers of the Japanese army often far exceeded that of those senior officers. In particular, the fighting spirit of those junior officers who have made meritorious contributions and expanded their territory for His Majesty the Emperor far exceeds that of the armies of almost all countries.

In addition, these low-level officers who have been painstakingly cultivated, and their military command ability is also quite good. and the painstakingly cultivated non-commissioned officer system, which has created a Japanese army with extremely strong combat effectiveness. The strategic vision of the Japanese army is true, but it is really not good. But tactically, it was the best army in the whole of World War II.

It's just that the past is the past, and the present is the present. The officers who had been painstakingly trained in the past, as well as the excessive casualties of a large number of non-commissioned officers, themselves weakened the basic quality of middle and lower-ranking officers in the Japanese army to a certain extent. At the same time, a large number of reserve officers were mixed in, which also greatly weakened the spirit of the junior officers who were not afraid of death.

It turns out that front-line reserve officers who have been civilians for a period of time are far more interested in robbery, rape, and enrichment than in combat. With the drag of family affairs, the spirit of not fearing death has also greatly declined. Generally, they will not fight hard until the last resort.

This has also caused the current Eighth Division to be far incomparable with the majestic Eighth Division back then. An ordinary wartime long-distance march can cause a large number of people to fall behind, so what can we expect from these reserve backgrounds, or hastily cultivated lieutenants, ensigns, as well as Cao Chang and Jun Cao, to perform better on the battlefield?

This is different from other countries, when they greatly expanded their armed forces during wartime, and paid more attention to the selection of junior officers from among the more qualified non-commissioned officers, as well as the selection of officers for conscripts. They still stubbornly insisted on selecting junior officers from among the recruits, but before the war, they were crammed on a temporary basis, and when they selected officers from among the non-commissioned officers, the Japanese who were too hasty in the selection process gradually began to show up because of the same shortage of qualified non-commissioned officers.

In addition, at this moment, the battle situation is already extremely unfavorable, as long as you are not a fool, you will clearly understand that the destruction of the whole army is imminent. In addition, the squad leaders who were newly recruited into the unit lacked experience, and the non-commissioned officers generally had no actual combat experience. Moreover, most of the mid-ranking officers were killed in battle, and there was no longer a single officer with the rank of captain or above.

The disappearance of Okajima Shigetoshi undoubtedly caused the Japanese troops, who were already at an extremely low level, to disintegrate as quickly as an avalanche. And for even an army like the Japanese army, which has always been known for its tenacity, once the morale of the army collapses, it also means a total collapse.

Just after Okajima Shigetoshi Osa moved in alone, the morale of the remaining Japanese troops who had lost their command was even more demoralized. Some people commit suicide, while others look at the volcanic eruptions everywhere in a daze. There are even more people who don't do anything with photos of their families, just sit there and cry. There are even guns in their hands, scurrying around.

At this time, the current problem of inexperience of junior officers and non-commissioned officers in the Japanese army has further aggravated the chaos of the Japanese army itself. Those squadron leaders and squad leaders who were replenished before the war actually had a rare situation where they could not control the troops. Some squadron leaders or squad leaders also simply learned their own co-captains and quietly walked away.

These officers, who commanded the front-line combat units, detached themselves from their posts, further exacerbating the confusion of the Japanese army. The Japanese soldiers who were left behind were like a swarm of headless flies. However, under the leadership of the officers who graduated from the non-commissioned officer school who were still sticking to their posts, some Japanese troops spontaneously assembled and ran around the entire encirclement, trying to find a way to escape.

The battle has reached this point, which means that the only remaining strength of the Eighth Division in the Jianping East Battlefield at this time has completely collapsed. This was almost impossible for the Japanese army in the past. Not to mention the old divisions such as the Eighth Division, even those ad hoc divisions and security divisions have not had such a situation.

In the face of such a favorable fighter, the brigade commander who advanced into the army could not let it go. He immediately adjusted the deployment of troops and launched a final attack on the remnants of the remaining Japanese army, which was barely more than a squadron at the end. Although there were still some Japanese soldiers, under the leadership of the remaining officers and non-commissioned officers, they were still desperately trying to break through.

But their battle of trapped beasts, when some Japanese troops had already given up resistance, was of no help to the whole situation. It's like a wave that barely rises, only exists for a short time, and then it is completely pressed down by the big waves surging from all sides.

By the early morning of the second day of the battle, the gunfire of the entire Shijiazi Nangou to Damaigou line had completely subsided. In the valley more than ten miles long, there were no Japanese soldiers still resisting. The entire valley was littered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers killed in battle, as well as abandoned weapons and equipment.

And because it was separated from the brigade, it was left behind by Okajima Shigetoshi Osa. In the case that the entire battlefield in front of them had collapsed, they simply killed the squadron leader who forced them to resist desperately under the leadership of a squad leader, and collectively laid down their arms and surrendered.

With the surrender of the last 20 or so Japanese soldiers, there were no more formed Japanese troops on the main battlefield of Jianping from the entire Damaigou line to Luofugou. Of all the forces that the Japanese army invested in the battlefield northeast of Jianping, only the one who fled back to Chaoyang City abandoned his subordinates and escaped alone at the most critical moment. He hid in the mountains for more than 20 days, and escaped Okajima Shigethimoshi, who was repeatedly cleared by the Anti-Japanese Federation.

In the end, this old man has been transferred alone many times, and has developed the ability to evade search and escape. was able to be under the repeated dragnet clean-up of the Anti-Japanese Federation, not only was he not arrested, but he also fled back to Chaoyang City. This Okashima Shigemoshi Osa, who has become a housekeeper in his escape, has also become the only survivor on the battlefield in the northeast of Jianping.

However, in this battle, although the brigade that advanced into the army achieved the record of annihilating two incomplete infantry brigades of the Japanese army, its own casualties in the battle were not light. Except for the reinforced battalion that was wiped out in a hand-to-hand battle with ten families. Including the casualties in the Wei family's shacks, the two regiments that participated in the battle after the battle subsided could only piece together the strength of one battalion.

On the battlefield from Shijiazi Nangou to Damaigou, the last resistance of the Japanese army failed to change the tide of the war. The commanding heights around the battlefield are also controlled by this brigade. Even with the addition of the firepower density that far exceeded that of the Japanese troops in front of them, the dying and struggling part of the Japanese still inflicted a lot of casualties on the attacking troops.

Although the morale of the Japanese army has collapsed in the end, it does not mean that the Japanese army in front of them will honestly lay down their arms and surrender. Even the Japanese squadron that finally laid down its arms and surrendered after the break finally surrendered when there were only two dozen people left in the fight and were no longer able to fight.

Although the brigade achieved a lot of results in this battle, it was also disabled in the battle. In particular, the casualties among battalion and company cadres were the greatest. Twelve battalion commanders and instructors, seven and a half casualties. Of all the company commanders and instructors, a third were killed. In the next stage, this brigade will not be able to participate in the war without a long period of reorganization.

And just three hours before the end of the Shijiazi Nangou battlefield, the battlefield west of Luofugou, which was only a few dozen miles away to the north, was also completely calmed down. In addition to a small number of fish that slipped through the net, they were still being searched, and the two Japanese infantry brigades in the battlefield west of Luofugou were completely annihilated.

is different from Okashima Shigetoshi Daisa, who abandoned his subordinates at the most critical moment and fled alone. In the end, he chose to fight with his subordinates to the end, and with more than a dozen guards and officers of the wing headquarters, he hid in a cave and resisted stubbornly, and was directly burned into charcoal with a flamethrower by the exhausted anti-union search troops.

The Japanese troops on the front line of Jiajiayingzi, after discovering that all the friendly forces around them had lost their last contact, did not care about the original plan to join Okajima Shigetoshi Daisa, turned around and ran wildly towards Chaoyang. As a result, he didn't want to run in the wrong direction, so he plunged headlong into the arms of a battalion of the Anti-Japanese Federation that made a detour from Jiangyingzi.

As soon as the two armies encountered, they were both startled by the sudden appearance of their opponents. But after a brief accident, another fierce battle broke out between the two armies. One desperately wants to escape, and the other desperately refuses to escape. The two battalion-level units fought in the mountainous area between the Jiajia camp and the second camp, and it was difficult to distinguish between them.

Before waiting for a result to be made here, the two battalions that advanced behind him also pounced from behind, forming a three-sided attack on the Japanese army fleeing south from Jiajia's camp. This Japanese army could withstand so many tigers and wolves who came up and bit together, and before they could hold out until noon, they were devoured and devoured.

With the end of the front-line battle in Jiajiayingzi, there was no longer a Japanese army on the entire Jianping battlefield. The complete settlement of the Jianping battlefield also indicates that the main force of the Japanese Eighth Division has been annihilated again. Except for the scattered stragglers of the Japanese army, and sporadic battles, the fighting on the entire Jianping battlefield has basically subsided.

Li Mingfeng's door to Chaoyang, Lingyuan, and Beipiao in the south has also been completely opened. The entire Chaoyang and Beipiao are already in no danger to defend, and the reinforcements are blocked under the overall situation south of the Beipiao. Chaoyang City, which has not many defenders, and Lingyuan, an important town in western Liaoning, are already like a ripe fruit, placed in front of Li Mingfeng.

The battle on the battlefield of Jianping ended, so that Li Mingfeng, who had completely freed his hands after being completely relieved, rolled up his sleeves and prepared for a complete battle in western Liaoning. According to his plan, the existing forces were concentrated, and the whole army went south to Beipiao, Chaoyang, and Lingyuan to have a good toss.