The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 766 Contest of Wills

The violent bombardment continued to cause casualties to the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army. The head of the 35th Brigade was bleeding. He hoped that the enemy's bombardment would end quickly, save as much of his own strength as possible, and then repel the enemy's infantry attack. .

After a long time, the enemy's shelling finally ended.

Those living Japanese officers and soldiers got up one after another, set up machine guns and rifles on the trenches, and prepared to repel the enemy's attack.

The enemy's offensive began, which was completely beyond the expectations of the Japanese officers and soldiers.

With the roar of the engine, groups of armored combat vehicles appeared in front of the eyes of the Japanese officers and soldiers. The tracks of these steel monsters kept rotating, making weird squeaking noises, and drove towards the trenches of the Japanese army. come over.

The Japanese army was terrified when they saw so many armored vehicles of the enemy.

They shot desperately, desperately trying to prevent the enemy from approaching, but the bullets hit the infantry fighting vehicle and all were bounced off. The infantry fighting vehicle was not affected at all, and continued to roll towards the Japanese position.

The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were helpless and could only watch helplessly as the enemy tanks approached step by step.

The 35th Brigade deserves to be the ace unit of the Japanese army. Those soldiers were extremely brave. They saw that the bullets could not penetrate the enemy's armored combat vehicles, so they picked up grenades and charged towards the infantry combat vehicles, hoping to blow them up with grenades. Destroy enemy infantry fighting vehicles.

The officers and soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Army in the infantry fighting vehicles saw the rushing Japanese soldiers from the firing holes and wiped them out mercilessly.

There are many shooting holes on the infantry fighting vehicles, and there are no dead spots at all. The Japanese soldiers have no chance of approaching the infantry fighting vehicles at all.

Although the Japanese soldiers suffered heavy casualties, they still rushed forward desperately, throwing grenades at the infantry fighting vehicles as they rushed.

Many Japanese soldiers were shot dead before they threw the grenade, and the grenade fell on their side, blowing up their bodies incompletely.

There were also quite a few grenades flying over. However, the grenades either exploded on one side, or were thrown on the infantry fighting vehicle, and were also thrown out by the bullets. They could not hurt the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Army inside. is futile.

Groups of infantry fighting vehicles quickly ran over the trenches of the Japanese army, and after rushing into the enemy's position, the rear doors of the infantry fighting vehicles opened, and the soldiers inside rushed from above without waiting for the tanks to stop. Jumped down, and then went to eliminate the remaining Japanese soldiers.

A large number of infantry fighting vehicles rushed into the enemy's position, followed by jeeps loaded with 82mm recoilless guns. They cooperated with those infantry fighting vehicles to destroy the Japanese firepower points one by one.

The 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army also has a tank squadron equipped with more than a dozen Douding armored vehicles.Compared with the armored vehicles of the Anti-Japanese Army, the number was too small, so they did not launch a counterattack against the Anti-Japanese Army, but used those armored vehicles as fixed firepower points.

The soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Army used the machine guns on the infantry fighting vehicles to easily tear the armor of the Japanese armored vehicles. The shells fired by the 82mm recoilless guns even tore the Japanese armored vehicles into pieces like a cardboard box. The armored vehicles of the Japanese army were quickly lost.

The head of the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army faced the powerful offensive of the Anti-Japanese Army. He was helpless and could only continue to command the soldiers to resist in vain.

Under the huge difference in weapons, the officers and soldiers of the anti-Japanese army formed a crushing blow to the Japanese army. The resistance of the Japanese army was continuously defeated, with heavy casualties, and they were forced to retreat to a narrow position with the village as the core.

The terrain here is complex, the slope is high, and the armored combat vehicles are inconvenient to move. The officers and soldiers of the anti-Japanese army could only attack the Japanese army on foot. As a result, they encountered tenacious resistance from the Japanese army, causing a lot of casualties, and the attack was forced to stop. .

Seeing this situation, Gao Jiu ordered to temporarily stop the attack, readjust the artillery, and launched a fierce bombardment on the Japanese position again.

The head of the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army heard the rumble of cannons outside and the screams of the soldiers, and he was in an extremely bad mood.

In the face of absolute strength, the Japanese army, known as the ace, basically had no power to fight back. He sent out telegrams for help continuously, ignoring the use of tactical guidance and other fig leafs in the telegrams, but directly begged and sent troops for reinforcements.

Yamashita Fengwen was anxious but helpless. He could not count on the Air Force. The 67th Division was crawling like a snail on the road. The only thing he could do was to send a telegram to the 35th Brigade, encouraging them to fight bravely and spare no effort for Tian Huangbi , fight to the end.

The head of the 35th Brigade couldn't laugh or cry, what's the use of talking nonsense at this time?He sighed in frustration, shook his head, and sat there in a daze.

Suddenly, the cannonade outside stopped.

The brigade leader didn't know what was going on, so he raised his head and asked, "Go and see what's going on."

Not long after, a Japanese major came in and said, "Your Excellency, the brigade commander, the enemy has stopped shelling, and an armored vehicle is coming this way."

The head of the brigade cheered up, got out of the bunker, and looked forward from the artillery mirror.

Sure enough, he saw an infantry fighting vehicle driving out from the ranks of the anti-Japanese army. This chariot looked a little strange, with two huge horns installed side by side on the top of the chariot.

He understood that this was the enemy's propaganda vehicle, and it was used to make propaganda.

Soon, the armored vehicle drove down the hillside. Seeing that the hillside ahead was a bit steep, it stopped, and a loud voice came out from the loudspeaker: "Officers and soldiers of the 35th Brigade, you are completely surrounded. , your reinforcements have been repulsed, don't hold any illusions anymore.

You must have heard of the reputation of Master Gao Jiu of Peach Blossom Mountain. It is the team of Master Gao Jiu of Peach Blossom Mountain that beat you today.

Gao Jiuye said, you are worthy of being the ace unit of the Japanese army, and I admire you for your tenacious fighting spirit.You have done your best, if you are willing to surrender, you will be respected by the Taohuashan guerrillas and enjoy the treatment you deserve.

Master Gao Jiu meant what he said, and you must know this. In the past, countless Japanese soldiers surrendered to Master Jiu, and they were all let go safely in the end.

Now, I will give you half an hour. If you agree to surrender, send someone out to show your sincerity.

We will wait for half an hour, and if you don't surrender, we will launch a general attack on you and wipe you out completely.

Officers and soldiers of the Japanese army, you have to think about it, your relatives in your hometown are waiting for you to go home.Don't make them feel sorry for you.

You only have half an hour to make up your mind. "

The head of the 35th Brigade was very angry. He roared: "Damn Gao Jiu, you are too deceitful. It is just a daydream to make my majestic Japanese Yellow Army surrender."

The head of the brigade yelled for a while, feeling that something was wrong with the atmosphere. If it was in the past, if he said these impassioned words, someone in his subordinates would definitely agree.

The surroundings are quiet, and the atmosphere feels a little weird.

He looked around and saw that the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were not in that excited state at all, and all of them were pale and depressed.

At this time, two of his regiment captains came in together, followed by some Japanese captains.

The head of the brigade said angrily: "If you don't stick to your position, what are you doing here?"

A wing leader said: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, the casualties of the troops are too heavy. Now less than 1/3 of my wing is left, and it is no longer able to fight."

Another regiment leader also said: "Yes, Your Excellency, brigade commander, the situation of my regiment is even worse. Even the wounded soldiers can't make up a complete infantry brigade. This battle can't be fought any longer. "

The Japanese army captains behind them also talked a lot, saying that the enemy's firepower was too strong, and this battle could not be fought again, otherwise people would die.

The head of the brigade stared at his blood-red eyes and said angrily, "What are you talking about now?"

The regiment captain and the battalion captain met his gaze without any fear.

It turned out that the officers of the Japanese army were also smart people, and each had their own intelligence channels. When they entered Thailand, they already knew that they were about to face the world-famous and powerful enemy, Gao Jiu's troops.

They have inquired about Gao Jiu's deeds through various channels, and they are also very clear about Gao Jiu's preferential treatment of prisoners of war.

Before the battle started, they didn't believe that Gao Jiu's team was so powerful, but now that the hard facts were in front of them, they couldn't help but not believe it.

Now if this battle continues, the entire army will definitely be wiped out.As the ace troops of the Japanese army, the officers of the Japanese army are very brave. In the previous battles, they never had the idea of ​​surrender. That is because during the battle, they firmly believed that their powerful fighting power was enough to defeat all enemies.

But when they knew that the enemy they were facing was the invincible Gao Jiu, their self-confidence had been completely lost, their mental state had undergone fundamental changes, and their willpower was no longer so strong.

Especially when they knew that Gao Jiu would not abuse prisoners of war and would release them, under such circumstances, the desire to survive overcame the remaining trace of pride in their hearts.

At this moment, they saw that the head of the brigade still wanted to use everyone as cannon fodder, glaring at him one by one, as if they wanted to eat him up.

The head of the brigade felt the wolf-like eyes of his subordinates, and he knew that if he did not agree to surrender, these guys might kill him immediately.

Under such circumstances, even if he persisted in fighting, he could only die at the hands of these people in a daze, and he would also be unable to preserve his dignity.

He sighed and said: "Well, in order to save the lives of the soldiers, I agree to surrender, but if you surrender, you can go by yourself. I will apologize to Tian Huangbi by cutting open my stomach."

The officers got the answers they wanted and relaxed.They don't care about the life and death of the brigade commander at all, but the officers who are in a better mood still persuade him to surrender together for the sake of working with the brigade commander for many years. The head of the regiment takes the lead in surrendering, so their responsibility will be much less.

Everyone persuaded the head of the brigade not to commit suicide, but to lead everyone to surrender together, so that they can work together in the future.

The officers surrounded the brigade commander while talking.

Those brigade captains even stepped forward to support the brigade head with their hands to prevent him from committing suicide.

The brigade commander wanted to commit suicide. He turned his attention to his trusted guards, hoping that they could stop the reckless actions of these officers.

However, what made him even more disappointed was that the expressions of those soldiers were very numb at first, but now they became vivid one by one. It seems that these guys also have the same thoughts and are about to surrender to the enemy.

He said helplessly: "Alright then, let's send someone out to negotiate with Gao Jiu."

Under the hillside, Liao Tong got a little impatient waiting.

He said: "Master Jiu, what are you talking about with these devils? Just blow them up."

Gao Jiu said with a smile: "It's better to get these devils to surrender. The devil's ace army can put down their weapons and surrender. It will be easier for other devils to surrender in the future. Just wait patiently."

Twenty-five minutes had passed, and Gao Jiu was a little impatient for waiting.

He was about to give an order to attack when he heard someone shouting in front: "The devils have surrendered."

When everyone saw it, a devil officer appeared on the hillside, holding a white flag made of white sheets in his hand, shaking it vigorously there.

Not long after, a Japanese regiment captain came to negotiate with Gao Jiu on behalf of the 35th Brigade.

Gao Jiu agreed with them to surrender, promised not to abuse the prisoners of war, and not to confiscate their wing flags. The officers could keep their command knives, and they also agreed to hold a formal surrender ceremony.

The captain of the Japanese army expressed his gratitude and went back to report to the brigade commander.

Soon after, the Japanese army lined up neatly and came out carrying the wounded.

At this time, there were still 35 remaining officers and soldiers of the 2385th Brigade. They piled up their weapons in designated locations according to the requirements of the soldiers of the Anti-Japanese Army.

The head of the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army led his senior officers to the generals of the Anti-Japanese Army, bowed and presented his command sword.

Gao Jiu, Liao Tong, and generals of the Thai army accepted the surrender of the Japanese 35th Brigade on behalf of the Taohuashan guerrillas, the Yuanzheng army, and the Thai army respectively.

Hanoi.

Yamashita Fengwen hadn't received a telegram from the 35th Brigade for more than an hour, and he knew that the 35th Brigade was probably in danger.He asked someone to send a telegram, but the 35th Brigade never heard back.

He knew that the 35th Brigade was over. In order to avoid further casualties, he sent a telegram to the 67th Division, ordering them to stop advancing and return to their original place.

The head of the 67th Division knew that this would be the result. He was waiting for Yamashita to give him the order to retreat. After receiving the telegram, he returned in a happy mood.

The destruction of the 35th Brigade gave Yamashita Fengwen a blow.Only then did he understand why the division commanders of the 15th Army had unnatural expressions on their faces when they mentioned Gao Jiu.

(End of this chapter)