Rise from eight hundred.

Chapter 475 The 'Original Intention' of the Japanese Second Lieutenant

The Chinese soldiers occupy the position of the Japanese army's strategic forces, holding the heavy weapons that the Japanese are proud of, and bombarding the two battlefields of the Japanese army.

However, the main force of the Japanese army allowed the two battlefields to decay and only cared about their main battlefield.

This weird battlefield situation lasted through most of the night.

Tang Dao used the 30 cavalry left behind by Gong Shaoxun as a reconnaissance unit. When the bombardment began, it started reconnaissance in the direction of the main position of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army. Nothing happened.

Until [-] o'clock in the morning, Tang Dao, who received three groups of cavalry scouts in succession about the main force of the Japanese army standing still, finally decided to withdraw his troops.

Originally, Tang Dao had already prepared the No.18 division of the Japanese army, which would attack aggressively. After driving the Japanese artillery to drop troops to bombard the front of the blocking position and relieve the crisis of the blocking position, the infantry remaining in the heavy artillery position relied on the peripheral infantry of the heavy artillery brigade. The defensive position forms a new line of defense, and the idea of ​​smashing the Japanese troops who dare to come is severely hammered, and finally they run away.

But I didn't expect that Ushishima Sadao of the 18th Division was far less resistant than Ushishima Man. The heavy artillery brigade was gone, and his own infantry regiment was still being beaten, and he didn't even do superficial things.

However, Tang Dao knew that whether it was out of helplessness or smart enough to avoid greater losses, Ushishima Sadao's operation was absolutely correct at this moment.

Leaving an infantry company and a group of artillery and cavalry led by Cheng Tieshou to deal with the aftermath, Tang Dao led the main force and the wounded to advance towards the blocking position.

The artillerymen continued to shell in the direction of the Japanese infantry regiment for more than half an hour, hitting almost all the captured shells before giving up.

The 150mm heavy artillery is a good thing, and it's really cool to fight, but it's absolutely impossible to get rid of these two-ton big guys, especially in the fields where the river system in the south of the Yangtze River is criss-crossed.

Although Tang Dao gave the order to blow up all the heavy artillery after the shelling was over, Cheng Tieshou still didn't give up and brought eight pack horses to try.

Not to mention the 12 doors here, even if only one door can be towed away, it will let the chasing Japanese army know why the flowers are so popular.

That's definitely not because of love, it's blood!

It's a pity that the eight pack horses were hissed by the whip, and the Japanese artillery who was in charge of pushing the cannon had exhausted all their strength, and the artillery wheel stuck in the mud moved forward 100 meters with difficulty. It took more than 5 meters. [-] minutes.

With this tortoise speed, let alone the remaining few hours, even if they were given another day, they might not be able to catch up with the main force with this cannon.

Cheng Tieshou, a rough guy like steel, his comrades were blown up by the Japanese infantry artillery and rained blood all over the sky by his side. face, he didn't cry
But when he saw that he was willing to violate the military order and tried his best to take away the captured Japanese cannons, tears rolled down his face.

Because, for this fire support platoon leader, having such a cannon means that he can give enough fire support to the infantry brothers on the front line, and his infantry brothers will die less.

Before the war was over, the brothers he was familiar with had changed from generation to generation. They were all young people, some in their early 20s, and some even under 20. Many of them he couldn't even name, and then Disappeared.

As the chief officer of the fire support company, the most important guarantee for the infantry, he could only watch them use their bodies to contend with the Japanese artillery. This huge psychological pressure is beyond words.

All the sorrow, after the heavy artillery that had been seized but could not be taken away turned into balls of flames soaring into the sky, it spewed out completely.

"Among the flames blown up by the heavy artillery of the Empire, the tears rolling down the face of the Chinese lieutenant seemed to be blood red. When I saw such a scene, I understood that it would be difficult for the Empire to defeat China, because they have such a group of Respectable Chinese soldiers. They are real soldiers."

This is a sentence written by Akiichi Komura in his memoir "Landing in Southeast China on 20 Days" ten years after the war.

Yes, Tang Dao kept his promise this time and released all the Japanese artillery soldiers who sent their comrades to hell with their own shells.

In the original words of Tang Dao: "It is more useful to keep such a group of Japanese who have swung the butcher's knife at their comrades than to kill them."

If they want to live, they have to find an excuse for their evil deeds on the battlefield.They have convinced themselves, and the rest must convince others.

They couldn't find a more suitable candidate except for the high-level domestic officials in Japan who launched the war of aggression.

As Tang Dao expected, these surrendered soldiers who were lucky enough to survive the war became the most staunch anti-war activists. The general scolded bloody.

However, Tang Dao, who had already left, asked Cheng Tieshou to tell them: "The two armies are fighting for their own masters. As soldiers, they can continue to serve their country and do what soldiers should do, but if they are on Chinese soil To massacre civilians as an act of beasts, then the 'martial courage' of these hundred people on the artillery position will be announced to the public, and their positions and names will be attached."

This is the deadliest handle.

Tang Dao didn't pay too much attention to a group of Japanese who hadn't wielded a saber for the first time. A group of people who had shown bravery to their comrades had already lost their qualifications to be opponents in his eyes.

However, Tang Dao did not expect that more than 100 Japanese soldiers who escaped the killing by chance brought him quite a surprise.

More than 100 artillerymen were released, and after their return, more than 80.00% applied to their superiors for retirement, and because all the equipment of the artillery brigade was destroyed, and the loss of personnel exceeded 80.00%, the Japanese Army Headquarters revoked its establishment, and the remaining Hundreds of people were judged to have no fighting spirit and were sent back to the ship.

Only low-level officers and technical backbones like Akiichi Komura were ordered to continue serving in the army until the end of the entire war.

It's just that these artillerymen who are still in the army are no longer as vicious as before, let alone massacre civilians. In order to prevent their "bravery" on the battlefield from being exposed, a dozen artillerymen headed by Mingichi Komura They even formed the 'Japan-China Military-Civilian Friendship Association', not for anything else, but to promote 'friendship' with ordinary people in the occupied areas.

Although this kind of action seemed extremely different within the Japanese army, which implemented a high-pressure policy on the occupied areas at this time, it was not appreciated by Japanese generals who had a longer-term vision.

These foolish people also know that massacres will only lead to stronger resistance. Massacres alone cannot conquer this country and nation with a large population base and a vast territory. Big sticks and sweet dates complement each other, just like the former Jurchens , is the right way.

Second Lieutenant Komura Akiichi and others' helpless move to protect themselves was not only not strictly stopped, but was valued by a high-ranking Japanese general, who vigorously promoted the leading Japanese second lieutenant. The second lieutenant turned out to be the captain of the Dazuo cascade.

Not to mention, the official became bigger and bigger, but his "initial heart" has not changed. There has never been a massacre in his jurisdiction. He can be regarded as a very unusual existence in the Japanese army at the level of beasts.

In the words he wrote in his memoirs: "Peace is the sweetest spring!"

Some things, after doing it for a long time, will become a matter of course and take pleasure in it!Akiichi Komura should have this mentality.

After the war, the Japanese Colonel, who retired from active service, told the truth that had been hidden for a long time under the condemnation of his conscience, which completely dealt a heavy blow to the militants in Japan.

It turned out that the imperial army of the Imperial Japanese Empire could surrender so simply and neatly!

Of course, that is for the future. Tang Dao at this point in time has already arrived at the blocking position battlefield.

The battlefield is already quiet!

Tang Dao and Tantai Mingyue stand on the 'Guling'!
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PS: I recommend the new book "Da Ming: From the Beginning of the Han Dynasty Supervising the Kingdom" by a little brother author.

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