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Chapter 232 The Captured Devil Lieutenant General
1941年5月12日下午05:30，中条山西侧。

After several hours of fighting, the 36th Division defeated the remnants of the 37th and [-]th Divisions from the front.

It is worth mentioning that the casualties of troops at all levels were very small, which can be called a crushing victory.

Through this battle, the artillerymen's proficiency with the M1897 75mm cannon has greatly increased.If there is an artillery battle next time, they will definitely do better.

However, the consumption of shells is not optimistic. The three artillery regiments have fired out two-thirds of their stocks, fully verifying the importance of logistics support to modern warfare. The soldiers can even foresee the roar of the logistics minister Zhang Wanhe.

After the battle, the comrades began to clean up the battlefield in units of companies and platoons.

The main task is to collect supplies, even if you don't like Japanese weapons, you can't leave them to the enemy.The second is to capture prisoners and deal with the enemies who are still stubbornly resisting.

The most troublesome thing is the corpse of the devil. The soldiers can only dig pits and bury them if conditions permit.It is now the middle of May, and if it is not handled properly, the plague will definitely break out.

After all, the North China Front Army didn't have time to collect the corpses of their own soldiers, and they might escape from Shanxi with their tails between their legs.

Into the command post, Mr. Beard had just explained the follow-up arrangements clearly.He was going to go out for a walk and go to the troops at all levels to check the casualties and equipment wear and tear of the soldiers.

But at this moment, a soldier with preserved fruit was brought in by the commander of the guard battalion.

After seeing the real master, the other party pressed his right palm to the brim of his hat, turned his palm outwards, and saluted the bearded master with a military salute.

"Hello, sir! I am the signal soldier of the third army! Thank you very much for your assistance!"

"Two hours ago, a group of devils with an unknown number and no less than [-] people attacked our army's position."

"After a bloody battle, our troops killed more than half of the enemy on the spot! It's a pity that the army has been seriously short of manpower due to the continuous battle. Although the soldiers did not retreat, nearly a thousand devils broke through the defense line and rushed into the interior of Zhongtiao Mountain .”

Looking at the candied fruit communication soldier covered in blood and his shoulders wrapped in blood-oozing bandages, Mr. Beard sighed helplessly.

The Third Army held out for five days before they arrived.To be able to achieve such a level with the combat effectiveness of the second-rate Central Army is a remarkable thing.

It is indeed a pity that the enemy could not be completely wiped out, but he knew that the friendly army had tried their best to fight to the death, and he was full of admiration and respect in his heart.

Master Beard returned a military salute to the other party, and said politely with a serious face:
"Thank you for your hard work. I already have an understanding of the general situation. I will meet your army commander in person in a while."

"It must have been difficult for you on this journey. Go and deal with your injuries first, and then go to the cooking class to have something to eat. Now it's just dinner time."

"Hygienist! Take care of the friendly troops!"

Hearing the word dinner, the eyes of the preserved fruit soldiers lit up.

I have heard a lot about how good the food of the Eighth Route Army is. Now that I can experience it for myself, I am very much looking forward to it.If it wasn't for his status, he would even try to stay.

After a brief conversation, Mr. Beard went to the battlefield under the escort of the guards.

The first thing that catches our eyes is the comrades of the enemy engineering team. They shouted slogans to persuade them to surrender in Japanese with two swords on their big speakers:
"Don't be stubborn! Those who surrender will not be killed! Our Eighth Route Army treats prisoners preferentially!"

"The war is over! Put down your weapons! We will provide medical assistance and food supplies!"

Although they have been lobbying for a while, and even their voices are a little hoarse, it is a pity that the results have been minimal.

At this stage, Japan has not yet started to go downhill. The soldiers in the army are all well-trained, and it is far from the point where the old, young, sick and disabled will be used to fill up the number in the later period.

Even if the devils were seriously injured, they would find a way to pull a few Eighth Route Army soldiers to their backs, and very few people surrendered.

Even if new recruits with weak willpower appeared, they would be dealt with first by the old devils nearby. This once made the comrades who cleaned the battlefield furious.

Just like the great victory at Pingxingguan, where a thousand enemies were clearly wiped out, but not even a single Japanese prisoner was captured.

Although unbelievable, it is an indisputable fact.

This phenomenon is because Japan took the feudal loyalty and filial piety as its fundamental concept, and brought schools, society, and families into the orbit of militarism.

Emphasize that everyone should be a filial son at home, and a loyal minister of the locust in the country.When the country is in need or in crisis, citizens should dedicate themselves to defending the locust movement.

A well-known Lu Xiang, who is afraid of death, even said a word: "He who knows shame is strong, and should always miss the face of the party's family, and strive more and more to live up to its expectations. Life is not humiliated by captives, and death should not be left behind." The stigma of guilt."

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In the northwest of the battlefield, the joint command post of the former 36th and 37th divisions was located.

In a hidden corner that the comrades didn't notice, a hand tremblingly stretched out from the edge of a certain bomb crater.The moment Anda 23 climbed out, he began to breathe heavily, and he didn't even have time to observe the surrounding environment.

"Baga! What the hell happened!"

This old devil was lucky. Although the bomb defense hole was blown down, he was not suffocated because the corpse of his colleague gave him a small space.

The Eighth Route Army soldiers wearing steel helmets around made him realize one thing, his division was gone, and the war on the Western Front had failed.

After a while, Anda 23 did not hesitate at all, and took out the Nanfang Fourteen style pinned to his waist, preparing to commit suicide.As a diehard Locust, he does not allow himself to live as a prisoner of war.

It's a pity that the material of the bastard box is too bad, and the firing pin has long been damaged by the shelling.

Even though the trigger was pulled desperately, the bullet still did not move, fully explaining what is industrial waste that requires effort to commit suicide.

In desperation, the old devil had to spend a lot of effort to pull his body out of the soil.He wanted to pick up a big [-] cap five meters away, but the commotion had already attracted the attention of the soldiers.

The moment he saw the general's uniform on the opponent's body, a soldier flew up and threw his elbow on the opponent's chin with lightning speed.

"Come on! I caught a devil general!"

Anda 23, who is over [-] years old, is naturally younger than younger in terms of physical strength.

However, this old devil was also stubborn, biting off his tongue abruptly while being fully suppressed.

It's a pity that there is no scientific basis for the suicide method of biting one's tongue and committing suicide.It doesn't serve any real purpose other than torturing yourself.

Pain is pain, but it won't hurt to death.

Blood loss is a fact, but relying on the blood vessels in the tongue to lose 1.5 liters of blood, the time needed is enough to coagulate and stop the bleeding.

Death by suffocation is even more outrageous. Even if a person can hold back the pain and not stick out the severed tongue, the tongue enters the esophagus instead of the trachea. How can there be suffocation.

Hearing the word general, all the comrades around came forward to support.Everyone worked together to subdue Anda 23, pushing him to the ground with his knees and thighs.

The battalion commander with the highest position at the scene even cracked a few big fans.While helping the old devil recall the painful memories of the assistant officer stage, pry open the opponent's mouth by the way.

"Quick! Find some rope and tie him up! This old thing is more useful alive!"

"Go find the hygienist! The old devil bit his tongue! Find a way to treat his wound first! At least disinfect it!"

The movement of the commotion quickly attracted Mr. Beard who was passing by, and when the master arrived at the scene, Anda 23's general's uniform had already been thrown aside.

All he had left was a cloth rope around his waist, and a piece of dirty white cloth hung from the front and back of the cloth rope, barely covering his crotch and buttocks.

Even the only loincloth was searched by the soldiers.

No way, who let the devils always hide weapons in unexpected places.

"See, only devils wear this kind of thing. It's disgusting to wear something like diapers at a handful of ages!"

"Why do you think the Japanese are so perverted? Is it because they are poor? Why have they become generals and can't even afford a pair of pants? Is this why they started the war?"

Facing the ridicule of the soldiers, Anda 23, who can understand Chinese, struggled frantically.The old devil is pampered and respected on weekdays, how could he have suffered such humiliation.

In a sense, Mr. Beard's arrival can be regarded as liberating him.When everyone saw their teacher, they put away their playful smiles.

"Report to the commander! We have captured a devil lieutenant general!"

"Judging from the epaulettes of the military uniform, the opponent should be Anda 37, the commander of the 23th Division. The wound on his body was done by himself, and he did not surrender to us."

"The fighters are continuing to dig to see if they can find the rest!"

The word Lieutenant General made Mr. Beard's eyes shine, as if he saw some rare treasure!
From the full-scale outbreak of the war in 1937 to the present, many high-ranking enemy officers have indeed been killed in each war zone, even an admiral of the navy.

But the number of captured officers was pitiful, the highest being only a major.

Even in the original timeline, the Allied forces did not capture a senior Japanese commander on the frontal battlefield.

The only vice admiral captured was because the opponent's plane accidentally fell on the sea and sank on fire when it landed.

However, the opponent's gold content is not low, and he has served as the chief of staff of the United Fleet twice.The Benzi Navy kept this matter secret, and used the B incident to refer to it from beginning to end.

"Incident A is the death of Yamamoto 7×8."

Anda 23, who was tied up by five flowers, was still struggling. He stared at Mr. Beard, with a fierce light in his eyes, and kept yelling and cursing in Japanese indiscriminately, regardless of the injury in his mouth.

After venting his anger, he realized that in his current state, it was impossible to commit suicide.

Instead of wasting physical energy in vain, it is better to change the way of thinking.Perhaps it is also a good choice to feign surrender first, and then find a chance to commit suicide.

From the beginning to the end, the old devil didn't want to go back alive. After all, even if he went back, he would have the same ending. It's better to leave a good reputation of preferring death to surrender, and maybe he can get a textbook in the future.

Thinking of this, Anda 23 gradually calmed down.He suppressed the pain and squeezed out an ugly smile, and said to the senior commander in front of him:

"Hello, I'm Anda 37, the commander of the 23th Division of the Japanese brother country. You must be the commander of this battle. Congratulations on your victory."

"According to the Geneva Convention, you must treat prisoners of war humanely. You must not discriminate, kill, mutilate, ill-treat and torture, and you must not take us as hostages."

"My personal dignity must not be compromised, including intimidation and curious annoyance of the audience, especially humiliating and demeaning us! Must not be the object of revenge, and release without delay after the war stops."

After finishing the clauses that are beneficial to him in one breath, the old devil pondered for a while to check for omissions and fill in the gaps in his mind.

After confirming that he did not miss any important conditions, he raised his head again and looked at Mr. Beard with earnest and serious eyes:

"Sir, I respect the winning side, and I hope you will respect me."

"You can take away my gun and command knife, but at least give me back my clothes, instead of letting them watch the defenseless enemies here like monkeys."

After listening to this obsession, Mr. Beard showed an expression of great interest.But he did not immediately answer Anda 23, nor did he make any promises.

Instead, he handed Anda 23 a bottle of medical alcohol to rinse his mouth, and then picked up the enemy's general's uniform in his hand.

"The person who wanted to bite his tongue and kill himself just now suddenly became obedient? I don't know what changed your mind, but the change in your attitude makes me suspect that there is some ulterior conspiracy hidden."

"Since you have become my prisoner of war, explain it honestly. This is not a military secret, and you will definitely answer it, right?"

It seems that Mr. Beard's imposing manner calmed down Anda 23, or it may be his desire and urgency for clothes that forced him to bow his head.The old devil first obediently rinsed his mouth with medical alcohol, then pretended to be sincere and said:
"There is an old saying in China, called Xixi Matter, Huh, Wei Junjie."

"Ants are greedy for life, so they don't hesitate to live. Although I have fallen into your hands, you must guarantee my safety. Am I right?"

This strange accent was not because the old devil had learned any dialect. He had lost a piece of his tongue, and had just rinsed his mouth with high-grade medical alcohol, so it was naturally a little strange when he spoke.

After listening to the explanation, Master Beard did not return the military uniform to Anda 23.He first took a large bag of gauze and stuffed it into the other party's mouth, then said with a smile:

"One, the Republic of China did not sign the Geneva Convention you are talking about. Remember one sentence, the paper that has not been signed is toilet paper."

"Second, I will treat you preferentially and treat you. But you may act aggressively at any time now, so I tied you up to save you."

"Three, I wish you a happy life in the Anti-War League! Take it away!"

It is impossible for such a person to be a lieutenant general of a country to change his belief.

For this kind of stinky and hard-headed diehard, they can only rely on Ye San to subtly change, but there is a high probability that it will be useless.

　Why are the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty faltering? Let me comment!

　　The first chapter is published, and the follow-up is still being written.

　　
　
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