My client Li Yunlong

"economy!"

Fang Ligong also sighed.

In the past, he believed that the most terrifying thing was the enemy's attack by aircraft, artillery and tanks on the plains, which he could not resist at all.

But now it seems.

The economic attack by Li Yunlong and his group seems even more terrifying.

In the former, Guo Preserved could still block it with all his strength, but in the latter, his strength was lost unconsciously, and the Preserved troops surrendered even before the other party took full action.

So far, the senior management has not even noticed it and is completely kept in the dark.

In fact, it doesn't matter.

Even if the higher-ups knew about it, what could they do?

No one can stop the loss of troops.

As for military conflicts.

Can't beat No. 1.

Moreover, the matter of the Zhengzhou 339th Regiment was right in front of him. With the current situation, Fang Ligong didn't find it strange that their regiment had voted for Li Yunlong that day.

What that group of people did was very attractive to idealists, to pure soldiers who defended their homeland and country, and to young students.

"Then us."

Fang Ligong looked towards the group seat.

He was really afraid that Chu Yunfei would defect to Li Yunlong that day.

"Shrink the defense."

Chu Yunfei sighed:

"If someone wants to leave, let them go."

Otherwise, what else can be done?
bar?
Can you stop it?

Moreover.

Even if you stop the soldiers who want to leave, can you stop the families of those soldiers and the people in the county?
When people from a county town begin to flock to the Eighth Route Army base area, it is meaningless to intercept and set up checkpoints.

···
Ze County.

Position to the south.

boom··

An 82-mm mortar shell fell on the ground. After the violent explosion, a huge crater appeared in the soft ground.

"idiot!"

Lying on the ground, looking at the falling shells in front of him, feeling the debris of soil that could not be shaken off from Tachibana's body, Private Yamada's eyes were filled with despair.

He is an ordinary private in the third squadron of the 2nd Infantry Squadron of the Yamazaki Battalion.

Beside him, there were more than thirty Japanese soldiers scattered here and there. This was Yamada's infantry team.

A few seconds later, another shell fell.

This time, the shell hit behind more than thirty Japanese soldiers. The violent explosion was still there, and the splashed mud even splashed onto the faces of the Japanese soldiers crawling in the crater more than thirty meters away.

"idiot."

"Where do we need the shells?"

"Where are the reinforcements?"

Private Yamada shouted hoarsely.

They were surrounded.

Their third team was completely surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.

Moreover, the condition of their team was very poor at this time. Although there were only thirty-three people in the team, half of them were injured. There was only one machine gun left and one grenade, but there were almost no shells left.

Not even many bullets.

Relying on their own strength, they have no ability to break through.

There must be troops to support.

Or, rear artillery squadron artillery support to open a retreat path for them.

But why is there no support?
Thirty-three locust armies.

Not a lot.

Although Private Yamada's status was low, he could vaguely guess that in the past twenty days of the attack, the number of broken and missing people in the Yamazaki Battalion would probably exceed 330.

The jade fragmentation exceeds 33%.

On average, only fifteen or six pieces of jade are broken every day.

Although this is a big loss for a large team.

Without support, their thirty-three soldiers would be dead, which is equivalent to losing 3% of the entire brigade.

Is the captain just looking at his team being shattered into pieces?
"There are no reinforcements!"

"There's no more artillery fire."

Acting squad leader, Sergeant Osugimoto sighed.

Yes.

The person acting as the squad leader at this time was just a sergeant.

no way.

The squad headquarters was captured by an enemy artillery shell. The squad leader, deputy squad leader, Captain Cao, etc., were all wiped out.

Although the enemy has no barrel guns, only some mortars.

But the shells are very powerful.

It is more powerful than the Empire's brigade, and has a larger killing range. The fragmentation killing range is very large, especially for their attacking infantry. It is simply a call from hell.

As a result, he was the only sergeant left.

"No reinforcements?"

Private Yamada was dumbfounded.

Captain, are you really going to give up on these thirty-three soldiers?
They are the main team!
"Yes, there are no reinforcements."

Sergeant Osugimoto repeated.

Reinforcements?

Although Da Binyuan was just a sergeant, he also knew some of the situation of the brigade through his friends who were the brigade's staff officers.

Their Yamasaki Battalion has been attacking the enemy's positions for twenty days.

During these twenty days, the entire brigade suffered more than 85% casualties, which meant that the total number of casualties reached 850. Except for the broken ones, most of the injured did not return to the team.

As for the number of missing people, there are even more than 370 people. If they are included, the total number is more than 400 people, which means that 20 people are missing every day.

For a brigade carrying out medium-intensity offensive and containment tasks, such casualties can be said to be extremely heavy.

As for the reason.

Very simple.

Although there are additional soldiers, the replacement is not enough, and there is still half a vacancy. In fact, there are currently only more than 700 people in the Yamazaki Brigade.

The vacancy reached more than 300 people.

As for ammunition.

It's even more serious.

He didn't know about the artillery shells, and the battalion staff didn't tell him.

But bullets.

Before they set off, each person was only given thirty rounds of ammunition, the machine gun only carried more than three hundred rounds of ammunition, and the grenade ammunition was only eight rounds, which was only half of the usual amount.

Otherwise, they would be able to break through.

No, because it should be said that he will not fall into the encirclement.

Through the lack of ammunition, it can also be seen that the ammunition of the brigade is probably extremely scarce.

Throughout the attack, there was almost no artillery support.

How could there be reinforcements or supporting artillery fire?
boom!
Suddenly, a shell fell.

This time, the shells landed directly in the hidden position of the two Japanese soldiers. When the smoke cleared, only the mutilated corpses of the two Japanese soldiers were left in the crater.

"Then let's..."

This scene made Private Yamada grit his teeth and express his thoughts:

"Surrender."

"surrender!"

Sergeant Osugimoto felt a sudden change in his heart.

He was moved.

Da Binyuan is from Hokkaido.

Zi Zi's family was poor and he had no education, so when he joined the army, he was a Class B soldier with no background and was not a graduate of a military school. His chances of promotion in the future were slim.

Dabinyuan has little loyalty to the Locust Army or the Empire.

Rather than resisting desperately, it is better to surrender to Tubal Road.

But he said:

"Baga, shut up."

"How can you surrender?"

Although he was cursing and his voice sounded loud, anyone could hear the hesitation in his tone.

"Captain, I can't survive anyway, so why not..."

Hearing this, other devils suddenly came to persuade him in low voices.

The Yamazaki Battalion attacked the southern position of Ze County for twenty days, with a total of 85% casualties. These casualties fell on the three infantry squadrons, and the artillery would not suffer any casualties.

Which also leads to,

Nowadays, there are basically not many veterans in the three infantry brigades.

They are all new recruits.

After more than ten days of continuous attacks, these Japanese soldiers were already full of fear of war. They were just pushed away by the officers and the system.

This group of people don't want to be broken for the empire or the locusts. Now that someone has brought it up, they naturally agree.

"Yes, squad leader..."

"Don't the Eighth Route Army claim to give preferential treatment to prisoners who surrender voluntarily? We can surrender to the Tubal Road first, and then return to the Locust Army when we have the opportunity in the future."

Private Yamada added fuel to the fire.

"Go, surrender."

Da Binyuan no longer hesitated and led his troops to surrender to the 772nd Regiment on the opposite side.

·
at the same time.

Yamazaki Battalion Headquarters.

"Captain."

The combat staff reported to Yamazaki:
"The second squadron and the third infantry squad are surrounded by enemies and currently no longer have the ability to break out of the encirclement on their own."

"idiot!"

After hearing the news, Yamazaki was of course furious.

Not only weapons and ammunition, it has also become increasingly difficult to replenish troops recently. As a result, the total strength of the Yamazaki Battalion is now only more than 750 people, including a brigade headquarters of more than 30 people and an artillery unit of more than 160 people. .

At this time, the loss of an infantry squad was a serious loss to the Yamazaki Battalion.

One squad is equivalent to seven percent of the infantry lost.

only··
"Order the troops to shrink their defense."

Yamazaki ultimately did not send troops to rescue.

Although he still hasn't figured out which army the Tubal Road opposite is and what its number is, he can know that the Tubal Road opposite is very strong and must be the main elite force.

If you want to rescue the surrounded third infantry squad, at least one squadron of reinforcements must be dispatched, and artillery suppression must be dispatched.

However, his artillery squadron only had thirty rounds of artillery shells left.

An average of eight rounds per gun.

There is only one squad left in the reserve team.

I can't save him even if I want to.

If a rescue is forced, the rescue team may even be involved.

"Hi."

The staff officer hesitated for a moment, then quickly agreed.

He naturally knows the current situation of the team.

Just as the staff officer was about to leave the brigade headquarters, a Japanese soldier rushed in in a hurry:

"Captain."

"Captain!"

The devil's tone became even more flustered.

"what's up?"

Yamazaki frowned.

Yamazaki was very dissatisfied with the panicked subordinates. He decided in his heart that if there was nothing important, he would slap this subordinate severely.

"Team 3."

"Team 3 surrendered."

The Japanese who rushed in spoke urgently.

"Nani?"

Old devil Yamazaki stood up immediately.

surrender!

In the mind of Yamazaki, a brain-dead Bushido diehard, this behavior would be impossible for any Locust Army.

Not to mention the troops he brought out.

Only death in battle is the ultimate glory of a warrior.

This is why even when his superiors did not allocate weapons and ammunition or deploy support troops, Yamazaki was very obedient and honestly launched one attack after another.

As a result, the Yamazaki Brigade is now almost at the end of its rope.

"you sure?"

Yamazaki bared his teeth, like an angry vicious dog.

If the troops he brought out were surrounded by the enemy, they did not fight to the death with the enemy, but surrendered to the enemy.

That is simply a shame.

"Hi, sure."

"The third team has put down its weapons."

The reporting devil said.

"Order."

Yamazaki drew his katana on the spot and became hysterical:
"The artillery squadron shells and destroys this group of cowards."

Enraged, Yamazaki finally took out his last thirty rounds.

Two minutes later,

Boom boom boom··

One round after another, artillery shells fell behind the 3rd Infantry Brigade.

It's a pity that Yamazaki has too few artillery shells.

Coupled with the suppression by the artillery of the 772rd Battalion of the nd Regiment, the last thirty rounds of Yamasaki's artillery shells only killed several people. The surrendered rd Infantry Team was injured and only a few wounded were left behind.

"fortunately!"

Although he was disarmed, even though he was held at bayonet, and even though he would be interrogated in the future as to whether he had participated in the killing of the people of the Republic of China, this was the moment.

The moment they saw the artillery of their own brigade, both Da Binyuan and Private Yamada were very lucky.

There are obviously artillery shells, why not support them?
These many artillery shells are enough to open up a retreat channel for them. At least half of them can rush out. If they shoot some more ground troops to support the flanks, even a third of them can escape back.

So the devils sighed with emotion.

Fortunately he surrendered.

You should have surrendered long ago.

···
"Twenty or so Japs surrendered?"

Ze County.

Frontline Command.

Everyone was very surprised by the news.

In the first year of the war, it was true that the Japanese refused to surrender to the death, but today is different from the past. Today's Japanese are no longer the first group of die-hards.

However, in recent years, the troops have often encountered Japanese soldiers who surrendered.

But this was the first time that dozens of Japanese soldiers surrendered at once.

"Let Xinhua News Agency take photos of some reporters."

The frontline commander sounded excited.

This is a great opportunity!
"Are there any executioners among the devils?"

Then he asked.

"Preliminary investigation."

A staff member immediately replied:
"Most of them are new Japanese soldiers, but there are three old Japanese soldiers with blood on their hands, and some of them have also done bad things."

"Good, good, good."

The frontline commander is murderous:
"We have prisoners to take."

"But prisoners are prisoners and criminals are criminals."

"As long as it's a crime, hum."

···
Yamazaki Battalion, news of the surrender of a squad.

Judging from the entire battle situation, it is negligible.

But the news finally reached Gangcun's ears.

"surrender."

"One squad surrenders."

Shimen.

North China Front Army, frontline headquarters.

Okamura Neji was repeating this news to himself.

One squad surrendered.

The problem is small.

However, the problem is also huge.

It had almost no impact on the war situation. After all, this was a battle involving more than 400,000 participating troops.

Including logistics troops, other support troops, and containment troops, the total strength of the Locust Army exceeds nearly 160,000, and the strength of the Tubal Army is probably more than 300,000.

More than two dozen people surrendered.

No impact at all.

But the problems it illustrates are huge.

The collective surrender of a small team, and the voluntary surrender on the battlefield, shows that as the attack continues, the lack of supplies, and the exhaustion of the long-term attack, the morale of the Locust Army has serious problems.

If the attack continues, I'm afraid more troops will surrender.

There is another very troublesome thing.

Tubal Road will definitely use this surrender to publicize it and further damage the morale of the empire.

Although the imperial newspapers could deny it,

However, with the successive killings of the Chief of Staff of the North China Front, the credibility of Xinhua News Agency has reached a level that even a locust army cannot erase. (End of chapter)