Age of Rebirth

Cao Guozhu paid the price for his bookishness and bodhisattva heart. He watched with his own eyes a wounded Japanese soldier, whose arm was blown off, lying in a cave moaning in pain. A soldier went up to bandage him under his orders. Unexpectedly, the wounded Japanese soldier with only one arm used a bayonet to stab the soldier who bandaged him into the chest. The young soldier died in Cao Guozhu's arms.

The snow-white gauze in his hand was stained red with blood. This is a soldier who is less than 20 years old. He looked at his company commander with unwilling eyes, but he couldn't say a word. At that moment, Cao Guozhu's heart was soft. , was slashed fiercely by the sharp blade, and the hard heat flow inside became the substance in reality, and he knew the difference between animals and humans.

Since then, when the combat team led by Cao Guozhu encountered remnants of the Japanese army, they all shot and killed them. Even he himself did not have any psychological barriers at all when he started to fight. There were four or five other teams that went hand in hand with his team. , echoing and covering each other at a distance of more than 300 meters.

When a small valley was searched, a veteran of the vanguard suddenly made a gesture to stop advancing. The squad leader listened carefully, leaned into Cao Guozhu's ear, and whispered: "Company commander, the vanguard found a There seems to be a lot of people in the cave, I listened carefully just now, it seems that there is a radio broadcast, maybe we have found a command post of the little devil?"

Cao Guozhu's heart tensed up inexplicably. He began to search for the remaining Japanese soldiers in the morning. Except for one or two sporadic resistances, the No.15 Army had been completely beaten to pieces. At dusk, here Suddenly found a cave suspected to be the headquarters of the Japanese army, which may be a big fish.At least it was a division headquarters, nervousness mixed with excitement made his body tremble. [

He ordered the radio operator in a low voice, "Notify the nearby teams immediately and move closer to us. I'm afraid we can't solve the problem with our strength. In a short while, two or three teams nearby will move closer. In Cao Guozhu's hands, there are He raised more than 60 troops, but he still felt that the troops were not enough.

Hesitating whether to launch an attack immediately, at this moment.Suddenly a group of Japanese soldiers drilled out of the cave, there were six to seventy people, and the equipment was not bad. There were more than a dozen crooked light machine guns alone.A few more officers came out with command sabers and bastard boxes on their backs.

Cao Guozhu was in a hurry, the Japanese army was going to escape, if they were not here to annihilate them.Seeing that it was going to be dark, these Japanese soldiers who slipped through the net got into the deep mountains, and it would take a lot of effort to find them. As soon as he gritted his teeth, Cao Guozhu yelled "hit", and the submachine gun in his hand was the first to spew out flames.

The distance between the two sides was no more than five or sixty meters.Pretty much standard for an encounter where one side is unprepared.It was a frightened bird again, thinking about how to escape.One side is the victorious division, and they are in the dark, and suddenly they shoot, more than 60 submachine guns, spouting flames together, recklessly harvesting the lives of Japanese soldiers.

The battle was short and intense, but in less than ten minutes, with the howling of dozens of submachine guns, the dense rain poured over, and dozens of Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard and had no terrain to use became full of holes. The corpses, the soldiers of the company, only wounded five people.

Cao Guozhu led the soldiers and rushed towards the cave like a whirlwind. When there were still more than 30 meters away from the cave, another group of Japanese soldiers rushed out of the cave and set up crooked light machine guns at the entrance of the cave. A burst of dense rain overwhelmed the soldiers of the company. At the foot of the hill, Cao Guozhu was relieved instead, and with this posture, he could be sure that he had caught a big fish, which should be a big fish of the general level.

Cao Guozhu really guessed right. There is indeed a Japanese command organization hidden in this cave, but Cao Guozhu's guess is still a bit small. It is not a Japanese commander like a division commander, but the Japanese No. The commander of the 15th Army, Lieutenant General Fengwen Yamashita, was at the moment when Cao Guozhu's group was confronting the Japanese army. There were bursts of gunshots from different directions. It seemed that all the search teams had entered the core area of ​​the battlefield.

As night fell, Fengwen Yamashita in the cave no longer had the arrogance and arrogance that Japanese soldiers used to have. His face was gray and his eyes flashed with a death light of despair and terror. A little life, almost suspected to be a corpse.

Yamashita Fengfumi's spirit was already on the verge of collapse. The sudden joint attack of ground artillery fire and air planes during the day made him always think it was a nightmare. More than 5 brave soldiers of the Empire were beaten to death in an instant In a mess, all the command systems have been paralyzed. After hiding in the cave, Fengwen Yamashita found that he was alone.

He just sat there in a daze like this in the damp cave, listening to the explosions outside like mountains and tsunami, and the staff officers around him shouting hoarsely into the radio, like the noise from a distant place, there was only one sentence in his heart, everyone The pride of the Imperial Japanese Army, the No.15 Army is over.

He didn't even feel when the violent attack of the independent division troops stopped. Small groups of Japanese troops who were dispersed one after another went to the cave. At dusk, the stragglers gathered around Fengwen under the mountain had already There were more than 200 people, including a division commander and three or four regimental commanders. These Japanese military officers who were aggressive and invincible a few days ago gathered together and cried. What kind of fighting spirit and ferocity, what kind of Bushido spirit, were all suppressed. The artillery and aviation of the Independent Division bombarded the sky and bombarded the sky, and all there was was desolation and fear.

Yamashita Fengwen is almost demented, and he can't count on it. The commander of the division temporarily acted as the commander, and he still has a conscience. Your Excellency, Commander, you can't leave it to the Chinese, not even the corpse. It will exhaust the might of the Imperial Japanese Army.

All the breakout plans revolved around how to protect His Excellency the Commander, avoid the Chinese soldiers searching the mountains, and get out of danger. Finally, when it was dark, gunshots rang out all around. For those trapped in the cave It was a great encouragement to the Japanese officers and soldiers.

This shows that the soldiers of the Empire, even in such a difficult situation, have not stopped resisting. More importantly, they can better and more easily cover your Excellency Commander to break through. The first wave of more than 60 Japanese soldiers came out to explore Lu's, very unfortunately, met Cao Guozhu's team, and all of them were sent to see the emperor.

The commander of the Japanese division was in a hurry. The cave was discovered by Chinese soldiers. After a long time, a large number of Chinese soldiers were recruited to surround the cave. In the cave, wait for the Chinese soldiers to come to capture the prisoners, and there is also a lieutenant general commander.

We must defeat the small group of Chinese troops surrounding the entrance of the cave. Under the strict order of the division commander, the Japanese troops in the cave were divided into several waves. Regardless of the dense rain shooting from outside the cave, they rushed out desperately. Cao Guozhu, who was incorporated into the commando and guarded the entrance of the cave, felt that these Japanese soldiers were unbelievable, knowing that they would die if they came out, and they kept rushing out.

That’s right, the Japanese soldiers came to the door by themselves, rushing into the cave, and increasing casualties. Wave after wave of Japanese soldiers fell under the guns of a company of soldiers like moths. Finally, there were no more Japanese soldiers. Soldiers rushed out and the gunfire stopped.

The corpses of Japanese soldiers were piled up in a thick layer outside the cave. Under the feet of Cao Guozhu and more than sixty soldiers were piles of bright shells. The smell of gunpowder smoke and blood permeated the valley. They exchanged excited glances, the battle was fought happily, and the little devil came to die by himself.

In the cave, beside Fengwen Yamashita, there were only the division commander and three radio operators. When he heard the gunfire outside subside, Fengwen Yamashita knew that all his efforts were useless. He said to the division commander tragically : "Miyagi-kun, our last moment has come, I don't want to be captured by inferior Chinese people, locked in a cage by them like animals, let these Chinese people visit and make fun of, let us be here, and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor !” [

Gong Qi was very calm. It seemed that when he set foot on the land of China with a knife and gun, he had already anticipated today's ending, and said: "It is Gong Qi's honor to be able to accompany Your Excellency, Commander, and to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. "After finishing speaking, he touched his feet and took out the posture of seeing death as home, but no one noticed that a trace of timidity flashed in his eyes.

Yamashita Fengwen looked at the three radio operators who were trembling with fright, and said: "Please, gentlemen, send a final telegram to General Kotobuki in the temple. Pour gasoline on your body, and then, you all have to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."

Cao Guozhu and the others stared at the entrance of the cave for more than 20 minutes, but they did not find the Japanese army rushing out. Suddenly, there were several shouts from the cave, which seemed to be screams, but they could not be heard clearly. Cao Guozhu couldn't help feeling anxious. What tricks will the officer play again?

He led the soldiers and rushed into the cave. Under the dim candlelight, the cave was full of ghosts and shadows. The traffic lights of the two radio stations were still flashing. Three Japanese soldiers, like wooden stakes, stood beside the radio station. On the ground, There were two corpses lying on the ground, the command knife was inserted into the stomach, and a pile of dirty blood flowed out. Next to it, there was a small barrel of gasoline.

Cao Guozhu was taken aback for a moment. He didn't expect this to happen. A few soldiers stepped forward and knocked the three Japanese radio operators to the ground. They searched again. These three guys were interesting. Their actions seemed to wake up the three Japanese prisoners from some kind of nightmare situation.

Shouting loudly, he twisted his body desperately, as if he wanted to break free from the soldiers' hands. The squad leader waved his hand, and several guns were aimed at their heads. Cao Guozhu, who knew a little Japanese, hurriedly stopped the soldiers from attacking. From the non-stop yelling of the three Japanese prisoners, he could hear some tricks.

(To be continued)