Age of Rebirth

Chapter 69

Tang Qiuli's aerial resupply, completely wiped out the hope of Terauchi Shouichi, and made the main force of the southern Japanese dispatched army into a desperate situation. More than 20 Japanese soldiers entered Savage Mountain in less than three days, and the point they carried with them The children's supplies were exhausted, and all the mules and horses of the logistics wing and the artillery wing were killed, and they lasted for another two days. Starting from the sixth day, all the Japanese troops had begun to run out of food.

First, they dug wild vegetables all over the mountain, and barely managed to get half full. However, hundreds of soldiers died of poisoning from eating wild vegetables every day. Even wild vegetables became rare objects because there were too many people. Killing wild animals in the mountains, going down to the river to catch fish, how can there be so many prey, for a hare, causing soldiers to fight with each other and killing people, it happens many times every day.

Some troops were so hungry that they took risks and went deeper into the primeval forest, hoping to find food. Often a squadron of soldiers went out and could come back, but only about half of them. Just yesterday, the entire squadron of soldiers was underground. In a large cave, more than 200 people died strangely, without any wounds on their bodies, as if they were asleep.

Temple Shouyi personally went to the scene to inspect the soft corpses of the soldiers lying on the ground in a mess. The scene made His Excellency the Commander in Chief shudder and his body was covered in goose bumps. The military doctor who came to accompany the army could not explain why. Come, I can only guess roughly, it seems that I have been poisoned by some unknown poison. [

Temple Shouyi quickly issued an order that all troops were not allowed to enter the cave. I had no choice but to squat in the field trembling, letting the rain beat my almost moldy body.

At night, it is even more painful. There are countless unknown insects in the forest, like small bombers, blowing their horns, and launching never-ending attacks on Japanese soldiers sleeping in the wild. There are many insects with strong toxicity. Biting it, the walnut-sized bag immediately swelled up. What was even more frightening was that the bitten Japanese soldiers became inexplicably hot in less than two days and died soon. Those who survived were also festered and painful. Unbearable.

With no food and exhausted medicines, the Japanese soldiers were starved to death, and the wounded and sick could only wait to die. Originally, there were a lot of Chinese herbal medicines in the Savage Mountains, which could save the lives of some soldiers, but the Japanese looked down on the Chinese. , Incidentally, even Chinese medical skills have become the rubbish of inferior nationalities, which makes the Japanese scoff. It is a great irony and an excellent punishment that 10,000+ Japanese soldiers did not know herbal medicine.

Suffering from hunger, cold, injuries and illnesses, the number of Japanese soldiers reduced by more than a thousand every day due to non-combat. The troops directly under the headquarters of the dispatched army under the leadership got lost. After three days, the captain of the team sadly told Your Excellency the General that we have returned to the place where we started three days ago.

The lost Japanese troops, not only Terauchi Shouyi, but many troops were in the dark primeval forest, grinding around and polishing. A few days later, Terauchi Shouyi finally discovered that the troops were on the verge of losing control. Orders are no longer easy to use. The original plan to cross Savage Mountain is that the divisions line up in line with the order of battle and follow up in sequence, so as to avoid multiple routes and cause loss of direction.

But a few days later, hunger and injuries, the vast and endless virgin forest, the uncertainty of the future, and the inability to grasp the future fate made most of the Japanese army's middle and lower commanders have the idea of ​​finding their own way out. My troops ran around like headless chickens in the primeval forest of Savage Mountain. I don't know how many Japanese soldiers died on the unknown road.

Chu Tian led the attack column and parachuted to the southern foot of Yeren Mountain. This position was already in front of the Japanese army. More than 2000 people divided into [-] groups and retreated to the hinterland of Yeren Mountain. Five days later, there was still no trace of the Japanese army. I contacted other troops from all walks of life every day, and they all reported that no Japanese troops were found, and the search area of ​​the troops was so calm that it was disturbing.

According to the normal speed, this position should have sporadic contact with the vanguard of the Japanese army. Chu Tian became alert and ordered all the troops to stand by on the spot. He was worried that the troops were advancing too fast. First, they would rub shoulders with the Japanese army. However, secondly, without realizing it, he broke into the middle of the large Japanese army and fell into a tight siege. More than 2000 people fought against 10,000+, even the God of War would be beaten into a sieve.

On the night when the troops stopped, Chutian reported the situation to the division commander Tang Qiuli. Tang Qiuli was also surprised that it was almost 20 days, and Shouyi in the temple should have walked most of the mountain road. Chutian's current position should be the same as At the place where the vanguard of the Japanese army encountered, there was no fighting on the whole line, which is abnormal.

Tang Qiuli called Chutian back, "Captain Chutian, the troops should retreat cautiously. After more than [-] days of exhaustion, the Japanese army on Yeren Mountain is exhausted and the troops should be in a state of chaos. Under such circumstances, it is not appropriate to rush forward. The distance between them should not be too far, if the situation is unclear, you can stay in place for a short time and find another fighter, don't act too hastily."

After returning the telegram to Chutian, Tang Qiuli couldn't figure out what was going on. Could it be that Si Nei Shou turned around and came back when he saw the difficulties in moving forward?Or optimistically speaking, the 10,000+ Japanese army was wiped out in Savage Mountain?If so, this is an anecdote that shocked the world and created a myth in the Chinese battlefield. Of course, he hoped so.

Immediately, he shook his head in a self-deprecating manner. It is unrealistic that 10,000+ people just disappeared. At the beginning, there were more than 1 people in the Chinese Expeditionary Force, and more than [-] people walked out. They called Chen Feng, the director of communications, and ordered: "Send a telegram to Le Yiqin. At dawn tomorrow, the aviation force will dispatch a reconnaissance plane to conduct an all-round and large-scale search of Savage Mountain. We must find the whereabouts of the Japanese army."

In fact, both Tang Qiuli and Chutian were overly cautious and overthinking. It is not that the Japanese army did not go out madly, but it was like encountering a ghost hitting a wall, wandering around, wandering around the central area of ​​Savage Mountain , all the Japanese troops lost their way, and none of the small troops sent out to find the way could come back.

Shouyi in the temple called senior military officers and held several meetings to study the situation. Who can come up with a good solution?There is a compass, but you can walk there according to the direction. It is either a bottomless swamp or a cliff that is difficult to pass. Detours, walking, and getting lost again, that is to say, 10,000+ people, Trapped in this savage mountain.

After wandering around for a few days, besides dropping thousands of soldiers' corpses every day, they were still going around in circles. As for the small troops that got lost, there were no detailed statistics. It didn't matter if Shouyi got lost in the temple. Chutian became suspicious. In fact, if Chutian's attack column moved forward for another two days, it could encounter scattered Japanese troops ramming randomly in the virgin forest.

The next day, Le Yiqin's aviation unit dispatched nearly a hundred planes to sort out the Yeren Mountain area from north to south. Le Yiqin personally led the team to search for traces of the Japanese army in the vast virgin forest of Yeren Mountain. An easy thing, the fighters did not dare to fly too low for fear of being attacked by Japanese ground fire.

After flying for a while, Le Yiqin and his wingman still found nothing. After asking other crews, they found no trace of the Japanese army. He and the division commander Tang Qiuli had the same opinion. It is impossible for 10,000+ Japanese soldiers to disappear. In Savage Mountain, Chu Tian was still waiting for news. Thinking of this, Le Yiqin made an overly bold decision.

He ordered his wingman: "Zhiqiang, you cover me, I'll go down," and after he finished speaking, he pressed the nose of the plane, and the fighter plane flew straight down from a high altitude, almost touching the tops of towering trees in the tropical primeval forest. Ping Fei, this lowering altitude, really found that in the dense forest, beside the bushes, and in the haystack, there were Japanese soldiers lying on the ground everywhere.

Le Yiqin was overjoyed, okay, the little devil is hiding here, and he saw no less than a few thousand people, and there are others in other places, he immediately issued an order, "Attention all crews, take me as the middle point, and bring The leader plane lowered the altitude and searched carefully, and the wingmen were in charge of covering," one found the traces of the Japanese army, and more pilots also found piles of Japanese troops one after another. [

It turned out that the Japanese soldiers were already afraid to the core of the aircraft of the Independent Division Aviation Unit painted with five-clawed golden dragons and the Great Wall pattern on the wings of the aircraft. They would never forget that it was these Chinese fighter jets that destroyed their hopes time and time again. This time, Chinese planes, who hadn't seen each other for so many days, came in groups again.

Terauchi Shouyi thought that Tang Qiuli was going to dispatch planes to carry out a devastating bombing of the troops, so he ordered the troops to hide immediately. This order was very popular with the Japanese soldiers, although the current situation was almost dead, but that The samurai of the Great Japanese Empire did not want themselves to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor so quickly and sacrifice their lives for the cause of Great East Asia. Therefore, the orders of His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief have been thoroughly implemented.

Tang Qiuli breathed a sigh of relief when he had the news of the Japanese army and the approximate location. The possibility of the Japanese army's return that he was worried about was completely ruled out, and Chu Tian was also relieved. In the direction of the Japanese army, continue to search for the past.

Two days later in the afternoon, Chutian's troops were marching in the middle of the dense forest with difficulty. Suddenly, the squad leader who was in the vanguard made a gesture to stop advancing and hide on the spot. After a while, the squad leader retreated to Chutian and said : "Detachment leader, in the canyon ahead, Japanese troops were found, the number of them is about one brigade."

Excited, Chu Tian searched for the little devil for several days, and finally found the target. He ordered the troops to prepare for battle, and he and the team leader went forward together.

(To be continued)

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