Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Liang Fei shouted to the team members around him: "Shoot a few Japanese soldiers first, and then kill the rest. We can't let the Japanese soldiers take the officer back."

After Liang Fei finished speaking, the suicide squad members around him fired a row of bullets forward. The distance between the two sides was not far. After suffering a round of shooting from the suicide squad officers and soldiers, the Japanese army rushed in front of the suicide squad officers and soldiers, and the two sides immediately started close combat.

The remaining ten or so Japanese soldiers were also ruthless. They knew that they had no way to survive in the future, so they treated the present as the last battle of their lives. The members of the suicide squad led by Liang Fei were all selected by him personally. There was not a single normal person among them. They were either murderers or gang killers. They were all brave and fierce people who would kill the Japanese soldiers when they saw them.

These dozen or so Japanese soldiers had never imagined that they would be defeated so quickly and completely in front of the bayonet weapon they thought they were the strongest.

When the last Japanese soldier fell unwillingly, the suicide squad began to use bayonets and daggers to take off the rank badges on the Japanese soldiers and put them away. These were their military exploits. Zhang Wenwu told them personally when they set out that they could take these rank badges to him, Zhang Wenwu, to exchange them for money, and at the same time they could be promoted to officers. This was a fatal temptation for everyone.

Liang Fei counted his team members and found that only two of them had minor skin injuries from the Japanese bayonets. He was very satisfied with these team members whom he had personally selected.

He walked up to the body of Lieutenant General Masayoshi Ito and carefully kicked the Japanese officer with his foot to prevent him from pretending to be dead. He didn't want to be beaten by this half-dead Japanese soldier at the last minute, otherwise he would lose face in front of these team members.

After making sure that the Japanese officer in front of him was dead, Liang Fei turned over the body of Lieutenant General Masayoshi Ito and looked at it carefully. He first picked up the samurai sword held tightly in Lieutenant General Masayoshi Ito's hand and took a look at it. When he pulled the sword out of the sheath, Liang Fei couldn't help but admire in his heart that this little Japanese officer's sword was really a good sword.

Then, Liang Fei began to search the body of Lieutenant General Masayoshi Ito. He wanted to see if there was anything good on this Japanese officer. Finally, Liang Fei cut off the two rank shoulder straps on Lieutenant General Masayoshi Ito's uniform with a dagger and put them away.

From Ito Masayoshi's military rank badge, Liang Fei already knew that he and his team members had caught a big fish this time. Before they set off, a staff officer from the division headquarters specially introduced all the Japanese military ranks to them in person.

Although Liang Fei had never seen such a rank badge from the staff officer introduced earlier, he could intuitively feel that this was a high-ranking Japanese officer. Looking at the style of the rank badge, it was very similar to the badge on his division commander's collar, and it even had an extra little star.

Liang Fei led his team members to quickly clean up the battlefield, and then he continued to attack forward. At the scene, Lieutenant General Masayoshi Ito's tattered uniform was thrown aside, and the body was stripped down to only the loincloth. There was nothing he could do, because Liang Fei felt that he was an extraordinary Japanese officer, and everything on his body was good stuff.

When fierce fighting broke out in all the streets and houses of the two armies' defense lines in Hongcheng, Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama, the chief of staff of the 101st Division who was supervising the battle near Hue Gate, discovered that the Chinese army had launched a full-scale counterattack in the city.

Within just over ten minutes of the Chinese army launching a counterattack in Hongcheng city, Japanese troops from various parts of the front line kept sending calls requesting tactical guidance and information about the loss of positions. However, Chief of Staff Fukutaro Nishiyama was neither in the mood nor free to deal with these calls requesting tactical guidance.

When explosions and gunshots were heard in Hongcheng, he was still able to deal with various information sent back by the front-line troops together with the commander of the 101st Regiment, Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka. However, the gunshots and explosions coming from the direction of the division headquarters made him and Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka nervous.

After hearing the explosions and gunshots coming from the direction of the division headquarters behind them, the two of them hurried out of the 101st Regiment's headquarters. They did not use binoculars to look at the division headquarters which was invisible at night. They listened carefully with their ears. They hoped that their ears were wrong and the sudden explosions and gunshots coming from behind were not from the division headquarters.

"Damn it, the Chinese army actually launched a surprise attack on the division headquarters. The Chinese army's full-scale counterattack in Hongcheng city is to delay our troops. Their main target is the division headquarters. The Chinese commander is simply too arrogant and courageous." Chief of Staff Fukutaro Nishiyama reacted immediately after making sure that he had not heard wrong. He now understood what the main target of the Chinese army was.

"But, Mr. Chief of Staff, the Chinese army has been surrounded in the city of Hongcheng. How did they get out of the city?" Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka, commander of the 101st Regiment, asked Nishiyama Fukutaro in surprise. He really couldn't figure out where this Chinese army that attacked the division headquarters came from.

Chief of Staff Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama did not know how the Chinese troops suddenly appeared behind him, but now was not the time to analyze the matter. He needed to quickly send troops to help the division commander repel the Chinese army's sneak attack. It was still unknown how many Chinese troops had attacked the division headquarters.

"Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka, you must quickly take all the men in the 101st Regiment who can hold guns to support the battle at the division headquarters. You must ensure the safety of the division commander. I estimate that the number of Chinese troops attacking the division headquarters should not be large. You and the division guard squadron should be able to repel this attack by attacking from both inside and outside." Chief of Staff Fukutaro Nishiyama ordered the regiment commander, Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka, beside him.

Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka also knew that the division headquarters was the most important. It didn't matter if some of the positions in the city were taken back by the Chinese army. At most, it would take more time to capture it. If something unexpected happened to the division commander, it would be a big deal. So, he took a squadron of soldiers from the 101st Regiment and rushed to the division headquarters outside the city to provide support.

When the attack on the Japanese division headquarters camp started, Staff Officer Hao, who was on guard at the intersection, commanded the dozen or so officers and soldiers of the suicide squad to get ready. Their mission was to use the Japanese fortifications to stop the Japanese reinforcements coming from the city and buy more time for the sneak attack troops led by Li Zhengying.

Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka and a squadron of soldiers quickly arrived in front of the fortification at the intersection of the division headquarters. However, when the Japanese soldiers in front were about to speed up, a gunshot was heard from the fortification on the opposite intersection.

"Everyone in front, stop. What are you doing? Don't move forward, otherwise our guard squadron will open fire." Staff Officer Hao lay down behind the sandbag bunker of the fortification and shouted loudly in Japanese to the reinforcements of the 101st Regiment. He just wanted to buy time, and there was no limit to the way and method.

The leading officer of the 101st Regiment was also stunned when he heard what Staff Officer Hao said. What was going on? Were the people from the division guard squadron stupid? He came here to help. So he said loudly: "We are from the 101st Regiment, and we have been ordered to come to the division headquarters to help."

When Staff Officer Hao heard that they were reinforcements from the 101st Regiment, he was also moved, so he shouted loudly: "Just now, the Chinese army attacked the division headquarters. We were ordered to be on guard here and not let any suspicious people in. You said you were from the 101st Regiment, how do you prove who your leading officer is?"

When Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka saw that his marching team had stopped, he hurried to the front of the team and asked the officer in front, "Captain Akanishi, what's going on? Why don't the troops continue to advance?" He could hear the intense gunfire and explosions coming from the division headquarters camp.

"Your Excellency, the people from the division guard squadron in the fortifications at the intersection ahead won't let us go forward and require us to prove our identities." Squadron Leader Jin Akanishi, who was leading the team, explained to his regiment commander with a helpless look on his face.

When Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka heard that the division's guard squadron had actually stopped his troops' advance at this time, he was furious. As the "military god" in the Japanese propaganda media, he had been very unlucky since arriving in Hongcheng. Not only did he lose two battalion commanders, but he also lost a large number of officers and soldiers. In the past two days, he had been watched by the chief of staff every day to supervise the battle. Now he was blocked by this small guard squadron.

"Baga, I'm Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka, commander of the 101st Regiment. Get out of my way right now. If you delay the mission to rescue the division headquarters, I'll kill you." Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka shouted his famous name loudly towards the fortifications ahead. Then he stood at the front of the team, waved his hand, and walked forward quickly with his troops. He didn't believe that those idiots from the guard squadron would dare to stop him after he announced his name.

Staff Officer Hao was also stunned when he heard Iizuka Kunigoro's shout. He actually waited for a Japanese regiment commander here? When he saw Iizuka Kunigoro walking confidently at the front of the team, he excitedly said to the other team members who had been prepared for a long time: "Everyone pay attention, the one walking in the front is the commander of the Japanese 101st Regiment. Brothers, here is your chance to get promoted and make a fortune. Let the Japanese troops get closer and listen to my orders before fighting."

Staff Officer Hao is very confident now. Although there are only fifteen suicide squad officers and soldiers in the fortifications on his side, there is one heavy machine gun and two light machine guns of the Japanese army, and the bullets are also quite sufficient. Now the Japanese soldiers are lining up and walking quickly on the road. He wants to let the Japanese soldiers get closer and then inflict the maximum casualties on this Japanese army.

Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka led his troops forward smoothly. Ever since he announced his name, the officers and soldiers of the guard squadron in the fortifications remained silent. It was obvious that they were frightened by his name. This finally allowed him to regain some of the honor and pride of being a "military god".

When he led his troops to a distance of more than 20 meters from the fortifications, Staff Officer Hao shouted with a flushed face: "Open fire." Immediately, the heavy machine guns and light machine guns in the fortifications opened fire fiercely at the unprepared Japanese army formations.

The moment the gunshots rang out, Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka fell down with his eyes wide open. He was hit by at least ten bullets. Squadron Leader Jin Akanishi beside him also fell down with a look of astonishment on his face. He was slightly better, having only been hit by six bullets.

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