Quartermasters can also fight the devils

The sudden and fierce firing from the light and heavy machine guns in the fortifications at the intersection stunned the reinforcements of the squadron of the 101st Regiment who were unprepared on the road. Why did the people in the guard squadron start attacking their own people?

The penetrating power of heavy machine gun bullets at such a close distance was quite amazing. More than 101 officers and soldiers of this squadron of the st Regiment were knocked down on the spot. The remaining Japanese soldiers had never expected that the people in their fortifications would open fire on them. The soldiers still had their rifles on their backs, and several soldiers carried heavy machine guns on their shoulders.

The Japanese reinforcement squadron was in a miserable situation. They lost their regiment commander and squadron commander in an instant. Without a commander, the remaining Japanese troops could only crawl back under the command of the two surviving squad leaders.

After finally crawling to a safe area, the two team leaders quickly counted the survivors. They found that there were only 43 soldiers who were able to crawl away, and the heavy machine gun was lost on the road ahead. It was impossible for them to break through the fortifications at the intersection ahead with such a small number of people.

So, after discussing it, the two team leaders sent a soldier back to the regiment headquarters to report the situation here to the Chief of Staff, Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama, and at the same time asked Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama for tactical guidance.

When Staff Officer Hao saw that the Japanese troops had retreated to a far place, he took two soldiers and climbed to the body of Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka and dragged the body back to the fortifications, while the two team members were harvesting the Japanese soldiers' military rank badges from the pile of corpses.

"Staff Officer Hao, is this the Japanese regiment commander you mentioned?" Liu Daoba, the squad leader of the suicide squad, came to Staff Officer Hao and asked curiously.

Staff Officer Hao's face was now filled with excitement. He excitedly pointed at the rank of Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka and said, "That's right, he is the commander of the 101st Regiment of the 101st Division of the Japanese Army. Haha, Captain Liu, we are rich this time."

When Liu Daoba heard what Staff Officer Hao said, he quickly helped him to dig out the body. He still admired Staff Officer Hao very much. Not only was he knowledgeable, but he was also very courageous. He was worthy of being someone who could work in the division headquarters.

When Chief of Staff Fukutaro Nishiyama heard from the soldier who sent back to report that Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka had died, he was stunned. Did Amaterasu abandon the 101st Division? This was the second commander of their regiment to die, and he was promoted as a "military god" by local newspapers.

Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama's first reaction was that the 106th Division was finished. Even if they captured Hongcheng this time, the division commander and himself would be questioned by the local military. Moreover, it was obvious that the division headquarters had been attacked by the Chinese army. The guard company had failed to stop the attack of the Chinese army, and the fortifications at the intersection must have been occupied by the Chinese troops. He did not believe that the soldiers of the guard company dared to shoot at the troops led by Colonel Kunigoro Iizuka.

Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama could no longer take care of the defense line in the city. He called Colonel Yukizo Hasegawa, the commander of the 103rd Regiment at Yonghe Gate, and asked Colonel Yukizo Hasegawa to be responsible for all combat commands in the city. He told him that when necessary, he could appropriately abandon some positions and concentrate the troops. At the same time, he also asked Colonel Yukizo Hasegawa to dispatch at least one squadron of soldiers to the intersection to support the attack.

Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama was also jogging towards the intersection with the remaining thirty or so soldiers of the 101st Regiment. He was feeling worse and worse.

When Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama and his men arrived at the intersection, he immediately reorganized the more than 103 soldiers who had been withdrawn earlier, but he could not launch an attack yet. He needed to wait for the reinforcements sent from the rd Regiment at Yonghemen to arrive before he could organize an attack.

Li Zhengying's face was blackened by smoke. He led the officers and soldiers of the special forces battalion and the suicide squad into the camp of the 101st Division and killed people indiscriminately. At the same time, in order to create chaos, he ordered people to set fire to all the Japanese tents.

This operation was very fruitful. Li Zhengying knew that he had killed a colonel, three lieutenant colonels and two majors. He wiped the sweat from his face excitedly, then looked at his watch. It was already 1:35 in the morning.

"Go, notify Staff Officer Hao and the others at the intersection, and ask them to come over quickly. We have to fight our way out from the Japanese field hospital as planned." Li Zhengying loudly ordered a soldier from the suicide squad beside him.

According to Zhang Wenwu and Ouyang Heng's previous deduction, Li Zhengying's attack time cannot exceed forty minutes. Their mission is to take advantage of the chaos to catch the Japanese army off guard. If they wait until the Japanese reinforcements surround them, they will have to die here, so they need to retreat quickly.

After receiving Li Zhengying's order, Staff Officer Hao also made some simple camouflage on the position, and then quickly ran in the direction of Li Zhengying. In the fortifications at the intersection, the suicide squad members left some "souvenirs" for the Japanese army.

Chief of Staff Fukutaro Nishiyama finally waited for a squadron of officers and soldiers sent by the 103rd Regiment. He quickly asked the officers and soldiers of this squadron to set up the heavy machine guns, and then he could not wait to order all the officers and soldiers to launch an attack on the intersection.

When the Japanese officers and soldiers slowly approached the fortifications at the intersection under the cover of heavy machine guns, they found that there was no one inside the fortifications. The previous Chinese soldiers had leaned the dead soldiers of the guard squadron against the heavy machine guns. From a distance, one would have thought that there were always people in the fortifications.

The squadron leader saw that the fortifications were full of corpses of Japanese soldiers, so he ordered several soldiers to quickly move the bodies of these soldiers who died in battle to the roadside and burn them after the war. At the same time, he asked a soldier to tell the chief of staff, Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama, who was behind him, that the Chinese army had withdrawn from the position.

After the squadron leader finished explaining these things, he led the other officers and soldiers to the place in the front where gunshots were still being heard. When they had just run a few steps forward, an explosion suddenly sounded in the fortifications behind them. This frightened the Japanese officers and soldiers in front so much that they all lay on the ground immediately.

After hearing the news that the Chinese army had withdrawn from the position at the intersection, Chief of Staff Fukutaro Nishiyama led the remaining soldiers towards the fortifications at the intersection. When he was halfway there, he was startled by an explosion in the fortifications. When he arrived at the fortifications, he realized that the hateful Chinese army had set a booby trap in the fortifications using the bodies of dead Japanese soldiers.

Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama was so angry that he ordered the squadron leader to take his troops to pursue the Chinese troops that had attacked the division headquarters. They must destroy these Chinese troops, otherwise who knows when these roaming Chinese troops will launch another sneak attack on the division headquarters.

After seeing Staff Officer Hao and the suicide squad members guarding the intersection coming over, Li Zhengying led everyone to rush towards the Japanese field hospital. The field hospital was full of wounded soldiers. The few Japanese guards had already gone to the division headquarters camp to strengthen the defense.

Li Zhengying led his officers and soldiers like a tiger entering a sheepfold, reaping the lives of Japanese wounded soldiers along the way. After a while, the entire field hospital was killed by the officers and soldiers led by Li Zhengying.

After rushing out of the Japanese field hospital, Li Zhengying led everyone to run away as fast as they could. They knew that there must be countless Japanese soldiers chasing them angrily behind them, and they must quickly escape from the Japanese pursuit at this time.

Li Zhengying and his men first ran wildly south, and then, under the guidance of the soldiers of the former Hongcheng gang, they suddenly rushed westward into a forest of small trees and disappeared. The Japanese troops chasing behind them looked at the woods in front of them and hesitated a little. They were afraid that the Chinese army had an ambush in the woods. It was so dark that they could not see the situation in the woods at all.

When Chief of Staff Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama rushed to the division camp, he was horrified by the scene in the camp. There were burning tents everywhere and bodies of Japanese officers and soldiers everywhere, including some of the bodies of Chinese soldiers.

Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama walked quickly to the tent of the original division headquarters and saw several dead officers lying in it. He checked the bodies in the tent and found that the division commander, Lieutenant General Masayoshi Ito, was not there, and he felt a little relieved.

Then, he led his men to the tent where Lieutenant General Masayoshi Ito was resting. Halfway, the chief of staff saw some bodies of Japanese officers and soldiers. Among them, there was a body with only a loincloth left, which looked familiar to him.

When Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama came to the side of the corpse, he finally saw clearly that the corpse was the division commander he had been thinking about, Lieutenant General Ito Masayoshi. Fukutaro Nishiyama's mind went blank on the spot. This was a serious matter. Since the war between Japan and China, the first division commander to be killed by the Chinese army had been born.

When the pursuing troops in front sent someone back to say that the Chinese army had entered a forest in the south and asked whether to continue the pursuit, Chief of Staff Major General Fukutaro Nishiyama immediately ordered the pursuing troops to return to defend the division headquarters camp. The 101st Division had already lost a lieutenant general division commander and could not afford to lose another major general chief of staff.

Li Zhengying led the officers and soldiers to run all the way. When he learned that the Japanese troops chasing behind him did not enter the woods, he did not let everyone stop to rest. Instead, he continued to lead everyone around a big circle and returned to the small woods where the tunnel entrance was located. At this time, it was already past four in the morning and it was about to dawn.

They need to get back to the city before dawn, as the Japanese army will definitely send a large number of troops to search after dawn. Li Zhengying also wants to hide the entrance to the tunnel, as it may be useful next time.