I fought guerrilla warfare in the Yimeng Mountains during the Anti-Japanese War

Shinohara Seiichirō led his team and continued westward. Three kilometers away from the previous position was the stronghold for building the railway. The artillery tower was gone, the military camp was in a mess, and the originally busy railway line was dead silent.

There were also two rows of headless corpses on both sides of the railway line. The heads in the middle were piled high with a wooden sign hanging on it. Shinohara Seiichirō recognized the word "rules", but was unfamiliar with the word "speak", so he asked the translator next to him.

The translator explained the meaning tremblingly, and Shinohara Seiichiro closed his eyes in pain. He had just discovered by accident that many soldiers' heads still had their eyes open, which made him feel chilly in broad daylight.

Three strongholds were checked and the garrisons in the counties along the railway all sent telegrams. The statistical results showed that from Lianyungang to Xuzhou, all the strongholds along the line were destroyed and all the defenders were wiped out. The garrisons in the county towns also suffered heavy losses while providing support. The total losses reached more than 6,600. Except for those who were driven back to the county towns while providing support, there were few wounded among the casualties.

Shinohara Seiichirō's face was gloomy. The 116th Division was only a Type B division. Although it was better equipped than an ordinary Type B division, it only had 22,000 troops. It lost two regiments in the first attack on Haizhou, and it lost two regiments again this time. The division only had 10,000 troops left. With more than 10,000 troops guarding Huai'an, Suqian and Lianyungang, it also had to protect the safety of the Longhai East Line. Now there was no need to consider repairing the railway line. The first thing to do was to consider how to protect themselves!

"Send a telegram to the Expeditionary Army Headquarters. The Longhai East Line was attacked last night. It is suspected that the Yimeng guerrillas were retaliating against our forced conscription of laborers with a sniper attack. More than 6,000 brave warriors died in battle. All of them had their heads chopped off. In addition, all the strongholds and blockhouses were destroyed, and all the laborers ran away. Request tactical guidance from the headquarters."

After giving the order, Shinohara Seiichirō did not plan to move forward any further. There was nothing to see. He asked the lieutenant following him to lead the team to clean up the mess. He planned to return to Haizhou and wait for news. With such a big mess happening, he could not rule out the possibility of being blamed. Besides, there was nothing to see in those human head towers. Not only were the soldiers terrified, he himself felt uncomfortable looking at them.

On the way back to Menglianggu, Chen Feng and Shen Honglie had already passed Linyi. Shen Honglie was grinning happily. According to reports from the commanders of the two recruit regiments, the recruits performed very well.

The attack began. After a round of strikes, the stormtroopers responsible for clearing out the Japanese troops showed fearless courage. All the new recruits who participated in the battle were not afraid of moving forward or afraid of death. They were quite cruel to the Japs, especially the wounded Japs. They returned ten times the torture they had inflicted on the Jinpu Line last year.

In Nanjing City, at the headquarters of the Japanese Central China Expeditionary Force, Anami Korechika's scalp numbed when he saw the telegram sent by the 116th Division. Six thousand soldiers were beheaded. It was too cruel and barbaric. Wasn't it just conscription of laborers? If you don't destroy it, how can there be conscription? It's totally unreasonable! Too arrogant, this is rubbing the face of the empire on the ground! The 1st Division landed on the coast of Shijiu, and there is more than a division of troops on the Jinpu Line. Can't they put some pressure on the Yimeng guerrillas? When did the imperial army fall to this state?

"Chief of Staff, send the telegram to the North China Expeditionary Army Headquarters as it is. Don't add anything. Bin Shanyuan will understand what I mean."

The chief of staff took the telegram, glanced at it for a few times, and then looked shocked. According to his understanding, the Yimeng guerrillas did have a habit of beheading people. In the past, it might have been because of special cigarettes or because the imperial army forced civilians to attack the front line. What was the reason this time?

After reading the telegram carefully, the Chief of Staff understood that it was forced labor, and more than 6,000 heads were laid on the railway lines simply because of forced labor. In addition to resentment, the Chief of Staff felt more sad. There were more than one million troops stationed in China, but they could do nothing about a guerrilla unit. Instead, the two supreme commanders were arguing. The world has really changed!

Bin Shanyuan received the telegram from the Central China Expeditionary Army. He felt a little indignant, but more of a sense of gloating. It was very uncomfortable for him to fall into the pit alone, and suddenly he found someone fell in with him. Apart from the hypocritical worry, he felt more happy to have company.

"Send a telegram to the Central China Expeditionary Army Headquarters, detailing how the middle section of the Jinpu Line operated last year. Also send them the current status of the middle section of the Jinpu Line. I believe they will be able to make a judgment."

After writing down the message, the communicator saluted and left. He didn't quite understand why the commander was so happy. More than 6,000 brave warriors were beheaded. Was the commander laughing out of anger?

The Japanese army did not swallow this insult. On March 3, major media outlets in the occupied areas took out advertisements to denounce the atrocities of the cold gun. In order to prove the cruelty of the cold gun, the piles of human heads took up two pages. Chongqing was not willing to be outdone. The mainstream media printed more copies and printed all the hard evidence of the Japanese army's atrocities in the newspapers. The two sides refused to give in and started a verbal battle in the mainstream media.

As public opinion continued to ferment, the two parties responsible for the incident were unusually calm. The Central China Expeditionary Army transferred half of a Type B division from Jiangxi and joined the 116th Division. They listened to the advice of the North China Expeditionary Army and began to use money and food to recruit workers to repair the railway line. As the weather warmed up, a large amount of cement was transported in preparation for the construction of a barbed wire trench defense system.

The special operations platoon that escorted the medicine returned with fifty large yellow croakers. Before they arrived, the communications room received two order telegrams. Chongqing wanted 50,000 doses, and the Fifth War Zone and the Ninth War Zone jointly ordered 40,000 doses. It seems that the efficacy of the medicine has been verified and the effect is perfect.

As the weather gets warmer, the production of penicillin has been scaled up to 4,500 units per day. However, it will take some time to meet the two large orders. The only thing to worry about is the route. Chongqing is in a shambles and the Japanese army may have received the news. The seaport has been blocked and the canal railway line is also blocked. There is no safe route for the time being.

We dare not transport 90,000 guns at a time. Fortunately, the special forces of each regiment have raid missions at every period of time. Chen Feng contacted each regiment to adjust the raid targets. The raid became an escort mission, with a maximum of two platoons each time, carrying a maximum of 20,000 guns each time. The escort road will become a golden avenue in the near future.

Yang Qingfeng from the Lunan Branch shamelessly made an appointment with Chen Feng. It was a bit awkward when they met again. The last time, the medicines entered Taihang Mountains and then disappeared. The head of the headquarters did not see it, and only heard the news from northern Shaanxi.

Yang Qingfeng was embarrassed when they met, but luckily he brought the political commissar with him this time, and they had agreed when they came that he would only be responsible for leading the way.