Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

In the continuous battles, the Japanese were no longer able to resist. Everyone from top to bottom could see that normal warfare could not defeat these people, and they had also suffered heavy losses. Therefore, under the orders of Division Commander Isogai, they captured more than a thousand civilians from the surrounding area and placed them in front of the Japanese defense line.

"Don't act rashly yet. I'll consult with my superiors immediately."

Upon witnessing this, the frontline commander ordered his men to halt the attack. Over two thousand civilians were on the position; if he dared to order an attack, he, Ma Leizi, and even Li Shaoyi would be condemned in history textbooks.

"You bunch of bastards, don't you have any Japanese prisoners of war? Don't you know what it means to fight violence with violence? You have to ask me for permission for something like this. Which class of the officer training school are you in?"

Upon hearing his subordinate's report, Ma Leizi immediately flew into a rage. Wasn't there a precedent right there in the battles against the Japanese? If the Japanese dared to target civilians, we would immediately seize some Japanese prisoners of war or Japanese residents. For every one you kill, I'll kill two.

"Commander, I've been so focused on the attack all night that I'm not sure where to capture any Japanese prisoners. I only have a little over a hundred men left. Even if I kill them all, I still won't be able to threaten these beasts."

Commander Liu said bitterly. After hearing his words, Ma Leizi realized that the Qingzhou garrison had been engaged in a fierce battle all night, and there was no time to capture prisoners under such circumstances.

Moreover, the Ikutani Division resisted fiercely, giving us no chance to capture prisoners. Even on their last breath, they would detonate the grenades on their bodies. If we hadn't been some distance away from them, we would have suffered considerable casualties.

"Don't rush. Stabilize the front line. Anyway, the Japanese don't dare to attack now. Have our men keep an eye on them and make sure they don't continue to capture people."

Ma Leizi was at a loss. Violence against violence was a very effective method, but you had to have leverage. Right now, he only had a hundred or so prisoners. Just as Commander Liu said, killing them all wouldn't have much of an effect.

“They occupy the northern part of the provincial capital. I can only prevent them from arresting people from the south, but the north…”

Commander Liu said with a bitter expression, "These Japanese soldiers were all captured from the north. Because they are advancing so fast, many civilians have not been able to escape to the countryside. If they wanted to capture people now, they could capture not just two thousand, but twenty thousand."

"Alright, alright, you stabilize the front line first, I'll report to the commander-in-chief immediately."

According to Ma Leizi, there was no need to bother Li Shaoyi with this matter in Shandong Province.

Originally, Ma Leizi had a lot of Japanese prisoners of war under his command. During the last Japanese Marine Corps attack, he captured several thousand prisoners. However, the problem was that his men worked too hard. With the completion of the major infrastructure project in the island city, most of these prisoners of war died. In the end, there were only more than 600 people left, all of whom were sent to the northern grasslands.

Li Shaoyi had a rare few days of peace and quiet when Ma Leizi called. Li Shaoyi snorted coldly, having long expected these Japanese devils to do such a thing.

"Immediately notify the troops in the provincial capital of Shandong to set up a field airfield. There's plenty of other things here in Pujiang, but there are plenty of Japanese civilians and prisoners of war. I'll send planes to airlift them over immediately. If the Japanese want to compete with me in this area, I'll take all the prisoners from Pujiang over. Besides, the prisoners we captured in North China are still doing hard labor in Chahar. Send some reporters over to interview them and spread some news. I have plenty of transport planes; I can send tens of thousands of Japanese prisoners to the front lines at any time."

Li Shaoyi said arrogantly, "Using airplanes to transport prisoners is something that even some of the more powerful European and American countries wouldn't do in this day and age, let alone the 72nd Army. In their minds, how much are those prisoners worth? Airplane fuel is very precious."

"With your words, I'm not afraid of anything anymore. I'll call the brothers at the front immediately and tell them to get the field airfield ready. These guys have never seen anything like this before."

The security force that went to fight was a newly recruited unit; the real elites were still in the island city, so it's normal that they were at a loss.

Airplanes transporting Japanese prisoners of war?

The news spread instantly. Not only those fighting on the front lines in eastern Shandong, but also those fighting in Pujiang were astonished. Many of them had never been on an airplane, only seen one.

Many people think Li Shaoyi has gone mad to be using such precious items to transport Japanese prisoners.

But when they heard the reason, they were all overjoyed. Our Commander Li was indeed different from others. Didn't the Japanese want to kill our compatriots? You kill one, I'll kill two. Don't worry about how many I have, as long as you can handle it, if you dare to lay a hand on me, I dare to arrest you.

Meanwhile, gangs within the two concessions in Huangpu also began to act. Under the orders of Mr. Du and several other gang leaders, more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers, most of whom were old, weak, sick, or young, who had come to escape the war, were taken away by the gangs.

Although the consuls of both countries lodged strong protests and even threatened to sever diplomatic relations, they put on a very good show. However, behind the scenes, they accepted two boxes of gold from Mr. Du. Apart from protesting, they did not take any substantial action. The Japanese could only suffer in silence.

When the war first broke out, they wanted to transport the elderly, weak, and sick back to China, but there weren't enough transport ships at the time, so they could only put them inside the two concessions. They thought that the Japanese army wouldn't cause trouble inside the concessions, and given the weakness of the Nationalist government, they certainly wouldn't dare to cause trouble inside the concessions.

The Nationalist government hasn't done anything yet; it's the various gangs in Huangpu who are doing the work. Their bases are in the two concessions, so finding all these Japanese is incredibly easy. That afternoon, they set up a concentration camp around the airport, ready to be loaded onto planes at any time.

Meanwhile, northern newspapers also added a report that evening detailing the total number of Japanese prisoners in the Chahar region of over 47,000.

Because of the massacre of civilians in the provincial capital of Shandong, more than 3,000 people had a finger chopped off that very night.

The 72nd Army headquarters in the rear issued a statement saying that if civilians are still placed on the front lines of the war tomorrow, we will have a better way to deal with it!