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Ishihara Wanji was once again awakened by the rumbling explosions outside. He got up and looked at his watch and found that it was already past two o'clock in the morning. He was too lazy to sleep anymore and immediately got up and went to the war room.
Yano Otonzaburo said in surprise: "Your Excellency, Commander, why don't you sleep? It's still early before dawn."
"I can't sleep anymore, it's so noisy." Ishihara smiled and said, "What happened to the explosion just now?"
Yano Otonzaburo smiled and said: "What else could it be? Of course it is still harassment and shelling by Chinese artillery."
However, before he finished speaking, the explosions outside suddenly became more intensive, and there were also intensive gunshots. Yano Otonzaburo's expression changed at that time.
The two old devils came to the outside of the headquarters as quickly as possible. When they looked up, they saw dazzling lights blooming outside the three gates of Fengtian in the north, west and east. There were still bright projectiles passing by in the night sky. One look at this posture and knew that it was the Chahar Independent Regiment that was fighting back.
"Baga!" Ishihara Wan'er's face instantly turned livid because the Chahar Independent Regiment hit him in the face.
Last night, a staff officer from the headquarters actually made a suggestion to beware of night counterattacks by the Chahar Independent Regiment. However, Ishihara Wanji disagreed and believed that the other party would be unlikely to counterattack at night after discovering that they had hostages in their hands. As a result, However, the Chahar Independent Regiment really took advantage of the night to fight back.
Counterattack actually doesn't matter. The key is to prevent the hostages from escaping. After nightfall, they imprisoned thousands of hostages into the guard camp, and the guard camp is a certain distance from the forward position. This means that this time The Japanese troops stationed at the forward positions could not immediately receive shelter from these hostages.
At that moment, Yano Otonzaburo said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I am humble enough to send troops to take the people hostage to the forward position."
Ishihara smiled and said, "Yano-kun, please, please send the hostages up as soon as possible."
"Hai!" Yano Otonzaburo paused heavily, then turned around.
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Along the road leading from Santaizitun to the north gate of Fengtian, the officers and soldiers of the 10th Infantry Battalion led by Pan Yong lay quietly in the endless field of corn. At this time, the corn in the field had grown to be as tall as a person. More than 2,000 officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion are hiding among them, and there is no trace at all. You can't find them even if you walk by the fields.
Pan Yong, and Leng Tiefeng were lying in the drainage ditch next to the road.
It was already May day, and there was already a hint of heat in the air.
While Pan Yong was fanning himself with the corner of his clothes, he turned to Leng Tiefeng and said, "Captain Leng, why haven't the hostages come over yet?"
"That's what I'm asking." Leng Tiefeng said angrily: "I'm not the father of a little devil. How do I know why they haven't brought any hostages yet?"
Pan Yong smiled in surprise and asked, "Are the Japanese not planning to bring hostages?"
"That's definitely not the case, unless they don't want the positions outside Fengtian City." Leng Tiefeng shook his head and said firmly.
Through yesterday's confrontation, Leng Tiefeng has made a relatively objective assessment of the true combat effectiveness of the Japanese Seventh Army. The combat effectiveness of the Japanese Seventh Army is indeed stronger than any Japanese army they have encountered before. The Guards Divisions in the Third Battle of Songhu were all powerful, but they were not so powerful that they were despairing.
Therefore, in the face of the counterattacks of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Battalions, if the Japanese want to hold the position outside Fengtian City, they will definitely use hostages again, otherwise they will suffer heavy losses!
Sure enough, just as Leng Tiefeng finished speaking, he heard a faint sound of a car engine.
At this time, this place can only be the car of the little devil.
At that moment Leng Tiefeng said: "The devils are coming!"
When Pan Yong heard this, he immediately became energetic. He turned around and shouted to the guard: "Give me my order and prepare to fight!"
"Wait!" Before Pan Yong's guards could leave, Leng Tiefeng shouted and said, "What are you doing?"
"Get ready to fight." Pan Yong said matter-of-factly, "The little Japs are coming soon, ambush them!"
"What an ambush!" Leng Tiefeng said angrily, "What should I do if I accidentally injure a civilian? So I can't shoot, I can only rush forward and fight melee with a bayonet, do you understand?"
"Understood!" Pan Yong nodded and growled at the guard, "Give me the order, everyone bayonets on!"
"Yes!" the guard agreed, rushed into the corn field, ran quickly along the ridges, and shouted in a low voice, "The battalion commander ordered, everyone to fix their bayonets! The battalion commander ordered, everyone to fix their bayonets!"
Upon hearing the guard's order, the officers and soldiers lying in ambush in the corn field fixed their bayonets one after another.
Seeing this scene, Xiang Ying felt a little regretful. Because the light in the corn field was too dark, he couldn't take pictures, so he had to wait until the battle started and then use the strong light of the flares to take pictures.
After a few minutes, several three-wheeled motorcycles entered the ambush circle. Behind these three-wheeled motorcycles, there was also a large truck. Behind the truck, groups of people tied their arms with ropes. The hostages were flanked by Japanese infantrymen holding bayonets to maintain order. Behind the team were trucks and three-wheeled motorcycles.
Soon, the entire team was completely in the ambush circle.
Pan Yong gave the order to attack without hesitation. As a bomb took off, the officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately rushed out of the corn field with bayonets in hand and howling.
The edge of Baomi Field is about fifty meters away from the highway. This fifty-meter open space was specially set aside by the Japanese to avoid being unable to react in time after being ambushed. This preventive measure really worked. It was found that both sides of the highway Chinese soldiers rushed out of the corn field on the side. About a squadron of Japanese infantrymen who were guarding the hostages responded quickly. The crooked light machine guns mounted on the side trucks of several three-wheeled motorcycles opened fire first, and then, The only Type 92 heavy machine gun on the roof of the truck cab also opened fire violently.
Intense machine gun fire poured out, and the officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion fell down one by one.
Xiang Yingxin and the photographers accompanying the army pressed the shutter continuously, recording this bloody and tragic scene forever on film.
It must be admitted that after being tempered by the Chita Battle, the Japanese Seventh Army has greatly improved in terms of fighting will, combat experience and tactical literacy. For example, the Japanese infantry squadron that was guarding the hostages discovered that it was ambushed. , unexpectedly did not panic at all, first the machine guns opened fire, and then the Japanese infantrymen sitting on the three-wheeled motorcycles and trucks also got off the car one after another, or squatted on the road, or lay down on the ground, and began to shoot with their guns.
More than a hundred Japanese infantrymen opened fire one after another, and the intensity of firepower immediately increased.
The Japanese firepower was brutal enough. This was not the most difficult thing. The most difficult thing was that the officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion could not fire back!
Under the brutal Japanese firepower, the casualties of the Tenth Battalion began to increase sharply. The distance from the edge of Baomi Field to the highway, which was less than fifty meters, almost became an insurmountable chasm for the officers and soldiers of the Tenth Battalion!
Xiang Yingxin and the photographer followed behind with cameras in hand. They watched the officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion fall in a pool of blood one by one, but they did not fire a shot until they died. They couldn't help but shed tears! Also shocked were the hostages held in the middle of the road by the Japanese. Seeing that the officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion did not fire from the beginning to the end, but just charged desperately, almost all the hostages looked ashamed, because they knew very well , the Eighth Route Army did not fire, simply because they were worried about accidentally injuring them!
The Eighth Route Army was afraid of accidentally injuring them, so they would rather face the enemy's brutal firepower and charge!
But what about them? But they are still helping the Japanese to torture and beat their own people!
They have parents, wives and children. Don’t these Eighth Route officers and soldiers have parents, wives and children? If they die, who will their parents rely on to support them until they die? Who will support their wives and children? Thinking of this, all the hostages who still had some sense of conscience showed pain on their faces, and began to struggle fiercely in their hearts.
Finally, a young man couldn't bear it any longer. He stood up and tore off the hemp rope tied to his arm. He waved his fist and roared at the top of his lungs: "Fight, fight with these dogs!"
Before he finished speaking, the man had already jumped towards the Japanese in front of him.
Someone took the lead, and others immediately followed suit. In the blink of an eye, more than 300 hostages who were escorted from the guard camp by the Japanese all participated in the resistance and started fighting with the Japanese on the road. Now the Japanese shot themselves in the foot. , because in order to speed up the attack, the little devils brought out all strong men this time, and all the old, young, women, and children stayed in the guard camp. More than 300 strong men rose up to resist because of shame, and the little devils were close at hand, and their destructive power Still big.
In an instant, the Japs on the highway fell into chaos. The officers and soldiers of the 10th Battalion who rushed out from the cornfields on both sides became energetic. They took the opportunity to speed up and rushed to the public center. They held bayonets and started a hand-to-hand fight with the Japs. However, the Japs in the Seventh Army were indeed ferocious to the core. There were less than 200 Japs, facing the siege of more than a thousand Chinese soldiers, but they did not mess up at all. The Chinese soldiers launched brutal hand-to-hand combat.
Leng Tiefeng came out of the corn field with the Mauser 98k sniper rifle with the bayonet fixed, and was about to join the battle group. Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a Japanese soldier sneaking into the drainage ditch next to the highway. The man in the ditch tried to escape, and immediately chased after him without thinking. Then, while the Japanese soldier was crawling forward with his butt stuck out, he stabbed him with a bayonet. The Japanese man immediately whimpered and collapsed in the ditch.
At this time, a black thing was thrown out from the Japanese soldier's chest.
Leng Tiefeng stepped forward and picked it up with his bayonet, only to find it was a camera.