At the entrance of the tunnel, barrels of fuel were opened, poured into the entrance of the tunnel, and continued to flow downwards along the entrance of the tunnel.
A sergeant said: "Company commander, it is really a waste to pour so much oil into the tunnel entrance. This is almost all the inventory of a warship at sea."
"The Americans are very wealthy. Not to mention tens of thousands of tons of oil, as long as they can win the war, they can get even 100,000 tons of oil." A captain said nonchalantly.
"I have another question, company commander. Even if we pour the oil into the hole, the devil's hole is so big, it's impossible to burn it all. It's pretty good if we can burn a third or a quarter of it. ." The sergeant then asked.
"Stupid, who said the Japanese must be burned to death?" the captain said.
"Why are we pouring all this oil if we don't burn them to death?"
"Boy, let me spread some knowledge to you. Tell me, what does it take to burn?"
"Oxygen."
"It's okay, you didn't study in college for nothing," the captain said.
"Hey, Captain, after all, I am also a student of Southwest Associated University. If it were not for the fight against Japan, I would not join the New Sixth Army. I still understand this common sense of physics."
"You said, if these oils were burned at the same time in the cave, what effect would it have?" asked the captain.
The sergeant was stunned and then said: "Company commander, you are saying that burning oil in the cave requires a large amount of oxygen, and the underground temperature continues to rise and cannot be discharged. In this way, if the Japanese devils are not burned to death, they will also Died of suffocation or scalded to death by hot air?"
"That's right. Now, let's wait and see the show!" The captain chuckled, with a cruel light in his eyes.
"Captain, the regiment headquarters came to inform us that we should light the fire immediately!" A signal soldier ran over and said.
"Okay, light the fire!"
The captain took the flamethrower, pointed it at the hole, and then gently pulled the trigger.
"call!"
A fire dragon rushed out, and the next moment, the entire cave entrance turned into a sea of fire.
The same scene appeared at every hole in the Japanese defense line. In an instant, the entire mountain seemed to be on fire.
There was a sea of fire in the cave and underground fortifications. The Japanese soldiers near the entrance of the cave were burned to ashes, while the Japanese in the cave suffered greatly.
Due to the burning flames, the air was so hot that many people immediately felt difficulty breathing. Onizuka Koichiro was instantly blistered by the scorching air waves, making his respiratory tract scalded with blisters and unable to breathe at all. In order to breathe air, Onizuka Koichiro Ichiro even cut his own throat with a bayonet and drained the last drop of blood from his body.
As the flames burned, a large amount of oxygen was consumed, and more Japanese soldiers died of suffocation.
Baiwu Qingyoshi and Qiu Nongli led their guards to hide in a closed secret room after the explosion. However, there was very little oxygen in the secret room, which was not enough for so many people, so in order not to compete with Baiwu Qingyoshi and Qiu Nongli. Oxygen, several guards committed suicide...
The whole underground fortification of the Japanese was a hellish scene, with bodies everywhere that were burned, scalded, and suffocated. The fire burned for several hours and did not stop until all the oil was burned out. signs…
Four hours after the fire stopped, Wang Yaowu, Liao Yaoxiang, and Xu Rui led the soldiers into the Japanese underground fortifications. Although the fire had been extinguished for several hours, the people inside the fortifications were still burning like a furnace. In the core area, everyone was sweating.
The corpses of Japanese soldiers covered the ground, maintaining various grotesque postures before death.
Even Wang Yaowu, who has always been accustomed to strong winds and waves, said: "Did we go too far?"
Liao Yaoxiang was silent, and Xu Rui said: "Most of the Japs here are soldiers of the Japs Sixth Division. This time, we have avenged the compatriots who died in the Nanjing Massacre."
When the Nanjing Massacre was mentioned, any compassion that Wang Yaowu and Liao Yaoxiang had suddenly disappeared. Yes, in Nanjing, these devils actually killed hundreds of thousands of unarmed Chinese people and prisoners. Everything today was just for them. Punishment for being late!
Thinking of this, Wang Yaowu said: "Xu Rui, you are right, this is the fate the devils of the Sixth Division deserve!"
"Military seat, found a living one!"
shouted a soldier.
"Oh? There's still someone alive?" The three people looked at each other. Under such circumstances, it was really strange that a little devil could survive. How did he survive
"Bring it up!"
The next moment, a Japanese soldier with his hair burned off and his body severely scalded was carried over.
"What's going on?" Liao Yaoxiang asked.
"Military seat, judging from his military uniform, he should be a lieutenant general." The soldier said.
"oh?"
Everyone's minds were moved. There were only two Japanese lieutenant generals on the entire Bougainville Island. One was the commander of the 17th Army, Hyakutake Haruyoshi, and the other was the division commander of the Sixth Division, Qiu Yongli. I don't know who this Japanese was. How did he survive
The Japanese man had fainted. Xu Rui rummaged through him and found his military officer's ID card. The name Qiu Yongli, commander of the Sixth Division, was clearly written on the ID card.
"It turned out to be Qiu Yongli, how did he survive?" Xu Rui came to the secret room where Qiu Yongli was hiding, and found that there were five corpses and four guards in the secret room. Each of them had their throats cut, and the other body The body in a general's uniform had been stabbed several times from the back and chest. He probably died of excessive blood loss.
"What's going on? Are they fighting among themselves?" Liao Yaoxiang said.
Xu Rui said: "These four guards committed suicide because they did not want to compete with the two generals for oxygen. As for the general, it should be Hyakutake Harukichi, but he was killed by Qiu Yongli from behind."
"Oh? Why did Qiu Yongli kill Hyakutake Harukichi?" Wang Yaowu asked.
Liao Yaoxiang sighed and said, "I understand. It must have been Akiyoshi who was afraid that Hyakutake Harukichi would compete with him for oxygen, so he killed him in a sneak attack."
"It turns out he is also a ruthless person." Xu Rui and the others left the secret room. At this time, Qiu Yongli woke up and kept moaning: "I am Qiu Yongli, and I want to see MacArthur."
Xu Rui said: "You don't need to see MacArthur, this is your cemetery."
"You can't treat me like this. This is a violation of the Geneva Convention!" Qiu Yongli said with difficulty.
"Old devil, you also know the Geneva Convention. Why didn't you think of the Geneva Convention when you massacred hundreds of thousands of our compatriots in Nanjing?"
Xu Rui ignored Qiu Yongli and said: "Qiu Yongli is the commander of the Sixth Division. Only by killing him can we give an explanation to the compatriots who died in Nanjing."
"Xu Rui, do you want to kill the prisoners?" Liao Yaoxiang said.
"Kill him? It's too cheap. Just throw him into this cave, seal the entrance with cement, and let Qiu Yongli and his soldiers be buried forever in the underground fortifications they dug themselves." Xu Rui said.
"good!"
Liao Yaoxiang and Wang Yaowu nodded. At that moment, the soldiers threw Qiu Yongli, who was moaning in pain, into the cave, and then completely sealed the entire cave with cement...
The last battle to seize Bougainville Island finally ended. At this point, the battle of Bougainville Island, which lasted for several months, ended successfully. In this battle, the Chinese and American allied forces, dominated by the Chinese army, annihilated more than 30,000 Japanese devils. , the Sixth Division, the most elite and powerful among the Japanese devils, was completely wiped out, no one survived, no prisoners...
After the battle, MacArthur received the news immediately. He couldn't believe his ears. These Chinese actually captured Bougainville Island within a month. This was beyond MacArthur's expectation. MacArthur He originally thought that this battle would take at least half a year, or even a year, but the result really surprised him.
MacArthur immediately learned about the battle process from the battle report. When he learned about the Chinese army's tactics and wiped out all the Japanese without leaving a single prisoner, he couldn't help but sigh.
Speaking of which, MacArthur did not agree with the Chinese army's approach of killing everyone, but he also knew that this was the only way to win in a short time. More importantly, this method of warfare could be used. The battles on other islands were a bit more vicious, but they were really effective.
The Battle of Bougainville finally ended. In this battle, the Chinese-American Allied Forces, dominated by Chinese infantry, achieved a huge victory at a very small cost. This made all those who were skeptical of the Chinese army Everyone shut their mouths, and even MacArthur had to re-evaluate the Chinese army.
In the end, MacArthur came to the conclusion that with the support of the U.S. sea and air, and after being equipped with American weapons, the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Expeditionary Force would definitely far exceed that of their opponent, the Japanese army, and even surpass the U.S. infantry with the same equipment. , so MacArthur decided to give the Chinese army a more important task in future wars.
MacArthur set his next target on the Marshall Islands. However, given the strong strength of the Japanese in the Marshall Islands, MacArthur did not act rashly. Instead, he continued to mobilize various supplies and prepared to provide them to the Japanese in the Marshall Islands at the appropriate time. With a fatal blow.
MacArthur decided to hand over the task of landing on the Marshall Islands to the Chinese Expeditionary Force. However, since the Chinese Expeditionary Force had been fighting for several months and was very tired, MacArthur decided to give the Chinese Expeditionary Force some time to rest and recuperate, and temporarily adopted the method of landing on the Marshall Islands. The principle of surrounding but not attacking gradually tired the Japanese on the island.
As a result, the Chinese Expeditionary Force, including Xu Rui's troops, once again came to Guadalcanal for rest and recuperation.
At this time, a surprising news came that China's Chairman Chiang Kai-shek was going to Cairo to meet with US President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill. This was the famous Cairo Conference...