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Shimada gritted his teeth and had to organize an attack again, and endured the pain of the two squads of the Japanese. There was no way, this village must be occupied, and breaking the opponent's blocking will also be a position to block the pursuers.

The artillery fire was once again exerted, and the explosions of the village flashed from time to time, and houses collapsed, soil, wood chips, and snow flew into the air.

Away from a distance, a "locust army" erected a spear with a plaster flag and howled wolf howled. A large number of scattered soldiers of the Imperial Army lying on the ground immediately got up and bent over to charge. Amid the scattered gunshots, the "locust army" suddenly fell down like a piece of wood. The Imperial Army lost its commander and the formation began to riot.

Sniper! Shimada's hand holding the telescope was trembling. The harassment and attack along the way, the opponent's sniper was the most hated and helpless. Even Commander Kono was assassinated by this despicable cold gun. Yes, it was assassination. He hid in the dodge place cowardly and shamelessly, and casting cold arrows while others were unprepared. It was simply crazy.

Not only a sniper! Shimada narrowed his eyes and had a new understanding of the enemy.

The Third Column does not seem to be inferior to the Imperial Army in the equipment and use of light weapons, especially the weapons similar to earth guns and cannons that can be fired continuously, which are quite powerful in curbing charges. There are also landmines that are difficult to prevent and complete and insidious trench fortifications. In the comprehensive examination, the Third Column seems to be more difficult to deal with than the regular National Army. The only thing that is lacking is probably the lack of practical experience.

The Locust Army has excellent military discipline and superb tactics. Most of the soldiers have accurate marksmanship, but they cannot fully play in the battle with the third column. The enemy seems to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses in a targeted manner. Such strange phenomena are puzzling. If they had not had a sufficient and profound understanding of the tactics and tactics of the Locust Army, they would definitely not have made such arrangements.

Yang Tianfeng?! Shimada seems to have found the answer to the question. This guy who has studied in the Empire, studied military affairs, and traveled in Europe, except him, who can have such insights?

The enemy who was howling and rushing into the village and the special forces team were on the streets. Fierce street battles started between the courtyards again. Grenades exploded, and the flames of the light and heavy machine guns were constantly shining. The enemy and us fought fiercely for one fire point and another fire point.

In order to achieve the results as soon as possible, Shimada sent another Imperial Army to launch a flanking attack around the village under the command of several Japanese.

The sound of gunfire in the distance became dense. Zhou Zhizhong realized that the enemy had been hit hard and immediately increased the attack. The force of the attack was restrained, restraining the overall action of the enemy.

Faced with the enemy's large-scale attack, the special forces relied on high walls and deep alleys to deal with the enemy and continuously consumed the enemy. At the same time, in order to reduce casualties and prevent the enemy's flank attack, the special forces voluntarily gave up some positions and kept retreating. After introducing the enemy into depth, they concentrated their personnel and firepower to launch a fierce counterattack.

Machine guns, rifles, shotguns, and grenades hit the enemy in a head-on manner. The street intersection became a death zone, with the enemy's corpses sleeping on each other, the ground was covered with broken weapons, spots of blood, and sharp crying and suppressed moans.

The enemy's offensive was frustrated, but under the angrily supervised the Japanese, they adjusted and launched another attack. After the counterattack, the special forces did not continue to detain the few village positions left in the center. They took advantage of the enemy's chaos to adjust and quickly withdrew from the village.

After receiving the report of occupying the village, Shimada breathed a little relieved and immediately ordered the Imperial Army to set up positions in the dikes and villages, gather troops into the village, rest for a while, and rectify the troops.

It was already three o'clock in the morning when I rushed to the road and led the battle. It was conceivable to move, stay, fight and fatigue in the wind and snow. Shimada also knew this well. Although he knew that time was tight, he continued to forcibly move forward without being defeated by the enemy, and he would be exhausted.

Relying on the dikes and villages, the enemy and the pursuers led by Zhou Zhizhong temporarily ended the battle. The fires in the village and the bonfires in the wild lit up little by little, and more and more.

Retreat and pursue, both sides work hard and exhausted, but they are completely different psychologically. One side is panic and eager to escape, the other side is excited and has a strong desire to kill the enemy. Don’t underestimate this psychological effect, which has a great impact on the soldiers’ mental state and degree of fatigue tolerance.

Finally, I was able to rest for a moment, but the exhausted Imperial Army still had to pick up firewood, make fire, and boil water. Looking at the Japanese who were still pretending to be old, the atmosphere of resentment slowly spread.

"Brothers, don't work hard for the Japanese." A voice came from the distance from Xiaoxiao, "You are surrounded and can't escape. Don't be cannon fodder for the Japanese."

The Imperial Army soldiers looked at each other and listened to the persuasion that came with the wind.

"I am Zhang Gouzi, I was deliberately left behind. The Guoxun Army is very nice to me." Another loud voice shouted, "There are thousands of people waiting in front of me. Don't be used as gunmen for the Japanese or cannon fodder. As long as you surrender, those who are willing to stay can participate in the Guoxun Army's fight against the Japanese. The Guoxun Army who want to leave will pay the travel expenses."

"I am Li Guang. I am in the snow and ice. Even if I don't fight, I will be exhausted when I go out." Another captive Li Guang continued to shout: "See the opportunity and run away. There are people from the National Army from all directions, all Chinese, so it will not be difficult for the brothers."

"If you have the courage, you will bring the Japanese heads. A head of twenty yuan is enough for the brothers to go home and get married and live a life of their wives."

"The timids will fall behind or run away. There will be no good results when following the Japanese. When fighting, the Japanese really fill in the lives of their brothers. The bullets don't have eyes."

"The family is waiting for us to go back. Think about the brothers who died in battle before, they all became foreign ghosts. I tried to carry the Japanese devils' bodies as much as possible. They really didn't treat us as human beings."

"Look at how many Japanese devils are there? Brothers, be more careful, why do you listen to **** and die in vain?"

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The shouting stopped after a few minutes, and after a while, it rang again in the other direction.

"Tajun, this is not possible!" An officer of the Imperial Army came to Shimada and said worriedly: "Send someone to beat them away, otherwise the morale of the army will be unstable." Others can escape and surrender, but he dare not. He followed the Japanese to do a lot of bad things, and his family and property are in the county town.

"How to fight?" Shimada asked with a gloomy face: "It's dark and snowy, and the troops are not superior. Besides, can you catch up?"

"But..." The Imperial Army officer opened his mouth and realized that this method was not feasible.

"Separate those you trust and watch your soldiers." Shimada waved his hand to signal the guy to leave. Now he had no good idea. The pursuers were not in a hurry to attack, which means there would be a large number of enemies in front of him.

When the decisive battle is true, it is difficult for the Imperial Army to expect. Therefore, he had to divide his troops and change his original retreat posture of weak in front and strong in the back, leaving only a small number of locust troops to supervise the Imperial Army to rely on the village to block the pursuers, while the remaining Imperial soldiers had to bear the sharp attack and open the road ahead.

Simply put, Shimada was preparing to learn the gecko's desperate survival technique and gave up serving as the back guard of the attack, including a small number of locust troops who supervised it.

"The Chinese people are unreliable." Shimada summoned several Japanese officers, re-arranged them, and said with a sneer: "Kun Kobayashi, your task is to supervise the Imperial Army and try to persist here for six hours. Then, take all the imperial soldiers to find opportunities and rush out at any cost."

"I understand, yours." Kobayashi knew the arduousness and danger of the task. Less than 20 imperial soldiers supervised more than 200 imperial soldiers to block the attack, trying to get time for retreat for the large group of people, and they would face thousands of enemies.

Shimada glanced at Kobayashi and flashed with admiration. He knew the difficulties and dangers, but he still took the order with mercy. This is the spirit of the imperial soldiers.

"Oki Jun." Shimada turned to another Japanese officer again, "When retreating, a member of the Imperial Army is in front. You lead all the imperial soldiers to supervise the formation behind you. When encountering harassment and attacks, you must force the Imperial Army to continue attacking and advance without delay. Those who violate the orders should be killed! Those who retreat should be killed!"

"Hayi!" A sharp look flashed across Damu's face. He would not sympathize with the Cartilage Emperor's Army, and would never show mercy when he started.

Shimada looked at his watch and said in a deep voice: "Let's go in an hour, please go down and arrange your preparations!"

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Speaking of puppet troops, traitors are a shame for the Chinese and a problem that must be faced. During the Anti-Japanese War, more than one million puppet troops who acted as cannon fodder for the Japanese invaders, and so many people are indeed thought-provoking.

The reasons can be roughly divided into four main aspects:

First, the influence of colonial culture, which is also the spiritual pillar of the survival of the puppet army. The sixty years from the Opium War to the Boxer Indemnity of the Qing government was a shameful history.

Of the compensation paid to Japan by the Xin Chou Treaty, 20% were given to engage in the "cultural cause of China" in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The "Cultural Affairs Bureau to China" (the director of the Asian Bureau served as the director) and the "Investigation Association for the Cultural Affairs of the Supporting Culture" were established in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The president was appointed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and most of his members were important members of the Japanese government, parliament, banks and universities.

In addition, all the so-called cultural institutions established by Japan in China are under the complete control of Japan. The right to use the refund is in the hands of Japan, and the use is naturally subject to Japan's interests. At the same time, it also cultivates a group of cultural elites who are in line with Japan's interests, and serves as their lackeys for Japanese imperialism.

Secondly, there were many factions within the ruling group of the state government, and the struggle was very fierce. A group of traitors used this as an excuse to break away from the Chiang government, posed the banner of "save the country on a curve", and "reasonably" into the arms of the invaders. In 1938, the number of puppet troops was only 78,000. Wang Jingwei surrendered to the enemy. Bewitched by his lies of "save the country on a curve", the number of puppet troops quickly rose to 145,000, an increase of 85%.

Third, *******'s suppression policy of favoring one and over the other pushed a considerable number of "miscellaneous" troops to the Japanese camp. At that time, in China, although ********** achieved formal unity, he was still scared of the powerful factions in various places with heavy troops, set up defenses everywhere, and excluded them at all times.

In terms of treatment, their own direct troops are superior to local "miscellaneous" troops in terms of status, military pay, equipment, etc. These "miscellaneous" troops are full of dissatisfaction with the government. In the face of the powerful offensive of the Japanese army, some narrow-minded "miscellaneous" troops have forgotten the interests of the country and nation in order to preserve their strength, either for selfish desires or for resentment, and have sold their country to seek honor and surrender to the enemy.

The last point is that because of the poverty of life, many ordinary people used joining the puppet army as a means of making a living. Forced to make a living, many ordinary people had to serve the Japanese army in the Japanese occupied areas, or make a living by participating in the puppet army, thus acting as lackeys in the Japanese war of invasion of China.

Because the Japanese army occupied a large area, if every county town was stationed, the main division would be divided and eaten by the anti-Japanese armed forces; on the other hand, the military requirements for guarding, consolidating the regime, and collecting taxes and food were lower than those for field battles, so it was appropriate for traitors to do it.

Therefore, in North China, the Japanese army in South China handed over the occupied areas to the puppet army garrison, and only sent consultants to monitor, so as to free up elite troops to engage in mobile combat. Due to the large number of puppet troops, it can be said that they are "inexhaustible and inexhaustible", and the Japanese army often incorporated them into the field front line to serve as cannon fodder.

After the puppet army was stationed in a certain place, the military pay was not under the responsibility of the Japanese army. Everything was allowed to be raised locally. To put it bluntly, it was handed over to the Japanese, and the rest was left to be scrapped. Japanese soldiers were stationed in large and medium-sized cities, and everything in small counties had the final say, and they were plundering everywhere.

An army that has lost even the country and nation cannot have any room for their compatriots in doing these things. Moreover, they will be taken to be cannon fodder at any time. Most people live one day for one more day, and they will support whoever gives money.

Just like this, the troops who can only bully the common people, not only the Japanese are worried about letting them perform combat tasks alone, but they always have to send consultants or supervise teams; even the anti-Japanese armed forces regard the Imperial Army as soft-sellers, as priority targets, and as the transport captains who obtain guns, bullets and supplies.

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On a quiet morning, the cold winter is passed through the deadly sparse snowflakes and misty fog, and the white wilderness is endless. Whether on the ground or in the sky, there is no trace of activity, a trace of sound, or even a trace of wind.

The smoke from Lijia Village, Xiaoxiao, took turns to build defense lines overnight, and the troops that took turns to rest had already started cooking early. According to the itinerary, the enemy will arrive here today, and the countdown has entered the final battle.

"It's this small earth mountain again." Yang Tianfeng pointed to the map and said: "Although the mountain is not high and not steep, it is a must-pass road for the enemy. Moreover, Chen's detachment has surpassed the enemy and is accelerating towards here. It should be able to arrive first."

"After the meal, I'll go and see the terrain." Li Jiasheng said cautiously: "Fighting with the Japanese, you must be well prepared. As the commander said, you must have a defensive depth and set up a few more lines of defense. Don't once you are broken through, you can only watch the Japanese escape."

"There are no need to be so nervous for six or seven hundred tired enemies." Yang Tianfeng was quite confident and smiled: "The key is that there are not many Japanese. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, the puppet army must have taken the lead, and the Japanese hid behind to prepare for the final assault. We have already made corresponding arrangements. After Song Qingpu and Guo Songlin's special forces arrived, they also had an iron fist to deal with the Japanese."

The battlefield situation changed rapidly, and it was extremely important to communicate and communicate information quickly and effectively. Yang Tianfeng attached more importance to this. Through Ma Yuming and the Military Control Commission behind him, plus the capture of the war, the Third Column already had five telegraph machines. One special forces, both detachments, and a small team led by Yang Tianfeng.

Even if there are two small telegraph machines, the contact distance is short and sufficient to use, and play a huge role in command and coordination.

Yang Tianfeng insisted on eliminating this enemy for the long-term situation. Now, when is the battle of Wuhan just ended, and the Japanese army was the most arrogant and began to decline. In the rear that the Japanese army had occupied, a large number of anti-Japanese people grew up and a large area of ​​land was recovered.

This is not to say how powerful the anti-Japanese armed forces are, but the Japanese army has too few troops in the "security recovery area" and is actually limited to several kilometers on both sides of the main transportation line. Many county towns were not defeated by anti-Japanese armed forces, but a small number of Japanese troops who knew they could not be saved and took the initiative to withdraw.

In other words, as long as the Third Column annihilates this enemy, Dangshan County will be very sure to capture it and even march towards Xiayi and take advantage of the situation to restore large areas.

In terms of equipment and troops, the Third Column has this strength. What's more, there is also a strong support of the Sixty-first Regiment, which is in vain.

After more than half an hour, Song Qingpu and Guo Songlin arrived with their men. They harassed and attacked, blocked head-on, and rushed forward. They were all exhausted. They entered the village and ate the hot soup and the hot rice before they recovered.

More than 30 casualties were killed and twelve of the special forces team. Yang Tianfeng was so distressed that he swallowed his saliva when he heard this number. There were only a few people, and the elites selected after repeated training!

"Although the street fighting has been practiced, we are still not proficient enough, and we are not tacit enough in cooperation." Song Qingpu lowered his head and said stutteringly: "However, we have killed and injured more than twice the enemy, which has delayed more than an hour."

Yang Tianfeng sighed secretly, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Well, it's right to carry out frontal blocking based on the favorable terrain. More than an hour is enough for the Chen Detachment to detour beyond the enemy. You should hurry up and rest, and there will be another battle soon. You are my reliance, the fist of the third column."

"Sir, let's talk about the arrangement first so that we can rest with confidence." Guo Songlin tried his best to correct his posture, but in fact he wanted to fall asleep as soon as he fell.

"There is no special arrangement." Yang Tianfeng said briefly: "Our army has already arranged three lines of defense. First, it will destroy the enemy's spirit and consume more to kill the enemy. You will be arranged to the third line of defense to face the Japanese who are anxious to jump over the wall."

"Why are you fighting for a bayonet?" Song Qingpu's eyes widened, not because of fear and surprise, but because of some expectations.

"Try to avoid it." Yang Tianfeng rolled his eyes and said, "But if the Japanese rushed to the front, they should fight bravely, and then use ours..."

"Haha, you are so wise, you are so wise." Guo Songlin did not say the word "bad".

"Why do you have to use brute force if you can take a shortcut? Isn't it good to have less casualties?" Yang Tianfeng shook his head, sighed, and said, "Whoever, the officers and soldiers, have no parents, and no relatives, don't cause unnecessary casualties to show off their personal courage. You are still too young!" As he said that, he turned around and left.

Guo Songlin looked at Song Qingpu and said, "How old is the sir? Is it older than you or older than me?"

"All big!" Song Qingpu yawned, fell on the kang, wrapped the quilt tightly and then fell asleep.

Guo Songlin rolled his eyes and thought for a while, then shook his hands and went to bed. Regardless of why Yang Tianfeng was old-fashioned, he said that they were too young.
Chapter completed!