Rise From Eight Hundred

The Chinese soldiers occupied the positions of the strategic forces of the Japanese army, and bombarded the two battlefields of the Japanese army with the heavy weapons that the Japanese were proud of.

However, the main force of the Japanese army let the two battlefields erode and only cared about their main battlefield.

This strange battlefield situation lasted for most of the night.

Tang Dao used the 30 cavalrymen left by Gong Shaoxun as a reconnaissance team. When the bombardment began, they launched reconnaissance in the direction of the main position of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army. The farthest area was only three kilometers away from the battlefield between the two armies, but there was no movement from the main force of the Japanese army.

Until 2 a.m., Tang Dao, who received intelligence from three groups of cavalry scouts that the main force of the Japanese army was not moving, finally decided to withdraw his troops.

Tang Dao had been prepared for the Japanese 18th Division to come in full force. After driving the Japanese artillery soldiers to bombard the front of the blocking position to resolve the crisis of the blocking position, the infantry left on the heavy artillery position formed a new line of defense based on the infantry defense position outside the heavy artillery brigade, and beat the Japanese who dared to come again and finally ran away.

But he didn't expect that Ushijima Sadao of the 18th Division was far less resistant than Ushijima Mitsuru. The heavy artillery brigade was gone, and his own infantry regiment was still being beaten, and he didn't even do a superficial job.

However, Tang Dao knew that whether it was out of helplessness or smart enough to avoid greater losses, Ushijima Sadao's operation was absolutely correct at this moment.

Leaving an infantry company and a group of artillery cavalry led by Cheng Tieshou to deal with the aftermath, Tang Dao led the main force and the wounded to advance to the blocking position first.

The artillery continued to bombard the Japanese infantry regiment for more than half an hour, and almost destroyed the captured shells before stopping.

The 150mm heavy gun is a good thing, and it's fun to use it, but it's impossible to get rid of these two-ton heavy guns, especially in the fields with crisscrossing water systems in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although Tang Dao ordered to blow up all the heavy guns after the bombardment, Cheng Tieshou still didn't give up and brought eight pack horses to try.

Not to mention the 12 guns here, even if only one can be dragged away, the chasing Japanese army will know why the flowers are so red.

It's definitely not because of love, it's blood!

Unfortunately, the eight pack horses were whipped and screamed, and the Japanese artillery soldiers responsible for pushing the guns used all their strength. The wheels of the guns stuck in the mud only moved forward a hundred meters with difficulty, which took more than five minutes.

At this turtle speed, let alone the remaining hours, even if they were given another day, they might not be able to catch up with the main force with this gun.

Cheng Tieshou was a tough guy like steel. His comrades were blown into a bloody rain by the Japanese infantry artillery right beside him, but he didn't cry. After the battle, one-third of the brothers who had been with him day and night in the fire support company were replaced by new faces, but he didn't cry...

But when he saw that he was willing to disobey military orders and tried his best but couldn't take the captured Japanese artillery away, tears rolled down his face.

Because, for this fire support platoon leader, having such a cannon means that he can provide enough fire support to the infantry brothers on the front line, and his infantry brothers can die less.

Before the war was over, the brothers he was familiar with had been replaced one after another. They were all young people, some were just in their early 20s, and some were even less than 20. He couldn't even call the names of many people, and then they disappeared.

As the main commander of the fire support company, which was the most important guarantee for the infantry, he could only watch them use their bodies to compete with the Japanese artillery. This huge psychological pressure was beyond words.

All the sorrow burst out completely after the heavy artillery that had been seized but could not be taken away turned into a group of flames rising to the sky.

"In the flames of the imperial heavy artillery, the tears rolling down the face of the Chinese lieutenant seemed blood red. When I saw such a scene, I understood that it would be difficult for the empire to defeat China, because they had such a group of respectable Chinese soldiers. They were real soldiers."

This is a sentence written by Komura Mingyi, who retired early in active service ten years after the war, in his memoir "20 Days Landing in Southeast China".

Yes, Tang Dao kept his promise this time and released all the Japanese artillery surrenders who sent their comrades to hell with their own artillery shells.

In Tang Dao's original words: "It is more useful to keep such a group of Japanese who have wielded the butcher knife against their comrades than to kill them."

If they want to live, they have to find an excuse for their evil deeds on the battlefield. They have convinced themselves, and the rest must convince others.

Except for the high-level officials in Japan who launched the war of aggression, they can't find a more suitable candidate.

As expected by Tang Dao, these surrendered soldiers who were lucky enough to survive the war became the most determined anti-war activists. Under the protection of the American cowboys who occupied the Japanese mainland, they scolded the senior generals of the Japanese navy and army who were once high and mighty.

However, Tang Dao, who had already left, asked Cheng Tieshou to tell them: "The two armies are fighting for their respective masters. As soldiers, they can continue to serve their country and do what soldiers should do, but if they massacre civilians on Chinese soil and act like beasts, the "bravery" of these hundred people on the artillery position will be announced to the public, and their positions and names will be attached."

This is the most fatal handle.

Tang Dao did not pay too much attention to a group of Japanese who did not wield their sabers for the first time. A group of people who showed bravery to their comrades had lost their qualifications to be opponents in his eyes.

However, Tang Dao did not expect that the more than one hundred Japanese surrendered soldiers who had escaped the killing by chance brought him a big surprise.

More than 80% of the more than 100 artillery surrendered soldiers who were released applied to their superiors for retirement after returning. Because all the equipment of the artillery brigade was destroyed and the personnel loss exceeded 80%, the Japanese Army Headquarters abolished its organization. The remaining hundreds of people were judged as defeated soldiers with no fighting spirit and sent them on the ship back home.

Only grassroots officers and technical backbones like Komura Akira were ordered to continue serving in the army until the end of the war.

However, these artillerymen who were still in the army were no longer as vicious as before, let alone massacring civilians. In order to avoid their "bravery" on the battlefield from being exposed, more than a dozen artillerymen headed by Komura Akira even formed the "Japan-China Military and Civilian Friendship League", for no other reason than to promote "friendship" with ordinary people in the occupied areas.

Although this move seemed extremely different within the Japanese army, which was implementing a high-pressure policy in the occupied areas at this time, it was not without appreciation from Japanese generals with a longer-term vision.

These guys who are not all stupid also know that massacres will only lead to stronger resistance. Massacres alone cannot conquer this country and nation with a large population base and vast territory. The big stick and sweet dates complement each other, just like the Jurchens in the past, which is the right way.

The helpless self-protection move of Lieutenant Komura Akira and others was not only not strictly stopped, but was valued by a senior Japanese general and vigorously promoted to the head of the Japanese second lieutenant. By the end of the war, Komura Akira, who promoted "friendship", became the captain of the colonel-level wing.

Not to mention, the higher the official, the "original intention" has not changed. There has never been a massacre in his jurisdiction. It is considered an extremely alternative existence among the beast-level Japanese army.

In his words written in his memoirs: "Peace is the sweetest spring!"

Some things, if you do them for a long time, will become a matter of course and you will enjoy it! Komura Akira should have this mentality.

After the war, this retired Japanese colonel, under the condemnation of his conscience, spoke out the long-hidden truth, which dealt a heavy blow to the warmongers in Japan.

It turned out that the surrender of the Imperial Japanese Army could be so neat and tidy!

Of course, that was a matter for the future. At this time, the Tang Dao had already arrived at the battlefield of the blocking position.

The battlefield was already quiet!

Tang Dao and Tan Tai Ming Yue stood on the "Gu Ling"!

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PS: I recommend a new book by a younger brother author, "Da Ming: Starting from the Han Wang Regent". The style of writing is funny and relaxed. Children who like history can support it.