In his opinion, they should not have suffered such a casualty ratio with those Sichuan troops.
If the weapons held by the Sichuan army were not so bad, they might have sacrificed more people today
If all the Chinese armies were like this group of Sichuan soldiers, they would not retreat to the death. One step, can the empire really win this battle?
He is a little doubtful now.
Will defeating Wuhan really make China surrender?
No matter what, he is just a soldier and all he has to do is obey orders.
"By the way, before the war starts tomorrow, try to persuade this group of Sichuan troops to surrender. If they don't surrender, they will continue to attack." Japanese Lieutenant Colonel said.
It would be great if this group of Sichuan troops could surrender, as there would be no need for so many soldiers.
"Hi" the Japanese Major nodded.
At this moment, Li Yunlong and the others are still in the headquarters, thinking about whether their plan will work.
After thinking about it several times, he was sure that there was nothing wrong with the plan.
When he comes to fight this time, he must be careful and careful, otherwise, if the soldiers suffer heavy losses, he will feel very sorry.
At this moment, the correspondent opened the curtain and walked in.
"Commander, the special operations company sent another telegram." The correspondent saluted them as soon as they came in.
"What's going on over there with the Japanese?" Li Yunlong asked.
"Battalion Commander, at two o'clock this afternoon, the Japanese launched a tentative attack on Wu County. They attacked the east and west gates at the same time and did not retreat until five o'clock in the afternoon. The Sichuan troops in Wu County suffered heavy casualties.
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In just three hours, the Sichuan army suffered at least a thousand casualties," the correspondent said. The situation they saw at the East City Gate alone was probably not much better at the West City Gate.
"How could the Sichuan Army suffer so many casualties in just one afternoon?" Li Yunlong was a little unbelievable.
The Japs are indeed quite powerful, but the Sichuan Army is the one defending the city and has the upper hand. In three hours, they actually suffered 500 casualties at one city gate. The Japs are really that strong
"Commander, the enemy's firepower is very fierce. They first used more than 20 mortars to bomb the position outside the gate of Wu County.
Then they sent people to attack two hundred meters away from the position. On the left and right, the Japanese soldiers carrying grenades bombed the position again,
causing heavy casualties to the defenders. Later, most of the Sichuan troops sacrificed the most in the exchange of fire with the Japanese.< /p>
Compared with the weapons in their hands, the gap between them and the Japs was too big. Even if they brought the Japs as close as 80 meters and hit them, they would not be able to cause much harm to the Japs.
In the end, The Japs arrived at the Sichuan Army's position, and the Sichuan Army soldiers directly engaged the Japs in hand-to-hand combat.
The Sichuan Army soldiers were extremely brave when fighting with their bayonets. They all seemed to be risking their lives. Even if they died, they would drag a Japs on their backs. "The correspondent told the battle situation one by one,He handed the telegram to Li Yunlong for inspection.
Hearing this, Li Yunlong and them frowned.
They thought that the weapons and equipment of the Sichuan Army would not be too bad even if they were poor.
Now it seems that the guns held by the Sichuan Army are probably broken guns with almost flat rifling. Even they despise this kind of gun, but the Sichuan Army is fighting against the Japanese with this kind of broken gun. fight.
"Captain, according to this situation, Wu County and the others can last for more than a week at most. This is only possible because the commander of Wu County uses houses to fight the Japanese in the city to delay this time." Deputy Qian Chang said.
According to the Japs' method of attack, the city gate in Wu County will be lost on the morning of the fourth day. At that time, the defenders will have no choice but to retreat into the city and use the houses to fight the Japs in street battles.
"I originally thought that the Japanese would not launch an attack so soon. Now it seems that we can no longer delay. We will leave tomorrow to provide support," Li Yunlong said.
If it drags on, the defenders of Wu County don’t know how many people will be sacrificed.
"Okay, let's go and rest first. We will set off early tomorrow morning and try to arrive before the first round of Japanese attacks in the afternoon." Li Yunlong asked everyone to rest first.
"Yes"
After everyone left, Deputy Commander Qian and Staff Officer Zhong were still here.
"Actually, I don't think we should go to support so quickly." Staff Officer Zhong said.
"Hmm, what do you mean?" Li Yunlong looked at Staff Officer Zhong.
"The Sichuan Army is still a member of the National Army. Their losses are also losses to that side. We will eventually have a battle with them in the future.
It is better to let the Japanese consume them. They, it's not that we don't support them anyway, Wu County can't be lost to the devils.
It's just that we go later, and the outcome is the same. Firstly, we can annihilate those devils, and secondly, we can also consume the strength of the national army, killing two birds with one stone. "Consultant Zhong said.
"It's too early to talk about this now. The joint resistance war has only been a long time ago, and we are already thinking about internal strife. I don't agree." Li Yunlong shook his head.
The Japanese are now in a period of strength and prosperity. It is not a wise move to consume the strength of the national army now.
"Moreover, they have a cooperative relationship with us now, and their biggest goal is the Japanese. Regardless of whether we will go to war with them after driving the Japanese out,
That will happen in the future. When the time comes to fight, we should fight in an upright manner, rather than stabbing them at this time," Li Yunlong said.
He also knew that after the Japanese were driven out, the two sides would definitely fight, but this situation was not suitable.
"What does stabbing mean? If we don't go to support, Wu County will eventually fall into the hands of the Japanese.
We will support them two days later and let the Japanese use up their numbers. What's wrong, I didn't mean to ignore them," said Staff Officer Zhong.
If they had not come here, the outcome of Wu County could be imagined. Now he just asked the Japanese to consume the number of Wu County defenders.
"I have said that the biggest enemy now is the Japanese. Believe it or not, if I send your words to the brigade commander, do you think the brigade commander will agree?" Li Yunlong said.
He knew that Lao Zhong was for The team is good, but at this time, he feels that he shouldn’t do this.
Since he can support us earlier, he should support us faster. What if the Japanese attack tomorrow is very strong and directly breach the city gate?
Once the Japanese occupy the city gate, how can we destroy those Japanese?" Li Yunlong continued.
What if? The Japs will occupy the city gate tomorrow. It is impossible for them to knock down the city gate unless the number of people is increased ten times.
Otherwise, nearly 2,000 Japs will defend the city with tens of thousands of people. They couldn't defeat them.
Consultant Zhong fell silent. He felt that the defenders of Wu County could hold the city gate for at least three days.
But what Li Yunlong said was not unreasonable. If the Japs really capture the city gate of Wu County in one day, then when the Japs wipe out the defenders in the city, Wu County will be completely lost.
Even if they join the battle, it will not help. This battle is in vain
Especially when the target is exposed, if other Japanese are attracted to encircle and suppress them, the consequences will be disastrous.
" I didn't think carefully enough. "Consultant Zhong said.
"This is the first time I have seen you make such a mistake. If you were fighting the Japanese, you would wish to count all the eight generations of the Japanese's ancestors.
But Why is it that when it comes to the National Army, I always feel that you don’t like them?" Li Yunlong said.
Li Yunlong actually doesn’t like the National Army very much, but in the face of national justice, he can only put aside his seeds. Prejudice.
But Lao Zhong felt that he never wanted to see the national army and could not let go of his prejudice.
Consultant Zhong fell silent and did not answer Li Yunlong's question. p>
“Forget it, if you don’t want to say it, just don’t say it. "Li Yunlong did not continue to ask. Everyone has things they don't want to say, and he didn't want to force Lao Zhong.
At least he knew that Lao Zhongxin was with the Eighth Route Army and would not cause any other harm to the team. Influence, that’s enough.
“I’m going to rest first, you should rest early too. "After that, Staff Officer Zhong left the tent.
"What the hell is going on?" Li Yunlong frowned, then shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
The next day At eight o'clock in the morning, all the soldiers of the new regiment, except for the acclimatized soldiers who were left in the camp, went to Wu County for support.
At the same time, in Wu County, on the wall walkway of the east city gate, Zhao Chengxu was watching with a telescope. The Japs camp in the distance.
"Strange, why haven't the Japs launched an attack yet?" Chu Xu asked confusedly.
It's already eight o'clock. The Japs are over there. But there was still no movement, and no troops were assembled to attack the city. I don’t know what they were doing.
The soldiers in the trenches had already finished eating and were waiting for the Japanese to attack.
"No matter what they want to do, we will do it." Zhao Chengxu said, he couldn't figure out what the Japanese wanted to do.
In the Japanese camp, in the temporary command room, the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel was thinking about who would be better to send to negotiate.
"Lieutenant Colonel, the position of the person sent to negotiate should not be too low, as it would appear that we are not sincere, but it cannot be too high, either, what if they want to kill the negotiator." said the Japanese Major.
If the status of the people who go to negotiate is too low, the Sichuan troops in the city may think that they are there to humiliate people, but if it is too high, those Sichuan troops may have the idea of killing them as a warning to others.
"Who do you think is better to send?" the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel asked.
The negotiator cannot let him go into battle in person. He does not want to die in a daze.
"Send a captain there. In the Chinese army, a captain is equivalent to the position of a battalion commander. It is not considered low, and sending him there is not considered disrespectful." said the Japanese Major.
As soon as the words came out, the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel Zuo Lao said to the other captains.
"Who among you is willing to go to negotiate?" asked the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel.
After hearing this, the other Japanese captains looked elsewhere unconsciously. What a joke, why should they go?
If the negotiation is not settled and the Sichuan troops do not surrender, they may kill people to sacrifice the flag, and there will really be no place to cry.
"How about letting Captain Lang You go? He can speak Chinese and is considerate in dealing with people. It would be best to send him there." Japanese Major suggested.
Captain Lang You is proficient in Chinese, which makes it easier to negotiate with Chinese people.
Captain Lang You, who was behind, turned green when he heard this.
"Commander, I'm actually not very good at Chinese. I can barely speak a few words." Captain Lang You said quickly.
The last thing he wanted to do was negotiate or anything like that. When he entered the city, life and death were all decided by the enemy. This feeling was too scary.
"Okay, it's up to you. Don't worry. There is an old saying in China, which is that if two armies are fighting without killing the envoys, if they really dare to kill you,
then I I will also avenge you, Captain Lang You, you are an elite member of the empire, you cannot be afraid of death, do you understand?” Lieutenant Colonel Japanese said seriously.
"Hi" Captain Lang You agreed with a grimace, cursing in his heart, "Who wants you to take revenge? Can I take revenge for you?"
"Let's go then" The Japanese Lieutenant Colonel ordered.
Soon the Japanese soldiers in the camp began to gather. This time, they sent 500 people to hold down the formation about 300 meters away from the city gate.
When the soldiers guarding the city saw this scene, they immediately squatted in the trenches, thinking that the Japanese were going to bombard them again.
However, after waiting for two minutes, nothing happened. They stood up and looked at the Japanese in surprise.
I saw a Japanese officer walking towards the city gate alone.
"This littleWhat's going on with the Japs? Are they planning to annihilate us all by themselves?" the soldier asked doubtfully.
"Damn, he's too arrogant. Look, I'll kill him with one shot." The soldier on the side said and raised his hand The rifle was aimed at the Japanese officer.
"Come on, you only have this broken gun. If you can hit someone from a hundred meters away, it's pretty good. "
"Don't be impulsive, let's see what the little devil thinks." A battalion commander asked his men to stay calm and stop shooting randomly.
On the walkway of the city wall, Zhao Chengxu also looked at Based on the rank on the Japs' shoulders, he judged that the Japs officer was a Japs captain, and his position was not low.
"Brigade, this little Japs dares to come to our position no matter what he wants." The soldier on the side said.
Why did the Japs send someone here?
“The Japs are trying to persuade you to surrender. "Zhao Chengxu said, if he hadn't persuaded us to surrender, the Japanese would not have sent a captain to die.
"The one who persuaded us to surrender still wanted us to surrender and they would also be given a seat, so I shot him with a machine gun. "The soldier said.
Who does this little devil look down on? If not, he will be beaten or persuaded to surrender. Who is he?
"Don't worry, let's see what this little devil can say. Flowers are coming," Zhao Chengxu said.
When the two armies are fighting, they will not kill the incoming envoy. This is a rule set by the ancestors. He cannot break the rule.
"Send someone to invite the Japanese to come up. . "Zhao Chengxu said.
"Yes" the soldier nodded helplessly. He really wanted to shoot the Japanese officer.
The further Captain Lang You walked towards the city gate position, the more nervous he became. Because he just saw someone aiming a gun at him, which made him want to dodge immediately, but luckily he held back.
“Soldiers of the Sichuan Army, please don’t shoot, I’m here to negotiate. "More than thirty meters away from the position, Captain Lang You shouted loudly.
"If you can't talk about negotiations, hurry up and get back to your camp. Otherwise, I will kill you with one shot." A soldier shouted .
As soon as the words came out, other Sichuan soldiers also shouted "Go back"
The loud shouts made people feel scared.
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Captain Lang You wanted to turn around and go back for a moment. He was afraid that someone would accidentally shoot him.
"Put down your guns and let the Japanese come over." At this time, Chu Xu ordered the soldiers to put down their guns.
He then sent a few more people to search the captain. When he learned that the captain did not have any weapons on him, Chu Xu gave up.
“Follow me into the city. "Chu Xu said and asked the Japanese captain to follow him into the city gate. Soon, they went up the city wall. Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft