books44 Chapter 201
Chapter 201
Fumio Nagata suddenly became angry and turned to Matsushita Nosuke and gave orders.
"Mr. Matsushita, order the troops to enter the village. Once you reach a certain place, don't search it. Raze all the houses to the ground. This will comfort the souls of the locust warriors in heaven."
As Nagata Fumio gave the order, the Japanese army began to slowly enter the village along the perimeter. Wherever they passed, all the houses were destroyed by grenades.
At this time, Zhang Zirong, who was in the tunnel at the bottom of the village, realized after receiving the operation from the Japanese army that this had made the Japanese angry and humiliated, and they could no longer afford to play with him.
He then began to order the troops to move along the tunnel to the other side of the Tang River with the wounded and captured weapons and ammunition.
After the Second Battalion evacuated along the tunnel, the Japanese troops in Qingxing Village did not find any trace of the Eighth Route Army. Instead, they found many corpses of those who had entered the village earlier to search for the locust army.
When other Japanese soldiers cleaned up the bodies of the Japanese soldiers who had entered the village to search and carried them out and placed them on the open space at the entrance of the village, Nagata Fumio was so angry that he drew his command knife and screamed.
Looking at the Japanese soldiers who were naked with only diapers left and were burned black, all the other Japanese soldiers except Fumio Nagata were stunned by the scene.
Isn’t it said that the Chinese army has low combat effectiveness?
What's going on? Why is this different from the description in China?
They encountered such an exciting scene in their first battle. This is their future ending.
Suddenly, everyone in the army started talking about it.
After checking the killed locust soldiers, Chief of Staff Nosuke Matsushita walked up to the angry Fumio Nagata.
"Sir, I just checked and found that all these locust soldiers were killed in a surprise attack."
"The wounds were all on the back, and were caused by cold weapons such as bayonets, bows and arrows. If nothing unexpected happens, the Chinese army in the village should be underequipped. They dare not engage in direct combat with the locust army and can only rely on sneak attacks."
After listening to the Chief of Staff's statement, Nagata Fumio
Fumio Nagata finally understood how the locust army was eliminated in the village.
After thinking for a while.
"Mr. Matsushita, it seems that we need to change our previous strategy."
Hearing the captain's words, Matsushita Nosuke was a little curious.
"I've decided. I won't go into the village anymore. These damn Eighth Route Army soldiers are like rats in the gutter. They'll come after you from time to time."
"During the subsequent raids, if you encounter a village, just destroy it directly. No need to search."
"Don't get entangled with the Eighth Route Army if you encounter them. Destroy the villages along the way that are with the Eighth Route Army and eliminate the villagers you encounter."
"Force the main force of the Eighth Route Army out. They must engage in a decisive battle with us."
After hearing what Nagata Fumio said, Matsushita Nosuke suddenly realized that this was the only way to avenge the locust army.
Afterwards, except for leaving some troops to collect the bodies and wounded of the locust army and send them back to Wangdu, they began to sweep along the predetermined route.
As the Japanese army continued to advance, they encountered an attack from a small group of Eighth Route Army troops when crossing the Tang River.
This time, the Japanese army did not send troops to engage in a firefight with the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese troops in the front row began to use grenade launchers to attack directly at the place where the small group of Eighth Route Army appeared.
This immediately caused considerable casualties to the 3rd Battalion of the 6th Regiment.
After receiving the report from the Third Battalion, Zhang Zirong immediately realized that the Japanese army was changing its tactics and advancing. He immediately ordered the Third Battalion to change its combat methods and prepare to lure the Japanese army to Jiashan through harassment.
As the troops of the Third Battalion dispersed, they began to launch surprise attacks on the Japanese vanguard with small units, and at the same time, they immediately changed locations after the surprise attacks.
The Japanese army soon became annoyed by this style of fighting.
After receiving the situation from the front, Fumio Nagata judged that the main force of the Eighth Route Army must be behind these small forces, so he immediately ordered his troops to advance in the direction of these small forces' withdrawal.