An hour after the encirclement and annihilation battle, more than 500 remaining Japanese soldiers were surrounded in a private courtyard in the village.
Lieutenant Commander Kitazawa Sadajiro Kitazawa of the 39th Infantry Regiment Mixed Battalion was hit by our army's mountain artillery while commanding the troops to defend. He was seriously injured and bled to death.
Colonel Renjian Shunshi, commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment, was killed by an air bomb of the Chinese Air Force on his way to the village.
The only ones concentrated in the village now are Major General Kaoru Nakamura, commander of the 33rd Japanese mixed brigade, Colonel Asahi Iizuka, commander of the 63rd Infantry Regiment, and Colonel Moto Okamura, commander of the 40th Infantry Regiment.
Major General Nakamura Kaoru took a few deep breaths, knowing that he was completely surrounded and there was no hope of escape, so he ordered the flag officer to burn the regiment flag. There was no other way. The regiment flag was the most valued flag by Japanese soldiers. Not only was it protected by specialized troops, , many Japanese soldiers believed that this flag was even more important than life.
Japan's coalition flags are all awarded by the Emperor of Japan personally. Each coalition's flag is unique and therefore extremely precious. In the Japanese army, the regiment flag only exists in the establishment of the unit. If the regiment flag is not present, then the establishment of the unit will not exist.
In the Japanese army, the regimental flags of many veteran and combat-effective units that participated in the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and World War II are in dilapidated condition.
Because in the Japanese army, the regimental flag will not be replaced with a new one as long as the crown, tassel, and flagpole of the regiment flag are not damaged. Therefore, many Japanese troops are proud of the tattered regiment flag.
It is precisely because the significance of the regiment flag is very important to a Japanese army, so when a Japanese army is about to be completely destroyed, the Japanese army will perform a "burning" ceremony to burn the regiment flag, so No regimental flag was ever captured during World War II.
After Japan announced its surrender in August 1945, in order to prevent the regiment flag from falling into the hands of the enemy, all Japanese troops began to destroy the regiment flag, even the imperial family was no exception.
The only exception was the regimental flag of the 321st Infantry Regiment. Because the commander of the regiment, Lieutenant Shiro Goto, could not bear it, only the flagpole was burned during the burning ceremony. The other parts were kept by a private group called Shinto Tenkyoju. The noodles are cut into several large pieces and kept separately. After 1951, this united flag reappeared and was donated to the Yasukuni Shrine. After being repaired, it has been displayed to this day. (Which big boss is going to burn him and give him a good time)
The flag officer looked at Major General Kaoru Nakamura and burst into tears: "Brigade commander, of the flags of several of our regiments, only the flags of the 63rd Regiment and the 40th Regiment are left."
"The flag officers of several other regiments were unfortunately broken into pieces on the way to escape."
"Nani!!"
"idiot!!!"
In anger, Nakamura Kaoru pulled out the command knife and slashed the flag officer's neck and chest with the knife. Blood splashed all over Nakamura's face. He looked at the other flag officer with a ferocious expression.
The blood seemed to awaken the animal nature in his heart. Just when he was about to continue to kill another flag officer, two captains stopped him and roared at him several times before he regained consciousness.
Then he woke up and was a little annoyed. Now that it was over, he would be hung on Japan's pillar of shame. He was the first Japanese unit commander whose regimental flag was captured.
Suddenly, he seemed to think of something.
"Quick! Generate electricity for General Muto Nobuyoshi."
"Our 33rd mixed brigade retreated at noon on the 17th, and was surrounded by enemies several times larger than the Chinese army. Lieutenant Commander Kitazawa Sadaharu of the 39th Infantry Regiment Mixed Brigade, and Colonel Hitomi Junshi, the captain of the 10th Infantry Regiment, Colonel Motojiro Taniguchi, commander of the 10th Field Artillery Regiment, both had their jade broken in the battle with the Chinese army, and the regiment flag was lost. Colonel Iizuka Asoyoshi, commander of the 63rd Infantry Regiment, and Colonel Moto Okamura, commander of the 40th Infantry Regiment, and I fought bravely, but I was short of ammunition and had no chance of survival. I was mixed into the 33rd Brigade. We were all broken into pieces. Farewell!"
Then, Nakamura Kaoru looked at the other flag officer: "You! Go and burn the flag!"
"But if we burn the military flag, our 63rd Regiment will cease to exist!"
"Baga! We have no retreat. If the flag is captured by the Chinese army, then we will be the sinners of the Japanese Empire. We must not let the flag fall into the hands of the Chinese!"
"Hi!"
After the flag officer bowed, he immediately ran to the southeast corner, found some wheat straw, lit them randomly, and placed the general's flag on top.
Suddenly there was another chi chi sound in the sky, and with the sound of the air, the Japanese soldiers fell to the ground one after another.
boom! !
It turned out to be a 150mm howitzer shell, which accidentally landed in the northwest corner of the yard. The shock wave of the grenade explosion collapsed the house. Iizuka Tokichi and Okamura Gen were unable to dodge, and all the more than 40 Japanese soldiers were buried. Underneath the ruins, the old-fashioned compound was made of bricks and tiles, and was considered a landlord's house.
The house collapsed, and the Japanese troops on the second floor roof suffered damage.
At the same time, shells continued to fall all around.
As for private housing? Just destroy that thing if it's destroyed. It can kill hundreds of Japs, and it's not a loss in blood.
Then there were shouts of killing, machine gun fire, and the explosion of mortar shells. Nakamura Kaoru led the remaining Japanese troops to fight back hard in the ruins, and was eventually killed by our army.
A large number of soldiers began to rush into the compound and search carefully. Because this is the brigade headquarters, they should be able to gain something.
The Japanese army's code book had been burned, but two Japanese pigs that had been crushed to death were dug out from the ruins. It was the two lucky captains who captured two sergeant's swords and one general's sword.
As the soldiers searched carefully, finally, an exclamation came!
"Company Commander! Come on, this seems to be the little devil's coalition flag!!"
The company commander who was searching ran over in a few steps. Sure enough, judging from the quality, are you sure this is not the thing in the little devil's crotch? ? ?
But judging from the fact that there is no body next to it and there is an iron box for storage, it must also be a flag? ?
probably?
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On April 18, 1932, the Northwestern Military Government electrified the entire country.
The 15th Army of our Northwest Army annihilated the Japanese mixed 33rd Brigade in Longmen on April 17, killing a total of more than 6,000 Japanese troops, including a major general brigade commander and five colonel commanders! And captured 3 alliance flags.
Attached are 5 pictures
The two are well-protected Japanese army flags. Although they are a bit tattered, you can still tell. How can you tell that the third one is a coalition flag? It’s clearly pants!
I heard that Zhang Yunhan was shocked when he saw these underpants, oh no, when he saw the alliance flag, the burning was really lifelike.
