"What method did Tuanzuo use to delay the little devil for so long?"
The knife was lying about fifty meters away from Duanwu's position, observing with a telescope.
He originally thought that Danzao would encounter some danger, but Sasaki kept pestering Danzao as if he was humbly asking for advice.
Daozi even thought that Sasaki would be settled by Danzao's words.
This kind of thing is hard to say. He has been following Duanwu for a while, and he saw with his own eyes that the man used his roar to kill the soldiers one by one.
It's the same with him. His soul is never in himself, but in the group seat. As long as the leader gives an order, he dares to break into Daoshan Youguo.
The same goes for Sun Shiyu and the other two artillerymen further away. Their palms were sweating as they waited, but they still didn't get the chance to appear.
But little did they know that Dragon Boat Festival was brewing another big plan at this time.
This plan was also improvised. At first, Dragon Boat Festival just wanted to delay time.
But during the conversation with Sasaki, he had new inspiration.
Therefore, he had to instill something in Sasaki that he wanted Sasaki to remember deeply.
He blamed his intelligence network for the battle outside Changshu. And he wanted to spread this matter away from Sasaki, and use this to hide his identity as a time traveler.
This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone. Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival must make the spy network beautiful.
Although Sasaki was skeptical at first, when Duanwu talked about encircling and annihilating the 38th Regiment, he became a little scared. If Dragon Boat Festival repeats his old tricks, wouldn't he be in danger?
At this time, all the troops were on the road. If a large number of Chinese soldiers attacked by surprise at this time, it would be difficult for him to escape unscathed.
Of course, Dragon Boat Festival naturally thought of this, but it was a pity that Dragon Boat Festival did not have enough troops.
Because just imagine, how many total troops did Dragon Boat Festival use in this battle?
Danwu had told Sasaki before that the 79th Brigade of the 40th Division and his independent regiment, etc., totaled more than 2,400 people.
But this is not right, Danwu is fooling Sasaki. Otherwise, if there were so many people, it would be inevitable to ambush Sasaki.
There are not that many people in the 79th Brigade of the 40th Division. Even if the independent regiment is included, there are only about 1,300 people at most.
So here Danwu deceived Sasaki.
But even so, when the 38th Regiment was surrounded and annihilated, the total force reached nearly 4,000 people.
Four thousand people compared to the remnants of the Japanese 38th Regiment, which was only more than 500 people. This is a nearly ten-to-one battle. It’s hard for Dragon Boat Festival not to win!
However, why did the Japanese 38th Regiment, which originally had more than 3,500 people, only have so few people left at the end of the battle?
In fact, it is easy to understand. The 38th Regiment was not beaten to a pulp by the Dragon Boat Festival in one battle, but was divided into three stages:
First, on the high ground outside Changshu City, the Dragon Boat Festival wiped out the entire village brigade. The total strength of this village brigade is more than 980 people.
The old Japanese in the village first used artillery to test the right-wing position outside Changshu City, but because Duanwu ordered people to dig the trenches deeper, the Japanese artillery lost its effect.
So the Japanese from the same village sent two more Japanese squadrons to test the strength of Changshu's right-wing position.
But in the end, the Dragon Boat Festival ordered the defenders to stay still, and only waited for the two squadrons of the Japs to approach, then mobilized a battalion of troops to carry out a surprise attack.
Under the bombing of grenades, the two squadrons in this village suffered heavy damage. A Japanese squadron of more than one squadron was killed in front of the position in the explosion and machine gun fire. The remaining Japanese soldiers realized something was wrong and retreated in a hurry.
The frontline troops on the right wing, that is, a battalion that raided the Japanese army, pursued them.
At this time, the Japanese from this village decisively ordered the artillery to fire to save their retreating men.
But at this moment, four large-caliber howitzers had already aimed at his artillery position.
The village's artillery position turned into a sea of flames in just an instant. And what followed was that his entire position was under the artillery bombardment of the 44th Division.
The village brigade suffered heavy casualties and was about to retreat, but it didn't expect that early in the Dragon Boat Festival, two infantry battalions were sent to the left and right to outflank the village brigade.
These four battalions, plus the battalion on the right wing chasing the Japanese, total about 2,400 people.
After being bombarded continuously, the remaining troops of the Japanese in this village were only a little more than one squadron.
Therefore, it is a matter of course that the village team is eaten by the Dragon Boat Festival.
Next, Duanwu sent a distress telegram in the name of his village to the captain of the 38th Regiment, MCC.
MCC Cangdang saw the telegram and did not suspect it was a fraud. Because before that, he had a plan with the Japanese from his village.
What did a brigade from this village do when they went to Changshu? He was going to conduct fire reconnaissance, or to lure enemy troops out of the city.
Once the enemy troops in the city are mobilized, MCC will lead two other infantry regiments to immediately reinforce them and surround and annihilate the enemy troops in the city outside Changshu City.
Because the Japanese also know that Changshu's defenses are very strong. It will not be easy for them to defeat them. That's why we had such a plan. Send a large group to conduct a feint attack. If necessary, you can show weakness and draw out the enemy troops in the city.
So when he received the fake distress message from the Dragon Boat Festival, MCCcang rushed to Changshu with light weapons without thinking too much.
But what he didn't expect was that the mantis stalked the cicada while the oriole followed behind. There was an ambush outside the city during the Dragon Boat Festival. And this ambush was Xie Jinyuan and Sun Boan.
These two people, along with a large group of people, kept watching the little devil's every move.
So when most of the Japs' troops left in a hurry, they knew their opportunity had come.
Seizing the Japanese artillery and bombarding the Japanese army, they had done this before in the Battle of Xiejiaqiao, so they were familiar with it. What's more, with the Dragon Boat Festival radio station as the conductor, Xie Jinyuan and others couldn't make any mistakes.
So in this battle, the Japs' artillery, including heavy machine gunners, baggage troops, and an infantry squadron of Japs were all annihilated by the Independent Regiment and the 79th Brigade.
In this battle, a total of more than 600 enemy troops were wiped out. A large number of heavy weapons of the Japanese army were seized, paving the way for the subsequent annihilation of the 38th Regiment.
Zhongyecang brought nine infantry squadrons of Japanese soldiers, plus an artillery squadron, as well as some officers and guards from the headquarters, totaling more than 1,800 people.
When he arrived outside Changshu, the village brigade had been wiped out. Moreover, the corpse of the villager was hung on the tree during the Dragon Boat Festival. The angry Zhongyecang flew into a rage and vowed to avenge the devils of the village.
But when the old Japanese saw that there was only one company of troops on the position, he was surprised.
Because there are more than 980 people in our village team! It is simply impossible to be wiped out by an enemy company for no reason.
Therefore, MCC established a formation at the foot of the mountain, and sent two squadrons of Japanese soldiers to the left and right to protect its two wings. And used two squadrons to conduct a tentative attack on the enemy troops on the top of the mountain.
And at the same time, MCC ordered the artillery to bombard Duanwu and others.
Duanwu had already prepared. He mobilized all the mortars of the 44th Division in advance and launched an artillery battle with the Japanese artillery.
The battle was extremely fierce. Especially the artillery, both sides suffered heavy casualties.
Moreover, the two squadrons of Japs sent by Zhongye Cang to feint attack were also frustrated in their attack and retreated to the mountainside.
The failure of the battle made the old Japanese Zhongyecang even more angry. After losing his mortar, he mobilized grenade launchers and prepared to attack the mountain.
Once the Japanese plan succeeds, the ambush of the 44th Division behind the mountain will be exposed, or there will be heavy casualties.
So, at this time, Cheng Wanli and all the officers and soldiers of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company of the 3rd Regiment of the 44th Division used their own lives to crush MCC's conspiracy. The two Japanese squadrons responsible for the feint attack were therefore depleted.
At the same time, Xie Jinyuan used the heavy artillery that had just captured the Japanese army to bombard the Japanese positions.
The 150mm cannon is enough to destroy everything in front of him. With just one shot, dozens of Japs would go back together to see their Amaterasu.
So under the attack of heavy artillery, the Chinese army in MCCcang suffered heavy losses. The Japanese soldiers are multiplying geometrically and disappearing.
MCC guessed that there was a problem with his heavy artillery unit, and ordered the Japanese troops on his right to return to the defense to recapture his heavy artillery. And he took the remnants of his troops, as well as the Japanese troops on the left, to launch an attack on the top of the mountain, thereby rendering the Chinese artillery useless.
He believes that no matter how crazy the Chinese are, they will not blow up their own people, right?
It's just that his ideals are very full, but the reality is very skinny.
Not only were more people killed during his charge, but more than 2,000 Chinese officers and soldiers were killed from the top of the mountain.
And just behind him, the 79th Brigade suddenly came out, making his troops unable to look at each other.
MCC Cang was extremely desperate at the time. In the end, he died tragically under the knife of Dragon Boat Festival. The two squadrons he sent back to seize the heavy artillery were also caught in the crossfire net of Xie Jinyuan's heavy machine gun company, and they were all killed in front of the artillery position.
Therefore, the annihilation of the enemy's 38th Regiment during the Dragon Boat Festival was not accomplished in one fell swoop. Instead, it required the rapid encirclement and annihilation of multiple large forces to achieve this incredible victory.
But Danwu cannot say the same to Sasaki. He told Sasaki that there were 2,400 people in the surprise attack on the Japanese heavy artillery unit. Plus the 3,000 main force in Changshu, it would be easy to take down the 38th Regiment.
Sasaki took a breath when he heard this. Because based on this calculation, Changshu's military strength is likely to exceed 5,000. Adding the reinforcements brought by the Dragon Boat Festival, it will be more than 7,000, or nearly 8,000.
If these people were to mobilize and set an ambush for themselves in this mountain, the consequences would be disastrous.
Sasaki winked at Muranoo on the side and signaled him to spread out the troops immediately. To avoid being attacked.
At this time, Duanwu smiled and said: "Sasaki, don't be nervous. I'm not coming to you at this time to ambush you. Because you, a small 30th Brigade, really haven't been taken seriously by me. I'm here this time, I want to do a business with you.”
"Business? What kind of business can we do?"
Sasaki was surprised because it was obvious that China and Japan were fighting to the death on the battlefield, but at this time, Danwu wanted to do business with him. Isn't this strange?
He even felt that Dragon Boat Festival was really a madman. At this time, the officers on the front line were eager to draw a clear line with the Japanese, but Duanwu wanted to do business with him. I am not afraid of being pointed at my spine and called a traitor.
Of course, Sasaki will not care about Dragon Boat Festival's reputation. Rather, we need to ask clearly what kind of business it is.
But it was obvious that he didn't keep calm. He thought about it and asked directly.
Perhaps Sasaki never thought that one day he would be so stupid? In the short confrontation, they were completely defeated and fell into the Dragon Boat Festival trap again.
Duanwu smiled secretly in his heart, but showed no expression on the surface. With a kind smile on his face, he said slowly: "Not all of the 38th Regiment were killed, and there are still 156 prisoners of war. If you, Sasaki, offer a high enough price, I may consider taking these people away." I gave it back to you, hehehe!”
"Special Commissioner, isn't this inappropriate?"
Chen Yong heard this and quickly stopped him. Because after these prisoners of war are released, they will most likely continue to invade China. They are all well-trained soldiers who can continue to fight if they pick up a gun.
But at this time, Duanwu waved his hand. Because he has his own opinion.
In other words, Duan Wu did this for a reason. First, he wanted to find an excuse for his sudden interception of the Japanese army. And the second is to exchange Chinese prisoners of war from the Japanese army.
Compared with the Japanese prisoners of war, the treatment of Chinese prisoners of war is not even the slightest bit worse. He could be killed by the Japanese army at any time.
So if you have the chance to save people, save a few more. After all, after these people are rescued, they can also become China's national defense force.
However, this cannot be said directly during the Dragon Boat Festival. Because of the Japanese, how could the Chinese get their wish?
They may even use this as a threat.
So Duanwu signaled Chen Yong not to speak. Otherwise it will disrupt his deployment.
At the same time, Sasaki was thinking.
Should the soldiers of the empire not save him? If he said he wouldn't save him, what would the soldiers behind him think? Would you say that his commander is cold-blooded?
So Dragon Boat Festival did pose a problem to Sasaki.
Sasaki thought for a long time and finally said: "What are the conditions?"
Duanwu smiled: "One soldier, two gold bars, or an 81mm caliber mortar plus 10 rounds of artillery shells. A heavy machine gun will also do, with three thousand rounds of bullets. Or a 150mm caliber cannon. This is better... ..."
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Sasaki was speechless and even wanted to spit out Dragon Boat Festival. I thought: Why don’t you go and grab it? Is a prisoner of war worth that much?
What's more, giving heavy weapons to your enemies? Isn’t this the brain being kicked by the donkey?
But the more than 150 imperial soldiers also have good combat effectiveness. If they can come back alive, they can immediately form a well-trained combat force.
It's just that the price offered by Dragon Boat Festival was too high, which he couldn't accept.
Sasaki looked at Muranofu. The old devil rolled his eyes and lowered his voice and said, "Sir, the prisoners of war we are holding in Shimo Village have not yet been executed. How about we do a prisoner exchange?"
Sasaki nodded, because there were nearly 400 prisoners of war in Shimo Village. Calculated this way, he actually had more chips than Dragon Boat Festival.
"Hehehe!"
Sasaki did not speak, but smiled sinisterly at first, and then said: "Your Excellency Duanwu, I have more than four hundred Chinese prisoners of war in my hands. If you count it this way, I'm afraid you will have to ask for my money, hahaha! Hahaha !..."
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