The sacrifices of fifteen martyrs saved the lives of 113 people.
One hundred and thirteen civilians successfully entered the positions of the first and second battalions of the Independent Regiment.
Zhu Shengzhong glanced at the backs of the villagers, but no one came back.
He already understood something at this time, and he endured the pain in his heart and acted according to the original plan with Sun Shiyu.
Their plan was to rescue the hostages, and then use an independent regiment to contain the Japanese army while they waited for the 1st and 2nd Battalions of Zhou Weiguo to encircle the Japanese in Xiaoyangzhuang.
But this is easy to say, but when implemented, the independent group is Alexander.
The independent regiment originally had more than 400 soldiers. However, some were left to guard the vehicles, while more than 300 people participated in the battle, facing an enemy that was nearly three times their own size in a short period of time.
If this were an ordinary combat unit, they would most likely complain or even curse the commander for using them as cannon fodder.
But no one in the independent group had such complaints.
Because they went to the battlefield just to kill the Japanese. And with so many Japs to kill, how could they complain?
In the case of insufficient manpower, Sun Shiyu found another squad to escort the people out of the village, and they relied on three private houses to form a "pin" shape to block the Japanese attacks from three directions.
The Japanese had already begun an offensive at all costs, because the Independent Regiment was like a poisonous thorn that had penetrated into their hearts. If they could not annihilate the Independent Regiment, they would be attacked from both sides and eventually be annihilated in Xiaoyangzhuang.
Lieutenant Colonel Zhongshan, the captain of the Japanese Second Infantry Battalion, no longer cared about any strategy. He ordered the Japanese who were attacking Lao Heng's troops in the east of the village to switch to defense and mobilized people to reinforce the battle in the village. The Japanese who retreated in the west of the village, plus the Japanese who had previously supported the retreat in the north of the village, The Japanese who came back, numbering no less than 500 in total, attacked the independent regiment in the village with all their strength.
The independent regiment used full firepower and engaged in fierce exchanges of fire with nearly three times the number of enemies.
But at close range, the Nakamura Japs realized that their rifles had insufficient firepower.
Although they had an overwhelming advantage in numbers, they were suppressed and beaten at every turn when faced with the Chinese submachine guns.
What's even more terrifying is that these people have rich combat experience and have many sharpshooters. Their main targets are the Japanese machine gunners, grenadiers, and officers.
The Japanese machine gunners were replaced batch after batch, but there were simply not enough to fight them.
Moreover, the Independent Regiment's bullets seem to be endless.
In the hour-long fierce battle, the ammunition carried by the Japanese army was almost exhausted, but the submachine gun used by the opponent still had bullets in it.
But how did the Zhongshan Japs know that although the Independent Regiment was small in number, it had been armed to the teeth by the Dragon Boat Festival. In addition to each person being equipped with a submachine gun, each person carries at least 300 rounds of ammunition, and almost every soldier is equipped with a pistol. Even a machine gunner is equipped with at least two ammunition handlers carrying submachine guns.
The artillery is fully loaded with ammunition.
Facing such a well-equipped enemy, the little devil was beaten to the point of losing his temper.
Unable to win in a short time, the Zhongshan Japs could only order the Japs to retreat to a few houses on the north side of the village.
The Japanese opened dozens of private houses as their last stronghold.
He wanted to stay in the north of the village and wait for reinforcements from Baijia Town.
Because just twenty minutes ago, he had just received a telegram from Colonel Fujimura. The telegram said that they would capture Baijia Town within an hour, and then send reinforcements to Xiaoyangzhuang, asking him to hold off the enemy reinforcements in Xiaoyangzhuang. One hour, and the headquarters will send bombers for support.
Therefore, after the Zhongshan Japs realized that they could not annihilate the independent regiment, they took a defensive stance. He was ready to stall for time.
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However, neither Zhou Weiguo, Sun Shiyu, Zhu Shengzhong, nor Lao Shou could give Zhongshan this opportunity.
The reason why Zhou Weiguo did not order his battalion to actually detour to support Baijia Town was to eliminate this group of devils.
As the saying goes, it is better to cut off one finger than to hurt ten of them. And Zhou Weiguo wanted to break the enemy's finger, no matter the cost.
Of course, Zhou Weiguo's plan is to spare no expense for artillery shells. Just when the Japanese troops all retreated to the dozens of civilian houses they had opened to defend themselves, nearly a hundred mortar grenades aimed at the area where the Japanese were located and exploded directly.
The cannonballs, which were densely packed like raindrops, fell into the Japanese stronghold, and all the Japanese who saw it were stunned.
Originally, they thought that the Chinese army's firepower just now was strong enough, but they didn't expect that the other side was still hiding.
Hundreds of artillery shells were fired one after another, leaving them with nowhere to hide.
"Baga Yalu, what kind of army is this?"
The Zhongshan Japs screamed in terror, and then were lost in a series of horrific explosions.
No one would be spared in this explosion, and more than a dozen houses were turned into rubble. When the smoke cleared, there were less than a dozen intact corpses of the Japanese in the ruins.
Zhu Shengzhong stepped on the Zhongshan Japs' head, took off the sword from his body, and then slung it on his body.
He showed off to the soldiers of the Independent Regiment, saying that while the regiment leader was away, let's each take a Japanese knife from him and put it on his body. How about we see how defeated the regiment leader was?
At this time, both the soldiers and the officers of the independent regiment strongly agreed. Because I don’t know since when, they fell in love with watching their group suffer.
They had no complaints, nor did they blame Zhou Weiguo for the sacrifice of seventy or eighty comrades. Not to mention that they were cannon fodder, or that Zhou Weiguo asked them to die.
Because they are all Dragon Boat Festival soldiers, facing the Japanese in Xiaoyangzhuang is just a piece of cake for them.
Although they are heartbroken by the sacrifice of their comrades, they seem to have learned how to regulate their emotions in this time of grief.
These are all given to them by the Dragon Boat Festival, because the war will continue forever, and when there is a war, there will be casualties.
The most common thing that Dragon Boat Festival said to them is that we have earned it if we are alive today. Facing the ferocious enemy and the tragic battlefield, we can only work hard to survive until the day of victory.
This is a beautiful wish, and it is also the future that Dragon Boat Festival imagines for these big-headed soldiers.
Working hard to survive, kill as many Japanese as possible, and survive until the day of victory is the wish of all of them.
For this goal, they are working hard and fighting. After burying their comrades, they can continue to laugh.
In the eyes of Zhou Weiguo, the people in the Independent Regiment were all crazy. Facing the sacrifice of their comrades, how could they still laugh?
Some people and Zhou Weiguo ridiculed those in the Independence Group as lunatics.
But Zhou Weiguo sighed and said: "If you can live like them, the Battle of Songhu will not be defeated. Clean the battlefield quickly and support Baijia Town."
Zhou Weiguo gave the order, but at this moment, a soldier came to report: "Reporting to the regiment, we just found the Japanese army's radio station. The Japanese army's voice came from the radio station, but we couldn't understand it."
"Bring the radio immediately, and remember not to make any noise. No, I will go there myself, and you will lead the way."
Zhou Weiguo thought about it wrong. If the other party heard the voice of the Chinese when he picked up the radio, then there would be no point in using the radio. He wants to go there in person to hear what the devils are saying on the radio! ...
