"Your Excellency, Akasaka Brigade has sent a message asking for help."
After receiving Akasaka's distress message, the Japanese communications corps immediately reported to Endo.
After Endo received the message, he tore it into pieces without even reading it.
Seeing this, the adjutant on the side reminded: "Your Excellency, the Akasaka Brigade is here to support us. If we don't save us, we may be criticized."
Endo said disdainfully: "This is obviously a trap. Lai'an County is the only place where the Dragon Boat Festival breaks out to the Bengbu area. He is carrying a large number of heavy weapons snatched from the Sakata Alliance. If he hadn't come to Lai'an County, he would be Impossible.
But when he arrived, he found that Lai'an County had been occupied by us and a large number of fortifications had been built.
He did not have the confidence to rush through here, and then found that the Akasaka brigade came to support, so he attacked Akasaka first to attract us out.
And when we left the defense fortifications in Lai'an County, in his eyes, there was no difference between us and the Akasaka Brigade! "
The equally young adjutant beside Endo said in surprise: "Sir, is that Dragon Boat Festival really so powerful?"
Endo laughed and said: "Hahaha, only stupid people will think he is powerful. If we see through all the tricks of the Dragon Boat Festival, then he will be no different from those drunkards. Go tell Akasaka and let him hold on. We Support him immediately, hahaha!”
"support?"
The adjutant was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask more questions. He just ordered the communications soldier to call Akasaka back.
At this time, when Akasaka saw the message from Endo, he felt confident again and thought to himself: Damn Dragon Boat Festival, just wait, Endo's reinforcements will arrive soon, and by then, you won't be the one to ambush me. , but our two brigades are attacking you from two directions.
Thinking of this, Akasaka ordered the surviving Japanese to continue to resist.
The Japanese relied on the limited cover and shot randomly into the woods, but for some reason, the gunfire in the woods became smaller and smaller.
It turned out that after Duanwu severely damaged the Akasaka brigade, he only used a small number of troops to contain him, and then moved with Zhou Weiguo in the direction of Lai'an County, preparing to attack the Endo brigade.
This was the purpose of the Dragon Boat Festival attack on the Akasaka Brigade, to severely damage him and leave him with a squadron of troops, and then let Qiu Ming lead his independent regiment to contain the Japanese, and let the Akasaka Brigade keep shouting and force the Endo Brigade to go out of the city for rescue.
However, Danwu still underestimated Endo. This little devil was not only cunning but also a complete egoist. Under the guidance of his father, he only cared about military exploits and the glory of his family, and everything else was just a stepping stone for him.
He was ordering his artillerymen to pull four Type 91 105mm howitzers out of their bunkers.
The Type 91 howitzer is a light howitzer developed by Japan and France in the 1930s.
This kind of howitzer is powerful, has a long range, and is easy to disassemble and transport, so it has become a weapon in Endo's hands.
At this time, Endo had a cruel smile on his face, because he was going to use these four artillery pieces to support the Akasaka brigade.
Of course, it is not clear whether it is to support Akasaka or to send Akasaka on his last journey. After all, Akasaka and others are also five kilometers outside the city.
At this position, the artillerymen could not see Akasaka's position at all, and even if they could see it, it would be useless. Where the artillery shells flew out and landed could only rely on luck. After all, the artillery shells at that time did not have any precise guidance.
At the same time, Duanwu also noticed something was wrong. He and his men saw that they were about to return to Lai'an County but did not see the Japanese reinforcements.
The scouts sent out came back and reported: There was no movement in Lai'an County, and the little Japs didn't leave the city at all.
Zhou Weiguo said in surprise: "What is this little devil doing? Is it because he refuses to help? Or is the Akasaka Brigade not asking for help?"
Duanwu said: "The telegram for help has been intercepted, and the Endo Brigade has also responded, and they will go to support. If there is something wrong, I am afraid that the Endo Brigade is deceiving the Akasaka Brigade and letting them become cannon fodder with us. "
Zhou Weiguo said angrily: "These damn little devils are so cruel to their own people!"
squeak! squeak! ...
Zhou Weiguo was complaining, but at this moment, the sound of cannonballs piercing the air had already passed over everyone's heads.
Duanwu looked up and thought to himself: Damn it, I didn't expect the little devil to start taking action so quickly.
He quickly ordered the messenger: "Go and tell Commander Qiu to withdraw with his men and leave the little Japs alone."
After that, Duanwu said to Zhou Weiguo: "Old Zhou, take your people and retreat with me."
Zhou Weiguo said: "Why don't you fight?"
Duanwu smiled and said: "If you want to fight, you have to watch before fighting. Come with me!"
Therefore, Duanwu and Zhou Weiguo withdrew first with a group of people, and after encountering the artillery attack, Qiu Ming and his people also withdrew later.
The evacuation went very smoothly because Akasaka and other surviving Japanese were under shelling from Lai'an County.
Almost all the artillery shells hit the road, because the Japanese in Lai'an County did not have clear coordinates, only about five kilometers away, so they were covered by artillery fire. Almost all the shells hit near the road.
Near the highway is the hiding place of Akasaka and others.
The Akasaka Brigade suffered heavy losses again. There were less than 70 Japs left in a squadron, and they were all disgraced.
Akasaka pointed in the direction of Lai'an County and yelled that Endo was a bastard, but in the next second, a cannonball fell and landed right next to Akasaka.
After a loud noise, Akasaka was bombed everywhere, and not even the Japanese officer around him was spared.
Although the remaining Japanese soldiers felt like they were on the verge of tears, after thinking about it, they found that only Lai'an County was safe, not to mention that Captain Akasaka was killed in action. If they evacuated, they would be fleeing the battle, so they could only Break out in the direction of Lai'an County.
Fortunately, they did not encounter any enemies along the way and arrived at the gate of Lai'an County easily.
The Japanese in the position outside the city loudly ordered them to stop. After asking the other party's identity, they reported to Captain Endo.
Endo looked at the disgraced imperial soldiers and murmured in his heart.
He knew how powerful the Dragon Boat Festival was. If there were only such a few people left in the Akasaka brigade, how did they break through and get here? A large group of imperial troops had been wiped out, would there still be dozens of imperial troops missing?
Endo suspected that there was fraud. The people in front of him were most likely pretended to be people sent by Duanwu, and even Duanwu was among these people.
Endo showed a cruel smile: "Order the heavy machine gun to prepare. Once these people come in, they will shoot immediately. Tell them that these people are Chinese people pretending to be Chinese. Don't be lenient!..."
