Dragon Boat Festival returned to Bengbu again, but things had already changed.
The city is full of ruins and corpses of people.
The cruelty of the Japanese made many soldiers cry again. But this time, Dragon Boat Festival did not say some inspiring words to stop these soldiers from crying.
Because he knew that soldiers sometimes needed to cry to vent their inner emotions.
Dragon Boat Festival ordered the troops to collect the bodies of the people in the city and bury them.
In total, more than 300 civilians were killed, and some even had incomplete bodies. The little devil used grenades, locked people in the room and blew them up. Others were set on fire and burned alive.
Every murder scene is shocking. Some soldiers even vented their anger on the corpse of the Japanese.
After Duanwu saw it, he asked Zhao Weidong to stop it and tell them that we are different from the Japanese.
The little devil is a beast, killing innocent people indiscriminately. We cannot imitate him, otherwise what is the difference between him and a beast?
And the Dragon Boat Festival ordered that the bodies of those little devils should be found and burned together. Prevent the corpses of the devils from rotting and causing plague.
The little devil didn't care about his companion's body when he left. Some of the corpses of the Japanese were collected and placed in the yard, while others were left on the street.
Dragon Boat Festival asked the soldiers to pull the corpses into a pile and then burn them with gasoline.
Because there were too many corpses of Japanese soldiers and there was no way to bury them. Moreover, little devils also have the habit of cremation. The Dragon Boat Festival was also the most benevolent and righteous way to see them off for the last time.
At this moment, news came from the 51st Army that Beibaichuan had been washed away, and all the Japanese who participated in the frontline operations had also retreated.
Duanwu told Commander Yu that he should not be careless, as it was possible for the little devil to kill a carbine. He suggested that the 51st Army temporarily withdraw ten miles to rest and recuperate, and send more reconnaissance posts to monitor the Japanese.
Commander Yu felt that what Dragon Boat Festival said was reasonable, so he immediately shrank the original defense line by ten miles, counted the casualties of each department, and then reorganized it to avoid the problem of insufficient combat effectiveness in each department.
For example, there is only one platoon left in the original company. If we continue to issue orders according to one company, the mission will never be completed.
Therefore, one company, or two companies, or three companies must be reorganized to maintain the combat effectiveness of a company.
Although the establishment of the army will be downsized in this way, the original three regiments may become two regiments, or even one regiment. And two brigades may also become one brigade.
But there was no way around it. In order to better direct the battle, Commander Yu could only do this.
As for replenishing soldiers from the central government, don't even think about it. It's not even easy to replenish soldiers from the direct line troops, let alone local armies like them.
Therefore, if he wanted to replenish his troops, Commander Yu had to rely on himself. While the Japanese were retreating, he immediately started recruiting troops in an area.
Fortunately, the 51st Army suffered heavy losses this time, but the little devil also left behind a lot of good things.
When a kid loses a battle, they usually choose to destroy their weapons and ammunition. But many times, they don't have this time.
For example, if the enemy suddenly attacks, will they blow up their own weapons first instead of stopping the enemy?
Moreover, the little devil is so crazy that he doesn't pay attention to his enemies at all, so he will not blow up his own weapons after the battle is underway. Even if the little devils are in dire straits, they will think about it, if all the ammunition and weapons are blown up, what will they use to make a last stand against the enemy?
What's more, many times on the battlefield, they don't have this time at all. For example, the two sides have already started a hand-to-hand battle. Should he tell the Chinese soldiers: Let's pause for a while? After I blow up the weapons and ammunition, can we fight again?
This is simply a joke. Are Chinese soldiers all fools? They wait for the Japs to blow up their weapons and ammunition before killing the Japs?
What's more, in a fast-paced battle like the Dragon Boat Festival, the Japanese don't have time to blow up their own weapons and ammunition.
The fighting style of the Dragon Boat Festival means that small battles only last five minutes, and large battles will not exceed an hour.
Commander Yu of the 51st Army stayed with Duanwu for a long time, and felt that Duanwu's combat idea was very good, and he has been following suit.
So after the little devil was repulsed, there were a lot of weapons and ammunition left behind. And these naturally fell into the hands of the 51st Army.
But it is useless to say that the 51st Army only has guns and cannons. What it lacks most now is soldiers.
Of course, for this kind of thing, he couldn't trouble the special correspondent and had to find a way on his own.
But it can be said that it is difficult to recruit troops because the Northeast Army has not paid military pay for several months. And if you want to recruit troops, who will follow you if you don’t have money?
This is something that gives Commander Yu a headache. A penny stumps a heroic man. Commander Yu really feels it is difficult. After thinking about it, he decided to imitate the special commissioner. If it didn't work, he would sell some of the weapons and equipment on hand and raise money to recruit troops.
But, who will it be sold to? He also wanted to find such a wealthy customer who needed arms.
Of course, this will take time, because Commander Yu still needs to find a reliable person, otherwise it will be a capital crime to resell arms privately.
However, at this time, leaving aside Commander Yu's plan to resell arms, he said that just when the dust fell on the Huainan battlefield, Li Zhongren sent a telegram to Duanwu, saying: After receiving the equipment of the artillery regiment in Duanwu, Han Fuju Withdrew troops from Jinan, allowing the Japanese army to easily occupy Jinan.
After occupying Jinan, the Japanese army was so arrogant that they marched straight in, preparing to join Taierzhuang and open the door to Xuzhou.
Taierzhuang is located at the junction of Shandong and Shandong. It is the southeast gate of Shandong and the last barrier to Xuzhou in the south. Li Zongren made emergency arrangements and was preparing to mobilize troops to defend Taierzhuang. But at this moment, the Japanese troops on the southern front were defeated and the Second Army was unable to support itself, so it stopped in Jinan.
But even so, Xuzhou is very dangerous. Li Zhongren spoke fiercely in the telegram, saying that Dragon Boat Festival should not really give the artillery regiment to Han Fuju.
And Duanwu didn't expect that Han Fuju would be such a bastard. The artillery regiment was given to him, but he finally ran away.
But Duan Wu was not very angry, because with a dead man, what did he care about?
He just called Li Zhongren back and said three words: Got it.
Li Zhongren looked at these three words, was silent for a long time, and then nodded.
Because his purpose was achieved. Although he seemed to be complaining when he sent this message to Duanwu, in fact, he was sending Han Fuju on his way.
He knows best who Dragon Boat Festival is. One of his division commanders and his goddaughter both died at the hands of Duanwu. So Han Fuju collected Dragon Boat Festival's things, but failed to defend Jinan according to Dragon Boat Festival's plan and ran away instead? Then one can imagine his fate!
