Chapter 63: Taking Advantage of the Fire to Loot

  Fujiwara lost the entire regiment's heavy weapons, greatly reducing its combat effectiveness. With only light weapons, the combat effectiveness of this part of the Japanese army and the Chinese army should have been reduced to the same level in theory. Moreover, their heavy weapons happened to be donated to China, so at this time, with equal numbers of troops, the Chinese army might have had an advantage! After retreating back, Fujiwara was a little scared, this matter can't be reported to Brigade Commander Ozawa! He could only use intimidation to try to get some of the cannons back, but unexpectedly, the Japanese soldier who went to negotiate was stabbed and had his ears cut off. When he returned and explained the situation to Fujiwara, the humiliated Japanese soldier immediately committed seppuku in front of Fujiwara.

  Fujiwara gritted his teeth, still thinking painfully about how to end this matter. When he turned around, the communication soldier had already dissected his own abdomen. The Japanese soldier who was disembowelled did not die immediately, and he struggled to lift the knife tip again, slashing another cut on the four characters "Wokou Bimang" on his face. The muscles on his face were slashed open and flipped to both sides, and the communication soldier finally took his last breath.

  The room was immediately filled with a bloody atmosphere, and the intestines, feces, urine, and blood flowed all over the floor. Fujiwara looked at the scene in front of him for a long time without saying a word, feeling that the protruding dead fish eyes of the communication soldier were staring at him.

  Koizumi Takehira suddenly pushed open the door and rushed in, saw the dead body on the ground, picked up the military sword and cut open the man's chest, grabbed the heart and held it in front of Fujiwara. The heart was as big as a fist and still beating weakly. "Let such a heart stop beating! It is the shame of the Imperial Army! It is the shame of Great Japan! I ask you, Mr. Fujiwara, do you still know what shame is?"

  Kazuhira Ozawa finished speaking and handed the human heart to Fujiwara, then turned around and walked out.

  Fujiwara stared blankly at the bloody heart in his hand, hearing outside Sawazaki's hoarse voice shouting: "Please avenge your squadron leader! Fujiwara is a man who gave his life for the honor of the Empire!"

  Fujiwara was already considered a dead man by Ozawa. Listening to the frantic cries of the Japanese soldiers outside, vowing to avenge him, Fujiwara wondered what it would be like if he were to walk out of this room alive. Fujiwara didn't have the courage for a frenzied seppuku, but he still trembled as he raised his military sword, aiming at his own heart...

  The Japanese Ninth Brigade, with the crazy Watanabe Unit as its vanguard, launched an attack on the National Army's position on the left side of Hongyun Ridge. (It was called "Watanabe Unit" because the Japanese army usually named a unit after its commander, and when the commander died, the unit naturally had to have a new name. This was a great shame for all the devils in this unit.) The National Army's position on the left side of Hongyun Ridge was temporarily in a tight spot, and they hastily reported the Japanese army's movements to their superiors while also informing the anti-Japanese armed forces - a unit temporarily led by Gao Yongtai - about the Japanese army's movements.

  Koizumi's 9th Brigade had to face a two-front war, with enemies on both sides, so they couldn't take down the National Army's defensive brigade for a long time. After fighting for another two days, Koizumi finally realized that the troops that had previously seized cannons, harassed and annihilated Japanese strongholds were actually the guerrilla forces that occasionally attacked from behind and fired a few shots. What was the point of exhausting himself against the defensive brigade? With this thought, Koizumi's offensive pace slowed down. He also secretly sent someone to throw a letter into the defensive brigade's camp, saying that as long as they handed over the culprits who had humiliated and mutilated "Imperial" soldiers, he would stop this attack.

  The regimental commander didn't know about the incident of cutting off the ears and tattooing until now, so he called his subordinates to ask, and it was indeed that overly brave battalion commander Wang Weihao who did this. The regimental commander thought for a moment, he couldn't even do things according to the agreement, but keeping Wang Weihao here would still lead to trouble sooner or later. After thinking for a long time, he finally talked to Wang Weihao and said that they had already replied to the Japanese army, and the officer who disobeyed orders and stirred up trouble had fled in fear of punishment. The regimental commander finished speaking and quietly looked at Wang Weihao, waiting to see what he would say.

  They all fell silent for a while, and the scene was somewhat awkward. Wang Weihao knew that he was no longer welcome here, so he steeled himself, took off his gun holster and put it on the table: "Well! I'll go into the mountains to be an outlaw."

  Wang Weihao finished speaking and left. But unexpectedly, he was stopped by the bandit chief: "Brother, you'd better take this with you! It can still be useful even if you become a bandit!"

  As he spoke, he handed Wang Weihao the German-made 7.63mm M1896 Mauser pistol. Wang took it and inserted it into his waist without a word, then left the military camp and went into the mountains.

  The alleged perpetrator has escaped, and in fact, Ozawa is also difficult to make any progress in this direction, so the battle gradually became sparse. The terrain in the mountains is extremely complex, and it is impossible for Ozawa to thoroughly eliminate the flying troops in the mountains for the time being. It seems that he is going to retreat.

  When Gao Yongtai seized the cannon, You Fei had already led his troops out of the occupied area. The main purpose of this battle, which was divided into three routes, was to be completed by You Fei's route. It can be said that this "robbery" mission was completely successful. You Fei's route captured a total of 49 rifles, 2 pistols, 1 light machine gun, 1 heavy machine gun, and several dozen boxes of bullets and grenades. In addition, four devils were captured, as well as nine yellow dog soldiers from the Huang Xie Army. These personnel are all to be handed over to Lin Yuru, they are treasures for opening up wasteland and farming!

  Originally, they had captured several more devils, but the warriors reacted that some of the devils were extremely disobedient. Youfei immediately came up with a kill the chicken to scare the monkey. Ka-cha ka-cha chopped off a few, and the rest became much more obedient. In Youfei's words, we caught him to make him work, if he doesn't listen, these devils would be worthless.

  Yóu Fēi flew out of the enemy-occupied zone, but he didn't want to go back just yet. However, since they had gained a lot, it would be better to take it back directly and not linger around the devils' side anymore. With Yóu Fēi's keen sense of smell, he discovered that the devils' defense layout had undergone significant changes, which was a precursor to their major actions! At this time, Yóu Fēi had already completely safely left the devils' occupied territory, so the devils' major actions must not be aimed at him. When the devils were mobilizing troops and making moves, wouldn't Yóu Fēi's hidden forces in the dark be able to make some contributions? If the devils launched an attack in another direction, wouldn't the remaining people and guns be easier to capture?

  Youfei guessed correctly this time. Ozawa Wuping concentrated most of the devils and went to attack the Chinese army that "killed" Fujiwara (Fujiwara was actually forced to death by Ozawa, which has been mentioned before!). The devil's nests on several transportation routes, which were originally very strong in defense, have now been replaced with a large number of Yellow Cooperative Army...

  If we can break through the key traffic control points, most of the enemy strongholds in this vast region will be exposed to the direct attack of the 259th Brigade. This is like removing the axle from the center of a wheel hub, and the radial spokes on the hub will have nowhere to exert force, and they will all break off.

  You Fei had been waiting for such an opportunity, he wanted to take down the largest stronghold of the devils in the western part of the occupied area, which controlled several traffic arteries. This devil's fortification group near Xizhang Village had a total of five forts, and normally garrisoned 65 Japanese soldiers. It was equipped with one heavy machine gun, four light machine guns, and two small cannons.

  At this time, the soldiers led by You Fei had a small team of 12 people with Liefeng, and 50 warriors from half a battalion. The reason why an entire battalion was disbanded was that they were ordered by You Fei to return to Heiyagou to deliver spoils of war and prisoners. You Fei said that there were fewer people, making it easier to move around, and asked He Tianhao to go back as well. He Tianhao insisted on not going back even if he died, so in the end, You Fei had no choice but to let him stay behind too.

  Machine gun flying one didn't stay, according to flying said, also is in order to move conveniently.

  He Tianhao, however, was somewhat reluctant: "The stronghold in Xizhang Village has more than 60 devils stationed there, plus six or seven light and heavy machine guns and small cannons. It's definitely not easy to take down. Brothers want to leave the machine gun behind for fun, but actually it's also for safety."

  "You're just too cautious! Otherwise, you can go back." He Tianhao immediately fell silent.