inspire-indiana Chapter 161 Who did it?
Chapter 161 Who did it?
In the camp, the two scouts finished their report.
When Guan Shufan, commander of the 5st Division of the 1th Army, heard that Japanese soldiers were killing people ahead, his face turned pale instantly, filled with fear and astonishment.
"Hurry, notify all troops immediately to change the route, we are going north!" Guan Shufan shouted in a trembling voice.
The hard struggles along the way made this originally high-spirited division commander more and more timid and desperate.
Peng Yuan, the head of the 2nd Regiment, expressed his different opinions angrily.
"Commander, our mission of the Anti-Japanese United Army is to fight against the Japanese devils and protect our people. Now, the Japanese devils are killing people right under our noses, and we have to avoid them. What's the point of fighting against Japan? We might as well disband and go home to farm!"
Peng Yuan's words immediately resonated with many people.
Peng Yuan has a strong personality, a big and strong appearance, and a pair of thick eyebrows!
Guan Shufan saw the others nodding their heads and felt that what he said just now was a little inappropriate, so he could only say,
"Okay, notify them and prepare for battle. Let's go kill the devils!"
Led by two scouts, Peng Yuan took the lead and led the soldiers to rush towards the group tribe, only to find that the gate of the tribe was open and there was not a single sentry!
At this time, not far from the door, there were several bodies lying in a mess. They died tragically, with blood dripping from their necks, but their heads were nowhere to be found.
Everyone was terrified, filled with despair and helplessness. They realized that they were a step too late, and the terrible massacre was over. At this moment, what they saw made them realize that the enemy had long gone, but what was left behind was a horrible scene.
At Peng Yuan's command, the soldiers rushed towards the gate and advanced into the group's tribe.
At the entrance of the tribe, there were several heads hanging above the gate. When the breeze blew, the hats on the heads would sway slightly.
Peng Yuan led a few people towards the corpse, but the closer they got, the more they felt something was wrong!
It’s definitely not the body of an ordinary citizen!
They were wearing straw-yellow uniform, but Peng Yuan immediately determined that they were not the Anti-Japanese United Army!
Although many anti-Japanese fighters also wore captured clothes, the shoulder straps and logos on the clothes on these corpses were still there.
There are five in total, as you can tell from the logo.
Three of them are Japanese soldiers and two are police officers!
Peng Yuan felt a little dizzy.
A few quick-handed soldiers rushed over and started taking off the shoes from the corpse!
Some were even taking off their clothes, not even minding the blood stains!
"Rong Jingtian, what's going on? Didn't you say that the Japanese were killing the Chinese?"
A soldier said helplessly while changing his leather boots,
"Captain, I was far away, but I saw a Japanese soldier holding a knife and slashing people. How come the dead became a Japanese?"
Another scout, Shi Wei, also echoed this.
"Captain, we are seeing Japanese soldiers killing people, but we are only paying attention to the sabers. What's going on?"
At this time, the people in the tribe finally ran out. When they saw the corpse at the door, they all screamed shrilly.
Peng Yuan stopped an old lady and asked,
"Auntie, we are from the Anti-Japanese United Army. What happened just now?"
The lady said in surprise,
"You killed the Japanese? Great! They deserved to be put to death!"
After asking a few questions, Peng Yuan finally understood what was going on.
A group of Japanese soldiers just came over and suddenly tied up the Japanese soldiers and police from the garrison group tribe, and then made everyone hide in the house!
Peng Yuan shook his head.
Is this a dog-eat-dog situation, where they are fighting each other?
Guan Shufan walked into the group tribe and became excited after listening to Peng Yuan's report.
"Fool, these are supposed to be our friendly forces, disguised as enemies!"
"Commander, does that mean the Western Expedition Army has returned?"
"I'm not sure, but judging from their behavior, they don't seem like our Anti-Japanese United Army. They are ruthless and do things in a high-profile manner!"
Peng Yuan said with lingering fear,
"Commander, it's a good thing we are far away, otherwise we would have fought with our own people!"
A soldier ran over in surprise.
"Report, a lot of food for the Japanese and puppet troops was found in the tribe's warehouse!"
Guan Shufan said excitedly,
"Those who planted trees will enjoy the shade. Tell the soldiers to restock their supplies and set off immediately after eating!"
This group of tribes is already located in Linkou County, and they are also very worried about encountering a large force of the Japanese army!
Fangzheng County,
After ten days of rest and preparation, the Anti-Japanese United Army finally took action one night.
Objectively speaking, there is nothing wrong with Song Yifu's decision.
First of all, the Japanese army once again gathered heavy troops along the Binsui Railway on the southern line, and was also preparing for the expedition!
Attack southward, the enemy is strong and we are weak!
Secondly, there is no railway in Fangzheng County, and it will take at least 12 hours for the enemy reinforcements to arrive!
Secondly, in the county town, there were only a few hundred Japanese and puppet troops, much fewer than the siege troops!
Fangzheng County is an old city. It is surrounded by a vast plain and has a city wall more than ten feet high. Every two or three hundred meters on the city wall there is a bunker built with grass and mud twisted into a "Laha braid".
There is also a 50-meter-wide and 3-meter-deep moat outside the city, and the water in the moat is more than one meter deep.
The tactics of the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces were very crude. They did not attack on the three sides, but only attacked the South Gate. The troops responsible for the main attack on the South Gate were Kang Huaifu's troops!
An infantry gun and a 37mm gun knocked down three bunkers at the South Gate with a bang, and then continued to bombard the South Gate city wall. After expending twenty shells, they finally blew a gap!
After Kang Huaifu led his troops in, he immediately discovered something was wrong.
At the cross street, the Japanese army occupied street fortifications and many houses, and fought desperately!
The firepower is also extremely fierce.
Crooked handle, grenade launcher,
Ammunition rained down on the Anti-Japanese United Army.
Ma Shun's battalion attacked twice, losing more than 100 men.
Afterwards, Kang Huaifu ordered the guerrilla brigade to charge inward along the city wall, but they also encountered strong resistance.
Japanese soldiers engaged in street fighting with the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces. The two sides engaged in close combat and hand-to-hand combat broke out many times!
The battle lasted until after three in the morning when Kang Huaifu finally eliminated the enemy at the east gate, and the troops of the Second Army finally rushed in from the east gate!
The two sides joined forces and began to fiercely attack the Japanese garrison, but the Japanese controlled some commanding heights of buildings near the garrison and still put up a fierce resistance!
San'er questioned the captured prisoners several times and finally obtained an important piece of information.
It turned out that in recent days, troops had been transferred in by car from Jiamusi every day, and a large amount of military supplies had been transferred from Binjiang via the Songhua River!
The number of Japanese troops in the city was not less than 500 as imagined, but more than 1200!
Moreover, they were all from the powerful Fourth Division, transferred from Jiamusi.
Kang Huaifu immediately suggested to Song Yifu that they should withdraw from the battle as the enemy situation had changed greatly.
Song Yifu had no choice but to issue a new evacuation order!
The Japanese troops in the city had no idea of the Anti-Japanese United Army's details, so they just held their ground and waited for reinforcements, not daring to pursue them, otherwise the Anti-Japanese United Army would suffer a great loss tonight!
Back at the base, Kang Huaifu became angrier and angrier.
The troops' casualties reached 290!
"Playing the piano! Really playing the piano!"
Kang Huaifu slammed the table angrily. He had really lost a lot in this battle.
We just received a batch of new soldiers. Tonight, the whole regiment and the guerrilla brigade lost another 400 men.
A lot of bullets and grenade launchers were also consumed!
What distressed him most was that he had fired more than 70 shells but had not captured any trophies!