The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 237 Chasing and killing, running and escaping

Within ten minutes, a reinforced Japanese infantry squadron was completely wiped out by the attacking troops of the special agent battalion. After the battle, the intersection at the front of Zhongshan North Road was littered with corpses, weapons and ammunition, with rivers of blood and mutilated limbs everywhere. More than 200 Japanese soldiers were eaten alive by the attacking troops of the special agent battalion.

The intense fire and thick smoke produced by the detonation of yellow phosphorus grenades almost obscured the entire street. What was even more terrifying was that a large number of corpses were still being burned by yellow phosphorus, and the air was filled with a pungent odor. The smell is a mixture of meaty and meaty smell, not to mention the stench.

The scent was naturally the product of the burning and roasting of the Japanese corpses, mules and horses that had been killed by yellow phosphorus grenades.

White smoke rose from the intersection, was blown in all directions by the cold winter wind, and quickly spread to the surrounding streets.

In the center of the crossroads, the bronze statue of Mr. Sun Yat-sen still stands in the middle of the pool, but the surrounding pools have been dyed red with blood. Several burnt black corpses and mutilated limbs are floating up and down with the rippling water waves. Several The still-working fountain faucet is still spraying red pool water.

He Wei walked in the smoke, stepping over the corpses of Japanese soldiers. The air around him was still hot, smelling the unpleasant smell. The officers and soldiers of the secret service battalion came out to clean the battlefield immediately after the battle. Many officers and soldiers' faces were filled with tears. All with a little fear.

Many of the soldiers in the special agent camp were veterans who had been in the army for several years, but most of them were using weapons like yellow phosphorus grenades for the first time. When they saw the horrific state of the Japanese corpses, many of them felt uncomfortable. After all, , beating a person to death with a bullet is two different things from burning a person alive until only the bones are left, and a body with bullet holes and a burnt body with no humanoid bones are even different things.

Of course, discomfort comes from discomfort. While feeling sick, many officers and soldiers filled a few more yellow phosphorus grenades into their grenade bags. After all, this thing is really easy to use.

Tao Heiwa, the messenger who followed He Wei, was obviously disgusted by the horrific killing effect caused by the yellow phosphorus grenade, so she directly put on a gas mask.

Sitting by the pool, watching the officers and soldiers cleaning the battlefield, He Wei was thinking about the next action plan. The Rangers had just inspected the corpses of the Japanese soldiers and confirmed that the eaten Japanese soldiers were the fourth Japanese infantry soldiers. The 9th Squadron of the 3rd Battalion of the 15th Regiment, the Artillery Squadron of the 3rd Battalion and the 1st Squadron of the 3rd Heavy Machine Gun Battalion.

The numbers of these Japanese troops are also consistent with the intelligence obtained by the Rangers previously.

According to the intelligence previously obtained, the right pursuit team sent by the third battalion of the 45th Infantry Regiment, which is rapidly advancing near Xianguan Pass. However, although the right pursuit team has been eaten up, the third battalion still has When it comes to the difficulty of annihilating the left pursuit team and the rear guard, in fact, the left pursuit team and the rear guard of Laoshizi are not as good as the right pursuit team that was eaten by him.

The strength of the Japanese left pursuit group was an infantry squadron equipped with engineers and a Type 41 mountain gun, while the strength of the rear guard was its brigade headquarters, two heavy machine gun squads and an infantry squadron.

But the problem is that He Wei doesn't know where these two troops are now. Therefore, if he wants to repeat his old tricks and have another annihilation battle like this, he is afraid that it will not work. He can only search and prepare for the attack, but this way Come and have to fight an encounter.

What's more important is that Jinling City is now in a mess, and He Wei is not sure whether any other Japanese troops have touched the area.

Originally, he had a huge appetite. After eating the Japanese pursuit team on the right, He Wei once had the idea of ​​​​eating their left pursuit team and rear guard in one go, and then ate the third group in one go. However, Now it seems that it is probably impossible. We can only take one step at a time.

Of course, he was not very sorry, because an infantry brigade of the Japanese army had more than 1,000 troops and might not be defeated in a field battle against an infantry brigade of the Chinese army. With his two infantry companies and an artillery company, he , if you want to eat a Japanese army brigade in one go, it is really beyond your capabilities.

Unless He Wei used the Rangers to repeat the deception tactics several times, and at the same time, the Japanese pursuit team and rear guard on the left gave him the opportunity to defeat each one.

But where can there be such a good thing in the world?

Where have the Japanese left pursuit team and rearguard reached now? Join forces? Should we increase the number of troops? He didn't know it at all, and besides, he only had two under-equipped infantry companies, a semi-invalid special agent platoon, and a relatively complete artillery company. If something unexpected happened, he might be set up. Go in.

Therefore, as He Wei thought about it, his estimate of this proactive attack had been reduced from annihilating a Japanese brigade to trying his best to severely damage a Japanese brigade.

In order to learn the location and status of the nearby Japanese troops as soon as possible, after the battle, He Wei sent Yang Biao's spy platoon out to conduct a powerful search, hoping to achieve the goal of discovering the enemy before the Japanese troops.

The surrounding situation also made He Wei suddenly vigilant. Although the Japanese army had not been found around, and there were not even a few fleeing civilians and skirmishers, the sound of guns and artillery in the city was getting denser and denser. Facing the Under such circumstances, He Wei had to act cautiously.

"Battal Commander, a lot of things have been seized."

Just as He Wei was planning his next move in his mind, Fu Chen, the commander of the first company, walked over with a crooked machine gun and a smile on his face.

"What's the matter?"

Fu Chen threw the crooked machine gun at the edge of the pool and said: "Two intact Type 92 infantry guns and more than 40 shells were seized, as well as two Type 92 heavy machine guns, and the surviving mules and horses were seized. There are more than a dozen rifles, light machine guns and grenade launchers being counted, as well as a pile of property stolen by the Japanese, which they are counting."

He Wei nodded, took the crooked light machine gun from Fu Chen's hand, opened the hopper of the light machine gun, and saw several rows of unfired 6.5mm bullet bridge clips inside.

He Wei threw the crooked light machine gun aside in disgust.

Then he said: "That's almost it. Bring the two infantry cannons and heavy machine guns. Don't worry about the others. In addition, let the brothers in the artillery company carry the mortars and tank defense guns on mules and horses and pull them. , these brothers have been using manpower to carry the artillery, I think they are very tired, let them use horse-drawn artillery, it will save more energy."

"Sure, I'll tell Company Commander Chen right now."

Fu Chen hadn't taken a few steps when suddenly, there was a sound of kicking and kicking. It was immediately clear that it was the sound of horseshoes hitting the ground. It was obvious that many horses were approaching here quickly.

"Alert, there are enemies!"

He Wei immediately lay down next to the pool and picked up the machine gun. The officers and soldiers of the surrounding special agent battalion also lay down to hide, raising their guns to warn in the direction of the sound of horse hooves. Soon, more than a dozen knights with their manes and whips waving. It appeared in the sight of the officers and soldiers of the Secret Service Battalion, but no one fired a shot because all the people on horseback were wearing tactical vests unique to the Secret Service Battalion.

"Battal Commander, Battalion Commander, something happened." The leader was the spy platoon leader Yang Biao. Yang Biao rode his horse and ran all the way. When he reached the intersection, he quickly dismounted and ran to He Wei's side. He said loudly: "Battal Commander, it's not far from here, maybe three or four streets. There are Japs, there are many Japs."

"Speak slowly and in detail."

"I took the soldiers from the platoon to search nearby, and saw a lot of horses on the road. When I went up, I saw that they were all abandoned military horses by the troops, so I simply led them on horseback to search. It turned out that at a street intersection in the left-wing direction At the corner, I ran into a group of ordinary people and the defeated soldiers who came down from the front. The whole street of Wuyang Wuyang was covered with that person. Then, I heard the sound of gunshots. When I looked behind the group of ordinary people, I saw everyone behind them. They are Japanese soldiers, and the streets are full of Japanese soldiers."

"How many people are there, and how many Japanese soldiers are there?"

Yang Biao thought for a while and said: "The total number of common people and defeated troops is estimated to be less than 2,000 people. Such a big street is packed to the rafters. I estimate that there are hundreds of Japanese soldiers with machine guns and cannons. The common people and The defeated soldiers were running in front, and the Japanese were chasing after them. The machine guns were sweeping them into pieces, and the artillery shells were exploding into pieces. It was so miserable. They chased, beat, ran, and killed all the way. Moreover, their artillery seemed to be mountain cannons. , very powerful.”

He Wei thought for a while, this damn thing has guns and cannons, maybe it is the left-wing pursuit team of the 3rd Battalion of the 45th Regiment, because according to the intelligence obtained, the Japanese left-wing pursuit team is equipped with mountain cannons.

Knowing that the main force of the Japanese army was nearby, He Wei shouted decisively: "Everyone, everyone, stop cleaning the battlefield. We only took away the Japanese infantry artillery and mules and horses. I threw away the rest. Ready to fight."

He Wei said to Yang Biao again: "Hurry up, you lead the team and set off immediately. We must stop these Japs."

"Everyone assemble!"

"Ready to fight!"

"Throw everything in your hands at me."

Amidst the bursts of battle commands, the officers and soldiers of the secret service battalion who had just been cleaning the battlefield immediately dropped their work and threw away the captured 38 caps, crooked light machine guns and 50mm grenades.

The two infantry companies, the artillery company, and the special agent platoon immediately formed their teams on the spot. They ran non-stop towards the target under the leadership of the special agent platoon at lightning speed, leaving only a mess and Japanese corpses on the ground. There are also Japanese weapons and equipment everywhere and money and property looted by the Japanese army.

Only two Type 92 infantry guns and a dozen mules and horses of the Japanese infantry artillery squad were taken away by the artillery company. The remaining equipment and weapons were all abandoned at the crossroads at the front of Zhongshan North Road.

Just as the special agent battalion's attack troops were advancing towards the neighborhood where the accident occurred as quickly as possible, a tragedy and an overwhelming massacre and pursuit battle were being staged in the target area of ​​the special agent battalion.

On the broad street of Zhongshan East Road, a team of more than 2,000 civilians and hundreds of broken soldiers were running forward, crying and shouting. Behind them were hundreds of aggressive Japanese troops, chasing them. Criticize the people and defeat the troops.

The Japanese army not only pursued them on foot, but also used the weapons in their hands to pursue them with firepower. The dense firepower network of rifle machine guns continued to sweep forward. From time to time, several grenades and mountain artillery shells fired from grenades fell among the crowd. .

The common people and defeated soldiers who were chased by the Japanese army all rushed forward, because as long as they fell behind, they would be hit and knocked down by the intensive firepower of the Japanese army. As long as the Japanese army's rifle machine gun fire fired a round, those who fell behind would be killed. The common people and defeated soldiers will be swept away like rice being harvested.

The grenades and mountain artillery shells that fell into the crowd were like a pool of blood.

The common people supporting the old and the young were all unarmed. They had no choice but to rush forward with all their strength and run forward with all their might against the Japanese troops who were pursuing them fiercely.

On their way to escape, they left corpses and wailing wounded everywhere.

This scene cannot be described as tragic. Among the crowd, there were also many defeated soldiers. Some of these defeated soldiers were holding Chinese formal weapons, some were holding Hanyang-made weapons, and some were even holding Czech coins. Type light machine guns, many of them were warriors fighting the Japanese army for every inch of ground a day ago.

But in this sudden, overwhelming rout, they seemed to have forgotten that they were holding rifles that could kill people and resist, not fire sticks.

In fact, in order to run faster and stronger, some of the defeated soldiers actually pointed their weapons at the civilians running in front. The weapons that were supposed to protect the civilians actually became to coerce the civilians to give way. road tools.

In the continuous escape and defeat, they have forgotten to resist and fight back. They can only blindly and directionlessly follow the flow of people, leaving their buttocks to the Japanese army, holding weapons loaded with bullets and attacking crazily. Escape before.

It seems that as long as you run and keep running, you can find a way out and escape. It seems that these defeated soldiers trapped in the flow of people have been infected by a consciousness called panic.

Subconscious escape and running have become their only instincts. As for the responsibilities of soldiers, the operating methods and tactics of weapons, and even the training they receive in daily life, they have all disappeared in this atmosphere of extreme fear. All that was left in his mind was fear and an ostrich-like mentality.

This mixed team of civilians and defeated soldiers only had a few hundred people at first. However, as the Japanese army chased them all the way, civilians, refugees and defeated soldiers continued to join along the way. As a result, although the Japanese army chased and shot all the way, they could not There were more and more people, and finally there were more than 2,000 people.

Behind them, those ferocious chasing Japanese troops were equally crazy, but they were not running away crazily, but chasing, shooting, and firing crazily.

This is what Yang Biao, the spy platoon leader, saw.

Chase all the way, fight all the way, run all the way, kill all the way.

And those unarmed people who were fleeing for their lives under the firepower of the Japanese army, howling helplessly and fleeing in despair, why didn't they hope that their own troops would come forward to rescue them?

(End of this chapter)