The Iron-Blooded Army of Beacon Fire

Chapter 51 Capturing Prisoners 2
In a melee, with the help of grenades, the remaining Japanese troops in front of a row of positions were successfully eliminated. He Wei also achieved his goal and captured the prisoners. Three Japanese soldiers who were tied up were pushed and kicked. Pulled back to He Wei's hidden anti-tank trench, the remaining Japanese soldiers became the dead souls under the swords and guns of a row of veterans who rushed forward.

The prisoner-capturing battle was over. The soldiers who had withdrawn were very excited. They looked at the prisoners with gleaming eyes. For no other reason than that the Japanese prisoners were really difficult to capture, and the prisoner-capturing operation organized by He Wei , not only were three people captured alive, but there were no additional casualties except for the soldier who was injured in the impact.

The three prisoners were gagged and kicked into the anti-tank ditch one after another.

Yang Biao pressed the head of a Japanese prisoner hard with the muzzle of his medium-sized gun, and cursed: "What a bastard. Wasn't he capable of beating just now? How did he end up in this situation now?"

The Japanese soldier who was pointed at by Yang Biao had a ferocious look on his face. He stared at Yang Biao and swayed left and right in an attempt to break free. He bit the rag in his mouth and screamed. Unfortunately, it was all in vain because his hands and feet were all tied up. The hemp rope was tied tightly.

"Draft it, how dare you scream!"

Yang Biao hit the Japanese soldier on the back of the neck with his rifle butt.

Although Jiang Qilong, the light machine gunner of the first squadron, maintained his shooting posture and stood guard in front of the trench, he also looked into the trench and said: "In the past, the Japanese used to hit us with grenade launchers and small hand cannons, but today the platoon leader can also use them." It’s really fun to hit them with the stupid grenade in turn, platoon leader, why don’t you bury it with these beasts and avenge your brothers!”

Tu Desheng said: "Platoon leader, Qi Long is right, why don't we kill these bastards? Why do a bunch of bastards keep them working? So many of our brothers have died in their hands!"

He Wei didn't say anything, just looked at the several embarrassed Japanese prisoners with contempt.

Yang Biao followed up: "Platoon leader, I, Old Yang, have completely convinced you now. The Japanese used grenade to hit us. You can use the grenade to hit the Japanese. I used to be a fool, but now you have to pay for it, platoon leader. I won't do it later." Whatever you say, Yang Biao will never blink an eye at me no matter where I am!"

Yang Biao swore and patted his chest. Obviously, as he said, he had completely convinced He Wei. First, a platoon under the command of He Wei repelled the Japanese infantry and tank coordinated attack, and then He Wei led them to use throwing weapons. The bullets captured the Japanese soldiers alive, and He Wei had personally dealt with Yang Biao in front of everyone. Even if Yang Biao was a fool, he should be "sensible" now. In short, Yang Biao was already interested in He Wei. Wei was convinced.

He Wei waved his hand: "We are all brothers, fighting for our lives in the same trench. The past has been wiped out, and we will have to fight together in the future!"

Yang Biao: "Platoon Commander He, I, Yang Biao, will work with you from now on!"

There were three Japanese soldiers captured, one sergeant and two privates. Two prisoners were not injured, and the other one's arm was stabbed with a bayonet by Yang Biao and others.

"Damn it!"

He Wei kicked the Japanese sergeant who was resisting the most fiercely. This guy was dishonest when Yang Biao gave him a rifle butt. He Wei directly kicked him in the stomach with his first kick, and kicked him hard in the crotch with his second kick. Then he took off his German-made steel helmet and hit the sergeant on the head. The Japanese sergeant was now completely honest.

Those two ordinary Japanese soldiers had been beaten up by Yang Biao and the others a long time ago. Their noses were bruised and their faces were swollen. After He Wei's two kicks, the two of them did not dare to move. They were surrounded by vicious Chinese soldiers. The goods completely lost the might and power of the "Imperial Army".

"Kill him, platoon leader, why are you keeping this beast?"

"Bury him alive!" Corporal Huang Yugui, First Class Chen Axi and several other soldiers also shouted with red eyes that they wanted to kill these Japanese prisoners. They were not pretending to agree, but they were really red-eyed!
Two soldiers had already raised their Zhongzheng rifles with bayonets in preparation for a thrust, their eyes filled with hatred.

It is not surprising that his own soldiers want to kill prisoners collectively. Although it is difficult to capture Japanese prisoners, since the all-out war of resistance, the North China Army has more or less captured some Japanese soldiers, but basically none of these prisoners were sent to the rear alive. Prisoner of war camps may play a role in providing useful information for high-level decision-making of the national army.

Because the local troops in North China, such as the Jinsui Army and the Northwest Army, basically treated Japanese prisoners with one word - kill!Moreover, the execution methods were quite brutal, and they were basically executed by burying them alive, burning them, and hacking them with knives.

Of course the Japanese prisoners were not innocent when they died like this, and it would not be an exaggeration to execute them with a method that was a hundred times more brutal. However, treating the prisoners like this could not bring out the true value of the Japanese prisoners in strategic and tactical decision-making. What's more, taking [-] steps back Speaking of which, living Japanese prisoners of war can be somewhat useful in political propaganda.

He Wei: "It's too easy to kill them. We can't let them die so easily. Moreover, it's a rare living thing. It's more useful to hand them over to the superiors for interrogation. Pull them back to the position first, and then search them to see if they are alive." Which Japanese army are you from? Hand over these prisoners to the top!"

The three Japanese prisoners were searched from head to toe, and a total of four to five hundred yen old notes (Japanese banknotes), a pocket watch, a flare gun, three boxes of Asahi cigarettes and several notebooks were found. The most valuable ones were three A bronze Japanese military identification ticket.

Holding three bronze recognition tickets, He Wei found that in addition to the names of the Japanese soldiers, the three bronze plaques were engraved with "The Third Independent Garrison of the Kwantung Army, Bu Yi" and "The Third Independent Garrison of the Kwantung Army, Bu Yi" respectively. "Machine Gun Team of the Third Independent Garrison of the Kwantung Army"

An independent third garrison?Step one?Machine one?If He Wei guessed correctly, the Third Independent Garrison should be a brigade-level unit. Buyi should be the designation of the infantry squadron, meaning the first infantry squadron under it, and the machine gun team should be the heavy machine gun squadron under it. .

Obviously, the main force of the Japanese infantry fighting against him should be the First Infantry Squadron and the Heavy Machine Gun Squadron under the brigade-level unit of the Kwantung Army Independent Third Guards.

Thinking of this, He Wei then remembered that the infantry drill book he had ripped off from the corpse of the Japanese army when he first crossed over, the number written on it was also the Kwantung Army Independent Third Guards. In other words, it was the same as the attack on the second battalion in the morning that resulted in the second The Japanese soldiers who suffered heavy casualties in the battalion were the same people.

Judging from the scale and intensity of the battle, it was indeed an infantry squadron reinforced by a heavy machine gun squadron and a coordinated infantry-tank attack launched by tanks. This was basically consistent with the information I had learned. This also shows that the enemy in person was at least an infantry brigade. Although the Japanese army has just been given a head-on blow by their strength, the next battle may be difficult to fight!
He Wei frowned and murmured: "Damn it, there is at least an infantry brigade in front of us."

"Platoon leader, the Japanese have lost a bunch of things, including a lot of rifles, two crooked guns and a heavy machine gun." Tu Desheng said at this time.

The Japanese attack was repulsed this time, and the front row of positions was in a mess. Bodies of dead Japanese soldiers and various firearms and equipment could be seen everywhere. Backpacks, bayonets, and work tools were thrown all over the floor. The destroyed tanks also raised black clouds. The cigarettes, guns and equipment were theoretically the spoils of war for He Wei and the others. Not only was it difficult to capture Japanese prisoners, but it was also very difficult to hand over Japanese weapons since the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War.

Putting away the recognition ticket, He Wei said: "Hurry up, there are just a few of us, don't covet these things, the Japanese army's next attack may start at any time, pick up things here and shoot them with one shot, and we will be finished. Don't worry about those rifles, For a while, four people were left to look after the prisoners. The others went to carry back the Type [-] heavy machine gun and the crooked-handle light machine gun. If they could find the grenade and the ammunition for the grenade, they also brought back the other rifles and debris. Don't worry about it, we guys can't carry it back, and we'll wait until it gets dark at night for the other things, because they won't be able to escape no matter what."

Soon, He Wei and the others brought three prisoners, as well as a Type [-] heavy machine gun, a crooked light machine gun and light and heavy machine gun ammunition, as well as a Type [-] grenade and fifteen collected grenades. Withdrew the position.

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(End of this chapter)