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Chapter 815: It’s time to reap the fruits of victory

At the Hedi Village battlefield, Murata Takamori received two telegrams in succession from his superior and his superior's superior, both asking him to retreat immediately.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

He knew that this time, he should be able to escape successfully.

He immediately sent people to gather the surviving commanders of the remaining divisions around him and announced loudly:
"Gentlemen, the division commander and the commander were both trapped in that cave by the Tubalu, who set it on fire with incendiary bombs."

As he said this, he pointed to the mountain that was still burning.

This mountain was originally lush with vegetation, and it was a pleasant sight to look at.

But now, they have all become deadly fuel, which makes people afraid.

Most of the Japanese regiment commanders knew what had just happened.

However, there were a few who didn't know, and when they heard what he said, they were immediately shocked and cried out:
"Nani? How is this possible?"

Then they looked at Murata Takasei's expression and knew that this was probably true.

He quickly asked again:

“Why didn’t you put out the fire and rescue people quickly?

Do you want the division commander and the commander to die here?"

Upon hearing this, Murata Takashi retorted with an unhappy look on his face:
“How do you put out a fire this big?

Do you think we are at the seaside, with plenty of seawater to draw from?"

After hearing what he said, those people suddenly stopped talking.

No one is stupid. No one is willing to do something that is obviously thankless.

Seeing that they were obedient, the other captains asked quickly:

"Mr. Chief of Staff, where do we go now?

Did your superiors give you any instructions?"

Murata Takasei nodded and took out two telegram papers:

"Chief of Staff Iwamatsu in Jinyang City and General Okamura in the capital have both sent telegrams ordering us to move into Jinyang City immediately.

Now I order you to go back immediately to reorganize the troops, pack up supplies, and transport the wounded.

Half an hour later, the entire army turned westward!
All guard posts must not move without authorization and must continue to hold their positions until all troops have evacuated!"

"Hi!"

Although all the squadron commanders understood that this was almost a death sentence for the soldiers on guard duty, no one cared.

After all, those Japanese soldiers were destined to be cannon fodder and consumables!

……

Soon, the commanders of each regiment returned to their own teams and immediately announced the order to retreat.

When the Japanese soldiers heard that they could retreat back to Jinyang City, they were all excited.

Each one was more active than the other in packing up military supplies and preparing to escape.

They all felt that they had not considered the calendar before going out to fight, and the enemies they encountered were too strong!
There's no way to fight at all!

……

At this moment, the morning light in the sky has begun to show a slight smile.

Walking on the morning dew, the hungry Japanese soldiers completely gave up the search for Wei Dayong and others, and began to escort the wounded and artillery and move westward.

Wei Dayong and Wang Xikui, who were lying in the grass, saw the Japanese soldiers' movement and immediately realized that they were trying to run away.

There was a golden light in his eyes!
——The Japanese are going to run away, that’s great!

Here comes the chance to kick the living daylights out of a drowning dog!

Without any prior agreement, they all quietly gathered a group of their own people and rushed towards the west.

Prepare to follow the Japanese, shoot them secretly and take advantage of them.

This is their favorite thing to do!

……

At this time, Yang Yuanshan had already led the special forces regiment and rushed westward from Taipingzhuang, crossing Kutaoao.

Soon, they could see through binoculars that the Japanese were already packing up their things in a panic.

Wang Ye and the others saw the burning mountain with their own eyes and could not help but exclaimed:

“What a big fire!
Wouldn't this turn the little devils into roasted pigs?"

Yang Yuanshan estimated that this place should be less than 2 kilometers away from the battlefield, and the hillsides on both sides of the road were very gentle, so he immediately ordered:
"Infantry artillery company, deploy immediately on the hillsides on both sides and bombard the Japanese fiercely!
Stop after 10 minutes!
Everyone else, speed up and rush forward!"

Upon hearing the order, several battalion's infantry artillery companies, led by their company commanders, immediately climbed up the hillsides on both sides.

Soon, they set up the artillery and began to pour shells on the Japanese positions.

Anyway, just fire aimlessly, hoping that a blind cat will catch a dead mouse.

Some company commanders were even thinking: The regiment commander has only given us 10 minutes for the bombardment. Wouldn't it be a shame if we don't use up all the shells we brought?

So he simply ordered his men to fire wildly and rapidly, trying to use up all the shells within 10 minutes. Their crazy firing, dense shells like hail, immediately stunned the Japanese.

Some soldiers immediately shouted in fear:

"Artillery attack! Avoid the artillery fire!"

"The Eighth Route Army is coming to kill us!"

"Run!"

……

The Japanese army's morale was already unstable, and now it was even more doomed.

Some smart people immediately looked around with a sneaky look and then started to slip away.

As for the matter of distraction, once there is a first time, there will be a second time.

Soon, the Japanese's originally orderly retreating team began to fall into chaos.

Officers kept yelling in anger after discovering that their men were deserting, and some even picked up their guns and fired at the deserters.

Now, the Japanese retreat became even more chaotic.

Many honest soldiers couldn't understand why the officers would open fire on their own people, and they were all terrified.

I even thought about finding an opportunity to slip away.

After all, they didn't want to be beaten to death by officers for no reason.

Colonel Takashi Murata was naturally very angry when he saw this.

He immediately sent someone to tell Colonel Kazuo Mitsui, commander of the 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, who was already retreating in front with his artillery, to deploy several cannons to suppress the infantry artillery of the Eighth Route Army.

When Kazuo Mitsui heard the order, he was immediately very dissatisfied.

He thought to himself: My artillerymen have been carefully trained over many years and are much more important than your crappy infantry.

Now let me leave the artillery and artillery to provide cover, isn't that like trading watermelons for sesame seeds?

However, he had no intention of confronting Murata Takasei head-on.

So there was a big perfunctory response.

Two mountain cannons were left behind and deployed urgently to begin bombarding the artillery of the special forces regiment.

Other artillery, speed up and run westward.

……

After Murata Takasei sent someone to order the artillery to fire, he was waiting for his own artillery fire to suppress the enemy.

As a result, when I saw the sound of him firing cannons, I was so angry that I wished my lungs would explode.

Roared:
"Baga! The enemy has dozens of artillery pieces. What's the point of leaving two mountain cannons behind?"

But at this time, he had no way to deal with Kazuo Mitsui.

Because the main force of the special forces regiment had already rushed over under the guidance of several tanks.

The tank guns aimed at their armored train and started to attack it violently.

The twenty Oerlikon 20mm machine guns equipped by the Second Anti-aircraft Artillery Battalion also began to fire crazily.

The heavy machine gunner simply found a place, set up the MG-42 general-purpose machine gun, and made a "sizzling" sound like a cloth-tearing machine.

The dense barrage of bullets threw the Japanese soldiers into chaos, and they scattered their sheep all over the mountains and fields.

……

Retreating from a battlefield is never an easy task.

Because if you are not careful, it will turn into a complete defeat.

Therefore, being able to lead a large army and retreat safely in front of thousands of troops has always been the privilege of famous generals.

It is obvious that Murata Takasei is not a famous general.

He was just an ordinary colonel chief of staff.

He was totally unable to adapt to the role of a military commander.

Therefore, after encountering the violent pursuit of the special forces regiment, he did not come up with any effective measures to prevent the defeat.

They could only watch helplessly as their 10,000 or 20,000-strong army was chased like ducks by several thousand members of the special forces regiment.

The general cannot find his soldiers, and the soldiers cannot find their general.

The cries and screams continued.

Yang Yuanshan climbed up a hillside and saw how his men had driven the Japanese into such a mess. He immediately issued two military orders in excitement:

"Send someone back to inform Captain Ding and the others, and have them bring people to reap the fruits of victory!"

"Order Wu Jun to send a message to his superiors, informing them that our army has completely defeated the Japanese army and is now clearing out the remaining enemies!"

……

(End of this chapter)