Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

In the county town, Captain Ito, who received a call for help from the mining area, rubbed his temples vigorously. For a moment, he didn't know whether to send out the troops guarding the city. After thinking for half a minute, he made a decision: "Baga, Kameda, the mining area was besieged by the Eighth Route Army and called for help. One squadron of them can't hold on and needs a lot of reinforcements, so... now, you take your team and 500 people from the Imperial Army out of the city to reinforce the mining area!"

"Hayi..." Captain Kameda bowed and went out.

"Yamada, your squad is the only one left in the city... Now, I order you to immediately close the city gates, occupy the city walls, and guard against the Eighth Route Army attacking the city!" Seeing Kameda's departing back, Ito ordered another Japanese squad leader beside him.

"But, captain, we only have one squad. Kameda took away 500 Imperial Army soldiers, so we have less than 200 left. Can we defend the county town?" Yamada asked.

"We defend the county town?" Ito's tone became higher: "Are you kidding me? How can we defend the county town with our limited manpower? Let me ask you, has your team's two grenade launchers been replaced by the broken one? No? The remaining 24 grenades have not been replenished for half a year, right?"

"Also, of the machine guns that our soldiers hold, which the Eighth Route Army called crooked handles, only your squad has two that are still usable, right? The broken ones can't be repaired, and no new machine guns are coming in. Doesn't this prove something? This shows that our empire's industrial system can no longer sustain our combat consumption!"

"Look, what is our strategy in China? Yes, it is to open up the mainland transportation line! But when do we need to rely on the mainland transportation line? What about our navy? Yes, our navy has failed, and it has failed again and again! The failure of the navy has dragged down our army and we have no strategic resources, and we can't even guarantee our firearms!"

"So, what we need to do now is to send a telegram asking for help to our master and wait for the troops from Shimen to come to rescue!" Ito said.

"But the 110th Division that has been stationed in Shimen has already moved south, and Shimen's military strength is also empty. How many troops can come? Also, why don't we put all our troops in the county town, but also reinforce the mining area?" Yamada didn't understand and was a little anxious. The situation was urgent, and Ito actually still had the heart to talk here. Shouldn't he be doing what he should be doing now?

"Do you know why the front army assigned a squadron to the mining area, but only assigned two squads to our county town? And there is only one squad in Pingshan in the north? That's because the mining area is more important than the county town! Obtaining coal resources from the mining area is more important than occupying a county town with few people!"

"And the most important point is that it is not our army that controls the mining area, but the big domestic conglomerates! You know the Mitsui Group, right? Before we attacked China, the coal and derivatives of this mining area were all controlled by the Mitsui Group! Now, it is also controlled by the Mitsui Group... Do you understand?"

"I have come to understand a little bit. That is, we are not important, our lives are not important, the property of the consortium is the most important... Then, why should we continue to fight? The emperor doesn't care about us anymore, why should we fight to the death for the emperor?" Yamada asked.

"You are a new soldier I trained... Do you remember when you killed someone for the first time? That's right, it was in 39. You were still very young at that time, so I arranged assassination training for you! Do you remember the Chinese girl you killed? That's right, we veterans caught her, enjoyed her for a while, and then tied her to a pillar."

"At that time, you were holding a rifle with a bayonet in your hand, but you were so scared that you were shaking all over when you saw a woman who was tied to a pillar, powerless to fight back, and even naked! If I hadn't slapped you hard a few times, I don't think you would have dared to stab you with the knife? Now, there are at least 10 Chinese people who have died in your hands, right?" "Our hands are stained with the blood of Chinese people, especially those innocent ordinary people! This is about the blood feud between the two nations! There is an old Chinese saying that it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge, and there is also a saying that the hatred of killing one's father and stealing one's wife is irreconcilable! To the Chinese, we are their enemies!"

"So, even if we lay down our weapons and surrender, do you think the Chinese will let us go? You remember how we treated prisoners? We skinned them, buried them alive, dismembered them, cut out their hearts and livers, or sent them directly for live experiments... For each of these things, do you think the Chinese will turn around and take revenge on us? So, go and fight, don't surrender, even if you die in battle, don't surrender!"

"Hai..." Yamada walked out of the office with confusion, and immediately went towards the city gate defense line with a few Japanese soldiers around him.

Yamada was confused, but he was determined to carry out the mission! While they were talking, Kameda had already reorganized his team and the puppet troops hiding in the Imperial Army camp, and they were rushing towards the city gate. So, Yamada and Kameda met at the city gate. One team went up to the city gate tower, and the other team left the county town and headed towards the mining area...

On the east side of the mining area, between the mining area and the county town, the comrades of the Second Local Regiment of the Ninth District hid in a small hilly area. To the north was the Zhengtai Line railway line.

At this time, the barbed wires that the Japanese had erected on both sides of the railway line were still there, and everything was the same as before. However, the local Second Regiment aimed all 60 mortars, 82 mortars and all 108 Dinglong grenade launchers of the regiment at the railway line in front.

In order not to alert the enemy, the grenade launchers were placed more than 400 meters away from the railway line, where they would not be discovered at all. Similarly, the 60mm and 82mm mortars were gradually moved back, with their muzzles pointed at the railway line. Compared to the artillery, the infantry were hiding closer...

The ambush here was none other than the Second Division Regiment. In order to quickly deal with the enemy, Guo Liandong directly mobilized all the artillery... Who said that you have to shoot when you ambush? Old Guo just fired the artillery!
Two kilometers behind the team, Guo Liandong found a high hill and used the telescope to first look at the battle in the mining area in the west, and then aimed it at the banks of the Ye River in the east.

"Commander, the forward observation post said the Japanese are coming!" said a sentry running over along the path behind the ridge.

"Tell the whole regiment to prepare for battle..."

Guo Liandong's order was passed to the front through a phone call. Deputy Regiment Commander Bai Dabao answered the call personally. He just said "I know" into the phone and hung up.

It must be said that the higher you stand, the farther you can see. The observation posts on the high ground behind you could see the troops of the Japanese and puppet troops, but they hadn't discovered them yet. Then, about ten minutes later, they also saw the Japanese and puppet troops running all the way. (End of this chapter)