Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 272 The Fate of the Invaders
"Lao Hua, the order given to us by the column headquarters is to continue to contain the Third Division Headquarters and put enough pressure on them;

The main force will besiege and annihilate the remaining enemies in the North City, and we must not let the Third Division cause trouble in the North City."

“Senior, this is easy. As long as we keep putting pressure on the Third Division Headquarters, their artillery won’t have time to deal with a bunch of abandoned pawns.
I suggest that the 1st and 2nd Battalions be rotated, and that the newly added Sichuan Army brothers be integrated into the troops as soon as possible in actual combat."

Zhu Chi nodded and said:
"This is a good method, using veterans to train new soldiers and using low-intensity actual combat to train soldiers.
We have all been through this before, actual combat is the best training ground."

North City, Baolai Flour Mill
The Sakamoto Brigade has reached the end of its rope. They previously controlled the entire flour mill, but now they have been squeezed into the last warehouse.

Outside the warehouse, all the people are Chinese;
Inside the cargo hold, Captain Sakamoto Akira looked at the warriors around him for a long time. Only 57 of them were left, and all of them were injured.
They had just repelled an attack by the Chinese and had temporarily calmed down, but Major Sakamoto was not happy at all.

With rich practical combat experience, he knew that the Chinese were definitely deploying troops and might even bring in artillery. The next attack would be their doom.

“Gentlemen, I will not hide it from you. The Chinese have already launched a counterattack, and the regiment has successfully broken out;

The 13th Division is sending reinforcements at full speed and will arrive by nightfall at the latest. We only need to hold out for one more day, and the Imperial Army will launch a counterattack on the North City. By then, we will be able to turn the tide of the battle by combining our internal and external forces—"

Team leader Hirota Kazushi interrupted him without any respect:

"Captain, you are still not telling the truth. The truth is that we have become abandoned. Even if we counterattack North City in the future, it has nothing to do with us.
Don't worry, the warriors won't surrender, just tell us what to do next!"

Major Sakamoto was caught on camera, and a small lieutenant cursed:
"Bakayalu, are you trying to shake the morale of the troops?
Dead, dead!"

After he finished speaking, he began to draw his sword. Hirota and Tsukasa looked at him coldly. He really wasn't worried that Major Sakamoto would kill him.

Of the remaining 57 people, 32 were from Hirota's squad, and the rest were the rubbish of the battalion. Lieutenant Tadamichi Sanada, the battalion's staff officer, stepped forward to help:

“Captain, Mr. Hirota is only expressing his own thoughts and has no intention of disturbing the morale of the troops;
Now that we are surrounded by powerful enemies, we should unite even more.”

After Sanada Nakamichi finished speaking, he winked at Major Sakamoto, and Major Sakamoto realized that something was wrong with the atmosphere;

Those soldiers who were usually as docile as lambs in front of him now had unfriendly expressions, holding their rifles with both hands, as if they were ready to shoot if they disagreed with him.

The shrewd Major Sakamoto then realized that more than half of the combatants here were from Hirota's team. If he dared to use a knife, they would immediately mutiny.

Sakamoto snorted coldly and took advantage of the situation to put away his sword. Lieutenant Hirota now had the final say, so he said:
"It's not just the Sakamoto Battalion that was abandoned. The entire Imperial Army in the North City was abandoned. The commander of the regiment has made it clear.

The division commander has already transferred the 13th Division, which will launch an attack on the Huaihe River defense line by tomorrow morning at the latest.

If you want to stay alive, you have to hold on. I might as well tell you that Yue Qianli's troops have never taken prisoners."

Everyone was suddenly in an uproar. This was tantamount to sentencing them to death. Some soldiers who had previously thought of surrendering also gave up the idea of ​​surrendering.

A sergeant shouted:

"Captain, the brave warriors of the Imperial Army will never surrender to the lowly Chinese!
Just tell me what to do next, whether to break out or hold on and wait for help, there must be a rule. "This sergeant was obviously the spokesperson for Lieutenant Hirota. After the previous unpleasantness, Sakamoto no longer put on airs and said in a calm tone:
"We can't break out with so few people. We can only hold on and wait for help."

After that, he just repeated what he said, which was no different from taking off his pants to fart, it was nothing more than a morale booster.

The other devils had no better solution either. After much research, they found that all of them were dead ends, and their morale dropped even further.

Major Sakamoto originally wanted to boost morale, but the result was the opposite. Now they are in a desperate situation with no hope at all.

All the Japs fell silent. They were not even in the mood to repair the barricades. They were going to die anyway, so they might as well relax before dying.

Some took out photos of their wives and daughters, some took out their last can of beef, some wrote suicide notes, and some even sang "Sakura" and burst into tears while singing...

Before coming to China, they were all full of ambition and slaughtered the Chinese people like cattle and sheep. Now that it is finally their turn, many of them remember that they also have a hometown, parents and relatives, and they are reluctant to give up their lives.
Heaven has reincarnation, who will Heaven forgive?
Outside the warehouse, a company of the independent detachment had made final preparations for the attack. In order to break through the warehouse door, the company commander applied to the battalion headquarters for a Type 92 infantry gun.

This is a good thing. The company commander stroked the gun barrel and said affectionately:
"Brother, it's up to you!"

The company commander looked at the infantry gun as if he was looking at a lover, which caused dissatisfaction among the main gunner. This was his "wife" - why was he touching her?
Then the nose that is not a nose and the face that is not a face said:
"Captain Huang, leave the artillery fire to me. It's not safe here. You should return to your command position."

Captain Huang was not stunned at first, but then he understood and couldn't help but laughed and scolded:
"You idiot, you act like someone is trying to steal your cannon. Just aim and don't waste the shells."

When the chief gunner saw that Captain Huang was questioning his artillery skills, he stiffened his neck and said:
"Captain Huang, just watch. Make sure we can finish them off with one shot. Otherwise, I'll change my cavalry's first shot to two!"

In the Third Battalion, Ma Yipao was still very famous. Captain Huang had also heard of him, but he had a bad temper. He was too lazy to argue with him and immediately gave the order:
"fire!"

Ma Yipao seemed to want to prove his strength. As soon as Captain Huang finished speaking, Ma Yipao fired a shell and blasted open the main door of the warehouse.

It was really a "one-shot" attack, and there was absolutely no waste of shells. After Captain Huang gave him a thumbs up, he led his troops to the warehouse.

Ma Yipao didn't take this matter seriously. Using cannon to blast open a gate 500 meters away was not a problem for the infantry artillery. Even his assistant gunner could do it easily. It was not worth mentioning.

After Captain Huang and his men rushed into the warehouse, a fierce battle broke out between the two sides. Captain Huang, who had rich experience in street fighting, ordered the soldiers to use grenades to clear the way;
Before the people went in, dozens of grenades were thrown in, making the Japanese cry for their parents.

Then the light machine guns and Mauser pistols cleared the way, and they easily broke in through the smoke created by the grenade explosions;

Major Sakamoto raised his saber and rushed towards Captain Huang, screaming. Captain Huang emptied the magazine of his pistol and sent him back home.

Major Sakamoto fell to the ground unwillingly, and the photos of his wife and daughter hidden in his underwear pocket were soaked with his blood;

You will never be able to return to your hometown in this lifetime. There is a high probability that your wife will remarry and your daughter will have to change her surname. You have worked in vain for half your life. This is the fate of an invader.

After a fierce battle, all the remaining Japanese soldiers in Sakamoto's battalion were wiped out, not a single one was left.

(End of this chapter)