Sword: Heart of Iron

Chapter 61: Capturing Guo Qideng

Wang Feng turned his head, slightly surprised: "Who is it?"

Seeing that the battle was basically declared won, he withdrew from the overhead perspective, knowing little about the final battle.

Although the Japanese were utterly unscrupulous and did all kinds of bad things, we have to admit that the Japanese soldiers who participated in the early stages of the War of Resistance were all top-notch elite troops.

He is a tough guy and basically won't surrender in the face of danger.

There is a saying that goes - if you surround 100,000 German soldiers, they may surrender, but if you surround a Japanese soldier, he will choose to fight you to death with a bomb tied to his body.

The messenger hesitated: "Sir, the commander of the first regiment said he was a high-ranking Japanese officer, we don't know him."

"We caught him in the command room!"

Wang Feng was anxious: "Where is the person?"

"Take me there quickly!"

The messenger hurriedly led the way in front, and the two walked out of the command post quickly: "Sir, when we broke into the Japanese command post, we happened to see the Japanese general committing seppuku."

"Such a long saber was inserted into his stomach, and his intestines were all over the floor. But Captain Zhang held down his arm and pulled the saber out!"

“I’m probably going to die now.”

The messenger described it vividly, gesturing on his stomach with his hands as he spoke.

Wang Feng's brows gradually relaxed.

No wonder.

This is the consistent style of the Japanese officers.

"Where are the other officers in the command post?"

The messenger said: "They were all shot to death by our brothers. Commander Li said that they were buying time for the Japanese officers."

Senior official?

Wang Feng had a vague guess in his mind.

The only person who could let the entire brigade's officers cover his own seppuku was probably the 9th Brigade Commander Kunisaki Noboru.
The notorious Japanese soldier.

Historically, on the eve of the Pingxingguan Battle, the Japanese General Staff decided to form the Kunizaki Detachment with the 9st Infantry Regiment under the 41th Brigade as the backbone, and rush to the Songhu battlefield.

Finally, they fought all the way to Nanjing.

Participated in the bloody and tragic Nanjing Massacre.

However, because the 21st Temporary Brigade cooperated with the Eighth Route Army to annihilate the main force of the st Brigade in Tuanchengkou area, Itagaki Seishirō had no soldiers available, so the Japanese General Staff had to temporarily keep Kunisaki Noboru in Shanxi.

Participated in the Battle of Xinkou.

Surrounded by guards, Wang Feng stepped into Nanhuaihua Village.

The battle was over and the soldiers began to deal with the tragic scene in the village.

The human body fragments could no longer be pieced together, and the scattered heads could not be found in the corresponding bodies.

All they could do was dig a big pit, throw all the collected body parts into it, and fill it with soil.

Let the people rest in peace first.
Looking at the hell on earth before him, Wang Feng suppressed his anger and quickly walked into a private house.

A Japanese officer was lying in a pool of blood, with his ankles tied tightly together with hemp ropes as thick as fingers. Ropes were also tied around his wrists, and two soldiers were pulling him on each side.

The Japanese officer's face was pale, his body was twisted and powerless, and he was groaning in his throat. He could suffer from blood loss and shock at any time.

Zhang Hu was half-crouching on the side, his hands covered in blood, and his right hand was holding a piece of intestine.

The military doctor on the opposite side was stitching up the belly, but judging from the looks of it, he probably didn't give any anesthetic.

This stuff is a rare commodity. Our own brothers don’t have enough for it, so how can we have any extra for the Japanese?
But at the feet of the military doctor there was an open briefcase containing several injections of reagents.

It should be to save lives at critical moments.

Li Xianzhou was overjoyed: "Brigade Commander Wang, the identity has been confirmed, it is the 9th Brigade Commander Kunisaki Noboru!"

Japanese Army Lieutenant General!

The military commander of the elite brigade!

Regardless of whether Kunisaki Noboru can survive in the end, this is definitely the greatest achievement of the Chinese army since the full-scale war of resistance.

If the news were to leak out, it might cause a shock in the international community.

Wang Feng looked at Kunisaki Deng who was unable to live or die, and couldn't help laughing in his heart.

"Cause and effect, everything is retribution!"

Kunizaki Noboru instructed his subordinates to carry out a brutal and frenzied massacre in Nanhuaihua Village, killing Chinese civilians to vent the Japanese soldiers' emotions.

Now Kunisaki's intestines are leaking out, he is in excruciating pain and cannot die even if he wants to.

Li Xianzhou breathed a sigh of relief, and the tension he had felt all night finally came to an end at this moment. Commander Kunizaki Noboru was captured, and Nanhuaihua Village in the rear fell. The Japanese infantry regiment stationed in Jinshan not only lost its unified command, but also was attacked from all sides.

As long as the friendly forces fighting on the front line are strong enough, the 9th Brigade can be completely wiped out here!

Li Xianzhou turned his head and said, "Commander Wang, many matters in this battle depend on your troops. The vanguard troops rushed to support us at the critical moment, which is like a divine army descending from the sky. Otherwise, the battle situation in Xinkou will be in jeopardy under the heavy pressure of the Japanese army!"

"Captain Wang is a good leader. When can you pass on some of your experience to us?"

This is the truth. Li Xianzhou does not want to take credit for himself.

The military style and discipline of the Temporary Brigade can be regarded as a breath of fresh air in the currently mixed Chinese army.

The soldiers' military qualities are also remarkable. Although they are not as good as the German-equipped adjustment division of the Central Army, they are also the best in the entire Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Even the ace unit of Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, the 218th Brigade, was slightly inferior to it.

Wang Feng smiled calmly: "Master Li, you are too kind. We can achieve today's results thanks to the cooperation of all my colleagues. How can I take all the credit for it?"

Although he spoke modestly on the surface, he was actually very happy in his heart.

Looking back at the current organization of the Temporary 1st Brigade, in the words of the game, it is nine infantry and three cannons.

Three mountain infantry regiments, each with three battalions.

There were nine infantry battalions in total.

A heavy artillery battalion, a mountain artillery battalion, and a mortar battalion.

Apart from anything else, looking at the entire Chinese military, is there any brigade-level unit equipped with 105mm large-caliber howitzers?

Its strength is already comparable to that of an army-level unit of the Central Army.

The Temporary 1st Brigade has already eliminated Kunizaki Noboru's headquarters and cut off the retreat route of the Japanese troops in Jinshan.

Wang Feng: "The rest of the battle will depend on how our friendly forces perform."

If the remaining two infantry regiments could be defeated, the last main force of the Fifth Division would also be lost in Shanxi.

The entire division was left with only reserve and logistics troops.

The main force of the Kwantung Army's Chahar Task Force was still there, but facing the Xinkou Defense Line guarded by more than 200,000 troops, it could only be said that they had the will but not the strength.

Xinkou was saved.

It all depends on how aware Commander Yan is.

If we mobilize heavy troops to fight at Niangzi Pass, Shanxi can be guaranteed to be worry-free in the short term!

On the evening of the 16th.

The battle of Jinshan came to an end.

The telegram was transmitted to Wang Feng's command post.

Fiasco
An unexpected and disastrous defeat.

The remnants of the Japanese army showed a strong will to resist, and under the cover of aircraft, the battle during the day was extremely brutal.

General Kunisaki deployed the tank regiment on the southern highlands. More than 50 Type 94 ultra-light tanks caused great losses to the attacking Chinese army.

The Type 3.45 ultra-light tank has a combat weight of only tons and is extremely light and compact.

This allows the vast areas of China that lack roads and other infrastructure to thrive, and they are basically not restricted by terrain such as water networks, mountains, forests, and hills.

It has strong permeability.

Even though the Chinese army was equipped with a small number of anti-tank weapons, they rarely had the opportunity to open fire when facing Japanese tanks.

Only by relying on explosive packs and other means and piling up countless lives can a small tank be destroyed.

"General Hao Mengling personally went to the front line to supervise the battle, but unfortunately died"

Sergei read the telegram in his hand and couldn't help but sigh.

"Ah dear Davari..."

Sergei shook his head with a solemn expression. Every general who died for his country should be given due respect.

Wang Feng showed regret and sighed: "It's just that the Japanese army of only 4,000 soldiers, even with their top commander captured, was still able to suppress tens of thousands of Chinese troops."

Hateful!
The shortage of soldiers and weapons is really too serious!
The remnants of the 9th Brigade broke out from the west and joined forces with the Chahar Task Force and other units of the Kwantung Army.

Sergei saw it more clearly and consoled him: "The strength of the Central Army is indeed much stronger than that of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army."

"The situation is improving little by little. Although we let two infantry regiments escape, we have also effectively annihilated the Japanese army's manpower."

"The 9th Brigade may have to withdraw from the Shanxi battlefield early."

"In my opinion, Mr. Chiang Kai-shek in Nanjing should have appointed you as the commander-in-chief."

(End of this chapter)