newbobooks Chapter 703: Everyone in the puppet army is in danger
Chapter 703: Everyone in the puppet army is in danger
703 The puppet army is in danger
The old Japanese soldier Tanaka Hisaichi was in the headquarters in Yangcheng, looking at the map where war was breaking out everywhere.
It extends from southern Zhejiang and northern Jiangxi all the way south to their Guangdong Province.
At this moment, the fighting in northern and eastern Guangdong was extremely fierce.
The flames of war have spread throughout the entire Jiangnan region and are no longer limited to the Xiangxi area where the Japanese 11th Army and the 9th War Zone were previously located.
The instigator of all this was Ye Qingshan, who had just returned to China.
“Ye Qingshan, it’s this person again.
Why can't the Empire get rid of this man?"
The mood of the old Japanese soldier Tanaka Hisaichi at this moment is just like that of the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane, as well as the Japanese soldier Prince Asaka Naruhiko and others.
He also wished he could eat Ye Qingshan alive.
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In Guangdong Province, the sudden intensification of the war also attracted the attention of the whole country.
On the seventh day, the New 19st Division and the New rd Division continued to break through the enemy's defense lines and attacked Chaozhou, the headquarters of the th Mixed Brigade of the enemy.
The two main divisions were able to break through so quickly thanks to the artillery coverage of several rocket artillery regiments and heavy artillery brought by the 89th Army.
At the beginning, it took them a lot of effort to transport these artillery pieces through the mountains of Fujian Province.
Now, when attacking, these heavy artillery can cause huge damage to the Japanese.
It’s a pity that not many tanks and armored vehicles were brought over.
Tanks and armored vehicles were mainly provided to Xiao Shanling's northern Jiangxi offensive aircraft group.
The three main divisions that entered Guangdong to fight carried more heavy artillery.
Therefore, the attacking troops mainly used the tactics of coordinated infantry and artillery operations to gradually erode the defense line of the Japanese 19th Mixed Brigade.
"Everyone, squat over there and behave yourself."
At this moment, a battle had just ended on the front line. On the battlefield filled with smoke, the bodies of the Japanese and puppet soldiers were lying all over the place.
The soldiers of the New 1st Division who were cleaning up the battlefield would hold their guns and drive together batches of captured puppet soldiers.
Each of these captured puppet soldiers was very honest.
But there were hardly any Japanese prisoners, as all the Japanese were killed directly.
Even so, the fate of these captured puppet soldiers would not be good.
Just because they participated in the battle to block the New 1st Division along with the Japanese.
According to the prisoner of war rules formulated by Ye Qingshan, these captured puppet soldiers would be sent to mines and factories to serve several years of labor.
The higher the official position and the worse his reputation, the longer the years of hard labor he would have to serve.
As for whether they can get out of the mine alive in the end, it depends on their fate.
Only those puppet soldiers who took the initiative to revolt, or defected on the battlefield and helped the 89th Army to counterattack the Japanese would be treated preferentially.
"Brother, it's all your fault for not listening to my advice.
I said, we should surrender voluntarily.
We shouldn't continue to help the Japanese fight.
This time, it is General Ye’s troops that are attacking, and the Japanese are bound to be destroyed.
Now, we didn’t surrender, but we were still caught.
According to the rules of the 89th Army, we may have to mine until we die for the rest of our lives."
In the pile of puppet army prisoners of war, several middle-aged puppet army prisoners of war squatted close together, whispering.
These people are the leaders of this group of puppet troops.
"Yes, big brother, what the second brother said is right.
We should surrender earlier this time, and it would be best if we could switch sides on the battlefield and make amends for our crimes.
At worst, you should escape in time.
You should never get caught, or you will be in trouble."
A puppet army leader with a middle-parted hair nearby also whispered in fear.
When he thought of the folk legend about how Ye Qingshan's troops treated diehard traitors, he became extremely frightened.
"I don't want to spend the rest of my life in a mine.
Xiao Taohong is still waiting for me to go back and redeem her.
Big brother, second brother, please think of a solution quickly."
The puppet army leader with a middle-parted hair became more and more frightened the more he thought about it, and pleaded in a low voice to the two people next to him.
"Woman, woman, you are still thinking about women.
That’s all you can do.”
The pseudo-army commander who was called "big brother" suppressed his anger and scolded Zhongfentou.
"How do I know that Ye Qingshan's troops will attack so quickly?
How would I know that the Japs are so useless?
In the past, the Japanese fought very fiercely.
They had always been the ones chasing and beating other national troops, so why did they lose so quickly this time?
What a miscalculation.
The people I sent out haven't made contact with the 89th Army yet. How can we surrender?
It's easy for you to say that you're turning against your own side on the battlefield.
Don’t you see that the Japanese are also very wary of us?
If we really turn against them, we will end up being killed by the Japanese.
They are all dead, what’s the difference?”
The pseudo-army commander growled irritably.
Of course, he also knew Ye Qingshan's policy towards puppet army prisoners.
Before, he had considered surrendering, but unfortunately he still held on to his luck.
Want to wait and see.
The truth is, the impression of the Japanese's power in the past was too deep in his mind.
He had also never seen how powerful Ye Qingshan's troops were; those were all folk legends.
Later, when he was sure that the Japanese had no chance of winning, it was not too late to surrender.
Unfortunately, this time the pseudo-legion commander miscalculated.
He didn't expect that a regiment of the New 1st Division would suddenly launch a sneak attack on them at night, and the fierce artillery fire made them dizzy.
The battle was over before they even had time to surrender.
It's too late to regret now.
"What are you doing? Why are you arguing? Keep your voice down.
If you keep making noise, I will beat you up."
The voice of the pseudo-corps commander was heard by the soldiers of the New 1st Division who were guarding nearby. They raised the butt of their rifles and shouted threateningly.
"Yes, yes, sir, we don't dare anymore."
The puppet army commander who used to be arrogant and domineering and followed the Japanese to bully others, suddenly became timid and said with a smile.
“No, I can’t spend the rest of my life in a mine.
Second brother, third brother, we have to find a way to save ourselves."
The pseudo-army commander looked at his two sworn brothers beside him and whispered.
"Brother, how can we save ourselves now?
We are not even qualified to surrender now. Even if we work for the 89th Army, they won’t want us.”
The third brother said frustratedly.
"Old Three, shut up.
What the hell else can you do besides playing with women every day?
I can't count on you at the critical moment.
Second brother, you always have a lot of ideas, so think of a solution quickly.
Save our three brothers."
The puppet army commander placed his hopes on his second brother.
The second brother thought for a moment and whispered, "Brother, we do have a chance."
"what chance?"
“According to General Ye’s rules, people like us can contribute to helping them defeat the devils during wartime.
They can all be pardoned and do not have to perform hard labor.
Now, we are captured at any moment.
But there is still one last chance.
We can do this..."
The second brother leaned over to the pseudo-army commander's ear and said something.
The pseudo-corps leader's eyes lit up immediately, but after a moment he shook his head: "Second brother, your method is too risky."
"Brother, what time is it?
Now we want to save ourselves, can we do it without taking risks?"