sjar Chapter 707: Wuhan Recovers
Chapter 707: Wuhan Recovers
An hour later, the special forces escorted seven or eight hundred Japanese soldiers out, and all of them knelt beside the Japanese corpses. Chen Feng held a loudspeaker and denounced the Japanese atrocities, using the civilians as shields and threatening to let them rest in peace even if they died.
Half an hour later, Chinese and foreign reporters left in shock. It was big news. In order to avenge the people, Captain Leng Qiang chopped off the sword with his own hands. All the film in the hands of the reporters was used up. Tonight's news might cause a shock, but absolutely no one would sympathize with the Japanese.
In Wuhan City, the commander of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army got the news first. He was indignant and helpless. He didn't want to be beheaded after his death, nor did he want his subordinates to be beheaded. So he issued a strict order, prohibiting all troops from using civilians.
The difficulty of attacking the second line of defense increased. In one day, only the Yimeng Guerrillas captured the designated city. The other teams fell into anxiety, knowing that the recovery of Wuhan would not be achieved in a short time. The various attack sequences did not fight to the death, but were looking for opportunities in the night.
The Yimeng guerrillas dispatched a special forces team, which used infiltration to provide the coordinates of strategic targets to the National Army sequence, and also had the opportunity to directly attack the key departments of the Japanese army. The Japanese army became an isolated force, and their morale was already unstable. Once a breakthrough was made, the defense of the entire city would slowly collapse.
By May 5, the Japanese army's outer cities were gradually captured, and the Yimeng guerrillas and the National Army troops participating in the attack gradually besieged the three towns of Wuhan.
The Japanese Central China Expeditionary Force seemed to have abandoned Wuhan and the two divisions in Wuhan City. Planes almost stopped coming. The Japanese troops in the city were in despair. They had originally thought of going crazy one last time, but after thinking of Captain Leng Qiang's machete, they had no choice but to give up. They might not be afraid of death, but they were very afraid of being beheaded. If their heads were chopped off, their souls would not be able to return to the island country.
On May 5, after a short rest of two days, the various offensive sequences began a joint attack. At eight o'clock in the morning, the joint flying team of the National Army and the Yimeng Guerrillas arrived over Wuhan. The special forces still provided the bombing coordinates. Within an hour, the Japanese artillery positions suffered devastating blows.
At nine o'clock in the morning, hundreds of artillery fire opened fire on the outer positions of Wuhan.
Listening to the continuous explosions outside the city, the people in Wuhan were excited. They were finally here, the National Army was finally here, the Yimeng guerrillas were finally here, and Captain Leng Qiang was finally here. Perhaps they did not have enough confidence in the National Army, but they were absolutely confident in the Yimeng guerrillas and their captain Leng Qiang.
The bombardment lasted for a full hour, and at 10 a.m., the attack sequence on both sides of the Yangtze River launched an assault. The 150,000 Nationalist troops and the 10,000 Yimeng guerrillas besieged the Japanese army at the same time. Without the support of aircraft, naval guns and artillery, the Japanese army had almost no power to resist.
At twelve noon, the Yimeng guerrillas had already broken into the Jiangbei urban area. The Guard Regiment and the First Regiment moved from the east and west, and had captured Huangshi and Huanggang, occupied Gedian Town, and squeezed westward from south of the Yangtze River.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, all the attack sequences had basically entered the urban areas on both sides of the Yangtze River. The remnants of the Japanese army did not choose street fighting. Faced with a hopeless battle, most of the devils chose to surrender. A small number fought desperately and were killed, and some solved the problem themselves. They headed to the 11th Army Headquarters. Except for some low-level guards and clerks, most of the officers chose to serve their emperor.
As soon as the attack sequence was handed over, the Yimeng guerrillas received the order to retreat immediately and returned to Anlu City overnight. The attack sequence led by Chen Feng returned at twelve o'clock in the evening. The first regiment and the guard regiment attacking from the east arrived at three o'clock in the morning. Wu Tianxiang's main regiment and the two armies of the Gui Army handed over the defense of Wuxue City and also began to rush to Anlu City to block the arrival on the morning of the 16th.
The National Army was celebrating wildly in Wuhan City, the headquarters was formulating commendations, but in Anlu City, where the Yimeng guerrillas were stationed, there was a slight sense of pain of parting.
That's about it. It's time to separate. Almost all the soldiers understand that the captain will lead the team south to continue fighting the Japanese in Southeast Asia. They will most likely not come back, no matter how fierce the battle is. They will settle down in Southeast Asia. Those who want to leave will naturally follow the team south. The captain will find a way to deal with family issues. Those who don't want to leave will gather and go back to Mengshan. Li Zhonghua, who is stationed at Mengshan Airport, will give them 500 oceans of resettlement money to go home. From now on, they will have to walk their own way.
Five hundred dollars is a lot of money. It is money that a family of several people may not be able to earn in ten or eight years. However, after hearing that the captain could solve the problem of his family in the future and inquiring about the situation of the team members who had set out before, most of the team members chose to go with the captain, and only more than two thousand people stayed behind.
Early in the morning, Chen Feng began to say goodbye to the team members next to the tent. There were still a large number of horses and supplies at the airport, enough for the returning team members to carry them home on two horses each. In addition to the ocean money, these things were also compensation given by Chen Feng.
Wu Chuanyong is the highest commander of the remaining team members. He lives at the foot of Mount Mengshan and was a special operations company commander of the former Mengshan Independent Regiment. His father has been paralyzed in bed for many years and his mother is in poor health and has difficulty moving. It can be said that the family can still eat because he followed Captain Lengqiang. Now that he can't continue to follow them all the way south, Wu Chuanyong feels full of guilt.
"Captain, I'm sorry"?
"Chuanyong, I'm sorry for not telling you earlier. I know your family situation very well. You have fought for several years and have paid enough. Don't feel guilty. Besides, our guerrilla planes have not yet moved and Li Zhonghua is still there. Don't rush back home. Cooperate with Li Zhonghua to resolve the remaining issues. We will meet again in the future, do you understand?"
Wu Chuanyong felt better. Yes! We will definitely meet in the future. My mother sent me a letter saying that my father doesn't have much time left. After burying my father, I will take my mother south to find the Jiaolong Group in Qingdao.
"Chuanyong, keep in touch after disbanding. Most of the soldiers heading south this time have relatives still in their hometowns. When things calm down here and the Japanese are dying, I will find a way to bring the families of the team members over. You organize it then. If you have any difficulties, find Yang Qingfeng from the Lunan Detachment and Shen Honglie from the New Fourth Division, and recruit people according to the list and send them all to Dashibi Mountain. Do you understand?"
"Don't worry, Captain. As long as the order arrives, Wu Chuanyong will guarantee to complete the mission."
At ten o'clock in the morning on May 5, Wu Tianxiang's main force arrived. After a farewell ceremony, the total number of people left reached three thousand.
On the night of the 16th, the Yimeng guerrillas communicated with the Kuomintang defense zone and began their return journey and march south. The cavalry team mainly went north, and most of the trucks and horses chose to go south. The special operations battalion of the guard regiment stayed at Suizhou Airport, and they would continue to follow up after the plane completed the transfer.