Chapter 149: Capturing the Japanese Officer Alive

The reason why the Japanese soldiers who were charging suddenly changed their expressions was very simple.

Originally they thought that the charge meant close combat with the Eighth Route Army, with blood being drawn with bayonets.

But now the Eighth Route Army is indeed preparing for close combat, but it does not intend to fight the Japanese with bayonets.

Fighting with bayonets is something that is only done when there is no other choice. If there are sufficient weapons and ammunition, who would be willing to let the soldiers charge forward and fight with bayonets?
If the problem can be solved with bullets, why fight with bayonets?
The Japanese’s Banzai charge is powerful, and it can indeed produce very good results when used in Asia.

But if they encountered the U.S. military in the Pacific whose equipment and firepower were two or three levels higher than theirs, then the Banzai charge would be a sure death.

Although the equipment of the Vanguard Regiment is not as good as that of the US Army, in terms of close combat firepower, it can be said that it can perfectly crush the Japanese.

The vanguard soldier who was rushing in the front was holding a knife in one hand and a revolver in the other.

The Japanese rushed forward with bayonets raised, but before they could get a clear look at the faces of the Eighth Route Army soldiers in front of them, they saw those Eighth Route Army soldiers raising their pistols in their right hands.

There are even quite a few submachine guns.

Some soldiers who were strong and powerful enough held the PPSh submachine gun, which was loaded with a drum magazine with a capacity of up to 71 bullets, and pulled the trigger directly at the Japanese soldiers rushing towards them.

In this situation, the PPSh submachine gun with seventy-one bullets is more useful than a heavy machine gun.

A large number of bullets formed a horizontal metal rain and shot towards the Japanese.

The Japanese soldier in the front was beaten into a hornet’s nest with his wine glasses as soon as they met face to face.

It’s not an exaggeration, it really is like a hornet’s nest.

With the terrifying speed of the PPSh submachine gun, seven or eight bullets would fly out with just a slight pull of the trigger.

Not to mention that the first batch of vanguard soldiers who rushed up were all equipped with pistols.

“Quickly resolve the battle and find the Japanese radio station!”

“Remember to keep a few Japanese officers, don’t kill them all!”

Luo Chengwen killed a lucky Japanese soldier who rushed up with a knife, then shot down a Japanese soldier who wanted to escape while continuing to give orders to the soldiers around him.

Qin Yangming specifically gave orders to him to pay attention to the Japanese radio stations and telegraph operators.

Even if we fail to seize the Japanese radio station, we must capture one or two Japanese officers.

Qin Yangming did not forget that he still needed the Yamazaki Battalion to ask for help from the 4th Brigade…

Now that the Yamazaki Battalion has been dealt a heavy blow by the Vanguard Regiment, it is obvious that there is no chance for it to ask for help from the 4th Brigade, so the Vanguard Regiment has to do it themselves.

“Quickly resolve the battle and find the Japs’ radio station, officer!”

“Except for the officers, all the other Japanese soldiers will be released…”

“If the Japs refuse to surrender, capture one or two officers alive and kill the rest!”

“Listen to the instructor!”

“Yes!”

The pioneer soldiers who first rushed to the Japanese position searched for Japanese officers wearing officer uniforms while quickly killing ordinary Japanese soldiers.

The veterans all knew that their regimental commander didn’t like living Japs.

Only dead Japs are good Japs.

Therefore, the warriors of the Vanguard Regiment seldom took prisoners, and usually killed them directly on the battlefield.

Even if they ask, you can say that the Japanese refused to surrender and had no choice but to be shot.

Or it could be an accidental discharge of a weapon… But the excuse of accidental discharge cannot be used every day or every time… So the military commander of the Vanguard Group still prefers to solve the problem directly on the battlefield.

Under the powerful offensive of the Vanguard Regiment, the Japanese positions on the top of Wangjiapo Mountain were occupied by the Vanguard Regiment in less than half an hour.

Except for a few Japanese officers whose legs were broken and a Japanese communicator who was carrying a radio, the rest of the Japanese were basically defeated.

Luo Chengwen looked at the Japanese soldier carrying the radio, then glanced at the Japanese officers captured by other soldiers, and gave a look to the soldier next to him.

Then he left the scene holding the Japanese communicator in one hand.

The soldier next to Luo Chengwen instantly understood what Luo Chengwen’s eyes meant. As soon as Luo Chengwen left, he raised the Mauser pistol in his hand.

With a few gunshots, the Japanese officers fell directly on the battlefield.

“Damn it, there wasn’t even a single sip of soup left for us in the kitchen!”

Liu, the squad leader of the kitchen squad who rushed up last, spoke in annoyance when he saw the last few Japanese soldiers being killed.

Then squad leader Liu looked at Sun Desheng, who was walking towards him triumphantly with a Japanese command knife in his hand.

“Old Sun, it’s great. You were only a few minutes ahead of our kitchen team and the cavalry. I didn’t expect you to lead the cavalry company to the front.”

Sun Desheng listened to what squad leader Liu said and nodded proudly: “Of course, after all, we are a cavalry company.
The cavalry company is responsible for speed, so let’s clean up the battlefield…”

“Squad leader, there is still some minced meat!”

Just as Squad Leader Liu was preparing to clean up the battlefield with the main force, a soldier from the kitchen squad holding a Type 38 rifle discovered that there seemed to be some movement in an anti-artillery hole in the Japanese fortifications.

“Fuck, there’s another little devil!

It’s a Japanese officer!”

When Sun Desheng heard what the soldier in the kitchen squad said, he hurried forward and moved a sandbag in front of the anti-artillery hole, and caught the Japanese soldiers in the hole.

“Little devil officer!

I didn’t expect that the first battalion actually missed a big fish! Hahaha, if Luo Chengwen knew that we caught a big fish behind him, he would be laughing for a long time. “

Sun Desheng noticed with his sharp eyes a shoulder strap with a military rank that the Japanese soldier in the anti-artillery cave was trying to hide.

Then he spoke to squad leader Liu happily.

Squad leader Liu also smiled, then pointed at Sun Desheng and said, “Old Sun, this big fish was found by my kitchen team, so don’t even think about swallowing it.”

Sun Desheng smiled embarrassedly: “How could that be, old squad leader, of course it was your kitchen team that discovered it, I was just helping you pull up the big fish.”

Although Sun Desheng coveted the big fish like the Japanese lieutenant colonel, he was not willing to do anything to steal the credit.

Besides, is he trying to steal the credit from the kitchen staff because he thinks the food he eats is too delicious?

Moreover, none of those who can join the kitchen squad are bad. In terms of combat effectiveness, the soldiers in the kitchen squad are no worse than those in other units of the vanguard regiment.

“What should we do with this big fish?”

Sun Desheng pressed the hammer on the back of the pistol and looked at Squad Leader Liu.

As long as Sergeant Liu nodded, he would immediately pull the trigger and kill the Japanese devil.

This little Japanese soldier was none other than Takagi Xixiong who had hidden in the anti-artillery cave at the beginning.

Squad Leader Liu glanced at Gao Muxiong who was stepped on by Sun Desheng, looked around, and said to Sun Desheng: “Since he is a lieutenant, send him to the regiment commander, maybe he can be of some use.”

(End of this chapter)