Songhu: Never Give Up

Chapter 12: What a Big Net Turtle

The counterattack of the 3rd and 2nd companies triggered a chain reaction. The commander of the 1st battalion also sent the 1st company of the reserve to reinforce, which greatly accelerated the defeat of the Japanese in the direction of Damai Zhai.
The Japanese in the direction of Xiaomai's house also began to collapse. The second battalion commander heard the faint sound of a military bugle and thought that a full-line counterattack had been launched, so he also ordered the charge to be blown.

This completely stirred up a hornet's nest, and the entire 527th Regiment was forced to counterattack;

The 523rd and 524th Regiments, which were deployed on both wings to coordinate the attack, also counterattacked. For a while, military bugles sounded and shouts of killing shook the heavens. The three main regiments of the 88th Division launched a counterattack by accident and defeated the 3th Division.

Only the 528th Regiment and the division's direct subordinate units, which were the reserve forces, remained silent. The division headquarters was kept in the dark. The division commander, Yu Jishi, cursed:
"Who the hell disobeyed military orders and launched a counterattack without authorization? Brother Linsheng, is that you?"

Li Mo'an and Xuan Tiewu looked at each other, they couldn't figure out what was going on. Li Mo'an said loudly:
"Brother Liangzhen, we are all in the dark. Now the 527th, 523rd, and 524th Regiments have launched a counterattack, and the th Division has been completely defeated.

It seems that the reinforcements from Brother Yin Guo and Brother Yuan Liang have arrived, and the Japs are trying to escape!"

"Commander, the arrow is on the string and must be shot. Send the reserve troops forward as well!"

Chief of Staff Xuan Tiewu also suggested this, and Yu Jishi thought that this was the only way, so he ordered:
"Give the 528th Regiment an order to attack across the board and hunt down the Japs!

The supplementary regiment and division headquarters will stay at the temple camp just in case. "

At the 9th Division Headquarters, the division commander, the old devil Ueda, had long lost his previous arrogance. His eyes were filled with panic, and the war situation had deteriorated beyond his expectations.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, you cannot hesitate any longer!
This was a premeditated counterattack by the Chinese. A large number of troops also appeared in the west, at least a brigade, and a large number of troops also pressed forward from the front;

Now the defenders of Miaohang are also attacking on all fronts. This is a siege from all sides and an ambush from ten sides. The Chinese are going to swallow up the Ninth Division in one gulp!"

Lieutenant General Ueda pretended to be calm and said:
"Why are you panicking? They are not so good at swallowing up my Ninth Division!
Order the 88th Regiment to block the th Division's counterattack, and the main force to move from the northwest before the enemy can encircle us, and fight again the next day."

Colonel Nakamura let out a long sigh, saying that the division commander was not acting on impulse. The Chinese troops in the west, north and east had not yet completed the encirclement, so it was still time to break out, and the most they would suffer would be a little greater losses.

The 88th Division Headquarters was the first to break out, but it was a pity for the th Regiment, as they were besieged by the th Division and suffered heavy losses.

"Sir, Captain, retreat quickly! The main force has already broken out from the northwest, and the Chinese are coming!"

Inside the regiment headquarters, Lieutenant Colonel Nobuyoshi Kitahara could no longer remain patient and urged Colonel Daihachi Hayashi to break out quickly, as the regiment headquarters was related to the future of the 7th Regiment and they must not be surrounded and annihilated by the Chinese.

Lin Daba snorted unwillingly. It was too embarrassing to let him run away. At this moment, there were faint shouts of killing outside the command center. Lieutenant Colonel Kitahara was so scared that he waved his hands. Two sensible staff officers held Lin Daba on the left and right and started to run for his life:

"Bakayarō! You are destroying my reputation. My Seventh Regiment is determined to defend the Emperor's dignity to the death!"

Lin Dabao spoke in a tough tone, but his actions were decisive. He left when he had to. He did not want to be the first colonel of the 9th Division to report to the Yasukuni Shrine.

Yue Qianli led his men to chase the Japanese. He was not worried at all about being counterattacked by the Japanese. At this time, they only wanted to escape to avoid being surrounded on all sides.

The First Battalion was the closest unit to the Seventh Regiment. He clearly remembered that the commander of the Seventh Regiment died in this battle. Naturally, he wanted to strive for such military merit.

"Company commander, there is a group of devils running away ahead!"

A sharp-eyed soldier shouted excitedly. Yue Qianli looked in the direction of his finger and saw that there were indeed a dozen Japanese soldiers running for their lives in a panic, seemingly protecting an officer.

He was immediately delighted, thinking that his luck would not be so good. He estimated that the distance between the two sides was only about 200 to 300 meters, so he shouted:
"Follow me, let's chase after them and kill these sons of bitches!" The others shouted excitedly, and their morale instantly rose a lot. It was as if they had engines installed in their legs, and they chased after the devils...

Lin Daba has been living a life of luxury in recent years, and his physical fitness has declined a lot. He was tired and out of breath after running only a few hundred meters, and asked to stop and rest for a while.

There were hundreds of people in the regiment when they were fleeing, but they became fewer and fewer as they fought along the way, and now there are only a dozen or so people left around him.

"Sir, we have been separated from the flag guard team. Should we go back and pick them up?"

After hearing this, Lin Daba was stunned and said to Kitahara Nobuyoshi with a trembling voice:
"Kihara-kun, the league flag must not fall into the hands of the Chinese, otherwise both your family and mine will be disgraced. Go find it quickly!"

"Sir, the captain is chasing us everywhere. Your safety——"

Colonel Lin Daba was already panicking. Without his order, the flag guard captain would not dare to destroy the military flag. The organization of the Seventh Regiment was much more important than his life.

"I can't control it, hurry up!"

Lin Daba was just about to turn around and meet the scattered flag guard team when he heard intensive gunfire and shouts of killing from the front.
Lieutenant Colonel Kitahara's face turned pale. The thing he was most worried about had happened...

"Haha, look how many big fish we caught in this net!
A colonel, a lieutenant colonel, and several lieutenants destroyed the Seventh Regiment Headquarters. I'm really lucky."

Yue Qianli said proudly that he was learning from Brother Yunlong. As a time traveler from later generations, being able to kill a Japanese colonel with his own hands would definitely be enshrined in the ancestral temple!

"Bakayarō! The Imperial Army will not surrender. I am Colonel Hayashi Daihachi, the commander of the 7th Regiment. Who is your commander?"

Lin Da Ba seemed a little unwilling. He really wanted to meet the Kuomintang commander who defeated him before he died, and show off at the same time.

Unfortunately, Yue Qianli could not tolerate his bad habits at all. In his eyes, there was no difference between a colonel and a private, they were all dead, and only dead devils were good devils.

He stood up with a big horse and a golden sword and said:
“That’s me!

I'll give you ten seconds to think about it. Either kneel down and surrender, or die!"

"Bakayalu, you are just a captain, and you dare to talk to our commander like that. Who gave you the courage?"

Yue Qianli wanted to say it was Liang Jingru, but he still raised his box gun and fired two shots at Lieutenant Colonel Kitahara, then said to the others:
"Ten seconds have passed. They refuse to surrender. Send them on their way!"

After hearing this, everyone started shooting at the other Japanese soldiers. Colonel Lin Daba was hit by more than a dozen bullets and was shot like a hornet's nest. Everyone had a chance to enter the family ancestral hall.

"Clean up the battlefield and blow the assembly call!"

After Yue Qianli got the biggest piece of fat, he no longer competed for food with the brother troops. One cannot eat in an ugly way in the national army.

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