I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 620: Director Duan kills Sasaki, and Captain Xie sweeps Sato with a machine gun

The Japanese on the city wall just breathed a sigh of relief, but then they found that they could never breathe again.

Daggers and bayonets kept stabbing into their backs.

Captain Sasaki of the county garrison was stabbed to death by Director Duan himself.

Sasaki never expected that Director Duan, who had just sworn to live and die with him, would just send him away like this.

With severe pain in his lower abdomen, Sasaki tightly grasped Director Duan Chidao's right hand.

When Director Duan saw that Sasaki was still alive, he felt a little respect for him.

Sasaki is worthy of living in a country where people are good at committing suicide by seppuku, but his vitality is so tenacious.

He grasped the knife in his right hand and twisted it vigorously in Sasaki's lower abdomen once, twice...

Well, as blood spurted out of Sasaki's abdomen, he finally let go of his hands and closed his eyes.

As soon as Sasaki died, the remaining Japanese devils on the city wall were all wiped out by the soldiers of the Third Battalion of the Independent Regiment.

Now, except for Ximen, all the devils in the city have returned to the hands of the people.

The Japanese soldiers guarding the west gate, led by Brigadier General Sato, were opening the gate in preparation for a breakout.

As soon as Sato arrived at the west gate, he began to call on the Japanese troops on the city wall to go down and gather.

In fact, according to the Japanese army’s previous basic operations, when there was no hope of escape.

We should defend the city wall until the last soldier dies.

So this Brigadier General Sato is a coward.

He did not dare to surrender, always holding on to hope that he could break out alive.

But opposite him was the headquarters of the independent regiment.

He didn't even think about the fact that the defense there was extremely tight, so how could there be a chance for them to escape.

In the hidden command post of the independent regiment, Commander Yuan and Political Commissar Yi were observing the situation outside the West City Gate through infrared telescopes.

The two people praised the device highly, saying that it was like having night vision.

Then, in future night battles, it will be much easier for the soldiers to fight the Japanese.

What they didn't know was that these equipment could not be taken out unless they were absolutely sure of winning the battle.

This is because they are afraid that the Japanese will take it back and let them also possess such high technology.

You know, night combat is our specialty. If the Japanese were on the battlefield, they would also use night vision goggles.

Then the losses of our Eighth Route Army would be enormous.

"It's moving! The Japanese soldiers on the west gate have all left the city."

Hearing the report from the observation post on the side, Commander Yuan and Political Commissar Yi immediately walked over and carefully checked the situation on the top of the city wall.

Political Commissar Yi: "Hey, the Japanese really came down to the city. What are they going to do?"

Commander Yuan: "No, the Japanese soldiers at the west gate are trying to escape!

Order the frontline troops to aim their firepower at the city gates. If the Japanese try to leave the city, hit them hard. "

After a while, the two of them saw through the night vision goggles that the gate of the west gate of Huya County was slowly opening.

Looking at the furtive figures slowly coming out of the city gate, Commander Yuan immediately gave orders.

"Light and heavy machine gunners, target the Japanese at the city gate, open fire!"

"Da da da……"

"Boom..."

As the independent regiment's position was hit by a hail of bullets, the independent regiment's mortar gunner also considerately fired a flare.

All of a sudden, the Japanese soldiers "dancing" in the rain of bullets were immediately exposed to the eyes of the Eighth Route Army soldiers.

The more than one hundred Japanese soldiers who had just left the city were all killed.

The Japanese soldiers in the city gate were hit by heavy machine gun bullets, leaving several bloody alleys.

In a narrow space like the city gate, one heavy machine gun could block it, not to mention that the Eighth Route Army had prepared five.

The Japanese soldiers didn't even bother to close the city gates. They all hid inside the city walls, not daring to show their heads.

In fact, they didn't have to fight so badly, the reason was all because of Brigade Commander Sato.

If Sato could leave a mortar on top of the wall, that would be enough.

If they were blocked by heavy machine guns outside when leaving the city.

They only needed to suppress the heavy machine guns with mortars and fire a few shells.

The Eighth Route Army had to change the position of the heavy machine guns, and the Japanese troops at the city gate could take the opportunity to leave the city.

It was impossible for the retreating Japanese soldiers to return to the city wall.

Following closely behind, the soldiers of the independent regiment from Sato's "Yellow Footprints" have already reached the city wall.

They had already seen Sato and his group with the help of the light from the flares outside the city.

The Japanese soldiers who are now backed by the city wall are in such a miserable state.

Brigade Commander Sato has become Squadron Leader Sato.

Now, after all he had done, he had less than 200 men left under his command. If not a squadron leader, then what else could he be?

But among these 200 people, half of the soldiers did not carry weapons.

Brigadier General Sato had already anticipated what would happen today.

With trembling hands, he pulled out a piece of white cloth from his arms.

The Japanese soldiers squatting next to him were dumbfounded. What was our brigade commander going to do?

He took out a white sheet. What did that mean? Did he mean that he wanted to surrender...

The soldiers on both sides of him looked at Brigadier General Sato with contempt.

Even at such a tense moment, Sato couldn't help but blushing.

There is an old Chinese saying that goes, even ants try to survive.

What's more, I, Sato Jihei, am a major general and brigade commander.

The battalion commander of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment on the opposite side was also stunned. What were the Japanese going to do?

It has come to this, shouldn't they charge forward to the death?

Do they want to raise the white flag and surrender? That's not possible.

There are only two hundred Japanese soldiers here. I have to provide them with food and send people to guard them. How can I have time to take care of the prisoners?

Captain Xie, who was standing nearby, saw that the battalion commander had a look of disgust on his face. What else could he not understand?

Captain Xie reached out and snatched a Czech-style rifle from the hand of his subordinate.

He shouted "Kill the Japs" and machine gun bullets swept over.

As soon as he took the lead, all the puppet troops and soldiers of the independent regiment behind him opened fire.

The puppet soldiers resolutely followed Captain Xie and opened fire in order to redeem themselves for their crimes.

The soldiers of the independent regiment followed suit and opened fire, simply because they had no good feelings towards the Japanese.

As long as you pay close attention to the guerrilla division's battle reports, you will discover a phenomenon.

This is evident from the fact that the guerrilla division never reported the number of prisoners captured after each battle.

In this way, the last group of Japanese devils were also wiped out by the guerrilla division.

In this way, Huya County was finally successfully liberated with the assistance of the guerrilla division, the Eighth Route Army and internal support.

After the battle, the battalion commander called Captain Xie aside.

"Thank you, Commander. Just now, that Japanese officer took out a piece of white cloth. Does he want to surrender?"

Captain Xie: "Sir, you misunderstood. The Japanese have always had the habit of committing suicide by cutting their stomachs when they were defeated in battle.

He took out the white cloth, which was a ritual they used when committing suicide.

They have to spread a white cloth on the ground and then kneel on it before they can start their suicide ceremony.

So this brigade commander Sato did not want to surrender, he must have wanted to commit suicide.

This is a demon from Japan. How can I let him commit suicide?

That's why I grabbed the machine gun and shot him with a burst of bullets, so that even if he died, he would die at the hands of the Chinese."