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Chapter 1039: The End

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    Although the 17th Division Regiment Headquarters escaped, the Okazaki Regiment was not so lucky!

    When Li Guoyao counterattacked Shanxian, the Okazaki United also launched an attack on Heze City. However, they soon discovered that Heze City was simply a turtle shell. Not to mention that they only had more than 2,000 people, even if it was 20,000  No one may be able to attack it.

    It was difficult to attack the outer positions composed of bunkers and trenches just outside the city. Okazaki United launched a total of 12 attacks, but they were never able to rush through.

    The bloody battle lasted for more than a day, and the troops suffered a lot of casualties, but Heze City remained unmoved!

    There is no other way, Colonel Okazaki can only order the troops to suspend the attack, and then wait for reinforcements from the division headquarters.

    However, before he could send a report to the division headquarters, the telegram from Lieutenant General Hirabayashi Morito arrived!

    Although he was shocked and even a little unbelievable, Colonel Okazaki ordered the troops to retreat immediately!

    But they wanted to leave, but Zhou Jinlong and others were unwilling to let them withdraw so easily. Then the national army took the initiative and launched a counterattack against Okazaki United.

    With the offensive and defensive positions in different positions, Colonel Okazaki could only order his troops to block Zhou Jinlong's troops, while at the same time he urgently evacuated to Dingtao.

    However, as soon as they retreated to Dingtao, they received news that Chengwu County had been captured by the Chinese army.

    It was only then that Colonel Okazaki realized that he was in serious trouble. Chengwu County was only about 20 kilometers away from Dingtao. They were really pursuing troops from behind and intercepting them from the front.

    The most important thing is that after so many days of attacking, his troops are already exhausted and can no longer run.

    There are also at least a thousand wounded in Dingtao City. Although Colonel Okazaki himself is not afraid of death, once he escapes, the more than a thousand wounded will be completely destroyed.

    Most of these people are soldiers of the Okazaki Regiment. Colonel Okazaki cannot just watch them being slaughtered!

    After thinking about it again and again, Colonel Okazaki decided not to run away. He would wait for the Chinese army in Dingtao City!

    "Anyway, given the current situation, escaping means death, and not escaping means death. In this case, it is better to trade your own life for a chance to survive for the soldiers under your command.

    At dawn the next day, Li Guoyao suddenly received an urgent telegram from the troops from the Dingtao front line, saying that they had surrounded the Japanese Okazaki regiment, and the captain of the opposing regiment took the initiative to contact them and was willing to surrender, but  There are conditions.

    The Japanese joint captain said that there are still more than 2,300 people in Dingtao City, of which 1,200 are wounded and 600 are seriously injured. He is willing to surrender to the Chinese army, but hopes that Li Guoyao can guarantee their lives and safety.  It is important to treat those with minor or serious injuries.

    When the news came, Li Guoyao fell into deep thought!

    It has been almost three years since the war started. Both sides have tried their best, but it is rare for the Japanese army to surrender voluntarily for such a long time, let alone more than 2,000 people at once.  If this happens, the political significance will be extraordinary.

    But Li Guoyao, the villain of the 17th Division in southwestern Shandong, is also vivid in his mind. Originally, his purpose was to completely annihilate the opponent and completely scare these sons of bitches.  Now once the Japanese surrender is accepted, they cannot kill people, and they must treat their wounded.

    After thinking about it for a while, he really couldn¡¯t make up his mind. In the end, Li Guoyao could only call Wen Debiao and others to discuss it.

    After final comprehensive consideration, Li Guoyao sent a telegram to the frontline commanders. As long as the Okazaki Regiment took the initiative to lay down their weapons and hand over the regiment flag, then they would accept their surrender, otherwise there would be no discussion.

    Soon there was new news from Dingtao. Captain Okazaki accepted Li Guoyao¡¯s conditions and was willing to surrender!

    With the surrender of Okazaki United, this battle has gradually come to an end!

    Originally, Li Guoyao thought that the 17th Division would wait for reinforcements after they withdrew to Feng County. However, when the troops pursued Feng County, they found that the Japanese troops had already withdrawn.

    At the same time, the Japanese troops in Peixian and other places also took the initiative to withdraw from Xuzhou. So far, the Japanese troops in southwest Shandong had all withdrawn from Li Guoyao's defense area. The Battle of Southwest Shandong finally ended with Li Guoyao's victory.

    After confirming that the Japanese army had no intention of counterattacking southwest Shandong, the troops temporarily stopped their operations. Li Guoyao also returned to Heze City and ordered the troops to report the number of casualties and summarize their results.

    On May 28, the results and casualties were calculated. In this battle, the Shandong Guerrilla Army deployed 31,000 people on the northern and southern battlefields. After nearly a month of fighting, a total of 19,600 Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out.  Among them, 2,480 Japanese soldiers were captured and 2,400 puppet soldiers were captured.

    At the same time, this battle is still going onMore than 12,000 long and short guns, 248 light and heavy machine guns, 86 large and small artillery pieces, 12 tanks, 1,860 war horses, more than 80 tons of ammunition, and hundreds of tons of other supplies were obtained.

    The results of the battle were brilliant, but the losses were also heavy. Li Guoyao's troops suffered 6,544 casualties in this battle, of which 1,655 were killed in the western Shandong battlefield, and the rest were all lost in the southwestern Shandong battlefield.

    This is only the number of direct deaths. In addition, there were more than 7,000 injured soldiers. In this battle, Li Guoyao's troops lost more than 14,000 people.

    In terms of casualties, the difference between the two sides is not very big, but there is a difference between casualties and casualties. The casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops counted by Li Guoyao's department only counted the corpses and captured soldiers on the battlefield. As for the number of wounded Japanese soldiers, they did not  Calculation.

    In other words, the real casualties of the Japanese army should be much higher than those calculated by Li Guoyao's command, probably 22,000 or 25,000.

    And among the more than 14,000 casualties of the Shandong Guerrilla Corps, only less than 7,000 people were actually reduced. Seven thousand for 20,000, this deal is a good deal no matter how you calculate it.

    What¡¯s more, they also captured a complete Japanese army flag in this battle, which is of great significance!

    Li Guoyao knew how difficult it was to seize the little devil's regimental flag. The military flag is the symbol and honor of an army. The Japanese take this far more seriously than the Chinese.

    Many times, what the Japanese army cares most about on the battlefield is not how many people died, or even whether they were defeated, but whether the military flag fell into the hands of the enemy.  It can be seen that the military flag ratio is more important to them than their lives.

    Even if they face defeat, before committing suicide by caesarean section, they must burn the flag dry and perform a ritual before they can consider death.

    And the Japanese Rising Sun Flag can only be owned by the organic infantry regiment and the cavalry regiment, and is personally awarded by the Emperor. It is of great significance. Its lofty status and absolute influence in the army is obvious.

    The Japanese army has always attached great importance to the safety of its military flags. It clearly stipulates in the battle regulations that if the army wins, the military flag must be raised high. However, if there is a danger of the entire army being annihilated, the military flag should be burned immediately, which is called burning.

    Moreover, for the Japanese army, the military flag is closely related to the organization of its regiment. If it is captured or lost by the enemy in battle, it will be regarded as a great shame for the entire regiment. What is more serious is that if the regiment flag is lost,  The alliance organization will be cancelled.

    Therefore, in order to protect the military flag, each regiment of the Japanese army has a flag guard, and the flag bearer must be the best captain officer in the regiment.

    As far as Li Guoyao knows, during the entire World War II, including the Allied forces of China, the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and other countries, a total of millions of Japanese troops were wiped out. There were military flags and plaster flags captured, but only the regiment given by the Emperor  But not a single flag was captured.

    During the entire war, the Japanese army burned a total of 444 regiment flags, of which 179 were burned on the Chinese battlefield alone.  In the end, only one united flag was preserved, and it is now preserved in the Tokyo Museum, Japan. This united flag has become the only surviving united flag.

    With Colonel Okazaki voluntarily surrendering, the regiment flag has also completely fallen into the hands of the Shandong Guerrilla Corps. If this matter is reported, it will have a huge blow to the Japanese troops on the front line.

    Think about it: In 1938, Li Guoyao's command only captured half of the regiment flag, which almost caused the Japanese military leaders to get rabies. This time, it was a complete regiment flag!

    However, these things were not of much use in the Shandong Guerrilla Corps, so Li Guoyao decided to use these things to make a good deal with Chongqing!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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