Chapter 266: Elephant Tank
Squadron Leader Miyazawa Sansei immediately ordered all the Japs in the squadron to pile up their rifles and place their machine guns beside them. In the rush, they could not find the white flag.
He took off the crotch cloth from his crotch and hung it up, and at the same time actively gathered the remaining soldiers around him to surrender together.
Its promotion is very effective: if you use the name of the captain to organize a Japanese counterattack at this time, you may not be able to recruit many people to join.
Using the name of the captain to organize the Japanese to surrender, they all responded to the call.
Within a quarter of an hour, Captain Miyazawa Sansei had gathered a surrender team of more than 300 Japanese.
Zhang Lingfu, who was leading the 305th Regiment in pursuit, suddenly saw several tall bamboo poles erected in front of him.
Long strips of white cloth were hung on it, much like the soul-calling flags used during funerals.
When something like this appears on the battlefield, everyone knows its meaning: Surrender!
There was a Japanese soldier in front who surrendered!
This is big news!
Fan Jiang, a war correspondent from Ta Kung Pao who was covering the incident with the 305th Regiment, quickly captured this scene.
Zhang Lingfu rushed up with his team and saw more than 300 Japanese soldiers sitting neatly on the ground.
In front of them, rifles were placed upright and machine guns were neatly placed.
Hand grenades and bullets were all piled in front of the team.
"These devils are sincere in their surrender."
Zhang Lingfu strode up with a machine gun in hand: "I am Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the 305th Regiment of the 51st Division of the National Revolutionary Army!
Whoever has the highest position among you should come out and answer the question!"
"Hai! Zhang Tuanzao, I am the commander of the Miyazawa Sansei Squadron of the 17th Regiment of the 18th Brigade of the 3rd Infantry Division of the Japanese Army.
This is our captain: His Excellency Captain Tomosaka Naoki!"
Squadron Leader Miyazawa Sansei stood up and bowed to answer, very politely.
Captain Tomosaka Naoki then slowly stood up and looked at Zhang Lingfu proudly: "I am Captain Tomosaka Naoki."
Zhang Lingfu's guard platoon leader Lu Dayou was angry. He rushed up and slapped him: "Why are you pretending to be asking this question?"
How can a defeated general put on any airs?"
Zhang Lingfu did not stop his men's rude actions.
Captain Tomosaka Naoki, who received a slap, quickly stood up and nodded: "Hai!"
The right cheek received a slap, and the left cheek was stretched out again, making it easier for Lu Dayou to continue.
With such a convenient move, Lu Dayou did not give up. He slapped the devil four or five times before stopping.
"Hai!" the voice kept saying.
After being slapped, Captain Tomosaka Naoki suddenly became honest.
This is the inner character of a Japanese devil: bullying the weak and fearing the strong!
It's not enough to surpass them in strength, you have to slap them in the face. After hard pressing their faces to the ground and rubbing them, they become honest all of a sudden.
Captain Tomosaka Naoki stood at attention and bowed: "Your Excellency, Captain! I'm sorry! I was too arrogant!
Infantry Tomosaka Battalion surrenders to you!
Please accept it!”
After finishing speaking, he bowed his head and handed over the command knife representing the command authority of the brigade with both hands.
"This is what a surrender faction should look like!" Lu Dayou walked over, picked up the command knife and presented it to Zhang Lingfu.
"Tuanzuo! These devils are the enemy! After giving them a slap in the face, they will become honest all of a sudden." Lu Dayou said with a smile.
Fan Jiang took a picture of Tomosaka Naoki bowing his head and holding a knife in both hands, and Lu Dayou carelessly holding a knife with one hand.
Record this moment forever.
"First company commander! The third platoon stays and watches these Japs, don't let them escape.
Anyone who tries to escape will be killed without mercy!
Implement the eleven-day killing system!"
"yes!"
The eleven-day killing system is a joint-seat system in the army.
It was originally a collective punishment carried out by the Roman army for the rout and desertion of their own troops.
It means that a group of ten people from the entire team will be selected to execute.
Zhang Lingfu didn't like the Japanese at all. If one Japanese dared to escape, he would let thirty Japanese die.
After the order was given, he waved his hand: "Keep chasing!"
Zhang Lingfu and the others were very busy, busy chasing the Japanese, but on this battlefield, they were not the busiest.
But those communication soldiers riding war horses.
The 305th Regiment accepted the surrender of more than 300 Japanese soldiers from the Tomosaka Battalion. Such news was of course the first priority to be reported.
The officers on each floor who received the news did not waste any time and reported to the chairman of the committee who was still in the combat command room.
"Ci Xiu! Did we really accept the surrender of the Japanese army?" the chairman couldn't believe it.
Since the All-out Anti-Japanese War, that is, since Japan invaded Northeast China, there has been no precedent for the Japanese to surrender voluntarily.
Not to mention that the Japanese surrendered on their own initiative, even those captured after being knocked unconscious on the battlefield.
They all would rather die than be prisoners.
Therefore, in the battle against the Japanese, it is very difficult to capture a prisoner.
Now I suddenly heard the news of victory coming from the front: there was actually a Japanese captain leading more than 300 Japanese soldiers to surrender in an organized manner.
Happiness came so suddenly that the chairman couldn't catch it.
His face was red, his bald head was steaming, and he was obviously a little too excited.
The senior staff officers in the entire command room also became excited.
Chen Cheng smiled and said: "Principal! These are all reported by your students.
They don’t dare to lie! It must be the truth!
This incident shows that the principal’s persistence some time ago is meaningful, and the principal’s strategic vision cannot even be caught up by the students!”
When the Chairman heard this, the more he looked at Chen Cheng, the more satisfied he became: "Ci Xiu! Now you finally understand the painstaking efforts I made in insisting on not withdrawing our troops."
"Yes! Principal! The Japanese brigade surrendered in an organized manner, which means that the enemy's 17th Infantry Brigade has collapsed and the front line is already cleaning the battlefield.
Captain Tomosaka Naoki said: They have received orders to disperse and break out.
It was for the lives of those soldiers that it was willing to surrender.
It proposes to be treated according to the Prisoner of War Convention!"
Chen Cheng continued to report.
"Hahaha! I, a dignified flower grower, still have the courage to send these prisoners to Nanjing together with Captain Takeda Seiichi of the Artillery Regiment.
We give them the treatment they deserve as prisoners of war in accordance with the convention, and this matter can be reported.
The prisoner-of-war camp needs to be better arranged, and reporters from the Asahi Shimbun can go in for interviews." The Chairman of the Generalissimo was obviously in a very good mood.
Keep giving instructions.
"Principal! This prisoner of war camp! I really wasn't prepared in advance!" Chen Cheng said with some embarrassment.
"It's all because the students didn't think carefully about it. They didn't think about it at all." He quickly made a self-examination.
"Hahaha! Ci Xiu! I don't blame you for this.
The main responsibility lies with me. I did not tell you the overall battle plan in advance.
It is normal for you not to be prepared, and it is the same for you to start preparing now.
Nanjing is so big, a military camp was vacated, and the middle was sealed off to serve as a prisoner of war camp.
Chapter completed!