As of July 25, the 129th Division had launched repeated attacks on the Fourth Japanese Cavalry Brigade surrounded by the martial arts area, gradually narrowing the encirclement. By the afternoon of July 25, the Japanese positions had only a square area about three kilometers long and two kilometers wide. But at this time, the Japanese surrounded showed their final madness!

At this time, there were less than 1,300 people left under Junichi Takada. This force seemed like a dish to the main force of the 129th Division, which was dozens of times his. But things were not that simple. First of all, the Japanese resistance was quite tenacious and even crazy. They would resist at all costs and even die with the Eighth Route Army. Secondly, a sudden heavy rain also interrupted the good momentum of the 129th Division. As mentioned earlier, this area is a yellow area. The ground became very muddy after the heavy rain. Not to mention that it was not enough to step on one foot, the sticky and wet yellow mud can suck human legs, making it difficult to pull out, which caused great trouble to the Eighth Route Army soldiers in the attack.

According to the Japanese log records in the formation, "On July 24, it was raining heavily on the position, and our troops fought in the muddy trenches and achieved great results. On the 25th and 26th, the enemy attacked day and night, but the officers and soldiers were still standing on the position."

However, the facts were not as optimistic as the Japanese invaders described, because at around 4 a.m. on the 26th, the 771st Regiment launched an assault in the dark sky and the heavy rain as if the line of gaze was dark. The rustling sound of heavy rain on the ground at that time covered the sound of the troops' operations. The Japanese army relaxed their vigilance because of the darkness, heavy rain and fatigue of fighting for days. It was not until the 771st Regiment's sharp knife company reached fifty meters in front of the position and was beaten to the point of being beaten. At about 6 a.m., the Japanese soldiers fled backwards. After investigation, a total of 80 Japanese devils were killed.

Of course, the 771st Regiment's Sharp Knife Company suffered a lot of losses. Most commanders, including the company commander, platoon leader and instructor, died heroically or were seriously injured and had to withdraw from the battle.

On this morning, not only did the 771st Regiment launch a sneak attack, but the special agent battalion and several independent regiments also attacked the Japanese positions in the west and south, forcing the Japanese army to draw troops from other directions to reinforce.

After a series of fierce battles, the 129th Division had already suffered more than a thousand casualties in the battle to attack the Fourth Cavalry Brigade. This large plain was filled with corpses of both the enemy and us. As long as the planes came to bomb or shell, a ball of blood mist could be seen everywhere, and sometimes the dead's arms and thighs flew into the sky with the blood mist.

Because the temperature was too high, the corpse inevitably began to rot and smelly, and white maggots were growing, crawling into the positions and bunkers everywhere. The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army could only slowly push forward while sending down the bodies of the dead comrades and the remains of the killed Japanese with people carrying them on their shoulders. The scene was really terrible.

After a few days of fierce battle, the soldiers on the front line fought in the corpses every day, rolling in the pile of dead people. Their arms, heels, and skin were dyed black by the corpse water, and the stench of the corpse was difficult to dissipate for a long time.

The sky was blackened by the fire of war, and purple lightning almost slashed over the head, followed by strings of thunders as dense as drums. The strong wind wrapped in the pouring rain and poured down like a waterfall. The rain covered by the black clouds was also like ink, like a vast and boundless dark curtain, surrounding the world. This terrifying black rain ruthlessly whipped the corpses on the ground, broken bones, and military uniforms as rotten as silk...

This sudden heavy rain caused considerable difficulties for the Eighth Route Army. The roads were muddy and traffic was cut off, and neither the civilians nor the mules nor horses could travel. The front-line troops lost their logistical support, and the morale of the army was shaken for a while.

For the officers and soldiers of the 129th Division, who had an absolute advantage in numbers, this heavy rain that lasted for five days caused them too much trouble. As a last resort, Liu Shuai could only order the attack to be suspended. There was no way to fight under such heavy rain.

Taking advantage of the rest, the Eighth Route Army began the meeting in squads, mainly discussing the gains and losses of the previous battle and preparing for the next stage of attack. This is the biggest difference between the Eighth Route Army and the Scraper. This kind of democratic meeting at the squad level is almost unimaginable in the Scraper. In the Scraper, the commander commands the fight, and the ordinary soldiers are completely ineligible to say anything. Zhuge Liang of the Eighth Route Army greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of the soldiers, allowing them to join in to improve their skills and tactics, and naturally they would improve one battle. The Scraper basically stood still, and when one rose and the other was in decline, they naturally had different offense and defense.

When the heavy rain finally stopped, the 129th Division immediately resumed its offensive. At dawn on July 28, the battle began. Wangcheng led all the soldiers of the company to advance to the Japanese positions. On that day, he saw a surprising scene:

"We rushed to the front of the enemy's position and killed the Japanese who were trying to resist. When we were about to enter the trench, we saw a Japanese barracks jumping out of the trench, without any wearing anything, and swung a grenade and threw it at me. Maybe because we used too much force, we ran away from our hands, and the man fell to the ground..."

There are few records of the actions of Japanese comfort women. Because the Japanese army burned a large number of relevant documents before the defeat, they kept silent about it after the war. However, it is useless to cheat and resist. There is no written record, so there are quite a lot of witnesses. The captured Japanese soldiers also explained this.

The Fourth Japanese Cavalry Brigade took comfort women on the road together. After being besieged by martial arts, these comfort women were naturally surrounded. According to the Japanese army, in the early stage of the battle, the comfort women cooked and sent to various trenches, and later took over the health soldiers to take care of the wounded. The Japanese soldiers captured in this battle later sighed: "They also fought side by side with us."

All the comfort women carried by the 4th Japanese cavalry brigade were from North Korea. After interviewing these poor women, TASS reporter Alexander wrote: "These women are pitiful, but they also have a foolish side."

According to Alexander's records, these comfort women "live in the same way as Japanese soldiers, two packs of rice balls or one pack of cookies every day. They wear steel helmets and help soldiers carry ammunition." Some extremes "even fired at the Eighth Route Army with pistols." Alexander said that these women were a group of "poor bugs" who were insulted and persecuted by the Japanese army. When they were captured, they walked into the shelter and learned that the Japanese army had been eliminated, "the attitude of the Korean comfort women who had become close to the Japanese soldiers changed immediately... began to express strong anger at the Japanese army who put them in a tragic situation under the fire of artillery."

Obviously, everything these poor women did for the Japanese army before was just an act against their will. When the Japanese soldiers later forced them to commit suicide, these women finally woke up. As Alexander later said: "The Japanese soldiers cannot understand the true thoughts deep in the hearts of those Korean comfort women."

However, in later generations, some Japanese right-wing literati tried to change the nature of "comfort women". Umemoto Shizo vividly described a comfort woman named Akiko Suga. In order to "draw a terminator" of her comfort woman's history, she wanted to marry a Japanese commander named Toyama who was blind in the battle. Her original intention of getting married on the front line was only because Toyama looked down on the comfort woman before and said that they were just tools. Now she wanted to "influence" him with practical actions. Later, Suga Akiko served as Toyama's eyes and directed him to drop bombs in the trenches, and finally both died heroically. According to this, the right-wing wing chanted: "At this moment, she is no longer a comfort woman, but the wife of the Imperial*, the sister, and mother of the whole Japan."

This story is an important plot in Mei Benshesan's book, but what is more interesting is that in the battle he described, the Japanese were all broken. Where did he know these so-called details? To put it bluntly, it is simply a wishful thinking supplementary story, just to cover up the shame and apply makeup to militarism!

Even if the Japanese forced comfort women to fight, they still could not change their fate of being eliminated. As the Eighth Route Army broke through the Japanese defense line, the Japanese showed a scene of collapse.

According to the recollection of Japanese corporal Shimori Shimori: On the 28th, Inada sergeant stood up in the trenches and dropped bullets at the Eighth Route Army, but was instantly hit by a machine gun. Shimori ran over and picked him up. His lips squirmed, and he died after saying something. Then the team leader Matsumoto was also killed by the Eighth Route Army mortar.

That afternoon, because the pressure was too great, the position could not be defended at all. Junichi Takada ordered Shimonshi's team to retreat. The team of the military flag guard team, Chang An and Neiichi, took the gap between the Eighth Route Army stopping shooting, shouted loudly: "Come with me!" and then rushed out of the trenches with the living people.

At this time, the Eighth Route Army's 122mm howitzer shells suddenly flew over and landed near Anhe Neiyi. After a thunderclap, Anhe Neiyi was directly blown away by the shock wave and fell heavily on the ground. The alive Japanese soldiers desperately raised their guns to fight back, but two hundred meters away, the Eighth Route Army fought back fiercely with heavy machine guns and mortars. In an instant, two or three unlucky people were killed. At this time, Shimota Mori was smarter and did not fight back blindly. Instead, they crawled towards Anhe Neiyi to try to rescue him. After crawling closer, Shimota Mori found that Anhe Nei had been blown into two sections, and his lower body was covered in blood and blood, but he did not lose his anger. He even opened his mouth to try to say something to Shimota Mori.

After Shimori was sent back to Japan after the war, he described it in order to cater to the Japanese right wing: "An Hejun is shouting 'Long live the Emperor'!"

However, Shimono Shimon's lies were quickly exposed. Private Masao Murakami was An and Naiichi's cousin. The two had a close relationship. At that time, Masao Murakami also participated in the retreat. According to his memories, the situation was completely different.

"The coward Shimotamoto was not going to rescue An Hejun at all, he was just running away. The direction of An Hejun being bombed was the only way to retreat, and only then could he escape. When the cowards led by Shimotamoto saw that the situation was not good, they ignored the orders of Daeta Juncao, but turned around and ran away..."

As for what Anhei said at the death of his death, Masao Murakami completely overturned Shimori's conclusion: "Anhejun was indeed seriously injured, but he did not die on the spot. After Shimori escaped, Anhejun climbed to me with difficulty. I tried to stop the bleeding for him, but it was useless. He lost too much blood and was shocked, and soon he died. As for shouting 'Long live His Majesty Emperor'? How is this possible? How can a person in shock shout Long live His Majesty Emperor? Even if there is no shock, it is quite painful before he dies. How can he shout such words? On the contrary, when he woke up in the last moment, Anhejun shouted the most "Mom"!"

Before his death, the Japanese soldiers shouted "Long Live the Emperor or Mother" or called him mother. It is a frequently mentioned plot in the "War Record" written by Japanese soldiers. It can be seen that this issue was so entangled in the hearts of Japanese soldiers at that time. It also made future generations feel ridiculous and sad, but this shows how deeply militarist education imprisoned and poisoned Japanese soldiers' human nature. They actually had no power to shout "Mother" before death. What kind of country and what kind of nation is this? It is just a group of wild beasts!

Of course, Shimonshima's escape also shows a fact that the Japanese are not as dumb as they advertise. They will collapse and run away when they are desperate. After all, they are flesh and blood, and they are not invincible.

On the Eighth Route Army, the more they fight, the more they become braver, and the morale is getting higher and higher!

Ma Wang's family is from Handan. He had just joined the army and joined the army. At this time, he was still a completely new recruit. He still remembered the battle: it rained heavily in those days, and it was finally clear that day. Early in the morning, he carried a submachine gun and charged with the platoon leader. It was one foot high and one foot low. After walking a few steps, the straw sandals disappeared. The mud was too thick and could not walk at all, so he could only climb. He crawled with the gun, and he was really rolling like a clay man, with only his eyes a little white on his body.

When approaching the Japanese position, there was already a sea of ​​fire and bullets around. Ma Wang's face turned pale and his hands were trembling uncontrollably. The platoon leader was a veteran of the Long March and from Sichuan. He found that the Ma Wang's family was a little nervous and kicked him without saying a word: "Wait, the son of the turtle, come with me, don't run around!"

The signal flares rose in the sky, and the Eighth Route Army artillery began to fire and bombard the enemy to clear obstacles for the vanguard. As soon as the artillery fire stopped, the platoon leader suddenly jumped up and shouted: "Follow me!"

The Ma Wang family stood up with a submachine gun tightly held tightly and rushed to the Japanese position behind the platoon leader. The exposed ground was a bunch of puddles and yellow mud soaked in blood. The Japanese hid in a deep trenches and shot wildly. The Ma Wang family staggered to the ground. When he looked up, he saw that the comrade in front had fallen. The platoon leader lay in the mud not far away in front and cursed: "Son of the Turtle!"

The bullets whizzed over his head. The platoon leader ordered everyone to throw grenades. After a while, he got up and rushed forward for a while, and then lay down and dropped the bullets... Gradually, the Ma Wang family felt that they were very close to the Japanese, because more than ten meters ahead were ugly faces staring at him, constantly shooting at him. The platoon leader picked up a military shovel and shouted: "Get the bayonet!", and then jumped up and rushed towards the Japanese trenches. The Ma Wang family had no time to think about it, and then rushed into the Japanese trenches. As soon as they landed, they felt soft under their feet. It turned out that they had stepped on a Japanese trenches.

Just when Ma Wang's family was a little stunned, a short Japanese man stabbed him with a rifle equipped with a flashing bayonet in his diagonal sting, and he quickly dodged. Who would have thought that his feet slipped and the Japanese were rolling into a ball with them.

Although the Japanese were like short winter melons, they were really strong. They turned over and rode on Ma Wang's body and strangled his neck desperately. The Ma Wang's family was really scared at first, but now they looked at the ugly face with grinning in front of them, but they were no longer afraid. He grabbed two handfuls of mud on the ground with both hands, and blurred the Japanese's face without saying a word. The Japanese dodged desperately, but finally couldn't help but use one hand to wipe their eyes. The Ma Wang's family turned over and pressed the Japanese's backwards, pinching their neck with one hand, and swung the big fist with the bowl in the other hand to greet the Japanese's face... One, two, three times, when the platoon leader came to pull him, the Japanese's face was already bloody and even his head was deeply penetrated into the mud...

Next, the Ma Wang family was really not afraid. After following the platoon leader defended his position and repelled the Japanese's two counterattacks, their platoon rushed to the front again that afternoon and broke through the Japanese's defense line again. In the battle, he killed three Japanese, one of whom knocked off the Japanese's half-pull head with a grenade face to face.

There are many warriors like the Ma Wang family. After the initial discomfort, the new warriors burst out with strong combat power. Especially after they found that the Japanese were far less terrible, this combat power broke through the sky. The Japanese had no way to stop them, and this also meant that the combat power of the Eighth Route Army had a qualitative change!

On the night of July 28, when Junichi Takada's command post was blown up, the brigade commander was found to have committed suicide by separatism. His death means that the Fourth Japanese Cavalry Brigade was basically eliminated in an integrated manner. This brigade, which had more than 4,700 people, was shot dead and more than 2,800 people were captured, and more than 300 people were captured, and the rest were missing.

Of course, missing does not mean escaping. These missing Japanese soldiers were basically bombarded in battle and were pitiful worms that could not be found in the capital. Their crushing bones also indicate the future of Japan, and the future of Japan will inevitably end.
Chapter completed!