Chapter 446 The Southern War Restarts (4)
After making up his mind to die, Fukuda Masaki immediately recruited Japanese officers in the army and mobilized to fight to the death to serve the country for seven lifetimes.
Of course, the Japanese officers had no objection. In their opinion, the only result of losing the battlefield was to be loyal to the emperor. Although they commanded the Feng German army this time, fighting with the East China Government, in the eyes of the Japanese officers, the East China Government was its own enemy, and it was natural to die in front of the enemy and it was also glorious.
So after a passionate swearing, the officers returned to their camp with passion and conveyed the commander's ideas to the soldiers. However, in the eyes of the Japanese officers, death in battle was glorious, but the soldiers of the German army did not think so. The soldiers did not have the determination to be loyal to anyone and to die for whom. Joining the army was either a salary for the army or a soldier who was forced to be a soldier. Knowing that it was a battle of death, no one was willing to fight.
Moreover, Japanese officers have a very bad attitude towards the soldiers of the Fengde Army in Suli. They look down on the soldiers of the Fengde Army at all. They just rely on their power to suppress the soldiers. Of course, on weekdays, the soldiers only dare to be angry but dare not speak out. Now they openly ask the soldiers to die, so the soldiers naturally do not do this.
Although officers at the battalion level and above are all Japanese officers, the deputy officers at the company and platoon level are still held by local soldiers, so the grassroots of the Fengde Army are actually controlled by local soldiers. In normal times, this will certainly not shake the Japanese officers' control over the Fengde Army, but in this abnormal period, it can play a great role.
First of all, several veterans who became company commanders contacted each other. They believed that the Fengde Army was no match for the People's Army at all. If this battle continues, there is only a dead end. Only by surrendering to the People's Army can you survive. Japanese officers obviously cannot surrender to the People's Army. At the same time, they also asked all soldiers to die in battle. Therefore, Japanese officers became the biggest obstacle to soldiers' survival. In other words, if they want to survive, they must launch a mutiny and kill the Japanese officers.
Although Japanese officers are indeed a noble and superior existence in the eyes of the soldiers of the Fengde Army, this is not sacred and inviolable for these veterans. After all, in the hearts of veterans, their survival is the first element, let alone when is it now, and that still cares about that.
So after several company commanders discussed it, they immediately agreed on a signal time to take action, and then went back to convince their soldiers. In fact, it was not difficult to convince the soldiers. Although it was not easy to kill the Japanese officers in the army, and they had to take great risks and even take their lives, Bi Jing still had a glimmer of hope. If they surrender to the People's Army, everyone could survive. If they did not kill the Japanese officers and fight the People's Army to death, it would be a dead end, because everyone knew that they could not resist the People's Army's attack, so the pros and cons were not difficult to weigh clearly.
What's more, Japanese officers are arrogant and do not take the eyes of the soldiers of the Feng German army at all. In the hearts of the soldiers, they have long been dissatisfied with these Japanese officers. Now they are fighting for a chance to survive. They must kill the Japanese officers, which is just a vent of anger.
Soon these company commanders convinced their soldiers and also told several company commanders of their own unit to act. In the end, a total of 18 companies participated in the operation at the same time, with a total of about 2,000 people. Several veterans believed that the staff was enough, one was that the time was not long, and the long one would change; the other was that once it really started, the other troops would definitely respond and support, which was the inertia of joining the army. So the company commanders discussed the division of labor and agreed to take action tonight, first killing the Japanese officers directly under them, then joining the attack command center, killing the commander headed by Fukuda Masaki, and surrendering to the People's Army after dawn.
That night, the grassroots soldiers of the Fengde Army launched a mutiny. The soldiers, led by the company commander, attacked Japanese officers at night. The Japanese officers did not expect that the Fengde Army soldiers would turn against each other. Many people were still sleeping and lost their lives in a daze.
Of course, not all the Japanese officers slept, and there were still some people who didn't sleep. In addition, Japanese officers have been in Fujian for nearly 10 months and there are some more loyal guards. They became alert because they heard the gunshots, so they were also prepared to fight fire with the mutiny soldiers, and at the same time they also recruited other troops to resist.
But there were few guards loyal to Japanese officers, and after hearing Xun, most of the other troops joined the mutiny. Some of them had already had anger with the soldiers of the mutiny. Because when the two sides exchanged fire, the soldiers of the mutiny shouted a few words, "Brothers, we are our own people, don't listen to Xiao Guizhi, they want us to die." "Brothers, kill these little ghosts and surrender to the People's Army, and they can survive." So they turned against each other, joined the mutiny team, turned the gun and pointed it at the Japanese officers.
At the end of the last several mutiny troops attacked the command center. At this time, Masaki Fukuda was awakened and commanded his guards to resist. However, the number of guards was too small and he could not resist the mutiny army. He was soon killed and injured by the mutiny army and attacked the command center. Masaki Fukuda and other Japanese officers and the guards were shot to death.
At this point, the purpose of the mutiny had been achieved, because most of the Japanese officers were killed, and even a few were left, they could not control the overall situation. Therefore, they could already clean up the team and send someone to surrender to the People's Army.
But an accident happened at this time. It turned out that Japanese officers would carry some valuable things, such as pocket watches, pens, pipes, rings, etc. Some Japanese officers even brought a few silver dollars. After the mutiny army killed the Japanese officers, of course, they would have to search them and snatch them from the valuable things. However, Japanese officers did not carry many valuable things with them. Some soldiers who did not grab the things were naturally unwilling to give up, and some even fought to grab these things.
In the chaos, someone shouted "What are you robbing? You have the ability to rob the city, there are so many good things." So some soldiers broke out of the barracks and robbed the city of Shangyun.
Originally, after Japanese officers took over the Fengde Army, they did not formulate any strict military disciplines and prohibited looting the people. After all, Japanese officers would not consider these things. However, the Fengde Army was very strict in training, so the Fengde Army soldiers did not have much energy to go out to camp. Moreover, the Fengde Army soldiers were all locals, so they were embarrassed to suffer disasters locally. Occasionally, some behaviors of taking bribes are within a tolerable range.
After the Fengde Army sent troops, it quickly passed Zhejiang, occupied Shangluo and then had to make emergency defenses to deal with the attack of the People's Army. Although it did not restrain the soldiers of the Fengde Army, it did not have much time and energy to loot the residents. Now that the Japanese officers have been killed, the Fengde Army soldiers have lost control, and their violent side has finally been exposed. At the beginning, only a few soldiers rushed out of the military camp and looted in Shangluo City. After hearing this, the other soldiers were naturally not to be outdone. Moreover, many people thought that they would surrender to the People's Army immediately. Once the People's Army entered the city, they could not rob them. Therefore, they rushed to catch a handful before surrendering. So after dawn, most of the Fengde soldiers rushed to the streets of Shangluo City to loot, and even killed people.
Since Japanese officers were basically killed, the local officers were only at the deputy battalion level. The Fengde Army lacked the control of senior officers, so the entire army was in disorder. After snatching up, they could not stop. After two consecutive days, some soldiers even snatched outside the city and forgot about surrendering to the People's Army. Although there were several company commanders who still remembered, they could not do anything at all. Therefore, although they were anxious, they were helpless.
On the third day, the People's Army launched a lucky attack.
In fact, when the chaos in Shangyun City was in chaos, the scouts of the People's Army reconnaissanced some clues and immediately reported to the People's Army. However, the People's Army did not dare to easily believe that the Fengde army in Shangyun City was in chaos. After all, this was too illogical, so they ordered the scouts to conduct further reconnaissance and understand the real situation. Of course, the attack on Shangyun City was also temporarily suspended.
Because the Fengde army in Shangyun City was completely in chaos and the defense line was almost useless, the scouts of the People's Army successfully crossed the Fengde army's defense line, and some even entered Shangyun City. At the same time, a reconnaissance team encountered a Fengde army that was robbed outside Shangyun City, and also exchanged fire. Finally, the reconnaissance team defeated the Fengde army and captured two prisoners.
After returning to the camp, the interrogation of the two prisoners was only able to understand what happened in Shangyun City. Once it corresponds to the information collected by the scouts, it can be basically confirmed that the confession of the two prisoners was true. So the People's Army no longer hesitated and immediately launched an attack from all sides.
In fact, the defense line of Shangyun City was completely useless at this time, and the People's Army's attack was naturally very smooth. In fact, no battle occurred at all. The People's Army almost had no bloodshed and rushed into Shangyun City. At this time, the soldiers of the Fengde Army were still looting, burning and killing the people's army. Only then did they remember that they had forgotten the most important thing. Of course, most of the Fengde soldiers did not have the courage to fight with the People's Army and surrendered to the People's Army. Of course, there were also a few Fengde soldiers who were stunned and caught fire with the People's Army. But why was the Fengde Army an opponent of the People's Army? They were immediately beaten to pieces. The surviving soldiers woke up and hurriedly threw away their weapons and surrendered to the People's Army.
Chapter completed!