coobybook Chapter 247: The Crazy Pursuit of the Japs
Chapter 247: The Crazy Pursuit of the Japs
247 The devils in crazy pursuit
“Don’t clean up the battlefield.
Gather the soldiers and retreat in five minutes."
Ye Qingshan glanced at the sky which was about to get dark and gave orders to everyone.
Even the Japanese guns and ammunition on the battlefield were abandoned.
Prepare to evacuate immediately.
"Notify the third and fourth companies and tell them that the operation was successful.
You can withdraw now.
The third company delayed its retreat for half an hour, being alert to possible Japanese reinforcements coming from the direction of Nanjing.
In addition, send a small team back to the riverside to organize the hidden fleet.
Make sure we can return immediately after we withdraw."
"Yes!"
When Black Bear heard Ye Qingshan's orders, he immediately sent people to arrange them one by one.
At the same time, at the Japanese front-line headquarters in Nanjing, Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko had just left for half a day.
The old devil Matsui Iwane, who had just taken over his position, was still leading people to study the defense line of the National Army in Nanjing City.
Suddenly, a Japanese officer rushed in in panic to report.
"Commander, this is bad.
Just now, news came from the rear that His Royal Highness's special train was ambushed by the Chinese army at Longtan Station.
Now, we have lost contact with the prince."
"Nani?"
After hearing this, the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane was also in disbelief.
He even wondered if there was something wrong with his ears.
The other Japanese officers around were all confused.
But soon, the old devil Matsui Iwane realized the seriousness of the situation and roared: "Baga.
What the hell is that useless Xiaolu Yinshui doing?
Why don't we send troops to rescue immediately?
If anything happens to His Royal Highness, they will have to perform disembowelment to apologize."
"Hi!
General Xiaolu has already sent troops to rescue urgently.
There is no new news yet.”
The Japanese officer responded.
The old Japanese man Matsui Iwane was not in the mood to continue studying the war.
Walking around in a hurry,
I was also very depressed. I didn't expect that I would encounter such bad luck just after taking over as the commander of the front line again.
Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko, please don't let anything happen to you.
His royal status is too sensitive.
If he really died on the front line, it would have a huge impact.
As the new commander, he will not be able to escape responsibility at that time.
But the most terrifying thing was not the killing of the Japanese prince.
If the Japanese prince really died in battle on the front line, it would be a decent death, and it would not be embarrassing if the news was spread back to the country.
What the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane feared most was that the Japanese prince would be captured by the National Army.
If that were the case, it would not only be a disgrace to their royal family.
It will be a disgrace to their empire.
Ring ring ring!
More than an hour later, the phone at the Japanese headquarters of Matsui Iwane rang.
Without waiting for the Japanese staff officer next to him to pick up the phone, Matsui Iwane rushed over to answer it.
"I'm Matsui Iwane, tell me, how is it going?
How is His Royal Highness?"
Matsui Iwane's voice was urgent.
"Baga, you are a bunch of idiots."
A few seconds later, Matsui Iwane's face turned ferocious and he roared into the microphone.
It was obvious that this old Japanese already knew that Prince Higashikuni Naruhiko had been captured.
"Xiaolu Yinshui, listen to me carefully.
Take your troops and chase after this Chinese army. Make sure to find them.
Longtan Station is behind us.
There shouldn't be any Chinese troops around that could wipe out the defenders in the station.
Then, they most likely came from Jinling by water.
Now, you lead your men to pursue them along the trail they left behind.
I will order the troops to search along the river.
We must not allow this Chinese army to take His Royal Highness back to Nanjing."
While waiting for the call, the old Japanese soldier Matsui Iwane was not idle either.
He combined the intelligence information sent from the rear, thought carefully, and soon figured out a lot of things.
I have to say that this old devil is indeed very experienced.
It almost restored the entire process of Ye Qingshan leading the special operations battalion across the Yangtze River to ambush Longtan Station.
Make arrangements promptly.
As the old devil Matsui Iwane's orders were conveyed one by one.
The Japanese troops in the rear rushed towards the Yangtze River at the north gate like crazy.
At this time, Ye Qingshan and the Japanese troops were racing against time.
Ye Qingshan also knew this.
So, at this time Ye Qingshan led his troops, escorting the captured Japanese prince and four other major generals and colonels, and marched quickly back to the riverside.
Then they began to board the boat, preparing to go upstream under the cover of night.
"Send a telegram to Captain Lu and his men, and ask them to prepare to meet us."
Ye Qingshan said to the radio operator.
His intuition told him that this return trip would not be easy.
The Japanese prince was captured, and the Japanese must have gone crazy.
This is indeed the case.
As soon as Ye Qingshan and his men left, the Japanese Major General Xiaolu Yinshui personally led a battalion of Japanese soldiers to Longtan Station.
They soon found traces of Ye Qingshan leading his troops to evacuate.
"Damn these Chinese, we must catch up with them.
We must not let them take His Royal Highness away."
The Japanese major general was furious and personally led his men to pursue the enemy overnight.
The Japanese major general knew that Ye Qingshan had ambushed the Japanese prince's special train at the rear station, which was the area he was responsible for.
If he couldn't catch up with Ye Qingshan and rescue the Japanese prince, he would be dead.
"Throw away all the baggage, including the heavy weapons.
Everyone should travel light and catch up as fast as possible."
After the Japanese soldiers discovered the evacuation route of the special operations battalion, the Japanese general immediately issued an order to pursue them.
In this way, both sides were racing against time and competing for speed.
When Ye Qingshan arrived at the riverside and started to board the boat, he was halfway there.
The pursuit troops led by the Japanese general caught up with them.
Bang bang bang!
A fierce exchange of fire immediately broke out between the third company, which was cut off from the rear, and the Japanese pursuing troops.
Ye Qingshan stood by the river and looked back suddenly.
"The Japs caught up with us so quickly?
Damn, it’s going faster than I thought.”
Ye Qingshan's face didn't look good.
He turned around and said to Black Bear, "Let the company that boarded the ship first take the Japanese prince away first.
Everyone else, continue aboard."
"Yes!"
"Baga, charge, charge!"
Later, the Japanese general was excited to see that he had finally caught up with the special operations battalion.
He shouted loudly at other Japanese officers.
Let them lead the troops and charge forward personally.
With these Japanese officers leading the charge personally, the attack of this brigade of Japanese soldiers was extremely fierce.
Even without heavy weapons, they still caused huge casualties to the third company that was blocking the rear.
After all, a Japanese battalion has several times more people than the third company.
"Sir, the Japanese attack is too crazy.
I suffered heavy casualties.
The company commander asked me to come back and tell the superiors that they were entangled by the pursuing Japanese and could not retreat.
The company commander said that the superiors should lead the men to retreat immediately.
Leave them alone.
The company commander and his men will buy more time for the commander."
Soon, a soldier from the third company ran back and spoke to Ye Qingshan anxiously.