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Chapter 764: The Japanese 109th Regiment is also gone

At this time, the 58th Brigade of the 68th Division of the Japanese Army had been completely annihilated by the Chinese government troops, and the 34th Division of the Japanese Army had been completely defeated under the attack of the Chinese government troops.

On the other side, the 47th and 64th Divisions of the Japanese Army were unable to cope with the attack of the Chinese government's army. Therefore, the 116th Division of the Japanese Army had no reinforcements or help and had to rely on itself for everything.

In fact, ever since the 100th Army of the Chinese government successfully surrounded the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army, the offensive forces of the 100th Army of the Chinese government have been attacking the defensive positions of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army for ten consecutive days.

Now the casualties of the officers and soldiers of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army exceed 70%. Colonel Yasusaburo Takidera of the 109th Regiment can only be trapped on several small hills with more than 1,000 remaining Japanese officers and soldiers. Moreover, these remaining officers and soldiers of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army are constantly being bombed by aircraft and hit by heavy artillery from the Chinese government's army. Their lives are extremely miserable.

The 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army, which was surrounded by the Chinese government's army, was now desperate. Seeing that there was no hope of reinforcements, Colonel Yasusaburo Takidera of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army could only send traitors to surrender to the Chinese government's army with white flags. This was also one of the few cases of Japanese troops voluntarily surrendering since the war between China and Japan.

However, precisely because the Japanese army had rarely surrendered voluntarily before, Commander Li of the 100th Army of the Chinese government was very suspicious of the surrender of Colonel Yasusaburo Takidera of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

Since Commander Li of the 100th Army of the Chinese government did not know whether the surrender of Colonel Yasusaburo Takidera of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army was true or false, Commander Li of the 100th Army of the Chinese government did not accept the surrender of Colonel Yasusaburo Takidera of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

On May 12, 1945, General Li of the 100th Army of the Chinese government ordered the entire army to launch a general attack on the defensive positions of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

The attacking force of the 100th Army of the Chinese government, which was completely equipped with American weapons, first used heavy artillery to carry out a suppressive bombardment on the defensive positions of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army, and then used medium and light mortars to carry out more precise strikes on the defensive positions of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

After the fierce artillery bombardment of the 100th Army of the Chinese Government, the officers and soldiers of the 2nd Division of the 100th Army of the Chinese Government launched a fierce charge attack. Now equipped with American weapons, the offensive force of the 100th Army of the Chinese Government was significantly different from the previous charge attacks of the Chinese army.

When the attacking force of the 100th Army of the Chinese government encountered the resolute resistance of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army, the officers and soldiers of the attacking force of the 100th Army of the Chinese government would temporarily stop the infantry attack, and then use mortars, infantry guns and rocket launchers to destroy the fortifications of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army one by one.

Although the attacking force of the 100th Army of the Chinese government would advance at a relatively slow speed with this tactic, the effect shown in the attack was very good, and the casualties among the officers and soldiers in the attacking force were also much smaller.

Under the offensive tactics of the 100th Army of the Chinese government, the remaining officers and soldiers of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army were simply unable to resist. The defensive positions of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army were quickly cut into several sections by the offensive forces of the 100th Army of the Chinese government. Moreover, the officers and soldiers of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army in most of the defensive positions faced the attack of the 100th Army of the Chinese government. After just a little resistance, they were defeated across the board.

On May 13, 1945, the commanders of the two divisions of the 100th Army of the Chinese government responsible for the attack and commanders at all levels all went to the front line of combat to command and supervise the battle. After several hours of fierce fighting, the offensive forces of the 100th Army of the Chinese government successfully occupied the main defensive position of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

At this time, the soldiers of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army had lost all their will to resist and they all fled in all directions. However, these fleeing officers and soldiers of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army were basically killed on the spot by the attacking forces of the 100th Army of the Chinese government, including Colonel Yasusaburo Takidera of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army.

Why is it basically? Because Captain Katsumi Iijima, commander of the 1st Battalion of the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army, hid with a few remaining soldiers until May 18th. Finally, this group of remaining soldiers were discovered and wiped out by the troops of the 100th Army of the Chinese government, and Captain Katsumi Iijima, commander of the 1st Battalion, was also killed on the spot by the troops of the 100th Army of the Chinese government.

At this point, the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army was completely annihilated by the 100th Army of the Chinese Government. After completing the combat mission of destroying the 109th Regiment of the Japanese Army, the 100th Army of the Chinese Government also turned around to assist other troops of the Chinese Government in encircling the 116th Division of the Japanese Army.

In the direction of Dongkou Town, which was fiercely fought between the two sides, the attacking forces of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army once occupied the cave entrance and the mountain gate at the cost of heavy casualties.

On May 10, 1945, the 58th Division of the 74th Army of the Chinese government had advanced to the vicinity of Dongkou Town and engaged in a fierce battle with the outer troops of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army.

At the same time, the offensive forces of the 18th Army of the Chinese government, after recaptured Baimashan and Zhaishi, immediately began to attack the mountain gate. If the Chinese government's army successfully occupied Dongkou Town and the mountain gate, then the Chinese government's army would be able to block the retreat route of the Japanese 116th Division.

The commander of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Motoshiro Hishida, was well aware of the importance of these two places, so he sent the main force of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army and the offensive forces of the Chinese government to engage in fierce battles in Dongkou Town and Shanmen.

On May 10, 1945, the 32nd Regiment of the 11th Division of the 18th Army of the Chinese government launched a fierce attack on the troops of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army at the mountain gate. Faced with the fierce attack of the Chinese government army, the troops of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army responsible for the defense of the mountain gate suffered heavy casualties and could only scream for help from the commander of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Motoshiro Hishida.

However, the reinforcements sent by Lieutenant General Motoshiro Hishida of the 116th Division of the Japanese Army were all repelled by the troops of the 18th Army of the Chinese government on the way to reinforcement and were unable to reach the mountain gate at all.

On May 13, 1945, after more than two days of fierce fighting, the attacking forces of the 11th Division of the 18th Army of the Chinese government successfully recaptured the mountain gate, seized more than 300 Japanese horses, and annihilated more than 1,000 Japanese troops.