Anti-Japanese War: When I get promoted, the system will explode with soldiers

Chapter 1135 Only Useful Prisoners Needed

Back in North China, Wang Laohu was a squad leader. He had indeed fought against the Japanese, and those Japanese soldiers left a deep impression on him. Even though our machine guns filled the entire position, and the air was filled with our bullets, most of the Japanese soldiers still charged forward fearlessly with their Type 38 rifles.

Of course, the outcome of their charge was predictable: waves of Japanese soldiers were blown down like wheat fields, many of them riddled with bullets. The cleanup afterwards was incredibly exhausting for Wang Laohu and his men.

Wang Laohu remembers it very clearly. At the time, he was thinking of freeing up a Japanese army unit to capture them all and have them clean up the battlefield for them. Otherwise, cleaning up all that blood would be a real pain. But there were also orders from above that these Japanese corpses couldn't be left there unattended, or there would be infectious diseases in the future.

We did show a little leniency to that Japanese army, but those guys didn't appreciate it at all. Even though they knew they were surrounded and there were only a little over 100 of them left, they still charged forward desperately. Compared to the people in front of us, they were not even an army.

Many of the people in front of us still had the ability to resist and were armed with various weapons. But as soon as our people rushed over, these people immediately threw their weapons aside and even lay down on the ground in a seemingly respectable manner. According to them, they learned this from veterans who fought in the Battle of Pujiang, and only in this way could they save their lives.

"Didn't you all claim to be loyal to your so-called emperor? To sacrifice your lives on the battlefield? What's going on here? You weren't like this when I was fighting you in North China."

While the brothers were cleaning up the battlefield, Wang Laohu pulled over a Japanese major.

After Wang Laohu finished speaking, the Japanese major, with an air of arrogance, turned his face away as if he hadn't heard a word, showing no intention of responding. In his view, it was an insult.

"Manager, what's going on?"

Wang Laohu said somewhat dejectedly, "A prisoner like you still acts like this towards me. Did I give you a chance to show your bravery?"

The orderly under his command was furious after hearing the regimental commander's words. "You bastard, strutting around in front of the regimental commander like that! You're clearly showing no respect to the brothers! We beat you up for nothing, just because we think we're weak?"

Several fierce soldiers rushed forward and kicked the Japanese soldier in the waist, the pain contorting his face. But this was just an appetizer. If you had answered properly earlier, you wouldn't be beaten like this now. Since you showed off, getting beaten is to be expected.

After being dealt with by several soldiers, the guy finally came to terms with his current situation. If he wanted to continue causing trouble here, there were plenty of soldiers around; it was just a matter of how long his small frame could keep up.

This guy had also considered dying a heroic death, like his predecessors in the Japanese army. But when these men were beating him just now, he knew he was completely different from those who had died heroically, because he was afraid, and even more afraid of being beaten next.

So this guy began to explain at an extremely fast pace. The soldiers in North China were all veterans who had served for many years, and were among the best Japanese soldiers. Now, due to heavy losses on the battlefield, it was impossible to train them using the original methods.

These men, after undergoing brief training in Japan, were immediately sent to the battlefield. Although some were former reserve troops, the pace of training couldn't keep up with the rate of troop losses. Their fighting spirit was completely different from that of the previous troops, which was one reason why they surrendered immediately after losing the upper hand on the battlefield.

boom!

The moment he finished speaking, Wang Laohu shot him dead. Many of the surrounding Japanese soldiers were dumbfounded. They had done exactly as he said; why was he being killed now?

They didn't understand this principle, but the people of the 72nd Army in the surrounding area knew it very well, because this guy had two wounds, and if we were to treat him, it would cost an unknown amount of money and medicine, and we didn't have any doctors who specialized in taking care of these people.

So in this situation, shooting this guy dead was a way of sending him on his way, and it saved us a lot of trouble later.

In the officer training corps of the 72nd Group Army, many people taught them that we need prisoners on the battlefield, as these prisoners are an important source of labor for our large-scale construction in the rear. However, when you take prisoners, you must make sure they are all intact and capable of working for us.

If we keep even the wounded like this, they won't be able to do much work for us, and they'll consume a lot of our doctors and medicines. That won't count as a meritorious service for you; in fact, we might even hold you accountable for your mistakes.

So when Wang Laohu fired his gun, none of the people around him sensed anything was wrong. What kind of work could we do with someone like that if we kept him around?

"Hurry up and clean up the battlefield. Notify the air force reconnaissance units to continue reconnaissance southward. We can't stop. These guys are just an appetizer for us. The good start we're talking about isn't just about these Japanese devils."

After Wang Laohu said that, the brothers were even more motivated, especially some of the new recruits who had just joined the army. They were originally afraid of the Japanese, but after the skirmish just now, they found that the Japanese didn't even have a chance to fire a shot.

These men saw it very clearly; as soon as we entered the town, all sorts of firepower swarmed in. Although the Japanese also deployed their defenses in echelons, their machine guns didn't even have a chance to fire. My soldiers were relatively accurate shooters, but you need a chance to actually fire a bullet, right?

Apart from a few soldiers who were up to no good, the rest of the men could only hide in the trenches with their guns. Outside the trenches, bullets whizzed by; if the Japanese soldiers even slightly raised their heads, our bullets would explode into a spray of blood.

The instructors at the back weren't lying!

Use 70% of what you've learned on the battlefield! The Japanese will be at your mercy.