PFC Chapter 391 It turns out that they are the culprits of the massacre
Chapter 391 It turns out that they are the culprits of the massacre
A communications staff officer ran over and handed Captain Yang a telegram.
After Captain Yang unfolded the telegram, he looked at it carefully and then came to Fei Huanan's side.
"Commander Fei, let the brothers follow us in retreat. The Japanese already know that you are going to escape.
A brigade of troops is coming up now, and they will be here in four hours."
This is the division headquarters where the underground brigade is located. Their distress telegram has been received.
Their division commander, Ishikawa Masatsugu, is currently preparing to award medals in the country.
I just visited the ghost shrine yesterday, and today I received a series of bad news.
First, the Emperor’s audience this morning was suddenly cancelled.
It is said that it was because the shipyard in Nagasaki was bombed by Chinese air force.
Ishikawa Masumi found it unbelievable when he heard this.
He secretly found the map and measured the distance with his hands.
He really couldn't understand how the Chinese air force was able to fly the Mosquito bomber across the sea to carry out its mission.
Based on the range of the Mosquito, don’t those Chinese airmen need to fly back to the temporary capital?
No wonder the Imperial Army’s air force couldn’t find the Chinese planes.
Will they fall directly into the sea due to lack of fuel?
As a result, after a while, another bad news came that the Kuomintang air force had flown back to the temporary capital.
Then the headquarters severely reprimanded these generals who came back to receive honors.
The reason is: the war of aggression against China has been going on for two and a half years, but they have not yet defeated the temporary capital.
This led to the bombing of the Japanese homeland, and the Japanese emperor was terrified by the news.
This news almost made them all commit seppuku to apologize.
Finally, the Emperor considered that this matter was too embarrassing and could not be leaked.
Let them fly back to China the next morning.
Forget the idea of taking today's flight, as the planes in Japan are very busy right now.
They are all patrolling in the sky and have no time to deal with these "meritorious officials".
At around ten o'clock that evening, he was awakened by a communications staff officer in the guesthouse of the base camp.
The communications staff officer handed the telegram to Division Commander Ishikawa with a look of contempt.
Yes, Division Commander Ishikawa saw it very clearly, and he looked at him with contempt.
He thought to himself that something was wrong, but he didn't bother to find fault with the staff officer.
After thanking the communications officer for his hard work, he immediately read the telegram and found that something serious was going to happen.
Ishikawa's division headquarters in Nanjing informed him that his three infantry battalions had been attacked by Chinese troops.
In less than an hour and a half, three machine gun squadrons and three artillery squadrons were completely wiped out.
Of the twelve infantry squadrons, only three and a half were left after being defeated by the Chinese army.
That is to say, out of the three battalions of a Type A division with more than 4,000 people, there are less than 1,000 people left.
And which part of the National Army are the Chinese troops facing them?
The new chief of staff said that there are about 4,000 people in the Loyal National Salvation Army.
There are another 4,000 people, who are well-equipped, tactically fierce...an unknown force.
This situation made Division Commander Ishikawa so angry that he almost had a cerebral hemorrhage.
No wonder that young staff officer looked so disdainful, the record was too bad.
In fact, he was well aware of the combat effectiveness of the Loyal and Patriotic Army.
And his three infantry battalions were borrowed by Commander Okamura to monitor them.
According to his understanding, he had two infantry squadrons, plus a machine gun squadron and an artillery squadron.
They are fully capable of dealing with these 4,000-strong Loyal National Salvation Army.
The reason why the three battalions were transferred here was because the Chen puppet government was about to be established with the support of the Japanese island.
I remember that their Ishikawa Division personally participated in the massacre of Chinese soldiers and civilians in Nanjing.
The headquarters believed that it was inappropriate for them to stay in Nanjing now.
Therefore, the headquarters has issued a transfer order, preparing to send them to Shanxi to strengthen the combat effectiveness of the First Army.
I didn't expect that I would fail in Taizhou today.
The new chief of staff told Ishikawa that Okamura had sent a brigade to support the Muqiao defense line.
He also implicitly mentioned that he should return to Nanjing as soon as possible to take charge of the overall situation of the Ishikawa Division.
The two captains of the shallow cabin and the underground led their teams to hide on that small hill.
They watched the Loyal and Patriotic Army cross the river, and then watched Fei Huanan and Captain Yang meet.
I waited until they finally retreated to the south, and then I felt relieved.
Today's Chinese army was so terrifying that in less than an hour and a half, they defeated three of their guard battalions.
All the heavy weapons were lost, leaving only two squadron headquarters and three and a half squadrons of soldiers.
Nearly a quarter of the soldiers did not even have a Type 38 rifle.
The good news was that they had no wounded soldiers to slow down their movement, because the wounded soldiers ran slowly and all stayed on the battlefield.
After the Chinese army charged just now, there were no more wounded soldiers in those positions.
“Whoosh, boom!”
These Japanese soldiers were secretly rejoicing that they had a chance to escape.
But a sudden artillery shell made them a little confused.
What does this mean? A parting message from the Chinese military?
That’s not right. It seems that the hatred between everyone is quite deep, right?
The Japanese soldiers on the high ground looked at the Chinese army which was still retreating.
Everyone felt inexplicably blown away by this shell.
Suddenly, they discovered that the retreating Kuomintang troops had stopped and turned around to walk back.
The underground team leader seemed to understand something, and his face suddenly turned dark.
He shouted loudly, "Be careful of the artillery fire," and pushed the captain of the shallow cabin next to him to the ground.
The development of events was exactly as he had imagined.
The artillery shell that was just fired was a test firing by the Chinese army's artillery.
Now the Kuomintang’s artillery shells are flying over like raindrops.
The bomb knocked down a large number of defenseless Japanese soldiers on the high ground.
Although the terrain of this high ground is good, there are no fortifications built on it.
If you are the attacking party, it would be appropriate to set an ambush here.
If they were bombarded, they would be in dire straits.
Originally, Commander Yang’s Marine Division was already in the front.
They are going to pave the way for the brothers of the Loyal and Patriotic Army.
Unexpectedly, Captain Yang was grabbed by Zheng Yaoxian.
"Captain Yang, I have a humble request and would like to ask you to help me with something.
Can we stop and kill the remaining devils before retreating?"
Captain Yang asked doubtfully: "Mr. Zheng, are you going to avenge those members of the action team who died?
Don't worry, even if you don't care about the blood feud between these brothers, I, Yang, will also take care of it.
The most important thing for us today is to lead the brothers of the Loyal and Patriotic Army to retreat to the Kuomintang-controlled areas..."
"Captain Yang, can we just fight for half an hour?" At this time, Zheng Yaoxian interrupted Captain Yang.
Captain Yang looked at Zheng Yaoxian, who spoke so seriously and sincerely.
His attitude also became serious, and he asked back: "Reason, give me a reason why we must eliminate them now."
Zheng Yaoxian opened his tightly clenched right hand, revealing an officer's ID card.
"These devils are all soldiers from the Ishikawa Division. They are also the culprits of the Nanjing Massacre."