146. Kogamikyo failed
Motegi Maenozuki led the guards to fight horses and returned to the camp where the Lushun Heavy Artillery Brigade was located in the east of Houtougou, and Umei was brought into the tent, and it was getting late, and the guards delivered food. He was also hungry and devoured it. While eating, he ordered Mei Jing to drive the brigade headquarters stationed at Huangqin Goukou and put them together. Umei and his staff officers immediately began to count the losses of officers and men in each division, especially the losses of the 13th Wing under Ono Yataro.
According to Motegi's order, the 11th staff officer of Shuqi submitted an application to the Japanese Tongliao Headquarters for additional troops, and also requested additional troops from the Kwantung Army Headquarters in Shenyang. Two hours later, in addition to the 7th Wing of Kameda's Unsuke Osasho Division, the Brigade Headquarters and its subordinate teams, the 13th Wing of Ono Taro, and the 17th Wing of Yamaoka Kiyoshi were all assembled. After another hour, the counts of the various units came out, and the 13th Wing, with a total loss of 600 men, and 1,300 officers and men; The 17th Wing suffered 400 casualties, as well as 1,700 officers and men. The 4th Brigade of the Motegi Cavalry still had 6,000 men at full capacity, including the brigade headquarters and the 7th Wing, which was still stationed in Kogamikyo.
Patrols of the wings and brigade headquarters had already taken up their posts, and the entire camp was heavily guarded. Captain Kuroda Wanyi, who was stationed at Akamine Castle, according to Motegi's instructions, sent Captain Yamamoto to lead his squadron to cooperate with the personnel sent by Kamemori Toru Akamine Steering Committee to station in the villages of the western side of the Banji Arrow River. The devil's job is to eliminate the attackers hiding in the shadows as the superficial work, but in fact it is to deter the common people and be the obedient people of the imperial army. The Chifeng Steering Committee aims to establish a maintenance committee covering both urban and rural areas, as well as pro-Japanese forces in all villages of the network. Among them, there is also a special high class of plainclothes of Hanashima Juro, who mainly spies on the anti-Japanese forces and red elements.
In the evening, Yamamoto came to visit Motegi-mae and asked him for advice on the opportunities to plunder the economy of the occupied areas. Although they are all Kumamoto villagers, Yamamoto's presence made him very pleased. Yamamoto proposed to him that after completely occupying the city and countryside of Chifeng, he would promote the cultivation of opium, which was also what Toru Kamemori's subordinates asked him to ask. Motegi hadn't thought so far about what to plant on the land after Rehe was occupied, and his biggest headache in front of him was how to defeat the 117th Brigade. So he said: "Yixi, for the time being, we should think more about how to facilitate military occupation. The mysterious armed forces that have repeatedly intercepted the transport lines of the Imperial Army, you must pay great attention to ......"
Under the high-pressure policy of the devils, all the villages from Chifeng City to the west, along the Banzhi Arrow River to Monkey Head Gou, were all established by the devils as candidates for the maintenance of the association. Through secret channels, the 117 Brigade already knew about it. Director Han said to everyone: "Motegi Mae Nozuki is not a simple person, military offense is the mainstay, and political infiltration is the supplement......
In response to this question, Director Han considered the need to convene a meeting on "the Japanese army's policy toward the occupied areas" in the Chifeng area, which was mainly based on the Chifeng area in Rebei*. However, due to the limitations of time and situation, this plan is not on schedule. He also wrote down his views on "the military, political, and economic views of the Japanese army in the occupied and semi-occupied areas" as an outline, and planned to withdraw the 117th Brigade to the enclosure, and after returning to the building, he would personally go to the Soviet area and Ruijin, the capital of Red China, to make a statement to the central authorities.
On the evening of 7 March, after the 117th Brigade assembled in Chuanxindian, the total number of wounded reached 2,000, including the newly wounded. The field hospitals had been evacuated to Nantaizi on the afternoon of 7 March. The seriously wounded were all transported to the villages west of Nantaizi. The lightly wounded went west from Chuanxindian, along the road, and some were sleepy and slept on the side of the road for a while, and then walked after waking up. When they heard that they had won another battle in Houtougou, everyone was happy and they were more energetic.
The 117th Brigade directly subordinate units tightly blocked the news from the Eiko Kawaguchi of Nagado, so that the Japanese army would not know that so many wounded were on the road and send planes to bomb them. In Chuanxindian Village, the brigade headquarters held a meeting to study countermeasures. Brigade Commander Ding hadn't washed his face and shaved his beard for a long time, and he was as furry as an ape's head. But he couldn't hide his bright eyes, but looking around at everyone, apart from Director Han and Section Chief Li, who else was not like an ape?
Brigade Commander Ding glanced at everyone a few times and said: "Commanders, brothers, the situation facing my 117th Brigade is still very serious, the vitality of the old devil Motegi is still there, and the wounded of our department are still dragging down our march. We can't run them, there is only one way out, and that is to fight. But how to fight, you need everyone's advice. Please come up with ideas, we have formed a habit of everyone coming up with ideas. In the words of Director Han, this is called brainstorming...... "Jia Congliang is the most reluctant to hear about the study of fighting devils, so he is unhappy to slip away."
Some commanders, such as Commander Miao and Commander of the Special Service Regiment Mao Suinian, had already fallen asleep on the table, and the staff officers and adjutant stepped forward to wake them up. Brigade Commander Ding and Deputy Brigade Commander Ji both waved their hands to stop it, and said with a smile: "Let them sleep for a while!" "It doesn't seem like his chief is sleeping, it's his own child......
Deputy Brigade Commander Ji continued: "Half of the Arrow River has narrowed here, and it is difficult to organize the battle. Send light troops to the front to help the wounded rush forward. I've seen the iron ditch gate, and I can think about it. Director Han said, "Motegi will not give up, and will catch up." I have an idea, after Lao Chu catches up, let them go to the north mountain of Chuanxindian and shoot from a distance, attracting and disrupting the devil's footsteps, and slowing him down; Where is Team Baiji now? Let them drive to Nanshan, burrow into the woods, and confuse and disturb the march of the devils......"
Commander Lin said: "I think it's still fighting such guerrillas, and the devils are transferred around, as if they are playing monkeys." If there is a position like Panlongling again, our regiment will go no matter how far the road is......" At this time, the respective guards had already woken up their commander, and the head of the Miao regiment yawned and said: "A once-in-a-lifetime battlefield like Huajiagou and Fangshengou is not easy to meet. But our regiment is willing to drill into the ravine, and the assist is okay, and the main attack is okay. However, we also feel that this kind of tactics is a quick and quick solution. In addition, the devil has to have a plane, and he must first think about the issue of the plane, and before he fights, he thinks about how to hide it......"
In the end, Brigade Commander Ding concluded: "Based on the current situation, the brigade headquarters decided to go to the area of Nantaizi and set up an ambush for the devils. I hope that the ministries will not leak the news. I ordered the 235th Regiment to be stationed at Tiegou Men'er; The 233rd Regiment and the Baggage Regiment drove to the area of Nantaizi; 234 regiment, open to the wolf ditch gate; The first reconnaissance battalion and the special service battalion quickly advanced to help the wounded to hurry forward, so as not to leave one wounded behind...... "Then the brigade headquarters led the remaining direct subordinate teams to the west and camped at Tiegoumen.
After Motegi sent Yamamoto away, he arranged for the staff officers to perform their duties, and ordered the captains of each wing to defend carefully to avoid being attacked by the 117th Brigade at night. He lay on the bed and quickly fell asleep. In his sleep, he was unaware that he was in the porcelain street of Kokamikyo, and one of his guards, Okamura Nayan, came up to pull him and said, "General Motegi, we are not unfamiliar with their ancient porcelain, you don't know that porcelain is a fragile thing, and he will bring a fragile effect to the holy war of our empire......"
Motegi raised his hand and slapped Okamura Nayan, and said, "Nayan, you, speak very unlucky, dead and dead, there are ......" Nayan's eyes flowed red tears, and he said: "General Motegi, you see those plates are made of paper, and they are still fluttering in the wind...... What do generals think of them as exquisite? Motegi took a closer look and saw that the porcelain displayed on the streets was fluttering in the wind. He said in his heart that it was clear that those workshops were busy producing, and they were all working together to produce jellyfish bottles......
He suddenly understood, did they produce the jellyfish bottles and were transported by the soldiers of the 117th Brigade? Whoosh, I've calculated well, the jellyfish bottle will be out of the kiln in the next few days, where will they transport it? He turned back to Okamura Nayan and wanted to order him to go to Kameda and surround this little Kamikyo. The jellyfish bottle was not found, so the site was blown up. But Nayan didn't know where to go, but someone he didn't know came.
As soon as Motegi touched the sword and was not on his waist, he glared and asked, "Where are you working?" The stranger said, "You ask me who I am, I come from the distant Jin Dynasty, and we fought a bloody battle with the female soldiers here, and then we all died under the jellyfish bottle." Before he died, Wanyan Wushu said to me: "Isolate him, my hands are covered with blood, and it is impossible to return to the Jin Dynasty." You're a recruit who hasn't killed anyone, and you must remember to protect the jellyfish bottle and don't let anyone touch it. ”
Motegi said, "The jellyfish bottle, that's the stuff of the Imperial Army, it must be transported to Great Japan, otherwise, I'll blow up this place." Na Yan smiled and said, "I've been guarding for so many years, and I haven't seen a jellyfish bottle, you've only been here for a few days?" Want to get a jellyfish bottle? ”
Motegi said sinisterly, "We've only been here for a few days? Since the Eight-Nation Coalition entered Beijing, we coveted this land and calculated the wealth here. Manchurian government officials, how much money did we bribe? Did you know? I was fortunate enough to come across this site, and I had to bring not only the jellyfish bottle back to Japan, but also the porcelain capital. I, the Yamato nation, deserve to enjoy the best things in the world......"
Isolated him and said: "Don't dream, what we didn't get in the Great Jin Dynasty, you all the way away, just want to get it?" At this time, the music was remembered not far away, and Motegi thought that the jellyfish bottle was there, and wanted to grab it. "Don't be delusional, it's music that wins and falls." Our Dajin Dynasty once swept Shuofang, didn't it also disappear? You small countries, don't play with fire. ”
Motegi was very angry, and was about to scold Gula when he heard that the music was really victorious. The jellyfish bottle floated into the sky like a dazzling balloon. He said: "That's not true, it really must have been taken away by the 117th Brigade...... Ah, my jellyfish bottle......"
A gust of wind blew, and all the porcelain, turned into leaves, floated into the sky.
Motegi was sweating and woke up, and the stars in the sky were so quiet.