Chapter Twenty-Four: The Autumn Crane Singing in the Depths
The clock was unchanging to December 1, 1937, and at the beginning of the last month of 1937, a change took place that shocked the world. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
As a permanent member of the League of Nations, Japan's representative went so far as to throw the so-called armistice reconciliation agreement to the ground at the mediation meeting. No demands were made, not even if it was a lion's mouth like the Shimonoseki Treaty in the past. It's like a signal, and it's like an indicator light that's been lit. The city of Nanjing was bound to be won, and it was impossible for Japan to withdraw a single soldier from the Chinese battlefield, but on the contrary, it would be in line with Japan's current situation to continue to increase its troops.
Having turned the means into an end, the delegation of Japan immediately announced its withdrawal from the League of Nations. Not only the representatives of China were dumbfounded, but also the representatives of Europe and the United States. They have never seen such a fierce side of this extreme eastern nation, since the black ship opened an account, the so-called Yamato nation, has had today's performance?
And on the Chinese battlefield, several strong divisions wiped out the Chinese defenders who had lost their geographical advantage one by one. Nanjing is only 500 kilometers from Shanghai, and on December 1, the defenders on the city wall of Nanjing, in addition to the continuous flow of refugees, appeared with telescopes with the figure of Japanese armored troops.
Under the arrangement of the commander of the front-line army, General Matsui, the next day a battle broke out with the defenders on the outskirts of Nanjing, and the battle for the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties began. The operation, codenamed "Eighth Order", coordinated between the army and the navy, and the troops launched an offensive in three directions.
However, all the navy can do is to divide a small amount of combat power and aviation power of the Marine Corps as support, and Vice Admiral Hasegawa's moderate performance after the Battle of Songhu has made the army's arrogance even higher, after all, even Lieutenant General Hasegawa, who has made great achievements in battle, has no chance to speak in front of their army newcomers. What's more, he made wild remarks that there was no need for the Third Task Force Mobile Fleet to go to Shanghai, only Kaga and a team of escort ships were needed. The flagship of the fleet returned to China in a hurry, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that it was sent back to the canal for overhaul.
On December 5, in a small village less than 70 miles from Nanjing, more than 300 villagers had fled in advance, leaving only the deserted village, not even an egg or a sweet potato.
The 24th Wing of the 6th Division, which occupied the area without firing a single shot, decided to recuperate here while it was about to fall into the night. After two days of fierce fighting, the entire wing suffered forty percent casualties, and due to the deepening of the battle, they lost contact with friendly forces.
"Can it be fixed?" An officer of the rank and file, anxiously walking around the makeshift command room, like most soldiers, had not eaten for two days in a row, not because he had no dry food, but because he could not contact his superiors and was surrounded by the enemy, he had no time to eat. If you relax, you may not even see the sun the next day. "You all have to figure it out for me! Use your brains! ”
No matter how the officer reprimanded, several of the communications soldiers in the house were not at fault with the two discarded radio stations. Since the communications squad was also forced into battle during the last battle, only three of the eleven communications soldiers were still standing, and only two of the three radios were damaged.
"You stupid pigs! The sun has already set, and you have been busy all afternoon, and you have not achieved anything at all? How can a communication soldier from Kumamoto not even be able to fix a broken radio station! ”
Just as the officer was slapping the table and scolding, several people came in from outside the house. The leader was a short female officer, and she also had the rank of junior officer, like the commander of the 24th Wing, Kanda Shaosa.
But unlike Kanda Shaozuo, who is over fifty years old, this female officer has just taken office this year, and her superiors just can't promote her too quickly.
"Kanda Shaoza, what's the situation?"
Kanda Shaozuo, who was as grumpy as a tiger, saw these "friendly troops" with shoulder bands and armbands, so he had no choice but to suppress his anger and explain to the other party. "There was a little accident. Two radios were preserved during the battle. But these three stupid pigs won't use it! I'm really. ”
The armbands are the special branch of the military that exists as the Overseer, the Gendarmes, and although they also care about the hentai who shout "Elementary school students are the best", they still turn their guns at their own compatriots and complete the mission of Overseer.
"Don't embarrass them. Warrior, you study and see if you can fix it. "With the order of the superiors, a gendarme went out and dismantled the radio station with three communication corpsmen to find the fault." Mr. Kanda, although you and your troops fought bravely, you repeatedly disobeyed the orders of your superiors! So much so that the entire wing fell into the encirclement of the enemy, this responsibility, please explain! ”
was reprimanded by a person who didn't seem to be as old as his daughter, Kanda Shaozo was also very ashamed for a while, but people are more popular than people, he has been a soldier for 35 years, and he only got to the rank of Shaozuo, and the woman in front of him from the Shi clan is already on an equal footing with him at a young age. Even Mr. Tani Shou praised her well and threw it to him Kanda to take over this troublesome woman.
"Shen Ming Shaozuo, the responsibility is on me, but now even if I apologize, I can't change the dangerous situation of the team. Please also help me to break through the siege together, and then I am willing to take all the responsibilities below. ”
has been a soldier for half his life, how can Kanda not know how to deal with the gendarme? In short, it is righteous and awe-inspiring, stretching out his neck to punish the other party at will, and then talking about objective environmental factors, no gendarme will raise a military order and cut off his head.
In Kanda Shaozuo's eyes, Shenming Qiuhe, the eldest lady from the scholar clan, was not scared to pee her pants in the battle a few days ago. In terms of qualifications, he Kanda dumped her a few streets. If it weren't for the fact that behind Shenming Qiuhe was as strong as Mr. Gu Shou's goodwill was the Shi clan power, he would not be able to nod at a milky little girl.
[Still a poor milk!] Where does the confidence come from! 】
Shenming Qiuhe didn't notice that the other party took advantage of the bow to peek at her sorry breasts, and pointed out the problems of Kanda Shaoza's continuous battles one by one sternly. What made Kanda Shaozo speechless the most was that Shenming Qiuhe actually recorded them one by one in a small book with a pen.
"It must be added that there is a lack of military literacy and unreasonable abuse of technical arms." Shen Ming Qiuhe said and took out a pen and wrote in the small notebook again.
"Miss...... No, Shen Ming Shaozuo. Kanda Shaozuo, who almost said the wrong thing, quickly changed his words, and then took out a bag of food wrapped in tin foil from his backpack. Here's some beef jerky, you eat it first. I went out to see how the sentry was arranged. ”
Kanda Shaozo didn't want to waste time with this woman at all, he only cared about whether he could break through alive. What if it's wrong, what's right? Being able to make military exploits is the king's way, and he Kanda defeated the defenders of a brigade of Chinese defenders, and this time he went back to be enough for him to be promoted and make a fortune. If you don't take some risks, can you grab this feat? If they had followed the combat method of the deep autumn cranes, they would still be drinking the northwest wind from their positions two hundred miles away.
"Pass the order, change the guard every three hours tonight, everyone is vigilant, and there will be an engagement with the enemy at any time." In the night battle, the Chinese defenders performed well, and recently the Chinese defenders have also been more keen on sneak attacks at night to regain lost positions. Kanda Shaozo saw that many soldiers were hungry for two days and were excited to drink a cup of hot water, which deepened his resentment towards the Chinese. If it weren't for the despicable Chinese army's sneak attack on the rear of his wing, they wouldn't even have food. I thought that by capturing a village, I would be able to supply some food, but I rummaged through every tile and found not a grain of rice. The hateful Chinese civilians also poisoned the only well, causing his wing to split up and risk great danger to go to the canal.
Before Kanda Shaoza finished his inspection, a few soldiers came over grabbing two grizzled Chinese bear children.
"What's going on?" Kanda Shaozo felt tired and longed to sleep on the grass pile for a night. But at this time, relaxing for a second can kill you. His sanity told him that something was wrong. "Where did you get these two kids?"
"Report Shaozo. On the way back from carrying water, we noticed that a few children were secretly following us, so we shot them away, and caught two slower runners by the way. Just let these two kids carry buckets for us. ”
After hearing this, Kanda Shaozo couldn't wait to pull out his saber and hack these wastes to death. "You're all pig brains? What are these little kids going to do! If you are discovered, you should retreat immediately. Now it is likely that the Chinese sentinels have discovered this stronghold, and your stupidity will bury the entire wing! Idiot! ”
After hearing this, several soldiers also realized the danger, they did not expect such serious consequences.
"Kanda-kun, what should we do now?" The captain of a squad in the wing heard about the stupid behavior of his subordinates and hurriedly ran to apologize. "Evacuate?"
"Evacuate? It's getting dark? Hiding in the woods late at night? As long as the Chinese defenders track us down, there are a hundred ways to kill us! And so many wounded, leave them alone? ”
Kanda can really do such a thing, but now that he has made a great contribution, he just wants to go back to receive the reward in peace, and he doesn't want to add more trouble. "Heighten your vigilance. Tonight, those who are not missing arms or legs are all cheering up! Do you understand? ”
"Yes." The uniform response, this is the only comfort for Kanda Shaozuo.
Just as he was about to inspect elsewhere, a soldier who was not long-eyed looked up and asked. "What about these two kids?"
and immediately attracted the white eyes of the squad leader, as well as the vicious eyes of Kanda Shaoza. "Do you need to ask? Idiot! Kill! What's the use of keeping them? ”
"Tick-"
The rapid whistle interrupted the loading of the soldiers' bullets, just as the hapless soldiers had not yet understood. A group of gendarmes surrounded from behind, and Shenming Qiuhe walked in the front, reaching out and snatching the rifle of one of the soldiers.
"What are you going to do? Why did you kill two children? Whose order is this! "The one who spoke was one of the subordinates of Shenming Qiuhe.,A gendarme who has followed Shenming Qiuhe as a scholar since he was a child.。
"Teiji, don't ask. Except for Kanda Shaoza, who else would kill two innocent children? ”
The arrival of Shenming Qiuhe prevented the two children from being shot directly, and she thought that the children were very obedient, and she might be able to get valuable information from them.