Ronin Kato glanced at the bodies of the two and bowed deeply to them.

Immediately, Ronin Kato covered the two of them with a corpse cloth and asked the devil lieutenant next to him, "Takahashi-kun, how many casualties have our special combat team suffered?" ”

Lieutenant Devil's name is Izumi Takahashi, and he is the squad leader of the special operations team.

Izumi Takahashi replied slowly: "Report to the captain, our special combat team lost twenty-seven people killed in the battle, and thirteen were wounded, including the deputy captain Hase-suichi, a total of forty-one imperial elites were killed or wounded. ”

After listening to the casualties reported by his subordinates, Kato Ronin stood in plain speechless, with a distressed expression.

In the battle of Xiaogang Village, Kato Ronin made full pre-war preparations, and in the end, the devils were still tortured and killed by the security team and were defeated.

The wounded of the devil special combat team who died in this battle reached one-third of the entire special combat team.

Coupled with the other devil soldiers who died before, there are now only more than fifty devil soldiers left in the special operations team.

The casualties of the devil's field troops were even greater, and the two infantry brigades dispatched suffered nearly 1,000 casualties, and even the captain of the devil's wing died in the plane bombing.

Kato ronin stood for a moment, his tone was low, and he ordered his subordinates in a deep voice: "You bring back the body of the envoy and Hase-kun, and everyone immediately evacuates the battlefield......"

"Ha Yi !!"

The devil soldiers nodded one after another, and then they quickly evacuated the battlefield with the two corpses......

A few hours later.

Defeated on the battlefield, the ronin Kato returned to Gucheng County with the special combat team like a lost dog.

He sat in the office with a dejected look, listless, and thoughtfully lowered his head thinking about something.

After pondering for a moment, Ronin Kato picked up the walkie-talkie and prepared to report the information to Yoshio Shinozuka.

As soon as he picked up the walkie-talkie, he quickly put it down again.

In today's battle of Xiaogang Village, the special combat team was defeated, and even the most important envoy died, and Kato Ronin really had no face.

In the end, he had no choice but to ask his subordinates to truthfully report the situation to the commander Yoshio Shinozuka.

The commander of the Japanese army, Yoshio Shinozuka, soon learned that the envoy Ichiro Furuto had died on the battlefield.

"Bagaya Road, how could things be like this......"

Suddenly, Yoshio Shinozuka's face changed greatly, his body became weak, and he sat down on the chair, speechless in shock.

As soon as the devil envoy died, the devil officers and generals of the entire headquarters were shocked, and they all lowered their heads.

Suddenly, the Japanese headquarters fell completely silent, only the sound of the radio, and no one dared to speak.

At this moment, the most helpless and angry should be Yoshio Shinozuka, he went to Shanxi to serve as a commander, and his ass was not yet hot, but he didn't expect such a big thing to happen.

The special envoy Ichiro Furuto died, and the commander of the Japanese army, Yoshio Shinozuka, was naturally to blame.

It is highly likely that Yoshio Shinozuka will be forced to step down as commander because of this incident.

The news of Ichiro Furuto's death in battle will definitely not be contained, and it is useless for the Japanese army headquarters in Shanxi to hide it and not report it.

Subsequently, Yoshio Shinozuka asked the Ministry of Communications to report the unfortunate incident to the Japanese High Command in his own name.

The ministers of the Japanese High Command did not jointly impeach Yoshio Shinozuka, and no one proposed to sanction him.

What is even more strange is that the ministers of the Japanese military command jointly asked the emperor to exempt Yoshio Shinozuka.

The reason why the ministers of the Japanese High Command did this was because they had long been dissatisfied with Ichiro Furuto.

Ichiro Furuto did not have many meritorious deeds among the senior commanders of the Japanese army, and he relied on himself as a relative of the emperor and the country to show off his military power everywhere.

Except for the emperor, Ichiro Furuto did not take any superiors and commanders in his eyes at all.

So many high-ranking generals of the Japanese army tried to protect Yoshio Shinozuka and said good things for him, and the emperor did not blame him.

In fact, the little devil emperor did not hold Yoshio Shinozuka responsible, except for many people interceding, mainly because Yoshio Shinozuka had extraordinary military command talents.

It is undeniable that Yoshio Shinozuka is indeed an excellent military talent among the senior generals of the Japanese army.

……

Kato Ronin knew that his sin was unforgivable, and said to the squad leader Takahashi Izumizo: "Takahashi-kun, please tell Your Excellency the Commander for me, the special combat team has been defeated, His Excellency the Special Envoy has died in battle, and he is incompetent, and he is ashamed of his trust and expectations for the commander, and he can only apologize to the commander for his crimes." ”

Takahashi Izumi persuaded him: "Captain, this time we have a fiasco of the Japanese Imperial Army, you can't take all the blame on yourself, even if you die, the commander will be held accountable......

Ronin Kato waved his hand and stopped the other man from talking.

"Takahashi-kun, needless to say, choosing to die with dignity is my only choice."

Ronin Kato decided to apologize for his crimes, mainly because he wanted to shoulder the guilt alone and exonerate the commander Yoshio Shinozuka.

The Kato Nanito family has a lot of influence in Japan, and if he does not choose to commit suicide by seppuku and is convicted by a military court, it will be a shame on the family.

Therefore, he chose to commit suicide in fear of sin, worthy of the commander and worthy of the family.

"Takahashi-kun, please, send the telegram to the headquarters......" Kanto Ronin asked again.

"Hayi, captain!"

Izumi Takahashi nodded heavily, and immediately followed Kanto Ronin's instructions.

The moment the telegram was sent, Ronin Kato seemed to be relieved.

As long as he dies, he is completely free, and he does not need to bear the responsibility of sin.

Immediately, Ronin Kato picked up a special katana less than half a meter long, walked over to a sun flag, and knelt down on his knees.

He looked at the sun flag hanging on the wall and whispered a few words while slowly unbuttoning his military uniform.

Several Special Operations Team soldiers stood aside to arrange a sacred seppuku ceremony for the Kato ronin.

Kato ronin ordered to the soldiers next to him, "I will give you one last order, after I die, please bring my ashes back to the homeland, please." ”

"Hayi, my subordinates will definitely do it." The devil soldiers responded one after another.

Ronin Kato picked up the towel handed by his subordinates and wiped the bright katana back and forth.

Preparing for the seppuku ceremony, he held the hilt of his katana in both hands, the sharp tip of which slowly stabbed into his abdomen.

Just as Kato Ronin was about to seppuku, suddenly, the squad leader Izumi Takahashi hurriedly ran over.

"Captain, please stop, the commander has a new order!!"

Izumi Takahashi ran over and snatched the katana from Ronin Kato's hand.

"Yaga, Takahashi-kun, please let go." Kato Ronin scolded his subordinates, and then said in a low tone: "I, Kato Ronin, have no words to face His Excellency the Commander, and I have only one ...... death."

"Captain, the commander does not blame you, he asked to speak to you."

"Captain, the Martial Spirit Special Combat Team can't live without you, please!"

The officers and soldiers of the devil's special operations team knelt on the ground together and continued to persuade Kato Ronin.

(End of chapter)