Seishiro Itagaki?

The commander of the First Army, Kiyoshi Kazuki, was the first to see the face of the person who spoke, and his expression was gloomy at that time.

"Itagaki-kun?"

"Haya!"

Seishiro Itagaki straightened up and continued: "Your Excellency Commander, the lowly position is willing to make a military order, if the lowly position cannot lead the Fifth Division to take the west of China, he is willing to accept the military law!" ”

"Yo Si! Since you have such self-confidence, I will entrust you with the heavy task of attacking Shina Shanxi; In addition, the First Army fully assists the Fifth Division, and there must be no mistake! ”

After speaking, Commander Terauchi Shouichi fixed his gaze on the face of the commander of the First Army, Kiyoji Kazuki, and it was obvious that the last sentence was addressed to him.

Although Seiji Kazuki was a lieutenant general and officer with Seishiro Itagaki, he was the commander of the First Army, with four divisions and several independent brigades, with a total strength of more than 100,000.

And Itagaki Seishiro was only a division commander, although the Fifth Division was one of the most powerful divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army, but the total number was less than 30,000.

Therefore, in terms of status and identity, Seishiro Itagaki is inferior to Kiyoji Kazuki.

At this moment, Seishiro Itagaki actually climbed on his head and became his commander, which undoubtedly made him extremely dissatisfied, not only with Seishiro Itagaki, but also with His Excellency the commander Terauchi Shouichi.

And this incident also became the fuse for him to clash with Terauchi Shou in the future, thus giving him a dismissal. Of course, this is a later story, so we will not mention it for the time being.

"Haya!"

The commander of the front army, Terauchi Shouichi, personally ordered in front of a group of high-ranking officers at this time, and even though Kazuki Kiyoji was extremely dissatisfied in his heart, he did not dare to show it.

"Your Excellency, Commander, you are here waiting for my good news!"

"Yo Si! I'm waiting for Itagaki-kun's triumphant return at the headquarters! ”

"Haya!"

Seishiro Itagaki straightened up, and saluted His Excellency Commander Shouichi Terauchi with a standard military salute, with undisguised confidence and pride on his face.

At this moment, he seems to be a winner in life, as if the whole of Shanxi has surrendered to the iron hooves of his Itagaki Division (another name for the Fifth Division).

In fact, from the very beginning, he took the initiative to ask His Excellency Commander Terauchi Shouichi, but Terauchi Shouichi entrusted the important task of attacking Shanxi for the first time to the First Army.

So he had to wait.

Now that the First Army has lost one after another, he finally waited for this opportunity.

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The picture pulls back to the temporary station of the Luomashan Guard Battalion in Xinghe County.

That night, after everyone had rested, Yang Chen drove a military car towards the outside of the station, and when he passed the gate, he greeted several officers and soldiers who were standing guard and signaled them to be careful and vigilant.

Although the officers and soldiers didn't understand what the battalion commander Yang Chen was doing so late, they didn't ask much.

Just when they were puzzled, Xu Hailang, the commander of the reconnaissance company, came over and told them not to think too much, the battalion commander went out for something and would come back soon.

Yang Chen actually didn't want to run out in the middle of the night, isn't there no way? If he doesn't go out for a walk, how can he explain the sudden appearance of military uniforms?

Early the next morning, Yang Chen came back.

Xu Hailang and other company commanders have begun to train recruits, and they have been trained miserably by the battalion commander Yang Chen.

If you want to find a place in the battalion commander Yang Chen, it is impossible in this life.

So they could only pour out the grievances in their hearts on these recruits, and completely copy the method of training them by battalion commander Yang Chen.

However, they also knew that the physique of these recruits was completely incomparable to them, and they had been abused by little devils in the prisoner of war camp before, and it was difficult for their bodies to recover for a while, so they strictly followed the orders of the battalion commander Yang Chen, and did not train to the death at the beginning.

Instead, you train in a way that increases the amount of training day by day, and the first day is not a lot of training, just a simple physical training.

In the evening, after dinner, Yang Chen gathered all his soldiers on the school ground, distributed military uniforms to them, two sets of each person for washing, and asked them to change on the spot.

It is said that people rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and when the officers and men of the guard battalion put on brand new military uniforms, the whole mental outlook suddenly took on a new look.

used to be dressed as a ragtag army, but suddenly it became a regular army.

The battalion commander Yang Chen looked satisfied, and all the soldiers were also happy.

Soldiers, for military uniforms, have a sacred belief; Being able to change into a new military uniform, the veterans all showed excited expressions, and even burst into tears.

The recruits are more excited than the veterans, because wearing a military uniform means becoming a real soldier......

The next day, after a day of investigation, he had a general understanding of the physique of the soldiers in the guard battalion, and Bishop Xu Hailang began formal and systematic training.

Physical training in the morning, marksmanship and fighting in the afternoon, the day is full of schedules.

Yang Chen had nothing to do, so he left the station early in the morning and rushed to the county seat of Xinghe County.

He knew that Luoma Mountain had been captured and the reinforcements from Xinghe County had been wiped out, and the little devil would definitely not stop there.

The reason why troops were not sent immediately was only because of the lack of troops in Xinghe County.

The little devils have suffered such a big loss, and with their urine nature, they will definitely not give up.

As soon as reinforcements arrived, the attack on the guard battalion would certainly continue.

Therefore, Yang Chen must prepare for prevention in advance and go to the county seat to find out intelligence.

When there were still three or four miles away from the county seat of Xinghe County, Yang Chen stopped, put away his red Harley, and walked towards Xinghe County on foot.

Xinghe County already belongs to Mobei, the weather is dry, and the land is vast and sparsely populated.

Therefore, the county seat is not big, and it cannot be compared with Yanggao, and it cannot be compared with Tianzhen, which has been an important military town since ancient times.

The so-called city wall is a circle of earth walls rammed with earth.

There are still gaps in many places, some of which are due to disrepair, and some of which were blown up when the little devils attacked the county seat.

These little devils with gaps in the city wall were not rebuilt, so they were simply fenced with some wooden fences to prevent people from entering and exiting at will.

From the memories of the little devil before, I know that in the county, there is only one gendarmerie left, plus a security regiment.

said that it was a security group, but in fact, the total number of people was only 100 people, and they were all formed by a group of ruffians.

In terms of their combat effectiveness, it's okay to bully and bully ordinary people.

If you really pull into the battlefield, you are not even qualified to be cannon fodder.

Therefore, in fact, the defense of Xinghe County at the moment is extremely empty; The reason why Yang Chen didn't bring troops to attack was that this county town was not in his eyes, and it was a waste of time to attack.

It's better to let your brothers seize this rare opportunity and train well.

The Great War is coming, and time is precious.

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