The war situation is urgent, and after being unanimously agreed by everyone.

Sasaki immediately ordered the liaison soldiers to call the commanders of the 38th and 38th infantry wings.

At the same time, the chief of staff, Chiba Kojima, was instructed to prepare the tools for drawing lots.

After the four wing commanders of Katagiri Goro, Nobuaki Ohno, Kengo Noda and Shizuji Sukegawa arrived, the chief of staff, Chiba Kojima, also prepared the tools to use to draw lots.

Actually, it's just a bowl, and four paper balls.

On the top of the paper are the four numbers "38".

Each number, which represents each infantry wing.

And the drawn wing, acting as a death squad, broke through from the northeast.

In order to show fairness, Sasaki will not participate in this draw of lots.

The chief of staff, Chiba Kojima, is in charge of putting the paper balls, and Tatsumi Kusaba is already in charge of catching them.

Kojima Chiba first opened the paper ball, revealing the numbers inside, and after everyone saw and confirmed, he kneaded the paper back into a ball and put it back in the bowl and stirred it continuously.

"The situation is urgent, and one more second of delay could result in one more Imperial Army being killed by enemy bombardment.

If you think it's okay, let's start drawing lots! ”

"Hmm!"

Kusaba Tatsuru nodded at Sasaki, and after receiving his signal, he slowly walked towards the wooden table where the large bowl was placed.

When he came to the wooden table, Kusaba Tatsuji's face suddenly became solemn.

The raised right hand was placed in the air, and there was no next move for a long time.

His arrest decided the fate of the entire 19th Brigade, so he couldn't help but be nervous.

When he turned his head and looked at the four of them, he found that the four of them were also looking at him nervously at the moment.

Kusaba Chen has simply turned his heart sideways, and directly closed his eyes and grabbed a paper ball.

However, under the huge pressure, almost his hands trembled a little, and he opened the paper ball.

When Kuaba Chen had already seen the two Arabic numerals "20" written on the paper ball, the whole person was struck by lightning and stood on the spot.

Seeing his reaction, the hearts of the 9th Wing Captain Katagiri Goro and the 20th Wing Wing Captain Nobuaki Ohno also rose to their throats at once.

At this time, Chief of Staff Kojima Chiba also slowly grabbed the other three paper balls in the bowl one after another and slowly opened them.

“9”！

When he saw this number, the commander of the 9th Infantry Wing, Katagiri Goro, breathed a sigh of relief.

Because this figure representing the 9th Infantry Wing appeared, it meant that he and his 9th Infantry Wing did not act as a death squad to break through from the northeast.

On the other hand, Nobuaki Ohno, Kengo Noda and Shizuji Sukegawa suddenly became nervous.

“33”！

"Whew! ——”

Kengo Noda let out a sigh of relief.

Nobuaki Ohno and Shizuji Sukegawa are getting more and more nervous, because the last unopened paper ball in the hands of Chief of Staff Kojima Chiba will be sentenced to death for one of them.

“38！”

“DuangDuangDuang！ ——”

The 20th Infantry Wing, when Wing Commander Nobuaki Ohno saw this number, the whole person was like the brigade commander Kusaba Tatsuha, as if he had been struck by lightning.

He took a few steps back sharply, and then he was able to stabilize his body, and then cast a pleading gaze at the brigade commander Kusaba Tatsuya.

At this time, the chief of staff, Kojima Chiba, had already revealed the answer, and Kusaba Tatsumi naturally had no need to continue to hide it.

He also slowly opened the paper ball in his hand completely.

I saw that the two Arabic numerals "20" were written on it.

"Nobuaki Ohno!"

"Haya!"

Hearing the order of the division commander Sasaki to one, Ohno Xuanming's body trembled violently, and then he agreed.

"Now I order you, immediately lead the 20th Infantry Wing and break through from the northeast!"

Ohno Xuanming turned his head and glanced at the brigade commander Kusaba Tatsuya with complicated eyes, then he turned around and promised: "Haye! ”

After answering, Nobuaki Ohno's face had regained its former resoluteness.

After all, as the captain of the Great Zuo Wing of the Great Japanese Empire, he had long been ready to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor.

I just didn't expect it to end like this.

Sasaki walked slowly in front of Nobuaki Ohno, raised his head and patted his right hand on his left shoulder: "Ohno-kun, go with confidence, I and the imperial army of the entire Kyoto Division will always remember this day!"

And you and the Imperial Army of the 20th Infantry Wing under your command are all warriors and heroes of the Empire!

Sooner or later, one day, I will personally slaughter with my own hands the enemy troops besieging my Kyoto division today.

To wash away the shame of my Kyoto division today! ”

The 16th Nisshin Division was a division of the old Imperial Japanese Army, codenamed "Heng".

In the Russo-Japanese War, it was formed in Kyoto on July 18, 1905 as a reserve force, and its headquarters was located in Kyoto, and the officers and soldiers were mainly from Kyoto, Mie Prefecture and Nara Prefecture, so it was also called the "Kyoto Division".

"Ohno-kun, go with confidence, with the combat effectiveness of your 20th Wing, there may not be no chance to break out of the encirclement.

Besides, it's about to get dark, and it's extremely beneficial for your department's actions. ”

Brigade commander Tatsumi Kusaba also came over and gave Nobuaki Ohno spiritual encouragement.

"Haya! We must do our best to live up to the trust of Your Excellency the Division Commander and Your Excellency the Brigade Commander! ”

Nobuaki Ohno straightened up, saluted Sasaki to Kazuchi and Tatsumi Kusaba a standard military salute, and then turned around and walked towards the outside of the headquarters.

From beginning to end, no one noticed that in the lower right pocket of Kodo Chiba's clothes, I don't know when there were suddenly two small paper balls.

……

After Nobuaki Ohno walked out of the headquarters, Sasaki looked around at everyone present with a sharp gaze, and shouted: "Everyone pay attention! Prepare for a breakout immediately, once Ohno-kun leads his 20th Infantry Wing to break through from the northeast and successfully attract the attention and encirclement of the enemy's large forces.

We immediately began to break out from due south!

When breaking through, the tank fighting vehicle brigade, in coordination with the 38th Infantry Wing, acted as the pioneer, and the 22nd Field Artillery Wing was responsible for providing fire cover!

Be sure to tear through the enemy's defenses as quickly as possible, before they can react!

Then, the 9th Infantry Wing, in coordination with the guard brigade directly under the division, covered the baggage and engineer wings, and the division headquarters as the second echelon.

After the enemy line is torn out, follow up and break out!

The 33rd Infantry Wing, and the 20th Cavalry Wing, were responsible for coordinating to cover the final breakthrough of the Field Artillery Wing!

Note that after the field artillery wing has exhausted the shells, it must destroy all the field artillery, and must not leave it to the enemy! ”

Sasaki gave the order to break out in an orderly manner.

I have to say that, aside from other aspects, Sasaki is a good military commander.

Otherwise, he would not have been promoted to the acting division commander of the 16th Division by the Japanese army base camp.

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