Kato Masatashi reprimanded him with his head and face, and trained Itagaki Seishiro and the staff officers of the 11th Army so that they couldn't even lift their heads, and they couldn't even find a crack in the ground to hide in. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

But at this moment, a devil second lieutenant hurriedly ran over and whispered a few words in the ear of Ueno Kamefu.

Ueno Kamefu suddenly perked up when he heard this, and said to Kato Masata, who was still chattering: "In the first battle of Jiujiang, the performance of our army was not good, but how strong can your navy be?" A brigade of our army failed to stop the defeat of less than 500 remnants of the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army, but is your navy fine? ”

Kato Masaki was full of momentum and said in a deep voice: "What's wrong with our navy?" ”

Ueno Kamifu smiled and sneered: "You even let the Sichuan army rob the gunboats, I am the army, I don't know the tactics of your navy, but even if I am a layman, I also know that the army wants to want to snatch your navy ships on the water, it is pure wishful thinking, so I can't imagine, how did you lose the gunboats?" ”

"Ueno, you guy?!" Kato Masataka was furious, but he couldn't get it.

Because what Ueno Kamefu said was also the truth, the army failed to stop the more than 500 remnants of the Sichuan army with the strength of a large brigade, although it was a shameless face, but the navy held the dock, and finally not only let the remnants of the Sichuan army seize the dock, but even the two gunboats moored on the pier were also taken, which is really a great shame!

In fact, this is the biggest scandal in the history of the Japanese Navy!

If it is really investigated, this is completely a mistake of the Navy!

However, Kato Masatashi obviously would not admit that this was the Navy's mistake, but he put the blame on the Army, and immediately put his head in front of Ueno Kamefu, and roared: "Your Army still has the face to say, if it weren't for the fact that your Army was too incompetent, how could the Jiujiang Wharf be lost, and how could our gunboats be robbed?" ”

Ueno Kamefu sneered and retorted: "It seems that what you say is all the fault of our army, and your navy is not at fault?" ”

"This is the responsibility of your army, this is the responsibility of your army!" Kato Masakashi roared hysterically, "It's all your Army's responsibility!" ”

"Enough!" Seishiro Itagaki couldn't bear it anymore and roared loudly.

Seeing that Seishiro Itagaki was really angry, Kato and Ueno obediently shut up.

Seishiro Itagaki glared at Kato Masamataka and asked: "Kato-san, the Battle of Jiujiang was indeed caused by the mistakes of our army, and your navy did not make mistakes, and because of the mistakes of our army, you lost two valuable gunboats, and I would like to apologize to you on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of warriors of the Eleventh Army." ”

Seeing that Seishiro Itagaki had such a good attitude, Masata Kato couldn't say anything.

Itagaki Seishiro also said: "It should be the responsibility of our army, and we will do our best to undertake it, but now is not the time to pursue responsibility, the top priority at the moment is to mobilize the navy's ships as soon as possible to intercept them from the upper and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and we must stop these two gunboats above the Anqing section of the Yangtze River, and we must not let them pass Anqing!" ”

"It's no longer possible." Kato Masaki shook his head very dryly and said, "In order to cooperate with your army to win the Battle of Wuhan, most of the ships of our Jiangfang detachment have been transferred to the Fuchikou area, and the two gunboats in Jiujiang and the five gunboats blocking Poyang Lake are already all our mobile forces. ”

Seishiro Itagaki said: "Could it be that from Anqing down to Nanjing, there is no gunboat?" ”

Kato Zhengying shook his head and said: "The gunboats are absolutely gone, from Anqing to Nanjing, and then to Shanghai, there is not a single gunboat, but there is still the flagship of our Third Fleet, the Izumo, off the coast of Wusong, but unfortunately, even if it is now tracing the river, it is impossible to stop the two gunboats that were snatched by the Sichuan army before they pass through Anqing." ”

Ueno Kamefu said in a deep voice: "In this case, we can only send out air forces to bomb them. ”

"The aviation can't be dispatched either." Seishiro Itagaki let out a long sigh, pointed to the sky and said, "Ueno-san, you might as well look up and look overhead, it's already sky-changing!" ”

Ueno Kamifu raised his head, and sure enough, he found that the sky was already covered with dark clouds.

It is said that the face of a child in June will change, but I didn't expect that this October day is also a child's face.

Itagaki Seishiro lowered his head, sighed and said: "Ueno-san, you can send a telegram to the headquarters of the Dispatch Army, our Eleventh Army lost in the Battle of Jiujiang, and the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army was not completely annihilated. ”

After finishing speaking, Itagaki Seishiro's muscular body shook twice and fell down with a bang.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Ueno Kamefu hurriedly stepped forward to help Itagaki Seishiro up, but found that Itagaki Seishiro had passed out with his eyes closed, and there was blood slowly oozing out of his mouth and nose.

Looking at this situation, Seishiro Itagaki was most likely smashed when the headquarters collapsed.

"Medic!" Ueno immediately shouted, "Call the medics, quick!" ”

It wasn't until Seishiro Itagaki was pushed into a temporary medical tent by the medical soldiers that Ueno Kamefu remembered to report the situation to the Central China Command Headquarters, and then hurriedly walked to the communications office, but at this time, the communication office of the 11th Army Headquarters had already asked the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army to give the end, and it had just been formed.

(Dividing Line)

At the time of the telegram to Nanjing, the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, Nishio Shouzo, was summoning his only son, Nishio Shigeichi, who had just graduated from the Army University and had just arrived in the Chinese battlefield.

Nishio Shouzo was a very strict, or very stubborn, traditional soldier, who strictly adhered to a neutral position in the 226 Mutiny launched by the young officer to eliminate the control faction, so it was impossible for a traditional soldier like Nishio to rely on his power to benefit his son.

Nishio Shigeichi is already a junior rank, and the best place to go is to decentralize the field division and regiment and serve as the chief staff officer of the General Staff, so that he can not only ensure personal safety, but also obtain sufficient qualifications, and after a year and a half, he will have the opportunity to delegate the infantry wing and directly serve as the wing commander of the infantry wing, and the wing commander is the only way to be promoted to a senior general!

But Nishio Shouzo didn't do this, but arranged Nishio Shigeichi to be a deputy captain in the Fourth Division, and the captain can be said to be a very dangerous position, because the middle and lower-level officers in small Japan are deeply influenced by bushido thoughts, and they like to command from the front when commanding operations, so the casualty rate is very high.

Nishio Shouzo is sending his son to the tiger's mouth!

Nishio Shouzo asked in a quiet way, "Shigeichi, can you understand your father's intentions?" ”

"Hello!" Nishio Shigeichi said, "Shigeichi fully understands his father's good intentions in doing this, and his father hopes that his son can go to the grassroots level and receive the most arduous training, because although his son has been in the military for many years, he has never really been on the battlefield, and if he does not go down to the grassroots level to appreciate the cruelty of war, he will not be able to grow into an excellent commander." ”

"Yo Si." Nishio Shouzo said happily, "Shigeichi, my father didn't mistake you. ”

While the father and son were talking, the chief of staff, Kawabe Shozo, moved the door and walked in.

Seeing that Nishio Shigeichi was also there, Kawabe Shozo smiled and said: "Ah, Shigeichi has already arrived in Nanjing, and I thought about sending someone to Shanghai to pick you up, but I didn't expect that you have arrived in Nanjing." ”

Nishio shook his head and said, "Please also ask Uncle Riverside to take care of me." ”

Kawabe Shozo patted Nishio Shigeichi on the shoulder, and said to Nishio Shouzo: "Your Excellency, my staff department still lacks an operational staff officer, why don't you let Shigeichi come to the staff headquarters?" ”

Nishio Shouzo motioned for his son to go first, and then said, "I have already arranged for Shigeichi to go to the Fourth Division. ”

"Fourth Division? It's good. Kawabe Shozo said, "It's good to go down to the division and be a chief staff officer." ”

Nishio Shouzo shook his head and said, "It's not the chief staff officer, it's a deputy captain of the Fourth Infantry Wing." ”

"Nani, a captain of the infantry wing, or a deputy?" Kawabe Masazan was obviously stunned when he heard this, but after all, this was the affairs of the Xiwei family, and he was not an outsider to say much, so he immediately changed the topic and said, "Your Excellency General, I just received an urgent call from the Eleventh Army, and Xu Rui has already broken through with the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army." ”

"Nani?" Nishio Shouzo's face changed, and he said in a deep voice, "Breakthrough?!" ”

"Hello." Hebian Zhengsan paused and said, "Xu Rui took the golden cicada out of the shell, the third raid on Jiujiang, the eleventh army headquarters was caught off guard, in less than fifteen minutes, let the remnants of the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army destroy the headquarters, the commander of Itagaki was seriously injured, and is still unconscious, the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army took advantage of the situation to capture the dock, and also captured the two gunboats moored on the pier, and was able to take the gunboats down the river. ”

"Yaga!" Nishio Shouzo was stunned, "What's going on with Itagaki?" ”

Nishio Shouzo couldn't imagine at all, what happened on the other side of Jiujiang?

Jiujiang's first loss can be said to have nothing to do with Itagaki Seishiro, because Itagaki Seishiro had not yet taken office at that time, and later Jiujiang's loss again was the responsibility of Itagaki Seishiro, but you can also use carelessness as an excuse, after all, this is the first fight between Itagaki Seishiro and Xu Rui, and I don't know the opponent's style.

However, the third loss of Jiujiang cannot be said in any case.

The courage of the Japanese Army, Itagaki Seishiro, who once created a miracle of defeating the 31st division of the National Army with half a division on the Xinkou battlefield, was defeated again and again in Jiujiang, so that the remnants of the Sichuan Army led by Xu Rui, with less than 1,000 people, defeated Jiujiang, where the 11th Headquarters is located, again and again, which is really incomprehensible.

Could it be that it's because Seishiro Itagaki is not good at commanding small-scale battles? (To be continued.) )