"Nani is gone"

Matsui Shigen's small eyes hiding behind his myopic glasses revealed a cold and faint light like a wolf, staring coldly at Tsukada Attack, and said: "Tsukada-san, you mean that the remnants of the provisional 79th Division are gone"

"Hello. "Tsukada paused for a heavy attack, and repeated what he had just said, "The 6th Infantry Wing followed the traces left by the provisional 79th Division, traced all the way to the west, and chased it to the vicinity of Hejiajiao, and then lost the trace of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division. ”

"He Jiajiao" Matsui Ishine strode to the huge map posted on the wall, and looked for it.

Tsukada hurriedly walked over and pointed out the location of He Jiajiao on the map with a command rod.

Matsui Shigen said: "This Hejiajiao, from the geographical point of view, is next to the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, will the remnants of the provisional 79th Division run away by boat?"

"By boat," Tsukada said, "a week ago, the 1st Division of the 6th Division advanced north along the canal, and in order to transport troops and military supplies, the division collected almost all the boats along the canal, even the fishing boats of the fishermen, and where could the remnants of the 79th Division find boats?"

Matsui Ishone said, "Won't there be any missing ships?"

"This," Tsukada pondered for a moment, then added, "I will inform the 6th Infantry Wing and ask them to immediately search the canal in both the north and south directions. ”

"This is just my speculation, not necessarily the truth." Matsui Shigen waved his hand and said: "In this way, you immediately notify the navy and ask them to strengthen the patrol of Taihu Lake and the water surface of the canal, and then tell Akita to carry out a carpet search of Hejiajiao Village and the surrounding area, not even a rat hole is allowed to be spared, as well as the 20th Infantry Wing and the 101st Infantry Wing, let them rush to Hejiajiao as soon as possible to participate in the search." ”

"Hello." Tsukada slammed his head and turned to go.

Seeing Tsukada's figure go out, Matsui Ishine stomped his foot hatefully.

Just now, the Chief of the Army General Staff, Prince Miyazaihito, sent another urgent telegram, although there was not a word of reprimand between the lines, only that the royal family and the base camp were very disappointed in his performance, but for the proud and conceited Matsui Ishone, this made him more uncomfortable than a direct reprimand, like a bone stalk.

Matsui Shigen was reprimanded, and naturally hated the initiator of the provisional 79th Division.

Matsui Ishine was angry, and there was a knock on the door of the shell, and when he looked up, he saw his proud protégé when he was the chief of education at the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, Toshimi Oshihara.

"Oh, Junsi." Matsui Ishone's expression softened and said, "The teacher made you smile." ”

Xiaoluhara Junsi shook his head and asked tentatively, "Teacher, is something wrong?"

Matsui Ishine was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't know whether to tell his students what happened today, and seeing that Matsui Ishine was a little embarrassed, Oshihara Toshisi said, "If the teacher is inconvenient to speak, the students won't ask." ”

Matsui Shigen sighed and said: "Actually, there is nothing that cannot be said, but it is so, Prince Toshihiko Fushimiya, the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, who just arrived three days ago, was ambushed by the Chinese at 5:30 a.m. today in Baoxing Town, twenty miles east of Wuxi, and the special train was destroyed, and His Royal Highness the Prince was shattered on the spot. ”

"Nani" Xiaoluhara Junsi's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he was stunned.

Matsui Ishine patted Okahara Toshisi on the shoulder and said, "Junsi, let's mourn." ”

As the teacher of Okahara Toshihiko, Matsui Ishine knows the origin of the Okahara family and the imperial family, and knows that Fushimiya Toshihiko is not only the cousin of Okahara Toshihiko, but also the personal relationship between the two is also very good.

However, Oshihara Toshisi was a professional soldier after all, and he quickly regained his composure and said, "Teacher, can I borrow a briefing on the battlefield about the ambush of His Royal Highness the Prince?"

"Of course." Matsui picked up a document and handed it to Toshimi Oshihara.

Kokahara Toshisi finished reading the briefing at a glance, and his eyes quickly fell on the list of fallen soldiers, hanging at the top of this list, naturally Prince Fushimi Palace Toshihiko, and below, there were more than 200 soldiers of the prince's guard, and then, Kokahara Toshisi's eyes were fixed on a name for a long time.

Matsui Ishine saw that Oshihara Toshihiko's expression was different, and thought that he was still sad about his cousin's jade fragment, so he patted Okahara Toshisi on the shoulder and said, "Junsi, I know that you have a very close personal relationship with Prince Fushimi Palace Toshihiko, and his jade fragment will definitely make you very uncomfortable, if you want to cry, cry as much as you want." ”

Xiaoluhara Toshisi shook his head and said solemnly: "Teacher, although Prince Fushimi Palace Toshihiko is a child of the royal family, he is also a professional soldier, so being able to sacrifice his life for the empire and crush the Chinese battlefield for the Great East Asian Holy War can be said to be his best destination and his greatest honor, and I can only be happy and proud of him." ”

Matsui Shigen was surprised, and said, "Junsi, then why are you still so sad?"

Toshimi Okahara handed the briefing back to Matsui Ishone, then pointed to the only name in the list marked missing, and said with a bitter expression: "Junko Oshihara, who is missing, is my sister. ”

"Nani." Matsui Ishine was stunned and said, "She's your sister."

"Hello." Kokahara Toshisi paused heavily, and said, "My sister has been working as a trainee medical officer in the imperial family since graduating from medical university, and I just learned that my sister went to the Chinese battlefield with His Royal Highness Prince Fushimi Palace.

"You should have told me earlier." Matsui Ishone sighed and said, "Then I won't let her go to the front." ”

Xiaoluhara Junsi shook his head, and continued: "Teacher, my mother's health has always been bad, and if she knows that something happened to her sister, the consequences will be unimaginable, so I want to make a reluctant request to the teacher." ”

Matsui Ishine immediately guessed Okahara Toshisi's plan and asked, "Do you want to go to the Wuxi battlefield to find your sister"

"Hello." Xiaoluyuan Junsi paused again and said solemnly, "Junko is just missing, there is still a possibility of survival, I want to go to Wuxi to find her, and then take her back to China." ”

Matsui Ishine stared at Toshisi Okahara and remained silent for a long time.

Japan is a highly hierarchical country, and soldiers in particular must strictly obey orders, and Okahara Toshisi received an order to return to Tokyo to report to the War Department, and if he stayed in Shanghai and participated in combat operations, it would undoubtedly be a serious incident of disobedience, and according to the order, he would be sent to a military court for trial.

Xiaoluhara Junsi also knew this, and immediately paused and said, "Please fulfill the teacher." ”

Matsui Ishine was silent for a few seconds, and finally said: "Okay, I will send a request to the base camp to intercept you, a high-achieving student who has just returned from the Brandenburg Special Forces Training Camp in Germany, in the Central China Front, of course, only temporarily, and when the remnants of the provisional 79th Division are eliminated, you will be released back to China." ”

"Hello." Kokahara Toshisi paused again, "Thank you, teacher." ”

"You don't need to thank me, the teacher should thank you, with you, a high-achieving student who returned from the Brandenburg Special Forces Training Camp in Germany, the remnants of the provisional 79th Division will be unable to fly." Matsui Shigen waved his hand and said, "So Junsi, when are you going to go to the Wuxi battlefield?"

"I'm going now." Oshihara Junsi said in a deep voice, "Please send a reconnaissance plane from the aviation regiment, and I will take the reconnaissance plane to parachute over the Wuxi battlefield." ”

"Yo Si." Matsui nodded happily.

Dividing line

Baoxing Town.

Time passed slowly in a silent wait.

Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, another large Japanese army drove to the vicinity of Baoxing Town, Xu Rui and the veterans roughly estimated through binoculars that this Japanese army had more than 20 trucks and more than 100 mules and horses, and more than 3,000 soldiers, which was enough for an infantry wing.

The veteran put down the binoculars and said in a low voice: "The little devil really looks down on us, in order to encircle and suppress our more than 200 remnants, he actually transferred two wings, hehe, even when the provisional 79th Division is fully staffed, I am afraid that there is no such honor, so it is worth rushing here." ”

"And that's just what you see." Xu Rui said hesitantly, "It's just the tip of the iceberg." ”

"That's right." The veteran nodded and said, "This time, we will kill the prince of the little devil coldly, and little Japan will definitely be a shame in the international community, if we can't find out the culprit who killed Toshihiko Fushimi Palace and exterminate it, where is the military prestige and national prestige of little Japan, it is not too much to transfer two divisions to encircle and suppress us." ”

"Two divisions are not enough." Xu Rui said, "It's really possible for a division. ”

The veteran looked sideways at Xu Rui, and said with some amusement: "Old Xu, now you dare to say that you will definitely be able to break out of the encirclement with the ** battalion of the provisional 79th Division."

"Why can't you" Xu Rui said hesitantly, "Little Japan's posture looks quite big, but in my eyes, it is full of loopholes, and it is not difficult for our ** battalion to break through." ”

The veteran said, "Well, I'll have to wait and see." ”

In less than half an hour, more than 3,000 Japanese troops disappeared from the telescope's field of vision, and only the smoke and dust rolled up on the highway gradually rose and lasted for a long time.

Xu Rui put down the binoculars and said to the veteran: "Veteran, you can also go down and sleep, there is a forced march waiting for us tonight, from Baoxing Town to Fushan Town more than a hundred miles, we must run before midnight, such a long road, it is not possible to maintain sufficient physical strength." ”

The veteran said lightly: "You go, I'll stay on guard." ”

Xu Rui is no longer humble, and now is not the time to be humble.

However, just as Xu Rui turned around to leave, a buzzing roar suddenly sounded in the sky