"Iida detachment?" Kawabe Shozo shook his head and said, "No, I'm not worried about the Iida detachment. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

After a pause, Kawabe Shozo continued: "Although the Iida detachment is formed on the basis of the Taiwan garrison brigade, the combat effectiveness of the Taiwan soldiers is actually not bad, and the sense of obedience of the Taiwan soldiers is even better. ”

"Hello." Nakamura said, "The sense of obedience of the Taiwan soldiers is really good. ”

"So." Shozo Kawabe said, "The Iida detachment has nothing to worry about at all. ”

"So." Jun Nakamura asked again, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff is worried about the 104th Division?" However, it is true that the will to fight of these Osaka dealers is really not very good, and in the Russo-Japanese War, the 8th Infantry Wing has become a laughing stock, and it is completely reasonable for His Excellency the Chief of Staff to worry that they will be held back. ”

Shozo Riverbe waved his hand again and said: "No, I'm not worried about the 104th Division, although the fighting will of these Osaka traders is not very good, so they can't fight hard battles, but their ability to fight a good battle is unmatched, I specially allocated the 8th Tank Wing to the 104th Division, just to give these Osaka traders courage, there are chariots as a barrier, these Osaka dealers only have six points of ability, and they can also play twelve points!" ”

Jun Nakamura said: "So, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff is worried about the Sixth Division? ”

"That's right, it's the Sixth Division that I'm worried about." Kawabe Shozo nodded and said, "In the Battle of Xuzhou, the Sixth Division was severely damaged by the Dameishan Independent Regiment in the Battle of Feicheng, several senior generals were basically killed, and the division commander Inaba Shiro was captured alive. ”

"Hello." Nakamura Toshishi paused, "This battle is indeed a great shame for the imperial army. ”

Kawabe Shozo also said: "The tragedy and fierceness of this battle can be described as unprecedented, and it is bound to leave a lingering shadow in the hearts of the surviving soldiers, and it is very likely that they will be cowardly before fighting in the face of the Dameishan Independent Regiment again, especially since the Sixth Division has just replenished a large number of reserves and reserves, and the quality of the soldiers is uneven, which makes people even more worried." ”

Speaking of this, Kawabe Shozo suddenly said, "Nakamura-san, I have an idea. ”

"Hello." Jun Nakamura hurriedly paused and said, "Your Excellency the Chief of Staff has orders." ”

"That's it." Kawabe Shozo said in a deep voice, "You immediately fly to Feicheng, replace Your Excellency the General and me, and go to the Sixth Division to supervise the battle, you don't need to interfere with Okabe-san's command, and you don't need to participate in the battle, you only need to report the situation as soon as the Sixth Division appears, so as not to be caught off guard." ”

"Hello." Toshishi Nakamura paused, then turned and walked away.

Not long after, Nakamura Jun flew directly to Feicheng on a long-range bomber.

However, what Kawabe Shozo didn't expect was that the Kumamoto Division, which he was most worried about, did not have any problems, but the 104th Division, which he was optimistic about, suddenly had a problem.

(Dividing Line)

Because the expedition was imminent, Nishio Shigeichi specially returned to Nanjing and met his father Nishio Shouzo.

In the Sino-Japanese War, the casualty rate of officers below the brigade level was very high, and the casualties of the deputy rank were especially high, because the deputy often had to lead the charge.

Nishio Shigeichi was the deputy captain of the 1st Infantry Brigade of the 108th Infantry Wing, and it was precisely the most dangerous and fatal position, so he deliberately ran back to Nanjing to see Nishio Shouzo, because Nishio Shigeichi was very worried, if he didn't take this opportunity to go back to Nanjing to meet his father, his father would probably not see him.

Facing his son, Nishio Shouzo's face showed a rare look of love.

Nishio Shouzo asked, "Shigeichi, did you blame your father in your heart?" ”

"Nope." Nishio Shigeichi said, "My father did this not only to silence others, but also to consider the child's future in the army, because only officers who have been trained in the front-line combat unit are qualified to go to a high position, and if the child does not go to the combat unit, he will not have much achievement in his life." ”

Hearing his son say this, Nishio Shouzo nodded with satisfaction.

"Father." Nishio Shigeichi said, "I should go back." ”

"Go, on the battlefield, be careful in everything!" Nishio Shouzo originally wanted to say that he should not personally lead the charge until he had to, but after hesitating, he finally swallowed this sentence back into his stomach, he didn't want to destroy his glorious image in his son's mind because of this sentence, and he didn't want to give his son luck because of this sentence.

As a veteran, Nishio knows very well that there must be no luck on the battlefield.

"Father, cherish!" Nishio Shigeichi bowed deeply to Nishio Shouzo, and then turned to go.

Because of the delay in crossing the river, when Nishio Shigeichi returned to the barracks, there were less than five minutes left before the assembly time, Nishio Shigeichi hurriedly packed his bags, and he didn't even have time to buy toiletries, so he rushed to the assembly area with his backpack on his back.

However, when Nishio Shigeichi hurried to the assembly area, he was surprised to find that only his captain Kawai Kanta and more than 20 soldiers were on the drying field that was used as a gathering ground.

Nishio Shigeichi looked at the watch again, he wondered if he had misread the time before, but when he looked at his watch, he found that the hour hand had indeed pointed to half past ten in the morning, and the assembly time had arrived, but why were there so few soldiers who came to assemble? Their first infantry brigade is more than a thousand people!

"Captain." Nishio asked Kawai Kantachi, "What's going on?" ”

Kawai Kanta just coldly glanced at Nishio Shigeichi, but he didn't say a word.

Kawai Kanta is a son of the Hanmen, with hard study and hard training to get to where he is today, and he did not go to the Army University, so he was born to look down on a boy like Nishio Shigeichi, because a boy like Nishio Shigeichi was born, and his life was destined to be more exciting than that of a Hanmen.

In Kawai Kanta's opinion, everything that Nishio Shigeichi is now is just thanks to his father, if it weren't for the fact that he had a good father who was an army general, he would have been admitted to the Army University? Want to be promoted to Shaozuo at such a young age? Dream on, if it weren't for the fact that he had a general's father, he might have been a senior soldier in an infantry squad!

Kawai Kanta has a bad attitude, but Nishio Shigeichi doesn't care much, this little devil has been completely brainwashed by Nishio Shouzo, the old devil, Nishio Shigeichi, this little devil is not only full of militaristic thoughts, but also a pure soldier in his bones, and he doesn't care about anything else at all.

Confusing between colleagues? In Nishio Shigeichi's opinion, it was simply a floating cloud.

At that moment, Nishio Shigeichi said, "Captain, I'm going to urge them to gather." ”

After speaking, Nishio put his backpack on the ground and hurried back to the barracks.

When he came back just now, Nishio Shigeichi thought that all the officers and soldiers of the brigade had gone to the designated area to assemble, so he didn't take a closer look in the barracks, but just went back to his dormitory and simply packed up and left.

The devil's barracks are camped separately in small teams.

However, Nishio Shigeichi searched all twelve collective dormitories, but he couldn't find a single soldier!

"What about people? Where did it go? "I can't find anyone, Nishio Shigeichi can't help but be a little dumbfounded, a brigade, more than a thousand people, can't they disappear out of thin air for no reason, silently, right?

However, when inspecting the last dormitory, Shigeichi Nishio still found a little clue.

On a board bed in the last dormitory, Nishio Shigeichi found a few drops of blood, and the blood stains were still very fresh, obviously not long after the drips, in a flash, Nishio Shigeichi knew what was going on, and then, Nishio Shigeichi's face immediately turned black into the bottom of the pot, and then turned around and rushed out of the barracks.

After leaving the barracks, Shigeichi Nishio did not go to the assembly area, but to the First Field Hospital.

The Japanese army has 17 permanent divisions, each division is equipped with four field hospitals, and four infantry wings respectively, although the 104th Division is a special division, but all the standards are in accordance with the 4th Division.

The 1st Field Hospital of the 104th Division was located near the Kawai Brigade station.

After walking a short distance, Nishio Shigeichi came to the gate of the First Field Hospital, and before he entered the door, Nishio Shigeichi heard the sound of boiling people, and then walked into the gate, Nishio Shigeichi saw a scene that made him jaw-dropping, only to see that the entire field hospital was under the porch, the courtyard was full of stretchers, and each stretcher was full of people.

This is still the case under the porch and in the yard, and you can imagine the inside of the house.

What made Nishio Shigeichi even more angry and turned blue was the injury of these "wounded".

After listening for a moment, Nishio Shigeichi heard no less than eighteen injuries.

"Medic, Medic! My stomach hurts, my stomach hurts so much, I seriously suspect I have a perforated bowel. ”

"Medic, Medic! My head hurts, I just accidentally fell and probably had a concussion. ”

"Medic, Medic! I'm wounded, and I was cut in the arm by Yamamoto during the morning stab training, and hey, you see, it's still bleeding. ”

"Medic, Medic! I...... My butt hurts, I suspect that my mole sores have flares up again, military doctor, you know, moles will bleed more than once they flare up, I, I, I can't go to the battlefield anymore, please open a medical certificate for me, please, what's that, I'll ask you to drink again, Ju Masamune special sake. ”

Hearing this, Nishio Shigeichi really couldn't listen to it anymore.

"Yaga, Yaga, Yalu!" Nishio rushed in with a big stride and yelled angrily at the "wounded soldiers" in the courtyard, "Look at you, do you still look like a soldier?" Still like a samurai? (To be continued.) )