In the office of the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Base Camp in Tokyo, the roaring voice of Prince Zaihito of the Kanin Palace was coming from inside, and the roaring sound was accompanied by a crackling sound.

"Yaga...... A bunch of waste, Hashimoto Masateng is a waste, Gu Shoufu is even more waste, a good heavy artillery brigade was blown up by the people of China without firing a shot, this is something I have never heard of since I joined the army, I want to send them all to the military court! ”

Outside the office, Tada Jun stood aside respectfully and said to a woman in a kimono standing next to him, "Miss Mieko, Your Excellency Prince is in a bad mood right now, should I visit him next time?" ”

Before the woman named Mieko could speak, the voice of Prince Zaihito came from the room: "Is it Tada-kun?" Come in! ”

"Hay!"

Hearing Prince Jaehito's voice, Tada Jun didn't dare to hesitate and quickly pushed the door and walked in. When he pushed the door and entered, he saw papers, pen and ink, and telephones scattered all over the place.

Mieko screamed in surprise and quickly ran over and knelt down to pick up something. It's just that she didn't get it done yet, so Prince Zaihito waved her hand: "Mieko, you don't have to worry about this, go and pour me and Tada-kun two cups of tea." ”

"Hay!"

Mieko quickly answered and trotted out of the office.

Then Prince Zairen turned around and stared at Tada Jun gloomily: "Tada-kun, you have been the president of the Imperial Army University for almost half a year, so you must have calmed down." ”

Tada Jun bowed and said loudly: "Thank you for your concern, the humble position has been figured out, last time it was the humble position was too excited, Your Excellency's love for the humble duty is inscribed with." ”

In May of this year, Tada Jun, who was the deputy chief of staff of the base camp, had a conflict with Sugiyama Moto, who was the director of education at the time, and Sugiyama Moto, who shouted in public several times to give him a good look, and in order to protect him, Prince Jaehito transferred him to the Army University as president. For Prince Zaihito's love, Tada Jun is still very grateful.

Prince Jaehito continued, "You already heard about what happened yesterday before you came, right?" ”

Tada Jun nodded: "I've heard that the Third Heavy Artillery Brigade was completely annihilated, which is indeed a great shame for the empire." ”

Prince Zairen snorted coldly: "This is not just a great shame, this morning, all the Western countries have spread the news, the Imperial Army has become a laughing stock, a heavy artillery brigade was easily blown up by the people of China with only two battalions of troops, what does this mean...... Do you understand? ”

"Understand that due to the successive victories some time ago, many generals of the empire underestimated the Chinese army too much. That's why I made this mistake! ”

"No...... You're wrong! Prince Zairen shook his head: "This is not the main reason, I have learned about this matter." Even if Hashimoto Masateng was incompetent, he also sent an infantry wing to guard the position of the heavy artillery brigade last night, but even so, it was still broken through their defense line by the people of China with only two battalions of troops, and in the end all the heavy artillery was destroyed, and the people of China were still able to walk away, this is no longer a matter of laxity, there is a deeper reason for this, do you know what it is? ”

The atmosphere in the room was a little stagnant. After a long time, Tada Juncai said slowly and reluctantly: "I think that the main reason is that the combat effectiveness of the Jingguan Brigade in China is too strong. ”

At this time, Prince Zaihito's secretary, Mieko, happened to come in with two cups of tea, and heard Prince Zaihito make a heavy nasal voice.

"Hmmm......"

Prince Zaihito was the imperial uncle of Emperor Hirohito. He has been in charge of the Japanese military for decades, and his prestige in the Japanese military circles is not something that ordinary people can imagine, but with such a light snort, the air in the office suddenly froze a little for a while. Mieko was so frightened that she even stood up and didn't dare to move on the spot.

Prince Zaihito stared at Tada Jun with a solemn expression, and his expression slowly eased down. Nodding his head, he said, "Yo Xi...... It seems that Tada-kun, you are still a person who understands."

As Prince Zaihito spoke, Mieko breathed a long sigh of relief and hurriedly served the tea to the two of them with both hands.

After Prince Zairen took the teacup and took two sips of tea, he said lightly: "You are right, I have specially collected the information of this Jingguan Brigade and Su Jin, the reason why this army can repeatedly inflict heavy losses on the imperial army is not how well trained he is, but that the weapons they are equipped with are much better than those of the empire." ”

If there were officers from the General Staff here, Prince Zaihito's remarks would have been shocked, because since the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese army has advocated the theory of spiritual victory, and Nogi Noshinori, who is known as the god of the army, has even put forward the theory that "if there is no steel bullet, you must use a meat bullet to hit it", so if Prince Zaihito's remarks are heard by the officers outside, it will cause an uproar.

It's just that Tada Jun is now a high-ranking general in the Japanese military circles, so naturally he will not be so superstitious about that set of theories, he thought about it before nodding and said: "Regarding the Jingguan Brigade of this branch, I also specially studied it some time ago. ”

"Oh, so did you come up with any conclusions?" Prince Jaehito asked with great interest.

Tada Jun said slowly: "After our research, I think that the weapons equipped by the Jingguan Brigade in this branch have exceeded the Imperial Army too much, and I have made statistics, most of the weapons they are equipped with are German active equipment, and these weapons are much more advanced than the active equipment of the Empire." And after the unremitting investigation of the Imperial Intelligence Service, the last poison gas attack encountered by the Suzuki Brigade was a new type of poison gas newly researched by the Germans, which the Germans called sarin gas. This is a very toxic poisonous gas, the human body only needs to inhale 50 to 100 milligrams will die, and the most important thing is that this poison gas ordinary gas masks have no way to resist it at all, you can imagine if the Imperial army suddenly casts this poison gas on the Imperial army when it is engaged in a large-scale war with him, then what will happen to the Imperial army that has nothing to do about it? ”

"When the ......"

Suddenly, a crisp voice sounded, and it turned out to be the secretary Mieko who was so frightened that she dropped the tray in her hand to the ground, causing the two who were talking to look at her in unison.

Seeing that she had dropped the tray to the ground, Mieko was so frightened that she quickly bowed to the two of them and apologized repeatedly.

Prince Zairen frowned, but he didn't get angry, and waved his hand: "Okay, it's none of your business here, you can go out." ”

"Hay!" Mieko quickly picked up the tray and walked out as if she were amnesty.

After Mieko went out, Prince Zaihito bowed his head and said, "Yes, this time the intelligence work of Tegaoke has done a good job, and I got such detailed information so quickly." Have you ever tried to get the recipe for this poison gas from Germany? ”

Tada Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is impossible, this kind of poison gas was only researched by the German side this year, and it was classified as top secret, and we also sacrificed several of the best agents to get this information." ”

Prince Zairen said with a calm face: "Then forget it, but I called you here today because I have something to tell you." ”

"Your Excellency, please speak."

"I plan to let you rush to China next month to replace Yan Junliu as the commander of the North China Front, do you have any other requirements?"

"What?" The news was so sudden that Tada Jun was a little surprised. "Why me?"

"Because the front line needs you!" Prince Zairen said with a calm face: "Yan Junliu is no longer suitable to stay in North China, I plan to transfer him to the Central China Front as the commander, you go to North China to take over his position, do you have any requirements for this?" ”

Tada Jun thought for a moment and said, "I lack a capable assistant. ”

"Who do you want?"

"Ishihara Wanji, who is currently the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army."

"Okay, I'll give an order to the Kwantung Army right away and drop him to you."

The two of them settled the matter in a few words.

Su Jin naturally didn't know about the movements of the Japanese high-level, but even if he knew, he wouldn't pay attention to it, because at this time, he and the Independent Brigade had been holding out in Maochen Town until the third day.

When the last rays of daylight are out of sight, the scenery of the distant battle line slowly dissolves into the night. Su Jin stood in a hidden observation post and observed the scenery outside, at this time, the original gray-green military uniform on his body was so dirty that he couldn't see the color, the position was full of abandoned copper shells and shell fragments, as well as shattered gun parts and rubble, in the rubble building less than a hundred meters away from him, a slender cannon barrel was silently stretched forward, this is the barrel of a PAK37 battle defense gun, that is, this battle defense gun has destroyed no less than five Japanese combat vehicles in the past few days of fighting.

Heavy footsteps came, and soon Zhang Danian's voice sounded behind him: "Sir, Commander Luo, they have begun to evacuate, are we going to prepare to evacuate?" ”

Su Jin asked without replying: "Have the medical brigade, artillery regiment, air defense regiment and logistics baggage troops been withdrawn?" ”

"They have all evacuated, and now they have arrived in Liangshan, and now we are left here."

"In this case, it is our turn to retreat next, you immediately give the order, and wait until after dark for the whole regiment to retreat alternately according to the plan, remember...... Don't mess around, and remember to leave a big gift for the Japanese, understand? ”

"Yes, the department understands!"

Two hours ago, the Japanese troops who discovered the withdrawal of the independent regiment pounced on the position of the independent brigade, but what awaited them was an earth-shattering explosion, and a squadron of Japanese troops was blown up into the sky by several tons of TNT explosives, and at the same time, Su Jinhe had left them dozens of kilometers away...... (To be continued.) )