Surrounded by Goro Ogasawara and several operational staff officers, Yoshio Tachibana went to the battlefield where the cavalry had fought fiercely with the remnants of the provisional 79th Division. [Full text reading]

At this time, the corpses of the devils had been collected and arranged in a row.

Yoshio Tachibana slowly walked past the corpse of the devil with a solemn expression on his saber and finally stopped in front of the corpse of the cavalry captain Taro Sato.

Looking at Sato's pale face, Tachibana Keio muttered: "At this time yesterday, Sato-san was still talking with us about the supreme glory of conquering China, but now, Sato-san is lying here alone, and he can no longer hear us speak, and he can no longer participate in the battle to conquer China. ”

If Taro Sato is alive, Tachibana Keio will definitely scold him for being a bloody dog, what age is this, and he still charges from the front with cavalry, dragoons, he should have the consciousness of dragoons, don't always think about the glory of the samurai during the Warring States period, and now he has already entered the era of hot weapons, and the cavalry is no longer the protagonist of the battlefield.

But now, Sato has died on the battlefield, and Tachibana Keio has only respect for him.

The Japanese have never been stingy in paying respect to the dead, especially those who died on the battlefield.

Ogasawara Goro comforted: "Detachment leader, Sato-san sacrificed his life for the Great East Asian Holy War, but for the empire, for His Majesty the Emperor to die on the battlefield, it can be said that he died a well-deserved death, we should be happy for him, not sad, if Sato-san has a spirit in the sky, I don't want us to be sad for him." ”

"Hello." Tachibana Yoshio paused and said, "What Ogasawara-san said is extremely true. ”

After a pause, Tachibana Yoshio said again: "However, Sato-san and the 54 imperial warriors cannot die in vain, we must take the heads of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division to pay tribute to their heroic spirits." ”

"Hello." Ogasawara and the staff officers bowed their heads in unison.

Only then did Tachibana Yoshio turn around and instruct Ogasawara: "Cremate all the remains, put the ashes in storage, and bring them back to Japan." ”

"Hello." Ogasawara Goro turned his head and waved violently, and more than a dozen devils who had been guarding the sides stepped forward one after another, carried the corpses of the devils in a row into a large pit, then poured gasoline into the pit, and finally lit torches and threw them into the pit, and the piles of more than 50 corpses burst into flames.

Tachibana Yoshio retracted his gaze and waved his hand and shouted, "Open the way!" ”

Half an hour later, Tachibana Yoshio and his entourage came to the shore of Seven Star Lake again.

Ogasawara Goro squatted down and looked at the footprints left on the ground, got up and said to Tachibana Keio: "Detachment leader, this is the swamp from which the Shina Army entered. ”

Tachibana Yoshio said with a solemn expression, "The area of this swamp seems to be larger than what is shown on the map. ”

"Hello." Ogasawara Goro paused heavily, and said, "There is indeed a big discrepancy between the Soviet-Chinese map drawn by the special high school and the actual terrain, but our troops are barely enough, and we can send another brigade deep into the swamp to pursue the remnants of the provisional 79th Division under the premise of ensuring the blockade of the surrounding areas, but it is ......."

Yoshio Tachibana looked back at Ogasawara and asked, "Just what?" ”

Ogasawara Goro said: "It's just that in this way, it is impossible to take into account the rest of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division, if Oshihara-san's judgment is true, the commander of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division is indeed here, then there is nothing, as long as the commander of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division is killed, the remaining remnants of the branch will no longer be worried, but in case Kokahara-san misjudges, the commander of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division is not the special forces who fought with him, that is, he picked up sesame seeds and lost watermelons, and the commander may not be able to explain it." ”

When Tachibana Yoshio heard this, he inevitably hesitated.

Intuition was telling him that Okahara Junsi's judgment should be right, and the Chinese special forces who had fought with him should be the commander of the remnants of the provisional 79th Division, but intuition is only intuition after all, and it cannot be completely used as a basis for judging the battle situation, in case his intuition deviates, the consequences will be unimaginable.

From the Wuxi Breakout Battle, the Baoxing Ambush Battle, and the Battle of Nantong, Tachibana Keio can basically find out the character of the commander of the provisional 79th Division, and this person's consistent style is that if he has a advantage, he must take advantage of it, and if he suffers a loss, he must take revenge and go back, and he must retaliate immediately.

Others are gentlemen to take revenge, ten years is not too late.

This person is Lao Tzu's revenge, from morning till night!

If, what he ate this time was really just the bait released by the provisional 79th Division, then, according to this person's character, he would give the Tachibana detachment a heavy blow if he turned his back, and Tachibana Keio couldn't imagine what threat the opponent could pose to him, but he definitely didn't dare to take it lightly.

The Shigeto detachment is a whole full detachment, and it was not completely annihilated?

The Tachibana detachment will not repeat the mistakes of the past, but it is also difficult to guarantee that it will not suffer a small loss.

The Tachibana detachment suffered a loss, and his personal dismissal was still a trivial matter, because the continuous defeat of the provisional 79th Division in the battle, smeared the image of the Japanese Imperial Army, and caused the entire empire and the entire Japanese imperial family to completely become the laughing stock of the West, then it was called the end, and the foundation of the entire Tachibana family would be destroyed in one fell swoop.

Do we need to encircle and suppress the remnants of the swamp with all our might? Tachibana was a little hesitant.

At this moment, a second lieutenant suddenly ran over out of breath, still holding a saber in his hand.

"Detachment Leader." The second lieutenant ran up to Yoshio Tachibana, raised the saber he was holding in his hand forward, and then said with a heavy pause, "We found His Excellency Shigeto's saber. ”

"Nani, Chiaki Shigedo's saber?" Tachibana Yoshio's expression froze, he reached out to take the saber and pulled it out again, only to hear Zheng's clear groan, the sharp saber had already been unsheathed, Ogasawara Goro and a few combat staff officers came over to look down, only to see that the knife close to the grip was indeed engraved with the word heavy vine.

It's really Chiaki Shigedo's saber.

One of the staff officers muttered in a low voice, "Shigedo Chiaki's saber? Could it be that Chiaki Shigedo is also here? ”

Hearing this, several other combat staff officers suddenly moved, Shigetto Chiaki was captured alive by the Chinese, it can really be said that it is a great shame for the Japanese army, if Shigeto Chiaki can be rescued, or killed in the chaotic battle, it can undoubtedly greatly restore the negative impact of Shigetto Chiaki on the Japanese army.

With a bang, Tachibana Keio put his knife back into its sheath, and then turned around and shouted: "Order, the 1st Infantry Brigade immediately enters the swamp to pursue the remnants of China, and the rest of the infantry brigades, artillery teams, and cavalry teams immediately enter the designated positions and completely block the entire Qixing Lake swamp, and not even a single mosquito is allowed to be released." ”

Ogasawara Goro's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he said urgently: "Detachment leader, this matter is quite suspicious, it is said that like Shigeto Chiaki's saber, it should be a very collectible trophy for the Shina army, but now it is lost here, this logically does not make sense at all, and I think that this is likely to be a Y scheme......"

"Ogasawara-san, you're thinking too much, I'm not so naïve, and I'm not stupid enough to believe that Chiaki Shigeto will be in this swamp through a saber." Tachibana Keio waved his hand, and continued, "However, what I want to say is that this is not a Y scheme, but a war letter, a war letter of the Zhi Na people!" ”

"War book?" Ogasawara Goro was confused.

Tachibana Yoshio firmly believed in his judgment, and continued: "This saber is the battle letter given to us by the commander of the provisional 79th Division, and the commander of the provisional 79th Division is here, right here. ”

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The veteran jumped three times and lowered from a tree with a height of more than six meters.

"Lao Xu, the devil has sent troops into the swamp!" The veteran came to Xu Rui and said in a deep voice.

Xu Rui carefully put the dried boots into the rucksack, stilted his feet again, pulled out a thorn from the bottom of C's feet, and threw it into the fire, while asking casually: "How many people?" ”

Leng Tiefeng also sat down by the fire, and said while roasting the fire: "Due to the obstruction of the woods, I can't see it clearly, but there is at least an infantry brigade!" ”

Xu Rui nodded and said, "It's about the same as I expected." ”

The commander of the little devil is obviously a powerful character, neither underestimating the enemy, but also not being intimidated by the glorious achievements of the independent battalion in Nantong to annihilate the heavy vine detachment, the miracle of the battle of Nantong is irreproducible, the strength of a brigade can not only ensure sufficient mobility, but also ensure its own safety.

Leng Tiefeng said again: "The devil is coming very quickly, and the squadron of top soldiers can arrive here in half an hour at most." ”

Xu Rui couldn't help but scratch his head, it seems that the little devil has really learned to be obedient after suffering losses in a row, according to the devil's N-nature, the top soldier unit is usually an infantry squad, and it is an infantry squad if it is up to the sky, if this is the case, Xu Rui will never mind giving the devil a ruthless blow and annihilating their top soldier squad.

With such a jungle terrain, it is not difficult to use the inverted triangle ambush array to eat a squad of devils.

However, now, the little devil has sent an infantry squadron to act as a spearhead, which is difficult.

In the Nantong battlefield, Leng Tiefeng also used the inverted triangle ambush array to completely annihilate a squadron of devils, but that time after all, it was the Taiwanese soldiers that they faced, and now they are facing the Japanese soldiers, the combat effectiveness of the two is not at the same level at all, and the tactical literacy is even more different, and it is basically impossible to completely annihilate a squadron of Japanese soldiers.

What's more, there is not much ammunition left in the 2nd company of the independent battalion.

Xu Rui asked each platoon to report the ammunition reserves, and found that the individual ammunition reserve was less than one base, and the only three crooked light machine guns were only half of the base.

Leng Tiefeng said in a deep voice: "Old Xu, we don't have much ammunition, and we definitely can't fight hard." ”

"I know." Xu Rui nodded and said, "Then take the devil in circles in the swamp, as long as you survive a day, the 1st company, the 3rd company, and the 4th company can successfully pass through the blockade line." ”