Chapter 613: On the Eve of the Decisive Battle
Sakai and Eguchi looked at the white snow flying in the sky, at the thick snowflakes covering the entire Dongjiang County, and then at the Imperial soldiers who were wearing clothes torn by the fire and huddled in their huts and shivering in front of the fire, their noses were so sore that they could cry at any time......
That mood is the same as the mood when the once invincible Overlord of Chu was trapped in Wujiang and the world was the enemy......
In the past, how beautiful and heroic they were in leading these imperial soldiers to gallop across the battlefield, and now, how tragic and poignant......
Next to them, the liaison officer was coughing as if he could cough out his lungs, while following the telegram written by Sakai Eguchi, he kept contacting the headquarters......
"Your Excellency Commander Akimei, Your Excellency Major General Yoshikawa!
Our troops have lost troops and lost generals, and they have repeatedly been hit by the treacherous schemes of the Jindong detachment, but now, most of the wounded soldiers of our troops who were burned by the burning of the city by the Jindong detachment have recovered......
It's a pity that now it has been trapped in Dongjiang County for more than half a month, and the lack of food and materials is shocking, and because the clothes and bedding were burned before, most of the personnel of the whole army are now unclothed, and it snowed heavily yesterday......
Now that more than 4,000 imperial soldiers of our army are starving and cold, and are in a desperate situation, I beg your Excellency to tell you how long it will take for reinforcements to arrive?
As long as the reinforcements arrive, our troops will take a little rest and recuperate, and they will definitely die generously, not set foot in the base area of Jindong, capture Zhang Ran alive, and vow not to give up......
Seeing the telegram sent back by Sakai Eguchi, many staff officers in the headquarters couldn't help but have sour noses, and almost cried - because the telegram was simply crying blood......
They all seemed to be able to see from the telegram that four or five thousand Imperial soldiers were shivering, cold and hungry in the ice and snow!
Yoshikawa Sadazo stared at the telegram deadly, his teeth clenched, and the sound of his gege was constantly coming out, almost chewing someone's bones......
Seeing that Yoshikawa Sadasa had not spoken for a long time, a staff officer finally had the courage to speak after hesitating for a long time: "Your Excellency, Yuanguang, the reinforcements from the Yangquan Qingping Lusong area, under the resistance of the guerrillas from all over the country, it is now difficult to move an inch, and there is no possibility of really sending supplies - it is time to tell Sakai Nakasako Fuji Shaosa the truth......"
"Yes, Your Excellency, Major General!"
The rest of the staff officers also spoke: "It looks like this snow won't stop for a while - now tell them the truth, let them break through the siege, plus Your Excellency the Major General, you can mobilize fighters to assist, there are still some soldiers who can escape, otherwise, as long as this snow falls for a few more days, I'm afraid they don't have to wait for the Jindong detachment to attack, Sakai Kudo and they are afraid that they will already ......."
They didn't say anything, but even a fool could understand what they meant......
As long as this snow falls for a few more days, the five or six thousand imperial soldiers trapped in Jindong will die of cold and starvation!
Thinking of the scene of five or six thousand people being frozen to death and starved to death, everyone in the headquarters looked sad, waiting for Yoshikawa Sadasa's decision!
"Wait!"
Yoshikawa Sadazo finally spoke, and those words seemed to come out of his teeth!
When a group of staff officers heard these words, they looked at Yoshikawa Sadazo with puzzled expressions - of course they knew what Yoshikawa Sadazo was waiting for!
They knew that Yoshikawa Sadazo was waiting, waiting for the shadow that he had buried in the Jindong base early to play a role, and wanted to wait until the Jindong detachment was leaderless before telling the other party the news......
Then, let Sakai Kudo and others create a miracle in the posture of mourning soldiers when they know that they are already in a desperate situation!
It's just that where is it so easy to create miracles?
If a miracle happens casually, it won't be a miracle......
Yoshikawa Sadazo also understood this, looked at everyone's expressions for a long time, and finally made a certain compromise and said: "At least, wait until it gets dark - wait until it gets dark, if the miracle I want to wait for has not yet appeared, let Sakai Kudo break through separately......"
"Hey!"
A group of staff officers received the order in unison, secretly relieved, they were really afraid that Yoshikawa Sadasa would go his own way......
Kurasui.
Sheep's Horn, stop the boat dam!
Heavy snow covered the entire Sheep's Horn Dam, and the whole position was like a raised mound on the plain......
Boom, boom!
In the sound of shelling, several shells tore through countless scattered snowflakes with a sharp whistling sound, landed accurately on the position, and then exploded with a bang......
"Gas bombs, everyone be careful......"
Quite a few devils began to scream, covering their mouths and noses with wet strips of cloth!
From the first shot, a few days have come to the present, and the gas bomb attacks of the Jindong detachment have never stopped, and several rounds have come every two hours......
These Japanese military gas masks have long been ineffective, but the Japanese military doctors have come up with a way to restrain the Jindong detachment's poison gas bombs - covering the mouth and nose with a wet strip of cloth can greatly reduce the poisoning reaction caused by the poison in the gas bombs......
It's just that their eyes don't get any protection!
Because they had to keep their eyes open in the gas as much as possible to observe, in case the soldiers of the Jindong detachment took advantage of the attack of the gas bombs to touch them - this used to be their favorite way of fighting, and they had to guard against it!
The irritating gas produced by the chili noodles continued to drill into the eyes of these Japanese soldiers, making the eyes of these Japanese soldiers not only swollen like peaches, but also their eyesight decreased so badly......
"Damn the Jindong detachment, it's really too much to deceive them!"
Kudo Tojo and the others who were huddled in the fortifications did not need to monitor whether there were any soldiers rushing up, so they could not only cover their mouths and noses with soaked cloths, but also cover their eyes, and because there was already less intrusive poisonous gas in the fortifications, they were one of the best people in this position......
It's just that every time they think of those imperial soldiers with red and swollen eyes like peaches, and the grievances and anger of being bombarded by poison gas bombs every day but not doing anything about it, they can't help but itch at the root of their teeth......
"Two young Zuo, why are you now under the roof, and you are being bullied - so, let's be restless!"
Matsui Tunmoto opened his mouth to comfort, and after a while, he asked, "What do you say about the call from the headquarters?" I guess I still haven't said when our reinforcements will arrive, right? ”
Kudo Tojo snorted and didn't answer, because they knew that they were afraid that Matsui Tunmoto and the others had really guessed it a few days ago - there were no reinforcements at all!
"Unfortunately, ...... expected"
Matsui Tunben and the others sighed sadly, not at all as happy as they expected, and only said after a while: "What did the headquarters say when they called back?" ”
"It's still the same, stick to the spot, and wait for orders at any time!" Tojo Road.
"Now that we're airdropping food every day, and it's so cold—when is this going to happen?"
Tun Ben scolded angrily: "Don't say that this is cold and hungry, just say that the damn poison gas bomb that the Jindong detachment fires every day, and smoke it for us for a few more days, I'm afraid our soldiers will have to be smoked blind......"
Kudo Tojo didn't even bother to hum - because they knew it was true, and they were so excited about it......
Tunben wanted to continue, but was kicked by Matsui and said: "The two Shaozo are annoying enough, you can be quiet for a while......"
Compared with the misery on the side of the Japanese army, the situation of the Jindong detachment, whether it is the soldiers or the militia, is obviously much better......
It's not just that there are people who bring hot meals from the rear at any time, and it's not just that many of them can change shifts at any time and hide in the tunnels to warm up for a while......
More because of the military uniform with rabbit skin sandwiched between the front and back hearts, shoes with fur rabbit skin, gloves and even hats......
The warm and comfortable feeling of the fluffy rabbit fur sticking to the skin, and then looking at the devil on the other side shivering from the cold, not to mention how happy the mood is when the person next to him can only drool when he eats big fish and meat......
"Lao Gui, you come to warm up, I'll keep an eye on it!" Dong Mingdao.
"I'm not cold!"
Wang Lao shook the pure rabbit skin gloves in his hand and said with a smile: "This rabbit skin is a good thing, wearing this body, it is really not cold at all, especially looking at the little devil who is so frozen that he can't pee, I am even warmer......"
"Yes, yes!"
A group of people in the headquarters laughed, thinking about the misery when they were fighting outside last winter without this rabbit skin, and sighed: "It's also thanks to the method of raising rabbits that the captain came up with, why don't we not only have rabbit meat to eat, but also rabbit skin to wear, which is comfortable inside and out......"
"yes!"
Wang Laogui said with a smile: "Even the chief said that our Eighth Route Army has dozens of base areas behind enemy lines, and almost all of them are living the same life as Huanglian, so why are our detachments, these days are like a well-off......
Sakai and Eguchi looked at the white snow flying in the sky, at the thick snowflakes covering the entire Dongjiang County, and then at the Imperial soldiers who were wearing clothes torn by the fire and huddled in their huts and shivering in front of the fire, their noses were so sore that they could cry at any time......
That mood is the same as the mood when the once invincible Overlord of Chu was trapped in Wujiang and the world was the enemy......
In the past, how beautiful and heroic they were in leading these imperial soldiers to gallop across the battlefield, and now, how tragic and poignant......
Next to them, the liaison officer was coughing as if he could cough out his lungs, while following the telegram written by Sakai Eguchi, he kept contacting the headquarters......
"Your Excellency Commander Akimei, Your Excellency Major General Yoshikawa!
Our troops have lost troops and lost generals, and they have repeatedly been hit by the treacherous schemes of the Jindong detachment, but now, most of the wounded soldiers of our troops who were burned by the burning of the city by the Jindong detachment have recovered......
It's a pity that now it has been trapped in Dongjiang County for more than half a month, and the lack of food and materials is shocking, and because the clothes and bedding were burned before, most of the personnel of the whole army are now unclothed, and it snowed heavily yesterday......
Now that more than 4,000 imperial soldiers of our army are starving and cold, and are in a desperate situation, I beg your Excellency to tell you how long it will take for reinforcements to arrive?
As long as the reinforcements arrive, our troops will take a little rest and recuperate, and they will definitely die generously, not set foot in the base area of Jindong, capture Zhang Ran alive, and vow not to give up......
Seeing the telegram sent back by Sakai Eguchi, many staff officers in the headquarters couldn't help but have sour noses, and almost cried - because the telegram was simply crying blood......
They all seemed to be able to see from the telegram that four or five thousand Imperial soldiers were shivering, cold and hungry in the ice and snow!
Yoshikawa Sadazo stared at the telegram deadly, his teeth clenched, and the sound of his gege was constantly coming out, almost chewing someone's bones......
Seeing that Yoshikawa Sadasa had not spoken for a long time, a staff officer finally had the courage to speak after hesitating for a long time: "Your Excellency, Yuanguang, the reinforcements from the Yangquan Qingping Lusong area, under the resistance of the guerrillas from all over the country, it is now difficult to move an inch, and there is no possibility of really sending supplies - it is time to tell Sakai Nakasako Fuji Shaosa the truth......"
"Yes, Your Excellency, Major General!"
The rest of the staff officers also spoke: "It looks like this snow won't stop for a while - now tell them the truth, let them break through the siege, plus Your Excellency the Major General, you can mobilize fighters to assist, there are still some soldiers who can escape, otherwise, as long as this snow falls for a few more days, I'm afraid they don't have to wait for the Jindong detachment to attack, Sakai Kudo and they are afraid that they will already ......."
They didn't say anything, but even a fool could understand what they meant......
Sakai and Eguchi looked at the white snow flying in the sky, at the thick snowflakes covering the entire Dongjiang County, and then at the Imperial soldiers who were wearing clothes torn by the fire and huddled in their huts and shivering in front of the fire, their noses were so sore that they could cry at any time......
That mood is the same as the mood when the once invincible Overlord of Chu was trapped in Wujiang and the world was the enemy......
In the past, how beautiful and heroic they were in leading these imperial soldiers to gallop across the battlefield, and now, how tragic and poignant......
Next to them, the liaison officer was coughing as if he could cough out his lungs, while following the telegram written by Sakai Eguchi, he kept contacting the headquarters......
"Your Excellency Commander Akimei, Your Excellency Major General Yoshikawa!
Our troops have lost troops and lost generals, and they have repeatedly been hit by the treacherous schemes of the Jindong detachment, but now, most of the wounded soldiers of our troops who were burned by the burning of the city by the Jindong detachment have recovered......
It's a pity that now it has been trapped in Dongjiang County for more than half a month, and the lack of food and materials is shocking, and because the clothes and bedding were burned before, most of the personnel of the whole army are now unclothed, and it snowed heavily yesterday......