For security reasons, for an entire morning, Heiji Kawaguchi did not give the order to attack.

Even when the bomber group of the Air Corps arrived, Heiji Kawaguchi still did not give the order to attack.

After all, the planes at this time were not as good as the planes of later generations, due to the lack of communication equipment, they could not do ground-to-air instant communication, so the ground infantry could not guide the bombers in the sky to bomb the ground, so the devil bombers could only carry out visual bombing, which forced them to only be able to choose valuable large targets.

The reason why Heiji Kawaguchi was so cautious was actually completely reasonable, because if he launched an attack rashly, he would need to take a big risk, and if the Meishan Independent Regiment really planted a big bomb on Shangsha Bridge, or if there were other traps, then the Japanese army would pay an unimaginable price.

And when the artillery arrives, it will be possible to carry out full coverage of the sniper points of the independent regiment, and then the Japanese will no longer have to take any risks.

So Heiji Kawaguchi would rather wait for half a day than rush in.

At 10:05 a.m., six fighter-bombers that took off from the Nanjing and Feicheng airfields flew over Meizhen one after another, and immediately launched a visual bombing of Meizhen.

It's not just the bombs, it's the money.

An ordinary aerial bomb is worth several thousand yen.

What's more, the fuel required to make a bomber sortie is even more expensive.

After dropping the bombs, the six fighter-bombers carried out several rounds of dive strafing at several suspicious targets in the town, and after all this, more than half an hour had passed, and due to the limited time in the air and the fact that the ammunition had been exhausted, the six fighter-bombers flapped their wings and returned home.

Just after eleven o'clock in the morning, the artillery wing of the Kawaguchi detachment finally arrived at the battlefield.

As soon as the artillery wing arrived, Heiji Kawaguchi immediately ordered the artillery to deploy on the flat ground outside the Xiasha Bridge, and covered the two sniper points where Chinese snipers had been stationed before, as well as several suspicious targets nearby.

However, this time, the devil was never blocked again, and easily crossed the Shangsha Bridge and entered Meizhen.

At half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, when Kawaguchi's armored command vehicle slowly drove across the Shangsha Bridge and anchored in the square outside the Mei Family Ancestral Hall, the 101st Infantry Wing, which had entered the town first, had already taken control of the entire town, and two of the three infantry brigades to which it belonged had already begun to search and advance to the periphery, while one brigade remained in the town.

For safety reasons, he did not let the 149th Infantry Wing, the Artillery Wing, the Engineer Wing, the Baggage Wing and other auxiliary units enter Meizhen, but ordered them to remain stationed in the open space outside the Xiasha Bridge.

The reason why Heiji Kawaguchi made such a deployment was that he was worried that after all the troops entered the town, the entrance to Shaqiaogang would be blocked by the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and a dog would be closed and beaten! If there was a change of commander, I am afraid that such worries would not arise at all, because it was almost impossible to keep the Kawaguchi detachment in Meizhen.

So I have to say that Heiji Kawaguchi is really cautious.

However, regarding the detachment headquarters, Heiji Kawaguchi chose the Mei family ancestral hall in the town.

Under the premise of conditions, Heiji Kawaguchi is still reluctant to camp in the wild.

When Heiji Kawaguchi walked into the Mei Family Ancestral Hall surrounded by more than a dozen guards, Yongjin Tatsu, who entered the town first, had already led people to clean up the ancestral hall, and even the telephone lines connecting the headquarters and the military camp outside the town had been set up, as well as the power generation and lighting systems of the entire headquarters.

Yongjin Tatsuya, an old devil, will not talk about him or not, his ability to fight miscellaneous is absolutely first-class.

Kawaguchi Heiji had rested in the headquarters for less than half an hour when Akio Yoshino, the commander of the 101st Infantry Wing, walked in with a solemn expression and reported: "Your Excellency, the reconnaissance unit has reported that Umezhen has become an empty city, and we have not found a single person in the town. ”

"Nani?" Kawaguchi Heiji's face changed slightly when he heard this.

Yongjin Da, who was standing next to him, was also dumbfounded, the person was gone?

Intelligence shows that Meizhen is a large town with a population of more than 5,000, so many people, can it be said that they are all hiding in the mountains? But this is not right, the Kawaguchi detachment appeared outside Meizhenkou at the time of the break, and now it is half a day, how easy is it to transfer so many people in half a day?

Unless this is a pre-planned plan, it may be possible.

But how idle does the Dameishan Independent Regiment have to be to make such a plan?

At that moment, Yongjin Tatsuya asked, "Yoshino-san, are the people of Shina in the town in a hurry?" ”

Akio Yoshino shook his head and said in a deep voice, "There are all kinds of signs that the people of Shina are walking very calmly, because they haven't even left a single chicken, a dog, or a grain of grain for the imperial army!" ”

"Clear the wall!" Yongjin Tatsuya Huo Ran looked back at Kawaguchi Heiji, and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency Commander, the people of Shina are trying to force the imperial army to retreat through the control of supplies. ”

Speaking of this, Yongjin Da also suddenly remembered another possibility, and said in a deep voice: "Oh yes, Yoshino-san, immediately inform the brigades to which you belong, don't take the well water from the town when cooking, you must use the water of the Mei River outside the town, we have to beware of the poisoning of the well water by the Shina people, because the river water is flowing, there is no need to worry." ”

"Hello." Akio Yoshino paused and turned away.

Seeing Akio Yoshino's figure go away, Tatsuya Nagajin turned back to Kawaguchi Heiji and said, "Your Excellency, Commander, if the Shina army refuses to engage the Imperial Army, it will be a troublesome matter. ”

Kawaguchi Heiji nodded solemnly, indeed, if the Dameishan Independent Regiment has been hiding and refusing to fight them, this is indeed a troublesome matter, because the supplies they carry with the army are limited, and they will stay in Meizhen for half a month at most, and if they can't solve the battle within half a month, they must transfer supplies from Feicheng.

However, Kawaguchi Heiji did not think this was a good idea, because the transfer of supplies from Hijo to Meizhen had to pass through the lofty mountains and mountains under the Qingniu Ridge, and it was easy to be ambushed by the enemy, so it was necessary to have enough guards, so the cost of transporting supplies would increase greatly and it would not necessarily be safe.

Originally, the Japanese army could also raise supplies on the spot to feed the war with war.

However, now the people of Meizhen have also run away, and they have taken away all the grain and livestock, but it has cut off the way for the Japanese army to feed the war by war, the question is, where did the people in the town go?

"Find!" Heiji Kawaguchi said in a deep voice, "Immediately send a search team to find out the whereabouts of the people in the town, especially to find their grain and livestock, I don't believe it, the people of Shina can hide all the grain and livestock without leaving a trace!" ”

(Dividing Line)

It is not easy to clean up the wilderness.

This was the first day of the clear field, and something went wrong.

When Wang Husheng hurriedly walked in with more than 20 guards, several large families in the town were making trouble, and in the face of dozens of nursing homes, several militiamen who were maintaining order at the scene were about to lose their energy, and one of them even let the other party take away the rifle in his hand.

However, seeing Wang Husheng rushing over with more than 20 guards, those guards didn't dare to make any more trouble, and a few village sages and gentry who had been arguing fiercely just now also died down.

In the dim light, Huang Delu turned his head and cast an inquiring look at Huang Shiren.

As long as Huang Shiren nodded, Huang Delu would not hesitate to take out a dart and shoot Wang Husheng.

Huang Shiren shook his head and signaled Huang Delu not to act rashly, Huang Delu let go of the palm of his hand, and then withdrew the willow leaf dart into his sleeve without a trace.

Not far away, Wang Husheng didn't know that he had just brushed shoulders with death.

"Fellow villagers, don't be impatient." Wang Husheng pressed his hands weakly, signaling the village sages and gentry present and their families to calm down, and then continued, "Please believe me, the government has no ill will towards you, the reason why I sent someone to invite you here is also out of responsibility for your safety, you also know that the little devil doesn't care who you are, they kill people when they see people, rob things when they see them, and ...... when they see women You get the idea. ”

After being in contact with Xu Rui for a long time, Wang Husheng also learned Xu Rui's mantra.

Wang Husheng's voice fell, and immediately a villager got up and said, "This sir, we just want to know, what wrong and what crime we have committed?" Why are you holding us in a dark dungeon? Even during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there was no such thing, right? This is simply unreasonable. ”

"That is, if the government advocates rent reduction, we will reduce rent, and if the government advocates interest rate reduction, we will reduce interest rates, but we have always supported the government's work, but in the end, we will get such a return?"

"County Magistrate Wang, you have to be reasonable, and your Communist Party has to be reasonable."

Seeing that several village sages and gentlemen became more and more excited, and the situation was out of control, and Wang Husheng shouted loudly, and it didn't stop, so Wang Husheng became angry, and immediately took out the brocade box and fired a shot at the top of the cave, in the confined space, the shot was very loud, almost shattering everyone's eardrums.

Hearing the gunshots, a few village sages and gentlemen stopped again, not daring to say anything more.

"I'll retry it one last time." Wang Husheng held back his anger and said, "We are not detaining you, but asking you to come here for a while, the little devil above has already entered the town, and you don't want to stay at home and let the little devil kill, we are also for your safety, please understand this, and please cooperate!" ”