The headquarters of the 33rd Division of the Japanese Army

As the division commander of the 33rd Division, a first-class division, Gansu Shigetaro was frowning at the moment, with a worried look on his face.

His 33rd Division fought in southern Hunan, but it was unable to open a breakthrough, which made Gansu Shigetaro a little anxious, although His Excellency the commander had not urged, but ...... It's been scorching here, a stalemate back and forth, but their casualties are very large!

So far, after only half a month of stalemate, his 33rd Division has lost more than 3,000 soldiers!

That's almost a wing of soldiers!

With so many soldiers lost in this small battlefield like this, how could this not make Tataro Gansu's heart ache?

But...... He didn't have any way!

You can't retreat, you can attack...... The defense of the Chinese army is too stubborn, unless a few divisions are desperate and forced to attack, otherwise, once they cannot open the gap, they will fall into the heavy encirclement of the Chinese army, which is too risky!

Therefore, they can only stalemate here, sitting and watching their soldiers be consumed little by little, little by little.

Just when Ganji Jutaro was still here alone, at this time, an officer ran in, holding a telegram in his hand, and said urgently: "Your Excellency the division commander, there is a message from the headquarters!" ”

"Show me!" Hearing this, Gansu Jutaro was shocked and hurriedly said.

Receiving the message, although I haven't seen the text yet, I don't know why, when I received this message, Gansu Shigetaro always felt a little uneasy in his heart.

He forcibly suppressed this feeling, and then looked at it carefully, but when he saw it, his face suddenly showed a touch of anger!

"Yaga! Outrageous! Outrageous! ”

"What kind of order is this from Your Excellency Commander, and why is it so stupid! This is just muddle! It just doesn't make sense! Jutaro said angrily.

Because of anger, his facial features were crowded together, and his beard was shaking, showing the other party's extremely uncalm heart.

He really didn't expect that His Excellency the Commander would give such an order!

His roar also made the other staff officers around him notice, and they couldn't help but look at him, and an officer asked with some concern: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, what happened?" ”

"See for yourselves!" Jutaro angrily slapped the telegram in his hand on the table, and said with some residual anger.

Those staff officers were stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly looked over, but after reading them, they were all shocked.

"Division, how could Your Excellency the Commander give such a foolish ...... So ordered? The staff officer was shocked and almost talked about the officer, the division commander could say this, but as a small staff officer, once he discussed it, it would be a big crime, fortunately he reacted at the critical moment and quickly changed his words, but he was still a little incredulous.

"Humph!" Tataro said angrily: "Your Excellency Commander's order, this is simply confused! In the past, we were not allowed to fight hard, but now the troops have suffered heavy casualties and their morale has plummeted but they have gone to the general attack, how can this be achieved? How can it be done? Isn't this a clear order for our soldiers to die! What the hell is your Excellency Commander thinking! ”

"Your Excellency the Division Commander, please be cautious!" Hearing that the more Ganji Jutaro spoke, the more angry he became, and even the more outrageous he said, the staff officer's eyebrows jumped, and he hurriedly stopped it.

"What? Can you do it or not? The decision he made was wrong in the first place, so what do I say? This is for my soldiers to be sent to death, and I am not allowed to complain a few words?! Tataro grumbled.

Despite his toughness, his voice was a little quieter, and he obviously still had some scruples.

After hearing his words, the staff officer hurriedly said: "Your Excellency Commander Xu also has your own troubles, Your Excellency the Division Commander, you are still a little angry!" ”

"Our new commander, Your Excellency, is so resourceful and resourceful that His Excellency Shunroku Hata is so good, how could he give such a stupid order? In my opinion, it seems that His Excellency the Commander also has his own difficulties, after all, no one would give such an order unless he was forced to do so! ”

"He's the commander, who can force him?!" Jutaro snorted and said stiffly.

"I have heard that recently, the base camp, especially in the past half a month, has sent five telegrams to the Central China Front Command in a row, although I don't know what is written in the telegram, but thinking about the past of the base camp, in fact, it is not difficult to guess that His Excellency the commander should have been persecuted, perhaps...... He can't hold it anymore! ”

The staff officer said.

And hearing this, Gansu Jutaro was also stunned.

He also knew these things, but he hadn't thought about them before.

Now when he heard the staff officer say this, he immediately thought of it.

His Excellency the Commander had been ordering a halt to the attack before, but now a decisive battle was suddenly about to take place, and there was no sign of it, which was definitely not Okamura Ninji's style.

Although he didn't know much about this commander, he had heard about it before.

His Excellency Commander Okamura Ninji is resourceful, and he often strategizes on the battlefield, planning and then acting, and he will never give such an order, so when he thinks of the attitude of the base camp, he immediately understands!

"Yaga! A group of guys who have not achieved enough things and have more than enough failures are dragging us back! Jutaro couldn't help but say.

Although he didn't name who he was talking about, everyone present understood that what Ganji Shigetaro was talking about must be the base camp.

It's just that understanding is understanding, but this word can't be broken.

After hearing this, they just didn't hear it, and there was nothing abnormal on their faces.

After a while, after the anger of Gansu Shigetaro had subsided slightly, the staff officer said, "Your Excellency, Division Commander, what are you going to do next?" ”

"What else can be done? Naturally, you have to do what you are told! We and the Central China Front Army have both glory and loss, since the headquarters can no longer support it, who can we blame? ”

"The only way to do your best is to obey the destiny of God!"

"I hope that with the unity of several imperial armies, we can break through the defense line of the Chinese army as we wish!"

Tataro sighed and said in a deep voice.

After saying this, he took a deep breath, slowly spit it out, and then said: "You go and send a telegram to the subordinate departments, order them to be ready to launch a general attack at any time, and at the same time send a telegram to the 6th Division, the 101st Division and various detachments, convey this matter to them, reach an agreement with us, and advance and retreat together!" ”

"This battle is our last chance, we can only win, not lose!"

"Hey!"

All the staff officers stood still together and said in unison.

(End of chapter)