While the navy was still gathering troops at the dock, the battle on the Bund was nearing its end, and although Honda Shaozo was a young man, he was not as mad as Houdong.

Captain Honda is indeed a little more utilitarian and anxious to be promoted, but he has good grades when he graduated from the Army University, and he is not completely out of the ordinary, as long as he does not make any mistakes during his service, he can also advance smoothly by virtue of his qualifications.

Of course, if there is an actual combat merit guarantee, the speed of promotion will be faster than others, and the position will be more important, such as directly transferring to the main combat division as a wing commander, which is not without precedent in history.

Honda is also a hot head, and as a result, he threw all his career prospects into it, and no matter how it is finished this time, he can't shirk the responsibility on his body. There is no escape from the military court, and if you are lucky, you may be able to save your life, and although there seems to be little hope at the moment, it is not impossible to see a chance.

He had arrested all the masterminds, negotiated a ceasefire with the Germans, and collected the bodies of the officers and soldiers killed in the battle, so that the bodies of the Japanese officers and soldiers would not be exposed to the media who would inevitably arrive.

When the battlefield is cleaned up, the second brigade will take the initiative to withdraw to Hongkou, he will stay and cooperate with the investigation of the concession, this solution can hardly find a single flaw, if it is not a group of fools, it can completely reduce the impact of the incident to the controllable range of the empire, and use some benefits to gag the mouths of the Germans.

Honda has been relieved of his command, but his subordinates still regard him as the captain of the second brigade, and the news of Honda's self-sacrifice has spread throughout the unit, and the captain's approach has won the unanimous admiration of his officers and soldiers.

Every Japanese soldier who walked in front of him would solemnly salute the captain, or simply take off the military hat on his head and bow deeply. Honda Shaozo took the responsibility of the officers and soldiers participating in the battle on his own person, which is equivalent to saving all the officers and soldiers present with his own future and even his life.

"It seems that your people love you, Mr. Major." Webb held the submachine gun on his chest in one hand and handed it to Honda with a cigarette case in the other.

"They are all excellent soldiers, because of the stupidity of our officers and other officers, let them die in a foreign land, and I must take my responsibility." Honda's German is quite good, he took German in the Army University, and once went to Germany for a six-month study trip, along the way can communicate with German civilians normally, which is a rare talent among the Japanese.

"White Knight? Nice cigarettes, I smoked this while traveling in Germany. Honda picked up a cigarette from the cigarette case, put it under his nose and sniffed it, then tightened the tobacco on the back of his hand.

"Have you ever been to Germany? No wonder he speaks German well. Major, three of my men have also fallen in this battle, but I am confident that they will receive the commendation they deserve, and may their souls rest in peace. Webb handed a cigarette to Lieutenant Stevens, the Governor of the Concession on the other side, and then took out a lighter and lit the Honda.

"I personally regret the sacrifice of the SS fighters, sergeant. I also lost fifty-two Japanese soldiers and colonels, whose souls may not be able to be liberated. ”

"I don't know much about this, is it about religion? Okay, Major, you don't have to explain to me yet, it looks like your men have arrived. Webb lit a cigarette and pointed to the Baidu Bridge in the distance, when he heard the sound of gunshots.

"What's going on? Who's shooting! Honda stood up at the sound and asked loudly.

"Captain, it should be the sentry post on the bridge." Second Lieutenant Suzuki ran forward and reported.

"It's the people of the 116 Engineer Brigade, we forgot that they are still guarding the bridge." A staff officer said in alarm.

"It's the navy, and the car has a naval flag!" A squadron leader had sharp eyes and saw the Rising Sun flags hanging on both sides of the truck.

The earliest style of the flag of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy was the sixteen Rising Sun Flag, but then in order to avoid confusion, the Army flag was still the rising sun with the sun in the middle, and the Navy changed to the partial Rising Sun flag on the left side.

The Emperor would issue each newly established Japanese Army Infantry Wing with a numbered military flag, also known as the Wing Flag.

There is a lot to say about this flag, I don't know whether some people did it unintentionally or deliberately, and there are many mistakes in the content that circulated in China in later generations.

First of all, Japan's wing flag is composed of three parts, and without any one of them, it cannot be considered a complete military flag.

One is the flagpole of the military flag, don't think it's just a wooden stick, the flagpole of the flag is made by the best gunsmiths in Japan, the gun here is not a musket, but a Japanese classical spear, made by hand by these Japanese craftsmen who still retain the ancient manufacturing skills, using specially selected vines and bamboo strips, and the outside is also painted with a layer of special black lacquer, each flagpole is a fine product in terms of material and craftsmanship, and its toughness can even resist the chopping of ordinary swords.

The second is the chrysanthemum heraldic pole at the top of the flagpole, which is not made by any hardware factory, all of which are made by the Japanese Mint in Ginza, Tokyo, using silver and copper alloy, and then plated with a layer of 18K gold, because it is the royal coat of arms, so it is more refined in technology.

The third part is the flag, one meter thirty-three wide, one meter fifty-one long, both material and handmade are the best choice, a corner of the flag is sewn with a rectangular white cloth printed with the number of the wing, the flag is inlaid with a circle of golden yellow border, and a circle of purple flag tassels.

Some people who don't know much about it because they see many old photos of the Japanese army only holding a flagpole parade with a flag spike, they vainly say that the Japanese army's military flag is actually the purple spike, which is simply unlearned and ridiculous.

The Japanese Army has many special rules for military flags, which can only be placed in the wing commander's office in peacetime, and cannot be displayed to the outside world at will. In the event that the flag must be moved, the flag bearer will carefully roll the flag on the flagpole and put a flag cover on the outside.

So how can you prove that you are carrying a military flag instead of a folding umbrella, at this time the flag tassel outside will work, so usually when marching or training in the field, the Japanese flag bearer is just holding a military flag with a tassel, which can avoid the flag being dirty or damaged during daily training and marching, so most of the marching or parade photos are only holding a tassel of flag.

In fact, the Japanese themselves have another theory, saying that some wings deliberately put the flag full of bullet marks and refused to change it, so as to show off their bravery and good fighting, but this is just a folk rumor, and on the whole I don't think it's very reliable, so I won't waste space here to explain it carefully.

And at the moment of defeat of the wing, the wing commander will give the order to burn the military flag, and then the standard-bearer will smash the pole head, burn the flagpole and flag, and avoid falling into the hands of the enemy. However, if one of the three items is retained, the flag is not completely destroyed, so there are often flag guards or commanders who secretly keep some of them, such as a fragment of the pole head coat of arms or a piece of flag tassel or a piece of flag.

If you pay attention, you will find that the Japanese paintings of the wing flag all have flagpoles and pole head coats of arms, because only the three parts are combined into one to be considered a complete military flag. Therefore, even if the flag is captured by the enemy, it is not considered to have completely fallen into the hands of the enemy in the eyes of the Japanese, as long as someone brings back a military flag accessory, they can re-form the wing.

The topic is far away, now back to the Bund.

Captain Kawasaki, who was directing the build-up of the 2nd Squadron, heard the sound of gunfire and noticed the convoy rushing through the bridge checkpoint, but did not witness the killing of the two sappers.

Captain Kawasaki also noticed the Rising Sun Flag hanging on the truck, as I said earlier, the Army will not take out the Rising Sun Flag casually, only the Navy will hang the Rising Sun Flag as a symbol. Then he saw the iron anchor sign on the front of the truck, confirming that his judgment was correct.

Why the Navy appeared here, this can't help but make Captain Kawasaki more vigilant. He knew very well that this operation was a false military order from Houdong and other staff officers, and the headquarters of the 13th Army had already learned of the situation and was sending people to stop it, this time the matter was so big, the above would definitely be furious, and he could imagine the expressions of the masters of the General Staff Headquarters and the Ministry of War after hearing the news.

But no matter what happened to the army, it was not the turn of the navy to intervene, and he subconsciously felt that this group of navy was not coming well, so he hurriedly brought a few soldiers to meet the convoy.

PS: The second chapter is presented, and the author's system at the starting point today is a little convulsive, and it was not easy to enter the background.

Thank you all for your support, and we'll continue tomorrow.