Chapter 216 Zhao Heng's Demon Capital Offensive and Defensive Battle is over

readx; In the Imperial Calendar of Japan, Emperor Hirohito of Japan was around 16 p.m. on May 10 in the 9th year of Showa (1934 AD). Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Nani, why did the soldiers of the 3rd Division in front rush to the enemy's chariot like fools!! Which pig commanded me, I must slaughter him!! "The baby-faced man who was not tall and short standing on the flagship deck not far away, and His Excellency Commander Seishiro Itagaki himself held his telescope high and looked at it for a while, wondering why His Excellency Commander Shinza suddenly said this inexplicable sentence to his subordinates in a violent manner.

My name is Kazuya Yamazaki, and I am a staff officer of the Imperial Japan Dispatch Army Headquarters, and my military rank cannot be compared with those old people, but I am just a small second lieutenant. Thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince, it is a great honor to stand here as a member of the expeditionary force.

"Kazuya-kun Yamazaki, come over here." The one in front of me, His Excellency Chief of Staff Einao Taiyi, the deputy of His Excellency Commander Itagaki in front of me, raised his glasses and beckoned to me, motioning for me to come over.

"Ah, what do you command, Your Excellency, Chief of Staff?" I trotted for a while, bowed my head and respectfully came to the front of His Excellency the Chief of Staff, and respectfully asked the big man in front of me, my immediate boss, Rongzhi Chief of Staff.

"Hehe, Yamazaki-kun, do you think those bastards who entered the city (referring to the Third Division) really have a way... Well, force out all the rebels in rival China? Rong Naotai lifted the glasses in front of him again, and looked at me for a long time.

After thinking about it for a while, I couldn't understand why I was asked to say this, so I had to say inexplicably: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, well, according to the past practice, as long as our army enters on a large scale, the other party defending the city will run out and fight us in a decisive battle according to our will; But now I don't see a single enemy come out of the city......"

Chief of Staff Rong Zhi Taiyi nodded and said, "Yo Xi, the analysis makes sense. He is the best staff officer we have seconded from the General Staff of the Kwantung Army. ”

Commander Itagaki came over: "Rong Zhijun, let's end this battle today, inform the third division to withdraw them." I'll do it tomorrow. ”

"Hai, Your Excellency Commander, I will do it immediately."

In this way, the battle commanded by the commander of the 3rd Division turned into a tiger and a scorpion, and the soldiers who broke into the center of the city had no choice but to retreat from the city of Shanghai. There are also a lot of human body smashes and other messy things, seeing that kind of scene, I am like some newcomers who have never been on the battlefield, vomiting nearby on the spot, although it looks humiliating, but this is too terrible and cruel, seriously... The brutality of the war and its beginning have left an indelible mark on the hearts of many people.

However, the enemy did not intend to let go of these poor imperial warriors easily, and under the fierce fire attack of the pursuing enemy, the loyal emperor ** fell a few hundred people and could no longer see the cherry blossoms in Kyoto bloom......

Fortunately, at this time, the navy put aside its grudge with the army, and urgently ordered several large and fast mine-striking ships to venture close to the enemy within range and cover the retreating imperial warriors with fierce naval guns. The enemy retreated back into the city under the powerful attack of our naval warships, and it is impossible to count how many red elements were destroyed.

May 11th

We hastily ate breakfast, and as soon as we arrived at the assembly area, we found that the entire army of the Third Division, which was less than 23,000 remaining, was filled with a mournful atmosphere, and we thought that the commander would take advantage of the victory of the mourning soldiers to launch another round of attacks, but as a result, the commander waited for the whole day The commander was waiting for the arrival of the domestic order, but the order said that it was necessary to wait for the arrival of the European and American ghosts, but unfortunately the multinational joint expeditionary force from the British Empire in April still did not come, and the imperial command sent a telegram asking where they were. But they answered that they were on the way......

Commander Itagaki received a telegram from the other party forwarded by the Empire, and he was very angry about it, but he did not ask the headquarters why the friends were so abrasive, in fact, everyone knew that for the arrogant Omi ghost animals, coming here was just an armed outing, and in their eyes, it seemed that the Shina people of the same skin color as the Great Japanese Empire were no different from the people with pigtails hanging down the back of their heads during the Manchu Dynasty. For our empire, these white pigs have long lost the spirit of martial arts, the so-called success is also democracy, defeat is also democracy, where is as united as our empire. However, everyone talks about it in private, so no one says anything nonsense.

However, the fact that the Multinational Joint Expeditionary Force did not come does not mean that Commander Itagaki has not taken any action.

Three hours later, His Excellency the Commander ordered a series of large-caliber naval guns to bombard the city, and the loud roar of the guns continued in my ears for a whole day, and the firing did not cease until nightfall.

May 12th

Yesterday, although the shelling lasted all day, it did not produce the situation that His Excellency the Commander wanted. However, His Excellency the Commander did not seem surprised, and today he still ordered the artillery on the battleship to continue the shelling.

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May 13th

On the fifth day of our stay on the coast of Shanghai, the enemy did not come out as if they had retracted for no reason. In order to save the precious resources of the empire, the commander ordered the 127mm naval guns to use only about 2-3 of them for shelling, and at the same time as the shelling, a small detachment of about forty or fifty front-line scouts was sent to start shelling as soon as the movement in the city was discovered.

It's a pity that the scout squad has not yet entered the city, it was driven back by the enemy, due to the problem of large buildings in the city, the firing angle of the naval guns is not easy to adjust, the 127 mm naval guns have no way to carry out shelling, and the scouts who ran back alive are now less than 10 people, the enemy is too fierce, and most of the loyal and brave men of the empire are lost in the city.

Unexpectedly, the commanders of the 3rd Division, who had lost this time, were indignant and demanded that they lead their wings into the city again. Unfortunately, the commander retorted to them, saying that an attack would not be allowed without the arrival of the Multinational Joint Expeditionary Force, because the almost reckless battle on the 10th had lost nearly 2,000 loyal men of the Empire, and the total strength would not have dropped to an intolerable level. The commander believed that it was better for a single division not to touch the strange city area of Shanghai in front of it, and it was impossible for the empire to sacrifice the lives of Yamato's sons and sons for the benefit of the so-called Omi ghost animals, and the empire had no such obligation.

There was no shelling all day today, no attack, not even the face of the enemy on the opposite side was revealed.

May 14-15

I have to admire the will of the enemy in the city, and the enemy who has been cowering in the city for six or seven days has not rushed out, and according to one of our veterans who had participated in the suppression of the Korean resistance organization, he should now be Nakasa, who also besieged all those rebels in the city of Pyongyang for two whole months, and in the end, those resistance elements who could not hold back had to rush out and fight a decisive battle with us. Since then, no one has dared to oppose the Imperial Army, and now we have encountered a hard one...... No matter how much we eat and drink spicy food outside the city, or how we tease the enemies inside the city, we just don't react. It seems that the plan of Wakamiya Daisa of the General Staff Office of the Headquarters has been in vain, even if a dozen loyal and brave men are sent to shout and scold outside, it is just a cold shot by the other party, they have no intention of coming out at all, is this group of Bolsheviks want to consume us to the end, I don't know what kind of confidence the other party dares to do this.

I have a not-so-good premonition that the Empire's infiltration in Northeast China, North China, and Jiangnan may be defeated by this group of Red Elements in China.