"Bastard." Isamu Yokoyama scolded in a low voice, these photos are extremely damaging to morale, saying that the soldiers have been educated for a long time and think that it is shameful to be a prisoner, but now, tens of thousands of soldiers have been captured, and senior generals have been captured, which will make the soldiers suspicious, and then their faith will be shaken.

It has been surrounded for more than a month, the soldiers from the initial nervousness to the current anxiety, even Yokoyama himself began to be a little anxious, some soldiers began to harass the residents in the city, now the Chinese women in the city basically do not go out, Yokoyama Yong had to order to strengthen military discipline, send military police to patrol the city, strictly prohibit soldiers from leaving the position without authorization, the situation in the city has only slightly improved, but the Chinese still dare not go out.

As the commander of the whole army, Yokoyama Yong is very clear about his strength, the generals of the squadron outside the city continue to propagate, claiming that they can negotiate, Yokoyama Yong also sent the deputy chief of staff Harukawa Kiyocho to negotiate with the Chinese side several times, Yokoyama Yong's request is to allow the whole army of Tianjin to open outside the customs, can hand over heavy weapons, and the troops only carry light weapons; The Chinese negotiators resolutely refused, demanding that they surrender unconditionally and guarantee their lives.

The negotiations with the Chinese side were done by Isamu Yokoyama behind the back of Okamura Ninji, and all the generals in the army knew about it, but no one was silent, including those officers of the Shaozhuang faction who were once extremely tough, and now they were silent, but Yokoyama also knew very well that if an agreement was reached, these people would run to the front, and when everything was safe, they would shout loudly to show their samurai spirit.

Two sedans passed through the training of the soldiers in the township, stopped in front of the guild hall, two officers got out of the car, walked in quickly, and soon the two officers appeared on the rooftop terrace.

"Commander, we're back."

Yokoyama looked up at the plane in the sky before turning around: "Harukawa-kun, what's the situation?" ”

"Their conditions haven't changed." There was a hint of frustration in Harukawa's tone, and after feeling that the time for the attack of the [***] team was getting closer and closer, Yokoyama sent Harukawa out of the city to negotiate and make a little concession on the conditions, but still asked the troops to withdraw outside the Shanhai Pass.

"This time I met the chief general of the China Army, General Du Yuming, his headquarters is in Meichang, and we negotiated at their headquarters, and the people of China are very arrogant."

Yokoyama nodded slightly, Harukawa went out to negotiate, not only to test the intention of the Shina army, but also to see the direction of the main attack of the Shina army, Yokoyama did not hope to win in the end, but he believed that as long as the first attack of the Chinese could be repulsed, the Chinese might consider his conditions, which may be their only way to survive.

The news brought back by Qingchuan once again proved that his judgment of the main attack direction of the [***] team was correct, and the Chinese generals thought that they had a chance to win, so they did not care about exposing the position of their headquarters, and this arrogant attitude may give him a chance to win.

The 9th and 110th Divisions were in the north of the city, the 8th Mixed Brigade was responsible for the east of the city, the 69th Division was responsible for the south of the city, the 16th Mixed Brigade was responsible for the west of the city, and the 132nd Division was responsible for the core position.

Isamu Yokoyama divided the 30,000 soldiers in the township into 30 teams, and mixed them with the gendarmerie and the engineer wing and the baggage wing of the directly subordinate wing, so that each team had at least 100 soldiers, and in this way the 30 volunteer brigades were formed, and Yokoyama put four teams in the east, west, and south, and six teams in the north of the city, and the remaining 12 teams were all scattered in various areas of the city.

"In order for me to agree to surrender, Du also showed me around their artillery positions, as well as rocket artillery." Harukawa added, his expression was very complicated, in the outer battle, the troops suffered heavy losses in heavy weapons, and now there were only a dozen heavy guns left in the city, and these heavy guns were hidden near the French Catholic Church.

Yokoyama Yong frowned slightly, this Chinese general was too bold, and actually let Qingchuan go to see their heavy artillery and rocket artillery positions, which made him have a trace of doubt in his heart, but Qingchuan then said: "They don't care, the total strength surrounding us is 300,000, and there are 100,000 reserves, and the fire support In addition to heavy artillery and rocket artillery, there are also 300 aircraft, Du still has some understanding of our situation, he thinks that our strength is no more than 60,000 at most, and he attacks with five times the strength and twenty times the firepower, We simply don't stand a chance. ”

Qingchuan's expression was very helpless, which just explained why Du Yuming was so bold, and Yokoyama Yong had a feeling of humiliation, yes, Du Yuming made a mistake in judging the troops in the city, but this mistake was not to understand the soldiers in the city, but even so, what could it be? The [***] team has an absolute advantage in all aspects, even if there are so many more than one or two thousand.

"When do you expect them to attack?" Isamu Yokoyama asked again.

Qingchuan's expression suddenly darkened, and he smiled bitterly and said: "I estimate that it will be soon, it will be two or three days, in fact, Du Yuming has already given an ultimatum, after taking me to see these things, he told me that this is the last chance, either accept their proposal, or stop negotiating, he gave us twenty-four hours to think about it." ”

Yokoyama nodded slightly: "It seems that the time for their attack is set for the early morning of the day after tomorrow, Harukawa-kun, the time for our final service to the empire is almost up, and we are going to the Yasukuni Shrine." ”

Harukawa didn't answer, just looked at Yokoyama silently, he knew what Yokoyama was thinking, sending him to negotiate was not just a test of the truth, this kind of battle that was doomed to the destruction of the whole army was something that no general wanted to fight.

"A Western military commander once said that I don't want to win every battle, I just want to take my soldiers alive and walk off the battlefield as much as possible." Isamu Yokoyama sighed: "But what can I do? When we step on China, we are destined to be buried here, and we are destined to return to our hometown. ”

Qingchuan's heart was sour, his eyes were almost red, when he marched across the horse, the sword was pointed, the people of China fled in a hurry, the imperial army won consecutive battles, tens of thousands of people could run rampant in North China, in just a few years, the situation was reversed. The 45th Army of the North China Dispatch Army was annihilated by nearly 400,000 troops in a bloody battle, and the nearly 400,000 Kwantung Army led by Okabe Naosaburo could only be trapped in Shanhaiguan and did not dare to move eastward.

"Order the whole army, enter combat readiness." Harukawa was stunned for a moment, and Isamu Yokoyama seemed to know what he wanted to ask, he glanced at him calmly, and continued, "Don't think that they will obey that ultimatum." ”

With the order of Isamu Yokoyama, the whole of Tianjin immediately entered a wartime state, all the soldiers entered the predetermined position, the heavy artillery was pulled out of the concealed position, the remaining few tanks and armored vehicles were also driven out of the warehouse, the soldiers at the front frantically reinforced the fortifications, and the officers checked the position for the last time and took out the last wine to share.

There was a suffocating tension in the air, and in the trenches and on the city walls, everyone was waiting nervously, and from time to time the officers picked up binoculars to observe the positions of the [***] team in the distance.

Wait, wait for the first shell to land; Wait for the first explosion; Wait for the first wave of bullets; Wait for the first casualties.

The officers walked silently around the position, and the soldiers lay on the cold ground, holding guns in their arms, and their eyes were vigilantly observing the direction where the Chinese might emerge.

At a position three miles away from them, the Chinese soldiers sat leisurely in the trenches, chatting and laughing happily while eating.

"Squad leader, I heard about it, I'm going to attack, this time it's true." A young soldier with a steamed bun in his hand whispered in the ear of an older sergeant.

The sergeant looked up at the city wall in the distance and smiled calmly: "Little cub, how do you know, could it be that your fellow in the regimental headquarters told you that your fellow in the regimental headquarters should dare to leak the military aircraft and be punished." ”

"What are you talking about," the little soldier was a little anxious: "You didn't see it, the company commander has gone to the regiment headquarters." ”

"I said what is this," a veteran on the opposite side interjected with a smile: "The company commander does not go to the regiment headquarters for a few days, this does not count." ”

As he spoke, he winked at the sergeant, and then leaned over to the young soldier: "I tell you Xiao Kunzi, when the attack begins, the devil will shoot down at the head of the city, and the bullets will shoot like the wind, and the bullets will rain down. ”

The young soldier blushed and protested: "Don't underestimate people, let's see who is slower when the time comes." After speaking, he ignored the veteran, turned his head and said to the sergeant: "Squad leader, squad leader, not only the company commander went, but the company commanders of other companies also went, this is not going to attack, why did they all go, this is definitely the case." ”

In fact, both the sergeant and the veteran noticed, but they were all veterans, had participated in several major wars, and were no longer as calm as this young soldier who had just joined the army, and now they were just waiting, and when the company commander came back from the regimental headquarters, everything would be clear.

When it got dark, the company commander finally came back from the regiment, and when he returned, he called all the cadres above the squad leader to the company headquarters to convey the tasks assigned by the regiment, and the attack would be launched at 7 a.m. the day after tomorrow.

"An hour before the attack is launched, artillery preparation begins," there was a layer of red on the dark face of the company commander under the beating firelight: "The time for artillery preparation is about an hour, and then, the air force begins to bomb, and after the air force bombs, the artillery fire is prepared again." Brethren, this artillery preparation is unprecedented, the theater heavy artillery brigade, the heavy artillery brigade of the army group, the divisional artillery regiment, two rocket artillery regiments, and a tank battalion accompanying our attack, they will cover our assault on the city walls. ”

"Brothers, our regiment is the vanguard of the whole division, we are the vanguard of the whole regiment, this is the trust of the commander in us, and it is also our glory, brothers, do you have the confidence to rush to the city wall?!"

"Yes!" More than a dozen men below got up in unison and replied, and their figures passed through the cover of the company headquarters, attracting the soldiers of the whole company to the outside of the company headquarters.

"Good! Very good! The company commander nodded with satisfaction, waved everyone to sit down, and then continued: "During the preparation of the artillery fire, the assault team will move forward until it is 800 meters away from the city wall and hide. ”

"Company commander, do you need it? It's not like we haven't done it before, and if this is discovered by the devils... "The platoon leader was a little puzzled, it wasn't that he hadn't gone out before, or even more forward, and he hadn't done it like this.

"This time it's different, everyone has seen the rocket artillery thing, as soon as it comes down, it's a big time, this is going to be a miss, let's make a big fuss, and we will lose half of the crew before we charge." The company commander explained, "Let's not talk about the rest, now select the commando, the support team, the cover team..."

(To be continued)