readx;?“ Kobayashi-kun, didn't you say that the people of China are not strong enough? Then how can there be ambushes on our two wings? "Iwu Zhenghe was a little unhappy, a grenade almost sent him to the west just now, the reason why Xiao Lin was so embarrassed was because he saved him just now. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Major General Kobayashi was ashamed and said: "Your Excellency, before the humble post, it was inferred that the strength of the people of China was insufficient from the battle situation in Tagawa City, if the people of China had sufficient troops, they would not have to take the initiative to withdraw the siege and lure us out of the city, they could directly besiege us to death in the city, and launch an attack until the city was broken."

However, I did not expect that the people of China would be so cunning and that they had ambushed soldiers on both of our flanks. Please punish the general. ”

Igo Zhenghe sighed helplessly, and said in his heart, punish at this time. Pig. Pig. Island. Novels, you still have a fart.

Seeing that Igo Masaho was no longer silent, Nakamura Tanichi hurriedly asked, "Kobayashi-kun, what should we do next?" Do you want to think of a way, do you continue to disperse the breakout? ”

"No." Xiao Lin shook his head and said: "Now that the enemy situation is unknown, we must not risk dispersing and breaking through, let's concentrate on breaking through, after all, the 6th Cavalry Wing has not been ambushed until now." With the failure just now, Major General Kobayashi instinctively chose a prudent decision.

Nakamura Taniichi and others, who were already frightened, had to join forces again and advance along the road according to their words, and at the same time send sappers to lay as many mines and mines as possible on the road to slow down the tank pursuit of the Northeast Frontier Army as much as possible.

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At the same time, two small and inconspicuous fishing boats quietly set off from the north shore of the Kunisto Peninsula in the Kunisaki Peninsula, east of the Guanmen Strait.

On the fishing boat, there are more than a dozen heavily armed Japanese soldiers, these Japanese soldiers are burly and look like elite soldiers who have been trained for many years.

On the deck of one of the fishing boats, a Japanese officer in a general's uniform stood.

This person is none other than others. It was Okamura Ninji, who had just flown from Tokyo to the border of Honshu Island and crossed the sea overnight.

Although he knew that the waters near Kyushu Island had been blocked by the submarines and navy of the Northeast Frontier Army, and that the risk was very high, Okamura decided to take the risk of crossing the sea overnight.

Because he knew that if he delayed for one more day, the situation on Kyushu Island could deteriorate by one day.

Therefore, he must rush to Kyushu Island as soon as possible in order to preside over the Kyushu Island battle situation.

As for flying directly to Nagasaki, Kumamoto and other places, Okamura Ninji did not want to, but the aviation forces suffered heavy losses, air supremacy had already been seized by the air force of the Northeast Frontier Army, and the entire island of Kyushu was full of Chinese fighters. Flying is much more dangerous.

Therefore, relatively speaking, the chance of smuggling in a small boat at night is much smaller.

However, it may be Okamura Ninji's luck, as soon as the two fishing boats reached the middle of the sea, they were spotted by a Northeast Frontier Guard XXI submarine that happened to be patrolling by.

Due to the fact that the Japanese lost almost all their naval and air forces in the decisive battle of the Tsushima Strait, and because it was night, the XXI submarine No. 080 did not dive, but was in normal condition.

XXI spotted two suspicious fishing boats and did not immediately fire torpedoes, but quickly approached them, and although it was known that the fishing boats that appeared here were 100% Japanese ships, it was too wasteful to use expensive torpedoes to hit two fishing boats.

Soon. Two Japanese fishing boats also spotted the rapidly approaching behemoth, and the Japanese on board were all shocked.

An accompanying adjutant said to Okamura Ninji with a big change in his face: "General, it's not good, there is a Shina submarine approaching. ”

"Huh?" Okamura Ninji changed color when he heard this. A hint of panic appeared on his usually calm face.

This is the 080 submarine has arrived less than 500 meters away from Okamura Ninji, and the adjutant hurriedly ordered the fishing boat to speed up.

Trying to get rid of this damn Chinese submarine, but to no avail, no matter how fast the fishing boat is, it is impossible to go faster than a submarine on the surface.

And two fishing boats were found trying to escape. No. 080 roared like a wolf that had spotted its prey and was about to flee.

Four 20mm anti-aircraft guns used for air defense were used as direct-fire guns aimed at the two fishing boats and began to fire fiercely.

A fishing boat was hit red-handed and there was a violent explosion. The dazzling red light in the sky is so dazzling in the dark night.

The dozen or so devil soldiers on the fishing boat were all reduced to ashes.

Okamura Ninji saw such a tragic situation, and said to the adjutant with a pale face: "Send electricity to the base camp, we have been attacked......"

The adjutant looked miserable, knowing that Okamura Ninji was going to send a farewell message.

Although he thought that there might be a crisis before he came, he didn't expect it to come so quickly, and although the adjutant was unwilling, he also knew that time was pressing, so he had to take the order and walk quickly towards the cabin.

The adjutant's face was unwilling to be seen by Okamura Ninji, in fact, he was even more unwilling than him in his heart, as an outstanding imperial soldier, Okamura Ninji thought that he still had too many ambitions and ideals to achieve, and too many talents that he had not had time to display.

Finally, just as the adjutant had sent out the message, the Chinese submarine opened fire again, and the dazzling light pierced the night sky and flew towards Okamura Ninji and them.

The firelight shone on Okamura's eyes, and as he saw the flames grow bigger and bigger, Okamura stood without saying a word until the skyrocketing explosion engulfed him.

After killing two suspicious fishing boats in a row, the 080 searched around for a while, and after making sure that there were no survivors, it continued to patrol, not expecting that there was a high-ranking Japanese general on these two inconspicuous Japanese fishing boats.

I don't know that they killed the entire Japanese military, who was the most capable of fighting and was regarded as a strong enemy by Zhang Xinghan.

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While Okamura Ninji folds his sword and sinks in the Seto Inland Sea on the Kunisaki Peninsula, the game of cat and mouse continues on the island of Kyushu.

The panicked Japanese were unable to escape the pursuit of Xing Zhanqing's subordinates, and by about five o'clock in the morning, the 18th Cavalry Wing, which was in charge of the rear of the palace, had almost lost all casualties.

Dozens of them even stepped on the mines planted by their own sappers because they were in too much of a hurry to retreat and were blown up into the sky.

As the sky was about to dawn, the troops were slow to move because of repeated attacks from the two wings, and they withdrew less than 30 kilometers.

and Nakamura Tanichi and Igo Masahe, who didn't close their eyes for two days and two nights, both looked particularly lost and haggard, and their narrow mouse eyes were bloodshot.

"Division commander, for the sake of today's plan, let's quickly evacuate with the 6th Cavalry Wing, the cavalry wing is fast mobile, and the people of the branch will definitely not be able to catch up." Major General Kobayashi persuaded bitterly, since he found out that he had been fooled last night, Kobayashi kept persuading the two division commanders to abandon the main infantry unit and evacuate first with the cavalry wing, but Nakamura Tanichi and Igo Masachi did not agree.

Hearing this, Nakamura Tani shook his head again and said: "As the division commander of the 18th Division, I must not leave thousands of Kurume soldiers to flee for their lives alone, besides, they are still the main force we rely on, if they don't exist, Kyushu Island will be easily captured by the Shina people, what do we do to fight against the Shina people for a long time?" ”

Igo Masahe was silent, and Nakamura Tanichi was right, they all understood that if they threw up the main force and withdrew with only the mobile cavalry wing, then they would all be able to escape back to Kurume and Kumamoto without any problems.

However, more than 20,000 active troops were lost, and even if they returned, they would not be able to raise enough troops in a short time to withstand the attack of the Northeast Frontier Army.

Not to mention that the summoning of retired personnel can not be completed in a day or two, but after these retired personnel are re-recruited and assembled, they have not fought in a war for two or three years or even longer, and how much combat effectiveness can they exert under the leadership of the backbone of an experienced combat unit?

In the face of the elite troops of the Northeast Army who are like wolves and tigers and have experienced a hundred battles, they are afraid that they will be devoured and there are not even bones left, they are simply a group of rabble.

Seeing this, Major General Kobayashi was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Two generals, there is a saying in the people of China that the people of China are not afraid of running out of firewood, as long as you can go back, there will be someone who will stay in charge of the overall situation of the Rume Military Region and the Kumamoto Military Region, then there is still hope for our Kyushu Island Anti-China War, please take the overall situation first!" ”

"What Kobayashi-kun said makes sense, the two generals ask you to retreat first, and Kobayashi-kun and I stayed behind to command the troops to disperse and break through immediately, maybe there will be a chance to break out." The chief of staff of the 18th Division, Momaga Yungo, also followed the persuasion.

Under the continuous persuasion of several subordinates, Nakamura Taniichi and Igo were moved together, although it was not a glorious thing to leave the main force and escape, and the development of the battle situation in the future would be extremely unfavorable.

But in the end, these two old devils are still lucky, they don't want to die, and in their position, they have already scoffed at the spirit of bushido, which is just a means used by the imperial top and the emperor to brainwash the majority of ordinary officers and soldiers.

If there is a choice as a last resort, of course they want to live.

Now that the two chiefs of staff had taken the lead and given them enough excuses and justifications, they immediately changed their minds.

Igo Masaho only grabbed Kobayashi's shoulders, and said with a heavy face and tears in his eyes: "Kobayashi-kun, for the future of the empire, for the sake of the vast number of Yamato people on Kyushu Island, you must come back alive." ”

"Please rest assured, the general will go all out to lead the troops to break through, if it doesn't work, there will be a chance in the future, see you at the Yasukuni Shrine!" Major General Kobayashi said quite tragically.

"Two generals, it's almost dawn, without further ado, you guys hurry up." Yungo Momoga looked up at the gray sky and hurriedly urged.

"Take care, Momoka-kun!" Nakamura Tanichi looked at his subordinates who got along day and night.

"Your Excellency, General, take care." Yungo Momoga immediately bowed his head and said.

After Igo turned over and got on his horse, Nakamura Tani waved his horsewhip one by one and galloped forward with a few guards. (To be continued......)