According to later statistics, the Japanese army suffered 2,078 dead and 3,326 wounded in the battle of Nanfuzhao on September 12, which can be called the heaviest casualty since the establishment of the 10th Division. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Ryosuke Isoya had just arrived at the front line from the division headquarters in Langfang, accompanied by the chief of staff of the division, Atsuro Umemura, and Major General Eijiro Tajima of the 33rd Brigade. ”

Takehei Nagase gritted his back molars and said sneeringly: "As of 8:35 p.m., the results of battlefield statistics show that the 39th Wing of the 8th Brigade has a total of three Shaozuo, 12 Cao Chang, and 1,723 people below the rank of senior soldier killed in battle; The 40th Wing of the 8th Brigade Regiment had 5 Cao Chang, 350 people below the rank of senior soldier sacrificed their lives for the imperial state, and a total of 3,326 people were bravely wounded in the above two wings. ”

Ryosuke Isoya seemed to have received a slap in the face - this time he got the news at noon, and hurried from Langfang, and he didn't eat water for more than half a day, which caused his low blood sugar, and for a while he only felt his heart tremble and shake his hand, slowly held on to the corner of the table, stood firm, closed his eyes, and the temporary headquarters became as silent as a cemetery, and Atsuro Umemura and Tajima didn't even dare to gasp for breath!

After a while, Ryosuke Isoya squeezed out a sentence: "Why?" ”

"Your Excellency Lieutenant General?"

"Why is it ...... How many troops did the Chinese army send in total? ”

Takehei Nagase's eyes rolled, and he thought of a perfect way to escape responsibility: "The responsibility for causing the casualties of the loyal and brave soldiers of the imperial kingdom is all contemptible, please punish Your Excellency!" ”

Ryosuke Isoya glanced at him coldly and said, "The most important thing now is not to hold him accountable. Answer my question. ”

"Hey." Takehei Nagase said: "I beg your pardon, Your Excellency, until now, our side has not been able to know the specific number of people in the battle of the Chinese army. ”

Ryosuke Isoya was stunned, "You don't even know how many enemies there are until now?" ”

"Yes. According to the battlefield situation provided by the Air Force, the Chinese army will not exceed the strength of an integrated division. ”

"It can't be!" Isoya, Umemura, and Tajima blurted out: "A reorganized division of Shina is only 14,500 people, and it can cause ...... to the imperial kingdom The loss of almost a wing? Is there a mistake in battlefield intelligence? ”

"This, until further feedback arrives, please forgive the contemptible person for not being able to answer." As if he was afraid that the division commander would not believe it, Takehei Nagase added: "The contemptible people have twice asked the air squadron in the Tianjin area to take off and investigate the Chinese troops on the ground, and the news they have received is the same. However, judging from the subsequent situation of the battle, it is obvious that the Chinese army has a larger number of troops, and has hidden these people to deceive the air force's inquiry. ”

Ryosuke Isoya's short and thick eyebrows shook one after another, he was thinking about Takehei Nagase's words, he absolutely did not believe that the Chinese only had one division, and one of their divisions could achieve such results? So what else is this war of aggression against China? Even his own 10th Division, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Kwantung Army, quickly fled back to the homeland! Otherwise, there will be a danger of extinction of the country and species every minute, so it can be seen that the Air Force is a waste!

"What about the casualty figures of the Chinese people? What army are they? ”

"This, I'll ask Numata-kun to answer for you. Numata-kun? ”

Numata was annoyed, this is an unanswered question, what do you want me to answer? Secretly slandering the self-owned officer, he whispered: "The number of enemy casualties is being counted, and there is no specific number yet; As for the troops to which the hostile China belong, verification is still being carried out. ”

Ryosuke Isoya glared at Takehei Nagase viciously, guessing that he was afraid of being scolded by himself again, and deliberately let Numata do the thunder, and now he had no time to expose his careful intentions, and continued to ask: "Causing serious casualties, the tactics of the Chinese army, is there something unexpected, or is there something else?" ”

Nagase was stunned for a moment, crying bitterly in his heart, this is a bit cocooned. He didn't know the answer to this question at all, but he was bound to not be able to shirk it to Numata to answer it for him, as he had just done; Otherwise, his importance in the heart of His Excellency the division commander will definitely plummet! He hesitated for a long time, which made Ryosuke Isoya still a little strange, "Nagase-kun, what's wrong, is there any problem?" ”

"This, Your Excellency the Division Commander," Takehei Nagase quickly came up with a countermeasure: I can't answer, and I can't give this credit to others: "I beg your pardon, in this battle against the Chinese army, Numata-kun and Nagano-kun did not have the opportunity to go to the battlefield in person, but they were not as competent as some front-line commanders, so why not order them to answer?" ”

Ryosuke Isoya didn't think much about it, and nodded when he heard this; So the two remaining squadron leaders of the Smile Brigade Hiromoto and Kawasaki were found, and Ryosuke Isoya and Atsuro Umemura personally inquired.

Hiromoto was wounded, the bullet pierced the shoulder blade, and after a simple treatment, he tied his arms to his chest with a bandage, and without changing his bloody military uniform, he was called to the division commander. But even so, compared to his comrades, he was lucky, Kawasaki's injuries were even more serious, and when he retreated, he was hit in the back by a stray bullet from the Chinese army, and because of excessive blood loss, he is still unconscious in the military hospital.

Hiromoto was just a small young man, and he was able to meet with the division commander for the first time, and he was so nervous that he couldn't say a word, so Isoya Ryosuke comforted him a few words and asked: "Hiromoto-kun, you and your squadron have had face-to-face contact with the Chinese army, in your opinion, the Chinese army has caused such serious casualties for the imperial country, is there something unexpected about their tactics?" ”

"Well, no. But...... In the contemptible feeling, many people have a kind of inability to exert their energy. It seems that in April of this year, the daimyo of the horizontal bar was challenged by the daimyo Ye Guanshan, because he suffered from a severe cold, so that he could not exert his full strength, and finally regretted defeat. ”

Takehei Nagase scolded angrily: "Do you think these two things can be compared? Or do you think that the fighters of the entire 39 brigade were sick at the same time? ”

Hiromoto naturally couldn't provoke the chief, so he was so frightened that he hurriedly stood up and took half a step back; Ryosuke Isoya paid close attention to his words, waved his hand to stop Takehei Nagase, and said softly, "Hiromoto-kun, can you tell me in detail?" Why do you feel this way? ”

Hiromoto cringed and said: "This, this is just a contemptible idea, if you say it completely without thinking, please forgive your Excellency, the commander of the division." ”

Ryosuke Isoya is a well-known Chinese expert among the Japanese, and he is familiar with all the things that the Chinese are dumping, and he knows that Hiromoto is worried about being angered by Nagase in the future, so even if he wants to say it, he must take into account the thoughts of the chief - which makes him a little disgusted for no reason, "Nagase, you go out." ”

Nagase was startled, Ryosuke Isoya didn't even use honorifics, but it was known that the master of the division was on the verge of anger, and if he continued to entangle, he was afraid that he would be unlucky! He didn't dare to think about it, so he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and walked into the darkness.

There is also a section in the evening. (To be continued.) )