God, it's almost dark.

A fiery red sunset was slowly sliding below the horizon, and it was under its last light and heat that the entire heaven and earth were covered with a layer of fiery red with a faint golden yellow. In this case, looking at the past, even those trenches that have been blown to pieces, the wisps of gunpowder smoke that are still tenacious, and the corpses that have fallen on the battlefield and have not yet been cleaned up, seem to have more magnificence written with the cruelest pigment of lost life.

Breathing deeply in the evening breeze blowing across the river, and smelling the smoke and bloody smell of the battlefield, Lieutenant General Takeuchi stood silently for a long time with his eyes closed before he let out a satisfied sigh.

None of the officers who followed Lieutenant General Takeuchi knew what the supreme commander of the 55th Division was thinking in the face of a position that they had attacked for three days in a row and still had not yet conquered, and where the corpses of soldiers were piled up everywhere, and no one knew why an expression of almost intoxication appeared on Lieutenant General Takeuchi's face.

Only Takahashi Shino, who followed closely behind Takeuchi Kuan, understood that this ambitious and energetic man who was invincible on the battlefield was good at attacking cities and plundering land, and was respectfully called "Demon Sword Muramasa" by the combat staff officers of the military department, and who became the most outstanding representative of the young strong officers of the division commander in his thirties, and was enjoying his spiritual feast.

"Takahashi Shinosa," Lieutenant General Takeuchi did not open his eyes, he raised his head slightly, exposing himself to the air as much as possible, so that he could be more intimate with the temperature and breath left on this battlefield, and his voice, at this time, also had a rare trace of gentleness, "What do you think, how are they?" ”

"Very strong!"

Takahashi Shioza looked at the other side of the river, the position that had been beaten to pieces, and in just three days, I don't know how many bombardments and platoon artillery bombardments it had withdrew, but it was still standing, and replied seriously: "In terms of size, they probably only have one division, and they have no heavy artillery, lack anti-aircraft weapons, and even heavy machine guns are pitiful." With a division of 23,000 men and an aviation squadron to support us, we can definitely say that we are in a state of momentum and have taken advantage of the fact that we have captured the capital of Burma, Yangon. However, it took us three whole days to break through their outer defensive circle, which is enough to show that the opponents we have encountered here are very different from the previous ones. ”

Speaking of this, Takahashi Shino's gaze subconsciously fell on Lieutenant General Takeuchi's face, and sure enough, he saw that the corners of Lieutenant General Takeuchi's mouth rose slightly upwards in an arc that was not easy for others to detect, yes, Lieutenant General Takeuchi was laughing.

Takeuchi is only thirty-five years old this year, has the rank of lieutenant general, and when he is congratulated by his colleagues, he does not smile.

During the Battle of Changsha, China, the 55th Division was heavily damaged by Xue Yue's troops, and the veterans suffered heavy losses, and they had to withdraw from the battlefield for two weeks of rest and replenishment, and it was only in order to restore the morale of this almost disabled unit that the Army Department transferred Lieutenant General Takeuchi, a commander who was able to stimulate the offensive consciousness of soldiers to the limit on the battlefield, to the 55th Division.

Lieutenant General Takeuchi did not disappoint, as he led this barely regrouped force to attack the Burmese port of Mautam in a surprise attack, and after crushing the British defenders in one fell swoop, he landed successfully. Just when everyone thought that Takeuchi Kuan would temporarily stop advancing and wait for other troops to cooperate in the battle, this energetic and bold division commander on the battlefield actually waved his army and attacked Yangon, the capital of Myanmar, which was defended by tens of thousands of British [***] troops, with the strength of a division, and in the stunned eyes of everyone, Takeuchi Kuan only took four days to conquer this core city that is the most important for the whole of Myanmar, whether politically, economically, militaryly, or culturally!

After receiving the commendation order from the military department, he was already publicized as a hero in the media in Japan, and it is said that even His Majesty the Emperor prepared a Sakura Samurai Medal for him, and in the face of such a victory and the cheers of the crowd, Lieutenant General Takeuchi did not smile.

But today, he obviously lost his troops and suffered the most tenacious sniper since he entered the battlefield in Burma, and even paid a terrible price, but Takeuchi smiled.

He laughed happily, laughed wildly, and laughed even sharper! Only Takahashi Shinosa, who followed Takeuchi Kan as soon as he entered the army, understood that Takeuchi Kan was enjoying the thrill of suddenly meeting a strong enemy on the battlefield; He is enjoying this kind of most cruel picture that cannot be 100% captured victory, and must completely devote all his spirit and all his feelings to the battlefield, in the repeated struggle and tearing like a beast; He is enjoying the life of gathering all his strength to finally break through the toughest enemy, the toughest position, and the most majestic mountain!

It doesn't matter if he's a pervert, or if he likes to pursue excitement, Takeuchi just doesn't like a war without a large number of casualties, he just doesn't like too low-hanging fruit, he just doesn't like a position that can be grabbed with a single charge!

"Yes, they are indeed very strong, I saw their regimental commander personally charge into battle, I saw that more than one of their soldiers, after being seriously wounded, held our soldier and pulled the grenade on his body, I also saw one of their platoon commanders, holding the grenade bundle, rolled under the tank, and when both legs were broken by the tank tracks, he was able to maintain the necessary sobriety and pull the cluster grenade."

Listening to Takeuchi Kanna's slightly more vibrato, as if it was squeezed out of the middle of two layers of iron, Takahashi Shino Shaozo couldn't help but shout in his heart: "It's coming."

Really, looking at the 55th Division, or the entire army headquarters, there is really no one who knows better than Takahashi Shino, why Lieutenant General Takeuchi Kuan won the most glorious title of "Demon Sword Muramasa".

"Look at the Echunk position in front of us, where they only put up one regiment, and I mobilized two whole wings to attack. On the battlefield in China, we have already come to the conclusion that one of our wings can fight against one division of the Chinese people. As a result, we were bombed by planes, bombarded by platoons of artillery, and tanks, armored vehicles, and cavalry units fought together, and the two wings fought for three days and three nights, and the positions were still in the hands of the people, but our two wings were already exhausted, and the offensive was getting weaker and weaker. I could only give the order an hour ago to get them out of the battlefield and prepare for the new troops tomorrow. ”

Lieutenant General Takeuchi said it lightly, but at this time, every word he said was like the heaviest slap in the face, making everyone present "snap" in the face: "Who can sue me, what is going on?" Is our 55th Division really too weak, weaker than a group of East Asian sick men? Or have they become stronger, stronger than our Emperor [***] team, so strong that they can withstand the attack of one of our divisions with one regiment? ”

Faced with the question of Lieutenant General Takeuchi Kan, the top commanders of the two wings responsible for attacking the Echunk position, bowed their heads; The captain of the cavalry team, who was fighting with these two wings, bowed his head...... Except for Takahashi Shinosa, everyone bowed their heads.

No one spoke, and they didn't know how to answer, so they could only keep their mouths shut, and at this time, Lieutenant General Takeuchi's voice became clearer and clearer in their ears. "Now I know why you were beaten so badly by the people of China during the Battle of Changsha, China, so miserable that you had to rest for two weeks to recover, and so miserable that the top of the military department had to transfer me over and take over as your commander. Look at what you look like now, it's like a group of defeated roosters, without fighting spirit, without the determination to be strong when you are strong, if you don't lose, who loses?! ”

There was no loud roar, no roar of bastards, miscellaneous fish, and stupid talents, in this case, Takeuchi's voice still maintained a calmness, but it was such a calm that it pierced the self-esteem of every officer present. Because they all understand that what Takeuchi said was true.

As soon as they entered the 55th Division, they led them to fight in the battlefield with excellent equipment, and the self-righteous British [***] team fled from the wind, and in the shortest possible time, gained all their respected division commanders, and they were really disappointed in them.

When they finally encountered stubborn resistance, in the face of Lieutenant General Takeuchi's face full of disappointment, and once again recalled the pale powerlessness when the Battle of Changsha was defeated, the collision of self-esteem and inferiority made their hearts feel unpleasant.

As a general who is known as the military department and can inspire his subordinates to be unyielding and enthusiastic on the battlefield, Takeuchi will never wave a katana in the face of the enemy's bullets in the head and face, and use hoarse roars, exaggerated movements and leading soldiers to boost the morale of his troops. In his eyes, it seemed that such a thing could be done by any brave commander.

His favorite thing to do is to be excited!

It makes their eyes blaze, they pant wildly, and if they don't find a vent point and pour out the anger in their chests, they will suffocate to death, until they reach the critical point, and then let them launch a fierce attack on the enemy, no need for bushido, no need for warlords, these soldiers will naturally become a group of crazy beasts who are not afraid of death!

"Tomorrow, we will continue to attack Tonggucheng, and I hope that tomorrow will also be the last time we fight with Tonggucheng."

Takeuchi Kuan raised the saber on the ground with both hands, and at this time, his eyes had already skipped over and pointed to the piece that had been overturned by artillery fire I don't know how many times, and the military buildings that could be seen by the naked eye had almost all been destroyed, but it was still firmly in the hands of the [***] people, and fell directly to the long-standing but still standing city wall of the same ancient city, and said in a deep voice: "Find a way to get back what you lost!" ”

He did not give any more battle orders, let alone say anything like "if you can't break through the enemy's position today, I will commit suicide by disembowelment to thank the emperor", put the katana back in its scabbard, and Lieutenant General Takeuchi walked away without looking back. As a general who can stimulate the maximum offensive power of an army, Takeuchi Kuan has indeed used the Chinese art of war "please be better than a general" to the peak.

A group of officers who were left at the front of the battlefield by Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiroshi, they were of different ranks, different arms, and they might have personal grievances in peacetime, but at this time, they were all staring fiercely at the position in front of them that they had not been able to attack for a long time with the same gaze.

At this time, Takahashi Shinosa, who knew Lieutenant General Takeuchi best and often played the finishing touch, knew that it was time for him to make a final statement and direct the anger in the hearts of these officers to the right path.

Being able to become the confidant of Lieutenant General Takeuchi Kuan, and being transferred to the 55th Division with him, Takahashi Shino certainly has his own outstanding field. Takahashi was once a well-known physical education teacher in China, and after joining the army in response to the call of the army headquarters, Takahashi selected a group of outstanding students from various sports schools in Takahashi, trained them strictly, and formed a reconnaissance detachment with the style of the army.

This reconnaissance detachment has not received regular special forces training, but each of them has the best physical fitness, and everyone can swim across a 5,000-meter river with their bare hands without the help of any equipment, and in the close-quarters combat of hand-to-hand combat and bayonet fighting, three well-trained veterans cannot beat any of them. After rigorous training, their shooting skills have reached the level of A-level shooters.

After following Lieutenant General Takeuchi Hiroshi, a commander who likes to fight tough battles and pick hard stubble, after experiencing a series of bloody battles on the Chinese battlefield, such a reconnaissance unit has grown little by little into an excellent team that can complete combat tasks under any circumstances.

"We have been fighting for three days on the enemy's defensive positions, and now we know that the enemy has a division stationed in Tonggu City and a regiment in the outer positions of Echunke, and we do not know anything about their numbers, formations, and weapons composition, and we do not understand why they are still trapped in Tonggucheng when they are already isolated and helpless. This is an elite unit with strong combat effectiveness, and it is impossible for any commander to use them as abandoned pawns, and in the face of their trapped and isolated cities that violate military common sense, it is the biggest mistake of our reconnaissance detachment to reconnoiter them and understand their strategic plans and movements at the beginning of the battle! As the commander of the Reading Force Reconnaissance Detachment, I have to bear a great deal of responsibility for the defeat in the battles of the past few days. ”

The sun has fallen below the horizon, between the sky and the earth, only a gray gloom remains, looking at the opposite bank of the dark in the dark, still silent and tenacious position, Takahashi Shinosa's eyes, suddenly bloomed a trace of gold and gravel, he said in a deep voice: "It will take another hour at most, the sky will completely sink, and at that time I will personally lead the reconnaissance detachment, cross the Pew River, and catch one on the other side of the river." 'Tongue', before launching an attack on the enemy tomorrow, I will send you as detailed information as possible about the enemy. ”

After saying what he had to say, Takahashi Shinosaku gave a military salute to everyone and strode away.

"We, the Army Aviation Flying Squadron, are ready to make all preparations tonight, and all the ammunition, fuel, and parts that may need to be replaced on the battlefield tomorrow are all ready."

The second speaker was the captain of the Army Aviation Squadron who cooperated with the 55th Division to launch an attack on Tonggucheng, "It is the task of our Air Force to remove all obstacles before the infantry charges. Here we have absolute air supremacy, the enemy does not even have a few anti-aircraft machine guns, and if in this case we still cannot complete our mission, then I will be the first to fly fighters filled with explosives and ram their positions! ”

After saying these words, the captain of the Army Aviation Squadron left without looking back, and left behind him, along with the artillery commander of the 55th Division. Looking at the backs of these two colleagues, everyone present knew that by tomorrow, the Echunk position would inevitably be heavily bombarded as never before.

A wing commander also spoke, "We pay too much attention to the knowledge we have learned in the military academy, we have to pay attention to the coordination of infantry and artillery, and we have to follow the time marked in the textbook and wait for our support artillery bombardment before launching the charge." But by the time we rushed forward, those damned Shina people had already been given a respite. They huddled in the trenches, prepared enough grenades, and without even poking their heads out of the trenches, they could throw a large rain of grenades. Almost all of our charges were suppressed by them in this way. ”

Hearing this, the infantry commanders present nodded again and again, the grenade tactics of the [***] team in the middle of the army have indeed made them suffer enough, those Chinese soldiers are hiding in the trenches, lying in the shell craters, shrinking behind the stones and mounds, and they don't even need to come out, regardless of 3721, they will throw the grenades out, in the face of this defense method, they say that the high-precision shooting technology that the soldiers are most proud of, is not of much use.

After three days of pulling and pulling like this, even a few of their tanks were blown up by the grenade beam thrown by the squadron.

"Isn't it just playing with your life, isn't it just a deputy regiment commander rushing to the front line?!" The captain of the wing, staring at a pair of blood-red eyes, shouted loudly: "I will select veterans with actual combat experience in the army tonight to form a death squad led by me!" While the platoon artillery is still bombarding, I will attack with them, and only then will we be able to catch the people by surprise and rush into the trenches before they have a chance to throw a grenade, and force them to fight with us in bayonet combat! ”

The wing commander, who commanded the troops to attack for three consecutive days without breaking through the Echunk position, gritted his teeth, snorted a trace of cool air, and shouted loudly: "In the past few days, aren't there many heroes who have been seriously wounded and have pulled grenades, our death squads, starting with me, everyone must be full of explosives, and even if we die, we will tear their positions to pieces!" As long as their defenses are disrupted and they are unable to take care of the whole thing, our large forces, under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, can launch a final onslaught on the enemy's positions! ”

Looking at the operational programs of the armies of countries around the world today, tanks and armored vehicles are generally put in front of the battlefield, and the mobile steel barriers formed by them are used to cover the infantry behind. However, this wing commander pioneered the counter-tactics of infantry rushing to the front, and tanks and armored vehicles later.

To put it bluntly, this is a kind of war channel that is piled up with human lives!

"Our cavalry troops are not good at attacking fortified positions and positional defensive warfare, and their ability to act like the wind on the battlefield and discover the enemy's weak point in a short period of time can launch a chiseling raid, which is our greatest advantage, so our task is generally to attack the enemy's weak point, and then quickly withdraw from the battlefield after killing and injuring the enemy's vital forces as effectively as possible."

Under the rebuke of Lieutenant General Takeuchi Kan and the example of Takahashi Shinosa, the commander of the army aviation squadron went crazy, the artillery commander went crazy, the wing commander went crazy, and the cavalry captain, even if he didn't want to go crazy, he couldn't do it!

The captain of the cavalry held his chin high and said: "Before launching a general attack on the position of the people of China tomorrow, I will lead the cavalry troops to make a detour to the flank of Tonggucheng, as long as they dare to draw troops from other positions to support the Echunk position, I will immediately lead the troops to launch an attack and break through from the weak point of their forces!" As soon as the rift is torn open by the way, our entire cavalry team will immediately abandon their horses, repair their positions, and wait for your support. ”

Speaking of this, the cavalry captain glanced at the wing captain who had already announced in public that he would personally lead the death squad to launch an assault, and said: "Also, all of us will tie enough explosives to the war horses, once the position we occupy is counterattacked by the superior forces of the Zhina, they will have to face not only the bullets that our imperial army is angry about, but also hundreds of military horses full of explosives and crazy ramming at them!" ”

…… Whether it was Dai Anlan, Huang Jingsheng or Lei Zhen, they didn't know that what they would face the next day would be a team of all middle and high-ranking officers, all of whom would die if they didn't succeed, and even the wing commander would have explosives tied to his body and personally lead the death squad to launch the most crazy troops!

If they want to follow closely behind Takeuchi Kuan, an officer of the Young Zhuang faction, and make a path to victory, first of all, they have to turn themselves into the craziest beasts on the battlefield!

And the most thorough and radical learned, of course, was Takahashi Shinosa, and the reconnaissance detachment he personally led!

"I'm going to lead you tonight across the Pew with me, into the positions occupied by the China, to reconnoitre, and to capture a prisoner."

Takahashi looked at the soldiers of the Reading Force Reconnaissance Detachment who were standing quietly in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "I have to tell you that this is a difficult military mission. The soldiers on the other side of the river, in order to prevent our army from attacking at night, have made maximum preparations, and around the riverbank, there are mines laid by their sappers, and we are not familiar with the terrain, and if we are not careful, we will be discovered by their patrols or secret posts. The most important thing is that for the level of intelligence we need to get, the prisoner we capture must be at least a colonel-level officer! Given the dangers of this mission, I need twenty volunteers, and those who are willing to follow me on this reconnaissance mission tonight raise their hands! ”

Of the more than 100 soldiers of the reconnaissance detachment present, no one hesitated or hesitated, and more than 100 right hands were raised in unison.

Looking at the faces in front of him without the slightest fear, Takahashi nodded with satisfaction.

"If you are an only child in the family, you will be listed!"

"Wounded, get out of the ranks!"

"Before going abroad, a collective military marriage was held, and if you have a wife, you will be listed!"

"Join the Reading Power Reconnaissance Detachment, recruits who have not been more than a year old, out of the ranks!"

With Takahashi's low drink, groups of soldiers walked out of the queue, and until the end, there were more than thirty people, still standing in their original positions. His gaze slowly swept over the faces of these people, and Takahashi Xiao said in a deep voice: "Kobayashi Saiji is out of the ranks!" Jiro Shimizu is out of the ranks! Inoue Shou is out of the ......"

Takahashi called the names of more than a dozen people in a row, until only twenty-one soldiers were left standing in the original queue. Takahashi Shino's eyes swept away, stretched out his hand and pointed at the youngest soldier among them, and said, "You, out of the ranks!" ”

Looking at the last twenty soldiers selected, Takahashi nodded, and just as he walked up to these soldiers and was about to give the battle order, his sleeve was suddenly pulled from the side.

"Captain, I'm not convinced."

Reaching out to grab Takahashi Shino was a squad leader who had just been additionally named and stood out of the array. Facing Takahashi Shino's hidden sharp aura, and his eyes that were not angry and arrogant, the squad leader said: "Captain, you also said that this is a difficult military operation, and what you need is the best soldiers of our reading reconnaissance detachment. In terms of physical fitness, I am no worse than anyone else, in terms of military technology, I was in the original division and regiment, and won the second place in shooting and fighting for three consecutive years, in terms of actual combat experience, I followed you from the time you formed the reconnaissance detachment, captain. In your eyes, we can't be considered good soldiers? ”

Looking at the squad leader who dared to reach out to his sleeve in public, the deep grievance on his face, and the unwillingness to be despised after being despised in the reading power reconnaissance detachment, Takahashi Shino shook his head wordlessly. In the end, he specially named the dozen or so people who stood in the queue, he could blurt out the name of any person, he could name their favorite food, and when these subordinates were born, Takahashi Shino could even make a special trip to their mothers who were far away to send a postcard, thanking those mothers for raising such excellent children, and willing to send them into the army to contribute to the country.

These dozen or so people were the first batch of students selected from the school when he first formed the Reading Reconnaissance Detachment. No matter how well-trained they are, but with a hawkish commander like Takeuchi Kan who likes to fight tough battles and likes to pick strong enemies to collide, they are destined to accept the most dangerous tasks on the battlefield with the highest death rate.

Today, after several years of battlefield grinding, the first batch of more than 100 specially recruited students from the sports school, dead and disabled, can continue to stand here, accept Takahashi's orders, and still call him "teacher" in private, there are only so many children left.

His right hand lightly put on the shoulder of this child who was a subordinate in the barracks and was once his student in the domestic sports school in his own country, looking at his slightly raised chin and tightly pursed thin lips, Takahashi really wanted to tell this child that when the war was won and they finally used their own hands to establish the dream Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Circle, he really hoped that there would be students who would accompany him to sit under the most beautiful cherry blossom trees, enjoy the snow scenery on Mount Fuji in the distance, and taste the sweetest wine.

Even if...... There is only one, and he also wants to bring home those children who once believed in him and were willing to follow him to join the army!

But at this time, as the captain of the Reading Reconnaissance Detachment, Takahashi Xiao could only say in a deep voice in front of all his subordinates: "Inoue Shou, you are also a veteran, you have followed me for so long, you should know my temper clearly." If you want me to change the orders I have given, you have to become my boss first! ”

Quietly shaking off the fingers of Inoue Shou hooking his sleeve, Takahashi looked at the twenty subordinates who finally chose to follow him to swim across the Pew River with his bare hands and infiltrate the enemy's position, and said in a deep voice: "I will give you an hour to prepare the tools and weapons for crossing the river, remember to paint black paint on the bayonet, in case the blade reflects the moonlight and is discovered by the enemy." Also, although I have said it many times, I still have to remind you as usual that when you are on a mission, once your companion is seriously injured and incapacitated, in order to prevent the leakage of military secrets, even if the injured person is me as the captain, you must not hesitate to raise your gun and shoot him. If you can't, raise your hand now and get out of the action! ”

An hour later, Takahashi Shino led 20 soldiers of the Reading Power Reconnaissance Detachment into the Pew River with only the flat gasoline barrels captured from the British [***] team, and under the cover of night, successfully touched the vicinity of the 598th Regiment's position in Echunke.

It stands to reason that it is a very difficult task to capture a colonel-level officer in a heavily guarded enemy position. But perhaps it was too good luck, or perhaps in a conventional war, as long as the bridge over the river was blown up, it was enough to form a natural barrier, and the turbulent Pew River, and the fierce fighting for three consecutive days, made the 598th Regiment defense inevitably neglect the small raid force from the opposite bank at night.

After only lurking in the vicinity of the position of the 598th Regiment for more than half an hour, the scouts sent out by Takahashi to infiltrate all corners of the battlefield found a deputy battalion commander who had returned to the regiment's front-line headquarters for a meeting, and had left the position, and because the soldiers were even more tired due to the continuous attrition in the battle, he only brought a few guards with him.

After a night raid with little suspense, Takahashi Shino's command disposed of the corpses lying on the side of the road, tied several loops of rope to the major they had captured, and hung two flat gasoline drums that could provide enough afloat power in the river.

Faced with such a captive who could provide important information, Lieutenant General Takeuchi personally interrogated him overnight, and a few hours later, under Takahashi's perseverance and "skillful" handcuffing, they finally pried each other's mouths open.

It was only at this time that Takeuchi Kuan knew that the Chinese 200th Division, which they were facing was under siege but could fight stronger and stronger, had already announced that they would enter Burma half a year ago, but for various reasons, they stayed on the road several times and kept missing fighters!

When he heard that the current Burma battlefield, the nominal supreme commander was Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese Nationalist Axe, and the person who actually commanded the overall situation here and commanded the joint operation of the [***] team and the British [***] team was an American three-star general named Stilwell, Lieutenant General Takeuchi smiled. He played with the katana in his hand and said only one sentence: "A plate of loose sand!" ”

The Chinese Expeditionary Force, the British Royal Army and the Anglo-Burmese Army composed of Burmese natives, Chiang Kai-shek, who had rich experience in warfare and always liked to hide in Yucheng and command remotely, suffered a heavy naval defeat at Pearl Harbor, and was eager to retaliate against the American political axe, an American three-star general who was invited by Chiang Kai-shek to serve as the chief of staff of the "Supreme Command of the Chinese Theater", but he had no real strength in his hands, and it was impossible to completely win the trust of Chiang Kai-shek and the British [***] team in a short period of time...... All of this has made the land of Myanmar, a small country, gather all kinds of forces that usually check and balance each other, but now because of the invasion of strong enemies, they are barely gathered together.

Takeuchi was really curious, the United States political axe almost did not invest any real combat forces on the battlefield in Burma, and only sent a three-star general like a light commander, how to balance the contradictions between the two countries, Britain and China, because of different political opinions and strategic goals. In Takeuchi's eyes, this kind of alliance of one country and three princes with their own ghosts cannot last long.

Let me ask, if his 55th Division had three division commanders who had different opinions and would even pull each other's hind legs on the battlefield, how would this unit still fight?

But the intelligence continued to squeeze out of the prisoners' mouths little by little, and finally understood why the 200 divisions were trapped in the same ancient city and put on a posture of fighting to the death with them, but Takeuchi couldn't laugh...... At a time when their 55th Division and 200th Division were taking Tonggu as the target and launching the most fierce offensive and defensive battle, although the British [***] team was still retreating in a hurry and was defeated by them, the Chinese troops of the New Fifth Army and the New Sixth Army, with a total of 100,000 people, had already entered Burma and were maneuvering along the Yunnan-Burma Highway, while the middle [***] teams of the two divisions had already taken the posture of support and quickly pressed towards Tonggucheng.

Looking at the huge military map hanging on the wall, when the combat staff officer could finally use the blue arrow to mark the direction of movement of the squadron [***] and show this scene in front of Takeuchi Kuan, cold sweat penetrated Takeuchi's underwear in an instant.

General Stilwell, the joint commander of Britain, the United States, and China, who commanded the entire Burma battlefield, indeed has the capital of pride and is even more qualified to become the chief of staff of the "Supreme Command of the Chinese Theater." He does not have a single soldier in his hands, but he can go back and forth between the Chinese [***] team and the British [***] team, and after doing mobilization work, he designs a classic strategic layout.

The three-star General Stilwell, whom he had never met, wanted to use the 200th Division to attract the attention of the 55th Division, and then mobilize the superior forces that China was constantly massing towards Burma, plus the British [***] team in Burma, to carry out a counter-encirclement of their 55th Division.

Once their 55th Division was successfully surrounded by the enemy before capturing Tonggucheng, and in the case of a flank attack inside, the troops suffered heavy losses from Xue Yue's troops in the Battle of Changsha, and the weakness of the veterans' heavy losses would be exposed, and in the face of the siege of the superior enemy, the 55th Division would inevitably withdraw from the Burma battlefield in the most disgraceful posture even if it was not defeated.

And at that time, Admiral Stilwell can take advantage of the situation to command the coalition forces to go straight to Yangon and retake the Burmese capital! At that time, the strategic plan of the imperial [***] team to occupy the entire territory of Burma, cut off the Yunnan-Burma Highway, the main transportation artery for Western countries to aid China, and force China's political axe to surrender, will be completely defeated.

Looking at the lieutenant [***] officer, who was tortured by them for several hours in a row, finally opened his mouth to confess, and was scarred all over his body, and looked back at Takahashi Shinosa, who was standing beside him, personally leading the reconnaissance detachment to swim across the Pew River with his bare hands, and successfully completed this task, Lieutenant General Takeuchi Kuan slowly let out a long breath. It's true...... It's dangerous!

But when all the stuffiness in the lobes of the lungs was exhaled little by little, Takeuchi smiled, and his whole face was full of joy in enjoying the bliss of life.

"What a Stilwell, what a three-star American general! What I admire is not how perfect the strategic plan you have drawn up, you are a bare-rod commander with no power and no soldiers in your hands, but you can use your own methods to put your eyes above the top, the British with the words 'royal army' written on their faces, and the Chinese who they look down on at all, no matter how long this offensive and defensive alliance with ghosts can support, you can do this step, just this command that can break the boundaries, is enough to become a strong enemy of my Takeuchi Hiro! ”

"There is also the commander of the 200th division, Dai Anlan, I have always looked down on your soldiers, but now I must say that you led a division with an establishment of less than 10,000 people to go deep into the depths, and it was clear that it was impossible for reinforcements to arrive in a short time, and you still dared to stay in Tonggucheng, surrounded by 23,000 people of one of my divisions, and resisted our onslaught from three directions.

"But ......"

Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Takeuchi Kuan smiled again, he smiled heartily, smiled confidently, and laughed even more arrogantly, he looked at the map, the representatives were gathering towards the same ancient city, faintly forming an encirclement trend, it seemed that it would not be long before the blue arrow that surrounded the 55th Division from the outside, and said with a smile: "You guys, are you underestimating me too much?" Do you really think that when I, Takeuchi Kan, get serious, you can withstand the iron fist of our Imperial Army with just one of you, an infantry division that lacks heavy weapons and has no air support force?! ”

"Takahashi Shinosa!"

"Here!"

Takeuchi Kuan pointed to the lieutenant [***] officer who had been tortured by them for several hours, and finally they asked for all the information, and said in a deep voice: "Takahashi Shinosa, he is the prisoner captured by you who personally led the Reading Force reconnaissance detachment across the Pew River. Because of your excellent reconnaissance operation, we have gained insight into the enemy's strategic plans and arrangements, and obtained the most important military intelligence. It's up to you to choose a squad from the Reading Force Reconnaissance Detachment, go on a trip yourself, escort the prisoner to the Rangoon military headquarters, take him out to treat his wounds first, and don't die on the road before he reaches the military headquarters. ”

Takahashi Xiao looked at the division commander in front of him who was not much older than himself with grateful eyes, of course he knew that escorting such a prisoner who could provide important information for the military department to the military headquarters would definitely be rewarded by the military department, plus the military merits he had obtained in the past few years, the rank of young sa on his shoulders was likely to be replaced by a middle sa.

At the signal of Takahashi Shino, two soldiers of the Reading Force Reconnaissance Detachment set up the lieutenant [***] officer, who had been overtortured and could no longer stand up again with his own strength, and took him out of the division headquarters.

At this time, Takahashi took out a wooden chessboard and two boxes of Go chess pieces directly from the drawer of Lieutenant General Takeuchi's desk.

"I'm really strange, when you were in China, you were obviously a physical education teacher, and martial arts and guns should be your forte, why do you like Go as a thing to sharpen your surname."

Takeuchi sighed as he sat down across from Takahashi and picked up a box of chess pieces.

"Because my original surname was too impatient, as a commander, if you can't keep a calm mind on the battlefield, you will only end up harming the people around you. Even in order to get my men off the battlefield alive as much as possible, I had to overcome my shortcomings. ”

Takahashi Shinobu picked up a chess piece from the chess box, put it on the chessboard, and said calmly: "Playing Go, not only can we learn to face any difficulties, we will remain calm, but more importantly, this kind of chess in ancient China, was originally used by those outstanding strategists and strategists, usually used to hone wisdom, condense the way of war into the square inch of the stage." Although the current people of China are only the sick men of East Asia, the wisdom they have inherited is indeed worth learning from. ”

"Every time you face a big battle, you have to pull me to play Go, because you are afraid that my mind will be impulsive and I will give a battle order without thinking carefully, so you want to use the way of playing chess to force me to concentrate first, and then make a new judgment after recovering my composure during the chess game deduction, right?"

"Your Excellency Division Commander, you are known as the 'Demon Sword Muramasa' by the people in the military department, because you are bold and reckless, and you can often open up a piece of the sky in a different way from the way others dare not do and disdain what cannot be done. But in order to achieve great success, you have to take an equal amount of risk, so sometimes it's a good idea to avoid unnecessary risks and take things one step at a time. ”

Takeuchi sighed softly and said, "For example? ”

"For example, in this battle of Tonggu, if the confession we forced is completely true, the American three-star general named Stilwell just wants to fight a decisive battle with us in Tonggucheng, and after defeating our 55th Division in one fell swoop, he will counterattack along the middle line and go straight to Rangoon. The two divisions of the Chinese army in charge of supporting will only take about five days to rush to the periphery of Tonggu; I think the rest of the troops will be able to reach Tonggu in fifteen days at most, and once they are allowed to join forces, not only will we not be able to break through Tonggu, but we will really be caught in the dilemma of internal and external attacks, just like Stilwell's presupposition. ”

Takeuchi narrowed his eyes and said, "You mean, our 55th Division eats this piece of meat alone, and it is easy to get stuck in our throats, so we should send a report to the military headquarters and ask them to send other troops to support?" ”

Takahashi Shino's answer is very smart, "The way of Go pays attention to the vertical and horizontal branches, and the way of Qizheng complements each other." Your Excellency, the commander of the division, you led the 55th Division to make a surprise attack on Mautan Harbor, successfully landed in Burma, and then attacked all the way with lightning speed, and captured the capital of Burma in only four days. As far as the odd soldier is concerned, the division commander, you have already fought the most classic battle, and as soon as we made a move, we achieved a decisive victory and advantage on the battlefield in Burma. I think that at this time, in the face of the enemy's dying counterattack, we no longer need to take risks, we just need to press step by step, and eat away at their positional space little by little, it is enough. ”

"Hey!"

Takeuchi stared at the chess game in front of him, where the two sides had already laid out more than thirty chess pieces, and said, "In China, you are really just a physical education teacher, not a history teacher, or a teacher who teaches students to write Chinese characters?" Why is it that I am smarter than you, but every time I play chess, I always have the upper hand? ”

"Because you are the commander of the division, you have a big strategy in your eyes, even if you make a mistake, you still have the opportunity to use the chess pieces in your hand to regain the disadvantage." Takahashi picked up a chess piece again, felt the slightly chilling touch brought by the marble chess piece, and said indifferently: "And I, the captain of the small reconnaissance detachment, can only be a chess piece on this chessboard at best, as long as there is a mistake, it will be eaten, and there will be no chance to turn over!" ”

"What is a division?"

Takeuchi Kuan also pinched a chess piece from the chess box, pinched it into his palm, and said: "On the war chessboard premised on the country and the nation, a division can only be regarded as a chess piece at best. That's why I know that I can't play Go at all, but I still prepare a set of Go in my command room wherever I go. ”

Speaking of this, Takeuchi smiled, Takahashi Shino also smiled, these two professional soldiers who are brave and good at fighting like to use the most direct attacks to completely destroy the enemy, and the flashing in their eyes is amazingly the same wisdom and cunning. Perhaps only by sitting in their place will you understand why Takeuchi hung the same military map on the walls on the left and right sides of the command room!

In less than an hour, Takeuchi Kan, who had already lost a game, challenged again, "Such a big battle, of course we should fight three sets in a row!" ”

"Good!"

Just as the two of them were working together to clean up the chess pieces placed on the chessboard, there was a slightly hurried footstep outside the door of the division headquarters.

Takahashi said indifferently: "It seems that the people who need to learn to play Go are definitely not just the two of us. ”

But the officer who rushed into the headquarters blurted out the words, but made Takeuchi Kuan and Takahashi stand up at the same time, "Report, report, report, our army has encountered a small enemy raid!" ”

Also taking advantage of the darkness of the night, the small group of [***] who crossed the Pew River did not attack the forward arsenal of the position with the most offensive value, nor did they directly raid the division headquarters after infiltrating and collecting intelligence, but directly attacked Takahashi Shino's original unit and brought it to the headquarters of the reading reconnaissance detachment of the 55th Division!

As the best commander of a reconnaissance unit, while being good at raiding enemy positions, Takahashi is of course ready to be attacked by the enemy at any time.

On the periphery of the headquarters of the Reading Force Reconnaissance Detachment, he not only sent two sentries, but also two secret posts, no matter who they were, if they did not remove the cordon network formed by these sentinels, it would never be possible for them not to alarm anyone and infiltrate the vicinity of the headquarters of the Reading Force Reconnaissance Detachment.

After being stabbed through the heart with a bayonet in the back, the two sentinels moved to a dark corner, and the two sentinels who were already hiding in the corner ...... Looking at a corpse with no scars on the surface of the body, but the neck was softly resting on one side with an unnatural movement, Takahashi Shino's brows kept jumping lightly, and with his eyes, of course, it could be seen at a glance that this hand-to-hand combat was not an opponent's subordinate even if three veterans were combined, and his neck was broken with his bare hands! Takahashi couldn't imagine what kind of terrifying power the enemy who shot at him could directly wipe out the life of this most rigorously trained soldier in this way of pinching chickens.

When Takahashi finally walked into the command room of the Reading Force Reconnaissance Detachment, a chill that could not be looked up from the deepest part of his heart suddenly rose from the deepest part of his heart, and in an instant, it flowed all over his body, making him only feel difficult to breathe.

It was already four o'clock in the morning, and of course there would not be too many people in the command room, but because after dawn, he was going to escort the captured squadron from the other side of the river to the Yangon military headquarters, where at least a dozen of his subordinates, including Uei Shou, were on standby!

Now these subordinates were lying quietly on the floor of the command room, lying on top of the blood that had flowed out of their bodies and had gathered into patches. Just look at the rifles and submachine guns on their faces that are still clearly full of surprise and even horror even if they are dead, and some people have already caught them in their hands, but in the end they have not fired a single bullet, you can imagine the most terrifying destructive force that the small Chinese force that attacked them burst out in an instant!

And the lieutenant [***] officer, who was about to be sent to the Yangon military headquarters at dawn, also fell in a pool of blood, and unlike the others, the man who stabbed the bayonet into his heart did not pull out the deadly bayonet, but allowed it to stick into the officer's body like a wordless tombstone.

No!

On this bayonet, there are words!

Takahashi stretched out his hand and pulled out the bayonet, looking at the words engraved on the knife, he turned his head to look at the officers who followed them and walked into the headquarters, and said astringently: "Can anyone tell me, what is written on this?" ”

An officer who has studied Chinese culture deeply looked at the lights carefully for a long time and said, "These eight words should be ...... Serve one’s country with true allegiance! ”

"Loyal to the country?!"

Repeating the word in his mouth, slowly thinking about its meaning in his heart, Takahashi's body suddenly began to tremble uncontrollably. Because he suddenly understood why this small force of the Chinese army, which had crossed the Pew River, would directly attack the command room of the reading reconnaissance detachment! They probably found this place by smell with a keen sense of smell, such as a hound, and their task was, of course, to rescue the officer if he did not confess, and to execute him on the spot if he had become a traitor or incapacitated!

"Report!"

An officer hurriedly ran over, and he quickly reported: "Just now we counted the number of people and found that there was a young man and a lieutenant missing, and the preliminary judgment is that it is likely to be captured by the enemy!" ”

"Takahashi Shinosa, you crossed the Pew River, swept an officer from the enemy's camp, and they also sent a small group of elite troops, first executing the traitor, and then changing hands to take away two officers from us, I still underestimate the group of soldiers of the 200th Division, this-for-tat trick, they played really well!"

In Takeuchi's wide eyes, two clusters of blazing flames suddenly rose, "Even if this small group of troops is alone, they dare to raid the headquarters of the reconnaissance detachment that has more than a dozen elite soldiers guarding the town, as long as someone fires a warning shot, they will be wiped out." Their commander is either a madman, or a super gambler who is overconfident and daring to get to the top! ”

"But ......"

Just as everyone was listening subconsciously, Takeuchi said word by word: "I like such an opponent!" ”

(To be continued)