Chapter 927: Mitsu's Scruples Every Time Lang (Ask for Subscription!) ）

The aggrieved Japanese breakout troops

Outside the city of Wuchang, a steady stream of Japanese troops, including the Chinese civilians who were coerced by the army, went out of the city one after another. As the commander, General Mitsu stood in the original 21st Army headquarters for the first time, holding up the telescope in his hand, looking at the vast army not far away...

"Sakai-kun, how many troops have not left the city? Why is the speed of the troops out of the city so slow, and the troops are ordered to speed up..."Seeing that it took a full hour, less than half of the troops successfully left the city and assembled outside the city. Every time Mitsu raised his brows, he immediately wrinkled into the word 'Chuan', and asked with an unhappy face.

"There was also a division and all the logistical baggage that did not leave the city. As for the speed of the troops out of the city..."

"According to the reports of commanders at all levels, because the army has coerced a large number of Chinese people, the quality of these ordinary people cannot be compared with the army at all. So, the march of the troops slowed down a lot..."

Seeing Mitsu Jiro's face in front of him, he was once again shrouded in helplessness, standing in front of him, silent. Lieutenant General Sakai tentatively opened his mouth.

"Your Excellency Commander, you see, do you want the troops to kill some Chinese, give the remaining Chinese some deterrence, let them speed up..."

"No..."As soon as Lieutenant General Sakai's words fell, Mitsu's eyebrows raised every time. Without the slightest hesitation, he said very decisively.

Seeing the face of Lieutenant General Ichiro Sakai, the chief of staff in front of him, a trace of murderous aura quickly flashed. Then, he looked at himself with a puzzled expression. General Mitsu could only explain with a scruple on his face.

"These Chinese are the only weight in our hands to successfully break through. And our opponents, it is because of these Chinese that they let go of a way and let us break through. However, our opponent's endurance is limited after all, and once we provoke our opponent through such bloody means. Then, the only hole card we have left in our hand will be useless. When the time comes, our hundreds of thousands of troops will be wiped out because of our willfulness..."

In the face of the commander's answer, Ichiro Sakai, who has always been proud, wanted to refute. However, after a short period of thought, I have to admit this hard fact. In an instant, the face that was still very angry just now became aggrieved, just like the Mitsu General in front of him.

"Alright, Sakai-kun. Don't be too upset, either. I believe that this kind of grievance is only temporary for us. As long as we can reach Shanghai safely, I will never interfere with the Chinese as you want to vent as much as you want. But now, on the way to break through, I will never allow this kind of thing to happen in the troops, is it all clear? Seeing Ichiro Sakai with an uncomfortable face in front of him, Mitsu Jilang, as an old partner, could only pat him on the shoulder helplessly. Then, he said with a comforting face.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I understand my humble duties. In order for the 100,000-strong army to successfully reach Shanghai, I believe that we, as the Japanese Empire, will be able to endure this grievance. I immediately gave orders to the subordinates that it was forbidden to kill or injure any Chinese to threaten their companions during the march..." replied Lieutenant General Sakai with a sincere face.

"Yo Si, very good. In this way, with so many Chinese in hand, the East China Field Army will definitely not dare to attack us in a short time. Therefore, we do not need to worry about the safety of the remaining troops. The order went down, and the Sedum Brigade, as the vanguard of the whole army, set off immediately. The rest of the troops, set off in half an hour..."General Mitsu once again regained his due majesty as a commander, and ordered with a serious face. …,

"Ha Yi ......"

One of the most important features of Hubei, as the land of fish and rice in China, is that the entire territory is full of rivers that crisscross and cross the country. These rivers are naturally unique for agricultural irrigation. However, for the march of the troops, it turned out to be a very huge trouble.

Liu Huajian's order to clear the wilderness had just been issued, and all the villages and towns along the Wuchang road to Shanghai were almost immediately cleared without even a grain of grain. More importantly, in order to slow down the Japanese army's march more thoroughly, the Japanese breakthrough troops were completely trapped in the Lianghu area. The garrisons in various places, who received the order, almost immediately blew up all the bridges along the line.

It can be said that in order to successfully reach Shanghai, the 100,000 troops commanded by Mitsu Rumhiro had to rebuild bridges one by one if they wanted to cross the dozens of rivers they passed along the way. Otherwise, with an army of 100,000 men, it would be impossible for him to cross the river by swimming ... Of course, even if his troops were able to swim across, it would be impossible for the 50,000 ordinary people she was carrying to swim across...

As a result, the Japanese forward unit, an integrated infantry brigade, had just set off less than an hour before it was blocked by a large river with a span of more than 30 meters.

"Baga, what about the bridge, doesn't the map show that the bridge here is intact, and what about the bridge?" On both sides of the river, only a pile of rubble remains, and even the wreckage of the bridge piers in the river has disappeared. Captain Sedum Shaozuo's face immediately showed a look of despair, and he roared loudly.

Just as he stared at the bridge with red eyes and only two piles of wreckage left in front of him. The leader of the reconnaissance team who came out of front was already panting and rushed over.

"Report to the captain, have you already investigated clearly?"

"Say..."

Seeing the angry captain in front of him, the team leader could only reply very carefully: "Hayi, after investigation, it is certain that these bridges were directly blown up by a large number of bombs, and the time of the explosion was just two hours ago..."

"Nani? Two hours ago, the people of China blew up the bridge ... Bageya Road, without the bridge, how can our army cross the river, cunning Zhina, I must break all of you into pieces..."

After venting his anger for two minutes on the bare riverbank, the captain who slowly regained his senses ordered with a serious face.

"You, immediately report to the commander the news that the bridge ahead has been destroyed and the troops have temporarily stopped advancing. At the same time, I ask Your Excellency the Commander to immediately send an engineer unit for reinforcements. The rest of the people, follow me to the nearby villages, look for wood, and make sure that we find enough wood before the sappers arrive, and work with the sappers to repair the bridge. ”

"Ha Yi ......"

Maybe Sedum Shaozuo was too unlucky, or maybe the garrisons of the East China Field Army were too thorough in carrying out the order of clearing the field. When Sedum Shaozuo, with a menacing nearly 1,000 soldiers, had just rushed into a village less than a kilometer away from the bridge, the scene in front of him completely shocked him.

It seems that at least a large village with more than 1,000 people has gathered, but at this moment, not only is there not a single person in sight. What's more, the whole village is like a typhoon that has just swept through. One house after another, except for the bare walls, the walls are still bare. As far as the eye can see, there is hardly a roof and a large mén in the huge village.

"Report to the captain, after a search, the entire village is empty. Also, rummaging through the village, I couldn't find a single log that could be used to build a bridge..."A few minutes later, a squadron leader rushed out of the village out of breath and reported loudly.

"It must be the East China Field Army, it must be them... Blowing up the bridge, and then transporting all the timber that could be used to build the bridge, must have been the cunning East China Field Army. Eight Grid Tooth Road...", the captain, who was once again flushed with anger, clenched his fists and cursed loudly. …,

"Captain, what should we do next...", looking at the angry captain, he thought of the mission of his troops. The vice-captain could only ask very carefully.

"For the sake of the whole army, even if we use our bodies to build bridges, we will not hesitate. However, it is not there yet. There is no ready-made wood, so we process it ourselves. Pass my order, all troops, immediately look for trees suitable for building bridges nearby, and transport them to the river in the shortest possible time..."Sedum Shaozuo ordered with a decisive face.

"Hayi..."

The length of the bridge, which is several tens of meters long and there are no ready-made piers, is definitely astronomical in terms of the variety of timbers needed to successfully erect it. It took an infantry brigade of nearly 1,000 soldiers four or five hours to cut down all the usable trees within a radius of three kilometers before all the timber was raised...

In the end, when an improvised bridge appeared in front of the main force of the Japanese army, most of the day had passed.

Watch the demoralized troops walk across the wooden bridge one after another. After seeing Mitsu Yilang with a deep face beside him, the chief of staff, Major General Sakai, reminded in a low voice.

"Your Excellency, Commander, are you ready to go?"

"I know...", Mitsu, who was frowning, replied angrily. However, his double tǐ did not take any action.

After a short period of contemplation, he asked directly to Lieutenant General Sakai beside him.

"Sakai-kun, how long did the entire army stay here in order to repair this wooden bridge?"

"From the time the troops stopped advancing to the beginning of their passage, there was a total delay of six hours... However, with the time spent on the build-up of troops and the arrangement of defenses, the entire army was delayed for about seven hours...", Lieutenant General Sakai said directly.

"Seven hours... The time we can spend on the march in a day is just over ten hours. In this way, we have only advanced less than ten kilometers in one day today..."Mitsu asked each other rhetorically.

"Hayi. Judging by the current time, the troops will have to camp and rest for two hours at most...," replied Lieutenant General Sakai in the affirmative.

"A bridge will delay us for a whole day. Sakai-kun, have you ever calculated how many such bridges there are on our way? In this way, even if it takes a month, we will not be able to catch up with Shanghai. At the beginning, in order to reduce the burden on the soldiers, the entire army only carried less than half a month's grain and grass. You say, the rest of the journey, the rest of the grain and grass, where do we replenish it?" asked Admiral Mitsu in a loud voice.

"It's... Your Excellency, Commander, we can't do it, we can only give us no food and grass on the spot..."

"Supply on the spot..."Saying this, Mitsu immediately sneered on General Lang's face. Then, he replied helplessly to his old partner beside him.

"Sakai-kun, haven't you heard a report from the prospect of Tian Shaozo for a few hours. All the Chinese people along the entire highway and within a radius of dozens of kilometers have long been evacuated by the squadron. Do you think that in an empty village, the squadron will still leave us with food? ”

"We can allow the troops to save food and, at the same time, to make the troops march as fast as possible. If it really doesn't work, we will use the Chinese people in our hands to threaten the Chinese government and ask the Chinese government to provide us with grain and grass supplies. Otherwise, we will let these 50,000 Chinese people be buried with us..."Speaking of this, Lieutenant General Sakai's face immediately flashed with a thick murderous aura...

"Baga, Sakai-kun, have you forgotten what I said at the mouth of Wuchang City, on the way to break through, anyone is forbidden to use the idea of 50,000 Chinese people..."..., "Sakai-kun, I know, this is very unfair to us. However, for the sake of these 100,000 troops, for the sake of the entire empire, we have to be careful and have to be careful. Again, 50,000 Chinese people are the only hole cards in our hands that can be played. If we lose this hole card, or if we make the Chinese government angry because of our actions, let them feel that the 50,000 ordinary people in our hands are no longer important to them. ”

"You can imagine what kind of fate our 100,000 army will end up in the face of the attack of hundreds of thousands of Chinese jīng rui after losing the supply of food and ammunition and the cover of the city wall. When the time comes, what will happen to the entire empire, because of the loss of the last mobile force, in the face of the fierce offensive of the Allied forces in the Pacific theater..."

"When we die, we die, after all, as soldiers, dying on the battlefield is our highest honor. But the whole empire will fall because of our fall... Sakai-kun, now you should understand, why do I have so many scruples in the face of 50,000 Chinese people who are powerless? ”

"Hayi, what Your Excellency Commander has taught me is that my humble duties are clear..."Faced with one fact after another, the proud Lieutenant General Sakai had to bow his arrogant head and replied.

However, after a short period of contemplation, he still asked with a worried face: "Your Excellency, Commander, since this is the case, what should we do next?" ”

"Order the troops to march as fast as possible. Later, after encountering the next broken bridge, the troops can rest. Only in this way can we save time and food as much as possible..."

"In addition, the troops guarding the Chinese people were ordered to conduct a screening of the Chinese in the troops. All Chinese with weak constitution were secretly released. In this way, in order to save food and grass as much as possible, we only need to leave 30,000 Chinese young and middle-aged people who can keep up with the speed of the troops, and release all the remaining people. Remember, it must be released secretly, and it must not cause any movement among these Chinese..." After a short period of contemplation, General Mitsu ordered with a decisive face.

"Hayi, Your Excellency the Commander is wise..."

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