Chapter 34: Throwing Off the Pursuers (I)
Nakagawa and Takahashi discussed and discussed, but neither of them dared to make a judgment easily, so they had to let the troops stop for a while to recuperate, and at the same time report the tension to Watanabe Daisa in Kunshan.
Watanabe Daisa, who remained in Kunshan, was similarly unable to determine the exact intentions of the Baoshan group.
After all, this is China's territory, and although the Yue army has captured major cities and controlled the major key strongholds along the highways and railways, the vast countryside is still under the control of the Chinese, and after losing the killer weapon of aircraft reconnaissance, it is indeed difficult for the Yue army to grasp the specific movements of the Baoshan regiment.
If the Baoshan Regiment was still stranded in the vicinity of Kunshan, the agents of the Special High School would have easily locked their whereabouts, but no one expected that the cunning Baoshan Regiment would actually get on the train and run out for more than 100 miles in the blink of an eye.
In the end, Watanabe Osa had no choice but to report the situation to the Front Command.
General Matsui Ishine, commander of the Central China Front, reprimanded Watanabe Osa, and explained in stern terms that this was the matter of Watanabe, Nakagawa, and Takahashi, and that he Matsui Ishine only wanted the result, and as for how the three Osa, they would achieve the result, it was their own business.
Without saying anything, Admiral Matsui Ishine kicked the ball back.
Watanabe Osa had no choice but to order a separate pursuit, with Takahashi Osa leading the gendarmerie brigade to pursue to the south, Nakagawa Osa leading half of the wing to pursue to the north, and the remaining half of the squadron led by Deputy Wing Commander Honda Nakasa, continuing to pursue westward along the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway, while the special operations brigade urgently moved to Gusu to stand by.
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Thirty miles north of Wuxi, more than 1,000 officers and men of the Baoshan Regiment were braving the continuous winter rain to rush north.
The Baoshan regiment abandoned its car in the suburbs of Wuxi, which was still 20 miles away, and after half an hour of emergency reorganization, it began to turn around and rush northward; this sudden and continuous winter rain caused great difficulties to the reconnaissance and pursuit of the Yue army, and also caused a serious impact on the march of the Baoshan regiment.
Anyone who has led soldiers to war knows that recruits are afraid of artillery, and veterans are afraid of machine guns!
But there is one thing, which is what both recruits and veterans are afraid of, that is, a long-distance rapid march, especially a long-distance rapid march under harsh weather conditions, which is an unprecedented test of the will and quality of an army.
After the 25,000-mile Long March, the remnants of the Central Red Army, the equipment was poor to the limit, and the two of them only had one gun, and each gun was not even equipped with five bullets, but the combat effectiveness reached the peak in the history of the Red Army.
The reason is very simple, because the Central Red Army has experienced unimaginable ultra-long-distance rapid marches, in this unprecedented cruel march, all those who are not strong-willed and have weak physique have all been eliminated, and the rest are all strong and strong-willed Predators with better will than steel, so their combat effectiveness will be so strong!
However, the will and quality of the defeated soldiers of the Baoshan Regiment were obviously far from reaching this level, and this group of defeated soldiers was still imprisoned in the concentration camp of the Yue army less than 24 hours ago, living a miserable life in the dark, and they were not prepared for a long and rapid march, either physically or mentally.
How easy is it for such a rabble to march long distances and in such harsh climatic conditions?
However, there are disadvantages in everything, but there are advantages, and under such harsh climatic conditions, a long-distance and rapid march can also greatly temper the will of this group of defeated troops, and as long as this group of defeated troops can reach Jingjiang within the time expected by Yue Weihan, their will will will become firm enough, and although it cannot be compared with the Central Red Army, the three words "cannot be dragged down" are completely worthy of it.
If after arriving in Jiangbei, they can win a few more battles and annihilate a few small units of the army, so that the morale of this group of defeated soldiers can be restored and their confidence improved, then the Baoshan regiment can be regarded as elite, after all, the foundation of this group of defeated soldiers is not bad, but because they have eaten too much and lost their spirit.
Of course, this is just Yue Weihan's idea, and it is still unknown whether this group of defeated soldiers can complete this journey.
In fact, the rapid march was less than ten miles, and the whole team began to fall behind seriously, and the rout of the Central Army performed better, whether it was military discipline or physical fitness, it could barely keep up with the strength of the veterans of the Baoshan Battalion, but the tax police corps and the Sichuan army were not able to do so, and many of the Sichuan army routs walked and fell into the mud and never wanted to get up again.
Yue Weihan had to kick these Sichuan routs back to the marching column.
In order to ensure the speed of the march, Yue Weihan even came up with a rather "vicious" trick, deliberately letting Hua Hanlin lead some of the soldiers of the guard platoon to rush forward to serve as the top soldiers, and then let them secretly detour back to the back of the entire team.
This trick really worked, and everyone didn't dare to lie down and rest anymore, but there were also side effects, some of the routs were chased by the "Yue Army" behind, and they claimed that they couldn't catch up with the big troops in front, so they began to use their brains crookedly, always thinking about desertion, which began to test the ability of Yue Weihan and several battalion commanders to lead the team.
Yue Weihan had completely entered the state at this time, and entered an extremely excited mental state, like a male monkey in estrus with serious excess energy, jumping up and down in the entire team, running forward and backwards.
A Sichuan army rout was really tired from walking, and as soon as he sat down and wanted to rest, he was immediately kicked hard on the buttocks.
The Sichuan army was furious, and when he turned around and was about to scold, he found that a fierce and vicious figure was already standing behind him for a long time, isn't this person the Lord Tuanza?
"Quite a corpse? What about waiting for the little devil to collect your body? Get up! ”
The Sichuan army rout quickly got up, patted his buttocks and began to chase after the large army.
The two routs of the Tax Police Corps stopped to take a breath, and a nasty roar suddenly sounded in their ears: "The Eight Nations Bank Rui Police Corps? Hometown Yangzhou, right? Your hometown is now under attack by devils, it's not me who scares you, if you go back a little later, maybe your eldest sister and second sister will be poisoned by the little devils. ”
"Poisoned by a hammer, our home is in Yucheng, far away." The Arikawa army routed and replied.
"Yo ho, Yucheng Di?" Yue Weihan turned his head suddenly, his knife-like eyes had already fallen on the face of the Sichuan army, "Yucheng's awesome is amazing, a hundred or ten catties are carried on your shoulders, and you can run hundreds of miles without panting, why do you lie down after walking these few miles?" Lose the face of the people of Yucheng. ”
The Sichuan army rolled its eyes and hurriedly ran away.
Yue Weihan reached out again and grabbed a crooked handle, suddenly slammed into the sky, and shouted: "You are just a bunch of miscellaneous pieces, look at your bear-like appearance?" After running for a few miles, you gasped like this, and the faces of the Chinese were all lost to you! What is it that the little devil scolds us? The sick man of East Asia! You are the sick men of East Asia! ”
All the routs who heard this were eager to strangle their regimental seats at this moment.
Yue Weihan didn't seem to see it at all, and still used some fierce and even vicious words to stimulate and provoke these defeated soldiers who had been brave and brave, but now they had been beaten out of their spirits, Yue Weihan knew very well that in order to keep these defeated soldiers with enough marching momentum, it was necessary to constantly stimulate their nerves and make them always angry!
Grief can be turned into strength, and anger can be turned into power!
You can't expect these defeated soldiers to have a firm will, let alone grit their teeth and persist for the sake of the nation's sense of mission and the sense of honor of the soldiers, but you can stimulate them, you can humiliate them, and you can use this to provoke the wildest anger in their hearts, so that they can turn back into blood soldiers.
The journey was long, and the march was still difficult, but Yue Weihan would never give up easily.
As far as the eye can see, the roads are muddy, the mountains and rivers are bleak, and the dilapidated water towns in the south of the Yangtze River are shrouded in a gloomy mist, and the icy winter rain is still endless.