Chapter 882: Recovering Taiyuan (Part I)
Ishihara Murafu is the supreme commander of the Japanese puppet army in Taiyuan City, he has the rank of Dazuo, is now Chinese New Year's Eve one year old, and is a high-achieving student who graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army University.
However, this time, the old devil Ishihara Murafu was drinking alcohol in the original headquarters of the First Army in the city, and in the commander's office.
One after another breakouts failed, the defending troops and the expatriates who broke through with the army suffered heavy casualties, and the reinforcements were slow to break through the interception of the Chinese army and rushed to meet them.
All kinds of disadvantages have made Ishihara Murafu a little self-defeating, he has always had a keen sense of the battle situation, and he understands that Taiyuan may not be able to keep it, and these subordinates who were thrown up by the commander of the First Army, Kazuki Seiji, may only be loyal to the emperor and sacrifice their lives for the empire.
So, this guy luckily returned to the headquarters, made a few simple side dishes, a few jugs of sake, and began to drink stuffy wine.
Da Da Da ...... A sound of footsteps came from outside, and a Japanese soldier wearing a military uniform and carrying a saber walked in from outside with a solemn expression.
Although Ishihara heard the voice, he didn't care, he didn't even raise his head, and just continued to drink on his own.
The devil Nakasa came over with regret, pressed the wine jug in the hand of the Ishihara villager, and said: "Your Excellency, you can't be depressed like this, thousands of imperial soldiers and tens of thousands of expatriates in Taiyuan City are still waiting for us, and evacuate here safely with them." You can't do that. ”
The villager of Ishihara smiled a little bitterly: "Hehe, evacuate safely? Glancing up at his subordinate and friend, Ishihara continued, "Kobayashi-kun, do you think we still have a chance to leave Taiyuan City alive?" The 108th and 109th Divisions no longer reply to our calls for help.
What does this mean, it means that they have decided to give up on us and leave us to fend for ourselves.
Without their reinforcements, how could we alone withstand the siege of the Dragon's Tooth Column? Not to mention, we now have tens of thousands of diasporas to cover the retreat. ”
This devil named Kobayashi Nakasa couldn't help but look gloomy when he heard this, it is true that what Ishihara Osa said is true, and they have indeed become turtles in the urn.
Although disappointed, prompted by his survival instinct, the Japanese soldier Nakasa still mustered up his spirit and tried his best to persuade Ishihara Murafu, telling him not to give up, to cheer up, and to find a way to lead the defenders and expatriates in the city to break through.
It's just that, no matter how much he persuades, the villager of Ishihara, who seems to have been discouraged and desperate, is unmoved, just drinking wine one after another.
In fact, Ishihara Murafu's heart was also entangled, why didn't he want to break out and escape, but the cruel truth made him feel desperate.
At this moment, another devil lieutenant ran in from outside in a hurry.
"Ishihara Daisa, Kobayashi Nakasa, the Shina army outside the city has been transferred!" After entering, the devil lieutenant didn't care about saluting, so he reported to the two.
Whether it was the somewhat drunk Ishihara villager or Kobayashi Nakasa, they were all shocked when they heard this, and turned their heads to look at him suddenly, and Kobayashi Nakasa even opened his mouth and asked, "Tell me clearly, what is the change in the Chinese army?" ”
The devil lieutenant was a little timid, nodded slightly, and said, "Sir, the Zhina army, it seems, it seems that the siege has been withdrawn." ”
Nani? Withdraw? Hearing this, Ishihara Murafu seemed to wake up instantly, Huo Di suddenly stood up, if this news is true, for him, it is tantamount to grabbing a life-saving straw when he is about to drown, so the excitement in his heart can be imagined.
Kobayashi Nakasa also felt a great joy of surviving in a desperate situation, but he still suppressed his excitement and asked, "Is it true?" Why did the Chinese army withdraw from the siege? Did you send someone out of the city to reconnoiter to confirm the authenticity? ”
"Returning to the sir, I have sent several groups of scouts out of the city to reconnoitre, and found that the Chinese army has really withdrawn from the siege, and only a small number of Chinese troops are still stationed outside the east and south gates.
Speculation is probably because the main force of our reinforcements is about to break through, and the blocking force of the Chinese army is under great military pressure, so it has to draw reinforcements from the besieging troops.
In this way, the sudden withdrawal of the Chinese army from the siege is also explained. ”
Although he was happy to hear this, Ishihara Murafu still said with some concern: "This shouldn't be a trick by the Shina army to lure the enemy, right?" Deliberately withdrawing from the siege, luring the Imperial Army out of the city, and then ambushing us in a field battle. ”
Kobayashi Nakasa is like a desperate gambler, seeing the only hope of turning the tables, even if Ishihara Murafu's worries are also possible, but subconsciously, he prefers to believe that this is a real opportunity to break through.
So, he pondered for a moment, then raised his head and said to Ishihara Murafu: "Your Excellency Dazuo, I don't think it should be, because compared with the nearly 100,000 imperial troops and imperial alliance troops of the 108th and 109th divisions and other divisions, our troops trapped in the isolated city of Taiyuan can already be said to be insignificant. ”
After a pause, Kobayashi Nakasa was afraid that Ishihara Murafu would not try, so he struck while the iron was hot and said, "Sir, don't hesitate, no matter what, this may be our last chance to break through." If once the Dirt Eighth Road outside the city eliminated the 108th, 109th Divisions them.
Then we really can't escape. Now is our last chance. We're going to give it a try anyway. ”
Ishihara Murafu is already moved, indeed, if they don't break through now, then they really won't have a chance in the future.
However, Ishihara still hesitated a little and said, "Kobayashi-kun, what if there is an ambush outside the city?" After all, with the sudden withdrawal of the siege, it is impossible for the Chinese army not to imagine that we may take the opportunity to break through. ”
Kobayashi Nakazo pondered for a moment and said, "What His Excellency Dazuo said is very true, I feel that even if the Zhina army will have ambushes to prevent us from breaking through, the number of troops will not be too much.
We can divide our troops into two routes, one way with the expatriates and the Imperial Cooperative Army as the main ones and go to the west gate, while we concentrate all the soldiers who can fight, take the north gate and take advantage of the night to evacuate.
In this way, you should be able to take advantage of the chaos and successfully break through. ”
Ishihara Murafu thought about it, slapped the table suddenly, and the wine pot and food were scattered all over the ground, and said awe-inspiringly: "Yo Xi, just do what you said Kobayashi-kun, let's try our best, if we can't break through, then fight for His Majesty the Emperor to the last soldier!" Tell all the warriors of the Imperial Army, this battle is about our life and death, and I hope they all show the courage and determination to fight to the death, and fight to the death!! ”
"Hay!" Kobayashi Nakasa and the devil lieutenant both bowed their heads in response while looking solemn, and immediately turned around and left.
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