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Tangshan, a suburban villa, the temporary headquarters of the Shanghai Dispatch Army.

Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya, the uncle of Emperor Showa, was once deposed because of the mutiny, and was not activated until the attack on Nanjing.

But he was not satisfied with this appointment at the base camp, but in order to regain the emperor's trust, he had to accept this appointment and come to China.

His task was to command a strong force of six divisions and 13 brigades to attack from the right flank and occupy the capital of China: Nanking!

This strategic goal has now been accomplished, but it has come at a heavy cost.

He had spent time in France and spoke fluent French, but instead of learning the romance and delicacy of the French, he was a rough and reserved person.

Because of the car accident, he was lame with one foot, so, because of the image problem, he was born in the royal family, but he is only a lieutenant general so far.

Asakanomiya held an emergency military meeting overnight to study countermeasures for the capture of the three major Sasa by the Shina army.

From the killing of Takamori Takashi Osa, to the capture of Hitomi Hidesansa, the Shanghai Dispatch Army lost two generals one after another, and Hatohiko Asakanomiya was already very angry.

For this matter, he received a stern reprimand message from Matsui Ishine from Gusu, to the effect that he was so carried away that his subordinates were plotted against him when they were about to achieve victory, causing the empire to suffer huge losses.

How much money and effort does it take for the empire to train a qualified commander?

Asakanomiya knew that Matsui Ishine was taking the opportunity to attack him, but he couldn't help it. Who let themselves be put on such two unlucky eggs?

Don't talk about the dead one. No one can die. Do you still want to dig up his grave, and you can't break the ashes?

The one who is alive is in big trouble.

The most troublesome thing is that if this person says something that should not be said, it will not be as simple as a disgrace to the Empire.

In the makeshift conference room, lieutenant generals and major generals sat in a circle, and Osa could only sit against the wall.

An army chief was captured. This obviously pricked the nerves of the high-ranking officers of the Japanese army!

If you don't pay attention to it, today it is the commander of a large Zuo Wing who is captured, and tomorrow it may be the commander of the major general's brigade, or even the commander of the lieutenant general's division.

Until this threat is completely addressed, there is no way to guarantee the safety of these people.

"It's time to go!"

Major General Chang Yong, chief of staff of the intelligence staff of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, stood up and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's occupation of Nanjing, the capital of China, is an extremely happy and celebrating event. There was also a part of the city that resisted the Imperial Army, and it was this evening. No, it should be said that around ten o'clock last night, a very unfortunate thing happened. ”

The commanders of all divisions, regiments, and brigades sat upright one by one, without saying a word, and listened attentively.

"The remnants of a branch of the Chinese army, disguised as the imperial army, raided the Gwanghwamen, and the captain of the Tsuruga Wing I was stationed in the Gwanghwamen Tsuruga Wing, and was deceived by the Shina people in disguise, and unfortunately was captured, and now he is missing." Chang Yong continued.

"May I ask how many people are in the remnants of the Chinese army, and what is the number?" The commander of the 16th Division, Nakajima Imago moved his buttocks and asked, among the generals present, he was the only one who was treated with special treatment because of his hip injury, and the mat was a little taller, and he didn't look so short, and he looked a little out of the crowd.

"This ......" Chang Yong's face was a little embarrassed, he, the chief of staff of intelligence, also received the general news of this matter, almost every one of those soldiers had an explanation, and it was not clear which army it was.

"Is that how the Empire's intelligence agencies do it?"

"Yoshizumi-kun, calm down!"

"How can I calm down, my subordinates have now been captured by the Zhina people, their life and death are uncertain, and now they haven't even figured out who their opponents are, I really doubt what the empire spends so much money on supporting the Ministry of Foreign Affairs every year?" Ryosuke Yoshizumi said angrily.

"Yoshizumi-kun, this time the incident happened suddenly, and we didn't expect that there would be such a well-equipped and bold army of the Chinese army, they actually disguised themselves as imperial troops, deceived our trust, and gave them an opportunity to take advantage of." Chang Yong explained.

"The defeat of the Tsuruga United is also a fact." Someone gloated.

"Meiji Yamada, what did you say?"

"I'm telling the truth, isn't it, the imperial army of an elite infantry wing can't stop the remnants of a branch army like a lost dog, and still have the face to accuse others here?" Major General Umeji Yamada stood up and said.

"Enough, what's the noise, what is this place?" Chaoxiang Palace snorted coldly, "The most important thing now is to find out the whereabouts of Renjianjun and whether he is still alive, and the safety of your lives must be strengthened!" ”

"Your Excellency, my subordinates have discovered something, do you want to hear about it?" Nakajima stood up and said.

"Oh, did Nakajima-kun find anything?"

"It's not a matter of discovery, but a small suspicion, which should not have been raised at such an important meeting, but in this situation, I feel that it is necessary to say it." Nakajima said seriously.

"Then the commander listened to it." He nodded to Kamiya, almost everyone knew about his relationship with Nakajima, they had spent time together in Paris and were close friends, so he had more trust in Nakajima than anyone else.

This was something that the other generals of the Shanghai Dispatch Army did not match.

"My troops entered the city of Nanjing at the Zhongshan Gate, and encountered a very strong Chinese army, and in six hours, my troops advanced straight forward for less than two kilometers." Nakajima said slowly.

"Oh, how can someone make Nakajima-kun's troops suffer such a big loss?"

"At that time, my main force was still fighting fiercely outside the city with the teaching corps of the Zhina Army in the Purple Mountain, so there was only one brigade that entered the city, and the number was not large, less than seven hundred." Nakajima is now going to be a memo.

"I see, Nakajima-kun, please continue!" Chao Xiang Gong nodded.

"This branch of the Chinese army is well-equipped and has a flexible command. And they play very aggressively. Never pester us. And their armament is very strange, everyone knows that the armament of the Chinese army, except for a few German armor divisions, the equipment can be considered inferior, but all the equipment of this Chinese army is the standard weapons of the empire, except that there is no heavy artillery, their firepower even exceeds our infantry brigade, so. My troops fought very hard, and the casualties even exceeded those of the Chinese army! ”

The generals who participated in the meeting immediately became in a commotion, and Nakajima Imago is a very good-looking person, and it is surprising that he actually blew up his family at this time.

"Silence, silence!"

"Your Excellency, ladies and gentlemen, this is just one of them, and in addition, we have also discovered an even more mysterious small unit of the Shina Army in action. They are more combative, and they are more stealthy. That's the point I'm going to talk about today, my intelligence chief, Shosa Ikeda, gave this unit a code name: Ghost! ”

"Ghosts!"

"Nakajima-kun, you won't be deceived by the myths and stories of the Shina people, how can there be any ghosts in this world?"

"Haha, this is ridiculous, the warriors of the empire are still afraid of such nonsense?"

"Nakajima-kun, this is to grow the ambition of others, and destroy your own prestige!"

"Ghost, when did Nakajima-kun's guts become so cowardly?"

“……”

Nakajima's face turned pale.

Accusations and disdainful invectives filled the room, and it was clear that no one believed Nakajima's words.

In fact, Nakajima Imago himself didn't believe it, he said it, but he wanted to attract the attention of these people, before this, he had already communicated with Asaka Palace, otherwise, in such a meeting, he would not have folded his prestige.

"I believe in the words of my subordinates, all the Imperial soldiers who have come into contact with this small unit have already been martyred."

"Martyrdom, how did you find this small army of the people?"

"We have a survivor, he was captured, but he survived, he met the commander of that army, and the reason why he survived was because the commander of the branch army brought a message to my subordinates!"

"Are we here to listen to the story, Nakajima-kun, this kind of thing is ridiculous."

"If you listen to me, it's not ridiculous!"

"You may not know that the Tokyo Mainichi Shimbun published a report yesterday about the match between two samurai in the Empire......" Asakanomiya continued to explain Nakajima's words.

"One of the heroes of the hundred, Second Lieutenant Noda, has died at the hands of that Shina officer, and his target is another of our officers, Second Lieutenant Mukai."

"Your Excellency, what does Nakajima-kun say have to do with the attack on my troops and the capture of my army?" Yoshizumi Ryosuke stood up and asked with some anger.

"Because in the city of Nanjing, although there is sporadic resistance from the Zhina army, it is not the opponent of the imperial army, but it can have such combat effectiveness, and as your subordinates described, only such a Zhina army has such ability!"

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, what General Nakajima said may be right, and my soldiers also said that the Chinese army that fought with them is also equipped with our army's equipment, and their fighting style is very fierce and well-trained, not like an ordinary army of the Chinese army." Major General of the 18th Brigade stood up and said, "The Tsuruga Wing is a unit under his command, and it is also a very shameful thing for him to see that Shuzo was captured.

"The remnants of the Shina Army that Nakajima-kun mentioned are only two or three hundred people, while the Shina Army troops that attacked the Tsuruga Wing are at least a thousand, and they also have more than a dozen trucks."

"That's right, judging from the number of people, they shouldn't have anything to do with it, not to mention, the Chinese army has also received a lot of weapons abandoned by our soldiers from the battlefield, so this doesn't mean anything."

"A force of more than a thousand people suddenly appeared in Guanghuamen, Yoshizumi-kun, don't you think it's strange?" Chang Yong asked.

"What does Chang Yongjun mean is that this army is hiding near Guanghua Gate in an existence that we don't know about?"

"The secret passage!" The deputy of the 68th Wing of the Third Division stood up and said excitedly.

"The secret passage is the underground secret passage where Ying Senjun was martyred, hasn't it been blown up a long time ago?"

"Maybe the secret passage is not completely blown up, the people of China just need to blow up the entrance and open a new opening that we don't know about, so that we think that the secret passage is unusable, in fact, they are hiding in the secret passage!"

"Damn it, cunning Shina!" Ryosuke Yoshizumi said angrily.

"What about the trucks, the trucks can't hide in the secret passages......"

"Check it out immediately, these people are dressed as soldiers of the empire, there are so many trucks, someone must see them!" Asaka Palace immediately ordered.

"Nakajima-kun, please keep talking!"

"Hai, Your Excellency Asaka Palace." Nakajima Kongo nodded slightly, and continued, "Based on the information we have, it is most reasonable to speculate that it is the same army that blocked our unit from attacking the Kohwamen Tsuruga Wing. ”

"If I am the commander of the Zhina Army, if I hide a large army in the secret passage, I will definitely send a small army to respond outside at any time and be prepared for the unexpected, which is also the reason why this small army is not near Guanghua Gate, but it is active in Zhongshan Gate, and I can always respond to this branch army on the side of Guanghua Gate, and I can also attract our attention, so as to achieve the purpose of hiding!" Nakajima stood up, walked to the map hanging on the wall, picked up a stick, and drew two circles on it.

"Moreover, the timing of their choice of breakthrough is very ingenious, on the first night of our army entering the city, Guanghua Gate is the focus of our army's attack, after taking here, there will inevitably be troops stationed here, but the number of troops will not be too much, because this is no longer the forefront of the battle, our troops are busy clearing the remnants of the Chinese army, there are many gaps between the various departments, at this time, it is the best time to concentrate on breaking through!"

"Very clever command, the commander of the other side is very bold!"

"That's right, this is the most daring commander of the China Army I have ever met, he almost toyed with us between applause, which reminds me of the position commander of the China Army in the Tiger Cave Position in the Purple Mountain, and his command style is very similar to that of the commander of the China Army."

"Could they be the same person?"

"Frankly, I don't know, because we don't have any information about the commander of the Chinese army." Nakajima is now going to be a memo.

"I heard that Nakajima-kun asked the Empire's intelligence department to track down an officer of the Shina Army named Leng Feng for you, I wonder if this is the person?"

"Yes, Yoshizumi-kun, but about this person, our intelligence agents have only found some superficial things, and at the moment, it is not of much value." Nakajima nodded.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Your Excellency, a search party of the 6th Division encountered a convoy at about nine o'clock last night, about a dozen trucks, all of them were empty, at that time two of their soldiers were seriously injured in resistance, and asked them to transport them to the rear field hospital, the commander who led the team at that time was a second lieutenant, he said that his name was Takeshi Noda......"

"Yaga!" Chao Xianggong slapped it on the table angrily.

Obviously, Nakajima's analysis and inference were correct, and the convoy, Takeshi Noda, plus weapons and equipment, disguised as Imperial soldiers.

It all goes together, and it's almost certain that it's all in the same boat.

"At all costs, find out this damn "ghost" of the Chinese army! Chao Xianggong's eyes were bloodshot, and he roared at all the generals in the conference room.

"Hay!" (To be continued......)