Shigeji Suematsu, who calmed down, sighed: "The Wu Ming Department of the Shina Army is really powerful, and we can be regarded as the most difficult opponent in the Shina Army."

Akiyama Mitsuzaburo bowed: "General, please allow me to personally lead the troops to defeat the new second division of the Shina Army, right?" ”

"No more"

Shigeharu Suematsu raised his hand and looked at the generals around him, as well as the European and American reporters who were listening intently in the distance: "This failure is my mistake, if General Yanagawa blames it, I will bear it with all my might" After saying that, Shigeharu Suematsu glanced at Mitsuzaburo Akiyama lightly.

Akiyama Mitsuzaburo's careful thinking, Suematsu Shigeji saw through it at a glance, but sometimes, it is one thing to see through, and it is another thing to say it or not.

Mitsuzaburo Akiyama lowered his head a little ashamedly. Previously, he asked to personally lead the troops to defeat the new 2nd Division, because he was afraid that Shigeharu Suematsu would put the responsibility for the defeat of the 66th Wing on him, so he came to advance and retreat, which was similar to Shigeharu Suematsu's statement in front of Yanagawa Heisuke.

Now seeing that Suematsu Shigeji took the initiative to take the responsibility on himself, Akiyama Mitsuzaburo's face burned badly, and after a while, he raised his head and looked at Suematsu Shigeji: "General, now that the attack of the 66th Wing has failed, what should we do?" ”

Shigeharu Suematsu did not answer, and picked up the telescope to observe the situation on the battlefield with all his attention.

After Han Tiecheng and Fan Dao's regiment penetrated Guangchen Town, they stopped the pursuit and began to gather their troops, capturing many Japanese soldiers depending on the situation. The captives slowly gathered under the pressure of the guns, and in the binoculars, Shigeharu Suematsu could even see the smug on the faces of the Chinese officers and soldiers.

"Alas"

With a heavy sigh, Shigeharu Suematsu turned around, looked at the uninvited British, American, German and other reporters in the distance, and shook his head:

"The Osaka soldiers are still not good, most of those prisoners are newly recruited Osaka recruits, I think we have to make a rule in the future and refuse to accept the Osaka soldiers...... Ladies and gentlemen, although the 150th Wing and the 66th Wing were defeated by the 2nd Division of the New China, our 114th Division is still fighting, and our Imperial Japanese Army will never be defeated."

"Hay—"

The generals echoed weakly.

Shigeharu Suematsu looked at Mitsuzaburo Akiyama: "Akiyama-kun, you lead your troops to pick up the 66th Wing and do a good job of pacifying the troops."

Mitsuzaburo Akiyama was ordered to leave, and the remaining officials were silent.

Shigeharu Suematsu raised his binoculars again and saw that the captured Osaka soldiers were forced by the muzzle of their guns, lined up in three columns, and slowly retreated towards the position of the new 2nd Division. He originally wanted to ask the fleet to bury the captured Japanese soldiers with heavy artillery along with the Chinese troops, but because of the presence of European and American journalists, he was thrown into the trap. Once exposed, public opinion in Japan will set off a monstrous wave, which is enough to bury Shigeharu Suematsu and the entire 114th Division

After thinking about it repeatedly, Shigeharu Suematsu had to give up such a crazy idea. As for what kind of treatment these captured Osaka soldiers will receive, he doesn't care, in his heart, even jade shatters can't be captured, these guys don't choose to die with the enemy on the battlefield is a sign of cowardice, and they deserve to be abused.

Also seeing this scene was Wu Ming.

At this time, Wu Ming had already taken Dai Ziran to Luo Yuming's command post, Luo Yuming stepped forward and smiled: "Master, we have won—"

Wu Ming waved his hand and showed a smile: "Good fight, the command of your brigade and regiment-level officers has nothing to blame."

"Yes"

Luo Yuming is upright.

"The terrain in this area is flat, and the Japanese can suppress our artillery fire from the sea. However, relatively speaking, the defending side is still advantageous. ”

Wu Ming pointed to the guide and said to everyone: "East Lake and the surrounding rivers and canals are between us and the enemy, blocking the movement of the Japanese army...... Speaking of which, we still took advantage."

Everyone smiled.

Indeed, at this time, the East Lake area had not been barricaded by later generations, and the territory was vast, and the surrounding rivers extended in all directions, so the Japanese army could not choose to cross the river, so it only needed to focus on defense

Wu Ming waved his hand and looked at Luo Yuming: "The casualties are not small, right?" ”

Luo Yuming's face was gloomy, and he sighed hatefully: "The casualties are indeed very large, mainly caused by the coverage of the Japanese fleet artillery group and the bombing of aircraft."

Wu Ming nodded and didn't say anything.

The area from Zhapu to Pinghu on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay is flat and low-lying, lacking the necessary shelter, and fighting such a battle of holding positions can only be passively bombed, and casualties are inevitable.

Early the next morning, Wu Ming pulled Luo Yuming and took Dai Ziran, Sun Chengyuan and others to the field hospital located in Caodui Port in the west of Pinghu City.

The hospital is full of people, and the nursing staff recruited in Shanghai are now fully qualified for medical work, and white figures can be seen everywhere.

In the makeshift grass huts, a large number of wounded and sick people were transported from the front line, and they endured the pain and did not say a word, but the beads of sweat on their heads slid down their cheeks, wetting their military uniforms, and the nurses next to them carefully cleaned and bandaged their wounds.

Although the hospital looked a little messy, it was orderly, Wu Ming leaned over to observe the condition of the wounded while walking, and when he saw Wu Ming coming, the eyes of the wounded were red.

For a long time, Wu Ming would come to the hospital to visit after every battle, Rao had already been mentally prepared, but now seeing Wu Ming's figure, the eyes of the wounded are still a little sour. They struggled to sit up and salute Wu Ming, but they were scolded one by one: "All lie down...... Why did you forget that you were hurt—"

The rebuke was made by a short and fat woman with a lot of freckles on her face, and she looked a little scary.

"Master—"

The wounded didn't care about the injury, they stretched out their heads one after another, wanting to salute Wu Ming, and with the noise, the wounded in the distance stood up and moved towards Wu Ming.

"All lie down, all lie down... Now I order you all to listen to the doctors and nurses, you are soldiers, and you know the truth of military orders."

Wu Ming helped the nearest wounded man to lie down, looked left and right, jumped quickly onto a stone more than one meter high, and said loudly:

"When everyone enters the hospital, they have to listen to the doctors and nurses, including me, and they have to obey the arrangements of the hospital.

After comforting the wounded and sick, Wu Ming continued to move forward, and suddenly heard a cry, Wu Ming listened to it, and the sound came from a house not far away.

The field hospital was located in a village, and the lightly wounded were housed in makeshift huts, while the seriously wounded were housed in tents and villagers' homes.

"It seems to be a voice from the seriously wounded and sick area," Dai Ziran explained to Wu Ming.

"Hmm"

Wu Ming nodded and strode towards the place where the cry sounded.

The crying became louder and louder, mixed with the man's whispered persuasion: "You are quieter, how embarrassing it is for people to hear...... I'm only slightly injured, why are you shedding so many tears? ”

Wu Ming leaned his head and saw through the crack in the door that a female nurse was carefully cleaning the wound on the wounded man's back.

Although the wounded man's face twitched in pain, he still tried his best to squeeze out a smile and said to the girl: "Fang Hong, I told you, I am blessed with a great life, these wounds look scary, and they are not in the way at all after they go to the battlefield, and they still fight devils." ”

It turned out that this pair of children was Xiao Chunzi and Fang Hong, whom Wu Ming met last time in the field hospital. Koharuko was injured by sputtered shrapnel while crossing the line of fire during yesterday's counterattack, and was rushed to the hospital for treatment after the battle

Wu Ming looked at the pair in front of him with interest, and the others gathered around him and listened.

After sobbing for a while, Fang Hong's mood was much better, and she glanced at Xiao Chunzi coquettishly: "I don't care about things on the battlefield, since you have left the battlefield, I will be in charge...... Now you sit down."

"Yes, I am under your control...... It's yours now, right? Koharuko said with a hippie smile

Fang Hong bandaged the wound on his back, and gently untied the gauze on Xiao Chunzi's head, the wound was blurry with flesh and blood, and the blood seeped out all of a sudden, seeing that Fang Hong's eyes were red again.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, I don't hurt...... It doesn't hurt at all—" Although it hurt to the bone marrow, Xiao Chunzi still assured Fang Hong with a smile.

Not wanting to disturb the pair of children, Wu Ming didn't go in, quietly took a few steps back, and walked into another room.

Zhou Juncheng, who was looking at the roof in a daze, saw Wu Ming come in, and was about to get up from the bed. Wu Ming stepped forward and held Zhou Juncheng down: "What are you up from?" Do you want to salute me? ”

Although it was a reprimand, the warmth in Wu Ming's words made Zhou Juncheng's eyes sour. Zhou Juncheng blushed and smiled at Wu Ming.

"Lie down well, don't be reckless" Wu Ming stopped with a straight face, looked at Zhou Juncheng's injured leg wrapped in gauze, and asked, "How is your leg?" ”

"Master, there's nothing to do"

Zhou Juncheng shook his legs: "It's almost good, if it weren't for the doctor's refusal to remove the stitches, I could go to the front line to fight devils now"

Wu Ming shook his head, there was really nothing he could do. The four main commanders under his command were all influenced by Wu Ming, and they fought the battlefield, which can be described as desperate.

Zhou Juncheng pulled Wu Ming and asked with some gossip: "Master, I heard that Han Tiecheng and Fan Daoquan had a big victory yesterday, right?" ”

"It's okay, but it's not as good as you guys played last time...... You have a good rest, and when you recover, there are battles for you."

Wu Ming grabbed Zhou Juncheng's hand and patted it, comforting.

Although a wing of the Japanese army was defeated, the casualties of the first brigade itself were not small, and for Wu Ming, such a victory was not as hearty as imagined.

Seeing that the teacher had the intention of leaving, Zhou Juncheng grabbed Wu Ming with his backhand and said with a bitter face: "Master, can I ask you for something?" ”

"What?" Wu Ming frowned.

Zhou Juncheng stretched out his head and looked out of the door for a moment, and then said to Wu Ming: "Master, can you give me an order to return to the army now." ”

"Nope"

Wu Ming glared at Zhou Juncheng angrily, pointed to the wound and said, "The injury is not over, you give Lao Tzu a good stay in the hospital"

Zhou Juncheng's face was like a bitter melon: "Division, the front line is fighting so lively, I heard the sound of gunfire in the rear, and I was about to die...... Besides, although it has only been a few days, I feel that my leg is already in good condition, and I am with my soldiers, and the injury will only heal faster."

Before Zhou Juncheng finished speaking, he squeezed out a pock-faced woman from Wu Ming's entourage, she was about one meter five tall, fat and looked like a meat ball.

Seeing everyone crowded at the door, the woman reprimanded without giving face: "Go to the courtyard outside, how much trouble it is to stand at the door."

Zhou Juncheng saw the fierce woman, and shrank into the quilt like a mouse seeing a cat.

The woman was in a hurry, grabbed the quilt, pointed at Zhou Juncheng and complained to Wu Ming: "Division commander, every time this wounded person changes the dressing, he doesn't cooperate well, and he always wants to sneak out of the hospital after staying in the hospital for less than a week." Commander, you must take good care of him."