The Japanese army's communication was far less developed than that of the Cadet Army, and before Arima Masafumi could report the embarrassment encountered in Manning to Yamamoto Isoroku, the landing battle commanded by Sawada Shigeru near the southwest east of Qiong had already begun.

The landing site of the Japanese army was chosen at the eight fishing ports in Dongfang City. This small fishing port was naturally formed, originally discovered by local fishermen when they were sheltering from the storm and rebuilt, and after being detected by the little devil reconnaissance boat, it immediately became the best landing place in the minds of Yamamoto and others.

After the "Oshima Maru" was severely damaged, Sawada Shigeru chose a large landing craft named "Toyama Maru" as his command ship. At this moment, he was holding a loudspeaker and making the final mobilization of the troops who were about to land: "You have all seen that the fortifications of the Chinese have been completely destroyed by our bombardment and artillery bombardment. The Chinese army? Do you still see the army of China? Yes, the Shina were heroic this time, but in the face of the unprecedented firepower of the Imperial Army, their resistance only hastened their own destruction...... There is no doubt that it will be a glorious battle, and all you need to do, warriors of His Majesty the Emperor, is to set foot on this land and prove the Empire's right to occupy it......"

The landing vanguard unit personally selected by Shigeru Sawada totaled more than 2,000 people, including one battalion of the Marine Corps under the jurisdiction of the Combined Fleet and one battalion of the Osaka Division. The captain of the Marine Corps is named Ishii Tomikawa, and Ishii has always thought that the military discipline of the Marine Corps is the worst in the infantry system of the Imperial Army, but after seeing the soldiers of the Osaka Division, he realized that there were units in the Empire with worse military discipline than the Marine Corps.

As a lieutenant general, Shigeru Sawada spoke above, and as a small soldier, it stands to reason that he can only listen respectfully. For example, the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps, although Sawada Shigeru was not their direct boss, they still listened respectfully. Perhaps it was precisely because the officers and men of the Marine Corps behaved too well that the disobedience of the Osaka Division was more and more set off - Sawada Shigeru spoke loudly above, and they whispered to each other below without knowing what they were discussing, and when there was an argument, what made Ishii feel unbelievable was that they dared to shout loudly.

The soldiers of the two Osaka divisions argued loudly, and one of the guys with a male duck voice suddenly screamed a "eight grids", which immediately attracted the attention of everyone else. Suddenly, they were illuminated by almost a thousand pairs of eyes, and they finally sensed it, and instinctively shrank their heads and stopped talking.

Ishii looked at Lieutenant General Sawada, and when he saw that he put down the megaphone and looked at the two soldiers with a serious face, he couldn't help but gloat in his heart, and thought: "These two guys are going to be unlucky, they are so disrespectful to Lieutenant General Sawada, hehe, I just don't know how Swawada Lieutenant General will deal with them, this is a good opportunity to make an example!" ”

Although Ishii is only a captain, he has obviously mastered the command skills that only a senior commander can have, so he takes it for granted that this is an excellent opportunity to "make an example of a hundred". However, Sawada's next words and deeds did not follow Ishii's routine at all.

"What's going on with you two?" Sawada pointed to the two soldiers with his left hand.

"Your Excellency, we are discussing a serious issue!" An older soldier said with a sly voice.

When he said this, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Say!" Sawada Road.

"Your Excellency, on what basis do you judge that the people of China on land have lost their ability to resist? Your Excellency, as you know, each of us is the wealth of the Empire, and of course, there is a premise for this, that is, we are alive. Your Excellency, we were just discussing whether the defense forces of China on this coast have really been destroyed—"

Before the soldier finished speaking, Ishii's expression suddenly became strange—a legend slowly emerged in his mind, and the words "Merchant Division" became clearer and clearer, and he suddenly realized that there seemed to be no more appropriate description of the essence of the Osaka Division.

Legend has it that the "Merchant Division", or the Osaka Division, is most distinguished by the ability of its soldiers to calculate. Although the division's combat strength was not very good, it was extremely accurate in judging the situation, and if they felt that a certain battle was not necessary, then half of the battle would have been lost.

After the fact, the reason for the cowardice of the merchant division is actually quite sufficient. And for now, the soldier's analysis seems to make sense—at this moment, although the situation on the shore has become clearer, it is far from the point where Lieutenant General Sawada has spoken. Lessons from the past, could it be that Lieutenant General Sawada has forgotten what happened to the Imperial Army on Dazu Island?

Of course, as Ishii believed, Lieutenant General Sawada's prestige could not be questioned by his subordinates, and he immediately roared, "Hachiga, are you questioning my ability to judge the battle situation?" Or do you simply not have the courage to fight the Shina people? ”

The Japanese army was highly hierarchical, and when Sawada said this, even if the two soldiers still objected, they did not dare to express their opposition openly. It was in this delicate atmosphere that the "Toyama Maru" began to sail towards Hachisho Port, and soon reached its intended anchorage. Then the landing operation officially began.

Under the command of several officers, one after another small landing craft began to sail from the open front mouth of the "Toyama Maru" to the surface of the offshore sea. Ishii and the captain of the Osaka Division, Sugito Komuro, stood on the left and right of the front mouth, directing their respective subordinates to board the boat.

Ishii was engrossed in his work, but at first he did not notice anything unusual about the friendly forces of the Osaka Division on the opposite side. After directing all the men of his brigade to board the small landing craft, he stepped up the last one. Sitting down in the landing craft, he looked back for the cabin, wanting to exchange tactics with him.

Xiao Muro's figure hadn't been noticed yet, but the scene in front of him made him stunned. They had all completed boarding, but only more than 100 soldiers from the Osaka Division's brigade had completed boarding.

"What's going on?" He asked his lieutenant in confusion.

The adjutant whispered in his ear: "Your Excellency, this trip is not good, you pay attention. ”

On another landing craft about 20 meters away from the landing craft that Ishii was riding, several soldiers of the Osaka Division were discussing something, and suddenly, one of them shouted: "Komuro-kun, this can't be done, we will die, should we wait for the artillery to be fully prepared before going up?" ”

"Ahh Ishii was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he thought a little confused: Is this the soldier from Komuro asking for him? These guys really don't have a sir! No wonder they would be so rude to Lieutenant General Sawada.

It's not surprising that Ishii would have such a big reaction, because this is the first time he has encountered such a situation since he entered the front-line army.

The soldier who shouted that he wanted to question Komuro Shaosa, he was obviously afraid of death, and how did this kind of person get into the elite Osaka Division? Also, Komuro Shaozo didn't react when he heard this, shouldn't he be furious at this time and even slash that coward?

Ishii was really confused.