Chinese New Year's Eve. The Japanese army sent three big gifts to the cadets one after another, and for this reason, the Spring Festival of 1940 was much more festive for the cadets than in previous years. In stark contrast, the devils will not have a good time this Spring Festival - in the first battle of Wucun, the Japanese army had three infantry wings, a tank wing, and a security brigade, totaling more than 19,000 people, and only more than 4,000 people withdrew to Yushan in the end. When he set off, he was full of fighting spirit, and when he came back, he was sparse and mournful, which already made the two brigade commanders of Major General Sakai Naoji and Obaofu depressed enough. What made them particularly ashamed was that the local guerrillas who had been defeated during the previous attack would actually ambush and pursue them along the way.

The size of each self-defense force is not large, one or two hundred people at the most, and only fifty or sixty people at the few. In normal times, Sakai and Oku disdain to look at this kind of guerrilla armed forces with a straight eye. On the way to Wu Village, they only need to pull out a squadron to drive these annoying "mosquitoes" away. But now, because they were worried that the artillery of the Cadet Army would catch up, they could only run for their lives like water dogs, and did not dare to stop at all.

As if mushrooms have sprung up after a rain, the Guanshan Self-Defense Force, the Jiangcang Self-Defense Force, and the Qiancun Self-Defense Force have sprung up one after another - the half-year-long operation of the Spark Brigade in the Shangrao and Yingtan areas has finally come to fruition, and these self-defense forces are naturally invincible in a head-on confrontation with the Japanese army, but it is no problem to fight ambushes and release cold guns to beat water dogs. The Self-Defense Forces fight on their own soil and know the terrain inside out even in the dark. It is precisely because they are very familiar with the surrounding terrain that the 1st Special Artillery Brigade not only did not do anything when they fired three salleys in front and behind, but also set up ambushes along the road that the Japanese army must pass through, and used mines and traps to the extreme. Among them, the Wancun Self-Defense Force even used the terrain to use landmines to induce a landslide, which caused more than 1,000 devils to die in the belly of the stone in one fell swoop.

The most shocking thing about the majestic Japanese Imperial Army was that nearly 3,000 people were killed by nearly 1,000 Self-Defense Forces. And when the light finally came out of the east and the gunfire finally stopped, after Sakai and Okubo counted the troops and got the specific casualty figures, the two of them were so angry that they almost vomited blood.

At about half past seven, when the city wall of Yushan County appeared in front of the devils, many people fell to their knees and cried bitterly. Another person fell directly to the ground, and as soon as his eyes were closed, he fainted. Rarely, Sakai and Okubo did not lose their prestige because of the fatigue of their men, they asked the driver to stop the car, and then got out of the car tremblingly. The two of them stood with the door of the car, and Okubo's command car was in front, and he turned to Sakai and said, "Your Excellency, I'll go first!" ”

Sakai nodded heavily, and said, "I still have something to explain, so I'll go down to accompany you in the afternoon at the latest!" ”

Oku Bao nodded, asked his men to take out a blanket and spread it on the ground, then knelt down and drew the command knife. Committing suicide and apologizing, this is a tacit understanding that the two people have reached a long time ago. The sneak attack battle is like this, and the New Year's strategy has become a New Year's gift, and someone must take responsibility. Now that the remnants of the army have been brought back, Okubo feels that he has completed his worst mission, and it is time to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor. He wiped the blade with a snow-white towel and wrapped it repeatedly, a process that lasted about a minute. He turned his head to look around, and found that the eyes he came into contact with were dazed and panicked, gritted his teeth, grabbed the blade wrapped in the towel with both hands, and stabbed himself in the abdomen......

After Okubo, three of the four wing captains who escaped did the same. Sakai saw them off one by one in words, and promised to go down to accompany them by the afternoon at the latest.

When Okubo committed suicide, Keisuke Fujie and Saburo Miura were watching a group of combat staff officers in the joint command in disbelief as they did war games.

The town of Wencheng was only about two kilometers away from Yushan, and soon the joint headquarters received a call from Yushan and was informed of the defeat of the Sakai and Okukubu.

It was Keisuke Fujie who answered the phone, and the old devil yelled, "What? Major General Obaov committed suicide by caesarean section ?! Shigetoku Yamamoto's three co-captains also? Eight squares! What's going on? What-"

"Fujie-kun, what's wrong?" Saburo Miura asked.

"Sakai and they were defeated, there were only 20,000 people, and only 4,000 people escaped!"

"Eight Grids! How can it be?! ”

A quarter of an hour later, Keisuke Fujie, Saburo Miura, and the staff officers of the 16th and 114th Divisions rushed to the south gate of Yushan. Seeing the completely unarmed subordinates in the car from a distance, everyone's hearts beat violently, and Fujie and Miura reached out and grabbed the seats in front of them almost at the same time, and their hands were full of green tendons.

After getting out of the car, he glanced at the audience with a sinking face, and glanced at each other, Fujie and Miura greeted Naoji Sakai who came over. From afar, Sakai knelt down with a puff and said loudly: "Two generals, Sakai has failed your instructions. Major General Okubo and Yamamoto Daisa have committed suicide to apologize, and I will not spare this cheap life, before that, I have something to explain. ”

Fujie's temperament was more anxious, and he scolded bitterly: "Eight grids! He raised his right hand and slammed it towards Sakai's face. Miura hugged him and said, "Fujie-kun, let's figure out the situation first." Sakai is also a veteran of the battlefield, and this kind of thing will happen, definitely, there must be a special reason! ”

Fujie gasped violently, stared at Sakai with red eyes, and shouted, "Sakai, if you have anything to say, you can explain!" ”

Sakai lay on the ground and wept sadly, "Your Excellency! Thank you for giving me this opportunity. Your Excellency, I, I want to write it down! ”

"Eight grids!" Fujie scolded again and wanted to kick.

Miura persuaded: "It's come to this, let's see what he has to say." Then he turned to the chief of staff of the 114th Division, Takatsu Yasuo Osa, and said, "Takatsu-kun, you organize the soldiers to go into the city to rest!" Tell Hashimoto to and let him arrange a separate camp. ”

Yasuo Takatsu said "Hai" and carried out the order.

At around a quarter past eight, in the general headquarters of the 5th Army of the Japanese Army in Quzhou, two people, Shunroku Hahata and Kanro Guzhuang, learned the news of the defeat of Wucun. The two old devils first looked at each other, and then almost unanimously pounced on the telephone. Eventually, Shunroku Hata took the phone and yelled into the phone, "Saburo Miura, are you telling the truth?" ”

"Yes."

"How so? You make it clear to me. ”

Saburo Miura's tone seemed dry; "Your Excellency, according to Major General Sakai, the people of China used hundreds of artillery pieces to ambush them! And a new type of shell was fired! ”

"Hundreds of artillery? New shells? Saburo Miura, do you know what Ludo himself is talking about? Could it be that our reconnaissance pilots are all blind? ”

"Your Excellency, this is the case, what next? Please also instruct! ”

Shunroku Hata yelled: "Eight grids! What to do? Let's get ready to go to court-martial! ”

Shunroku Hatata's emotions were obviously out of control, and Furujo Michiro heard something bad on the side, and immediately cut off the phone, and then said, "Your Excellency, please calm down first." Things haven't gotten out of hand yet. ”

Shunroku Hata's face changed between blue and red, and his eyes were instantly bloodshot and turned red. He slammed the phone down, sat on the chair, and shouted: "Guzhuang, fifteen thousand imperial soldiers!" After a battle, how can you calm me down! Hachiga, Keisuke Fujie and Saburo Miura, two pigs! ”

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