The commander of the Provisional Headquarters of the 18th Japanese Front, Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura, summoned the commander of the 4th Division of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Roku Sekihara. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As the only trump card unit in the hands of the 18th Front Army now, Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura hopes that the 4th Division will be able to exert strong combat effectiveness in the next battle.

Of course, the combat effectiveness of the 4th Division is always so unreassuring. Otherwise, the 4th Division would not have been called the first abandoned division of the Imperial Army.

"Sekihara-kun, the people of China have come, and the war is about to break out. Although, the Japanese-Thai coalition troops deployed on the defense line of the Wangbin River amounted to more than 200,000 people. However, with the exception of the 4th and 56th divisions, the rest of the troops were nothing more than rubbish. If you want to resist the attack of the Chinese people, you can only rely on the imperial army. As the standing division of the Dainichi Empire, I hope that the 4th Division will be able to let the people of China know that the Imperial Army is invincible in this battle. Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura said.

He specially recruited Lieutenant General Sekihara No. 6 in order to strengthen Lieutenant General Sekihara's will to fight. If other divisions were replaced, Lieutenant General Nakamura Akito would not need such a thing at all, as long as one order was issued, they would fight to the death, even if it was all jade shattered, at any cost.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Lieutenant General Sekihara replied loudly.

Lieutenant General Nakamura Akito nodded, and then said, "Sekihara-kun, the chief of the temple is the teacher and head of the 4th Division, and he values the 4th Division very much. He hoped that the 4th Division would be able to perform better in this battle. ”

"Hey, please tell the commander of the temple that he will definitely lead the 4th Division to fight desperately and defeat the people of China!" Lieutenant General Sekihara No. 6 immediately assured. If there was a hint of perfunctory answers to Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura before, then now, there is no perfunctory at all.

"Your Excellency Commander, will the defense area of our 4th Division become the direction of the main attack of the Zhina?" Lieutenant General Sekihara then asked.

Regarding the upcoming battle against the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army, he undoubtedly still has some worries in his heart. After all, the prestige of the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army is vividly remembered. The fiasco on the battlefield in Burma, the fiasco of the Weng River defense line, that is a bloody lesson!

"Sekihara-kun, I don't know the main direction of the Shina people's attack now. However, judging from the current situation, the possibility of them attacking the defense area of the 4th Division is very large. After all, the Wangbin River is not the Dangweng River, the river is wide, and if the Chinese want to attack, there are many sandbanks in the southern part of the river. These sandbars will obviously become a springboard for the people of China to cross the Wangbin River. So, the pressure on the 4th Division will be great. Whether or not we can withstand the attack of the Shina is up to you. Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura said.

Suddenly, Lieutenant General Sekihara's face was not very good-looking. As the division commander of the 4th Division, of course he knew that the 4th Division was nominally a standing division of the Japanese army, but its real combat effectiveness was not very good. In particular, the will to fight is even more fragile. Once the Anti-Japanese Salvation Army attacked their defensive line, it was almost impossible for them to resist.

"Sekihara-kun, don't worry. If the people of China dare to attack your defensive line, we will send reinforcements to your troops in a steady stream. The 56th Division, as well as the 3rd and 4th Armies of the Thai Army, will support you. Lieutenant General Akito Nakamura said.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander." Lieutenant General Sekihara said casually.

Akito Nakamura's promise, he didn't take it to heart. He knew that this time, there would be big * trouble anyway. If not, the 4th Division will suffer a crushing defeat.

It's no wonder that Sekigahara No. 6 Middle School will have such a mind. Among the many divisions of the Japanese army, the 4th Division was not known for its strong combat effectiveness, but for its fear of death.

The 4th Division was formed in 1888 and consisted mainly of vegetable vendors and traders in Osaka, making it one of the oldest divisions in the Japanese army. This unit has four wings under its jurisdiction, equipped with first-class weapons and equipment, and can be called the "elite" of the Japanese army. However, not long after it was founded, the reputation of "wreck" spread throughout the Japanese army. In particular, the 8th Wing, the core unit of the 4th Division, was nicknamed "the 8th Wing that was not afraid of defeat" because of its repeated defeats in the Russo-Japanese War.

After that, until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Fourth Division never went to the front line. However, this does not mean that it does not have the opportunity to show the spirit of "bravery". In 1933, Private Matsui of the Fourth Division ran a red light in the center of Osaka, and as a result, he clashed with the police.

In 1939, when the Soviet Union and Japan fought in the Nomenkan area on the Sino-Mongolian border, the Kwantung Army ordered the Osaka and Sendai divisions stationed in the northern part of the puppet state of Manchukuo to urgently mobilize and reinforce the front line. After receiving the order, the Sendai Division (i.e., the 2nd Division) forcibly marched from Hailar to Nomenkan for 4 days, and entered the battle on the day of arrival on the battlefield, but was soon defeated by the Soviet army.

On the contrary, the order for the dispatch of the 4th Division was issued, but it was delayed. The reason is that after the mobilization order was issued, there was a surge in the number of sick patients in the division and regiment, and as far as the eye could see, the battalion was full of officers and soldiers who asked to stay behind for various reasons. The excited Japanese wing commander was furious and personally sat in the infirmary to participate in the diagnosis, and only then did he reluctantly organize the troops to march to the front line, and the joke that "the wing commander changed his career to become a doctor" also spread among the Japanese army. However, the matter was not over, and the soldiers of the Fourth Division played a new trick -- passive sabotage. From Hailar to Nomenkan, the 2nd Division walked for 4 days, but the 4th Division walked for 8 days, and a large number of personnel were left behind. Coincidentally, on the day that the advance team of the 4th Division arrived at the front, the Soviet Union and Japan declared an armistice. When the news came, the officers and men of the Fourth Division who had fallen behind quickly followed as if they had taken a strong pill, and even many of the officers and men who stayed behind rushed to the front line "sick," while complaining with great regret that they had no chance to fight a battle.

The parting speeches of each department of the Japanese army have their own characteristics, such as the Second Division, when the battle situation is good, it says "the military movement is long"; When the situation is not good, say "Kudanzaka" (Yasukuni Shrine is in Kudanzaka, Tokyo). However, when the officers and men of the Fourth Division said goodbye, they often said "the imperial body is a big cut", which translates to "take care of your body", "the body comes first", or simply "the most important thing is to save your life".