Section 15 An Opportunity to Change the Tide of War

Even Sasagawa, Suzuki Sajiro and other officers had predicted that the situation here in Jiangjiashan was critical, but when they really saw the situation here, the tragic battlefield still deeply shocked their hearts, especially Suzuki Sajiro, he had rushed here to set up defenses a moment ago, and the quiet and quiet small village had left a deep impression on him, the village surrounded by green mountains and green waters, beautiful as a picture circle, made people feel refreshed, and because of this, when Sasagawa ordered the slaughter of the people here, There was a hint of reluctance in his heart.

It's not so much sympathy for the people of China, but more of an unbearable reluctance to be destroyed by blood in such a wonderful painting circle. However, after a short moment, the wonderful circle of memories disappeared, and like any other battlefield, it was a ruin, a human purgatory full of corpses.

The appearance of a large group of people and horses on the road obviously couldn't escape the light and dark sentinels in the small village, and after a distance, they could hear a shout of "Itaza" coming from the village, which not only did not make Sasagawa happy, but frowned even tighter.

Suzuki Sajiro saw Fujita Hideto, after less than an hour, this squadron leader known for his toughness startled him, Fujita Hidezhi lay unconscious on the stretcher, let the two soldiers carry over, after they leaned over, they saw the long wound on his back, even if they are all fierce generals who have experienced a hundred battles, even if they have long been accustomed to life and death, when they see this wound, there is still a feeling of sweat hair standing on end.

The wound is too long, from the right shoulder to the waist, almost splitting the whole person in half, the skin and flesh that rolled over are soaked with red blood, and it is not very real, but the faintly exposed white bones can still show the depth of the wound, and it is already a miracle that he is still alive after suffering such a serious injury, but whether the miracle can continue, whether this life can be turned into safety, it depends on follow-up treatment and care, obviously there is no such condition here.

Sasagawa was furious, and the captain, who had always been calm, immediately glared at a Nakasa who was accompanying him and shouted angrily: "What's the matter? What's going on here? ”

The lieutenant is Fujita Hidetake, the deputy squadron leader of the Fujita squadron, and is the younger brother of Fujita Hideto, when his brother was seriously injured and in danger, he almost went crazy, but in front of the captain, he could only resist the urge to kill in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "Your Excellency, it is the Chinese cavalry, they rushed out of the mountains, rushed like the wind, and did not give us time to react at all. ”

Sasagawa scolded coldly: "Is your Fujita squadron on the first day of battle? Wasn't there a defense after occupying this place? Even if the cavalry of the Shina people appears, you have the advantage of firepower, can't you still block the impact of the other party? As long as the speed of the opponent can be suppressed, the cavalry will be a target on the battlefield, and the only result will be slaughtered, don't you understand? ”

"The common people of Shina are rioting, and when we were sending our troops to intercept the Shina cavalry with all our might, those people rushed around like crazy and scattered our formation, or else, ......" Fujita Hidetake said, almost crushing his teeth, apparently the great pain and heavy blow of the previous scene was really hard for him to accept.

A crisp sound of "popping ......" appeared, and "Yaga" accompanied by Sasagawa's angry voice, the long horse whip was mercilessly whipped into Fujita Hidetake's face, which immediately made him howl miserably, almost collapsed, and a long blood mark emerged, making his already angry face even more hideous, however, he didn't dare to say anything, after the body was established, he bowed down and said "Hi", and stood in front of the captain's horse again, as if he was not afraid of the other party pumping a second time.

"Bakayarou, why don't you kill all the people here? Why risk the lives of my imperial warriors? Kill, kill, don't kill the people of Hikkai, it's our soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire who die! Sasagawa roared angrily, and the long horsewhip waved in all directions, making people's heartstrings tremble, for fear that it would fall on him in the next moment.

At this moment, a gunshot rang out in the distance, which surprised them slightly, followed by several more gunshots, which completely attracted their attention.

The sound of gunfire was a little distant, a little erratic, and elusive, but Sasagawa looked at the long transport team behind him, but he didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and immediately waved his horsewhip and said: "Let's talk about the advanced village, send one more team out to search the mountain, I want to see what kind of reputation there is in this mountain." ”

In order to prevent the appearance of enemy cavalry, both ends of the road were blocked with carts, and several machine guns lined up in a row also made up for the shortcomings of the lack of solid fortifications here, and it became difficult to break through.

A small courtyard near the side of the road became the temporary headquarters of this Japanese army, and Sasagawa had just taken a sip of water here when he received the news from the reconnaissance team that there was an ambush in the mountains!

Their reconnaissance troops were intercepted by the other side in the mountains, and most of them were killed and wounded, but the extremely high military quality, the scouts with tenacity and will followed the people who fled here in Jiangjiashan, and after going deep into the mountains for several miles, they finally found a small road, but at this time the Japanese scouts did not dare to go deeper, because he found the light and dark posts of the Chinese army, and found extremely tight defenses in the mountains.

This news immediately shocked the Japanese army, Suzuki Sajiro was even more frightened into a cold sweat, he didn't dare to imagine if their large army was attacked after setting off from Jiangjiashan, what kind of consequences they would face, he was in charge of the reconnaissance in front of them all the way, and so many Chinese soldiers appeared under their noses, this is completely dereliction of duty, if they suffer losses because of this, it is difficult to wash away the sins on their bodies.

Sajiro Suzuki couldn't help but shiver, in the hot summer, tears streaming down his back, but he felt a chill all over his body......

glanced at the captain with a weak heart, but Sasakawa just happened to look at him meaningfully, which made Sajiro Suzuki startled, and his heart was even more uneasy.

Sasagawa seemed to have guessed his thoughts, and said calmly: "Suzuki-kun, this time we are going to make a great contribution." ”

Suzuki Sajiro was thinking about his own life almost being lost, where else could he think of, and couldn't help but say strangely: "Your Excellency, the people of China are too cunning, if our transport brigade is attacked halfway, I am afraid the consequences will be unimaginable, if the brigade headquarters cannot receive this batch of heavy grain and grass, I am afraid that the strategic intention in the Ruichang area will be difficult to achieve." ”

Listening to Sajiro Suzuki's trembling voice, Sasagawa couldn't help but feel a little disdainful in his heart, but thinking that his adjutant regarded him as a brother, and he did his best to carry out orders very seriously, he couldn't help but feel relieved: "Suzuki-kun, there may be a trail to De'an here." ”

"Dean?" Silently reciting these two words, Sajiro Suzuki's eyes couldn't help but widen, revealing an incredible look.

And Mita Xiufeng on the side squinted his eyes and said: "Zuo Zuojun, the purpose of the brigade headquarters through Lue Ruichang is to threaten the flank of the Chinese army in the area of the Nanxun line, if it can really penetrate De'an through Minshan, the previous battle plan will have to be revised, if you can mobilize a large army to attack De'an directly, the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Chinese army on the front line may be surrounded by our army in a narrow area around Mahuiling." ”

Sajiro Suzuki couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of spit: "Hundreds of thousands of that army? That would be another big victory after the Battle of Nanjing. ”

Mita Xiufeng squinted and smiled: "I'm afraid the significance is not only that, after clearing the defenders of China on the south bank of the Yangtze River, the 101st Division and the 106th Division can sweep the Nanxun Line, and then reinforce the troops to fight on the north bank of the Yangtze River, so that the victory of the Wuhan strategy will be greatly increased, and the morale of the Chinese army will be greatly reduced if it loses the hinterland of the Central Plains......"

Sasagawa didn't have the slightest expression on his face, he waved his hand to stop Mita Hidetoyo's depiction of Jinxiu's blueprint, and said in a deep voice: "These things are too far away, and they are not something we should consider, but since the heaven-sent opportunity has allowed us to discover the secrets in Minshan, we must not let it go, this matter is very important, and all the monarchs must have known it." ”

Seeing that everyone nodded, Sasagawa said: "Suzuki-kun, you send someone to Ruichang to urge Iza Ichio Dazuo, we need reinforcements, at least send one more brigade over, otherwise we will not be able to transport the grain and grass to Ruichang at all, Mita-kun, you take a squadron into the mountain, investigate the situation in the mountains and test the firepower of the Chinese army, this matter is very important, and you must not be careless." ”

The two of them had no doubts about the captain's arrangement, although it was important to transport grain and grass, but if they could find a passage to De'an, it would be the key to changing the entire battle situation, and the opportunity contained in it was enough to make them heroes of the empire, and the reward of promotion was not worth mentioning at all.

Sasagawa was resolute, once he made up his mind, he began to implement it, and the Japanese soldiers who were running all the way heard that there was no need to rush for the time being, and they could rest and recuperate in the Jiangjiashan area, and they were also rejoicing and morale were shocked, "Itaza, itaza!" The cheers resounded like thunder over the village.

At the same time that the Japanese army began to rest and fortify, making the vicinity of Jiangjiashan more impregnable, Mita Hidetoyo rushed into Minshan with two reorganized squads of Fujita's squadron, and went straight to the heavy mountain under the leadership of the previous scout, behind him, a cavalry company followed the escort to be responsible for reinforcements at any time.