Just when all the troops in the northwest of Shanxi were in full swing preparing to meet the test of the 57th Division of the Liaodong Army, the little devil.

The commander of this division, Lieutenant General Ito Shitsuyo, was on a train, drinking wine and listening to vinyl records.

Sitting across from him was Major General Akiba Ryuken, chief of staff of the 57th Division.

At this moment, he was holding a telegram from General Okamura and reading it to the division commander opposite.

In the sound of the "clang, clang" of the train, Ito Shigang listened to the telegram and immediately sneered:

"Ping Lu Yongfu, that waste, when he was at Lu University, was the most useless one among our classmates!

Now with the strength of a brigade and regiment, he is holding the city, but in less than half a day, he was completely annihilated by the Eighth Road and lost the water spring!

It's a shame to my army of locusts!

I'm so ashamed of my teacher!

To teach such a waste student, I am ashamed of His Majesty the Locust! ”

His words made Akiba Ryuken a little unable to answer.

After all, when he was studying at Lu University, his grades in Akiba Longxian were not as good as those of Yuo Pinglu!

After thinking about it for three seconds, Akiba Ryuken changed the topic:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we still have two hours to reach Shimen, should we rest for half a day and continue to set off for Shuiquan tomorrow?

The captains of the various wings have just come to see me, and the reflection is that our warriors are very tired from the long journey these days, and some people are even war-weary. ”

"Yaga!

Whoever is timid and afraid of war will be handed over to the gendarmerie at once!

The fact that our 57th Division has the opportunity to go south to make meritorious contributions is because of General Okamura's trust in us, and we must not let it down!

Tell the warriors of the locust army that the glory of the samurai must not be afraid to retreat in this move! ”

Ito's attitude was resolute.

He felt in his heart that although it was a long time to go down from southeast Liaodong, he spent most of his time sitting in the train, so what was there to be tired of?

Even if you are tired, as soon as you drink this little wine and sleep and sleep, won't you be tired and exhausted?

How did he know that he was also taking a train, and he was sitting in a high-ranking officer's carriage, which was not only spacious, but could sit and lie down, and what else he wanted.

Drinking a little wine and listening to a little song, it's just cool and crooked.

The ordinary soldiers at the bottom are hundreds of people sitting in stuffy tank carriages, the air is so filthy that it is difficult to go to the toilet.

Although the food supply is quite sufficient, most of them are steamed rice balls, and there is no supply of vegetables and fruits at all, and the nutrition is not balanced at all!

In the past ten days, many soldiers have become ill, which can be described as miserable!

Seeing that he was so tough, Akiba Ryuken could only sigh and say:

"Hey, I see!

I'm going to pass on the orders of His Excellency the division commander! ”

"General Okamura ordered us to arrive at the water spring in three days, and we must arrive in three days, without delaying even a minute!

The military order is like a mountain!

Akiba-kun, you drop, understand? ”

"Hey! Humble duty understands!

The lowly will order the train to speed up and try to get to the water spring ahead of time! ”

Akiba Ryuken nodded repeatedly.

He knew very well in his heart that the other party was not satisfied with being a lieutenant general division commander, and wanted to improve!

……

At the urging of Akiba Ryuken, the boilermen on the train were forced to shovel coal a lot faster, and they almost died of exhaustion.

Finally, the steam train squeezed a little more speed, and finally arrived at Shimen Railway Station at more than four o'clock in the afternoon.

A little devil wing captain who was in charge of guarding the stone gate came to greet them.

"Your Excellency, Honorable Division Commander, the inferior position is Wing Commander Kurokawa Satake of the Shimen Garrison Wing.

Please go and rest with your humble duties, General Okamura has already given the order in advance, and the barracks and supplies are ready. ”

As soon as he heard the name of the wing that this man called himself, Ito pouted disdainfully.

There is not even an official wing number, and it is clear that it is a third-line guard unit temporarily formed in this stone gate, and it has no combat effectiveness at all!

He didn't bother to talk nonsense with this man, and indifferently ordered:

"No more trouble!

Immediately arrange for someone to add coal and water to the train, and we will immediately continue westward until the water spring city is down! ”

As soon as he heard this, Kurokawa Satake sweated on his forehead, and hurriedly said:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it is no longer possible to go to the water spring by train."

Ito Zhigang thought that it was the Eighth Road that had destroyed the railway near the water spring, so he immediately nodded and said:

"Yo Xi, then sit down to the Niangzi Pass!

I've seen the train map, and the locust army has a train station in Niangzi Pass! ”

Kurokawa Satake's sweat was already pouring out in large pieces, and he muttered:

"Division...... Your Excellency, Division Commander, there has been an accident at Niangziguan, and the train is currently impassable. ”

"Nani?

Yaga!

Could it be that Tubalu also captured Niangzi Pass? ”

Ito Zhigang was very angry, and slapped the other party in the face-

"Smack!"

Kurokawa Satake was beaten and didn't dare to let out a fart.

After all, he is just a small lieutenant commander, and the other party is the head of the dignified lieutenant general's division!

He could only explain in a trembling voice:

"Just this morning, the 9th Brigade of the Jin Sui Army captured Niangzi Pass.

At present, there are not enough troops in the hands of the lowly officials, so they can only stick to the stone gate according to General Okamura's requirements, and cannot attack to recapture Niangzi Pass. ”

"Nani?

The 9th Brigade of the Jin Sui Army?

Which troop is this?

I heard that the Jin Sui army was beaten by my locust army before?

Even the old nest Jinyang City was captured.

Now he is so bold that he dares to take the initiative to attack the lady Guan? ”

Ito couldn't believe it.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, this 9th Brigade is a newly formed unit of the Jinsui Army, which was originally upgraded from the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army.

Their brigade commander's name is Chu Yunfei, who was born in the fifth phase of Huangpu, and is a rare Huangpu general in the Jin Sui army. ”

Satake Kurokawa explained.

"Yo West, Whampoa Phase 5?

Looks like a character!

Then use his head to appetize my warriors! ”

Ito said with a sly smile.

That eerie and terrifying appearance made Kurokawa Satake feel a little numb in his scalp.

"Immediately mobilize all the cars in the entire Shimen and carry my warriors to the water spring!

On the way, I will help you solve Chu Yunfei in the Niangzi Pass! ”

Shigang Ito ordered loudly.

"Hey!"

Kurokawa Satake didn't dare to say a word "no", and hurriedly agreed loudly.

……

The train could not go forward, and the soldiers of the 57th Division could only get off the train and prepare to change cars.

Knowing that they could finally get off the dirty and dirty train, the low-level soldiers immediately cheered and hurriedly jumped off the train like rabbits.

But the infantry were happy, but the soldiers of the artillery wing were miserable, and it took a lot of effort to get their 48 heavy guns off the train.

Chief of Staff Akiba Ryuken hurriedly suggested to Ito Shigang:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's better to hand over the work of carrying these equipment to Kurokawa-kun!

Let's go and rest for a few hours! ”

Ito pondered for a moment and felt that his warriors were used to fight the enemy, not to be porters.

And Kurokawa Satake's waste garrison is suitable for use as porters.

So he immediately nodded in agreement.

Kurokawa Satake heard that another task had fallen on his head, and he was naturally a little unhappy.

Heart: Your own warriors are used to defend the city, not to be porters!

As soon as he rolled his eyes, he saw the two locust association commanders who were like hockdogs following him, and they suddenly had a way.

Immediately ordered these two men to take their locust allies to work.

When the two leaders of the second devil heard this order, they didn't have any opinions, anyway, as long as they didn't go to war with the eighth master.

Immediately, he honestly took two regiments of nearly 2,000 people to work at the railway station.

With their help, all the artillery has not been moved off the train, and when the 57th Division will arrive at Shimen, the information on how many troops and how many heavy artillery pieces will be quickly transmitted to the intelligence officers of our army.

And then pass it up layer by layer......

……

Soon, Li Yunlong and Zhao Gang, who were sitting in Shuiquan, received information from the brigade commander.

When Li Yunlong saw that the intelligence showed that it was the 57th Division of the Liaodong Army, a fully organized B division, with 36 75-mm mountain guns and 12 105-mm howitzers, he was still a little relieved.

Although this division has seven wings and more than 24,000 people, it is obviously much easier to deal with than the 28,000-strong Division A division.

He immediately said to Zhao Gang:

"Lao Zhao, it seems that God is helping us, the little devil only has seven wings in this division!"

Hearing this, Zhao Gang wanted to roll his eyes a little, and said in his heart: Are you talking about human words?

What do you mean by having only 7 wings?

If these words are heard by the people of the other brothers' troops, they have to beat them!

How many troops, faced with a brigade of little devils, have to immediately withdraw into the mountains to fight guerrillas?

Not to mention a wing!

That's a powerful force that a brigade encounters and should try to avoid!

But now, Li Yunlong's gang is still glad that the enemy "only" has seven wings!

Forcibly restraining the urge to scare him, Zhao Gang replied:

"Lao Li, the 7 wings are not easy to mess with, let's hurry up and synchronize the information to the regiment commanders!

Especially the head of the Yang regiment in the barley valley, they will face the most pressure. ”

"Well, you can just ask the telegraph operator to send a telegram.

I went to Hutou Mountain to check the situation of their artillery positions on the pillars, the commanding heights of Hutou Mountain are very important, and they must not be sloppy! ”

……

Yang Yuanshan of Damai Valley received a report from the telegraph operator that it was the B Division of the Little Devil Liaodong Army that arrived at Shimen, and after the strength was 20,000, he was naturally a little relieved.

It is always easier to fight the B division than the A division.

However, he immediately began to worry about Wei Dayong's special operations company, they were on their way to shell Shimen Airport, and they wouldn't just hit the muzzle of this division's gun, right?

(End of chapter)