Quartermasters can also fight the devils

Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke looked at Major General Ishu Nobutoki with a sad face. He knew that the officers and soldiers who could participate in the battle in the urban area now only added up to the size of more than a regiment. This was after the addition of a guard squadron and two cavalry squadrons of officers and soldiers. He now had great doubts about whether his troops could occupy Hongcheng.

"Mr. Jingshu, do you have any good ideas?" Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke really couldn't think of a way to deal with the current situation. He had done everything he should do.

After thinking for a while, Major General Jing Shuxuan said with determination: "Your Excellency, I think there is only one way now, that is to order the 101st Division to attack the Chinese army in the city, and we will withdraw to the west bank of the Gan River to be responsible for the diversionary attack. After all, the 101st Division currently has a much larger number of people than our 101th Division, and capturing Hongcheng was originally the task assigned to the st Division by the th Army Headquarters."

Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke did not refute the proposal of Major General Iishima Nobutoki. He is now seriously considering this suggestion which seems to be a bit embarrassing for the 101th Division. Indeed, according to the current situation, it is a very correct thing to let the st Division continue to attack Hongcheng.

First of all, his 101th Division was only a temporary reinforcement, and the task of capturing Hongcheng was also added temporarily. It was only because of the death of Lieutenant General Masaki Ito, the commander of the 101st Division, that he was temporarily in charge of the unified command of the st Division.

Secondly, let the 101st Division take over the attack from the th Division in the urban area. No matter what the outcome is, he can find a good person to blame. The th Army Headquarters is obviously constantly shifting the responsibility to him, so he needs to make more preparations.

If something unexpected happened to the 106th Division, we could also say that it was due to the slackness of the 101st Division that Hongcheng was not captured. After all, the 101th Division has occupied more than half of the city, and the remaining part should be completed by the st Division.

Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke made up his mind. He said to Major General Jingshu Nobutoki, "Well, Jingshu-kun, your suggestion is very good. So, you ask the attacking troops in the city to temporarily suspend the attack and let the officers and soldiers have a good rest. I will personally go to the 101st Division and explain this order to Major General Nishiyama Fukutaro."

When Major General Jing Shuxuan heard that the division commander agreed with his suggestion, he felt relieved. He was really worried that the division commander would ask the troops to continue the attack. In that case, his 101th Brigade would be destroyed. As for the division commander having to go to the 101st Division in person to explain this task, he felt that it was very reasonable and it was also giving enough respect to the st Division.

After all, the 101st Division is now only nominally under the command of Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke. It will still take some means to get the morale-less officers and soldiers of the 101st Division to fight in the urban area.

At 11:20 p.m., the team led by Chen Sanpi had quietly killed all the sentries outside the Japanese 9th Division Command. After receiving the news from Chen Sanpi, Li Zhengying immediately ordered Staff Officer Hao to lead the men to start the action. He led the others and followed Staff Officer Hao two hundred meters behind, sneaking quietly.

Major General Ishu Nobutoki first went to the tent of the telecommunications room next door. He had to send a telegram to Major General Nishiyama Fukutaro, the current actual person in charge of the 101st Division, to inform him that the division commander, Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Ryosuke, was about to go to the 101st Division, and asked the 101st Division to be prepared.

Then, he would also have to select some people from the defense force of the division headquarters to be responsible for escorting the division commander along the way. Although the headquarters of the 101th Division was not far from the base of the 101st Division on the west bank of the Ganjiang River, the Chinese troops that attacked the st Division last time had not appeared yet. Although it was highly likely that the Chinese troops would not attack again, it was still better to be careful.

After Major General Ishu Nobutoki sent a telegram to Major General Nishiyama Fukutaro to inform him that the division commander was going to the 101st Division, he walked out of the tent. He wanted to quickly find the captain of the cavalry squadron guarding the division headquarters to assign some soldiers to do the escort work.

When Major General Jing Shuxuantoki walked to the guard unit's station at the edge of the camp, he suddenly saw a small group of soldiers walking towards this side along the road. Major General Jing Shuxuantoki then thought of letting this small group of patrol soldiers directly escort Lieutenant General Yoshizumi Yoshisuke to the 101st Division.

"Are you from the cavalry battalion?" Major General Jing Shuxuan asked loudly to the team of soldiers who were patrolling not far ahead.

This team of Japanese soldiers were disguised as the suicide squad led by Staff Officer Hao. Along the way, Staff Officer Hao also lamented that the commander of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army was really brave. He led this small force disguised as a patrol team and swaggered almost to the camp of the 9th Division headquarters, but he didn't see a single Japanese soldier.

In fact, it was not because the Japanese army relaxed their defenses. The captain of the cavalry squadron had learned from the experience of the last surprise attack on the 101st Division headquarters. He believed that the main reason why the Chinese troops who had attacked the headquarters camp were able to successfully attack the 101st Division headquarters was that there were too few troops guarding the intersection at that time, which resulted in the Chinese troops being able to quickly occupy the fortifications and block the reinforcements coming from Hongcheng.

Therefore, he placed a half squad of officers and soldiers at the position at the intersection ahead to defend, and the remaining officers and soldiers were responsible for guarding the division headquarters camp and the surrounding patrols and outposts. He had so few people, so this was the only arrangement he could make.

Staff Officer Hao also saw a short officer standing at the edge of the Japanese camp, and behind him were two Japanese soldiers with guns on their backs. Staff Officer Hao was delighted, thinking that the Japanese army had come to his doorstep, so he whispered to the dozen or so suicide squad members behind him: "Follow me, don't talk, and follow my orders."

Staff Officer Hao now had a bold idea. If the rank of the Japanese officer in front of him was high enough, he wanted to capture him alive. A living senior Japanese officer would be more convincing than a dead one.

"Report, we are soldiers from the 101st Division Cavalry Battalion, and we are on patrol." Staff Officer Hao led his team to a quick place about three meters in front of Major General Jing Shuxuan, stood at attention, bowed, and replied.

Staff Officer Hao did not dare to lead his men forward. He had already seen the bright major general rank badge on the shoulder of the Japanese officer opposite him through the faint light in the darkness. He was afraid that if he got too close, the Japanese major general in front of him would discover the problems in his team.

As for what the problem was in his holiday military patrol team, it was too obvious. The height of his team, including himself, was a fatal flaw. There was no way around it. The average height of Japanese soldiers was too short. The members of the suicide squad were all brave and fierce people in the past. Although they were not big and strong, they were at least much taller than the Japanese soldiers. Even the Japanese uniforms on their bodies were found with great effort from the bodies of so many fallen Japanese soldiers.

When Major General Jing Shuxuan saw the officer in front of him and his troops stopped to report to him, he felt that the cavalry battalion of the 101st Division was still responsible. The morale of the troops left behind to guard the division headquarters camp was much stronger than that of other troops of the 101st Division.

No, Major General Jing Shuxuanshi suddenly felt an indescribable sense of nervousness. He looked at the team of Japanese soldiers not far ahead, and he suddenly felt that there was something indescribable wrong with this team of soldiers, but for a moment he couldn't figure out where this wrong thing came from.

"Lieutenant, which squadron of the 101st Division Cavalry Battalion are you from?" Major General Jing Shuxuanshi decided it would be better to ask more clearly.

When Staff Officer Hao heard the question from the Japanese major general on the opposite side, he was also shocked. He knew that the Japanese major general on the opposite side had discovered that something was wrong with his small force and was trying to confirm the identity of the people on his side.

Staff Officer Hao is feeling a little regretful now. He should have led his team to approach the Japanese major general just now. In this way, the Japanese major general would have been in his hands for sure.

Staff Officer Hao could only take a gamble now. He put his hands behind his back and gestured to the team members behind him. Then he walked forward quickly, and at the same time he said loudly: "Sir, we are from the cavalry brigade's 1st... squad."

After hearing the vague answer from Staff Officer Hao, Major General Jing Shuxuanshi immediately realized that there was something wrong with this patrol team. First of all, he might not know all the officers and soldiers of the cavalry squadron that were responsible for guarding the division headquarters camp, but all the officers and soldiers of this cavalry squadron should know him. He inspected the camp back and forth every day, and it was impossible that no one did not know him, and they would definitely not call him "Sir" instead of "Brigade Commander" when answering his questions.

"Baga, they are China's sneak attack force." Major General Jing Shuxuanshi shouted as he turned and ran towards the camp. The two Japanese soldiers beside him also immediately prepared to pick up the rifles behind them and shoot after hearing Major General Jing Shuxuanshi's shout.

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang"

The suicide squad members behind Staff Officer Hao opened fire at the two Japanese soldiers in front of them. The two Japanese soldiers were shot several times and fell to the ground in an instant. Major General Jing Shuxuanshi, who was trying to run backwards, continued to run towards the center of the camp without looking back.

"Catch him alive, beat his legs, beat his legs for me, don't beat him to death." Staff Officer Hao was also anxious. Although Major General Jing Shuxuanshi was not tall, his running speed was not slow. In a short while, he had already run nearly ten meters away.

Major General Jing Shuxuantoki also used all his life's potential in this running. In his heart, he was very proud to think that he had once won the first place in the division's short-distance race. The Chinese soldiers would never catch up with me.

Gunshots rang out continuously behind Major General Jing Shuxuanshi. Suddenly, Major General Jing Shuxuanshi felt severe pain in his legs. Then, he could no longer control his two strong and powerful "long legs" to continue running.

"Damn it! Those Chinese soldiers have no competitive spirit at all. They actually shot themselves in the legs. That's a foul." Major General Jing Shuxuantoki rushed forward out of inertia.

Major General Jing Shuxuan was feeling very aggrieved. He quickly took out the Type 14 Nambu pistol that was slung over his body. He was ready to shoot himself in the head. He absolutely could not be captured alive by the Chinese army. He wanted to die gloriously in battle.

Major General Jing Shuxuanshi quickly pointed the Nambu pistol at his head, then closed his eyes and pulled the trigger hard. Damn, the pistol jammed. Just as Major General Jing Shuxuanshi was about to repair his "gun of kindness", a big foot fell from the sky and kicked his hand holding the gun. Major General Jing Shuxuanshi felt a pain in his hand and the Nambu pistol fell beside him. Just as Major General Jing Shuxuanshi was about to grab the pistol on the ground, he suddenly felt a pain in the back of his neck and lost consciousness.