Draw the sword and cure the fear of insufficient firepower

"Also, let's mobilize the Central Army of Jin Province!"

"The Eighth Route Army is heading north this time. The Japanese have been fighting bloody battles for days, and I think they can't hold on any longer. It's time for them to withdraw!"

"Don't cause unpleasantness with the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army. We are all friendly forces, all Chinese soldiers, and we should help those who need to help..."

The man waved his hand, signaling his men to send a telegram to the Eighth Route Army, and then gave an order.

……

A few hours ago, the Japanese headquarters in Taiyuan.

"Nan... Nani?!!!"

Staff officer Junichiro Koizumi had just received a telegram. It would have been fine if he hadn't read it, but when he did, he was so scared that he jumped up from his chair.

At this time, Koizumi's face was full of shock. The content of this telegram was really scary.

He didn't even have the courage to finish reading it.

"Masaka... the 36th Division... was completely destroyed?"

A very scary thought flashed through Koizumi's mind.

Gah - if I send this telegram to the Commander, will he kill me?

Koizumi's face turned pale. He didn't dare to think about it, let alone go.

In the end, I chose to bite the bullet and read all the content...

Seeing this, Koizumi's heart was completely broken.

Kamisa, why did I come to China...

Isn’t it good for me to stay at home and focus on having a baby with Miss Xiangzi?

Kami, I admit that I am guilty. When I was six years old, I secretly watched the widows in the village taking a bath.

I...I also stole the offerings from Kamisama.

I... When I was 12, I played poker with the widows in the village...

I...I haven't done anything against the law.

After coming to China, I have been in the headquarters, and I have never massacred Chinese people...

Junichiro Koizumi kept repenting in his heart.

When the other Japanese soldiers in the communications room saw Koizumi's expression, they knew that this was another bad battle report.

I guess something happened to the 36th Division again.

It's strange. The locust army is usually invincible, so why do they keep losing soldiers and generals when they reach northwest Shanxi?

But these Japanese soldiers don’t know yet that the 36th Division is gone. They still think they have just lost the battle.

Junichiro Koizumi had a bitter face.

He took his heavy steps reluctantly and walked out of the communications room step by step.

Yoshio Shinozuka's office was not far from their communications room, only a dozen meters away.

At this moment, Koizumi looked at the dark door of Yoshio Shinozuka and felt an indescribable depression in his heart.

It was like a huge mouth of an abyss, as if it wanted to swallow me in one bite.

Koizumi spat, his face turned pale, and cold sweat kept coming out of his forehead.

In the end, he gritted his teeth, bravely walked into Yoshio Shinozuka's office.

"Report... Report to the Commander, the 36th Division... is calling!"

Koizumi reported tremblingly.

Yoshio Shinozuka was lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed. Two sweet nurses with beautiful faces, slim waists and long legs were helping him to regulate his body.

"Oh, it's Koizumi-kun..."

"Well, what does the 36th Division's telegram say?"

"I guess they are here to report victory. After all, they have more than 20,000 warriors. Even if everyone spits, the Eighth Route Army can't stand it."

"Read quickly, His Excellency the Prince's body must have returned as well!"

"Haha, it seems that this commander will have to drag his sick body to hold a celebration banquet for Mr. Yamagami..."

When Yoshio Shinozuka heard Koizumi's voice at the door, he immediately opened his eyes and stood up unsteadily with the help of two nurses.

However, when Yoshio Shinozuka saw the bitter face of Junichiro Koizumi, his heart skipped a beat and suddenly an ominous premonition came to his mind.

"Bring it to me and see!"

Shinozuka Yoshio shouted anxiously.

Upon hearing this, Koizumi breathed a sigh of relief. As long as I wasn't asked to read it, it would be fine. He immediately trotted over and handed it to me respectfully with both hands.

To be on the safe side, Koizumi moved to the other end of the bed, so that it would not be so easy for Yoshio Shinozuka to slap him.

"Report to General Shinozuka! Since our 36th Division was dispatched, it has been invincible all the way. It has swept through five Chinese villages in succession and strictly implemented the Three Alls Policy!"

"But, near Liujiashan, my troops encountered the Eighth Route Army that annihilated our locust army one after another!"

"After a bloody battle, the position changed hands several times, but the weapons and equipment of the Eighth Route Army on the other side were so sophisticated that I have never seen them before in my life!"

"After three days and nights of fierce fighting, our troops suffered heavy casualties!"

"But we have figured out the enemy's firepower configuration and number of people!"

"The enemy has only more than 4,000 people, but they not only have powerful tanks, but also hundreds of rocket launchers and countless machine guns!"

"Then, the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army attacked our army again. We are now surrounded and there is no hope of breaking out!"

"The enemy hung the bodies of His Excellency the Prince and the Locust Army on the tanks. This is a serious insult to our Locust Army and the Empire!"

"There is no hope for our army to break out, so we have decided to die together! We will be loyal to His Majesty the Heavenly Locust!"

"It's a black card - half a year!"

"The commander of the 36th Division, Inujiro Yamagami..."

Shinozuka Yoshio read the telegram word by word, and the more he read, the angrier and more frightened he became...

This is simply unbelievable. The poor Eighth Route Army actually had tanks, rocket launchers, and countless machine guns? ?

Moreover, Xian Gong Yihe has indeed been killed by the Eighth Route Army.

But the prince was already dead, and there was no way to save him.

However, the 36th Division, with more than imperial warriors, was completely wiped out.

If you calculate carefully, ever since the Eighth Route Army appeared in northwest Shanxi, their locust army has never had a smooth journey.

So far, the total number of locust soldiers they have killed is nearly 50,000.

Yoshio Shinozuka was in a trance at the moment, he didn't know why this happened.

Their First Army now only has over 100,000 men. It has only been three or four months, and they have already lost nearly half of their men? ?

"Baka! Baka! Bakayaloo!!"

Yoshio Shinozuka's face turned pale and his brows were furrowed. He just stared at the telegram intently. After more than ten minutes, he finally let out a hysterical roar from his throat.

"Yamagami Inujiro, what an idiot! One division! One division! Can't beat more than 4,000 people from the Eighth Route Army! Don't they know to retreat if they can't win?!!"

“Hahahaha, hahahaha, idiot! Baka!!”

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly laughed wildly twice and stepped back.

The nurse and Koizumi were frightened, but the nurse still went up to support Yoshio Shinozuka.

Koizumi stood aside motionless. The commander looked a little mentally unstable. He was afraid that if he went up now, he would be chopped to pieces by Shinozuka Yoshio...

"How's things going in Rongcheng?"

"Did Ozawa Toru and the others retreat?!"

Yoshio Shinozuka suddenly remembered something, with murderous intent flashing in his eyes, and turned around to ask.

ga-

Commander, you are not going to kill me, are you?

Koizumi was so frightened and terrified by what he saw that he fell to the ground, foaming at the mouth and fainted.