my bright sword career

Chapter 139
Hearing the word "loyal dog" at first, Gao Hongming couldn't help crying and laughing. Looking at Ihara Heihachi who bowed to him almost ninety degrees, he couldn't help but think of the movie Hachiko, the loyal dog, in his mind.

But he immediately spat, just because this little devil is worthy of being compared with Hachiko, a loyal dog, he is so beautiful.

Looking at Gao Hongming's uncertain face, although Heihara Heihachi was calm on the surface, he was extremely anxious in his heart. He knew very well that his life and death depended on the other party's thoughts.

He hadn't forgotten that the Beijing Temples lined up for several miles on the road outside Ping'an County were all piled up with the corpses of warriors of the Great Japanese Empire. If such a person wanted to kill a Japanese prisoner, it was no better than crushing a Japanese prisoner to death. How difficult it is to support ants.

In order to survive, he put his heart on hold, and continued to speak boldly: "Your Excellency, I know that I am just a small private and can't help much. But I know that you will definitely have more Japanese prisoners in the future." Yes, it would be a pity to kill them all, it would be better to take all these people for your own use, if this is the case, I think I can still help a little bit, what do you think?"

Gao Hongming let out a light "huh", and had to say that what this guy said made sense. If he had a small army composed of all Japanese in his hand, when fighting against the Japanese in the future, whether it was reconnaissance It will be much smoother whether to infiltrate or operate in enemy-occupied areas. From this point of view, this guy in front of him is indeed useful.

He turned his head and asked, "Dabao, have we captured any prisoners since last night?"

Dabao scratched his head, and said a little embarrassedly: "Master, I'm not sure about this, why don't you wait for a while, and I'll ask."

"Forget it, I hope you don't know how to wait until the year of the monkey."

Gao Hongming stared at him helplessly, and called the staff to inquire, but the result was beyond his expectation. In the battle last night, they captured more than 20 prisoners.

Although most of these prisoners were captured because of being stunned by shells or being wounded, it is undeniable that these people are indeed prisoners.

Gao Hongming, who was informed of the result, was a little surprised and stared at Heihachi Ihara for a long time.

Ihara Heihachi, who was watched by Gao Hongming, although his legs trembled slightly, still tried to calm down. He knew very well that his life and death depended on the officer in front of him.

After a long time, Gao Hongming suddenly laughed and said, "Since you have such a heart, I can't take away your kindness, how about..."

He whispered a few words to Dabao, and Dabao walked into the command post knowingly, and soon he came out with a command knife and handed it to Gao Hongming.

Gao Hongming took the command saber and said to him: "You take this saber first, and I will give you five days to transform all those prisoners.

You remember, during this period, I allow you to use any means, do you understand? "

After that, he handed the command knife to Ihara Heihachi.

Respectfully taking the command saber in Gao Hongming's hand with both hands outstretched, Ihara Heihachi felt a huge surprise spread all over his body in an instant, and then he almost bowed ninety degrees to Gao Hongming again, shouting excitedly Get up: "Thank you... Thank you, my lord. I will definitely do my best for you. Just wait for my good news."

"Yo Xi!"

Looking at Ihara Heihachi who was flushed with excitement, Gao Hongming patted him on the shoulder, just like stroking the rhubarb at home before.

"You have to remember that there is only one principle for me to employ people. I don't look at what he says, but what he does. As long as you are sincerely loyal to me, I will naturally treat you accordingly.

By the way, your current military rank is corporal, right?From now on, your treatment will be the same as that of a first-class soldier. If you can recruit a member of a unit, your treatment will be the same as that of Chief Cao. If you can recruit a subordinate of a team, your treatment will be the same as that of a second lieutenant. understand? "

"Hey...willing to die for you!" Ihara Heihachi was so excited that tears came out.

Gao Hongming just waved his hand and asked a staff officer to take Heihachi Ihara and Yoji Uehara down...

When the staff officer took the two of them down, Dabao leaned over and asked in a low voice: "Master, didn't you hate the little devils before, why do you want to take these two little devils in today?"

Gao Hongming took out a cigarette, first handed one to Dabao, and then put another on his lips. Dabao quickly took out the lighter and lit it for him.

After taking a deep breath of the cigarette, Gao Hongming said: "At this time and at that time, the Japanese are the biggest enemy of our Chinese nation. This is the same. But this does not prevent us from taking in some people who are willing to work for us.

If these people are used well, they can save us a lot of work and bring us a lot of convenience, do you understand? "

"I understand." Dabao rubbed his head and said, "I heard Mr. Shu said, what is this called... Shi Yi... Shi Yi..."

"Learning skills from barbarians to control barbarians," Gao Hongming added.

"That's right..." Dabao nodded again and again, "Young Master is still knowledgeable, you will know before I finish."

"Tall fart, you kid can't even flatter."

Gao Hongming shook his head helplessly, turned around and walked into the war room.

The war has just ended, and there are still a lot of things waiting for him, such as ammunition loss, replenishment, loss of officers and soldiers, and promotion and replenishment, etc. Countless things are waiting for him to make a decision. At this moment, if God grants him a If he wished, he would say without hesitation...God, give me a chief of staff!
Let’s talk about Yukio Koizumi who fled to Ping’an County. He couldn’t hide his defeat this time. Everyone froze.

The report clearly stated that the entire 41st Division killed 8653 people and injured 3245 people.More than half of the Field Artillery Wing was killed or injured, all the artillery was lost, all the Cavalry Wing was killed, and the remaining three infantry Wings and the Supplies Wing also suffered heavy casualties.

After this battle, the casualties of the 8000st Division, which was originally full of 41 people, have reached two-thirds. It can be said that the 41st Division has been disabled, and there is no three to five months or even half a year. There is no way to restore combat effectiveness by resting.

After being dazed for a long time, Koizumi Yukio showed a smile uglier than crying, and said in a low voice: "Ogiwara-kun, please draft a telegram for me and report the battle situation to Commander Shinozuka Yoshio truthfully, just say... Just say that I have failed the great love of the Commander and His Majesty the Emperor, and I am willing to accept any disposal from the headquarters."

"Your Excellency, Commander!"

Ogiwara Toda couldn't bear to hear the words, and wanted to comfort him but didn't know where to start.

Yukio Koizumi sighed: "Okay, you should send a report to Commander Shinozuka as soon as possible, and let him decide what to do next."

Ogiwara Toda's mouth twitched a bit, but finally he turned and left without saying anything.

Soon, the airwaves transmitted the telegram to Shinozuka Yoshio who was far away in Taiyuan.

It was just that Yoshio Shinozuka, who had received the telegram, was worried about another matter at this time, because just last night, a bigger wave swept across Shanxi and Northwest Shanxi.

On August 1940, 8, after a month of preparations, the Hundred Regiments-Afghan War, which shocked China and the world, began.

In the early morning of the 20th, the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region and the 129th Division moved directly to both sides of Zhengtai Road, and suddenly launched an attack on the entire Zhengtai Road that night.

The Japanese army was caught off guard, countless railways were destroyed, and a large number of bunkers were blown up.

At the beginning, Yoshio Shinozuka and Hayao Tada thought it was only a small group of troops from the Eighth Route Army making trouble, but as more and more urgent telegrams came, they finally realized the seriousness of the matter. That night, the commander of the Taiyuan First Army The lights in the Ministry were brightly lit all night, and all the staff officers were extremely busy.

Shinozuka Yoshio and Tada Hayao sat facing each other, but the expressions on their faces were no longer relaxed, replaced by serious expressions. The chief of staff, Major General Okabe Naozaburo, was reporting the situation of the battle to the visitor.

"Your Excellencies, Commanders, since the early hours of this morning, troops from all over Zhengtai Road have sent telegrams asking for help, all of which are without exception being attacked by the dominant Eighth Route Army. As of 10:20 this morning, our More than 2000 bunkers have been blown up, hundreds of kilometers of railways have been destroyed, and more than [-] warriors have been killed or injured."

"Bagaya Road!"

Tada Jun gritted his teeth: "Damn the Eighth Route Army, before we launched a mopping up against them, they took the lead. They really don't know how to live or die!"

Shinozuka Yoshio said solemnly: "Your Excellency, the Eighth Route Army must have guessed something from the mobilization of our troops, so they launched an attack on us first. The purpose is to disrupt our deployment and prevent us from attacking them as planned. Sweep."

After finishing speaking, Yoshio Shinozuka asked Naozaburo Okabe: "Mr. Okabe, have you estimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army participating in the battle?"

Naozaburo Okabe replied: "We estimate that just last night, the Eighth Route Army participated in the battle with at least [-] regiments and a large number of local armed forces. Otherwise, they would definitely not have the strength to attack so many of our strongholds at the same time. .”

"Twenty regiments?"

Shinozuka Yoshio pondered for a long time, then looked at Tada Hayao.

The commander of the North China Front stared at the map and frowned, before he said after a long time: "Mr. Shinozuka, the Chinese have declared war on us at this moment, and as soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire, we must not back down.

Therefore, I think we should mobilize our troops to deal a severe blow to the enemies who dare to invade us. As for how to counterattack, that is the business of your first army, and I will not interfere more. "

Just as Shinozuka Yoshio was about to continue talking, he saw a staff officer running over in a hurry. Because of his haste, he tripped over the threshold and almost fell over.

Seeing this, Shinozuka Yoshio frowned. This bastard knew that Commander Tada was also here, but he was really reckless. It seems that he needs to go to the troops below to practice.

He wanted to reprimand him, but his boss was sitting here, if he really wanted to reprimand him, he would be slapping himself in the face.

But what the staff said next was like dropping a big bomb, which directly blew up the three senior generals.

"Your Excellency, Commander, it's not good... The 41st Division sent a telegram saying that they fought a battle with the Liantai County militia stationed at Qixia Pass last night, and the 41st Division was defeated.

So far, the 41st Division has killed 8653 people and injured 3245 people.More than half of the Field Artillery Wing was killed or injured, all the artillery was lost, all the Cavalry Wing was killed, and the remaining three infantry Wings and the Supplies Wing also suffered heavy casualties.

Commander Koizumi Yukio gathered the rout and returned to Ping'an County to rebuild the fortifications, and is now waiting for our orders.Moreover, the commander of Koizumi's division also said in the telegram that he would stand on the last post. "

After the staff officer finished reading, there was silence all around, and everyone's faces showed surprise, puzzlement, and shock.

After a long time, Shinozuka Yoshio looked at the staff officer with strange eyes, as if trying to tell if this guy was telling him a joke.

Seeing that the staff officer's face turned pale and his hands were at a loss, he asked with an expression of disbelief, "Are you sure the telegram you read just now was sent to me? It wasn't some prank?"

"Your Excellency, Commander, no matter how brave I am, I won't dare to deceive you. I can swear to Amaterasu." The staff officer trembled in fright, and quickly swore to Mantian God and Buddha.

Seeing the appearance of the staff officer, Yoshio Shinozuka believed that this was definitely not a prank, but an apology telegram from Yukio Koizumi.

"Bagaya Deer!"

Shinozuka Yoshio stood up so angry that he overturned the table in front of him on the spot. The teapot and tea water all fell to the ground and made a crackling sound.

"Koizumi is an idiot, how dare he... the 41st Division was almost destroyed in his hands."

Speaking of this, he only felt dizzy for a while, and he never thought that he would lose a battle that was originally a sure thing.

This is an entire reorganized division, and it was defeated by a local militia. This really created a record in the history of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Tada Hayao on the side was also a little confused, what's going on?

The reorganized division of a dignified empire was actually defeated by a local militia group of the Chinese, and it was still a disastrous defeat.

Could it be that he is getting old?Can't keep up with the times?
Just last night the Eighth Route Army launched a counterattack against Shanxi and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei area, and there was a scandal about the defeat of the 41st Division here. Could it be that Amaterasu has abandoned them?

"Your Excellency, Commander, Commander Koizumi requested tactical guidance for him, and claimed that he was willing to accept any punishment, even if he was ordered to cut him open, he did not have any complaints."

"idiot!"

As soon as the staff officer finished speaking, Shinozuka Yoshio became angry again, "What does he think this is? His majestic lieutenant general is not a lieutenant, and he will have a laparotomy at every turn. How can he serve His Majesty the Emperor?"

(End of this chapter)