Chapter 1120 Bewildered
The liaison and communication of the Japanese army was far less developed than that of the Xuebing Army. Before Masamune Arima had time to report the embarrassment encountered in Wanning to Yamamoto 56, the landing battle commanded by Shigeru Sawada near Qiongnan Dongfang had already started.

The landing site of the Japanese army was chosen at Basuo Fishing Port in Dongfang City.This small fishing port was formed naturally. It was originally discovered and rebuilt by local fishermen when they were escaping from the storm.

After the "Oshima Maru" was severely damaged, Sawada Shigeru chose a large landing craft named "Toyama Maru" as his command ship.At this moment, holding a loudspeaker, he is making the final mobilization of the troops about to land and fight: "You have all seen that the Chinese fortifications have been completely destroyed by our bombing and shelling. The Chinese army? Do you still see Can we see the Chinese army? Yes, the Chinese are very brave this time, but in the face of the unprecedented firepower of the imperial army, their resistance only speeds up the speed of their own demise... There is no doubt that this will be a brilliant game battle, and you, His Majesty's warriors, all you need to do is set foot on this land and prove the empire's right to occupy it..."

Shigeru Sawada personally selected more than [-] landing vanguard troops, including a brigade of the Marine Corps under the United Fleet and a brigade of the Osaka Division.The captain of the Marine Corps is named Ishii Fukawa. Ishii always thought that the military discipline of the Marine Corps was the worst in the infantry system of the Imperial Army. The Marine Corps is the worse disciplined unit.

As a lieutenant general, Shigeru Sawada spoke at the top, and as a soldier, it is reasonable to say that he only listens respectfully.For example, the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps, although Shigeru Sawada was not their immediate superior, they still listened respectfully.Perhaps it is because the officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps behaved too well-behaved, so the disobedience of the people in the Osaka Division became more and more highlighted-Shigeru Sawada spoke loudly at the top, and they whispered in whispers below, not knowing what they were discussing. When there was a dispute, what surprised Ishii was that they dared to shout.

The soldiers of the two Osaka divisions were arguing loudly, and one of the guys with a male duck voice suddenly scolded "Ba Ge" sharply, which immediately attracted the attention of everyone else.Suddenly being illuminated by almost a thousand pairs of eyes, they finally felt something, instinctively shrank their heads and stopped talking.

Ishii looked at Lieutenant General Zetian, saw him put down the loudspeaker, and looked at the two soldiers with a serious face, he couldn't help gloating in his heart, thinking: "These two guys are going to be unlucky, they actually treat Lieutenant General Zetian So disrespectful, hehe, I just don’t know how Ze Tianzhong will deal with them, this is a good opportunity to make an example!”

Although Ishii was the captain, he had obviously mastered the commanding skills that only a senior commander possessed, so he took it for granted that this was an excellent opportunity to "kill one to warn others".However, Zetian's next words and deeds did not follow the routine that Ishii took for granted.

"What's the matter with you two?" Zetian pointed to the two soldiers with his left hand.

"Your Excellency, we are discussing a serious issue!" An older soldier said seriously.

When he said this, he immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Say!" Zetian said.

"Your Excellency, how do you judge that the Chinese people on land have lost their resistance? Your Excellency, you know that each of us is the wealth of the empire. Of course, there is a premise for this, that is, we are still alive Your Excellency, we were just discussing whether the Chinese defense force on this coast has really been destroyed—”

Before the soldier finished speaking, Ishii's expression suddenly became strange—a legend in the back of his mind slowly emerged, and the words "Trader Division" became more and more clear. He suddenly realized that there seemed to be no This appellation better reflects the essence of the Osaka Division.

Legend has it that the most outstanding feature of the "Trader's Division", that is, the Osaka Division, is the ability of its soldiers to be good at calculation.Although the division's combat strength is not very good, their judgment of the situation is extremely accurate, and if they feel that a certain battle is unnecessary, then half of the battle has already been lost.

Afterwards analysis, the reasons for the cowardice of the merchant divisions are actually quite sufficient.And taking the present as an example, the soldier's analysis seems to be very reasonable-at this moment, although the situation on the shore has gradually become clear, it is far from the point that Lieutenant General Zetian said.A lesson from the past, has Lieutenant General Zetian forgotten what happened to the imperial army on Dazhou Island?
Of course, just as Ishii thought, the prestige of Lieutenant General Zetian cannot be questioned by his subordinates. He immediately roared: "Ba Ge, are you questioning my ability to judge the situation of the battle? Or do you have nothing to do with the Chinese? The courage to fight?"

The ranks of the Japanese army were strict, and Zetian said these words, even if the two soldiers still had objections, they did not dare to express their objections. In this delicate atmosphere, "Toyama Maru" began to sail towards Hachisho Port, and soon arrived at the scheduled anchorage.Then, the landing operation officially began.

Under the command of several officers, small landing craft one after another began to sail from the open front mouth of "Fushan Maru" to the offshore sea.Ishii and Komuro Sugito, the captain of the Osaka Division, stood on the left and right of the front mouth, directing their respective men to board the boat.

Ishii was so engrossed in his work that he didn't notice anything strange about the allies of the Osaka Division on the opposite side.After commanding all the men in the brigade to board the small landing craft, he was the last one to step on it.After sitting in the landing craft, he looked back for the small room, wanting to exchange tactics with him.

Xiao Shi's figure hadn't been noticed yet, but the scene in front of him stunned him.They have all boarded the boat, but there are only more than 100 soldiers in the brigade of the Osaka Division who have completed the boarding.

"What's going on?" He asked his adjutant puzzled.

The adjutant whispered in his ear, "Your Excellency, this trip is not good, please listen carefully."

On another landing craft about [-] meters away from Ishii's landing craft, several soldiers from the Osaka Division were discussing something, when suddenly, one of them shouted loudly: "Komuro-kun, this is not good, we will die, Shall we wait until the artillery fire is fully prepared before going up?"

"Ah!" Ishii was dumbfounded when he heard this, and he thought in confusion: Is this Xiaoshi's soldiers asking him?These guys are really blind!No wonder they were so rude to Lieutenant General Sawada.

It was not surprising that Ishii had such a big reaction, because this was the first time he encountered such a situation after entering the frontline army.

The soldier who yelled to question Major Komuro was obviously afraid of death, but how did such a person get into the elite Osaka Division?Also, Major Xiaoshi didn't react when he heard this. Shouldn't he be furious at this moment and even slashed that coward's with a knife?
Ishii was really bewildered.

(End of this chapter)

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