When Gao Hongming heard the word "loyal dog" at first, he couldn't help but feel dumbfounded. Looking at Heihachi Ihara who bowed almost ninety degrees to him, he couldn't help but think of the movie "Hachiko, the loyal dog" in his mind.
But then he spat, this little devil is worthy of being compared with Hachiko, a loyal dog, he is so handsome.
Looking at Gao Hongming's uncertain face, although Ihara Heihachi remained calm on the surface, he was extremely anxious in his heart. He knew very well that his life and death depended on the other person's thoughts.
He has not forgotten that there are several miles of Jingguan lined up on the road outside Ping'an County. They are all piled up with the corpses of warriors of the Japanese Empire. If such a person wants to kill a Japanese prisoner, it is no better than pressing him to death.
How difficult is it to support ants?
In order to survive, he changed his mind and continued to say boldly: "Your Majesty General, I know that I am just a small private and cannot be of much help. 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 is better to take all these people for your own use. If this is the case, I think I can still be of some help, what do you think?"
Gao Hongming let out a light "Huh". He had to say that what this guy said was quite reasonable. If he had a small force composed entirely of Japanese, he would be able to fight against the Japanese in the future, whether it was reconnaissance or reconnaissance.
, infiltration or operations in enemy-occupied areas will be much smoother. From this point of view, this guy in front of you is indeed somewhat useful.
He turned around and asked: "Dabao, have we captured any prisoners from last night to now?"
Dabao scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "Master, I don't know much 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 gave him a helpless look and called his staff for questioning. The result was beyond his expectation. In the battle last night, they actually captured more than twenty prisoners.
Although most of these prisoners were captured because they were stunned by shells or wounded, etc., it is undeniable that these people are indeed prisoners.
After hearing the result, Gao Hongming was a little surprised and stared at Ihara Heihachi for a long time.
Even though his legs were shaking slightly, Ihara Heihachi, who was being watched by Gao Hongming, still tried to be calm. He knew very well that his life or death depended on the thought of the officer in front of him.
After a long time, Gao Hongming suddenly smiled and said: "Since you have such a heart, I naturally can't deny your kindness, so..."
He whispered a few words to Dabao, who walked into the headquarters knowingly. Soon he came out with a command knife and handed it to Gao Hongming.
Gao Hongming took the command sword and said to him: "You take this saber first, I will give you five days to transform all those prisoners."
Remember, during this period, I allow you to use any means, do you understand?"
After saying that, he handed the command sword to Ihara Heihachi.
Stretching out his hands to respectfully take the command knife from Gao Hongming's hand, Ihara Heihachi felt a huge surprise spread throughout his body instantly. He then almost bowed to Gao Hongming with a ninety-degree bow and shouted excitedly.
He stood up and said, "Thank you...Thank you, sir. I will definitely do my best for you. Just wait for my good news."
"Yoshi!"
Looking at Ihara Heihachi, whose face was flushed with excitement, Gao Hongming patted him on the shoulder, just like he used to touch the rhubarb at home.
"You have to remember that I only have one principle for employing people, not based on what they say, but based on what they do. As long as you are sincerely loyal to me, I will naturally give you corresponding treatment.
By the way, your current military rank is a first-class soldier, right? From now on, your treatment will be the same as that of a first-class soldier. If you can recruit a team member, your treatment will be the same as that of Captain Cao. If you can recruit a team member, your treatment will be the same as that of a senior soldier.
Subordinate, your treatment is the same as that of a second lieutenant, do you understand?"
"Hey...I am willing to die for you!" Ihara Heihachi was so excited that he burst into tears.
Gao Hongming just waved his hand and asked a staff officer to take Ihara Heihachi and Uehara Yoji down...
When the staff officer led the two of them down, Dabao came over and asked in a low voice: "Master, didn't you hate the little devils before? Why do you want to take in these two little devils now?"
Gao Hongming took out cigarettes, first handed one to Dabao, and then took out one and put it on his lips. Dabao quickly took out a lighter and lit it for him.
After taking a deep breath from his cigarette, Gao Hongming said: "At this moment, the Japanese are the biggest enemies of our Chinese nation, and this remains unchanged. But this does not prevent us from taking in some people who are willing to sacrifice their lives for us."
If these people are used well, they can save us a lot of things and bring us a lot of convenience, do you understand?"
"I understand." Dabao touched his head and said, "I heard Mr. Shu said, what is this called... Shi Yi... Shi Yi..."
"Learn from the barbarians and use their skills to defeat the barbarians." Gao Hongming added.
"That's right..." Dabao nodded repeatedly, "The young master is very knowledgeable. You will know it before I finish talking."
"Tall fart, you kid can't even flatter me."
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, ammunition loss, replenishment, loss of officers and soldiers, promotion and replenishment, and countless other things are waiting for him to make a decision. If God promises him a
If he wishes, he will say without hesitation...God, give me a chief of staff!
Let’s talk about Koizumi Yukio who fled to Ping An County. He had such a big defeat this time and couldn’t hide it. He didn’t have the guts to hide it. But when he received the casualty report from Ogiwara Toda, he was completely shocked.
Everyone was stunned.
The report clearly stated that the entire 41st Division had 8,653 killed and 3,245 wounded. More than half of the field artillery regiment's personnel were killed or wounded, all artillery was lost, the entire cavalry regiment was killed, and the remaining three infantry regiments and the baggage regiment were killed.
The team also suffered heavy casualties.
After this battle, the casualties of the 41st Division, which was originally full of 18,000 men, have reached two-thirds. It can be said that the 41st Division has been crippled, and there are no more than 35 soldiers.
A month or even half a year of rest will not be able to restore combat effectiveness.
After being stunned for a long time, Koizumi Yukio showed a smile that was uglier than crying, and whispered: "Ogiwara-kun, please draft a telegram for me and report the truth of the battle to Commander Yoshio Shinozuka, just say...
.Just say that I have failed the commander and His Majesty the Emperor, and am willing to accept any treatment from the base camp."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander!"
Ogiwara Toda couldn't bear hearing this and wanted to comfort him but didn't know where to start.
Koizumi Yukio sighed: "Okay, please send a report to Commander Shinozuka immediately, and let him decide what to do next."
Ogiwara Toda's mouth squirmed, but in the end he said nothing and turned around to leave.
Soon, the airwaves carried the telegram to Yoshio Shinozuka in Taiyuan.
However, Yoshio Shinozuka, who received the telegram, was worried about another thing at this time, because just last night, a bigger wave swept across Shanxi and northern Shanxi.
On August 20, 1940, after a month of preparation, the Hundred Regiments War began, which shocked China and foreign countries.
In the early morning of the 20th, in the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, the 129th Division moved directly to both sides of Zhengtai Road and launched a sudden attack on the entire line of Zhengtai Road that night.
The Japanese army was caught off guard, numerous railways were damaged, and a large number of bunkers were blown up.
At first, Yoshio Shinozuka and Shun Tada thought it was just a small group of Eighth Route Army troops causing trouble, but as more and more emergency telegrams came in, 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 were busy.
Shinozuka Yoshio and Tada Shun sat opposite each other, but their faces no longer had the relaxation of the previous days, replaced by solemn expressions. Chief of Staff Major General Okabe Naosaburo was reporting the battle situation to the visitor.
"My two commanders, since early this morning, troops from all over Zhengtai Road have successively sent telegrams asking for help. Without exception, the contents are that they have been attacked by the dominant Eighth Route Army. As of 8:30 this morning, we have
More than 20 bunkers have been blown up, hundreds of kilometers of railways have been damaged, and more than 2,000 warriors have been killed or injured."
"Bagaya Road!"
Jun Tada gritted his teeth: "Damn the Eighth Route Army, they took action before we even launched a raid on them. They really don't know how to live or die!"
Yoshio Shinozuka 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 was to disrupt our deployment and prevent us from attacking them as planned.
Sweep."
After speaking, Yoshio Shinozuka asked Naosaburo Okabe: "Okabe-kun, have you estimated the strength of the Eighth Route Army participating in the war?"
Naosaburo Okabe replied: "We estimate that just last night alone, the Eighth Route Army participated in the battle with at least twenty regiments, as well as the cooperation of a large number of local armed forces. Otherwise, they would never have the strength to attack so many of our strongholds at the same time.
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"Twenty regiments?"
Yoshio Shinozuka pondered for a long time and looked at Shun Tada.
The commander of the North China Front frowned as he stared at the map for a long time before he said: "Shinozuka-kun, the Chinese have declared war on us. As soldiers of the Japanese Empire, we must not retreat.
So I think we should mobilize our troops to severely attack the enemies who dare to invade us. As for how to fight back, that is your First Army's business, and I will not interfere."
Just as Yoshio Shinozuka was about to continue speaking, he saw a staff officer running over in a hurry. Due to his haste, he tripped over the threshold and almost fell down.
Seeing this, Yoshio Shinozuka frowned. This bastard knew that Commander Tada was here, but he was so reckless. It seemed that he needed to go to the troops below to get some experience.
I wanted to reprimand him, but my boss was sitting here. If I really wanted to reprimand him, it would be a slap in my face.
But the next words of the staff officer were like setting off a big bomb, which directly blew up the three senior generals.
"Your Excellency, Commander, what's wrong... The 41st Division sent a telegram. They fought a battle with the Liantai County militia stationed at Qixia Pass last night, and the 41st Division was severely defeated.
So far, the 41st Division has suffered a total of 8,653 casualties and 3,245 wounded. More than half of the field artillery regiment has been killed or injured, all artillery has been lost, the entire cavalry regiment has been killed, and the remaining three infantry regiments and the baggage regiment have also suffered heavy casualties.
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Division commander Koizumi Yukio collected his defeated troops and returned to Ping'an County to re-build fortifications. He is now following our orders. Moreover, commander Koizumi also said in the telegram that he will stand guard for the last shift."
After the counselor finished reading, there was silence all around, and everyone's faces showed surprise, confusion, and shock.
After a long time, Yoshio Shinozuka looked at the staff officer with strange eyes, as if he was trying to tell whether this guy was telling him a joke.
The staff officer looked pale and helpless, and then asked with an expression of disbelief: "Are you sure the telegram you just read was sent to me? It was not some prank?"
"Your Excellency, Commander, no matter how courageous I am, I will not dare to deceive you. I can swear to Amaterasu." The staff officer shivered with fright and hurriedly swore to the gods and Buddhas in the sky.
Seeing the appearance of the staff officer, Yoshio Shinozuka believed that this was definitely not a prank, but a telegram of apology from Yukio Koizumi.
"Bagaya Deer!"
Yoshio Shinozuka stood up in anger and overturned the table in front of him on the spot. The teapot and tea all fell to the ground with a crackling sound.
"This idiot Koizumi, how dare he... The 41st Division was almost destroyed in his hands."
At this point, he only felt dizzy in his head. He never imagined that a battle that was originally a sure win would actually be lost.
This was an entire reorganized division, and it was actually defeated by a local militia. This really set a record in the history of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Tada Shun on the side was also a little confused. What on earth is going on?
A majestic imperial reorganized division was actually defeated by a local Chinese militia group, and it was a disastrous defeat.
Is it because you are getting old? Can’t keep up with this era?
Last night, the Eighth Route Army had just launched a counterattack in Shanxi and the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region. There was a scandal involving the defeat of the 41st Division. Has Amaterasu abandoned them?
"Your Excellency, Commander, the commander of the Koizumi Division asked for tactical guidance and claimed that he was willing to accept all punishments. Even if he was ordered to have his belly disemboweled, he would not complain at all."
"idiot!"
As soon as the staff officer finished speaking, Shinozuka Yoshio got angry again, "What does he think this is? His dignified lieutenant general division commander is not a lieutenant. How can he serve His Majesty the Emperor when he has to be disemboweled at every turn?"