A white line like fish scales appeared on the dark sky, and the cold wind in the early morning was still relatively cold. A dozen soldiers leaned against a pile of extinguished bonfires and dozed off with their rifles in their arms. Only two soldiers were trying hard to observe the surroundings.
There are still several hours before the changing of the guard, but they feel that time passes so slowly after being hungry all night.
A senior soldier trembled and said to his companion: "Mr. Murakami, you are here to watch. I will go to the side for convenience. I drank a lot of water last night. It seems that the water is not very clean. I have a stomachache."
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"Mingye-kun, you go ahead, but you have to hurry up. If the team leader comes over later and sees you are not here, he will lose his temper."
Mingye curled his lips and grumbled dissatisfied: "How can he lose his temper? We have all been forced to the seaside by the Chinese. Sooner or later we will have to be forced back to the mainland. If you can, take us back with you."
, what kind of prestige are you showing in front of us?"
Before he finished speaking, his companion stepped forward and covered his mouth, "You don't want your life. If you dare to say that to the squad leader, be careful he sends you to the advancing team for counterattack. Do you still want to go back?"
I met Yoko in the mainland. If Yoko hadn’t asked me to take care of you before leaving, I wouldn’t have bothered to care about you."
Mingye, who was scolded by his companions, stopped talking. He walked a little depressed and lined up trash not far away. A faint stench floated over.
This is Busan, the last stronghold of Japan's 100,000-strong army. Under Liu Yecheng's constant offensive of more than 200,000 troops, Umezu Yoshijiro withdrew here with the remaining Japanese troops stationed in North Korea. Now they are about to be forced in.
Desperate situation. More than 100,000 Japanese troops were crowded on a beach more than 30 kilometers long and less than 10 kilometers wide. As long as the Chinese army on the opposite side increased their efforts, these more than 100,000 Japanese troops, who were short of food and ammunition, would be driven into the sea.
It's only a matter of time before you go to feed the fish.
Umezu Yoshijiro was so anxious that he sent telegrams to the base camp three times a day to urge the mainland to quickly dispatch the navy to take back the remaining North Korean troops. However, this time Umezu Yoshijiro suffered a sudden stroke and encountered a slow man. The base camp was very concerned about whether to withdraw from North Korea.
He hesitated, but repeatedly ordered Umezu Yoshijiro to hold on to this last position. Umezu Yoshijiro was so angry that he cursed the base camp for its incompetence in the office.
"Commander, the Chinese army's artillery shells have hit our beach. If the navy doesn't send warships over, we will be driven into the sea by the Chinese to feed the fish." In the headquarters, the irritable 7th Division Commander Sonobe
Lieutenant General Kazuichiro said with complaint.
Lieutenant General Koichi Koichi, commander of the 8th Division, said with a helpless smile: "Sonobe-kun, just be satisfied, at least the Chinese planes haven't come over to bomb us yet, otherwise we won't be able to survive even a week.
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"Are all the base camp just a bunch of losers? Our troops are all elites of the Kwantung Army. Wouldn't they feel bad if they were all lost here? Did General Shun Tada, General Gen Sugiyama, and Lieutenant General Ishihara abandon us?"
Sonobe and Ichiro only felt that the evil fire was getting bigger and bigger.
"Sonobe-kun, please stop blaming the base camp. General Sugiyama Gen, Ishihara-kun and the others have already tried their best." Although Umezu Yoshijiro was still cursing the base camp just now, he also knew that the base camp must have some hidden reasons for not sending out a fleet to help them evacuate.
"If my estimate is correct, it's not that the base camp didn't give the order, but that there was a problem with the navy."
"There is a problem with the Navy." Sonobe and Ichiro asked with wide eyes and confusion: "How dare the Navy and the others disobey the orders of the base camp?"
Umezu Yoshijiro snorted coldly, "Obviously they don't dare to disobey the orders of the base camp, but it is very easy to play tricks secretly. For example, the warship is under maintenance, there is a shortage of aircraft, etc. The reason is not just arbitrary.
Did they say?”
"How dare they, how dare they do this?" Sonobe and Ichiro stood up angrily and shouted loudly.
"Why don't they dare to do anything that the people in the Admiralty can't do?" Umezu Yoshijiro asked in a deep voice, staring into Sonobe and Ichiro's eyes.
Looking into Mijiro Umezu's eyes, Sonobe and Ichiro sat down on the stool like deflated rubber balls.
In the conference room of Japan's base camp in Tokyo, the army and navy generals were arguing fiercely. Tada Shun, Sugiyama Gen and other army ministers and Suzuki Kaixiang and others were arguing fiercely.
Shun Tada almost approached Suzuki Marine Minister's nose and shouted in an unquestionable tone: "Suzuki-kun, no matter what, the navy must immediately set off to Busan to rescue our brave warriors of the Japanese Empire. Those are
Our best warriors in the Japanese Empire must not be allowed to be wasted by Chinese bombs."
Suzuki said "Humph" without a smile, "Tada-kun, I understand your feelings very well, but our navy has not yet equipped with enough aircraft. What do you want our navy to use to compete with the China Navy's aircraft?"
Air superiority, you know we lost quite a few Zero fighters last time."
"Plane, another plane." Shun Tada almost fainted. The army and navy had been fighting for the right to allocate aircraft for more than two months. Since the Japanese Army retreated from the Chinese mainland and returned to its homeland, it was in urgent need of replenishing equipment.
The Army seems to be suffering from red eye now, and wants to grab everything it sees. Last month, Tada Shun didn't know what happened in front of Hirohito, which caused Hirohito to allocate a batch of Zero fighters that were originally allocated to the Navy to the Army. Now the Navy
I quit. You guys, a group of defeated generals, dare to compete with our navy for a share, and you blatantly steal from our pot. This is too outrageous.
The so-called thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. When the base camp asked the navy to send a fleet to withdraw the North Korean army to the mainland, the navy began to do Tai Chi. At one time, it said that the warships were being repaired, and at other times, it said that the fleet was resting and unavailable.
In short, he only said one thing overtly or covertly: If your army doesn't return its share to our navy, there's nothing you can do. This will make the army generals very angry.
Yesterday, Umezu Yoshijiro sent another telegram. The telegram stated that Chinese artillery shells have begun to fall on the beaches of Busan. If warships are not sent out, the hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops in Korea will be driven into the sea to feed the sharks. Now
The army generals were really worried.
Tada Shun took a long, deep breath, looked at each other with Sugiyama Gen and other army generals behind him, and then said with a sigh of relief: "Suzuki-kun, the warriors of the Empire are now enduring the bombardment of China's artillery fire. They really can't hold on.
Now, we also know that the Navy is in urgent need of aircraft to improve its combat effectiveness, so let’s give up the aircraft share next month to the Navy. Do you think this is okay?”
After hearing this, Suzuki Kaixiang's eyes flashed with a proud look, and he made eye contact with the navy generals behind him before slowly nodding, "In that case, let's unite the fleet and dispatch it tomorrow. We will
Bring Umezu-kun and the others back as soon as possible."
"Then please" Tada Shun bowed deeply to Suzuki Kaixiang.
The faces of the army generals at the meeting showed indignation, but for the sake of Umezu Yoshijiro and the hundreds of thousands of troops who were trapped in Busan, they could only suppress this injustice in their hearts. Only Ishihara Wanji on the side flashed in his heart.
I feel a trace of sadness. How long has it been? The army and navy are still fighting each other openly and covertly. In their eyes, have the lives of hundreds of thousands of warriors become a tool for them to compete for interests?
Just when the Japanese Navy finally agreed to send troops to withdraw Umezu Yoshijiro's remnant troops, Liu Yecheng was also discussing with Lu Gang at the headquarters of the 15th Army more than 50 kilometers away from Busan that the generals of each army had actively requested to launch a general offensive in the past two days.
.Since the Japanese army was surrounded by groups in Busan, letters of invitation from various generals requesting to launch a general offensive flew in like snow flakes, which made Liu Yecheng and Lu Gang who knew the inside story very embarrassed.
"Commander, look at it, my drawer is almost full of petitions from all the units. If they don't launch a general attack on the Japanese army, I'm afraid they will start a riot." Lu Gang said with a wry smile while holding a dozen telegrams.
Liu Yecheng said.
Liu Yecheng also sighed, "Old man, this plan to move the trouble eastward was proposed by the president himself. It wants to inflict pain on the Japanese but not eliminate them all. However, in order to keep it secret, it cannot explain the situation to the troops below. This
But give us a problem that’s not too big or too small.”
"You have to do it even if it doesn't work." Lu Gang put down a dozen petitions in his hand and said resolutely: "This plan is related to our country's future strategic plan and world structure. It is also a very grand idea. We must not let it
The damage is in our hands. If anyone is dissatisfied, let them come to me. I have a way to make them be honest."
Liu Yecheng smiled and glanced at his old partner and said with a smile: "Don't be too harsh on them. After all, their starting point is still good."
Lu Gang shook his head: "Commander, you are too tolerant to them. If I were not here to be the bad guy, this scene would not be easy to perform."
After saying that, the two looked at each other and laughed.
"Report, a call from the Ministry of Defense." While the two were discussing, the Confidentiality Section sent a telegram.
Liu Yecheng took a look at the telegram, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Lu Gang: "The Japanese navy has finally moved. I thought this turtle would never move. Now that the Japanese are here, in order to cooperate with their performance
After this scene, it’s time for our air force to send them off.”
On June 29, 1940, the ships dispatched by the Japanese Combined Fleet to assist the Korean Japanese army in retreating officially arrived in Busan. Umezu Yoshijiro also commanded the Japanese army to begin the retreat. Liu Yecheng's 15th Army also followed suit.
The script begins with a warm farewell to the Japanese army