Tanaka Nobuyoshi's worries were correct. Bai Chongxi, the commander-in-chief of the Taiwan attack, did not forget the 21st Division, an important force defending the platform. Although Miasu where the 21st Division was located was not the main attack direction of the national defense army, Bai Chongxi still
The two army infantry divisions that landed behind were sent to deal with them.
Moreover, these two armies are not rookie troops. They are the 41st and 42nd Infantry Divisions of the Army that have fought against the Japanese army in China. Although they are not like the 101 "Hu Ben Division" or
The 102nd Armored Division is so famous, but as one of Su Tong's starting teams, their combat effectiveness is unquestionable. Strictly speaking, in some respects, even the Marine Corps, known as the "Sea Dragon and Land Tiger:"
Don't dare to boast that you can do better than them.
Now the 41st Division and the 42nd Division are advancing in tandem, beating the 21st Division that was defending Miasu to great pain. The two experienced commanders of the 41st Division and the 42nd Division, Li Daxi and Huang Jie, are keen.
They realized that Miasu was a typical mountainous terrain. The Japanese army hid in the mountains and built multiple defenses. Heavy firepower could not play a big role here. So they did not use it like the Marine Corps not far away from them.
The attack method of aircraft and heavy artillery is to decisively disperse the troops to encircle and penetrate from both wings, and use the superiority of infantry light weapons firepower to compress the Japanese army layer by layer. After the Japanese army is compressed to a certain range, a general offensive can be launched.
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There is a small stream flowing in a dense jungle. This stream is the only water source within a radius of thirty miles. This stream has been occupied by soldiers of the National Defense Force three days ago. After the National Defense Force occupied this stream,
A company of troops was dispatched to firmly control the source of this creek. The order received by this company was not to allow the Japanese to take even a drop of water from this creek, and this company did the same.
.In the past three days, the blood left by the Japanese and the Chinese National Defense Force in the area to fight for this news has dyed this creek red several times.
Lin Fang sat in a foxhole, looking boredly at a Japanese corpse a hundred meters away. This was the corpse of a Japanese machine gunner. He still maintained the posture of manipulating the machine gun until he died. Until this moment
His hand was still tightly grasping the trigger of the Type 92 heavy machine gun in front of him. There was no scratch on his body, except that half of his head was ripped off by a large-caliber machine gun bullet, and his brain was bleeding out.
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The reason why Lin Fang was interested in the Japanese machine gunner who was already dead was not complicated. It was just because we were all in the same industry. Yes, Lin Fang was also a machine gunner, and he was doing bad things.
The machine gun is also a heavy machine gun, but what Lin Fang is using is the M2 Browning heavy machine gun. This high-level dual-purpose machine gun is much more powerful than the Type 92 heavy machine gun in the hands of the Japanese. Therefore, in the past few days,
Lin Fang had the last laugh in the confrontation. He used the M2 heavy machine gun in his hand to destroy three Japanese machine gun positions. He was praised by the company commander. It is said that two reports were specially made to request Lin Fang to be commended. The superiors have already agreed.
, medals and commendations will be delivered within two days.
"Hey, Lin Fang." A voice came over. It was the sound of Lin Fang's ammunition hand.
"Well, what's the matter?" Lin Fang did not take his eyes away, but agreed absentmindedly.
"I asked you why you always look at that dead Japanese with half his head missing. What's so good about him? Or is there a piece of gold as big as a bowl in his head?" Luo Jiacheng asked half jokingly and half seriously.
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"No, I looked at him because I was wondering what this kid was thinking about when he was dying," Lin Fangben replied.
"There's something wrong with you, kid. You dare to be interested in whatever people think about when they die. I think you're really boring."
Lin Fang chuckled and asked, "Okay, then tell me what I'm going to do now that's not boring."
"Uh" Luo Tianfang was speechless. The most boring and idle people were these people, guarding a dry stream, and the water of this stream had been soaked by countless corpses.
Except for having a fight with the Japanese army when they came up to fetch water, their company had to sleep the rest of the time. However, when they had nothing to do, they could pass the time by looking at the corpses of the little Japanese soldiers.
Only Lin Fang is such a pervert.
"How are you?" Luo Tianfang sighed, patted Lin Fang's shoulder and stopped talking. He knew that Lin Fang's hatred for the Japanese seeped out from his bones. This boy has been criticized since he joined the army.
Not one of the Japanese soldiers he killed with a machine gun had his whole body preserved. The only one was the one in front of him, but that was specially used by Lin Fang to appreciate the part because of the unique shape of the guy's death.
It’s just time.
Miaosu County is a small mountain town, and even its county seat is built halfway up a mountain. The division headquarters of the 21st Division is located here.
At this time, the division commander of the 21st Division, Sato Chihiro, was sitting in the command room temporarily transformed from the county hall, looking at the defense line distribution map in front of him, his stubby eyebrows almost standing up one by one.
Originally, when Chihiro Sato received the task of guarding Miasu from the Governor, he knew that the real purpose of Governor Hasegawa Kiyoshi in letting him guard Miasu was not for anything else, but to leave a way for him to retreat. Miasu itself is a mountainous area.
, it is also the only transportation artery leading to Hualien, the port of Taitung. As long as Miaosu is defended, the 70,000 Japanese troops in Taiwan will have a way out. If Miaosu is occupied by the Chinese National Defense Force, they will wait for those stationed there.
The only way for Taiwan's Japanese army to defeat the entire army is to smash it into pieces.
Originally, he also meant that relying on Miasu's naturally easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain, it would be impossible for the Chinese to capture it without more than three months, so he also specially distributed the divisions on various dangerous mountain tops.
After carrying out layer-by-layer defenses, he himself was also prepared for a long-term resistance, but he failed to calculate one thing, that is, although Miaosu's terrain is dangerous and difficult to defend, there are no places where water can be obtained.
There are only a dozen or so water sources in Miaosu. This is nothing in normal times, but now the cunning Chinese people have seized the opportunity and occupied seven or eight water sources in one go. Sato Chihiro was immediately dumbfounded.
If there is no water source, it will be difficult to resist the Chinese for three days, let alone three months.
"Ito-kun, how many water sources do we have left?" Chihiro Sato asked his staff in a deep voice.
On the side, operational staff officer Kaneo Ito replied: "Your Excellency, division commander, we are running out of water sources. As of today, we only have three water sources left."
"There are only three left." Chihiro Sato couldn't help but feel dizzy when he heard this number. Although Chihiro Sato is cruel and likes to slaughter civilians and prisoners of war, he is not stupid, otherwise he would not be able to take the turn.
When he becomes the commander of the 21st Division, it is simply impossible to feed the 20,000 troops of the 21st Division with just three water sources.
"Have you sent out troops to seize water sources?"
"We have already sent them." Sato Jinxiong said with a wry smile: "This time our opponent is not the Chinese Marines who attacked Taoyuan, but the 41st and 42nd Infantry Divisions of the Chinese Army. They are extremely cunning.
, never carried out a forceful attack on our positions, but instead tried their best to seize water sources. Even if they could not take away the water sources, they would drop poison so that we could not drink it. Some of our soldiers were hesitant, thirsty and unbearable, and drank the water regardless of the order.
They were all poisoned to death. Those Chinese people are so cruel."
Chihiro Sato gritted his teeth: "These Chinese people on Bagaya Road are so cunning. They don't dare to fight our imperial army head-on, but they resort to such a despicable trick."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, we'd better report our situation to Governor Hase and ask him to retreat quickly. Taiwan is an island after all, and fresh water resources are limited. If the Chinese blockade continues like this, we don't need the enemy to attack the soldiers."
We are all going to die of thirst. The current three water sources alone cannot guarantee the water supply for our 20,000 troops. If they are occupied by the Chinese again or the Chinese simply spread the poison, our 21st Division will be
It's all over." Jinxiong Ito urged.
Sato Chihiro snorted coldly. Although he was a little dissatisfied with the pessimistic remarks of Staff Ito, what Ito said was true. As the saying goes, it is easier to destroy than to build. If you have to pay a considerable price to occupy a water source, but
It is too easy to destroy them. You can easily achieve the goal by just firing a few poisonous cannonballs. But these insidious Chinese people have left several water sources undamaged, and just sent people to guard them.
The Imperial soldiers must not leave hundreds of corpses behind whenever they go to grab water. They want the 21st Division to slowly bleed to death.
"Okay, then you can send a telegram to Governor Hase, saying that our 21st Division cannot sustain it for a long time due to the water source being cut off. I hope the Governor will make a quick decision." Chihiro Sato pondered for a while and finally agreed.
Suggestions from Kaneo Ito
Next to a fortification outside the Governor's Palace in Taipei, Nakamura Taro sat on a shell box and stared into the distance. Although Taipei had not yet heard the sound of gunfire, news of the tight front line still reached his ears through many soldiers.
"The 20th Division can no longer support it, and the Chinese are about to attack Taipei."
"I heard that Governor Changgu is preparing to move to Taitung."
A lot of news that is not known to be true or false spread in the garrison. The garrison was originally composed of retired soldiers and local soldiers. Military discipline was not as strict as that of the Japanese field divisions. In addition, news of defeat kept coming.
, which caused even more panic among the soldiers.
"Chief Nakamura, I heard that the 20th Division was defeated on the front line. Do you know?" At some point, Nakamura's sergeant commander Ueno Koichi came to Nakamura's side. He grabbed the kettle next to Nakamura Taro and poured it into his mouth.
After drinking a large amount of water, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve and asked the newly arrived officer in front of him.
Taro Nakamura nodded lightly, "There is an old Chinese saying that there is no smoke without fire. Since there is this rumor, it is possible. But if that is the case, we must be prepared to stop the Chinese in Taipei."
"If the Chinese people really attack us, wouldn't it cost us all to die?" Ueno Koichi curled his lips in disdain. He, a veteran sergeant who had been a soldier for more than ten years, knew very well about the combat effectiveness of the garrison.
Ueno Koichi said to Nakamura sternly: "But Chief Nakamura, as a veteran, I have to remind you that you have to change your habit of calling Chinese people that Chinese people. Normally I just listen to it.
If you say the same thing to other officers, it might cause you trouble."
After spending so many days together, Ueno Hiroshi also had a good impression of Nakamura, a young boss. This boss, who was almost the same age as his own son, was not only a top student who graduated from a prestigious school like the University of Tokyo, but he was also very humble and did not have any airs of a superior.
The sergeants under him were not bad, and Ueno Hiroshi had a good impression of Nakamura, so he reminded him specifically. But to his surprise, Nakamura smiled faintly after hearing this.
"Ueno-kun, thank you for your reminder, but I don't think there is anything wrong. The word "China" is just a contemptuous name that we Japanese put on the Chinese people. Whether one nation is better than another nation does not depend solely on
A scornful name can solve the problem. We Japanese are often accustomed to labeling the Chinese as an inferior nation. But is this actually the case? As far as I know, more than a thousand years ago, our crown prince traveled thousands of miles to come to the country at that time.
The Tang Dynasty humbly asked the Chinese people for advice and learned their advanced technology and knowledge. Even the name of our country was given to us by others. How come they have become an inferior nation now? If the Chinese are an inferior nation, then
What kind of nation should those of us who have been beaten and retreated by others be?"
"Uh, this" Ueno Hiro was stunned for a moment. He had never read any books, but he also felt that what Chief Nakamura said seemed to make sense. Now that he has been beaten to pieces by others, he insists on calling him a Chinese.
, Isn’t that a tough talk? Ueno Koichi is almost forty, and naturally he will not be like those passionate young people who are incited by Japan’s political ax.
Sooner or later, our nation will become the masters of Asia and even the whole world. It is so fanatical to be deceived by young people who will not hesitate to die for the holy war. In his opinion, this is just a lie used by the Japanese government to deceive young people into using them as cannon fodder.
However, due to the shortcomings of knowledge and theory, although he felt something was wrong, he could not explain the reason. Now that Taro Nakamura said this, he seemed to understand a little more.
"But Chief Nakamura, everyone says that if we don't follow them, we will be treated as aliens." After thinking for a while, Koichi Nobo choked out this sentence.
"Humph?" Taro Nakamura snorted twice before saying coldly: "But if they go to die, will you follow them to die? Now that the Chinese are about to attack, don't you want to leave a way out for yourself?"
"What, sir, do you want that?" Ueno Hiroshi looked at the young man in front of him in surprise. He was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He didn't even notice that the water in the kettle in his hand was slowly spilling to the ground.
"Yes, now that the Chinese have attacked, we can no longer follow their idiots to die. Since they don't want to live, then we have to find a way to survive on our own." Nakamura Taro stared at the sergeant in front of him fiercely and said.
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At this time, Nakamura knew that he had no time to slowly win over this subordinate. The Chinese might come to Taipei at any time. If he didn't hurry up, it would be too late. Could it be that he was buried with Hasegawa Kiyomi in Japan?
Nakamura has never thought about this question, or he will surrender obediently when the Chinese army comes. Being a prisoner and going to mine and build railways in the mountains of China is not what he, a top student who graduated from Tokyo University, should do. Since
Japan Masato insisted on separating himself from his lover and sent himself to this damn place to die, so don't blame yourself for being rude. In order to go back to Japan and see the beautiful Kurayi, he had no choice but to risk his life.
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"Ueno-kun, do you want to return to Japan safely and be promoted and make a fortune?" Nakamura looked at Sergeant Ueno in front of him, his eyes radiating a fiery light: "As long as you are willing to give me a try, if you can
If we succeed, you and I won't have to die, and we can return to Japan in glory. Maybe we can buy dozens of acres of land and become an enviable farmer."
"Chief Nakamura, do you want it?" Even though Ueno Koichi had eaten more than ten years more than Nakamura, he was also stunned by Nakamura's words.
"Ueno-kun, I have decided. I want to join the Chinese people on the other side. I believe they will need people like us to serve them. Are you willing to support me?" Nakamura stared at Ueno Koichi without straying for a moment, word by word.
As he spoke, his voice was full of determination. Nakamura Taro also knew that if he wanted to achieve his goal, it was not enough to rely on himself alone. He had to unite some people to achieve the goal, and the man in front of him was full of veteran flavor.
Ueno Koichi is the first candidate he wants to win over, but if Ueno Koichi doesn't agree, don't blame yourself for being rude.
"I, I, I am willing, I am willing to do it with you, sir." Looking at the fierce look in Taro Nakamura's eyes, Ueno Hiroichi, who has been a soldier for so many years, has seen too much of this look. He is sure that if he dares to say half
If he didn't say anything, the usually kind-looking warrant officer in front of him would definitely take out the bastard box from his waist and give himself such a shot. Although this kind of gun is evaluated by the Chinese as the best in the history of the world.
There is no such thing as a bad pistol. But no matter how bad the pistol is, it can still kill a flesh and blood body like myself.
After hearing Ueno Koichi's promise, Nakamura Taro finally showed a smile on his face, "Hey Nishi Ueno-kun, congratulations on making a wise decision."