Colonel Nakagawa and Colonel Takahashi discussed it over and over. Neither of them dared to make a judgment easily, so they had to temporarily stop the troops to rest and report the tense situation to Colonel Watanabe in Kunshan.
Colonel Watanabe, who stayed in Kunshan, was also unable to determine the exact intentions of the Baoshan Regiment.
After all, this is Chinese territory. Although the Japanese army has captured major cities and controlled major passes along the roads and railways, the vast countryside is still in the hands of the Chinese. After losing the trump card of aircraft reconnaissance, the Japanese army
It is indeed difficult to grasp the specific trends of the Baoshan Group.
If the Baoshan Group were still stranded in the area near Kunshan, the special agents of the Special High School could easily locate their whereabouts, but no one expected that the cunning Baoshan Group would actually get on the train and run out in the blink of an eye.
It was more than a hundred miles away, and all the arrangements for the super high school near Kunshan came to nothing.
Finally, as a last resort, Colonel Watanabe had no choice but to report the situation to the front army headquarters.
However, General Matsui Iwane, the commander of the Japanese Army's Central China Front, reprimanded Colonel Watanabe in his reply and explained in stern words that this was a matter for Colonels Watanabe, Nakagawa and Takahashi. Matsui Iwane only wanted results.
How the three colonels achieve the result is their own business.
Unexpectedly, General Matsui Iwane kicked the ball back.
In desperation, Colonel Watanabe had no choice but to order separate pursuits. Colonel Takahashi led the military police brigade to pursue south, Colonel Nakagawa led half of the regiment to pursue north, and the remaining half of the regiment was led by deputy commander Honda.
The pursuit continued westward along the Shanghai-Nanjing Railway. At the same time, the special operations brigade made an emergency movement to Suzhou and was on standby.
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Thirty miles north of Wuxi, more than a thousand officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Regiment were rushing northward in the lingering winter rain.
The Baoshan Regiment abandoned its vehicles in the suburbs twenty miles away from Wuxi. After half an hour of emergency reorganization, it began to turn around and head north. The sudden and continuous winter rain caused great difficulties for the Japanese reconnaissance and pursuit.
, also had a serious impact on the march of the Baoshan Regiment.
Anyone who has led soldiers in a war knows that recruits are afraid of artillery, while veterans are afraid of machine guns!
But there is one thing that both new recruits and veterans are afraid of, and that is long-distance forced marches, especially long-distance forced marches under harsh weather conditions. It is an unprecedented test of the will and quality of an army.
After a 25,000-mile long march, the remnants of the Central Red Army were extremely poorly equipped. Only two people had one gun, and each gun was not even equipped with five rounds of ammunition. However, their combat effectiveness reached the peak in the history of the Red Army.
The elite Northeastern Army of the National Army cannot find a back. Why is this?
The reason is very simple, because the Central Red Army experienced an unimaginable long-distance forced march. In this unprecedented cruel march, all those who were not determined and weak in constitution were eliminated, and the remaining ones were all strong and strong.
, Predators whose will is stronger than steel, that’s why their fighting power is so powerful!
The will quality of the defeated soldiers of the Baoshan Regiment is obviously far from this level. Less than twenty-four hours ago, these defeated soldiers were imprisoned in a Japanese concentration camp and lived a miserable life in darkness.
Neither physically nor mentally, I was prepared for a long and urgent march.
How easy would it be for such a ragtag group of people to march long distances in such harsh weather conditions?
However, everything has its disadvantages and advantages. Long-distance marching in such harsh weather conditions can also greatly temper the will of this group of defeated soldiers. As long as this group of defeated soldiers can reach Jingjiang within the time expected by Yue Weihan, their will will be strong.
It will become determined enough. Although it cannot be compared with the Central Red Army, it is fully worthy of the words "cannot be dragged down".
If after arriving in Jiangbei they can win a few more battles, annihilate a few small Japanese troops, restore the morale of this group of defeated troops, and improve their confidence, then the Baoshan Regiment can be regarded as an elite group. After all, this group of defeated troops can
The foundation is not bad, it’s just because I ate too much and lost the battle and lost my energy.
Of course, this is just Yue Weihan's idea. Whether this group of defeated troops can complete this journey is still unknown.
In fact, after less than ten miles of forced march, the entire team began to fall behind seriously. The Central Army's defeated troops performed better. Both in terms of military discipline and physical fitness, they could barely keep up with the strength of the Baoshan Battalion veterans, but the Tax Police Corps
The defeat of the Sichuan Army was not enough. Many of the defeated Sichuan Army walked and lay down in the mud and never wanted to get up again.
Yue Weihan had to kick these defeated Sichuan soldiers back to the marching column.
In order to ensure the marching speed, Yue Weihan even came up with a rather "vicious" trick. He deliberately asked Hua Hanlin to lead some soldiers from the guard platoon to serve as the vanguard, and then asked them to sneak back to the back of the entire team. Qiao Zhuangcheng
The top soldiers of the Japanese army were screaming and firing cold shots.
This trick really worked, no one dared to lie down and rest anymore, but it also had side effects. Some of the defeated troops were chased by the "Japanese troops" behind them, and they thought they could not catch up with the large troops in front, so they started to move.
The brain was always thinking about deserting, and this began to test the leadership ability of Yue Weihan and several battalion commanders.
Yue Weihan was completely in the zone at this time, entering an extremely excited state of mind, like a male monkey in estrus with severe excess energy, jumping up and down in the entire team, running forward and back.
A Sichuan Army soldier who was defeated was really tired after walking. As soon as he sat down and wanted to take a rest, he was immediately kicked hard on the buttocks.
The defeated Sichuan army was furious, and when he turned around and was about to curse, he found a ferocious figure already standing behind him. Isn't this person Mr. Danzao?
"Hold up the body? Are you waiting for the little devil to collect the body for you? Get up!"
The defeated Sichuan troops quickly got up in dejection, patted their butts and began to chase the large troops.
The two defeated soldiers from the Tax Police Corps stopped to take a breath, and an annoying roar suddenly sounded in their ears: "From the Eight-Country Bank Sharp Police Corps? From Yangzhou, your hometown, right? Your hometown is currently being attacked by the Japanese.
, I’m not trying to scare you. If you go back a little later, maybe your eldest and second sisters will be poisoned by the little Japs."
"We were attacked by a hammer. Our home is in Chongqing, but it's far away." Youchuan troops retreated and replied.
"Hey, Chongqing?" Yue Weihan suddenly turned around, his knife-like eyes had already fallen on the face of the defeated Sichuan army, "Chongqing's stick is so powerful, carrying more than a hundred pounds on its shoulders, running for hundreds of miles without carrying it.
Panting, why are you lying down after walking just a few miles? You are embarrassing the people of Chongqing."
The defeated soldiers of the Sichuan Army rolled their eyes and hurriedly ran away.
Yue Weihan stretched out his hand to grab a crooked handle again, thrust it towards the sky, and shouted: "You are just a bunch of bastards, look at how bear-like you are? You are breathing like this after not running for a few miles, Chinese people You have all lost your face! What did the little devils call us? The sick men of East Asia! You are just a bunch of sick men of East Asia!"
All the defeated soldiers who heard this wanted to strangle their regiment to death at this moment.
However, Yue Weihan seemed not to notice at all, and still used some fierce and even vicious words to stimulate and provoke these defeated soldiers who were once brave but now have been knocked out of spirit. Yue Weihan knew very well that if he wanted to use To maintain sufficient marching power, these broken soldiers must constantly stimulate their nerves and keep them angry!
Grief can be transformed into strength, and anger can also be transformed into strength!
For these defeated soldiers, you cannot expect them to have a firm will, let alone that they can grit their teeth and persevere for the sake of the national sense of mission and the sense of honor of the soldiers. But you can stimulate them, you can humiliate them, and you can use this to challenge them. Arouse the wildest anger in their hearts, thereby turning them into bloody soldiers again.
The journey is long and the march is still difficult, but Yue Weihan will never give up easily.
Looking around, the roads are muddy, the mountains and rivers are bleak, the dilapidated water towns in the south of the Yangtze River are shrouded in gloom and mist, and the cold winter rain is still endless.