The first thousand one hundred and sixteenth chapters
Yang Ling's Subei Corps feigned an attack on Gaoyou to deceive the Japanese, but the Japanese were unprepared and captured Baoying in one fell swoop.
Watching Baoying fall into the hands of the Jiangsu North Corps, he was furious at the Japanese detachment leader Watanabe Shouichi who was teasing him.
The captains of the Watanabe detachment were also filled with righteous indignation. While scolding the Northern Jiangsu Corps for being cunning, they all called for war and demanded retaliation.
"Your Excellency, detachment leader, the main force of the China Subei Corps is in Baoying at the moment. Our army should immediately go north to break through the Jieshou defense line and recapture Baoying!"
"Our brigade is willing to serve as an assault force!"
"Our brigade is ready to go. All we need is an order from the detachment leader! We can beat the Chinese to death!"
"We will make the Chinese people pay with blood!"
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At the impromptu emergency military meeting, the Japanese captains all had angry faces.
They have gathered a large number of troops in Gaoyou and want to lure the enemy deeper and lure the Northern Jiangsu Corps to the gates of Gaoyou City to eliminate them.
Who would have known that the troops on the southern front of the Northern Jiangsu Corps were only feigning an attack, but they fought a beautiful battle on the northern front. This made them feel a fire in their hearts, and they were all furious after being teased.
The captains under the Watanabe detachment are all tough young men. In their view, only killing and blood can wash away shame. This coincides with the idea of the detachment leader Watanabe Shouichi.
"Gentlemen, the entire Hanoi squadron in Baoying is in pieces, so let us use the blood of the Chinese people to honor them!"
When Shou Watanabe saw the blazing fighting spirit in the captains' eyes, a look of cruelty flashed across his face.
"Order, Takahashi Infantry Battalion, Yamazaki Infantry Battalion, Anton Infantry Battalion, Tanigawa Infantry Battalion, and Nishino Artillery Battalion assemble immediately, launch an attack to the north in an hour, attack the frontier before dark, and recapture Baoying tomorrow!"
The Japanese detachment leader Watanabe Shouichi walked to the military map hanging on the wall, pointed with his baton at the Kaishou and Baoying marked in red circles, and gave orders to the captains.
"Hiyi!"
The Japanese captains all stared at Jieshou and Baoying with murderous intent, their fists clenching loudly.
The last time their detachment attacked northward, the Pingshan Infantry Brigade was in charge. The Pingshan Infantry Brigade was completely defeated before they could reach the frontier.
At that time, they were all fighting dispersedly, attacking Dongtai, Xinghua, Taizhou and other places, and they were too late to rescue.
But this time, all the heavy troops of their detachment were pressing northward. Even if there was an iron wall in front of them, they were confident that they could crush it into pieces.
"Your Excellency, the detachment leader, the Chinese troops in Dongtai and Taizhou are strong. Once our main force moves north, they are likely to threaten Gaoyou. Once they cut off our army's logistical supplies, our army will be in a situation of being attacked from both sides.
...." A Japanese staff officer said with a worried look on his face.
"The Beiye Infantry Brigade stayed in Gaoyou to ensure the safety of our army's rear."
After thinking for a while, the Japanese detachment leader Watanabe Shouichi gave an order to one of the Japanese majors with a small beard.
Although the Japs Major named Kitano was extremely reluctant, he still did not dare to disobey in the face of Watanabe Shouichi's orders.
"Hi Yi!" The Japanese Major bowed his head heavily.
"The goal of our army this time is to completely eliminate the China-Subei Corps and capture Jieshou, Baoying, and Huaiyin. Anyone who encounters any resistance will be killed without mercy!" After the order was laid, the Japanese detachment leader Watanabe Shouichi became murderous.
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The leader of the Japanese detachment, Touichi Watanabe, has become a new general of the Japanese Central China Front because of his bloodthirsty and daring to fight. He will use his blood and killing to frighten those who resist them and restore their lost face.
The Japs in Gaoyou City took action quickly. Groups of heavily armed Japs began to assemble. Bicycles with light machine guns and cars full of Japs soldiers quickly left the city along the street from the north gate.
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Most of the residents in Gaoyou City have evacuated north to areas controlled by guerrillas such as Huaiyin and Jieshou, but there are still many people stranded in the city.
At this moment, I saw one car after another filled with Japanese soldiers rumbling past the streets at lightning speed, followed closely by the Japanese infantry troops marching in columns.
The flags of the Japanese troops were waving, and the troops stirred up smoke and dust all over the sky. Residents and pedestrians on the roadside stopped one after another, wondering what kind of military action the Japanese were about to launch.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way, don't block the imperial army!"
Facing the onlookers, pseudo-policemen holding batons and plainclothes teams wearing black clothes and black trousers were dispatched, shouting and driving away carts and vendors blocking the road, maintaining order on the street.
"What are the Imperial Army going to do?" Seeing the Japanese dispatching on such a large scale, the common people stood on tiptoes to watch and asked each other.
Someone lowered his voice and said: "The gunshots outside the city last night were heard all night long. I heard that all the soldiers of the Jiangsu North Corps were beaten outside the city. The imperial army is going to fight the North Jiangsu Corps."
"Is it the Subei Corps that wiped out more than a thousand Japs at the head of the border?" A businessman from afar asked curiously.
"I'm telling you, brother, you are risking your life. Be careful not to listen to those idiots. You will lose your skin even if you die."
Hearing that this well-dressed merchant actually called him a "little devil", the people next to him turned pale with fright and dispersed, leaving the merchant alone.
Fortunately, the plainclothes teams and pseudo-policemen were busy maintaining order and did not hear. The merchant only knew that he had said the wrong thing and left in a hurry.
"So who will win this time?" Soon, the people who avoided it gathered under the roof and started talking again.
"Then the Imperial Army must have won. Didn't you see that there are so many troops of the Imperial Army? The bayonets are sharp and there are cannons behind the cars. With just the few people in the Northern Jiangsu Corps, it's not enough." Someone said pessimistically.
Some people also held objections: "I don't think so. Then the Northern Jiangsu Corps heard that each one is a god descended to earth and is invulnerable. Otherwise, the last time the imperial army sent more than a thousand people, how could there be no one alive?"
The good-hearted people watched groups of Japanese soldiers leaving the city as bystanders and discussed them wantonly. They did not have the slightest awareness of being Chinese.
Seeing so many Japanese large-scale military operations, a young man stood behind a half-opened window on a one- or two-story building on Pipa Street, secretly observing the Japanese troops entering from the street.
It wasn't until the Japanese cars and infantry troops passed by in formation and the street returned to its original state that he closed the window and hurried downstairs to the backyard.
"The Japanese troops that passed by just now numbered about 4,000 people, and there were more than 1,000 Ergouzi. They all had cannons behind their cars."
After the young man arrived in a dark room in the backyard, he said to a man who looked like an old farmer with a solemn expression.
The man who looked like an old farmer analyzed: "The Japanese have sent out so many people. It seems that the north has succeeded."
"You mean Baoying was defeated?" the young man asked excitedly.
"The enemy is inseparable from ten." The man who looked like an old farmer nodded and said, "But now that the Japanese are out on a large scale, the next step will be a tough battle. You go outside and watch, and I will report the situation, otherwise Yang
Sir, they will suffer a big loss."
The young man hurriedly went outside to relax. After the old farmer closed the door, he hurriedly moved the cabinet and took out the radio station where Ying had hidden it, preparing to send a report to the North Jiangsu Corps to report the situation.