It wasn't until the footsteps of Chief of Staff Jiro Sakata disappeared completely that the colonel, who had been standing still, straightened up and looked at the subordinates filing in, his lips pursed tightly, and his eyes flickered fiercely.
If the artillery fire of the Chinese army was not so fierce, now I could step on the head of the Chinese general and enjoy the praise of the lieutenant general without being humiliated by this villain Sakata.
As a confidant of Lieutenant General Ueda Kenkichi, the commander of the 9th Division, Lin Dahachi knew very well that Chief of Staff Sakata came to the frontline headquarters to supervise the operation this time. He wanted to put himself on fire.
It means roasted.
He commands close to 20,000 elite troops, but he cannot defeat the same number of vulnerable Chinese troops. What will be the consequences?
Colonel Lin Daba couldn't help but shudder. After the war, even the Lieutenant General might not be able to protect him.
Damn Jiro Sakata! Damn the 9th Mountain Artillery Regiment! After so many days of bombardment, it still failed to eliminate the pitiful artillery of the Chinese army! The number of soldiers killed in the 7th Regiment due to the Chinese artillery bombardment was as high as 300.
people.
"Baga...!" Thinking of this, Colonel Lin Daba couldn't help but burst into anger! He turned around and pulled out the family-herited samurai sword from his waist and split the command table in the command post in half.
The tea cup on the table and the map fell to the floor.
The advance mark on the map was drawn 10 days ago. For ten days, the 7th Regiment was still so far away from its final target.
The Japanese officers and comrades of the 7th Regiment looked at the furious commander, as quiet as ice, and did not even dare to express their anger...
The imperial army's fight in Shanghai has not gone smoothly since the war began. From the beginning, the Navy Ministry arrogantly believed that it could occupy the entire Shanghai relying on the Marine Corps in Shanghai. It developed to the point where it mobilized the Navy's Third Fleet and all the Marine Corps. In the end, it was still defeated.
The Chinese army gave a loud slap in the face, and the imperial marines were almost surrounded and annihilated!
Now, the Ninth Division, which joined this war with the mission of saving the navy and turning the tide of the war, is also trapped and unable to move.
I heard that on the mainland, the troops of the 11th and 14th Divisions have begun loading, and the leading troops are already floating on the sea not far from Shanghai.
With such a dismal record, the supreme commander will naturally take the blame!
The top commander of the Shanghai Incident was originally Rear Admiral Koichi Shiozawa, commander of the 1st Navy Deployment Fleet, to Lieutenant General Nomura Koshisaburo, commander of the 3rd Fleet, and then General Kenkichi Ueda, commander of the 9th Division. Now the war
Unfortunately, there are even rumors that former Army Minister and Army General Shirakawa Yoshinori is on his way to Shanghai.
The commanders changed several times during the war! This was the first time in the history of the imperial army! And the people who brought such shame to Japan were actually the "sick men of East Asia" in the eyes of the empire - the Chinese!
This is simply a great shame for the Imperial soldiers!!
Now that the chief of staff of the division has come directly to the headquarters to supervise the battle, it is natural for the commander of the regiment to be furious.
The silence did not last long. A Japanese lieutenant colonel who was obviously a head taller than an ordinary Japanese man stood up and complained emotionally to Colonel Lin Daba.
"Captain! The pigs of the 9th Mountain Artillery Regiment, you should accuse them to the division commander, because they cannot effectively suppress the Chinese artillery. In the attack two hours ago, a full squadron of their subordinates was killed.
Under Chinese fire."
The lieutenant commander's name was Takeda Guisuke. When Liu Lang was awake earlier, he saw the Japanese troops launching earth planes that were bombed by Chinese artillery. It was this subordinate.
A squadron of nearly 200 men was instantly wiped out. No wonder the little devil commander was so excited.
Hearing the accusations from his subordinates, the muscles on Colonel Lin Daba's face couldn't help but twitch. The huge casualties of the troops made him feel a little heartbroken. He controlled his emotions slightly and did not blame Lieutenant Colonel Kuroki.
Without supporting Kuroki's accusation, he said slowly:
"Takeda-kun! I don't mean to blame you, Takeda Brigade, I can see your performance!"
"But, can any of you tell me how long the Chinese on the opposite side can stop the invincible 7th Regiment? One day? Or two days? Chief of Staff Sakata has come to our frontline headquarters to directly supervise the battle."
Exhaling heavily, Colonel Lin Daba, who was still trying to calm down his emotions just now, waved the command sword in his hand again and roared: "Gentlemen, what does supervising the battle mean? It means shame. Our Seventh Regiment has become the Ninth Division.
The regiment’s laughing stock, and if we want to wash away this shame and regain Guan Rong of our seventh regiment, we can only level the opposite position and cut off the heads of the Chinese soldiers.”
The huge volume of Colonel Kobayashi's voice even covered the rumbling sound of cannons that could be heard from time to time in the distance.
All the officers and subordinates were so excited by the shouts of their captain that they jumped up and asked for a fight. They even hoped to attack overnight and start a decisive battle with the Chinese.
Xiao Linba waved his hand and rejected the proposal of his subordinates. The Imperial Army's night fighting ability is very strong, but the damn Chinese are not weak in night fighting. When they have aircraft and cannons during the day, they can still fight a tie, but at night,
Without the assistance of aircraft, it will only increase casualties.
"Please tell all the officers and soldiers when you go back that I will be by your side in the battle tomorrow, please." Lin Daba bent down and bowed to his subordinates.
The Japanese army is very hierarchical, and it is extremely rare for superiors to bow to their subordinates. If it were not for the determination to sink the ship, Colonel Lin Daba would never bow to his subordinates.
"Hai, captain, please rest assured." All the officers and subordinates stood up quickly, touched their heels, bowed their heads and agreed loudly.
No matter which country you are in, or what nationality you are, if others treat you as a dish, and you really treat yourself as a dish, then the result will naturally be that you are eaten by others. These little devils and officials are not stupid.
After all his subordinates had said their goodbyes and left, Colonel Lin sat down on a chair tiredly, rubbing his painfully wrinkled brows, thinking about the attack plan for tomorrow morning.
He didn't even notice the report submitted by the squadron commander responsible for the headquarters' security before Jiro Sakata arrived, which included an intelligence analysis of twelve naked corpses found by the patrol team.
According to the analysis of the squadron leader Ichiro Maemura in charge of this matter, in the gap between the positions occupied by the Imperial Army, there is a well-trained Chinese team with strong combat effectiveness, numbering no less than twenty people, and two patrol teams.
Only then would he be loyal to the emperor without firing a shot.
Although they missed the mark, they were not far off. Because of the addition of Liu Lang, a soul from another time and space, the twenty-odd remaining soldiers became well-trained in an instant.
Unfortunately, Colonel Hayashi, who was worried about his future and fate, gave up his only chance to survive, and by the way, Major General Jiro Sakata, who had not dealt with him very well, was looking for trouble.
Their lives will become shining stars hanging on the shoulders of Liu Lang and the remaining soldiers.