At this time, Yoshimoto Teiichi had already taken a detour back to Jiujiang City.
At the beginning, Yoshimoto Seiichi received a telegram from the Navy, saying that the Marine Corps who came for reinforcements from Madang Fortress had recaptured Jiujiang. Yoshimoto Seiichi still didn't believe it. How could it be possible? The Marine Corps who came to reinforce was only half of the army.
Although the strength of the brigade was nearly 2,000, the Sichuan army across Jiujiang had Xu Rui present.
Even though Xu Rui has been seriously injured and cannot participate in the battle in person, he can still use his superb command skills to give great help to the Sichuan Army. Therefore, it is difficult for Yoshimoto Sadichi to believe that the Marine Corps only has about 500 people.
, actually defeated a regiment of the Sichuan Army commanded by Xu Rui!
Could it be said that the gap in combat effectiveness between the Army and the Navy is really that big?
Xu Rui, who has repeatedly outnumbered and defeated the Army, was defeated by the Navy when outnumbered. Baga, doesn't this mean that the combat effectiveness of the Marine Corps is far stronger than that of the Army?
Yoshimoto Teiichi does not believe this at all!
In view of this, Yoshimoto Sadashi never believed it at first, thinking that the navy was bragging.
Yoshimoto Teiichi believed that the Marine Corps had at most occupied a small area near the North City Gate, and then in order to claim credit, they exaggerated it to say that they had occupied the entire Jiujiang City. These bastards of the Navy were always messing around, and during the Battle of Songhu that year
, the Marine Corps was obviously beaten to a pulp by the National Army, but in the end they dared to say that they were the biggest contributors!
However, when the second telegram from the Navy came, asking them to immediately divide their forces to strengthen the defense of Jiujiang, Yoshimoto Teiichi knew that the Navy was not exaggerating, let alone lying, but had really occupied Jiujiang. Although it was hard to believe, but
As soon as Yoshimoto Sadada received the telegram, he immediately led an infantry brigade to rush to the aid of Jiujiang from a small road.
The remaining three infantry brigades were handed over to the commander of the Tokuei Military Police by Yoshimoto Seiichi.
After two hours of rapid march, Yoshimoto Teiichi and an infantry brigade led by him finally returned to Jiujiang.
Then, Yoshimoto Seiichi understood what happened when the Marine Corps took back Jiujiang. After knowing the truth, Yoshimoto Seiichi was happy but also a little sad.
Fortunately, after Jiujiang City returned to the hands of the imperial army, the next battle was much easier to fight. What saddened Yoshimoto Teiichi was that the reason why Jiujiang was able to be recaptured was thanks to the shattered Commander Okamura.
, had it not been for the policies implemented by Commander Okamura, the citizens of Jiujiang would not have driven the Sichuan troops out of the city.
However, what makes Yoshimoto Teiichi angry is that the Marine Corps messed up the situation.
The imperial army could have obtained help from Jiujiang citizens, but now, it is impossible.
The idiots of the Marine Corps actually looted and raped women after entering the city. Because of their impulsiveness, they completely destroyed the civilized image that Commander Okamura had worked so hard to earn for the Imperial Army. Therefore, when Yoshimoto
When Zhenyi entered the city, the citizens of Jiujiang no longer rushed to the streets to welcome him, but hid in their homes and looked at them with horrified eyes.
"Idiots, trash, a bunch of brainless losers!" Yoshimoto Sadai scolded the captain of the Marine Corps as soon as he found him, "Don't you know that doing this will only push the citizens of Jiujiang towards the National Army, and will only increase the number of the Imperial Army?
How difficult is it to guard Jiujiang? Can't you think with your butt before giving the order?"
Unexpectedly, the captain of the Marine Corps is not like Yoshimoto Seiichi at all. Although this guy is just a small major, his military rank is three ranks lower than Yoshimoto Seiichi, and Yoshimoto Seiichi is still a general. Between the two
There is even a huge gap, but the captain of the Marine Corps does not pay attention to Yoshimoto Sadashi at all.
Although the Major named Tsuchiya Kongxiang did not say anything harsh, he responded with a firm tone: "Your Majesty, Chief of Staff, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, but it seems that we don't need your army to teach us how to fight the battle. After all, the facts are victorious."
Yu Yanyan, the city your army lost was regained by our navy for you."
"You?!" Yoshimoto Sada was furious, but couldn't get angry.
After all, the army and navy belong to different systems. No matter what Tsuchiya does wrong, it will not be his turn to teach Yoshimoto Sadaichi a lesson. He immediately added the sentence "I will accuse you to your superiors" and then left angrily.
, Yoshimoto Teiichi then rudely drove the Marine Corps back to the dock and let his troops take over Jiujiang City Defense.
Since Jiujiang had been sacked and there were no important targets in the city that needed protection, Yoshimoto Sadai deployed the four infantry squadrons in his hands to the four gates of Jiujiang. He himself also personally sat at the west gate of Jiujiang to guard against Sichuan troops counterattacking at night.
Although this possibility is very small, Yoshimoto Teiichi still does not take it lightly.
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When it gets dark, it's impossible to continue working.
The Sichuan army drove the puppet prisoners of war who had worked hard for most of the day into the temporary shack and took care of them. After about half an hour, more than 20 Sichuan soldiers carried more than a dozen large buckets of swill-like food to the shack.
As soon as he was thrown in front of him, more than a thousand puppet prisoners of war, who were already so hungry that their chests were on their backs, immediately rushed over.
In order to perform as many tricks as possible, Xu Rui did not let the puppet prisoners of war go.
If Xu Rui really releases the puppet prisoners of war like this, then he is harming them. Does he really think that the little devil is an idiot?
After all, the stakes are high, so Xu Rui doesn't want too many people to know the secret. So far, the only people who know the secret are Gou Ligui and two close company commanders, Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi.
After dinner, the Sichuan army left two sentries and then withdrew.
In the dead of night, Gou Ligui asked Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi to wake up all the puppet prisoners of war in more than a dozen shacks, then called all the officers above the company commander, held a small meeting, and announced in public that they were planning to escape from prison.
After hearing Gou Ligui say that he wanted to escape from prison, all the close officers immediately became excited.
It has to be said that Gou Ligui's prestige in the Jiujiang Garrison Brigade of the puppet army is still quite high, otherwise, an old devil like Okamura Neiji would not appoint him as the brigade commander.
After a good discussion, we started taking action.
Xiao Liu and Xiao Qi, who knew the inside story, took the initiative and "killed" the two Sichuan Army sentries on guard. Then, taking advantage of the Sichuan Army's sleep, the puppet prisoners of war opened the armory again and robbed a lot of weapons from the armory.
Weapons, and by chance, their actions were discovered by a Sichuan soldier who got up to urinate at night.
What follows is a melee of ping-ping-pong-pong.
The fight between the two sides was lively, but only God knows the outcome.
Anyway, in the end, the puppet garrison brigade could no longer stand it any longer, and Gou Ligui ordered a retreat.
The puppet garrison brigade retreated to the west gate of Jiujiang while fighting, while the Sichuan army pursued while fighting.
The Japanese stationed at the west gate of Jiujiang were quickly alerted, and Yoshimoto Zhenichi rushed to the city gate tower immediately.
"Mizutani-san, what's going on?" Yoshimoto Sadashi asked, taking the poncho from the orderly and putting it on. Because of the sudden incident, he rushed out of the headquarters before he could put on the poncho. In just a moment, Qiu Yu let Qiu Yu
Even though he was soaked in the rain, Yoshimoto Teiichi did not dare to be careless. This autumn rain was no joke.
Squadron leader Mizutani Tetsuya of the 4th Infantry Squadron paused to report: "Chief of Staff, about fifteen minutes ago, gunfire suddenly rang out in the direction of the station. It seemed that two armies were exchanging fire. The exchange of fire lasted for about ten minutes, and then began to move towards this direction.
Stretching over, we are now about five or six hundred meters away from the city gate."
Yoshimoto Sadashi opened his eyes wide and looked outside, but because it was dark, he couldn't see anything clearly.
At that moment, Yoshimoto Teiichi asked again: "Do you know which two armies are fighting? Is it the Imperial Alliance Army?"
"Even in my humble position, I suspected that it was the garrison brigade of the Imperial Association Army." Mizutani Tetsuya replied, "After the Sichuan Army captured Jiujiang, they executed all the captured Imperial Army warriors, but none of the captured Imperial Army Army soldiers were executed.
They were just used as coolies to help the Sichuan Army transport supplies and build fortifications. It is possible for the Imperial Association Army to be unwilling to be oppressed and to rise up to resist."
While holding up the telescope for observation, Yoshimoto Sadai frowned and said, "Is it really Gou Sang's Imperial Alliance Army?"
Mizutani Tetsuya said in a deep voice: "Chief of Staff, judging from the firefight situation, it is undoubtedly Gou Sang's Royal Association Army Security Brigade that retreated towards Jiujiang. Otherwise, send a small team to respond?"
"Don't act rashly." Yoshimoto Teiichi shook his head decisively and said, "Xu Rui is too cunning. Maybe this is just a scene directed by him. If we rashly send troops to take over, we might fall into his plan.
Therefore, the imperial army must not act rashly, especially not go out of the city to respond! Let us just wait and see what happens."
"Hai." Tetsuya Mizutani paused, then turned and shouted, "Order, all infantry squads, heavy machine gun squads, and independent field artillery squads to prepare for battle!"
The five messengers quickly left separately and conveyed the order to three infantry squads, a heavy machine gun squad, and an independent field artillery squad belonging to the Shuigu Squadron. The Japanese position at the west gate of Jiujiang immediately became tense, and groups of Japanese soldiers filed in.
Once inside the trench, a handful of sharp bayonets were stuck into their slots.
There are also a number of light and heavy machine guns, which are also set up one after another.
There were also light mortars and infantry guns set up one after another.
At this time, the gunshots in front were getting closer and closer, and after a while, the blurry figures could be seen clearly.
"Flashlight!" Tetsuya Mizutani gave the order, and more than a dozen bright flashlight lights shone forward. Due to the power supply interruption, the Japanese army could not use high-power searchlights and could only use flashlights for lighting.
More than a dozen flashlights were used intensively, barely illuminating the scene fifty meters ahead.
With the concentrated illumination of the flashlight, Yoshimoto Sadaichi saw the black mass of defeated troops swarming towards the west gate of Jiujiang. Yoshimoto Sadaichi was afraid that it was the Sichuan army, so he quickly ordered the Mizutani Squadron to fire a warning shot. After hearing the gunfire, the defeated soldiers
They stopped and did not dare to approach the city gate again, but the firefight continued ahead.
After a while, a man who looked like an army officer ran over and shouted: "Taijun, it's me, I am Gou Ligui!"
"Gou Sang, is it you? Is it really you?" Yoshimoto Sadao was overjoyed when he heard this. At this time, the figure had already run to less than 20 meters away from the city gate, and more than a dozen flashlights were focused on him, so
Yoshimoto Sada saw clearly that this person was indeed the brigade commander of the Jiujiang Guard Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, Gou Ligui!