Captain Yin Dongzhenyi is the squadron leader of the 1st Squadron of the 3rd Garrison Group of the Japanese Kwantung Army. He is nearly 40 years old. As an elite officer who has served in the 1st Division, he originally had a promising future.
However, an accident during a routine exercise ten years ago left him blind in one eye. He retired from active service and was forced to become a reserve officer.
After that, he worked as a military training instructor in a middle school and was always unwilling to accept the meager salary to support his wife and children at home. He was unwilling to live a mediocre life like this.
Once a leader in the imperial army, his life should not be about talking to a bunch of brats about stabbing techniques and infantry tactics, nor should he be scrimping every day to support his family.
His sky should be on the battlefield, he should continue to build meritorious services for the empire in other people's lands, and bring honor and wealth to his family.
Just when the Kwantung Army began to recruit reserve officers on a large scale in order to expand the size of its garrison, he felt that his opportunity had come.
With his history of serving in the First Division known as the Emperor's Guards, even though he was disabled and although he had passed the 35-year-old threshold for recruitment, due to his connections with the former First Division, he still served in the First Division.
Two years ago, he got his wish and joined the 3rd Garrison Battalion of the Kwantung Army, came to Northeast China and became a lieutenant squadron leader.
Although the function of the garrison brigade was not to fight on the front line and there were not many opportunities to make meritorious deeds for the empire, he still felt lucky and satisfied for his persistence and decision.
In the past two years in Northeast China, the 1st Squadron he led has achieved impressive results in several battles with local anti-Japanese armed forces in Northeast China, and won awards from the garrison headquarters.
If it weren't for his physical disability, with his solid military qualities and command decisions, it would be very possible for him to become a captain or deputy captain in two years.
Therefore, after he felt that there was no hope for his promotion, and as he was nearly 40 years old, his ambition to establish meritorious service gradually faded away, and instead he turned his attention to making money. His wife wrote to him full of
He felt very happy, and every word revealed that every pleasant change that wealth had brought to his family made him full of motivation.
In the fertile land of Northeast China, it is easy for invaders like them to make a fortune, just rob.
Because they are robbers, and they are arrogant robbers who don't even need a fig leaf.
But today, Captain Yin Dongzhenyi was in an extremely bad mood.
At 4 o'clock in the morning, he had set up the squadron headquarters in a wealthy family's house in Linyuan County. He was called out of his hot bed by the messenger from the squadron headquarters, and then braved the cold wind before dawn.
Rushed to the brigade headquarters.
Before he could recover from the cold, he heard even more chilling news. His subordinates, the No. 1 team stationed in Sanjiazi Town, less than 20 kilometers away from Lingyuan County, were attacked by Chinese troops last night.
During the attack by the anti-Japanese armed forces, except for the six members of the half-detachment stationed in the town, 48 people from the squad leader on down were all missing or broken into pieces.
Upon hearing the news, Captain Yin Dong Zhenyi felt as if he had been hit hard in the head and did not react for a long time.
It wasn't until the captain, Major Yamada Kame, raised his voice again and again that he broke out of his daze and secretly pinched his thigh to check if he was having a nightmare.
You must know that since the establishment of the Kwantung Army Garrison Command, there has never been a situation where dozens of casualties have occurred in a single squad.
Even a year ago, when fighting against the most powerful anti-Japanese armed force, an anti-Japanese volunteer army composed entirely of skirmishers from the Northeast Army, 13 people from a patrol unit of the First Garrison Brigade were ambushed and killed, which led to the first
The captain of the garrison brigade was ordered by the headquarters and relieved of his duties, and was transferred to the logistics department to take up a casual position.
And now there is almost a whole team of 48 people, and all of them are dead and uninjured. As the superior commander of this team, how much responsibility will you bear?
He then looked at the sinister eyes of his immediate superior, Major Kame Yamada, who was younger than him but more greedy and vicious, and he felt even more uneasy.
Only Yamada Kame's voice without any emotion came over.
"Yin Dongjun, the Okuda team is your subordinate, and Sanjia Town is an important fulcrum of the railway line, so there is no room for failure. Due to emotions and reasons, you must personally lead the team to investigate and reinforce. Then find that despicable sneak attack.
Troops, avenge the broken warriors of Okuda Squadron and wash away the shame of our 3rd Defense Brigade."
Yin Dong Zhenyi's face turned blue after being choked for a while. This Yamada Kame's conscience was greatly damaged. This is the rhythm of scapegoating!
You must know that regarding the issue of garrisoning Sanjiazi Town, Yin Dongzhenyi proposed to Yamada Kame to increase the number of garrisoned troops. His reason was also very simple. Now that the Rehe War has just ended, the Chinese defeated troops and volunteer troops in Rehe are still there.
There are quite a few. For safety reasons, at least two teams must be stationed in Sanjiazi Town and equipped with a heavy machine gun to be considered safe.
And the arrogant and arrogant guy in front of him rejected his suggestion in one fell swoop, and now he was hinting that Okuda team was his subordinates, as if their broken bodies were the result of his incompetent command, and what else could he say?
Baga is based on emotion and reason.
In terms of emotion and reason, shouldn't you, an arrogant and negligent captain, bear greater responsibility?
However, if someone is killed by a senior official, who can call him a captain?
What's more, Captain Okuda, who has already gone to see Amaterasu, is usually very filial to him. I heard that he is a descendant of a branch of a noble family. Now that he can't save his life, at least helping him collect his body is considered as all he can do.
part of your heart.
But he was an officer with some brains. He thought that since the other party could eliminate a small team, he probably had quite a few troops.
As for the few Japanese soldiers in Sanjiazi Town who were hiding in the town and dared not go out, they could not understand the battle process. The phone calls only said that the gunfire was not too fierce, and most of them were 38 rifles and Taisho 11 rifles.
The sound of the machine gun and the explosion were not heard.
But not long after the gunfire stopped, they risked their lives to go out to check, only to find the body of Team Captain Okuda less than 100 meters away from the entrance of the town. He was shot in the forehead. Since it was dark night, in order to guard the safety of the town, they even more
I don't dare to investigate further if I'm far away.
However, an hour after the battle, no other members of the team were seen coming back, so it was concluded that all of them were broken and missing.
"The gunfire was not intense... Okuda's body was found at the entrance of the town... he was shot in the forehead..."
After Yin Dongzhenyi carefully recalled the information, he began to feel that there was something strange about this matter.