my bright sword career

Chapter 116 The Enraged Ryuji Ota
When the sky was bright, the vanguard of the 41st Division of the Japanese Army had arrived in Ping'an County.

When a squadron as a forward entered the county carefully, they were surprised to find that the county was already empty, and all the people had run away.

Surprised, the Japanese army also reported this information, and it was quickly reported to the division commander, Major General Yukio Koizumi.

"Nani...the Chinese people actually gave up Ping'an County, and moved all their troops to the defense line of Qixia Pass?"

"Yes, Division Commander." Chief of Staff Ogihara Toda bowed and said, "According to the report of the 67th Regiment Commander Ota Ryuji, Gao Hongming has set up three lines of defense in Qixia from low to high, and seems to be fighting to the death with our 41st Division. signs."

"Fight to the death? Hehe..."

Yukio Koizumi revealed a look of disdain. This time he brought a whole division including three infantry regiments, a field artillery regiment, an engineering regiment, a cavalry regiment, and a transport regiment. An elite division of 8000 people.

Although the 41st Division is a second-class division in name, Yukio Koizumi believes that even if it is not as good as the most elite draft horse division, it is not inferior to the pack horse division.

Koizumi Yukio's self-confidence is based on the supremacy of strength. In his opinion, it is enough to dispatch a regiment to deal with such a local militia. It is really too small to use.

He said without thinking: "Order Ryuji Ota to launch an attack on Qixia Pass immediately."

After finishing speaking, he raised his wrist and looked at it. It is now 21:[-] in the morning, and I will arrive at Ping'an County at about noon. I hope Mr. Ota can bring me good news when I get there.

"Hi!"

Ogiwara Toda bowed in response, hesitated for a while and said: "Your Excellency, the 67th Regiment has been on the road for two or three days in a row, should we let them take a break and launch an attack after the Field Artillery Regiment arrives?" , the effect will be better.”

"madness!"

Yukio Koizumi scolded angrily: "Could it be that my brave warriors of the Great Japanese Empire would not fight without the artillery? The opposite is just a militia in China, and their retreat has been blown up by Yamamoto Osamu's secret service team.

In the words of the Chinese people, they are a group of turtles in an urn. If Ryuji Ota dare not even fight the position defended by such a group of people, he does not need to be the captain of the regiment. I will suggest that you, Commander, be replaced by someone with courage. Alliance captain. "

Seeing that Koizumi Koizumi has talked about this, what else can Ogiwara Toda say, he can only go down to deliver orders...

After Qixia Pass was closed, Gao Hongming came to an observation post.

Standing at this height, the scenery below is in sight.

Qixia Pass is actually a checkpoint built on a mountain depression. The mountain is more than 200 meters high, and two roads pass by the foot of the mountain. It can be said that as long as Qixia Pass is occupied, it will guard the two passages from Taiyuan to Kenanpo and Liantai County. Therefore, the Jinsui Army stationed a regiment of troops here.

It's a pity that due to the menacing Japanese army this time, Yan Xishan believed that Qixia Pass would definitely not be safe, so in order to preserve his strength, he withdrew the regiment stationed here, otherwise, if there was another regiment in hand, the battle would be much more certain up.

"Tuan Zuo, the devil is here!" an observer next to him whispered.

"I saw it, order the fifth battalion, don't worry, wait for the devil to get closer before firing, and give the little devil a little surprise."

Gao Hongming replied without turning his head, and looked at the first line of defense at the foot of the mountain with his binoculars. This line of defense was guarded by the fourth battalion. The second and third lines of defense were guarded by the fifth and third battalions respectively. The second battalion was used as a reserve team, and the tank battalion was transferred by him to a valley a few miles away to rest.

Looking at the densely packed figures in tea-green military uniforms that began to appear in the binoculars, Gao Hongming took a deep breath, turned his head and said to the staff at the side: "Tell the logistics department, let them hurry up when the devils just arrived and did not launch an attack Time to cook, let the brothers on the front line have a hot meal, let the brothers have enough food, and you don’t know when the next hot meal will be.”

"Yes!"

The staff officer took the lead and left.

"Dig the trenches and foxholes deeper, and deeper, and maybe they'll save your life then!"

At the same time, the first position.

"Thicken the parapet in front of you, what's the use of such a little thickness, a heavy machine gun bullet will hit you, and your life will be here!" Seeing the foxholes dug by several soldiers in his company, The thickness of the covering soil did not meet the specification requirements. Ma Zhanfu, the commander of the fourth company, yelled loudly. It was already June and the weather was extremely hot, but Ma Zhanfu still didn't feel the slightest enthusiasm. irritated, full of uneasy emotions.

I don't know if I feel so uneasy because I am afraid, or because I feel a little excited about the upcoming battle, so I am so irritable.

When Ma Zhanfu knew that he was going to face a reorganized division of the Japanese army this time, this emotion filled his heart, but he also knew that since this battle, whether it was life or death, he must not shrink back or be timid.

Although after a whole night of emergency repairs, Ma Zhanfu still saw that many fortifications were unqualified. He did not know how many people he had scolded this morning.

While inspecting the fortifications, he looked towards Ping'an County from time to time. Looking at the mountains and rivers in the distance, Ma Zhanfu felt sweaty in his palms. Although he knew that as a company commander, he must not be afraid, but he still knew clearly in his heart that There was still a tinge of fear in the depths.

At this moment, Song Jie saw countless black dots appearing on the distant horizon and moving towards them.

Seeing a figure appearing in the distance, Ma Zhanfu shouted loudly, "The devil is coming, everyone enters the trenches and prepares to fight!"

What Ma Zhanfu didn't know was that in Ping'an County, dozens of miles away, the captain of the 67th Regiment, Ryuji Ota, looked at the neatly built mounds on the side of the road, with the bottom wide and the top narrow, and his eyes were already filled with anger. Bloodshot.

As a Japanese military officer, Ryuji Ota was no stranger to the history of China, so he naturally knew what Jingguan was.

"Jingguan" is also called "Wujun", which is to pile up the corpses of the enemy soldiers on both sides of the road, cover the soil and tamp it down to form a pyramid-shaped mound.

But he never dreamed that this kind of cruel thing that had disappeared for hundreds of years would appear in front of him majestically today, and these Jingguan were still made of the corpses of Imperial Japanese soldiers. The greatest insult to the Empire.

Looking at Jingguan, which can hardly be seen as far as the eye can see, Ryuji Ota gritted his teeth: "Bagayalu, damn Chinese people...they will definitely pay the price for their stupidity!"

(End of this chapter)