Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 284

Seven o'clock in the morning on August 1940, 8.

Noisy sounds came from the Japanese camp outside Tunliu City. The commanders and sergeants of each squad under the Nara Regiment opened the tents one by one and drove out the sleeping Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese army arrived at Tunliu at [-] o'clock in the morning, and then set up camp, sleeping for at most three hours.

After repeated battles, Japanese soldiers generally lacked sleep, and each looked sleepy.

"Have you heard? The other squadrons that went to chase the Eighth Route Army yesterday came back, but the Shangcun Squadron and the Hebian Squadron haven't come back yet!" said a soldier holding a lunch box.

Another soldier sat aside, quite surprised: "Nani? Haven't come back yet? Could it be the Eighth Route Army?"

"Very likely, otherwise we would have returned long ago!" The Japanese soldier said with lingering fear.

"Silence!" An officer walked over with bowed legs and kicked over the lunch box in the soldier's hand.

The two soldiers quickly stood up, nodding their heads in apology.

After the Japanese commander Cao left, the sergeant of the squad comforted him: "Shimamura-kun, Toyoda-san, our squadron suffered a lot of casualties yesterday, and we were so annoyed by Captain Tanaka. This matter is over, don't talk about it anymore. I hear the officers have been meeting to discuss the next steps!"

"Hi!" The two nodded.

The Tanaka squadron where the two belonged was one of the infantry squadrons that fought against the 358 regiment yesterday, and one squadron suffered heavy casualties.

After eating, the Japanese soldiers packed up their bags and assembled quickly.

At this time, the gate of Tunliu County was opened, and Masahiko Nara, the captain of the Japanese army, came out of the county with a group of officers.

"Kojima-kun, thank you for the hospitality, let's stay!" Nara Masahiko forced himself to stay sleepy, and said to Kojima Ichiro, the highest officer of the Japanese army stationed behind him.

"Your Majesty, can't you really leave some troops to support Tunliu?" Kojima Ichiro asked sincerely.

"Sorry, General Shinozuka sent a telegram yesterday. The reinforcements of the [-]th Division were wiped out near the Zhanghe River by the Eighth Route Army. Our troops suffered heavy casualties after repeated battles. It is impossible to divide our troops to support you!" Masahiko Nara's eyes flashed. After a trace of helplessness.

"Hi!" Kojima Ichiro nodded.

After the Nara Wing was stationed in Tunliu, it turned on the radio to report the battle situation and whereabouts to the division headquarters. After the two sides exchanged telegrams, they learned that the reinforcements on the southern front had been wiped out.

Nara Masahiko was terrified, thinking that after his troops set off from Linfen, they were blocked everywhere along the way. They only reached Tunliu, just over half of the journey, and the troops suffered nearly a thousand casualties.

The whereabouts of the two squadrons sent out to pursue last night are still unknown.

Fearing that he would end up in the same end, Nara Masahiko decided to stay and station near Changzhi, and then headed to Handan after the situation became clear.

Unexpectedly, soon after, Yoshio Shinozuka's First Army headquarters passed the [-]st Division headquarters and sent a report directly to the Nara Regiment.

Strictly rejecting Masahiko Nara's request, Yoshio Shinozuka scolded more in the telegram and urged the Nara United Team to hurry up and march.

Nara Masahiko had no choice but to order the troops to prepare for departure early in the morning.

"Gentlemen, for this reinforcement, the Eighth Route Army blocked many soldiers along the way, and the soldiers suffered casualties. Mr. Ohara, send some soldiers to escort the wounded soldiers to the hospital in Changzhi for treatment!" Masahiko Nara said.

"Hi!" Junichiro Ohara nodded in response.

"I am going to send a squadron as the vanguard, what do you think?" Masahiko Nara asked in a slightly inquiring tone.

The Japanese officers present expressed their approval, but none of them expressed their willingness to lead the soldiers under their command first.

After repeated battles, the Japanese soldiers were exhausted and war-weary, and the squadron leaders did not want their soldiers to die in vain.

A flash of anger flashed in Nara Masahiko's eyes when he saw this. He himself has been working in the General Staff Headquarters since he graduated from the mainland. Move up the position again.

Unexpectedly, the arrogant soldiers in the alliance have always been at odds with the staff system, so Nara Masahiko has not yet subdued these arrogant soldiers.

"Uehara-kun, you lead the soldiers under your command to clear the way ahead!" Masahiko Nara directly named a subordinate who was always yin and yang.

After hearing this, Uehara Yosuke did not hide his emotions, and dissatisfaction suddenly appeared on his face.

Most of the many officers next to him showed expressions of watching the excitement.

"Yosuke Uehara, do you know what will happen if you disobey the military order? Do you want to go to a military court?" Ohara Junichiro asked repeatedly.

Just as Yosuke Uehara was about to say something, he saw another officer with the rank of lieutenant beside Masahiko Nara nodding his head.

Immediately suppressing the raging anger in his heart, he nodded and said, "Hi! I'll call the soldiers and set off!"

Masahiko Nara nodded, and with a wave of his hand, the officers walked towards the camp outside the city.

The Nara Regiment has three infantry brigades, the captains of which are Keiji Kotani, Yoshito Ishikawa, and Junichiro Ohara.

After the previous team leader resigned, the original team leader was chosen from among the three.

Among them, the two had the greatest hopes. One of them, Keiji Kotani with outstanding military exploits, was also a graduate of the University of the Mainland, and his qualifications and military exploits met the requirements.

The other two candidates, Ishikawa Yoshihiro is the son of a certain Japanese nobleman, who has always regarded the position of the captain of the regiment as something on the plate.

As for Ohara Junichiro, he was a commoner's son, and he never expected himself to be the captain of the regiment. The rank of Lieutenant Assistant was already the limit for him who was born as a commoner.

Unexpectedly, there was an accident, a team leader was parachuted from the staff headquarters, and the hopes of the two were dashed.

After Masahiko Nara took office, Keiji Kotani and Yoshihiro Ishikawa, who were originally at odds with each other, united together with the intention of squeezing him away.

On the contrary, it was Junichiro Ohara who took the lead in defecting, which gave Masahiko Nara a part of the voice within the alliance.

Masahiko Nara considered that there was a discord among the people inside, so he decided to take a break in Changzhi temporarily, and after discussing it all night, he failed to reach an agreement. In the end, it was Yoshio Shinozuka's telegram that made the final decision.

Yesterday, the Ohara Brigade played against the 358th Brigade, and the Otani Brigade and the Ishikawa Brigade played against the 386th Brigade. Both brigades suffered big losses.

Kotani Keiji and Ishikawa Yoshihiro even thought that the regiment leader sent troops to pursue them on purpose, so they had a lot of opinions.

The main force of the Japanese army moved out one after another, and a group of wounded soldiers and more than [-] Japanese soldiers belonging to the Tanaka Squadron under the Ohara Brigade remained in the camp.

"Yoxi, I finally don't have to fight the Eighth Route Army anymore. My nerves are a little weakened now, but I react violently to any disturbance!" Jiro Shimamura felt relieved after hearing that he didn't have to march with the large army.

"Shimamura-kun, according to what you said, you are more suitable for investigative work!"

"Bage Yalu, I won't be cannon fodder!"

Soon after, five trucks and horse-drawn carriages collected temporarily set off from Tunliu to Changzhi.

(End of this chapter)