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Chapter 271 I don't know what is good or bad!wait and see

Intelligence is the key to defeating the enemy. To conduct a successful military operation, accurate and timely intelligence support is indispensable.

In ancient times, there was a saying that "know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of danger". Later, there was also a saying that "commanders use all possible and necessary reconnaissance methods to extract the essence from the enemy's situation obtained from the reconnaissance, discard the false and keep the true... thus forming a judgment, making a decision, and making a plan" thought guidance.

Before engaging in pursuit and suppression operations, Yiluan Division still needs to ascertain the enemy's situation in order to formulate specific strategies.

At the same time, because the area of ​​security that the Seventh Division is responsible for is too large, there will be almost no mobile forces available after it is evenly divided.So Zhou Changfeng took the initiative to invite Ying, and applied for the First Marine Regiment to cooperate with Yiluan Division to hunt down the remaining resistance army.

This application was quickly approved by Nie Quan.

However, for almost the whole of April, after arriving in Tokyo, more than [-] officers and soldiers of Yi Luan Division were conducting adaptive training while collecting known information, and they have not been dispatched for a long time.

The situation on Honshu Island has also deteriorated during these more than 20 days. In the previous March, the Ming army quickly landed and smashed the resistance. ".

However, as time came to April, perhaps with sufficient buffer and reaction time, resistance movements broke out in full swing across Honshu Island, and resistance forces, large and small, sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Three units today, five branches tomorrow, more and more new enemy situations made the third army and the second army generals overwhelmed, so Yiluan Division's dispatch was delayed again and again.

From Yamaguchi County in the southwest to Iwate County in the northeast, Honshu Island, which is more than [-] miles long, can be described as a series of wars——

With a small number of people and poor equipment, they ambush the Ming army's supply team, or sneak attacks on soldiers who are alone.

If you have a large number of people and good equipment, then try to besiege the town and fight more than the few. It is not without possibility of success.

All of a sudden, reports of engagements or calls for help were everywhere.

It is obvious that the central government and local feudal towns of the Wa Kingdom have bowed their heads obediently, so why are there so many rebels?
The soldiers were very depressed, because in this case, the troops would not be able to return home in early May according to the previous plan.

The generals were also extremely annoyed, anxious and irritable.

"...Yesterday the 18th Regiment reported three battles with 26 casualties; the 39th Regiment four times with [-] casualties; the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division once with three casualties..."

"These rebels who don't know good and bad! They should be killed!"

"Yes, since ancient times the barbarians have always been fearful of power and not virtuous. I think that if they don't kill people, they will never have a long memory."

Among the generals who participated in the regular meeting, there was no shortage of violent tempers. This kind of annoying local rebellion is really indignant.

The originally considered policy of deterrence and gentleness has been left behind by people. It can be said that during this period of time, most of the [-] Ming armies distributed in the two armies on Honshu Island were bloody and violent. The collateral damage is very large.

Obviously, such actions will intensify the hostility of those who were originally on the sidelines or indifferent, which makes the situation worse.

Such a vicious circle is naturally what Zhou Changfeng does not want to see, and some calm and insightful officers also think that suppression should be accompanied by appeasement, and collateral damage should be avoided as much as possible.

However, only a small number of people's proposals naturally could not extinguish the enraged soldiers of the Ming army. The casualties of subordinates and colleagues caused many people's sentiments of revenge to rise.

The Ming army, where nationalism was prevalent, was extremely sensitive to this—how could the despicable foreign pirates dare to commit such a rebellion?This needs to be taught in blood.

The brutal struggle continued until the end of April. The General Military Department seemed to have forgotten that there was still an elite squad on standby?

It wasn't until the morning of the 27th that Yi Luan finally received the order he had been waiting for - ordering your troops to set off for Shizuoka immediately, intending to intercept a group of enemies rushing westward.

Due to the shortage of transport capacity, in addition to the three transport planes, some of Yiluansi had to squeeze into the bomb bay of the bomber.

As soon as the plane landed, they rushed to the dock without stopping.

The friendly army stationed in Shizuoka was the No.13 Division No.30 Eighth Regiment. While the main force of the Yiluan Division was setting up the camp, Cai Zhichen, who attached great importance to the first mission, personally led the reconnaissance team to set off.

The Oi River originates in the northern mountains, flows through Shizuoka, and then enters the sea.More than [-] of them took four small motorboats and went all the way north through the river to check the terrain nearby and search for clues.

"His grandma has a leg! Tell me honestly, if you dare to fool people, you guys will be killed!"

Beside a dirt road in front of a village, a dozen or so peasants wearing headscarves and bamboo hats gathered together. People’s attire was all tattered, and only the village house (village chief) was slightly better, at least no patches were seen.

More than a dozen soldiers from the 38th regiment and dozens of Shizuoka prefectural police are interrogating the movement of the resistance army, because they have received reports that several armed personnel have passed by this place.

A short, middle-aged man said with a flattering smile: "My lord, they said they didn't know that the army has been in turmoil recently, and there are often routs and robbers running around."

"Really?" The sergeant who led the team sneered, waved his hand and said, "Go in and search, be careful."

The military and police swarmed in, rushed into the village, drove out all the villagers in the houses, and then began to search from house to house.

Because the government has blatantly obeyed Daming, the original public officials should naturally cooperate with the actions of the suzerain, whether it is the army or the police, the king of Ming should do whatever he wants.

Without the cooperation of the Shizuoka prefectural police, the 38th Regiment, which is understretched, would not be able to successfully carry out the task of maintaining public security and stability.

As the wolves and tigers of the military and police began to search, it could be described as flying around for a while!

The villagers watched them anxiously, nervous because several wounded resistance soldiers were actually being housed here.

Although the movements of the soldiers are powerful, they are rough and subtle, and any corners that are convenient for Tibetans are not spared.

"Grass! There is..."

"boom!"

"Bang bang jump!"

Shouts and gunshots sounded suddenly, startling the surrounding soldiers, police and villagers.

After the chaos, two of the four resistance soldiers hiding in the village were killed, and the other two were also captured; and a soldier here was wounded in the thigh by a bullet, but unfortunately, the bullet broke his leg Arteries, it can be said that the gods are hard to save.

The bright red blood gushing out was like a faucet being turned on. Others hurriedly opened the first aid kit and pressed it hard with bandages.

The pure white bandage was dyed blood red in an instant, but the blood still couldn't stop flowing out.

The rushing medical soldiers pushed the others away, and the blood really gushed out like shaking a soda bottle and unscrewing the cap!
"Hold here! Groin! Hold, hold, hold!"

He called another person to help press the upper end, then took out the hemostat from the aluminum first aid kit and tried to find the ruptured artery.

But the wound was completely submerged in blood, and blood continued to flow out. The eager medical soldiers couldn't pinch the bleeding point no matter what.He guessed that the broken artery might have retracted a little, so he could only try to open the opening, trying little by little.

The wounded soldier was only eighteen or nine years old. How could he bear the severe pain caused by such a scratch?
But now it is really a race against time and death. He is losing blood at a rate of nearly ten milliliters per second, and he has no time to take painkillers.

While screaming in pain, blood soaked his pants, and the pool of red water accumulated under his body slowly spread to the surroundings, getting bigger and bigger...

As the blood loss exceeded [-] milliliters, hemorrhagic shock inevitably arrived—his face was pale, his eyes were distracted, and the screams gradually disappeared.

The surrounding soldiers all stared blankly at this scene, only the medical soldiers were still concentrating on searching for the broken artery with all their might.

In the end, when he successfully clamped it with the hemostat and then buckled the small steel hemostat, there was already a big puddle of blood on the ground.

The warm blood soaked the soil of a foreign land, and the breathing and heartbeat of the young soldier stopped.

"Xiao Leizi..."

"The breath is gone."

"Arterial bleeding, eight out of ten will not be cured."

Some of the extremely sad soldiers sighed repeatedly, some stomped their feet, and some glared at the nearby villagers.

The sergeant who led the team was a big man with a Chinese face. At this moment, he couldn't help being furious. He turned around and kicked down the forty-something manor house, and then kicked violently one after another.

"You motherfuckers, this is a gangster who covers up rebellion and wants to beheaded!" He snatched a rifle with a bayonet from the soldier beside him while yelling, and suddenly stabbed straight.

The white blade went in and the red blade went out. Zhuang Wu, who was lying on the ground, clutched the wound on his chest and struggled a few times before dying.

The bayonet was still dripping with blood, and the sergeant returned the rifle to the soldier beside him.

More than a dozen villagers, men and women, knelt down in horror and begged for mercy. The wife of the village house cried and threw herself on the corpse, sobbing miserably.

The sergeant was still angry, he gasped heavily, his chest heaved, and he shouted hysterically: "Isn't this what you asked for?! Why did you deceive us?! What good is it?! Say it! Say it! Is life good?! I don’t know what’s good or bad!”

Interpreter is the incompetent third son of a small local businessman. He has been naughty and idle since childhood, but because his father often does business with foreigners, he has also learned Chinese and English. He happily became an army guide and translator.

He tremblingly translated this series of words into Japanese, but the surrounding villagers didn't respond, they just knelt down and remained silent.

At this time, someone ran over quickly and reported that a teammate army was approaching from outside the village, and the soldiers calmed down.

The Yiluan Division investigation and search team was going up the river in a motorboat, but they quickly docked after hearing the gunshots.

When Cai Zhichen, who was wearing the rank of major, appeared, the soldiers of the 38th regiment here thought they had misunderstood—what happened?How could there be a major in such a place?

The Yiluan Division is a guard of honor in name, but the rank badges they wear in actual operations are tea-brown background color-this is the military color of scouts.

The sergeant leaned slightly, clasped his fists and said, "Report, the 38st Battalion and [-]nd Squadron of the [-]th Regiment of the [-]th Division of the Basel Division was ordered to pursue the rebellious stragglers here. The people here lied to us, and one of my soldiers was seriously injured and died during the search."

"Did you catch those two?"

"Exactly."

"It's been hard work, you guys rest for now."

Cai Zhichen waved his hand, and immediately a soldier stepped forward and roughly dragged the two wounded resistance soldiers who had been captured alive, and forced them to kneel down.

The inquiry process is very simple, what is the position, the number of large troops, what is the whereabouts, and so on.

The two of them either kept silent, or replied bluntly that they didn't know.

Cai Zhichen, who thought he was more self-cultivated, took a deep breath, and asked patiently: "Don't want to answer? It's okay, then let me ask, why are you two against our country?"

One of them remained silent, and the other said bitterly after hesitating: "You raped my sister! She...is crazy, I want revenge, that's all!"

The interpreter carefully translated this answer, for fear that this "big official" would be angry.

Cai Zhichen was silent for a few seconds after hearing the words, and calmly said: "This is indeed an irreconcilable contradiction, I understand. But... what about the others? Are they all vowing revenge for similar reasons?"

"No, being like me is just part of it."

"Why do those people insist on resisting? What is their original intention and appeal?"

"Most of them... are just unwilling to be enslaved by you wise people."

"Slavery? How absurd." Cai Zhichen frowned and said, "Weren't you enslaved before the Westerners were driven away? Now that our country is the suzerain, the worst is the same as before."

At this moment, the wounded man who had been silent all this time finally spoke. The young man wearing round glasses said coldly: "Europeans are the world leaders, they are very good, and we have been working hard to learn from them for decades. As for You smart people are just a bunch of conservative, ignorant, arrogant bastards, useless, 40 years ago, you got away with winning because of your size..."

When speaking this passage, the little man's translator was extremely nervous, almost saying a few words.

A team leader couldn't hold back, and slapped the kneeling young man in glasses with his backhand, "Fuck you, you're full of fart!"

Cai Zhichen stared at him blankly, and suddenly said, "You should have read a lot of books."

"I used to be a teacher at Shizuoka Prefectural Junior High School."

"Oh, it seems that you have read too few books, or... read in vain. You can only see the present, not the past. In the long history of thousands of years, the glorious outbreak of Western civilization has only been 200 years. It’s nothing, before that, the sum of the prosperous periods of all dynasties was far greater than this mere two hundred years.” Cai Zhichen said.

After finishing speaking, he smiled contemptuously again, and said lightly: "Sarcasm us? Your ancestors are much more pragmatic than you. Does the Tang envoy know?"

"No matter what, at least you are far behind Europeans now." The young man wearing round glasses replied persistently.

"There's nothing to argue about, let's save your life for now." Cai Zhichen waved his hand, and said calmly: "There will be a big war in recent years. We'll wait and see when the time comes. I'll see if you will still be so stubborn."

Both wounded Resistance soldiers had their wounds re-bandaged and tied up.

After some exchanges and comparisons, Cai Zhichen was sure that part of the defeated resistance army would pass by here, so he ordered the rest of the army to come and join.

　Damn, there is a problem with the hard disk of the computer, and I have been tossing all afternoon to no avail. I planned to start drawing a map...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)