Hasegawa Shigeo led the convoy on the road, and their vehicles were not fast because they needed to take care of the infantry in the team. Not long after that, Hasegawa Shigeo heard the voice of scouts coming from the communicator: "Report to the head of the division, The Yulangchuan Bridge was blown up!"

When Hasegawa Shigeo heard this, he was shocked and said, "What? The bridge was blown up? What's going on?"

The scout said: "When we arrived near the bridge, we saw that the bridge deck had disappeared. There were only a few bridge piers left in the river. We even found our people by the river!"

Shigeo Hasegawa heard the scout say "our people" in an unusual tone, so he asked, "What happened to 'our people'?"

The scout said: "They are just some teenagers, but they have our standard rifles, and they also say that they are members of the Imperial Scouts, division commander, do you have this troop?"

Hasegawa Shigeo also heard about the plan of the "Imperial Scouts", so Hasegawa Shigeo said: "Yes, they are our people, bring them back to see me."

The scouts agreed and turned off the communicator. Not long after, the scouts brought a dozen or so children in their teens to Shigeo Hasegawa. At this time, the vanguard of the Japanese army stopped two kilometers away from the river. .

When Hasegawa Shigeo saw the soldiers of the Imperial Scouts, a little boy who was only as tall as Hasegawa Shigeru's waist saluted Hasegawa Shigeo with a standard military salute. Although Hasegawa Shigeo felt a little awkward, he still returned a Li, the little boy said: "Your Excellency, Commander, I am Yoshio Shimadzu, the captain of the First Division of the Imperial Scouts. When I led the team for training, I encountered Lin Yuan's troops. My department killed more than ten members of Lin Yuan's troops. But we were outnumbered and let them blow up the bridge!"

The little boy suddenly lowered his head when he said this, and said solemnly: "It is our dereliction of duty for failing to protect the bridge. Please punish the division commander severely!"

Shigeru Hasegawa thought: "As expected, the bridge was bombed by Lin Yuan's troops. There is nothing unexpected." So he said, "Shimadzu-kun, other than this bridge, where else can we cross the river?"

Shimadzu Yoshio said: "Twenty kilometers east of here, there is another bridge. Although that bridge is small, it can still allow large troops to pass."

Shigeo Hasegawa shook his head helplessly, and said, "Twenty kilometers? It's too far away. When we reached Linyuan, the troops caught up. Do you know how deep this river is now?"

Yoshio Shimazu said: "We practice swimming in the river every day, so we know the depth of the water very well. Now the shallowest part of the shore is more than one meter, and the deepest part in the middle is more than four meters."

Hasegawa Shigeo then asked: "How long will it take you to swim across the river?"

Shimazu Yoshio said: "It only takes 15 minutes!"

Shigeo Hasegawa nodded and said, "Okay, go back and rest first!" Yoshio Shimadzu saluted after hearing this, and turned to leave. Said: "Give the troops an order to prepare to cross the river."

The staff officer hurriedly asked: "Cross the river? What will we use to cross? We don't have any boats anymore."

Hasegawa Shigeo said: "If you don't have a boat, you can swim there. Didn't you hear that little soldier say that they have swimming training in the river every day? In that case, the flow of the river must not be fast, and a group of children can swim across it. We The fighters here are all young and strong lads, and they will definitely be able to pass."

The staff officer said: "Okay, I will order our scout troops to go find the way."

Hasegawa Shigeo said: "Okay, let's go together." So Hasegawa Shigeo and the staff came to the scout unit stationed by the river. The scout team was very excited to see Hasegawa Shigeo coming in person. Hasegawa Shigeo Said: "Now that the Chinese have blown up the bridge, we can only swim across the river. I order you: get into the water immediately and find the way for the large army."

The scouts replied loudly: "Of course." Then they started walking towards the river, and when they reached the river, they began to take off their clothes, and finally took off only a loincloth. Just as they were about to go into the water, Shigeo Hasegawa said behind him : "Why are you still wearing one? Take off that too! Also, put all the military uniforms in waterproof plastic bags and take them directly across the river. After crossing the river, you don't have to come back. If everything goes smoothly If you cross the river, fire three green flares."

The scouts searched for plastic bags, put their clothes in them, and tied the plastic bags to their bodies with ropes. Shigeo Hasegawa smiled at the staff while watching the soldiers in action: "The plastic bags produced by Lin Yuan can help you today." We're very busy."

At this time, the first batch of [-] Japanese soldiers were ready and started to walk into the water, and disappeared into the darkness after a while. Shigeo Hasegawa said to the staff: "You keep an eye here, and notify immediately if you find the green signal flare Me, I will take people to inspect the preparations for other troops to cross the river."

Hasegawa Shigeo took his subordinates to other resting places after finishing speaking, and was very happy to see that all the troops were actively preparing to cross the river. After walking for a while, Hasegawa Shigeo looked at his watch and said, "It's already passed It’s been 15 minutes, why haven’t the green flares come on, those kids only need 15 minutes to cross the river, our warriors won’t take longer than 15 minutes!”

A subordinate said: "Perhaps the signal flare got wet during the swim and could not be ignited, so they didn't send out the signal."

Shigeo Hasegawa said, "Would they be so careless to get the flares wet?"

The subordinate shook his head and did not speak. After another 15 minutes, there was still no signal flare on the other side of the river. Shigeo Hasegawa couldn't help but frowned, thinking to himself: "What's going on? Why is there no signal flare? The river should be There is nothing difficult to cross, the group of children can pass easily, the problem must be on the other side of the river, could it be that Lin Yuan's army has already laid an ambush on the other side of the river? Are you going to attack the enemy at half crossing?"

Thinking of these things, Hasegawa Shigeo broke out in a cold sweat, and thought to himself: "If Lin Yuan's troops really deployed an ambush on the other side of the river, it would mean that there would be pursuers behind and interceptions in front, and our entire army would really be wiped out. "

At this moment, a messenger suddenly ran over and said to Shigeo Hasegawa: "Division Commander, a scout who crossed the river has returned!"

Shigeo Hasegawa hurriedly asked: "Did he say anything? Did they succeed in crossing the river?"

The messenger said with a look of panic: "Division Commander, you should go and see for yourself. The scout seems to have been frightened by something, and his mind is not clear. He keeps chanting something, as if he hit something Ghost!"

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