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Chapter 49 One after another
Japan, Tokyo, Chiyoda Ward, Ministry of the Army.

In the middle of the night, Prince Zairen and General Sugiyama Gen were still in the staff office, listening to the latest news about the Shanghai Dispatch Army.

Seeing the small flags of both sides gradually being planted on the sand table in the Shanghai area, especially after seeing that the small flags basically representing the Japanese army were densely planted in the urban area of ​​SH, the faces of the two were gloomy.

The sand table clearly shows that all the troops of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Force have withdrawn into the SH urban area for defense.

"Where are the naval ships?" Prince Zairen asked.

"Your Excellency, the Chief of Staff, just received a message from the Ministry of the Navy, saying that the Navy's third and fourth fleets have arrived at the coast of Shanghai and have marked to shoot Zhu Yuan." Staff A said.

"Yaoxi, it seems that the minimum defense is already in place." Prince Zairen turned around and said.

"Report! Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the latest information about Shanghai has been sent from the Tegao Kezhina Intelligence Room!" At this time, a staff officer who came in from outside the door said.

"What information! Read it!" Prince Zairen frowned and said, the bad news came one after another, which made Prince Zairen very unhappy.

"Hi! It has been confirmed that the Shanghai Expeditionary Army Headquarters (former Marine Corps Headquarters) was destroyed by the four-element defenders of China on the evening of October 27. Commander General Matsui Iwane and Chief of General Staff Major General Tsukada Masamune Broken jade!" The staff read according to the information.

"·····································································································································································Although Sugiyama Moto didn't say much, the violent ups and downs of his chest also showed that his mood was not so calm.

Prince Zairen really wanted to pull Matsui Ikenen to him and slap him a few times, but Matsui Ikenen was already completely cold, and this evil fire could only be contained in his own mind.

"Four Elements Defenders? Which army is this in China??? Who is the commander!!!" Prince Zairen asked in a very bad tone.

"Report to Your Excellency the Chief of Staff. According to intelligence reports, it is a regiment of the 88th Division of the Kuomintang Central Army. The previous commander was the deputy commander of the regiment, Lieutenant Colonel Xie Jinyuan. But this afternoon, the commander of the regiment has become A major named Ma Chao." The staff officer replied.

"Xie Jinyuan, Ma Chao!? Do you have any detailed information about the two of them?" Prince Zairen's eyes were fixed on the staff officer.

"Report to Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, you need to go to the reference room to inquire." The staff officer said tremblingly under the tremendous pressure brought by Prince Zairen's eyes.

"Then hurry up!!! You idiot, do you want me to find it myself!!!" A furious roar came out of Prince Zairen's mouth.

"Hi!!!" After returning, the staff officer scrambled towards the reference room.The pale face was full of panic.

"I really didn't expect that the culprit who caused our army to be so passive was actually just a small lieutenant colonel!!! Moreover, it was still in the early stage of the victory of our Imperial Japanese Army!!! Matsui Iwane and Tsukada Kou , is a disgrace to my Great Japanese Army!!! Disgrace!!!" After the staff officer went out to search for information, Prince Zairen muttered in a low voice at first, but the more he spoke, the louder his voice became, and in the end his beard and hair were full of anger. Show!
In fact, Prince Zairen was already prepared in his heart for Matsui Iwane and Tsukada Gongyusui to die for their country. He once imagined that another incident occurred in the Shanghai dispatched army.He also imagined being raided by Chinese soldiers, and it was broken, but he quickly vetoed this idea.

Because, under the attack of the 20 troops, the Shanghai defenders have retreated steadily.Even Shanghai, the brightest pearl in the Far East, has already been captured by the Japanese army. Under such circumstances, it is no less difficult to kill Matsui Iwane and Tsukada Gong who are under heavy protection.So, after laughing at himself, he gave up the idea.

However, he never expected that what he thought was the most unlikely situation would turn out to be the truth of the matter!This gave him a rather embarrassing experience.

"Report!!!" The voice of the report sounded from outside the door. It seemed that the staff officer who was looking for information had returned.

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, I found the information about Xie Jinyuan in the reference room." The staff officer walked up to Prince Zai Ren with a few pieces of paper in his hand and said.

"Read!" Prince Zairen gritted his teeth and let out a word.

"Xie Jinyuan, male, 32 years old, a graduate of the political department of the fourth period of the China Army Military Academy. He participated in the 88 Shanghai Incident and is now the deputy head of the [-]th Regiment of the [-]nd Brigade of the [-]th Division of the Kuomintang."

"Ma Chao, there is no information for now." After the staff officer finished speaking, he stayed where he was.

"Papa, papa..." The furious Prince Zairen couldn't bear the anger in his heart any longer, so he got up and slapped four times in a row!

"Hi!" The staff officer who was beaten still stayed where he was after saying a word.

"Get off!!!" Prince Zai Ren yelled!

"Hi!" The staff officer, who was finally relieved, turned around and went out with a look of joy.

"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Minister, I made you laugh." Although Prince Zairen is the actual controller of the army, he still wants to maintain an attitude lower than that of Sugiyama Gen, the Minister of the Army.

"It's okay, Your Excellency the President. It's good news to know the specific result, isn't it?" Sugiyama Moto said.

"Yes, after all, I know that the headquarters of the dispatched army was destroyed by the Chinese soldiers. I know who to take revenge on. Hmph, Xie Jinyuan, Ma Chao, they are really hateful enemies!" Prince Zairen said with great hatred.

"Report!! Emergency military situation in Shanghai!!"

"Near~~~~"

"Hi! According to the news, according to the report of the aircraft carrier parked in the secret port. The ammunition depot set up by our army at the port exploded, and the stored weapons and ammunition were completely destroyed. Moreover, the Nakamura brigade stationed in the ammunition depot also suffered heavy losses!"

"What!!! Baga!!! Nakamura Masao, he should apologize by harakiri!! harakiri!!!" Prince Zairen was so angry that he overturned the table in front of him!Under the successive bad news, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.

Masao Nakamura's order to defend the ammunition depot was specially assigned by him by name.Because Nakamura Masao was his guard when he was the head of the Second Cavalry Brigade of the Japanese Army.Therefore, Masao Nakamura has been promoted in recent years.This allowed a person of the civilian class to be the head of a standing division brigade for more than [-] years.

In order to allow him to be further promoted, Prince Zairen specially arranged him in the position of the defensive ammunition depot.How many people are jealous of this task.He won the battle in front, and he followed suit to make meritorious service.The previous defeat had nothing to do with him.Still in an excellent safe place in the rear!

The most important thing is that because a full army brigade is guarding, it has far exceeded the normal number of guards.Therefore, all the ammunition of the entire Shanghai Dispatch Army is stored here!And this was also proposed by Masao Nakamura and agreed by Prince Zairen.

This time, all of them were reimbursed at once.

"Your Excellency, now is not the time to get angry. The most urgent thing is how can we ensure the combat capability of the dispatched troops in Shanghai! And, can we still be sure that we can continue to fight in Shanghai!" General Sugiyama Yuan looked at Prince Zairen who was always angry , had to be reminded.

"I lost my temper, Your Excellency." Hearing Sugiyama Yuan's words, Prince Zairen quickly restrained his temper, and apologized to Sugiyama Yuan.

(End of this chapter)