Rise from the sword

Chapter 317 Ito Kotaro
"Tanimoto..."

Yoshio Shinozuka gritted his teeth every word.

Tanimoto Taro, vice admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy, commander of the First Fleet sent to China, responsible for the defense and security of the Yangtze River and other rivers and coastal areas.

"My intelligence department told me."

The tone on the other side of the phone was full of joy:

"One of your county towns was captured by the Eighth Route Army?"

"And it was captured by the Eighth Route Army, a force that couldn't even equip a gun and was seriously short of ammunition."

"It's such a disappointment."

"When did the soldiers of the Great Japanese Empire fall to such a point that they couldn't even keep the cities in their own occupied areas, and they were still supported by such a weak enemy, His Majesty Tian Locust and the 7000 million people of the empire?"

"No wonder, the empire's three-month plan to destroy the Republic of China failed, no wonder the war is still deadlocked."

"It turns out that your army is too useless."

Lieutenant General Tanimoto spoke straight to the point, without concealing anything, he spoke directly to the soul, and did not save any face for Yoshio Shinozuka.A bunch of waste army horse dung, still need to show mercy?

"Intelligence?"

Hanging up the phone directly, Yoshio Shinozuka narrowed his eyes under his sullen face.

Navy, has it secretly planted spies in his occupied areas?Otherwise, how could they have learned the news that Shou County was captured by the Eighth Route Army so quickly?Even he himself didn't know how long it was.

Humph.

Send someone to find it later and unplug it.

"Oh?"

However, being ridiculed by the navy, Shinozuka Yoshio naturally wanted to fight back:
"The war has been going on for so long. Our army of one million troops has occupied over one million square kilometers of land and opened up the territory for the empire. What about your navy? What have you done for the empire? You only know that the empire's military expenditure and resources are wasted in vain."

Since the start of the war, the Army has suppressed the Navy in the domestic political arena. After all, even if the plan to destroy the Republic of China failed, the Army still won a lot of benefits, while the Navy did nothing. As a result, the recent imperial strategy has been dominated by the Army faction. This is the Navy Pain all the time.

But Shinozuka Yoshio did not expect that the other party was not angry at all, but sneered and hung up the phone.

"Ok?"

Frowning, Yoshio Shinozuka thought of the strange supply of supplies recently, and a thought came to his mind:

"Could it be that the navy is preparing for some major moves recently? To regain the strategic initiative?"

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at the same time.

Shou County.

The fighting was already in full swing, and the soldiers of the independent regiment who rushed into Shou County advanced rapidly. Facing the internal and external attacks, the remaining ghosts at the city gate retreated steadily, and could hardly organize any strong resistance.

Destroyed all the way.

However, Ito Kotaro is worthy of being a life-saving master. He made the most accurate response when he saw the swarming Eighth Route Army when the city gate was opened.

You must leave the city wall, and you can't be with this group of idiot Bushido, or he will be dragged to death together...
He didn't want to be loyal to the Empire.

Then, with his cadenced words, he encouraged the group of locust warriors who had been brainwashed by bushido in the Shouxian brigade on the city wall to give up their bunkers, launch a desperate counterattack, and fulfill their ultimate dream-to be loyal to the empire and the locust.

Encouragement and orders from the commander, even if some grassroots officers objected, they were helpless in the face of a group of mobilized grassroots soldiers, and could only be wrapped up in pigs and sent to death suddenly.

Taking advantage of the gap created by a wave of death offensives, Ito Kotaro, who was at the end, took his personal guards and fled into the residence where the advancing team was located in the city.

Front-line troops, the style of the commander, determines the style of the troops.

For example, the troops brought out by Li Yunlong are a group of howling wolves, and the guards brought out by Kotaro Ito are a group of imperial moths who just want to make money, but I have to say that under the baptism of Bushido spirit, and Now the overall situation is overwhelming. There are not many such people in the little devil's army, so his personal guards only have a dozen or so people.

After entering the advance team's residence, he repeated his old tricks again, encouraging the devils in the advance team to go out and die, and vowed that he would take care of the wounded instead.

I heard that thousands of guerrillas from the Eighth Route Army had already invaded the county town, and the outside of the city was still besieged. The devils who advanced the team knew that this time they would not be able to escape. This group of elite devils with a full level of brainwashing left behind a few seriously injured After giving it to Kotaro Ito, he rushed out screaming.

After seeing a group of highly motivated fools die, Ito Kotaro fell into a daze.

After escaping here, this group of brainless fools also flicked out to die, but, then?

How long can you fight for that little force?Even if this group of idiots are the elite, one of the top two or even the top three, but the outside attack is Li Yunlong's independent group, which is also elite, and has an absolute advantage in numbers.

I'm afraid that in half an hour at most, the enemy will be able to hit here, and then he will be dead. The Eighth Route Army will definitely kill him. Killing a captain is a great achievement, and the Eighth Route Army will never let him go.

What to do now?There is nowhere to escape.

He was extremely anxious.

Surrender, it's not that you don't want to, but that you are a little unwilling and a little afraid.

Although according to his investigation, the Eighth Route Army did give preferential treatment to the prisoners as advertised, but after the surrender, I am afraid that there will be no chance to make money again, and it will also affect family members in the country.

Moreover, being a prisoner, even a prisoner with preferential treatment, is not as comfortable as being an officer in the imperial army.

In addition, the overall situation is still dominated by the empire, and it is an absolute advantage. In a frontal battle, the Eighth Route Army can only dodge and have no chance. The Eighth Route Army was still very dangerous. If the imperial army launched a big raid, he would be chased all over the mountain and his life would be in danger at any time.

If the empire really wins in the end, then he will be in big trouble if he surrenders, and committing seppuku is the best result.

It would be great if the Eighth Route Army had the upper hand, then I don't need to hesitate, I can surrender directly.

He sighed inwardly.

While thinking about it, he suddenly saw the commander of the advance team lying unconscious beside him, and three other seriously injured members of the advance team, and squinted his eyes.

He remembered what the Eighth Route Army had said before.

Born in Osaka, he had a business trip with his uncle when he was a child, and a thought came to his mind—is it possible to do business with the Eighth Route Army outside?

It's better to cooperate with the enemy and take some risks than to be caught and killed.

As long as the operation is good, then he can return to the imperial army and serve as a grassroots officer, even if he is not a captain, a squadron leader or a small captain is also good, and he can continue to reap benefits.

If the Eighth Route Army can cooperate, it may even be possible...

"come here··"

After thinking for a moment, he found a guard soldier and whispered a few words in his ear.

Those who could be selected by him as personal guards were all of the same type. After hearing this, the devil soldier quickly found a white flag and ran out.

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"This little devil fell too fast, didn't he?"

Seeing the gunshots that had gradually stopped in the distance, then raised his wrist and looked at the watch in his hand, Kong Jie was a little dazed.

Only half an hour had passed since Zhang Dabiao opened the city gate, and the gunshots in the city began to weaken, and the grenade explosion did not ring out again. Although Shou County is not a big city, it was still too fast.

"How is this going····"

Not only Kong Jie, but even Ding Wei, and even Li Yunlong, who had expected the battle to go smoothly, were a little taken aback.

In the county town, it is a hard job to wipe out the remnants of the enemy.

Trouble, danger.

Nearly [-] remaining devils hidden in the bunker house, but a tough one, although the independent regiment has an absolute advantage in strength and firepower, but it is still very difficult to deal with. According to the prediction of Li Datuan, it will take at least one or two hours to resolve the battle. There is even a small price to pay.

And now it's only half an hour, how come the battle is over?

A communication soldier who ran out of the city made everyone puzzled:

"Regimental Commander, the little devils just launched a wave of counterattacks, and were completely wiped out by the commando led by Zhang Battalion Commander. Now they have occupied the opposite city wall. There are only some remaining little devils on the east side, only about thirty or so. .”

"Launch a counterattack in the county seat?"

The corner of Ding Wei's mouth twitched.

When did the little devil become so stupid?
Even if the army invaded the county, most of the fortified bunkers would be useless, but relying on the city walls, or bunkers such as houses, they could still resist and gain time. How could they rush out to die in the face of superior firepower and troops?
Does Commander have common sense?
Kong and Li also did not understand.

The development of this situation is really unexpected.

"Captain."

At this time, another soldier ran over: "Battle Commander Zhang caught a devil who voluntarily surrendered."

"surrender?"

The three regiment leaders were immediately surprised.

Until now, the number of devils captured alive is extremely rare, let alone those who surrendered, which is really rare, and those who surrendered voluntarily did not use bayonets to coerce them.

"In addition, this devil also said that their commander wants to negotiate a business with you."

The soldier continued.

"Commander? Talk about business?"

Because of Chen Fan, Captain Li is very sensitive to the word business.

It doesn't look like a simple surrender. What does the captain of the Shou County Devil's Battalion want?

Having confronted the Shouxian devils for so long, Captain Li knew a little about the new captain who took over after he defeated the devils' first-class division brigade.

Different from the previous devil commanders, this devil officer has no interest in destroying the base areas and the Eighth Route Army.

Zhang Wanhe's people got a lot of medicines from Shou County.

"Go and have a look."

Li Yunlong is interested.

　Sorry, my phone ran out of battery last night, and I couldn't come back.

　　There is an update tonight
　　
　
(End of this chapter)