Rise from the sword

Chapter 631
Mid to late September.

"Mae Tanaka?"

North China, a certain county, a certain locust army barracks, brigade headquarters.

Lieutenant Assistant Maeda Kichiri kept looking at a secret letter from his superiors in his hand, with a dazed expression, and did not move for a long time, so that the two squadron leaders waiting beside him couldn't help but interrupt.

Didn't you come to invite them to a meeting?
What's going on here?
As people who ran out of Taiyuan together, the three of them knew each other well, like grasshoppers on a rope, bound by interests and fate, and would not be as cold and hard as ordinary devils.

"There is a problem with this division."

Putting down the secret letter from the superior in his hand, Maeda Kichiri's tone was affirmative.

"Of course there is a problem with this division."

The other two seemed to have heard a nonsense, and one of them couldn't help complaining:
"When we came out of Taiyuan, we were not only reinstated as officials, but also promoted. If you were promoted to be the captain, we will become the squadron leader. Will there be no problem?"

When they left Taiyuan, Maeda Kichiri, who had the highest status among the three of them, was also a lieutenant. He was just a rookie squadron leader who had just been promoted, and all the soldiers under him were recruits.

The fighting power is very weak.

The status of the two of them is even lower, just the captain of a small team.

The only advantage is that the three of them have relatively rich combat experience. They have been in the army for more than three years and have participated in many battles.

Now, Maeda Kichiri is the captain of the Zhongzuo Battalion, with more than 1000 locust troops under his command. He was personally appointed by Major General Marukawa Daisuke, the head of the No.15 brigade. , two [-]-style mountain cannons.

It is an elite brigade.

One person attains the Tao and ascends to heaven.

The two of them also became squadron leaders, with hundreds of people under their command.

They escaped from Taiyuan, Tao Bing!Moreover, he has already confessed himself, the evidence is conclusive, and he even scolded the locust, but in the end, he was not punished, and he was actually promoted.

This weird promotion and emphasis alone shows that there is definitely something wrong with their 125th Brigade and [-]th Division.

In the recent period of time, participating in the battle, several people also felt that something was wrong with this division. Those guys who clamored to be loyal to the locust were all sent to the front line.

Participated in the most tragic battle, fighting with enemy tanks with four-type anti-tank sting mines, basically no one came back alive.

They finally understood that the senior management of this division didn't want to serve the empire at all, and they didn't want to be loyal to the locust. They just wanted to survive, and they wanted to live until the day the war ended.

"I know."

Maeda Jiri shook his head:

"It's not surprising that our division is passively avoiding battle."

The situation is not good for the empire.

Although there was no publicity in the empire, the enemy scattered leaflets with photos. Tokyo was bombed by the coalition forces and suffered heavy losses. The entire city was reduced to ashes, including the imperial palace.

Even though the superiors denied it, saying that it was an enemy's conspiracy, Tianlocust also publicly refuted the rumors on the radio, that Tokyo and the imperial palace are still alive, but the bright photos and some weird details still show that the matter is largely true.

Coupled with the repeated defeats in battles, it is normal to have negative thoughts of avoiding battles.

Not everyone wants to die.

But the secret letter in his hand made Maeda Jiri feel abnormal.

"Look."

After thinking about it, Maeda Kichiri showed the secret letter in his hand to the other two.

The three of them escaped from Taiyuan together. Before that, these two were his confidantes, and all three of them had the same idea. Joining the army is for profit, not for the locust.

"Army expansion!"

Seeing the secret letter, the other two were shocked, and one of them was even more horrified.

In the secret letter, Daisuke Marukawa, head of the brigade, stated that within the next two months, their brigade will be expanded into an infantry wing, and it will be a full-staffed infantry wing of the second division.

A standard infantry regiment with one artillery brigade and three infantry brigades.

Among them, the joint captain is Maeda Kichiri, the captain is the remaining two, and the remaining infantry captain and artillery captain are directly dispatched by the brigade.

As for the remaining officers, one-third will be dispatched and appointed by the brigade headquarters, and the rest will be discussed by the regiment itself. The list will be submitted within three weeks. The expanded recruits will be replenished after three weeks. Some of the weapons and equipment will be delivered today Delivered in the afternoon, the rest arrive with the recruits.

At this moment, the two finally understood why Captain Maeda was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time.

Among other things, the mere fact that two-thirds of the squadron's officers are appointed by the regiment leader himself has already violated the regulations of the Locust Army. It is simply an excellent opportunity for junior officers to crowd out their opponents and cultivate their own power.

Let them fully grasp the alliance in their hands, and turn the alliance under their command into their own shape.

And this opportunity was directly given by the superior.

"What is this for?"

One of the ghosts couldn't help mumbling to himself.

Give them the opportunity to promote their subordinates, then this unit will be a unit that is indifferent to the locusts and the empire, full of troops that are disrespectful to the Great Japanese Empire.

"do not know."

Maeda Kichiri took a deep breath:

"However, I'm afraid it's not just as simple as wanting to protect ourselves, the division heads may have a bigger conspiracy."

Saying that, Maeda Kichiri handed the two of them another secret letter.

This is a secret letter regarding the new regiment's weapons.

"Our artillery brigade is so strong?"

Seeing this secret letter, the remaining two were terrified.

The secret letter wrote about the weaponry of their infantry regiment, the unified 7.7mm Type 90 rifle, the Type 105 is a light machine gun, the grenadier is popularized to the detachment, the Type [-] heavy machine gun, and the squadron is equipped with the [-]mm Type [-] produced by the Empire itself. Mortars or Type [-] infantry guns, the brigade is equipped with artillery squadrons equipped with two Type [-] mountain guns.As for the wing, it is uniformly equipped with Type [-] [-] mountain artillery.

It is also equipped with a special transport squadron, with mules, horses and cars responsible for transporting supplies.

According to the above data, then their regiment is equipped with an infantry regiment comparable to the Imperial Class A Division.

"It's impossible."

The two didn't believe it.

They still don't know the current situation of the empire?Under the crazy expansion of the army, the Class A divisions are now insufficiently equipped, not to mention their new formation, this stuff is just a listen.

Can't be true.

"uncertain."

Maeda Kichiri shook his head. He remembered the two Type [-] and the two Type [-] mountain cannons in his brigade. Although these two types of guns were designed by the Empire, they were commonly found in the Imperial Army.

But the quality of those four cannons, he had seen, was much higher than those produced by the empire, and seemed to be the same as the enemy on the opposite side.

Definitely not produced by the Empire itself.

However, Maeda did not explain much.

The 125th Division is full of weirdness, those No. 125 tanks, 125 howitzers, and he has a premonition in his heart. If he continues to follow that Daisuke Marukawa, and continues to be here with the weird [-]th Division, he will definitely have a lot of money!The future is promising.

at this time.

Inside the headquarters of the 125th Division.

Kotaro Ito met with the head of the division.

The two sat on the ground with a tea set in front of them. They drank tea leisurely and talked about things.

"Prime Minister Minai has come to power, what does Jun Ito think?"

Tanaka Tsutomu was the first to throw out the topic.

The new prime minister will definitely have a new imperial strategy, which will have a great impact on them. If the 125th Division loses its independent strategic position, it will have a great impact on his troop expansion plan.

"No need to worry."

Ito was very calm.

What about the new prime minister?

Tokyo was burnt to ashes, unexpectedly, the second wave of bombing not long ago burned down the rest of Tokyo, completely reduced to ashes, no area survived.

Not to mention Minei Guangzheng, even if the locust is the prime minister himself, there is nothing he can do.

The gap in strength lies here.

And he knew about the "Zhu Rong Plan". When the American pilots arrived, the empire might be reduced to ashes.At that time, the powerless Minai Mitsumasa had to resign and run away?
"It won't be long before the empire will change its prime minister."

Ito quickly changed the subject:
"What we need is to quickly increase our strength, take advantage of the northern part of the war in Europe, and avenge the Nuomenkan that year, and then..."

"Yo Xi."

Tanaka Qin nodded frequently.

As long as he can defeat the bear in the north, he will gain great prestige. At that time, the general will be in sight. When the domestic situation changes, he, Tanaka, will become an important minister.

Just like Shanxian Youpeng and other important ministers who can play with the empire.

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A day in mid to late October.

Tokyo.

Red Cross Hospital.

Although the bombing was fierce, there were two large-scale bombings by the Allied forces, but no bombs fell here. Because of the special location, the flames did not spread here.

As a result, it became a place where a large number of refugees gathered.

However, the lack of food has led to starvation everywhere, like hell, where even the grass roots are eaten up.

Sudden···
Buzzing... A violent roar sounded, and the faces of the refugees who gathered suddenly changed drastically.

They remembered this sound very clearly. On the day Tokyo was burned down, there was also such a sound. It was the enemy's bomber force, and it was the culprit who burned down Tokyo.

The devils and refugees fled one after another, there was nowhere to hide here, and the crowd was dense, causing a lot of chaos.

Several huge bombers pierced through the clouds.

In the end, people found that it was not bombs that fell, but vivid brochures.

Above is a group of imperial generals

Although they were dressed neatly and cleanly in military uniforms, these imperial generals were kneeling on the ground with shackles on their hands. Behind them were axemen holding machetes barebacked.

The next picture is the picture after a group of generals were beheaded.

There is still text at the bottom, which is in Japanese. After all, this is Tokyo, and many of the ghost refugees can understand the text.

It said that 50 imperial soldiers, including the commander of the [-]th Land Division, General Kanda Masa, and the commanders of the regiment and brigade, were beheaded for war crimes and aggression against the Republic of China.

This scene shocked the refugees immediately.

The news in the country is reporting the big victory every day, and this Kanda Masaaki is even hailed as the imperial hero who repelled the American attack.

At this time unexpectedly...
Looking at this brochure and the vivid photos, at this moment, the fear, fear and other emotions in the hearts of these refugees began to spread, and what spread together was the distrust of the empire and the locust.

They were cheated!
At this time, the latest aircraft of the locust army in the sky finally arrived, but in the face of the ten-shot 'Rac' at the maximum throttle, the devil Lu Hang, whose speed did not exceed [-] kilometers per hour, could only watch the enemy aircraft leisurely. leave.

"prime minister."

Soon, the news reached Minei Guangzheng's ears.

"idiot."

Even the seasoned Mitsumasa Minai was so angry that he cursed at the first sight of the brochure.

He didn't expect that Li Yunlong not only killed Kanda Masa, but also used the ancient method of beheading at the Meridian Gate and executing the execution with knives and axes.

Recalling the great defeat of the Southern Army, which was more reduced than the two first armies, Minai Mitsumasa almost couldn't make it through.

"How to do?"

The introspection on the side asked in a panic.

"How to do?"

It's useless to be angry, maybe the enemy would be happier... Mitsumasa Minai forced him to calm down, smoothed the breath in his lungs, and thought about countermeasures in his mind.

But after thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of a way.

The enemy's plane is too fast and flying too high to stop it at all, unless the opponent's destination can be known in advance and the plane is ready to intercept in advance, but is this possible?

Today, important cities such as Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto have all been bombed by the enemy on a large scale.

The low-altitude bombing at night was all incendiary bombs.

The major industrial areas suffered heavy losses, and the production capacity was greatly reduced. As a result, the production of new anti-aircraft guns, new tanks, and new army artillery was forced to suspend, and aircraft factories also suffered heavy losses.

However, the navy suffered little loss.

They have little interest in bombing ports and shipyards.

With this behavior, Gao's navy and army almost fought directly. The army scolded the navy for collaborating with the enemy, and the navy scolded the army for its incompetence.

Since the middle of the career, the bombing has become more and more outrageous. The Allied forces dispatched more than [-] bombers each time, dropping nearly [-] tons of explosives, and they dropped bombs directly at a height of [-] meters.

Although the damage effect is poor.

But it also made the entire empire panic.

Above [-] meters, fighter jets cannot reach it, and active anti-aircraft guns are powerless.

In fact, the range of the newly developed 120mm anti-aircraft gun is sufficient, and it can deal with bombers at an altitude of 3000 meters. However, the factory was bombed just after research and production had not started.

"How to do····"

Minai Mitsumasa sighed quietly.

What can he do?
There was nothing he could do.

The enemy bombers are like no one in the land, come and go when they want, the empire has no way to do it, the airport is located inland, and the army is being suppressed, and it is too late to escape.

·····
at the same time.

United States.

White House.

"We do not recommend direct conflicts with the Republic of China."

The tone of the former military chief who went to the Republic of China was categorical:

"I have seen their army. They are very strong, very strong, and they are still growing rapidly. Even if there is no navy, it is estimated that it will take about a year for Japan to fail. If they are pushed together with the enemy, they will pose a threat to the north. , will be very troublesome."

"so."

After a pause, he continued:
"I suggest that we continue to maintain the current cooperation and maintain the alliance relationship. We need their technology and they need our talents."

"As for the future."

"We can unite Europe and beat them economically."

"So, we cannot have direct contact with Japan, but can only contact indirectly through countries such as South America."

　emmmmm... Keep a low profile and try to save your life.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)