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Chapter 668: Before we even reach the spring, more than half of your men have been killed or wounded?

It is said that the Japanese 21st Division, under the order of the division commander Tanaka Kyuichi, stopped on the mountain road.

While waiting for the engineers to clear the mines, they also waited for the 35th Division behind to catch up.

Chief of Staff Jutsu Kusumoto personally arranged for telegraph operators to report their situation to Okamura Jining who was in the capital.

Not long after, Okamura Jining's reply came back.

When Kusumoto Julong saw this, his face immediately turned pale, and he hurried to report to Tanaka Jiuyi:

"Your Excellency, the commander called back and told us not to be thrown off by the Tubalu, nor to suffer too many casualties. We must rush to Shuiquan as soon as possible to tie up the main force of the Tubalu."

Upon hearing this, Tanaka Jiu was stunned for a moment.

Screaming:

"What? You want this, this, and more???
Commander, do you think we are the Fifth Division?"

The Fifth Division is the most elite unit in the Japanese Army, with a total of more than 28,000 people, and can be regarded as the top ace main force.

He could easily defeat enemies that were several times his size.

Kusumoto Julong really didn't know how to answer Tanaka Jiuyi's question, so he could only remain silent and pretend to be dead, and handed the telegram in his hand to him.

Tanaka Jiuyi took it and looked at it, and immediately exclaimed:

"The aviation force has suffered heavy losses, and there are no reconnaissance aircraft available for deployment?
Baghya Road! "

He finally understood that no one could rely on his 21st Division anymore.

Angrily, he crumpled up the telegram and threw it on the ground, then gave a firm order:

"Order the warriors to set up camp immediately and make a fire to cook!"

Kusumoto Jutsuka had no objection to this decision and immediately arranged for his subordinates to carry it out.

The Japanese soldiers had been walking all day and were naturally quite tired. They were all happy to hear that they could rest and eat.

……

Just as the Japanese soldiers were setting up camp, the commander of the 62nd Regiment, Ichiro Miyagawa, breathlessly led more than a hundred defeated soldiers across several ridges and returned to the main Japanese army.

Tanaka Kyuichi was already angry because of Okamura Jining's telegram, and when he saw them like this, he became even more furious.

He had Ichiro Miyakawa brought over and asked:

"Miyagawa Ichiro, you bastard!

I ordered you to protect the mountain artillery regiment, and what did you do?

On his way back, Ichiro Miyagawa knew that he might not be able to escape this time.

But he still struggled, and quickly said what he had just thought of on the way:

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, it's not that I didn't work hard, it's just that the Eighth Route Army is too powerful!

Although they only used a 60mm mortar, its range was as high as two to three thousand meters!
And it was very light. I led the warriors of the 62nd Regiment and chased after them lightly, but we couldn't catch up at all!
He was ambushed by more than one regiment of the Eighth Route Army and finally managed to break out of the encirclement and come back to report the situation!"

"Baga! You incompetent piece of trash!"

Tanaka Jiuyi didn't want to listen to his explanation at all. He slapped him in the face, knocking out his three remaining teeth.

However, the division chief of staff, Kusunoki Jutsu, who was standing next to him, was very interested in what he said and asked:
"A 60mm mortar has a range of two to three thousand meters?

Miyagawa-kun, have you captured the Tubalu's artillery?"

Miyagawa Ichiro seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and without even bothering to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, he quickly replied:

"Your Excellency Chief of Staff, the Tubalu took away all the artillery pieces. We only found some shell casings!"

As he said this, he waved to a nearby place and asked his soldiers to bring over the shell casings they had brought back.

Kusumoto Julong took the yellow copper shell, carefully observed it, gestured, and immediately turned to Tanaka Jiu and said:
"Sir, this is not for 60mm artillery, but for 57mm."

When he first joined the army, he served as an artilleryman for ten years, so at this moment, he could accurately judge the caliber of this bullet shell.

"What? 57mm?

Why is it such a strange caliber?"

Tanaka Jiuyi was very confused.

Of course, Kusumoto Julong didn't have an answer to this question, but he still gave a suggestion: "Your Excellency, the commander of the division, it seems that there are indeed too many strange things about the Tubalu in northwest Shanxi. We should be extra careful!
Perhaps the 57th Division’s defeat was due to carelessness and underestimation of the Eighth Route Army.

From the sophisticated manufacturing process of this shell, we can tell that the source of the Tubalu’s artillery is definitely extraordinary!"

"Yoshi! Kusumoto-kun is right!"

Tanaka Jiu nodded.

Then he saw Ichiro Miyagawa staring at him expectantly, and he immediately became furious and shouted:
"Miyagawa Ichiro, how many people are left in your squadron?"

"Not counting the wounded, there are less than... less than 200!"

Ichiro Miyagawa was almost crying.

In just two or three days, he transformed from a regiment commander with three or four thousand soldiers to a squadron commander with less than 200 soldiers!
Who can understand the disparity of life?
When he heard the number 200, Tanaka Kyuichi was about to faint from anger, but fortunately, Kusumoto Julong next to him helped him up.

He bit the tip of his tongue, and the sharp pain woke him up. He roared angrily:
"You useless bastard, you ruined my locust army's plan, why don't you immediately serve His Majesty the Heavenly Locust???"

Miyakawa Ichiro certainly didn't want to die, so he quickly begged for mercy:

"Your Excellency, the division commander, I may be able to transfer to the reserve force and continue to serve the Locust Army."

Seeing that this guy was so shameless, Tanaka Jiuyi couldn't bear it any longer.

With lightning speed, he drew the saber from his waist and thrust it into Ichiro Miyagawa's chest.

Seeing this guy with blood oozing from the corner of his mouth, unable to speak anymore and falling to the ground with a bang, he finally felt like he had gotten rid of his anger and his chest felt much better.

If Yang Yuanshan knew about this, he would definitely feel extremely regretful.

After all, this guy is a colonel. If he is killed by the special forces regiment, he will be worth 8 M18 57mm recoilless guns!

Kusumoto Julong, who was standing nearby, saw Tanaka Jiuyi kill Miyagawa Ichiro and quickly reminded him:
"Your Excellency, Division Commander, this Miyagawa Ichiro is an army colonel. If we execute him right now, I'm afraid we'll have to report this to General Okamura."

Normally, even though Tanaka Kyuichi is a lieutenant general and a division commander, he does not have the power to directly deal with a colonel.

Even on the battlefield!

That's why Kusumoto Jutsuka gave this reminder.

Tanaka Kyuichi certainly understood that if he executed Miyagawa Ichiro in this way, he would not only attract criticism, but would even be held accountable by the headquarters, but he didn't care.

Arrogantly said:

"Miyagawa Ichiro lost many soldiers and generals, his death is not a pity!

Even if Lord Lu asks about this matter, I am not afraid!"

Hearing this, Kusumoto Julong was envious and drooled. He thought to himself: Are you from the Tanaka family so great? So cool!

Okay, I admit, it’s amazing!

I envy your name "Tanaka" for its 3880th day!
……

Time passed quickly, and the engineers of the 21st Division spent several hours finally clearing all the mines buried by the Special Forces Regiment.

During this period, of course, many unlucky people were injured by landmines.

Tanaka Jiuyi looked at the mines that had been dug out and would jump into the air and explode once triggered, and felt great hatred.

They immediately sent people to transport it to Shimen, and then airlifted it back to the base camp, ready for the engineers in the arsenal to disassemble and copy it.

But at this time, the sky gradually darkened, and a piece of good news came from the west -

The vanguard of the 35th Division is already 1 kilometer away.

When Tanaka Kyuichi received the news, he was overjoyed and hurriedly sent someone to invite the commander of the 35th Division, Harada Yuji, to come for a meeting.

Not long after, Harada Yuji came riding on horseback with a dozen guards.

When he met Tanaka Jiuyi, after a few pleasantries, he started to speak that stabbed his heart.

He just asked in surprise:

"Tanaka-kun, your troops seem to have suffered heavy losses!
I see there are only a few thousand people here.

Have you already lost more than half of your men before you even got to the spring? "

……

(End of this chapter)