Fantasy Anti-Japanese

Chapter 36 The Heartbroken Hata Shigeichi
The sky in July seems to brighten very fast.When the mist was still struggling for the last time in the morning light, more than a thousand Japanese soldiers in Longkou Fort had stood upright on the spot, daring to move.In front of them were corpses of the same kind neatly arranged in twenty rows and columns. This was relatively complete. The other piles had already been processed by technology, so they really couldn't be put on stage.

Following the call of the bugleman: "Stand at attention!", and a bang, all the more than a thousand Japanese soldiers stood in silence.At the same time, a road flashed in the middle, and after a while, a tall officer about 50 years old led a group of officers of all sizes and strode in with heavy steps. Looking at his clothes, there was a shiny grain pinned to his collar badge. Venus, the level turned out to be the rank of major general.There is only one person who has a star in the current Anqing City, and that is Shigeichi Hata!
Obviously, this major general is the supreme commander of Japan's Taiwan garrison, and the current head of the Nata detachment, Hata Shigeichi.He has dark skin, sharp edges and corners on his face, and a vague murderous look.However, his face was very authoritative, but the military uniform on his body was a bit tattered and dirty, as if he had just played with mud and sand in the field, and there were a lot of blood drops, which was really hard to see.

Bo Tianzhong was expressionless, quietly reviewing the rows of subordinates.A major officer bowed his waist and reported the "results" to him, only to hear the muscles on his face jump up and down from time to time.When they heard that Murata Masao's body was found, others almost collapsed, but he endured it, trying to make his expression "white", and never let his subordinates see his thoughts.

The unprovoked shelling last night really broke his heart.He was a bold and resourceful general of the empire. With a force of less than 1 people, he took down Anqing, which was heavily guarded by the Chinese, and quickly digested the results of the battle in Anqing, turning Anqing into a temporary place for the empire to enter China. The fulcrum of the capital Wuhan.According to his plan, tonight he was going to lead a large force to attack the Madang Fortress in China on a naval vessel. After the Battle of Anqing, he was confident and sure to take down the fortress that the commander of China claimed could hold for a month.

He is brave and good at fighting, full of strategies, but he has no one in the court, so he can only live in seclusion in Taiwan and become the king of Taiwan.Now after the battle of Anqing, his name has finally spread among the army, and he has become a famous general of the empire.He is also eager to make great achievements again, to make the headquarters look at him with admiration, and to let them know that although his army is not a regular army, after his training, it is comparable to the old domestic forces.

His plan went smoothly, and now there are not many Chinese people left on the outskirts of Anqing. There is only a remnant enemy on Dalong Mountain. Although one of his squadrons was injured, he sent more than half of Murata Masao's brigade, which should be enough to wipe out the remnants on the mountain. It is enough to wipe out all of them and leave another brigade to defend Anqing.When Anqing is safe, he can use his surplus troops to attack the Madang Fortress and open up the main route to Wuhan.Responsible for carrying the soldiers were the flagship cruiser "Yaeyama" and the destroyer "Toba" of the No.11 squadron of the Empire's Third Fleet, as well as five merchant ships, large and small.

That night, Anqing Wharf was heavily guarded, and Chinese people were forbidden to move within ten miles. There was no drumming and no firecrackers. He wanted to catch the Chinese people in Madang by surprise.Last night, he was proudly on the Yaeyama and the Commander of the [-]th Squadron, Major General Tanimoto Mataro, stood on the large command tower of the Yaeyama. Ma Taro talked and laughed, it can be said that they talked happily.

For his record of capturing Anqing, this proud Rear Admiral of the Imperial Navy obviously looked at him with eyes, and he was quite satisfied with this.During this period, although he vaguely felt that there was something wrong with Longkou Fort, but the terrain of Longkou Fort, he was confident that it could withstand the attack of a Chinese division for more than two or three days.Thinking of the supplies brought down from the warship the day before yesterday to be handed over to the Sakai detachment that came down from Hefei, he was not at ease.He just ordered Daisuke Shimizu, who stayed behind, to lead his men to meet them. There must be no mistakes in that batch of weapons.Otherwise, Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro, the head of the Sixth Division of Gangcun, would never let him go. Let Daisuke Shimizu work hard.

For Tanimoto Mataro, he wanted to please him with all his might. To sum up his life, the most infuriating thing is that there is no one in the court. Otherwise, with his ability, let alone a lieutenant general, he can be a general.Although Matsuro Tanimoto also has the rank of major general, but he is in the navy, and his status is completely different. Now that he has reached this line, he naturally cannot let it go.

Unexpectedly, the sound of several cannons in the dark and the rumbling sound of the grits in the sky completely shattered his dream. Three shells fell from the sky impartially, and all fell on the deck of the Yaeyama, and one even hit him. above the cockpit below them.He reacted quickly, and quickly fell down. A large pile of debris from the warship splashed from below whizzed past his head, and he was unharmed.But when he looked at it in a blink of an eye, he was shocked to the core, there was a black iron piece on Mataro Tanimoto's big-brimmed hat.The blood was like a fountain, but several drops sprayed on his body, and his heart became cold: this friendship is useless

Cannonballs continued to hit, some on the warship, and some on the pier. From the sound of the cannon, he heard that it was the Taisho Four-year-style 150mm field gun of the Empire.The power is really big.In an instant, a merchant ship sank, and the temporary oil depot on the pier was blown up instantly. The air waves and flames almost burned all the animals and fortifications on the pier to ashes. Poor, the guards on the pier and half of them are ready to go The ship's soldier, Bo Tianzhong, was sad, but this hard-hearted man couldn't help but shed a few sad tears.

The Toba began to counterattack, continuously firing angry roars, and the Yaeyama also turned its grief and anger into strength, trying to adjust its direction to avenge the heroic commander, but accidentally, a ship was caught on the huge stern. The warship turned over as soon as it touched it. When the huge merchant ship turned over and hit the river, Shigeichi Hada almost burst into tears. A large group was gone.
After everything calmed down, Hata Shigeichi escaped from the Yaeyama under the eyes of the naval officers and soldiers on board who were about to kill, and packed up the remnants of the soldiers, which made him almost want to have a laparotomy. Shaking into the river, everything else is finally intact.

He was really heartbroken, for the bombardment for no reason, now only more than 2000 of the original [-] elite soldiers of his Hata detachment are left. What's more unfortunate is that the captain of the first regiment, Sato, asked Da Zuo to sink to the bottom of the river with the merchant ship. Couldn't find one.Artillery Wing Nakajima asked Captain Jilian to heroically protect his gun on another merchant ship, but unfortunately the shell was blown into the river, and he was with the fish.Losing a soldier made him sad, and losing a general made him want to cry even more.What happened?He had to figure it out, so he ordered a brigade to go to Longkou Fort. He suspected that the shelling was the three cannons temporarily stored in Longkou Fort.
Really!Bo Tianzhong has no expression on his face, but his heart is bleeding
He lamented in his heart, it seemed that if he didn't want to go to court-martial this time, he would have to kill himself by caesarean section.But before you die, you have to report to the higher authorities, everything is for the great cause of the empire.

He woodenly ordered: "Send a report to His Excellency the division chief." The telegrapher quickly spread out the pen and paper.Namita Shigeichi read slowly: "Your Excellency, division commander, our department was attacked last night and suffered heavy losses. Sato wanted Dazuo, and Nakajima wanted Yoshinaka Satama, and I cannot escape the responsibility of the lower officials. Now that Anqing is in danger, I ask the division to Your Excellency sent additional reinforcements to defend Anqing, and when the reinforcements arrive, I will cut open the abdomen to thank the Emperor." The communication soldier's hand trembled, and Hata Shigeichi added another sentence: "Long live the Emperor! Long live the Great Japanese Empire!"

The communication soldiers took the lead and recorded them one by one.

(End of this chapter)