Battle of the Third Reich

While the navy was still gathering troops at the pier, the battle on the Bund was nearing its end. Although Honda Shazo was a young faction, he was not as crazy as Hoto.

Captain Honda did have a utilitarian heart and was eager to get promoted, but his good grades when he graduated from Army University are not completely out of date. As long as he did not make any mistakes during his service, he can smoothly advance with his qualifications. of.

Generally, the Army’s Shao Zuo only needs two years of service experience to be promoted to Zhong Zuo normally. Of course, if there is an actual defense, the promotion speed will be faster than others, and the position will be more important, such as directly transferred to the main combat division. Wing commanders are not without precedent in history.

Honda was so hot that he threw all his career prospects into it. This time he couldn't shirk his responsibility anyway. The military court cannot escape, and luck may still leave a life. Although it seems that there is little hope at present, it is not that there is no chance to see it.

He has arrested all the chief criminals, and discussed the ceasefire with the Germans. He has also collected the remains of the officers and soldiers killed in the battle to avoid exposing the Japanese officers and soldiers to the media that will surely arrive.

When the battlefield cleaning is over, the second brigade will take the initiative to withdraw to Hongkou. He will stay to cooperate with the investigation of the concession. This solution can hardly find a few flaws. If the above is not a group of fools, the impact of the incident can be reduced to The controlled range of the empire blocked the Germans' mouths with some benefits.

Honda has discharged the command post on his own, but his men still regard him as the captain of the second brigade. The news of Honda's preparation for self-sacrifice has spread throughout the entire army. The practice of the captain has been unanimously admired by his officers and men.

Every Japanese soldier who walked in front of him would solemnly salute the captain, or simply take off the cap on his head and bow deeply. Honda Shaozu took all the responsibilities of participating officers and soldiers to himself, which was equivalent to using his own future or even his life to save all the officers and soldiers present. This is the performance of a capable man. For such a commander, in addition to gratitude, there are What words to express? "It seems that your people love you very much, Mr. Major." Weber held the submachine gun in front of his chest with one hand and handed it to Honda with the cigarette case in one hand.

"They are all excellent fighters because of the stupidity of the officers and other officers who let them die in a foreign country. I have to take on my own responsibility." Honda's German is quite good, he chose German in the Army University He also went to Germany for a half-year study tour, and the normal German civilian exchanges along the way were also rare gifts among the Japanese.

"White Knight? A good cigarette. I smoked this while traveling in Germany." Honda twisted a cigarette from the cigarette case, placed it under his nose, sniffed it, and then plucked the shredded tobacco on the back of his hand.

"Have you been to Germany? No wonder German speaks well. Major, my three men also fell in this battle, but I believe they will receive the awards they deserve and wish their souls to rest in peace." Weber passed Gen Yan gave Lieutenant Concession Stevens on the other side, then pulled out a lighter and set Honda on fire.

"I personally feel very sorry for the sacrifices of the SS soldiers, sergeant. I have also lost 52 Japanese soldiers and generals, but their souls may not be free."

"I don't know much about what you said, is it about religion? Well, major, don't explain it to me first. It seems that your people arrived." Weber lit the cigarette in his mouth and pointed his finger away. At the Baidu Bridge, the gunshots were heard.

"What's going on? Who's shooting!" Honda stood up and asked loudly.

"Master Captain, it should be a checkpoint on the bridge." Lieutenant Suzuki ran forward and reported.

"It was the 116th Engineer Corps. We forgot that they were still on the bridge." A staff member said in panic.

"It's the navy, the navy flag hangs on the car!" A squadron leader saw the rising sun flag on both sides of the truck.

The earliest military flag style of the Imperial Japanese Navy used 16 sunburst flags, but in order to avoid confusion later, the army military flag was still the sun with the sun placed in the middle, and the navy was changed to the left side. It is often wrong to not understand this, for example, to regard the army as a marine.

The Emperor will award each newly established Japanese Army Infantry Wing with a military flag bearing the designation, which is also known as the Wing Flag.

Regarding this banner, there are a lot of things to talk about. I don’t know if some people did it unintentionally or intentionally. There are many mistakes in the content circulated in later generations of China.

First of all, the Japanese wing flag is composed of three parts. Without any of them, a complete military flag cannot be counted.

One is the flagpole of the military flag, don’t think that it’s enough to just find a wooden stick. The flagpole of the wing flag is made by the best gunsmith in Japan. The gun here is not a firearm, but a classic Japanese lance. These are still reserved. Japanese craftsmen with ancient craftsmanship, hand-made, using specially selected trees and vines and bamboo sticks, and also painted with a special layer of black paint on the outside. Each flagpole is a fine product regardless of its material or craftsmanship. The degree can even resist the hacking of ordinary swords.

The second is the chrysanthemum crown on the top of the flagpole. This is not customized by any hardware factory. It is all made by the Japanese Mint in Ginza, Tokyo. It is made of silver-copper alloy and is coated with a layer of 18k. Gold, because it is the royal coat of arms, so it is better in craftsmanship.

The third part is the flag face, which is one meter thirty-three meters wide and one meter fifty-one meters long. Whether it is material or handwork, it is the best choice. The corner of the flag is sewed with a rectangular white cloth printed with the number of the team, around the flag. It is set with a circle of golden yellow trim and a circle of purple flag spikes.

Some people who know nothing about it, because they saw a lot of old photos that the Japanese army was only holding a flagpole with a flagpole, and they made a false statement that the Japanese army's flag was actually the purple spike. This is simply nothing to learn, no tricks, and a big joke. .

The Japanese Army has many special rules for military flags, which can usually only be placed in the office of the Wing Captain and cannot be displayed to the outside world at will. In the event of having to move the wing flag, the flag bearer will carefully roll the wing flag on the flagpole, and then put a flag guard outside.

So how can you prove that you are carrying a military flag instead of a folding umbrella? At this time, the outside flag spike will work, so usually when marching or training in the field, the Japanese flag bearers are only holding the flag spike. Military flags, which can prevent the flags from being dirty or damaged during daily training and marching, so most marching or military parade photos only hold the root of the flag.

In fact, the Japanese themselves have another way of saying that some alliances deliberately put flags full of bullet marks and refused to change them, in order to show off their bravery and fighting, but this is just folk rumors. Too credible, so I won’t waste space on it carefully.

At the moment of the defeat of the coalition, the captain of the coalition will issue an order to burn the flag, and then the flag bearer smashes the pole head, burns the flag pole and the flag, and avoids falling into the hands of the enemy. However, if one of the three items is retained, this military flag will not be completely destroyed, so there are often flag guards or commanders who secretly keep some of them, such as fragments of the head coat of arms or a section of flag spikes and a flag. .

If anyone pays attention to it, you will find that the paintings of the Japanese flag on the wing are all carried with the flagpole and the coat of arms, because only three parts are integrated into one, it is a complete military flag. So even if the flag is captured by the enemy, it does not seem to be completely in the enemy's hands in the eyes of the Japanese. As long as someone brings back a military flag accessory, they can reconstitute the wing.

The topic is far away, now back to the Bund.

Captain Kawasaki was commanding the assembly of the second squadron. Hearing the gunshots, he noticed the convoy crossing the bridge checkpoint, but he did not witness the killing of the two engineers.

Captain Kawasaki also noticed the Rising Sun flag hanging on the truck. As I said earlier, the Army will not take out the Rising Sun flag casually, only the Navy will hang the Rising Sun flag as a sign. Then he saw the iron anchor sign on the front of the truck, confirming that his judgment was correct.

Why did the Navy appear here, this could not help making Captain Kawasaki vigilant. He was very clear that this operation was a fake military order by Hodong and other staff. The 13th Army Command had learned the situation and sent someone to stop it. This time it was so big that it would definitely be furious. He could imagine the staff headquarters and the army. Provincial lords, the expression after hearing this news.

However, no matter what happened to the Army, it was not the Navy's turn to intervene, and he subconsciously felt that this group of navies had bad intentions, so he quickly took several soldiers to meet the convoy.

ps: The second chapter is presented. Today, the author system of the starting point is a bit controversial, and finally entered the background.

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