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Chapter 927: Meijin’s concerns (please subscribe!)

The frustrated Japanese breakout troops

Outside Wuchang City, a steady stream of Japanese troops, including Chinese civilians who were trapped by the army, left the city one after another. As the commander, General Mitsuichiro also immediately stood in the former 21st Army headquarters and raised his voice.

With the telescope in his hand, he looked at the mighty army not far away...

"Sakai-kun, how many troops have not left the city? Why are the troops leaving the city so slow? Order the troops to speed up..." It took a full hour for less than half of the troops to successfully leave the city and assemble outside the city.

.Every time Meijin, General Lang's brows immediately wrinkled into the character "Chuan", he asked with an unhappy look on his face.

"There is still one division and all the logistics equipment that have not left the city. As for the speed of the troops leaving the city..."

"According to reports from officers at all levels, because the troops have trapped a large number of Chinese civilians, the quality of these civilians cannot be compared with the troops. Therefore, the marching speed of the troops has been much slower..."

Seeing Mitsujiro's face in front of him, he was once again enveloped in a look of helplessness. He stood in front of him, silent. Lieutenant General Sakai opened his mouth tentatively.

"Your Excellency, Commander, do you think we should let the troops kill some Chinese, give some deterrent to the remaining Chinese, and let them speed up..."

"No..." As soon as Lieutenant General Sakai finished speaking, General Mizu raised his eyebrows every time. Without any hesitation, he said very decisively.

Seeing the face of Lieutenant General Ichiro Sakai, the Chief of Staff, a trace of murderous intent quickly flashed across his face. Then, he looked at him with a puzzled expression. Mizu could only explain with a worried look on his face.

"These Chinese are the only weight in our hands to successfully break through. And it is because of these Chinese that our opponents opened a way for us to break through. However, our opponents' endurance is limited after all. Once we pass

This bloody method has angered our opponent. Then, the only trump card left in our hand will be useless. At that time, our army of hundreds of thousands will be completely destroyed because of our whim...

..”

Facing the commander's answer, Ichiro Sakai, who had always been proud, wanted to refute. However, after a short period of thinking, he had to admit this ironclad fact. In an instant, the face that was still very angry just now became the same as Mitsu's in front of him.

Like General Jiro, he became frustrated.

"Okay, Mr. Sakai. Don't be too sad. I believe that this kind of frustration is only temporary for us. As long as we can reach Shanghai safely, for the Chinese, you can vent whatever you want. I

I will never interfere in any way. But now, on the way to breakout, I will never allow this kind of thing to happen in the army. Are you clear?" Seeing Ichiro Sakai looking uncomfortable in front of him, Mizu, as his old partner,

Jiro could only pat him on the shoulder helplessly. Then, he said with a comforting expression.

"Your Excellency, Commander, I understand your humble position. In order for the hundred thousand troops to successfully reach Shanghai, I believe that as the elite of the Japanese Empire, we will be able to endure this kind of grievance. I will immediately issue an order to all ministries. During the march, killing and wounding are prohibited.

Any Chinese who come to threaten their companions..." Lieutenant General Sakai replied with a sincere face.

"Yo Xi, very good. In this way, with so many Chinese in hand, the East China Field Army will never dare to attack us in a short period of time. Therefore, we don't need to worry about the safety of the remaining troops. Pass on the order,

The Jingtian Brigade, as the vanguard of the entire army, will set off immediately. The remaining troops will set off in half an hour..." Mizu ordered General Lang once again to regain the majesty he should have as a commander, with a serious look on his face.

"Hayi..."

Hubei, as the land of plenty in China, has one of its most important features, that is, the entire territory is filled with crisscrossing rivers. These rivers have unique natural conditions for agricultural irrigation. However, for the march of troops,

, but it is a huge trouble.

Liu Huajian's order to clear the country had just been issued. Almost all the villages and towns along the route from Wuchang to Shanghai were cleared immediately without even a grain of food. More importantly, in order to more thoroughly slow down the march of the Japanese army, the Japanese breakout troops were completely cleared.

They were trapped in the two lakes area. After receiving the order, the garrison troops from various places blew up all the bridges along the route almost immediately.

It can be said that if the 100,000-strong army commanded by Mizuzu wants to successfully reach Shanghai and cross the dozens of rivers passing along the way, he must re-build bridges one by one. Otherwise, with an army of 100,000-strong, it is simply impossible for him

Cross the river by swimming... Of course, even if his troops can swim across, the 50,000 people she is carrying cannot swim...

As a result, less than an hour after setting off, the Japanese forward force, a reorganized infantry brigade, was blocked by a large river with a span of more than thirty meters.

"Baga, where is the bridge? The map shows that the bridge here is intact, where is the bridge?" Seeing the remains of the bridge with only a pile of rubble on both sides of the river, and even the bridge piers in the river disappeared. The scene of the captain.

A look of despair immediately appeared on Shaozuo Tian's face, and he roared loudly.

Just when he was staring at a pair of red eyes, looking at the bridge with only two piles of debris left in front of him, the captain of the investigation team came out and rushed over panting.

"Report to the captain, has the investigation been clear?"

"explain…."

Seeing the angry-looking captain in front of him, the squad leader could only answer very carefully: "Ha Yi, after investigation, I can confirm that these bridges were directly blown up by a large number of bombs, and the bombing time was only two days."

An hour ago…."

"Nani? Two hours ago, the Chinese people blew up the bridge... Bagya Road, without the bridge, how can our army cross the river? Cunning Chinese people, I will definitely cut you all into pieces.

….”

After venting his anger towards the bare river bank for two minutes, the captain slowly regained his senses and ordered with a serious face.

"You, immediately report to the commander that the bridge in front has been destroyed and the troops have temporarily stopped advancing. At the same time, please ask the commander to immediately send out engineering troops for reinforcements. The remaining people, follow me to the nearby villages to look for wood.

We need to find enough wood before the engineers arrive and cooperate with the engineers to repair the bridge."

"Hayi..."

Maybe Major Jingtian was too unlucky, or maybe the troops stationed in various places of the East China Field Army were too thorough in carrying out the order of strengthening the walls and clearing the country. When Major Jingtian, with nearly a thousand soldiers in a fierce manner, had just rushed into a village less than one kilometer away from the bridge, what was in front of him was

This scene completely shocked him.

It seems that there are at least a thousand people gathered in this large village. At this moment, not only is there not a single person in sight, but more importantly, the entire village looks like a typhoon has just swept over it. Every house has nothing but bare

The walls are still bare walls. Looking around, in such a huge village, there is barely a roof or a gate...

"Report to the captain, after searching, the entire village is empty. In addition, after searching the entire village, no wood can be found that can be used to build a bridge..." A few minutes later, a squadron leader rushed out of the village panting.

, reported loudly.

"It must be the East China Field Army. It must be them... who blew up the bridge and then transported all the wood that could be used to build the bridge. It must be the cunning East China Field Army. Bageya Road..." His face turned red with anger again.

The captain clenched his fists and cursed loudly.

"Captain, what should we do next..." Looking at the angry captain, thinking of the mission of his own unit, the deputy captain could only ask very carefully.

"For the sake of the entire army, we will not hesitate to use our bodies to build bridges. However, we have not reached this point yet. If there is no ready-made wood, we will process the wood ourselves. Pass my order and all troops will search nearby immediately.

Trees suitable for building bridges will be transported to the river in the shortest possible time..." Major Jingtian ordered decisively.

"Hayi..."

To successfully erect a bridge that is tens of meters long and does not have ready-made piers, the various types of wood required are absolutely astronomical. An infantry brigade, with nearly a thousand soldiers, used four or five

Hours later, all the usable trees within a three-kilometer radius were cut down before all the wood was collected...

Finally, when a simple bridge appeared in front of the main force of the Japanese army, more than half of the day had passed.

Watching the demoralized troops one after another walking across the wooden bridge. After seeing the gloomy Mitsujiro next to him, the chief of staff, Major General Sakai, reminded him in a low voice.

"Your Majesty Commander, are you ready to go?"

"I know..." General Mijin, who frowned, replied angrily. However, his legs did not move at all.

After a brief reflection, he asked directly to Lieutenant General Sakai next to him.

"Sakai-kun, how long did the entire army stay here in total to repair this wooden bridge?"

"It took a total of six hours from the time the troops stopped advancing to the time they started to pass... However, including the time spent gathering the troops and setting up defenses, the entire troop was delayed for about seven hours..." Lieutenant General Sakai said directly.

"Seven hours... The time we can spend marching in a day is only more than ten hours. Calculated in this way, we have only advanced less than ten kilometers in one day..." General Mizuchiro continued.

asked rhetorically.

"Ha Yi. According to the current time, the troops will have to camp for a rest after walking for two hours at most..." Lieutenant General Sakai answered affirmatively.

"One bridge will delay us for a whole day. Mr. Sakai, have you ever calculated how many such bridges there are on our way forward? Calculating this way, we can't catch up even if it takes a month.

To Shanghai. At the beginning, in order to reduce the burden on the soldiers, the entire army only carried less than half a month's worth of food and grass. Tell me, where will we replenish the remaining food and grass for the remaining journey..." Mizuchi said.

The general asked loudly.

"This... Your Excellency, Commander, if it really doesn't work, we can only stop providing food and grass on the spot..."

"Supply on the spot..." Every time Mizu said this, a hint of sneer appeared on General Lang's face. Then, he replied helplessly to his old partner beside him.

"Sakai-kun, didn't you hear the report from Major Qingtian a few hours ago? All the Chinese people along the entire highway and within a range of dozens of kilometers have been evacuated by the Chinese army. Do you think that there is no one in the desert?

Will the Chinese Communist Party still leave food for us in our village?"

"We can let the troops save food, and at the same time, let the troops march as fast as possible. If that doesn't work, we will use the Chinese people in our hands to threaten the Chinese government and ask the Chinese government to provide us with food supplies. Otherwise, we will let these people

Fifty thousand Chinese people were buried with us..." Having said this, Lieutenant General Sakai's face immediately flashed a strong murderous look...

"Baga, Mr. Sakai, have you forgotten what I said at the gate of Wuchang City? On the way to breakout, no one is allowed to have the idea of ​​50,000 Chinese people..."

"Sakai-kun, I know that this is very unfair to us. However, for the sake of these 100,000 troops and the entire empire, we have to be careful and scruple. Again, 50,000 Chinese people are

We have the only trump card in our hand. If we lose this trump card, or make the Chinese government angry because of our actions, we will make them feel that the 50,000 people in our hands are no longer valuable to them.

important."

"You can imagine what will happen to the 100,000 troops in our hands after they lose their food and ammunition supplies and the protection of the city wall, and face the attack of hundreds of thousands of Chinese elites. By then, the entire imperial government will be

Losing the last mobile force and facing the fierce Allied offensive in the Pacific battlefield, what will happen..."

"We are dead when we die. After all, as soldiers, dying in battle is our highest honor. However, the entire empire will be destroyed because of our destruction... Sakai-kun, now you should understand why you are facing your opponent

Why do I have so many scruples about the 50,000 Chinese people who are powerless?"

"Hai, what Commander-in-Chief has taught me is that I understand my humble duty..." Faced with one fact after another, the arrogant Lieutenant General Sakai had to lower his arrogant head and replied.

However, after a brief reflection, he still asked with a worried look: "Your Excellency, Commander, if this is the case, what should we do next?"

"Order the troops to march as fast as possible. In the future, the troops can rest after encountering the next broken bridge. Only in this way can we save time and food as much as possible..."

"In addition, order the troops who are guarding Chinese civilians to conduct a screening of the Chinese in the troops. All Chinese with weak constitutions will be secretly released. In this way, in order to save food and grass as much as possible, we only need to keep 30,000 to keep up.

All the remaining young and middle-aged Chinese who are marching at the speed of the troops will be released. Remember, they must be released secretly and must not cause unrest among these Chinese people..." After a brief reflection, General Mizuchi Lang gave a decisive order.

.

"Ha Yi, your Excellency, Commander, is wise..."

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