Rise From Eight Hundred

It is said that what kind of people lead what kind of soldiers.

Each unit has a temperament similar to that of its chief officer.

The Japanese troops of the Fifth Division were proud and confident because of their invincible record in the battlefield of North China, just like their major general detachment commander.

Except for the initial stage of entering the battlefield, they were quite cautious because they entered unfamiliar areas. As they gradually went deeper, they did not encounter any resistance. They did not even see the shadow of the Chinese who devoured an infantry squadron of the 114th Division. After that, their eyes began to blur.

They were dazzled by the prosperity of Jiangnan.

Most of the ordinary Japanese soldiers came from poor families. The shabby terrain of the island country basically determined the career direction of most of them. They were either mountain people, fishermen or farmers. What kind of prosperity have they seen?

It was not easy to conquer North China! The big cities in northern China are basically rough and wild, which does not particularly conform to the aesthetics full of hypocrisy in the bones of the Japanese.

How to describe it! Obviously, he is just a scumbag who just wants to roll the sheets and pull up his pants and leave before dawn, but he still has to make up a reason that it is because of the lack of soul fit.

The Japanese are just like this. They are obviously very rustic, but they still try to be exquisite.

The north of China is rough, but the south of the Yangtze River is different.

Songjiang belongs to the Wu area of ​​the south of the Yangtze River. It is rich in silk, especially Gu embroidery, which originated in the Ming Dynasty. It is the most distinctive embroidery in Songjiang and is sold all over the country and even overseas. In Songjiang City, there are many silk shops, and it is not too much to say that there is a silk shop every ten steps.

When the Tenth Army was approaching, both the common people and the rich were strictly ordered to leave the city. They might be able to carry some gold, silver, food and clothes with them, but these goods could not be taken away.

Zhongshan Street, which is full of shops, is more awesome than the future Wangfujing in the eyes of a bunch of rustic Japanese soldiers.

If not many shops have been damaged in the artillery fire.

Under the pretext of searching for the enemy, under the order of the leader of the infantry squadron, the increasingly bold Japanese infantry raised their gun butts and smashed open the wooden doors of the shops that were not damaged in the artillery fire.

There are all kinds of silk embroidery, especially the Gu embroidery that specializes in Songjiang.

Songjiang Gu embroidery is said to be a technique passed down from the inner court of the imperial palace. The silk is thinner than hair, the needlework is as fine as hair, and the color matching is exquisite and unique. The embroidered landscapes, figures, flowers and birds are all vivid and exquisite, and the name of "Gu embroidery" has been greatly boosted.

The local chronicles of the late Ming Dynasty mentioned Gu embroidery and recorded: "The fine ones are worth a few taels of silver, and the full-length ones are worth several gold." It can be seen that Gu embroidery is precious.

Even the Chinese are willing to spend a lot of money to buy embroidery, not to mention the Japanese infantry who still wear crotch pants for underwear.

Japan has made great strides into the industrialization era after the Meiji Restoration, but it does not mean that the entire country is rich and strong.

Most of the wealth is in the hands of Japanese aristocrats. Compared with the Western powers that have entered capitalism, the faces of Japanese aristocrats are much uglier than those of capital consortiums.

The Japanese at the bottom are also very poor.

After searching the shops on the long street for nearly 100 meters, they still didn't see a ghost. The Japanese infantrymen who were originally cautious but were dazzled by the dazzling array of goods gradually became bolder.

What are they going to do after they are free? Grab the wool! The land will soon become the Great Japanese Empire, and these goods will naturally be the same.

However, they have to put more money in their pockets before the superiors come, otherwise they will all become superiors, right?

The high-ranking officers of the Japanese army are certainly people with ideals and pursuits, such as Yanagawa Heisuke, Suematsu Shigeharu, Tani Hisao and the like, who are all aiming to expand the territory and seek titles. But for the brainwashed Japanese officers and soldiers at the bottom, what are they doing in China?

To rob money! What else can they do? Miyoko is still waiting for the rice to be cooked at home! The Japanese are not just eating stones in the mountains to make a living!

For the Japanese infantrymen at this moment, a few silk scarves in their arms are already bulging, so they have to put a few more around their waists and two more around their necks...

What's ugly? When in northern China, chickens would be tied with hemp ropes and hung on rifles when they entered Chinese villages! When did the Imperial Japanese Army ever want to be so shameless?

What they want is practicality.

After a while, the Japanese soldiers who entered the silk shop and looted came out in colorful clothes. If you don't look carefully, you would think they are a group of cross-dressers. Or, a group of CROSS enthusiasts with guns?

"Yamaguchi-kun, Chinese silk, yoshi!" A Japanese corporal proudly showed off the Gu embroidery wrapped around his waist to his friends.

Although he didn't know how much the thin silk was worth, the human instinct of liking exquisite things still made the Japanese soldier take a lot.

"Haha! Kagawa-kun, after conquering China, I will bring these back to Motoko, she will definitely like them." The corporal called Yamaguchi also proudly showed his gains to his companions.

However, this Japanese corporal was a ruthless man. Not only did he wrap a lot of things on his body, he also took a piece of cloth to make a package and carried a bunch of embroidery on his back. From a distance, he looked like a refugee.

The two Japanese infantrymen looked at their companions who were still searching for useful supplies and searching for the enemy, and returned to the main street of Zhongshan Street with satisfaction.

Both of them were not stupid. Although the squad leader and the squadron leader disdained to take them, it was not that they did not need them, but that they were enough. At least half of what they took had to be handed over.

Now that they are back on the street, they can show their gains to their superiors before those idiots. They don't seek awards, just to make themselves known.

However, they underestimated the temptation of wealth. In addition to two Type 94 armored vehicles and a small number of soldiers occupying important positions and guarding with guns, the captain and the second lieutenant led the team into the store and searched for the "enemy" with all their heart and soul.

The stores opened by the Japanese army were all large stores with at least two storefronts. A small store on the roadside with a wooden door tightly closed and half hanging in the air and a sign with the words "grocery store" attracted the attention of two Japanese infantrymen.

Everyone was staring at the big stores. Would there be any good things in these small stores? The corporal named Kagawa winked at his fellow countryman next to him.

The clever guy planned to pick up a leak. Even if he didn't find anything good, it showed that the two of them were doing their best in searching for the enemy, right?

The Japanese corporal who got the hint from his fellow countryman strode forward and kicked open the wooden door which was only 1.5 meters wide.

Following closely beside him, corporal Kagawa, who was carrying a large cloth bag on his back, rushed directly into the wooden door kicked open by his companion with a Type 38 rifle with a good bayonet.

The two cooperated very well. Obviously, this kind of thing has happened to this corporal duo more than once or twice.

The Japanese machine gunner who entered the residential area on the street and occupied a high position cast his eyes over here, and the muzzle of the gun was subconsciously pointed at this side.

This is the legendary loose outside and tight inside.

From the appearance, this Japanese squadron seemed to be dazzled by the colorful Jiangnan water town. This possibility is naturally there, but it is not to the point of revealing such a greedy face at this time.

The disgusting greed of the Japanese army, who wanted to stuff the exquisite embroidered cloth into their crotch pants, was actually nearly half pretended, pretending to those Chinese people who must still be hiding in the dark corners.

Don't let the Chinese think that they have relaxed their vigilance. How dare the Chinese launch an attack under such a large army!

In fact, most of the Japanese army seemed to be relaxed, but the rope in their minds was always tense. This was the case with the two Japanese corporals, the light machine gun firepower point responsible for high-altitude alert, and the Japanese armored soldiers who were still hiding in the Type 94 armored vehicle.

Two Japanese corporals broke into the grocery store, and the light machine gun shooter who was more than 20 meters away from them instinctively pointed his gun there.

However, there was no screaming or fighting in the house, and there was still no one!

After a while, the conversation between the two came from the house: "Yoshi! Chinese soda tastes very good!"

"Yoshi! Kagawa-kun, cheers! The empire's military fortune is prosperous!"

"Baga! These bastards are really starting to enjoy it." The Japanese light machine gunner who was paying attention here couldn't help swallowing his saliva and secretly complained in his heart.

He was responsible for observing the surrounding situation and was terrified, but he saw his colleagues getting something to drink. Who would feel unbalanced?

The Japanese machine gunner turned his gun unhappily to other parts of the block, giving up on his two colleagues.

However, just because he stopped paying attention to them, it didn't mean no one else was paying attention to them.

A pair of eyes, staring through the cracks in the wood, stared at the two Japanese corporals who were leaning against the wooden wall and enjoying themselves.