When Junacao gave the order to send a farewell message to the base camp, the Japanese officers in the headquarters no longer cared about the deadly artillery fire and walked out of the air defense headquarters separately.
"Ouch!~" Makoto Kuna took out the command sword from his waist with his right hand, which had the inscription "Kiku Ichibunko" engraved on it.
Their family has been loyal to the Emperor since the Warring States Period. This samurai sword was personally given to the earliest ancestors of their family by His Majesty the Emperor. It has been passed down from generation to generation, and it even represents the honor of the family.
Under the gunfire, he held the "Kiku Ichimonji" with both hands horizontally above his head, and knelt down facing the east. Then Seiichi Kuna unbuttoned his military uniform jacket, revealing the white shirt underneath, and prepared to commit seppuku.
The two brigade commanders, chief of staff, and several regiment captains next to him saw that the division commander was preparing to commit seppuku, and they all drew out their command swords, knelt on the ground, took off their shirts, and prepared to commit suicide for their Majesty the Emperor.
Be loyal.
The first were those officers who were seriously injured or unable to move, who raised their pistols and shot themselves, or asked close friends to help them commit suicide.
But when things came to an end, the sharp blade of the samurai sword was pointed at his abdomen. His blood had cooled, but Seiichi Kuna could not make up his mind to commit seppuku. The two guards behind him could only worry, not knowing whether to help the division commander.
At this time, a senior Japanese military officer and staff officer shouted "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" Then he exerted force, blood flew out, and the command knife cut a vertical "one" in the abdomen.
It was very painful to commit seppuku. The veins on the forehead of the senior staff officer popped out. He bit his teeth with bloody gums, roared, twisted the blade of the knife and committed seppuku horizontally, and a standard "cross" appeared.
The rest of the Japanese officers, perhaps inspired by his "heroic" seppuku, also shouted "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" and committed seppuku. Some of them had "cross" scars, but more did not endure the tragedy like that.
The courage of pain was just a cut of the word "one". Blood flowed all over the ground.
When Seiichi Kuna, who was left at the end, saw this tragic scene, his hands holding the knife couldn't help but tremble a little, and he couldn't take it off. At the end, Seiichi Kuna, who really couldn't stand the pressure, shouted, closed his eyes and raised his hand.
Cut into the abdomen with a knife.
Just when the sharp blade was about to pierce the abdomen, a mortar shell landed not far behind them. The two guards vomited blood and flew out at the moment of the explosion. They were dead.
Fortunately, Seiichi Kuna was not hit by the explosive shrapnel due to the obstruction of the two soldiers behind him. Instead, he fainted happily in the air wave.
The battle continued as usual. Without senior commanders, the Japanese troops fought independently. They were quickly divided into pieces by the Hainan Army and surrounded and annihilated.
About an hour and a half later, the sound of gunfire on both sides gradually subsided, and Hainan officers and soldiers began to clean the battlefield. Soon they would go to support the Nanning siege. On the busy battlefield, there would be sporadic gunshots from time to time.
The sound sounded, it was Hainan Army soldiers helping the seriously wounded Japanese soldiers to escape.
"Battal Commander! What do you think of this thing I captured?" A dark-skinned Hainan Army soldier, whose green face proved his age, was holding up a samurai sword to show off to the battalion commander next to him.
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"You brat, what are you doing! Isn't it just a samurai sword? Don't you see the bundle over there? Hurry up and help Lao Wu!" the battalion commander said, pointing to the ground next to him, where there was still a pile of swords.
More than a dozen Japanese command knives.
What he wants to find most now is not a broken samurai sword, but a missing "corpse". Their battalion is responsible for cleaning the vicinity of the Japanese military headquarters, but when sorting out the corpses of Japanese military officers, no matter how many times they are counted, there are
One is missing.
It would be fine if there was just an unimportant officer's body missing, and the division headquarters wouldn't pay much attention to it. Who knows where he died, or he might have been blown to ashes by artillery shells.
But the only thing that is missing is the Japanese 18th Division's Nagano Seiichi. This is troublesome. The high command gave the order by name. This Nagana Seiichi wants to see the person alive and the body after death.
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I haven’t heard of any Japanese troops successfully breaking out of the encirclement, so why did the “corpse” of such a large living person disappear? How could it be picked up by wild dogs?
The battalion commander was still racking his brains, but the Hainan Army soldier continued, interrupting the battalion commander's thoughts.
"How can it be the same! Mine has writing on it! It must belong to a little devil or a high official!" Seeing that the battalion commander was not impressed, the young Hainan Army soldier retorted.
"Really!?" The battalion commander strangely took the katana and pulled out the blade with a "swish" sound, revealing the words "Kiku Ichimonji" engraved on it.
Generally speaking, the mid-level and low-level command knives of the Japanese army are standard. The style of the knife and the wrapped "golden spike" are the same. However, the blade of this knife is a little longer than the ordinary command knife, and it looks better when viewed from the handle.
, this knife has been around for some time.
"Then you found it? Did you find anything else?" The battalion commander asked as if he had discovered something very keenly.
Hearing the battalion commander's inquiry, the young Hainan Army pointed to a mound not far away and said, "It's on that hillside! I found it in the grass!"
"How could such a valuable thing appear in the grass?" The battalion commander discovered the difference, and then led several soldiers to the mound in person.
"Look for it! Is there anything wrong?" the battalion commander said to several of his subordinates. There were many weeds in this place and it was easy to miss them.
Shanghai, Central China Expeditionary Force Headquarters, Yanagawa Heisuke has lost contact with Kuna Seiichi since he received the farewell message from the 18th Division. Sui Ran probably knew their outcome, but Yanagawa Heisuke still had a glimmer of hope.
But soon a telegram was sent from the Air Force. After the Air Force lost several reconnaissance aircraft, the position of the 18th Division was photographed with a camera. Judging from the photos, it can be preliminarily determined that the entire 18th Division is in ruins.
After receiving this news, Yanagawa Heisuke felt that his future was dark. Makoto Yuna, who came to South China to "gild", died in Guangxi. How could he explain it to the military bosses? For a moment, he felt a sense of powerlessness.
Just when Yanagawa Heisuke was depressed and worried, the headquarters staff suddenly came in, stood at attention and saluted and said: "Your Excellency, Commander! There is a call from Fuzhou. The retreating 76th Division was ambushed by unknown enemy forces, and the battle entered a stalemate."
"What! It's the damned Chinese again! Can't we know the news about the good electricity!" Yanagawa Heisuke angrily hit the table with his fist and roared angrily.
At the same time, the Japanese 76th Division, which was retreating from the Guangxi border to Fujian, was ambushed by the Hainan Army's 4th and 5th Divisions when it first entered Fujian. The Japanese 76th Division, which was unable to catch up, was beaten on the spot.
Confused.
Then, the Japanese soldiers who gradually came to their senses showed good military literacy, quickly adapted to the battlefield, covered each other in pairs, and fired back at the Hainan Army soldiers.
For a time, this simple ambush battle turned into a battle to attack the position. The soldiers from both sides fought vigorously, and no one could do anything to the other side.
"Have you figured out which unit is across from us?" Suzuki Rikichi, the commander of the 76th Division, asked as he observed the battlefield with a telescope.
"Report! It has been initially determined that they are the newly formed 4th and 5th divisions of the Hainan Army!" the chief of staff said solemnly.
The Japanese army had suffered losses at the hands of the Hainan Army many times, and they roughly knew the combat effectiveness of the Hainan Army. In general, based on the firepower configuration of the Hainan Army, if you wanted to kill a Hainan Army soldier, you would have to lose at least three or four Japanese troops.
Soldier's life.
"Send power to the headquarters and request air force support!" From the headquarters of the 4th Division of the Hainan Army, the division commander saw that the Japanese army almost broke through the defense line several times, so he had no choice but to request air force support.
On the other side, several Hainan Army soldiers who were looking for the "body" of Kuna Seiichi finally made some discoveries. A Hainan Army soldier pointed forward and said: "Batalion Commander! Look, is there a person lying there?"
What!? Soon several people came to the vicinity of the foreign object. When they dragged him out of the weeds, they discovered that this was actually a living person. They tried to breathe, and it seemed that he was still alive.
"Battal Commander! What should we do with this man? Do we want to kill him?" A tall Hainan Army soldier had a fierce look in his eyes. This Hainan Army soldier came from the north because his family died at the hands of the Japanese.
"This...!" The battalion commander had never seen what Kuna Seiichi looked like. The Japanese officer's shirt had long since taken off and disappeared. The battalion commander was not sure whether this person was Kuna Seiichi from the 18th Division.
one.
Just in case, the battalion commander finally decided not to kill him first. Few Japanese soldiers surrendered on the battlefield. It would be good to capture a Japanese officer alive.
And Seiichi Kuna, who was still in a coma, didn't know that he was on the verge of death. If the battalion commander hadn't finally changed his mind, he would probably have been the first member of the Japanese army to be killed inexplicably on the battlefield.
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"Okay! Okay! It's time to go back! Old Wu, go find a bigger guy. We have to carry this person back to the field hospital." The First Division of the Hainan Army will continue to march soon, so the battalion commander hurriedly issued an order
commanded.
And when Junacheng woke up again, he found himself in the Hainan Army prisoner-of-war camp. But at that time, he no longer had the courage to disembowel himself and committed suicide, so he could only continue to live in an ignoble way. Of course, this
That’s all for later, we’ll talk about it later.
"Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers! The Hainan Army achieves greater glory and annihilates the 18th Japanese Division! Sell newspapers! Sell newspapers..." In major cities in the interior, the sound of newspaper sales with childish voices resounded through the streets.
Alley.
As the news that the Hainan Army had annihilated the Japanese 18th Division in one fell swoop spread across the country instantly. Newspaper headlines everywhere published the names Hainan Army and Li Weidong once again in the sight of the Chinese people.