"Don't worry! I will never let you down, Commander!"
When the commander of the regiment, Major Tetsuo Ito, saw the brigade commander, Major General Ueno Kanichiro, who was in a good mood, he immediately nodded and agreed to his hopes.
"Then I'll wait for your good news!"
"Don't let me down!"
"Now, the foreigners from various countries in Brother Quan's concession are paying attention to our battle in Sihang Warehouse this time. Don't let our Imperial Army lose the face!"
After seeing that the commander of the brigade, Major General Tetsuo Ito, was not wavering in his confidence in winning the victory, the commander of the brigade, Major General Kanichiro Ueno, nodded with satisfaction and responded.
Then he turned around and left with all the Japanese officers under him.
The remaining commander, Major Tetsuo Ito, and his Japanese officers of the 18th Regiment,
"Gah! Give me the order immediately, and immediately organize a force with heavy firepower to prepare to launch the first round of exploratory attack on the Sihang Warehouse held by the Chinese Army. We must win and secure the main entrance of the Sihang Warehouse.
Open it for me!"
"Remember, the foreign powers all over the world are watching the battle of our imperial army. We must not lose the glory and face of our imperial army in front of these foreign powers, and our third party.
The division’s face cannot be lost!”
"Commander Matsui Iwane and the division commander are all paying attention to our operations!"
"Even all the citizens and newspapers in our homeland, including the base camp and His Majesty, are paying attention to this matter, so we must win!"
Looking at the brigade commander Major General Ueno Kanichiro who had gone away, the commander of the regiment Major Tetsuo Ito also immediately gave pre-war lectures and combat orders to the Japanese officers under them.
"Hai!"
"Hai!"
All the Japanese officers responded loudly and immediately without hesitation.
Then, we quickly deployed combat operations.
foreign concession,
On one side is the scorched earth in the war, facing death at any time; on the other side is the bright lights of the city, with singing and dancing, and the casino is still open as usual.
One side is hell and the other side is heaven.
These are all the scenes described in the movie Eight Hundred,
But the scene in Songhu now is almost the same.
At the Girl Scout camp, the Girl Scouts who had just finished training were sitting around in twos and threes and chatting.
"Hey! Have you all heard about it? It seems that there are Chinese troops on the other side of Sihang Warehouse, fighting with the Japanese troops, and now the Japanese troops have sent a lot of troops to besiege them!"
"I heard! The entire foreign concession is abuzz with this matter now. Many foreign troops have been dispatched to the other side of the Suzhou River for defense in case the Japanese army takes this opportunity to attack us.
I live in this concession!"
"I'm quite worried! Do you think these Japanese troops will really invade our concession? I heard that all the national troops on the periphery have been defeated by the Japanese troops and are in the process of being evacuated. I don't know if this is true.
of!"
"Is it true? It's not surprising, because most of the Songhu area outside has been occupied by the Japanese army. Haven't you read the newspaper reports? There are also many national army troops.
They were all in a rout, and the casualties were huge!"
"No way! Isn't the national army known as a million-strong army? How could it be defeated so quickly? I have been concentrating on my studies recently, and I really haven't paid much attention to the newspapers. Most of the news.
I heard it from you and others!”
"That's because the Japanese army has sophisticated weapons and equipment! Aircraft, artillery, tanks, and naval fleets are all more sophisticated than the weapons and equipment of our national army. So because of this, even if our national army is
There is strength in numbers, and it is also being defeated miserably. These are all reported by foreign newspapers. Even our domestic newspapers do not have much good news!"
"What should we do? If the national army really loses to the Japanese army, wouldn't it mean that all of Songhu except the foreign concession will be fully occupied by the Japanese army? This is not a good thing!
The north has fallen, and now Songhu, the prosperous city we are proud of, will also fall to the Japanese army?"
"What else can we do? We are all unarmed girls. We can only watch the final performance of those national troops. Even if we go to the battlefield, it will be useless, and we will only die in vain!"
"I really hope those foreigners can come forward to stop the aggression of these damn devils! In fact, I don't understand why these foreigners don't stop the aggression and expansion of these Japanese troops? Songhu here fell under the rule of the Japanese army. For these
For the foreigners, there isn’t much benefit! Why are they willing to watch Songhu fall? Aren’t they afraid that the Japanese army will also occupy the foreign concession they established?”
"Who knows! But having said that, how many days do you think the national troops stationed in the Sihang Warehouse area can hold on? I heard from those foreigners that it would only last a day or two at most!"
"Is one or two days so short? Is our national army so vulnerable in the eyes of those foreigners?"
"It should be so! Maybe it's because our national army has already lost the Battle of Songhu, so those foreigners are not optimistic about the combat capabilities of our national army!"
"So which national army unit is guarding the Sihang Warehouse?"
"I looked at today's newspaper, and it seems that they are troops under the 88th German Arms Division. However, the number of troops has not been announced yet. It seems that they are being investigated!"
"The troops of the 88th German Arms Division? Aren't they the most powerful troops in our national army? Aren't they even favored by those foreigners? Are they not even considered favored by those foreigners, even after two days of fighting?
Can't you survive it? Are those Japanese soldiers really so powerful?"
"Perhaps it's not that the Japanese troops are very powerful, but that there are many Japanese troops surrounding them! As the saying goes, it's hard for two fists to defeat four hands! What's more, they are a lone army now, surrounded by so many Japanese troops in a small room.
Where is the Sihang Warehouse? I always feel like I am sitting there waiting for death!"
"Well, do you want to follow me to see what's going on on the other side of the Sihang Warehouse later? I heard that a lot of people went to see it, and most of them are foreigners and some rich people!"
"Go! I'm going too! I want to see if our national army is really so vulnerable!"
"Me too! I want to go too! I also want to see what this unit that finally stood in Songhu is like? I hope they won't be completely annihilated by the Japanese army!"
"Huimin, do you want to go and see it together?"
"Yeah! Okay, I'll go with you too! I will support the anti-Japanese troops!"
The discussion among the Girl Scouts became more and more lively and emotional. Finally, there were many girls who planned to go together to watch the anti-Japanese war on the other side of Sihang Warehouse.
And at this time,
The military commander and the intelligence agents on the central commander's side were also paying close attention to the battle situation on the Sihang Warehouse side.
"You see those Japanese troops are gathering, they seem to be preparing to attack!"
"I saw it. It seems that the Japs' troops are about to launch the first round of attack on Sihang Warehouse. I wonder if the troops of German weapon masters inside can withstand their first round of attack!"
"We are paying close attention to the situation here. Boss Dai has issued a death order. We must report to him every hour about all the fighting conditions here!"
"Yeah! Got it! I'm paying close attention to it, but it's a pity that this lone army is alone. Their fate may be destined to all die here, because there are more and more Japanese troops besieging here, and they are also this time
It’s really hard to fly without wings!”
"There is no way. The German Arms Division is our most elite unit. The superiors can only deploy them to fight against the Japanese army's elite units. Otherwise, which unit can fight against such an elite Japanese division? This is the Japanese army.
One of the most elite Class A divisions!"
The military commanders who were paying close attention to the situation by the Suzhou River were also observing secretly in groups of twos and threes while whispering to each other.