In contrast to Xie Jinyuan, who was staring at the night sky in the concession, and the two Chinese officers who were discussing how to escape from the desperate situation in the warehouse.
The two unlucky guys, Colonel Wakiitajiro and Lieutenant Commander Makino Toshiro, were looking at each other with pain in their balls.
Originally, their strategies had been successful, no, to be precise, they were more than half successful.
According to the intelligence report sent ten minutes ago, the exact number of Chinese defenders at Sihang Warehouse who evacuated to the concession was 254 and 13 were wounded. This means that the Chinese defenders were indeed forced by diplomatic pressure just like his original plan.
The main force withdrew.
According to previous investigations by senior intelligence personnel of the empire, there were more than 410 people in the original defenders. This subtraction means that there are still about 150 Chinese people in the warehouse who were scared back by his deadly trap.
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This eight-gauge number is really an extremely painful number.
"Your Excellency, Captain, there may not be that many people. Our army fought bloody battles with them for three days. Our army suffered heavy losses. The Chinese are not invulnerable. Maybe there were many casualties in the battle. The number of Chinese originally used in the rear must have been insufficient.
One hundred people, just the strength of two infantry squads." The black-faced fisherman from Hokkaido saw his boss finishing the subtraction with a melancholy look on his face, so he hurriedly stood aside to reassure him.
If you don’t know how to speak, then Baga can’t help but speak?
It's okay not to mention the number of opponents' casualties. The two bosses of the 36th Infantry Regiment can just pretend that they don't remember this incident.
After three days and four nights of fighting, the 36th Infantry Regiment, which had a strength of nearly 3,300 men, lost a total of more than 1,600 men, not counting those who suffered from diarrhea and dehydration.
The number of 13 wounded reported by the intelligence personnel is already shocking. It's good for you. It's still possible that the opponent may have killed 50 people in the battle. Then maybe he only killed 5 people in the battle?
Damn it, is this a battle-loss ratio of 50 to 1? Even that old lunatic Nogi Nogi Nogi did not achieve such an exaggerated battle-loss ratio back then!
The Japanese commander, who had already ignored this sad comparison of figures, somehow imagined in his mind a group of naked natives wearing grass skirts, carrying wooden spears, swarming up in a chaotic manner and besieging the modern modern people who had set up heavy machine guns and cannons.
A picture of an army, and he was the commander with face paint, shirtless, and pheasant feathers on his head.
As soon as he saw Colonel Colonel's face, he immediately turned disgusting. Makino Jun glanced at the black-faced Major who didn't know he had said the wrong thing without revealing any trace, and directed the topic to other places: "Your Excellency, Captain, the concession was half an hour ago because of our toughness.
Their rhetoric and attitude rebounded, and they even sent a message to His Excellency General Matsui Iwane, saying that they are not afraid of war. I wonder what your Excellency General's attitude is?"
"Those Westerners, in other words, it's okay to talk big. If they weren't afraid of war, what would they have been doing?" Wakitajiro curled his lips in disdain, but his face became heavy.
"However, what your Excellency the General means is that our most important enemy at present is China. When the Japanese Empire conquers the vast territory of China, the food and rich mineral deposits produced in China's fertile lands will contribute to the empire in a steady stream.
Steel, by then, aircraft, cannons, tanks, and warships will be deployed into the imperial army at a dazzling speed. We also have the most heroic soldiers in the world. In less than ten years, the empire will become the world's number one military power.
Until then, those arrogant and stupid Westerners will only be able to kneel down and lick our shoes clean."
The words are very majestic and the ideals are full of imagination, but in fact the subtext is just: Don’t fight with Westerners yet, I haven’t even dealt with the Chinese yet!
I have to say that the Japanese colonel, who was already beaten up after being beaten several times, is really much more honest now. Without his iron-blooded temperament that slaps the table every time, he is not cute anymore.
The unlovable colonel, in the eyes of his two subordinates, has basically turned into a weakling. He said a lot of things in a vague way, just to let the Western people brag for the time being. We can listen, but you are so special.
What Liang is talking about is how to deal with the Chinese who are now retreating into the warehouse!
After staring at each other for a long time, the Japanese lieutenant colonel had to do his duty as a subordinate and continue: "The Chinese commander is ruthless enough. He withdrew the main force and blocked the mouths of the Westerners, but he took advantage of our army and left some
A small number of troops continue to occupy positions and continue to create resistance and public opinion in China to build momentum for their future promotion.
We may be able to make a fuss about this, and the Chinese care about reputation very much."
Wakiitajiro lowered his eyebrows and did not respond to his subordinate's suggestions.
Obviously, Makino Jun's shady behavior against the evacuated Chinese commanders was not the answer he wanted.
The light of wisdom on the forehead of the black-faced major who had just asked for trouble lit up again and interjected: "Your Excellency, the captain, the Chinese used to have more than 400 people defending a fortress. Our army has many difficulties in conquering it, but now they
There are only about a hundred people left, and the firepower intensity is at most one-third of the previous level.
But our army already has the support of two heavy artillery pieces. The results of the artillery bombardment during the day yesterday were remarkable. One thing is going down, the other is going up, so what else do we have to worry about?"
"Yin Teng-kun, what do you mean?" Wakiitajiro looked faintly at the dark night sky hundreds of meters away, "A strong attack?"
"Yes, Your Excellency, Captain, attack with force!" Yin Tengzhonger nodded with great confidence.
"The reason why the Westerners in the concession suddenly became so tough is because they looked down upon our Imperial Army after seeing our army lose successively in the Sihang Warehouse attack. For the honor of the Imperial Army, we must fight in those Western
In front of everyone, all the remaining Chinese troops in the Sihang Warehouse were wiped out.
I also believe that the division commander will agree with the combat plan of my 36th Infantry Regiment."
Jiro Wakita turned his gloomy gaze to the tall building hundreds of meters away. He knew that not only was he chilled by this warehouse, but the imperial warriors under his command might also be mentally disturbed when they saw this warehouse.
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But not many people are as confident as the foolish fisherman in front of me.
But he had no second choice.
As Shaque Fisherman Major said, the strength of the Chinese has been greatly weakened, but his strength has increased. If such a huge gap still allows the 36th Infantry Regiment to stop moving forward, then the entire 3rd Division
It will become a huge joke for the Songhu Expeditionary Army.
In fact, the entire empire will become a joke in the Western world.
In order not to become a joke, it is imperative to attack forcefully.
This truth is not only understood by the junior officers of the 36th Infantry Regiment, but also by the lieutenant general commander of the 3rd Division who has received the battle report from the front.
The Japanese lieutenant general did not hesitate to comment "accurate!" on the 36th Infantry Regiment's request for combat message, and then paid no more attention to it.
After all, compared to the huge fish of hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops that are frantically retreating from Songhu City to the west of Shanghai, which the entire Songhu Expeditionary Force is paying close attention to, the 36th Infantry Regiment responsible for mopping up Zhabei is now facing
There are no more than a hundred Chinese people, which is really not worth mentioning.
No matter how loud the commotion was, it was only at the tactical level. The senior Japanese generals were all focusing on the strategic level.
The grand strategic battlefield where a battle can determine the outcome is right in front of us. The small Sihang Warehouse is just a ball!
But the Japanese Army Lieutenant General did not know that the combat plan he personally approved would completely send the infantry regiment under his command into the abyss.
As a result, the 3rd Division became the first infantry regiment of the Japanese Songhu Expeditionary Force that could have its designation revoked since the Battle of Songhu, which had gradually assembled ten divisions with a strength of 300,000.
