As the major captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 36th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, Toyoda Hide, who has a similar name to the Japanese historical figure Toyoda Hideyoshi, had always thought that he was quite outstanding until just now.
It’s hard to believe that after the war with China is over, when the word \u0027 Toyota\u0027 is mentioned, the Japanese people will also think of Toyota Show by the way, instead of having to add the word "吉" after it.
The Japanese Major may not know that in the future, 'Toyota' will indeed be very famous, but it will just be mentioned as a 'car'.
Therefore, Major Hide Toyoda, who had great hopes, rushed forward with his troops when the brigade commander asked the infantry brigades to advance slowly.
They marched ten kilometers in just one day, and even at night they required each infantry squadron under their command to send out squads of vanguards to conduct an inventory of the occupied areas to find and kill the broken Chinese troops who were still hiding in the nooks and crannies.
Only in this way can he raise the military flag on the Chinese land safely when the sun rises tomorrow, and show his military bravery to His Excellency the Wing Commander, the Brigade Commander and even the Division Commander.
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But before I could even fall asleep, the nightmare came.
Toyoda looked blankly at the corpses on the floor in front of him. No, some of them were terrible parts, just like a pile of minced meat and meat products put together. After a long while, a flush came over his face and he roared.
stand up.
"Didn't the main force of the Chinese retreat? Why was a small group of imperial soldiers killed? Also, there is only one small group here and there. Doesn't I look like a pig that can't read?"
There are 15 people in a team, and they are all equipped with light machine guns and grenade teams. As long as they are not besieged by four or five times more Chinese, it should not be difficult to hold on until reinforcements arrive.
But now these bloody corpses have shown that there are many more Chinese in the ruins than he thought. Otherwise, he would not have quickly mobilized an infantry squad to rush over after seeing the flares at the infantry squadron, but he could only
The interval between collecting the corpses was definitely no more than 15 minutes.
Of course, more importantly, there were at least 20 people placed in front of him, but there were only 15 people there?
Like an enraged bull, Toyoda Hide snorted heavily from his nostrils and glared at a Japanese captain and several Japanese lieutenants who stood in front of him with their heads lowered and did not dare to express their anger. He glared at them and gave himself a reasonable explanation.
If it is unreasonable, of course, someone will be unlucky. The angry Major will not give any honor to the captain or lieutenant, and the big mouth must be big mouth.
If this kind of inexplicable battle damage was reported to the commander, he would probably be scolded bloody.
In the Battle of Songhu, the 36th Infantry Regiment he belonged to had a total of more than 3,000 people, with more than 50% casualties. That is because they may have faced the strength of a Chinese infantry brigade or even a division. That is understandable.
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But in this final stage, which was almost just cleaning the battlefield, because Toyoda Hide was eager to show off to his superiors, more than 20 people were killed in the battle, which was simply a shame for the Imperial Army.
To paraphrase a saying from the future: the damage in battle is not great, but the insult is extremely high.
"Captain Toyota, damn..." At the signal of the Japanese captain, the Japanese second lieutenant responsible for collecting the corpses of the reconnaissance team stammered a report.
It almost made a lot of Japanese military officers and assistants look green in the face.
Of course, the greenest person is probably the person involved.
This was probably the first time Toyoda Hide heard a subordinate scold him so bluntly. If he hadn't known that the second lieutenant in front of him had a natural problem of stuttering when he was nervous, he would have killed him with a knife.
"No, no, it's not Captain Toyota who deserves death, it's him who deserves death..."
The Japanese second lieutenant was glared at by a group of superiors. He almost urinated in fear and stammered while trying to explain.
Yes, I'm still tongue-tied.
"Captain Toyota." The Japanese captain was almost pissed off by his subordinate's stuttering, so he could only take the initiative to take over the conversation.
That is, it is natural and customary to address one's parents with respect first.
At that moment, Toyota's showy face was nothing more than eating a few big chunks of Baba. Either Captain Toyota deserves to be damned, or Captain Toyota deserves to be damned. You bastards won't stop until you kill me.
Right!
"It's the damn Chinese. They even used pull-string grenades under the bodies of the imperial warriors. Unfortunately, the warriors who were responsible for collecting the bodies of the warriors were affected." The Japanese captain quickly reported with a mournful face and spoke as fast as he could.
"Baga! Stupid, it might have been possible last time, but why were the casualties so high?"
The Toyota show instantly made me feel like I was seeing stars. Is the legendary invincible Imperial Japanese Army just a bunch of pigs?
"Captain Toyota, the Chinese are extremely cunning.
They only stuffed one grenade under the body of the Imperial warrior, but placed five grenades similar to trip mines in the surrounding places where they could take shelter. One of them was not detonated. The Imperial soldiers found out after a careful search afterwards.
I just inferred it.”
Although his face looked like his dead parents, it could not stop the Japanese captain's pride that surged out at that moment.
Indeed, they have good reasons. You see, no matter how cunning the Chinese are, they have not done their best! At least, they made a total of six trip mines and only killed five of us, right?
You are such a scumbag, how can you be so confident? At that moment, Toyoda Hide really wanted to stab the oldest squadron leader in his brigade. Five people died just by collecting the corpses. How proud of you!
Of course, the death of five more people is only a trivial matter. The important point is how many Chinese troops are still hidden in the ruins. Being able to destroy a small team means that there are at least dozens or even hundreds of Chinese people gathered in this ruined battlefield.
The Japanese captain faced the stinky look on his immediate boss's face and continued to report: "Captain Toyota, after investigation by the 3rd team of our 1st squadron, we found a tall building on the north bank of the Suzhou River 1,000 meters away.
There are at least a hundred Chinese people guarding the building, and they even built fortifications outside the building."
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Toyoda turned his attention to the map spread on the simple desk. Following the direction of the Japanese captain, he saw that it was the area next to the Western Concession, and his eyes became fierce.
"A bunch of stragglers just want to fight in a corner?"
Seeing that area, Toyoda Hide basically understood why the so-called tall building was not destroyed by artillery fire, but was just stained by the light on the edge of the concession. The empire has no plans to break with the Western world yet, so it will naturally try its best.
The concession was not accidentally bombed, so that’s probably why the tall building has been preserved to this day!
"Captain Kurokawa! Take your infantry squadron and a day's worth of combat supplies and approach the building to conduct a thorough inspection of the surrounding area.
If you encounter Chinese people, shoot them without mercy!
Remember, Chinese soldiers are very likely to put on civilian clothes and attack the imperial warriors." Toyoda's eyes were as cold as knives, revealing the cruelty of a beast.
"You can approach 100 meters in front of the building for fire reconnaissance, but do not launch a general attack on the remaining enemies in the building before dawn.
What you have to do is to block all their escape routes. I want them to spend the night in fear of waiting for death.
Then, tomorrow morning, in front of those lowly Chinese people on the other side of the river, hang them all on the roof of that building.
Yours, do you understand?"
"Hi!" The Japanese captain and the stuttering second lieutenant beside him bowed their heads heavily.
Toyoda Hide did not know that because of his anger, he ignored the four mosquito-sized characters written on the military map - Sihang Warehouse.
And because this was actually not a big oversight, his infantry brigade would suffer even more severe losses than after they landed in Songhu.
Of course, the first to be unlucky was the infantry squadron eager for revenge.
