The nearly naked bodies of 98 Japanese cavalrymen.
Under the somewhat cold sunshine in the late autumn afternoon in the south of the Yangtze River, a bluish-white luster appeared in the cold eyes of Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeharu, commander of the Japanese 114th Division.
That was the only 'object' belonging to our own side that the 2nd Cavalry Squadron, which arrived an hour later, could find on the battlefield.
The sabers equipped by the imperial knights were very sharp and were taken away by the enemies who defeated them. The horses were majestic and were ridden away. Even the horses that died in battle were probably taken away because horse meat could be used as food to satisfy their hunger. These Japanese soldiers can understand
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But the clothes on the fallen Imperial knights were probably stripped off by the Chinese because they were enough to keep them warm.
There were not many corpses with the remains of clothing on them. It was probably because they were stained with too much blood and smelled of disgusting internal organs, so they were despised by the Chinese and kept.
As a result, we did not have to be naked and frozen into white strips of flesh in the autumn wind of southeastern China after death. That may be considered a kind of luck!
At least that's what many Japanese officers present thought.
However, no one dared to speak, they all kept their heads lowered.
Because their lieutenant general division commander was very angry.
Furious!
fury!
After he received the telegram from the commander of the cavalry wing, the commander of the vanguard, no one dared to approach this man who was less than 1.6 meters tall, with short legs and a thick neck. If he were to wear an apron, he would look like a Chinese cook.
ten meters away from the Army Lieutenant General.
The Japanese Army Lieutenant General's lips were tightly closed, his cheeks were raised in a terrifying arc, and his eyes were looking forward coldly. He had been sitting on his horse without saying a word for 30 minutes.
Anyone who knows him well knows that this is a symptom of an angry Army Lieutenant General who wants to kill someone.
On the battlefield in North China a month ago, a small team searching for the remnants of the Chinese army was ambushed by a Chinese infantry company in a village by taking advantage of the terrain. All of them died in battle. The Chinese hung all their bodies on the big tree at the entrance of the village.
superior.
The Army Lieutenant General, who also kept his lips tightly shut after receiving the news, first ordered the second lieutenant and captain of the infantry unit where the unit was located to have a disembowelment to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor, and then ordered two infantry squadrons to surround the area with a population of several hundred people.
village, and issued a military order to massacre the village.
Five to six hundred Chinese civilians, ranging from the elderly to the infants, were all massacred.
The entire village was also burned to the ground.
It's as if this village in northern China has never existed.
Of course, compared to Hisao Tani, the commander of the Sixth Division who was still thirty kilometers away, this man was simply a kind-hearted old man.
That man, in order to break the Chinese army's will to resist, ordered the massacre of 9,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians after they captured Baoding.
There were no prisoners of war in that city.
These Japanese officers did not know that this was why Tang Dao stabbed Fujiwara to death with a single stroke after hearing Fujiwara's conditions.
For Tang Dao, who is familiar with war history, the Japanese Tenth Army is an army composed of beasts, and no one is qualified to sit on the negotiating table.
But obviously, this time, Suematsu Shigeharu's anger went far beyond North China.
The nearly 400 people killed in the previous reconnaissance squadron and two infantry squadrons were far less than the death of one cavalry squadron this time.
That was not just the disappearance of an elite group of Imperial Army troops, but the death of Major Fujimotoichi, who served as the supreme commander of this cavalry squadron.
The senior officers of the 114th Division who knew something about the situation all knew that the division commander was really going to be in trouble now.
The Fujiwara family is one of the oldest ancient families on the island. It has been active in Japanese politics for nearly a thousand years and occupies a pivotal position in the current political arena.
Not to mention the political arena, just in the army, the Fujiwara family has one general and several lieutenant generals. They have sent the third generation of their direct descendants to train in the army so that they can move to higher positions and continue to inherit the family's glory. They are the most important members of the island.
A common practice among nobles.
The ability to send Fujiwaraichi to the 114th Division as a special division was naturally the result of careful selection and good communication and coordination by his seniors, which was enough to ensure smooth acquisition of military honors and qualifications, as well as safety.
For Suematsu Shigeharu, this is naturally an opportunity to take a big step. If you take good care of the boss's juniors, you will naturally get the boss's favor in return, and you will also have the opportunity to take a step forward through this war.
Otherwise, it is almost impossible for a lieutenant general commander of an ad hoc division to ascend to the position of general when there are seventeen standing division commanders ahead of him.
Unexpectedly, a strategic deployment of troops at the base camp completely shattered the ambition of His Excellency Lieutenant General Suematsu Shigeharu. If it had not incurred the revenge of the Fujiwara family, his ancestral grave would have been smoking.
The Japanese Army Lieutenant General's eyes were so cold that they could freeze all the silent Japanese officers around him to death. They slid across Fujihara's twisted and deformed young face, with regret and coldness flashing in his eyes.
That is a phenomenon that occurs only after suffering extreme pain.
The Tang Dao's blow did not completely pierce the heart. Instead, it twisted the blade, broke the sternum, and then cut the ventricle with the blade, which ultimately led to the death of the Japanese military officer whose hands were stained with the blood of four Chinese cavalrymen.
It's weird if it doesn't hurt.
But if the Japanese don't feel pain, how can the Chinese be happy?
Think about the Chinese civilians who were massacred due to the war. Who will ask them if they feel pain?
The dead are no longer afraid of pain, but what hurts the most are those who are still alive.
When your entire family is slaughtered and only one person is left alive in this world, how do you feel in your heart?
Leng Feng knows best.
Tang Dao knew that Leng Feng, whose only youngest brother had died in the battle, was in pain. It was so painful that every time in the dead of night, he would always clenched his fists and frowned when facing the Japanese soldier whose blade never changed color, even if he fell asleep.
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The moments when he is not fighting are always the most painful moments for a hero. Even if he has to maintain his physical strength and force himself to fall asleep, his heart is still dripping with blood.
But Tang Dao never tried to comfort him.
Never think that you can understand the pain of others, because there is no real empathy in this world.
As a comrade-in-arms, all Tang Dao has to do is to inflict more pain on the enemies who have inflicted pain on his brothers and his own race.
The young Japanese major felt it, and the Japanese lieutenant general who stared at his body also felt it.
This is war.
The strong can unscrupulously vent to the weak what it means to prey on the weak, and the weak fight back with all their strength, even if their claws are not so sharp and their teeth are not so sharp, they can leave scars that the strong will never forget.
Suematsu Shigeharu knew that all his regrets were useless. He could not quell the anger from the great nobles of Japan's main island. The only thing that could keep his current status was military merit.
But before that, he needs to vent his anger first.
He glanced at the subordinate officers of the vanguard unit who came to apologize to him, with a cold look in his eyes, he ordered: "Order, in this battle of Songjiang of our division, the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 115th Infantry Regiment will continue to serve as the vanguard unit.
All officers of the 18th Cavalry Regiment, starting from Lieutenant Colonel Amagi Kanshichiro and above, went to the division to supervise the battle team and received 20 lashes, and then continued the search around Matsue. However, I don't want to see any Chinese. Do you understand?
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"Hi!" Most of the Japanese military officers who remained silent had pale faces.
They understood the subtext of this military order.
Although he did not directly order them to commit suicide by caesarean section, he actually indirectly sent them on the way to see Amaterasu.
The vanguard of an attack on a city often suffers the heaviest casualties, because they will be responsible for exposing the enemy's firepower, rather than actually being able to attack them in one go.
To put it bluntly, they are cannon fodder.
The cavalrymen of the 18th Cavalry Regiment who were ordered to continue the search were actually not much better. Not only did they want to massacre the villages near the battlefield, they were also more likely to be attacked by Chinese cavalry.
The 98 corpses of the 1st Cavalry Squadron have proved that the Chinese cavalry has unexpected combat power.
The lieutenant general division commander who issued the wrong military order needs someone to take the blame, and he also needs someone to bear the anger, even if he is ruthless towards his own compatriots.
The Chinese in Songjiang City said that there could be more such anger.
Just like when Tang Dao left, he ordered the cavalry to strip the dead Japanese cavalry corpses all over the place. Gong Shaoxun, who was already somewhat familiar with his tactics, told his subordinates without any explanation.
The Japanese military uniforms are actually not important.
This is to make the Japanese a little more angry.
As for those stinky things, just leave them somewhere and disgust the Japanese.
Chinese people who are forced into desperate situations can actually become more cruel, that's it.
