"Baga Yalu, do you deserve the trust of Prince Beibai?"
Captain Ito gave Yoshino a big mouthful in front of Kitashirakawa.
But besides being angry, what he wanted to save most was the life of his subordinate.
Because everyone knows that if anyone dissatisfies the prince, the end will often be worse than death.
I just didn't expect that at this moment, Kitashirakawa smiled warmly and said: "Ito, as the saying goes, victory or defeat is a common thing for military strategists. Yoshino is also eager to perform meritorious deeds, and even slightly disobeyed my orders."
Hearing this, Ito felt that Kitashirakawa's words were wrong, and quickly bowed and said: "Your Excellency, Yoshino is still very good, he is just confused for a moment."
Kitashirakawa sneered: "Confusion is stupidity, and stupidity has to pay the price, right?"
Ito frowned, then turned around and winked at Yoshino. Yoshino understood that if he died at this time, it would be considered a mercy of Prince Beibai, otherwise his life would be worse than death.
Yoshino had no choice but to pull out his sword suddenly, grasp the handle of the sword with both hands, and stab the entire sword into his abdomen with a pop.
Although this ritual of seppuku was very simple, his method still made Prince Beibai wave his hand in disdain.
Ito quickly ordered the Japanese to carry Yoshino out, who was still alive. A moment later, gunshots were heard.
Because seppuku is painful, there will be helpers to help Yoshino relieve his pain.
Ito stood behind Prince Beibai and bowed. Prince Beibai still said angrily: "Ito, do you know why Yoshino was able to escape?"
Ito quickly said: "My subordinates speculate that the Dragon Boat Festival is an attempt to demonstrate against the Japanese Empire."
Kitashirakawa snorted coldly and said: "Hmph, you are only half right. That Dragon Boat Festival was used to undermine the morale of our Imperial Japanese Army. And the stupid Yoshino actually ran back like this. His disastrous defeat made everyone
The Imperial Army will all be wondering whether the Dragon Boat Festival will be invincible as rumored.
So for Yoshino, I let him die, which is the greatest kindness to him. If he is a smart man, he will choose to die outside the city instead of running back and embarrassing himself, do you understand?"
"Hi!"
Ito bowed and responded. At this time, Kitashirakawa Ainori asked Aso Taro beside him: "Tell me, how much influence does Yoshino have on the imperial soldiers? Is there any way to make up for it?"
Taro Aso thought for a while and said: "Senior, in my opinion, only killing people can restore the morale of the empire's warriors."
Kitashirakawa nodded and said with a smile: "Youhe, you are indeed Aso-kun, you hit the nail on the head."
Speaking of this, Kitashirakawa looked at Ito who was standing aside. Ito quickly bowed and said: "Your Excellency, I will do it right now."
With that said, Ito left. Because problems that can be solved by killing people are not problems, because there are about two hundred people in Bengbu City, including captured prisoners of war and ordinary people, so just kill them all.
Ito gave the order, and the Japanese soldiers rushed towards the unarmed innocent people like animals. Some of them exploded with grenades, some picked them with bayonets, and some fired with machine guns.
More than two hundred people fell into a pool of blood in an instant.
Maybe they never imagined until their death that the little Japanese attacked them just because they wanted to improve their morale.
Their animalistic nature made the Japanese howl and howl again, just like a she-wolf in heat. They stood ready, waiting for the arrival of the Dragon Boat Festival.
Machine guns were set up on the city wall, and the artillery also set up no less than three artillery positions on the city wall.
One squadron of Japs left the city from the East City Gate and lurked in the trenches they dug outside the East City Gate. They waited for the arrival of Dragon Boat Festival to let Dragon Boat Festival know how powerful their First Division of the Imperial Japanese Army was.
But they didn't know that there was no intention of attacking at all during the Dragon Boat Festival. The Japanese had vowed to occupy Bengbu, so they must be prepared. At least there would be a lot of Japanese troops in the city. If they attacked by force, the casualties would be huge.
This is not in line with the fighting style of the Dragon Boat Festival. The fighting style of the Dragon Boat Festival is to avoid unnecessary casualties if possible. And if it cannot be avoided, then there is no other way but to fight the enemy to the death with the word "brave".
But even so, Duanwu will find ways to achieve greater victory at the smallest cost.
What's more, what's anxious now is not the Dragon Boat Festival, but the Japanese.
The Japanese occupied an isolated city, and what they were thinking about must be a decisive battle with the Chinese army in Bengbu. Then all the demons and monsters from all walks of life jumped out. Then they would fight a battle with Bengbu as the center.
Of course, this is also a result of the Dragon Boat Festival speculation. Because at present, the intentions of the Japanese are unclear.
Duanwu guessed at three points. The first point was that he had just said that a battle would be fought with Bengbu as the center. The second point was that Bengbu had been lost, and the 51st Army's retreat would be cut off because of this thorn. And suddenly
The Japanese 40th Regiment emerged and was preparing to penetrate to the east of the 51st Army, that is, the left wing of the 51st Army, and another Japanese force penetrated from the right wing of the 51st Army to form an encirclement.
potential.
In other words, the Japanese want to cut off the retreat route of the 51st Army, and then eat the 51st Army in one go.
The third point is that the Japanese made a surprise attack on Bengbu, pretending to encircle and annihilate the 51st Army, but their real purpose was to attract everyone's attention to the 51st Army and then suddenly attack the weaker 31st Army.
As mentioned before, most of the 31st Army is made up of new recruits, and their weapons and equipment are old. They are no better than the Sichuan Army.
Therefore, it is not impossible for the Japanese to pick on the weaklings.
Of course, there is a fourth possibility, so this battle is against him at Dragon Boat Festival. Kitashirakawa went through a lot of trouble just to get the head of Dragon Boat Festival.
However, Duanwu would not talk about this possibility, because if he did, perhaps Commander Yu, including Li Zhongren, would find a way to transfer him to the rear. After all, his identity was a special commissioner and Tang Jiujiu's fiancé. To
It was hard for Li Zhongren to explain that he really let Duan Wu die on the battlefield.
And this is also the reason why Li Zhongren seized the opportunity, but only wanted one hand of Duanwu. Killing Duanwu would completely break up with the chairman of the committee, but if he just chopped off one hand, the chairman of the committee would be very angry, but not yet.
As for falling out.
Of course, the bad debt between Duanwu and Li Zhongren has been settled by Duanwu. Although the relationship between the two people cannot be said to be very good, they will not fight or kill each other anymore.
Therefore, once Li Zhongren knew that the kid's purpose of fighting this time was the Dragon Boat Festival, he would most likely be transferred to the headquarters.
Duanwu didn't want to cause this trouble, so he wouldn't say anything. He was waiting at the three-way intersection heading to Bengbu, and he didn't know what he was waiting for!
After waiting for more than half an hour, Wang Tong couldn't bear it anymore and asked: "Special Commissioner, what are we waiting for here?"
"Chew!"
Dragon Boat Festival pointed with his horsewhip, just north of the three-way intersection, a black spot suddenly appeared on the horizon!