Kitashirakawa thought very well, dragging Danwu into a disadvantageous situation and consuming a lot of his troops.
But Danwu was probably much smarter than he thought, seeing through Kitashirakawarai's trick at a glance.
Duanwu said: "What if I only besiege but not attack?"
This was the last thing Kitashirakawa wanted to see, because Dragon Boat Festival could only besiege but not attack, so he would have to use all the strength of the 10th Division.
The ambushes of the two regiments of the 10th Division and Kitashirakawa were used as the last trump card to encircle and annihilate the Dragon Boat Festival.
His plan was to drag the Dragon Boat Festival into the quagmire of the Bengbu siege. After the Dragon Boat Festival revealed its full strength, he quickly ordered the 10th Division to surround and annihilate the Dragon Boat Festival with all its superior forces.
By that time, due to the flanking attack from both front and rear, and the fact that Duanwu's independent regiment had already consumed a large amount of troops under Bengbu City, it was definitely possible to kill Duanwu in one fell swoop.
Therefore Kitashirakawarai absolutely does not allow accidents to happen. And he has already made a response to it.
He said nonchalantly: "Mr. Duanwu, as the prince of the Japanese Empire, I have always admired Mr. Duanwu.
But I cannot praise you for your courage. Don’t you Chinese dare to fight head-on with our Imperial Japanese Army?”
Duanwu said with a smile: "As the old saying goes, the best policy is to defeat the enemy without fighting. Now you are guarding an empty city. In my eyes, you are just a piece of meat. I will eat it whenever I want. Moreover, you are guarding an empty city.
You don't dare to come out.
Lao Bei, don't you say that your Imperial Japanese Army is brave? Come out and I will fight you. And if you are worried, you can send out the whole army. Then we will fight a big battle. I am outside the city.
But there are tens of thousands of people waiting for you!"
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Kitashirakawa was speechless and thought to himself: "For tens of thousands of people, it would be nice to have a few thousand people outside your city."
The Japanese have spies in various regions. Although they will not know the detailed mobilization of the Chinese army, why did Kitashirakawa not investigate such a large battle?
What's more, even now, the Japs' spies are still operating around.
But their attention was all on the 51st Army, the 31st Army, the Fifth Theater Command, Xuzhou and other places. But the 22nd Army was ignored by them.
Because no one would have thought that such a tired division, with extremely poor equipment and wearing single clothes, could fight.
Therefore, when Lu Jian's troops appeared near Bengbu, no one reported to Kitashirakawarai. Even Kitashirakawarai and Ito didn't know that Koharu's squadron was completely wiped out.
It was only when Ito sent someone to contact Koharu Squadron that he discovered that Koharu Squadron had lost contact.
Therefore, Kitashirakawarai did not know the actual strength of Dragon Boat Festival at this time. He only guessed based on the existing intelligence that Dragon Boat Festival should have no more than 2,000 troops.
The first was a unit that crossed the line of fire and came to Bengbu during the Dragon Boat Festival. The 40th Regiment that fought with it reported that there would be more than one regiment in strength during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Of course, this was the Japanese 40th Regiment's excuse to shirk responsibility. He had no idea how many people there were in the Dragon Boat Festival and only relied on the firepower of the Dragon Boat Festival to make judgments.
The second unit was a regiment of the Northeastern Army. Yoshino discovered this when he went to Fengyang County for reconnaissance, fought with it, and then reported to Kitashirakawa Aoi.
Later, Kitashirakawa received another report from Yoshino: Danwu had also arrived in Fengyang Town, and he was going to ambush Danwu.
Therefore, Kitashirakawa made his own inference about this. The strength of Danwu's troops outside the city ranged from two to three regiments.
In other words, his Ito Alliance still occupies an absolute advantage in terms of military strength.
However, this cunning Prince of Beibai did not want to go out of the city to fight the Dragon Boat Festival, because it was not cost-effective. Only a reckless man would run out to fight the enemy with absolute advantage.
At this time, he called the 19-year-old kid who had just come back from putting on makeup.
At this time, the little devil didn't know that death was approaching, and he thought it was just an act.
Prince Beibai spoke to Duanwu through the intercom: "Mr. Duanwu, as a friend, I admire you very much, but as an enemy, I will look at you squarely. In Bengbu City, there are many prisoners of war of your Chinese soldiers. They are all very cowardly.
Surrendered to our Imperial Japanese Army.
But as soldiers of the empire, we very much hate and hate these soldiers who have abandoned the country. So I decided to give these people the right punishment."
Having said this, Kitashirakawa smiled slightly and signaled Taro Aso beside him to start.
Taro Aso understood what Kitashirakawa meant and whispered in the ear of a Japanese officer for a while. The Japanese officer was shocked.
But at this time, Taro Aso said: "You should know what kind of character Mr. Beibai is. If you don't do it, hum!"
The officer was helpless because if he didn't kill someone, he would be the one who died.
Thinking of this, he stepped forward helplessly.
At this time, some Japanese soldiers brought a shelf.
This shelf is more than two meters high and made of wooden poles and planks. It looks very rough. It was originally a fixed ladder but was dismantled by the little devil and transported to the city wall.
The Japanese did this so that the people below the city could see clearly. Otherwise, the crenels would be more than two meters high, and the people below the city would not be able to see them killing people.
When the shelf was set, the little Japs with his hands tied behind his back was pushed onto the shelf by the other two Japs.
The little devil, who was only 19 years old, thought it was an act and was still having fun.
The Japanese veteran on the side was helpless when he saw this, and thought to himself: "Smile, this may be your last smile in this world."
At the same time, on the Chinese position more than 500 meters away, Duan Wu was watching this scene.
He had never seen the kid who had just delivered the radio broadcast, so he was a little worried. Because the boy who was pushed to the execution platform was too young, almost the same age as him. He was worried that he might have misjudged whether there was really something wrong in the city.
There are common people.
Duanwu was hesitating, but Lao Baanpan shouted in surprise: "Isn't that person on the stage the little devil who just came to deliver the radio?"
Dragon Boat Festival instantly understood that the Japs really had no Chinese people left in their hands and could only use their own people as hostages.
He wanted to see what the little devil was up to, so he took the radio over again, connected it to Kitashirakawa and said: "Hahaha, Old Bei, you just said that you captured the surrendered prisoners of war? Could it be the child in front of you? Don't lie.
I'm sorry, this shows that the people in the city have been arrested by you."
When he heard Danwu say this, Kitashirakawa was quite proud because he deliberately asked Ito to give the 19-year-old Japanese a painted face so as not to be recognized by the Chinese who had seen him.
And sure enough, he made a subconscious arrangement to hide it from the other party. No one on the other side recognized the young devil, they just thought that the imperial army standing on the killing platform was very young.
Kitashirakawa clicked his tongue and said: "Hahaha, how is this possible? Our Imperial Japanese Army is very kind, how can we arrest ordinary people? Well, if Mr. Danwu can have a head-on fight with our Imperial Japanese Army
, then I will not hesitate to return these prisoners of war to you. But, tsk tsk,."