Duanwu ignored Wang Tong and Lu Jian's roars and even curses. Because if he didn't want the little devils to continue destroying the bodies of the people, the most effective way was to retreat quickly. Otherwise, he would have to rush in like a reckless man.
Go up and snatch the bodies of the people.
But if this happens, I'm afraid that the bodies of the common people will not be recovered, but Wang Tong's entire regiment will be taken in.
Because the city of Bengbu is very tall and the walls are very thick, there is no heavy artillery to break through the city gates. Unless there is a group army, at least two divisions can do it.
And this is the most brutal siege battle.
If you attack a city without heavy weapons, you will just use people as fire sticks to fill the city.
In this process, there is almost no difference between veterans and recruits, rushing upward against the enemy's bullets.
Gambling on luck? Don't think about it. The Japanese were condescending and formed a three-dimensional defensive formation with the Japanese outside the city. In this case, there was no heavy artillery to rush up. Just one of Wang Tong's regiments went up, and not even a splash was made.
This is also one of the reasons why Dragon Boat Festival besieged but did not attack after arriving in Bengbu.
The other reason is much simpler. Now that the Japanese have occupied Bengbu, the ones who are anxious are not them but the Japanese.
Although I don't know what plans the Japs have in Dragon Boat Festival, Bengbu is an isolated city at this time. If the Japs want to stay here for a long time, unless they have some back-up plan, they will all die here.
And this is another reason why they did not attack during the Dragon Boat Festival. Nowadays, the little devil’s intentions during the Dragon Boat Festival are all based on guesswork. We don’t know what the little devil’s intention is. But at this time, we can only fight or test.
You must reveal the little Japanese’s intention, otherwise you may blindly attack and fight to recapture Bengbu, and you may play into the little Japanese’s hands.
So at this time, Dragon Boat Festival retreated directly, making the little devil bored and impatient. Of course, the most important point was to prevent the little devil from destroying the bodies of the people.
Because just imagine, the little devil dropped the corpse just to show it to Dragon Boat Festival and others. Otherwise, if he struggled to carry the corpse of the common people to the city wall and then threw it down, wouldn't he be full of food?
Therefore, as long as you stop watching the Dragon Boat Festival, the little devil will definitely stop.
And the Dragon Boat Festival is also for testing, to test whether the little Japanese will pursue him after he leaves by himself.
As long as the little devil dares to pursue him, he will reveal his flaws. This is also another commonly used tactic in the Dragon Boat Festival, which is to disrupt the situation when the battle is unfavorable or reaches a deadlock, making the whole battle very confusing and forcing the little devil to
Expose flaws.
But Kitashirakawa is not the kind of person who is impulsive and has no regard for the consequences.
Although he was tricked, he still regained his dignity by taking the corpses of ordinary people.
He looked at Duanwu and others who were gradually retreating, and frowned slightly. It could be said that he actually wanted to chase them, but he also knew that if the imperial army pursued them, they would most likely fall into the trap set by Duanwu.
At this time, Aso Taro saw Kitashirakawa's thoughts and lowered his voice and said: "I think senior is thinking the same thing as me. If we pursue now, we will definitely fall into the trap of the Dragon Boat Festival."
Kitashirakawa nodded with satisfaction, then glanced at the other Japanese officers, and said in a low voice: "This Dragon Boat Festival is really smarter than a monkey. I forced him so much, but he didn't attack the city, but left. But.
The purpose of our operation this time is to kill this Dragon Boat Festival. This makes me feel that our goal is getting more and more slim."
Taro Aso chuckled and said: "Senior, Dragon Boat Festival will not leave so easily. Now that Bengbu is in our hands, the 51st Army has no way out, and he does not know our plan. I think
, He must be scratching his head now, not knowing our purpose of occupying Bengbu and staying here."
"Hahaha!"
Kitashirakawa finally felt a little relieved. At least in this battle, Dragon Boat Festival didn't suffer, but he didn't take much advantage either.
Just at this moment, Ito suddenly came over with a frown and reported: "Your Excellency, I just received news that all the imperial troops who went out to investigate were ambushed and suffered heavy losses. No one has come back alive yet, and Koharu Squadron
We have lost contact, and I think they may have been poisoned a long time ago."
Kitashirakawa's mood, which had just recovered, suddenly fell to the lowest point again.
He said angrily: "Ito, I have always thought that our First Division of the Empire of Japan is invincible. But after coming to China, your regiment disappointed me so much. The reconnaissance squadron sent out, but
Attacking can be defended, and they went out for reconnaissance, but they didn't find the enemy, but were ambushed by the enemy one by one? No wonder the Chinese are so arrogant, it's because the soldiers and officers of our empire are too stupid."
Kitashirakawa roared angrily, and Ito bowed repeatedly in response, but he said in his heart: Do you still have the nerve to call us stupid? You are much stupider than us. You killed eight outstanding imperial soldiers, but in the end you didn't even attack the city during the Dragon Boat Festival? Those
Didn’t the Imperial Army all die in vain?
Of course, even if Kitashirakawa Aoi borrowed some courage from Ito, he would not dare to say such words. He could only say yes one after another.
Kitashirakawa scolded for a while and found it boring, then calmed down and said: "Without my order, no one can leave the city from now on, and find a way to contact the imperial army outside the city. If they are not dead yet, don't come back for the time being.
I want them to continue to monitor every move of Chinese soldiers outside."
"Hi!"
Ito bowed to accept the order, and then retreated.
At this time, Taro Aso said again: "Senior, I wonder if you have this feeling. It seems that the number of soldiers that can be mobilized during the Dragon Boat Festival is much more than imagined?"
Kitashirakawa nodded and said: "Yes, Dragon Boat Festival was just outside the city, but it was the imperial army on the south and west sides that were attacked. In other words, Dragon Boat Festival is far from being as safe as we thought. He was outside the city.
Delay us, and then mobilize the other two troops to ambush our reconnaissance squadron. He played this move really well!"
Speaking of this, Kitashirakawa nodded slightly. Although he had not thought of this, with Aso Taro on the side, he would be really stupid if he couldn't guess it again.
Therefore, this is the brilliance of Aso Taro. Whenever he speaks, Kitashirakawarai will be the centerpiece. If he thought of it, Kitashirakawarai did not think of it. He would say, "Senior, I think you and I are thinking the same thing."
The same thing, even you have thought of me in front of me.
In other words, Taro Aso has mastered the art of flattery to the pinnacle. Even if this idea comes from him, he still wants to make Kitashirakawarai think that Kitashirakawarai came up with this plan himself, and then he will do something big.
To put it simply, it would be weird if Kitashirakawarai didn't like Taro Aso like this!