Thirty miles southeast of Jiufeng, Songjun, is the headquarters of the Japanese 36th Regiment.
Colonel Nakagawa was standing outside the headquarters with his hands behind his back, overlooking the beautiful scenery of the nine peaks of Song County. Behind him were deputy wing commander Honda Tsuyoshi and the staff of the wing headquarters.
As soon as day breaks, the search teams have already entered the mountains.
Colonel Nakagawa firmly believed that in half an hour at most, news would come back from the front. Unless this group of defeated Chinese soldiers turned into mice and burrowed underground, they would never be able to escape the search of the Imperial Japanese Army.
Of course, in order to prevent China's defeated troops from escaping the mountainous area, reconnaissance planes of the Air Force had already been dispatched.
Rapid footsteps suddenly sounded from behind. When Colonel Nakagawa looked back hurriedly, he saw a major officer walking over with a solemn expression. He first saluted Colonel Nakagawa with a military salute, and then said: "Your Excellency, Colonel, please search.
The team reported that no trace of the Chinese army was found in the mountains."
"What?" Colonel Nakagawa said in astonishment, "Didn't you find the whereabouts of the Chinese army?"
"This is impossible!" Lieutenant Colonel Honda said flatly, "The Chinese army must be hiding in the mountains."
The major officer said: "Sir, the search teams have searched all the mountainous areas, and indeed no trace of the Chinese army has been found."
Colonel Nakagawa's brows frowned for a moment, and he immediately asked Honda Tsuyoshi: "Honda-kun, did the aviation team find anything?"
"No." Honda just shook his head and said, "According to the reconnaissance plane report of the Air Force, there is no sign of any activity of the Chinese Army within a radius of 200 miles in the Jiufeng Mountain District of Song County. The Chinese Army was still in the mountainous area in the middle of the night yesterday. They have neither
There are no cars and no trains. Unless you have wings, you will never be able to escape two hundred miles away in a few hours!"
Colonel Nakagawa pondered: "Could it be that the Chinese Army disguised itself as the Imperial Army and thus escaped the search?"
"No." Honda Gang said with certainty, "The Chinese Army was already disguised as the Imperial Army when it broke out. We have also been prepared for this. Each brigade, squadron and squad have clearly marked it on the team flag.
The passwords are also changed three times a day. If the Chinese army dares to pretend to be the imperial army and go out in public, they will definitely be discovered."
Colonel Nakagawa said in a deep voice: "That's strange. Could it be that the Chinese really turned into mice and hid underground?"
"This is very possible." Honda just nodded and agreed, "The reason why this group of Chinese people were able to break out of the Sihang Warehouse was because they dug a tunnel under Wakisaka-kun's headquarters and then blew up the headquarters in one fell swoop.
Only then did the 36th Regiment lose its command, and its position was in chaos, and the Chinese took advantage of the chaos to break through the encirclement."
Nakagawa Hiroshi's face changed slightly, and he immediately ordered: "Order, immediately send out more search teams to repeatedly search the peaks of Songjun Jiufeng, never letting go of any suspicious spots, and then request the air force to expand the scope of reconnaissance to
With a radius of three hundred miles, the 3rd Motorized Rifle Squadron of the 5th Battalion is ready for battle and ready to pursue at any time."
"Hai." Honda lowered his head suddenly and then hurriedly gave the order.
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Fifty miles northwest of Jiufeng in Songjun County, there is a village.
The officers and soldiers of Baoshan Battalion neither turned into mice and hid underground, nor spread wings and flew three hundred miles away. Instead, they rushed northwest for more than fifty miles overnight and stationed themselves in this village before dawn. At this moment
, most of the officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Battalion were fast asleep in their rooms. It would only be considered a ghost if the little devil could find them in the mountainous area fifty miles away.
The hearty revenge last night not only hurt the Japanese army, but also created an opportunity for the Baoshan Battalion to move in at night.
As Yue Weihan said, this is the territory of the Chinese after all. Although the Japs have occupied Shanghai and surrounding major counties, and also control the areas along the railways and highways, the vast countryside is still the domain of the Chinese. Baoshan Camp
The officers and soldiers received the warmest reception in the village.
The simple villagers not only gave them food and drink, but also rushed to give up their houses for the soldiers to rest.
The only wealthy family surnamed Zhao in the village also invited Yue Weihan to drink tea, as if he was entertaining him as a distinguished guest. But then again, if it were in peaceful times, a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander like Yue Weihan would come to such a place.
A small village, it is indeed a rare VIP.
There is no need to worry about safety. Even if the Japanese find any clues, the local people will only lead the Japanese astray and will never take the initiative to inform. In the first two years of the Anti-Japanese War, there were still not many people willing to be traitors.
In this area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, it is even rarer to be willing to be a traitor.
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Jiufeng, Songjun County, foothills of Tianma Mountain.
The livid-faced Colonel Nakagawa, accompanied by Lieutenant Colonel Honda, stepped out of the armored car, and a large group of Japanese officers who had been waiting at the foot of the mountain hurriedly greeted him.
"Yamada-kun, the China Army still hasn't found it?" Honda said in a bad tone.
"Yes, I still haven't found it." Major Yamada, who was standing at the front, suddenly lowered his head.
"Baga." Colonel Nakagawa was furious, and slapped Major Yamada twice in the face with his bow.
Major Yamada was slapped until stars appeared in his eyes, but he did not dare to show any dissatisfaction. He then stood up and lowered his head and said: "Hai."
Honda just lowered his head and approached Colonel Nakagawa, lowering his voice and said: "Your Majesty Colonel, the search teams have been searching in the mountainous area for a whole day, even the most secret rock crevices have not been missed, but they still cannot find the Chinese Army.
There are clues, which show that the Chinese people are no longer in this mountainous area."
Colonel Nakagawa said: "If the Chinese army has left this mountainous area, then where did they go?"
"Yes, this is exactly what I am puzzled about." Honda Tsuyoshi said thoughtfully, "Except for this mountainous area, there are open plains for hundreds of miles. How could the China Army escape the reconnaissance of the air force?
What about machine searches?”
Colonel Nakagawa suddenly said: "By the way, is there anything unusual in the nearby Chinese villages?"
"Chinese village?" Honda's expression changed slightly and he said in a serious voice, "His Majesty Colonel, you mean that the Chinese army hid in a nearby Chinese village?"
"This is very possible." Nakagawa Hiroshi said in a deep voice, "Immediately send out a search team to carefully search the nearby Chinese villages."
"Hai." Honda just agreed and immediately conveyed the order to the group of Japanese officers. In less than a moment, the search teams gathered at the foot of Tianma Mountain dispersed and began to search the nearby villages one by one. The entire search was just carried out.
Less than two hours later, news came back.
Honda strode to the front of Nakagawa Hiroshi, snapped to attention and said: "Your Majesty Colonel, the search team reported that a group of Chinese soldiers passed through Qiancun in the middle of last night and fled to the northwest."
"Maemura?" Colonel Nakagawa frowned, "Where is it?"
Honda just pointed to the western sky and said: "It's northwest of Jiufeng in Songjun, about ten miles away from here."
"Northwest?" Colonel Nakagawa pondered, "Could it be that... the Chinese army fled to the northwest?"
"It's really hard to say." Tsuyoshi Honda was also a little unsure, "This group of Chinese troops are too cunning, and their commander is especially cunning! The Imperial Japanese Army has suffered several losses at his hands.
Colonel Takamori Takashi of the 68th Regiment is a top student at the Imperial Army University, and I heard he also suffered a lot from this China fox."
Colonel Nakagawa suddenly asked: "Honda-kun, have you ever heard of the Chinese idiom 'sound in the east and attack in the west'?"
"Sign up in the east and attack in the west?" Honda just shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it."
Colonel Nakagawa said proudly: "This China idiom talks about a war in ancient China. One army defended the city, and the other army attacked the city. The commander of the attacking army chose the west gate as the main attack direction, but before the attack, he made a big
The defenders were fooled and moved their main force to the east gate. As a result, the attackers took advantage of the situation and breached the west gate."
Honda Tsuyoshi said sincerely: "His Excellency Colonel's knowledge is really profound, but the culture of the Chinese people is also really broad and profound."
"Yes, the culture of the Chinese people is indeed extensive and profound." Nakagawa Hiroshi nodded and said with deep understanding, "The Art of War written by Sun Tzu, the famous military strategist of ancient China two thousand years ago, is still in the modern era.
It is still a great military book. Honda-kun, if you have free time, you can read it and you will benefit a lot."
Honda just nodded, and then said: "His Majesty Colonel, do you mean that the Chinese people's flight to the northwest is just an illusion?"
"Yes, escaping to the northwest is definitely an illusion." Colonel Nakagawa said quite confidently, "The nine elite divisions of the Imperial Japanese Army with nearly 300,000 troops have been divided into two groups, attacking westward and northwestward respectively.
, if China’s defeated troops move northwest, wouldn’t they run right into the arms of our two armies?”
Honda just said: "Then, in which direction are the Chinese people fleeing?"
Colonel Nakagawa stretched out his hand to point to the direction, and immediately said with a ferocious expression: "The real direction of escape of this group of broken Chinese troops can only be south. I order all search teams to immediately search south and move forward, and use all means to force the Chinese people in the villages along the way to confess."
Where are those Chinese troops fleeing? Remember, no matter the cost!"
"Hai." Honda stood up suddenly and lowered his head, then turned around and left.