Chapter 182 Appetizers
Let’s talk about the Japanese side.
As early as two o'clock in the morning, the Japanese army had basically completed the encirclement of Nanjing.
Among them, the 16th Division captured Zhongshan Gate, the 9th Division captured Guanghua Gate, the 3rd Division captured Wuding Gate, Tongji Gate, and the 6th Division captured Zhonghua Gate!
However, whether the 6th Division first captured the Zhonghua Sect or the 9th Division first captured the Guanghua Sect has become a confusing account.
Until the Hayakawa team, who was in charge of the 6th Division, entered the castle through the Zhonghua Gate, Shiro Inaba, the newly appointed division commander of the 6th Division, was still arguing with Yoshisuke Yoshisuke of the 9th Division through the radio.
Shiro Inaba said that when it was not dark yesterday evening, an infantry squadron of the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the 6th Division had already occupied a small section of the city wall between Zhonghuamen and Shuiximen, so their 6th Division was the first unit to attack Nanjing!
But Yoshizuru Ryosuke called back and said that two days ago, an infantry squad of their 9th Division successfully inserted the Rising Sun Flag into Guanghua Gate.
For this matter, the two old Japanese sent more than twenty telegrams!
It was not until six o'clock on the 13th that the commander of the 10th Army, Hirohiko Asakimiya, made the final referee, and decided that the 6th Division was the first main division to attack Nanjing! Hirohiko Asakimiya's reason was that although the 9th Division had inserted the Rizhang flag into Guanghua Gate two days ago, it could not defend it!
Yoshisuke Yoshisuke was dissatisfied and beat the lawsuit to Matsui Ishien.
Matsui Ishione didn't want to carry it with Asakamiya Hirohiko because of this matter, so she immediately asked Tsukada to send a telegram to the entire army in the name of the Central China Front Army Command, announcing the 6th Division as the first unit to attack Nanjing!
After receiving the power from the Central China Front Command, Shiro Inaba laughed three times.
However, Shiro Inaba quickly couldn't laugh because the Hayakawa team who was entering the city to explore the way was destroyed, and a Type 95 tank guided by the chariot team was also destroyed.
After receiving the report, Shiro Inaba still didn't believe it!
"Nani?" Inaba Shiro's eyes widened and stared in disbelief at Shigetoshi Shigeda, who was also the chief of staff of the 6th Division who had just arrived, and said, "The Hayakawa Squad is collectively broken?"
"Hayi!" Chongda Chongde bowed his head heavily and said, "The division commander, it seems that the information provided by the secret service is incorrect. The Chinese army in Nanjing did not lose its will to resist!"
"Baga!" Inaba Shiro said angrily, "Are all the people in the secret service involved pigs?"
In fact, Shiro Inaba and Shigetoshi Shigeda were really wronged to wrongly abdicate their colleagues in the secret service.
Because intelligence work has great limitations, especially timeliness and problems are prone to occur!
Not to mention the Japanese, even the Military Control Commission could not promptly feed back the information they had heard!
The reason is not complicated, because after the Military Affairs Bureau evacuated from Nanjing, only one radio station was left in the international security zone. Even if other agents received information, they had to report it to the contact station in the security zone before they could be sent to Wuhan through the radio station. However, in this process, it is easy to delay due to objective reasons such as one and another.
For example, last night, the military intelligence personnel had actually discovered the 367th Regiment, but because several entrances to the international security zone were blocked by the defeated soldiers, the intelligence personnel were unable to enter the safe zone and could not transmit the intelligence in time. So until now, Chairman Jiang and the commander-in-chief did not know that the 367th Regiment had entered Nanjing.
Even if the Military Control Commission is like this, you can imagine the Japanese spies lurking in Nanjing!
At this time, the commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade Tokutaro Sakai suddenly said: "Teacher, the information provided by the secret service should be correct. The Hayakawa team should have been ambushed by sporadic Chinese soldiers!"
"Scale Chinese soldiers?" Inaba Shiro said, "Can a small team of the Imperial Army be broken?"
"Hai!" Sakai Tokutaro said, "There is an idiom in China called "Sei Beasts and Fighting," which means that the beasts trapped in the desperate situation where they know that they have no hope of escaping will often exude unprecedentedly powerful combat power! Most of the Chinese troops trapped in Nanjing have put down their weapons and hid in the international security zone, but there are always exceptions in everything. I believe that there will be a small group of Chinese troops who are unwilling to give up resistance. This group of Chinese troops will inevitably be trapped in the beasts and fight when they are desperate. This is also the only reason why the Front Army Command repeatedly reminds us that we cannot enter the city at night!"
"Suoga!" Inaba Shiro nodded, "It's really possible."
Shigeda Shigetoda: "If it is really as Lord Sakai said, just a small group of trapped beasts from the Chinese army are fighting, then there is no big problem. One infantry squadron is not enough, and another infantry squadron will be sent!"
"No, an infantry squadron is not enough!" Inaba Shiro waved his hand and said, "Send a brigade!"
Speaking of this, Shiro Inaba turned around and said to Okamoto, the captain of the 13th Infantry Regiment, and said, "Okamoto, let's hand over this task to the 1st Brigade of Glory."
Okamoto Satoyuki bowed heavily and said, "Hayi!"
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At the same time, the Japanese military camp outside the China Gate.
More than 700 Japanese devils from the 1st Battalion of the 13th Infantry Regiment are enjoying sake.
These more than 700 bottles of sake were rewarded by Hirohiko Asakamiya, the commander of the 10th Army, and were the first to attack Nanjing City by the 1st infantry brigade.
Of course, the subsequent rewards are not only these!
These sakes are just appetizers!
Although more than 700 Japanese soldiers were exhausted, they were still eager to get angry, drinking and joking with each other.
Many Japanese are already looking forward to returning to Japan after the end of the Sino-Japanese War and being with their beloved woman!
Therefore, humans are very complex animals, and it is difficult for you to associate these soldiers who are looking forward to life with the murderous demons who have committed murderous crimes on the way from Jinshanwei to Nanjing not long ago.
When it was noisy, I suddenly saw the captain Okamoto coming over with a saber.
At that moment, the Japanese from the 1st Infantry Battalion stood up one after another and greeted Okamoto Potsuji.
The captain of the 1st Infantry Battalion, Kazuhiko Toshiko even ran to Okamoto Yokono.
"Captain of the regiment!" Shiji Kazuhiko said with a heavy blow, "Is there a new combat mission coming down?"
Although he was so tired, Shishi Kazuhiko was still looking forward to being the first vanguard of the 6th Division to enter Nanjing City. This is not only a kind of glory, but also a real benefit!
What are the benefits? The first troops entering Nanjing can prioritize the wealth in Nanjing!
Chapter completed!