Chapter 118 Destined to Be Abandoned? (Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket! Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket! Please Give Me a Monthly Ticket!)

"What the commander wants to do is to put pressure on the Western Concessions?" Makino Toshiki felt blessed, his eyes lit up.

"That's right! As the saying goes, success and failure are both due to Xiao He. Fortune and misfortune are interdependent. It all depends on one's own choice." Wakiita Jiro's eyes lit up.

"The Chinese chose a good place. The Sihang Warehouse is backed by the concession. In order to avoid the escalation of the situation and avoid dragging Western countries into the war, we were unable to use our heavy artillery and air superiority to attack it.

However, the Chinese overlooked an extremely important point, that is, to Westerners, they are just a group of natives who can be sucked of blood. Once their own interests are involved, they can be abandoned at any time.

You said that if our army issued a warning, in order to avoid major sacrifices of the Imperial Japanese Army, it would be forced to bombard the Chinese fortress with heavy artillery and even naval guns, asking Western friends in the concession to leave for the time being, what would the reaction of that group of Westerners be?"

"They will certainly panic and put pressure on my foreign minister through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to force my Imperial Army to abandon this plan." Makino Shun continued the words of his boss who seemed to have a flexible mind.

"Hehe, as the saying goes, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst. By the time they attack our foreign minister in the consulates of various countries, the concession may have been turned into rubble by our artillery fire.

Especially when that big guy is not too far from the Sihang Warehouse, even we ourselves cannot guarantee that the artillery fire will not visit there." Wakiita Jiro sneered sinisterly.

"Do you think those Westerners in the concession dare to take this risk?"

"Of course they don't!" Makino Shun had completely understood his superior's thoughts, and admiration flashed across his face. He shook his head and sighed, "When they received this news, they must have panicked. On the one hand, they protested to our government, and on the other hand, they would have put pressure on the Chinese government to order its defenders to retreat.

And we can completely capture the last position of Zhabei in Songhu without firing a single shot, and the Expeditionary Force Command can also report to the headquarters that we have won a complete victory in the Battle of Songhu.

Your Excellency, the commander of the brigade, this plan is brilliant, really brilliant!"

Maybe a certain brigade commander has not been very reliable these days, but this move is really brilliant. The Japanese lieutenant colonel was absolutely sincere this time, without any falsehood.

This may be the legendary "A fool will make a thousand mistakes, but he will definitely make one"! This move just hit the Chinese people's vital point.

The Chinese may be determined to fight the empire to the death, but at this critical juncture, they still dream of waiting for the mediation of the United Conference and will never offend the Western countries that control the United Conference.

"Mr. Makino, your analysis is good, but it is only half right." Jiro Wakiita's eyes became more gloomy, and he continued to explain his tactical ideas in the face of his subordinates' slightly puzzled doubts.

"My 36th Infantry Regiment suffered such a great sacrifice in this war, how could we let this Chinese army go so easily and let it retreat into the concession?"

"If you want to cross the Suzhou River to the concession, there is only one passage, the Suzhou River Bridge. Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment, means that when they are ordered to retreat, the bridge deck will be blocked with machine guns and all of them will be shot on the bridge deck?" Makino Shun's eyes flashed with a fierce light.

For this Chinese defender, the Japanese lieutenant colonel also hated it to the bone. Jiro Wakiita's future was basically over, and his deputy as a regiment commander might not be much better.

Although he was not the top leader and did not have to bear the responsibility for the defeat, it was almost certain that he would not be promoted for several years. This was a fatal blow to a soldier who was committed to becoming a general and had enough ambition.

In fact, this was one of the reasons why Japan launched the war against China in advance and completely embarked on the road of independence.

Without war, how could there be many general positions in peacetime to satisfy the ambitions of these young Japanese soldiers?

"It is necessary to block the bridge, but how can we relieve the hatred in our hearts by just shooting some of them?" Jiro Wakiita's face showed a cold look

"There is an idiom in China, called a turtle in a jar. As long as the remnants of the Chinese garrison retreated into the Western Concession, they would really become a turtle in a jar."

"Please explain your doubts, His Excellency the Commander."

"We will continue to put pressure on the Western Concession to disarm and detain the Chinese troops who fled to the Concession and not let go of the Concession. If they violate it, we will have the power to enter the Concession armed to hunt down the Chinese army." Jiro Wakiita said firmly.

"But the Western Concessions will definitely not allow us to do so." Makino Shun was slightly stunned.

Westerners are not Chinese, and Japan is not really the king of the world. No one dares to disobey an order. The Japanese lieutenant colonel still knows this.

"Westerners are very self-respecting, so they will naturally not be easily coerced by us." Wakiban Jiro nodded. "But what do you think Chinese people are in the eyes of Westerners?"

"Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment is wise!" Makino Shun finally became completely excited.

"So-called coordination and compromise is only a matter between the strong. The weak Chinese are not worthy of sitting at the negotiation table. They are destined to become the victims of the balance between the strong."

"Yoshi! Makino-kun, please send a telegram to the division headquarters immediately after returning to the regiment headquarters, and report to the commander of the expeditionary army for approval." Jiro Wakiita smiled and looked at the shadow of the black building that had given him a headache, and sighed:

"I have to thank the Chinese! They taught me a lesson. Relying on a little bit of remaining courage, you may only win the battlefield, but not the war."

Mu Yejun...

Can you be more shameless?

The two cobblers who were suffocated by the stench of their own positions turned into half Zhuge Liang in the breeze by the Suzhou River and came up with a vicious plan.

Perhaps only Tang Dao knew best that in the past time and space, their vicious plan was really successful.

Under the pressure of the Western Concessions, the one who wanted to seek support from the Western world finally ordered the heroic troops to withdraw to the Western Concessions.

However, the people were withdrawn, but the Japanese army's vicious plan was realized again. The concession authorities chose the currently stronger Japanese army and treacherously disarmed the heroic troops and detained them in the military camp of the concession.

For three whole years, until the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese army brazenly sent troops to occupy the concession, captured this heroic unit that repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Japanese army on the battlefield without bloodshed, and most of them were taken to a small Pacific island for labor.

Nearly 400 people, but only a hundred survived in the end.

Such an elite army that has fought for hundreds of battles did not die on the battlefield, but died under the conspiracy of the Japanese and the betrayal of the Western world. This is the sorrow of the entire nation.

But in this time and space, Tang Dao came.

After taking a bath, Tang Dao lay on the bedroll and did not fall asleep for a long time.

If my memory is correct, tonight is the time when Japan, the Western concessions, and China are playing games with each other among the upper levels.

When tomorrow daytime, the third day of the battle of Sihang Warehouse, there will be a secret telegram from the superiors, ordering the defenders to abandon their positions and withdraw to the concessions late at night on the 29th, ending this world-renowned struggle.

Eight hundred! Destined to be abandoned!

He must do something, not only for them, but also for himself.

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