Chapter 139 It Is Imperative

Compared with Xie Jinyuan, who was staring at the night sky in the concession, and the two Chinese officers who were discussing how to escape from the desperate situation in the warehouse.

The two unlucky guys, Colonel Wakiitajiro and Lieutenant Colonel Makino Toshiro, were looking at each other with pain in their balls.

Originally, their strategies had been successful, no, to be precise, they were more than half successful.

According to the intelligence report ten minutes ago, the exact number of Chinese defenders at Sihang Warehouse who evacuated to the concession was 254 and 13 were wounded. This means that the Chinese defenders were indeed forced by diplomatic pressure just like his original plan. The main force withdrew.

According to previous investigations by senior intelligence personnel of the empire, there were more than 410 people in the original defenders. This subtraction means that there are still about 150 Chinese people in the warehouse who were scared back by his deadly trap. .

This number is really painful.

"Your Excellency, Captain, there may not be that many people. Our army fought with them for three days and suffered heavy losses. The Chinese are not invulnerable. There may be many dead in the battle. The number of Chinese originally used in the rear must be insufficient. One hundred people, just the strength of two infantry squads." The black-faced fisherman from Hokkaido looked melancholy when he saw the boss finishing the subtraction, and was busy trying to reassure him.

If you can't speak, Baga can't help but speak?

It's okay not to mention the number of opponents' casualties. The two bosses of the 36th Infantry Regiment can pretend not to remember this incident.

After three days and four nights of fighting, the 36th Infantry Regiment, which had a strength of nearly 3,300 men, lost a total of more than 1,600 men, not counting those who suffered from diarrhea and dehydration.

The number of 13 wounded reported by the intelligence personnel is already shocking. It's good for you. It's still possible that the opponent may have killed 50 people in the battle. Then maybe he only killed 5 people in the battle?

Damn it, is this a battle-loss ratio of 50 to 1? Even that old madman Nogi Nogi Nogi didn't have such an exaggerated battle loss ratio back then!

For some reason, the Japanese colonel who had already ignored this sad comparison of numbers suddenly imagined a group of naked natives wearing grass skirts, carrying wooden spears, swarming up in a chaotic manner and besieging the modern modern man who had set up heavy machine guns and cannons. A picture of an army, and he was the commander with face paint, shirtless, and pheasant feathers on his head.

As soon as he saw Colonel Colonel's face, he immediately turned disgusting. Makino Jun glanced at the black-faced Major who didn't know he had said the wrong thing without revealing any trace, and directed the topic to other places: "Your Excellency, Captain, the concession was half an hour ago because of our toughness. Their rhetoric and attitude rebounded, and they even went so far as to say to His Excellency General Matsui Iwane that they are not afraid of war. I wonder what your Excellency General’s attitude is?”

"Those Westerners, in other words, it's okay to talk big. If they weren't afraid of war, what would they have been doing?" Jiro Wakiba curled his lips in disdain, but his face became heavy.

"However, what your Excellency the General means is that our most important enemy at present is China. When the Japanese Empire conquers the vast territory of China, the food and rich mineral deposits produced in China's fertile lands will contribute to the empire in a steady stream. Steel, by then, aircraft, cannons, tanks, and warships will be deployed into the imperial army at a dazzling speed. We also have the most heroic soldiers in the world. In less than ten years, the empire will become the world's number one military power.

Until then, those arrogant and stupid Westerners only deserve to kneel down and lick the tops of our shoes clean. "

The words are majestic and grand, and the ideals are full of imagination that makes people imagine, but in fact the subtext is just: Don't fight with Westerners yet, I haven't even gotten over the Chinese yet!

I have to say that the Japanese colonel, who was beaten several times and was already a mess, is really more honest now. Without the iron-blooded temperament that slaps the table every time, he is not cute anymore.

The unlovable colonel, in the eyes of his two subordinates, has basically turned into a weakling. He said a lot of things in a vague way, which is nothing more than to let the Western people brag for the time being. We can listen, but you are so special. What Liang is talking about is how to deal with the Chinese who are now retreating into the warehouse!

After staring at each other for a long time, the Japanese lieutenant colonel had to do his duty as a subordinate and continue: "The Chinese commander is ruthless enough. He withdrew the main force and blocked the mouths of the Westerners, but he took advantage of our army and left some A small number of troops continue to occupy positions and continue to create resistance and public opinion in China to build momentum for their future promotion.

We may be able to make a fuss about this, and the Chinese care about reputation very much. "

Wakiitajiro lowered his eyebrows and did not respond to his subordinate's suggestions.

Obviously, Makino Jun's shady behavior against the evacuated Chinese commanders was not the answer he wanted.

The light of wisdom on the forehead of the black-faced major who had just asked for trouble lit up again, and he interjected: "Your Excellency, the captain, the Chinese used to defend a fortress with more than 400 people. Our army has many difficulties in conquering it, but now they There were only about a hundred people left, and the intensity of firepower was at most one-third of what it was before.

However, our army already has two heavy artillery assists. The results of the artillery bombardment during the day yesterday were remarkable. "

"Yin Teng-kun, what do you mean?" Wakiitajiro looked faintly at the dark night sky hundreds of meters away, "A strong attack?"

"Yes, Your Excellency, Captain, attack!" Yin Tengzhong Er nodded with great confidence.

"Why did the Westerners in the concession suddenly become so tough? It's nothing more than that they looked down on our Imperial Army after seeing our army's repeated defeats in the Sihang Warehouse siege. For the honor of the Imperial Army, we must wipe out all the Chinese remnants in the Sihang Warehouse in front of those Westerners.

I also believe that the division commander will agree with the combat plan of my 36th Infantry Regiment."

Wakiban Jiro turned his somewhat depressed eyes to the tall building hundreds of meters away. He knew that not only he had been chilled by this warehouse, but the Imperial warriors under his command might also have psychological shadows when they saw this warehouse.

But not many people can be as confident as the silly fisherman in front of him.

But he has no second choice.

As the silly fisherman said, the strength of the Chinese has been greatly weakened, while his strength has been strengthened. If such a huge gap still makes the 36th Infantry Regiment stand still, then the entire 3rd Division will become a super joke of the Songhu Expeditionary Force.

Even the entire empire will become a joke of the Western world.

In order not to become a joke, a strong attack is imperative.

This truth is not only understood by several lieutenants of the 36th Infantry Regiment, but also by the lieutenant general of the 3rd Division who had received the battle report from the front.

The Japanese lieutenant general annotated "Yes!" on the 36th Infantry Regiment's request for battle without hesitation, and then he did not pay any more attention to it.

After all, compared with the hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops that were retreating frantically from the Songhu city to the west of Shanghai, which was of great concern to the entire Songhu Expeditionary Force, the 36th Infantry Regiment responsible for mopping up Zhabei was now facing only a few hundred Chinese people, which was really not worth mentioning.

No matter how big the commotion was, it was only at the tactical level, and the eyes of the senior Japanese generals were all on the strategic level.

The strategic battlefield that could decide the outcome of a battle was right in front of us, and the small Sihang Warehouse was nothing!

But this Japanese Army Lieutenant General did not know that the battle plan he personally approved had completely sent this infantry regiment under his command into the abyss.

As a result, the 3rd Division became the first infantry regiment whose number could be cancelled since the Battle of Shanghai, which had gradually gathered ten divisions with a total strength of 300,000 people.