Chapter 14 The Major Is Angry

As the major of the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 36th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division of the Japanese Army, Toyoda Hide, who has a name similar to the Japanese historical celebrity Toyoda Hideyoshi, had always thought that he was quite good before. Maybe after the war with China, when the word "Toyota" is mentioned, the Japanese people will also think of him, Toyoda Hide, instead of adding the word "Ji" at the end.

The Japanese major may not know that in the future, "Toyota" is indeed very famous, but it is just a "car".

So, when the brigade commander asked the infantry battalions to advance slowly, Toyoda Hide, who had beautiful hopes, led his troops to advance ten kilometers in just one day, and even asked the infantry squadrons under his command to send out vanguard teams to check the occupied areas at night to find and kill the Chinese deserters who were still hiding in the corners.

Only in this way can he raise the military flag safely on Chinese soil when the sun rises tomorrow, and show his bravery to the commander of the regiment, the commander of the brigade, and even the commander of the division.

But before he could fall asleep, the nightmare came.

Toyota Hide looked at the corpses on the ground in front of him almost dully, no, there were some terrible parts, a pile of meat products made of minced meat. After a long while, a blush surged across his face and he roared. "Didn't the main force of the Chinese retreat? Why did a squad of imperial soldiers die? And there is only one squad here. Am I Toyota Hide like a pig who can't count?"

A squad has 15 people, and they are all supplemented by light machine guns and grenade launchers. As long as they are not besieged by more than four or five times the number of Chinese, it should not be difficult to hold on until the reinforcements arrive.

But now these bloody corpses have shown that there are more Chinese in the ruins than he thought, otherwise he would not have quickly mobilized an infantry squad to rush over after seeing the flares, but could only collect the bodies. The interval was definitely no more than 15 minutes.

Of course, more importantly, there were at least 20 people in front of him, how could there be only 15 people?

Like an angry bull, Toyota Hide snorted and stared at a Japanese captain and several Japanese lieutenants who stood in front of him with their heads down and dared not breathe, staring at them to give him a reasonable explanation.

If it is unreasonable, naturally, someone will be unlucky. The furious Major will not give face to any captain or lieutenant, and he must slap them in the face.

If this inexplicable loss is reported to the commander of the regiment, he is likely to be scolded.

In the Battle of Shanghai, his 36th Infantry Regiment had a total of more than 3,000 people, with more than 50% casualties. That was because they were facing a Chinese infantry brigade or even a division, which was understandable, but in this final stage of almost just cleaning up the battlefield, because he, Toyota Hide, was eager to show his superiors, more than 20 people died in the battle, which was simply a shame for the Imperial Army.

To use a sentence from the future: the war losses were not large, but the insult was extremely strong.

"Captain Toyota, damn..." At the signal of the Japanese captain, the Japanese second lieutenant squad leader who was responsible for collecting the bodies for the reconnaissance team stuttered and reported.

He almost made a lot of Japanese officers and non-commissioned officers green in the face.

Of course, the greenest one was probably the person involved.

Toyota Hide probably heard his subordinates scold him so bluntly for the first time. If he didn't know that the second lieutenant squad leader in front of him had a natural stuttering problem when he was nervous, he would probably have killed the dog with a knife.

"No, no, it's not Captain Toyota who deserves death, it's Captain Toyota who deserves death..." The Japanese lieutenant was glared at by a group of superiors, and was almost scared to piss himself. He tried to explain by stammering.

That's right, his tongue was still tied.

"Captain Toyota." The Japanese captain was almost mad at his subordinate's stuttering, so he could only take the initiative to take over the conversation.

That's right, he naturally and habitually called his superior respectfully.

At that moment, Toyota's face was even more than that of a man who had eaten a few pieces of bastard. It's not Captain Toyota who deserves death, it's Captain Toyota who deserves death, you guys won't stop until you kill me, right!

"It's the damn Chinese, they even used a pull-wire grenade under the body of the imperial warrior, and the warriors who were responsible for collecting the warrior's remains were unfortunately affected." The Japanese captain hurriedly reported with a sad face at his fastest speed.

"Baga! Stupid, maybe it was possible to be fooled last time, but why were there so many casualties?" Toyota Hide felt dizzy for a moment. Could it be that the legendary invincible Imperial Japanese Army was a bunch of pigs?

"Captain Toyota, the Chinese are extremely cunning. They only stuffed a grenade under the body of the Imperial Warrior, but placed five grenades similar to trip mines in the surrounding areas where they could hide. There was still one grenades that did not explode. The Imperial soldiers found it after a careful search afterwards."

Although he looked like his parents had died, he could not stop the pride that gushed out of the Japanese captain at that moment.

Indeed, they had sufficient reasons. You see, no matter how cunning the Chinese were, they did not do their best! At least, they made a total of six trip mines, but only killed five of us, right?

How can you be so confident when you are such a scumbag? At that moment, Toyoda Xiu really wanted to stab the most senior squadron leader in his brigade. Five people died just by collecting the corpses. How proud of you!

Of course, the death of five more people is only a trivial matter. The important point is how many Chinese troops are still hidden in the ruins. Being able to destroy a small team means that there are at least dozens or even hundreds of Chinese people gathered in this ruined battlefield.

The Japanese captain faced the disgusting look on his immediate boss's face and continued to report: "Captain Toyota, after investigation by the 3rd team of our 1st squadron, we found a tall building on the north bank of the Suzhou River 1,000 meters away. There are at least a hundred Chinese people guarding the building, and they even built fortifications outside the building.”

"Nani?" Toyoda turned his attention to the map spread on the simple desk. Following the direction of the Japanese captain, he saw the area next to the Western Concession, and his eyes became fierce. "A bunch of stragglers just want to fight stubbornly?"

Seeing that area, Toyoda Hide basically understood why the so-called tall building was not destroyed by artillery fire, but was just stained by the light on the edge of the concession. The empire has no plans to break with the Western world yet, so it will naturally try its best not to blow up the concession by mistake, so that's probably why that tall building has been preserved to this day!

"Captain Kurokawa! Take your infantry squadron and a day's worth of combat supplies, get close to the building, and conduct a thorough inspection of the surroundings. If you encounter Chinese, shoot to death! Remember, Chinese soldiers are very likely to Put on civilian clothes and attack the imperial warriors." Toyoda's eyes were as cold as a knife, showing the cruelty of a beast.

"You can approach 100 meters in front of the building for fire reconnaissance. However, do not launch a general attack on the remaining enemies in the building before dawn. What you have to do is to block all their escape routes. I will make them wait for the fear of death. spend the night.

Then, tomorrow morning, in front of those lowly Chinese people on the other side of the river, hang them all on the roof of that building. Yours, understand? "

"Hi!" The Japanese captain and the stuttering second lieutenant beside him bowed their heads heavily.

Toyoda Hide would not know that because of his anger, he ignored the four mosquito-sized characters written on the military map - Sihang Warehouse, and because this time it was not really a big oversight. , which would cause his infantry brigade to suffer even more severe losses than after they landed in Songhu.

Of course, the first to be unlucky were the infantry squadrons eager for revenge.