Looking at Liujiaxing Town on the map, Inoue Jintu was like an ant on a hot pan, anxious and restless.
Now that the Battle of Songhu was nearing its end, the Celestial army had been defeated and had no way to fight back.
Obtaining military merits was the same as picking them up for free. It all depended on who could run faster!
Two days ago, he had heard that the 6th division had defeated a main division of the Central Army.
Inoue Kanto had thought that the Guangdong army they had encountered was just a local motley crew and would be even more unbearable. They would be beaten down in a few moves!
However, he didn't expect that the Guangdong army was ten times harder to deal with than the Central Army.
The 3rd division and 13th division, the two A divisions, were actually dragged by the 66th division to the line between Nanxiang train station and Liu Jiaxing for three days and three nights.
The 5th Brigade alone had suffered hundreds of casualties!
In the end, they managed to surround the 140th Brigade in Liujiaxing Town. Otherwise, they would have been punished by the headquarters.
However, just as Inoue Kintu was about to continue chasing after the remnants of the national army.
An order from the division headquarters made Jintu Inoue give up on the idea of fighting for battle credits.
"The 2nd Battalion will set up camp here and clear out the remaining troops of the 140th Brigade. They will also be responsible for the safety of the temporary warehouse.”
Looking at the words on the message, the coldness in Jintu Inoue's eyes became even more intense, and he gritted his teeth.
They were an A-grade troop, responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and logistics.
It was simply an insult to him!
However, in the end, the reason was that Inoue Kanto had made outstanding contributions in the previous battle, which attracted the dissatisfaction of other Japanese officers.
He had already scooped up all the battle credits, so what was the point of the others staying here?
As the 3rd division's major general, Lieutenant General Fujita was born in the Satsuma Domain. Naturally, he was not interested in Inoue Kindo, a subordinate of the Choshu Domain.
Now that the national army was defeated, it was difficult for them to fight back.
The beautiful task of chasing after the retreating national army naturally fell on the head of his own troops.
"Order all the troops to quickly eliminate the remnants of the 140th Chinese Brigade. I must set out for Changzhou tomorrow! If anyone disobeys, they will be punished for cowardice and will have to cut open their abdomen to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor!”
Kanto Inoue slammed his fist on the command desk and looked at the officers with a vicious gaze.
"Ha Yi!"
The surrounding officers all put their legs together and bowed heavily.
"Report!"
Suddenly, a signalman walked into the room anxiously, looking a little flustered.
"What happened?"
Jintu Inoue was still in a fit of anger. He frowned and asked when he saw the signalman's flustered expression.
"Commander, we have just received a report that we have lost contact with two infantry squads and one infantry squad that were clearing out the 140th China Brigade in Liujiaxing Town.”
The signalman was sweating profusely as he handed the message to Kanto Inoue.
Jintu Inoue was famous for his brutality in the entire 5th Brigade. During the Battle of Songhu, due to the fierce resistance of the Chinese army, a squadron leader was defeated and retreated in fear of the battle. He was directly killed by him.
Then, he personally led the soldiers of that squadron and charged forward, taking down the position that the Chinese army was guarding.
For this, he even received a commendation from the headquarters!
"Nani?"
Jintu Inoue's brows furrowed more and more tightly as he stared at the map of Liujiaxing Town in front of him." Where did you lose contact?"”
Chief of Staff Shimizu Nohisa took the message and quickly browsed through it. He pointed at the battle map in front of him and said,"Sir, please take a look. The remnants of the 140th Brigade have been surrounded by the Japanese Imperial Army in the northwest and southwest of Liu Jiaxing Town.”
" We've built a defensive line on the west side. The Chinese army can't break through it. Currently, there are only sporadic resistance in Liu Jiaxing Town, but they will be wiped out soon. These two infantry squads and infantry squads lost contact near the east side of the town…"
After listening to Nohisa Shimizu's explanation, Kanto Inoue's eyes became even more solemn. He pondered for a moment and pointed at the battle map with his finger." In other words, it is very likely that there are still established Chinese troops in the east of the town.”
"Yes, from the current analysis, it is very likely that there are more than battalions of the Chinese army in Liu Jiaxing Town!”
Nohisa Shimizu replied calmly.
During the Battle of Songhu, even if the Chinese army was three times the size of the Japanese army, they might not be able to gain an advantage. If they wanted to annihilate or surround a full Japanese team, the size of the army had to be at least at the battalion level.
"Even if the Chinese army still has more than a battalion, why aren't they busy breaking out of the encirclement instead of attacking our clean-up team?”
Jintu Inoue's eyes flashed. He didn't think that this was just an ordinary encounter.
It was impossible for an encounter to make the entire Japanese team disappear. If he was right, this was likely to be a well-prepared annihilation battle.
If that was the case, then the motive was intriguing!
Don't they know the consequences of destroying this team?
Once the command center realized that the team had disappeared, they would definitely send out a large number of reinforcements, and they would no longer have a place to hide.
Then there was only one possibility. The commander of the Chinese army wanted to rely on the gap in the defense line when the Japanese sent reinforcements after the elimination of the cleaning team.
They took this opportunity to break out in the northwest direction!
"Oh my, this diversion is indeed outstanding!”
It didn't take long for Jintu Inoue to see through the clues. Although he praised her, the coldness in his eyes made people shudder.
"Our 3rd division has never had an organized unit destroyed by the Chinese army before! Immediately send two squadrons to the east of Liu Jiaxing Town to search. Tomorrow morning, I don't want to see any surviving Chinese people in Liu Family Town!”
" At the same time, send the troops stationed in the temporary warehouse in the southeast to the northwest to be on high alert. If any of the Chinese troops try to break out of the encirclement, attack immediately and annihilate them all!”
"Ha Yi!"
The surrounding Japanese officers stood at attention and bowed heavily!
……
In the direction of the archway in the east of the town, Lin Feng frowned slightly. In front of him was a complete map of the Japanese army.
This map was found on the second lieutenant of the Japanese team that had just been annihilated. It was much more detailed than the one from the Japanese team.
The soldiers of the 140th Brigade were still cleaning up the battlefield, not willing to miss even a single bullet.
"Brother Lin, let's prepare to move northwest!”
Wan Pingfei squatted beside Lin Feng while carrying a 38-foot umbrella and asked while staring at the map.
Lin Feng remained silent, his brows furrowed into a knot. Having been in the military for many years, he had developed a strong battle instinct.
Staring at the map in front of him, he had an ominous feeling.
It was hard to explain.
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