He turned to an officer standing straight in front of him and ordered: "Okura-kun, lead your troops to the top now, don't let me down."
This captain named Okura Heita is the squadron leader of the guard squadron of his wing headquarters.
In the Japanese army's wing establishment, there is a unit that will not easily go to the battlefield unless it is in the most critical situation. This unit is the guard squadron of the wing headquarters, also called the flag protection squadron.
The largest combat unit of a single branch of the Japanese army is the regiment. It is also the most fixed combat unit in the Japanese army. It is also the only combat unit with a military flag personally awarded by the emperor. Even brigades and divisions with higher levels than the regiment, There is no such honor as the emperor personally conferring the flag.
So, why only set up the alliance flag under the alliance?
This goes back to Japan’s conscription system.
Japan has always adopted a local conscription system. They divide their troops into divisions. Under a division, there are several regiments (3-4). This is also the origin of divisions and regiments, such as the Osaka Regiment. It is composed of regiments from several counties in the Osaka Division. Many people think that since this is the case, why not just have one division under one military flag.
In this regard, a division's area is often composed of several counties or regions. For example, the Osaka Fourth Division is composed of Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture. Different counties must have regional cultural differences, so in order to enhance the sense of identity, It is specially awarded on the scale of a regiment, and Japanese regiments work independently in peacetime. Only in combat will they be assigned to divisions and brigades, and they have strong independence.
On the other hand, divisions are strategic units of Japan. There were only 6 when they were first established. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, there were only 17 in total. 17 military flags certainly cannot be justified. If they are made by machines, all regiments and groups will use one military flag. There is definitely a lack of sense of respect and ritual.
Furthermore, it would not be appropriate to put the military flag in the brigade. Every military flag must be signed by the Emperor. There are thousands of brigade in Japan, why shouldn't the Emperor be tired? Moreover, the Japanese brigade will change and be mobilized at any time, and it is not good to change the military flag frequently.
It can be seen from this that the Japanese army attaches great importance to the regiment and stipulates that each regiment must live and die with the military flag. The Japanese army that is about to face defeat must burn its own regiment flag.
Moreover, once the regiment flag is captured by the enemy, the officers and soldiers of the entire unit and the affiliated regiment captain must commit seppuku.
Because it was given by the Emperor himself, the Japanese army regarded the Emperor's clone as fighting against him (as expected, he was hit by two moves). Because he is the clone of the emperor, a special flag guard squadron was established in the Japanese army.
The Flag Guard Squadron is responsible for protecting the military flag and the regiment leader. In critical moments, the Flag Guard Squadron must unfurl the military flag and lead the entire regiment to charge on the front line. If failure is imminent, the flag guard squadron must promptly burn the flag according to the situation.
Therefore, not everyone can join this flag guard squadron. Those who do not have strong military qualities and do not have a sense of honor (brainwashed by militarism) cannot join the flag guard squadron at all. The practice in the Japanese army is that top students who graduated from the non-commissioned officer school are given priority to serve as flag guards. .
The Japanese military flag can often be used as a spiritual infusion, representing the honor of the regiment and the majesty of His Majesty the Emperor. In actual combat, once the military flag was raised, it represented the emperor's gaze, and the Japanese army charged regardless of casualties as if they were on fire.
Of course, in a dark night battle like today, there is no need to come out with a military flag that no one can see. Therefore, only two teams from the flag guard squadron followed Suzuki Ryo to support, and there was another team guarding the military flag at the wing headquarters.
However, it was the more than 100 brave and fearless little devils from these two flag-protecting teams who brought a lot of trouble to Zhou Wen and the others, and almost put Zhou Wen, who was alone, in danger.
After losing dozens of his men, Lieutenant Ohkura Heita, the leader of the Japanese flag guard squadron, was horrified to find that even if he took hundreds of elite men to sacrifice their lives, he could not withstand the impact of this group of tiger and wolf soldiers. Before Zhang Xiaoping sealed his throat with a sword, he sent a messenger in time to warn Suzuki Liang and told him to retreat quickly.
It can be said that Captain Okura Heita is very responsible and brave. He is just overconfident in the combat effectiveness of his flag guard squadron, which led to him realizing that the situation was not good when it was already a step too late.
If he had sent out the messenger just a few minutes in the morning, Suzuki Ryo might have run away early. After all, on such a dark night, Zhou Wen didn't know which direction to chase even if he wanted to.
But now, being seen by Zhou Wen means that his death is coming.
Zhou Wen didn't make any effort to pursue him. He just looked at Suzuki Ryo's fleeing figure and shouted in Japanese: "Japanese coward, do you have the guts to have a samurai duel with me?"
With just such a sentence, Suzuki Taizuo and his only thirty or so subordinates were pinned to the spot.
When will it be the turn of a Chinese to say that the soldiers of the Japanese Empire are cowards? When will the warriors of the Japanese Empire be chased away like rabbits by two Chinese people?
Turning around and looking at the two black figures standing not far away, Suzuki Ita had a ferocious look in his eyes and said to the soldiers around him: "Kill them, I will not retreat even one step from here, or kill them, Or he will kill us all. Show your courage, warriors."
The Lieutenant Major, who had been slapped more than a dozen times by Ryo Suzuki, was feeling ashamed of his cowardice. When he saw that there were only two people on the other side, his courage suddenly returned to him, and the time had come to show his bravery to His Majesty the Colonel.
He pulled out his command sword and shouted, "Follow me." He led a dozen soldiers howling and rushed towards Zhou Wen and Zhang Xiaoping.
Zhou Wen and Zhang Xiaoping looked at each other, shouted, and suddenly appeared in front of the major adjutant.
The Japanese Major could not have imagined that the other party was so fast. He had rushed to the front of the team to show his bravery, but now he had to deal with two of the other party at the same time. It was chaotic for a moment. With my hands and feet, I don’t know whether I should block with my sword or strike with one strike.
But what he didn't expect was that the opponent's target was not him at all. Just when the two men were about to collide with him, their figures passed by him like two breezes.
However, when one of them passed by him, he gently waved the dagger in his hand as if casually, and the major adjutant's head flew into the sky with a look of astonishment in his eyes.
And two sword-like figures, Zhou Wen and Zhang Xiaoping, rushed into the formation of more than a dozen Japanese...
