The headquarters of the Japanese 16th Division.
At this time, the division commander Nakajima Konsogo was looking at his proud work, a newly drawn map of refugees.
It was he who drove the refugees near Changshu toward Changshu.
Nakajima smiled at me with a sly and cruel smile. For him, the battle in Changshu is already a certainty.
He flooded a large number of refugees into Changshu, and then sent multiple elite teams under his banner to sneak into the city to create chaos.
Therefore, he was sure that Changshu City would be in chaos before his army arrived.
What's more, he also sent his right-hand man, Sasaki of the 30th Brigade, to take charge personally.
Sasaki Yuichi, one of the main perpetrators of the Nanjing Massacre.
In 1937, he was appointed as the commander of the 30th Infantry Brigade of the 16th Infantry Division of the Japanese Army. He led his troops to attack Nanjing and participated in the Nanjing Massacre. Sasaki's troops were one of the most criminal and brutal troops in the Nanjing Massacre.
After the capture of Nanjing, the 16th Division was assigned to guard the Nanjing area. Sasaki served as the guard commander of the western area of Nanjing, and later served as the chairman of the Nanjing City "Purge Committee" and the "Propaganda Committee", becoming The first military governor of Nanjing under Japanese rule.
The so-called "guarding" actually means searching for Chinese soldiers who have laid down their weapons and taken refuge in the international safe zone.
Although Sasaki had been away from Nanjing for many years, he had always been bitter about being forced to leave Nanjing in the summer of 1929. (Sasaki once served as a military adviser to the Chairman of the Generalissimo, but was later driven out because he was not trusted.)
Therefore, this old devil who is determined to retaliate against others regards "punishing" the Chinese people and the Nanjing National Government as his "unwavering belief."
And his "belief" was fully realized during the attack on Nanjing in December 1937.
After December 21, the Japanese divisions gradually withdrew from the city. Sasaki led his troops to continue their raids on Nanjing City, massacring Chinese people.
Until January 21 of the following year, for a whole month, during the so-called "mopping up" the remnants of the enemy, Sasakibe conducted a so-called screening search and forcibly picked out young men with hat marks on their heads and calluses on their hands from the refugees. Take them away and massacre them collectively. But most of them are ordinary people.
But the cruel Sasaki Toichi didn't care about this at all. Because all he wants is the pleasure of revenge.
The same goes for Nakajima Konso.
This old devil was also extremely conscientious. He allowed his subordinates to massacre as many as 160,000 Chinese people.
The appalling murderous contest between Toshiaki Mukai and Takeshi Noda took place in the 16th Division.
Therefore, it can be said that these two old devils deserve death.
Duan Wu had been thinking about this matter when he received the task. It's just that it's definitely not that easy to kill Nakajima Konsogo.
Although Duanwu has the memory of his previous life, he also has a general understanding of the Japanese army's route of action. But some details were not in his memory at all.
But Sasaki Toichi, an old devil, will not let him go during the Dragon Boat Festival. Will he bombard Changshu City? Created the Nanjing Massacre? You old devil, just go dreaming?
Duan Wu was thinking about countermeasures, but he didn't expect that just when he, Xie Jinyuan and others had just returned to the main entrance of the station, a motorcade came from a distance.
On Dragon Boat Festival, Xie Jinyuan and others stopped and waited for the car to approach.
When we got closer, a person jumped out of the car and laughed loudly: "Brother Duanwu, I never thought it would be you."
The visitor actually knew Dragon Boat Festival. Duanwu also knew the other party, and he laughed loudly when he came up to him and said, "Old Cheng, why are you here?"
It turned out that the person who came was none other than Cheng Wanli, the commander of the Independent Battalion of the 87th Division.
He met Cheng Wanli at Sihang Warehouse. At that time, Cheng Wanli also gave Duanwu a gun. And Wan Liguo, who died in the battle, was his subordinate.
Cheng Wanli asked about Wan Liguo, and Duanwu said regretfully: "Lao Wan was very brave. He fought until the last moment. And basically all the brothers who followed me at Sihang Warehouse died."
Speaking of which, Dragon Boat Festival felt a little sad. Although there is no saying that no one will be killed in a war. But a familiar face kept disappearing in front of his eyes, and the heartache felt a little unacceptable.
But this is war, although everyone does not want to lose their relatives and comrades. But war is like a huge human life harvester. As long as it is running, countless lives will be harvested and involved in this furnace of fate.
Cheng Wanli naturally felt the same way. Wan Liguo was a sharp knife in his hand at the Independence Camp.
How reluctant he was to let Wan Liguo go!
However, he cannot stop a soldier from being patriotic and risking his life for this country.
"What about Zhao Beishan? How is he now? When we were in Shanghai, our defense areas were next to each other. He was also a tiger general? Later I heard that he also joined your independent regiment?"
Cheng Wanli asked suddenly, because he found that Zhao Beishan was not around Duanwu, so he became worried.
Duanwu said: "Old Zhao is fine. He was injured during the breakout. I left him in the 672nd Regiment of the 112th Division to recuperate and take care of the wounded."
At this time, Duanwu did not tell the truth. In fact, he kept Zhao Beishan in the 672nd Regiment for its own magic.
"Let's go, Lao Cheng, come and sit down at my temporary residence?"
Dragon Boat Festival invited Cheng Wanli to enter the station, but Cheng Wanli suddenly thought of something and said quickly: "Brother, I'm afraid this won't work. I came to deliver weapons and ammunition to you under the order of the commander of the Third War Zone. And I will send you The troops were safely sent to Changshu to defend Changshu City. It is said that most of the positions outside Changshu have been captured by the Japanese army, and Changshu is also in danger."
Duan Wu stroked his chin and fell into deep thought. Because according to his memory, Changshu should be able to stay for a few days. And he was the Japanese sneak attack force who wanted to win the Battle of Changshu.
This unit is the 43rd Infantry Regiment under the 11th Division of the Japanese Army. They rode a hovercraft to outflank the south side of Changshu from Kuncheng Lake, directly threatening the retreat route of the Changshu defenders, and the Battle of Changshu could only end because of this. On a full stop.
So Duanwu thought there was still time, so he planned to rest one night at the 39th Army's station before leaving.
After several days of fighting, especially the battle of Xiejiaqiao, all the soldiers may have exhausted the energy they had accumulated over the past few days in a short period of time.
Soldiers need rest. And if they don't get a rest, there will only be one end, which is to fight the Japanese elite with high morale with exhausted troops.
I'm afraid many people understand this consequence even if I don't mention it. Using a tired army to attack the enemy's elite troops with high morale is like hitting an egg against a stone.
Of course, if Duanwu has enough soldiers, he might give it a try and use the human sea tactic.
But there was no such thing as the Dragon Boat Festival. After the battle of Xiejiaqiao, less than a thousand men from the Independent Regiment and the 79th Brigade could immediately go into battle.
Therefore, rectification and rest have become a top priority.
I just don’t want to, even if it’s just a day, I haven’t won the Dragon Boat Festival.
"Is the situation in Changshu really that serious?"
Dragon Boat Festival asked Cheng Wanli, but in fact, he had already found the answer from Cheng Wanli's face! ...
