Kitashirakawa thought very well, dragging Danwu into a disadvantageous situation and consuming a lot of his troops.
But Danwu was probably much smarter than he thought, and he could see through Kitashirakawarai's trick at a glance.
Duanwu said: "What if I only besiege but not attack?"
This was the last thing Kitashirakawa wanted to see, because Dragon Boat Festival could only siege but not attack, so he would have to use all the power of the 10th Division.
The ambush of the two regiments of the 10th Division, Kitashirakawa Wash was the last trump card left to encircle and annihilate the Dragon Boat Festival.
His plan was to drag Dragon Boat Festival into the quagmire of Bengbu's siege battle. After Dragon Boat Festival revealed its full strength, he quickly ordered the 10th Division to surround and annihilate Dragon Boat Festival with all its superior forces.
By that time, due to the flanking attack from both front and rear, and the fact that Duanwu's independent regiment had already consumed a large amount of troops under Bengbu City, it was definitely possible to kill Duanwu in one fell swoop.
Therefore, Kitashirakawa wash absolutely does not allow accidents to happen. And he has responded to it.
He said nonchalantly: "Mr. Duanwu, as the prince of the Japanese Empire, I have always admired Mr. Duanwu.
But your courage really makes me unable to compliment you. Don’t you Chinese dare to fight head-on with our Imperial Japanese Army? "
Duanwu said with a smile: "As the old saying goes, the best policy is to defeat the enemy without fighting. Now you are guarding an empty city. In my eyes, you are just a piece of meat. I will eat it whenever I want. And I will eat it whenever I want. And now you are guarding an empty city. You don’t dare to come out.
Lao Bei, don't you say that your Imperial Japanese Army is brave? Come out and I'll fight you. And if you are worried, you can send out the whole army, and then we will fight a big battle. There are tens of thousands of people waiting for you outside my city! "
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Kitashirakawa was speechless and thought to himself: "For tens of thousands of people, it would be nice to have a few thousand people outside your city."
The Japanese have spies in various regions. Although they will not know the detailed mobilization of the Chinese army, why did Kitashirakawa not investigate such a big battle?
What's more, even now, the Japs' spies are still operating around.
It's just that their attention is on the 51st Army, the 31st Army, the headquarters of the Fifth Theater, Xuzhou and other places. But the 22nd Army was ignored by them.
Because no one would have thought that such a tired division, with extremely poor equipment and wearing single clothes, could fight.
Therefore, when Lu Jian's troops appeared near Bengbu, no one reported to Kitashirakawarai. Even Kitashirakawarai and Ito didn't know that Koharu's squadron was completely wiped out.
It was only when Ito sent someone to contact Koharu Squadron that he discovered that Koharu Squadron had lost contact.
Therefore, at this time, Kitashirakawa did not know the actual strength of Dragon Boat Festival. He only guessed based on the existing intelligence that Dragon Boat Festival should have no more than 2,000 troops.
The first was a unit that crossed the line of fire and came to Bengbu during the Dragon Boat Festival. The 40th Regiment that fought with it reported that there would be more than one regiment in strength during the Dragon Boat Festival.
Of course, this was the Japanese 40th Regiment Captain's excuse to shirk responsibility. He had no idea how many people there were in the Dragon Boat Festival and only relied on the firepower of the Dragon Boat Festival to make judgments.
The second unit was a regiment of the Northeastern Army, which Yoshino discovered when he went to Fengyang County for reconnaissance, fought with it, and then reported to Kitashirakawarai.
Later, Kitashirakawa received a report from Yoshino: Danwu had also arrived in Fengyang Town, and he was going to ambush Danwu.
So Kitashirakawa made his own inference about this. The strength of Danwu's troops outside the city ranged from two to three regiments.
In other words, his Ito team still occupies an absolute advantage in strength.
However, this cunning Prince of Beibai did not want to go out of the city to fight the Dragon Boat Festival because it was not cost-effective. Only a reckless man would run out and fight the enemy desperately when he has an absolute advantage.
At this time, he called the 19-year-old kid who had just come back from putting on makeup.
At this time, the little devil didn't know that death was approaching, and he thought it was just an act.
Prince Beibai spoke to Duanwu through the intercom: "Mr. Duanwu, as a friend, I admire you very much, but as an enemy, I will look at you squarely. In Bengbu City, there are many prisoners of war of your Chinese soldiers. They are all very cowardly. Surrendered to our Imperial Japanese Army.
But as soldiers of the empire, we hate and hate these soldiers who have abandoned the country. So I decided to give these people their punishment. "
Having said this, Kitashirakawa was slightly happy and signaled to Aso Taro beside him to start.
Taro Aso understood what Kitashirakawa meant and whispered in the ear of a Japanese officer for a while. The Japanese officer was shocked.
But at this time, Aso Taro said: "You should know what kind of character Mr. Beibai is. If you don't do it, hum!"
The officer was helpless because if he didn't kill someone, he would be the one who died.
Thinking of this, he stepped forward helplessly.
At this time, some Japanese soldiers brought a shelf.
This shelf was more than two meters high and was built with wooden poles and planks. It looked very rough. It was originally a fixed ladder that was dismantled by the little devil and transported to the city wall.
The Japanese did this so that the people below the city could see clearly. Otherwise, the crenels would be more than two meters high, and the people below the city would not be able to see them killing people.
When the shelf was set, the little Japs with his hands tied behind his back was pushed onto the shelf by the other two Japs.
The little devil, who was only 19 years old, thought it was an act, but he was still having fun.
The Japanese veteran on the side was helpless when he saw this, and thought to himself: "Smile, this may be your last smile in this world."
At the same time, on the Chinese position more than 500 meters away, Duan Wu was watching this scene.
He had never seen the kid who had just delivered the radio, so he was a little worried. Because the boy who was pushed to the execution platform was too young, almost the same age as him. He was worried that he might have misjudged that there were indeed ordinary people in the city.
Duanwu was hesitating, but Lao Baanpan shouted in surprise: "Isn't that person on the stage the kid who just came to deliver the radio?"
Dragon Boat Festival instantly understood that the Japs had indeed no more Chinese people in their hands and could only use their own people as hostages.
He wanted to see what the little devil was up to, so he took the radio over again, connected it to Kitashirakawa and said, "Hahaha, Old Bei, you just said that you captured the surrendered prisoners of war? Could it be the child in front of you? Don't lie. I'm sorry, this shows that you have captured the people in the city."
When he heard Danwu say this, Kitashirakawa was quite proud, because he deliberately asked Ito to give the 19-year-old Japanese a painted face to avoid being recognized by the Chinese who had seen him.
And sure enough, his subconscious arrangement was concealed from the other party. No one on the opposite side recognized the young devil, they just thought that the imperial army standing on the killing platform was very young.
Kitashirakawa clicked his tongue and said: "Hahaha, how is this possible? Our Imperial Japanese Army is very kind, how can we arrest ordinary people? Well, if Mr. Danwu can have a head-on fight with our Imperial Japanese Army , then I will not hesitate to return these prisoners of war to you. But, tsk tsk,."
(End of chapter)
