The existence of the reconnaissance force is very necessary, but it is because the penetration regiment is a mixture of temporary emergency groups. It does not even have a guard platoon, let alone a special agent company or a reconnaissance company.
In China at this time, there were scouts, but there were relatively few reconnaissance companies. It can be said that there were almost none.
Therefore, when the Zhiyi Regiment was first formed, Zhang Tianhai trained the special agent company like a reconnaissance company.
It was only because he knew the outcome of the Battle of Nanjing that Zhang Tianhai deliberately expanded the spy company until it was nearly as strong as half a battalion before crossing the river.
There is no reconnaissance company, so we can only capture a few fast brothers to serve as the reconnaissance company, oh no, the role of the reconnaissance platoon.
Under the night, the Jiangnan Railway was still silent. Except for the hurried footsteps of officers, soldiers and ordinary people, there was no other sound.
They just walked on without making a sound, which seemed to form a tacit understanding among everyone. Yes, this was Zhang Tianhai's special order.
Everyone's faces showed exhaustion, and Zhang Tianhai was no exception. He was not allowed to rest for two consecutive days and two nights, just taking a nap. Even an iron man couldn't bear it.
Let's go, or you'll die if you don't. Zhang Tianhai said silently in his heart.
It was already the night of the 14th, and the massacre had already begun. The brutal Japanese army slaughtered wantonly in Nanjing, a city that was burned to pieces by the war. They also euphemistically called them "commander Matsui Iwane and Asaka Palace Hatuhiko". The prince held a grand welcome ceremony and carried out the purge operation."
This so-called "clearance operation", as the name suggests, is to clear away the defeated troops who have mixed into the refugee areas in Nanjing City to prevent unexpected events during the city entry ceremony.
Thus, under the orders, as well as the tacit approval and connivance of the Japanese Commander of the Central China Expeditionary Force, Matsui Iwane, and the Commander of the Japanese Shanghai Expeditionary Force, King Asaka Palace Hatohiko, the Nanjing Massacre that shocked the world began.
Yes, the main force of Takahashi Masatake's westward advance detachment and the 13th Ogisu Rippei Division were transferred back to Nanjing in order to carry out an inhumane massacre of 300,000 soldiers and civilians in Nanjing!
Zhang Tianhai knew that the massacre had already begun, but he had already tried his best - in the face of the rolling torrent of history, the power of any individual is very small.
"Let's go! Go quickly, go faster!" Zhang Tianhai shouted in a hoarse voice.
However, Zhang Tianhai's shouting was almost in vain. Everyone's physical strength had reached the edge of collapse. It was already very good to be able to walk, let alone run forward.
The night was still desolate, but there was a little less warmth in the retreating team.
War songs send people away, and travelers want to die.
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Tanaka Jiro is a soldier of the 124th Regiment. Like other officers and soldiers in the regiment, he is also from Fukuoka City. He did not have too many worries when he was ordered to go north late at night.
After all, other members of the regiment also came up. After fighting with the Chinese army, he felt that these Chinese troops were not strong, and their equipment was even backward. From these Chinese soldiers who died in battle, they discovered that these soldiers He even came wearing straw sandals.
Yes, the 124th Regiment’s previous opponent was the Sichuan Army’s Tang Shizun 21st Army.
Wing Commander Fujita Shigenobu, like these ordinary soldiers, believed that this Chinese army was not strong. You must know that the 18th Division was also one of the troops that landed from Hangzhou Bay.
After landing, the 18th Division faced off against the non-main force of the Chinese army. It was not until it reached the front lines of Si'an and Guangde that it was blocked by the three main divisions of the Chinese Sichuan Army. However, the Sichuan Army had the best equipment. The troops were poor, so they created an arrogant and arrogant atmosphere in the 18th Division.
As for China's German armorers and the Central Army, weren't they all disabled in Shanghai and the 3rd Division, 13th Division, etc... or even wiped out?
Even if there were, there would definitely not be many left in the Nanjing Defense War. As the saying goes, there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are kings. If the teaching corps and the three German weapon masters were still there, Fujita Shigenobu and others would not dare to do so. Underestimating the combat effectiveness of the Chinese military.
Therefore, Fujita Shigenobu did not find this task very difficult. Even though the division headquarters had just sent a telegram saying that the 13th Regiment and the 104th Regiment heading south along the Jiangnan Railway had withdrawn, it still did not arouse their concern. of attention.
Moreover, the telegram had already been marked with the words "the enemy's combat power is very fierce", which only caused Fujita Shigenobu to issue an order that "the outpost troops must strengthen their vigilance".
In the battles of Si'an and Guangde, although the Sichuan Army brothers resisted desperately, the ease with which the Japanese army captured Si'an's peripheral positions made Fujita Shigenobu and the 124th Regiment believe that the Chinese army's combat effectiveness was no more than this, and they could escape from Nanjing. The troops that came out were even more abandoned. How could they be compared with the 124th Regiment, the elite of the empire?
The squadron where Tanaka Jiro belongs is the advancing force of the 124th Regiment. After all, it is responsible for clearing the way, so his squadron leader Yata asked the officers and soldiers of the squadron to advance at full speed. They must make contributions as soon as possible and contribute to the success of the regiment. Victory lays a solid foundation.
In the darkness, Tanaka Jiro was the fastest vanguard.
Tanaka Jiro's physical strength is the best in the entire squadron. It is not surprising that he can rush to the front.
The bright bayonets were already placed on the muzzles of the guns. Each Japanese soldier ran forward quickly, making the sound of "chua", "chua" and "chua" on the stone road.
A series of dazzling flashlights shone forward, illuminating the front clearly.
"Ergou, what's in front? Why is there a light?" One of the soldiers who was selected by Liu Houming to serve as a reconnaissance squad asked.
The soldier who was called Ergou suddenly changed his expression. He pulled a soldier beside him and said, "Quickly, go back and report to the commander that it's the Japs. The Japs' troops are coming!"
"Yes!" the soldier responded and immediately ran back quickly. If one's side was not prepared enough and an encounter broke out, then the situation would be extremely unfavorable to one's side!
Therefore, this situation must not happen.
"Tanaka-kun, Tanaka-kun!" A Japanese soldier running behind Tanaka Jiro called out to the former.
"What's wrong, Ozawa-kun?" After hearing the cry, Tanaka Jiro slowed down.
"Um...Tanaka-kun, did you hear any sound? It seemed like the sound of a diesel engine starting." The soldier named Ozawa pricked up his ears, but said uncertainly.
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