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Chapter 74 Return to the capital (8)

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    Breathing the thick fog in the autumn morning, Suzuki Mizuo dragged his feet with difficulty, almost moving forward step by step. His legs were weighing as if they were filled with lead. Every step forward consumed more and more of his body.  He has little physical strength, and his empty stomach is growling like a drum. The bowl of gruel he ate in the morning, which was almost half water, has long been digested. His stomach has become numb from long-term hunger, and it seems that his stomach has begun to digest the five internal organs.  Six Fu organs.  Suzuki wiped the sweat from his head and looked around. What came into view was a large desolate field and a few abandoned villages.  After walking for dozens of kilometers and still not seeing a single person, the frustration in his heart and the exhaustion in his body surged up. Suzuki, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, simply stopped moving and leaned against a blackened dead tree that had been burned in the fire.  He breathed heavily and rested.

    The logistical supplies for the more than 100,000 Japanese troops stationed around Nanjing were in danger, and the soldiers in each unit received less and less rations every day. A large number of Japanese soldiers were hungry all day long, and some troops were even forced to  Stopped daily morning exercises.  This situation greatly shocked Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, the top commander of the Japanese army in Nanjing. According to his expectations, it should be easy for the imperial army to raise food on the spot in the densely populated and rice-rich Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas of China. However, the reality was far different.  It was beyond his expectation.  When the Japanese army stormed Beijing and Shanghai, the Nanjing Garrison Headquarters followed the instructions of the highest authorities in the "Scorched Earth War of Resistance" to "clear the country" in the surrounding areas. It not only relocated all the population and food within dozens of kilometers around Nanjing, but even dispatched troops  Farmland was set on fire; not only that, the scattered troops of the Chinese army in the surrounding areas of Nanjing also attacked various transportation and supply lines of the Japanese army, which made the Japanese army's food supply increasingly difficult.  In desperation, Lieutenant General Yanagawa had no choice but to order the grassroots troops in each town to send reserve teams out of the city to collect food for military use.  Of course, the word "collection" is just a synonym for robbery.  The Suzuki team stationed in Chuzhou and affiliated to the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the Sixth Division is one of the food collection teams.

    "It's almost noon, and my hungry stomach is as loud as a drum. I have a lot of rice in my bag, and I'm boiling wild vegetables in water." These few lines of poetry suddenly popped out of Suzuki's mouth.  Looking at the surprised eyes of his soldiers, he explained with a wry smile, "There was an officer named Chen Yi in the Chinese Communist Party guerrillas. He was surrounded and suppressed by the Chinese government troops and hid in the mountains for more than three months. This was written when he was at the end of his rope.  Come out. Alas, I really didn¡¯t expect that our mighty Imperial Japanese Army would be reduced to such a situation.¡±

    A soldier looked excited, waved his hands and said indignantly: "I really don't know what those rotten and incompetent politicians and bureaucrats in the empire do for food! Why don't they transport more food to China! And those wine bags and rice bags of the Imperial Navy, which have the largest number in Asia  The combined navy fleet could not deal with the Manchurian Army¡¯s submarines! As a result, we are left here to starve, sleep in the open, and fight for the empire! Why don¡¯t they all commit hara-kiri to express gratitude to the emperor and the people of the country!¡±

    "Ogawa-kun, and everyone, there are some things you may not know." A private in the team flashed his eyes and said hesitantly, "Actually, in addition to the destruction of our maritime supply lines by the Manchurian Army's submarine force, this situation seems It seems  Because there is also a shortage of food in the empire. I heard that many places in Kyushu have no harvest this year, and there is even a famine!"

    "Is this true?" "How is it possible that the empire has had good weather this year and there has been no locust plague? Ueno, you are talking nonsense!" The other soldiers were extremely surprised when they heard this thing that had never been reported in newspapers or radio, and started talking nonsense.  The tongues started to talk.

    The private named Ueno nodded and said in an urgent tone: "It's true! My home is in Fukuoka, Kyushu. The letter I received the day before yesterday said that famine has begun on the entire island of Kyushu! They said that this year is very strange. Many farmland people  The crops have all withered when it's time to harvest! People are starting to starve to death in some places, and many people are fleeing Shikoku and Honshu"

    "Shut up!" Suzuki, who was originally hungry and weak, was suddenly filled with energy that he didn't know where to come from, and shouted sternly, "Ueno, you are spreading rumors to disturb the morale of the army! If Commander Hisao Tani hears about it, you will definitely be punished.  Executed to death!" Upon hearing this, Ueno suddenly became silent and hurriedly closed his mouth.

    Suzuki glanced sharply at his soldiers: "Remember! We are Imperial soldiers, and our duty is to fight for the Empire and the Emperor! Don't think about other things that you shouldn't! Is there any famine or other problems in the Empire? Trust the Emperor.  Your Majesty has his own holy judgment, it is not our turn to talk!"

    "Hai!" Everyone quickly bowed their heads and obeyed.

    The lecture just now greatly consumed the energy that was about to be exhausted in Suzuki's body. Feeling increasingly hungry, he unscrewed the kettle and drank a few mouthfuls of cold water. His empty stomach allowed the water to flow smoothly.; "Jun Zuo! Everyone, I think we are too optimistic and have ignored a serious problem. This may also be our biggest weakness in regaining Nanjing this time!" Fang Shuhong suddenly said something shocking, "Deputy Master Dai, what did you just say?  It is true to say that this time the various units of the National Army have an advantage over the Japanese army in terms of strength, but you have ignored the composition of the various units of the National Army. In addition to our Northeastern Army, there are also Jin Army, Lu Army, Yunnan Army, and Guizhou Army.  Troops belonging to different factions. Although these local armies are all enthusiastic about killing the enemy and serving the country, they all have a long-standing and criticized bad habit, which is to 'do their own things and preserve their strength'! Hundreds of thousands of people are powerful, but they are of the same mind and have different morals.  If an army fighting against a Japanese army with thin troops and strict uniform military orders, the chances of winning will undoubtedly be much lower!"

    Everyone was deep in thought.  Dai Lianxi was slightly surprised and said: "Fang Shenzuo, this battle is related to the recovery of the country's capital, and it is of great significance. If you care about personal interests at this time and ignore the national justice, how is this different from a traitor? Who would openly do this at a critical moment in a fierce battle?  Abandoning friendly forces and retreating without hesitation, wouldn¡¯t it put the Wuhan headquarters and the national public opinion in the spotlight?¡±

    "Chief of Staff Fang makes sense." Wang Yizhe said with a heavy face, "Don't forget the lessons learned during the Songhu Battle. At that time, the highest commander of the theater, General Feng, was the vice chairman of the Military Commission, but those directly affiliated with the Central Committee, the Gui Army, and the Sichuan Army  But no one bought his account and pretended to be deaf and dumb to his orders. We can't be careless about this lesson!" Looking at the slightly gloomy atmosphere in the car, Wang Yizhe said solemnly: "Please remember, we  We are all soldiers, we don¡¯t care about political matters! No matter how other troops fight, we only need to complete our mission and try our best to assist our friendly troops!"

    The East China battlefield, which had been slightly calm for several days, was once again drowned by the loud sounds of fighting and continuous artillery fire.  At about 8 o'clock in the morning, the rising sun burned away the thick morning fog shrouding Chuzhou. In the wilderness outside the city, more than 10,000 elite infantrymen from the 107th Armored Division and the 22nd Infantry Brigade of the Second Front Army of the Northeast Army were fighting.  Under the cover of powerful firepower from more than 600 tanks, armored vehicles and more than 300 fighter planes in the air, they launched an overwhelming and violent offensive toward Chuzhou. The Japanese 114th Division and the 23rd Regiment of the 6th Division stationed here adhered to the principle of advocating the main force.  The tradition of decisive battle also went out in full force to launch a decisive battle with the Northeast Army.  In the smoke rising into the sky, the infantrymen of the 22nd Brigade, armed with shining bayonets, shouted and used tanks as cover. They were like steel city walls overwhelmingly pressing against the Japanese army. The Japanese army built concrete bunkers and permanent fortifications outside the city behind the tanks.  The shells were blown to pieces; the vanguard troops on both sides immediately fought hand-to-hand and huddled together. The light and heavy machine guns and rifle bullets of both sides rushed towards each other like a storm. In front of the dense rain of bullets and firepower from the AK automatic rifles, the Japanese troops made a desperate attack.  Pieces of Japanese troops were swept to the ground, and the Japanese soldiers hit by heavy machine guns turned into pieces of broken flesh. Subsequently, the Japanese troops continued to rush forward brazenly and without fear of death; mortar shells hit the heads of the officers and soldiers who risked their lives in the charge.  and grenades flying all over the sky, causing a bloody storm; the Northeastern Army and Japanese tank troops rolled over dead bodies everywhere to cover the infantry and advanced ferociously. The sound of metal twisting when the tanks collided and bombarded each other was breathtaking, and the armor was broken in the air.  Bullets and anti-tank shells flew across the sky, and the "Siberian Tiger" main battle tanks galloped among the Japanese army as if they were in an uninhabited land. The destroyed Japanese tanks exploded three times in a row, turning into red fireballs and turning into burning objects.  Scrap iron; in the dazzling white light, fire dragons roared and danced wildly, and groups of Japanese soldiers who were swept by the flamethrowers of the Northeast Army turned into running firemen with heart-rending screams.  The Northeastern Army's offensive force, which was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, gave full play to its advantage in infantry weapons and directly attacked the Japanese troops who came out of the city to fight, suffering heavy casualties and leaving corpses scattered everywhere.  Seeing that Japanese troops were being lured out of the city one after another, Wang Yizhe immediately and decisively issued an artillery cover order to the military's heavy artillery regiment.

    "Let go!" Following the order of the artillery commanding officer, the 17th Heavy Artillery Regiment of the Northeast Army in the rear had more than 160 180mm heavy howitzers and 105mm light howitzers on various positions, as well as the "Tianhuo-I" that began to be equipped on a large scale with the army.  "The towed rocket launchers let out an earth-shaking roar, covering the Japanese follow-up troops and artillery positions with suppressive firepower.  The dense rain of artillery shells and rockets immediately plunged Chuzhou and the Japanese rear positions into a sea of ??hell-like explosions and flames.  Amidst the fireballs that blossomed all over the place, the Japanese troops who were charging in large areas were caught off guard. In this "carpet-like" destructive artillery fire, they were blown up together with the corpses on the ground into burning pieces of flesh and corpses flying in all directions.

    The roar of fighter jets in the blue sky covered with spider web-like orange-red shell trails was like rolling thunder. The "Saker" fighter jets covering the sky and the evenly matched Japanese aircraft were fighting among the clouds. Looking up, the sky was densely covered with clouds.  The sun was blocked by the steel war eagles dispatched by both sides.  Amid waves of cheers from the Northeast Army's ground troops, the downed Japanese fighter jets and bombers rolled down the sky like crows dragging black smoke and flames one after another.  And more "zh-3c" medium bombers and "Falcon-II" ground attack aircraft showed their power, pouring tons of aerial bombs and rocket shells into the Japanese army group, blowing up a flower.  A fireball of death that devoured the lives of a large number of Japanese soldiers.

    Almost at the same time, Wujiang, Quanjiao, Longgu, Liuhe, Maji and other peripheral towns of Nanjing also fell into the sea of ??desperate roars and successive charges from various national troops attacking Nanjing.  With Nanjing as the center, the land of southern Jiangsu trembled wildly amidst the thundering sounds of killing. The more than 600,000 troops fighting between China and Japan twisted every important town into a vortex of flesh and blood, and started a brutal fight.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)?The artillery shells poured into the Japanese army, exploding into death fireballs that swallowed up the lives of a large number of Japanese soldiers.

    Almost at the same time, Wujiang, Quanjiao, Longgu, Liuhe, Maji and other peripheral towns of Nanjing also fell into the sea of ??desperate roars and successive charges from various national troops attacking Nanjing.  With Nanjing as the center, the land of southern Jiangsu trembled wildly amidst the thundering sounds of killing. The more than 600,000 troops fighting between China and Japan twisted every important town into a vortex of flesh and blood, and started a brutal fight.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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