The festive atmosphere among the Japanese army soon spread to every corner, and even the sentries responsible for vigil on various battlefields began to sing and dance to celebrate the decisive victory achieved by the Japanese army.
In Jiujiang, perhaps only Itagaki Seishiro and Ueno Kamio are sober.
Although it was already late at night, Kame Ueno was still worried. He personally brought the guards to the city to inspect the Japanese positions. Kame Ueno felt that what Commander Itagaki said was very correct. At this time, he must not be careless, because At this time, the Japanese army is often the most lax, but the National Army is likely to be trapped and fighting out of despair.
If one party is negligent and the other party is trapped, the result will be difficult to predict.
As a result, when Kame Ueno inspected a position on the battlefield east of the city, he found that several sentries had gathered together and sang cherry blossoms.
Cherry blossoms, cherry blossoms.
Under the clear sky in March,
Cherry blossoms stretch as far as the eye can see.
Flowers are like the sea of clouds and colorful clouds,
The fragrance is extremely picturesque.
Come on, come on.
Come and see the cherry blossoms.
Several sentinels sang and danced to accompany them.
When Ueno Kameguo saw this scene, his nose immediately became angry.
"Baga, what are you doing?" Kame Ueno yelled, and several sentries turned around and saw that it was the Chief of Staff personally coming to patrol the night, and they suddenly fell silent.
Several sentries put their feet back and stood at attention, not even daring to take a breath while standing there.
But Ueno Kameguo strode forward, walked up to the sergeant who was leading the team, and slapped the sergeant more than a dozen times, until he beat the sergeant into a pig's head. Still feeling angry, he asked the orderlies accompanying him to take the responsibility. The captain of the 55th Infantry Regiment on the east battlefield of the city, Iida Haruki, called over.
Iida Haruki had already fallen asleep, and was woken up from his sleep by his deputy captain Shimada Shun.
Iida Haruki rushed over sleepily, only to see Kame Ueno standing there with a pale face.
"Chief of Staff!" Iida Yoshu felt excited, and he quickly took two steps forward, stood at attention, and paid his respects.
Kame Ueno stared at Iida Haruki with a sinister look, and asked coldly: "Iida-san, what did I say before nightfall?"
"Hai!" Ueno Kameguo immediately replied, "Before night, the chief of staff ordered that all ministries must be on heightened alert and must not give any opportunity to the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army."
Ueno Kameguo pointed to the sentries who were singing and dancing just now and said: "Is this how your infantry regiment, the 55th Infantry Regiment, strengthens its vigilance? If the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army suddenly launches a breakout battle at this time, your infantry regiment will Can the 55th Regiment respond in time? Om, can you respond in time?"
"Hai." Iida Yangshu didn't defend himself, he just admitted his mistake.
But in his heart, Iida Yangshu disagreed. At present, the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army has been compressed in the north of the city. It is only a matter of time before it is destroyed. How easy is it to break through? What's more, the 55th Infantry Regiment's defense line has a total of three front and rear layers. This is just the third outermost defense line. Is it necessary to face a powerful enemy
Besides, after the imperial army won such a great victory, the warriors were not allowed to celebrate
Ueno Kamehao, however, did not bother to explain to Iida Haruki, and said directly: "Immediately pass on the order, and all streets, alleys, and all street intersections will be strengthened according to the highest standards. There will be a sentry every three steps and a post every five steps." , patrol teams must be dispatched to patrol every street continuously..."
Speaking of this, Ueno Kamefu suddenly paused.
Because Kame Ueno faintly heard a muffled sound, and then felt the ground beneath his feet shaking slightly.
"What's going on? Is there an earthquake?" As a Japanese, Kameo Ueno is no stranger to earthquakes, because hundreds of earthquakes occur in Japan every year. However, since he set foot on the battlefield in China at the end of November last year, he has It’s been a long time since I’ve experienced an earthquake. Doesn’t China not experience earthquakes
Ueno Kameguo's confusion was just a thought for a moment. The next moment, the shaking of the ground under his feet suddenly intensified. You could even clearly see that the ground paved with bluestones under your feet began to crack instantly, then quickly arched, and then outwards. Open it up, and then turn up the bluestone slabs, dirt blocks, dirt, etc., and burst into bloom.
This is not an earthquake, but an engineering blast! Ueno Kamehao only had time to change his mind when his head was hit hard by an upturned bluestone and he fainted on the spot.
Iida Haruki and a dozen orderlies and sentries standing in Ueno Kame didn't fare much better. They were instantly knocked to the ground by the violent shock wave.
This is just the east side of the city, hundreds of meters away from the center of the explosion!
The junction between the east and south of the city, which was at the center of the explosion, had been completely annihilated by the huge plume of smoke.
Anyway, Xu Rui borrowed flowers to offer sacrifices to Buddha. At the junction of the east and south of the city, within a distance of one kilometer, he deployed forty explosion points, each of which contained fifty kilograms of explosives! Forty explosion points detonate at the same time, thousands of kilograms of bombs explode at the same time, which is equivalent to the explosion of 200,000 grenades at the same time. Can you imagine the effect
Although the smoke and dust generated by the explosion are far from dissipated at this time, you can definitely imagine that within the diameter of forty explosion points and fifty meters, it is absolutely impossible for any buildings to exist anymore. As for the fortifications built by the little devils, it is even more They had been blown up to nothing, and the Japanese who were within fifty meters of the explosion point were killed on the spot even if they were not killed.
Before the smoke and dust caused by the explosion dispersed, Hou Zhigang rushed forward with 60 commandos. Behind the commandos, there were more than 300 Sichuan Army veterans with only minor injuries and more than 100 puppet army garrison brigades. Officers and soldiers, working in pairs, each carrying a critically injured person on a stretcher, also rushed into the thick smoke.
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When the explosion occurred, Itagaki Seishiro had just finished his work and was preparing to go to bed.
As a result, as soon as he reached the marching bed and before he lay down, the ground under his feet suddenly began to shake violently. Itagaki Seishiro was caught off guard and stumbled to the ground. His forehead hit the corner of the bed, and blood started to flow in an instant. As noted, Itagaki Seishiro didn't bother to wipe it, got up and rushed outside.
"What's going on? What happened..." Itagaki Seishiro just asked half of the sentence, and then the second half of the sentence got stuck in his throat and he couldn't say it anymore, because his eyes had already seen it, and he saw that a huge ball had risen in Jiujiang City. Fireball, oh no, it is a long fire belt, a huge fire belt composed of countless fireballs!
Also, the dazzling red light almost reflected the entire night sky.
Upon seeing this situation, Itagaki Ishiro knew that the Japanese army's position had been blasted by Sichuan army engineers!
Therefore, Itagaki Seishiro immediately realized that the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army was probably going to break through overnight!
"Bagagaru!" Seishiro Itagaki cursed lowly from deep in his throat, then turned around and shouted, "Order, the 55th Infantry Regiment and the 56th Infantry Regiment immediately organize troops to blockade the east and west areas of Jiujiang City. At the junction in the south of the city, if we send another unit to intercept it outside the city, we will definitely not be able to allow the Sichuan army to break out!"
"Hai!" The messenger behind him paused and turned around.
Although the order had been issued, Itagaki Seishiro was still a little worried.
Because judging from the blasting smoke, it is obviously at the junction of the east and south of the city. Now both the east and south of the city are under the control of the Japanese army. This means that the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army has no chance to plant explosives at all, so this There is only one possibility, and that is that these bombings have been laid by the Sichuan Army a long time ago.
This means that the Sichuan army was already ready to break out before the Jiujiang Defense Battle began.
Therefore, this Sichuan army's breakout can be said to have been planned and prepared for a long time, but the Japanese army responded hastily, so it is not difficult to guess what the result will be.
When he thought that the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army might successfully break through, and when he thought that Xu Rui might slip away from the palm of his hand, Itagaki Seishiro's heart immediately became anxious. Baga Yalu, if Xu Rui really escapes in the end, the base camp Needless to say, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely be extremely disappointed with him.
Before coming to the Chinese battlefield, His Majesty the Emperor repeatedly told him that he must do his best to hunt down Xu Rui!
Xu Rui must be hunted and killed. He must not be allowed to smear the face of the imperial army or the empire!
At that moment, Itagaki Seishiro hurried back to the tent and shouted in a low voice: "Map, get the map quickly!"
A staff officer quickly brought the map over, spread it out on the canvas table, and whispered: "Your Excellency, Commander, your forehead is bleeding. Can you please let the medical soldiers bandage it?"
The medical soldier who had been waiting aside hurriedly stepped forward.
"Go away!" Itagaki Seishiro pushed the medical soldier away and walked to the canvas table.
Itagaki Seishiro's eyes only glanced at the map for a moment, and then he immediately showed a clear look on his face: "I understand, I finally understand why Xue Yue sent troops north to Fengxin County! This troop is clearly here to support the Sichuan Army The 799th Regiment, the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army is going to break out in the direction of Mahuiling Town and De'an!"
The several combat officers standing nearby were confused and somewhat confused.
Itagaki Seishiro explained: "Look, Jiujiang is bounded by the Yangtze River to the north and Fanyang Lake to the east. The 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army has no ships and can neither cross the Yangtze River nor Poyang Lake, so they can only go south or west. Go, but going south is blocked by Lushan Mountain, which is a dead end. Going west will encounter a head-on collision with the Botian Detachment, which is also a dead end. Therefore, the only way for the Sichuan Army's 799th Regiment to survive is to break out to the southeast, that is, Break out toward Mahuiling Town and De'an!"
"Sodesnay." The combat staff was stunned after hearing this, and then asked, "But Your Excellency, Commander, is it really possible for the 799th Regiment of the Sichuan Army to break out?"
Itagaki Seishiro remained silent. (To be continued.)