It rained in the afternoon and stopped at 10 o'clock in the evening. The sky was gloomy and the breeze blew, bringing a burst of chill.

The siege of the 18th Japanese Regiment is now the fourth day. The Japanese officers and soldiers are starving to the point of their eyes, their bodies are weakening to the limit, and their lives are beginning to pass away little by little. Many officers and soldiers have hallucinations, mental breakdown, starve to death, or choose to commit suicide. Now there are only more than 2,100 officers and soldiers on the mountain.

These living officers and soldiers sat or lay weakly, and didn't want to do anything. The mountain was quietly appearing dead silence.

The enemies on the surrounding mountains were not idle. They sang and danced around the fire, which seemed very lively. Not only that, they also fired fire on the mountains guarded by the Japanese army from time to time. The shelling was blind, but it still caused casualties among Japanese officers and soldiers.

The Japanese officers and soldiers were already numb to this, and their expressions were numb, closing their eyes to rest, too lazy to pay attention to them, and they had no strength to pay attention to them.

However, what they could not bear was that there were many large pots on the top of the enemy's mountain, and the smell of meat continued to float over, and the hunger in their stomachs made them extremely painful.

At midnight, the enemy on the mountain calmed down and the world fell into silence. The ghost-like bonfire on the hill occupied by the enemy flashed there, adding to a little weirdness.

Suddenly, a melodious music came, and then a song came. The Japanese officers and soldiers were all very familiar with the singers. It was Kurihara's famous female artist Kurihara's song at that time. The singing voice was gentle and gentle, and the Japanese officers and soldiers began to be unclear. Kurihara's singing created an illusion in front of them. The scene of returning to their hometown and enjoying a peaceful and peaceful life with their relatives, and even recalling their carefree childhood wonderful time.

Soon after, the music became weaker, vague, but still could be heard. Amid the music, a thick and beautiful voice came from the sound of a man, whose voice was not only pure Japanese, but also pure Hiroshima dialect. The Japanese Fifth Division was mainly composed of Hiroshima people, so it is also called Hiroshima Division. The officers and soldiers of the 18th Regiment felt particularly friendly when they heard the dialect of their hometown.

Gao Jiu said: "I am Gao Jiu, the officers and soldiers of Hiroshima."

The name Gao Jiu is so terrifying. All the Japanese officers and soldiers opened their eyes and pricked up their ears, wanting to hear what this hateful guy wants to say?

"The raindrops tied up in July, and the summer of the small town in my hometown was soaked in the rain. A asphalt road, like rice paper splashed ink, wrote about the day and yesterday of the small town, spreading from the rain, and then spreading into the rain. On the side of the road, pine willows are tied together, like pairs of lovers surrounded by pearls, in the wind of the rain, they are grinding and whispering. The ups and downs of brothels and white pavilions, in the expansion space of the small town, are chasing each other, inheriting the long and long years of the people of the small town..."

Gao Jiu recited a modern Japanese prose poem. Although the Japanese officers and soldiers had never heard of it, the beautiful artistic conception in the poem made them miss their lovely hometown even more.

The Japanese officers and soldiers were silent, and many people's eyes were filled with tears.

Nakajima Fenggo stood at the door of the tent and remained silent, looking at the night sky with a dull look, not knowing what he was thinking.

After reciting the prose poem, Gao Jiu was also silent for a moment so that the Japanese officers and soldiers could enjoy a moment of tranquility.

Not long after, Gao Jiu continued: "Japanese officers and soldiers, at this moment, you must be missing your hometown, the green waters and green mountains, the bright cherry blossoms, your parents, your lovely wives and children, the mellow sake, and the rice dumplings that exude sweetness."

Speaking of this, Gao Jiu stopped again, causing beautiful pictures to appear in the soldiers' minds.

After a while, Gao Jiu said, "You left your hometown and came here. I believe you did not voluntarily. If you are willing to return to your hometown, I can let you live a life. As long as you are willing, I promise to let you go back.

Japanese officers and soldiers, your relatives are waiting for you to go back to reunite. The delicious food is waiting for you to enjoy. Go home, go home, hurry up and go home."

When the Japanese officers and soldiers heard about going home, a light appeared in their dull eyes, and a vivid look appeared on their numb faces.

"Go home, I'm going home." A soldier shouted. Then more soldiers shouted, and the soldiers began to stir.

"Shut up all Bageyalu!" The Japanese officers kept a little awake. They noticed the danger and hurriedly scolded the soldiers.

Gao Jiu sat on an ammunition box, took the Lanlingzui boiled by Jiang Xiaomei, and ate the midnight snack leisurely. Every ten minutes, he shouted a few words: "Japanese officers and soldiers, go home. Your family has prepared the meal and is waiting for you to go home."

Jiang Xiaomei asked, "Brother Jiu, the Japanese are very tenacious. Is it possible that they will surrender?"

Gao Jiu said: "Usually, it is not. Due to their domestic environment, the Japanese officers and soldiers dare not surrender because they are afraid that their families will be implicated.

But there is a saying that if the law does not blame the masses, if thousands of officers and soldiers on the mountain surrender together and everyone will be brave enough to each other, the situation will be different.

The Japanese army also has a special feature. A division is composed of officers and soldiers from the same area. For example, the 106th Division of the Japanese army, most of their officers and soldiers are from Kumamoto, so they are also called Kumamoto Division. The surrounded 18th Regiment belongs to the Fifth Division, and the Fifth Division is composed of Hiroshima people, so it becomes the Hiroshima Division. If a few Japanese soldiers surrender, their families will be discriminated against or even punished. However, if a large number of local Japanese officers and soldiers surrender together, the local government will find it difficult for the families of these surrendered officers and soldiers.

In this case, they have the possibility of surrender. Moreover, the Japanese officers and soldiers are now desperate and their spirits are almost collapsed. Perhaps there is a possibility of surrender."

Jiang Xiaomei sincerely praised: "Brother Jiu, you know so much, you know so much about Japanese people."

Speaking of this, she became interested, and also learned Gao Jiu's tone and used a loudspeaker to persuade the Japanese army to go home.

On Mount No. 43, the Japanese army held an emergency meeting to discuss the current situation.

Nakajima Fenggo knew that Gao Jiu had no kindness because Gao Jiu just said that he could let the Japanese officers and soldiers go home, but he did not put forward specific conditions.

Ordinary Japanese officers and soldiers wanted to go home. If the senior officers of Nakajima Fengwu and others stopped them, their anger would be vented on Nakajima Fengwu and others.

Now the spirit of the Japanese officers and soldiers is almost collapsed, and they can no longer be completely restrained by discipline.

Nakajima said, "Everyone, Gao Jiu has no kindness and he tries to disrupt the morale of our army. Everyone must not be fooled by him."

After Nakajima finished speaking, he found that the officers under his command were very numb and his eyes were not very kind when they looked at him.

These officers are also human beings, and they are almost collapsed, and the idea of ​​missing home has begun to gain the upper hand.

The United Team's consciousness was quite clear, because he could still eat some remaining food after following Nakajima Fenggo. He realized that the situation was dangerous and suggested: "People's captain, otherwise they would send someone to negotiate with Gao Jiu to see what conditions he would offer, and we will discuss the corresponding countermeasures."

After saying that, he tried hard to open his eyes and wink at Nakajima Fenggo.

Seeing that his officers were looking at him, Nakajima nodded and said, "I will consider this matter again. I also need to ask the 12th Army Command for instructions. If the headquarters agrees, I can send someone to negotiate with the enemy."

Nakajima Fenggo is a smart man. He must report this matter to the 12th Army Command. If the 12th Army Command agrees to their negotiations with the enemy, then he will not be investigated by his superiors. If the superiors do not agree, he can also give an explanation to his subordinates, saying that his superiors do not allow him and his subordinates will not target him.

Speaking of this, he sent away the officers who were in the meeting and asked them to go back and try to control the situation and stabilize the morale of the army.

After the officers left, Nakajima Toyoo hesitated very much and thought about it again and again, but still did not dare to send such a telegram.

You know, the entire Japanese army was very arrogant at this time. Even if Fenggo Nakajima had such an idea, he would be despised or even punished. How could he dare to ask the 12th Army Command for their surrender?

The wing said: "Your Excellency the United Team Leader, I suggest you send a telegram as soon as possible, so that you can make the wording more tactful."

Nakajima said, "How to word it? You draft a telegram first."

The wing had already thought about it and soon wrote the telegram draft. The content of the telegram draft was: The 18th Regiment had run out of ammunition and food, and the enemy was now persuading surrender, and the emotions of the officers and soldiers were already difficult to control. I hope that the superiors would provide reinforcements as soon as possible, otherwise there would be a possibility of mutiny.

What he meant was to kick the ball to the 12th Army Command, and they were responsible for this. If there was a mutiny or surrender, they could only blame their superiors for their poor rescue.

Nakajima Toyogo agreed to the opinions attached to the wing and sent the telegram.

Jinan.

The radio duty officer of the 12th Army's confidentiality class received a telegram from Nakajima, and handed it over to the officer on duty in the combat duty room. After reading the content of the telegram, cold sweat suddenly appeared on his head and came directly outside General Haneda's dormitory.

The officer on duty outside General Haneda's dormitory was unwilling to disturb General Haneda. He asked about the content of the telegram to see if he could talk until dawn.

The officer on duty in the headquarters war room knew the seriousness of the problem and did not dare to disclose the matter, so he whispered: "You have no right to know the content of this telegram. It is of great importance. Please wake up the Chief of Staff immediately."

Haneda hasn't had a good sleep these days. After being woken up, he asked dissatisfiedly: "What's wrong again?"

The officer on duty in the war room had already walked in and said, "I'm sorry, Chief of Staff, I'm disturbing you, the 18th Wing emergency telegram."

After reading the telegram, Chief Haneda was also shocked. He had already given up on the 18th Regiment and the psychological burden was not great. This was not to say that he didn't care about the 18th Regiment, but because since Gao Jiu appeared, the 12th Army had lost a lot of troops. He is now used to it and can accept it.

However, he did not expect that the 18th Regiment would be so troublesome. If the 18th Regiment really surrendered to the enemy, it would be an international joke. The entire Japanese Yellow Army would be ridiculed by countries around the world, which would be a very bad start. If other Japanese troops also learn from this and surrender when they encounter danger, the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army will be greatly weakened.

He knew the seriousness of the problem and immediately sent a telegram to Nakajima Fenggo, asking him to resolutely stop the surrender of the officers and soldiers of the 18th Regiment, otherwise, even if he came back alive, he would be sent to the military court.

After sending the telegram, General Haneda was still uneasy. He didn't know whether his orders were still effective for those soldiers who were already desperate?

He thought about it over and over again, thinking that he would still leave hope for these officers and soldiers, so he sent another telegram to Bogo Nakajima, saying that he would try his best to organize reinforcements for reinforcements.

Chief Haneda couldn't sleep anymore, so he immediately reported to the commander of the 12th Army. After discussion, there was no good idea. Even if they reported this matter to the base camp in Japan, it would be too late to draw troops from the Battle of Wuhan to rescue Taohua Mountain. The people in the 18th Regiment could only hold on for two days at most. Being able to starve all to death was the best result at present. Unfortunately, they were afraid that these people had a strong desire to survive and would surrender to Gao Jiu within these two days.

The two of them could not find any results, so they called the military police headquarters and asked General Matsuda to take Hamada Yoshihiro to the 12th Army headquarters.

After Hamada Yoshihiro returned to Jinan, General Matsuda did not accuse him, but instead comforted him, so that he could cheer up and continue to deal with Gao Jiu.

On the way to the 12th Army Command, although Hamada Yoshiji could not guess the specific content that asked him to come, he could think that it must be related to Gao Jiu.

General Haneda introduced the content of the telegram from Bonggo Nakajima, which was indeed related to Takako.

General Matsuda and Yoshihide Hamada did not expect that things would turn out like this. This guy Gao Jiu was so scary that he would come up with such a vicious trick.

General Haneda knew that Hamada Yoshihiro knew the most about Gao Jiu, and he asked directly: "Faced with such a serious situation in front of him, what are you going to do?"

Hamada Yoshiji's mind was indeed very quick. He said, "Dear generals! I have two opinions on humble position. If it is inappropriate, please forgive me."

General Haneda said impatiently: "When is it? If you have anything to say, hurry up."

General Matsuda encouraged him and said, "It's okay, just say whatever you think."

Hamada Yoshiji said: "First, the 18th Regiment has been trapped in a heavy siege, and breaking through is impossible. Instead of sacrificing it in vain, it is better to let them play their final value. IMHO, with their current situation, letting them launch suicide attacks on the enemy will likely lead to worse results.

My opinion is that the Army has nowhere to be expected, and the only thing that can be expected is the Air Force. I suggest that all the bombers that can be mobilized will be carried out indiscriminately bombing, so that the 18th Regiment will die with the enemy."

Speaking of this, he felt that the idea he had come up with was too cruel, and he was anxiously waiting for the big guys to scold him.

The commander of the 12th Army and Chief of Staff Haneda did not speak, but from their eyes, it can be seen that they had agreed to Hamada Yoshihiro's opinion.

General Matsuda disagreed and said, "This thing must not be done. There is a Chinese saying that there is no airtight wall. If we do this, once this matter is spread, the impact on the reputation of the Japanese Yellow Army will be even worse than the surrender of the enemy in the 18th Regiment, and it will also make the majority of Huang Army officers and soldiers feel disappointed.

Moreover, there are a large number of air defense weapons in Taohua Mountain, and even if a large number of bombers are sent, this task may not be able to be completed. Therefore, this opinion cannot be adopted."

The commander of the 12th Army and Chief of Staff Haneda both thought General Matsuda’s words made sense, so he nodded together.

Gao Jiu really didn't expect that Hamada Yoshihiro would have such a vicious idea. If the Japanese army really took a gamble, although he was sure to knock out many Japanese bombers, a large number of bombs would cause many casualties to the anti-Japanese soldiers. Even he himself might have died in the bombing.

Thanks to General Haneda, Gao Jiucai passed by danger.

Hamada Yoshiji hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, it's because I'm not considering it carefully. My second opinion is to negotiate with Gao Jiu. Gao Jiu is greedy for money and lust. As long as he is given enough conditions, he may be able to let the 18th Regiment live."

Hamada Yoshihiro said that Gao Jiu was greedy for money and lustful, and it seemed that he did not wrongly accuse him. Gao Jiu usually no longer causes trouble for the Japanese army after collecting the money. Moreover, there are indeed many women around him.

Chief Haneda agreed to the Yamamoto Garrison's garrison, and the commander of the 12th Army also knew about this. Since there was no other way, they felt that this could be tried.

General Haneda asked, "Time is now very tight. Who can negotiate with Gao Jiu? How to contact him?"

Hamada Yoshihiro was defeated repeatedly in front of Gao Jiu. Although the generals did not blame him, he also knew that his status in the minds of these big men had dropped greatly. He decided to take a gamble and win back the trust of these big men.
Chapter completed!