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"On November 7, after two days of fierce fighting, as a five-color national flag was raised on the Arashiyama coastline, the Second Army of the Imperial Japanese Army ceased to exist. From that day on, through the brave fighting of the soldiers, we

We can responsibly tell any country in the world that a China that allows others to bully no longer exists.

From this day on, we Chinese will stand upright in the East. We will have friendly exchanges with every country that is willing to wait for us as equals. But at the same time, we will also use a brand-new posture to communicate with those countries that are not willing to wait for us as equals.

We must confess, but when bullying occurs, we will not hesitate to use force to defend our own interests.

Here we need to remind everyone, whether they are Chinese or foreigners - China's interests need to be defended with China's sword."

"Ta Kung Pao" November 7, the third year of the Republic of China, "Change"

On the morning of November 7th, as the sound of gunfire got closer and closer, and bad news came one after another, in the underground bunker that was transformed into a large crater that might have been blasted by two large-caliber naval gun shells, Osako Shoudou passed by

The radio station taken off the merchant ship sent a telegram with incoherent language to the Army Under-Secretary of Staff. This lengthy telegram silently proved that it might be his last telegram.

"... Our army is making every effort to destroy the enemy. However, before the landing, due to bombing by Chinese aircraft, we not only lost the fleet, but also lost almost all artillery, two-thirds of the small arms, and

One third of the soldiers.

We may have certain difficulties in future battles. Because our headquarters and communication center have been exposed to the enemy's front line, our connection with Tokyo may be cut off. Of course, there are still some strongholds that can hold on for a certain period of time.

Fighting a delaying war. Even if these strongholds are defeated, we hope that the survivors will continue to fight to the end... We are indeed deeply regretful that we cannot successfully complete the mission. I believe that if we had received sufficient intelligence before the war, perhaps,

Such a disastrous defeat can be avoided... I am very sorry, because I can imagine what kind of humiliation the empire will suffer due to our incompetence. However, what I can say about myself is that my officers and soldiers are as good as in terms of troops and weapons.

The enemy who had an overwhelming advantage fought for every inch of territory, and after suffering indescribable indiscriminate bombardment, they still launched a desperate attack on the Chinese army with their bare hands or armed with wooden sticks, and died without any complaints."

In Osako Shoudou's telegram, he used extremely negative words to describe the bravery and sacrifice of the army soldiers. Of course, he also mentioned his own regrets.

"Although the day of death for our humble duty is approaching, we calmly pray to God to bless the motherland with a bright future. Since the war situation may change dramatically and radio communications may be cut off, I would like to pay tribute to my superiors and fellow generals. I do not have enough strength to fight back against the enemy.

So much so that they suffered a disastrous defeat. This was definitely not caused by the inability of the army soldiers to sacrifice their lives heroically. It was actually caused by running out of ammunition and food. For more than ten days, the army soldiers had hardly eaten any food. They could only fight against hunger with their will and fight with flesh and blood.

body to resist the bombing and intensive artillery shelling by the China Army."

Every few sentences, he would reiterate the bravery of the army soldiers. Osako Shangdou knew that only in this way can the reputation of the army be restored. The army can fail, but it must fail like a warrior. In that case, the people will be able to accept it.

their failure.

"...I am convinced that this is just a setback Japan has suffered in the course of history. My soul and the loyal souls of the soldiers of the Second Army will always attack the enemy and protect the Japanese Empire forever... Please note that I am sending this by telegram

Battle reports and opinions. If the telegram can help revise future tactics and training plans, it is very fortunate..."

He mentioned almost every weapon including airplanes, machine guns, and mortars, and described the power and characteristics of those weapons in detail. However, what he mentioned emphatically was airplanes and "a new type of combustion engine."

"Bomb". In short, in Osako Shoudou's view, this failure was entirely caused by aircraft. Without the appearance of aircraft, the navy's fleet would not have been sunk, and the Second Army would not have lost a large number of soldiers in the bombing.

And almost all artillery, in short, in Osaki Shangdou's suggestions, aircraft are constantly mentioned. s8 rapid update

"...If the air threat of the China Army cannot be resolved in one day, then, for the benefit of Japan, our country should negotiate with China to end the conflict. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to my superiors and my fellow generals for their support during my lifetime.

We would like to express our gratitude for the friendly assistance. I would also like to say that until the last moment of the Navy's withdrawal, we cooperated very well with the Navy. The Navy has indeed done their best, but they do not have aircraft.

goodbye

Second Army Commander Osako Naomichi"

The tenacity of the Japanese resistance was completely beyond everyone's imagination. However, the various units of the Japanese army were not very coordinated. Because of the lack of weapons, they adopted desperate tactics during the counterattack; volunteers tied explosives to their backs.

Go up, then rush towards the crowd, and then detonate the explosives.

More almost unarmed Japanese soldiers lurked on the road where the Chinese army passed by, and then launched a counterattack with human bullets at close range. In the end, most of them died tragically under machine guns. Compared with the counterattack in the early morning, this kind of counterattack during the day,

It is almost equal to death. For the offensive troops, they often only need to concentrate their firepower to "slaughter" the unarmed enemies. After losing the reserve team, only the Second Army with tens of thousands of unarmed soldiers is left.

It has long been unable to stop their attack. This is just the last desperate struggle of the trapped beast.

Blood, a bloody red blood, gushes out from Osako Shangdou's abdomen. Looking at Osako Shangdou who committed seppuku, Akashi Genjiro fell into silence. Now, after Commander Osako committed seppuku, he is

He is the top officer of the Second Army, but what is the use?

The defeat can no longer be changed

Standing on the earthen ladder leading to the ground from the underground bunker, Akashi Genjiro was silent, saying goodbye to the officers who bowed to him from time to time and then walked out of the bunker with their sabers in hand. Now he was thinking about a question in his heart, which was surrender.

,still……

Just as he was thinking about it in his mind, a voice suddenly woke him up. He looked out and caught a glimpse of a Chinese army helmet. That kind of helmet was almost the image of the Chinese Army. In the past,

for a period of time, it has long been engraved in their minds.

Akashi Genjiro, who didn't get the answer, glanced at the helmet helplessly. It was so close, only a hundred meters away at most.

"Hey, let's take death as our liberation."

Death is the simplest solution to all problems. When he dies, he no longer needs to consider the fate of other people, his responsibility will be completed, and more importantly, he no longer needs to bear the shame of surrender.

Just as he pulled out his pistol, the helmet disappeared from his sight. The owner of the helmet lay down, only a few dozen meters away, and then a black dot swung over from where the man lay. He

With a hissing sound, a smoking grenade fell onto the earthen ladder and rolled into the underground bunker.

I don't know who jumped up and covered the grenade with a blanket, and the grenade exploded. The grenade exploded upwards. No one was injured, at least no one was seriously injured. However, Genjiro Akashi was a little dizzy after being shocked by the explosion of the grenade.

, but began to notice that the helmet was moving again. He seemed to be holding a canvas bag in his hand. Then, ten meters away from the bunker, he violently swung the canvas bag over. The canvas bag contained obviously

It was a grenade, and there was more than one of them, and there was a puff of white smoke coming out of it.

Just when the grenade was thrown, Akashi Genjiro, who knew he would die, said to himself, "Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" The shadows of his wife, son, and even his long-dead mother appeared in his mind.

"I'm ready..."

At the moment of the explosion, Akashi Genjiro felt as if his body had been crushed by some supernatural force. He heard himself shout "Ah"

Immediately after the explosion, in a thick smoke, Akashi Genjiro, who had been pushed out of the stairs by the bomb explosion, was lying on the ground, his head was bleeding, and he was groaning in a pool of blood. He reluctantly opened his eyes and seemed to be still alive.

He couldn't help but regret that he had died, but he didn't have the strength to commit suicide.

At this time, a figure blocked the dim light, and he vaguely saw a Chinese soldier wearing a steel helmet leaning over to inspect him.

"He's a lieutenant general"

“Still alive”

"Quick, call the medic, let's capture a lieutenant general"

In the haze, Akashi Genjiro could vaguely see excited Chinese soldiers all around him. Apparently they were excited about capturing a lieutenant general prisoner. Then someone seemed to be groping for something on his body, and there was a burst of excitement coming from his body.

It hurt, it seemed like the Chinese soldier was treating the wound.

"Kill...kill me..."

Akashi Genjiro struggled hard and could not let the Chinese capture a lieutenant general.

But his limbs were restrained by others. The Chinese soldiers obviously would not let such a big fish go.

This scene was just an episode on the battlefield. At this time, the first officers and soldiers who had already reached the coast had completed their final attack on the Japanese army, compressing the remaining Japanese troops on two narrow beaches without any cover.

"Surrender"

After hearing the gunshots outside the tent and looking at the soldiers in the field hospital who were struggling to go out and fight the Chinese army, Nishizawa threw down the blood-stained leggings in despair. In his opinion, the battle was over.

At this level, in fact, we should have surrendered long ago.

As soon as his words came out of his mouth, he was immediately greeted with cold looks from those around him.

"You are not a soldier"

"Soldiers don't want everyone to die in vain."

Facing the questioning of an officer, Nishizawa roared and then walked out of the tent. At this time, thousands of unarmed soldiers were crowded outside the military hospital, but in front of them,

For the first time, with the Chinese soldiers holding machine guns and rifles, Caesar changed the name of this country to "China" in his heart, instead of calling it "China" contemptuously.

At this time, those who were hit obviously had no intention of launching another attack, or for them, there was no need to attack at all now. Everything was over. As long as they wanted to, they only needed to set up heavy machine guns and shoot towards the beach.

, they can complete their tasks.

However, they seem to have no intention of doing so.

However, correspondingly, there seems to be no persuasion to surrender. It seems that persuading surrender is unfamiliar and unfamiliar to the Chinese *** Team. Indeed, persuading surrender is indeed very unfamiliar to the Chinese *** Team. In fact, in the past few decades,

During the years, in foreign wars, they were often the losing side rather than the victorious side.

In fact, the fact is by no means what Nishizawa imagined that "the Chinese army will not persuade them to surrender" or "they are not familiar with persuading them to surrender". In fact, for any winner, persuading them to surrender is just a gesture to show their superiority, and this is

At that time, the reason why the attacking troops stalled was very simple. It was simply because the senior officials in the rear were hesitating whether to increase the number of prisoners as much as possible or to completely eliminate the army.

"Annihilate them completely, completely annihilate them"

Over the phone, Xu Shuzheng could not suppress his excitement and put forward his suggestions to Li Zicheng. In his opinion, annihilating a single Japanese army would undoubtedly further establish China's military prestige.

"Now, China's military prestige has been established. For the Japanese army, whether it is annihilated or captured, the result is the same, which means that the Second Army will be completely annihilated by our army in sequence, and we must consider

Other questions"

Holding the phone, Li Zicheng persuaded him earnestly.

To avoid the total annihilation of the Japanese army is to prepare for the upcoming negotiations in the capital. The bargaining chip of the total annihilation of the Second Army on the negotiating table is far less than the tens of thousands of prisoners of war in hand, and more importantly, the psychological disintegration of the Japanese army's so-called

"Don't take prisoners for life, fight to the end."

"negotiation?"
To be continued...