Chapter 211 Reinforcement

In Tokyo, at this time, the heart of the Japanese empire seems to be a little anxious. This anxiety comes not only from the official, but also permeates the people. At this time, everyone is thinking about a question, when it will perish.

In the streets and alleys of Tokyo, you can see me building fortifications everywhere. Now I am starting to prepare for Tokyo's defense. In anyone's opinion, after the fall of the four countries, the next one must be Honshu.

On the sea, hundreds of fishing boats have formed a multi-layer warning circle. They are responsible for guarding the inland sea to prevent the Zhong [***] team from landing on Honshu Island. Although the Zhong [***] team has not yet been able to occupy Shikoku Island, with the announcement of the Zhong [***] that they completely occupied Kochi County and occupied the establishment. After the intact port, the soldiers in Tokyo understood.

At this time, it has reached the last moment of Japan's defense!

The failure of the South China Sea has led to a rapid decline in the status of the navy, which is regarded as "the treasure of the empire" and the "close minister of the emperor". In the army's staff headquarters, the army asked whether the navy could send a group of troops to the four countries to stop the attack of the Chinese army. The navy agreed without hesitation.

"The army from there!"

In the face of the navy representative, the army's combat staff's answer was that this was the army transferred by Marshal Dashan from North Korea. Although the Chinese navy blocked the Tsushima Strait, as many as two brigades of Japanese soldiers successfully penetrated the blockade line by fishing boats and small ships. After paying the loss of thousands of people, they arrived safely. Benzhou Island.

Two brigades, nearly 10,000 troops, and as many as 10,000 rifles from North Korea really made the senior management of Japan happy. The successful infiltration greatly increased the defense force of the state. However, in the end, in the face of the danger of the four countries island, the army staff headquarters decided to send 5,000 people to reinforce the four countries, including the navy among the 5,000 people. There were 500 people in the special marines and 4,500 in the bridge and wood brigade, which were originally planned to be used to guard Honshu Island, but at this time, Er Taiyuan Taro could only send them to the four countries.

"You must guard Kagawa!"

Hashimoto is Qing, a colonel with a moustache who studied in Germany and the head of the Hashimoto Brigade. When he left, Kodama Gentaro once said to him himself.

To defend the four kingdoms is to defend the book. If the four kingdoms fall, the book will die!

In Tokyo, in Japan, almost everyone saw similar reports from the newspaper. It seems that overnight, Shikoku Island, which was originally the most backward island in Japan, became the key to the survival of the fate of Japan.

Before the troops left, Hashimoto asked Koizumi Nishimura, a reporter of "Every Day News", to look at a map of the four-nation islands and pointed to a small dot and said:

"This is our new destination - Kagawa. I know you will think this is a war without any suspense. Indeed, many people think that we can't stay there, and I dare not say anything. However, I dare say that this is an extremely important battle.

Hashimoto soberly predicted that he knew that Shikoku Island would be the focus of whether China could attack Honshu and destroy Japan.

"If you think of the four countries, you have to give me your life. Both of you and I are likely to sacrifice.

Looking at the young reporter, Hashimoto said seriously.

"I'm going!"

Koizumi Nishimura said solemnly.

"I won't drag you down. If necessary, I will also take up arms and go to the front line!"

So the two shook hands quietly, and no one said anything more. Because they know that it's too late to say anything.

Two days later, on April 6th, Hashimoto instructed the captains of each team to pay the soldiers for three months. They are about to carry out a very important mission, and many people may be killed. Let the soldiers send most of the money home, and eat and drink the rest of the money, so that they can spend the last night here.

Although Hashimoto did not mention what the task was in his order, everyone in the Hashimoto Brigade knew that they were going to the four countries and Xiangchuan City. At that time, they had to guard the day, and... "This will determine the survival of the day!"

The sense of mission permeates the hearts of Japanese soldiers. Perhaps they don't have a large number of artillery and machine guns like the [***] team, but they know that they may be the last line of defense.

Shortly after dawn, 4,500 soldiers of the Gaoqiao Brigade boarded two 10,000-ton merchant ships, which were requisitioned by the army from the Japanese postal company last night. Under the early spring sun, the cold deck of "Zodan Maru" became a little warm.

The village with a camera occasionally takes one or two photos as a souvenir of the war. He watched the soldiers fish into the spacious cabin and squeeze into their respective cranes. The fan blew out gusts of hot wind, and the village returned to the deck.

Just as he was about to anchor and set off, a big black dog ran on the shore and rushed into the boat. It frantically searched for its owner, Lieutenant Noda, an officer who had just graduated from Lu Shi early.

"Well, I'm wrong,"

Noda said apologetically to the black dog. He threw it away the night before. He knew that this was a life-and-death task. Whether he could defend Kagawa or not, at least one thing is certain. No matter whether he wins or loses, many people will die.

The black dog sat on the deck and looked at his master quietly, while Noda looked at his dog after a long silence.

"I don't want you to die in the four countries!"

For the future, Noda has no confidence. For him, confidence has long been lost in the war between Manchuria and the Chinese people last year. What confidence is there now?

The merchant ship sailed in the direction of Kagawa in the Seto Inland Sea at a speed of six nautical miles per hour. The soldiers turned around on the deck. Some were humming military songs, some were lying lazily, and some were doing physical sex. Compared with the dangerous outer sea, there is still no [***] ship that dared to break into the inner sea. There is no doubt that Like heaven, especially when the bright spring sun shines, it makes these relaxed soldiers morale higher.

And at dinner, according to the request, the soldiers got sake again, which was a "drink" to improve their mood. The soldiers boasted that they were not afraid of the Chinese at all, as long as they attacked at night. In order to encourage them, the officers have been repeatedly telling them that the Chinese soldiers are timid and cowardly. Compared with the imperial army, the Chinese [***] team is not good at night combat at all, and it is more inappropriate for night bayonet assault.

The soldiers resting on the deck recalled the past battles with relish, how they easily defeated the Lucian army, and then how he would defeat the Chinese [[***] team that invaded Japan.

"After our gunfire in Manchuria, there was not even a grass leaf,"

A slightly older soldier said.

"But the place where the Chinese have had sex is a piece of grass!"

"That's because the Chinese are afraid of death, so the shells they shoot are particularly dense!"

A soldier Cao said next to him that the troops transferred from North Korea are different from the new special divisions in China, and many of them have fought in China and the China [***] team.

"You just need to remember one thing. No matter how many cannons and machine guns the Chinese have, their blood is as red as you, and they will bleed if they are hit by bullets!"

A cool breeze woke up Koizumi West Village. At 8:25, the departure horn sounded, and the only destroyers of the eight Japanese navy sailed out in a southeast direction at a speed of ten nautical miles per hour in two side by side. At the bottom of the cabin, the sound of the plane was suffocatingly hot, and Nishino had to return to the deck. As soon as he got on the deck, he was almost blown down by the sea breeze. Today is cloudy and the best time to cross the strait.

The sea array hit the deck, and Nishino had no choice but to return to the cabin. He heard an officer telling a group of soldiers that they would arrive in Kagawa a few hours before midnight, and a sergeant began to check the soldiers' life jackets.

"There is no need to worry about Chinese planes. The weather is so bad today that they can't take off at all!"

Koizumi Nishimura said happily that he liked the plane very much and knew that the plane could not take off at all under such conditions. Perhaps those planes that could only drop small bombs and shoot the ground with machine guns could not sink 10,000 tons of giant ships at all, but they could inform the team of their movements.

If that's the case, what will happen is not something that people can predict. During the day, the sailors kept asking the army soldiers to avenge their comrades-in-arms who were slaughtered by the Chinese navy in the South China Sea, and these army soldiers promised to "eliminate the Qing slaves one by one."

After dinner, the sailors drank beer and cider, smoked and ate sugar.

"We are responsible for the sea!"

A drunken sailor shouted, "You are responsible for the island. Is it okay? I wish you good luck for a long time!"

After saying that, he shook hands with the soldiers around him one by one.

An army soldier gave a sailor half a pack of unsightly cigarettes and said, "If we can meet again alive, we will smoke to celebrate."

The other two exchanged their cut nails.

"If I die, give it to my son," said the army soldier. "The boy is only two years old."

"This is my mother's name and address," said the sailor.

In the future, what will the future be like? Everyone dares not think about it. They don't even dare to think about the present, but everyone knows what will happen once the four countries are completely occupied by the Chinese.

Eight escorted small destroyers swayed violently at full speed in the dark. Their voyage was like endless fireworks. Finally, in the middle of the night, the fleet approached Kagawa City. In order to prevent the Kagawa Port from being used by the Chinese after the fall of Kagawa, before the [***] team approached Kagawa, the dock exploded and sank into the ship at the same time.

The destruction of the port made it impossible for the troops to reinforce Kagawa to disembark from the port. They could only use the motorboats and sangs to land. The motorboats and sangs were lowered to the surface of the water. The soldiers quietly boarded on the boat, and then the motorboat pulled the boat or the soldiers rowed the boat to the west of Kagawa City. Row to the beach of Yujiantai.

After getting on the boat in Koizumi West Village, I heard nothing but the gentle footsteps of others getting on the boat. His boat ran aground on the beach. He clumsily climbed out of the side of the boat, and then the tide pushed him to the shore. At this time, everyone's words and the tide kept coming from him.

He staggered to the beach. He looked at his watch. At 8:10, the fish was at the foot of the mountain on the long coast. The soldiers kept jumping into the beach and began to line up.

"What a beautiful starry night!"

A soldier beside him said to the night sky in the distance.

"Yes!"

Koizumi West Village nodded, but at this time, the soldier sighed.

"This may be the last time I see a star!"

Koizumi Nishimura, who didn't say a word, walked in the direction of Xiangchuan City. He knew that in the next few days, it might determine the fate of the day.

Suddenly, a voice made him stop; "Which unit are you from?"

He caught a glimpse of a shadow. The shadow turned out to be a Japanese soldier in various costumes. It was a national stand-up team. Their hands were mostly all kinds of cold weapons, and there were only a few poor old-fashioned rifles.

In this state, many people accuse the people of the four countries of being too incompetent, but looking at these people, Koizumi Nishimura knows that it is impossible for them to repel the [***] team just by relying on this kind of national team.

"I'm glad to meet you,"

One of the soldiers with only sixteen-seven said.

"It's good if you come. Now we have 10,000 people here, but we only have a thousand rifles, and many of them are weapons of the shogunate era."

Then he pointed to the southwest and said.

"But the Chinese, they have all kinds of weapons and heavy artillery. The Zecun detachment ambushed a [***] team in Wushan a few days ago. There may be only one squadron, but the people of the Zecun squadron died, and none of them survived. The Chinese guns can..."

The teenager drew with his voice.

"Dah... You can play continuously! By the way, have you brought us weapons?

In the face of the teenager's words, Koizumi Nishimura said helplessly.

"I'm not a soldier! Maybe bring it!"

Did you bring it? Of course, the troops must bring weapons when they come to war, but they certainly do not equip the national team with weapons. Now they don't even have weapons for the new division, let alone them.

Hashimoto, standing on the beach, saluted in the direction of Tokyo. This may be his last salute to Tokyo. Then he ordered the troops to enter the city. It was time to prepare for battle!

The small spring west village that followed the troops into the fish-seeing platform stopped. The soldiers who went up the mountain sat on the ground and tried to sleep in the tree, but the small spring west village could not sleep. He vaguely felt that the battle seemed to have begun, and the sound of cannons kept coming from the distance.

"Is it thundering?"

Koizumi Nishimura thought so in his heart. He looked in the direction of Kagawa City. At this time, Kagawa was completely shrouded in the night without a trace of light. Looking at Kagawa in darkness, Koizumi said after a moment of silence.

"Today, it will determine the survival of the whole Japanese book!"

Koizumi sighed in his heart that he didn't know how long Kagawa could stay, but he knew that it was time to decide his fate.

Suddenly at this moment, a rapid gunfire interrupted his thoughts. He looked in the direction of the gunfire and only saw a continuous flame rising near the southwest of Xiangchuan City.

"The Chinese have arrived!"

At the foot of the mountain, his right elbow rested on the gun of the submachine gun and followed the battalion commander. Wei Ze looked at his comrades-in-arms beside him. There was no trace of tension in the dark faces, and there was not even any emotion, only the perseverance of the soldiers.

"Okay, brothers!"

After walking back and forth in front of his brothers, Zhao Gang stood there and looked at his brothers in the camp. He marched hundreds of kilometers in the mountains of the four kingdoms. He was killed 16 times and seriously injured 23 times. A total of 57 people were reduced, which was almost equivalent to a reduction of 7%. Fortunately!

"Now, as long as we take down this mountain!"

Zhao Gang pointed to a small mountain in the distance, which is the remnants of the mountains of the four countries. It is the last obstacle to Xiangchuan. As long as you take down there, you can attack Xiangchuan. As long as you take down Xiangchuan, even if the guards occupy half of the four countries, maybe in less than a month, they can completely occupy the four countries island.

"We can attack Kagawa City. As for the important surname of Kagawa, I don't need to repeat it. Now I only have one thing to tell you!"

Looking directly at the brothers in front of him, Zhao Gang looked solemn.

"At this time, the future of the Chinese Empire is in the hands of you and me. In this era, we should be loyal to the king and serve the country and kill the enemy bravely. I hope you will live up to the expectations of the empire!"

He bowed his head heavily, and Zhao Gang bowed deeply to the brothers in front of him.

And the officers and soldiers standing upright with guns, with a roar at the same time, held a rifle and a machine gun on their right hand and spread their arms to the right, bowed back. There are no heroic words, only the silence unique to soldiers and the unique commitment of soldiers.

At this time, the gunfire sounded, and the soldiers with helmets silently carried their weapons and began to gather towards the marching site. No one made any sound, only the sound of military boots stepping on the ground. At this time, the mountain in front of them was completely shrouded by cannon flames, and wild cannons, mountain cannons and mortars were all fired towards this hill. The shell was fired, and the sky was red by the blazing fire caused by the explosion of the shell.

Holding a mirror in his hand, Zhao Gang knelt on the ground with a saber in his left hand, staring at the enemy's position in the distance. Just looking at the enemy's defensive position reflected in the cannon flame, Zhao Gang couldn't help muttering in his heart.

"I met a strong enemy!"

The staggered trenches can be faintly seen on the mountain. The trench is not a "channel" dug by the Japanese army before, but a jagged trench, which is obviously an elite. At least their officers are very experienced. This kind of jagged trench was created by the guards in the northeast, but they didn't expect to meet it here.

"After the second round of fire attack begins, the whole battalion will attack as planned. Sergeant, follow me!"

When giving the order, Zhao Gang's voice was not loud, but he still had a familiar smile on his face.

"How's it going? I'm afraid we're going to gnaw hard bones today!"

"The teeth are good, no matter how hard they are, they can be nibbled!"

Wei Ze answered calmly. At this time, beside him, the light machine gun shooter put the machine gun on the stone, bowed his body, and his cheeks pressed against the cold butt.

At this moment, the second round of shelling began! Zhao Gang pulled out the Western-style saber and made a slight sound when the knife came out of the sheath. The trumpeter quickly put the general's horn on his lips and stared at the officer without blinking. At this time, General Zhao Gang's knife was placed on his shoulder. At the moment of the second round of shelling, his arm suddenly raised forward and pointed to the night sky at a 45-degree angle.

The bugle sounded at the same time, and in an instant, the whistle sounded!

(to be continued)