Chapter 171 The Lost Military Soul 1

It took half a month for the Guards Division to capture Jiayi, and it only took ten hours to capture Taibao.

The rapid collapse of the too conservative army made Nogi Hidian suspicious.

However, Kawano Longqiao, head of the Staff Office of the Guards Division, quickly gave an explanation. Kono Longqiao reported that the enemy had discarded a large number of hot steamed buns and porridge in the captured Zhangjun fortress.

This shows that the enemy was in a hurry to fight without warning. When the Japanese launched the attack, many Zhang soldiers were still having breakfast and did not arrive at the front line in time.

For this state of Zhangjun, Kono Longqiao's explanation is that Shenwei Mitsutomi had reached an agreement with Zhou Charter to divide Taiwan equally, and then ordered the Japanese army to withdraw on the whole line. Zhang officers stationed at the Taibao generally believed that the war in Taiwan was over, so when the Japanese army appeared again in the Taibao, Zhang Jun on the Taibao defense line Unprepared, he was caught off guard by the Japanese army, causing the whole line of defense to collapse.

Kono Longqiao's explanation is reasonable, which in turn confirms that Shenwei Mitsumi does have an agreement with Zhou Charter! Otherwise, Zhang Jun will never be so careless.

Nomu Xidian no longer had any doubts and led the army straight to the last line of defense in Tainan - Yizhu.

Tainan, the dream of death of Nomu Hidian, is close at hand!

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Tainan, Chikan Building.

The Chikan Tower, built in the 15th century A.D., is the center of the Prominza City built by the Dutch. It was once a symbol of Dutch colonial rule and a symbol of the prosperity of the Zheng Dynasty. During Zheng's rule in Taiwan, Tainan became the eastern capital Mingjing, and the Chikan Tower also became the highest administrative organ of Taiwan.

From Kangxi to Daoguang, Tainan has always been the capital of Taiwan. It was not until Liu Mingchuan became the governor of Taiwan that Taipei replaced Tainan as the political and cultural center of Taiwan due to the rapid economic development in northern Taiwan.

Now, with the central and northern regions of Taiwan falling into the hands of the Japanese army, Tainan has once again become the capital of Taiwan. The remnants of Taiwan's democratic country, represented by the Black Flag Army, have gathered in Tainan, and the Yellow Tiger Flag representing the Taiwan Democratic State was once raised.

However, what is flying upstairs is a wolf flag.

After Zhang Jun arrived in Tainan, Liu Yongfu ordered people to lower the yellow tiger flag. In his opinion, Taiwan's democratic country is just a stopgap measure against the Japanese army. As a general officer of the Qing Dynasty, he does not want Taiwan to establish an independent state. However, the Qing Dynasty's ruthless abandonment of Taiwan, especially Zhang Zhidong's reversal, broke Liu Yongfu's heart. Therefore, after the Yellow Tiger Flag was lowered, Liu Yongfu ordered people to raise the military flag of Zhangjun, not the dragon flag of the Qing Dynasty.

In the Battle of Anping, the soldiers and civilians in Tainan recognized Zhangjun, and the Wolf Flag was more appealing than the Dragon Flag!

Red Tower, the military flag hunting, the military appearance is solemn, more than 10,000 officers and soldiers with live ammunition under the building, and the phalanxes are neat and solemn. Each phalanx is a combat unit, division, regiment, battalion, company, neat and uniform. In front of the right front of the phalanx, there is a commander standing commander, each commander presses the sword, and all officers and soldiers The lineup of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers was silent, only the wolf flag flying on the roof of the building, fluttering in the west wind.

The following team in Chikan Tower is the first division of Zhangjun, the brigade directly under the army and the artillery brigade directly under the army. The total number of officers and soldiers is 15,000, which is the essence of Zhangjun.

Among them, Wu Peifu's first division has a strength of 8,000, equipped with an artillery regiment and three infantry regiments. This is a unit starting from Zhou Charter. Most of the elders in the army are footmen who were integrated in the battle of Cheng Huan. After a year of battle baptism, these footmen have turned these footmen into elite soldiers and backbones, their The fighting will and tactical literacy have greatly exceeded the well-trained Japanese soldiers. Now, these footmen have become company commanders, battalion commanders, and even become regiment commanders. The first division with footmen as the backbone is the elite of the Zhang Army.

The brigade directly under the army had 6,000 troops, and the brigade commander was Zhang Xun, which was expanded from the third regiment of the original Zhang Army. It was also the old army of the Zhang army. On the edge of the Linjin River, Lai Chuanwu launched a mutiny. Zhang Xun remained "neutral" and watched Lai Chuanwu eat the second regiment. This incident became the stain of the third regiment. Zhang Xun led his troops from Linfen to Mawei. After the military port, when he saw the old brother, he was ashamed. Luo Mingfang expanded the third regiment into a brigade directly under the army, allowing Yao Xi to be the brigade commander and Zhang Xun as the deputy brigade commander. Zhang Xun saw Yao Xi sitting above his head, self-governing losses, did not dare to make trouble, and obediently obey orders.

After arriving in Taiwan, Yao Xi did not want to be the brigade commander and insisted on continuing to be an adjutant for Zhou Charter. Luo Mingfang had no choice but to agree. Zhou Charter then ordered Luo Mingfang to let Zhang Xun be the brigade commander. Anyway, at the beginning, at the peak of the fetal peak, Zhang Xun led this army to fight blood, and two-thirds of the officers and soldiers were killed, laying the foundation for the great victory in Anzhou. Based on this reason, Zhang Xun's merit is greater than that.

When the order came, Zhang Xun was moved to tears. Although Wu Peifu and Naha Wu, who were in the same position as him in North Korea, became division commanders, Zhang Xun understood that the equipment and strength of the brigade directly under the brigade were actually equivalent to a division, and he was directly under the army. His brigade commander was not as rich as Wu Peifu at all. , Naha's five differences, which shows that Zhou Charter still regarded him as an old brother regardless of the past. And the officers and soldiers of the brigade are also holding back their strength to do a good job in Taiwan and wash away the stains!

The artillery brigade directly under the army is an expansion of the artillery brigade directly under the Zhang army. When he was in North Korea, Zhang Jun only had more than a dozen cannons, and the shells were pitifully few. Now, all divisions of Zhangjun have their own artillery units, and the worst division also has an artillery battalion. The direct artillery brigade is even more than guns. The whole brigade has 80 Krper wild guns, 50 mountain guns and 20 Gatlin machine guns, which are organized into five artillery battalions and assigned to two infantry battalions. Luo Mingfang, the brigade commander, was originally an artilleryman. With so many cannons in his hand, he was about to show his skills.

"Ritright!" On the floor, a command was issued.

All the officers and soldiers raised their heads.

On the platform of the high-rise building, the tall body of the military commander Zhou Charter appeared. Zhou Charter is followed by more than a dozen Taiwan's provisional government officials, Zhang Jun's deputy commander Luo Mingfang, Chief of Staff Hannagan, as well as Wu Peifu, Zhang Xun and other division commanders.

Zhou Charter wore a large-brimmed hat, a gray tweed military uniform, leather boots, and a sword in his hand. He said in a low voice to the Zhang officer downstairs:

"In Japan, there are four people who claim to be the soul of the Japanese army. These four people are the founders of the modern Japanese army and the spiritual leaders of the Japanese army! Because of them, the Japanese army created an invincible myth! They are advocates and practitioners of the First Sino-Japanese War and the Second Sino-Japanese War. It can be said that without their encouragement, the life-and-death war between the Qing Dynasty and Japan could not be fought! They are Army Marshal Youpeng, Navy General Huashan Ziji, Army General Dashanyan, and Army General Nomu Hidian!"

There was a thunderous sea wave on the sea level in the distance.