Chapter 189 Journey of temperament

On October 18, the Japanese army on the North Road finally broke through the last defense line of the 102nd Regiment and arrived at the Dadongmen Gate to meet with the Japanese army attacking the Dadongmen. The remnants of the 102nd Regiment were intercepted by the enemy on a lonely high ground in the north of Tainan City and continued to resist.

At the same time, the Japanese army broke through the small west gate, and the striker entered Tainan City. Then it was immediately attacked by Zhang Xun's direct brigade. After a day of fighting, the Japanese army that penetrated into the city was expelled to the small west gate, but it could not force the Japanese army to give up the small west gate. The Japanese army gained a firm foothold at the Little West Gate.

At this point, the first division of Zhangjun's peripheral defense against Tainan has reached a critical moment.

The Xun Fort has been completely surrounded by the Japanese army, and the Great East Gate was directly exposed to the Japanese army. Japanese artillery destroyed all the buildings on the Great East Gate, and the infantry attacked the Great East Gate and the Xunfang Fort at the same time.

The Great East Gate has become the focus of competition between the offensive and defensive sides, and a cruel and lengthy tug-of-war was launched on less than one square kilometer of land!

On October 19, the offensive and defensive battle in Tainan was carried out on the fifth day. Under the city of Tainan, the war was full of smoke, and there were casualties.

In the area of Zeng Wenxi, it is quiet.

Four days ago, a regiment of the 5th Brigade of the Second Division launched an attack from here and quickly broke through the Zhangjun's defense line on the south bank of Zeng Wenxi, forcing the Zhangjun defense line to retreat 20 miles and the 102nd Regiment of Zhangjun, which was responsible for the Zengwenxi defense line. After paying a great price, it was divided and surrounded by the Japanese army and surrounded Zeng Wenxi and Taipei. Yongji between the city walls lost contact with Tainan.

102 Regiment was forced to break out to the north of Tainan. After a bloody battle, the 102nd Regiment broke through the Japanese encirclement, turned northeast, and hid into the forest of the Central Mountains.

There was no more military in Zeng Wenxi, and even the sporadic resistance of the guerrillas did not occur. However, in Yizhu and Chiayi, there are armed elements under the banner of Zhangjun guerrilla columns, who frequently attack Japanese strongholds and transports. Judging from the composition of the weapons and equipment personnel of the other side, the Southern Army Command judged that these so-called Zhangjun guerrilla columns are the scattered Taiwan Volunteers, that is, the remnants of the former Taiwan Democratic Army. In order to bluff, they launched the banner of the Zhangjun guerrilla column.

Therefore, after the occupation of Zeng Wenxi, the north and south gates of Taiwan opened. The Japanese Southern Command asked all departments not to entangle with these small groups of armed elements, and the follow-up troops rushed to Tainan to concentrate their superior forces, attack Tainan from the east and north directions, and strive to complete the Tainan Campaign by the end of October.

Conclusive intelligence shows that Zhou Charter, the commander of Zhang Jun, is trapped in the Chikan Tower in Tainan City, while Tainan is already surrounded by the Japanese army on all sides, and Zhou Charter can't escape.

Therefore, although there is information that the independent brigade of Zhangjun in Alishan area left the area of Xuanyue Lake and turned to Changhua. It had the intention to attack Changhua and cut off the Japanese army's back road. However, the two divisions of the Zhang army, which were originally stationed in Jiayi and Taibao, were not annihilated and their destination was unknown. On the contrary, Nomu Xidian became more and more determined to ignore the rear. Make every effort to take down Tainan's determination!

The reason is very simple. As long as Tainan is occupied and Zhou Charter, the commander of Zhangjun, is eliminated. Even if Tainan is a trap carefully set by Zhou Charter, this trap will collapse.

What can the Zhang army scattered all over the country do even if it still has strong combat effectiveness?

What's more, once the Japanese army occupies Tainan, they can directly obtain supplies from Penghu from Anping Port. Even if the retreat is cut off, there is no danger.

Nomu Xidian broke the boat and ordered the Japanese army of Changhua, Chiayi, Taibao and Yizhu to leave a small number of guard troops, and the large troops rushed to Tainan with all their strength.

After receiving the order, Prince Fujian Gongzhenai, who was in Yizhu, led the main force of the Guards Division and divided his troops into two ways and rushed to Tainan.

As early as eight days ago, the first brigade of the Guards Division rushed to Tainan with Nomu Xidian to participate in the battle in Tainan. The second brigade reinforced the Great East Gate in accordance with the order of the headquarters. Prince Fujian Gongzhenai led the troops directly under the division and rushed to the area of Zeng Wenxi.

Zeng Wenxi's war has long ended. The headquarters of the Second Division, which was originally responsible for the attack, had gone out to the city wall of Taipei, leaving a few guard troops. After the arrival of the Guards Division, these troops immediately handed over their positions to the Guards Division and went to Tainan.

After Prince Fujian Gong Zhenai rushed to Zeng Wenxi, he received an order from Naimu Xidian to lead the division headquarters and his direct troops to stop moving forward and garrison Zeng Wenxi.

Nogi Xijian intends to leave Fushimi Palace in Zeng Wenxi. In Taiwan, the Japanese Empire has lost a prince. If something happens to Fushimi Palace, it will be difficult for Nogiori to explain to His Majesty the Emperor. The death of Prince Yoshihisa Kitashirakawa Palace led to the downfall of Ito Yoshinori, and Nohime did not want such a thing to happen to him. Zeng Wenxi is not far from Tainan. On the surface, it still belongs to the Tainan war zone, but the Zhang army here has been completely eliminated. There is no danger for Fushimi Palace to stay here. However, in the eyes of the Tokyo base camp, the prince is still on the front line of the battlefield and looks very brave, which gives His Majesty the emperor a lot of face.

However, Fushimi Palace himself did not appreciate Nogi's kindness. The chubby division commander is still wearing his white general dress. He hopes that he can take a portrait and send it back to China with the smoke-filled Tainan city wall as *. For this photo, he practiced all kinds of powerful postures in his headquarters, and the photojournalist also gave him. Many suggestions that highlight the image, however, all his efforts were emptified by a paper order from Nogihimori.

This made Prince Fushimi Palace Zhen'ai very angry and strongly protested against Nogi. Nomu Xidian can be obedient to this prince, but he will not give up on this matter. The reason is very simple. The life and death of the palace involves the political and military life of Nomu Xidian. He must not take this risk.

Fushimi Palace couldn't help Naimu Xidian, so he had to stay in Zengwenxi and sigh for a long time. When I had nothing to do, I could only walk around the station and listen to the sound of gunfire in the distance to relieve my inner boredom.

Zengwenxi in late autumn, the river is clear, and the forests on both sides are dark green, dotted with a clump of unknown wild flowers, which is quite beautiful. Leaving aside the fierce war in Tainan, this is also a paradise.

Fujian Palace, with several close staff and reporters, watched all the way along the stream and unconsciously walked out of three miles. The captain of the major guard followed with 20 guards. Seeing that Fujian Palace was getting farther and farther away, he hurried over: "Please stay, division commander, and walk further and get out of our military camp."

Fushimi Palace looked at the captain of the guard contemptuously: "You are very timid!"

The captain of the guard is very helpless, which has nothing to do with boldness. As the highest commander of the division, he can't take risks casually, not to mention unnecessary adventures.

Seeing that he could not stop Fushimi Palace, the captain had to say, "If the division commander insists on moving forward, please wait a moment. I will transfer another team to search in front."

"This is the rear of our army!" Fujian Palace scolded, "Mr. Major, the Second Division has eliminated the enemy and created this quiet scenery for us. You should not doubt the friendly army!"

"But..."

"Nothing!" Fushimi Palace said angrily, "The soldiers of the Japanese Empire are used to fight against the enemy, not to protect the prince!" I'm safe. Don't transfer troops, including yourself, and please get out of here!"

"What?" The captain of the guard widened his eyes.

"In this poetic and picturesque place, soldiers and knives and guns are blasphemous to beautiful nature!" Fujian Palace said and turned to the staff behind him: "Gentlemen, ancient literati like to travel by car, where their prosperity comes from and where their feelings come from. I envy their true temperament. Today, can we also follow the example of the ancients and take a nature tour?"

Those staff members are all princes and grandchildren brought by Fushimi Palace from the Tokyo Salon. The war itself is a kind of temperamental journey for them. Hearing this question from Fushimi Palace, they all cheered.

The captain of the guard stared at this group of "literati" and was at a loss: "Master, this is the battlefield..."

"This is no longer a battlefield!" Fujian Palace shouted, "This morning, our army has invaded the Great South Gate. Outside Taipei, there is only one Xunfang fort left in Zhang Jun's hands. It won't take long for us to have a drink upstairs! Mr. Major, peace is about to be ushered in in Taiwan. Please obey my orders! Go back to the barracks.

The major had no choice but to retreat with the guard, but he did not dare to really return to the barracks. Instead, he followed 300 meters away from Fushimi Palace, and was afraid that Fushimi Palace would see it, so he had to crawl along the grass by the river. Fortunately, the group of "literati" had no combat experience and did not notice the guard behind them at all.

Fujian Palace took seven or eight staff all the way west along the stream. The wind and clouds were clear in front of him, the sky was blue, and the wild flowers were falling. What an autumn scenery. Everyone was full of poetry and chanted endlessly. Unconsciously, they walked out two miles and came to a river bay. On the bay was a dark green jungle. One staff took out two bottles of sake. He said to Fujian Palace, "Your Excellency, it's time to drink here."

Fujiangong nodded and cheered: "Yes, the ancients paid attention to their interest. We waited here to drink and write poems, but there was no pen and ink."

Another staff member with glasses laughed and said, "Your Excellency, I have long thought that the pen, ink and wine utensils are ready, and only the order of the Prince is left."

Fushimi Palace is overjoyed: "Okay, you can sit on the ground."

Everyone came to the forest and found a piece of grass. The staff opened a marching table, put on wine utensils and pen and ink, and poured sake. It was really picturesque and full of thoughts. Fushimi Palace picked up a glass of sake and drank it all, then picked up the pen, improvised a sentence, wrote halfway through, and suddenly heard a "kata" behind him.