Chapter 203 Boost morale
At the same time, in Nanjing City.
The commander of the 13th Infantry Regiment, Okamoto Satoyuki, had a gloomy face and chewed the cold and hard rice balls in small mouthfuls. From time to time, he picked up the kettle and drank a sip of water. The water was also cold!
Looking around, most of the more than 2,000 infantry soldiers in the 13th Infantry Regiment drooped their heads, chewing rice balls dullly, drinking cold water. The atmosphere at the scene was very depressing!
In addition to suppression, the soldiers also had unconcealed fatigue on their faces.
They were so tired that they had nearly a thousand miles from Jinshanwei landing until Nanjing. They marched urgently while fighting and had almost no rest!
After all, humans are flesh and blood, not machines!
Even the Kumamoto United, known as "black skin and red blood", will feel tired. For example, now, the Kumamoto United is really tired!
Kumamoto United is too tired and needs rest!
If it weren't for the strong belief in capturing Nanjing that supported them, the troops would have collapsed long ago!
But spiritual power is limited after all, and it is impossible to completely ignore physical fatigue!
Thinking of this, an unconcealed haze flashed through Okamoto's eyes!
Because of the continuous battle, the physical strength and energy of the Kumamoto corps have reached its limit, but the tenacity of the 367th China Regiment on the opposite side has exceeded his imagination. Moreover, the Chinese army is also closely guarding several solid buildings. With one decline and the other, it is not easy to take over the Xinjiekou position!
The United Deputy Yuichi Taya also saw this.
Yuichi Tooya whispered: "Captain of the corps, the morale of the troops is a little depressed!"
"Yes." Okamoto Nodded, "The soldiers are too tired and need a rest in urgent need of rest!"
"It's impossible to rest now," said Yuichi Tooya, "we must find a way to boost the morale of the troops."
Anyway, Okamoto had no choice but to ask: "Tuya, what good will do you have?"
"This." Yuichi Tooya shook his head, "I don't have it either."
"Haga." Okamoto said angrily, "What are you talking about?"
At this time, the high-power broadcast on the live broadcast car that had just finished the afternoon broadcast, which suddenly rang again.
First there was a burst of inspiring music, and then a pleasant voice from Miko Hibino sounded: "Good afternoon, the Imperial Army soldiers on the Nanjing battlefield. This is a program specially made for you."
Hearing this, the officers and soldiers of the Kumamoto United, who had originally hung their heads, raised their heads one after another.
Miko Hibino's voice continued: "In this episode, I will tell you a love story, and at the same time I will read two suicide letters written by my wife to her husband."
"In the sixth year of Showa, there was such a newlywed couple in Osaka."
"My husband is named Keiichi Inoue, he is a lieutenant in the 37th Infantry Regiment, and his wife is named Chiyoko Inoue."
"When the Manchurian incident broke out, Inoue Kiyoko and Inoue Chiyoko were newlyweds. Inoue Kiyoichi was reluctant to part with his newly married wife. He was depressed all day long and was reluctant to return to the army!"
"His wife Chiyoko Inoue took advantage of the fact that Inoue Kiyoichi was sleeping, she used a dagger to cut her throat and ended her life. Before committing suicide, her wife left a love letter to her beloved husband. At the same time, this is also a suicide note! The title of this suicide note is called, The Wife of a Soldier!"
Hearing this, Okamoto Yoshinobu and Yuuki Takaya looked around in a conscious manner.
But I found that the soldiers who were originally listless had already had a different meaning in their eyes, at least not as depressed as they were just now!
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Xinjiekou, first floor of the Central News Agency Building.
Zhong Yi is quietly listening to the special program temporarily broadcast by NHK Radio.
"...Dear husband, I wish I could always be with you and grow old with you, but I can't do this. I can't affect the great cause of the empire's sacred war because of the happiness of our small family! In this way, I would be too selfish. Therefore, in order to allow you to step onto the battlefield without distraction, and in order to make you no longer care about your wife, I can only choose to end my life!"
"The lesson of Chiyoko Inoue's military wife has been finished here."
"But, the warriors on the Nanjing battlefield, what I want to tell you is that the delicate Chiyoko Inoue had never even taken a knife before, and she didn't know how to kill people. She took a dagger and cut more than thirty swords on her neck before finally cutting her carotid artery."
"You can imagine how painful it would be if you cut more than thirty knives?"
"But, in order not to wake her husband up, she actually endured this pain and didn't say a word!"
"Until dawn the next day, when Inoue Kiyoshi woke up, he found that the entire bed had been soaked in blood, and his newlywed wife had closed her eyes forever!"
Hearing this, Zhong Yi's hair stood up in an instant!
Zhong Yi is not unfamiliar with Chiyoko Inoue. He even read her suicide note of tens of thousands of words!
However, hearing this story on NHK radio at this moment still made Zhong Yi feel chill!
"Chi Peng?Chi Peng?!" Zhong Yi immediately turned his head and shouted, "Chi Peng!"
Chi Peng came in and said in a muffled voice: "Clutch seat?"
Zhong Yi said: "Notify the 3rd Battalion and gather urgently!"
"Yes!" Chi Peng said loudly.
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In Wuhan, Luojia Mountain Tingsonglu.
Chairman Jiang and his confidant staff are also listening to the temporary broadcast of NHK Radio.
Chairman Jiang and several of his confidant staff couldn't understand Japanese, so there was a Japanese translator next to him.
The Japanese translation was translated into Chinese while listening to the radio: "Warriors on the Nanjing battlefield, do you know what happened to Lieutenant Keiichi Inoue later?"
"Lieutenant Keiichi Inoue did not disappoint his wife's expectations. He returned to the army on the day his wife committed suicide and followed the army to the Manchurian battlefield, and performed very bravely on the Manchurian battlefield! Due to his bravery in combat, Lieutenant Keiichi Inoue was promoted from Lieutenant to four levels in the next year and promoted to colonel!"
"Colonel Inoue Qing is also the youngest colonel ever in the empire except for the royal family!"
"The warriors in Nanjing have listened to the stories of Inoue Kiyoichi and Inoue Chiyoko. Here, I have a suicide note, and I want to read it to Captain Tanaka Jun Yoshi of the Kumamoto United!"
"Captain Yoshiki Tanaka, when you hear this suicide note, your wife is no longer alive!"
"Enough, turn it off!" Hearing this, Chairman Jiang could no longer listen and signaled Qian Dajun to turn off the radio.
Chapter completed!