Chapter 72 The Great Colonel was killed in action
The Japanese soldier who blocked the Colonel's way and was pushed by the Colonel's lord turned around and looked ahead, and then turned around and told the Colonel regretfully: There was a shell crater in front that blocked the road surface and could not pass. It was not that he didn't leave, but that he couldn't get through it at all.
The shell crater blocked the road surface? It is true that this is put anywhere, but the real situation makes Sano Too unwilling to believe that a shell crater can block the road! Although the road is a little narrow, it is a mountain road with high hardness and is not so easy to be blown out of the pit. Besides, the Kuomintang army is fighting mortars and grenade launchers today. Even if it is blown up, how big can it be blown out?
"Your moves aside, my look." The Colonel took another move and pulled the eyeless Japanese soldier aside. He wanted to go to the front to see him in person.
There was indeed a bullet crater not far ahead. Maybe this location was just the joint between two rocks. Anyway, the crater was full of fresh soil, and a large pit with a diameter of more than 1.5 meters occupied the middle of the road. A pile of large and small stones were piled on the road near the outside. There was a narrow passage about one meter wide on the side of the mountain, which could barely pass by a person. A Japanese soldier was carefully squeezing over the mountain.
Even if it encounters a terrifying natural disaster like "landslide", the Sano Detachment still has hundreds of Japanese soldiers. A good road suddenly became one person at a time, and it still squeezed over the mountain so awkwardly. No wonder it was squeezed into a group. Fortunately, the Colonel had the foresight and did not bring any heavy weapons. Otherwise, the loss this time might be more than twice as bad!
However, if infantry can pass, the big cart cannot pass. Even if the Sano Detachment gave up all the heavy weapons, bullets, grenades, food and all kinds of essential supplies, they must be pulled by a big cart. A ten-meter mountain road can pass through a big cart, but it is obviously impossible now. Three big carts were parked behind the bullet crater, and the baggage soldiers were helplessly looking at the road ahead in a daze.
"The vehicle is back!" The colonel first ordered the three big cars to go back and make some space, "Fill the stones here into the bullet crater!"
The colonel's order was easy to use. A group of Japanese soldiers came up to work hard. In less than an hour, the pit was filled and the road was cleared. The Japanese opened up the road to return again.
Seeing that the landslide seemed to have passed, Sano Tota finally relaxed. However, how could China's landscape be measured by the Japanese, an island country? Just when Colonel Sano thought the danger had passed, another round of falling rocks suddenly came!
The amount of falling rocks this time was not large, but there were a few stones as big as a pig and some gravel rolled down the mountain. The falling rocks were more like the end of a landslide. This disaster did not cause much casualties to the soldiers of the Sano Detachment.
Unfortunately, the captain of the Sano Detachment and the captain of the 23rd Regiment of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, Honour Sano Tota was unfortunately caught in this not-so-severe landslide and passed away.
Colonel Sano was directly hit on the head by a stone the size of a fist, causing damage to the skull and the brainstem, and died on the spot. After the military doctor arrived urgently, all he could do was to announce the bad news to the Japanese army present. The colonel's skull was broken, let alone the military doctor he wanted, which was nothing, even if he was sent to the largest hospital with the most complete medical equipment in Japan, it would be helpless.
The colonel was killed? The Japanese soldiers present were in an uproar! Some were sobbing, some were furious, and some were dazed like ignorance. Of course, more Japanese officers and soldiers were at a loss. What should they do if the colonel died?
All the officers of Sano Detachment lieutenant and above gathered together for a short meeting. Most of the officers believed that they should inherit the colonel's will and immediately leave this dangerous area. After all, the Colonel led everyone back during his lifetime. Let's continue walking back, which is also the execution of the Colonel's will.
There were also some impulsive officers who shouted to kill back and kill the Chinese army they had been pursuing to avenge the colonel. However, this argument obviously did not receive much support. The two officers clamored for a while and found that no one responded, and it was left unresolved. With the joint efforts of the detachment officers, the officers and soldiers of the Sano detachment embarked on the way back again.
Of course, the news of Colonel Sano's unfortunate death must be reported to the brigade headquarters in a timely manner. No detachment officer and soldier dared to conceal such a major news.
The officers of the detachment dared not hide it, the corps dared not hide it, and the colonel was also the highest commander of the corps. So the bad news was reported one after another, and soon the news reached Major General Masayoshi Inoue, the commander of the 36th Brigade.
Major General Inoue was shocked and reported to him. He had to ask the commander of Inaba Shiro Division to appoint a new regiment commander as soon as possible. At the same time, General Inoue had to quickly dispatch reinforcements to pick up the unfortunate Sano Detachment, and there were thousands of his subordinates there.
After the reinforcements and the defeated generals of the Sano Detachment gathered, the officers and soldiers who connected the troops cried. The Sano Detachment was so miserable. There were nearly 1,500 people when they set out, but now there are not even 600 wounded people. More than 800 warriors of the Yamato nation died inexplicably, and the news is really shocking.
Finally, the news came to the commander-in-chief of the Nanchang Battle, and General Okamura Nishiji, the commander of the 11th Army of Japan. Okamura must be a little surprised. In his eyes, the Sixth Division is one of the two most powerful divisions in the Japanese army. One regiment of the Sixth Division can often easily defeat several divisions of the Chinese army. Why did even their regiment commander be killed this time?
Since Commander Okamura took it seriously, he naturally had to send someone to investigate the truth of the matter carefully. If you don’t investigate, you will know that there is really something in the investigation! It turned out that the misfortune of the captain of the Sano Takata Coalition was actually the one that caught the Western medicine seized by the Inoue Brigade last time. A Chinese guerrilla team destroyed the medicine, which caused Colonel Sano to pursue it, and was ambushed and lost the general. Sano Takata himself sacrificed his life for the country.
The Japanese investigation was quite detailed, and even the name and gender of the commander of the guerrillas, the predecessor of the guerrillas, was found. Commander Okamura felt a little familiar when he saw the name. After his secretary reminded him, Commander Gun suddenly realized it. It turned out that when he was the deputy chief of staff of the Kwantung Army, the bandit leader he wanted was all over the sky, and the current murderer, the guerrilla leader Hu Fei!
Okamura Yasuji immediately held a press conference. At the press conference, the commander severely criticized the National Government in front of hundreds of journalists from various countries. He said that the National Government hired gangster leaders to hold important positions, which is not what a legal government should do!
The bandit, despite international conventions just a few days ago, burned down a large number of precious medicines that the Japanese army was preparing to transport to the disaster area. At the same time, they killed the Captain of the Colonel Sano Tota of the 23rd Japanese Regiment who protected the batch of medicines. More than 100 drug protection officers and soldiers were killed!
As soon as Okamura Yasuji's press conference was held, the National Government received the news as soon as possible, and then held a press conference to fight back against Okamura's shameless talks, and at the same time declared that Hu Fei was not a Hu bandit, but an upright National Army officer.
Chapter completed!