Chapter 51: Tragically drowned

2 a.m. on Nov. 7.

Under the cover of night, more than 60 landing craft loaded with devil infantry and Type 95 light tanks quietly approached the sea pond when the tide was at its highest.

After suffering two losses in a row, Yanagawa Heisuke finally grew up, no longer sticking to the dogma of landing again at dawn, and decisively launched a new round of beach grabbing at 2 o'clock in the morning!

The devil infantry invested this time is still eleven squadrons, plus the last independent tank squadron!

Almost at the same time as more than 60 landing craft approached the sea pond, a series of flares suddenly rose from the ocean in the distance, instantly illuminating Jinshanwei as bright as day.

The next moment, the devil infantry on the landing craft roared, turned over and jumped into the icy water, then waded ashore, and quickly climbed over the sea pond.

Kamiji Abe was appointed as the leader of the 3rd Infantry Squad, and he also participated in the beach rush.

Kamiji Abe was the first to rush to the sea pond, and then with the help of the bright light from the burning flares, he noticed a tall wooden stake erected in the silt field under the sea pond.

There was a person hanging from the stake, and from the military uniform on his body, he could tell that he was a young man of the imperial army!

The next moment, a sharp-eyed senior soldier shouted: "Captain, Captain Kono!" ”

When Kamiji Abe looked at it, he realized that the person hanging from the stake was really the captain of their first infantry brigade, Jun Kono! But now he's a former captain!

At this time, the senior soldier who first recognized Kono Jun had already called the other two privates and stepped forward to lower Kono's body from the stake.

Seeing this, the hairs on Abe's body stood upside down.

"Stop!" Abe shouted, "You idiots, stop! ”

Unfortunately, due to the noise in the environment, the private and the other two second-class soldiers did not hear Abe's warning, and cut the rope with a bayonet and lowered the body.

"Yaga!" Abe Kamiji cursed, and his pupils instantly contracted sharply.

The next moment, a violent explosion occurred inside and outside the sea pond at the same time, and at least hundreds of explosion points were detonated at the same time from the more than three kilometers long sea pond, instantly blasting the entire Jinshanwei into a sea of fire!

Dare to love that this corpse is actually a large chain of thunderous fuses!

……

Deck of the cruiser Ashigara.

Yanagawa Heisuke and Tetsujiro Yamada were standing on the deck watching the battle with their sabers in hand.

Seeing hundreds of red lights suddenly blooming on the shore, the two of them changed their faces at once.

"Yaga!" Yanagawa Heisuke gritted his teeth and said, "The people of Shina haven't even withdrawn yet?" ”

Usamitaka, the operational staff officer next to him, said: "Your Excellency Commander, rest assured, the Chinese army has withdrawn, and the explosion just now is just a mine planted by them!" ”

"Really?" General Yanagawa Heisuke was suspicious.

Did Yanagawa Heisuke really make the kunijun on the shore scared, and the devil knows if the Shina army has really withdrawn, or is it another new conspiracy? Anyway, the commander of the branch on the other side is really not ordinary cunning!

"Hello!" Usamitaka said with certainty, "The Shina army must have withdrawn!" ”

Usamitaka's judgment was quickly verified, and only a few minutes later, the troops who had already gone ashore sent back information through the flag that no Chinese team was found on the shore!

"Yo Xi!" Confirming that there was no longer a Chinese Jun team on the shore, Yanagawa Heisuke couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although two days and nights had passed since the first time node of the beach-rushing landing, that is, the early morning of the 5th, Yanagawa Heisuke still felt a sense of relief after learning that the beach-rushing landing was successful.

At the very least, his army of 130,000 doesn't have to be trapped on the surface of the sea anymore!

At this time, the two reserve infantry regiments urgently mobilized from Japan had also been transported to Hangzhou Bay, and the strength of the Tenth Army had swelled rapidly from the initial 70,000 to 130,000!

……

On the shore, Abe Kameji escaped by luck!

At this time, the frightened Abe Kamiji was lying on the sea pond in a daze.

"Hey, don't lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, get up!" A lieutenant officer walked up behind Abe Kamiji and kicked Abe's crotch with his right foot in a long military boot.

Abe Kameji hurriedly turned over and got up, gathered his feet and saluted: "Squadron leader!" ”

The lieutenant officer snorted and said, "Hurry up and disturb the troops, collect the remains of the fallen soldiers, and besides, pay attention to the search for the remains of His Excellency the General!" ”

"Hello!" Abe Kame's head was heavy and he hurriedly rushed to the bottom of the pond to gather his troops.

After a while, Abe Kameji gathered the officers and men of the 3rd squad, only to find that there were less than forty officers and soldiers left in his squad, and there were more than a dozen seriously wounded.

Abe Kameji cleaned up his mood, took more than 30 officers and soldiers of his squad, and began to search for the general's body on the battlefield full of Japanese corpses, which general? Of course, it's Moritake Tanabe!

Speaking of which, it was also because the time was too tight, so Guojun didn't have time to carefully clean the battlefield before leaving, if he carefully cleaned the battlefield, he would definitely find that in the compartment of one of the Type 95 light tanks, there was a head cut into several pieces by the metal turbulence.

At dawn, Abe Kamiji finally found the body of Moritake Tanabe.

At this time, Yanagawa Heisuke and Yamada Tetsujiro had also gone ashore with the headquarters of the Tenth Army, and the Kunisaki detachment had already occupied the Kanayama Acropolis, of course, all that was left for them was an empty city.

"Your Excellency, Commander!" Toshiro Nami, who had just succeeded Tetsujiro Yamada as the commander of the 41st Infantry Wing, strode up to Yanagawa Heisuke and said, "Your Excellency Tanabe's body has been found. ”

"Really?" Yanagawa Heisuke said, "I've found it, where is it?" ”

Nami Toshiro turned his head and made a move, and Abe Kameji took two Japanese soldiers and carried the body of Moritake Tanabe on a stretcher.

The corpse was covered with a white cloth.

Tetsujiro Yamada stepped forward to uncover a corner, and then looked down, and saw the extremely miserable death of Moritake Tanabe, whose entire head was cut into several pieces by the metal turbulence, and his brain was all dripping!

Yanagawa Heisuke sighed lightly and said, "Except for His Excellency Shirakawa, who was assassinated in Hongkou, Shanghai five years ago, Tanabe-kun should be the first general of the empire to die in a real battle in China, right?" ”

"Hello!" Tetsujiro Yamada shook his head and said, "Your Excellency Tanabe's jade shatter is a pity!" ”

"It's not just a pity, once the news spreads, I'm afraid it will also greatly increase the morale of the army!" Yanagawa Heisuke paused when he said this, and then said, "So this matter needs to be kept strictly secret." ”

"Hello!" Tetsujiro Yamada paused again and said, "But, how do you tell the base camp?" ”

Yanagawa Heisuke thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Let's just say that when Tanabe-kun was commanding the beach-grabbing landing, he accidentally fell into the water from the cruiser Ashigara and drowned because he couldn't rescue him!" ”