Chapter 149: Madness
9.149 Madness
"Gentlemen! If we continue to be besieged by the Chinese army in this damn place, then we will become the first army division in Japanese history to be wiped out by the plague! We have to break through! And right away! ”
Although Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba sang "bravely" on a high note! However, his words did not do much to boost morale, and the expressions on the faces of several Japanese soldiers and major generals in the room were obviously a little confused. These officers have been tormented by www.biquge.info the current predicament faced by the 6th Division, and they have no idea how to realize the "breakthrough plan" of the commander of the Inaba Division.
Thanks to the status of senior officers, the supplies of these people have been guaranteed first, so their faces are much healthier than those of the lower-level officers and soldiers of the Japanese army outside the house. Major General Katsuharu Imamura, commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade, was the only patient among the Japanese ranks, and he only had dysentery, and he had received medicine in time, and now he just needed to go to the toilet several times a day.
According to the statistics of the various wings, after surviving the painful ten days, more than 4,500 officers and men of the 6th Division have died in battle or from illness, and about 14,000 people are sick, of which about 3,000 are seriously ill.
With such a large number of patients and combat attrition, the 6th Division's combat strength has now reached the bottom, and if it weren't for the fact that the Chinese army outside didn't seem to be in a hurry to launch a general offensive, it would be a question whether the Kumamoto Division could hold the territory it has now! As the pain continued, these cruel facts had long filled the 6th Division with pessimism! It is no longer only the middle and lower-level officers and soldiers who are desperate, but also some senior officers of the 6th Division who feel that they have lost hope!
So at this moment, when they suddenly heard Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro say the word "breakthrough", the first reaction of these officers was that they thought that their division commander was a little unrealistic! Fortunately, they remembered that the upper and lower ranks were inferior, and no one came forward to speak out against Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba's plan.
This habitual spirit of obedience has saved many lives, and if they really raised objections at this time, it is hard to imagine what amazing actions the enraged Inaba Division Commander would make.
Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba waited for two minutes with his waist crossed after his bold remarks, but he never waited for the echo and praise he expected, and just when his emotions were about to get out of control, the chief of staff Shigeta Shigetoku Osa, who was standing next to him, suddenly spoke:
"Your Excellency Division Commander, if we really want to break through, I'm afraid we will need a relatively long period of preparation, and there are too many sick numbers in each wing, which will greatly affect the speed of assembly......
Shigeta Shigeta continued his usual excellent performance, and it only took a short time to push Lieutenant General Inabashiro's idea to the level of implementation, and it was very carefully considered, which finally calmed Lieutenant General Inaba's anger.
Shigeta Shigetoku Daisa is right, there are too many sick soldiers in the 6th Division now, and this is indeed a very difficult problem! Leaving aside the mild symptoms, it is necessary to send at least 1,000 healthy soldiers to take care of the 3,000 seriously ill who have lost their combat capability. The use of 1 healthy soldier to take care of 3 seriously ill numbers is already done in accordance with the minimum standards given by the doctors of the field hospital under the division.
If this figure were in normal times, Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba would still be barely acceptable. But now the 6th Division has only about 11,000 healthy soldiers, and whether to take out 10% of the soldiers to take care of those who have lost their combat effectiveness, this question makes Lieutenant General Inaba Shiro's heart full of struggle!!
Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba had already learned from the intelligence department of the Central China Dispatch Army that the commander of the Chinese army surrounding the 6th Division was Huang Haoran, and he also knew that the 25th Army, the most elite of the Chinese army, also participated in this operation, which meant that if he wanted to break the encirclement of the Chinese army, his 6th Division must do its best! Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba doesn't want him to regret leaving 1,000 fresh troops to take care of the sick in the future!
After hesitating for a moment, Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba made a cold decision:
"Send a representative to talk to the seriously ill soldiers... Tell them that the emperor now needs them to make a sacrifice! ”
These words were no less powerful than a bunch of bombshells, and the hearts of all the Japanese officers present were immediately thrown into chaos! Each of them understood what Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba meant by these words! The 6th Division is going to give up the 3,000 Kumamoto soldiers who have lost their combat ability this time!
"There's only one way to do it... In order to successfully break through, we must put all the soldiers who can fight into the line of fire, and those seriously ill numbers are no longer possible to save! Their condition is very serious, and even if they can get medicine immediately after breaking out, no more than one in ten of them will survive! ”
"That's right! These people who are loyal to the emperor can enter the Yasukuni Shrine one step ahead of us, which is actually a kind of luck! ”
"yes, yes... The soul is back to the East! How tragic and poignant......"
After getting used to this cruel decision, the 6th Division's Daisaku and generals began to look for excuses for what they had done. Human beings are sometimes very ridiculous, knowing that there is nothing to be done by doing so, but they still want to find a "high-sounding" reason to comfort their guilty hearts. Japanese people, in particular, are always happy to play this "word game", forgiving themselves again and again, and then making bigger mistakes! Until there is no way to save it!
Seeing that the officers began to express their opinions, Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba fell into silence again, and he looked coldly at these subordinates with sickly smiles on their faces, this last crazy energy was the only weight he had left! Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba decided to concentrate all the remaining forces of the 6th Division to test the quality of the "Chinese ace"! Even if he loses in the hands of Huang Haoran in the end, it will be more glorious than losing to the "Plague God"!
"Your Excellency, Commander of the Division, what should you do if a sick soldier is unwilling to serve the emperor?"
Chief of Staff Shigetoku Shigeta once again thought of the front of the others, but his words were whispered to Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba, Chief of Staff Shigetoku Shigeta understands that at present, Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba has successfully stimulated the "last courage" of the 6th Division, and if this breath is allowed to dissipate, then the 6th Division will really be finished!
"If there are such diehards, help them! I'll send my guards on this mission, don't worry...... Shigeta-kun"
"Understood, Your Excellency the Division Commander, I'll do it!"
Lieutenant General Shiro Inaba's answer did not surprise Chief of Staff Shigetoku Shigeta, and it is actually one of the traditions of the Japanese Army to provide assistance to officers and soldiers who are unwilling to do their loyalty! The Japanese army sometimes kills its own people more ruthlessly than others! This is a terrible people! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in to the www.qidian.com, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!) (To be continued.) )