Taiyuan, Shanxi, the Japanese army invaded China, and the North China Front Army was under the jurisdiction of the 2nd Army Headquarters.

The commander of the 2nd Army, Nishio Shouzo, was giving a banquet to the military commanders of the divisions and regiments under the jurisdiction of the 2nd Army, as well as the military commanders of the units directly under the military headquarters, and in addition to the 5th Division and the 10th Division, which were ordered to be transferred to Shanxi, but belonged to the North China side in terms of combat sequence.

The banquet can be said to be star-studded, and the famous senior generals of the Japanese army, such as Itagaki Seishiro, Ryosuke Shitagani, and the commander of the 108th Division, Shimoto Kumaya, are all listed.

Nishio Shouzo, who was relatively thin and weak, sat in the first place, and on the left side sat Itagaki Seishiro, Tatsuya Ryosuke, Shimomoto Kumaya and others, and opposite Itagaki Seishiro, there were high-ranking officers or staff officers of the military headquarters of the 2nd Army and some directly administered units.

Some Japanese waitress in kimonos waited respectfully and cautiously on the sidelines, pouring wine and other services for the senior Japanese generals from time to time.

Nishio Shouzo picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Itagaki-kun, Gu-kun, this time the situation in Shanxi has stabilized again, and you have contributed a lot!" Wei Lihuang, Yan Xishan and Tubalu lost their temper! ”

Itagaki Seishiro, Shitani Ryosuke and others hurriedly raised their wine glasses, and the former said modestly: "This qiē is commanded by Commander Nishio, and only at the low rank can he win the victory and deal a heavy blow to the anti-Japanese forces in China!" ”

"Yes, if it weren't for your command, Commander Xiwei, and full logistical support, we would not have been able to defeat the cunning Jin Sui Army, the Central Army, and the Tubalu!" Ryosuke Takuya also followed suit to flatter him.

Thousands of clothes are worn, sycophants are not worn, although Nishio Shouzo is indifferent to fame and fortune, but these words also made him feel comfortable, and immediately laughed: "The two of you are too humble, both are the Great Japanese Empire, and they are loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, this qiē is what we should do, come, let us do this cup, it can be regarded as practicing for the two!" ”

"Come on,!"

"!" A group of high-ranking generals raised their glasses and said in unison.

After everyone finished drinking, they put down their wine glasses, and the waitresses who had been waiting next to them stepped forward one after another, pouring them full again, and Nishio Shouzo raised his wine glass again and said to Itagaki Seishiro and Ryosuke Shitana: "Come, let's have another drink, I wish the two of you to go north this time, win the flag, and return triumphantly!" ”

Itagaki Seishiro and Ryosuke Tatsuya naturally didn't dare to slack off, and they drank it all one after another, and they did it first as a respect.

It turned out that Seishiro Itagaki and Ryosuke Tsuya had just assisted the units of the 2nd Army in Shanxi two days ago to inflict heavy losses on the Jin Sui Army, the Central Army and the Eighth Route Army, which had been very active recently, after stabilizing the Japanese army in Shanxi.

They received a telegram from General Terauchi Shouichi, commander of the North China Front, instructing them to immediately go north along the Zhengtai Railway and station in Shimen after the end of the Shanxi war, and be responsible for encircling and suppressing the Dragon Tooth Task Force, which had grown stronger and had caused heavy losses to the Japanese army in North China.

In addition, Terauchi Shouichi also transferred a heavy artillery wing from the Zhangjiakou area, which originally belonged to the Mongolian Army, and was also moving from Beiping and Baoding to Shimen.

After three rounds of drinking, a Japanese staff officer sitting opposite Itagaki Seishiro said with a red face: "Itagaki Jun, I heard that your opponent this time is not simple, it is Qiao Youhua's department, which has severely damaged the imperial army in Nanjing and Xuzhou, and his combat power is extremely strong and very cunning, so you have to be careful this time." ”

This Japanese staff officer obviously drank too much, as soon as these words came out, Seishiro Itagaki and Ryosuke Tsuya, who had suffered a big loss from the Dragon's Tooth Task Force, both changed their faces, although they were not directly commanded, but they were the division commanders of the 5th Division and the 10th Division.

Isn't it equivalent to indirectly slapping them in the face and revealing other people's scars when you say this?

may have noticed that Seishiro Itagaki and Ryosuke Tsuya had unkind faces, and another staff officer who was good with him hurriedly said: "That's because this branch of the army has not encountered Itagaki-kun and Tatagaya-kun, this time there are two people in charge in person, and they will definitely be able to taste the power of the two main divisions of our Great Japanese Empire!" ”

Some other staff officers also chimed in: "Yes, yes, the 5th Division under the command of Itagaki Jun is a veritable steel army!" Invincible and invincible, Wei Lihuang and Yan Xishan's hundreds of thousands of troops are not Itagaki Jun's opponents.

Not to mention a dragon's tooth task force. ”

"Yes, there is also the 10th Division of Gu Jun, crossing the Yellow River and occupying Jinan, it is also invincible all the way, with your two master regiments joining forces, this time you will definitely be able to set foot on Feiyunling and capture Qiao Youhua alive! With all the shame before the Snow Emperor's army! Avenge all the soldiers of the Imperial Army under this man! ”

In the flattery of everyone, Itagaki Seishiro and Ryosuke Tatsuya were not easy to attack, only Itagaki Seishiro snorted coldly: "This time, I will definitely personally cut off Qiao Youhua's head to pay tribute to the heroic souls of the fallen imperial warriors." ”

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A wharf town thirty miles north of Cangzhou, this town is built by relying on the canal, so it is also called the town by the river, the town is not big, about two or three thousand people.

But although the sparrow is small, the town has restaurants, restaurants, kilns, gambling houses, money villages, everything, relying on the canal, the wharf comes and goes with a lot of merchants, so it is very lively, and it has achieved a deformed prosperity in the troubled times.

There was no Japanese army stationed in the town, only a small group took refuge in the Japanese, but secretly it was a symbolic stationing of the puppet army of the members of the major gangs, because this was a mixed bag of fish and dragons in the river town, so this team of puppet troops was only symbolically maintaining law and order, and did not interrogate all kinds of people in the past.

Qiao Youhua followed Lin Xian'er's horse and ate the dust all the way, and came to the town out of breath, but stopped outside the town, and put the veiled hat on it to cover the country's face, and Lin Xian'er urged the horse forward again and walked towards the town.

Qiao Youhua had to follow behind, and the two came to a restaurant one after the other, Lin Xian'er turned over and dismounted, and there was already a young shopkeeper with a white towel on his shoulder, a gentle face, and a smile greeted him, and first helped Lin Xian'er tie the horse well.

Then he lowered his waist slightly and asked politely: "Two guest officers, I don't know if you are eating or staying in the hotel?" ”

"Dinner, is there a private room for us?" Although Lin Xian'er's voice is cold, it is as good as a silver bell, which makes people feel comfortable.

The shopkeeper saw that Qiao Youhua was powerful, his eyes were like stars, his mouth was like a river, and he was a talent, Lin Xian'er was tall and curvy, although she covered her face, her temperament was not bad.

Presumably not an ordinary person, after a long time in this mixed river town, the shopkeeper is still very shrewd, and immediately nodded and said: "There just happens to be another private room, two guest officers, please come with me!" ”

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