Chapter 358: I can barely catch my breath
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Words of the Minister of Military Medicine. 【. com text] made Habata Shigeichi's face turn unusually blue. Given the lessons of China, the empire was particularly hostile to drugs. Not to mention the strictly disciplined soldiers, even ordinary citizens and existing drug addicts face severe punishment. They continue to supply drugs to officers and soldiers who are addicted to drugs, and once the word spreads, they will not even be eligible to go to military courts.
Listening to the heart-rending shouts of the drug-addicted officers and soldiers over there, Hakuda Shigeichi blushed. Neither take a stand nor speak. After a long time, he gave an order to the deputy chief of staff of the Fifth Army beside him: "Order the 11th Division to immediately transfer six brigades to take over the attack of the 8th Division." The entire army of the 8th Division rested for three days. ”
After that, he turned his head to the head of the military doctor and said, "Three days, I can only give you three days." If these soldiers are not able to fight, then you can do it yourself. You're the Chief Medic of the Fifth Army, not the bullshit folks of the charities. They are soldiers, not ordinary citizens. ”
"As a soldier, you must put the interests of the empire first, and you must have the spirit of dedication to the emperor, and I don't need to tell you about this. How to do it, you figure it out yourself. Although he didn't say it directly, Shigeichi Hatada's words actually acquiesced to the quick solution of the military medical minister.
Fools can tell that three days will not allow these officers and soldiers to quit their drug addiction. The so-called restoration of combat effectiveness by Shigeichi Hauda also agreed in disguise to let him engage in something similar for those officers and soldiers who were addicted to drugs. Let the 8th Division at least for a short time, be able to hold on to the situation.
After Shigeichi Hata, who had an arrogant attitude and was almost a little unreasonable, finished explaining to the Minister of Military Medicine, he turned his head to Tsukada with a worried face and said: "Tsukada-kun, you immediately order the remaining troops in Mu Ling to join the special high class of the Mu Ling Gendarmerie, and you must find out about this incident of openly luring the soldiers of the Imperial Army to take drugs." I definitely don't want to see this kind of thing again. ”
Tsukada shook his head and said, "I'm not right now, I've already said hello to the left-behind division." But they didn't find out either, and if they wanted to find out about it, they could only ask the Kwantung Army Military Police Command to assist. Your Excellency, the most important thing right now is not just to find out how these drugs came from. And most importantly, what should the 8th Division do now? ”
"How can a soldier fight like this? The current Eighth Division can't even make up the guard forces. What to do with the 10th Division? The 10th Division is now in danger, and if the main force of the 11th Division arrives, I'm afraid that Shichuanjun's bones will be cold. ”
Hearing this, Hakata Shigeichi waved his hand a little irritably and said, "Isn't there another wing of the Tenth Division that is now under your command?" Add the troops attached to the 11th Division to form a reinforced detachment to take over your 8th Division and continue the attack before the main force of the 11th Division arrives. ”
"You leave them all the artillery and tanks you have on hand. As for your 8th Division, rest on the spot first. I will report this matter to Senior General Umezu Mijiro and ask him to deal with it. Tsukada-kun, it has been more than a year and a half since you were transferred to the post of commander of the Eighth Division at the beginning of last year. This matter appears right under your nose, and you don't know anything about it, it's a dereliction of duty. ”
"The officers and soldiers of an entire division have become addicted to drugs, and you, as the commander of the division, have only now appeared. You, as the commander of the division, must take responsibility for this. You can explain this matter to Admiral Umezu and the Tokyo base camp yourself. As for now, you've taken care of these addicts of yours now. ”
"Lieutenant General Tsukada, although I don't want to say it. However, there is one thing I still have to say, your Eighth Division almost collapsed without a fight this time, which brought great danger to the Kwantung Army's current offensive and suppression operation. I will write these things in the written materials that I will report to the base camp and the Kwantung Army command. ”
Speaking of this, Habata Shigeichi hesitated for a moment, but still said to Lieutenant General Tsukada, who was expressionless after listening to his words: "Tsukada-kun, the 11th Division only sent troops this time. The battle on the front line is still under your command, and whether you can recover some losses depends on your future performance. Although I don't like you very much, as a colleague, I am still willing to give you a chance. ”
Putting aside these words, Hakata Shigeichi repeatedly ignored the cold-faced Lieutenant General Tsukada, and did not even agree to the invitation of the chief of staff of the Eighth Division to rest here for a night. Get in the car with your own guards and drivers and drive away.
Looking at the back of the Chevrolet car that Lieutenant General Shigeichi Harata had been carrying after it was captured from the battlefield in Wuhan. After being reprimanded, he endured it until Hada Shigeichi left, and then Lieutenant General Tsukada Tsukada, who came out, said to the chief of staff of the division and regiment beside him: "Tell the captain of the left-behind troops and the military police of Mu Ling, I don't care how they investigate, but I will see the results within three days." For that guy who dared to take such despicable means to sell drugs to the Imperial Japanese Army, I will personally cut him with a thousand knives. ”
Whether it was because of the inexplicable appearance of the Eighth Division, the main force of the Eastern Front, which led to the drug addiction incident in which the entire division lost its combat effectiveness, and was caught off guard. Tsukada, who was so angry that he remained calm on the surface, but in fact his heart was already thunderous, of course he didn't know that this matter was a kind of retaliation adopted by their opponents against the Kwantung Army for treating the northeast as a drug dumping ground.
They will not know that these special cigarettes laced with heroin were secretly smuggled from the other side's base areas through smuggling networks set up by their compatriots and colleagues. Moreover, it was specially and deliberately sold to the 8th and 11th Divisions stationed in the East Manchurian region. As for the profits from sales, their compatriots account for thirty percent of them.
It's just that compared with the 8th Division in the hardest-hit area, the 11th Division has relatively few people smoking this kind of cigarette adulterated with special raw materials. Moreover, at the beginning of the spring of this year, because of a transport car accident, the 11th Division, which had been out of cargo for a period of time, had problems very early. In addition, the problem of drug addiction among officers and men was promptly brought under control and solved.
However, there is such a thing as standardism killing people, and there are all kinds of things. There were drug addicts in their own troops, and there were quite a few of them. This is definitely a secret that cannot be publicized for Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita, commander of the 11th Division.
Seiichi Kita, who suppressed everything, did not report to the Kwantung Army command, let alone his own friendly forces. It was only to collect all the battery smoke in the troops and destroy it in the shortest possible time. Fortunately, the 11th Division, which was still responsible for guarding the Tiger Head Fortress, was stationed in many top-secret areas that even Japanese civilians were not allowed to enter. Therefore, the 11th Division had much fewer people who were addicted to drugs than the 8th Division. It will not be the same as the Eighth Division, which will only appear after going to the battlefield again.
The exhibition of things is often chained. Lieutenant General Seiichi Kita, who was afraid that because of this incident, his future would be affected, suppressed the matter in private. But it hurt the other victim at the moment, Lieutenant General Tsukada. It also brought great trouble to the deployment of Shigeichi Hatada.
The most critical thing is that a division and regiment in a key position are unable to participate in the battle if they are lost at a critical moment, and the losses caused by the adjustment of the Japanese army's strength are almost immeasurable. Especially at present, the Japanese army has never been able to get rid of the situation of being passively beaten. A complete division and regiment lost its combat effectiveness in such a vague way, and the impact could be described as enormous.
The Eighth Division had the current situation, and naturally it could not continue to fight. The remaining three detachments composed of a wing of the 10th Division, plus the six squadrons temporarily reinforced by the 11th Division, greatly relieved Tao Jingfei, who had been struggling to support before.
Although it is not known why the Japanese offensive weakened suddenly, especially the greatly reduced number of troops invested. Finally, Tao Jingfei, who is supported left and right these days, can barely take a breath.
At least the pressure on the opponent is reduced a lot. After all, the pressure brought by the continuous charge at the squadron level and the continuous charge at the brigade level are two different things. What's more, in the previous battle, his own casualties were mixed, but the casualties of the three detachments of the embankment, which had been the main attacker, were definitely not light.
After feeling that the Japanese offensive had weakened a lot, Tao Jing, who had been under unimaginable pressure in the past few days, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although the artillery fire of the other side was still fierce, from sunrise to sunset, the sky hovered over his head all day long, and the planes that bombed him indiscriminately did not decrease a single number. But after all, the reduction of the opponent's strength means that its attack momentum is bound to weaken.
Just when Hakuda Shigeichi arrived at the Eighth Division, at this time, it was not easy to take advantage of the easing of the Japanese offensive to get rid of the Japanese entanglement and withdraw to Tao Jingfei, who was on the front line from Lao Heibei to the Jinsha River. The Japanese army, which had relied on absolute firepower and strength superiority in the previous battle, attacked in turns almost day and night, and had not closed their eyes for several days and their eyes were bloodshot.
One after another, he smoked and stared at Ma Qichang in front of him and said, "Old Ma, don't tell me anything else." It's been a day since you've been here, and you've seen the power of the devil's two heavy cannons. Can you get rid of these heavy cannons for me, you tell me the truth. ”
"Just these heavy guns, especially the two 240mm howitzers. The shells that came in had all caught up with a small water tank, and the casualties inflicted on my troops in the past two days were too great. After these two heavy guns joined the battlefield, at least half of the casualties of our troops were inflicted by these two guys. ”
"As soon as the cannon went down, the positions of one of my companies were flattened. I didn't dare to fire any of the seven or five mountain artillery pieces I had on hand. One shot here, ten shots back there. And all of them *** are large-caliber shells. If I continue to fight like this, one day, I will become the commander of the light pole. ”
"If it weren't for the fact that the devil didn't know what tricks to play today, and the attack strength was weakened less, I might not be able to sustain the battle during the day today. , I guess these bastards are going to get some new weapons. The last time the devil's attack weakened, okay, after one night, it gave me such a big surprise. This kind of surprise is a life-threatening thing. ”
"I don't care what decree your brother received from No. 1, but there's one thing you have to explain to me. These two cannons tonight, as well as those devil cannons, you kid must get rid of me. How many troops will I have to fill in tomorrow? If it's not your soldier, you kid won't feel distressed, right? Don't let my troops laugh at you artillerymen, they all eat dry food. ”
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