Battle of the Third Reich Chapter 250: sleepy beast

The story will start from the early morning of September 12, 1940. As usual, the Japanese soldier who fought with the terrible mosquitoes all night was awakened from his dream by the loud wake-up call. Relying on the habits that they have cultivated over the years, the soldiers quickly put on military uniforms, put on short leather shoes, and then carefully tied their leggings. According to the Japanese military practice, after getting up early in the morning, do some morning training first. Generally, you do a set of morning exercises and then run a few laps around the camp. After everyone's body is active, you will queue up to the cafeteria to receive breakfast.

Most of these soldiers are veterans who have served in the army for three years. They have long learned how to survive in the army. They have been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, and they have also honed their tough nerves, but even such a strong soldier, at this moment Has also been exhausted by the terrible jungle. Beginning in late August, the morale of the troops has obviously declined. Not only has the military discipline changed a little loosely, even some dissatisfaction with the superiors and even the commander of the wing began to appear among the lower-level officers and soldiers.

The third squadron of the 21st Wing of the Fifth Division of the Imperial Japanese Army was stationed at a place called Ershan Village, close to the Sino-Vietnamese border, and about half an hour's walk from Zhennan Pass. This unit is now subordinate to the Miki Unit formed by the 21st Wing as its backbone. The commander is the Army Osa Miki Yoshinosuke, the commander of the 21st Wing. In addition to the infantry unit of the original wing, this mixed unit has also incorporated a squadron of tanks and a part of the luggage and water supply units. The task is to block the front line of Zhennanguan and try to block French Indochina. The material transportation line leading to our country.

For Japan, this action was of strategic significance, because the Japanese staff headquarters at that time had a thought that as long as the traffic of foreign materials from China was cut off, the Chinese government in Chongqing would lose the ability to continue fighting. Capital will help Japan win this protracted war as soon as possible.

So when the Japanese army launched the Battle of Nanning, they once again shouted the slogan "This is the last battle" that they once chanted under the city of Nanjing. At this moment, the Japanese army thought that as long as they had cut off the Yunnan-Burma Highway and Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. , Japan can win this war.

Of course, history has proved that this is only wishful thinking of the Japanese, but at the time, the Japanese military did place great expectations on this. Even in order to obtain the navy's sea and air support, he did not hesitate to bow to those old enemies. However, after the Japanese army took down Nanning, they found that the situation was not the same as originally imagined, although they successfully captured Zhennan Pass. But the Japanese military suddenly realized that it was its own side that was trapped to death.

For the suffering, as the first-line commander, Morimoto Takinozu Nakasa felt the most. This Morimoto Nakasa was 45 years old at this time and was the most standard young officer in the Japanese army. He graduated from the 28th term of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy. He was a classmate of the same period with the famous Nagyou and Ichiki Kiyoshi. There was also a well-known Chinese student in that period, and that was He Yingqin, who was the chief of staff of the Republic of China at this time. To be honest, this Zhongzuo's official career is not particularly good. He just relies on the standard military qualifications to advance. Many of the students in the same period have been Zhongzuo or the captain of the Union as early as two or three years ago. Morimoto was not promoted until September last year. , Was appointed as the commander of the third battalion of the 21st Wing, and finally got into the middle of the Japanese Army.

Before he was promoted, the Fifth Division was transferred from the comfortable and prosperous South China to the grassy Guangxi battlefield. After landing from Qinzhou, Morimoto led the third squadron to burn, kill and looting. Nanning City. Just when he was about to take a break, he was transferred to the outskirts of Nanning by the division and regiment to take on guard tasks. When he climbed to the destination, he took a look at the map. The place was called Kunlun Pass.

What exactly was the battle of Kunlun Pass? There are too many historical materials, so I don't need to elaborate here. It's just that one point must be explained. If according to the battle report, the Morimoto Nakazuo should have been killed in the Kunlun Pass at this time, and the body was already rotten. (For a while, the author also believed in the record of the Great Victory of Kunlun Pass. So when I found out the name Morimoto Takuji when looking through historical materials, I thought it was two people. Then I checked my resume and found out that I took the third It was this guy who supported the Kunlun Pass in the brigade, and not only did he not die there. He eventually retired as a Dazuo in North Korea.)

In the chaotic Kunlun Pass battlefield, the third group has actually been wandering between Batang and Qitang, and has not been placed on the front line. Compared with the unfortunate first and second groups, it has not What a serious loss suffered. In the end, he was pulled out alone because of the largest number of veterans in the army. Perhaps the leader of the wing was also a little bit sad when he was placed on the outside to perform the border blockade mission. He also assigned a tank squad for him and stationed it in a nearby village to cooperate with the Morimoto Brigade.

But since the third team took on this task, it's like falling into a nightmare. At this time, the China-Vietnam border was full of dense primitive jungles, the climate was hot and humid, and the highest temperature during the day reached more than 40 degrees. The army’s supplies were extremely difficult, and it was even impossible to obtain fresh vegetables from nearby mountain people. The garrison was full of dense forests, full of venomous snakes and poisonous insects. If you were not familiar with the road, no one would dare to go inside. The eyes of the nearby villagers were indifferent, and the language was completely impassable. No matter how the Chinese-speaking officer gestured, they just shook their heads to show that they did not understand. As soon as night fell, the jungle outside the camp began to make all kinds of weird noises, and there were all kinds of weird howlings besides howling tigers and wolves, making Japanese soldiers afraid to leave the barracks alone at night.

At this time, it was not only a unit of the Third Group, but the entire Fifth Division was in trouble. At that time, the local villages in Guangxi were very poor, and the civilians were extremely hostile to the Japanese invading army. The two Guangxi giants, Baili and Li, had long kept the governance of Guangxi tight. Under their long-term propaganda and agitation, the people of Guangxi became very xenophobic. Saying that it is a Japanese invader, even if the Central Army comes in, it will embarrass you.

The Japanese cannot get food from the local area, let alone the dishes to accompany the meal. All the rice, white noodles and oil, salt, sauce and vinegar consumed by troops belonging to the Fifth Division can only be shipped from other places. After being unloaded at Qinzhou Port, the grains are transported to Nanning by truck. The more than 100-kilometer supply line from Nanning to Qinzhou needed to cross countless mountains. The mountains were full of armed mountain people. When they encountered the Japanese army, they were happy to take part in the bandits and rely on the Fifth Division. The forces in hand can't protect the safety of the entire line at all, so every supply can only rely on a concentrated **** of heavy troops to barely complete the basic material guarantee of the division.

The original Fifth Division was a mechanized division, but because most of the battle area was mountainous and jungle, the division replaced the original mechanized equipment before setting off, and the fifth division has now changed again. It became mules and horses, except for the necessary ammunition and oil, the transportation vehicles in hand can only guarantee the delivery of daily food rations. There is no excess capacity to transport canned meat, vegetables and other non-staple foods, but the materials and materials of the division command agency Replenishment is completely guaranteed. After all, Nanning is a big city.

If the subordinate units are unlucky and cannot get vegetable and non-staple food nearby, they can only serve with miso and soy sauce, especially the units stationed in the col, such as Morimoto's third squadron, which had a hard time. Unspeakable. It’s not enough to eat well. The soldiers of the Great Japan Empire shouldn’t be greedy for enjoyment. Morimoto Nakasa said that adding soy sauce to rice is a kind of training, and it can better reflect the spirit of Yamato. In addition, the wing would sometimes offer favors, occasionally giving out a few cans of emergency reserves of Yamato boiled cans for them to open meat, because the local climate is too hot and humid, and even the cans are not easy to preserve.

In the eyes of Japanese soldiers, this is really not the greatest suffering. What makes them talk about it is the endless army of various insects in the jungle. The most ravaged insects during the day are flies. They are almost everywhere, and the number is surprisingly large. Morimoto once ordered the whole camp to do a good job of sanitation in accordance with domestic habits, but found that he wanted to eliminate the flies, he had to clean the entire forest outside. And when night fell, all kinds of mosquitoes of various sizes, large and small, came out of the woods like dark clouds. They flew into the Japanese barracks through the gaps between the door and window panels and the bamboo strips, and then looked for a fleshy guy. Feast on it. Japanese soldiers have tried to resist, using various methods, but in the face of such an astonishing little jungle devil, they hardly played a big role. Moreover, the viruses carried by mosquitoes caused a large number of illnesses, the most common ones were dysentery and malaria, and even two soldiers had jaundice.

What made Morimoto mad even more was that the officers and soldiers had suffered so much, but the tasks assigned by their superiors could not be completed at all. Between the mountains and ridges on the front line of Zhennanguan, villagers and hunters have opened up countless passable trails, making this border line look like a colander. Just guarding the road cannot stop the transportation of materials. Qing’s smuggling caravan, driving a local pony, and carrying important materials across the border from those trails, familiar with the roads, they can easily bypass the Japanese defense lines, traverse high mountains and transport goods to the Chinese government’s control area.

The Japanese side once lodged a solemn protest to the French for this. The French immediately stated that they would strengthen border management, and at the same time agreed to send an observation team to supervise the Japanese army~IndoMTL.com~ to completely eliminate this kind of damage to the friendship between France and Japan. The behavior occurs. It turned out that before the Japanese celebrated a great diplomatic victory, the French turned their heads and they all denied them. The French Indochinese federal authorities refused to recognize the agreement reached between the two parties and claimed that it was only the personal behavior of the then Governor Carut. , Has no legal effect at all. The special envoys of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Military Department requested to meet with Karut in a desperate manner. A scene that surprised the Japanese appeared. The French responded directly. Karut has been dismissed for investigation. Please wait for any diplomatic issues. Talk about it after the new governor arrives.

As the days of suffering passed day by day, Morimoto's mood became depressed day by day. After finishing his daily work, he would sit in a bamboo dormitory and wipe his ancestral treasure knife. , And often wailing in the middle of the night. Morimoto Nakasa has already suffocated his stomach, he is anxious to find a place to vent. And this brigade captain would not know that there are many people who are more anxious than him. The staff of the Army Staff Headquarters have become ants on the lid, because they are horrified to find that as the world situation changes, their wishful thinking is Step by step failed.

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