Chapter 87 Fire

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"Is this the place where the 3rd Cavalry Battalion ambushed?" Katsura Taro asked Osako Naotoshi beside him with a gloomy face.

Behind him were the staff officers of the 3rd Division, all of whom were silent with a serious face.

The vanguard of the 3rd Division had passed Mayang Town, and the headquarters troops also passed by here today after a few days of marching. The division commander Katsura Taro heard about Osako Naotoshi's report on the Jingguan, so he brought a group of generals to pay tribute to the Japanese soldiers who died here.

Although the dead Japanese had been ordered by Osako Naotoshi to clean up, after more than half a month, the ground was still bright red, and the soil still exuded a strong smell of blood.

Osako Naotoshi did not allow the words to be destroyed. The bloody words of the murderer Wei Jichen were still written on the wall. Osako Naotoshi did this to remind himself that he must not forget the shame of the war. Only after killing Wei Jichen would he let people wash off the words.

At the same time, he also washed away the shame in his heart.

"Yes, sir!" Osako Naotoshi now saw those words. Although he was still very angry, he felt much better. The battle of revenge is about to begin. Wei Jichen, you just wait to bear the thunderous wrath of my 5th Brigade.

Katsura Taro stared at the words for a long time, turned around silently, and finally checked the fortifications built by the Chinese army that day.

Katsura Taro walked in silence for more than half an hour, then turned around, looked at the generals, and said in a low voice: "Wei Jichen is a man who should not be underestimated. If he cannot be eliminated this time, he will become a scourge to the empire. Therefore, in this battle, the most important task is to annihilate the Wei army. Wei Jichen must be killed."

"Wei Jichen must be killed!" All the Japanese generals lowered their heads slightly and said in unison.

"Sir, the imperial intelligence department has obtained the Chinese's deployment in the Ximu City area." Osako Naoto raised the document that the soldier had just delivered in his hand, with a smile on his face, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.

"Let's go, we will immediately formulate a battle plan according to the Chinese's deployment." Katsura Taro took the document and led the way to the temporary division staff headquarters.

A moment later, the Japanese generals had already taken their seats according to their military ranks.

Katsura Taro naturally sat at the top, and several staff officers of the division's general staff began to mark the deployment of the Chinese army on the military map according to the intelligence.

Among them, the station of Wei Jichen's Wei-character army was the most eye-catching. Other armies used a small triangular flag as a mark, but the Wei-character army used a large triangular flag as a mark.

After the staff officers finished these, Katsura Taro nodded slightly, and the Chief of Staff of the 3rd Division, Ogawa Jiro, stood up and began to explain: "Gentlemen, from this map we can see that the Chinese's intention is to defend Ximu City to the death. Feng Sheng'a deployed his troops in four areas according to the direction of the city gate: the first is the northeast direction of Ximu City, because this area has a moat passing through, I call it the city river battlefield, and this place is defended by Ma Jinxu's troops; the second is the southeast direction of Ximu City, because this area is relatively open, I call it the flat ground battlefield, and it is defended by Nie Guilin's troops defended the third; the southwest battlefield of the city was defended by Feng Sheng'a's army; the fourth was the northwest area, which was defended by the Chinese army in the original Ximu City. "

Ogawa Jiro paused, pointed to the big flag, and said with a smile: "As for Wei Jichen's Weizi Army, it was not defended in the city, but stationed in Yushubao, about 3 miles away from Ximu City. The reason for this is that Wei Jichen and Feng Sheng'a had a disagreement. "

The Japanese intelligence was very good, and even the disagreement between Wei Jichen and Feng Sheng'a was found out, which was really surprising.

After Ogawa Jiro finished speaking, he looked at Katsura Taro, who pondered and said, "Yushu Fort? This Wei Jichen is very cunning. Yushu Fort is close to the direction of Haicheng. I think he will run away as soon as he sees that the situation is not right."

"Yes, sir!" Ogawa Jiro leaned forward slightly to show respect, then looked at the other generals of the 5th Division. Seeing that everyone was looking at him seriously, he couldn't help but continue: "If we only want to capture Ximu City, we only need to send a part of the troops to contain the Wei army, so that Wei Jichen can't split his body to rescue the troops in the city, but if we lock the target on Wei Jichen, we have to change some strategies."

"Our target this time is Wei Jichen." Katsura Taro saw that Osako Naotoshi was looking at him expectantly, and had to reiterate the strategic intention of this operation again.

He knew that Osako Naotoshi was eager for revenge, and Katsura Taro was the same. Of course, in addition to revenge, from a political point of view, getting rid of Wei Jichen might be more important than taking down Ximu City. Moreover, after removing Wei Jichen, it would be easier to attack Ximu City.

"In this case, we must not give Wei Jichen any way out, especially not to let him escape to Haicheng." Seeing this, Ogawa Jiro stretched out his hand and tapped heavily on the road from Yushubao to Haicheng.

The Japanese generals of the 3rd Division directly put aside the attack and defense of Ximu City and began to arrange around Yushubao.

Chief of Staff Ogawa Jiro first expressed his opinion: "Although the terrain of Yushu Fort is high and conducive to defense, if we are surrounded by several times the number of troops, it will be a matter of time to capture it. Moreover, Fengsheng'a and Wei Jichen are at odds, as long as we need to use A small number of troops restrained the defenders in Ximu City."

Speaking of this, Ogawa Jiro sneered and said: "In my opinion, Toyosheng'a will not send troops to rescue. In this way, we can attack Yushu Fort with most of our troops."

Osso Shangmin stood up and said: "I will personally lead the 7th Regiment to cut off Wei Jichen's retreat. The 17th Regiment will pretend to attack Ximu City, monitor the enemy forces in the city, and snipe the enemy troops from the city to reinforce Yushu Castle, while the 19th Regiment will attack from the city. Frontal attack on Fort Elm."

Although Ogawa Jiro said that Fengsheng'a would not reinforce Yushu Fort, this was based on the Japanese attacking Ximu City at the same time. If the Japanese did not attack Ximu City and only attacked Yushu Fort, I believe Fengsheng'a would be under pressure. Some soldiers were sent to support them.

In this way, Wei Jichen's Wei Zijun was surrounded by the Japanese. It seemed that Osako Shangmin was determined to kill Wei Jichen in the next battle.

Katsura Taro did not express any objection. From this, the basic strategy of the Japanese battle was determined. Next, the Japanese generals considered some details respectively to ensure that everything was done flawlessly.

It was already late at night in Xiaonanhe Village, Jinghai, Tianjin. The lights in the entire village had been extinguished. Except for the occasional dog barking, there was complete silence.

At this time, it was no different than in later generations, which had a richer nightlife. There were no major recreational activities at this time, and everyone had already turned off the lights and had sex.

However, in this quiet night, there was a sound of footsteps, and two men in black were sneaking towards a house.

"Is this this house?" one of the dark figures asked softly.

"Yes, it's the little scholar's house." Another person pointed at the jujube tree at the door and said.

They had already stepped on the plate during the day, so they were already familiar with it at night.

"Have you remembered everything Boss Wang ordered? After everything is done, Boss Wang will give each of us one tael of silver, which is enough to go to Chunyue Tower several times." One of them stood still and looked around for a while. Did he see anyone? There was movement, and then he asked aloud.

"Of course, I have brought everything." Another person touched from his arms and found flint and the like from time to time.

"Oh, it's a pity that the little girl is attracted by Boss Wang. Otherwise, we two brothers can have a good time. The little girl is white and tender, and can be broken by blows. No one can compare with those girls in Chunyue Tower. "Enter." The man in black holding the flint said with a smile.

"Boss Wang, it's a bit troublesome to handle this matter. If you ask me, if you get some drugs and force yourself into it, are you still afraid that the little girl will disobey you afterwards?" Another person obviously had some objections to Boss Wang's approach.

"You don't know this. Women, you have to take your time. Besides, I heard that this little bitch has a stubborn temper. If she commits suicide and her beauty is gone, then there will be no more fun. Boss Wang is smart. We asked her to burn the guy who was eating. When we are desperate, Boss Wang comes out to pretend to be a good guy again. Are you still afraid that the little girl won't obey?" The man holding the flint brought a jar of wine from the ground and poured it on the wheelbarrow and the other side. He replied with a smile on top of a simple tofu-buying shack.

"I don't know that you guys are so frivolous, but I still think it's better to be stronger." The other person was not slow in his work and put together some of the things Su Zhiniang would use in her tofu business.

It didn't take long for the two of them to get it done easily.

After lightly rubbing it with a flint point, sparks floated towards the car. Suddenly, a raging fire ignited, and the two hurriedly turned around and walked into the darkness.

Su Zhiniang, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened by the smell of smoke. When she got up, got dressed and opened the door, she saw that the things she used in her tofu business were on fire.

Su Zhiniang was so frightened that her face turned pale. That was what she needed to make a living. If she lost it, how would she survive?

After Su Zhiniang panicked and shouted several times that there was a fire, she hurriedly ran into the kitchen, picked up a bucket of water, and hurried outside.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger. Wang Mazi's two men were ruthless and poured wine on it, leaving no chance for Su Zhiniang to put it out.

"It's on fire, it's on fire." Su Zhiniang shouted as she rushed forward desperately. After pouring a small bucket of water on it, the fire didn't reduce much at all.

Clang clang!

When the neighbors heard Su Zhiniang's shouting, they all hurriedly put on their clothes and came out. Seeing this, one or two people came to put out the fire with buckets. Fortunately, Su Zhiniang was a kind person and was willing to help everyone, so when something happened to her, , everyone rushed to help.

There were shouts and footsteps.

Although everyone arrived in time, by the time the fire was extinguished, the wheelbarrow and those items had turned into pieces of coke, making it impossible to use them again.

"Zhiniang, this is a natural disaster, alas!" Aunt Wang shook her head and looked at Su Zhiniang, who was sitting on the ground with lifeless eyes, and comforted her softly.

"Yes, Zhimiang, you can buy more if these things are gone."

Neighbors offered words of comfort one after another.

Su Zhiniang struggled to stand up, and said with a forced smile: "Thank you uncles and aunts for the timely rescue, otherwise Zhiniang's life may not be guaranteed. When Zhimiang is finished packing tomorrow, she will definitely come to thank you."

"Yes, yes, it's good that you saved your life, and the house is fine. It seems that God also helped you because of your kindness." Everyone said a few nice words and then left.

However, the sound of discussion was heard from afar.

"Why is Zhiniang so miserable? She finally raised the child of the Wei family and thought she could enjoy a good life. Who knew that the child of the Wei family disappeared as soon as he went to the battlefield."

"That's right. It's not easy for Zhiniang to be alone. There are many disputes in front of a widow. I don't know how many people are targeting her."

"Do you think this is man-made?"

"Don't say it. We can help as much as we can. We can't care too much about other things."

Su Zhiniang waited until everyone left, and tears as big as beans flowed down along with the ashes on her face.

After crying secretly for a long time, Su Zhiniang suddenly wiped her tears and began to pack up her things.

Although Wei Jichen's name spread throughout the Northeast, Beijing and Tianjin, the villagers of Xiaonanhe Village, including Su Zhiniang, would not associate him with the previous young scholar.

Even if the young scholar was very capable, could he become a famous general from a small soldier in such a short time?

At least, no one in Xiaonanhe Village believed it, they just thought they were people with the same name and surname.