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Chapter 174 Killing the Japanese Division Commander
Qi Sanli, along with his soldiers, stared coldly at Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Kinemura Hisazo.
The military ranks on the shoulders of the two men caught his eye.
I've never seen this rank before.
The Japanese colonel we killed earlier didn't have a rank like this.
However, Qi Sanli recognized the officer's sword that Kawagishi Bunzaburo was equipped with.
He stared at the two of them with icy eyes and said:
"A high-ranking official... are you going to surrender or not?"
Neither Fumizaburo Kawagishi nor Hisazo Kinemura could understand Chinese.
As a samurai, even though he knew he was doomed, Kawagishi Bunzaburo still chose to draw his katana from his waist.
"Come on, you foolish Chinese! Even if I die, I'll do it in the most magnificent way!!"
Seeing this, Kishinura Hisazo knew that the fate of the two was sealed. Surrender was something he could never accept, as it would bring shame to his family.
So he drew his katana, ready to fight to the very last moment.
Seeing that neither of the two old Japanese soldiers showed any intention of putting down their weapons, Qi Sanli felt even less guilty about killing them.
He pointed the machine gun in front of him at the two men and said:
"I...I am an immortal, shall I...surrender or not?"
Qi Sanli didn't care whether the two men could understand Chinese or not, and repeated it again.
But at that moment, Fumizaburo Kawagishi continued shouting.
"I am a samurai of the Great Japanese Empire, and I will die in the most honorable way. I will shed my last drop of blood for His Majesty the Emperor!!!"
Before he could continue shouting, Qi Sanli decisively pulled the trigger.
"Da da da!!!!"
The machine gun roared, piercing through both Kawagishi Bunzaburo and Kinemura Hisazo.
"If you don't...you'll die."
As Qi Sanli spoke, he ordered the soldiers to protect the two bodies.
Inside the Third Detachment Command Post, Li Jianghe heard the gunfire all around him growing increasingly distant and sparse.
He knew that the battle was almost over.
At that moment, Li Jianghe suddenly discovered that his merit points had skyrocketed.
[Congratulations, host! You have gained 70,000 merit points!]
This surprised Li Jianghe. He thought to himself, "Last time I killed a Japanese lieutenant general, Yasuoka Masaomi, I got 50,000 merit points. Could this 70,000 be for killing a Japanese general?"
Impossible. A Japanese division commander is usually only a lieutenant general.
The reason why Yasuoka Masaomi, the brigade commander, had such a high rank was because he led the first mechanized unit of the Japanese army.
His doubts were soon answered.
Long Wenzhang handed over a telegram and said:
"Commander, good news! One of Lao Yang's battalion commanders has taken down the Japanese division commander, Kawagishi Bunzaburo, and his chief of staff, Kinemura Hisazo."
"really?"
Li Jianghe pretended to be surprised, but in fact he already knew in advance.
Sure enough, they killed Kawagishi Bunzaburo, the commander of the 20th Division, and also took down Kimura Hisazo, the division's chief of staff.
"Good, immediately send a telegram to the Fifth War Zone Headquarters, saying that our army has killed the commander of the Japanese 20th Division, Fumizaburo Kawagishi, and the division's chief of staff, Hisazo Kinemura."
Li Jianghe said excitedly.
At the Fifth War Zone Headquarters, Commander Li was closely monitoring the situation on the battlefield.
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This encirclement and annihilation operation has essentially achieved victory at this point.
Although some Japanese 20th and 10th Divisions escaped, their main forces had been completely annihilated, essentially eliminating any possibility of them participating in subsequent battles.
The current priority is to see if we can capture the Japanese division commander or brigade commander.
After all, Commander Li still felt quite regretful that Isoya Rensuke had gotten away before.
Of course, if you can't catch them, it's not a big deal.
After all, victory on the battlefield is more important.
Just then, Officer Bai, who was in charge of information and intelligence processing, suddenly stood up and said:
"A great victory! A great victory!!!"
"What's wrong?"
Commander Li turned his head and asked.
"Kawagishi Bunzaburo has been killed!"
"Which unit did it?"
Commander Li also suddenly stood up from his seat and asked excitedly.
"The Third Detachment, Li Jianghe's Third Detachment."
Commander Bai's voice trembled slightly.
"Okay!!! Okay!!! Okay!!!"
Commander Li's voice rose considerably as he rubbed his hands together and excitedly stomped his feet around the room. "That's wonderful! Jiang He is truly a blessed general. With him around, I always feel at ease."
As he said this, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and said to Commander Bai:
"Quickly, send a telegram to Wuhan to inform the Chairman of this news."
In Wuhan, although it was already late at night, the office buildings were still brightly lit.
Commander He's expression was not good, and the Chairman opposite him had an equally unpleasant expression.
It's not that things aren't going well at Taierzhuang, but rather that problems are arising in other operational areas.
In the direction of Lanfeng, the Japanese Doi-mai Division advanced triumphantly, breaking through multiple lines of defense of the National Revolutionary Army in just a few days.
Moreover, the Japanese 16th Division, which was originally attacking Shangqiu, also began to converge in this direction. Once it formed a pincer movement with Doihara's 14th Division, the National Revolutionary Army in this direction would be in danger of being annihilated.
In addition, in southern Anhui, the Japanese 106th Division, the Japanese 13th Division, and several other units were also advancing northward, attacking cities and defeating the enemy.
Simply put, if we only look at the direction of Taierzhuang, the National Revolutionary Army does have the advantage. However, if we look at the overall situation, the Japanese army has already made breakthroughs in both the north and south directions of Xuzhou and has taken the initiative in the battle.
It's no wonder that the principal couldn't be happy, even though the progress in the Taierzhuang direction was smooth and even achieved results far exceeding expectations.
"If the Japanese army continues its westward advance in Henan and attempts to approach Zhengzhou, then let Xue Yue breach the Yellow River dike and use the water as our weapon to block their westward advance!"
The principal, who was studying the map, spoke up at that moment.
These words startled Commander He slightly, and he immediately replied:
"Chairman, please consider this carefully. If we blow up the Yellow River dike, even if it can stop the Japanese army from advancing westward, millions of people along the way will be flooded, and there will be great suffering."
The principal said coldly:
"Are we just going to let the Japanese army advance westward? If we have to bear that infamy, then I, Chiang Kai-shek, will bear it."
As the two were talking, a communications soldier rushed in to report to the commander:
"Report! Good news from the Fifth War Zone: the Japanese 20th Division has been almost completely annihilated. At the same time, Li Jianghe's Third Detachment successfully killed the commander of the Japanese 20th Division, Kawagishi Bunzaburo, and the division's chief of staff, Kinemura Hisazo!"