Chapter 126: Refusing to Admit

I was not particularly sad that my machine gun position was attacked by Chinese artillery fire.

People died every day anyway, early or late, and the Japanese colonel, whose bottom line was breached again and again, had long been numb to the so-called casualty figures.

This thing is like a strong man being forced by another strong man to do something. The first time was naturally a complete mental explosion, but after one after another, it was just that.

The Japanese colonel was sad that he was deceived by the Chinese who had no contract spirit at all.

Damn it, didn’t we agree that we must withdraw troops to the concession at dawn today? I took the trouble to set up all the machine guns, just to let you greet me with a bunch of artillery shells?

"Chinese! What a despicable nation, not keeping promises at all!" The Japanese colonel almost bit his two rows of back teeth to pieces.

"Sir, the regiment commander, the regiment's direct artillery squadron called, do you want to suppress the artillery fire?" Makino Shun looked at his boss with awe, his eyes were full of red bloodshot like a trapped beast, and asked.

To be honest, until this moment, Makino Shun really admired his immediate boss. Not for anything else, just from the aspect of willpower, among all the people he had seen, no one could match him.

If one plan failed, another plan came up, and if it still failed, it still failed in the end. Even so, he could still stubbornly straighten his back and scold the other party for not keeping his word. If it was him, he would have found a place where no one was around to stab himself in the belly!

Hiss! Such a determined person, it's fine if he doesn't stab himself, but don't stab me! For a while, the Japanese lieutenant colonel, who was full of thoughts, had to serve this gentleman carefully, right?

"Asshole, do you still need to ask for instructions?" Wakiita Jiro shouted with a sullen face. "Tell them to fire immediately."

The Japanese colonel didn't even bother to look at his subordinate's face, for he was afraid that he would cut him with a knife before cutting two holes in his stomach.

How "sweet" the exchange between the two last night was, and how ironic it was when the reality was so harsh.

"Mr. Makino, send a telegram to the division headquarters. My 36th Infantry Regiment urgently needs two 120mm cannons for support!" Jiro Wakiita looked at his heavy machine gun positions, where the sound of the cannons had stopped but there was a wailing sound, and his cold voice came out of his teeth.

"But, Your Excellency, the commander of the regiment, the 120mm cannon is a heavy artillery. If it is inaccurate..." Makino Shun was shocked.

This is the rhythm of everyone dying together!

Of course, Makino Shun knew why the concession party was threatened by the Expeditionary Force Command to use heavy artillery and gave in. It was just because they were afraid that the large natural gas storage tank would be detonated by the shells that fell by mistake.

Once that thing explodes, half of the concession will be blown up. Can the Westerners not swallow their anger and surrender?

But if this really happens, it will completely anger the Western world. The Empire will take the blame. The head of the lieutenant general is naturally not afraid, but he, the deputy commander of the regiment and the colonel commander who has obviously lost his mind, is definitely a foregone conclusion.

"The Chinese dare to play this trick on me, which shows that they are all connived by those Westerners. If we don't show them some color, they really think that our army is just talking verbally." Jiro Wakiita's eyes jumped with crazy light in the dim lantern light.

"In this case, let's let them open their terrified eyes and take a good look. The holy war of my Great Japanese Empire will never compromise for anyone. The despicable Chinese can't, and they, too."

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October 30, early morning!

The brigadier general of the British Empire, who had just drunk a mouthful of oatmeal porridge in his office, was about to flip through the report on the small-scale artillery battle between the Chinese and Japanese armies last night.

A loud 'boom! ' from three hundred meters away, and the sharp whistling of the shells that followed, directly made his spoon fall on the table.

"The Japanese are crazy! They actually use heavy artillery?" Colonel James' eyes were full of horror.

Without his adjutant's reminder, with his many years of military experience, how could he not hear that this was the whistling sound that only artillery with a caliber of more than 100 could have.

"The Japanese are telling us that if we don't force the Chinese out of the warehouse, they will really use heavy artillery." The frosty-faced brigadier general's eyes were full of coldness. "The Japanese are really cruel and ruthless!"

"The great British Empire will never surrender to anyone for this. This is a naked provocation. General, I request authorization. If the Japanese artillery fire falls into my concession, my coalition will declare war on it!" Colonel James' face also surged with anger.

"Declare war?" Brigadier General Smallett put his hands on the table and looked at his adjutant calmly. "And then? Before the Imperial Fleet even sets off, the concession has already become a pile of rubble like the Battle of Songhu in China? Will the blood of the people of the Empire stain this land of the East?"

"How dare the Japanese?" Colonel James was furious.

"They are a bunch of lunatics!" Brigadier General Smallett shook his head slowly. "What can't lunatics do?"

"James, it's ridiculous to maintain so-called dignity without absolute strength as a guarantee!" Brigadier General Smallett stood up.

"Go and inform our diplomats and contact the Chinese. If they don't withdraw their troops tonight, we Western countries will cut off all aid and propose sanctions against China at the upcoming League of Nations Conference.

At the same time, we immediately contacted the Japanese and told them that we had made concessions. If we were still at a loss to advance or retreat, we would directly report the situation to Her Majesty the Queen and ask her to decide on relations with Japan. "

The Chinese people have been completely abandoned! Colonel James felt a little sad as he looked at the battlefield in the distance where the roar of artillery resumed.

As a soldier, he can understand the persistence of soldiers he has never met. But as a senior officer of the coalition forces, he could only stand in the concession's position and consider the many Westerners in the concession, just like his commander.

A weak China can only become a victim of the three-party game.

In the warehouse.

The Army Lieutenant Colonel is worried.

But what worries me is not how terrible the Japanese 120-caliber field artillery is.

The 120-caliber field artillery is very powerful. If a shot hits a building, it will create a crater as big as a footbath. If it is aimed at a specific place and hits hard, that wall will be destroyed sooner or later.

Fortunately, the Japanese army still had some scruples after all, and mainly focused on demonstrations. After two rounds of artillery fire, there was no movement. What's more, the Japanese gunners are not that good. They want to blast the warehouse to pieces with two 120-caliber field guns, and they don't have the ability.

What he was worried about was how to face the military orders transmitted through manpower in the war zone.

Tang Dao bared his teeth and smiled: "The person who comes to issue military orders, does he have anything to prove his identity?"

Seeing the lieutenant colonel's brows furrowed, Tang Dao added:

"The message is encrypted and can be deciphered by the enemy and falsely convey military orders. Wouldn't it be easier to forge the seal on the handwritten military order? For such a thing, if you give me a potato, it will take me less than ten minutes. I can give you the seal of the Ministry of Military Affairs, do you believe it?”

This is absolutely nonsense.

However, it seems that refusing to admit the blame is still a trick!

The Army Lieutenant Colonel is not a stubborn person. You can retreat, but you can't force my soldiers to die, right?

There was determination in his eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "That makes sense, go and tie up that unidentified bastard who came last night, gag him, and beat him to pieces.

The little devil couldn't get in, so he started playing tricks on me with fake military orders. I almost fell for it. Damn it, beat me hard. "

The Army Lieutenant Colonel, who was quite elegant and rarely used swear words, now looked filled with indignation. If Tang Dao hadn't been the instigator, he would have almost believed it.

How can a hard-blooded soldier like an army lieutenant colonel, who has been wallowing in the dead, be easy to get along with? Now that you've made a decision, you have to do it right.

The only unlucky person was the Central Command agent who sneaked into the warehouse at night. Although his rank was definitely not low, since an army lieutenant colonel wanted to rely on him, he had to rely on it to the end, and it had to be the same as the real thing.

Even if their major general-level director comes in person, he can only be beaten into a pig's head, and there will be no second option.

Not killing him is because everyone is Chinese.