Chapter 1127: Destruction is only a matter of time
Seeing that Doihara Ken'er was silent, Takahashi Komasa knew that he was unwilling, and smiled awkwardly:
"Your Excellency, the Division Commander! Xiaozheng is your aide-de-camp after all, so I'd better not go."
Doihara Xian'er felt that he was playing a trick, so he shook his head and said, "Xiao Zheng! The nearby Chinese villages are empty, and there is no food to collect. You should find your classmates in the Army Aviation and ask them to airdrop some food over."
Gao Qiao Xiaozheng smiled bitterly and said, "My classmate was criticized by Okamura Ningchi for the air raid on Lijiazhai. He was ordered to conduct an inspection in the Army Aviation and is not allowed to help our army fight again."
Doihara Xian'er was so angry that he yelled, "Baga! Okamura skinny monkey, you are really going too far. I don't need your help. I can still establish a foothold under the Five Elements Mountain."
Takahashi Komasa said with a smile: "Your Excellency the Division Commander! A real man can bend and stretch. Our army is now out of food and water. Why don't you call Okamura Ningchi and ask him to send some reinforcements and food over."
Doihara Xian'er shook his head and said, "No! I still have horse legs and compressed biscuits to eat. It's far from the time to bow down to the skinny monkey."
At this time, a Japanese captain ran into the cave and cried out in tears:
"Your Excellency, the Division Commander! Two privates in our squadron died of starvation."
In order to win people's hearts, Doihara Kan'er pretended to be shocked and stood up, saying with great sorrow: "Alas! The food will be here soon, but the two lowest-ranking soldiers can't get any. What a pity!"
The captain suggested: "General! Uedahara leads a squadron to sweep the Chinese villages."
Doihara Kenji didn't want Takahashi Komasa to lead the team, so he said without hesitation, "Okay! Let's go."
"Thank you, Commander!"
Captain Ueda bowed, fearing that he would go back on his word, and turned and ran out.
Takahashi Xiaozheng was very angry and said without hesitation:
"Mr. Division Commander! Are you afraid of Okamura Ningchi?"
To appease him, Doihara Ken'er said with a smile, "Xiao Zheng! How could this general be afraid of Okamura the skinny guy? Okay! Send him a telegram in my name immediately to ask for airdropped supplies."
"Hello!"
Takahashi Komasa hurriedly accepted the order and sent a telegram immediately.
Not long after, a reply was received: "Doihara Xianer! There is not a single grain of food. Stop fooling around in Wuxing Mountain and lead your troops to Peking immediately. This commander wants to reorganize your troops."
After reading the telegram, Doihara Xian'er ordered, "Xiao Zheng! There is no hope for Okamura Ningchi. Call Zhang Fei and tell him to bring his troops back to Wuxing Mountain immediately. If he disobeys orders, notify the Kaifeng Garrison Army to arrest him."
"Hello!"
Takahashi Komasa happily accepted the order.
Doihara Kan'er promised him to accept the dual positions of Zhang Fei's aide-de-camp and regiment commander, and he would only fulfill his promise after Zhang Fei returned.
At this time, the radio transmission sounded.
Takahashi Komasa hurriedly copied and translated the message, reading:
"Your Excellency the Division Commander! The Shadow Chief asks where you are."
Doihara Kenji said angrily:
"Tell him I'm in Kaifeng and ask him to leave me alone."
"understand!"
Takahashi Komasa hurriedly obeyed the order and sent a telegram.
Thirty miles to the north is Wolong Village, where Xiang Chu lived.
Xiang Chu was listening carefully and transcribing the message sent by Gao Qiao Xiaozheng, and said with a smile:
"Alai! This man's method of sending telegrams is exactly the same as that of the Japanese spy Wei Shang."
Xu Lai said happily: "Let Zhang Fei ask who was the person who sent the message under Doihara Xian'er."
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "That's right! I can't ask directly, so I'll ask Zhang Fei."
After saying this, he hurriedly sent a telegram.
Not long after, Zhang Fei called back: "Brother Xiang! The sender is Takahashi Komasa, an attendant of Doihara Ken'er. Doihara Ken'er is forcing me to return to Wuxing Mountain. If I don't return, he will notify the Kaifeng Garrison Army to arrest me. What should I do?"
Xiang Chu replied to the telegram: "You can leave Kaifeng and march slowly back to Wuxing Mountain. Give me 7 days."
Zhang Fei replied: "Brother Xiang! I will try to give you ten days. After ten days, I will run away."
Xu Lai checked the telegrams between the two and said with a wry smile:
"Brother Chu! Can you kill Doihara Xian'er in ten days?"
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "If we succeed in clearing the countryside and recruiting soldiers, five days will be enough."
Xu Lai said angrily, "Brother Chu! Do you want to starve the devils to death? I'm afraid that's going to happen. Recruiting a large number of soldiers? That's also going to happen."
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
Gan Rong shouted outside the door: "Captain! A squadron of Japanese soldiers came out from Doihara Ken'er's garrison and headed west to conduct a sweep."
Xiang Chu opened the door and ordered, "Chief of Staff! The Japanese have been hungry for several days. Send Lan Cheng to lead the cavalry battalion to follow the Japanese squadron. Don't let the Japanese find the food."
Gan Rong smiled and said, "All the people within a ten-li radius have evacuated. I guarantee they won't find any food, but they might be able to catch some fish, shrimp, loach, or something like that."
Xiang Chu nodded and ordered: "Anyway, they will attack whenever they find food, use guerrilla tactics, go and make arrangements!"
"understand!"
Gan Rong hurriedly accepted the order and turned to leave.
Xiang Chu asked anxiously, "How is the recruitment going?"
Gan Rong smiled and said, "At the beginning, there is no rush."
Xiang Chu said angrily: "Pass the order down. Within three days, each person must recruit at least one new soldier, otherwise the mission will be failed."
"Yes!"
Gan Rong hurriedly accepted the order.
Xiang Chu sighed, "Alas! Why is it so difficult to recruit soldiers here? It's much worse than Shandong."
Xu Lai smiled and said, "Brother Chu! Maybe the publicity is not enough. How about showing some anti-Japanese war movies?"
Xiang Chu was reminded and said happily: "Of course! I'll let Ai Hai take care of it."
After saying this, he picked up the phone and made a call to explain things to Ai Hai.
To the west of Wuxing Mountain, there is a small, nameless lake.
The Japanese Captain Ueda led a hungry squadron here.
All the Japanese soldiers looked at the fish swimming in the lake and stopped moving.
Captain Ueda could no longer walk and weakly ordered:
"Yoshi! Stop moving forward, and go down to the lake to catch fish."
The Japanese soldiers threw away their guns, took off their shoes, ran down the nameless lake, and caught fish excitedly.
Not far away, the sound of war horses neighing could be heard.
A cavalry team of more than a hundred people rushed here.
"Bang! Dada! Boom!"
Rifles, machine guns and artillery attacked the Japanese soldiers.
Several Japanese soldiers were hit and fell on the shore and in the lake.
Captain Ueda was so angry that he yelled, "Baga! All soldiers stop fishing and destroy this damn Eighth Route Cavalry Team."
The Japanese soldiers climbed ashore, put on their shoes, picked up their guns, and rushed towards the Eighth Route Cavalry in the distance.
However, before they could get close, the cavalry rode away and were out of the range of the guns and artillery.
The Japs were unable to catch up with the cavalry, so they had no choice but to return to the nameless lake and start fishing again.
Two cavalry teams rushed towards them, one from the south and the other from the west, fighting as they rushed, once again disrupting their fishing rhythm.
Captain Ueda roared: "Divide the troops into two groups and destroy this damn Eighth Route Cavalry Team."
The Japanese soldiers climbed ashore again and pursued the Eighth Route Army cavalry, but still in vain.
This happened repeatedly, and the Japanese were so tired that they foamed at the mouth, but they still couldn't even get close to the Eighth Route Cavalry.
Moreover, each harassment would reduce the number of Japanese soldiers.
As night fell, the Japanese soldiers were hungry and cold, and were surrounded by 500 cavalrymen. Their destruction was only a matter of time.