Chapter 181: Spy Chief Dohihara Kenji’s Regret
Regarding the Student Army’s enthusiastic inquiries, Zhou Wenhua’s German-equipped troops immediately escorted them away from the battlefield, while the remaining German-equipped clone troops continued toward Yuanping City, preparing to follow Zhou Wenhua’s latest operational instructions to rescue Deputy Army Commander Tong and Division Commander Zhao as they evacuated from Yuanping City, rather than dying there and benefiting the Japanese Invaders’ Troops.
At this time, Garrison Army Commander Lieutenant General Wanichiro Tashiro, Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Katsuki, and Garrison Army Infantry Brigade Commander Major General Kawabe Shozo were in high spirits as they watched Yuanping City about to be captured by their Japanese Army,
especially after seeing Infantry Regiment Commander Colonel Mutaguchi Renya’s Infantry Regiment, in the most ferocious combat posture, charging invincible toward the already breached Yuanping City Gate, launching wave after wave of desperate offensive operations with heroic actions,
these high-level Japanese commanders couldn’t help but praise Colonel Mutaguchi Renya and his regiment effusively.
“Yoshi! This Colonel Mutaguchi Renya is quite good,”
“he actually managed to command his regiment to become the first Imperial troops to breach Yuanping City. It seems the battle for Yuanping City will end soon, and then we can annihilate all the Chinese Army inside!”
“It would be best to capture alive the high-level Chinese Army generals inside. I want to interrogate them thoroughly and make them confess all the intelligence on their troops!”
“And kill one or two Chinese Army generals to make an example of them!”
“This will tell all the high-level Chinese Army who dare to confront our Imperial Army what the fate of the losers is! Only by completely intimidating these damned, stupid Chinese Army can our Imperial Army become even more invincible, making these Chinese Army flee at the sight of us!”
Garrison Army Commander Lieutenant General Wanichiro Tashiro was the first to praise Regiment Commander Colonel Mutaguchi Renya in high spirits.
“Your Excellency the Commander is absolutely right. Now we just need to wait for the city to fall, and then we can immediately plant the flags of our Imperial Army all over Chinese Yuanping City. After that, we can immediately set off for Chinese Beiping City and fully occupy it as well!”
“By then, the territory of our Empire will expand by another fold!”
In response to Garrison Army Commander Lieutenant General Wanichiro Tashiro’s praise, Brigade Commander Major General Kawabe Shozo quickly chimed in.
Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Katsuki had already praised earlier, so at this moment he just smiled and shifted his line of sight entirely to the final battle in Yuanping City,
because that was the victory about to be in his hands, so he felt it was more important to watch it secured first.
Meanwhile,
Beiping Special Agency Head Colonel Takuro Matsui was already reporting the situation inside Beiping City to Japanese Army Spy Chief Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara, to give him a better understanding of the 29th Route Army’s deployment in Beiping City, in order to assist Garrison Army Commander Lieutenant General Wanichiro Tashiro, Lieutenant General Kiyoshi Katsuki, and other Japanese high-level officials in commanding the Japanese Army to capture Beiping.
“Yoshi! It looks like Chinese Yuanping City will fall before the sun sets today!”
“Then the next Chinese city that must be occupied is Chinese Beiping City!”
“Right now, the entire Chinese Beiping City’s 29th Route Army has very few troops garrisoned, and their combat power is also extremely weak, especially their crappy weaponry and equipment!”
“Facing such fragile Chinese troops, it will be effortless for our Imperial Army to achieve victory!”
“It’s just a pity I won’t be the first Imperial general to lead troops in occupying Chinese Beiping City!”
“It’s really too bad. I’ve put a lot of effort into this Beiping operation!”
After listening to the report from Beiping Special Agency Head Colonel Takuro Matsui,
Japanese Army Spy Chief Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara stood at the floor-to-ceiling glass window of his office,
gazing at the barracks outside, and sighed with some regret.
Immediately afterward, he personally called Garrison Army Commander Lieutenant General Wanichiro Tashiro and other Japanese high-level officials to give a brief intelligence notification.
