Bright Sword: I took Li Yunlong to work in military industry

Chapter 367: Shinozuka Yoshio fainted from anger

Even though Kasahara Koizumi had experienced mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and had also experienced sleeping on a battlefield littered with corpses accompanied by the smell of rotting corpses, he still felt a chill down his spine and a tingling sensation on his scalp when faced with such a scene.

After seeing the eyeball that was left behind by chance, Kasahara Koizumi was a little overwhelmed. The PTSD from the independent group that had been suppressed in his heart surged out again. This time it was not just emotional instability. This feeling had affected him on a physiological level, causing him a splitting headache.

"Connect me to General Yoshio Shinozuka. I need to report to him."

Kasahara Koizumi's body was shaking a little. He held on to the wall with his hands, trying hard to prevent himself from falling.

"Yes!"

The guards around Kasahara Koizumi also realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately contacted the signalman to connect the call to Taiyuan.

Taiyuan.

Yoshio Shinozuka has been having trouble sleeping recently. He is often awakened from his sleep by nightmares of the complete annihilation of his entire army.

In addition, many people from the subordinate troops recently reported to him in the middle of the night about being attacked, which made him unable to sleep peacefully.

He has been looking at the battle map tonight. According to the opinion of the Locust Army's Army Headquarters, they will launch the Zhongtiao Mountain Campaign against the Chinese Army in the spring of 41, trying to annihilate the large-scale Chinese Army in the mountains of southern Shanxi in one fell swoop.

However, recently the Independent Regiment and even the entire Eighth Route Army have been making huge moves. They were able to attack the county town head-on and, with the heavy support of the Locust Army, actually captured Ping'an County.

This made Yoshio Shinozuka very worried. On the one hand, he was afraid that he would not be able to concentrate his superior forces to fight a Zhongtiao Mountain Battle. If his superior forces were withdrawn to southern Shanxi, then if the independent regiment suddenly attacked him from behind, he would not be able to defend himself at all, and it was very likely that Taiyuan would be lost.

On the other hand, Yoshio Shinozuka was also thinking about a problem. Under the current war situation, the National Army in southern Shanxi was probably not the object of concern for the Locust Army. The real concern of the Locust Army should be the Eighth Route Army or the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

Yoshio Shinozuka kept thinking about these questions and didn't fall asleep until one o'clock in the morning.

However, before he had lay down for two hours, he was awakened by his guards.

"General, an urgent report from Commander Kasahara Koizumi of the 4th Brigade."

The guard lowered his voice, but the urgency in his tone could not be concealed.

When Yoshio Shinozuka heard the voice, he got up and put on his clothes. In order to be able to deal with various situations, he did not even take off his clothes to sleep, but just slept in his clothes.

"Emergency? What urgent news?"

Yoshio Shinozuka was not surprised. He had been woken up in the middle of the night so many times in recent times that he was numb.

"General, you should go and listen to the report from Brigadier General Kasahara in person. The situation is not very good." The guard said cautiously, bending over.

"Ok."

Yoshio Shinozuka put on a coat, pinched the bridge of his nose, and tried to make himself more awake.

After picking up the phone, Kasahara Koizumi's voice came from the receiver: "General! Our Fourth Brigade has just been attacked by the Eighth Route Army. One-third of the camp has been burned. More than 100 soldiers have been killed and more than 200 have been seriously injured. The detailed list is still being compiled.

besides......"

After hearing Kasahara Koizumi's report, all of Shinozuka Yoshio's sleepiness disappeared and he was almost shocked.

"What else?"

Yoshio Shinozuka knew that this "and" usually referred to even more tragic consequences.

"besides......"

Kasahara Koizumi paused, gritted his teeth and said, "From myself to the commander of the regiment and above, all the senior officers of the 4th Brigade will die in battle."

"what?"

Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes suddenly went dark and he almost fainted.

What the hell happened?

How come all the senior officers at the brigade level were killed?

"Kasahara Koizumi, say it again!"

"General, a total of eight senior commanders of our 8th Brigade, from myself to the regiment commander and above, have all died in battle." Although it was difficult, Kasahara Koizumi still had to grit his teeth and report the true situation to Shinozuka Yoshio.

Yoshio Shinozuka was suddenly silenced, with the word "Baka" stuck on the tip of his tongue, not knowing whether to say it or not.

After a long silence, when Kasahara Koizumi was even wondering if something had happened, Shinozuka Yoshio sighed and said, "Has the 4th Brigade restored order now?"

"Reporting to the general, the fire in the camp has been completely extinguished, and normal order has been gradually restored. However, the morale of the entire 4th Brigade is very low at this time, and it is currently unable to effectively fight."

Kasahara Koizumi reported in a low voice.

"Okay, I understand. You should first restore order in your Fourth Brigade. I will come to your Fourth Brigade in three days to boost your morale and regain your determination to fight for the Locust Nation."

"Yes, General!"

Kasahara Koizumi straightened his body and responded with all his strength.

At the same time, Kasahara Koizumi was also a little surprised that even though his 4th Brigade had suffered so many defeats in a row, Shinozuka Yoshio did not even think of dismissing him, but instead wanted to boost the morale of the 4th Brigade.

He didn't know that during the conversation just now, Yoshio Shinozuka had already had the intention to kill several times, but it was not easy for the Locust Army to train a senior officer at the brigade level, especially in such a precarious time, so Yoshio Shinozuka could only accept it with a pinch of his nose.

"By the way, have the bodies of those officers who died in battle in our Locust Country been collected? Three days later, I will hold a grand memorial ceremony for them to calm people's hearts."

Yoshio Shinozuka finished saying this with difficulty. In the past six months, he had never felt that his work as the commander of the First Expeditionary Army in North China was so hard. He was like a paperhanger who would quickly fix any leaks he found, fearing that the rule of the entire Jin Locust Army would collapse.

"General, we cannot collect the bodies of those Locust Army officers who died in battle."

"There's no way to collect them? Where are their bodies?"

"General, their bodies are on the wall."

Shinozuka Yoshio: “…”

"What's going on?" Yoshio Shinozuka's tone became higher, and he wanted to ask for details.

"General, the Independent Regiment attacked our Fourth Brigade headquarters from the air without following the moral code of war. Except for me who had to go to the front line to observe the enemy situation, the other officers were hit by a fuel-air bomb used by the Independent Regiment. All the officers in the command room were blown into bloody mud and stuck to the wall of the command room."

Bang.

Yoshio Shinozuka's eyes went dark, and he could no longer hold the phone in his hand. It fell to the ground with a bang.

Yoshio Shinozuka fainted on the spot.

"General! General! General..."

Kasahara Koizumi was shouting loudly on the other end of the phone, very worried that his superior would get hurt because of him.