Double-Cut During the War of Resistance: My Wife Came from 1937

Tianjin.

Haiguang Temple.

Japanese North China Area Army Headquarters.

Inside the operations command center were Chief of Staff Naosaburo Okabe, Deputy Chief of Staff Masazo Kawabe, and Seishiro Itagaki, commander of the 5th Division directly under the command of the Area Army.

And the First Army Commander Kiyoshi Katsuki, the 14th Division Commander Kenji Doihara, and the 20th Division Commander Bunzaburo Kawagishi.

They all sat here quietly.

"Commander-in-Chief, General Terauchi Hisaichi, has arrived!"

With a shout, Terauchi Hisaichi stepped into the room.

"Whoosh!"

Instantly, all the Japanese officers stood up.

They bowed deeply to each other in unison, speaking with utmost respect: "Your Excellency Commander!"

Terauchi Hisashi went straight to the head of the rectangular conference table and sat down, his face looking very unpleasant.

He said to the crowd, "I just received a telegram from the Chinese Eighth Route Army. They say that it was they who annihilated the Yamazaki Battalion, not the Kuomintang's Central Army!"

Terauchi Hisaichi's gaze swept over the crowd, finally settling on Itagaki Seishiro, and he slowly said, "Lieutenant General Itagaki, you previously said that it was the Chinese German-equipped divisions' sneak attack that led to the annihilation of the Yamazaki Battalion. Aren't you just trying to shirk responsibility?"

"Your Excellency, General!"

Seishiro Itagaki replied, "My previous report was entirely from secret telegrams from the Yamazaki Battalion. They said the enemy possessed hundreds of light and heavy machine guns and dozens of artillery pieces, while the Eighth Route Army would never have such firepower!"

"In your opinion, the Eighth Route Army is lying?"

Terauchi Hisaichi spoke calmly.

Itagaki Seishiro bowed again and said, "Your subordinate dares not!"

"Commander, according to my understanding, the Eighth Route Army is eager to change its image in the hearts of the Chinese people, so it is unlikely that it is lying. Moreover, if the Kuomintang won this battle, they would definitely not give the credit to the Eighth Route Army."

At this moment, Kenji Doihara stood up and said, "As for the contents of the secret telegram, it's possible that Major Yamazaki was deliberately shirking responsibility, or it's possible that the Eighth Route Army's firepower was indeed strengthened."

"If that's the case, then they will become a major threat to our Great Japanese Empire in North China!"

Upon hearing Kenji Doihara's words, Hisaichi Terauchi nodded slightly.

He highly approves of Kenji Doihara's words, who is a "China expert".

After all, Kenji Doihara had been engaged in espionage activities in China for nearly thirty years and had an extremely deep understanding of China.

Before the Eighth Route Army was reinforced, they had been attacking their supply lines and troop transport lines.

Meanwhile, the guerrilla forces supported by the Eighth Route Army frequently attacked the North China Railway, causing them serious difficulties in troop deployment.

That's why he dispatched 20,000 troops, intending to eliminate all the Eighth Route Army's bases one by one.

However, to his surprise, his Eighth Route Army had barely set out when one of his armies was decisively wiped out by the enemy.

This is utterly disgraceful!

"It seems the fighting has been going too smoothly these past few days; these men have become arrogant!"

Terauchi Hisaichi thought to himself, then looked at Itagaki Seishiro again and said coldly, "The Fifth Division you lead is one of the six earliest Class A standing divisions of the Great Japanese Empire!"

"During the First Sino-Japanese War, they defeated the Qing army at the Battle of Seonghwan in Korea, participated in the Battle of Pyongyang, and drank from the Yalu River!"

"During the Russo-Japanese War, they fought fiercely in Liaoyang and Fengtian, earning the nickname 'Steel Army' for their bravery in attacking fortified positions. They also intervened in Soviet Russia in Siberia after World War I!"

"This year, after landing at Dagu Port in Tianjin and entering China, they were invincible, defeating more than 30 Chinese divisions along the way, earning a formidable reputation!"

"This formidable army, seemingly made of steel, suffered heavy losses twice at the hands of the Eighth Route Army!"

"Commander, this is all due to my dereliction of duty!"

Upon hearing these words, Itagaki Seishiro bowed even lower, his face filled with shame and disgrace.

"Prime Minister Konoe originally valued you highly and intended to transfer you back to the country to serve as Minister of the Army after this war!"

Terauchi Hisaichi made a startling statement: "If the Fifth Division continues to suffer heavy losses, you may have no chance of becoming Minister Lu!"

"I will personally command the complete annihilation of the Eighth Route Army!"

Seishiro Itagaki said with a fervent gaze.

Their Japanese cabinet has five ministers: the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, the Army Minister, the Navy Minister, and the Finance Minister.

Among them, the Minister of the Army is the highest-ranking official in the Ministry of the Army, the top military and political leader of the entire army, and all Japanese troops on the front lines are under the Minister of the Army's command.

Even the commander of the North China Area Army was subordinate to the Minister of the Army.

That person was someone who held the highest rank in the court!

As the saying goes, a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.

Now that he is a lieutenant general in the army, his next goal is naturally the highest position in the Ministry of the Army.

Just like Terauchi Hisaichi in front of him, who served as Minister of the Army for 36 years, if he had continued for a few more years, he would have become Field Marshal.

Similarly, he was determined to obtain the position of Field Marshal.

Seishiro Itagaki thought to himself, "Eighth Route Army, this general will kill you all!"

He planned to use the Eighth Route Army as a stepping stone to his promotion to Minister of War.

……

the other side.

Ma Hongwei suddenly realized that the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese army were about to go to war, and that was exactly the time when medicine was needed.

So he removed half of the salt and half of the lard, and used the empty space to store medical alcohol, medical cotton cloth, medical cotton swabs, saline solution, glucose solution, syringes, pillows, etc.

In addition, he also made sure to purchase another batch of antibiotics such as penicillin, sulfonamides, and cephalosporins.

That afternoon, he called Grandma Sun over again and handed her the key.

Then, he and Xia Weiwei went to the warehouse again.

He had already stored all the purchased medicines and pharmaceuticals in his storage space.

It's safer to keep these things in storage space.

When the countdown ended, he and Xia Weiwei changed their clothes and arrived in another time and space.

……

Republic of China era.

Inside the adobe house.

Ma Hongwei and Xia Weiwei appeared here.

At that moment, Chief of Staff Ni of the 129th Division was still sitting inside the room.

Chief of Staff Ni said with a smile, "Comrade Hongwei, Comrade Xia, welcome back!"

"Commander!"

Ma Hongwei looked around and asked, "Have Division Commander Liu and Deputy Division Commander Xu already gone to the front lines?"

"Um!"

Chief of Staff Ni nodded and said, "We went there a few days ago, and just today, our 129th Division even fought a battle with the Japanese army!"

"Oh?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Weiwei hurriedly asked, "Commander, what's the situation at the front? We must have won, right? How many Japanese soldiers did we kill? How many casualties did our Eighth Route Army suffer?"