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Chapter 435 The Japanese have been tricked
More than 10 minutes later, Tu Shan Qiutian, with a somewhat gloomy expression, walked out of the field hospital tent.
His adjutant, Xiao Chongqing, has been given emergency treatment to stop the bleeding and is now out of danger, but his right leg cannot be saved.
He will be transferred to the rear for amputation surgery soon.
Having lost his right leg, Shinobu Shizuka's promising career prospects in the military came to an end.
Thinking of this, Tu Shan Qiutian couldn't help but sigh inwardly; he had lost a good assistant.
However, now is not the time to lament the future of Shinobu Aoi, as Tushan Akita has not yet formulated a new offensive plan.
It's almost 7 a.m. now.
"Commander, the casualty figures have been tallied."
Just as Tu Shan Qiutian stepped out of the barracks of the field hospital, a Japanese lieutenant colonel hurriedly ran up to him, carrying a folder, and said in a somewhat urgent tone.
Clearly, this Japanese lieutenant colonel had run all the way to report to Tushan Akita after summarizing the casualties.
Upon hearing this, Tu Shan Qiutian immediately stopped and turned to look expressionlessly at the Japanese lieutenant colonel holding the folder.
You couldn't tell if he was happy or angry from his tone.
How many casualties were there just now?
"131 were killed and 177 were wounded, including 56 seriously wounded, including Colonel Shinobu Shigeaki. All 48 Imperial soldiers of the division's communications section were also killed."
The division's communications unit's radio, generators, and other supplies were also... completely destroyed.
"Baka yarou! Where's that pilot?! Is he dead or alive?!"
Upon hearing about the immense damage caused by the explosion, Tu Shan Qiutian immediately inquired about the fate of the culprit.
"Reporting to the Commander, a soldier just saw that the Imperial pilot has parachuted. I have sent men out to search for him, but so far... there has been no news."
The Japanese lieutenant colonel cautiously reported the information he had obtained to the furious Tu Shan Akita, his body ramrod straight and his head slightly lowered.
But out of the corner of his eye, he kept an eye on Tu Shan Qiutian's expression, so that he could be prepared if the other party took his anger out on him.
Looking at the cautious and timid Otamura Yoshi in front of him, Tushan Akita couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Yoshio Otamura is inferior to Shigeaki Seiichi in many ways, so we can only make do with him for now.
Thinking of this, Tu Shan Qiutian took a long, deep breath, suppressing the anger that was about to be released in his heart, and said in a chilling tone.
"Bring me that pilot here immediately as soon as you have any information. Is my new office tent ready? Where is it? Take me there."
"Hey, hey! Commander, please come with me."
Upon hearing this, Japanese Lieutenant Colonel Otamura Yoshihide breathed a sigh of relief.
He quickly jogged ahead to lead the way for Tu Shan Qiutian, taking him to his new office.
Meanwhile, Tu Shan Qiu Tian's previous camp was blown up by Bai Luo's spiked aerial bomb.
Tushan Akita wasted no time entering the new tent. After waving for Otamura Yoshi to leave, he immediately took out the map that the Japanese scouts had brought back earlier.
They began marking the locations of enemy firing positions, as depicted on the map, on a new sand table inside the camp.
At the same time, he was also thinking about offensive strategies.
But less than two minutes later, Otamura Yoshitaka, who had just left, hurriedly rushed back into the new barracks of Tushan Akita.
"Commander... Your Excellency, the... the Imperial pilot has been found."
Upon hearing this, Tu Shan Qiutian's eyes flashed with a chilling light. He gave the order, word by word.
"Bring him in here!"
Upon hearing this, Yoshiyuki Ota shuddered and, not daring to waste any time, immediately rushed out of the tent.
A short while later, Yoshimi Otamura led a dirty-looking "little Japanese" pilot into the tent, dressed in a Japanese winter flight suit and wearing a Japanese flight cap.
"The one inside is Major General Tushan Akita, the commander."
Just as they were about to enter the barracks, Yoshimi Ota whispered a reminder to the Japanese pilot beside him.
As for why this Japanese lieutenant colonel, Yoshitaka Otamura, was so kind, it was because the plane explosion earlier had opened up a path for his promotion.
The Japanese pilot was Bai Luo in disguise. After hearing the Japanese lieutenant colonel's whispered reminder, Bai Luo paused slightly.
Although he didn't know why this little Japanese guy was being so kind, he still gave Otamura Yoshimi an understanding look.
As Bai Luo entered the tent, he immediately saw an old Japanese soldier staring intently at him with eyes that looked like he wanted to devour someone.
Seeing that the other party seemed about to speak, Bai Luo immediately spoke in a rough voice.
"Commander, this is Aoki Nishimura from the 6th Squadron of the Imperial Kamikaze Fighter Group. I have important intelligence to report to you!"
Bai Luo wasn't stupid; he knew the Japanese hated him to the core.
After all, he had been met with hostility from many Japanese soldiers when he entered the camp.
If it weren't for Yoshimi Otamura standing to the side, he probably would have been beaten up as soon as he entered the Japanese army camp.
Just as Bai Luo had expected, his preemptive strike immediately suppressed Tu Shan Qiutian's anger, which was about to erupt.
Tu Shan Qiutian gave a heavy snort, then gestured with a stern face for Bai Luo to continue.
Upon seeing this, Bai Luo immediately revealed a piece of news that shocked Tu Shanqiu.
"Commander, I have located the enemy's artillery positions."
"where is it?"
Almost the instant Bai Luo uttered those words, Tu Shan Qiutian became restless.
He quickly walked up to Bai Luo and stood in front of him. At this moment, Tu Shan Qiutian's triangular eyes were fixed on the Imperial pilot in front of him, whom he both loved and hated.
He has now obtained the enemy's firepower deployment from them, and the only thing left to know is the location of the enemy's artillery positions.
He never expected that the Japanese pilot he wished he could shoot would bring him another surprise.
This left him somewhat unsure how to deal with the Imperial pilot.
Bai Luoke was unaware of Tu Shan Qiutian's thoughts. He walked directly to the sand table and lightly tapped a spot on it with his finger.
The location Bai Luo pointed to was indeed where a New First Division artillery regiment had previously set up artillery positions.
But now, the relocation has already begun.
Tu Shan Qiutian's eyes were fixed on the spot Bai Luo was pointing to.
He narrowed his eyes slightly; that location was indeed suitable for setting up an artillery position.
The field of view is wide open, and there are mountains and forests in front that serve as a natural barrier.
Without reconnaissance aircraft, it would be extremely difficult to locate this artillery position.
Tu Shan Qiutian immediately believed 8% of what Bai Luo said.
So he spoke again.
"How large is the artillery position on the other side? Did you even see it clearly?"
Bai Luo thought for a moment and decided to report the approximate number of artillery pieces he had captured from the Japanese soldiers in Ershi.
"Commander, I didn't see it clearly either. I couldn't get close enough to investigate at the time, but there were probably more than 150 cannons."
And most of them are our Empire's Type 92 infantry guns.
"吆西."
After hearing Bai Luo's words, Tu Shan Qiutian basically believed the information Bai Luo brought.
On his way to Ershi, he studied the equipment and configuration of the Japanese soldiers who had previously been stationed there.
Although it was slightly less than his previous estimate, it was still within the acceptable range.
Tu Shan Qiutian believed that the enemy artillery position discovered by the Imperial pilot named Aoki Nishimura should be the enemy's main artillery position.
Once this artillery position is destroyed, along with the enemy positions whose firing points we just probed, we can achieve our goal.
Tu Shan Qiutian felt that he was now invincible in this battle.
Thinking of this, Tu Shan Qiutian immediately said to Ota Village Yi.
"Take this map to the heavy artillery regiment of the 3rd Division. It's 7:18 now. The shelling will begin promptly at 8:00 AM."