This was the Japanese devils' way of shirking responsibility. Whenever they encountered an enemy they couldn't handle or fight, they would send a telegram to their superiors requesting tactical guidance.
This way, even if they are defeated, they can shirk some of the responsibility and avoid being blamed.
The order to request tactical guidance had just been given when he heard other telegraph operators running over.
"General Shinotsuka, we have just received a battle report from the front. The Eighth Army, which we have been besieging, has suddenly encountered tanks from who-knows-where, and their firepower is extremely fierce."
"Most of the regiments currently in charge of the encirclement and suppression have been wiped out. The Eighth Route Army's firepower is too intense; there's simply no time to send a message."
"We have now received a farewell report from the front-line headquarters. They are no longer able to resist the tanks of the Eight Continents and can only repay His Majesty the Heavenly Locust with their lives."
"The last words of all officers at the front!"
"His Majesty the Heavenly Locust, His Majesty the Great Sun Empire, shall rest in peace!"
Upon hearing this news, Yoshio Shinotsuka felt dizzy.
"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible!"
"The army of the Great Japanese Empire is invincible, how could it have been defeated so quickly!"
"And where did this tank come from? How could the Eighth Army possibly have such equipment? If they did, would they have waited until now to bring it out?"
"Yesterday's encirclement was going well; the headquarters of the Eighth Army was still inside the encirclement. Sakata even said that this time they would definitely not be allowed to escape."
"Now we really can't escape; they've come right to our doorstep."
He had just thought that with the return of the encirclement troops and the support of General Okamura Yasuji, he should be able to hold off these tanks.
Unexpectedly, the troops tasked with encircling and suppressing the Eighth Army were ahead of them.
What he didn't expect was that these strange tanks were actually tanks from the Eighth Army.
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