Chapter 1139: Plan Delayed
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No. 2121 North Sichuan Road, Headquarters of the 13th Army.
In the huge battle hall, Usamitaka was working on the map with several combat staff officers from the staff department, only to see two huge red arrows already visible on the military map.
These two huge red arrows represent the two attack clusters of the Thirteenth Army.
The northern front cluster consisted of the 15th Division plus the 11th Brigade and the independent mixed brigade, preparing to land from the Sanbei beach on the southern shore of Hangzhou Bay, and then advance to the Yinjiang River through Cicheng, while the southern line cluster consisted of the 17th Division, preparing to land near Xianxiang on the north shore of Ninghai Bay, and then advance to the Yinjiang River via Jiangshan.
Looking at these two huge arrows, Usamitaka was inevitably a little nervous in his heart.
Because this is his first battle after serving as the chief of staff of the army, the stakes are very high!
If he can win the first battle this time, then he Usamitaka will leave a good impression in the hearts of the military officers, especially in the hearts of the chief of the army's general staff, Zaihito Kaninbu, which will be very beneficial to his future development.
Usamitaka had great ambitions, and for him, being a major general was just the beginning of a military career.
"Gotta win!" Usamitaka is silent on the surface, but deep down he is screaming hysterically.
The sound of footsteps sounded, and Usamitaka looked back to see that Nishio Shouzo had already walked in briskly, accompanied by the commander of the 3rd Flying Regiment, Michidai Kanhara.
"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, Guan Yuanjun."
Usamitaka took two steps forward, and they were roughly meaning to Nishio Shouzo and Kangahara Road.
Nishio Shouzo waved his hand, his eyes fell on the map, and said with a smile: "Yo Xi, Usami-kun's work efficiency is very high, and he made the situation map so quickly." โ
Michidai Kanhara smiled and said, "Usami-kun, when will my 3rd Flying Regiment attack?" โ
"Guan Yuanjun, don't worry." Usamitaka smiled slightly, and was about to speak, when a sudden boom sounded outside the window, and then the glass window on the north side of the war room suddenly shattered at the same time.
Usamitaka deserves to have been in the special forces, and the reaction can be said to be very fast.
"Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, be careful!" Usamitaka pounced, knocked Nishio Shouzo down, and protected him.
The glass window of the war room was shattered, and Usamitaka returned that there was a sniper ambush opposite the headquarters, so he protected Nishio Shouzo as soon as possible.
Almost at the same time, several combat staff officers also fell down one after another, and the war room suddenly became a mess.
However, the gunshots that Usamitaka expected did not come, but the rumbling explosions kept ringing, but it sounded far away, at least a dozen miles away.
Nishio Shouzo also reacted that there was no danger, and immediately broke free from Usamitaka and climbed up.
Usamitaka stepped forward with some embarrassment and dusted off the military uniform for Nishio Shouzo, but Nishio Shouzo didn't mind and waved his hand at Usamita.
Turning their heads to look out, the three of them saw that a mushroom cloud had risen in the direction of Jiangwan.
Seeing this huge mushroom cloud in the distance, Nishio Shouzo's brows tightened suddenly.
Usamitaka's face changed suddenly, and there was an explosion near Jiangwan? Could it be ......
About a second later, Nishio Shouzo also reacted and shouted, "This is the direction of Jiangwan?!" It's not good, it's probably because there is a problem with the arms hoarded in the Jiangwan yard! โ
As soon as the voice fell, the phone bell rang in the communication room next door.
Usamitaka quickly rushed into the communication room next door, grabbed the telephone and said, "Maxi Maxi, this is the headquarters of the 13th Army, and I am Usamitaka!" โ
A few seconds later, Nishio Shouzo and Kanhara Michidai followed into the communication room.
I don't know what the other side said, Usamitaka's face suddenly turned pale.
Seeing Usamitaka's face, Nishio Shouzo's eyes immediately darkened, and his heart was over, it must be Jiangwan's arms problem! Baga, if the arms are gone, how will this battle be fought?
After a few moments, Usami Takashi put down the phone blankly.
Nishio Shouzo still had a trace of luck in his heart, and asked, "Usami-kun, whose phone is it?" โ
"The phone number of the Jiangwan Town Gendarmerie." Usamitaka said a little indifferently, "They reported that there was a series of explosions in the storage yard of Yamashita Co., Ltd. in Jiangwan Town, and almost all the buildings within a radius of 500 meters were razed to the ground!" โ
"Nani? There was a series of explosions, and they were almost razed to the ground?! Nishio Shouzo said angrily, "Didn't Jiro Yoshida say that it was foolproof?" Didn't he say that there would be absolutely no problems with the arms hoarded in the Jiangwan yard? Yaga, Yaga Yaru, where is Jiro Yoshida, let him come to the headquarters for me immediately, right away! โ
"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief." Usamitaka said gloomily, "Yoshida-kun has already shattered in the explosion. โ
"Nani, dead?" Nishio Shouzao was stunned for a moment, and the anger on his face quickly dissipated invisibly.
Usamitaka's eyes also dimmed suddenly, this is really bad luck, his famous flower, even before it has time to bloom, is it about to wither in a hurry?
Usamitaka is very responsible for this arms accident.
If it weren't for the fact that Usamitaka proposed to Nishio Shouzo that he would use this batch of arms as bait and cooperate with the Mei agency to set a trap to deal with the military command of the Shanghai District, maybe there would be no accident, so if the Japanese army base camp really wants to be investigated, Usamitaka will definitely have to bear the main responsibility, and the most likely result for him to be dismissed and sent back to China at that time.
And after Usamitaka returns home, there is a high probability that he will be transferred from active duty to reserve.
At a level like Usamitaka, once transferred to the reserve reserve, it is difficult to get ahead again, because there are so many major generals in the army, how many people are in line? No matter how short the army is, it will never let a reserve major general be transferred to active duty, it is simply impossible, if it is a general, it may still be possible.
But fortunately, Nishio Shouzo doesn't seem to mean to blame Usamitaka.
Nishio Shouzo even comforted Usamitaka in turn, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Usami-kun, this is not your responsibility, you don't have to blame yourself for this." โ
"No, no, no, Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, this is indeed my dereliction of duty......" Usamitaka Usami.
"I said, it's none of your business, I gave the order." Nishio Shouzo waved his hand, and then said, "I will explain the situation to the base camp, if the base camp has to be held responsible, I will bear it, what you have to do now is to quickly contact the Fourth Fleet of the Navy, and ask them to send the 15th Division, the 17th Division, and the 11th Brigade back to Shanghai." โ
After a pause, Nishio Shouzo said in frustration: "The battle of Yinjiang must be postponed." โ