In Nanjing, the headquarters of the Central China Front of the Japanese Army.

Even though it was already more than ten o'clock in the evening, Shunroku Hatata's office was still brightly lit.

Shunroku Hatata, Ninji Okamura, and Shozo Kawabe are anxiously waiting for news from the Second Army!

Looking up at the night outside the window, Shunroku Hata suddenly asked Kawabe Shozo, "Kawabe-kun, did I ask you to send a secret telegram to the base camp?" ”

"Hello!" Riverside is three pauses and said, "It's already sent!" ”

Shunroku Hata nodded, and said, "How did the base camp reply?" ”

"No reply yet." Kawabe Shozo shook his head and said, "I guess there's a meeting going on over there." ”

"Meeting?" Okamura Ninji shook his head and said, "This kind of thing is nothing more than doing everything and obeying the destiny of heaven, so what else is there to discuss?" Could it be that a few meetings would be enough to save the fate of the Second Army? It's a joke! ”

At this time, a young staff officer suddenly walked in with a folder, and immediately reported: "Your Excellency, the base camp is in an emergency!" ”

"Give it to me!" Kawabe Shozo stretched out his hand to take the Wenxia clip and open it.

The gazes of Shunroku Hatake and Ninji Okamura fell on Shozo Kawabe at the same time.

Kawabe Shozo's face trembled slightly, and he whispered: "Your Excellency, General, the base camp replied that if the defeat of the Second Army cannot be avoided, it should be avoided as much as possible!" ”

"Yaga!" Okamura Ninji was furious when he heard this, "This group of bureaucrats in the base camp, these idiots, held a cabinet meeting for several hours, and finally came up with such an opinion? If the defeat of the Second Army could not be avoided, should it be avoided as much as possible? Isn't that nonsense? If they can avoid being wiped out, who wants to be wiped out? Isn't it fun? ”

Shunroku Hatata's face was also not very good-looking, and he asked Kawabe Shozo, "Only that?" ”

"Hello!" Kawabe Shozo paused again and said, "If total annihilation cannot be avoided, we should try our best to save the face of the imperial family and the face of the empire, and we must not let His Royal Highness Tokurenomiya Tsukihiko and various high-ranking generals fall into the hands of the Shina army, especially no more jokes like Fujita Shin!" ”

Okamura Ninji was awe-inspiring when he heard this: "What do you mean?" ”

Kawabe Shozo sent away Shaozuo's staff officer and said: "The meaning of the base camp should be to say, let us try our best to ensure the safety of His Royal Highness Higashikure Palace Tsukihiko and the senior generals of the Second Army, but if it is really impossible to guarantee, we need to ensure that they are not captured alive by the Shina Army!" This means ......"

Speaking of this, Kawabe Shozo stopped talking, but just made a gesture to wipe his throat.

After a pause, Kawabe Shozo said again: "But fortunately, the second army has not encountered the Shina army until now, that is to say, there is still a great hope that they will jump out of the encirclement of the Shina army while it is dark......"

Before the words fell, the young staff officer who had just left suddenly hurriedly walked in again.

"Your Excellency, General!" Shao Zuo's staff officer reported at once, "The Second Army is in a hurry! ”

"Second Army?" When Shunroku Hata heard this, his heart suddenly sank, and he immediately said, "Read! ”

"Hello!" Staff Officer Shao Zuo paused again, opened the folder and read aloud, "Front Army Headquarters: Our department encountered the Zhina Army in Yunwu Mountain, more than 70 miles northwest of Xiaogan, and the Zhina Army has quite a lot of troops, at least one army!" It seems that it will be difficult for our army to break through before dawn tomorrow, and we are anxious that the 15th Division can quickly move south and rush to the aid of our department! ”

As soon as he heard this, Okamura Ninji sighed lightly and said, "Sure enough, it was still blocked." ”

"Damn it." Shunroku Hata also patted his head in annoyance, which was in trouble.

Kawabe Shozo also sighed, and said with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency General, what should I do now?" ”

"What else can I do?" Shunroku Hata sighed, and said, "The Second Army is now sleepy and exhausted, and once it can't break through in a short period of time, the 500,000 troops of the Fifth and Ninth Theaters will swarm in one day, which means that it is absolutely impossible for the Second Army to break through in formation!" ”

Kawabe Masan bowed his head lightly and said, "Then, how should we reply?" ”

Shunroku Hata sighed lightly and said, "No need to reply, just forward the telegram from the base camp to them!" I'm sure Shinozuka-kun should understand what they have to do! ”

"Hello!" Riverside Shozo.

……

Cloud Mountain, eleven o'clock in the evening.

Although it was an encounter and the Japanese army was unprepared, Yoshio Shinozuka still relied on his good command quality, and immediately after encountering the Chinese army, he ordered the 10th Division and the two infantry wings of the 16th Division to seize a small hill on the left and right flanks, forming a horn with the headquarters of the Second Army.

At the same time, Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the 39th Infantry Wing to launch a fierce attack on the enemy in front of Yunwu Mountain!

It's a pity that due to the loss of all the heavy equipment in the Battle of Wuhan, plus a large number of elite veterans of the Himeji Wing died in the Wuhan battlefield, the remaining more than 1,000 remnants were also exhausted, so they stormed for several hours and could not advance an inch!

At the same time, the Chinese army swarmed from the north, west, and south, and launched a series of onslaught attacks on the positions on the left and right flanks!

If Yoshio Shinozuka hadn't let the two infantry wings of the 10th Division and the 16th Division occupy a hill on the left and right flanks respectively, the Second Army would have collapsed long ago!

But even so, the Second Army won't last long!

Yoshio Shinozuka estimates that before dawn tomorrow, the Second Army will completely collapse!

Looking at the explosive light clusters that bloomed from time to time behind him and on the left and right sides in front of him, and looking at the trajectory of bullets whistling and shuttling in the night sky, Yoshio Shinozuka's face was miserable.

Before the Battle of Wuhan, Yoshio Shinozuka never imagined that it would be such a result!

It's a pity that there is no regret medicine to buy in this world, if he can buy regret medicine, he is desperate for his life, and he also wants to stop His Royal Highness Twist Yan from forcibly launching a general attack on Wuhan!

At that moment, Yoshio Shinozuka pulled out his saber with his backhand, ready to seppuku to thank the emperor!

However, when he saw the sluggish expression of Higashikurenomiya Twisthiko, Yoshio Shinozuka hesitated!

Yoshio Shinozuka didn't want to speculate about the courage of Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko, he was willing to believe that if he was sane, Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko would definitely choose to commit suicide by seppuku, but now he is delirious!

So at this time, Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko will definitely not choose to commit suicide by seppuku.

And if Higashikure Palace Tsusahiko is captured alive by the Chinese army, then the face of the Japanese imperial family will be lost!

Just when Higashikurenomiya didn't know what to do, Tsuki Bujiagui suddenly came over in a hurry and reported: "Your Excellency Commander, the front army headquarters is in an emergency!" ”

Yoshio Shinozuka quickly read the telegram, turned around and shouted, "Yamamoto-kun! ”

Shigeo Yamamoto immediately stepped forward and responded, "Hayi! ”