Wollongong, the headquarters of the 22nd Division of the Japanese Army.

At one time, Tuqiao was already in a dilemma.

Continue the pursuit? It is easy to be ambushed by the Chinese army!

The loss of three infantry brigades is nothing, but the loss of five, seven will be in big trouble!

You must know that their 22nd Division has only three infantry wings and nine infantry brigades in total.

But don't chase and watch the Chinese army withdraw from Dabie Mountain? If this is the case, not to mention whether His Excellency the General can spare him, he himself will not be able to forgive himself!

Hideo Baba said: "Division commander, I think I still have to chase it!" ”

"That's a nod to it." Sakurai immediately retorted, "What if you are ambushed." ”

"There should be no ambushes now!" Hideo Baba suddenly said, "I'm sure. ”

"Are you sure?" Sakurai said disappreciatively, "Why are you sure?" ”

Hideo Baba said: "Sakurai-kun, you must have read the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, then you should remember that every time Zhuge Liang suffers a defeat, before withdrawing his troops, he will quietly lay an ambush!" If the Cao army pursues, it will be ambushed and defeated, but if the Cao army does not pursue, the ambush will quietly leave by itself! ”

Sakurai said: "You mean that the ambush soldiers of the Shina Army have quietly left?" ”

"I think so." Hideo Baba said, "Because our army has stopped and no longer pursues, the Chinese army will definitely think that our army has already let go of the pursuit, so they don't need to continue the ambush." ”

Sakurai said: "It sounds like there is a little bit of truth. ”

Hideo Baba looked proud, and was just about to finish, but was robbed by Sakurai Province Santoi.

Sakurai Province said: "Baba-kun, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is just a book, it's a book, you really use it as a military book?" It's ridiculous! ”

Hideo Baba immediately blushed when he heard this.

Just now, I was in a hurry to say nothing.

However, Hideo Baba insisted that the chase should still be chased!

At that moment, Hideo Baba said: "In short, the pursuit must be pursued!" ”

"What Baba-kun said is reasonable, the pursuit must be pursued!" Tsuchihashi said in a deep voice.

"Division Commander!" Sakurai San's expression sank when he heard this, and he said, "What about the ambush soldiers?" ”

"I've figured out how to deal with it." Tsuchihashi once had a cold light in his eyes, and then said, "The ambushes of the Chinese army are everywhere, but they are only capable of attacking when our army is separately pursuing, if our army is a hedgehog group and pursues forward as a division, the ambush soldiers of the Chinese army can only stare dryly!" ”

"Hedgehogs are chasing forward?"

"Is it a division?"

Sakurai Province Sanwa Baba Hideo was moved when he heard this.

Immediately, Sakurai said again: "If the hedgehogs form a group and pursue forward with divisions and regiments, of course, there is no need to worry about the small ambush of the Zhina Army, but in this way, we are bound to only pursue the two Zhina Army targets, but now, the Zhina Army is based on the regiment as a unit, breaking through in multiple ways!" ”

"yes." Hideo Baba also chimed in, "In this case, the Imperial Army will not be able to catch up at all!" ”

"If it's just to crush a few of these regiments, there's no point." Sakurai Province Sandao, "Your Excellency's order is to defeat all the more than 500,000 troops that have penetrated deep into the Dabie Mountain!" ”

Tsuchihashi waved his hand once and said, "Sakurai-kun, Baba-kun, you just saw the appearance!" ”

"Just seeing the appearance?" Sakurai and Hideo Baba glanced at each other, what do you mean by that?

Tuqiao went on to say: "You only saw that the Zhina Army broke through in multiple ways in regiments, but you didn't see that the hundreds of regiments of the Zhina Army could only retreat in one direction!" ”

"Can only retreat in one direction?" Sakurai looked moved.

"To the west!" Hideo Baba shouted, "The Chinese army will only retreat in the direction of Wuhan!" ”

"Soga!" Tuqiao once said, "So we only need to make great strides in pursuit in the direction of Wuhan, and we can grab the front of most of the Zhina army, and we can disrupt the retreat sequence of the Zhina army and continue to form a great rout!" The story of the Battle of Songhu will be staged again in Dabie Mountain! ”

"Soga!"

"Yo Xi!"

Sakurai Province Miwa Baba Hideo Daiki.

"Command!" Tsuchihashi shouted again and again, "The 84th, 85th, and 86th Infantry Wings immediately retracted their forces in the direction of Bodao Peak, and then attacked and advanced along the main road in the direction of Guifeng Mountain!" ”

"Hello!" Hideo Baba paused, turned around and hurried away.

……

In Nanjing, the headquarters of the Central China Front.

Shunroku Hata walked into the war room with a frown, and said as he walked, "What's the matter?" Why did the 22nd Division form a regiment and pursue it with divisions and regiments? Didn't the staff report to them what the aviation scouts had received? No, even if there is no intelligence from aviation scouts, they who are on the front line can still not know that the Chinese army has broken through separately? ”

"Haiyi, Your Excellency the General." Fair Kuang Wuton said, "The General Staff has already conveyed the information detected by the aviation scouts to the 22nd Division!" ”

Hata Junroku said: "Then, why didn't the 22nd Division divide its troops to pursue?" Could it be that their goal was only to defeat a regiment of the Chinese army? Is that enough? ”

"This ......," said Fair Kuang Wu, who was speechless for a moment.

The riverside Shozo, Nagayong and Muto Akira next to him didn't know what to say.

Because several of them also felt very puzzled by the choice of the 22nd Division.

At this moment, a young staff officer hurriedly walked in and handed a telegram to Kawabe Shozo.

After reading the telegram, Shozo Kawabe hurriedly reported to Shunroku Hata: "Your Excellency General, this is the case! ”

After listening to the report, Hata Junroku's expression eased slightly, nodded and said: "Sodaisnai, I didn't expect that the Zhina Army still has such a strong organizational ability, and seeing that the whole army is about to be wiped out, it can still quickly organize an undulating attack!" And one blow worked, eating three infantry brigades of the 22nd Division! ”

After a pause, he said: "Call the 22nd Division immediately, they made the right choice!" Let them follow the chosen route and attack in the direction of Wuhan! Also, call the 27th Division and ask them to follow up from behind the flank of the 22nd Division to protect the flank of the 22nd Division! ”

The old devil is still cautious enough, and his eyes are also very vicious.

Without the strong fortifications, even if you pursue Wuhan with the strength of a division, you can't ensure safety!

Because there are 500,000 Chinese troops in the Dabie Mountains, and all of them are elite, once the Chinese army is wrapped in a 40-fold superiority in strength and rolls back, the 22nd Division will be in danger! But if the 27th Division is added, then it will be basically no problem, after all, by this time, the Chinese army should have no plan to fight again!