Nanjing, Central China Front Headquarters.

Holding a folder, Fair Kuangwu walked into the war room with a solemn expression, and reported to Shunroku Hatata: "Your Excellency General, I just received a farewell telegram from Your Excellency Tsuchihashi, the commander of the 22nd Division and Division. ”

"Nani? Farewell telegram? The riverside Zhengsan, Changyong and others next to him suddenly gasped.

Shunroku Hata also changed his face greatly, this is really too unexpected, the 22nd Division was wiped out so quickly?

Didn't Kawabe Shozo say that the 22nd Division and the 27th Division could hold out for at least three days, why was it that the 22nd Division was completely wiped out in less than two days?

Fair Kuangwu sighed lightly and said: "The Chinese army discovered a weak point in the defense of the 22nd Division, and invested heavy troops to break through the weak point, causing the 22nd Division to be cut in two, and fell into the predicament of being difficult to take care of each other, and after more than ten hours of strong attack, it was finally unable to help ......."

"Yaga!" Shunroku Hata's facial muscles began to twitch.

The 22nd Division was completely annihilated, and the 27th Division was in even more danger!

Once the 27th Division is also completely annihilated, then this matter will be a big problem!

When the 11th Army and the 12th Army pressed the border, and the main force of the Nationalist Army was about to be surrounded by the Japanese army, it in turn let the Nationalist Army eat two divisions of the Japanese army.

At that moment, Shunroku Hata walked quickly to the edge of the sand table.

The river side and the others also followed to the sand table.

Muto Zhang pointed to the sand table and said: "Your Excellency, after the 22nd Division was completely annihilated, the 27th Division not only immediately fell into an isolated and helpless situation, but even worse, their flanks were also completely exposed, and the situation will only be worse than before, if the 27th Division continues to attack at any cost, it will be difficult for the 27th Division to survive today!" ”

"Yaga!" Hata-Junroku cursed, his eyes began to move back and forth on the sand table, and said in a deep voice, "How long will it take for the Twelfth Army to break through the Xiaogan defense line of the Shina Army?" ”

"This ......," Muto Akira couldn't answer.

Hebe Zhengsan said: "Your Excellency, General, according to the information provided by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Chinese Army has deployed more than 100,000 heavy troops on the front line of Xiaogan, and these 100,000 people are all veterans who have participated in the defense of Wuhan, and their combat effectiveness is extremely strong!" Therefore, the southward cluster of the Twelfth Army may not be able to make a gap so quickly. ”

"Yaga!" Shunroku Hata scolded again, turned his gaze in another direction, and said in a deep voice, "So, what about Okamura-kun's Eleventh Army?" How long will it take to open the gap? ”

Hebian Zhengsan said: "The Eleventh Army was also blocked by the heavy army group of China, and the terrain on the north bank of the Yangtze River is narrow, which is not conducive to the deployment of the large corps, so the progress of the Eleventh Army is also not smooth!" ”

"Baga Yalu, it's all unsmooth, where are there so many unpleasantness!" Shunroku Hata finally broke out, and shouted loudly, "Immediately telegraph to the Eleventh Army and the Twelfth Army, let them strengthen their offensive, don't find so many reasons, don't find so many objective reasons for their incompetence and cowardice!" ”

After a pause, he shouted again: "In short, before dawn tomorrow, whether it is the Eleventh Army or the Twelfth Army, it must break through the defense line of the Zhina Army in front of you!" Otherwise, let them seppuku thanks! ”

"Hello!" When Hebian was about to signal Fair Kuangwu to send a telegram, another communications staff officer had already walked out of the communications office with a folder.

"Your Excellency, General!" The communications staff officer walked up to Shunroku Hata and said, "The Eleventh Army is in a hurry!" ”

"Eleventh Army?" Riverside was so moved that he immediately reached out and took the telegram, but after reading it, he was overjoyed.

"Your Excellency, General!" Kawabe Masasan couldn't help but say to Shunroku Hata, "Good news, good news, good news!" ”

After a pause, Kawabe Shozo said loudly again: "Okamura-kun attacked westward along the north bank of the Yangtze River with the main force of the Eleventh Army, attracting the attention of the blocking forces of the Shina Army, but he himself personally led the Sixth Division from the path to the north, and after nearly two days and nights of forced marching, it has now arrived near Yingshan County!" ”

"Yingshan County?" Shunroku Hata's expression moved when he heard this.

Chang Yong found the location of Yingshan County from the sand table as quickly as possible, and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency, please see, Yingshan County is here, and it is less than a day's journey away from Changhe Bay!" ”

"It's less than a day's way away!" Hata Shunroku was overjoyed when he heard this.

"Hello!" Kawabe Shozo paused and said, "That is to say, if the main force of the Shina in Changhewan continues to attack the 27th Division, by the time they annihilate the 27th Division, Okamura-kun's 6th Division should almost arrive, and the situation of the main force of the Shina will only become worse than before!" ”

"In other words, the 27th Division is safe?" Hata Shunroku couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard this, it seems that the 27th Division really escaped death this time.

"Hello!" Hebian Zhengsan paused and said, "Unless the 600,000 main forces in Changhewan plan to die together with the 27th Division, they can only obediently withdraw from the siege!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Shunroku Hata nodded happily when he heard this.

"It's a pity." Kawabe Shozo sighed and said, "It's a pity that the 27th Division is no longer able to launch a counterattack, otherwise if it launches a counterattack at this time, it is very likely to entangle the Chinese army, and then when Okamura-kun leads the 6th Division to arrive, the Chinese army will definitely collapse, and the rout of the Songhu battlefield last year will be staged again in Dabie Mountain!" ”

"Then you can't let them go so easily!" Toshiroku Hatata's thinking came alive again, and he said in a deep voice, "Order, the Sixth Division will accelerate its northward advance and entangle the main force of the Shina Army at all costs!" ”

Muto Zhang persuaded: "Your Excellency, the jade fragments of the 22nd Division have proved that the main force of the China in the Dabie Mountains has not completely lost its combat effectiveness, if the 6th Division pursues too closely, will it cause the China Army to come back again, and will the 6th Division repeat the mistakes of the 22nd Division?" ”

"You're right." "If the 6th Division pursues it desperately, it is likely to be ambushed, and even if it is attacked by fire again, it is even more likely to repeat the mistakes of the 22nd Division, but this is exactly what I want to see." ”

"Nani?" Muto Akira said blankly, "This is exactly what His Excellency the General wants to see?" ”

"Idiot." Kawabe Shozo scolded, "Even if the Shina army sets up an ambush and even uses fire to trap the Sixth Division, they don't have enough time to eat the Sixth Division." ”