Southeast of Nanjing, Chunhua Town.

This morning, the headquarters of the Devil's Tenth Army has moved forward to Chunhua Town.

At this time, the commander of the Devil's Tenth Army, Hatohiko Asakanomiya, was reading the battle report with a gloomy face.

Looking at it, the anger of Hatohiko Asakanomiya came up, and he turned his head and shouted, "Yamada-kun? ”

Tetsujiro Yamada, chief of staff of the Tenth Army, walked in in response and said with a heavy pause: "Your Highness! ”

Hatohiko said in a deep voice: "Did you send us the battle report from the Shanghai Dispatch Army?" ”

"Hai, it's been given." Tetsujiro Yamada paused, "I'm about to report to Your Highness!" ”

"Soga!" Hatohiko Asakanomiya gritted his teeth and said, "Then Yamada-kun, please tell me, when the Kumamoto Wing fought bloody battles with the Shina Army at Xinjiekou, what were the troops of the 9th Division and the 16th Division doing?" ”

Kumamoto United attacked all day today, but they still failed to take Xinjiekou, which made Hatohiko Asakamiya very angry, and at the same time made him feel very faceless!

What made Hatohiko Asakanomiya feel faceless was the poor performance of Kumamoto United.

Hatohiko Asakanomiya really didn't expect that the Kumamoto Wing, the leader of the 6th Division, which has always been known for its courage and good fighting, would actually fight like this!

Hatohiko Asakanomiya even seriously doubts, is this really Kumamoto United?

The warriors of the Satsuma Domain, with black skin and bright red blood, have all been reduced to this?

And what made Hatohiko Asakamiya feel angry was that the 9th and 16th divisions actually stood by and watched!

The two old foxes, Ryosuke Yoshisumi and Nakajima Imasago, watched the Kumamoto United being crippled at Xinjiekou, and never refused to respond from the two directions of Zhongshan East Road and Zhongshan North Road!

Hatohiko Asakamiya was even able to guess the thoughts of Yoshizumi Ryosuke and Nakajima Imago, which was nothing more than because he gave the glory of "the first army to break through Nanjing" to the 6th Division, and he was resentful!

Now it's deliberately embarrassing the 6th Division!

So, Hatohiko Asaka wanted to know what these two old foxes would say in the battle report?

"Hello!" Tetsujiro Yamada paused, and then said, "The battle reports of the 9th Division and the 16th Division say that they are sweeping up the remnants of the enemy in the southeast and northwest areas of Nanjing City. ”

"Sweeping up the remnants?" Hatohiko said angrily, "I think it's a robbery, right?" ”

This was one of the reasons why Hatohiko Asakanomiya felt angry, because when the Kumamoto Wing was fighting hard at Xinjiekou, the 9th and 16th Divisions of the Shanghai Dispatch Army were robbing homes in Nanjing! That is to say, at this time, most of the benefits of Nanjing have already been attributed to the 9th Division and the 16th Division!

This is what the Chinese often say, make wedding clothes for others, right?

"Hello!" Tetsujiro Yamada paused again and said, "The 9th Division and the 16th Division are really embarrassing! ”

"Yaga!" Hatohiko scolded angrily, and then said, "Yamada-kun, call the Shanghai Dispatch Army Headquarters, since the Kanazawa Wing and the Nara Wing like to sweep up the remnants of the enemy so much, then tomorrow, let them continue to sweep the remnants of the enemy, the 367th Regiment in Xinjiekou, don't need them to interfere!" ”

After a pause, Hatohiko said again: "Call Inaba Shiro again, ask him to transfer another infantry wing into Nanjing City, and before noon tomorrow, the 367th Regiment at the entrance of the new street must be suppressed!" ”

"Hello!" Tetsujiro Yamada paused.

……

At the same time, Matsui Shigen's headquarters of the Shanghai Dispatch Army had also moved forward to Tanghua Town.

In the tent, Matsui Ishine was discussing the battle that took place today with several combat staff officers, including Tsukada Tsukashi, Mamoru Iinuma, and Muto Akira.

Tsukada attacked: "Your Excellency, it seems that the combat effectiveness of the Kumamoto United is not as strong as the legend!" ”

"No, no, no, Tsukada-kun, you're wrong, Kumamoto United's combat effectiveness is still very strong!" Matsui Shigen waved his hand and said, "The reason why the Battle of Xinjiekou is like this is not because the Kumamoto United's combat effectiveness is not strong enough, but entirely because Zhong Yi's 367th Regiment is stronger in combat effectiveness!" ”

Muto Zhang nodded and said, "What Your Excellency the General said is extremely true, there is no doubt that the 367th Regiment is strong in combat!" ”

Mamoru Iinuma continued: "There is another important factor, that is, this is a street battle, Zhong Yi's 367th Regiment held several solid reinforced concrete buildings in advance, which put the Kumamoto Wing as the attacker in a very disadvantageous situation, because due to the terrain, the Kumamoto Wing could not give full play to the advantage of troops and firepower!" ”

"The main thing is the lack of heavy artillery." Tsukada said, "If heavy artillery enters the city, the reinforced concrete buildings where Zhong Yi's 367th Regiment is entrenched are not enough to hold on!" ”

Muto Zhang nodded, and said, "Then again, although Zhong Yi's 367th Regiment held Xinjiekou and caused a lot of casualties to the Kumamoto United, its own casualties were also very large!" It is conservatively estimated that after a day of fierce fighting, the 367 Regiment will lose at least 800 people, or even more than 1,000 people! ”

After a pause, Muto Zhang said again: "According to intelligence, Zhong Yi's 367th Regiment had a total of more than 2,000 people before it entered Nanjing, that is, it was only the first day, and the 367th Regiment had already lost nearly half of its troops!" ”

"Soga." Mamoru Iinuma said happily, "In other words, the 367th Regiment will be able to hold out for one more day at most!" ”

At this time, Matsui Ishine suddenly asked, "By the way, what are Kanazawa United and Nara United doing?" Why didn't you cooperate with Kumamoto United to launch an attack on Shinkaikou? ”

Hearing this, several people present shut their mouths one after another.

Only Tsukada Ken coughed lightly, and said with a pause: "Your Excellency, although the vast majority of the defenders of Nanjing have laid down their arms and hid in the international security zone, there are still a considerable number of them hiding in various areas, trying to resist stubbornly, and the Kanazawa Wing and the Nara Wing are sweeping away the remnants of the Shina scattered everywhere all day long!" ”

Matsui Shigen snorted and said, "I think it's a robbery." ”

Tsukada didn't say anything more, and it was originally an open secret.

Matsui Shigen also has no intention of delving, Nanjing has already fallen, is it not allowed for the officers and soldiers to relax and relax? Throughout the ages, wouldn't there be too many such things?

At that moment, Matsui Shigen said again: "Tsukada-kun, you can't do this tomorrow." ”

After a pause, Matsui Ishine continued: "When it dawns tomorrow, I will order the Kanazawa United and the Nara United to launch a general attack in the direction of Shinjiekou in conjunction with the Kumamoto United!" It can't be put off any longer! ”

Tsukada shook his head and said, "Your Excellency, General, I'm afraid that His Highness won't agree." ”

"Nani? Why did His Highness Hatohiko refuse? Matsui Ishine frowned.

As soon as the words fell, Chang Yong, chief of the intelligence staff, strode in and said, "Your Excellency, the Tenth Army has sent an urgent telegram, saying that it does not want Shanghai to send a dispatch army to participate in the battle of Xinjiekou!" ”