At about 1 o'clock in the morning, Shiro Inaba had not yet slept, and was repeatedly debating the attack plan for tomorrow morning with Chief of Staff Shigeta Shigetoku, commander of the 11th Infantry Brigade Tokutaro Sakai, commander of the 36th Infantry Brigade Mitsuru Ushijima, and several staff officers of the division and regiment headquarters outside the Zhonghua Gate.

A few old devils have summed up half a night, and they really came up with a trick!

This trick is to wait until tomorrow morning and lift the heavy artillery to the commanding heights on the periphery!

Ushijima said proudly: "As long as the cannon of the 5th Independent Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery is lifted to the commanding heights of the periphery, you can directly launch an artillery bombardment on the core position of the 367th Regiment without being restricted by the urban terrain!" ”

"Soga!" Tokutaro Sakai said happily, "As long as a few buildings including the Shina Chuo News Agency are destroyed, the 367th Regiment will completely lose its defensive support, and it will no longer be able to pose any threat to the Kumamoto Wing and Kagoshima Wing that have broken through to its core position, and the battle will be over!" ”

Shigetoku Shigeta continued: "Division commander, the only problem that needs to be considered now is that both the Kumamoto Wing and the Kagoshima Wing suffered heavy losses yesterday evening, most of the soldiers have just been replenished from the Supplementary Corps, and most of the grassroots officers are also drawn from the Oita Wing and the Miyako Wing, and they are not familiar with each other, and it is difficult to guarantee combat effectiveness." ”

Tokutaro Sakai also said: "Yes, division commander, the combat effectiveness of the Kumamoto United and Kagoshima United is probably difficult to recover in a short period of time, and tomorrow's battle cannot afford to be lost, so, you see, is it not to replace these two wings, and replace the Oita United and the Miyako United for the main attack?" ”

"You think I don't want to?" Inaba Shiro snorted and said, "But the problem is that His Royal Highness has to ask the Kumamoto United and Kagoshima United to fight the main attack, and he also said that the first force to enter Nanjing City is the Kumamoto United, so the troops that finally occupy Nanjing City must also be the Kumamoto United, which is called a beginning and an end!" ”

"Nani?" When several old devils heard this, they immediately looked at each other.

At this time, a communications staff officer suddenly walked in in a hurry.

"Division commander, something happened!" The communications staff officer first reported, "I have just received a telegram from the Kumamoto Wing saying that there has been a large-scale riot in the Shina troops hiding in the international security zone, and that the infantry brigades of the Kumamoto Wing stationed on Zhonghua Road, Zhongshan Road, and Hanzhong Road have been attacked on a large scale!" ”

"Nani?" Shiro Inaba was stunned for a moment.

Sakai Tokutaro and the other three old devils were also full of confusion.

Shouldn't it, the Chinese army in the international security zone, how can a good person riot?

An army, once the military spirit is disintegrated, it will be extremely difficult to gather again, and it is almost impossible, which is also the main reason why the imperial army has not taken action against the broken army in the security zone for the time being!

But now, the defeated troops in the security zone have rioted?

The defeated army of China, which has become a basin of scattered sand, has condensed into a mass again?

"Hello!" The communications staff officer paused again, and then said, "The 367th Regiment also took the opportunity to attack in a big way, and the infantry brigades under the Kumamoto Wing suffered heavy casualties, so I asked the division headquarters to send troops to help quickly!" ”

As soon as the words fell, another communications staff officer hurriedly walked in.

Inaba Shiro frowned, and said sharply: "What's the situation?" ”

"Hello!" The communications staff officer who had just come in was stunned and reported, "Division commander, the Kagoshima Wing has also been attacked on a large scale by the 367th Regiment and the Shina Router, with heavy casualties and requests the division headquarters to send reinforcements!" ”

"Yaga!" At this time, Shiro Inaba finally came back to his senses from the shock and said angrily, "What's the matter? What the hell is going on? Why did the broken army in the security zone suddenly riot? ”

"yes, it shouldn't be!" Tokutaro Sakai also said, "How can the defeated army of Shina suddenly riot? ”

"It's completely illogical!" Ushijima Mitsuya waved his two short arms and roared, "How can the disintegrated military spirit be re-energized?" Even the Imperial Japanese Army couldn't do that! ”

Faced with the questioning of the three old devils, the two communications staff officers were speechless.

Only Shigeta Shigetoku remained sober and said, "Division commander, the question now is, whether to send troops to reinforce or not?" ”

As soon as he heard this, Inaba Shiro was like being poured a basin of cold water on his head, he calmed down instantly, shook his head and said: "What is the current situation in Nanjing City, no one knows, if it is just a few thousand of the rout of the army riot, there is no problem, but if more than 100,000 of the rout of the army have participated in the riot, it is too unwise to rashly transfer troops into the city!" ”

"Hello!" Tokutaro Sakai paused, "I agree with the division commander's opinion, the current situation in the city is uncertain, and it is too risky to rush into the city to send reinforcements. ”

Inaba Shiro thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Order, Kumamoto United and Kagoshima United immediately shrink their defenses, and no matter what, they must hold out until dawn tomorrow!" As soon as the morning dawned, the main force of the division immediately rushed into the city to help! ”

"Hello!" The two communications staff officers paused, turned around and left.

……

Almost five minutes later, Hatohiko Asakanomiya also knew the news.

"What's the situation?" Hearing about the large-scale riot of the Shina rout in the international security zone, Hatohiko Asakamiya's sleepiness suddenly flew away, and asked Yamada with a dark face, "Good and decent, why did the Shina rout riot?" ”

"The specifics are not clear." Tetsujiro Yamada replied suddenly, "Do you want to send someone into the city to investigate the reason?" ”

"Investigate the reason?" At this time, Hatohiko of Asaka Palace had a rare sober mind, and said angrily, "The rout of the army has already rioted, what is the use of sending people into the city to investigate the reason?" ”

After a pause, Hatohiko Asakanomiya said again: "Order, the main forces of the Kumamoto Division and the Utsunomiya Division immediately enter the city, and be sure to extinguish the riot of the Shina rout in the shortest possible time!" ”

"Your Royal Highness, no!" Yamada Tetsujiro's face changed dramatically for a moment, and he hurriedly dissuaded, "We don't know what the situation is in Nanjing City at the moment, it's too risky to rush into the city with a large army!" If everything goes well, it doesn't matter, but once the crackdown doesn't go well and a melee situation is formed, the consequences will be unpredictable! ”

"How unpredictable are the consequences?" Hatohiko said, "What can be the consequences?" ”

Tetsujiro Yamada said in a deep voice: "Your Highness is familiar with history books, and you should know very well that the rebels in the riots are the most terrifying!" In addition, this is in Nanjing, the capital of the Chinese, the Chinese army is more familiar with the terrain, and now it is in the early hours of the morning, under the accumulation of all kinds of unfavorable factors, I am afraid that the transfer of troops into the city will only increase unnecessary casualties! ”

After a pause, Tetsujiro Yamada said again: "Moreover, once the large army is defeated, there will be no troops to defend the south of Nanjing, and the imperial army's encirclement of Nanjing City will also collapse!" ”

(End of chapter)