If he wants to know about the situation of the Battle of Wuling, especially the battle situation of the 11th Army, Chen Mingxiang currently has two information channels: the first is Lieutenant General Matsui Taikuro, who is the chief of the General Staff of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, which he must know, and the second is Major General Yoshitaro Kawamoto, the head of the special service of the 13th Army Headquarters, who has personal contacts with the 116th Division.

If you check from Matsui's channel, you may get more comprehensive information, but you will certainly not hear the details, and there is no need for the chief of the general staff to care about the local situation on the battlefield.

Therefore, Chen Mingxiang plans to have dinner with Yoshitaro Kawamoto tonight, and talk about the Battle of Wuling while drinking, in fact, there is no need for him to say it specifically, the topic of soldiers will never be separated from war, and Yoshitaro Kawamoto himself will take the initiative to talk about it.

Yoshitaro Kawamoto did not have any doubts about this invitation, the two often ate together, and he went to Mara Villa to drink tea as a guest, and he was Chen Mingxiang's "old friend".

"I have also just received a telegram that the 116th Division has occupied Wuling and completed the combat mission specified this time, and in order to prevent bombing by the Shancheng Government Air Force and the US Air Force in China, it has now evacuated the urban area and is stationed in the suburbs."

"This battle was the hardest battle of the 11th Army in the frontal battlefield, especially because of the military assistance of the United States, the air force of the Yamashiro government caused us great losses, and if it were not for their internal problems, the battle situation would be much more tragic than now." Yoshitaro Kawamoto said.

Internal problems? Chen Mingxiang suddenly had a very bad feeling, and he immediately thought that there was also a factional dispute between the various major theaters of the Shancheng government army.

To put it more bluntly, the composition of the army of the Yamashiro government is already very complicated, with the troops of the descendants of the commission and the troops of the local warlords, and the relationship with each other is very bad.

Not only do the troops of the descendants use the troops of the local warlords as cannon fodder, but also the various warlords and commissioners often knock on the black bricks, which is not news at all.

But the question is, in the face of the frantic attack of the Japanese army, this is the time to work together to resist a strong enemy, is it possible that this kind of phenomenon also appeared in the Battle of Wuling?

"The composition of the Yamashiro government's army is mixed and factional, and it is not surprising that there are problems, but I would love to hear the inside story." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

"The intelligence group of the Mei agency has an inside line in the army of the Yamashiro government, speaking of which, this is the credit of Miss Nanzao Yunzi at the beginning, Wuling is the junction of the sixth and ninth theaters of the Yamashiro government, and the two sides are confused by the tactics of Lieutenant General Isamu Yokoyama, and they can't judge the specific direction of the main attack."

"Originally, the 74th Army of the Shancheng government was a mobile corps, generally speaking, it did not serve as a guard, and the vanguard was the 29th Group Army composed of the Sichuan Army and the Hunan Army, as well as the 10th Group Army, this arrangement was not so wise, in the first battle of Shimen, the 29th Group Army was forced to retreat under pressure, and the 57th Division of this mobile corps was placed in the situation of defending Wuling."

"The Military Commission of the Shancheng Government sent a telegram to the Fifth Theater and the Ninth Theater to rescue Wuling, and the interesting thing is that the Fifth Theater did not dispatch the main force, but only sent a few guerrilla columns to harass it, and Xue Yue of the Ninth Theater did not obey the order, and stationed the 99th Army, the unit closest to Wuling, to defend against the 40th Division of the Imperial Army, but instead sent the 10th Army, which was far away, to Wuling to relieve the siege."

"The progress of the Tenth Army in the early stage was very slow, and in the face of the resistance of the Third Division and the 68th Division, it did not dare to let go of the attack, and later, the chairman of the Shancheng Government who attended the meeting in Cairo personally ordered the Tenth Army to attack within a time limit, so that the strong attack was carried out at any cost, but at this time Wuling had already shown defeat, and the Third Division was firmly blocked, and the Tenth Army could not complete the task." Yoshitaro Kawamoto said.

Although there is no such thing as relatives hurting enemies quickly, the whole process is really uncomfortable for people who listen!

When Chen Mingxiang heard these inside stories, he quickly sorted out the context of the entire battle, the army of the Shancheng government, which has the strongest combat effectiveness, is also a mobile corps, waiting to provide support in the back, and it is the Sichuan army and the Hunan army that are fighting the front, in the absence of geographical advantages and fortifications as a basis, can the so-called "miscellaneous army" withstand the main division of the Japanese army?

He felt angry that he had worked hard to report the entire operational focus to the Military Command Bureau and transferred it to the Sixth Theater Command, the Eleventh Army had exhausted its strength for this battle, and there would be no more major battles in other areas, but the Ninth Theater was slow to act and did not dare to fight hard, and also disobeyed military orders, resulting in the task of rescuing Wuling could not be completed, and a main division was annihilated, which is unreasonable!

In addition, the Sixth Theater Command certainly does not believe in the intelligence of the Military Command Bureau, at least it still has the mentality of verification, and the coordination of various units has been a mess, and intelligence has always been the primary factor in gaining the initiative on the battlefield and defeating the enemy.

"So, the Eleventh Army will soon be evacuated from Wuling? Affected by the battle, the land transportation of the Huatong Trading Company in the Sichuan-Hunan area was seriously affected, and the managerial department of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, as well as the headquarters of the gendarmerie, constantly urged me to speed up the progress of purchasing materials, and I also felt very embarrassed by this. Chen Mingxiang said.

"We still have to wait for the order of the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, but inside Wuling, there is only one squadron to clean up the battlefield at the moment, and the main force is stationed in a small town more than ten miles to the north."

"Just after the big battle, the troops need a short rest, the wounded need to be treated, and sent back to the hospital in the rear, ammunition and food must be replenished, and the pursuit of the mountain city government must be prevented."

"As for the imperial army's demand for materials, not only domestic military production, I got a little news, the base camp is brewing to implement a super-large-scale battle, the combat area will span several provinces, almost more than half of all the mobile forces of the dispatch army will be invested, and the assistance of the Eastern Army, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is an important measure related to the fate of the empire."

"Although this plan has not yet been approved by His Majesty the Emperor, and the base camp is still controversial about it, the general combat goal has been determined, and the consumption of such a large battle is very amazing, forcing you to speed up, and it is also a last resort." Yoshitaro Kawamoto said.

The news of a large-scale campaign in which most of the mobile forces of the dispatch army was mobilized and the scope of operations spanned several provinces immediately aroused Chen Mingxiang's attention, and for the national control region, which was full of disasters and difficulties, it would have to endure another painful catastrophe!

Of course, what Yoshitaro Kawamoto meant was that the time of the battle had not been decided, the battle plan had not yet been decided, and the Japanese combat units had just experienced the Battle of Wuling, and the Japanese combat units also had to be repaired, so this matter was not in a hurry.

However, Wuling, an important military stronghold that had fallen, could be recovered immediately, and there was only one squadron stationed in the city to clean up the battlefield, and it was easy to recover.