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Lieutenant General Munetake Yamamuro, commander of the 11th Division of the Japanese Army, and his chief of staff, Katamura Shihachi Daisa, stood on the pier and looked at the groups of soldiers who were boarding the ship in front of them, and were very silent.

Other people's troops are constantly driving ashore, while their own troops are loading, maybe the soldiers of the 11th Division also know that their performance on the Songhu battlefield can only be described as very bad, so there is also a low mood in the marching column.

If it is said that the 11th Division of Yamamuro Sotake is the most tragic unit in the entire Central China Dispatch Army, it is not an exaggeration at all.

The 11th Division was first beaten to death by Huang Haoran's 99th Army when it landed at Chuanshakou, and then when they finally took a breath, they became the "cruel target" of the 99th Army twice in Baoshan and Yuepu, and the 11th Division, which had been repeatedly hit hard, had basically lost its combat capability since the attack on Yuepu, and after withdrawing from the Songhu front, they became spectators of the Battle of Songhu.

Such a defeated army had no place in the Japanese army, and the head of the Yamamuro Somurai gradually felt that the speech he made when he participated in the battle meeting of the Central China Dispatch Army began to become insignificant, and later, he even lost the right to speak.

The colleagues looked at Yamamuro Munetake as if they were looking at a monster, and these people seemed to say: "How could the army divisions of the Great Japanese Empire be so badly defeated in front of the Chinese?" Sotake Yamamuro, you incompetent fellow! You should be seppuku! ”

What made those fanatical Japanese soldiers even more unacceptable was that Yamamuro Sotake actually thought that it was normal for his 11th Division to lose to the 99th Army.

How could the Japanese Army bow its head in front of the Chinese army?!!

Such an attitude is nothing short of a naked betrayal of the Empire!

Soon, some officers clamored in front of Commander Matsui Ishine to send Yamamuro Sotake to court-martial, but fortunately, Commander Matsui Ishine was sober and only criticized Yamamuro Sotake a few words, and did not delve further.

However, the commanders of the Japanese divisions, who despised Yamamuro Sotake, did not stop, and since Commander Matsui Ishine could not tell them, they found the general of the Ministry of War, so the headquarters ordered the formation of the 5th Army on December 7 to prepare for the landing operation on the south coast, with Lieutenant General Kojo Michiro as the commander and Major General Qin Yashang as the chief of staff. It has the 11th Division, the Shigeto Detachment and the 4th Flying Regiment.

You must know that the landing operation plan on the coast of South China is actually not mature, and the base camp may postpone the landing in South China at any time, if that is the case, the 11th Division will be sent to Taiwan for training and standby, and perhaps, this is the result that those fanatical followers of militarism want.

The people in the 11th Division who are in a worse situation than Yamamuro Sotake are the chief of staff Katamura 48 Daisa, Yamamuro Sotake is only likely to go to a military court, but Katamura 48 Dasa has already been sent to a military court.

Katamura's command mistakes at Chuanshakou were revealed, and there were some charges that did not belong to Katamura's 48 Dasa, and they were also detained on Katamura's head, and it seems that the colleagues of the Central China Dispatch Army must send a leader of the 11th Division to the gallows.

If you can't bring down the Yamamuro Zongwu, you can make him a piece of the village.

Chief of Staff Katamura's face was pale, but he still insisted on continuing to command the 11th Division to board the ship and prepare for departure.

The damage left by the 99th Army to Katamura 48 Dazuo is much greater than the damage left by the head of the Yamamuro Sect Martial Master, and now Katamura 48 Dazuo is not even willing to mention the number 99, Huang Haoran is no different from the devil in Katamura's 48 Dazuo's mind!

The head of the Yamamuro Somura Martial Division and the Katamura Shibashi Daisa both agreed that the 99th Army was a very special unit in the Shina Army, and that the combat effectiveness of this army had reached or even surpassed that of a division of the Japanese army.

The surprise of Chuanshakou, the desperate fight in Baoshan County and the moonlit night surprise attack in Yuepu, Huang Haoran showed his cunning, perseverance and wisdom in front of the 11th Division.

The head of the Yamamuro Sect Martial Arts and Katamura Shiba Daisa were convinced by the defeat at the hands of this opponent, and even they had some appreciation for Huang Haoran, but unfortunately, their colleagues did not think so.

"That's because you haven't met the 99th Army yet, and when you do, you'll understand our mood now......"

This is the voice of the head of the Yamamuro Sect Martial Arts and the Katamura Shihachi Daisa.

When the black coffin containing the body of Major General Yoshikatsu Kuroiwa, the commander of the 22nd Brigade, passed in front of the commander of the Yamamuro Sobu Division and the Katamura Shihachi Daisa, the commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Nakajima Imasago arrived.

The commander of the Nakajima Division and the head of the Yamamuro Sotake Division were friends when they were in Japan, and the officers of the 16th Division did not participate in the attack on the command of the 11th Division launched by the Central China Dispatch Army.

The head of the Yamamuro sect and the Katamura Shihachi Daisa are grateful to the head of the Nakajima division.

The commander of the Nakajima Division jumped off his warhorse, he was an equestrian enthusiast, so he liked to ride his Oriental war horse everywhere, and the 16th Division also had a cavalry wing, and Lieutenant General Nakajima Imago often spent a day at the cavalry training ground.

The commander of Nakajima's division threw the horsewhip in his hand to his guards, and then motioned for all the entourage behind him to go away, he wanted to have a good chat with his old friend.

Katamura Shihachi Daisa also planned to find an excuse to leave, but was stopped by the commander of the Nakajima Division:

"Katamura-kun, I heard you're in a lot of trouble, huh? What sentence did those bureaucrats of the military court give you? ”

As soon as the commander of the Nakajima Division opened his mouth, he asked about the sore spot of Katamura 48 Daisa, that is, Lieutenant General Nakajima Imakago, an old friend of the division commander, dared to ask such a direct question, if it was someone else, maybe Katamura 48 Dasa would have begun to get angry.

"Thank you Nakajima-kun for your concern, thanks to His Excellency Commander Matsui Ishone, he wrote me a defense, the military court did not remove me from my post because of His Excellency the Commander's affection, but only sentenced me to probation for a period of time, which can be regarded as escaping, but my Katamura Shihachi's future in the army should end here......"

Katamura Shihachi Daisa's mood became more and more depressed when he spoke, and the head of the Nakajima Division and the head of the Yamamuro Sect Martial Arts Division understood Katamura's current performance very well, after all, it took Katamura so many years for Chief of Staff to get the rank of Osa, and he was only one step away from being a major general, but he was suddenly announced that he would not get another chance to be promoted, such a blow was indeed unbearable.

"Katamura-kun, don't be discouraged, maybe, in South China, there will be a place for you to perform, as long as you have enough combat achievements, will there be anything impossible?"

The words of the commander of the Nakajima division to comfort the chief of staff of Katamura made the mood of the head of the Yamamuro sect martial arts also begin to become depressed, he looked at his old friend, and said word by word:

"Nakajima-kun, do you really believe that my division will be sent to South China?"

Yamamuro Sotake's extremely injured eyes made the commander of the Nakajima Division speechless, in fact, he also received the wind, the implementation of the landing operation plan on the south coast of South China has been postponed indefinitely by the military headquarters, and the 11th Division does not know where it is going......

In order to alleviate the current awkward atmosphere, the commander of the Nakajima Division decided to change the topic, and he saw a group of soldiers carefully transporting a coffin, so he asked casually:

"Yamamuro-kun, who's inside the coffin? The 3rd Division's Kuranaga Tatsuharu Osa? ”

Yamamuro Sotake shook his head: "Inside is the body of Major General Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu, his brigade headquarters was attacked by the 99th Army of that army at night, a bullet broke his major artery, he died of excessive blood loss, and his subordinates dragged his body back with him......"

99th Army!? It's the 99th Army again!

This unit also killed Major General Okawa Uchiden of the Marine Corps!

Huang Haoran, since the 16th Division landed in Songhu, Lieutenant General Nakajima Imakgo has heard this name countless times, and every time it is connected with this name, it is extremely unfavorable news for the Japanese Imperial Army.

According to the intelligence department, the 99th Army has retreated to Changshu, and Changshu is the next target of the 16th Division!

In other words, Lieutenant General Nakajima will soon fight against the legendary "Chinese ace" of the 99th Army!

The commander of the Nakajima Division, who has always been aggressive, felt that his blood had begun to boil!

Yamamuro Sotake knew this friend of his too well, and the fighting spirit emanating from Nakajima Imago Yamamuro Sotake immediately guessed that the Japanese Army Division responsible for attacking Changshu was Nakajima Imago's 16th Division!

The two of their best friends actually encountered the same enemy on the battlefield of Songhu!

Is this a fateful arrangement?

Yamamuro Sotake felt that he should give Nakajima Imago some advice, these opinions were all exchanged for blood by the officers and soldiers of the 11th Division, and they were very precious!

The more I talked with Yamamuro Sotake, the tighter the brows of the commander of the Nakajima Division became, if what Yamamuro Sotake said was true, would the 99th Army still be a branching army?!

It seems that Changshu will be a tough bone to gnaw!

The black coffin containing the body of the head of the Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu Brigade was loaded onto the ship, and the transport ship bound for the Japanese mainland would send the coffin to Tokyo, and then the body of Rear Admiral Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu would be cremated and sent to the Yasukuni Shrine, where the Kuroiwa Yoshikatsu would be worshiped by countless Japanese people, and the Yasukuni Shrine was the home of all Japanese soldiers.

When the gunfire in Songhu stopped, how many Japanese soldiers would return to their hometowns?

Katamura let out a long sigh......

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Wufu line, Changshu.

Wang Shankui looked at his military seat as if he had seen a ghost......

The 10th Artillery Regiment, the most elite artillery regiment in China, was actually equipped in Changshu by the Commander's Department of the Third Theater, and 24 150 German-made howitzers will provide unprecedented and powerful artillery support for the 99th Army.

How the hell did the military seat get there?

The artillery mobilization at the regimental level requires the nod of the highest authorities!

It's unbelievable!

Huang Haoran Huang Jun Commander Huang now enjoys the adoring gaze in the eyes of his subordinates, and this is what he wants.

Huang Haoran wanted his subordinates to believe that their army commander was omnipotent, so that he could take these people to the soup with confidence.

When miracles happen one after another, the creator of miracles will be worshiped as a god, and now, Huang Haoran is the supreme god of the 99th Army!

Mars!

Looking at Huang Haoran's stinky fart, Fan Jie hid to the side and snickered.

Fan Jie knew how much effort Huang Haoran had spent to detain the 10th Artillery Regiment to accompany the 99th Army to defend the defense line.

Jiang Baili, General Gu, Vice Chief Chen, and the "lady" in Nanjing, Huang Haoran was able to use the interpersonal relationships that were all used, and it was really the 10th Artillery Regiment that just owed the 99th Army a great favor, and the highest authorities felt guilty for not adopting Huang Haoran and Jiang Baili's suggestions, and under the combined effect of these factors, the 10th Artillery Regiment received an order to be deployed in Changshu.

Even if it stays in Changshu, the 10th Artillery Regiment is actually not under Huang Haoran's dispatch, and these heavy artillery pieces are still organized in the direct troops of the Third War Zone, but General Gu understands that the highest authorities are rewarding Huang Haoran in disguise, so the task of the 10th Artillery Regiment is to cooperate with the 99th Army to defend the defense fortifications in the Changshu section.

In order to establish a good relationship with the 10th Artillery Regiment, Huang Haoran asked Wang Huanzhi to provide three meals a day to the 10th Artillery Regiment according to the highest food standard of the 99th Division.

The heavy artillery of our 10th regiment is not vegetarian!

Commander Huang, who was sworn in by Commander Peng, was naturally full of smiles, but as soon as he turned his head, Huang Haoran complained again and again:

"Damn! In the end, it's someone's dog, and it's not familiar with it! Peng Mengzhi has a posture of working short-term, and the 10th Artillery Regiment is always thinking about leaving! ”

In Fan Jie's eyes, Huang Haoran's performance is already a little dissatisfied, but if you look at the whole of China, which army-level unit can get the help of the 10th Artillery Regiment?

When General Zhang besieged the Japanese in downtown Shanghai, it took a lot of effort to transfer 10 artillery regiments!

The 99th Army can now leave these 24 heavy guns in the defense area, which has made the envious eyes of the friendly troops drip blood, and the military seat is not satisfied!

In this realm, the gap is too big!

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On the sea outside Wusongkou, the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters.

"Where have the forces of the Chinese retreated now? How are the pursuing units of the divisions progressing? ”

Matsui Ishone can keep a room full of staff officers busy, and the organs of the Central China Dispatch Army are running at high speed.

Matsui Shigen is the brain of the more than 200,000 Japanese troops in Songhu.

Now this brain is a little excited!

The situation on the Songhu battlefield was really too favorable, and I didn't expect the Nanjing government's troops to withdraw so completely and retreat so chaotically.

The lifeblood of the Nanjing government is now wide open!

In front of the Central China Dispatch Army, only the three defense lines of the Nanjing government remained.

The Xicheng Line, the Zhajia Line, and the Wufu Line, these three defense lines were the foundation of the Nanjing government's defense of their capital, and the last barrier between Shanghai and Nanjing.

As long as these three lines of defense can be crossed, the city of Nanjing will be a dilapidated house with wind on all sides, and the Central China Dispatch Army under Matsui Ishine will be able to level the capital of the Nanjing government with only one foot.

From the geographical point of view, Nanjing is surrounded by plains on three sides, backed by the Yangtze River, and is a military Jedi, and the Central Army near Nanjing is a unit that has been heavily damaged by the Japanese army on the Songhu battlefield.

At present, the most important thing for the Central China army to be dispatched is to quickly break through the Xicheng line, the Zhajia line, and the Wufu line, so as to intensify the Chinese army's fear of the Japanese army, and Nanjing can also be swept down in one go.

On the other hand, if the Central China Dispatch Army had spent too much time in front of the Xicheng Line, the Zhajia Line, and the Wufu Line, the Nanjing Government's troops would have been able to rest and replenish their combat capability.

This is the last thing Matsui wants to see......

Judging from the Songhu battlefield, which lasted for three months, although the Chinese army did not have high tactical literacy, it had an amazing spirit of sacrifice, and if the 700,000 Chinese troops were allowed to ease up, the battle near Nanjing would become a new quagmire.

Matsui didn't want to go through another hard battle on his own.

Therefore, from the time when the Chinese army in Songhu began to retreat, all the orders issued by the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters were to pursue! Interlude! And the offense!!

No matter how tired Matsui Shigen is, all he needs now is speed! Velocity! Velocity!

The 3rd, 6th, 9th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 101st, and 114th divisions are like a swarm of crazy rats, running wild on the land of East China!

In addition to the weapons and ammunition they carried, the Japanese army threw away all the supplies, and each soldier was only given 4 rice balls, which was all they had to eat for the next few days.

Fortunately for Matsui, the retreat of the Chinese army was particularly chaotic.

From the western part of Huxi through Qingpu and Nanxiang to the area around Kunshan, the rivers cross and the villages are dense, which is not conducive to the mobility of the large army.

Such a special terrain was originally a sharp weapon used by the Chinese army to limit the use of the Japanese mechanized troops, but now, poor traffic has become a headache for the Chinese army itself!

In Matsui's view, the Chinese are lifting a stone and shooting themselves in the foot!

The hundreds of thousands of retreating Chinese troops could only squeeze into the only narrow road.

People on the highway are noisy and noisy, and no one can figure out a clue, and no one can control anyone.

How could Matsui Ishone let go of such an opportunity?

He ordered all the planes to carry out non-stop air strikes!

Japanese planes flew over the heads of the Chinese troops like wasps, bombing indiscriminately.

The roads and fields were littered with killed, wounded and trampled soldiers, damaged and abandoned artillery, machine guns, rifles, helmets, grenades and bayonets, and everywhere there were cries and screams and groans of pain.

The Chinese army, which has fallen into chaos, is now like ants in a hot pot, running and scurrying around, and it cannot be defeated.

The continuous air raids, the difficulty of the roads, and the chaos of oneself naturally made it impossible to move up to speed.

The Japanese Central China Dispatch Army, which advanced lightly, successfully bit the retreating Chinese army, and the Japanese army's results were rapidly expanding, and the capture was amazing.

In order not to weaken the combat effectiveness of the troops, the Japanese army carried out a massacre of captured prisoners of war, and the land of Songhu was full of blood......

Matsui Ishine ordered his troops to follow the rout all the way to chase and kill, and the defense line finally came out in front of the tired Japanese army!

The time of truth has come!

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Nanjing, Presidential Palace.

The brutal intervention of the supreme authorities had led to a terrible defeat for the Chinese army in Songhu, and the Nine-Power Pact, on which he had placed high hopes, was now in vain.

The supreme authorities never dreamed that the declaration adopted at the meeting of the Nine-Power Pact would not even condemn Japan, but simply said bitterly:

"There is no legal basis for Japan's use of force to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and once this right is recognized, it will always be a source of dispute."

The highest authorities tore the text of the Nine-Power Pact sent by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to shreds, slammed it on the table with their fists, and cursed loudly, "Niang Xipi!" He slumped in his chair.

Nanjing's survival depends on whether the national defense line is defended or not......

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