Chapter 324: Huzhou is besieged

Yanagawa Heisuke smiled and beckoned to Tabe Shengwu and said, "Tabe-kun, come on, let's study the specific battle plan for annihilating the main force of the Fujian army and eliminating the empire's henchman Jin Zhao!" ”

"Hayi! Your Excellency the Commander is wise! Tabe Shengwu said respectfully, and finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Yanagawa Heisuke, the old guy, was finally persuaded by himself.

In Huzhou City, Yun Yinglin, commander of the 202nd Division, walked into the headquarters with a depressed face, glanced at the figure of Jin Zhao who did not see him, and only saw Tan Shaoping, commander of the 210th Division, Zhou Bin, commander of the First National Defense Regiment, and Chief of Staff Liu Hongzhi were sitting there chatting.

Seeing Yun Yinglin come in, Tan Shaoping hurriedly smiled and said, "Master Yun, hurry up and come and sit!" ”

Yun Yinglin walked over and sat down angrily, and said angrily, "What is the boss doing?" Originally, we were asked to build a defensive line in the area of Xinshi, but as soon as we arrived, an order came to us to rush to Nanxun to attack the 114th Division, but after fighting for less than half an hour, seeing that Lao Tzu's armored regiment was about to break through the defense line of the little devils, the general seat ordered us to stop the attack and rush to Huzhou to standby! What the hell is going on? ”

Tan Shaoping spread his hands and said, "I don't know what the situation is, we rushed to Huzhou urgently, and the general seat also asked us to play the number of the 211th Division, it seems that the general seat wants to sing on stage!" ”

"Even if you want to set up a stage to sing, it's not too late to let Lao Tzu kill the 114th Division before singing! As far as the 114th Division is concerned, Lao Tzu only needs two hours to completely defeat them! What about the head seat? I'll have to ask him in person! Yun Yinglin said with a smug face.

Zhou Bin said with a smile, "The head seat went out, saying that he wanted to appease the people in the city, and it is estimated that he will be back soon!" ”

Before Zhou Bin's words fell, Jin Zhao's hearty smile sounded in the courtyard, and Jin Zhao strode in and said with a smile, "Brother Yun! I haven't seen you in a few days! You're missing me, so eager to see me! ”

"Good seats!" When several people saw that Jin Zhao was back, they hurriedly got up and saluted.

Jin Zhao beckoned casually, "Okay, they're all old acquaintances, don't be so polite, just sit down!" "There are really no outsiders here, Yun Yinglin is an old man of the 19th Route Army, an old comrade-in-arms of Jin Zhao, a big brother! Tan Shaoping is Jin Zhao's old subordinate. As for Zhou Bin and Liu Hongzhi, as well as Xu Wenqiang, who came back with Jin Zhao, they are all summoned by the system.

Jin Zhao took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, then smoked one, and handed the cigarette case to Yun Yinglin, Jin Zhao lit a cigarette and said with a smile, "Brother Yun and Shao Ping have a stomach full of questions to ask me now?" ”

Yun Yinglin lit a cigarette and said with a face, "Boss!" If you don't give me a satisfactory answer today, when you defeat the little devil and have a celebration banquet, your brothers will have to pour you under the table! ”

"Really? Drink! Can you? Jin Zhao looked at Yun Yinglin provocatively and said.

"I can't do it alone, unite a few more old brothers, I can't instill you if I don't believe it!" Yun Yinglin said with a smug smile.

"Holy! You guys are too inauthentic! Gang up to bully me honestly, right? Okay then, can't I throw in the towel? Jin Zhao deliberately pretended to be very indignant and helpless and said.

Jin Zhao took another puff of cigarette, spit out a smoke ring and said with a smile, "Are you feeling sorry for not defeating the 114th Division of the little devils!" It's a pity, our target this time is not a second-rate or even third-rate 114th Division, but the entire 10th Army, so for the time being, we are just letting him go! ”

"But the little devil's 18th Division has rushed to Nanxun to meet with the 114th Division, and the two divisions of the little devil are united, and it is not so easy to eat them! And if we get out of the way to the south, the little devil's Ushijima detachment and Kunisaki detachment can drive straight in, capture Guangde and other places, and then go north to attack Nanjing! Yun Yinglin said worriedly.

"Don't worry about Guangde, hasn't the 212th Division already arrived in Guangde? It's not a problem to block the two detachments of the little devils! Tan Shaoping interjected.

Jin Zhao shook his head and said, "Guangde can't hold it. ”

"Ask what?" Tan Shaoping asked in surprise, in Tan Shaoping's opinion, the 212th Division has nearly 20,000 people, even if the two divisions of the little devil come to attack, the 212th Division can hold Guangde!

"No why? Because I didn't plan to let the 212th Division defend Guangde! Jin Zhao said with a smile, seeing that everyone showed a puzzled expression, Jin Zhao continued, "Mom, pull a!" We annihilated the strength of a wing of the little devils in Huzhou City, and the little devils already knew the news that our Fujian army was moving north, and this group of dogs said that the little devils were on guard and hugged together, just like a hedgehog, making it difficult for us to speak! That's why I decided to change my strategy and deliberately expose the whereabouts of our army and military deployment to the little devils, with the purpose of luring the little devils to change their current strategic deployment! I deliberately asked you to let go of the road and let the little devils' Ushijima detachment and Kunisaki detachment pass, in order to lure the little devils of these two detachments to go deep alone, and the main force of the Tenth Army of the Yu Army will distance themselves, and then we will annihilate the little devils of these two detachments in one fell swoop! ”

"But what if the little devil concentrates his main force and continues to attack Nanjing?" Yun Yinglin frowned and didn't say.

Jin Zhao said with a smile, "Our Fujian army has more than 100,000 troops here, how dare Yanagawa Heisuke leave us to attack Nanjing!" However, the credit for the capture of Nanjing is a big temptation for Yanagawa Heisuke, and it is inevitable that this old devil will be blinded by lard, if that is the case, we will completely cut off their back road, and then wave our army to attack Shanghai! ”

"Why attack Shanghai! If the main force of the little devil goes north to Nanjing, we can completely cut off the back road of the little devil, and then join forces with the defenders in Nanjing to encircle and annihilate the 10th army of the little devil in one fell swoop! Tan Shaoping said with a frown.

Jin Zhao waved his hand and said, "If Yanagawa Heisuke really goes north in a big way and attacks the city of Nanjing, he can be connected with Matsui Shigen on the north road, so that even if we cut off the back road of the 10th Army, we will not be able to completely annihilate the 10th Army!" This is the last thing I want to see, because if this is the case, we must divide our troops to rescue Nanjing, so as to ensure that Nanjing will not be lost in a short time, and then our main force will attack Shanghai, we do not need to recover the whole of Shanghai, as long as we cut off all the logistical supply lines of the front-line army, the front-line army will collapse without a fight! Jin Zhao also knew that he was taking a risk, but there was no way, if he wanted to turn the whole tide of the battle in one fell swoop, and at the same time minimize the losses of his troops, Jin Zhao had to take this risk. Now what Jin Zhao hopes to see the most is that the Ushijima detachment and the Kunisaki detachment can take risks and create opportunities for themselves to encircle and annihilate them by going deep alone!

After a long time, Jin Zhao sighed and said, "Now it's up to Yanagawa Heisuke to make a move!" ”

In Matsue Castle, Yanagawa Heisuke and Tabe Moritake finally reached an agreement after some discussion and deduction with the operational staff officers of the headquarters. Yanagawa Heisuke ordered with a calm face, "Immediately order the 114th Division and the 18th Division to immediately launch a feint attack on the Huzhou side to contain the main force of the Shina Army in Huzhou City!" Order the Kunisaki Detachment and the Ushijima Detachment to immediately advance in the direction of Guangde, and be sure to defeat the 212th Division of the Chinese Army in Guangde as quickly as possible and occupy Guangde! Order the 17th Division to speed up the march and assist the Kunisaki detachment and Ushijima detachment in the attack! ”

"Hayi!" Tian Bu Shengwu and others bowed down to receive the order.

Subsequently, the 114th Division and the 18th Division of the Yue Army jointly launched an attack with the troops outside Huzhou City of our army, and Jin Zhao immediately ordered the front-line troops to resolutely resist the attack of the Yue Army, but the troops were strictly forbidden to counterattack! This kind of dispatch made Yun Yinglin and other front-line generals hold back their anger. However, the army troops only feinted, and the momentum was quite loud, but when they encountered stubborn resistance, they immediately retreated, and they ran faster than rabbits one by one!

On November 29, after a day of fierce fighting, the Ushijima detachment and the Kunisaki detachment of the Yue army successfully captured Guangde. After a day of resistance, the 212th Division stationed in Guangde took the initiative to abandon Guangde and retreat in the direction of Langxi! However, the army did not take the opportunity to pursue the retreating 212th Division to the north, but divided its troops to advance in the direction of Huzhou, of which the Niudao detachment attacked Changxing all the way to the west.

On the night of November 30, a brigade of the Yue Army suddenly landed from Changxing, attacked the Niudao detachment on both sides, and captured Changxing in one fell swoop, and the defenders of a regiment stationed in Changxing hastily withdrew into Huzhou City.

The front line is progressing so smoothly that Yanagawa Heisuke's confidence is extremely inflated, Yanagawa Heisuke said to Tabe Shengwu with a smile, "The combat effectiveness of the Fujian army is nothing more than that, the 212th Division has been defeated by the imperial army, and now Jin Zhao in Huzhou is surrounded by more than 100,000 troops of the imperial army, and it only takes a week at most for us to completely annihilate the main force of Jin Zhao's Fujian army in Huzhou City!" Completely eradicate this henchman of the Imperial Army! "In fact, there is a sentence that Yanagawa Heisuke did not say, that is, judging from the progress of the North Route Army, it is impossible for Matsui Shigen to capture Nanjing, the capital of China, within a week, and after he annihilates the main force of the Fujian army, he can immediately wave his army north to attack Nanjing, and at that time the credit for capturing Nanjing will naturally be indispensable to himself! However, Yanagawa Heisuke also knew that he would not be able to get the first credit for the capture of Nanjing, because the base camp had already appointed King Hatohiko of Asakanomiya as the commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, responsible for directing the campaign to attack Nanjing! Fools can see that this prince of the royal family is here to gild! Even Matsui had to fall ill and be admitted to a hospital in Shanghai. But even if he can't snatch the credit of King Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace, the capture of Nanjing is indispensable to his Yanagawa Heisuke. Coupled with the merit of annihilating the main force of the Fujian army, Yanagawa Heisuke's promotion to general is also certain, thinking of these Yanagawa Heisuke couldn't help but crack an old mouth again and laughed. (To be continued.) )