In the blink of an eye, another two days passed.

The five fast columns of the 15th and 17th Divisions of the Japanese Army were still playing hide and seek with the five divisions of the Tenth Army of the Nationalist Army in the mountainous areas of Xinchang and Shengxian.

From time to time, the Japanese army can also bite the national army and win a few small victories.

But for some reason, Usamitaka's inner uneasiness became stronger and stronger.

The reason for this is very simple, the two detachments of the 41st Group Army and the Coastal Defense Corps of the National Army, which should have appeared on the battlefield of Xinsheng a long time ago, have never been found!

At this time, Usamitaka will miss the special forces in particular.

If Yamamoto-kun's special forces were still there, he only needed to send them to the Xinsheng battlefield at this time, and he would definitely be able to find out the Coastal Defense Corps and the 41st Group Army of the National Army.

Regrettably, since the decisive defeat in Shanghai, the attitude of the Japanese military top brass towards the special forces has changed 180 degrees, because they have found that it is a shame that the special forces, which have spent a lot of money to build, cannot even deal with a mere private guard in Shanghai.

Coupled with a shortage of funds, the re-establishment of the special forces was put on hold.

However, Usamitaka still decided to fight for it one last time, so he took a train to Nanjing to ask to meet the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army, Nishio Shouzo.

After listening to Usamitaka explain his intentions, Nishio Shouzo fell into a long silence.

Nishio Shouzo was silent, in fact, he was already a euphemistic expression of his attitude.

But Usamitaka was not willing to give up easily, and then continued: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the failure of the special forces in Shanghai is just an accident......

However, before Usamitaka could finish his words, he was interrupted by Nishio Shouzo.

"Usami-kun, there's something you may not know yet." Nishio Shouzo said with a wave of his hand.

Speaking of this, Nishio Shouzo said again: "A few days ago, the government of the United States just abolished the Japan-US treaty of commerce and navigation, Usami-kun, do you know what this means? ”

"Hello." Usamitaka paused slightly, and said in a deep voice, "This means that the empire has lost a stable and large supplier of raw materials, and in the future, the empire will not only have to spend more energy to find alternative suppliers, but also spend more money in exchange for raw materials such as copper, aluminum, oil, rubber, and scrap steel." ”

Nishio Shouzo sighed and said, "The imperial army's military expenses will also be more tight. ”

After a pause, Nishio Shouzo said again: "The military expenditure allocated by the Ministry of Finance to the Chinese Dispatch Army has been reduced by another twenty percent, Usami-kun, I know that there are many advantages to forming a special force, but the reality is that the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army really can't come up with so much money to re-establish a special force." ”

"Hello." Usamitaka's face instantly fell.

Nishio Shouzo said: "So, do you have anything else?" ”

Usamitaka was just about to speak, when Shouzo Nishio's adjutant suddenly pushed the door and walked in.

Nishio Shouzo's gaze swept over, the adjutant bowed deeply, and then said to Usamitaka: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, urgent call from the Shanghai 13th Army Headquarters. ”

There was no phone in the reception room, so I had to pick it up outside.

Usamitaka came out to answer the phone, and Nishio Shouzo also came out.

Coming to the big office outside, Usamitaka took the phone from the hand of an orderly: "Maxi Maxi, I'm Usamitaka." ”

As soon as he said a word on the other side of the phone, Usamitaka's face changed.

After a while, Usamitaka hung up the phone with a gloomy expression.

"Usami-kun." Nishio Shouzo asked with concern, "What's wrong?" ”

Usamitaka took a deep breath, tried his best to control his emotions, and said, "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, Hinata Shijun has just reported to me a situation that the 116th Division has encountered stubborn resistance from the Shina Army in Songyang County!" ”

"Songyang?" Nishio Shouzo frowned, and immediately strode to the north wall of the office.

The Battle of Zhejiang-Fujian is the largest battle on the Chinese battlefield at this stage, so the situation map of the Zhejiang-Fujian battlefield posted in the headquarters of Nishio Shouzo is also the situation map of the Zhejiang-Fujian battlefield.

"Here." The adjutant followed and found the location of Songyang County on the map.

"Yaga." Nishio Shouzo frowned and said, "Why did the Shinohara Division go to Songyang County?" ”

Hearing this, Usamitaka's face immediately revealed a trace of incomparably bitter look.

The Japanese army has always had a tradition of being a low-ranking staff officer, but now this trend has spread to high-ranking senior commanders.

This time, he did not listen to the command and expanded the combat area without authorization was the brigade commander of the 119th Infantry Brigade under the 116th Division.

This guy, because the 119th Infantry Brigade has been following behind another brigade belonging to the 116th Division, that is, the 130th Infantry Brigade, and has not fought from the landing in Wenzhou to Lishui, so after passing Lishui, he did not continue to accompany him, but changed the plan on his own initiative, and launched a larger detour directly in the direction of Songyang and Suichang, preparing to intercept the headquarters of the Third Theater of the National Army retreating from Jinhua.

When he first learned the news, Usamitaka was of course very angry.

But after getting angry, Usamitaka still acquiesced to the result.

The reason is very simple, because although the Mizaki Brigade's solo action weakened the strength of the 116th Division, considering that at this time in southern and western Zhejiang, there was no heavy army group of the Chinese army, so there should be no problem in terms of safety, and the Mizaki Brigade went deeper and farther, and the tactics could indeed be miraculous.

In view of this, Usamitaka did not ask for the return of the Misaki Brigade.

Nishio Shouzo quickly figured this out, and immediately nodded and said: "It's really hateful that this guy Yamazaki doesn't listen to the command and changes the battle plan of the headquarters without authorization, but this roundabout action of his is also very likely to block the headquarters of the three theaters of China that retreated from the direction of Jinhua and Yiwu in the area of Quzhou and Longyou." ”

"Hello." Usamitaka paused slightly, "Yamazaki-kun's action is indeed remarkable in terms of tactics, but now there is a new situation. ”

After a pause, he continued: "At this time, most of the heavy army groups in the three theaters of China were concentrated in northern and central Zhejiang, and there was only one new 33rd division in the entire southern part of Zhejiang, and there were no decent formed troops in western Zhejiang. ”

Nishio Shouzo's pupils instantly widened, and he lost his voice: "So what? ”

Usamitaka said in a deep voice: "Therefore, I suspect that the coastal defense corps, which I have not been able to find before, and even the main force of the 41st Group Army, are in Songyang!" ”