Defeated? Zhong Yi said, "You would be wrong to think so." ”

After speaking, Zhong Yi strode into the division headquarters war room of the 63rd Division.

Yan Jingguo, the commander of the 63rd Division, Gao Hongen, the chief of staff, and the three regiment commanders below glanced at each other, and then followed Zhong Yi into the war room of the division headquarters.

After the successful hunt for Imamura-kun, Zhong Yi did not immediately return to Yinjiang, but came to the headquarters of the 63rd Division located in Baoguo Temple.

Yan Jingguo and the others were very excited when they learned that Zhong Yi personally led the special operations team to hunt and kill Jun Imamura, and they all felt that after the Fifth Division lost its division commander, its combat operations would be greatly disrupted.

This gives them several more days to prepare.

But Zhong Yi poured cold water on them and said another possibility.

Zhong Yi also felt that Nishio Shouzo might let Shun Sakamoto act as the head of the division.

Just now, they were talking about Sakamoto Shun, and they felt that he was not worried.

Yan Jingguo followed Zhong Yi to the war room, and said, "Chief of Staff Zhong, are we wrong?" This Sakamoto Shun is indeed mediocre in ability, otherwise he would not have almost been wiped out in Taierzhuang. ”

Gao Hongen said: "Yes, if it weren't for the stupid pig Tang Enbo, the Sakamoto detachment and the Seya detachment would have been wiped out by the Fifth War Zone, if this is the case, the result of the battle of Xuzhou may be rewritten." ”

"It can't be." Zhong Yi waved his hand and said, "Even if there is no Tang Enbo, the pig holding back, even if the Sakamoto detachment and the Seya detachment are all wiped out, the result of the Battle of Xuzhou will not be rewritten!" ”

Yan Jingguo said: "But it is a fact that the Sakamoto detachment was almost wiped out! ”

"It is indeed a fact that the Sakamoto detachment was almost wiped out." Zhong Yi nodded, and said, "But this doesn't mean that Sakamoto Shun's ability is insufficient, but it is precisely because of the fiasco of Taierzhuang that Sakamoto Shun is more dangerous!" ”

Gao Hongen said awe-inspiringly: "Chief of Staff Zhong is saying that after the old devil Sakamoto Shun suffered a defeat in Taierzhuang, he has been holding his breath in his heart, so he wants to take this opportunity to find a way back?" ”

"yes, that's it." Zhong Yi said, "Shame and courage, this is the most terrifying!" ”

Yan Jingguo said in a deep voice: "So, Chief of Staff Zhong, you hunted Imamura Jun this time, not only is it not a good thing, but it has become a bad thing?" Instead makes the situation worse than before? ”

"Not really." Zhong Yi said, "Killing Jun Imamura is at least a heavy blow to the morale of the Fifth Division!" If they were able to defeat them a few more times, the combat effectiveness of the Fifth Division would have been drastically reduced. ”

Gao Hongen nodded and said: "If the Fifth Division is compared to a bull, then Chief of Staff Zhong's attack on Imamura Jun is like stabbing a sword in the back of this bull, although this sword is not enough to kill, but it leaves a long-bleeding wound, so that the continuous fighting time of this bull is greatly shortened." ”

"That's what it means." Zhong Yi said, "But on the contrary, after this bull is stabbed with a sword, it will fall into a rage, and then burst out with stronger strength, so you have to be mentally prepared." ”

After a pause, he continued: "But on the other hand, as long as you have withstood the first three axes of the Fifth Division, the next battle will be easy to fight." ”

……

At the same time, in the east of Cixi County.

The atmosphere in the conference room was somewhat solemn.

Two old devils with generals on their shoulders sat side by side at the top, on the left and right were eight old devils with the rank of Dazuo on their shoulders, and at the other end of the conference table stood a Dazuo.

The two old devils sitting at the top, one is the brigade commander of the 9th Brigade and Kawashihara Shichi, and the other is the brigade commander of the 21st Brigade, Sakamoto Shun.

The eight big ones on the left and right sides are the eight wing commanders below.

And the big one standing at the other end of the conference table was Takeshi Sakurada, the chief of staff of the Fifth Division.

Takeshi Sakurada had just briefed the two brigade commanders and the eight wing commanders present on the attack on Imamura.

"The division commander was attacked, and that's it." Sakurada Takeshi paused, and then said, "Next, let's wait for the order from the headquarters and the base camp, and now dismiss the meeting." ”

The two brigade commanders and eight wing commanders got up and wanted to leave.

Just then, a communications staff officer hurried in.

"Your Excellency the Chief of Staff!" The communications staff officer bowed to Sakurada Takebuka and reported, "Headquarters emergency telegram!" ”

The two brigade commanders and eight wing commanders who were about to leave sat back in their chairs in unison.

Sakurada Takeshi took the telegram and unfolded it, and after reading it, his brows frowned slightly, and then he stretched out again, and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received an order from His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief that the Fifth Division will be divided into two, with the 9th Brigade and the 21st Brigade as the backbone, and the Hechuan Detachment and the Sakamoto Detachment will be formed respectively. ”

Immediately there was a buzzing whisper in the conference room.

Not only were the eight wing captains surprised by this, but Kawahara Shichi was also a little surprised.

Sakamoto Shun got up and asked, "Sakurada-kun, did His Excellency the Commander-in-Chief say how to split it?" ”

"Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief didn't say anything." Takeshi Sakurada shook his head and said, "I guess let's discuss it ourselves." ”

When Sakamoto Shun heard this, a pair of eagle eyes immediately fell on Kagawahara-shichi, and said, "Kazukawa-kun, then this is a matter for the two of us, what do you want?" ”

And Kawahara Qidao: "I don't have any special requirements, just divide it equally." ”

Sakamoto Shun said: "Kazukawa-kun, I have a proposal, I don't know if you want to hear it?" ”

"A proposal?" And Kawahara Shinichi stretched out his hand and said, "Sakamoto-kun, let's hear it." ”

Sakamoto Shun said: "You and the Sichuan detachment can take one more field artillery brigade, but the tank squadron directly under the division has to give us the Sakamoto detachment." ”

After a moment's thought, Kawahara said, "Yes." ”

Sakamoto Shun said again: "Then now, please choose the battlefield first." ”

He Kawahara Qi originally wanted to choose Jiulong Lake, because the national defense line opposite Jiulong Lake had not been repaired, and the difficulty of breaking through was relatively low, but when Sakamoto Shun said this, he was embarrassed.

At that moment, he and Kawahara Qi said: "Jiulong Lake will be left to your Sakamoto detachment, let's go to Hengjie!" ”

"Yo Xi, and Chuanjun deserves to be a national soldier." Sakamoto Shun was not polite, nodded happily and said, "Then our Sakamoto detachment is not welcome." ”

Then, there was the separation of the cavalry wing, the baggage wing, the engineer wing, and the field hospital.

However, the personnel of the division headquarters were not split, and they were assigned to the Itamoto detachment with Sakurada Takeshi.

After the split, the Wagawa detachment and the Sakamoto detachment were basically the same strength, about 15,000 people.

Then, the Jichuan detachment broke away from the Sakamoto detachment and opened the Hengjie town in the west of Yinxi.

(End of chapter)