"Zhong Yi's coastal defense corps and the main force of the 41st Group Army are in Songyang?" Nishio Shouzo's two eyes widened more and more, and he lost his voice, "You mean, this is Zhong Yi's tactical deception?" ”

"Hello!" Usami solemnly paused, "It should be!" ”

"No, it shouldn't be." Nishio Shouzo frowned and said, "Because of the refusal to transfer troops to defend Xikou, the relationship between Zhong Yi and Chang Kaishen is very stiff, and it is precisely because of this that Chang Kaishen is not far away for hundreds of miles, and the troops of the 41st Group Army are transferred from northern Zhejiang to Xikou, so how can the main force of the 41st Group Army suddenly appear in Songyang?" ”

"Your Excellency, Commander-in-Chief." Usamitaka said, "Don't you understand? This is just a play sung by Chang Kaishen, the leader of the Chinese branch, with Zhong Yi, the purpose of which is to confuse our public and the public, attract the heavy army group of the imperial army to Xinshengshan District, and then create an opportunity for them to encircle and annihilate the 116th Division. ”

"Encircling and annihilating the 116th Division?" Nishio Shouzo said coldly, "Then they have to have this ability, even if the 41st Group Army is the most capable of fighting among the dozens of group armies of the Zhina Army, and even if there are two detachments of the Coastal Defense Corps, if you want to eat the 116th Division in a short period of time, it is simply wishful thinking." ”

Under normal circumstances, a single wing of the Japanese army could easily defeat a division of the Chinese army.

If it is a division or regiment, it is absolutely impossible to defeat the Chinese army as a group army.

"But." Usamitaka said again, "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, now that the 116th Division has been divided, and the Yamazaki Brigade is already in Songyang, the distance between it and the main force of the 116th Division is at least more than 100 kilometers. ”

"It's just more than a hundred kilometers, it's not a big deal, you can get there in a day with a quick march, ......" Speaking of this, Nishio Shouzo continued, "Usami-kun, what you said about more than 100 kilometers is a straight-line distance?" There is no road between Songyang County and Wuyi County, where the main force of the 116th Division is located, which means ......"

"Hello." Usami solemnly paused the first word, "That is to say, if the 116th Division goes to respond, it must first return to Lishui the same way, and then go from Lishui to Songyang, but in this way, the actual distance has become more than 200 kilometers, considering the blocking on the way, I am afraid that five days may not be enough." ”

"Yaga!" Nishio Shouzo's facial muscles immediately began to twitch.

If the two armies open up a frontal confrontation, Nishio Shouzo is very sure that the 116th Division can definitely carry the 41st Group Army of the National Army plus the coastal defense corps head-on, but if it is only the Yamazaki Brigade, it will be very dangerous to face the 41st Group Army of the National Army, and it will be extremely difficult to survive five days!

After a pause, Usamitaka said again, "Moreover, there is another worry about the lowly position. ”

Nishio Shouzo looked abrupt and asked, "Usami-kun, what are you worried about?" ”

Usamitaka said in a deep voice: "I am also worried that this is a trap set by Zhong Yi, if the main force of the 41st Group Army is not in Songyang, but on the halfway from Lishui to Songyang, and the main force of the 116th Division is rushing to help, it will just fall into Zhong Yi's calculation and be ambushed halfway!" ”

Nishio Shouzo couldn't help but gasp.

Building a position to fight a defensive battle is completely different from being ambushed by the Chinese army on the way.

To tell the truth, Nishio Shouzo also went to Germany to study in his early years, and he had a clear understanding of the gap in firepower and combat effectiveness between the Japanese army and the German army.

Compared to the German army, the Japanese army's attack power was actually very mediocre.

Because of the weakness of infantry firepower and the backwardness of armored forces, the Japanese army's ability to attack fortified positions was not at the same level as that of the German army.

However, when it comes to defensive warfare, the Japanese army is the first in the world!

Nishio Shouzo was very sure that under the same troop strength, as long as the Japanese army built a defensive position in advance, then neither the German, Soviet, or British troops could break through their Japanese defenses!

Therefore, if the 116th Division was suddenly ambushed by the national army on the way to help, as Usamitaka feared, the effect of hastily moving from march to defense would be completely different from the defensive operation with fortifications built in advance.

After a long time, Nishio Shouzo said, "Usami-kun, you better hurry back to Shanghai." ”

"Hello." Usamitaka slammed his head, then hurried away with his saber in his hand.

Seeing Usamitaka's figure go away, Nishio Shouzo's face became gloomy again.

……

At the same time, thirty miles west of Lishui County, there is a mountain called Zoumaling.

There is a small village called Dongshan Village at the foot of Zoumaling, and at this time hundreds of national troops have been stationed.

The more than 100 national troops stationed in Dongshan Village were the enemy's staff headquarters before the Zhejiang-Fujian Battle led by Zhong Yi, because Zhong Yi had come to western Zhejiang, so the former enemy's staff headquarters of the entire Zhejiang-Fujian Battle also moved to western Zhejiang, and in Yinjiang, only a Zhejiang-Fujian Battle Staff Headquarters presided over by Ding Bai was left behind.

At this moment, Zhong Yi and He Wenxi and several other staff officers were studying the enemy situation around the map.

He Wenxi said: "If nothing else, the blocking battle of the Rong 1st Division in Songyang County must have alarmed the little devil Usamitaka, then next, our intentions can no longer be concealed." ”

"Don't hide it." Zhong Yi shook his head and said, "At this time, what combat intentions are you still concealing?" ”

He Wenxi said: "If this is the case, most of the main forces of the 116th Division that have entered Wuyi County will return to the division to rescue the Yamazaki Brigade in Songyang, although the eight main divisions of the 41st Group Army have gathered in Songyang, but if you want to gnaw the hard bone of the Yamazaki Brigade, it will take seven or eight days to say the least, then our blocking task is arduous enough." ”

The battle of western Zhejiang was only a rough idea, and a detailed battle plan was not formulated before leaving.

This is also normal, because the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and before arriving in western Zhejiang, I don't know what the specific situation of the battlefield in western Zhejiang is, and even if a combat plan is formulated, it is in vain.

Therefore, He Wenxi instinctively thought that Zhong Yi's plan was to concentrate the eight main divisions of the 41st Group Army to carry out an encirclement and annihilation battle against the Yamazaki Brigade, while the two detachments of their coastal defense corps were responsible for blocking the attack.

If this is the case, the task of blocking the main force of the 116th Division with two detachments is really quite arduous.

"Block?" Zhong Yi smiled slightly, and then continued, "It will never be possible to block the attack, and our coastal defense corps will only fight ambushes!" ”

"Ambush?" He Wenxi was stunned and said, "At present, our combat intentions have been completely exposed, even if the main force of the 116th Division goes south to rescue, it will definitely be prepared, how can it be ambushed?" ”