Zhu Niangling, the temporary headquarters of the 51st Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army.

Wing Commander of the 51st Infantry Wing, Ryoji Ikeda, patted Kameda Ichiro on the shoulder and said, "Kameda-kun, there is a way that victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, and if you lose today, you will win back tomorrow!" When you go back to Hangzhou this time, your 54th Infantry Wing must be well reorganized and strive to return to the battlefield as soon as possible. ”

"Hello." Kameda Ichiro paused slightly, "Ikeda-kun, I will definitely come back." ”

"Yo Si." Ikeda nodded happily and said, "Kameda-kun, I'm waiting for you here." ”

"Hello." Kameda Ichiro beat again, and then left depressed with a saber on his shoulder.

Seeing Kameda Ichiro's figure go away, the smile on the corner of Ikeda's mouth slowly turned into a sneer, this lawless team member, still fantasizes about returning to the battlefield? If you are not discharged from active duty, you will burn high incense.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps behind him.

Looking back, I saw the deputy wing captain Ototsu Taniguchi walking over with a blue face.

As soon as he saw Otoo Taniguchi's face, Ryoji Ikeda immediately chuckled in his heart, something happened!

Sure enough, Otomo Taniguchi strode up to Ryoji Ikeda and said with a slam pause: "Captain, it's broken, the Shina army on the other side of Zhuniang Ridge fled overnight!" ”

"Nani?" Ryoji Ikeda said in a lost voice, "The Shina army fled overnight? ”

"Hello." Taniguchi Otoo paused again, and said, "In the second half of yesterday night, the small-scale attack of the Shina army turned out to be just their eye-showing, and the purpose was to cover the withdrawal of the large army!" ”

"Yaga!" Ryoji Ikeda said hatefully, "Cunning Shina! ”

After a pause, Ryoji Ikeda continued: "No, five divisions of the Shina Army have gathered on the opposite side of Zhuniang Ridge, could it be that all five divisions have fled?" ”

"Hello, they've all fled." Taniguchi Otoo said, "Of the several search teams sent by the Humble Position, one of them went deep into the vicinity of Xinchang County, and none of them found any of the Zhina Army!" ”

"Nani?" Ryoji Ikeda lost his voice and said, "You mean, the Shina Army even gave up on Shinsam?" ”

"Hello." Taniguchi Otoo paused again, "When the search team arrived outside Xinchang City, they saw that the city gate was wide open, and it almost became an empty city, because they were worried about the ambush, so the search team did not rush into the city, but from the current point of view, Xinchang County has become an empty city nine times out of ten, and the Zhina army has definitely abandoned the city!" ”

"Baga, these Chinese troops are really excessive." Ryoji Ikeda.

Ikeda's implication was that the Chinese army should stay in the county town of Xinchang and wait for them to fight, which is what the Nationalist army has always done, but this time it was different.

The Chinese army began to care about the gains and losses of one city and one pool.

Otomo Taniguchi said again: "Captain, what now?" ”

Ikeda Ryoji pondered for a moment and then said: "Order, the search team will divide into multiple routes, expand the search area, be sure to find out the escape location of the Shina army, and at the same time report the incident on the Zhuniangling side to the headquarters." ”

"Hello!" Otoo Taniguchi suddenly shook his head and hurried away with his saber on his shoulder.

……

The incident of Zhu Niangling was quickly reported to Shanghai.

Hinata Shiaki immediately came to report to Usamitaka.

"Nani?" After listening to Hinata Shimei's report, Usamitaka was also a little surprised, "The Shina army reacted so quickly, and the imperial army didn't even have time to divide the troops to make a detour, so they slipped away first?" ”

Hinata Zhiming said in a deep voice: "This is actually expected. ”

After a pause, Hinata Zhiming said again: "For the Chinese army, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the imperial army, it is already their limit to hit one or two wings hard, and now the two main divisions of the imperial army are gathered in Xinsheng, and the Chinese army knows that it can't be defeated, and it is actually a reasonable result to slip away in advance." ”

"Yes." Usamitaka said, "We expect the Zhina Army in the Zhejiang-Fujian battlefield to be the same as the Zhina Army in other battlefields, waiting for the imperial army to fight them, but it is a bit wishful thinking, in any case, the commander of the Zhina Army in the Zhejiang-Fujian battlefield is Zhong Yi, not those old-fashioned and brainless senior generals of Zhina." ”

"Yes." Hinata Shiaki paused and said, "But in this way, it has affected our plans. ”

The plan formulated by Usamitaka and Hinata Shiaki was to first eat the transport team from Yinjiang, and then concentrate the forces of the two divisions to turn back and eat the main force of the Tenth Army on the Xinsheng battlefield.

Now the five divisions of the Xinsheng battlefield suddenly slipped away, which had an impact on the next move of the Japanese army, because they could no longer predict where the convoy from the Yinjiang River would go.

On the premise that there is no shortage of the Yinjiang transport convoy, it is very likely that the tactical intentions will be exposed prematurely if the troops are hastily divided and detoured.

Facing an opponent of Zhong Yi's level, once the tactical intent is exposed too early, it will be difficult to have a second chance!

Usamitaka's brows frowned slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "The search team of the 15th Division and the 17th Division have no way to determine the retreat direction of the Shina Army?" ”

Hinata shook his head and said, "I can't be sure." ”

"Yaga." Usamitaka cursed and said, "Then there is no way, I can only turn to Dohihara-kun for help!" ”

With that, Usamitaka hurried back to his office, grabbed the phone and called Kenji Dohihara.

Almost as soon as Usamitaka left on the front foot, the chief of staff of intelligence, Jun, entered the war room again, reported a new piece of information to Hinata Shiaki, and glanced at the sand table by the way.

……

In Yinjiang, Zhejiang-Fujian met the enemy's staff before the battle.

He Wenxi walked up to Zhong Yi with a telegram and said, "Senzai, you expected it again, this little devil Usamitaka has really innovated his tactics. ”

Zhong Yi sighed softly and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

He Wenxi handed the telegram and said: "This is a secret telegram from Shanghai. ”

Zhong Yi took the telegram, and after reading it in a hurry, he sneered: "Usamitaka has a good calculation, and he actually wants to swallow the main force of the Tenth Army in one bite!" ”

"Still, Senzai, the problem is serious." He Wenxi said with a solemn expression, "The little devil took a defensive posture in the north of the Fuchun River, and let the independent mixed 11th Brigade shrink in Fuyang County without leaving the hole, and firmly contained the 41st Group Army on the front line of Jiande, so that in the entire battlefield in central Zhejiang, the devil's strength is two divisions, and with two divisions and regiments against our army's B group army, the devil's chance of victory is still very large." ”

After a pause, He Wenxi stretched out his hand and pointed to the map again: "What's more, there is a bigger trouble." ”

Zhong Yi looked in the direction of He Wenxi's finger, and saw that He Wenxi was referring to the two divisions on the right, one of which was directed to Jinhua, and the other was directed to Taizhou, which was actually not far from the two divisions in Zhejiang, and the straight-line distance was more than 200 miles. ”