"Yes." Usami Rondon said, "That's why we decided to give priority to attacking the convoys of the Shina Army!" ”

"Yo Si." Nishio Shouzo nodded happily and said, "So, you must have already chosen a target, right?" ”

"Yes." Usamitaka paused again and said, "According to the information provided by the Dohihara organ, there are two main transport teams sent by Yinjiang, one of which has more than 10,000 people, and even more than 200 trucks, and this transport team should have become the top priority target of the 13th Army. ”

Usamitaka was talking about the transport team led by the old man Zhao Xingjiu.

After completing the transportation of the first batch of military supplies to the 10th Group Army, this transport team immediately returned to Yinjiang to receive new military supplies, and then went to Jinhua along the Yinjin Highway non-stop.

"With such a large convoy?" Nishio Shouzo frowned when he heard this, and then continued, "This must be to send supplies to the 41st Group Army!" ”

"Yes, that's what we judge." Usamitaka paused, and then continued, "It's a pity that this transport team has already passed Jinhua, not to mention that the ground infantry whip is beyond the reach, even if it is an aviation force, only the Type 96 long-range attack aircraft can attack them." ”

At this time, the pipe next to him said: "Even if a long-range attack squadron is dispatched, it may not be able to pose a threat to the China transport team, because the China people are very cunning and generally only march at night, and our attack aircraft are currently unable to bomb at night!" ”

"Yaga!" Nishio Shouzo cursed and said, "What about the other convoy?" ”

Usamitaka said: "According to the judgment of the Intelligence Division, Zhong Yi is about to provide a large number of military supplies to reward the outstanding performance of the Shina Army in the Battle of Xinchang, the scale of this transport team may not be as large as the one in Jinhua, but the impact is not small, if this transport team can be eliminated, it can cause a heavy blow to the morale of the Shina Army!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Nishio Shouzo nodded happily and said, "What about the plan?" ”

Usamitaka said: "Just now, Hinata Shijun and they have already conducted a war game. ”

Speaking of this, Usamitaka turned his gaze to Hinata Shiaki again, meaning that it was your turn.

Hinata Zhiming immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, the current situation is that the two wings of the 17th Division except for the Kameda Wing, and the three wings of the 15th Division have been fully deployed in Chongren Town and the area west of Zhuniangling, while the opposite Zhina Army is five divisions, of which the 62nd Division was basically disabled in the battle with the Kameda Wing, and the 63rd Division was also severely damaged by the Ikeda Wing in the blocking battle of Zhuniangling. ”

Nishio Shouzo said in a deep voice: "In other words, in the next battle, will the five wings of the Imperial Army face the three divisions of the Chinese Army?" ”

"Hello!" Hinata Zhiming said at a moment's notice, "Even if the Chinese army is at its peak, the combat effectiveness of one of its divisions is equivalent to half of the imperial army, so in this battle, the imperial army is in an absolute advantage in terms of strength." ”

Nishio Shouzo bowed his head lightly, and said, "So, how are you going to fight this battle?" ”

"The whole plan is roughly like this." Hinata Shiaki pointed to the sand table and explained, "Draw the attention of the Shina Army with the Ikeda Wing to maintain the offensive at Zhuniangling, form the left flank fast column with the Gaopin Wing and Otake United, and then form the right flank fast column with the Katakura Wing and Matsuura United, and detour through the paths in the direction of Chatachi and Jingling respectively. ”

"Fast columns? A detour from the path? Nishio said, "Wouldn't it be too risky?" ”

Because the Japanese army has a large amount of heavy equipment, this is both a major advantage and a disadvantage, because of the existence of a large number of heavy equipment, it can only be mobile by road, which greatly limits the flexibility of the Japanese army.

But in all the battles, it was not without Japanese commanders who tried to break through this limitation.

The most typical is the Battle of Nanchang, Okamura Ningji ordered the Japanese 106th Division to throw away all the heavy equipment, trying to take a detour back to the back of the Chinese army, but Xue Yue seized the opportunity to surround the 106th Division, and finally almost annihilated.

That's why Nishio Shouzo is worried.

It was not without attempts to abandon road maneuvering and outflank the Japanese army from the small road, but the results were not ideal.

Usamitaka replied: "Your Excellency Commander-in-Chief, rest assured, the strength of the Shina Army on the Xinchang battlefield is far from being comparable to the Shina Army on the Nanchang battlefield, and the strength of the imperial army that implements a roundabout on the Xinchang battlefield is no less than that of the 106th Division, facing the strength of the four infantry wings, not to mention the Shina Army on the Xinchang battlefield, that is, the Zhina Army on the entire Zhejiang-Fujian battlefield, I am afraid that it will not be able to swallow it in a short time!" ”

"That's just as well." Nishio Shouzo also put his mind at ease, and immediately asked, "So, what about the 11th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade in the north of the Fuchun River and the two divisions of the right cluster, where are they now?" ”

Usamitaka said: "The 11th Brigade is independently mixed, and the lowly post has ordered it to shrink back, and it is not allowed to advance half a step further in Fuchun County!" The two divisions of the right cluster are progressing smoothly, the 22nd Division has captured Qingtian and is attacking in the direction of Lishui, and the 116th Division has also captured Wenling and is attacking in the direction of Taizhou. ”

Listening to Usamitaka's introduction, Nishio Shouzo's gaze shifted from the sand table to the map on the wall next to him.

But I saw that in the south of the situation map of the battle between Zhejiang and Fujian, two huge arrows took Wenzhou as the starting point, one pointed straight to Lishui, and the other pointed to Taizhou along the coastline.

Usamitaka also walked to the map, pointed to the map and said, "The left group has to innovate its tactics because the enemy it faces is stronger, but the enemy facing the right army is only a new division of the Shina Army, which is almost negligible, so there is no need to make tactical innovations, and the plan that was made before can still be carried out." ”

"Yo Si." Nishio Shouzo nodded happily, and said again, "Usami-kun, your move is called a two-pronged approach, not only can you eliminate the living force of the Shina Army as much as possible, but also capture central Zhejiang, western Zhejiang and eastern Zhejiang in the shortest possible time, and complete the encirclement of the Yinjiang River while cutting off the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Highway and the Zhejiang-Fujian Highway!" ”

"Don't dare." Usamitaka paused, "Your Excellency the Commander-in-Chief has praised it. ”

Nishio Shouzo waved his hand and said happily: "Usami-kun, I am completely confident in your ability, so go ahead and do it, I believe you will be able to do it." ”

"Hai, thank you for your trust, Commander-in-Chief."

Nishio Shouzo walked away with peace of mind.