Matsui Shigen couldn't help but be taken aback when he heard this, his face turned blue and looked at this communication staff officer, and he gritted his teeth and asked, "What did you say?" ”

Facing Matsui Shigen's fierce gaze, the Devil's Communications Staff Officer lowered his head in fear and said, "General, the 16th Division has been defeated......

"Yaga Tooth Road! How so? Matsui Ishine couldn't believe his ears, he didn't understand how an entire Armor Division could be almost wiped out in one night?

You must know that in the Battle of Songhu, the Japanese army fought with ** for three months, and in the face of the ** squadron of nearly one million troops, the imperial army did not directly lose a single integrated wing.

Not to mention an entire division, the news is too shocking, too unbelievable.

The communications staff officer lowered his head and continued to reply: "General, according to the soldiers of the Imperial Army of the 16th Division who fled back, the 16th Division was fiercely attacked by the tank armored units of the Chinese Army.

They were well-equipped and had great firepower, and the headquarters of the imperial army at all levels were repeatedly damaged, in addition to this, the other Chinese infantry were also like crazy, and they were completely desperate to rush and chase the imperial army.

That's why the Imperial Army suffered such a fiasco! ”

"Yaga!" Matsui Ishine pushed the door out of the car very angrily, and shouted to the accompanying chief of staff, Tsukada Tsukasa and others: "Find out immediately, how can the Shina Army have such an armored force?" Where they came from, who exactly is the commander! ”

"Hay!" Tsukada and other Japanese generals present hurriedly bowed their heads and received orders.

……

Nanjing, garrison headquarters.

After receiving Tang Shengzhi's notice, Chen Cheng, Luo Zhuoying, Liu Xing and a large number of ** bigwigs rushed to the combat conference room one after another.

Without waiting for everyone to sit down step by step, Tang Shengzhi couldn't suppress his excitement and joy, took the communication message handed over to him by the senior staff officer, and said to everyone excitedly: "It is reported that last night, the defenders of Wuxi, under the leadership of Zhu Ziming, Zhou Weiguo and others, attacked back and forth, defeated the main force of the Japanese 16th Division, and annihilated more than 10,000 enemies.

At present, the entire 16th Division has been almost wiped out, and it has completely lost its combat effectiveness! Our army has achieved an unprecedented victory in Wuxi, capturing countless people! ”

As soon as Tang Shengzhi's words came out, everyone was overjoyed.

Especially Chen Cheng couldn't help but slap the table excitedly and praised angrily: "Well done!" This Zhu Ziming is also too good at fighting, and he has created a miracle again! ”

"Yes, first sank the Japanese Navy's flagship cruiser Izumo in Shanghai, and then attacked and successfully decapitated Fujita Susumu and Nakajima Imago in succession, killing the two lieutenant general division commanders of the Japanese army.

Now he has led the troops to achieve a great victory in Wuxi, which is really exciting! ”

Luo Zhuoying, who was the deputy commander of the Nanjing Defense War at the time, couldn't help but nod and praise: "This person's military command ability and fighter capture ability, looking at the country, absolutely no one can match it!" ”

"Such a military wizard, it must be reused! Reuse! Deputy Commander Liu Xing also said excitedly.

Tang Shengzhi looked at everyone and couldn't help but ask happily: "Zhu Ziming has made such a great feat, how do you think we should reward it?" ”

Luo Zhuoying looked at Tang Shengzhi and Chen Cheng and suggested: "At present, the defenders in this area of Wuxi are composed of some small groups of defeated troops who have withdrawn from the Shanghai front, and they lack unified and effective command and control.

I suggest that these 8,000 defenders be combined into an independent brigade and handed over to Zhu Ziming, Zhou Weiguo and other outstanding talents for unified command.

In this way, it can not only commend and reward Zhu Ziming and others, but also twist the troops on the Wuxi front into a rope, which is more conducive to the next defense, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Luo Zhuoying's suggestion was immediately approved by Chen Cheng and others.

Chen Cheng was the first to follow and said: "This suggestion is good, with the command skills of Zhu Ziming and Zhou Weiguo, if all the defenders in the Wuxi area are handed over to them for command, they will definitely be able to hold on for a longer time."

And the longer they hold off the Japanese army in Wuxi, the more beneficial it will be for our army! ”

"Yes, Chief Chen and Chief Luo are reasonable, and we agree." A group of staff officers followed suit.

Tang Shengzhi also felt that this proposal was good, and seeing that everyone supported it, he immediately decided: "That's good, from now on, Zhu Ziming will be promoted to major general of the army, and all the defenders in the Wuxi area will be reorganized into an independent brigade of the National Revolutionary Army, with Zhu Ziming as the brigade commander of the major general, Zhou Weiguo as the deputy brigade commander, and other staff officers, nominated by the two of them through consultation, and report to the garrison headquarters for approval!" ”

……

Wuxi, the temporary battalion headquarters of the independent battalion.

Xu Wen and Zhou Weiguo are drinking and chatting with all the officers above the battalion level in the Wuxi garrison, after all, there is such a big victory, and there is no war for the time being, so it is reasonable to celebrate.

And Xu Wen has other plans, after the First World War last night, Xu Wenming Bai Nationalist Government will definitely have to promote himself, although the official appointment has not yet arrived, he has begun to win the hearts of the people in advance and prepare to be their governor.

Everyone was drinking, and Sun Fugui, who was in charge of guarding the radio station, suddenly ran in excitedly, and saluted Xu Wen, Zhou Weiguo and others: "Big brother, good news, the garrison headquarters has sent a telegram order to unify and reorganize all the defenders in the Wuxi area into an independent brigade of the National Revolutionary Army.

And promote the eldest brother to you to major general of the army, you will be the commander of the independent brigade, Zhou Weiguo will be the deputy brigade commander, and the other staff officers will be appointed by the two of you, and you can report to the headquarters for approval. ”

"Great, big brother is also a general now hahaha!" Li Wu was overjoyed when he heard this, and he was the first to laugh.

A Sichuan regiment commander also hurriedly raised his glass to congratulate Xu Wen: "Congratulations to Chief Zhu, congratulations to Chief Zhu!" ”

"Yes, congratulations on the promotion of the commander to major general! In the future, the brothers will be able to follow Chief Zhu to kill the devil together! Several other key officers rose to raise their glasses.

Although Xu Wen had been mentally prepared, he was still very surprised that Leng Buding was promoted to major general and brigade commander, and when he saw that everyone stood up one after another, he also hurriedly got up and raised his glass and said: "Thank you brothers, you will need your brothers to cooperate in the future, we will protect Wuxi and defend Nanjing City to the death!" ”

"I wish to take Brigade Commander Zhu as the head of the horse! Obey! Everyone expressed their stance in unison.

Zhou Weiguo also stood up, raised his glass and celebrated: "With Brother Zhu's command, we will definitely be able to hold Wuxi and inflict heavy losses on the Japanese army again!" ”

"!" Xu Wen was overjoyed and took the lead in raising a glass.

……

Shanghai, the headquarters of the Japanese army.

Tsukada Tsukata, then chief of the general staff of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, hurriedly walked into the combat conference room, walked to Matsui Shigen, who was waiting for news, and hurriedly stood up and saluted: "General, it has been found out that the commander of the armored unit of the China Army in the Wuxi area is called Zhu Ziming!" ”

"Zhu Ziming? Is that the Zhu Ziming who attacked the Izumo and killed General Fujita Shin? Matsui Shigen frowned when he heard this.

"Yes!" Tsukada attacked: "This person's current identity is, the commander of the Independent Brigade of the National Revolutionary Army in China, with the rank of major general!" At present, he is leading his troops to be stationed in Wuxi, which will become the first obstacle for the imperial army to attack Nanjing! ”