"Your Excellency, Commander, I don't know if you think it would be more appropriate to send that division to complete this roundabout flank mission?" Kawabe Shozo asked in shock in his heart.

Shunroku Hata pondered for a moment and said, "At present, under the battle sequence of the Central China Front, the 3rd Division is the strongest in combat effectiveness!"

If the 3rd Division is dispatched, it will definitely be able to win and be invincible!"

Kawabe Shozo hurriedly patted his ass and said: "What Your Excellency Commander said is very true, the strong combat effectiveness of the 3rd Division will definitely be invincible and invincible."

Hata Junroku frowned and thought about it, and said: "The heavy artillery brigade and tank tank brigade that the base camp has just equipped us with will be divided into a wing and temporarily assigned to the command of the 3rd Division."

"Hay!" Kawabe Shozo hurriedly paused: "In this way, the firepower of the 3rd Division will be unprecedentedly strong."

Coupled with the air fire support of the aviation units, the humble position can already foresee the invincibility of the 3rd Division, while the Chinese defenders are defeated all the way. ”

"We must not be careless until the plan is not successful!

In the previous battles, the reason why the imperial army suffered heavy losses on many occasions was because of our paralysis and underestimation of the enemy.

For example, before the Battle of Shanxi, the North China Imperial Army suffered a big loss in the Battle of Shanxi because it was too smooth.

The battle of Taierzhuang was also because he did not expect that the tiger group that was stirring up wind and rain in Shanxi would suddenly appear there.

That's why there will be failures again and again.

We, the Central China Imperial Army, must not follow the old path of the North China Imperial Army.

I don't believe that with just a small tiger group, no matter how strong he is, how much wind and waves can he stir up?

Therefore, this time, we must heighten our vigilance and order the land-based air force to dispatch reconnaissance planes uninterrupted to carry out high-altitude reconnaissance in Zhoukou and other places, so as to ensure the smooth implementation of this roundabout plan!"

After saying this, Hata Junroku said with a majestic face: "As long as this plan is successful, we will be able to complete our efforts in one battle and gather and annihilate hundreds of thousands of Chinese elite troops."

At that time, the entire Central Plains, even the three towns of Wuhan, and the Yangtze River valley will become the pockets of our Imperial Japanese Army.

Isn't it exciting to think that this vast and fertile land will soon be incorporated into the territory of our Great Japanese Empire?

And as long as this battle is successful, we will be the greatest contributors to the expansion of the territory of the Japanese Empire! ”

Shunroku Hata said not to be careless about the enemy, but in fact, when he said this, he was already careless.

Kawabe Shozo was also deeply attracted by Shunroku Hatata's words, his eyes suddenly flashed, and then he said: "Your Excellency Commander, I think that I can also add my reconnaissance brigade to the battle sequence of the 3rd Division!" ”

"Yo Xi!" Hata Junroku nodded with great satisfaction: "The reconnaissance brigade has made great contributions in this battle of attacking Xuzhou in the north, and at the same time, their strength is also obvious to all!"

With the assistance of this elite unit, the victory rate of the 3rd Division will undoubtedly be greatly improved! ”

"Hay! This is arranged. Kawabe Shozo bowed his head suddenly.

Immediately, he turned around and took the order.

At that time, the 3rd Division was stationed in the vicinity of Fuyang, and after receiving an order from the Front Army Command and learning of the importance of this operation.

The commander of the 3rd Division, Fujita Jin, an old devil, immediately began to mobilize troops and secretly assembled in the Zhoukou area.

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The picture pulls back to Sanyi Village.

That night, because of a hearty victory, the Japanese 16th Division, which had previously committed heinous crimes in Nanjing, was completely annihilated.

And this battle was the first battle after the Tiger Ben Regiment integrated conscription in Xuzhou.

So Yang Chen was rewarding the three armies in Sanyi Village.

During the war, the Tiger Regiment banned alcohol.

However, Yang Chen took out all the orange juice, cola, sprite and other drinks in his personal space.

Enough meat.

Therefore, the thousands of soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment are very happy to eat.

However, at this moment, a sudden telegram interrupted the present feast.

"Tuanza, a new group of emergency electricity!"

"A new rush of electricity?"

Yang Chen was only slightly surprised, and he didn't pay too much attention to it.

Because with the end of the Battle of Taiyuan, there were no major battles in Shanxi after that.

And Li Yunlong's new regiment retreated to the northwest of Shanxi Province for development, so Li Yunlong found himself at this time, only because of weapons and equipment, food, medicine and other problems.

However, when Yang Chen saw the content of the telegram clearly, his expression became serious.

Wang Gui, Xu Hailang, Chen Ming and others, who were drinking at the same table, immediately realized that the situation was wrong, and they all couldn't help but put down the dishes and chopsticks and turned their heads to look this way.

"Tuanza, what's wrong?"

Wang Gui was the first to ask.

"Here's the thing."

Yang Chen told the main content of this telegram as quickly as possible.

"Tuanza, how could Captain Li know such top-secret news?"

Wang Gui continued to ask.

"The 3rd Division of the Japanese Army is now stationed in the Fuyang area.

The underground party happened to have an organization in Fuyang, which was the result of this organization's joint analysis by observing the movements of the Japanese army's 3rd Division and the feedback from the spies who had penetrated into the Japanese army.

Of course, this guess may not be 100% accurate.

But if it is accurate, it will be fatal to the threat to our army! ”

At this time, the rake ear, who had just received Yang Chen's eye signal, had already brought a military map.

Yang Chen will directly pull the wine and food on the wine table, and then put the military map on the table, and motioned for everyone to gather around.

Yang Chen pointed his finger: "Look, this is Zhoukou." At present, there is no regular army of our army in Zhoukou, and only one first party security regiment is responsible for guarding.

Although its number was nearly 3,000, it did not have much combat effectiveness at all, and the Japanese army only needed to dispatch even one infantry brigade to easily take Zhoukou.

Once the Japanese army takes Zhoukou, it can go straight to the Luohe River and completely cut off the north-south connection of the Pinghan Railway.

After that, it went north along the Pinghan Railway and flanked the flanks of our army deployed on the front line of Kaifeng, Zhengzhou and Luoyang.

In order to cover the main forces of the Japanese army in Central China and the Japanese army in North China, they advanced westward along the Longhai Railway.

The ultimate goal is to occupy Lanfeng, Zhengzhou, Luoyang, Xuchang and other important towns in the Central Plains.

At that time, the entire First Theater and the Fifth Theater will be besieged by the Japanese Central China Front and the North China Front in the area south of the Yellow River, at the intersection of the Longhai Railway and the Pinghan Railway.

Once the situation really develops to this point, not only will the entire Central Plains region fall under the iron heel of the Japanese army, but even Hubei will be threatened by the Japanese army. ”

"Zhoukou is just a small county town in eastern Henan, is the situation really so serious?"

Liao Yong, the deputy head of the regiment, subconsciously asked.

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