Now that the 114th Division has been defeated and scattered and fled, it is possible to wipe them all out if they continue to pursue, but it will also delay the fighters.

Because, after dawn, the Japanese army will find out the situation, and will definitely send planes to bomb it, and at the same time, it will also mobilize a large number of ground troops to rush to reinforcements.

Therefore, Xu Wen promptly ordered to stop the pursuit, and when the troops withdrew and assembled, he instructed Sun Fugui again: "Fugui, you immediately send a telegram to Zhao Shoutian, ordering him to lead the submarine to the vicinity of Hangzhou Bay to standby, and say that there is a new combat mission." ”

"Yes!" Sun Fugui happily accepted the order.

Zhao Shoutian was following Xu Wen's previous orders at this moment, directing the U-boat to wander around the waters near Shanghai, and in order not to reveal their whereabouts, they did not attack the Japanese ships at sea again.

It has been more than half a month since they were separated from Xu Wen, and Zhao Shoutian and the soldiers who stayed behind in the submarine played cards and entertainment in it every day, and occasionally received the good news that the Independent Brigade had won another battle to pass the time.

Zhao Shoutian was tying golden flowers with several subordinates, and a guy in charge of communications came behind him, stood up and saluted him: "Captain, the call from the big boss." ”

Zhao Shoutian was taken aback when he heard this, and immediately turned his head and asked, "What did the big boss say?" ”

"The big boss ordered us to immediately sneak to the vicinity of Hangzhou Bay to stand by, saying that there was a new combat mission." The signal corpsman replied.

Zhao Shoutian immediately stood up when he heard this, stretched out his hand to take the message and read it, and couldn't help but nod excitedly: "It seems that we can finally come in handy again, great." ”

After speaking, Zhao Shoutian put away the telegram, and shouted to the subordinates around him with a sharp gaze: "Brothers, the big boss has an order, hurry up and act!" Let's go to Hangzhou Bay to fight devils! ”

"Yes!" The people, who were originally lazy, got up one after another and promised in unison.

Zhao Shoutian added: "By the way, our Qingfeng Village has now been reorganized into an independent brigade by the National Government, and the big boss is the brigade commander, and everyone will stop calling him the big boss in the future, call him the brigade commander!" Remember them all! ”

"Yes!"

……

It is said that Matsui Ishine followed the advice of Tsukada Tsukashi and Mamoru Iinuma, and after evacuating from the Hongqiao Headquarters, he boarded a naval light cruiser in a small boat to avoid the advance of the independent brigade.

After dawn, the attendant adjutant who followed him hurriedly came and reported to him: "General, General Tsukada has called, the Independent Brigade has stopped its attack on Shanghai and evacuated.

However, a few hours earlier, they had turned around and ambushed the 6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade of the Imperial Army, which had arrived from Hangzhou for reinforcements, and had defeated the 114th Division, which had gone for reinforcements, and are now missing. ”

"Yaga Yalu!" Matsui Shigen was furious when he heard this: "Cunning Zhu Ziming! Immediately send a telegram to Tsukada and order the 3rd Flying Regiment to immediately send fighters to search for traces of the Independent Brigade! ”

"Hay!" The attendant adjutant hurriedly bowed his head and received the order.

"Also, let the ship dock, and we'll go back to headquarters." Matsui Shigen waved his hand and commanded in a deep voice.

……

Hangzhou, headquarters of the 10th Army of the Japanese Army.

Yanagawa Heisuke was furious when he learned that the 6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade had been annihilated and that the 114th Division had also been defeated in Jiaxing and suffered heavy losses.

This will be a rage in the headquarters: "Idiots, Moji Suematsu is a group of idiots, their 114th Division plus the 6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade are thirty or forty thousand people.

It's 30,000 or 40,000 pigs, let the Chinese army kill them, and in less than one night, they can't finish killing! ”

Several staff adjutants next to him were silent, thinking that the key independent brigade was not a butcher, and the imperial army was not a pig, and in some specific battlefield environments, relying on a large number of advanced weapons with powerful firepower, it was sometimes really easier to kill someone than to kill a pig.

Of course, a few devil staff officers didn't dare to say this.

After venting his anger, Yanagawa Heisuke gradually calmed down and asked, "Now Zhu Ziming, where did Zhou Weiguo go?" ”

At this moment, a signal soldier suddenly ran out of the confidential room next door in a panic, and hurriedly reported to Yanagawa Heisuke: "General, the alert troops in the east of the city have discovered a large number of armored combat vehicle units of the China Army, which are rushing towards Hangzhou, they are trying to intercept and block the attack, please send reinforcements to the headquarters as soon as possible!" ”

"Nani?" When Yanagawa Heisuke heard this, he was immediately shocked and angry and shouted at the top of his throat: "The Independent Brigade is coming to Hangzhou? They are going to attack Hangzhou? ”

Not only Yanagawa Heisuke, but also several staff officers of the 10th Army present were also taken aback, and their faces changed drastically, and they looked at each other.

Reinforcements? Where are there any reinforcements in Hangzhou? The 6th Division was basically wiped out, and the 18th Division and the Kunisaki Detachment had already attacked and advanced to the edge of the Yangtze River, hundreds of miles away.

After the 114th Division and the 6th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade were sent out, there were only two newly formed garrison brigades and one cavalry search squadron left in Hangzhou.

The alert force in the east of the city was part of this cavalry search squadron.

Therefore, in this case, the independent brigade rushed straight to Hangzhou, undoubtedly grasping the weakness of the 10th Army.

Therefore, one of the staff officers immediately pretended to have the courage to suggest to Yanagawa Heisuke: "General, now the imperial army in Hangzhou is seriously underwhelmed, and it is simply unable to resist the armored torrent of the independent brigade.

It is recommended that you evacuate by sea immediately and evacuate to a safe place first. ”

"You mean to let me give up Hangzhou?" Yanagawa Heisuke stared at the staff officer of the Great Zuo with an unkind gaze, and said in a gloomy tone.

Dasaku Staff Officer was so frightened by his fierce gaze that he hurriedly lowered his head, and did not dare to look at him and said: "The general is angry, the people of China have a very good saying, leave it to Qingshan and be afraid of no firewood, the general is the commander of the 10th Army of the Empire, if there is a mistake, it will definitely cause the morale of the whole army to shock."

So, please put the big picture first! ”

"What about Hangzhou? If I give up this place, I will definitely become a joke and shame in the emperor's ** world, the head of an army, retreat without a fight, or be scared away by the army, how do you let me gain a foothold in the military world in the future? Yanagawa Heisuke's tone softened a little, still a little cold.

"I am willing to stay in Hangzhou instead of the general and fight to the death with the Chinese army! Until the last soldier! "That Dazuo staff officer took the initiative to ask.

Seeing that Yanagawa Heisuke did not immediately agree, several other staff officers hurriedly followed and persuaded one after another: "Please take the overall situation first, evacuate Hangzhou quickly, and wait for a safe place, and then remobilize troops to encircle and suppress the independent brigade." ”

Yanagawa Heisuke actually had his mind to go, he just wanted a step, and the persuasion of several staff officers was exactly what he wanted, so he nodded reluctantly, and said to the staff officer of Dazuo: "Hirano-kun, this is handed over to you, for the honor of the Imperial Japanese Army, for the dignity of my 10th Army!" Please! ”

Hirano Osa immediately paused: "Hai, please rest assured, the humble post will not disgrace our Imperial Army of the Japanese Empire and disgrace the 10th Army!" ”