Both torpedoes hit the target accurately, and a very violent explosion suddenly occurred.

Bang! Bang! Two loud bangs! The 1,000-ton Japanese transport ship was blown up on the spot, then caught fire and exploded, breaking into three sections, and a huge red light shot straight into the sky, reaching a height of tens of meters.

The Yanagawa Heisuke and dozens of his guards and staff officers above were all killed in the explosion and the flames.

The system's prompt soon came: "Ding Dong, congratulations to the host for successfully completing the task of killing the enemy chieftain and getting one million exchange points." ”

Before Xu Wen led the army to attack Changxing at night, he had 101,000 points to redeem, and 200,000 yuan was consumed to replace some American-style equipment for the reserve regiment.

Later, on the way to attack Huzhou, Shanghai, and Hangzhou, in order to replenish fuel for the armored troops, as well as ammunition and other materials, 50,000 were consumed, so before Yanagawa Heisuke was killed, Xu Wen still had 750,000 points left.

With the addition of this new 1 million, the total number of redeemed points has now accumulated to 1.75 million.

After the first blow was successful, Xu Wen was overjoyed and immediately ordered the two submarines to evacuate.

After retreating to a safe place, Xu Wen instructed the signal corpsmen on the submarine: "Immediately send a telegram to inform everyone that our independent brigade has successfully killed the commander of the Japanese 10th Army, Yanagawa Heisuke!"

In addition, tell the Japanese that this is the end of the invasion of our China! ”

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Under Xu Wen's propaganda, Yanagawa Heisuke's death caused an uproar among the Japanese military leaders, and the Japanese base camp was extremely angry and sent the latest telegram to Matsui Ishine and others, demanding that they immediately eliminate the independent brigade at all costs.

In the headquarters of the Japanese army in Central China, after listening to the latest telegram order from the base camp read by the deputy chief of staff, Matsui Ishine and the chief of staff, Tsukada Tsukashi, were all stunned.

Because the base camp demanded that they immediately move troops to eliminate Zhu Ziming and Zhou Weiguo's independent brigade and recapture Hangzhou.

Matsui Shigen said with a heavy face: "Doesn't the base camp know that now is the critical moment to attack Nanjing?" Now draw troops back and counterattack Hangzhou? Random command! ”

Iinuma Mamoru said with a difficult face: "Of course the base camp knows, but there is Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya first, then Tani Shoufu, and then General Yanagawa Heisuke!"

So far, the Imperial Army has already had the commander of the main division, the Shanghai Dispatch Army, and the commander of the 10th Army, all of whom died at the hands of Zhu Ziming's independent brigade!

With such a great shame and humiliation, how could the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor not be angry? ”

Tsukada Kenya nodded with a heavy face: "Yes, the commander of the 3rd Division, Fujita Shin, the commander of the 6th Division, the commander of the 6th Division, Nakajima Imakago, the commander of the 16th Division, Prince Hatohiko of Asakamiya, Yanagawa Heisuke, four lieutenant generals, and one prince, all died on the battlefield of China."

And they all died in the hands of a medium **, no wonder the base camp and His Majesty the Emperor were furious! ”

Matsui Ishine was silent, but his face became very ugly.

After a long time, he calmed down a little and asked Tsukada and Iinuma Mamoruto, "Two, what do you think we should do?" ”

Hearing Matsui Ishine's question, Mamoru Iinuma was taken aback and said, "Isn't the general going to carry out the orders of the base camp?" ”

Matsui Shigen said indifferently: "The generals are outside, and the military order is not subject to it!" What do you think would happen if I insisted on capturing Nanjing first and then sending troops to encircle and suppress the Independent Brigade? ”

Mamoru Iinuma glanced at Tsukada, who was also surprised, and finally Tsukada replied, "General, if this is the case, even if the Imperial Army captures Nanjing and destroys the Independent Brigade in the end, the base camp will still hold you accountable for disobeying military orders." ”

The following words, Tsukada Tsukasa did not elaborate, the implication is obvious, if he does not follow the orders of the base camp, then Matsui Ishone's military career and future may come to an end.

For example, the 91 Incident was committed by some young Zhuang officers such as Ishihara Wan'er, united with ambitious people within the Kwantung Army, and concealed it from the Kwantung Army Headquarters at that time.

Even the commanders of the Kwantung Army did not know, let alone their base camp.

Although for various reasons, the adventurous operation of the young Zhuang faction of the Kwantung Army was ultimately successful.

But after the incident, the real mastermind Ishihara Waner was permanently transferred out of the power center and the front-line army, and has not been reused again.

Although the September 1 Incident has brought tremendous benefits to Japan, this matter must be explained to the base camp, and there must always be someone to take the blame.

It's clear that Ishihara is the man behind the pot.

Otherwise, with Ishihara's strategic vision and command mind, he must be one of the most dazzling generals in the Japanese military circles.

Getting back to the point, after listening to Mamoru Iinuma's words, Matsui Ishine fell silent again, obviously he was also weighing the pros and cons of whether to disobey his orders.

As a subordinate of Matsui Ishone, Tsukada still persuaded: "General, why don't we compromise!" ”

Matsui Ishone, who was in a dilemma, heard this, and immediately looked up at him and asked, "What kind of compromise?" ”

"The main force of the Nationalist Government has been defeated by the elite of the Imperial Army in Shanghai, and the soldiers stationed in Nanjing are all defeated generals of some Imperial Army, and their combat effectiveness is not strong!

The only independent brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness is now in Hangzhou!

And the forces that the imperial army is now using to besiege Nanjing, there are a total of 4 divisions, the 9th, 11th, 13th, and 1st, the Kunisaki detachment, the Shigeto detachment, and the independent 5th heavy artillery brigade!

He believed that with only one or two divisions, the United Formation Detachment and the Shigeto Detachment, and the cooperation of the Navy and Air Force, Nanjing would definitely be captured!

Therefore, I suggest that the surplus troops can be transferred back and cooperate with the 114th, 3rd Division and other divisions to counterattack Hangzhou! Encircle and suppress the Independent Brigade! Capture Zhu Ziming alive!

In this way, we will not be disobeying the orders of the base camp, and we will not delay the strategic action of capturing Nanking and forcing the military government of China to surrender. ”

Iinuma said: "If we transfer two or three divisions from the front line back, then the strength of the troops attacking Nanjing will be greatly weakened, and the final time for conquering will probably be delayed!" Mamoru Iinuma raised his concerns.

"Moreover, I don't know if Your Excellency Chief of Staff has thought about it, and it will take at least two days for the Imperial Army to transfer the strength of the three divisions from the front line.

During this time, the Independent Brigade had plenty of time to escape, and took the initiative to abandon Hangzhou and move to a safe place! ”

Tsukada saw that what Mamoru Iinuma said made sense, and he couldn't refute it, so he said to Matsui Ishone: "General, everything has pros and cons, on the one hand, the base camp and His Majesty's order of the Emperor, on the other hand, the strategic plan to capture Nanjing, how to choose, and please take an idea, general!" ”

Matsui thought about it, but in the end he still didn't have the courage to disobey orders with his political future and military career.

So he ordered Tsukada and Iinuma Mamoru very seriously: "Immediately transfer the 1st Division, the 9th Division, the 11th Division, and the 5th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade back to prepare to encircle and suppress the Independent Brigade!"

The 13th Division was ordered to continue the frontal attack, and the Kunisaki Detachment and the Shigeto Detachment quickly outflanked and cooperated with the 13th Division to capture Nanjing! ”

"In addition, the 3rd Division and the 114th Division were all handed over to the unified command of Shigeharu Suematsu, and ordered them to immediately approach Hangzhou and contain the independent brigade!

After the arrival of the above three divisions and the 5th Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade, we will concentrate our forces to encircle and suppress the Independent Brigade! Tell Ji Jia Liangfu that they must move quickly, and they must rush back to Hangzhou within 12 hours! ”

"Hay!" Tsukada Tsukashi and Iinuma Mamoru were very knowledgeable and no longer persuaded them, and they bowed their heads and received orders at the same time.