"This Eleventh Army is really difficult enough, it seems that it has become a habit to disobey orders repeatedly, and I always like to do it against the orders of my superiors, which makes me feel a headache!" Matsui Taikuro said.

On the evening after Shibayama Kanshiro left, Chen Gongbo specially held a grand welcome reception in order to welcome the new Supreme Military Adviser, Lieutenant General Yazaki Kanten, and all the high-ranking government officials in Jinling attended, and Chen Mingxiang naturally came to the scene.

As soon as he said a few words to Zhou Gaohai, he was called aside by Matsui Taikuro, who was attending the drinking party, and sat down and chatted with Yazaki Kanten and other Japanese generals.

This kind of special treatment not only made the traitors of Wang's puppet government look red, but even Yazaki Kanten was muttering, and Chen Mingxiang's status as a Chinese man seemed to be beyond his imagination.

"Why, Your Excellency, the commander of the Eleventh Army, has contradicted the opinion of the General Headquarters again?" Chen Mingxiang said with a smile, thinking that there was a conflict between Isamu Yokoyama and Shunroku Hatata.

"It's not Yokoyama's problem this time, but it has something to do with him, it's the staff officers of the 11th Army who are tossing, and they think that Yokoyama's battle plan is in line with reality." Matsui Taikuro said.

The units of the 11th Army launched an attack on the Hongqiao area west of Hengzhou, and at the same time reported to the headquarters of the Sixth Front Army and the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, preparing to continue their advance towards Xiaoxiang and capture the local airfield.

However, after comprehensive consideration, the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army only agreed that the 11th Army would repel the defenders of the Shancheng government defending the front line of Hongqiao, and did not agree to attack Xiaoxiang at present, which would disperse the troops.

However, the reply made by the Chief of the General Staff, Matsui Taikuro, in accordance with the wishes of Marshal Shunroku Hatata, immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction within the headquarters of the 11th Army.

The staff officers held that the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Corps had restricted the combat operations of the 11th Army and interfered with the power given by the General Staff Headquarters to the corps commanders to command and use troops on their own in accordance with changes in the enemy's situation after the offensive began.

"How is it possible that the staff of the army command should veto the order of the general headquarters? Isn't this the following offense? Chen Mingxiang said with a look of surprise.

"Chen Jun, you don't know the weight of the position of staff officer in the imperial army, they can be said to be a special group, let me tell you, soldiers who have not served as staff officers will basically not become generals in the imperial army system, and they must go through the training of this position." Yazaki Kanten said with a smile.

The staff of the Japanese army was the second most strange phenomenon in the Japanese army during World War II, in addition to the dog-eat-dog between the navy and the army.

The status of the Japanese army staff officers was very high, and they were the ones who drew up battle plans and issued orders, and for example, the staff officers of the wing only obeyed the command of the staff officers of the brigade and regiment, while the staff officers of the brigade and regiment only obeyed the command of the staff officers of the divisions and regiments.

The military commander has the right to veto the plans of the staff officers, but it is always them who make the plans, and the military commanders of the troops cannot veto the combat plan issued by the Japanese superiors, and it is these staff officers who convey the combat plan of the superiors!

For example, it is often seen that on the military uniform of the Japanese army, someone wears a ribbon, which is called ornamentation, and not every Japanese officer can wear it. In the Japanese army, only generals and staff officers can wear it, so it is not only an ornament, but also a status symbol.

The Japanese generals wore yellow three-strand three-entry gold threads, mainly ornaments used in dresses, while staff officers wore six-strand six-strand gold threads, which were one of the configurations of regular uniforms, so it can be seen that the status of staff officers was transcendent.

Isamu Yokoyama was a man who was able to suppress the staff officers, he was belligerent and good at using troops, and the staff officers of the army headquarters were particularly obedient to him, because such commanders were in line with their belligerent instincts, and the orders of the general headquarters of the sending army were contrary to their ideas.

He then sent a telegram of protest to the General Headquarters of the Dispatch Army, complaining about the reasons for why the scope of operations should be expanded, and arguing that it was within the scope of his authority for the Army Commander to direct the use of troops in accordance with the situation on the battlefield, and that the General Headquarters was interfering with the power of the Army Command.

This kind of tough appeal and protest is not once or twice, and there are usually three ways for the higher command organization to deal with it.

The first is to simply not provoke this group of staff officers, and the other party will reply as much as they want, so as not to take responsibility for problems in the future.

Second, the higher command dispatched a deputy chief of staff or chief of operations staff officer to the combat unit to persuade and suppress them, and the staff officers of the army headquarters cannot jump with the staff officers of the general headquarters.

Third, the operational staff officers of the General Headquarters were dispatched to the combat units to understand the actual situation and submit a report on the solution, which would be handled by the higher authorities.

"And how did you deal with this? They are disobeying the order and violating the authority of the higher command organization. Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

"I sent staff officers to the front of Hengzhou to have a deep talk with the staff officers of the 11th Army, and also went to the front line to carefully investigate, but I didn't expect the troops of the Shancheng government to retreat at an unexpected speed, creating an opportunity for the 11th Army to continue the offensive."

"Therefore, the concern about the dispersion of forces no longer exists, and the General Headquarters agreed that they would continue the offensive according to the original plan, occupy Xiaoxiang and Quanzhou, and be ready to attack Guizhou and Liuzhou at any time." Matsui said helplessly.

This guy Isamu Yokoyama has already eaten disobedience, and now his staff officers are the same, Senior General Okamura Ninji, who is newly appointed as the commander of the Sixth Front Army, is still not familiar with the situation and cannot react to the actions of the Eleventh Army, besides, he does not think that Yokoyama Isamu will succumb to Okamura Ninji's suppression, and this bastard even Marshal Shunroku Hata dares to contradict it.

"Your Excellency General, the Eleventh Army of the Imperial Army can defeat the Shancheng Government Army so quickly and enter the territory of Gui Province, I think the third phase of the war will soon be over." Chen Mingxiang said with a smile.

He found it a little difficult to accept this result, and the Shancheng government was near Hengzhou, but it mobilized the 37th, 62nd, and 79th armies, and the newly formed 19th Infantry Division, plus the local second assault column, and also mobilized the most elite 73rd, 74th, and 100th armies.

In other words, in order to stop the Japanese army, the Ninth Theater of the Shancheng Government mobilized the main forces of six armies and one division, and it actually retreated in less than two days, opening the door to Gui Province!

If the other party takes Xiaoxiang and Quanzhou, it will be equivalent to approaching Guizhou, that is, the distance of more than 200 miles, how did this battle be fought?