"Nani?" Hearing this, Shunroku Hata's face changed slightly, and he said, "The 10th Division has come ashore from Pukou?" ”

"Hello." Kawabe Shozo paused and said, "Although His Royal Highness said on the telegram that the 10th Division would rush to Feicheng to assemble as scheduled, he thought that this was just his excuse, and the reason why he led the 10th Division to go ashore from Pukou ahead of schedule was probably for Xu Rui and the Dameishan Independent Regiment. ”

Shunroku Hata frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "What about the 16th Division?" ”

Hebian Zhengsan paused and reported: "Half an hour later, I just received a report from the Third Fleet that the 16th Division had entered the Yangtze River from Wusongkou. ”

Shunroku Hata asked again, "Did His Highness Tsugahiko say where the 16th Division will go ashore?" ”

Kawabe Shozo said: "This is not specifically explained, it should still be ashore in Wuhu." ”

"That's good." Shunroku Hata breathed a sigh of relief and said in a deep voice, "As long as the 15th and 16th divisions can rush to Feicheng to join the Kumamoto division as scheduled, and launch an attack from the northern foot of Dabie Mountain in time, the battle of Wuhan will be won. ”

Shozo Kawabe said: "Your Excellency General, His Royal Highness Natsuhiko ...... over there"

"Let him go." Shunroku Hata smiled coldly and said, "There are always some people in China who stubbornly think that Xu Rui is just a regiment leader, and the Dameishan Independent Regiment is just a regiment, as if they can eliminate it with a snap of their fingers, they don't know that Xu Rui's opponent is far more cunning and difficult to deal with than they imagined!" ”

Kawabe Shozo was a little embarrassed, although Hata Shunroku didn't say who it was, only replaced it with some people, but Kawabe Shozo is not stupid, how can he not hear that Hata Shunroku is referring to the imperial family, and even to the emperor himself!

It's no secret that Emperor Hirohito was already dissatisfied with Shunroku Hatata, but few people know that Shunroku Hata was even more dissatisfied with Emperor Hirohito.

In fact, in the minds of the older senior generals of the Japanese army, the young and belligerent Emperor Hirohito was not very popular, and it was precisely because of this that the plan to abolish the emperor appeared in the 226 incident, but due to the existence of the Baden-Baden League, it failed in the end, and the power of the royalists expanded even more anyway.

Although Emperor Hirohito summoned him to the Imperial Court for a long talk before Shunroku Hata took office, it was obviously impossible for Shunroku Hata to change his perception of Hirohito in his mind.

Especially after the crushing defeat of the Kumamoto division at Hijo, the divide between Hirohito and Shunroku Hata became even greater, Hirohito stubbornly believed that everything possible must be done to eliminate Xu Rui and his independent regiment first, while Shunroku Hata gradually moved closer to his two predecessors.

Shunroku Hata realized more and more that it was impossible to do anything with Xu Rui and his independent regiment before completely ending the battle on the frontal battlefield, Xu Rui and his independent regiment were like ringworm growing on the human body, and if you didn't take care of your body, it would be absolutely impossible to get rid of the ringworm.

Therefore, after the embankment burst at the mouth of the garden, for a long time, Hatatake, Shunroku did not pay attention to Hirohito's will, and did not let the exhausted 6th, 9th, and 13th divisions provoke Xu Rui's independent regiment, but ordered these three divisions to be stationed in Feicheng and Bengbu to reorganize the army and recuperate.

As a witness to the fiasco of Hijo, Shozo Kawabe also believes that Shunroku Hatata's decision is correct.

Speaking from the heart, before coming to Central China to send the remarks to take office, Kawabe Shozo did not take Xu Rui seriously, and before Xu Rui's various achievements, Kawabe Shozo stubbornly believed that either the Central China Dispatch was too careless, or the Central China Dispatch was deliberately exaggerating the facts to cover up his incompetence.

But after arriving in Central China, especially after experiencing the Battle of Feicheng, Kawabe Shozo finally understood that this was not because of the carelessness of the Central China Army, let alone the fact that the Central China Army was deliberately exaggerating the facts, it turned out that Xu Rui was so difficult!

Others fight honestly when they fight, but Xu Rui can even broadcast public opinion as his weapon, and many of his tactics are incredible, but they are very effective! For example, the battlefield radio he made greatly boosted the morale of the Chinese soldiers, and its power was no less than that of a division!

Also, the Dameishan Independent Regiment was miraculously "resurrected from the dead" after it was completely annihilated.

So far, the Central China Command has not figured out what is going on, but some staff officers have put forward conjectures, believing that the independent regiment has dug tunnels in the city, and the main force of the independent regiment has not been annihilated, but is hidden in the tunnels! Wait for the Kumamoto division to think that the overall situation has been timed, and then fight it out and turn the tables in one fell swoop.

In the face of such a scheming and scheming opponent, you can't be careless!

Xu Rui's opponent is already difficult enough, and the terrain of Dameishan is even more extremely unfavorable, and the ending of the Kawaguchi detachment has proved that if you send a small number of troops to Dameishan, it is basically no different from sending them to death, but if you send a large army to sweep Dameishan, it will inevitably affect the battle of Wuhan.

So the wisest thing to do now is to ignore him for now.

Wait until the battle of Wuhan ends smoothly, and then turn around and crush Xu Rui in one fell swoop with the momentum of Mount Tai!

However, it is a pity that His Majesty the Emperor seems to have a hard time understanding the distress of His Excellency the General, and His Royal Highness Higashikuri Tsugahiko can't wait to find Xu Rui for revenge.

Shaking his head, Kawabe Shozo said again: "Your Excellency, General, I'm afraid you still have to say something to His Royal Highness Tsugahiko, I'm not afraid of anything else, I'm afraid that His Royal Highness Tsukihiko lacks a concept of Xu Rui's awesomeness, so he lacks the necessary precautions, if so, his personal safety is very worrying." ”

Hata Junroku's expression was stunned when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice: "You mean, Xu Rui may launch a decapitation battle?" ”

"Your Excellency, this is entirely possible!" Kawabe Shozo said, "Don't forget, Xu Rui himself came out of the Brandenburg special forces training camp, and under him, there is a special forces force with extremely strong combat effectiveness, so you can't help but guard against it." ”

Shunroku Hata nodded approvingly and said, "Riverside-san, you're right. ”

At that moment, Shunroku Hata picked up the telephone and said, "Pick me up from the Purple Mountain Barracks." ”

After a while, the phone was connected, and Shunroku Hata said in a deep voice: "Okahara-san, please come to the headquarters immediately, there is an urgent mission." ”

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At the same time, Xu Rui also convened an emergency military meeting.

After all the officers above the battalion level arrived, Xu Rui said: "I just received news from Nanjing that Dongjiu Tsuyan and his 2nd Army have arrived in Wuhu. ”

As soon as Xu Rui's words fell, there was a burst of cheers in the conference room.

"Donkey Day, this little devil is still here after all."

"My good, now there is finally a battle to fight, and this time can suffocate Lao Tzu."

"Hold back the calf thing, this little devil has been grinding for so long, and he is finally here."

"Regiment commander, this time we have to say that no matter what, we will let our 2nd battalion fight the main attack."

More than a dozen battalion commanders blew up the pot at once, rolled up their sleeves one by one, rubbed their hands, and couldn't wait to fight with the little devils immediately, this is a strong army, a strong army, never afraid of war, in the face of war, they will only feel excited, excited, and only scream.

Seeing more than a dozen battalion commanders arguing there, Wang Husheng and Qiu Feng were also deeply excited.

Qiu Feng, director of the Political Department, was particularly touched, because he used to be the commander of the special service company of the 58th Division, although the 58th Division could not be compared with the Imperial Forest Division like the 88th Division, but because of the relationship between the teacher and Yu Jishi, the equipment of the 58th Division was no worse than that of the 88th Division, but in the 58th Division, Qiu Feng had never experienced such a scene.

So Qiu Feng once again reminded Wang Husheng of the old words: "Political commissar, you just let me go to the army, I don't want to be the director of this political department, I want to go to the front-line army to lead the troops!" ”

Up to now, the newly formed 10 battalions have lacked several battalion commanders.

Qiu Feng had already moved his heart and went to Xu Rui, Xu Rui was full of promises, but Wang Husheng had to nod his head in this matter, but Wang Husheng refused on the grounds that there was a lack of people in the Political Department.

Qiu Feng's old words were brought up again, Wang Husheng nodded and said, "I'll think about it." ”

"Commissar, what else are you thinking about?" Qiu Feng was anxious, "I was not born as a political work cadre, and it is not right to be the director of the political department, so you can let me go to the army." ”

"Look, you're in a hurry." Wang Husheng smiled and said, "Okay, I'll approve it." ”

"Commissar, thank you, thank you so much." When Qiu Feng heard this, he was overjoyed.

Wang Husheng shook his head and said, "Don't be busy thanking you first, even if you get out of the army right now, this battle will not be able to catch up no matter what." ”

"Why?" Qiu Feng was a little stunned when he heard this.

Wang Husheng shook his head, and then snorted at Xu Rui.

After more than a dozen battalion commanders had enough of arguing, Xu Rui got up and said, "Enough is enough?" ”

Seeing Xu Rui get up, more than a dozen battalion commanders attending the meeting closed their mouths one after another, and the entire conference room immediately became silent.

Xu Rui said: "Although the 2nd Army of Dongjiu Eryan has arrived in Wuhu, most of them will only pass through Anhui and will not come to our Dameishan, so except for the Wolf Tooth Squadron, 1st Battalion, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion and Cavalry Battalion, what should the rest of the battalions do, veterans, Lao He, Lao Wan, and Lao Xu stay, and the rest can get out." ”

Except for Leng Tiefeng, He Guangming, Wan Chongshan, Xu Dekun and Tie Gang, the rest of the battalion commanders immediately clamored.

Yao Lei, the commander of the 1st Pre-Battalion, said very unhappily: "Regiment Commander, there is nothing wrong with our Pre-1st Battalion, so what are you asking me to do at the regiment headquarters?" With this kung fu, it is better to sleep. ”

"Yes." Several battalion commanders thought so deeply that they echoed in a loud voice.

"Why did you come here?" Xu Rui smiled and said, "I called you here just to tell you one thing, the battle has to be fought, but if you can't hurry up and train the troops well, it will not be your turn to fight next time, if you want to participate in the war, you will hold back your strength to train the recruits under your hands." ”

PS: I recommend a book "The Blood Song of the Anti-Japanese Sichuan Army", which is well written, don't miss it if you like the Anti-Japanese War and like the Sichuan Army.