On September 10, 1938, with the unfolding of the Battle of Wuhan, a total of more than 1.4 million Chinese and Japanese troops fought in an area of several thousand miles, and as the battle progressed, the Japanese army gradually gained an advantage.

It was getting dark, and night reigned again. The building that was the headquarters of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army was still brightly lit, especially in the war room, which was full of people, and more than a dozen staff officers were constantly busy in the hall of more than 100 square meters, looking chaotic.

Okamura Ninji, as the commander of an army of more than 100,000 people, naturally did not mix with a group of staff officers, and at this time he was sitting in his small office, looking at the stack of telegrams on the table in a daze.

"Tuk tuk tuk ......" There was a knock at the door.

"Come in!"

The door was gently pushed open, and Major General Nobuyoshi Numata, chief of staff of the Eleventh Army, walked in with a folder under his arm, stood behind Okamura Ninji and whispered: "Your Excellency Commander, this is a message just sent by the Suzuki Brigade. After speaking, Numata Nobuyoshi took out a telegram from the folder and handed it to Okamura Ninji with both hands.

Okamura Ninji did not take the telegram, but asked in a deep voice: "Didn't the Suzuki Brigade still capture Koganayama?" ”

"Yes." Numata Nobuyoshi said with some shame: "The commander of the Suzuki Brigade said that the defenders of Koganiyama are extremely tenacious, they have not only built a complete position, but also the firepower is so fierce that the Suzuki Brigade has no results in a day of fighting. ”

Okamura Ninji took a deep breath: "What about aviation...... Did the aviation make a sortie? ”

"Aviation is on a sortie." Numata Nobuyoshi said helplessly: "But the effect is not very good, but the loss of several planes, the commander of the Suzuki brigade asked to increase the scale and intensity of the bombing tomorrow, otherwise he does not dare to guarantee that he can capture Xiaojinshan on time." ”

"Little Gold Mountain...... Shandong Shigu County Independent Security Corps...... Su Jin! Okamura squinted his eyes, and said slowly, albeit slowly. But Numata Nobuyoshi could clearly hear the chill in his words.

It stands to reason that the person who can make a commander so concerned should be at least a big figure in the national army, and at worst, he should be the commander of a group army or a corps commander, but who would have thought that the other party would be just the head of a militia group, this is really a great irony.

Seeing that Okamura Ninji was in a very bad mood, Numata Nobuyoshi couldn't help but comfort: "Your Excellency, Commander, you don't have to worry. Xiaojin Mountain will definitely be captured, what kind of independent security group wants to try in vain to resist the footsteps of the imperial army is just a mantis arm to block the car, and what Suzuki-kun needs now is just a little time. ”

"But the problem is that what we lack right now is time!" Okamura Ninji interrupted him unceremoniously, grabbed the stack of telegrams on the table and waved it: "Look at it, these are all telegrams from Junrokuro Matsuura today, there are eleven letters, eleven letters, do you understand?" The division, which totaled more than 13,000 people, now had less than 5,000 men left, and they were almost unable to hold on, but the reinforcements were unable to make peace with them. And Junrokuro Matsuura also reported that their officers had lost too much, and the field hospital was already full of seriously wounded people, and it seemed that they were about to be unable to hold on, what do you say we should do? ”

Numata Nobuyoshi is also dumb, according to the current situation, the 106th Division can hold out for about four or five days at most, if the reinforcements do not arrive in these days, I am afraid that it will really set a shameful record of the entire division being annihilated, and Numata Nobuyoshi does not dare to say that the 106th Division should quickly break through this kind of suggestion, because he knows that once the 106th Division abandons the existing position. I am afraid that they will be torn apart by the national army surrounding them in less than a day.

Ryoku Okamura Ninji said as if he had made up his mind: "Numata-kun, please record the order!" ”

Numata Nobuyoshi quickly took out a pen from his jacket pocket and opened the folder.

Okamura Ninji pondered for a while and said, "You immediately organize one hundred and ten lieutenant-level officers and twenty junior officers. Tomorrow morning, planes will be airdropped to the Wanjialing area to strengthen the will of the 106th Division to resist. Then I sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Yoshito Matsumoto of the 3rd Flying Division, asking him to increase the bombing of Koganyama tomorrow, and I must blow up Koganzan for me! In the end, Okamura Ninji's expression became hideous.

"Hay!"

Numata Nobuyoshi hurriedly brushed it up, and when he finished writing, he asked carefully, "Your Excellency Commander." Shall we send another telegram to the Suzuki Brigade and order them to take Koganayama by a deadline? ”

Okamura Ninji smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't forget, the Suzuki Brigade is not under my control, if you say it too harshly, it will offend people." ”

Numata Nobuyoshi couldn't help but be dumbfounded, he had forgotten about it just now. The Suzuki Brigade is subordinate to the 17th Division, and the 17th Division is under the order of Yan Junliu, the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, to help.

The telegram was quickly drafted, and just as Okamura Ninji had just finished signing his name, Miyamoto Ichiro Shaosa, a staff officer in the war room, walked in with a panicked expression, and handed a telegram to Okamura with both hands: "Your Excellency Commander, call from the base camp!" ”

"What, Basebase?"

Okamura Ninji couldn't help but be surprised, although Okamura Ninji was a commander at the military level, there was generally no emergency, and the base camp would not directly send a telegram to a general of his level, Okamura quickly took the telegram and looked at it, and his face immediately became ugly.

Numata on the side hurriedly asked, "Your Excellency Commander, what did the base camp say?" ”

Okamura took a deep breath before saying, "His Majesty the Emperor already knows about the siege of the 106th Division, and the base camp has ordered us to rescue the 106th Division within three days. ”

"His Majesty the Emperor also knows?" Numata's heart immediately sank, and if the emperor was alarmed, it would not be easy to do.

Okamura Ninji took a deep breath and shook his head with a wry smile: "It seems that someone hit my little report in front of His Majesty the Emperor, and until now I can only make an exception once." Miyamoto-kun, you immediately forward this telegram from the base camp to the commander of the 32nd Brigade, Suzuki Choji Brigade, and he will know what to do when he sees it. ”

"Your Excellency, is this appropriate?" Ichiro Miyamoto hesitated a little, it stands to reason that generals at the level of commander of the telegraph brigade in the base camp have no right to read it.

Numata Nobuyoshi on the side hurriedly reprimanded: "Why do you still care so much now, do what His Excellency the Commander said immediately!" ”

"Hai ......" Kazuo Miyazaki didn't dare to say more, and quickly trotted out and slipped out...... (To be continued......)