Let's not talk about the affairs of northern Jiangsu, and then talk about the movements of the Japanese army. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

As early as the end of the 38th year, the Central China Dispatch Army issued contracts for the blockade ditch in the Dameishan base area, and handed it over to dozens of counties in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces; just after the first day of the Lunar New Year, the various blockade ditch sections began to be launched at the same time; in order to complete the tasks of the Central China Dispatch Army Commander, the puppet governments at all levels in Jiangsu and Anhui provinces began to send men everywhere, and in less than three days, they forcibly requisitioned millions of people, and this was only the beginning!

In the corner of the war room hall, Shigesei Aoki is explaining the latest progress of the project to Seishiro Itagaki.

As the commander of the Central China Army, Itagaki Seishiro had too many things to worry about, so he entrusted the task of tracking the blockade project to Chief of Staff Shigesei Aoki.

"Your Excellency, as of yesterday, more than 20 counties of the Jiangsu and Anhui provincial governments of the Restoration Government have collected a total of more than 1.2 million people, and the construction of the project is currently being carried out simultaneously from more than 300 sections and more than 500 kilometers of blockade line......

"Three months?" Seishiro Itagaki immediately interrupted Shigesei Aoki and said, "It's been too long!" ”

After a pause, Seishiro Itagaki said in an unquestionable tone: "Tell Liang Sang that the blockade ditch project for the Damei Mountain area must be completed within a month!" ”

"A month." Shigesei Aoki said, "Your Excellency Commander, are you in too much of a hurry?" ”

"Aoki-san, we don't have much time, so we can't do it in a hurry." Itagaki Seishiro sighed, and then said, "I don't know if you've thought about it, I'm afraid that the Dameishan Independent Regiment will make a comeback soon!" ”

"Dameishan Independent Regiment?" Aoki Shigemako's face changed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "It shouldn't be so fast, right?" ”

After a pause, Aoki Shigesei said: "In my experience, after the guerrillas of the Eighth Route Army have experienced a major war, they need to rest for at least three months, and the collection of materials can certainly speed up the progress, but the training of new recruits will take at least three months to form combat effectiveness, which is an objective law, and no matter how strong the combat effectiveness of the Dameishan Independent Regiment is, it will not be able to jump out of this law. ”

"No, no, no, you're talking about routine." Itagaki Seishiro shook his head and said, "But you forget, Xu Rui has never been an opponent who plays cards according to the rules, not to mention, there is also a wolf tooth in the formation of the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and this wolf tooth army does not need a three-month rest at all, and it can attack the outside at any time!" ”

As soon as Seishiro Itagaki finished speaking, hurried footsteps sounded behind him.

When he looked back, he saw Adjutant Dongxiang Haotai striding over, and immediately reported: "Your Excellency Commander, I just received an urgent telegram from the Ninth Division, just last night, Xu Rui personally led the Wolf Tooth Brigade to raid the headquarters of the 89th Army of the National Army, not only recaptured the personnel and materials that had been detained, but also captured Han Deqin, the commander of the 89th Army. ”

"What did I just say?" Itagaki Seishiro said hesitantly, "This Xu Rui has never played cards according to the rules, and this wolf tooth, and he will not stop during the New Year, and he actually went to northern Jiangsu hundreds of miles away to arrest Han Deqin, the commander of the 89th Army, and Jiang, the leader of the National Government, I am afraid that he is scolding his mother again, hehe." ”

Togo Kota then reported: "Your Excellency Commander, the telegram from the Ninth Division also said that the current situation in the battlefield in northern Jiangsu is very favorable to the imperial army, because the main force of the New Fourth Army in the northern Jiangsu military region has retreated to the vicinity of Jianhu Town and is confronting the 89th and 57th armies of the Nationalist Army. It is not even impossible to completely annihilate the troops of the New Fourth Army in northern Jiangsu. ”

Aoki Shigecheng nodded and said: "The Eighty-ninth Army of the National Army sent troops to Funing, originally because of the invitation of the Imperial Army, and now the Imperial Army takes the initiative to send troops to cooperate with the National Army to attack the New Fourth Army, which is completely reasonable. After a pause, Aoki Shigesei said again, "Immediately reply to the Ninth Division and agree to attack!" ”

"Hello." Togo Kota was stunned and turned to leave.

"Wait." Itagaki Seishiro suddenly raised his hand to stop it.

Shigesei Aoki and Kota Togo turned their heads to look at Seishiro Itagaki at the same time.

Itagaki Seishiro frowned and said: "If Xu Rui is not here, the Ninth Division will cooperate with the Nationalist Army to flank the New Fourth Army, and there will be no problem, but now that Xu Rui is involved, it is necessary for the Imperial Army to keep an eye on it and tell Yoshizumi Ryosuke that it is necessary to find out whether the Nationalist Army is secretly colluding with the New Fourth Army?" Make sure there is no covert collusion before attacking. ”

"Hello." Kota Togo once again nodded heavily at Seishiro Itagaki and turned to leave.

Seeing Togo Kota's figure go away, Shigesei Aoki couldn't help but ask Seishiro Itagaki "Your Excellency Commander, is it really necessary to be so cautious?" ”

Seishiro Itagaki waved his hand and said, "In the face of Xu Rui, no matter how cautious you are, you won't be too cautious!" ”

Itagaki Seishiro This is a heartfelt statement, because he has already scared Xu Rui on the Jiujiang battlefield, but Aoki Shigesei has not yet learned Xu Rui's power when he first arrives at noon, so he is quite disapproving, he thinks that Itagaki Seishiro is too fussful, but he does not show it on the surface.

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Seishiro Itagaki was undoubtedly right in his caution.

As a matter of fact, the New Fourth Army and the Nationalist Army in the northern Soviet battlefield were indeed about to fight together.

Itachi's pity that the magic is one foot high and the road is one foot high, although Itagaki Seishiro guessed that the National Army and the New Fourth Army in the Northern Jiangsu Battlefield might unite, and also asked the Ninth Division to verify, but he didn't expect that Xu Rui had always acted without leakage, and it was impossible to leave too obvious flaws.

Yoshizumi Ryosuke, commander of the Ninth Division, did send liaison officers to the 33rd and 117th Divisions of the 89th Army to observe the battlefield.

The observation group of the Japanese army and the plainclothes team of agents of the Japanese puppet army were actually quite reliable, and the results they detected were completely correct, because until the last moment, the 33rd Division and the 117th Division of the 89th Army, as well as the 112th Division of the 57th Army, were all preparing for war with the New Fourth Army.

Of the three divisions of the Nationalist Army, all the warning posts were placed on the side of the New Fourth Army, and on the side facing the Japanese army, the Nationalist Army did not release warning posts at all, and it was obvious that the Nationalist Army was completely defenseless against the Japanese army, which can only show the fact that the Nationalist Army was indeed seriously preparing for war with the New Fourth Army.

Based on this judgment, Ryosuke Yoshizumi decisively decided to attack.

Yoshizumi Ryoshi supplemented the 6th Infantry Brigade of Akiyama Yoshiyoshi as the backbone, supplemented by a wing of mountain artillery, engineers, baggage troops, and cavalry, and formed the Akiyama Detachment to participate in the combat operations against the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu Army.

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Yongfeng Town, Headquarters of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region of the New Fourth Army.

Including Commander Chen Yi, the five principal leaders of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region have gathered in the war room of the headquarters, and the atmosphere in the war room is somewhat solemn, because the situation they are now facing in the North Jiangsu Military Region is indeed not good, or it is very dangerous, and to the north of them, the three divisions of the Nationalist Army have already spread out on all fronts and are launching a fierce attack on them.

The 112th Division of the 57th Army is fine, but the 33rd Division and the 117th Division of the 89th Army seem to be thallium-eating, and they are already iron-hearted, and they are determined to fight hard with their New Fourth Army! However, Chen Yi and the others can probably guess that Jia Yunshan and Li Shouwei's subtle thoughts are nothing more than wanting to be military commanders.

Seriously, if there were only three divisions of the National Army, the New Fourth Army really didn't take it seriously.

The real threat actually comes from the flanks, from the devils in the direction of Huaiyin, Huaiyin City is a main division of little devils stationed in Huaiyin City, the Ninth Division of Huaiyin is like a Damocles sword hanging over the head of the New Fourth Army, the New Fourth Army has to even sleep with its eyes open, beware that this Damocles sword will be cut down suddenly.

However, the more he was worried about something, the more he came, a signal soldier suddenly hurriedly walked in, whispered a few words to Hu Fajian, chief of staff of the Northern Jiangsu Military Region, Hu Fajian's face immediately changed, and then said to Chen Yi: "Commander, we have just received a report from the Qinggou Township squad that the Huaiyin devils have been dispatched!" ”

"Good!" After Chen Yi heard this, he breathed a long sigh of relief.

When the Damocles sword really has a deterrent effect, it is before it is cut off, and after it is cut off, there is no deterrence, and the devils of Huaiyin are the same, before the little devils of Huaiyin have not attacked, the hearts of the commanders and fighters of the New Fourth Army have always been hanging, but once the devils of Huaiyin attacked, they were relieved.

At that moment, Chen Yi instructed his guard Xiao Li and said, "Xiao Li, you immediately inform Commander Xu and tell them that the Huaiyin devils have attacked on time and can release Han Deqin." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Li agreed and hurriedly ran.

Seeing Xiao Li's figure go away, Chief of Staff Hu Fajian frowned and said: "Commander, Han Deqin is a diehard, isn't it a bit risky for us to pin our hopes on such a diehard?" ”

Several other senior commanders present also nodded their heads again and again when they heard this.

Speaking from the heart, they are completely convinced of Xu Rui's ability, but they are not very optimistic about Xu Rui's proposal to use Han Deqin's hand to join forces with the national army to deal with the devil, especially worrying that if Han Deqin changes his hexagram, then the Northern Jiangsu Military Region is very likely to face a catastrophe!

"To be honest, I can't trust Han Deqin." Chen Yi snorted, and then said, "However, I can trust Xiao Xu, since Xiao Xu thinks there is no problem, then there will be no problem!" (To be continued.) )