Shunroku Hata stayed up in the hospital until dawn the next day, but he couldn't stand it anymore, so he called the director of the hospital over and insisted on being discharged, but the director of the hospital had no choice but to let Shunroku Hata be discharged.

When Shunroku Hata returned to the Fanghuaen headquarters, the bad news also followed.

Shunroku Hata hurriedly walked into the war room of the headquarters, and found that the chief of staff of the front army, Shozo Kawabe, the deputy chief of staff, Chang Yong, and all the operational staff officers were there, but their faces were extremely embarrassed, as if they had died of their father's mother.

Sure enough, Kawabe Shozo paused and said: "Your Excellency, I have just received a farewell telegram from Yagi Shosa of the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery, from the brigade commander Kameda Eiichi to the 8,1090 officers and men of the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery, have been collectively shattered, and none of them have surrendered. ”

Shozo Kawabe deliberately bit "no one surrendered" extremely hard to remind Shunroku Hata that there was no scum like Shiro Inaba in the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery.

"Where's the cannon?" Shunroku Hata asked urgently, "What about the more than a hundred heavy artillery?" ”

In Shunroku Hatata's heart, the importance of more than 100 large-caliber heavy howitzers in the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery is obviously more important than that of more than 8,000 devil soldiers, because in Shunroku Hatata's view, Japan has a population of more than 70 million, and the source of soldiers of appropriate age can be said to be inexhaustible, while the number of large-caliber heavy artillery is limited.

With the loss of more than 100 pieces of heavy artillery, the Central China Front's ability to attack fortified positions will be greatly reduced, and the Sino-Japanese War shows no signs of ending in a short period of time.

"The aviation scouts reported that they did not find a single cannon on the position of the 5th Brigade of the former Independent Field Heavy Artillery, which means that the Independent Regiment had already transferred and concealed the more than 100 heavy artillery pieces before the attack aircraft group of the Aviation Corps arrived. ”

"Yaga." Shunroku Hata scolded angrily, and his originally gray face turned red again in an instant.

Seeing this, Kawabe Shozo and Nagayong hurriedly stepped forward to hug Shunroku Hatata, and then persuaded in unison: "Your Excellency General, since things have been like this, it's useless to be anxious, please face the reality." ”

Shunroku Hata broke free from the support of the two and said that he was fine.

Kawabe Shozo said again: "Your Excellency, the destruction of the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery is already a fact, and it is impossible to reverse it, and the most important thing at the moment is the northbound cluster that is trapped on the front line of Fuyang and Mengcheng, and last night the national army launched another wave of major offensives, and the northbound cluster has not been able to hold out for too long." ”

Shunroku Hata took a deep breath, tried his best to suppress the disgust in his chest, and said in a deep voice, "Then, let's talk about the judgment of your staff and the response plan first. ”

Riverside Zheng Sanyi nodded and set his eyes on Changyong again.

Chang Yong stepped forward and said: "After the independent regiment successively annihilated the division headquarters of the Kumamoto Division and the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery, the morale is now at its peak, while although the main force of the Kumamoto Division and the Kikuchi Brigade is still there, they have already lost a cut in morale, and the supply of military supplies is not enough, self-protection is still insufficient, and the counterattack is simply impossible." ”

Hata Junroku's face sank when he heard this, although he had been mentally prepared for this judgment, but it was one thing to be mentally prepared, but it was another thing to hear Chang Yong say it with his own ears.

Chang Yong did not care about the mood of Shunroku Hatata, and continued: "According to the current situation of the enemy and us, it is no longer possible to capture Feicheng and reopen the Feibang Highway, and the 17th and 22nd divisions urgently mobilized in China will need three days to reach Wuhu, even if everything goes well, these two divisions will have at least ten days to reach Fuyang and Mengcheng, and the northbound cluster trapped in Fuyang and Mengcheng will not be able to hold out for ten days anyway." ”

Shunroku Hata coughed lightly and asked in a deep voice, "So what are your opinions?" ”

Hebe Zhengsan stepped forward and said with a pause: "Your Excellency, for today's plan, I can only order the 9th and 13th Divisions to break through to the north, and at the same time request the 14th Division of the North China Front Army to urgently move south from Shangqiu, as long as the 14th Division can capture Bozhou within two days, there may be a glimmer of life in the north. ”

"Bozhou?" Shunroku Hata's gaze fell on the map and asked, "Which army is guarding Bozhou?" ”

Kawabe Zhengzo said: "It is Gui Yongqing's 28th Army, this 28th Army is based on the remnants of the Central Military Academy Teaching Corps as the backbone of the expansion, the combat effectiveness is still quite strong, and the equipment is not bad, but Gui Yongqing is not very good at fighting, so he thinks that the Tufeiyuan Division still has a chance to fight quickly and take Bozhou in one fell swoop." ”

"Okay." Shunroku Hata sighed and said, "Then let's do it." ”

At this time, a communications staff officer suddenly walked in and made a report: "Your Excellency, the Dameishan radio station has started broadcasting again, do you want to come in?" ”

Before this, Shunroku Hata specifically told that as long as the Dameishan Radio Station had a broadcast, he would immediately bring it in, because Shunroku Hata felt that through the broadcast, he could better understand Xu Rui, an opponent, and at the same time, he could judge the situation of the independent regiment from the seemingly disorganized and useless information revealed in the broadcast.

But it turns out that Xu Rui is far more cunning than Shunroku Hata imagined.

Shunroku Hata did get a lot of information from the broadcast of Dameishan Radio Station, but in the end, none of this information was confirmed to be true, all of them were fake! In particular, the casualty figures of the Independent Regiment and the serious injury of Xu Rui caused disastrous consequences for Little Japan.

It is precisely because of this that this communications staff officer will run in to ask for instructions, or else he will be directly brought in.

Hebe Zhengsan persuaded: "Your Excellency, General, I'm afraid Xu Rui won't say anything good, so it's okay if you don't listen to this broadcast." ”

Chang Yong now also lacks confidence in Shunroku Hatata's ability to control his emotions, which is a very strange thing, it is said that a general in a high position like Shunroku Hata should not be easily provoked by others, not to mention that this person is still an enemy, but Xu Rui always seems to be able to easily arouse Shunroku Hatata's anger.

At that moment, Chang Yong also said: "Your Excellency General, forget it." ”

Shunroku Hata gritted his teeth and said, "Take it in." ”

"Hello." The communications staff officer was stunned, and really went over and brought in the broadcast.

When the radio came in, Xu Rui had already spoken a long time inside, but it was all Chinese, and the object of the speech was also Chinese compatriots and overseas patriotic compatriots.

"At the end of the show, I still have a poem I want to give to Shunroku Hatata." Xu Rui's words were spoken in Japanese, and everyone in the war room, including Shunroku Hata, heard it clearly.

After a slight pause, Xu Rui continued to read in Japanese:

You hate, or you don't hate, I'm right here, no pain.

You are in a hurry, or you are not in a hurry, Feicheng is here, not moving or shaking.

You come, or you don't come, the independent regiment is here, undefeated and undefeated.

Whether you fight, or not, the result is already doomed, and you can't win.

Give me your saber and surrender to me, or, I will take it myself.

In the first few sentences, Shunroku Hata could barely hold back, but when he heard the last sentence, he still couldn't hold back after all, and immediately scolded Bage Yalu angrily, bent over and coughed violently.

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At the same time, in the dormitory building of the Secret Office of the Pseudo-Restoration Government.

Jiangnan's pair of beautiful eyes have narrowed into crescent moons, and said coquettishly: "This villain, if you don't make Shunroku Hata, an old devil, angry, you won't stop, how many times has this been?" ”

But the next moment, Jiang Nanqiao's face surged with a touch of crimson again.

Calculate the time, the Central Anhui Prefectural Committee should have received her marriage application, I don't know if Lao Wang transferred her marriage application to Xu Rui? Also, what will Xu Rui's reaction be after learning about this? Will you be ecstatic, or will you run away? For no reason, Jiangnan's heart began to pound.

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Also in a good mood is the commander-in-chief of the Third Theater of Operations, Gu Shutong.

After learning that the Independent Regiment completed a shocking counterattack, not only reoccupied Feicheng, but also eliminated the division headquarters of the Kumamoto Division in one fell swoop, Gu Shutong's face immediately swept away the previous haze and became sunny, no matter who he met in the headquarters, the old face was smiling, and his mouth was grinning to the root of his ears.

Until this morning, there was another good news coming, after the independent regiment eliminated the division headquarters of Kumamoto Division, it actually took advantage of the victory to pursue and completely annihilated the 5th Brigade of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery of the devil in one fell swoop.

Gu Shutong didn't know Japanese, and he didn't know what Xu Rui said on the radio, but someone in his command department knew Japanese, so he asked the senior staff officer at the moment: "Staff Officer Liu, what did this kid Xu Rui just say?" ”

That Staff Officer Liu translated the crooked poem that Xu Ruinian had recited, and Gu Shutong laughed out loud after hearing it.

"This Xu Rui, this Xu Rui, this mouth is really unforgiving, it's even sharper than a knife." Gu Shutong smiled, "I heard that Shunroku Hata's health is not very good, this is also the root of the disease that fell during the Russo-Japanese War, if it continues like this, Shunroku Hata, an old devil, will be angry to death by Xu Rui sooner or later." ”

Wan Xiang came over and said with a smile: "Hata Shunliu is going to die, and little Japan will inevitably send people again, then this Central China Front Army is four changes of commanders, one was dismissed, one was seppuku died, and the other was angry to death, you say, is the commander of the devil's fourth front army dead or alive?" If it is death, what kind of death will it be? ”

"Hell knows." Gu Shutong shook his head and asked, "Lao Wan, is there good news?" ”

"Really." Wan Xiangyun handed a telegram to Gu Shutong and said, "This is the telegram that Adjutant Sun just sent to the headquarters through the radio station of the Independent Regiment. ”