Hisai stronghold.

Captain Sakamoto of the 5th Infantry Brigade stationed in the Hisai stronghold has become an ant on a hot pot at this moment.

Half an hour ago, there was a sudden power outage at the base, and Sakamoto had not yet fallen asleep at that time, so he called the headquarters as soon as possible and asked what was going on?

But to Sakamoto's surprise, the phone at the headquarters couldn't get through!

Five minutes later, the station's backup generator set was powered up, and Sakamoto quickly asked the communications team to contact the headquarters via radio, but to his surprise, the headquarters' radio never responded.

Then, fierce gunshots rang out in the city, and at this time, Sakamoto was an idiot and could guess that there must have been a major change in the city, otherwise there would definitely be no power outage or gunfire again, and the radio station of the headquarters could not be contacted, but no one knew what was going on in the city!

Sakamoto did not wait for this, but urgently sent sappers to overhaul the telephone line, and at the same time sent a signal corps into the city to inquire about the situation.

Time passed little by little in the agonizing waiting, and the uneasiness in Sakamoto's heart became more and more intense.

Two voices began to clash in Sakamoto's head, and one voice said that there had been a major change in the city, and he must immediately lead his troops to help! But another voice immediately said no, this is the trap of the Chinese, this is the Chinese's plan to turn the tiger away from the mountain, you have just left the stronghold with the front foot, and the Chinese will come to the stronghold with the back foot!

To return or not to return? Sakamoto was about to be driven crazy by these two voices.

Twenty minutes passed quickly, and the gunfire in the city not only did not stop, but it became more and more intense, and the gunfire that was originally concentrated in one direction gradually spread, Sakamoto finally couldn't sit still, he decided to leave an infantry squadron to guard the stronghold, and then personally led two infantry squadrons back to help Feicheng.

But just when Sakamoto made up his mind and was about to return to help, the deputy of the brigade, Kawahara, hurriedly walked in.

Sakamoto suddenly perked up and asked urgently: "Kawahara-san, has the communication team contacted the headquarters?" ”

"No, the communications team has not yet contacted the upper headquarters." Kawahara shook his head and said with a solemn expression, "It's the small village stronghold that just called, saying that they were attacked by the New Fourth Army. ”

"Nani, the village stronghold?" Sakamoto's face suddenly changed when he heard this.

Could it be that this is really the Chinese's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain? At that moment, Sakamoto hurriedly walked into the communication room, picked up the phone, and the phone was connected, and a slightly flustered voice immediately came from the other end of the phone.

"Maxi Maxi, Feixi stronghold? Maxi Maxi, please reply. ”

"I'm Sakamoto, and you're a small village stronghold? How's it going over there? ”

"Report to the captain, our stronghold has been attacked by the main force of the New Fourth Army, the New Fourth Army has a lot of troops, at least one battalion, no, at least one regiment of troops, we are about to be unable to withstand it, ask for urgent reinforcements, captain, we ask for urgent reinforcements, urgent reinforcements, urgent reinforcements......"

At this, there was a sudden silence on the other end of the phone.

"Hey, hey?" Sakamoto fed several times in a row, but there was no response from there.

Sakamoto's face immediately became gloomy, the phone was suddenly interrupted, there were only two possibilities, one was that the telephone line was cut by the Chinese, and the other was that the small village stronghold was destroyed, no matter which possibility it was, it was not a good thing for the Japanese army, and now, Sakamoto immediately fell into a dilemma again.

Deputy Captain Kawara came over and asked in a low voice, "Captain, what should I do now?" ”

Sakamoto forced himself to calm down and asked in a deep voice: "Kawahara-san, immediately send a telegram to the commander of the front army, requesting urgent tactical guidance!" ”

"Send a telegram to the commander of the front?" Kawahara's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he said in a deep voice, "Captain, this is not in line with wartime regulations, right?" ”

For example, the Sakamoto Brigade is directly subordinate to the Feicheng Garrison Brigade, and if there is any matter, it must be reported to the commander of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade, Anda, and cannot go beyond Anda and directly ask for instructions from the Central China Front Headquarters.

This is also necessary, otherwise, every infantry brigade will skip the level and report to the front army headquarters, so what is the body of the cantonment brigade and regiment headquarters for? Moreover, if every infantry brigade is under the command of the front army headquarters, then the combat staff officers and communications personnel of the front army headquarters will have to die of exhaustion.

Of course, if the war situation is urgent, it is still allowed to report to the next level.

At that moment, Itamoto said: "When has this been, how can you take care of this?" Hurry up and immediately report the situation we have to the front command and ask for urgent tactical guidance. ”

Sakamoto himself was confused anyway, he didn't know what was going on at all.

He didn't know whether this was the Chinese's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, or the Chinese's plan to encircle the tiger from all sides and blossom in the center, so the most appropriate way now was to truthfully report the situation here to the front army headquarters and ask those senior generals of the front army headquarters to make a decision, and when the time came, he only needed to carry out the order.

Seeing that Kawahara was still stunned, Sakamoto immediately became angry, and said angrily: "Kawahara-san, what are you still doing in a daze, don't hurry up, where are you going!" ”

"Hello!" Kawahara woke up like a dream, turned around and walked away.

(Dividing Line)

The telegram from Sakamoto's brigade soon reached the headquarters of the Central China Front in Nanjing.

However, along with the telegrams sent to the Feicheng Garrison Brigade, several other infantry brigades, stations, airports, and field hospitals.

Shanshan Yuan was woken up from his sleep, and forcefully moved away from the two pink legs pressed on his body, Shanshan Yuan sat up from the tatami mat with sleepy eyes, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Tsukada Tsukashi's gloomy face.

"Tsukada-san?" Shanshan Yuan frowned and said, "Is there anything important about this midnight dream?" ”

Tsukada attacked the two military prostitutes with jade bodies on the tatami mats, and said in a deep voice, "Your Excellency Commander, please hurry up and dress up, and then talk outside." ”

Seeing Tsukada Tsukasa talking like this, Sugi Sugimoto's heart suddenly jumped, something happened again?!

At that moment, Shanshan Yuan got down from the tatami mat and began to dress in a hurry, and the two military prostitutes who had served him all night wanted to come over to help, but they were pushed away by Shanshan Yuan, and after a while, Shanshan Yuan was dressed neatly, and then put on a military hat and came to the outer room, but Tsukada was already waiting there.

"Your Excellency, Commander, something is wrong!" Tsukada said in a deep voice.

"Something is wrong?" Shanshan Yuan's heart jumped suddenly, and he asked urgently, "What's the big deal?!" ”

Tsukada shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Your Excellency Commander, do you remember what Xu Rui said in the text message of the Datong News Agency a week ago when the Dameishan Independent Regiment had just smashed the Kawaguchi detachment and swept it?" ”

"Why don't you remember?" Shanshanyuan said, "Xu Rui used the text message of Datong News Agency to issue a threat to the imperial army, threatening to retaliate against the imperial army, scare, you mean ......"

"That's right, Xu Rui is really retaliating!" Tsukada nodded heavily and said.

"Damn, Xu Rui, how dare he?!" Shanshan Yuan gritted his teeth and asked, "Which stronghold along the Feiwu Highway did the Dameishan Independent Regiment attack?" ”

"Which stronghold?" Tsukada has a strange expression.

"Is there more than one stronghold?" Shanshan Yuan said in a deep voice, "How many? ”

Tsukada continued to shake his head, and Sugi Moto immediately shouted, "Could it be that they attacked Pukou?" ”

"It's not Pukou!" Tsukada Attack sighed and said, "At present, the Tianjin-Pudong Railway has not yet resumed, and the strategic position of Pukou is not important, since Xu Rui wants to take revenge on the imperial army, how can he attack Pukou?" This time, he attacked a military town that was far more important than Pukou, but he attacked Feicheng! ”

"Nani? Fat City?! Shanshanyuan's mouth instantly opened wide, enough to stuff a goose egg.

After a long time, Shanshan Motocai finally recovered from the huge shock, shook his head again and again and said: "This is impossible, this is impossible, this is impossible, Tsukada-san, Feicheng is heavily guarded by the imperial army, the military station troops, the airport garrison plus the Feicheng garrison brigade, and a division of the imperial army, the total strength is 20,000 people, how many people are in the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and there are only a few guns, how dare they fight Feicheng?!" ”

Tsukada said: "Your Excellency Commander, this is not a question of possibility, let alone daring, but the Dameishan Independent Regiment has already attacked Feicheng!" ”

After saying that, Tsukada Tsukasa handed several telegrams in his hand to Sugi Moto.

While handing the telegram to Sugi Sugimoto, Tsukada said at the same time: "This is an urgent telegram from Sakamoto, Captain of the 5th Infantry Brigade of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade, Sakurai, Captain of the 3rd Infantry Brigade, Kono, Captain of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, and Aoki, Captain of the Airport Garrison Brigade, Your Excellency Commander, so many brigade-level combat units have sent an urgent telegram to the Front Army Headquarters from the Headquarters of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade, do you know what this means?" ”

Shanshan Yuan was awe-struck when he heard this, and of course he knew what it meant.

This means that the command system of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade has been completely paralyzed, and these brigade-level combat units will report to the higher level because they have not been able to receive orders from the Feicheng Garrison Brigade Headquarters for a long time.

The command system of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade has been paralyzed?

As soon as he thought of this, Shanshan Yuan's cold sweat burst out.

This is terrible, and it doesn't get much scarier than this!

The command system of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade has been paralyzed, doesn't this mean that the headquarters of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade has been destroyed by the Dameishan Independent Regiment?

That's it, if it's just the headquarters of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade that is destroyed, the problem is not serious, even if Anda is killed or captured, the situation will not be so bad that it is irreparable, although Anda is a major general, but there are many major generals killed by Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment, and he is not one worse.

However, if not only the headquarters of the Feicheng Garrison Brigade is destroyed, if the entire Feicheng Garrison Brigade is completely annihilated, if Feicheng is lost, then the consequences will be serious!

More than 50,000 troops of the 9th and 13th Divisions went north to Xuzhou, but they all relied on the supply of military supplies in Feicheng, and the wounded transferred from the front line also had to be treated in the field hospital in Feicheng.

If Feicheng is finally lost, it means that the northbound cluster will immediately become a rootless tree!

If the Fifth Theater of the Nationalist Army discovers this and decisively mobilizes heavy troops to complete the encirclement of the 9th and 13th Divisions, then the scene in Taierzhuang is very likely to be repeated, and the tragedy that happened to the 5th and 10th Divisions is very likely to be repeated in the 9th and 13th Divisions!