Temporary Headquarters of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army.

After being silent for a long time, the commander of the Ninth Division, Yoshika Ryosuke, glanced at Fujita Jin, the commander of the Third Division, and Ogisu Libing, the commander of the 13th Division, and finally spoke first: "Fujita-kun, Ogisu-kun, tell me how this battle will be fought next, right?" ”

"Ji Jiajun, ours is His Excellency Commander Feng, who came to assist you in breaking the enemy, and you should naturally make up your mind how to fight."

After hearing this, Fujita Jin, the commander of the Third Division, responded in a strange manner.

“……”

Ji Jia Liangsuke's face was stunned, and he didn't know what to say for a while, but he had already begun to scold his mother in his heart: "Damn! In the past, in order to win the first credit, when you were fighting for the position of battlefield commander, it was called a radical, and now that the offensive is blocked and deadlocked, yours will shirk responsibility on my head, are you still human? ”

However, although Ji Jialiang had already greeted Fujita Susuru's family in his heart, he didn't show it, just his face was a little ugly; For, as Fujita Shin just said, it is true that they only came to assist him on the orders of His Excellency the Commander; Cheng, the credit may not be the greatest, but if he fails, he will definitely be the most culpable.

At this moment, the commander of the 13th Division, Ogizhou Libing, also followed the knife and said: "What Fujita-kun said is that it is the responsibility of your Ninth Division to attack the Linhuai Pass where the enemy army unlocks and guards the town, so how to fight this battle at the moment should naturally be decided by your Ji Jiajun."

Of course, if you Ji Jiajun doesn't have a strategy to break the enemy, you might as well let me be the commander of this battlefield, and I will definitely be able to lead everyone all the way to win Linhuai Pass! ”

Ryosuke Yoshika looked at Fujita Susumu and Ogisu Tatsu for a moment, he knew that if he didn't hand over the position of battlefield commander, the two of them would not cooperate with him no matter what.

Of course, he is not really a battlefield commander now; But in any case, at least the battlefield commander soldiers appointed by His Excellency the Commander, even if Fujita Susumu and Ogisu Tatsuto were unwilling to admit it, could not change this fact.

I just want Ryosuke Yoshika to completely hand over the command of this battlefield, how is this possible?

For a while, the three of them quarreled endlessly over this so-called battlefield command.

As for the so-called strategy to break the enemy, to be honest, even if the casualties of all divisions and regiments are extremely heavy today, but the army has successfully crossed the Huai River, it is simply a matter of taking something out of pocket.

After the army had rested for the night, it was time to break through the enemy's positions at dawn tomorrow.

……

On the other side, on the north bank of the Huai River, the temporary headquarters of the coalition forces.

On the coalition side, all the cadres above the brigade level are basically all present, and the only one who did not show up is the brigade commander, and that is because he has died honorably in today's battle with the little devils.

And the only regiment-level cadre is only Yang Yun, the commander of the new regiment.

Don't look at him as just a colonel and regimental commander, but his voice here is more powerful than every brigade commander present, even the division commander, even his direct boss, Wang Yaowu, the commander of the 51st Division, is no exception.

And Yu Xuezhong, the commander of the 51st Army, who has the highest rank and rank, although he is a general, his ability is not even as good as Wang Yaowu.

After all, their 51st Army was reorganized from the Northeast Army, while the 51st Division was an authentic ace division of the Central Army.

As for the reason why Yang Yun can have such a high right to speak at this moment, it is not that he has gone through any back door, but that he has used his own military talent to impress everyone present.

Including his immediate superior, Wang Yaowu, commander of the 51st Division, and Yu Xuezhong, commander of the 51st Army.

Originally, he was stationed on the forward position with the army, and the reason why he was sitting here at this moment was because he received a call from the commander-in-chief of the battlefield, Yu Xuezhong, to the commander.

At the beginning of the meeting, the officers first made a summary of today's battle.

After summing up, the entire conference room returned to its original tranquility again, everyone did not say a word, and the entire conference room was almost silent, and the needles could be heard.

Almost all of them had a look of grief and indignation, just because today's casualties were so tragic.

The casualties of all units were almost more than half, and even a regiment was directly wiped out.

And this is still because of the geographical advantage, and the reason why the little devils did not use mechanized troops.

If there is no geographical advantage, the enemy and us will fight, and there is almost no suspense about the outcome of the battle.

But that's it, after seeing the real power of the little devil, everyone didn't have the courage and certainty to win before.

Seeing that everyone was all looking at themselves and looking at them with a look of hope.

After Yang Yun smiled, he could only stand up helplessly.

He first greeted Commander Yu Xuezhong on the side, and then said slowly: "Commanders, you don't have to worry so much. ”

Yang Yun's words seemed to have some kind of magical power, which seemed to be able to affect everyone's morale, and all of a sudden, everyone's faces became a little solemn.

If someone else says this, it may not have much effect, or even no effect at all, because others will only think that he is bragging and saying big things, but when this word came out of Yang Yun's mouth, everyone did not doubt it at all.

"Oh?"

Yu Xuezhong's face was overjoyed when he heard this, and he continued to ask: "But I don't know what Head Yang said?" ”

"It's easy!"

Saying this, Yang Yun's sharp eyes swept over everyone, and everyone unconsciously straightened up.

Retracting his gaze, Yang Yun continued: "In today's battle, although the casualties of our army are very large, the casualties of the Japanese army will only be greater than ours, not less than ours. ”

"Speaking of ammunition consumption, the Japanese must have consumed more ammunition than us, and if I am not bad, I am afraid that their heavy artillery shells have been exhausted in today's battle.

If you want to get supplies, it will take five days, or even longer, to deliver them from Nanjing. ”

"And the most important point, the Japanese army is desperate to cross the river today, and its purpose is obvious, that is, to directly break through the Linhuai Pass in one go, so the food supplies they bring will definitely not be too much, and it may be able to last until the day after tomorrow at most."

"As for the fact that the Japanese army has crossed the Huai River, this is not necessarily a bad thing for us, if they need supplies, they can only transport them from the south bank of the Huai River, and then the Huai River will undoubtedly be a trench across the supply road of the Japanese army.

In addition, the Japanese army was stationed on the Huai River beach; As far as the terrain is concerned, it is almost impossible to attack, without the slightest defense, it is completely exposed to our firepower, and if it can, our army can attack it at any time!

Therefore, the little devil must always be on guard against the surprise attack of our army, and the only way to crack it is to take the initiative to attack us; In that case, the little devil can at least hold the initiative!

And ours still firmly occupies the advantage of geographical advantage, advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended! ”

"To sum up, we just need to continue to hold on to our existing positions, and we can directly drag down the Japanese army! Now we are looking at who has more willpower! Whoever can grit his teeth and persevere to the end will undoubtedly be the ultimate winner! ”

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(End of chapter)