After Aoki Shigesei finished reading Yamashino's farewell telegram, he felt a cold air coming out of the soles of his feet and rushing straight to his brain, and Seishiro Itagaki next to him was also dumbfounded and unbelievable after listening to it. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Just now, Shigesei Aoki swore that it was more than enough for the Ninth Division to hold on for more than half a month, but as soon as the words fell, the temporary headquarters of the Ninth Division was destroyed, and even the acting division commander Jing Shuxuan was martyred.

However, this is not the end of the matter, there is a follow-up.

Worse still, it was the chain reaction that would follow the destruction of the Provisional Headquarters of the 9th Division.

First of all, the remaining three infantry wings of the Ninth Division and the two infantry battalions of the Navy will lose their unified command and will soon fall into the predicament of fighting separately.

Secondly, with the destruction of the 19th Infantry Wing and the destruction of the Provisional Headquarters of the 9th Division, the main force of the patrol battalion will be able to drive straight along the supervising road and launch a fierce attack on the remaining three infantry wings of the 9th Division and the two infantry brigades of the Navy from behind.

Although no urgent telegram had been received from the 7th, 35th, and 36th Infantry Wings at the moment, Seishiro Ithatan and Shigesei Aoki could fully imagine that it would not be long before the three infantry wings and the Navy's two infantry battalions would send a telegram for help to the headquarters of the Twelfth Army.

Now, the only hope for Seishiro Itagaki and Shigemei Aoki is that the remnants of the 9th Division can resolutely resist and survive the most difficult three days, so that the patrol battalion will not have enough rest and adjustment time, and the 20th Division will be able to enter the battle as soon as it arrives in Shanghai.

But soon, the hopes of the two old devils were as quickly disillusioned as soap bubbles.

Seishiro Itagaki and Shigesei Aoki were worried about the fate of the remaining three infantry wings of the Ninth Division and two infantry battalions of the Navy, when three more communications staff officers were involved.

"Your Excellency Commander, Second Lieutenant Kawashima of the First Independent Infantry Brigade of the Navy Farewell Electric!"

"Your Excellency Commander, the Seventh Infantry Wing has an urgent telegram requesting urgent tactical guidance!"

"Your Excellency Commander, Second Lieutenant Kono, Communications Staff Officer of the 35th Infantry Wing, has sent a farewell telegram!"

"Your Excellency Commander, Wing Commander of the 36th Infantry Wing Wakisaka Osakuri telegraph: When our wing was in the midst of a fierce battle with one of the patrol battalions on the battlefield on Henan Road, it was suddenly attacked by another part of the patrol camp from behind.

After the four signal corps finished reporting one after another, Seishiro Itagaki staggered and sat down in his chair.

"It's over, it's over, it's all over." Itagaki Seishiro sighed, "The Ninth Division is finished. ”

Aoki Shigesei was also stunned, he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time, he couldn't imagine at all, how this battle was fought? The Ninth Division has a small 20,000 officers and men, and even if the non-combatants are removed, there are at least 12,000 infantry that can really be combated, and the strength is even more than that of the patrol battalion!

Not only that, the Ninth Division also took Kunshan Garden and the surrounding four streets as the core, and placed a turtle shell array, and this turtle shell array can be said to be extremely strong, Aoki Shigecheng said that unless there are more than three times the strength, and you have to have heavy artillery, it is possible to knock this turtle shell array in a short time!

However, the patrol battalion had neither the advantage of troops, nor the heavy artillery, but it actually cracked open this turtle shell overnight! This completely subverted Shigesei Aoki's understanding of war! Shigesei Aoki suddenly felt that the military theoretical knowledge he had learned at the Army University was bullshit, and it was not enough to be accepted at all!

Otherwise, how to explain the fall of the Ninth Division in a short period of time?

All of a sudden, Shigesei Aoki even began to doubt his life.

After a long time, Aoki Shigesei finally recovered from the huge shock, and then said to Itagaki Seishiro: "Your Excellency Commander, Jingshu Junyu was martyred, and most of the Ninth Division was also annihilated, leaving only the remnants of the Wakiban Brigade to retreat to the North Railway Station, and I thought that I would not be able to hold out for too long." ”

"I'm afraid?" Seishiro Itagaki sighed, "It's not that I'm afraid, but I'm sure!" ”

I don't want to think about it, this time the opponent is Xu Rui, Xu Rui has always acted without leaving room for people, even the turtle shell formation placed by the Ninth Division was smashed by Xu Rui, and only a small number of remnants of the 36th Infantry Wing retreated to the station, how could the fortifications built in a hurry be able to block the attack of the patrol battalion?

"Hello." Aoki Shigesei paused heavily and said, "After the Ninth Division was collectively shattered, there were no more formed imperial army units around Shanghai, and only a small number of military police units were stationed in Baoshan, Qingpu, Songjiang and other counties. ”

Shigemato Aoki is telling the truth.

Originally, it was more than enough to have the Ninth Division as a garrison force in Shanghai and the surrounding counties, but if it weren't for the heavy losses of the Ninth Division and the serious decline in combat effectiveness, it would have been impossible for Seishiro Itagaki to leave even a division in Shanghai, and at most a mixed brigade, because Shanghai was very safe from any angle.

However, no one expected that the Communist Party would actually transfer Xu Rui to Shanghai.

Moreover, no one thought that Xu Rui was not only powerful in mountain guerrilla warfare, but also in urban guerrilla warfare, and in just a few months after arriving in Shanghai, he stirred up the entire Shanghai Beach, and finally set a big trap to load the Japanese Navy's Third Fleet.

Now, he took advantage of the victory to pursue and annihilated the Ninth Division!

Xu Rui is so difficult to deal with, and the patrol battalion is so strong, how can they be their opponents with only the gendarmerie of the counties around Shanghai? If nothing else, Xu Rui will definitely send a small force to attack the Baoshan counties around Shanghai, and if there is no urgent dispatch of troops from Suzhou and other places to reinforcements, the surrounding counties will definitely be lost.

But the question is, the 12th Army is already very tight now, where to transfer troops?

Aoki Shigesei could think of this, and Itagaki Seishiro could naturally think of it, so he sighed at the moment and said: "Aoki-kun, there is no other way but to give up the counties around Shanghai, but the bottom line is the line of Taicang, Kunshan, Jiashan and Pinghu, and Xu Rui's forces cannot be allowed to cross this line in any case." ”

Aoki Shigecheng said: "In this case, we must transfer the 104th Division to Suzhou, and then transfer a part of the 18th Division from Hangzhou back to Jiaxing, otherwise, I am afraid that I will not be able to stop the patrol camp." ”

Itagaki Seishiro nodded and said: "Let's do it, fortunately, the pressure on Dameishan has been reduced, and the third theater of the National Army has done nothing, so even if the 104th Division is transferred to Suzhou, and then a part of the 18th Division is transferred from Hangzhou back to Jiaxing, there will be no mistakes." ”

Aoki shook his head and turned to leave.

Seeing Aoki Shigesei leave, Seishiro Itagaki turned his head and said to his adjutant Kota Togo: "Togo-kun, immediately prepare a telegram to the base camp and report the results of the Battle of Shanghai truthfully." ”

"Hello." Togo Kota was stunned and took the order.

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Meanwhile, in Tokyo.

Xianyuan Gong Zairen was woken up from his sleep by the sound of talking outside, Xianyuan Gong Zairen is already a person in his seventies, and he sleeps very lightly at night, as long as there is a slight sound, he will be awakened, Xianyuan Gong Zairen woke up from his sleep and faintly heard his attendant adjutant talking to a person, and the voice was somewhat familiar.

Xianyuan Gong Zairen was about to think about who this person was, when a soft knock sounded on the door outside.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" The voice of the aide-de-camp sounded softly, "Your Excellency Tojo asks to see you." ”

"Tojo? Hideki Tojo! "Kanin Miyajiren immediately remembered, wasn't that voice just now the voice of Hideki Tojo? But in the next moment, the mood of the Kanin Palace Zaihito immediately became heavy, as the deputy commander of the army, Tojo Hideki was busy with official business, if it wasn't for the urgency of 100,000 things, I am afraid it would be impossible to come to see him overnight.

100,000 urgent? What's up? Could it be that something happened in the Far East?!

Thinking of this, Xianyuan Gong Zairen suddenly felt a pang in his heart, and responded loudly: "I'll be here soon!" ”

After a while, Xianyuan Gong Zairen came to the small living room in his pajamas, and Tojo Hideki, who had been waiting for a while, quickly got up and nodded to Xianyuan Palace: "His Royal Highness!" ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen waved his hand and said, "Tojo-kun, what's wrong?" ”

"Something happened, and it's a big deal!" Tojo Hideki did not hide it, and directly told the story of the jade shattered when the well book was announced and the main force of the Ninth Division was completely annihilated.

"Nani?" When Xianyuan Gong Zairen heard this, he was stupid in an instant.

How does this say? The staff officer of the War Department swore yesterday that it was more than enough for the Ninth Division to hold on for half a month, but in less than one night, the patrol battalion was completely wiped out. What's this called?!

Hideki Tojo sighed and said, "Your Highness, I don't even know how to tell Your Majesty about this. ”

"No, you can't tell Your Majesty about this!" Xianyuan Gong Zairen was startled when he heard this, and said sharply.

In the past two days, Hirohito has received bad news from Shanghai in a row, vomiting blood, fainting again, the imperial doctor said, even mental problems, if Hirohito knows that the Ninth Division has been completely annihilated, then it will be okay? If Hirohito gets angry, the consequences will be unimaginable.

"I think so too, so I came to see His Royal Highness the Prince at night." Hideki Tojo said with a sad face, "But such a big thing, you can't keep it from Your Majesty, what do you say?" ”

Xianyuan Gong Zairen immediately stopped talking, because what Tojo Hideki said was also reasonable.