Ishihara Wan'er nodded first, then shook his head suddenly, and said hurriedly: "Okamura-kun, I always feel that this thing is not normal, but I can't say what is abnormal, please trust my intuition, there must be something wrong in Huainan, so, please don't withdraw the 315th Division for the time being, let them continue to go to Huainan for reinforcements, so as to strengthen Huainan's defense." ”

After Ishihara finished speaking, he solemnly bowed his legs to Okamura Ninji and said, "Please, Okamura-kun!" ”

Seeing that Ishihara was so solemn, Okamura Ningji pursed his lips and hesitated for a few seconds, nodded slightly, and said, "Okay, then do what Ishihara-kun wants, I hope your intuition is right." ”

Ishihara let out a sigh of relief, as if he had let go of a thousand pounds of burden.

At this time, the previous staff officer turned back again, but this time it brought back the latest information of the sleeper agent Sachiko Duanmu, and the women's division suddenly turned around and headed for the direction of the Yangtze River, not at all to reinforce the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army, but to cross Chaohu Lake and surprise attack Chaoxian.

The earth-shattering news immediately frightened the people in the command headquarters, and Okamura Ningji, who came back to his senses, immediately walked to the combat sand table, and found Bailin Village, the location of crossing the lake provided by the intelligence, on the combat sand table.

Okamura Ningji said: "From here across the lake to the middle temple, it is the closest distance to the entire Chaohu Lake, less than ten kilometers, if the boats are sufficient, the troops can all cross the lake within three hours, the troops rush south along the Chaohu Lake, and they can arrive at Chaoxian County at dawn, the locust army is hopeless, Jiang Haoran's hand is really poisonous." ”

Ishihara Wan'er continued: "Yes, according to their plan, from the start of the battle to the defeat of Chao County, the time in between is probably not six hours, and when the locust army notices anything, it is too late, whether it is to increase troops from the direction of Hefei, or to transfer troops from the Wuwei defense line to help, it is already too late, this hand interspersed is indeed a clever means, Miss Sachiko's intelligence can be said to have saved the 12th Army of the Locust Army." ”

Kinoshita Yong hurriedly said: "Then what are you waiting for, hurry up and send troops to help Chao County, there are also seventy or eighty miles from the Wuwei defense line to Chao County, and it will be too late to delay." ”

Okamura Ningji was silent, as if he was thinking about countermeasures, but Ishihara Wan'er replied casually: "Rushing to the aid of Chaoxian is to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and the most important thing is to swallow the army of the women's division, which can destroy the will to attack to a large extent, and at the same time boost the morale of the locust army." ”

Okamura Ninji's eyes lit up, and he said in a cruel voice: "Yes, Ishihara-kun's statement is exactly what I want, how do you think they can be annihilated?" ”

"The best thing to do, of course, is to set up an ambush." Ishihara Wan'er picked up the command pole as he spoke, pointed to the sand table and said: "The best place is in the Middle Temple, you see, the terrain of the Middle Temple is surrounded by water on three sides, as long as the women's division goes ashore, there is no way to retreat, the locust army can arrange an ambush on the front line of Baima Bridge and Xiaochen Village, use this ambush to annihilate its main force, and then outflank them from the right flank and annihilate them on the lake south of the Middle Temple." ”

Okamura Ninji nodded again and again: "This plan is very good, you think it is more appropriate to send that wing." ”

Okamura Ninji didn't say about the division, but just said "wing," he really didn't put the women's division in his eyes, too, a group of women's troops, and it was the first time to go to the battlefield, what combat effectiveness could it have, maybe in the eyes of the island army, a wing was a bit redundant, because no one felt that there was anything wrong with Okamura Ningji's statement, and everyone's expressions were very calm.

Only Ishihara Wan'er frowned slightly, hesitated for a few seconds and replied: "Okamura-kun, Jiang Haoran never fights uncertain battles, since he can hand over this task to the women's division, it shows that the women's division is indeed superior, we can't underestimate the enemy, the establishment of the women's division is in accordance with Jiang Haoran's 24,000 A division standard to compile, this light assault, excluding the artillery regiment, tank battalion and other heavy weapons troops, the strength is still more than 16,000, and a wing of the locust army is less than 4,000, even if it is an ambush, I am afraid that the strength is not enough, Moreover, the women's division is equipped with a large amount of continuous firepower, and I heard that they also have a helicopter brigade directly under the division headquarters, which shows that they should not be underestimated, so I am afraid that the strength of a wing can hardly bear this heavy responsibility. ”

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"Hmm!" Okamura Ninji nodded, as if agreeing with Ishihara's statement, and then said: "In this way, Ishihara-kun, this battle will be handed over to you, how to dispatch troops to arrange for you." ”

"Hay!" Ishihara immediately walked towards Okamura Ninjiha.

At 5:30 a.m. that day, Hefei, the headquarters of the 12th Army of the Island Army.

Lieutenant General Uchiyama Eitaro, commander-in-chief of the 12th Army of the Island Army, was pacing back and forth in the headquarters, his forehead covered with fine beads of sweat, looking worried.

The guns outside Hefei rang out all night, the offensive of the national army has hardly stopped since two days ago, the infantry rushed after the artillery bombardment, the artillery bombarded the infantry rushed, it was endless, the pressure on the front was heavy, just now the general headquarters in Jinan sent an urgent telegram, ordering him to immediately transfer troops to the Zhongmiao ambush women's division, which undoubtedly added another trouble to him, the national army is attacking so frantically, the situation is obvious, who knows what will happen to the next battle, he now has only one division reserve in his hand, It was the last reserve force of the entire Hefei defense line, but the command asked him to dispatch two wings to carry out this mission, which made him not panic.

The 12th Army of the Island Army has under the jurisdiction of the 32nd Division, the 35th Division, the 59th Division, the 110th Division, the 201st Division, and the 202nd Division, a total of six divisions, the first three divisions are the B division, which is the backbone of the 12th Army, the 110th Division is the C division, the back two are the D division, and then there are five puppet army divisions with almost no combat effectiveness, mainly responsible for the task of logistics supply and supplementation.

Among them, the 32nd Division and the 35th Division were mainly responsible for Hefei and the defensive line of nearly 40 kilometers on the left and right flanks, and the 110th Division was responsible for holding the defensive line in Huainan and along the way. The 202nd Division and the 201st Division were responsible for the Chaohu Lake and Wuwei defensive lines, and the 59th Division was the reserve division.

Although the force seems to be strong, the entire defense line is more than 200 kilometers long, reaching the Yangtze River, and facing the frantic attack of hundreds of thousands of troops of the 27th Group Army, the Eighth Route Army, and the New Fourth Army of the National Army, the pressure on Uchiyama Eitaro is not insignificant.

"Report, General Yanagawa has arrived!" The voice of the guards came from the door, and Uchiyama Eitaro quickly stopped pacing and walked quickly to the door.

Immediately, a short and round figure Teng Teng walked in, stood up in front of Uchiyama Eitaro and said: "The commander of the 59th Division, Yanagawa Tei, has been ordered to come to report and ask General Uchiyama for instructions!" ”