A few minutes later, the Hatian detachment, under the leadership of Hatada Shigeichi, had hastily withdrawn from the north gate from Zongyang County.

Standing outside the north gate, Hatada Shigeichi was shocked. At this time, the guns of the other three were already silent, and everyone was in a strange time, when a cold wind blew, and Hakuda Shigeichi suddenly woke up and shouted: "Yaga, we have been fooled." ”

Before the words fell, several RPG rockets suddenly shot from the oblique stab, and then, several Gatlings that had been lying in ambush outside the north gate suddenly opened fire, and the bullets like water splashed immediately hit the Japanese army, and immediately turned the people of the Hatian detachment on their backs, killing and wounding countless people.

Seeing this, Hata's voice changed in shock, and he shouted hoarsely, "Hurry... Quickly withdraw..."At this moment, a string of bullets flew in, and immediately shattered him, and he could not die again.

After the death of Shigeichi Hata, the Japanese army was leaderless, which added to the chaos, and people were constantly beaten to death on the spot by Gatling. Some of them were collected by staff officer Kazuko Sato and fled northward, while others fled eastward along the river, and soon disappeared under the cover of night.

At this time, Li Hu came out of the darkness with a group of special combat soldiers. Looking at the broken corpses all over the ground, Deputy Captain Li Kuan said: "Captain, do you want me to take my brothers to chase and kill for a while?" ”

Li Hu shook his head and said: "If you chase it now, you will definitely be able to expand the results of the battle, but when you fight in the dark, there must be few brothers to be damaged, and what is more important than the lives of the brothers?" Our lives are worth more than the lives of devils. Now that we have defeated the Hatian detachment, our strategic goal has basically been achieved. Stop when it is suitable, accept it when you see it, this is the truth that Tuanzao taught me, and you should all study hard. ”

Li Kuanxin was convinced: "Yes, we must study hard." ”

Li Hu patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Okay, you kid, I didn't see it, tonight's strategy of missing one of the three is quite useful, it not only avoids the damage caused by the hard attack, but also can hit the enemy very well, not bad!" ”

Li Kuan scratched his head with a smile and said, "Actually, I also had an idea, and it is not a good strategy." ”

Li Hu said: "No matter what the strategy, as long as it is useful." Okay, let the brethren clean up the battlefield, and we should go back to our lives. ”

"Yes!"

……

Nanjing, headquarters of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army.

Yoshimoto Sadachi knocked on the bedroom door of Commander Okamura Ninji with a telegram, and after a while, Okamura Ninji put on his military uniform, opened the door and said, "Yoshimoto-kun, has the war changed again?" ”

Yoshimoto Sadaka nodded, handed the telegram to Okamura Ninji, and said: "The chief of staff of the Hatada detachment called, the Hatada detachment was attacked by the second attack of the regiment directly under the Shina gendarmerie in Zongyang County at 12 o'clock this evening, Hatada was killed for a while, and the troops suffered heavy casualties..."

"Nani?" Okamura Ninji was taken aback, frowned when he heard this, read the telegram, and scolded angrily: "This Hata Shigeichi is simply a pig, such a simple strategy can't be seen, it's a pity to die!" ”

Yoshimoto Sadachi: "It is reported that the remnants of the Hatada detachment, about 2,300 people, have now been collected by its chief of staff. ”

Okamura Ninji nodded and said, "Where is the Itai detachment now?" ”

Yoshimoto Sadachi: "The Itai detachment is attacking Tongcheng, and it is the remnants of the 26th Army that are defending Tongcheng, and I believe that Tongcheng will be taken in a few days." ”

"Yo Xi!" Okamura Ninji said: "Order the remaining personnel of the Hatada detachment to go to Tongcheng temporarily, join up with the Itai detachment, and defend closely after taking Tongcheng, and stand by on the spot." At the same time, the 106th Division and the Fifth Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery were ordered to speed up their march, and after the three armies converged, they would launch a unified attack on Anqing! ”

"Hey!"

On June 13, the 11th Brigade of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army captured Tongcheng.

Tongcheng is only 30 kilometers away from Huaining in a straight line, which is very close. After hearing that Tongcheng had fallen, Bai Fei, Yang Sen and others immediately stepped up Huaining's defenses, and at the same time sent a large number of sentinels to and from Tongcheng and Huaining, but the news they got for several days was: The Japanese army closed the gate and cowered in Tongcheng, and there was no trace of southward movement.

Yang Sen said in surprise: "I've always heard people say that you fought bravely, brother, and now you can see it." Now that the war has not officially started, a detachment of the Japanese army has been disabled by you, and I think that eighty percent of the Japanese troops in Tongcheng are also timid, so they can't shrink back. ”

Bai Fei shook his head and said, "You can't think so, I estimate that eighty percent of the Japanese are waiting for reinforcements, so we can't take it lightly." ”

After a few more days, the time came to June 18, and the Japanese 106th Division finally arrived at the area of Caizi Lake on the outskirts of Anqing first. On the same day, the Sakai Detachment of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, which was holding Tongcheng, also began to move south, joined the 106th Division, and drove the army to Xindu Town, a few kilometers away from Huaining City.

After stabbing his foot, Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura, commander of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army, immediately sent people to attack the castle. The detachment commander of the Sakai detachment, Tokutaro Sakai, said: "Your Excellency Matsuura, the 5th Field Heavy Artillery Brigade has not yet arrived, and according to the order of Commander Okamura Ninji, we must join them before we can attack. Is it really okay for us to fight privately without orders? ”

It is said that Okamura Ninji was promoted to lieutenant general by the Japanese War Department in March 1936, and in May 38, Okamura Ninji was promoted to commander of the 11th Army, which was only a short period of two years, and it was promoted by leapfrogging, which caused dissatisfaction among a large number of people in the army, including even the commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, Shunroku Hata, and the division commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura.

Why is Junrokuro Matsuura dissatisfied? Let's ask you, everyone is a lieutenant general, and your qualifications are not as deep as mine, how can I serve you?

Therefore, when he heard Sakai Tokuta mention Okamura Ninji, he was a little unhappy in his heart.

But I heard Sakai Tokutaro say again: "I have fought many times in Shanghai and Nanjing with the regiment directly under the military police of the defenders of China on the opposite side, and I know very well that they are difficult to deal with, Your Excellency Matsuura must not take it lightly, it is better to be careful, I suggest waiting on the spot, and wait for the 5th Brigade of heavy artillery to come to converge, and then attack..."

Matsuura Junrokuro said: "What you said is right, I have also heard about the strength of this team, but now the heavy artillery brigade will not arrive for several days, is it not in vain that we are waiting here in vain and spreading it, won't it damage the prestige of our Imperial Japanese Army?" ”

"It's just..."

Tokutaro Sakai was about to speak, but was interrupted by Junrokuro Matsuura, who continued: "All the troops we have here now have exceeded 35,000 people, how many people are there in a regiment directly under the military police of China?" Moreover, according to the news, they are now focusing on defending Anqing, and presumably Huaining's side will be more lax. ”

Tokutaro Sakai said: "What if they divide their forces to defend? ”

Junrokuro Matsuura laughed: "Sakai-kun, I think you are really scared by them, if they divide their troops to defend, won't the number of people be even less." Let's only attack Huaining, if we take Huaining, Anqing will become a lonely city, and it will fall into an embattled situation. Then again, don't you want to be ashamed of yourself through your own efforts, Sakai-kun? ”

Sakai Tokutaro was finally moved by what he said, gritted his teeth and said, "Since that's the case, then let's attack!" ”