Shunroku Hata has been in a tormented mood recently, the imperial family's dissatisfaction with him has been undisguised, and His Majesty the Emperor has expressed his disappointment in public several times about the dispatch of troops from Central China, what is the disappointment? I was disappointed that the Central China Dispatch Army had not been able to end the Battle of Wuhan for a long time, and I was even more disappointed with the poor performance of the Central China Dispatch Army on the Dameishan Battlefield. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Thinking of the battlefield of Dameishan, Shunroku Hata was on fire in his belly.

Originally, according to the plan of Hata Junroku, it was not appropriate to take an offensive against the Dameishan Independent Regiment at this time, but should concentrate on guarding the Feiwu Highway and the Feibang Highway to ensure that the logistics supply line of the Second Army was victorious, and then, after the Battle of Wuhan was over, he would turn back to deal with the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and at that time, the Central China Army would be able to invest at least three divisions and regiments in the sweep of Dameishan, in this case, even if Xu Rui had the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, he would definitely be defeated.

It's a pity that Dongjiu Twist Yan, a royal fool who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it, has to take the 10th Division, which was originally used in the Wuhan battlefield, to Dameishan, and has to rely on the strength of a division to argue with Xu Rui, Xu Rui is so easy to deal with? At the beginning, Xu Rui only had more than 1,000 people, and he was able to completely annihilate nearly 10,000 people in the Kawaguchi detachment, and now the Dameishan Independent Regiment is said to have expanded to nearly 10,000 people, and the 10th Division is a permanent division, and it is difficult to say that it will win.

Thinking of the boredom, Shunroku Hata bent down again and coughed violently.

Kawabe Shozo happened to come to report something, so he pushed the door in and said, "Your Excellency, you better go and rest for a while, right?" ”

Since the malaria spread on the battlefields of Jiangxi and Hunan, the non-combat attrition of the 11th Army of Okamura Ninji has begun to increase sharply, at the beginning, the number of sick people per day was only a few dozen, but now, the number of sick people every day has increased dramatically to nearly 1,000 people, and in less than half a month, the 11th Army has lost nearly 10,000 people!

The military doctors of the 11th Army have tried their best, but they have not been able to alleviate the situation.

As a result, Okamura Ninji, who had always been competitive and competitive, sent a telegram lamenting that before the weather turned cold, the 11 th Army no longer had the strength to launch an attack on the Nationalist Army from the battlefield south of the Yangtze River, and now the battlefield south of the Yangtze River has completely reached a stalemate, and it is impossible to make a breakthrough at least until September.

As a result, Shunroku Hahata could only pin his hopes for a breakthrough on the Second Army.

Compared with the 11th Army, the strength of the Second Army was originally relatively weak, and at the beginning, the northern foot of Dabie Mountain was not conducive to the mobility of the army, and it was only responsible for flank containment, so it was only equipped with three divisions, and now the most elite 10th Division let Dongjiu Twist Yan bring it to the Dameishan battlefield, and there were only two divisions left in the battlefield at the northern foot of Dabie Mountain.

Moreover, these two divisions and regiments were still newly formed ad hoc divisions, and their combat effectiveness was somewhat different from that of the 17 permanent divisions and regiments, and the result was also the same: after the 15th and 16th divisions were put into battle, except for the initial advance, which was relatively smooth, after three days, the pace of advance began to slow down, and now it is difficult to move an inch.

For the sake of the Jiangbei battlefield, Shunroku Hata has not closed his eyes for three days.

After three days of suffering, Shunroku Hata was already tired on his face, his eyes were bloodshot, and even worse, even his lung disease had a tendency to get worse.

Kawabe Shozo was very worried and persuaded: "Your Excellency, General, you better take a rest, right?" ”

"I'm fine." Hata Junliu waved his hand and said, "Huo Shan, there is still no progress in the direction of the mall?" ”

After the 15th Division arrived in Feicheng, it only rested for half a day and immediately waved its division to the west and launched an attack on Lu'an, and captured Lu'an in the evening of the same day, and the Nationalist Army was defeated and retreated in the direction of Huoshan and Jinzhai, and the 15th Division immediately divided its troops into two routes and pursued them in the direction of Huoshan and Jinzhai respectively, but was met with stubborn resistance in Jinzhai and Huoshan.

After the 16th Division arrived at the battlefield, it was immediately put into the direction of Jinzhai, and the national army in the direction of Jinzhai was unable to fight, so it immediately retreated to Shangcheng County, but when the 16th Division continued to attack Shangcheng, it was met with stubborn resistance from the National Army, and the two armies fought bloodily in Shangcheng County for several days, both suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese army was always unable to advance an inch.

In the face of Shunroku Hatata's inquiry, Kawabe Shozo shook his head and said: "Sun Lianzhong's Third Corps is very heroic, the 15th Division and the 16th Quantity Regiment have made no progress in Huoshan and Mall, and at present, it is very difficult to break the situation, so I humbly suggest that the 9th and 13th Divisions that are resting in the Bengbu area will be put into attack. ”

"Well, the 9th and 13th Divisions have been resting in Huainan and Bengbu for some time, and it's time to go back into battle." Shunroku Hata nodded, and then continued, "However, Kawabe-san, do you think it is better for these two divisions to continue to enter the battlefield of the mall, or simply take a detour to a deeper reach?" ”

"A further detour?" Kawabe Shozo said, "What does Your Excellency the General mean?" ”

Hata Shunroku picked up the wooden pole, drew a large arc on the map, and said in a deep voice: "From Huoqiu and Gushi directly into Xinyang, cut off the passage between Wuhan and Guanzhong, in this way, the national army left in Wuhan and the national army fighting on the front line will inevitably be shaken, and the imperial army in the north and south battlefields will also be able to break the situation." ”

Kawabe Shozo said: "Your Excellency the General is far-sighted and humble. ”

Hata Junroku waved his hand and said, "However, after the ninth and thirteenth divisions are deployed, there will only be one sixth division left in the entire Anhui garrison, will it be too weak?" ”

Kawabe Shozo said: "At present, the national army in central Anhui has been defeated on all fronts, and only the four detachments of the Communist New Fourth Army and the Dameishan Independent Regiment are still active in Anhui. ”

Shunroku Hata frowned and said, "Speaking of the 10th Division, how are they fighting over there?" ”

"The specifics are not very clear, and His Royal Highness does not report their movements to the Command of the Dispatch Army." Kawabe Shozo smiled bitterly and continued, "However, two days ago, Machijiri sent back a telegram saying that His Royal Highness the Prince had designed a battle plan codenamed 'Imaginary', and it should have been put into practice by now. ”

"Fiction and reality?" Hata Junroku smiled coldly when he heard this, is the royal prodigal son of the royal family comparing himself to Cao Ying, a famous soldier in the Three Kingdoms period? At that moment, he asked, "Hebian-san, what kind of battle plan is this?" ”

Hebian Zhengsan picked up the important ones, and said: "In short, this is a double-insurance plan, if the independent regiment retreats to Meizhen and the fortress, the 10th Division in the direction of Heifengkou will be able to take advantage of the weakness, and if the independent regiment sticks to Heifengkou, His Royal Highness the Prince is very likely to take Shaqiaogang by taking advantage of the weakness, and Meizhen will not be guaranteed." ”

"Double insurance?" "I'm afraid that both ends will fail." ”

"Falling short at both ends?" Shozo Kawabe said, "Your Excellency, this can't be, right? ”

"Why not?" Hata Junroku said coldly, "They can't help but underestimate Xu Rui, Xu Rui is so easy to deal with, how could the Kawaguchi detachment collectively shatter the jade in the first place?" Xu Rui was so easy to deal with, how could the Sixth Division not be able to defeat Feicheng at the beginning, but was hit hard by the Independent Regiment? If Xu Rui is so easy to deal with, how can the Central China Army change its commander three times? Shanshan Yuan even ended up committing suicide? ”

The riverside is awe-inspiring when he hears this.

Hata Junroku continued: "It's not that I have to grow the ambition of others and destroy my own prestige, Xu Rui's cunning and fierceness, among the imperial generals, almost no one can match it!" His Royal Highness is taking risks in front of him, but the class has an axe, you see, this time His Highness has to suffer! Maybe the 10th Division will be in danger! ”

Before Toshiroku Hata could finish speaking, a communications staff officer walked in.

"Your Excellency, General." The communications staff officer handed over the folder with the telegram and said, "Urgent telegram from the Pucheng Garrison of the Second Army Headquarters!" ”

Kawabe Shozo took the folder and waved his hand to signal the communications staff officer to step back.

The communications staff officer paused, and Kawabe Shozo opened the folder and took out the telegram.

However, after just one glance, Kawabe Shozo's face immediately changed greatly, and he said, "Your Excellency, something has happened!" ”

"Something's wrong?" Toshiroku Hatata's heart jumped violently, and he asked urgently, "Hebe-san, what's wrong?" ”

Kawabe Shozo took a deep breath, tried his best to calm his mood, and said: "The Second Army's garrison in Pucheng said that His Royal Highness personally led the First Infantry Brigade of the 39th Infantry Wing yesterday to the front line to meet Abe's resolute team, and then lost contact at 2 o'clock this afternoon, and has not been able to contact it until now. ”

"What am I talking about? What did I just say? Shunroku Hata immediately shouted, "I haven't finished my sentence, and something happened over there, and it's a big deal!" ”

However, there was still a trace of luck in his heart, and he said: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency, His Royal Highness may be for secrecy, so he deliberately engaged in radio silence. ”

"Radio silence?" Shunroku Hata said coldly, "The Dameishan Independent Regiment doesn't have a radio signal detector, so can he engage in wireless without silence?" Riverside Sang, don't be lucky, hurry up and find out, there is any other army nearby that can rush to the front line in time to receive His Royal Highness the Prince intact as soon as possible. ”

Although he was very dissatisfied with Higashikuru in his heart, Shunroku Hatahata couldn't see death without help.

If he really let Toshikuru follow in the footsteps of his brother Fushimiya Toshihiko and die in the hands of Xu Rui, His Majesty the Emperor would have to hate him to the bone, and he, the commander-in-chief of the army, would be the end, even if he would not be like Sugi Sugimoto, who would use a samurai way to protect his honor, but like Matsui Ishine, he would retire in disgrace, but there was no doubt about it.

Hebe Zhengzo said: "Your Excellency, the first line of heaven is hidden in the Damei Mountain, and reinforcements are sent from other directions, I am afraid that the distant water will not quench the thirst of the near, why not let the 10th Division send troops to respond?" ”

"The Tenth Division?" Shunroku Hata said coldly, "I'm afraid that the Tenth Division is already too busy to take care of itself now, where is the ability to send troops to rescue His Highness?" ”