Late that night, Miyake Toshio and his entourage of more than 30 people fled back to Mingguang County in the wind and snow, at first the puppet army guarding the city gate in Mingguang County did not believe it, until the military police captain of Mingguang County heard the news and arrived to recognize Miyake Toshio, and then took Miyake Toshio and his party back to the gendarmerie, while urgently reporting to the Central China Dispatch Army Headquarters. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Higashikuremiya received the telegram, he was negotiating a blockade with Seishiro Itagaki.

The original idea of Higashikurenomiya Tsuruhiko was to directly transfer the Second Army from Wuhan to Nanjing, specifically responsible for the task of blockading the Damei Mountains, but in the end, the base camp did not abandon the opinion of Higashikurenomiya Tsuruhiko and ordered the Second Army to remain stationed in Wuhan, and then formed a separate Twelfth Army in Nanjing.

This 12th Army was specially used to blockade the Damei Mountains.

The 12th Army has four divisions and four independent mixed brigades.

These four divisions are the 3rd Division stationed in Nanjing, the 5th Division stationed in Yangzhou, the 6th Division stationed in Feicheng, and the 101st Division stationed in Bengbu! The four independent mixed brigades are the 11th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Chaohu, the 12th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Huainan, the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Tianchang, and the 14th Independent Mixed Brigade stationed in Xuyi.

These four divisions and regiments plus four independent mixed brigades will form a tight blockade line against the Dameishan Mountains, and no matter which direction the Dameishan Independent Regiment launches an offensive, it will be countered by the other three directions, and once this blockade line is formed, the Dameishan Independent Regiment will basically be confined in its current sphere of influence, that is, Meixian, Puxian, Shanxian and Guanxian, and these four counties have now completely become the sphere of influence of the Dameishan Independent Regiment.

Shigesei Aoki, the newly arrived chief of staff of the 12th Army, was pointing to the map and explaining the latest progress of the 12th Army to Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko and Itagaki Seishiro.

"Booth, Commander." Shigesei Aoki first bowed heavily to Higashikurenomiya Tsusahiko and Itagaki Seishiro respectively, and then pointed to the map with a bamboo pole and explained, "As of yesterday, the four independent mixed brigades have all entered the designated defense area, the third division and the 101st division have also been adjusted and deployed in place, and the fifth division was originally resting in Yangzhou, but the sixth division may not be able to be deployed in a short period of time." ”

Higashikurenomiya waved his hand and said, "The Sixth Division is not in a hurry first. ”

The Sixth Division was in a hurry, because in the second sweeping operation, the Sixth Division had completely disabled the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and not only the four infantry wings were completely wiped out, but also the cavalry, baggage, field artillery, and engineer wings directly under the division headquarters were also wiped out.

In view of this, if the Sixth Division wants to rebuild and restore its combat effectiveness, it will have to be a long process, and it is conservatively estimated that it will take at least half a year, or even longer! Because the personnel are okay, Kumamoto Prefecture has reserves and reserves, but the replenishment of weapons and equipment, especially heavy equipment, cannot be so fast.

"Hello." Aoki Shigecheng paused heavily, and then continued, "But Your Highness, if the Sixth Division cannot be deployed in time, then there will be a very large gap left in the west of the entire blockade line, and at that time, the Dameishan Independent Regiment can completely obtain the replenishment of scarce materials through the western front, and the blockade in the remaining three directions will be useless." ”

"Will it leave a gap on the Western Front? Will the Dameishan Independent Regiment be able to get material replenishment through the Western Front? Higashikurenomiya Tsusahiko exchanged glances with Seishiro Itagaki and then laughed and said, "Aoki-san, I'm afraid you're too worried, I'm afraid what we left on the western line of Dameishan is not a gap, but a time bomb." ”

"Nani? Is it a ticking time bomb? Aoki Shigemato was stunned.

Higashikurenomiya said: "That's right, this is a time bomb. ”

Itagaki Seishiro also said: "Aoki-san, haven't you paid attention to the change of Hi Xixi? ”

"The Feixi Incident?" Aoki Shigesei was at a loss when he heard this, he really hadn't heard of the Hisai Incident.

Itagaki Seishiro patted his head and said, "I forgot, Aoki-san, you have just been transferred to Nanjing, so it is understandable that you don't know about the Feixi incident." ”

At that moment, Seishiro Itagaki told the whole story of the Hisai Incident.

After Seishiro Itagaki finished explaining, Higashikurenomiya asked, "Aoki-san, did you find anything from it?" ”

"Hello." Aoki Shigesei paused, "From the Feixi Incident, we can find that although the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have not yet formally broken up, in fact, with the end of the imperial army's offensive on the frontal battlefield, the honeymoon period between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party has actually ended, and in the future, frictions like the Feixi Incident will definitely continue to occur." ”

"Soga." "Therefore, we can take advantage of this contradiction between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party to unite with the Kuomintang army in the Dabie Mountains to blockade the Dameishan Independent Regiment, and I think that both the high-level leaders of the National Army and the high-ranking generals of the 32nd Group Army stationed in the Dabie Mountains will be happy to cooperate with the Imperial Army." ”

"So." Seishiro Itagaki continued, "Far from having a gap on the Western Front, it is likely to become one of the most tightly blockaded directions, and as long as we do a good job in the blockade of the remaining three directions, we can completely trap the Dameishan Independent Regiment in the Dameishan District, and at most one year, at least six months, and the Dameishan Independent Regiment will run out of ammunition and food!" ”

Aoki Shigecheng said: "However, Your Highness, if you want to completely block the border from Bengbu to Xuyi, from Xuyi to Tianchang, from Tianchang to Yangzhou, and then from Yangzhou to Pukou and Chaohu, such a long blockade line cannot be blocked by just a few points, but if the border cannot be completely blocked, the Dameishan Independent Regiment can completely carry out smuggling trade through ant moving, if so, the life of the Dameishan Independent Regiment may not be easy, but it is extremely difficult to trap them to death." ”

The so-called ant moving is the use of individual smuggling to transport materials to the base area little by little.

In real history, the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army broke the blockade of the devils through this difficult way, and finally survived extremely tenaciously.

"Aoki-san, you're to the point." Higashikurenomiya said happily, "You have just been transferred from the North China Front, how did your North China Front operate when you blockade the Eighth Route Army?" ”

Shigesei Aoki was originally the deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, and the reason why Tokuremiya Tsusahiko deliberately transferred him from the North China Front was to learn from some of the practices of the North China Front in the blockade of the Eighth Route Army.

Shigesei Aoki said: "The practice of the North China Front can be summed up in 12 words: the railway is the column, the highway is the chain, and the pillbox is the lock!" We have built a large number of strongholds near large and small towns, stations, bridges, and tunnels along railways and highways, and all of them must dig blockade ditches between them, build roads on the outside of the blockade ditches, and then send troops to garrison each stronghold, and build a large comprehensive stronghold every other distance, and station at least one mobile force of infantry brigade in the large stronghold, so that when the nearby small stronghold is attacked, reinforcements can be sent at any time. ”

After a pause, Shigesei Aoki added: "In this way, we have completely cut off the communication between the various units of the Eighth Route Army, and the law and order situation in the whole of North China has greatly improved. ”

"Yo Si." Seishiro Itagaki said, "Can you move this plan to Central China?" ”

"Of course it's okay to move here." Aoki Shigesei said, "But this requires the cooperation of the Imperial Army, but also the full support of the Imperial Army, especially the Restoration Government, without the cooperation of the Imperial Army, it is basically impossible to garrison troops in so many strongholds, and without the cooperation of the Restoration Government, it will be difficult to build so many strongholds and blockade ditches." ”

"That's fine." Tsusahiko Higashikurenomiya said, "The people of the Restoration government, I think they only know how to play mahjong and hold dances all day long, and they are very idle, and they should find some serious things to do." After a pause, Higashikurenomiya said in an unkind tone, "I don't think it's time to prepare for the reorganization of the Restoration Government first, let the Restoration Government build the blockade line around Dameishan first." ”

"Hello." Seishiro Itagaki paused, "I will convene the relevant officials of the Restoration Government tonight to discuss the construction of a stronghold around the Daimei Mountains and the sealing of the ditch. After a pause in this, Seishiro Itagaki said to Shigesei Aoki again, "Aoki-san, this matter is up to you." ”

"Hello." Aoki smacked his head.

While the three of them were talking, Higashigo Kota, the adjutant of Seishiro Itagaki , suddenly strode in and reported with a pause: "Your Highness, Your Excellency Commander, I just received an urgent telegram from the 101st Division from Bengbu, saying that less than five minutes ago, General Toshio Miyake, the commander of the Osaka Division, had led his troops to break through and arrived at Mingguang County. ”

"Nani?" Higashikurenomiya Tsukihiko got up and said, "Toshio Miyake is not dead yet?" ”

"Hello." Togo Kota paused, "General Toshio Miyake was only slightly injured, but his life was fine. ”

Seishiro Itagaki then got up and said: "Your Highness, since Toshio Miyake is not dead, we should immediately report this news to the base camp, and ask the base camp to suspend the process of selecting the commander of the 104th Division. ”

This sweep failed, and Kawabe Shozo has already taken all the blame, so division commanders like Miyake Toshio and Okabe Naosaburo do not have to be responsible for this, and in fact, the reason why this sweep ended in a fiasco is indeed because Kawabe Shozo is bent on going his own way, and it has nothing to do with Miyake Toshio and Okabe Naosaburo. (To be continued.) )