Okamura Ninji hesitated again and again, and finally accepted Ishihara's suggestion and abandoned Huainan Baobengbu, and after the telegram was sent, Okamura Ninji began to sit lonely in a corner and smoke, smoking one after another.

The battle has reached this point, he can already see the end, the loss of Xuzhou has become a foregone conclusion, Central China and North China will be divided into two battlefields, and then, the national army may advance to Central China or North China at any time, no matter which side they decide to fight first, it will be a disaster for the locust army, with the current strength of the empire, neither side can hold on.

The only chance for the locust army to turn the tables is on the battlefield of the Soviet Union, only when Germany and Japan meet in the Soviet Union, destroy the Soviet Union or force them to surrender, and the 800,000 Kwantung Army comes back in time, and even brings several divisions of German tanks, it is possible to regain the overall situation, but how long will it take? Okamura Ninji didn't have a bottom in his heart.

The unfavorable battle situation made the command headquarters gloomy and miserable, and everyone was trembling and cautious, for fear of annoying Okamura Ninji at this time, and attracting unnecessary scolding or even a slap.

But the bad news still came again, the staff officer didn't even dare to report in front of Okamura Ningji, and only told the chief of staff, Ishihara Waner, that just now, two divisions of the 43rd Group Army of the National Army attacked Wuhe Town, and the battle had just begun, and the two divisions of the Imperial Alliance Army on the defensive line turned against the water on the spot, and the defenders of the Locust Army wanted to block the invasion of that army and put down the rebellion, the scene was chaotic for a while, and the Wuhe defenders asked for urgent reinforcements.

Although the voice of the staff officer was not loud, Okamura Ninji, who was not far away, obviously heard it, and raised his head from the smoke, the cigarette that had just been lit had fallen at his feet, and the wisps of smoke rose in front of him and began to disperse, making his whole face look even more hideous and terrifying.

But before the news could be digested, someone came in to report that Lingbi had also been attacked by the national army, and the strength was a division of the first division.

"Eight Tooth Road!" Okamura Ninji seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, and suddenly got up and slammed his head twice, letting out a beastly roar.

Ishihara swallowed two mouthfuls of saliva, walked quickly to Okamura Ningji, and looked at him with a serious expression, until his expression slowly returned to normal, and then said with a straight face: "Okamura-kun, it's all because I didn't insist on my own judgment, now it seems that Jiang Haoran is going to parachute into Bengbu, and it's too late!" ”

A look of despair flashed in Okamura Ninji's eyes, his chest rose and fell, and his breathing was very rapid, which showed the agitation in his heart, and he said in a deep voice after a long time: "Is there no way to save it?" For example, as long as the defenders of Wuhe successfully hold the defensive line, it is impossible for the airborne division to be airborne smoothly, and the two divisions in Huainan will be able to reach Bengbu at noon tomorrow, as long as they enter Bengbu before the airborne division, they will be able to win time for reinforcements from all directions, and the reinforcements from Chuzhou and Mengcheng will arrive within 30 hours at most, and everything will not turn around? ”

Ishihara shook his head and said: "Okamura-kun, accept the reality, you know very well in your heart, the two divisions of the Imperial Alliance Army on the Wuhe defense line are against the water, which means that there is no possibility of holding on to Wuhe, and the defenders of Lingbi are also dragged by the army, as soon as it dawns tomorrow, the airborne division will be airborne, and it will be killed into the almost empty Bengbu City in two hours, no matter which reinforcements the locust army will not be faster than them, knowing that it is impossible to do it, only to increase the casualties, Bengbu still can't be saved, and consume one more soldier of the empire, In the future, there will be one less force on the battlefield of the counteroffensive. ”

Facing Ishihara's bitter words, Okamura Ninji closed his eyes, raised his head slightly, and two lines of turbid tears flowed from his distorted face, which were extremely conspicuous in the light.

After more than ten seconds, Okamura Ningji returned to normal, stared at Ishihara for two seconds, and then waved his hand and said: "Implement the emergency plan, Xuzhou can only stay for one more day." ”

Ishihara nodded approvingly, then turned around and walked away quickly.

In fact, the island army has always understood that they can't hold Xuzhou at all, and they are far inferior to the Chinese soldiers in terms of troops, national strength, and weapons.

As soon as the Yunnan-Burma highway was opened, hundreds of strategic materials of all kinds entered China, and all kinds of ammunition were enough for them to squander openly, and the island army since the defeat in the Pacific theater, resources were even more scarce, especially in this case, they also squeezed out limited steel, produced nearly 300 helicopters, firepower is enhanced, but steel reserves are almost exhausted, and the island country has even begun to collect farm tools and kitchen knives from the people to produce bullets and shells.

The supplies are getting tighter and tighter, but the battlefield is getting wider and wider, China, the Soviet Union, Southeast Asia, the Pacific, wars are raging, millions of soldiers are fighting everywhere, and the daily consumption is very amazing.

Their only hope at the moment was to open the Far East supply lines as soon as possible, obtain supplies from the Soviet Union, and receive assistance from the German army. The tactics of this Battle of Xuzhou all revolved around this purpose, and a million troops were gathered, hoping to delay the time as much as possible until this day came.

But the island army did not expect that in less than 20 days, the Battle of Xuzhou would actually enter the countdown stage.

It was precisely because of the early estimate that they also formulated an emergency plan at the beginning of formulating the plan for the Battle of Xuzhou.

In the early morning of the next day, the sky was just dawning, and Wuhan set camp.

Lin Long waved his pink fist and slammed Jiang Haoran's door into a mountain, ignoring the dissuasion of the knife at the door, and shouted in his mouth: "Headquarters, headquarters, the battle situation has changed dramatically, get up and ...... general."

"Squeak", the door suddenly opened, Lin Long's hand almost didn't hit Jiang Haoran's head, so frightened that she suddenly withdrew her hand, opened her mouth to speak, Jiang Haoran's angry voice had already sounded: "What are you shouting about, early in the morning, what earth-shattering things need to be so urgent?" ”

Lin Long hurriedly said: "The battle situation has changed dramatically, the command headquarters is all in chaos, Chief of Staff Liu and Chief of Staff Huang have all been called, and the deputy commander-in-chief asked you to hurry over." ”

"A sea change in the tide of battle? Didn't the airborne division get airborne as scheduled? Jiang Haoran suddenly became nervous, took the military uniform handed over by Mei Xiang, and said while putting it on his body in a panic.

Lin Long said: "It's definitely not this, Ma Jiucheng and Hu Yunqing occupied Wuhe at about four o'clock in the morning, there must be no problem with the airborne location, besides, the transport plane transporting the airborne division has just set off, and the airborne has not started yet, how can there be a problem?" ”

"What kind of drastic changes can happen, Bai Chongxi didn't say what it was?"

"No, he just ordered me to call you over quickly, but judging by his expression, shouldn't it be bad news?"

"Let's go, let's go to the headquarters." Jiang Haoran took the military hat strap from Mei Xin's hand, raised his legs and left.

Mei Xin and Mei Xiang also cleaned up, Lei Zhan didn't know where to get out, and the group followed Jiang Haoran as fast as flying, and Hao Hao Tang Tang walked towards the headquarters.