On August 4, the 6th Division of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army, under the leadership of Shiro Inaba, fought bloody battles all the way and occupied Huangmei and Guangji successively.

It turned out that after the loss of Huangmei, Bai Chongxi, the acting commander of the Fifth Theater, immediately commanded the troops to counterattack, but the Japanese army held on to the danger and released a large amount of poison gas, and the counteroffensive troops suffered heavy losses. Seeing that the strong attack could not be carried out, Bai Chongxi transferred troops to flank the rear of the Japanese army, cutting off the land supply line and land retreat of the Japanese 6th Division, leaving Inaba in a difficult situation. Bai Chongxi seized the opportunity and commanded the 28th Army, the 84th Army and other troops facing each other head-on, to take advantage of the opportunity to storm and attack with the intention of completely annihilating the 6th Division, which had committed numerous crimes in the Nanjing Massacre. This time, although Bai Chongxi's layout was clever, he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. The 6th Division held on to the danger and at the same time released a large amount of poison gas to survive the difficulties.

At this time, the shipwreck in the Tongling section of the Yangtze River channel was blocked, and after more than a month of explosives dredging by the Japanese army, the channel had been dredged; And the loss of Madang Fortress also reduced the obstacles on the water surface of the Japanese army.

Okamura immediately sent the navy to open a supply channel at Koike on the other side of the Jiujiang River, and provided ammunition and replenishment for the 6th Division. After Inaba Shiro was replenished, he began to counterattack, and although Bai Chongxi went to the front line to supervise the battle, it was to no avail.

Under the onslaught of the Japanese army, the 28th, 68th and 84th armies suffered heavy casualties, and the reserves were exhausted, but they were still unable to stop the Japanese offensive and were forced to retreat to Guangji. Seeing the retreat of the defenders, the Japanese army immediately followed and pursued to Guangji, where it was a fierce battle, and finally the defenders retreated, and Guangji, the gateway to Tianjia Town, was lost. After this tragic battle, the 6th Division suffered heavy losses and was unable to continue the offensive, so it rested on the spot in Guangji for 7 days and replenished 3,200 new soldiers, soldiers and equipment.

Let's talk about the south bank of the Yangtze River.

After the Japanese army captured Madang Fortress, it successively combined with the 106th, 101st and other divisions to pounce on Pengze and other places.

Seeing that the situation was serious, Chen Cheng, commander of the Ninth Theater, strictly ordered Li Hansoul's 64th Army, which was stationed at Hukou, to counterattack Pengze. After a battle of strength, the Japanese army not only repelled Li Hansoul's attack, but also took advantage of the situation to pounce on Hukou, Hukou fell, and the 64th Army retreated to Jiujiang.

After occupying Hukou, the exhausted Japanese army rested for several days, and then continued to set off for Jiujiang, the next important town of Jiangfang. In the early morning of 23 July, the Japanese army repeated its old tricks, sneaked into Poyang Lake in the rain, and finally landed successfully in front of the position of the 11th Pre-11th Division south of Gutang. The defenders did not know what reason, the Japanese army had landed at 12 o'clock, and it was not until four o'clock that the report called for reinforcements was called, and the 128th division of Gu Jiaqi, which came to the aid later, was a unit adapted from the natives of Xiangxi, and its combat effectiveness was extremely poor.

After the Japanese army stabilized the landing field, the 106th Division advanced in depth under the cover of naval guns, and cooperated with the frontal attack of the 101st Division to encircle Jiujiang. Seeing that the overall situation was unfavorable, Zhang Fakui ordered the 2nd Corps to transfer, abandon Jiujiang, and retreat to the area of Jinguanqiao, a second-line position, to defend.

So far, several divisions of the 11th Army of the Japanese Army have advanced westward along both sides of the Yangtze River, and very great progress has been made. Guangji in the north of the Yangtze River, Jiujiang in the south of the Yangtze River, and cities along the Yangtze River in the east have all fallen into the hands of the Japanese army.

Due to the unfavorable war, the defenders continued to lose cities and land and suffered heavy defeats, and Chiang Kai-shek almost fell ill in anger, and he didn't think about tea and dinner all day, and even talked less.

On this day, Chiang Kai-shek was sitting at his desk sulking, and Chen Cheng came in a hurry with a telegram. Chiang Kai-shek didn't raise his head, and said angrily: "Is it lost somewhere?" ”

Chen Cheng hurriedly said: "Bench, good news!" Song Xilian had just sent a telegram saying that Bai Zhenyu had attacked Hefei, the base camp of the Japanese Second Army, with hundreds of men, captured alive the commander of the Japanese Second Army, Minoru Higashikurenomiya, and robbed a Japanese train full of supplies to break out of the Japanese encirclement, and had now arrived in Lu'an. ”

"What!?" Chiang Kai-shek stood up suddenly, his eyes brightened, and he snatched the telegram from Chen Cheng's hand and looked at it at a glance.

After reading it, Chiang Kai-shek became a little hurried and hurriedly asked, "Is this news true?" ”

Chen Cheng said: "There should be no water. Think about it, Bai Zhenyu publicly said a few days ago that he wanted to capture Minoru Higashikure Palace alive, and later disobeyed the order many times and did not return, and claimed that he must fulfill his promise, it seems that this incredible thing, he really did it! ”

"Mother, Xipi! This Bai Zhenyu is bold! How daring! Chiang Kai-shek immediately became agitated and kept moving back and forth.

Chen Cheng said: "Commission, how do you think this matter should be dealt with now?" Is it necessary to immediately issue an external signal to the outside world to boost the morale of the soldiers? ”

Chiang Kai-shek took a sip of the water cup on the table, calmed down the shock in his heart a little, and said, "Hair, send immediately!" At the same time, you immediately send a telegram to Bai Zhenyu, asking him to ensure the personal safety of Minoru Higashikumiya and bring me back safely, Bai Zhenyu, a bold bastard, if you don't warn him, maybe it will be like the last time he captured Gu Shoufu, and when he comes back, he will have half his life left. ”

Chen Cheng nodded and said, "Indeed, a living Japanese imperial family is much more useful than a dead one. I'm going to send a telegram! ”

Chiang Kai-shek had calmed down at this time, and he said: "Slow, I just thought about it again, since Minoru Higashikurenomiya has let us capture, presumably the Japanese army will definitely take action, whether the two sides are negotiating conditions or something else, it will not have a good impact on the government, I think it is better to leave it to Bai Zhenyu to solve it himself..."

Chen Cheng said: "What the commission said is good, I am negligent in this point, Minoru Higashikurenomiya is a Japanese imperial family, and there is still some influence in the international community, if we come forward, it is likely to be pressured by the international community. ”

Chiang Kai-shek said: "That's right, so it's best for us to pretend not to know about this matter and not disclose it to the outside world for the time being." You sent a secret telegram to Bai Fei in my name, telling him to handle this matter with full authority, and I believe that with his cleverness, he should know how to do it. ”

"Yes! I'll do it. ”

Not long after, Bai Fei, who was far away in Lu'an, received a telegram from Chen Cheng, and after reading the telegram, Bai Fei grinned and muttered: "As expected, the black cauldron is really still to be carried by me..."

Li Hu said on the side: "Tuanzuo, since the commission has entrusted us with this matter, it seems that we have to think about how to knock the little devil's bamboo pole?" ”

Bai Fei couldn't help but hit him and said, "You don't want to think about it, what if the Japanese army doesn't negotiate terms with us?" ”

"You mean, they're going to ignore the life or death of Minoru Higashikuremiya?"

Bai Fei said: "First of all, this old devil is the uncle of Emperor Hirohito, a veritable imperial family, whether it is in Japan's domestic political arena or in the Japanese military circles, he has a great influence, so he still has a certain value, and it is impossible to say that the Japanese completely ignore his life and death." However, you must know that the value of a person is limited, and if the conditions we propose go too far and exceed the psychological expectations of the Japanese people, this will happen. ”

Li Hu said: "In this way, before we put forward the conditions, we have to consider the psychological expectations that the Japanese can accept? ”

Bai Fei nodded: "Yes, so this matter is not as easy to do as imagined." Well, we're not in a hurry anyway, so we'll wait and see until the Japanese react. ”

Li Hu said: "I didn't expect it to be so troublesome, it's better to slaughter this old thing with a knife, and have a good time." ”

Bai Fei shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not as complicated as you think. Okay, I'll give you a task, and you can spread the word through the grapevine, and the more widely you go, the better. ”

Li Hu was puzzled: "Why is this? ”

Bai Fei said: "You'll know when the time comes." ”

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