An hour later, the battle was over, and Chen Qingshan and Zhang Quming successfully broke away from the Japanese encirclement with their troops. As soon as he sat down to rest, the telegraph soldier ran to Chen Qingshan with a telegram and said, "Brigade! Shizuo emergency electricity! ”

Chen Qingshan took the telegram and looked at it carefully, handed the telegram to Zhang Quming and said, "Shizao let us return to Yinping Town immediately, what do you think?" Zhang Quming took the telegram and said while reading it: "It is estimated that the division is ready to give up Chaohu!" Only by giving up Chaohu will we be ordered to rest in Yinping Town! ”

Hearing Zhang Quming's words, Chen Qingshan thought for a while and said, "No matter what, let's still carry out the order of the division!" Saying that, Chen Qingshan looked at his watch and ordered: "Rest in place for ten minutes!" Ten minutes later, immediately move closer to Yinping Town! ”

Just as Chen Qingshan sent a telegram to Zhang Cheng, Shunroku Hata received a telegram from Hiroshi Nakagawa. After reading the telegram, Shunroku Hata suddenly sat down on the ground. Seeing Shunroku Hata's unusual behavior, Tsukada Tsukashi, who was making the next battle plan in the war room, immediately helped Shunroku Hata up and asked, "Your Excellency Commander!" What's going on? ”

Shunroku Hata handed the telegram to Tsukada and said, "What a great shame! And the most infuriating thing is that the Chinese army also cut off Nakagawa Hiroshi's head! Hearing Shunroku Hata's words, Tsukada Tsukashi said seriously: "This is what the Shina Army is retaliating for, and the Ninth Division and the Sixteenth Division are doing in Nanjing!" ”

Shunroku Hatata, who calmed down, said to Tsukada Tsukasa: "Immediately draw up a revenge plan and report it to the Tokyo base camp along with the plan and this news!" ”

The chief of staff, Tsukada Tsukata, who was on the side of Shunroku Hata, heard Shunroku Hata's words and asked softly, "Your Excellency Commander, what should you do with Chaohu now?" Shunroku Hata turned to look at Tsukada Tsukashi and said, "Order Nakagawa Hiro and Ushijima Sadao to be sure to hold back Chaohu's Shina army!" I want to use the head of the Chaohu Shina Army to pay tribute to the fallen souls of our Great Japanese Empire! ”

Hearing Shunroku Hatata's words, Tsukada was stunned and said, "Your Excellency, Division Commander,!" Wouldn't we be safer and report the news of the death of the original garrison to the Tokyo base camp while transferring troops? Shunroku Hata thought for a while and nodded and said, "Just do what you say!" ”

The headquarters of the Central China Dispatch Army of the Japanese Army in Shanghai, Shunroku Hata, and the commanders of the divisions urgently recalled from the front were conducting intense war games to build fortifications at Chaohu Lake according to the terrain of the Chaohu base and the new 1st Division. A large military sand table is placed in the center of the war room, and every hill around Chaohu Lake, every path in the city, every firepower point, and the approximate distribution of troops are listed in detail. Of course, the firing points and the distribution of troops are only the result of the Japanese army's calculations based on the terrain and various data.

In Chaohu, the price paid by the Japanese army was not insignificant, and the direct battle attrition of more than 20,000 troops was simply an incredible number in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. But because of Zhang Cheng's birth, the number of devil casualties in each battle is expanding more and more. There was even a terrifying incident in which the division and regimental system were completely annihilated, and this kind of damage was used to snatch territory from Zhang Cheng's hands. It's not just Shunroku Hata who doesn't think it's worth it. The base camp is also difficult to accept. On the one hand, he urged Shunroku Hata to take Chaohu Lake as soon as possible. Uproot Zhang Cheng's tumor. On the one hand, troops were urgently dispatched to replenish the divisions and regiments that were seriously damaged on the front line, and at the same time, a puppet army of a division was transferred from Jiangbei for Shunroku Hata to deploy, and all kinds of weapons, ammunition, food, and materials were continuously transported to Quanjiao.

The desperate full support of the base camp made Hata Junliu feel that the pressure on his body was huge, Chaohu was already under the front of the imperial army, but he didn't know anything about the roads and hidden forts in Chaohu City, which made them feel that he was a hedgehog who couldn't speak, for the sake of prudence, he was mobilizing two corps to encircle the camp step by step to form a fortress.

If the fortress is not formed, according to the deduction, the 9th, 18th, and 5th divisions of the Imperial Army (one detachment). After replenishment, the strength can reach more than 70,000, plus more than 10,000 horses of a puppet army division, marching from the road and waterway to strike at Chaohu, and aircraft, chariots, heavy artillery, and male soldiers take turns to fight.

Although Zhang Cheng's new first division has 30,000 or 40,000 horses, they have really fought fiercely in Chaohu before, and the establishment of more than 20,000 can be fought is already very good.

Although the base has an arsenal in Yinping Town, it has only been put into use for two months, and Zhang Cheng is extremely ambitious, as soon as the arsenal comes out, it will produce new weapons on a large scale, and the storage of ammunition must be quite limited. The previous battle should have basically depleted their stocks, and a large-scale attack by the Imperial Army would inevitably lead to the loss of their ammunition, and with their forces and logistics stretched thin, the Imperial Army chose to break through a little, and with an overwhelming handful of troops, it would be able to wipe out the new 1st Division in less than ten days

The success of the war game deduction plan, the Japanese army's sun flag was planted all over Chaohu Lake on the sand table, which made the entire command headquarters applaud thunderously, and the Japanese high-level faces were full of excitement, as if they had eliminated the new 1st Division at this moment.

"Gentlemen! Don't rejoice too soon, this is just the initial plan, everything is just our beautiful imagination that the attack on the fortress has not been formed, you gentlemen, think about how terrifying this sword hanging over our heads must be! Shunroku Hata expressed his worries without concern.

At this time, in the Chaohu headquarters, Zhang Cheng calmly said to the staff officers around him: "Immediately count how many troops, weapons and ammunition there are!" ”

"Yes!" With that, the guard quickly left the headquarters. A quarter of an hour later, the guard ran up to Zhang Cheng and said, "Report to the master's seat!" Now there are 8,520 people left in the entire Chaohu Lake! There are four million rounds of various bullets left, and two hundred thousand grenades! The rest of the supplies are enough for us to stay here for a month! ”

At the same time, the Wuhan marching military commander received information that the devils sent another 30,000 officers and soldiers to Chaohu. Looking at the telegram from the military commander, He Yingqin sighed and said to Chen Cheng and Bai Chongxi: "Jiansheng, resignation!" This time, it seems that the little devil is determined to eat! ”

Hearing He Yingqin's words, Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongxi smiled and said, "The little devil wants to eat Zhang Cheng, and it depends on whether they have such good teeth!" Saying that, Bai Chongxi looked at He Yingqin and Chen Cheng and continued: "I think you still don't know the layout of Chaohu Lake, right?" You'll be amazed if you know! ”

He Yingqin looked at Bai Chongxi's appearance and said, "I know a rough idea!" I heard that Zhang Cheng hollowed out the entire Chaohu Lake! Hearing He Yingqin's words, Bai Chongxi smiled bitterly: "Zhang Cheng has prepared several truckloads of explosives!" Now there is a powder keg under the entire Chaohu Lake! ”