After the last phone call between Otaka Kamizo and Shimoto Kumaya, they rested on the marching bed in the war room of the 12th Army Headquarters, waiting for departure.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the staff officer on duty woke up Otaka Kamizo and reminded him that according to the departure time he had told him, it was time to go to the airport.

Ogaka Kamizo shouted to the guards to bring hot water, washed his face, trimmed his mustache again, and straightened his uniform, feeling that his appearance was dignified and magnificent, and he could embody the demeanor of His Excellency the Commander of the Twelfth Army, so he explained to Kobayashi Asaburo, chief of staff who was standing aside, to pay close attention to the movements of the Eighth Route Army, and urge the aviation to carry out large-scale reconnaissance and find out the exact location of the main force of the Eighth Route Army. In short, there are too many things that Otaka Kamezo needs to explain, one, two, three, four, five, and six said a lot, and Major General Kobayashi Asaburo couldn't help but nod his head and said hello in a row.

His Excellency the Commander of the Twelfth Army traveled to a very high standard, and although Lieutenant General Ogaka Kamizo did not want others to know about his actions, motorcycles and armored vehicles drove the way from the headquarters to the airport, and the guard troops were escorted by trucks, and with their headlights on, they rushed to Jinan Airport with their headlights on.

When he got on the plane, Otaka Kamezo was full of ambition, waved his hand to Major General Asaburo Kobayashi, who had come to see him off, said "keep in touch," and strode onto the plane.

If he is not so anxious and leaves a little later, he may receive a report that Xuzhou Airport was attacked and occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and whether he will go to Weixian again, it will be said.

Seeing His Excellency the Commander walking quickly onto the spiral ladder of the plane, Major General Kobayashi Asaburo, chief of staff of the Twelfth Army, sighed with emotion, His Excellency the Commander really deserves to be a brave general of the Great Empire, and when the Eighth Route Army launched a large-scale attack, His Excellency the Commander did not push or evade, and rushed to the command of the former enemy, and there was really a kind of samurai generosity in going to the difficulty. With such a brave and tenacious commander, why worry about the eight roads that will not be destroyed?

After sighing with emotion, Kobayashi Asaburo glanced back at the officers who saw them off, and then looked at the vast land of Qilu at dawn, shivered in his heart, and muttered: "What a difficult night!" ”

After taxiing on the runway for a while, the nose of the plane pulled up, rushed into the sky, and flew in the direction of Weixian County in the east. Asaburo Kobayashi and a group of officers who saw him off also left the airport one after another, got into the cars and returned to their respective stations.

Out of a high degree of trust in the heroic commander, but also after staying up all night is really sleepy, after returning to the headquarters, Major General Kobayashi Asaburo told the staff officer on duty to strictly guard his post and maintain contact with the troops, and then he took a short lap of legs and trotted all the way back to the bedroom. There is also a youthful and graceful ** waiting for him, the most beautiful female soldier of the communication team, Miss Hukou Laizi last night under the hard work of Kobayashi Asaburo, completed the transformation from a virgin to a woman, the buds are beginning to bloom, the delicate red dots, the love and the concubine are intended to blend in the friction between flesh and meat, despicable and shameless in the collision of heart and heart, the end is a wild wolf meets sheep, and the wild bee picks Jiaorui, but it is also satisfactory.

Who knew that the sky was not beautiful, Kobayashi Asaburo returned to the bedroom to reorganize the war drums and score two goals, and was on the rise, when he remembered the report of the staff officer on duty outside the door: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, there is an emergency to report to you!" ”

Kobayashi Asaburo sighed in his heart, and scolded the little staff officer for being a debt collector, a new day has begun, and His Excellency the Commander has also gone to the front line, so people have to be refreshed, right? What's not to wait until you've got a good night's sleep? Why do you come to insert a bar horizontally at the coolest time and disturb Yaxing? Last night, when Hukou Laizi tasted the forbidden fruit for the first time, he was interrupted and called away by the staff officer on duty, and he was interrupted again when he scored two goals, why was his life so bitter?

The little staff officer shouted outside the door one after another, and Kobayashi Asaburo had to stop his movements and prepare to get out of bed. Unexpectedly, the pot mouth Laizi looks handsome on the outside, but on the inside is a natural silver baby on the bed, which is the inner charm as the saying goes. Seeing that Kobayashi Asaburo was about to withdraw, Miss Hukou Laizi was unexpectedly self-taught, her hands wrapped around Kobayashi Asaburo's neck, her legs were raised high, coiling around Kobayashi Asaburo's waist, her eyes were like silk, and she said in a coquettish voice: "Kobayashi-kun, move again, move again!" It made Kobayashi Asaburo unable to walk if he wanted to, so he had to drum up Yu Yong and twitch for a while. It wasn't until he was so relieved that he let him go.

After getting dressed and going out, I looked up and saw that the staff officer on duty was still standing upright outside the door, with his head down, his eyes looking at the two fighting ants on the ground, his neck was red and red, and his sweat beads were dense, and he shouted mechanically one after another, "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, there is an emergency to report to you!" ”

Kobayashi Asaburo angrily raised his foot and kicked it, kicking half a section, only to remember that this staff officer on duty is also a graduate of Lu University, and in the future, he will also be a wing commander, brigade commander, and division commander.

Thinking of this, Major General Kobayashi Asaburo immediately changed his face, took the telegram from the staff officer on duty with a smile, glanced at it, and was stunned with a "hmm".

It turned out that the telegram was sent by the 13th Brigade of the Reading Mixed Brigade stationed in Dongping County, reporting that the brigade had been attacked by a large-scale attack by the Eighth Route Army last night, and that the 60th Brigade of the Reading Infantry was encircled by the Eighth Route Army on the way to reinforcements, and only 20 people broke through and escaped. Because the troops were ambushed and it was night, it was impossible to determine the number of the Eighth Road. The only thing that is clear is that this part of the Tuba Road is all equipped with a large number of infantry guns, grenadiers, and light and heavy machine guns.

Lieutenant General Kobayashi Asaburo was speechless for a long time after reading the telegram, he was a little unpredictable, this Taixi area is Tai'an in the east, Yanzhou in the south, southwest Luxin, Luxi in the west, Jinan in the north, there are heavy troops stationed in the imperial army all around, where did this dirt eight roads come from! And it's all the Tuba Road, could it be that Liu Yimin's troops have arrived in the Taixi area again?

Think about it and think it's impossible, the Eighth Route Army captured the five county towns of Jiaoxian, Gaomi, Anqiu, Linqu, and Boshan last night, and also launched an offensive in the north area of Jiaoji Road, the force is already very large, how can it be possible to do it in Taixi again? Could it be that Liu Yimin really has a doppelganger technique like in ancient Chinese legends?

Kobayashi Asaburo didn't think much about it anymore and walked quickly to the war room, where he was going to personally call the 13th Brigade of the Reading Force and order them to find out the situation.

To Kobayashi's surprise, after walking into the war room, the situation was even worse. After a while, the alarm telegram flew like snowflakes, and Luxi, Jilubian, and Lunan all reported fierce battles with the Eighth Route Army, and without exception, the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to attack, luring and teasing the imperial army to pursue, and fell into an ambush as soon as it pursued, and suffered heavy losses. Now all the troops have come to ask for instructions, whether to shrink the defensive line or send reinforcements to attack on a large scale, and ask the headquarters of the 12th Army to reply as soon as possible.

Kobayashi Asaburo was angry for a while, the time for himself and Otaka Kamizo to establish the headquarters of the 12th Army was too short, and the prestige after arriving in Shandong was insufficient. How clear the matter is, and it was clearly stated at the operational meeting, that all divisions and regiments should be responsible for strengthening public order in their own defensive areas, taking the initiative to attack, fighting offensively, and restoring public order in the occupied areas within a time limit. It's good now, these stupid guys are in the occupied area every day, ignoring the operational orders of the Twelfth Army Headquarters, asking for help and instructions when they are attacked, and forgetting the indomitable offensive and operational spirit of the Imperial Army.

Thinking of this, Kobayashi Asaburo eagerly hoped that everything would go well after Commander Odaka Kamizo arrived in Weixian, and that it would be best to find and destroy a section and establish authority, so that the commanders and brigade commanders of the 12th Army were not easy to bully!

In fact, Kobayashi Asaburo misunderstood these division commanders and brigade commanders of the Japanese army, they spent longer time in Shandong than Kobayashi Asaburo, and they suffered a lot more from the Eighth Route Army, and they dreamed of seizing the Eighth Route Army and completely destroying the Eighth Route Army. The problem is that the Eighth Route Army is not only difficult to grasp, but also suffers great losses if it is not done well. They also have palpitations!

At this time, Otaka Kamezo was not there, and Kobayashi Asaburo took over the command of the 12th Army. Due to the telegram from Shunroku Hata and Naosaburo Okabe last night, Asaburo Kobayashi did not dare to Meng Lang, for fear that a command would be improper, resulting in heavy losses. Therefore, he wanted to call the Jinan airport and asked them to immediately dispatch fighter planes to launch a comprehensive search and reconnaissance of Luxi, Jilubian, and Taixi, and to find out the Eighth Route Army that launched the attack, discover him, attack him, and destroy him.

Then, Kobayashi Asaburo sent a telegram to Qingdao Airport, ordering them to act quickly to carry out reconnaissance along the Jiaoji Road, and to report immediately once the main force of the Eighth Route Army was discovered. At the same time, fighters were dispatched to cover the actions of the 33rd Division and ensure the smooth meeting of the 108th Division and the 33rd Division.

Then, Kobayashi Asaburo sent a telegram to Xuzhou Airport, ordering them to conduct a comprehensive reconnaissance of Lunan and prepare to support the operation along the Jiaoji Road.

After sending the telegram to the air force, Kobayashi Asaburo, in the name of the headquarters of the 12th Army, sent a telegram to all units in Shandong, strictly ordering them to resolutely carry out the operational plan drawn up by the Jinan Operational Conference, quickly launch a clean-up operation, and resolutely repel the offensive operations of the Eighth Route Army.

As soon as this series of telegrams was sent, a telegram was sent from Jinan Airport and Qingdao Airport, reporting that according to the order of the headquarters of the 12 th Army last night, they had already dispatched planes at 6 o'clock in the morning to conduct a number of sorties and large-scale search and reconnaissance along the Jiaoji Road, and no large troops of the Eighth Route Army were found. Even the counties of Jiaoxian, Gaomi, Anqiu, Linqu, and Boshan, which were the focus of the reconnaissance specifically pointed out by the 12th Army, were also quiet. The fighters once reconnoitred and strafed at low altitudes, but did not encounter ground fire. They asked the Twelfth Army to verify the information to see if it was inaccurate.

Kobayashi Asaburo was furious, it was clear that the loyal and brave soldiers of the Imperial Army had already sacrificed their lives, and these idiot aviation soldiers actually said that there was a quiet place along the Jiaoji Road, and there was no trace of the Eighth Route Army. It's the best of Baga!

Kobayashi Asaburo believed that these aviation units were perfunctory to the headquarters of the 12 th Army, and immediately sent a telegram to Lieutenant General Kinoshita Toshita of the North China Front Air Group, asking him to urge the air forces at the Jinan, Qingdao, and Xuzhou airports to take immediate action, seriously search and reconnoitre, and make sure to find out the main force of the Eighth Route Army that launched offensive operations. Otherwise, the command of the 12th Army will report to the base camp and hold the aviation responsible.

This man is afraid of everything. Kobayashi Asaburo himself was a very intelligent fellow with a round outside and a square inside, but now his mind was in water, and he always thought that the troops of the Shandong Army were afraid of the enemy, and then turned his anger on these commanders, thinking that they did not obey the orders of the Twelfth Army. In fact, that's not the case at all.

The telegram from Lieutenant General Kinoshita of the North China Front Aviation Group arrived very quickly, but instead of responding to Kobayashi Asaburo's telegram, it said that the ground troops in Wuhan and Zhengzhou had called to inquire why the fighters of the air force had not yet arrived over the battlefield. Lieutenant General Kinoshita had already sent telegrams to Xuzhou's Matoushan Airport and Luotuoshan Airport, and the other party reported that it had been dispatched, but the frontline troops in Wuhan and Zhengzhou repeatedly called to urge them, and Lieutenant General Kinoshita was not at ease, so he sent a telegram to the two airport commanders who needed them to translate the telegram in person, but there has been no response so far. Lieutenant General Kinoshita remembered the past when the Eighth Route Army attacked Tianjin and Qingdao, and asked the Twelfth Army to immediately order the army units stationed in Xuzhou to act quickly and go to the two airfields to see what was going on.

Kobayashi Asaburo then remembered that just now Jinan Airport and Qingdao Airport had reported that they had dispatched fighter planes to reconnoiter in the morning, but Xuzhou Airport did not report it. You must know that the order was given to them at the same time last night, could it be that something really happened at Xuzhou Airport?

Kobayashi Asaburo immediately hung up the phone with Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu, commander of the 114th Division stationed in Xuzhou, but the phone did not work. Kobayashi Asaburo knew that it must have been the Eighth Route Army that had damaged the telephone line, and while ordering the communication team to find out which section of the telephone line had been left with the problem and quickly repaired it, he ordered to send a report to Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu, commander of the 114th Division, ordering him to quickly contact the airport guard unit to see if the situation at Xuzhou Airport was normal.

This time, Asaburo Kobayashi was pleased with the speed of Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu's reaction. Less than 10 minutes after sending the telegram, the 114th Division sent a telegram back, reporting that it could not contact the airport security units, but it had contacted the troops of the 114th Division on the periphery of the airport, and they did not find any abnormal situation at the airport, and the naked eye could see that the fighters at the two airports were constantly taking off and landing, obviously carrying out combat missions. And the airport has been busy since around two o'clock last night, and it is still like this.

Kobayashi Asaburo immediately forwarded the telegram of the 114th Division to Lieutenant General Kinoshita Toshita, commander of the North China Front Air Group, and then stopped caring and began to contact the 108th Division to ask Commander Otaka Kamizo if he had arrived safely.

The reply from the 1st 08th Division did not arrive, but the telegram from Lieutenant General Kinoshita Toshitoshi arrived. As soon as Kobayashi Asaburo saw it, Lieutenant General Kinoshita Toshiro was already in a hurry: "Commander of the 12th Army, Lieutenant General Otaka Kamezo, and Chief of Staff Major General Kobayashi Asaburo: The North China Front Aviation Group did not order the Xuzhou Airport Combat Team to go out at night, and the Xuzhou Airport fighters did not arrive at the Wuhan and Zhengzhou battlefields this morning. The situation is extremely strange, and it is judged that the two airfields have fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army. Please immediately order the troops stationed in Xuzhou to urgently dispatch to ascertain the situation at the airport and eliminate the troops of the Eighth Route Army that attacked the airport. The North China Front Aviation Group will immediately order fighter planes from Jinan and Qingdao airports to rush to the skies over Xuzhou Airport to intercept fighters from Xuzhou Airport. Please answer the call and arrange for execution immediately. ”

Kobayashi Asaburo was a little confused, what the hell is going on, the two airports are obviously under the protection of the imperial army, how can they be attacked by the Tubalu. There is no such example in the history of Chinese and foreign wars, and the Army University has never taught this kind of tactic.

Come to think of it, the matter is urgent and cannot be delayed. Kobayashi Asaburo immediately sent an urgent telegram to Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu: "According to a telegram from Lieutenant General Kinoshita Toshita, commander of the North China Front Aviation Group, the fighters of Xuzhou Airport did not appear on the battlefields of Wuhan and Zhengzhou, and it is judged that the two airfields have been attacked and occupied by the Eighth Route Army. Order your unit to immediately mobilize troops, blockade and defend the airport, and find out the situation at the airport. If it is indeed attacked and occupied by the Eighth Route Army, it is necessary to resolutely destroy the enemy and recapture the fighters. ”

Kobayashi Asaburo didn't know that his order was not only late, but also caused more than 1,000 soldiers to die in the 114th Division.

The biggest trouble finally came, and as soon as he gave the order to the 114th Division, Kobayashi Asaburo received a telegram from Otaka Kamezo. From the panicked face of the confidential staff officer who sent the telegram, Kobayashi Asaburo realized that something was wrong.

Sure enough, Otaka Kamizo sent a distress telegram, which said that after he landed at the Twenty-Lipu Airport in Weixian, he found that the airport had been controlled by the Eighth Route Army, and the landline had also been captured by the Eighth Route Army. He and his accompanying staff officers and guards were fighting back with self-defense weapons, and asked Kobayashi Asaburo to immediately urge the nearby troops to reinforce the Eighth Route Army, and not let him be a prisoner of the Eighth Route Army, let alone let his body fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, the empire will lose face.

Kobayashi Asaburo was shocked, his body shook a little, and he almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, the staff officer was quick and grabbed him.

At this time, Kobayashi Asaburo showed the good qualities cultivated by the Army University, stabilized his mind, and immediately issued a series of orders: "1. Order the 10th and 5th Wing stationed in Fangzi to immediately launch an attack on the Twenty Miles Fort Airport, be sure to rescue Your Excellency the Commander, and eliminate the Eighth Route Army that controls the Twenty Miles Fort Airport. 2. Order the commander of the 108th Division, Lieutenant General Xiong Mi Xia Yuan, to immediately command all units stationed in Weicheng to quickly dispatch as reinforcements of the 10th and 5th Wing to rush to the Twenty Lipu Airport. Progress was reported to the command of the XII Army every ten minutes. Third, Jinan Airport and Qingdao Airport were ordered to immediately dispatch fighter formations to the airspace over the Twenty-Lipu Airport to cover the attacking troops. However, bombs must not be dropped into the airfield to avoid injuring His Excellency the Commander by mistake. Fourth, immediately order the 25th Brigade of the 108th Division stationed in Zhangdian and the 104th Brigade of the 10th Brigade stationed in Yidu to quickly mobilize, concentrate the main force, and prepare to attack and advance towards Weixian. 5. Immediately report to the base camp and the headquarters of the North China Front, and request that the North China Front send paratroopers to capture the airfield and rescue the commander. ”

After giving the order, Kobayashi Asaburo didn't have time to think about how Otaka Kamezo was in danger, and ordered all the staff officers of the headquarters to take action and urge the troops to act.

From Jinan to Weixian Twenty Lipu Airport, the straight-line distance is 190 kilometers, and the plane arrives in less than an hour.

After the landline of Otaka Kamizo took off from Jinan Airport, the airport had already made contact with Twenty Lipu Airport. When it came to the sky above Twenty Miles Fort, the tail high turtle had an extra eye, and ordered the captain to fly at a low altitude, go around Fangzi and Weicheng, and observe the legendary Weixian Shuangcheng and Fangzi with exquisite buildings from the air.

The plane lowered its speed and altitude, and swept over the treetops and rooftops of the buildings like clouds and water, and swept over Fangzi and Weicheng, seeing that everything was normal, the sun flag fluttering at the head of the city, and the soldiers of the imperial army standing guard.

When the plane landed, the tail high Kamizo looked at the airport through the window of the plane, and it was not bad, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi, the old man, still knew a little etiquette, and sent a guard unit, standing neatly. At the front of the line, there was a row of officers, seemingly waiting for their own review!

However, the distance was a bit far, and Ozaka Kamizo couldn't see the faces of everyone in the welcoming troops clearly. He didn't need to look closely, needless to say, those officers must be the officers of Shimoto Xiong Mi and the 108th Division. I came in person, can they not come to greet me?

Once the plane had come to a stop, the welcoming crowd began to brisk towards the plane. At this time, if Otaka Kamizo had put up a stand and waited for the officers of the 108th Division, who had come to welcome him, to walk up to the plane before getting off the plane, he would find that there was no Lieutenant General Kumaya Shimomoto, the only one he knew, in the crowd. The situation along the Jiaoji Road was very tense, and he came to organize the 10th and 33rd Divisions to arrange the defense line and repel the attack of the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, after the order was given to stay at the airport and all the personnel to get off the plane, Ogaka Kamizo was the first to step out of the cabin door, get off the plane, and greet the welcoming crowd.

They are also the captains and navigators who are vigilant, they are transport planes at Jinan Airport, and they often fly to Twenty Lipu Airport to pick up and drop off Shimo Kumami and Suzuki Toshiyuki, and sometimes send some important supplies, which are familiar with the people of the 1st 08th Division. After Otaka Kamezo and the others got off the plane, because they were waiting for His Excellency the Commander here, the two guys took care of the cabin door and got off the plane. After getting off the plane, the two guys didn't have the same eagerness as Ozaka Kamezo, but looked up next to the plane to observe. This observation jumped, and it turned out that the officers who came to welcome were all fresh faces, not to mention Shimoto Kumaya, not even Suzuki Toshiyuki.

The captain and navigator immediately realized the danger, pulled out their self-defense pistols and fired a shot into the air, shouting: "Your Excellency, Commander, come back quickly, the situation is not right." ”

(To be continued)