After Han Feng went out, he couldn't help but look to the left front, in front of the gate of the courtyard, Xuanxia's father and Huang Mingcheng happened to come out of the door, and boarded the two trucks parked at the door, one of which was full of supplies, Han Feng knew that those materials were medicines, weapons and ammunition they had gotten, and he had checked that these things were provided to them with the approval of Zhuang Jihua, and it was for this reason that he never refused to give up his suspicion of Zhuang Jihua. /.0M\\

Another person came out of the door, Han Feng recognized at a glance He Shaoxin, one of the three giants of the New Fourth Army in Xuzhou, he snorted softly, and still stood there, watching the car of the Xuzhou Liaison Office of the New Fourth Army drive out of the city.

"The central government's judgment on the war in Xuzhou is really accurate." After the car started, Xuanxia's father looked at the citizens who fled outside the city one after another, and said softly to Huang Mingcheng that as early as when Honma broke through the Yellow River, the central government decided that the Xuzhou campaign would fail, and even if Honma was later surrounded on the south bank of the Yellow River, this judgment of the central government did not change, and since then the Yangtze River Bureau has asked them to be prepared. The Xuzhou office has been evacuated since then.

"It's a pity," Huang Mingcheng sighed: "Nearly 200,000 people surrounded more than 60,000 people in Honma, and they couldn't eat it, I really don't know how this battle was fought." ”

When Honma was surrounded on the south bank of the Yellow River, the office once thought that the central government had misjudged, especially the three of them, knowing that Zhuang Jihua had intelligence sources and could make arrangements for the actions of the Japanese army.

"The Kuomintang is unwilling to mobilize the masses, although it can achieve a temporary victory, but it will still fail in the end, Chairman M has long judged that only by fully mobilizing the masses can it achieve victory in the War of Resistance." He Shaoxin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, said lightly, and suddenly saw a familiar figure on the city gate tower: "Is that Zhuang Jihua?" ”

Xuanxia's father took a long look, and then said, "It's him, it seems that Commander Zhuang is going to come out alone again." ”

"Forget it, Sword Soul, he doesn't know how depressed he is now," Huang Mingcheng shook his head, Xuanxia's father is now more and more disgusted with Zhuang Jihua, Xuyi conflict, Xuanxia's father went to Zhuang Jihua to negotiate, Zhuang Jihua's attitude was very tough, and he asked the New Fourth Army to punish those responsible, Xuanxia's father repeatedly explained that it was the local security brigade that first provoked the conflict, but Zhuang Jihua didn't listen to it at all, thinking that the conflict was caused by the New Fourth Army crossing the line first, and Chiang Kai-shek's famous saying that "the land is not divided into north and south, and people are not divided between old and young" does not work here at all, Xuyi did not have the Japanese army and brought Xuanxia's father back.

"Hmph, it's for sure, Xuzhou is not Nanjing, just cross the river, and the pursuit of the Japanese army can be blocked there, which is also a serious problem." Xuanxia's father said coldly.

"What did he say about Xuyi in the end?" Huang Mingcheng asked again, this is the crux of the problem.

"Didn't say anything, just asked us to deal with those responsible."

"If we don't?" He Shaoxin turned his head and asked.

"He didn't say it, he didn't urge it, I'm afraid it was the sudden change in the battle situation, which made him unable to take care of this matter." Xuanxia's father said indifferently, and he didn't seem to be worried about Zhuang Jihua's revenge.

Huang Mingcheng sighed softly, he knew Zhuang Jihua better than Xuanxia's father, Zhuang Jihua didn't have time to take care of it, it didn't mean that he had forgotten, once he freed his hand, revenge would definitely come immediately, and the simplest point, He Shaoxin's intelligence exchange would be affected.

However, Huang Mingcheng also knew that it was impossible for them to make concessions, Jiangsu was an important part of the central government's overall strategy, an important bridge to connect Shandong to the north and Jiangnan to the south, and an important link in the strategic echo of the Eighth Route Army in North China and the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan, so not only the four detachments were going to go, but the main force of the New Fourth Army in Jiangnan would also develop to the north, and after the Eighth Route Army entered Shandong, it would also develop towards Jiangsu, so they would definitely not deal with Han Yong and Wei Zhaoqiang, otherwise how would they develop to Jiangsu in the future.

The convoy left the city gates and headed west, a gaze on the city walls that remained on them.

Zhuang Jihua had already recognized their car, as Huang Mingcheng expected, Zhuang Jihua had not forgotten the Xuyi conflict, but the sudden change in the war made him have no time to take care of it, and another reason was that he didn't think about how to deal with it.

Seeing the convoy gradually moving away, the dust rolling up obscured their figures, Zhuang Jihua turned around and went to the headquarters in the city gate tower. The original headquarters has been emptied, and his temporary headquarters is located on this gate tower.

The sudden retreat made some confusion on all fronts, the eastern front was okay, after all, it was Zhuang Jihua who personally supervised it, there was chaos on both the southern and northern fronts, the best was in the direction of Suxian, Liao Yaoxiang easily got rid of Zhongdao and retreated to Huaibei, Sun Liren also quickly broke away from the battlefield, the two alternately covered, retreated in the direction of Yongcheng through Huaibei, Yamashita Fengwen was in a hurry to reinforce Suxian, and did not pursue, and led two divisions to Suxian quickly.

On the eastern front, Zhang Zizhong held the commanding heights of Jiawang District, Dadong Mountain, and An Teng Liji led the Fifth Division and the 39th Division to storm Dadong Mountain. Guan Linzheng blocked the 28th and 38th Divisions on the flank, and the sound of Jia Wang's artillery shook the sky and the flames of war flew wide.

Yu Xuezhong retreated to Sixian according to the order of the theater, but Liu Ruming of the 68th Army did not retreat to Jiangsu according to the order, but ran westward, and he did not join the Western Group commanded by Deng Xihou, and even more, he also turned off the radio station, and Zhuang Jihua did not know where he was now. Fan Songfu of the 46th Army did not retreat to the department as ordered to join Deng Xihou Luhan, but fled northwest directly to the direction of Huaibei.

The self-interest of the Chinese generals preserved in the decades of civil war was completely exposed, and their actions left the Japanese army without any worries, and the 9th and 13th Divisions, which had crossed the Hun River, immediately moved their troops to the west, and the whole army pressed towards Deng Xihou and Lu Han.

The only good news is probably that Li Pinxian's radio station contacted, he retreated to Zhuxian Town in the southeast of Su County, at this moment has been isolated by the Japanese army in the north to the east of Su County, Zhuang Jihua simply ordered him to lead the southern front command to retreat to Jiangsu, unified command of the 51st Army, 92nd Army, 75th Army and 24th Group Army in Jiangsu, the rest of the southern front retreat troops were commanded by Deng Xihou and Liao Lei respectively.

On the northern front, Du Yuming suffered great losses in holding Jining, and Zhuang Jihua ordered him to withdraw from the battlefield and retreat to Shangqiu after they had measured the canal. In order to make up for the losses caused by the withdrawal of the 60th Army from the battlefield, Zhuang Jihua returned the two divisions of the 47th Army that had been invested in the Juancheng attack.

At the same time, Xu Zuyi turned from offensive to defensive in the Juancheng battlefield, the 101st Army and the 78th Army were responsible for blocking Honma, and the entire First Army was assembled in Dongming, preparing to block the Japanese army on the north bank.

"Commander Zhuang," Before Zhuang Jihua stepped into the city gate, the new chief of the operations section, Lieutenant Colonel Jian An, rushed out with a telegram and almost hit him.

"Don't worry, what's the hurry, what's going on?" Zhuang Jihua frowned slightly, and was a little dissatisfied with Jian An's performance, this Jian An was promoted by him from the development team, when he and Wei Wengang were captured by Chen Geng outside Huili City for the protection team, Zhou EN came and asked them to bring him a letter.

"Something is wrong, Commander," Jian An couldn't help but look at Zhuang Jihua's face was still very anxious: "The Japanese army broke through the canal from the Wuhua and Wenbu defense area, the 56th Army was dispersed, Sun Lianzhong called, the main forces of the 10th and 21st Divisions of the Japanese Army crossed the canal, and the counterattack of the 12th Army failed, and he was powerless to prevent the Japanese army from crossing the river." ”

Zhuang Jihua's head was buzzing loudly, the 102nd Army had just started to cross the river, and it would take at least a day, if the Japanese army on the Eastern Front pounced, the 102nd Army would be in danger. He stepped into the gatehouse in two and grabbed the map.

"Tell Sun Zhen, speed up the pace, I will only give him one day to cross the river, he must bring all the troops back," Zhuang Jihua looked grim: "Order Sun Lianzhong, give him all the power, you must block the Japanese army for another day, and those who violate the order will be severely punished." ”

After receiving the order, Sun Lianzhong thought about it again and again, and decided to make a desperate bet and transfer the 47th Army from the west bank of the canal to be responsible for blocking Yoshio Shinohara, and the 30th Army of the Second Army and the 55th Army of the Third Army made every effort to stretch the defensive line and fill the vacancy left by the 47th Army.

Li Jiayu led the 47th Army to counterattack the 10th Division from the north, and Sun Tongxuan was also anxious, personally rushed to the 56th Army, and organized the 56th Army and the 12th Army to launch a counterattack against the Japanese army.

The short and fat body of Fengwen under the mountain weighed down the crotch of the horse's steps a little heavy, walking on the empty street, you can see the traces of the fierce battle everywhere, and the corpses are everywhere. Yamashita found that most of these corpses were Japanese soldiers, and almost no Chinese soldiers were seen, apparently the squadron was cleaned very clean when retreating.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the Fifth Mixed Brigade of the lowly rank Yasuken Nakajima, I would like to forgive you for being late." Nakajima saw the figure under the mountain and strode up to him to salute.

Yamashita Fengwen returned the military salute on the horse, and then turned over and dismounted, and after dismounting, he saluted Nakajima again, Nakajima didn't know why, and hurriedly returned the salute, looking a little uneasy.

"Nakajima-kun, congratulations, thousands of miles long, completely disrupted the deployment of the ** general, this battle was victorious, Nakajima-kun, you have made the first contribution." Yamashita said loudly.

The officers and soldiers of the Fifth Mixed Brigade and the First Cavalry Brigade behind Nakajima straightened their chests proudly when they heard this, but Nakajima replied solemnly: "I don't dare to take credit for my humble duties, this is Your Majesty's divine might, and all the soldiers will fight." ”

"Nakajima-kun, don't be modest, I see that although there are many generals in the empire, there are not many who have the courage, at least I don't dare." Yamashita Fengwen laughed, and the atmosphere was very relaxed.

At this time, the communication staff officer ran over and handed Yamashita Fengwen a telegram, Yamashita looked at it, his expression changed greatly, he pondered for a moment but did not speak, just glanced at Nakajima lightly, Nakajima's expression was calm and seemed to know nothing at all, Yamashita Fengwen sighed softly, and then went to Nakajima's headquarters.

Gu Shu wondered in his heart, he knew that there must be some important news in that telegram, could it be that what had happened to the battle situation? He asked Nakajima in a whispered with some trepidation, and Nakajima smiled lightly, with a hint of bitterness in his smile.

"You have to master the troops, Gu Shujun, it's my honor to fight with you."

The ancient tree was shocked, and there was a taste of farewell in Nakajima's words: "Nakajima-kun, what do you mean?" Do you make it clear? What did that telegram mean? ”

Nakajima sighed, didn't answer, and turned and walked into the headquarters.

Yamashita wandered back and forth within the headquarters, as if something was making it difficult for him to decide, and after a few minutes, he finally stopped and stood in front of Nakajima.

"Nakajima-kun, I am a soldier, and obedience is my duty," Nakajima's demeanor was still calm, but Gu Shu's heart was sinking, and a wave of anger slowly rose in the bottom of his heart, and Yamashita continued: "Although I think that you have made outstanding contributions in this battle, leaping thousands of miles into Suxian, and attacking the strong with weakness several times, your combat exploits can be recorded in the history of the imperial army, but ,..., I must carry out the order of the ** dispatch army headquarters, please forgive me." ”

After Yamashita finished speaking, he bowed his head to Nakajima apologetically, raised his head and ordered: "Come on, get off the gun of Major General Yasuken Nakajima, and according to the order of the ** Dispatch Army Headquarters, immediately arrest Major General Nakajima." ”

At this time, not only the ancient tree, but even the subordinates of Fengwen under the mountain were in an uproar, and the ancient tree blushed and took the lead in standing up and asking: "Your Excellency, why is this?" What crime did Nakajima-kun commit? ”

You must know that the Japanese army is very protective of the dignity of the army, and it is very rare to arrest an officer like this, and even if an officer makes a mistake, he will be demoted at most, or transferred to an idle post, and after a while, he will be retired from active duty and transferred to a reserve force.

"Yes, what crime did Nakajima-kun commit?" The officers of the 16th Division also stood up angrily and asked.

Yamashita Fengwen silently took out the telegram and handed it to Gu Shu, Gu Shu took it and looked at it, the telegram was very clear, and immediately arrested Nakajima and sent it to Nanjing, without saying any reason.

The officers did not do it even more.

"We want our superiors to appeal!"

"No, Nakajima-kun has great achievements, he is an excellent general of the empire, who is falsely accusing Nakajima-kun!"

"Bastard, bastard, Nakajima-kun fought bloodily and should be awarded the Order of the Empire!"

……

Nakajima sighed and bowed deeply to everyone, and the officers immediately quieted down, Nakajima got up and said solemnly: "Thank you, according to military law, I have committed a crime." He should have been arrested. ”

As soon as Nakajima's words came out, everyone immediately quieted down, no one expected that Nakajima had actually confessed his guilt, and Gu Shu was shocked: "Nakajima-kun, what are you talking about?" Where is there a sin? ”

Nakajima looked at Gu Shu and the officers around him solemnly: "Gu Shujun, I attacked the south bank of the Yellow River without being ordered, causing a serious threat to the flank of our army fighting in Puyang, and the attack on the south bank of the Yellow River caused a large number of soldiers to die in battle and the troops suffered serious losses. ”

Gu Shu was in a hurry: "Your Excellency, it was our attack on the south bank of the Yellow River that turned the tide of the war, even if there was a mistake, it was more merit than fault!" ”

"Merit is merit, and transgression is excess, and the two should not be mixed;" Nakajima shook his head and said, then he turned to Yamashita and bowed: "Your Excellency, my sin is my sin, but there is nothing wrong with the soldiers of the brigade, they all carried out my orders and sacrificed their lives for the empire, their merits should not be erased, please explain to the command of the dispatch army." ”

"Nakajima-kun, your high wind and bright festival are admirable." Yamashita Fengwen nodded solemnly: "Please rest assured, not only the merits of your officers and soldiers, but also your merits, I will also report to my superiors, if the dispatch army headquarters insists on punishing your crimes, I will protest to the military headquarters and appeal to Your Majesty." ”

Nakajima gratefully saluted Yamashita and turned out of the gate, the ancient tree was so angry that he was spinning around in the house, and suddenly pulled out his command knife and cut off the bench with one sword. After Nakajima went out, all the surviving officers and soldiers of the Fifth Mixed Brigade automatically lined up on both sides of the gate, and when they saw him come out, they all stood up and saluted.

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