"We can't all be grouped together, otherwise if we are attacked, we will probably be wiped out. I think www.biquge.info should be dispersed, separated, and retreated at different times. Even if there is an accident, it will not be sacrificed...... "A staff officer suggested.

Tsukada pouted, "This suggestion is really not clever, it is completely lucky, because we don't know which direction Wei Qidong will attack?" What if I and Your Excellency the Commander are unlucky and are locked out? ”

Tsukada's words mean that if he Tsukada and Matsui Ishine are unlucky and killed, and the two people with the highest positions die, then will the others still have the face to go back?

Tsukada said this, and the scene suddenly became a little dull, because they were trapped in the lonely city of Shanghai, and they couldn't think of a better way.

"Instead of taking the waterway, we might as well make dangerous moves and win by surprise." Suddenly, Deputy Chief of Staff Akira Muto spoke up.

"Muto-kun, what do you mean by your risky move?" Tsukada asked with some curiosity.

"I'm afraid the Chinese also think that we can only go by water. So has anyone ever thought about going overland? Muto Zhang said lightly.

"By land? How to get there by land? Are there Chinese everywhere, directly captured alive by them as prisoners? "Tsukada is a little disdainful.

"Tsukada-kun is too anxious, almost all the main forces of the Chinese army have been transferred to Shanghai, and Nantong, Jiangsu, across the river, must be empty, and not many people pay attention. If, if we change into the clothes of the Chinese people, find a few soldiers who are proficient in Chinese, and choose a good route to avoid densely populated areas, we have a good chance to intersperse the coast of Jiangsu, and then notify the receiving ships to come to meet the ......" Muto Akira explained his plan in detail.

At first, he didn't care, but listening to it, Tsukada's eyes slowly lit up, and Matsui Ishone, who had not made much noise on the side, also focused his attention, it seems that he is also more concerned about the safety of the retreat operation, if something goes wrong with the commander of one of his front armies, the entire country of Japan will be disgraced.

"The plan behind is good, but how can we avoid the layers of blockade by the Chinese army, you know, there are Chinese Navy ships cruising around on the river, and one is careless, before they reach Jiangsu, they found and sank." Tsukada is still a little worried.

"Why did we set off from the Yangtze River so early? It is entirely possible to try to pass through the gap between the Chinese troops in Shanghai, go around to the ferry behind the Chinese navy, and then find a boat to cross the Yangtze River into Jiangsu. ”

Matsui Shigen's eyes narrowed slightly, and after a while, he said, "Muto-kun's move is dangerous, but it's dangerous enough." If we're not careful, we'll all be taken prisoner. ”

"Our army and his party are good at interspersing in a roundabout, in order to ensure the success rate of this intersperse, so the number of personnel on this trip should be kept as small as possible, and the news should be kept secret as much as possible, and the meeting place should not be disclosed before reaching the coastline of Jiangsu......"

"If you don't succeed, you will become benevolent, although Muto-kun's move is also very risky, but I feel that I still have more hope than taking the water route." Tsukada was the first to agree, because he liked such an adventure, and he died of such a failure to take such an adventure, he had nothing to say, and if he succeeded, he still had the capital to brag about. However, it is completely up to luck to take the waterway, and if he dies unlucky, then he will be very unwilling.

"I agree with ...... too"

"Agree ......"

Most people agree with this method, because most Japanese people have the character of gamblers and like to take advantage of adventures, so Muto Akira's adventurous method of secretly crossing Chen Cang will be so recognized.

"In that case, then without further ado, Muto-kun will be in charge of leading this retreat. Tsukada-kun and other gentlemen cooperated. Matsui finally spoke.

"Hi ......" The entire high-level military of the Japanese-Chinese Central Front immediately responded to the order and began to nervously devote themselves to the high-level retreat operation.

The first step in the retreat operation was to find a suitable way to retreat behind the Chinese army's defensive line, which was not very difficult for Muto Zhang, after all, they were not most of the marches, and the goal was small, and only a small gap was needed to pass through. The Chinese army is many, but it is impossible to put the entire line of defense without gaps.

The rapid success of the Japanese military operations in China often relied on strong intelligence capabilities. It can be said that the intelligence work of the Japanese in China has been going on for half a century, which is why various Chinese experts have appeared. As for some of China's big cities, strategic locations, etc., some Japanese even know better than Chinese.

Shanghai is such a place, many expatriates and ronins in the Japanese concession, many of them are spies of the Japanese army, they study everything in Shanghai, they take off their Japanese clothes, put on Chinese clothes, and you are completely Chinese.

At this moment, Muto Akira also took advantage of this, he found a few trusted people, pretended to be Chinese, and then went deep into the rear of the Chinese army, and found several routes that could be interspersed. After fully understanding the characteristics of these routes, Muto Akira carefully chose one of them.

On the evening of 15 December, the top brass of the Central China Front of the Japanese Army, headed by Matsui Ishine and others, changed into the clothes of Chinese civilians, and then, under the guidance of a few Japanese who were familiar with Shanghai, they went to the rear of Shanghai in a low-key manner.

One of the Japanese spies took the lead, and the others were separated from the Japanese spy at a distance, and when they encountered some unsafe sections, the Japanese spies explored the way. These Japanese spies also understood their own mission, and once they could be exposed, they would first have to sacrifice them to cover Matsui Ishine.

Although the road was very tortuous, it was hard to believe that Matsui and Ishine only sacrificed a few spies, and then successfully went around the rear of the Chinese army's defense line, and then hurried towards the river.

At a ferry port in Suzhou, the Japanese spies who arrived first had already found several ships, and Matsui Ishine didn't care about running around with a handful of old bones, and quickly boarded the ship with the support of his subordinates. The dignified general commander, now like an ordinary person who has fled, has also written a brilliant stroke in the history of the Japanese military.

There is no danger of crossing the Yangtze River into the territory of Nantong, Matsui Shigen and they can be said to have passed the most dangerous stage.

At this time, Nanjing and Wei Qidong did not expect Matsui Shigen to come to this move, because Matsui Shigen's retreat did not alarm anyone, and even the Japanese army knew very little.

Almost all the personnel of the Japanese-Chinese Central Front who have not yet retreated thought that their commander is still in command, and only a few people such as Ogisu Libing know that those guys have already fled in disgrace, and those who have not yet withdrawn are just to cover those people.

The reason why Ogisu Libing was left behind and did not become a member of the evacuation was because the remaining retreating personnel still needed someone to be responsible, and this task had always been done by Ogishu Libing, so he couldn't go. There is another reason, that is, the losses of the 13th Division of the Ogishu Libing are too great, no matter what the reason, the Ogishu Libing, as the commander of the division, has a responsibility that cannot be shirked.

Even if he was able to withdraw his troops to Japan and almost lose a Japanese ace division, his fate would not be much better. Rather than this, it is better to let the useful body of the Ogisu Libing stay in Shanghai to exert a little residual heat, which has been decided by Matsui Ishine and other high-ranking members of the Japanese-Chinese Front.

In this way, the commander of a lieutenant general division in Ogizhou was sold by his colleagues.