"However," although Kinoshita admitted that what Anan said was true, he still tried his best to reduce the potential danger: "Your Excellency, at present, our army is in the Dahongshan battlefield, the two divisions are facing the two armies, the ratio of strength is close to 1:5, the Fifth Army appears on the northern front, the 22nd Army is likely to have secretly moved south, once General Shina throws it into the Dahongshan area, the 39th Division and the 58th Division will be in danger. Your Excellency, I propose that the 9th Mixed Brigade and Yamamoto's troops be drawn from Kanda and withdraw to the east bank of the Han River. ”

Anan Wei frowned and thought about it, and at this moment, the staff officer came in to report that the Shayang Special High School was in an emergency, and a large number of Chinese troops were gathering in Tianmen, and there was an attempt to go north.

Kinoshita Yong was shocked, and hurriedly took the telegram from the staff officer, read it carefully, and then asked repeatedly how many troops there were, but the staff officer could not answer.

"Kinoshita-kun, don't make a fuss," Anan frowned, a little dissatisfied with Kinoshita Yong in his heart, he was promoted from the commander of the 109th Division to the commander of the 11th Army, and he was hit in Changsha when he took office, according to the tradition of the army, such a failed commander will soon be transferred, but his relationship in the palace played a role, and soon he launched a battle with the jujube and won a big victory, which allowed his crumbling military career to be continued, and it is likely to rise one step further.

"Does the bamboo agency have any information?" Anan only asked. The Bamboo Agency was an intelligence agency based in Hankow, headed by Kenji Takahashi. The Bamboo Agency is responsible for intelligence work in Central China, mainly targeting the Ninth and Fifth Theaters.

"Nope." Kinoshita replied that as a general of the regular army, he had an instinctive rejection of spies, but it was the intelligence of the bamboo agency that led to the victory of the battle with the jujube.

Anan stood up a few times, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart, if the headquarters of the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China wants to attack Kanda, then the bamboo organ should have intelligence, Takahashi Kenji once revealed to him that the spies planted by the imperial army have been mixed into the headquarters of the fifth theater of operations in China, and they can control all the military deployments of the China army.

"The Zhina Army assembled in Jingmen is just a feint, don't worry about them," Anan Weiji shook his head and said, "In this way, let Major General Iwanaga Wang's reading power be mixed into the Ninth Brigade to cross the Han River eastward and be under the command of Chengtian." ”

Although the increase in troops is not much, after all, it is better than nothing, and Kinoshita Yong is a little relieved. He was just about to turn around and leave, when he heard Anan Yui add dissatisfiedly: "It's been almost a week since the telegraph ordered Kanda to intensify the attack, and he hasn't been able to destroy the 101st Army, when did Kumamoto's samurai become Osaka people." ”

There is a famous saying in the Japanese army that the miners of Kumamoto and the samurai of Sendai were the best soldiers, and the 4th Division, made up of Osaka merchants, was recognized as the weakest force in the army, and even a fierce general like Yamashita Fumimi could not lead them to victory. Anami Yui compared the Sixth Division to Osaka merchants, which already expressed his great dissatisfaction.

"Hai, I will definitely convey this sentence to General Kanda as it is." Kinoshita sighed in his heart, he understood Kanda very well, the Sixth Division was the main force in several battles, and the troops suffered heavy casualties, and many new recruits were replenished; If it had been five years ago, he would have returned them without hesitation, or sent them to the boot camp for retraining, but now that the domestic manpower is tight, it would be good to have new recruits.

Anan Wei nodded a few times and didn't say anything, and after Kinoshita Yong went out, he turned around and walked to the desk, took out a piece of rice paper and spread it on the desk, lifted the brush, wandered the dragon and snake, and wrote down four big characters: "Wuyun is long", and then stared for a long time.

Before Kanda Masazene finished reading the telegram, his face was flushed, even his neck was three points thicker, and he was panting in his nostrils, he slapped the telegram on the table with one palm, turned around and told the chief of staff to convey the telegram to all officers and soldiers in its original form.

"The rise and fall of the imperial kingdom, fight here! Order the troops to intensify the offensive! Be sure to crush the Shina army today! Wash our boots with their blood! ”

"Hello!"

Although he said it with great righteousness and high spirits, Kanda knew in his heart that the officers and men of the various divisions were trying to attack, and the 101st Army on the opposite side was fighting extremely tenaciously and cunningly, and for several days, the artillery fire had blown their positions into a sea of fire, and in the telescope, he even thought that there could be no living creatures on it, but when the soldiers of the Imperial Army tried to climb up, they were still greeted by raindrops of bullets.

"Boom" "boom", a sharp whistling came from the sky.

"Air strike!" "Air strike!" With the shouting, three warplanes appeared in the sky and swooped down on the firing soldiers, and the rain of bullets ploughed out a cloud of smoke and dust on the ground.

"Enemy planes spotted?" Kanda was shocked in his heart, the recent frequent appearance of the Shina air force on the battlefield, the attack of the troops was greatly threatened, and every time it appeared, the artillery could only stop firing. But this time the enemy planes seemed to be coming towards his headquarters, and bombs were falling frequently around the headquarters.

More than a dozen war horses rushed out of the smoke, and the enemy planes chased after them. Screams rang out everywhere, and soldiers rushed out of their hideouts, picking up the pieces.

"Division commander, the division headquarters should be transferred immediately." The chief of staff, Kozaburo Ishikawa, hastened to remind that the enemy planes were led away, but they may still return.

"No," Kanda flatly refused: "They didn't find us, otherwise there wouldn't be only these enemy planes!" The troops were ordered not to worry about enemy aircraft and intensify the offensive. ”

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

"Well played! Well played! I'll give you credit! Zhang Lingfu slapped the table excitedly, his face was red, his eye sockets were deep, his beard was unkempt, and the military uniform on his body was already dirty.

After putting down the phone, he grabbed the phone again to call the military department: "Commander, the devil has been beaten down by us again, it's time to fight back!" ”

Lin Yi, the chief of staff who was drawing, glanced at him, shook his head and secretly scolded this crazy man in his heart, the troops have been here for five days and have lost four hills. However, Lin Yi still admires this guy. The 49th Group Army was full of offensive blood from top to bottom, and after this guy took office, he strengthened defensive combat training, and the time invested in defense was twice as long as that of the four attacks, which made the whole army very puzzled, and even Lan Yundong, commander of the group army, could not help but be sarcastic, saying that in the future, the group army would hand over the defense task to the 105th Division, but in this defensive battle, the whole division was glad for the defensive training some time ago.

In the past, Lin Yi only knew Zhang Lingfu's crazy wolf nickname, but after the start of this battle, Lin Yi really realized Zhang Lingfu, this guy fought both ghosts and annihilations, and the four mountains he lost were all voluntarily abandoned, and he was thinking about counterattacks all the time, every counterattack could be successful, and the four mountains all fought back, and each counterattack was at night.

But even so, the battle has been fought so far, the casualties of the troops are only more than 3,000, but the number of troops destroyed has reached more than 5,000, and one of their divisions has withstood the attack of the sixth division, the ace of the army. And Zhang Lingfu still has the strength of two regiments in his hands, which is also the main reliance on his frequent counterattacks.

However, since yesterday, in order to cooperate with the counteroffensive of the 22nd Group Army of Dahongshan and not to alarm Kanda, Lan Yundong ordered that any counterattack above the battalion level must be approved by him.

"Return!?" Zhang Lingfu's voice suddenly increased: "Commander, retreat now, if Kanda follows up, there is such a big gap in the middle, he doesn't dare to follow up." Yes, I obey. ”

Zhang Lingfu put down the phone a little frustratedly, grabbed the cup and drank water, and then put it down heavily: "The commander ordered, continue to retreat, and lead Kanda to a distance further." ”

"What else does the commander say?" Lin Yi asked quietly, he is an old man of the Southwest Development Team, Zhang Lingfu is an alternative in this army, Zhuang Jihua found it from the hospital, and he is different from them, the old men of the Southwest Development Team.

"What else can I say," Zhang Lingfu's dissatisfaction overflowed: "Just let us retreat, Hu Laohu in the west has already withdrawn, and we and the 104th Division will withdraw, making a false impression, worried that we will be outflanked by Pingtian." ”

Lin Yi couldn't help but complain: "Dahongshan is going to counterattack tonight, the 86th Army and the 92nd Army are assembled behind Kanda, does Kanda dare to follow up?" I'm afraid he's just getting out. ”

Zhang Lingfu did not answer, he stood at the observation mouth and looked at the opposite hill, on the hill there was a weaving of gunfire and the roar of artillery, and the mountain artillery regiment of the division was launching a fierce artillery bombardment against the attacking army.

"Commander." Lin said that Zhang Lingfu did not answer, and he was a little anxious, and he wanted to grab the phone and appeal to Lan Yundong by himself.

Zhang Lingfu turned around and walked to the phone and grabbed the phone, but he didn't pick up the phone after hesitating, he looked up and said to Lin Yi: "I have decided, I will not withdraw, I will prepare to fight back immediately, and I will be responsible for the counterattack tonight." ”

Lin Yi hesitated, this is a risk, a great risk, battlefield disobedience, after the war, it will definitely be investigated, Zhang Lingfu is likely to go to a military court because of this.

"That's it," Zhang Lingfu made up his mind, he walked to the map and pointed his finger on the map: "But it's difficult, just start here and call Liang Guanglie." ”

Liang Guanglie is the commander of the 367 Brigade, the 367 Brigade is the reserve of the whole division, so far, only one regiment has been put into battle, Zhang Lingfu racked his brains to keep two regiments, and now it is time to use these two regiments.

"But it's hard to slope?" Lin Yi was surprised again, but although the difficult slope is not the highest commanding height in the nearby area, this mountain is very strange, different from the gentleness of other local mountains, the slope is very large, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack, at the beginning of the army attacked, thousands of casualties were not able to attack, to the middle [***] team took the initiative to give up.

"Yes." There was a hint of pride hidden in Zhang Lingfu's expression, and Lin Yi suddenly understood that it was difficult to give up at the beginning, and Zhang Lingfu must have already figured out a way to regain this position.

The remnant sun was like blood, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the Chinese planes that were raging in the sky could no longer be seen, but Kanda was very disappointed, although the troops showed great bravery, but in the end they still did not capture the opposite mountain, and on that mountain, the broken, blackened military flag was still flying.

(To be continued)