Chapter 270: Recovering Anhui

"Baga, Baga, Yalu, give me the order to form a mixed brigade, and Hefei must be reinforced within half an hour. At the same time, order the defenders of Hefei, give me another hour to hold on, and I must not give up so easily, Baga. ”

When the commander of the Japanese Central China Dispatch Army, Nishio Shouzo, saw the desperate telegram sent by Nakamura in Hefei, and he was angry that he tore the entire telegram to pieces, and then ordered them to continue to hold on, and ordered the mixed brigade to speed up the reinforcements.

And the lieutenant generals and major generals and staff officers of those devils all stood there with their heads bowed one by one, and none of them spoke. In fact, it's not that they don't want to speak, but because they all know the power of the flying fox, and they know that the war in Hefei has reached this situation, and there is no chance of change at all.

"Baga, you should pay attention to how to solve the crisis in Hefei." Nishio Shouzo asked loudly.

But those staff officers still kept their heads down and didn't speak, and none of them raised their heads to look at Nishio Shouzo.

"Baga, why don't you speak, speak!" Nishio Shouzo continued to shout.

"That...... Your Excellency, I don't think we can stand Hefei anymore, this has become a fact. I think what we should be thinking about now is not Hefei, but the defense of northern Anhui. The chief of staff spoke for a long time.

"Nani, why can't you hold Hefei. The mixed brigade is now only five miles away from Hefei, and it will soon be able to reinforce it. Nishio asked.

"Hay, Your Excellency Commander, you should be well aware that if they can be reinforced, they will do so as early as daylight. Now I am worried not about whether they will be able to reinforce Hefei, but whether they will be able to evacuate safely. The chief of staff said.

"Nani? What do you mean. Nishio asked.

"Your Excellency, Commander, based on our previous experience with the Flying Fox, since they have captured Hefei, it is very likely that they will continue to capture northern Anhui. And this mixed brigade is formed by us from the northern part of Anhui to defend the city, and the flying fox will definitely not let them go, they will definitely find a way to eat the mixed brigade. The chief of staff said.

"Nani! How is this possible. Nishio Shouzo said incredulously.

"Your Excellency Commander, the Chief of Staff is right, the Flying Fox is likely to have launched an operation against the mixed brigade now." The other staff officers said together.

"Yaga, what should we do then?" Nishio asked.

"Your Excellency Commander, I suggest that they immediately order them to retreat, retreat to their original positions to defend, and then immediately mobilize troops from other places to reinforce them to prevent the Flying Fox from further occupying the entire territory of Anhui." said the chief of staff.

"Yo Xi, what you say makes sense. The mixed brigade was ordered to retreat immediately, and the one-and-a-half division that had departed from Nanjing was ordered to immediately march north along the eastern line of Anhui and enter northern Anhui from our defense area to assist in the deployment of defenses. Nishio Shouzo ordered.

"Report, we have almost cleaned up the devils in the city, and only the devil headquarters is still a few dozen people who are stubbornly resisting."

As soon as Chen Jinghui entered Hefei City, Liu Changjiang, the commander of the third division, immediately came over to report the situation.

"Okay, kill them as soon as possible, and then take control of Hefei City, clean up the city, and prevent causing panic among the people." Chen Jinghui said.

"Report, the chief of staff reported that the provisional 2nd Division has completed the encirclement of the mixed brigade of devils and is in the process of encirclement and annihilation. Only the 1st Marine Regiment and the 4th Regiment of the 2nd Provisional Division had been disabled, and more than two-thirds of the casualties had been lost. "At this time, the signal corps came to report.

"Well, got it, tell the chief of staff to eat the mixed brigade as soon as possible."

When Chen Jinghui heard that the two regiments were disabled, he felt very uncomfortable. But this is the cruelty of war, and he can only choose to accept it.

"Report, the commander of the first division reported that the devils in the direction of Nanjing suddenly withdrew." A communications corpsman reported.

"Order them to pay close attention to the direction of Nanjing to prevent the devils from sneaking up. Ordered Huang Erwa to pay close attention to the movements of the devil's half-division and report at any time. Chen Jinghui ordered.

After arranging these, Chen Jinghui began to inspect Hefei City to see the damage caused by the war, so as to give Chen Hu a detailed report to facilitate the later work.

"Report, Captain Huang reported, saying that they just met with a new situation, and they have found out the situation of the devils who are surrounded by us into a brigade." The communications corps reported.

"Tell me where they came from." Chen Jinghui urged.

"Captain Huang said that they were temporarily formed by the devils from the garrison troops of various counties in northern Anhui, and now in the entire northern part of Anhui, the devils have almost no defensive capabilities." Said the communications officer.

"Someone, map." Chen Jinghui shouted.

A staff officer immediately took the map and turned on the flashlight to illuminate it. Chen Jinghui, on the other hand, looked at the map and began to point on it.

"That's right, send a report to the chief of staff, and tell them to wipe out the mixed brigade of devils as soon as possible. The Third Division was ordered to set off immediately, attack northern Anhui along the western line of Anhui, and be sure to arrive at the place where Xuzhou and Anhui would meet within three days. The 1st Division was ordered to immediately attack north along the eastern front of Anhui, and also to join the 3rd Division in three days to defend Xuzhou together. Chen Jinghui ordered.

After receiving the order, Liu Changjiang immediately led the third division out of Hefei and began to march towards northern Anhui overnight. The same was true of Zhang Erzhu's 1st Division, which moved out overnight and attacked the cities of northern Anhui along the eastern front.

Time passed quickly, and the night passed quickly, and the gunfire outside Hefei gradually became quieter, and slowly only sporadic gunshots could be heard.

"Report, chief of staff report, the devil's mixed brigade has been successfully annihilated, and none of them have slipped through the net."

Just after breakfast, around seven o'clock, the communications soldiers brought good news to Chen Jinghui.

"Hahaha, okay, after eliminating the mixed brigade of devils, there will be nothing in northern Anhui to stop our flying fox."

When Chen Jinghui heard the news, he immediately laughed happily, and the porridge in his mouth squirted out.

"Report, Captain Huang reports, they have discovered the location of the one and a half divisions of the devil in Nanjing, and they are still moving." At this time, another staff officer came to report.

"Where are they?" Chen Jinghui asked.

"Commander, look, here, the place where the territory of Tianchang Realm meets Anhui." The staff officer said, pointing to the map.

"Where Tianchang meets Anhui, they want to exercise over there now," Chen Jinghui asked again.

"The dot newspaper says they're moving north." The staff officer said.

"To the north, to the north, it's not good, the devil is going to reinforce northern Anhui. Immediately ordered the 1st Division to stop the plan to attack northern Anhui, and let me march along the junction of Jiangsu and Anhui, and keep an eye on the devil's 1/2 division, so that they could not step into Anhui. ”

"Order the independent division and the tank brigade to set off and take over the task of the first division to capture northern Anhui. The provisional 2nd Division was ordered to rush east to Quanjiao, and together with the 2nd Division, it was deployed to defend Nanjing to prevent a sneak attack by devils. ”

After Chen Jinghui gave the order, he immediately walked to the headquarters, then took out a map of the entire territory of Anhui and Jiangsu, and began to study it carefully. Since the troops on the devil's side have moved, it means that the devil already knows his next plan, and he must take precautions.

"Come on, order Captain Huang to let them create a little trouble in the Xuzhou area to prevent the devils from gathering troops from Xuzhou to reinforce Anhui." Chen Jinghui ordered.

"Report, our reinforcements in northern Anhui have been exposed, and now the enemy has sent an integrated division to follow us to prevent us from entering Anhui." The devil's side also detected some movements of the flying fox and began to report the situation to Nishio Shouzo.

"Baga, how to cure it, it will be discovered soon." Nishio Shouzao scolded unhappily.

"Your Excellency Commander, what should we do next, force our way in?" said the chief of staff.

"What's the use of forcibly assaulting in, there will definitely be a lot of losses at that time, and what role can it play when it arrives in Anhui. An order was given to the defenders of Xuzhou to send out a division of troops to reinforce Anhui from Xuzhou. Nishio Shouzo said.

"Report, Xuzhou report, they were attacked by unknown forces an hour ago, and they were unable to send troops to reinforce Anhui." The chief of staff reported.

Nani ??? Attack by unidentified forces, Yaga, unknown forces from there. Nishio Shouzo slapped the table and stood up, scolding loudly.

"Report, Huainan and Bengbu are lost."

Just when Nishio Shouzo didn't know how to solve this dilemma, the communication soldier sent him even worse news.

"Nani, lost, what about the mixed brigade! Where did it go? Nishio asked.

"Report, the mixed brigade was wiped out half an hour ago." Said the communications officer.

"Baga, Ming Xuzhou must send troops to reinforce Anhui for me, otherwise I will apologize to the emperor for seppuku." Nishio Shouzo ordered.

But his order was issued, and Xuzhou was indeed mobilizing troops. But as soon as they moved, someone attacked their rear, making it impossible for them to move. Especially on the road, which was full of minefields, they were even more anxious, and they only advanced ten kilometers in one day.

And the Third Division, the Independent Division, and the Tank Brigade on the Flying Fox side are not idle, and they are very busy. Almost every few hours, they had to take a county seat, and three days later they successfully arrived at the designated position and began to purchase positions to defend Xuzhou.

The troops on the Nanjing side of the devil were entangled by the first division, and they could not step into Anhui even a single step.

"Yaga, Yaga."

In this way, on the fourth day, Nishio Shouzo finally gave up, and he was powerless in Anhui, so he could only stand alone in the room and get angry.

This book was first published in Reading Book Worm