On a narrow frontage, the concentrated use of armored forces for assault operations in a specific situation can have such brilliant results? This was something that the senior commanders of the provisional 1st Mechanized Division, who had previously conducted dozens of exercises on the sand table, did not expect, and the victory was expected, but the price paid was so small that it was greatly unexpected.

Hao Wenbin looked at the thousands of abandoned corpses of the army and said with some emotion: "If we can grasp air supremacy, then the tactics of concentrating a large number of artillery fire to bombard the enemy's defense line, using armored forces to carry out directional assaults to divide the enemy's main force, or rushing to the enemy's rear will become impossible and possible."

Ye Yunfei looked at the troops that were still concentrated and said with a headache: "Now all battalions and companies are calling for bicycles to assemble, and some vehicles are chasing the army trucks for more than ten kilometers, and now they are out of fuel and are breaking down on the way, waiting for the hounds to come to the rescue. ”

Hao Wenbin glanced at Chen Yuxing unhappily, meaning what are you doing as a brigade commander? The troops have herded sheep, if the army has a tank unit to fight back at this moment, the jackal surname can be excellent is also a light tank, five of the army's 95 light tank if the tactics are used properly, the same can destroy the jackal light tank, and their own tanks are scattered, not to mention, the logistics supply convoy that arrives in the combat area later, such as fuel trucks, ammunition trucks, etc., are directly exposed to the counterattacking enemy, if the logistics supply is knocked out, the first mechanized division of the provisional division in the real sense, and the only mechanized brigade will be completely annihilatedThis is not alarmist at all, after all, this is not the highway of later generations, there are gas stations and repair centers every few tens of kilometers.

In addition, the armored forces will also face the threat of air raids by the planes of the army at any time to carry out supply and war, and on the way, the jackal light tanks, hound armored vehicles and half-track multi-purpose vehicles will need at least one supply, and if they are discovered by the army, even if they have suffered heavy losses from bombing, they will still send all the remaining planes to launch an air attack on the mechanized brigade and destroy the elite of the central political axe army in Nanjing.

After all, the results of the early morning air raid on the Hongkou Field Airfield have not yet been confirmed, so there are dangers lurking under the glory of the great victory.

At this moment, Li Yunfeng, who had a serious expression on his face, ran over with a pile of thickskin books that were almost burned out and said, "Master! It has been confirmed that before our army destroyed the radio station, the army had already sent out the telegram that had been attacked, and the company himself used a clear code, and they burned the code book! The flag of the 47th Infantry Wing and a number of classified documents were also burned. ”

As a result, Ye Yunfei burned to the point that there were only a few pieces of the wreckage of the so-called military flag of the Yue Army Wing, which was the size of his fingernails, and said helplessly: "I thought that what my military flag looked like?" I didn't expect it to be so beautifully framed? The speed of our army's assault is already very fast, but it is a pity that I still let Yu destroy the general flag! ”

Qiu Qingquan said very solemnly: "I also met students from the Japanese army during my study in Germany, as far as I know, the military began on January 23, 1874, when Emperor Meiji personally awarded the military flag to the first and second wings of the guards infantry, and then all the newly formed infantry and cavalry wings of the army must be personally awarded the military flag by the emperor, with the military flag as the core of unity of the troops, and the military flag represents the highest honor of the emperor. It is said that only infantry and cavalry wings have military flags, and military flags are awarded by the emperor himself, because they are only owned by formed infantry wings and cavalry wings, so they are also called wing flags. According to the regulations of the Army, the military flag will be established when it is present, and sanctions will be imposed if the military flag is lost. Therefore, the military flag is a very important thing within the army, and it is necessary to select one of the best second lieutenants or lieutenant officers of the wing to serve as the flag guard, and set up a special military flag guard squadron to protect its safety. Because the battle regulations of the army stipulate that when it is judged that the battle situation is in danger of annihilation, the military flag should be burned, so no matter what kind of defeat it encounters, the army has time to calmly burn the military flag, so it is very difficult to capture the military flag of the Japanese army. ”

Chen Yuxing nodded and said: "I heard the commander of the regiment say that after I burn the military flag, I will generally destroy or hide the flagpole, there are sixteen blood-red rays of light in the center of the army's flag pattern, also known as the Xu Yue flag, the three sides of the military flag are decorated with purple tassels, the top of the wooden lacquered flagpole, there is a three-sided gilded flag, three sides are the sixteen-petal chrysanthemum relief family emblem pattern of the imperial family, the military flag is hung in the center of the tassel, embroidered with the number of the army unit, and it is also equipped with a pure copper moisture-proof flag cover, This military flag is easily not taken out, and it is only used in the so-called victory of the flagpole and tassels on the occasion of general celebrations. ”

Hao Wenbin nodded and said: "Forget it if it is not captured, there is no need to ask for some things, it is really worth celebrating to give the 11th Brigade of the Infantry of the Yue Army the blow of annihilation, inform the troops to immediately clean up the battlefield and replenish fuel and ammunition as soon as possible, and prepare to reinforce the 5th Brigade of Bai Qingshan's department, the 5th Brigade will block the avant-garde troops of the 18th Division of the Yue Army in the preset position in the racecourse, and the 3 ways of the Yue Army will attack, and it will be too uninteresting for our army not to annihilate two of them." ”

Hao Wenbin glanced at the infantry who kept shooting the remnants of the Yue army on the battlefield, this is the experience summed up by the Rehe Army with blood, after the Battle of Chengde, many soldiers are used to using bayonets to solve the wounded soldiers or prisoners of the Yue army, but some of the hidden grenades of the Yue army will cause some very unnecessary casualties to the Chinese soldiers who clean the battlefield, so the Rehe Army stipulates that when cleaning the battlefield, try to use firearms to shoot the Yue army, or judge the officers and soldiers who are pretending to be dead.

The ten squads sent by the military police battalion of the division headquarters are still trying to search for the flag of the 13th Infantry Wing of the Yue Army, which has been completely annihilated, although Hao Wenbin doesn't care much about it verbally, in fact he is the person who cares the most, because since the Battle of Rehe, Zhang Xuewu has always muttered about the wing flag of his own army, and it seems that the capture of the flag of the Yue Army Wing is regarded as the highest honor?

Hao Wenbin was very puzzled by this, and after listening to Ye Yunfei, Chen Yuxing, Hao Wenbin, Li Yunfeng and others this time, he realized that Xiao Yueben's military flag had such a big name in it.

Hao Wenbin was not particularly optimistic about Zhang Xuewu before, because of Zhang Xueliang's unruly young master's defeated performance, how good can his cousin be? As a result, the trip to Europe made him feel a lot, the ambassador-level treatment, the oil and water that made people red, etc., as well as the imprint of Zhang Xuewu's Rehe Legion faction on his body, so that he could only follow Zhang Xuewu with all his heart, otherwise Zhang Xuewu capsized and he Hao Wenbin also drowned.

Hao Wenbin knew that even within the Rehe Legion, there were people who looked at him uncomfortably, so this time Zhang Xuewu ordered him to go to Nanjing to defend him, and he was also grateful, because what he needed at the moment as the nominal deputy commander was prestige and performance, and it could be said that Hao Wenbin was the greatest wish now to capture a wing flag of the Yue Army.

War is a big gamble of a few happy and a few worried, but the chips here have been exchanged for life and blood, when the clear code telegram of the 11th Infantry Brigade of the Sixth Division and the two subordinate infantry wings was received by the division headquarters and the newly established Central Branch Dispatch Army, Gu Shoufu was immediately dumbfounded!

While the four reconnaissance planes immediately went to reconnoitre, the radio stations of the Shanghai Dispatch Army and the Central Branch Dispatch Army still overstepped the 11 th Infantry Brigade and the 13 th Infantry Brigade to synchronize with the 47th Wing.

For a time, the staff of the Central Branch Dispatch Army, which had just been formed and had not yet all the personnel in place, was in a mess, and since the Meiji Restoration, the Imperial Army had not yet seen a case of a total annihilation of a joint level unit? Even the battle between Lushun and Chengde, which was fought in a sea of corpses and blood, has never happened.

And what worries Matsui Ishine and Hatohiko King Asaka Palace the most is not the life and death of 8,000 officers and soldiers, but whether the wing flags of the two units of the 13th Infantry Linkage and the 47th Wing of the Infantry have been burned in time! Because since the telegrams were sent out in a panic, it proves that it was a surprise attack? Anything can happen on an unpredictable battlefield.

If the military flag is lost, then not only will the number of the unit be revoked, but the entire imperial army will suffer an incomparably great humiliation.

After consulting with Matsui Ishone, King Hatohiko of Asakamiya decided to immediately send all the fighters of the navy and some of the fighters that were still able to rise from the Hongkou Field Airfield to rush to the aid of the 11th Infantry Brigade of the 6th Division, and ordered the 18th Division and the 16th Division to immediately move closer to each other, and the main force of the 6th Division to quickly reinforce the 11th Infantry Brigade, and to ensure that the flag was burned, and if it was taken by the enemy, it should be recaptured at all costs.

For the tactical arrangement of King Hatohiko of Asaka Palace and Matsui Shigen, Ishihara Wan'er, who was standing on the side, sighed slightly helplessly and left, according to the previous information, at least one chariot unit and heavy artillery unit of the Rehe Army entered Nanjing, and joined the city defense force, Tang Shengzhi's person Ishihara Wan'er still has some understanding, because Tang Shengzhi is the commander of the city defense, the staff headquarters and the dispatch army judged that the will to resist in Nanjing is not resolute and thorough, and it is likely that it is just a show.

Tang Shengzhi can command the Huangpu generals of the Central Army of Nanjing Political Axe? This is obviously impossible, and this beautiful sortie tactics combined with the previous air raid are clearly part of a series of premeditated tactical actions! Can an old general like Tang Shengzhi have such a high level of synthetic combat command quality? Obviously impossible!

So who would be the commander of the garrison in Nanjing?

(To be continued)