The meeting lasted for six hours, and finally a decision was made: no more bombing, and the Tenth Army moved closer to Cangzhou at full speed.

In addition to this decision, the Shandong Army was ordered to abandon the occupied cities and advance to Hebei to meet them.

As soon as Matsui Ishone made the final decision, the combat staff officer hurriedly walked in and presented a telegram to Matsui Ishone.

After receiving the telegram, the old devil's face immediately turned pale: the infantry of the Black God Army began to attack.

Again, this is unexpected, something that I didn't expect at all.

As soon as Matsui Ishone said this, everyone was stunned.

It was impossible for these nearly ten hours of shelling to hurt their muscles and bones, how could the Black God Army attack?

With their military strength, artillery fire of this intensity and scale, there is some reason for the Black God Army to launch an attack after two or three months of bombardment.

Now, although I don't dare to say that I am looking for death, it is too stupid.

The Black God Army can't be so stupid, so there must be terror methods that they don't know about. This is also the reason why Matsui Ishone, the old devil, immediately turned pale when he saw the message.

-- At the garrison, under the ground 10 meters deep, there are dozens of tunnels criss-crossed.

The specifications of the tunnels are the same, they are all 180 centimeters high and 260 centimeters wide, and they are all pure dirt roads, the ground is not paved with bricks, and the walls of the caves are not reinforced concrete.

There are places where water seeps, but the seeping water is drained away. So, although the ground is a little wet, it does not hinder walking.

The tunnels were crowded with the Black God Army wearing the military uniforms of the Yue Army, and in the tunnels below the artillery garrison of the Yue Army, the elite of the Black God Army wearing the military uniforms of the Black God Army, the assault brigade of the ticket.

Tonight's operation, Ticket's personal command.

The earth slid from a round hole with a diameter of two meters from the roof of the cave, and all the dirt that fell to the ground was immediately cleaned up.

Each round hole has three ladders, the ladders are specially made, straight up and straight down, fixed to the wall of the cave, as the soil slides, from time to time the ladder has to be connected to a section higher.

When there are still two meters above the ground, a large round hole becomes three small round holes, each of which can only accommodate one person.

Soon, when the top was reached, and only a foot could be dug through, at this time, the commandos who were digging the hole hung a small shovel on the hook of the ladder and replaced it with a small shovel.

While listening carefully to the movement above, the commando used a small shovel to dig out a small hole ten centimeters in diameter.

The small hole opened, and a glimmer of moonlight filtered in.

The commando hung the shovel on the ladder, held the shovel in his hand, and at the same time, quietly poked a periscope out of the ground through the small hole.

After observing for a while, the commandos began to dig again, and then again, and again, and soon, only a thin layer remained.

Hang up the shovels and the commandos wait for orders. By this time, the ladder was already full of people.

-- The Fifth Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery has 78 artillery pieces of caliber of more than 100 millimeters and more than 8,000 people, and they have their own escort forces.

At this time, the devil soldiers were like worker ants, meticulously carrying out orders, braving artillery fire and preparing for explosives.

Teams of devil soldiers shuttled back and forth, extremely busy.

More than twenty devils walked over, and across from them, a group of sixty or seventy devils walked over. In the stunned gaze of these twenty devils, they were overwhelmed by the sixty or seventy devils who came towards them.

After staggering, there were more than two dozen corpses of devils on the pitch-black ground.

"Grandma, the little devil wants to blow up the cannon!" Squad leader Li Chenghu was shocked, and then said: "Quick, we must not let the little devil blow up our cannon!" ”

These commandos are all armed with a gun in one hand and a submachine gun in the other.

If it was during the day, they would have been discovered quickly, but now, it was pitch black and messy, and besides, they were still inside the defensive circle of the Fifth Brigade, so they would not have been discovered easily.

These commandos are different from ordinary soldiers, their usual training is not to fight bayonets, but how to use daggers to sneak attack and kill.

Therefore, in this case, to kill these unarmed and completely defenseless artillerymen is really killing people like grass.

In just ten minutes, thousands of little devils silently went to their emperor to be loyal to them. At this time, Isshiki was either holding a submachine gun, or the big soldier holding a light machine gun had already touched the back of the butt of the heavily guarded escort troops.

It was still a one-sided massacre, and the little devil had no chance to resist.

-- In an instant, Matsui Ishone was twenty years old, and if he couldn't blow up those cannons, it would be over, it would be all over.

Matsui Ishine and Chief of Staff Mamoru Iinuma, as well as everyone in the headquarters, waited anxiously for the Tenth Army to recapture the artillery, or, until dawn, to prevent the Black God Army from carrying the cannons away, and then the planes bombed and blew up the artillery.

Everyone knows that if these cannons fall into the hands of the Black God Army, then their survival path will basically be cut off.

The Black God Army can easily stop them somewhere, and once so, the Black God Army bombards them with their artillery, so will they still have a way to live?

The hope is too slim, as time passes little by little, Matsui Ishone's face is not the whitest, only whiter, he knows that unless there is a miracle, otherwise, the Black God Army will never leave them the slightest chance.

It's really incredible, from the appearance of the Black God Army to today, the Black God Army's actions have failed, not even mistakes, and this time cannot be an exception.

Cannon!

Matsui Ishone's heart seemed to have been loosened and loosened, and he regretted that if he had not been so confident and could think about the most terrible situation, then he would never have faced the danger of the current annihilation.

If there is a cannon, or if the cannon is not obtained by the Black God Army, then there is still a lot of room for maneuver, but now, he only has two paths, and these two roads, either of which may be a dead end.

These two roads, one is to run, and the other is to defend Cangzhou.

If you want to run, then there is no other way to go, there is only one way, and that is to rush out along the same road and return to Shandong, but there is no doubt that the Chinese army must have laid heavy troops on the road.

There is no other way to go, take other roads, the small army of China only needs to do some harassment, and the large army will have enough time to rush to the front of them, so there is only the way to come, and at least there is no green gauze tent on the way to come.

Run, will definitely be intercepted by the Black God Army, will definitely be flanked by the front and back, and the only hope for running is that the Shandong Army can defeat the interception of the Chinese army.

If they don't run, defend Cangzhou, and face the absolute superiority of the Black God Army's artillery fire, will they be able to survive two months, or even longer?

The information came one after another, Matsui Ishone's face was like ashes, and the Black God Army dealt with him this time in the same way as the means used to deal with Umezu Mijiro back then, but the form was a little different, but the essence was the same thing.

Tunnels, pretending to be them, this in the dark night of the rumbling of artillery and the all-out attack of the Black God Army, the chaos caused can be imagined.

At this moment, Matsui Shigen had the heart to die, and before the situation was clear, he could neither send reinforcements nor go away, he could only wait, and this kind of waiting was more uncomfortable than waiting for the death penalty.

Suddenly, looking at the message in his hand, Matsui Ishone's brow furrowed.

Judging from the battle situation, something is wrong, the Black God Army did not launch a real attack, and the Black God Army did not take advantage of the chaos to completely annihilate or severely damage the Tenth Army.

Why is that?

This tactic, like the one used against Umezu Mijiro, can only be used once, but this time, it seems that the Black God Army is just trying to grab those cannons.

What a good opportunity this is to inflict a heavy blow on the Tenth Army, why did the Black God Army give up? Matsui Ishone was puzzled.

Experience has proved that whenever the Black God Army makes something that he can't understand, the consequences are extremely serious, but this time, Matsui Shigen is not as worried as before, because this old devil is now a dead pig, and he is not afraid of boiling water.

Just after three o'clock in the morning, a telegram from the commander of the Tenth Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, arrived, the attack of the Black God Army stopped, and all the artillery had been snatched by the Black God Army.

In the headquarters, everyone collapsed, and all the strength in their bodies was withdrawn from their bodies in an instant.

Run!

Matsui Ishone straightened up suddenly.

As long as you enter Shandong, there is a way to live, even if you can't get to Qingdao, you can also enter Jiangsu.

They are helpless against the Black God Army, but they still have a lot of means against Chiang Kai-shek and the Nanjing political axe, and they can definitely force Chiang Kai-shek to agree to let them go back to their original books.

"Herald!" Matsui Ishine was just about to give an order, when a telecommunications staff officer suddenly hurried in and arrived in front of Matsui Ishine.

Seeing that the staff officer's expression was different, Matsui Ishine did not continue to give orders, and he asked, "What's the matter?" ”

The staff officer put his heels together and said, "Your Excellency, the Black God Army has invaded our telephone line, and they have called. ”

When he took the phone record and looked at it, Matsui Ishone's brows furrowed, and he handed the phone record to the chief of staff on the side, Mamoru Iinuma, and when Mamoru Iinuma looked at it, his brows furrowed.

Matsui Ishine was silent in thought, and after a while, when Matsui Ishine raised his head to look at him, Mamoru Iinuma said, "Your Excellency Commander, does the Black God Army want us to surrender?" ”

Shaking his head slightly, Matsui Ishine said, "They won't be so stupid. After a pause, he said, "Okay, don't guess, it will be clear when the people of the Black God Army arrive." ”

According to the agreed time, at nine o'clock in the morning, the representative of the Black God Army arrived.

Matsui Ishone sat in the headquarters, and Mamoru Iinuma welcomed the representatives of the Black God Army into the headquarters on his behalf.

As soon as Mamoru Iinuma and the representatives of the Black God Army came in, Matsui Ishone was stunned. The representative of the Black God Army he knew, it was Tang Xu.

In this book, there are not necessarily many people who know that the leader of the Black God Army is Han Lihong, but there are not many who don't know Tang Xu.

Tang Xu's style is even more sufficient, with a hand and a shot, it is definitely charming.

After introducing each other, Matsui Ishine said, "Mr. Tang, please take a seat." ”

The two sat down face to face at the table, and after that, Matsui Ishine asked, "Mr. Tang, I wonder what your intention is?" ”

It was still the usual style of the Black God Army, Tang Xu said: "Mr. Matsui, we can let you go, including the trapped Fifth Division and the 109th Division." ”

Matsui Ishone remained silent, he listened quietly.

Tang Xu continued: "Mr. Matsui, in the future, we will promote goodwill and release all captives and expatriates. Also, for the resistance forces in the three eastern provinces, they will not get any help through North China; Moreover, all the resistance forces belonging to [***] will also withdraw into North China. ”

After a moment of silence, Matsui Shigen said, "Mr. Tang, what about the conditions?" ”

Tang Xu said: "100 million US dollars, a large oil refinery and a full set of technology, a shipyard capable of manufacturing aircraft carriers and a full set of technology. ”

Matsui Shigen's heart was full of blood, like the Yellow River bursting, but ...... He naturally knew Ishihara's proposition, and this time, the Black God Army pinched their soft underbelly again.

After enduring it for a long time, Matsui Shigen said, "Mr. Tang, please go down and rest first." ”

――――The base camp has turned upside down, who would have thought that the battle situation would deteriorate to such a situation!

Messages came and went like snowflakes.

In addition to Tokyo and Matsui Ishine, there are also Tokyo and Sugiyama Moto.

After succeeding Shouichi Terauchi, Sugiyama Gen became the commander of the North China Dispatch Army, he also really knew what kind of predicament the empire encountered in China, so his attitude was different from before.

Succeeding Terauchi Shouichi, Sugiyama Moto's wishful thinking was that the green yarn tent was delayed, but when he came to the battlefield, he realized that the green yarn tent was not all the difficulties, and as soon as he and Matsui Shigen certified it again, his heart fire was completely extinguished.

After a week of fierce debate, I finally found that, like last time, I had to give in.

The people trapped in China are all veterans of a hundred battles, two-thirds of the elite of the Imperial Army, and once they are completely annihilated, the losses are unbearable.

What's more, this is not the main thing, the main thing is the strategic aspect.

The resistance of the Manchurians may seem like nothing, but in reality, the destruction of the surname is very large. If the conditions of the Black God Army are agreed, the empire will have a stable Manchuria, and it can be safely built with all its might.

Now, the strategy of conquering China has proved to be a complete failure, and the war in China cannot be waged again until there is a substantial increase in national strength, and the only hope for a substantial increase in national strength is Manchuria.

In the past, even Ishihara Waner thought that Soviet Russia and China were not of the same magnitude at all, but now it seems that it is a big mistake, and China is much easier to fight with Soviet Russia than Soviet Russia.

In a fight with Soviet Russia, as long as the Soviet Russian army is defeated and a few big victories are fought, the problem will be almost solved, but the branch will not work, and the support will be a big quagmire, and it will never be solved by a few big victories.

What's more, with the tactics of the Chinese people, how easy is it to win a battle?

Everyone was scared.

-- Although he knew the result earlier, after receiving a reply from the base camp, Matsui Ishine still sat alone all night.

The next day, Matsui Ishine ordered someone to invite Tang Xu over.

After taking his seat, Matsui Ishine said, "Mr. Tang, my country's political axe has agreed in principle to your proposal. ”

Nodding, Tang Xu said, "Mr. Matsui, the Tenth Army has to stay." ”

Only the core issues that have been discussed can be discussed only after agreement has been reached on this core issue.

Naturally, the Black God Army would not let them all go, Matsui Shigen nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Smiling, Tang Xu said again: "Mr. Matsui......"

Before Tang Xu finished speaking, Matsui Shigen's eyes were already getting rounder and rounder, and when Tang Xu finished speaking, this old devil's heart was better, and his heart was balanced, it turned out that it was not only him who poured blood mold, but also Jiang Sang.

-- Big men have an aura, and Chairman Chiang is a big man with an aura.

These days, the people in the presidential palace are extremely uncomfortable.

After he withdrew and the Central Army reoccupied Shanghai, Chairman Chiang had a brilliant life, but it did not last long, and soon Chairman Chiang's face began to be clouded again.

Although the situation is not too clear about how North China is fighting, it is obvious that he has suffered a loss, and the loss is not small.

At first, some people didn't understand why Chairman Chiang was in a bad mood, but gradually, as long as they saw Chairman Chiang's face, they knew how North China was fighting.

The worse Chairman Chiang's face is, the better North China will fight.

Today, the aura of the presidential palace is unprecedentedly strong, and everyone does not dare to breathe.

In the conference room, Wang Jingwei, He Yingqin, Chen Cheng, Zhang Qun, Zhang Zhizhong, Cheng Qian, Bai Chongxi, and others were all sitting at the table, waiting for Chairman Jiang.

They were all suddenly recruited by Chairman Chiang.

What's going on? Nobody knows.

Bai Chongxi and Cheng Qian exchanged glances, and they were looking forward to it in their hearts.

They knew that the atmosphere in the presidential palace was so depressing, Chiang Kai-shek's mood must be extremely bad, and now that Chiang Kai-shek's mood could be affected by this, there was no doubt that there must have been a decisive change in the war situation in North China.

While everyone was talking, Chiang Kai-shek arrived.

Everyone stood up, and after Chiang Kai-shek sat down in the first seat, everyone sat down with him.

Chiang Kai-shek's face was extremely gloomy, he glanced at everyone, and said: "The political axe sent a note, they hope that the Shandong army can return to the capital through Shanghai. ”

The crowd was shocked.

Bai Chongxi asked: "Commission, so I was defeated in Hebei?" ”

Chiang Kai-shek was expressionless, and said lightly: "Maybe." ”

Bai Chongxi and Cheng Qian exchanged glances again, and both of them were overjoyed.

Originally, it was said that he was fighting in Hebei, no matter how difficult it was, but as long as he continued to increase his troops, it was difficult to say that Shanxi, but it was still no problem to occupy Hebei and Shandong, but now, if the army in Shandong wanted to run, or wanted to run through Shanghai, it would mean that the war situation in Hebei was irreversible, or in other words, he would rather lose the army trapped in North China, and they did not want to fight this battle.

So, what's next?

Local powerful factions like Cheng Qian and Bai Chongxi are under increasing pressure, because Chiang Kai-shek is eliminating local powerful factions through various means is getting faster and faster.

Now, because of the sudden rise of the Black God Army, their predicament is not only solved, but also may have a more desirable development.

The Black God Army has always said that the Black God Army resolutely opposes the Chinese fighting the Chinese, and will never take the initiative to provoke a civil war, and the Black God Army unites [***], the 29th Army, and the Jin Sui Army, and their strength is not one end to suppress Jiang someone, so Jiang someone will never dare to provoke a civil war.

Without fighting a civil war, division is also not allowed by the vast majority of Chinese, including the Black God Army, so the formation of a joint political axe is the only way.

Cheng Qian is scheming, Bai Chongxi is almost good in this regard, but he has Li Zongren, and they don't know how many times they have discussed these things.

The Black God Army doesn't seem to have any ambitions, it seems to think about how good the country is, and the Black God Army can't look down on him Jiang someone even more than half of his eyes.

What's more, as long as the Black God Army and [***] can block the southward movement of the Yue Army, the threat of the Yue Ben can basically be eliminated, and once there is no pressure from the Yu Ben, Chiang Kai-shek's important surname will be greatly reduced, so in this way, there is no question of who will lead the formation of the United Political Axe, so the balance between the forces of all parties will become the main force to maintain the United Political Axe.

Under this system of multi-party power balance, their status will not be as good as Mount Tai, at least they can continue to be their local kings in peace.

(To be continued)