Twenty miles south of Xuzhou Railway Station, the headquarters of the 66th Wing of the Army.

It was completely dark, and the army attacked for a day, but the Xuzhou Railway Station was immovable.

"Yaga! Loser! The strength of a brigade, as well as the tank detachment and the artillery wing to help in the battle, can't even take the railway station where only one battalion is stationed, your incompetence, waste! The 66th Wing Wing Commander Yamada Tsuneda said and slapped the 3rd Brigade Captain Kameda Shaoza in the face.

Kameda Shaoza stood up again, and bowed his head suddenly: "Hayi! ”

It wasn't until Yamada Osa finished losing his temper that the deputy wing captain Yamamoto Nakasa next to him said, "Kameda-kun, Your Excellency Osa needs your explanation, what is going on?" ”

"Hello." Kameda Shaoza suddenly bowed his head and said to Yamada Daisa, "Your Excellency, although the strength of the Shina Army stationed at the railway station is not large, its combat effectiveness is very strong, and the equipment is also very good, and there is even an infantry company equipped with submachine guns, and its assault firepower is even far superior to that of the Imperial Army!" ”

Yamada Daisa frowned and said, "The infantry company equipped with submachine guns? ”

"Hello." Kameda Shaosa said, "Our 3rd Squadron had already occupied the outer position of the railway station, but after this Shina infantry company launched a counterattack, the 3rd Squadron was immediately defeated and retreated. ”

Yamada Dazuo said awe-inspiringly: "Yamamoto-kun, it seems that this Baoshan Brigade is really difficult to deal with." ”

"It's not just hard to deal with." Yamamoto Nakasa said, "It is not impossible for this Baoshan Brigade to call it the nemesis of the Imperial Army, the Kunisaki Detachment, the Sakamoto Detachment and the Isoya Division of the original Sakagaki Division, which are all the elite of the Imperial Army's battle sequence, but they have been planted in the hands of the Baoshan Brigade, this record is by no means a fluke." ”

Yamada Daisa said, "Yamamoto-kun, then do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Yamamoto Nakasa said: "Your Excellency, the Baoshan Brigade is the elite of the Chinese army, well-equipped, with high morale, and a very firm will to fight, such a force is difficult to deal with, but they are not without weaknesses, their weakness is that they are alone in a corner, with neither foreign aid nor supplies!" ”

Yamada Daisa said: "Then what do you mean......"

"In the face of such a force, if the imperial army attacks strongly, the casualties will be too great." Yamamoto Nakasa said this, and then pointed to the map and said, "Your Excellency Dazuo, please see, this is a map of the suburbs of Xuzhou, from the map, the railway station hangs outside Xuzhou City, separated from the city wall by more than 1,000 meters, it is better to break into it by the 1st Brigade, cut off the connection between the railway station and Xuzhou City, and then take turns to feint with the 2nd and 3rd Brigades, which not only consumes the sharp spirit of the defenders of the railway station, but also consumes their ammunition, so that within three days, the defenders of the railway station will choose to break through because of the ammunition. ”

"Yo Si." Yamada Osa said happily, "Immediately send a report to the division headquarters and request to adjust tactics." ”

"Hello." Yamamoto Nakasa bowed his head suddenly, then turned around and walked into the telecommunications room, and sent a report to the division headquarters.

………… Hefei, Headquarters of the Central China Front.

Lieutenant General Naosaburo Okabe has already flown to Hefei on a special plane and officially assumed the post of chief of staff of the front army.

In his opinion, the reason why General Terauchi was able to serve as the commander of the North China Front Army was originally because he was born in the aristocracy, and what is even more intolerable is that although General Terauchi has mediocre ability, he always likes to show his "clever" command ability, so that there was a major strategic miscalculation in the Battle of Xuzhou.

Originally, Lieutenant General Okabe planned to strengthen the deployment of troops in the direction of Fuyang and Mengcheng, in this case, it was simply wishful thinking for the [***] main force of the Xuzhou Theater to break through, but unfortunately, due to the interference of the general in the temple, the front-line command post did not make adjustments in tactical deployment, and the [***] main force of the Xuzhou Theater finally broke through.

His father was a famous general of the empire, and his elder brother Yantaro Hata had just stepped down as commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Front.

In the war room, the staff officers have already prepared a huge simulation sand table.

General Hata and the senior staff members of the headquarters were discussing tactics around the sand table, and Lieutenant General Okabe hurriedly stepped inside, gathered his feet and said to General Shunliu Hata: "Your Excellency, the 66th Wing of the 114th Division has entered Xuzhou, and has just sent a telegram that the one stationed in Xuzhou City is indeed the elite Baoshan Brigade of China!" ”

The sixth general of Shun Hata pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Okabe-kun, do you think the deployment of the Battle of Wuhan needs to be postponed?" ”

Lieutenant General Okabe said: "Your Excellency, the city of Xuzhou has not yet been taken, and the Longhai line and the Jinpu line have not yet been opened, if you rashly order the second, fifth, seventh, tenth and eleventh armies to attack Wuhan in a big way, the heavy army group that has just been transferred to the Sulu border and the mountainous area of Luzhong will inevitably return to Xuzhou!" ”

"In this way, our army's supply line will be completely cut off by the Chinese army, if the offensive is continued at this time, the logistics supply will be cut off, and the follow-up will be weak, if you retreat, you will block the enemy before and after, and there will be pursuers behind, and if you are not careful, it is likely to cause a global collapse! If this battle is lost, the empire will not be able to launch a large-scale offensive within three years. ”

The sixth general of the six generals of Hata said: "Then can you mobilize the main force along the Yangtze River, and then attack Wuhan along the Yangtze River?" ”

One of the advantages of attacking along the Yangtze River is that there is no need to worry about logistics, and there is no need to worry about the supply line being cut off by the [***] team.

Lieutenant General Okabe said: "Your Excellency, although it is closer to Wuhan along the Yangtze River waterway, there are many rivers, lakes and mountains on both sides of the Yangtze River, this kind of terrain is not conducive to the power of the imperial army's mechanized equipment, but is more conducive to the Chinese army to carry out mountain operations and guerrilla warfare, I think the imperial army should gather the main force to attack Wuhan along the Pinghan line!" ”

I have to admit that the opinion of this little devil is still very reasonable.

Historically, because the Yellow Flood area blocked the advance of the army's mechanized equipment, forcing the army to reroute along both sides of the Yangtze River and the northern foot of the Dabie Mountain to attack Wuhan, the result was that the attack of the army caused great difficulties, and the 106th Division was almost wiped out by Xue Yue's army.

And at this time, compared with history, the strength is only strong and not weak!

Whether it is the determination of the whole people to resist the war, or the morale of the soldiers, due to the desperate fluttering of Yue Weihan, a little butterfly, it has been greatly improved compared with history, and more importantly, because Chairman Jiang adopted Yue Weihan's four-way attack strategy, the main force of the Xuzhou battlefield was greatly preserved, and there was no loss of troops as in history!

Therefore, if the Yue army really attacked Wuhan along both sides of the Yangtze River, the result would only be worse than in history.

The sixth general of the hata Shunliu nodded and said, "Okabe-kun, do you mean that before completely occupying Xuzhou and completely opening up the Longhai line and the Jinpu line, it is not appropriate for the imperial army to launch the Battle of Wuhan?" ”

"Hello." Lieutenant General Okabe bowed his head abruptly and said, "It is no exaggeration to say that Xuzhou is the lifeline of the imperial army. ”

"Yo Si." General Shunroku Hata nodded happily and said, "Okabe-kun, immediately send a report to the 114th Division, ordering Shigeharu Suematsu to seize Xuzhou as soon as possible at any cost, and completely open up the Longhai Line and the Jinpu Line. ”

"Hello." Lieutenant General Okabe bowed his head suddenly, and immediately hurriedly took the order.

………… Tongshan, 114th Division Headquarters.

Chief of Staff Saburo Isoda hurriedly walked into the war room and said to Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu: "Your Excellency General, the headquarters of the Front Army has sent an urgent telegram ordering our troops to seize Xuzhou as soon as possible at any cost, completely open up the Longhai Railway and the Jinpu Railway, and lay the foundation for the main force of the Front Army to carry out the Battle of Wuhan. ”

"At any cost?" Shigeharu Suematsu frowned and said, "Isoda-kun, order the Yamada Brigade to launch an attack on the Xuzhou Railway Station overnight, and completely wipe out the remnants of the enemy in the railway station before dawn, and then order the 127th Brigade and the 128th Brigade to advance overnight and advance to Xuzhou, and the division headquarters will also move forward. ”

"Hello." Isoda Osa bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order.

………… On the outskirts of Xuzhou, the headquarters of the Yamada Wing of the Army.

Yamamoto Nakasa hurriedly walked into the war room, and immediately retracted his feet and stood upright, and said to Yamada Dasa with a solemn expression: "Your Excellency Dazuo, Your Excellency the division commander is in an emergency!" ”

With that, Yamamoto Nakasa handed over the telegram in his hand.

Yamada Osa took the telegram and hurriedly read it, and immediately frowned, and said: "Order all infantry brigades to assemble immediately, and then go to inform Otsuka-kun and Kobayashi-kun by telegram, and request tactical support from the field artillery wing and the tank detachment." After saying this, Yamada Dazuo looked at his watch and said, "After forty minutes of shelling, launch a general attack on Xuzhou Railway Station!" ”

………… In the northern suburbs of Tongshan County, a small forest.

The Pang Hu squad of the special combat team directly under the Baoshan Brigade was lurking in this sparse grove at this time.

On the highway about two kilometers away from the small pine forest, a huge convoy of the army is moving forward in a mighty way, on both sides of the convoy, there are a large number of infantry of the army running to follow, and the guard posts of the army have even been placed two kilometers away on both sides of the road.

"Damn, there should be a division in this posture, the little devil is coming quite fast." Pang Hu put down the binoculars, and immediately turned his head and shouted, "Second Lieutenant Lan Ping, immediately send a report to the brigade headquarters, saying that the brigade was found on the road from Tongshan to Xuzhou, and the size of the force is about one division, and it is estimated that it will be able to rush to the outside of Xuzhou in half an hour." ”

"Yes." Lan Ping, a radio operator who followed the operation of the special operations team, hurriedly began to set up a radio station.

Since the last time she went to Linyi with the special combat team to carry out a special operations mission, Lan Ping has almost become a supernumerary member of the special combat team, but whenever a special operations mission requires radio communication, Lan Ping will definitely be seconded.

(To be continued)