"Boom...... "Boom" With Qiao Anbang's order to reach the first and third divisions, hundreds of German-style mmle.fh18105mm caliber howitzers of the two artillery regiments, which had been prepared for a long time, opened fire one after another.

For a while, the cannon outside Fengyang City rumbled, and the flames soared into the sky.

Inside the city, the headquarters of the 13th Division of the Army.

The commander of the 13th Division, who had just fallen asleep all night, was suddenly awakened by the sudden roaring artillery, jumped out of bed in disheveled clothes, and hurriedly strode towards the conference room.

"Tian Yongjun, what's going on? Where are the dripping cannons? The state soldier hurriedly asked.

Tin Yuzaburo was so frightened that he didn't have time to salute and replied, "I don't know what I do, but the sound of cannons came from outside the city. ”

The two walked into the conference room with doubts, and Tian Yongzaburo just wanted to call to inquire about the situation, when the phone rang suddenly, and he picked up the telephone without hesitation and said, "Hey, division headquarters." ”

I only heard the rumbling of guns on the other end of the phone, and the noise was endless. Listening to the report on the other end of the phone, Tian Yuzaburo's face changed again and again, and he suddenly hung up the phone, and reported to the state soldiers with a heavy face: "General, the forward position reports that a large number of armed personnel of the Zhina suddenly appeared around the outer positions of our army, and at present, the east and west directions have been heavily shelled by the Zhina. ”

"What? The people of China? Where did they come from? As far as he knew, the squadron on the south bank was three infantry regiments and one armored unit of the Huben Brigade that counterattacked Fengyang Gorge and Tianma Peak yesterday. Obviously, he didn't think that the Tiger Brigade would dare to besiege Fengyang with only three regiments.

Tin Yongzaburo frowned and shook his head, "I don't know about the lowliness, but they should have quietly moved over last night." ”

"Baga, I just want to know now, how did they appear, could it be that the three infantry regiments of the Zhina Tiger Brigade surrounded Fengyang County?" Won the state army angry road.

"This is absolutely impossible, according to the report of the forward position, there are at least two or three divisions of the Zhina Army that appeared around Fengyang County, which can also be judged from their artillery, such a fierce artillery fire, it is very likely that the ace division of the central branch of the Zhina is impossible, and it is impossible to equip such a powerful artillery unit without the establishment of two or three divisions." Yusaburo Tian analyzed.

The state soldier nodded thoughtfully, pondered for a moment, and said, "The Zhina people have a lot of appetite, and they actually want to eat my 13th Division in one bite." ”

After a pause, the state soldiers said to Tian Yongzaburo with a solemn expression: "Tian Yongjun, order all troops to resist with all their might, and immediately send a telegram to the front army headquarters for help, requesting the 9th and 114th not far from us to rush to help, form a huge encirclement on the periphery of Fengyang, surround the people of China, and then attack with our internal and external forces, and annihilate the elite troops of China outside the city in one fell swoop." ”

"Hay!" Tin Yuzaburo suddenly bowed his head in response, and immediately took the order to leave.

……………………………… Nanjing, the headquarters of the Central China Front.

As early as more than a month ago, Yanagawa Heisuke moved his front army headquarters from Shanghai to Nanjing, but because [***] evacuated the people of the city, so the Nanjing city obtained by the army was only an empty city.

For the sake of face, after Yanagawa Heisuke arrived in Nanjing, he forcibly ordered the troops to move a group of people into Nanjing City in the area around Nanjing, so that the entire Nanjing City would not be empty.

Early in the morning, as soon as the sky was bright, Yanagawa Heisuke got up early, and after a hurried wash, he took a team of guards out of Nanjing City and went straight to the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum outside the city.

Because the Purple Mountain was one of the areas where the two sides fought fiercely in Nanjing, the beautiful scenery of the Purple Mountain was almost completely destroyed in the war, and as far as the eye can see, it is desolate, and the magnificent Purple Mountain no longer exists.

The purpose of Yanagawa Heisuke's visit to the Purple Mountain this time is to climb the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and satisfy his vanity, after all, this is the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen, the father of the Chinese nation, as a general of a hostile country, to be able to take a group photo in front of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum, in his opinion, it is an honor.

A photographer had just finished taking a photo for Yanagawa Heisuke, Yanagawa Heisuke turned his head to look at the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum behind him, a smug sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he quickly unbuttoned his trouser belt and began to urinate on the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum.

Seeing this, the ghost soldiers present laughed presumptuously.

Standing on the Purple Mountain with a bird's-eye view of Nanjing City, at this moment, Yanagawa Heisuke's heart was arrogant and proud, China's national capital Nanjing, and the mausoleum of Sun Yat-sen, the father of the nation, were trampled under his feet, which made him how not excited, how unexpected.

After staying on the Purple Mountain for a while, the satisfied Yanagawa Heisuke led the guards down the mountain, and before he could get on the car, a three-wheeled motorcycle came from the city at a gallop.

Seeing this, Yanagawa Heisuke stopped.

The side three-wheeled motorcycle quickly rushed to Yanagawa Heisuke, and Tanabe Moritake, who is currently the chief of the general staff of the Central China Front Army, jumped off the motorcycle in a hurry, "Tanabe-kun, why are you here?" Yanagawa Heisuke saw Tanabe's anxious face, and immediately asked.

"General, the 13th Division has sent an urgent telegram from Fengyang." Tanabe Shengwu hurriedly put his feet away and saluted: "The 13th Division called and said that they were surrounded by the elite troops of the Chinese Army, and now the Chinese Army has been surrounded by the regiments of Fengyang County, and all the officers and men of the 13th Division are resisting with all their might. ”

"What? The 13th Division is in a hurry? Yanagawa Heisuke was taken aback and said in disbelief: "Didn't they report two days ago that they had defeated all the main forces of the China Army south of the Huai River?" Why is it now surrounded by the Chinese army? ”

"General, this 13th Division didn't explain much, and conjectured that it was very likely that there was a change in the battle situation on the front line, and the lieutenant general of the state army was unable to inform us of the latest battle situation in time for the sake of face!" Moritake Tanabe thought for a moment and replied.

"Baga, this guy who won the state soldier." Yanagawa Heisuke was suddenly a little angry, but he was also very helpless about this matter, at that time, in the army of the army, the middle and senior commanders of the front line often disobeyed orders, and occasionally suffered defeats in time, and did not report to their superiors until they had to.

This kind of atmosphere often occurs at the division and regimental level, where high-ranking generals such as division commanders have absolute command authority at the front line, and they often do not follow the operational plans drawn up by the headquarters before the war to fight.

Instead, they decided how to fight on their own according to the situation on the battlefield and changes in the enemy's situation, and although it was said that they had disobeyed military orders, they were always able to win battles, so the top brass of the army acquiesced to this kind of atmosphere.

Yanagawa Heisuke, who was once the commander of the Tenth Army, insisted on going his own way and forcibly attacked Nanjing in the direction of Nanjing, the capital of China, in disregard of the order of the base camp to control the scale of the war and not attack Nanjing, the capital of China.

It is precisely in this way that there is the current Battle of Xuzhou and several large-scale battles in the future.

Now that he himself has become the commander of the front army, he is in a high position, and he is quite disgusted by the fact that the state soldiers concealed and did not report the battle situation, and if the state soldiers won the battle, then he would have nothing to say, but the current situation is that the entire division is surrounded by the middle [***] team, which makes him not annoyed.

Seeing that Yanagawa Heisuke wanted to get angry, Tanabe Moritake on the side hurriedly persuaded: "General, the overall situation is important, now is not the time to hold accountable, as the lieutenant general of the state army said in the telegram, this battle of Fengyang may not be an opportunity for the imperial army, an opportunity to completely annihilate the main force of the Huaihe region of the Chinese army."

As long as our reinforcements can arrive in time and join forces with the 13th Division, we will be able to wipe out the elite troops of the China Army in the Fengyang area in one fell swoop, so that the entire China Army on both sides of the Huai River will no longer be able to resist the advance of the imperial army, and then we will be able to drive north for a long time, capture Xuzhou, open up the connection between the north and south battlefields, and join forces with the North China Front. ”

Yanagawa Heisuke thought about it, and what Tanabe Moritake said was not unreasonable, snorted coldly, and then asked: "Now that unit of our army is close to Fengyang County?" ”

"General Hui, Ji Jiajun's 9th Division and Song Mojun's 114th Division are less than 100 miles away from Fengyang, and they can arrive in half a day after a rapid march, and these two divisions can be sent to aid Fengyang." Moritake Tanabe replied with a bowed head.

"Yo Xi, immediately send a telegram to the 9th and 114th Divisions, ordering them to rush to the aid of Fengyang, and tell them that they must cooperate with the 13th Division to completely annihilate the Zhina Army in the Fengyang area. Then send aviation troops to Fengyang County to reinforce the 13th Division to fight! Yanagawa Heisuke immediately waved his hand and ordered.

"Hay!" Tanabe Moritake suddenly bowed his head in response, and then turned around and got on the motorcycle and drove away.

………………………… Shou County, the headquarters of the 9th Division of the Army.

The commander of the division, Lieutenant General Yoshika Ryosuke, was giving orders to several subordinates to attack in the direction of Fuyang, when suddenly an operational staff officer hurriedly ran in, suddenly retracted his feet and saluted Yoshika Ryosuke: "General, the headquarters of the front army is in an emergency, the 13th Division is surrounded by heavy troops of the Shina Army in Fengyang, and Commander Liuchuan ordered our division to immediately move out, rush to the aid of Fengyang, and cooperate with the 13th Division to completely annihilate the enemy in Fengyang. ”

"Huh?" Ji Jia Liangfu changed color slightly, lowered his head and muttered for a while, Huo Ran raised his head and glanced around at several subordinates, and said solemnly: "Everyone, immediately change the battle plan, and the whole division will rush to the aid of Fengyang!" ”

"Hay!" Several devil officers got up at the same time and bowed their heads and replied.

(To be continued)