"Commission, the top priority is to ensure the smooth implementation of the Battle of Xuzhou!"

Xiao Zhuge Bai Chongqi quickly adjusted his mentality and said, "Since there are more than 2,000 remnants breaking through from Nanjing, can we consider integrating these 2,000 remnants into the battle sequence of the Baoshan Regiment?" With Yue Weihan's ability to use troops, with the replenishment of more than 2,000 remnants, it should not be a problem to drag the army north into the group for three to five days! ”

"Then draw up the message immediately." Chairman Jiang was shocked, and immediately turned to Bai Chongqi and said, "The rest of the Nanjing Breakout will be immediately incorporated into the battle sequence of the Baoshan Regiment, and then the Baoshan Regiment will be ordered to block the enemy's northward movement along the Jinpu Railway at all costs, and the 18th and 13th Divisions of the Yue Army will not be allowed to cross the Huaihe Bridge for at least half a month!" ”

"Take a seat." General Zhang Zhizhong changed slightly, "Isn't half a month too ......?"

"It's half a month." Chairman Jiang waved his hand and said coldly, "If you can't complete the task, you will be dealt with by military law!" ”

"Yes." Bai Chongqi hurriedly stood upright, and immediately received the order to draft the telegram order.

Chairman Jiang sighed softly again, turned around and said to He Yingqin, Minister of Military Orders, in a solemn tone: "The Military Command Department immediately telegraphed the whole country, posthumously presented Gui Yongqing as an army general, and set up a public memorial hall in the central square of Wuchang to accept the condolences of the people. ”

He Yingqin agreed, and asked in a tentative tone: "Commission, does Jiangpu also need to build momentum?" ”

Chairman Jiang only snorted lightly, and left without replying, but General He was confused.

In fact, according to Chairman Jiang's original intention, he really didn't want to hype up the achievements of Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Regiment anymore, although Chairman Jiang's military command talent was not flattering, but his ability to read people was still difficult for ordinary people to reach, for Yue Weihan, Chairman Jiang could see clearly, this kid is a tiger general, but he is a tiger general who is difficult to refute!

For such a tiger general, it cannot be used or reused! And be sure to use it with caution!

The reason is obvious, Yue Weihan fabricated the edict this time, only saying that he, Jiang, would save the 700,000 people in Nanjing at any cost, but he knew that he would not fabricate the edict again tomorrow, saying that he Jiang would "go to the wilderness with electricity"? Which leader dares to reuse the subordinates who dare to fabricate the leader's orders casually?

If it were not a critical juncture in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Chairman Chiang would definitely not hesitate to remove Yue Weihan from military power, and then give him a staff officer at the Military Command Department or the General Staff.

However, now is the time of national crisis, and it is also the time to employ people, so Chairman Chiang can only use it.

………… In the end, Admiral Ho failed to grasp the leader's thoughts, and mobilized all the media to start hyping up the victory of Jiangpu.

In fact, long before the public opinion of the government media was hyped up, many private media had already begun to publicize it in advance, especially the declaration, and the latest issue of Zhao Xinyi's Battlefield Chronicle was just published in the issue of this morning, which published the news of the annihilation of the entire Kunisaki detachment in advance.

As soon as the news came out, the whole of China suddenly became a sea of joy!

Students in major cities once again took to the streets to rally, march, distribute leaflets, and propagate, and spare no effort to call on the people of the whole country to resist the war to the end; overseas Chinese living abroad once again set off a frenzy of donations and materials, and many overseas Chinese organizations even sent telegrams one after another to warmly celebrate the great victory of the motherland's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

All in all, the great victory of Jiangpu achieved by the Baoshan Regiment in Jiangpu Town greatly encouraged the anti-war morale of the whole people, and also strengthened the determination of the whole people to resist the war.

These are only the impacts of Jiangpu's victory on the domestic military and civilians and overseas Chinese.

In fact, the impact of Jiangpu's victory is far more than that, and even in the international arena, it has also caused great repercussions.

Although the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and other Western countries did not issue any official proclamation on the Jiangpu victory, nor could they have issued congratulatory telegrams, they all privately expressed their congratulations to the Nationalist political axe through their envoys in China, and the Red Soviet Union even made it clear that it would support an entire regiment of Soviet-style equipment to the Baoshan Regiment.

As for the Soviet Union's assistance, Chairman Chiang naturally smiled happily, but whether the entire regiment of Soviet-style equipment could fall on the Baoshan regiment is only God knows.

However, some people are happy and some people are worried.

Although the Chinese are happy, the mood of the person himself is not so good.

Many Western media even bluntly pointed out that the army could only be regarded as a second-rate army at best, and it might still be able to run rampant in Asia, but if it was against the armies of the United States, Britain, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, and other Western powers, it would be absolutely vulnerable!

Regarding the contempt of the Western powers, he said that he was a dumb man who ate yellow lotus, and he couldn't say anything about his suffering.

However, for the initiator of the Baoshan Regiment, the headquarters and even the base camp of the Central China Front Army hated it to the core, and it was necessary to get rid of it quickly, and even Emperor Hirohito was shocked and directly issued a decree, demanding that the Central China Front Army find ways to annihilate the Baoshan Regiment in order to restore its international influence and restore the international reputation of the Imperial Army.

………… Shanghai is called the Concession, the headquarters of the Central China Front.

Major General Tsukada Tsukasa handed a telegram to Matsui Ishine with a solemn expression, and said, "Your Excellency, the base camp has called, urging us to completely solve the Baoshan regiment in order to save the bad impact that the defeat of the Wasaki detachment may cause. ”

Matsui Ishine silently read the message and said, "Tsukada-kun, has the reconnaissance plane of the air force returned?" ”

"It's back." Tsukada nodded and said with a gloomy expression, "In the vicinity of Jiangpu Town, a large number of remains of imperial soldiers have indeed been found, and the jade fragments of the Kunisaki detachment are already conclusive. ”

"And what about the whereabouts of the Baoshan group?" Matsui Shigen is a sad and authentic road.

"Whereabouts unknown." Tsukada shook his head and said, "The aviation scouts did not find the whereabouts of the Baoshan Regiment, but they found traces of many local armed forces. ”

Matsui Ishine said again: "So, Tsukada-kun, what do you think of the power order of the base camp?" ”

Tsukada said with a serious expression: "Your Excellency, I think that the existence of the Baoshan Regiment has indeed seriously affected the reputation of the Imperial Army in the world, and has also caused great damage to the morale and morale of the Imperial Army. ”

Matsui Shigen bowed his head lightly and said, "You mean to say that the Baoshan Regiment should be upgraded to a strategic-level target?" ”

"Yes." Tsukada Feng bowed his head abruptly and said, "I think that the decision of the base camp is very reasonable, if we can annihilate the Baoshan regiment in one fell swoop in the near future, it can not only greatly boost the morale and morale of the imperial army, but also restore the bad influence in the international community, and can greatly dampen the determination of the Chinese political axe and the Chinese army to resist, and at the same time, it can also greatly dissipate their morale, the benefit to the imperial army is very huge, but it is ......"

"But what?" Matsui Ishone said, "Tsukada-kun, please continue. ”

Tsukada said with some embarrassment: "It's just that after the battle of Jiangpu, most of the Baoshan regiment must have been killed and wounded, and now there are at most a few hundred remnants left, such a small group of enemies is on the territory of the Chinese people, if you want to determine their whereabouts, and surround and annihilate them, I'm afraid it's not easy." ”

"yes, it's not easy." Matsui Ishine nodded and said, "However, since the base camp has issued an order, then we must carry it out, Tsukada-kun, you still tell me, what is the best specific implementation strategy, right?" ”

Tsukada frowned and pondered for a moment before saying: "Your Excellency, if you want to encircle and annihilate the small Chinese army, it is impossible to complete the task with the 13th and 18th divisions in Jiangbei alone, even if the 6th Division goes north out of Pukou, it will also be useless, and now, we can only hope for Watanabe-kun's special operations brigade and Sato-kun's special high class." ”

"Watanabe's special operations team?" Matsui Ishone nodded happily and said, "Yo Xi." ”

Tsukada walked to the map again, pointed to the map and said: "Your Excellency, in order to ensure the success of this hunt, I think it is necessary to order the 13th Division and the 18th Division to temporarily stop the northward advance, and instead guard the key checkpoints north of the Yangtze River to assist the special operations brigade in its operations. ”

"Mobilize two main divisions to assist in the operation?" Matsui Ishine frowned and said, "Tsukada-kun, do you think this is necessary?" ”

"I think it's absolutely necessary." Tsukada attacked, "If we can encircle and annihilate the Baoshan regiment near Jiangpu, it will obviously boost the morale of the imperial army more than joining the North China Front army in Xuzhou, and at the same time, it will also be more able to hit the determination of the political axe and the army to resist in China. ”

At this time, the army did not know that [***] had already made arrangements for the Battle of Xuzhou.

Speaking of which, the Military Command Bureau's secrecy work this time was done very well, and the base camp of the army and the commander of the North China Front, Terauchi Shouichi, did not know that the two elite main forces of the North China Front, the 10th Division and the 5th Division, were stepping step by step towards the encirclement carefully constructed by the Central [***] team.

The reason why the army made the decision to join Xuzhou was entirely from its own strategic considerations.

Because once the two major front armies join forces in Xuzhou, the Tianjin-Pudong Railway will be able to run through the entire line, and in the follow-up operations, the troops and materials in the two strategic directions of North China and Central China will be able to quickly move north or south through the Jinpu Railway, which will be of great benefit to consolidating the rule of the occupied areas in the future and continuing to attack the hinterland of China.

However, the strategic vision of the army was obviously lacking, and although the base camp had an idea in this regard, it did not stipulate a specific time for the army to meet in the two strategic directions of North China and Central China, and the grand strategy pursued by the army at this time was to seek to annihilate a large number of [***] living forces first, so as to force the national government to surrender, rather than occupy the whole of China by force.

Matsui Shigen also felt that what Tsukada said made sense, and said: "Tsukada-kun, let's talk about the specific implementation rules." ”

Tsukada turned around, pointed to the map and explained: "Specifically, the 13th Division will detour along Yizheng, [***] and Chuzhou, cut off the route of the Baoshan Regiment to the east and north, and then the 18th Division will control Hexian and Chaohu to Hefei along the road, and then advance from west to east, gradually compressing the living space of the Baoshan Regiment, and finally the special operations brigade and the special high school will find out the remnants and annihilate them in one fell swoop." ”

"Yo Si." Matsui Ishone said, "That's it!" ”

(To be continued)