In a small forest in the southeast of Shou County, Ryosuke Yoshika and Hiromasa Nakagawa, who had escaped all night, sat down breathlessly and rested under a big tree.

While panting, Ryosuke Yoshika asked, "Nakagawa-kun, how are the troops?" "Due to the change in the battle situation last night, and the fact that he fled all the way, he lost contact with the brigades and wings, so Yoshika Ryosuke still does not know that his Ninth Division has been rescued [***] and completely annihilated.

Nakagawa Guang dragged his tired body and turned his head to the two signal soldiers and ordered: "Quick, turn on the radio, call the 6th and 18th brigades, hurry up!" ”

"Hay!" Regardless of his fatigue, a communications soldier suddenly answered, quickly turned on the radio, and began to tick and call.

However, the communication soldier called for a long time and did not receive any response, so he couldn't help but take off his headset and said to Ji Jia Ryosuke with a bitter face: "General, I can't get in touch." ”

"Yaga!" Ryosuke Jijia, who had a fire in his heart, suddenly became furious, and roared with a hideous face: "Keep calling!" ”

"Hay!" The devil communication soldier was silent, and hurriedly lowered his head and continued to call.

After a long time, the signal corps still failed to contact the 6th Brigade and the 18th Leading Regiment, and the chief of staff, Nakagawa Guang's face became extremely solemn, and he said to Ji Jia Ryosuke: "General, could it be that the 6th Brigade has encountered an accident?" ”

"Yaga, Nakagawa-kun, you are stupid and stupid, can you eat my entire Ninth Division in one bite?" As soon as Ji Jialiang's voice fell, a rush of footsteps sounded outside the forest.

Ryosuke Yoshika and Hiroshi Nakagawa, as well as two communications soldiers, drew their pistols one after another and hid vigilantly behind the big tree.

Soon, they saw a group of ragged Imperial soldiers walking over in a panic with unkempt faces, and seeing that it was their subordinates, Yoshika Ryosuke's tense nerves relaxed, and the chief of staff, Nakagawa Hiroshi, immediately got up and asked in a loud voice: "Which unit are you from?" ”

More than a dozen devil soldiers were shocked when they heard this, and they all raised their guns to aim at Nakagawa Guang, and when they saw Nakagawa Guang himself, a devil officer led by him suddenly said excitedly: "Nakagawa-kun!" ”

"Akiyama-kun?" Nakagawa Hiroshi also heard that the person who came was the commander of the 6th Brigade Major General Brigade Akiyama Yoshiyoshi, but at this time Akiyama Yoshiyoshi still had the demeanor of an imperial general, he was unkempt and his military uniform was rotten, and he was no different from a beggar.

"Nakagawa-kun." At this moment, Akiyama Yunyi actually howled and cried.

"Akiyama-kun! What the hell is going on? Ryosuke Yoshika, who had been hiding behind a tree, strode over and asked in a cold voice.

Seeing Ryosuke Yoshigi, Yoyoshi Akiyama's emotions became even more excited, and he almost cried and said, "General, it's over, it's all over, my 9th Brigade is all over." ”

"What?" Ryosuke Yoshika and Hiroshi Nakagawa were shocked at the same time, and immediately asked, "What the hell is going on?" Be clear! ”

"Last night our department and the 18th Brigade were ordered to prepare to retreat, I never thought that the Zhina Army in Xiquan Town suddenly launched an attack on our army, dragging our army to death, and then the main force of the Zhina Army arrived, last night's Zhina Army had at least 100,000 troops, and their armored troops were a nightmare for the Imperial Army, our anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank guns could not destroy the Chariots of the China people at all, and countless Imperial Army warriors fell under the fire and tracks of the Chariots. One night, we were frantically pursued by the Chinese army, and the tens of thousands of warriors of the entire 9th Division were almost all shattered. Akiyama Yoshiyoshi howled again and began to cry.

Ji Jia Ryosuke was like an electric shock, his feet were unstable, he fell to the ground with his buttocks, and muttered to himself: "It's over, my 9th Division, it's over, tens of thousands of imperial army warriors are shattered like this......"

After speaking, Ji Jia Liangfu pulled out his general's sword, raised it high and was about to commit suicide, Nakagawa Guang, who had been relatively calm, hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "General, please calm down, don't be impulsive!" ”

"Nakagawa-kun, today is a defeat, you and I are both sinners of the Yamato nation, and we can only apologize with death!" Ryosuke Yoshika finished speaking tragically, and he was eager again.

"General! Think again! Nakagawa Hiroichi grabbed Yoshika Ryosuke's saber and said with sincere persuasion: "General, please calm down, there is a saying in the Chinese people, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, if you and I cut our stomachs, we can really apologize to His Majesty the Emperor, but we can't wash away the shame of today, let alone avenge the 40,000 imperial warriors~!" ”

Under the persuasion of Nakagawa Hiroshi, Ryosuke Yoshika slowly put down his saber, but his expression was in a trance, as if he had lost his soul.

Nakagawa Hiroshi turned around and said to a communications soldier behind him: "Immediately report the current situation of our department to the front army headquarters." ”

"Hay!" The signal soldier suddenly bowed his head in response, and immediately turned his head and walked towards the radio station.

After instructing the communication soldiers, Nakagawa Hiroshi turned to Akiyama Yoyoshi and Yoshika Ryosuke and said: "General, Akiyama-kun, we should return to Shou County immediately, I think there should be many imperial warriors who were beaten by the Shina army and survived, as long as we are in Shou County, then we can reunite them, and the 40,000 imperial army cannot really be wiped out by the Shina people." ”

"Hmm!" Yoyoshi Akiyama nodded in agreement. However, Ryosuke Yoshika was still expressionless, as if he was thinking about something.

Nakagawa Hiroshi glanced at Akiyama Yoyoshi, and the two stepped forward to help Yoshika Ryosuke up, and the group walked out of the woods and straight in the direction of Shou County.

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

The commander, Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, was practicing his sword in the courtyard when suddenly, a rush of footsteps sounded behind him.

Yanagawa Heisuke put the sword back into the sheath, and when he looked back, the chief of staff, Tanabe Moritake, walked towards him with a heavy face, seeing Tanabe Moritake's expression, Yanagawa Heisuke couldn't help but chuckle in his heart, and immediately greeted him and asked, "Tanabe-kun, what's wrong?" ”

"General, it's not good, I just received an urgent telegram from the Ninth Division, the telegram said that they were attacked by 100,000 troops of the Chinese Army and a huge armored force last night, and the entire Ninth Division except for the division commander Ji Jia Liangfu and a few people were spared, and the remaining more than 40,000 people were almost all shattered!" Tanabe Moritake didn't have time to salute, so he hurriedly reported.

"What, the Ninth Division has been wiped out?" Yanagawa Heisuke's mouth was wide enough to stuff a grenade, and he said in disbelief: "Tanabe-kun, this news can't be wrong, right?" Even if the Chinese army has 100,000 troops, it is impossible to eat the well-equipped Ninth Division, right? ”

"General, it's true, I've checked this telegram repeatedly, and it's indeed from the Ninth Division!" Tanabe Moritake's face was gloomy and he said, "Moreover, I also received another unfortunate news. ”

"What else is there to say?" Yanagawa Heisuke glared at the boss with a pair of rat eyes and asked in surprise. He couldn't think of any news more unfortunate than the total annihilation of the Ninth Division.

"Not long after the call from the 9th Division, I also received an urgent call from the 114th Division from Dingyuan." Tanabe Moritake paused, looked up at the eager Yanagawa Heisuke, he didn't know whether to tell Yanagawa Heisuke the news.

"What does the message from the 114th Division say?" Yanagawa Heisuke saw that Tanabe Moritake didn't say anything halfway, and he was so anxious that he was about to run away.

"The 114th Division called and said that they were also attacked by the main force of the Shina Army last night, except for one infantry squadron that escaped by chance, and all the jade shatters below the division commander Shigeharu Suematsu and Chief of Staff Saburo Isoda, none of them were spared!" Moritake Tanabe replied with a solemn face.

"What ???" Yanagawa Heisuke was surprised that the sword in his hand couldn't be held, and it fell to the ground with a clatter, and after a long time, Yanagawa Heisuke came back to his soul and roared in disbelief: "Yaga Yalu!" How so? What the hell is going on? Two divisions of nearly 70,000 troops were completely wiped out by the Chinese army overnight? Tanabe-kun, you say, is this possible? ”

Tanabe Moritake's face was very ugly, and he said indifferently: "General, this is true, the Ninth Division and the 114th Division no longer exist. Moreover, to make matters worse, the 13th Division, which was trapped in Fengyang County, may not be spared. ”

"Baga, the 13th Division, the 13th Division must not have any more accidents, immediately order the 6th Division to quickly cross the river and reinforce the 13th Division!" Yanagawa Heisuke suddenly woke up to the fact that if even the 13th Division was completely annihilated by the [***] team in one fell swoop, his Central China Front would lose more than half, so that he, the commander of the Front Army, should also come to an end.

Tanabe Shengwu shook his head with a wry smile and said: "General, it's too late, it's hundreds of miles from Nanjing to Fengyang, and before the 6th Division arrives, the 13th Division may have been wiped out." ”

Yanagawa Heisuke was gloomy when he heard this, he knew that what Tanabe Moritake said was the truth, without the containment of the 9th Division and the 114th Division, the [***] team could concentrate on attacking Fengyang City with all its strength, and the 13th Division alone would definitely not be able to support the 6th Division.

"Tanabe-kun, report this information to the base camp, and I'll leave the rest to you." Yanagawa Heisuke walked towards his headquarters in despair, not even picking up his beloved sword, at this moment he already knew his fate, counting the 13th Division, his Central China Front Army had lost 100,000 troops, and this time the base camp would not let go of himself no matter what.

"General ......" saw that Yanagawa Heisuke was frustrated, and Tanabe Moritake wanted to open his mouth to persuade him, but he didn't know how to open his mouth.

………………………………………… On the highway from Xiquan Town to Fengyang City, the rescue [***] 20,000 troops are marching forward, the difference is that every military truck is fully loaded this time, in addition to soldiers, there are also many captured weapons.

Qiao Anbang sat in a tank and fell asleep, he didn't sleep all night, he is tired now, by now, Huainan victory is a foregone conclusion, as long as Fengyang City is captured again, the 13th Division is completely annihilated, within three months, there will be no more fighting south of the Huai River.

(To be continued)