The unprecedented surrender of the two corps of the East China Field Army, with a total of 100,000 troops, under the personal command of Wang Zhen, suddenly appeared behind the Japanese army like a divine soldier descending from the sky. And until this moment, the remaining 70,000 Japanese troops outside the entire Zhenjiang City found themselves surrounded as if they were in a sweet dream.

Of course, this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that in an instant, he lost contact with the Nanjing Front Headquarters, and completely reduced himself to a lone army...

Looking at the reconnaissance troops in his hands constantly sending out Huilai reports on the enemy situation, he learned that the encirclement formed by the East China Field Army around him was getting tighter and tighter, and the number of troops appearing was also increasing. Lieutenant General Miyamoto, as the supreme commander of the 70,000-strong army, could no longer suppress the worries in his heart.

Looking at the combat staff officers who were hurrying around him, Lieutenant General Miyamoto couldn't help but roar loudly: "Baga, can anyone tell me where the surrounding East China Field Army came from, are they heavenly soldiers and generals." Chief of Staff, haven't you contacted the headquarters yet, what is the communications department doing? ”

"Hayi, Your Excellency the Division Commander..." Lieutenant General Miyamoto, the division commander with an angry face in front of him. As a subordinate chief of staff, at this moment, the only thing he can do is to lower his head, not say a word, and bear the anger of the division commander in front of him.

However, what he didn't do was that the more he was silent, the more angry Lieutenant General Miyamoto was in front of him. Because, in the face of the silent subordinates, as the commander of the division, he has a feeling of punching the cotton, which makes people feel very aggrieved, and Danshi has nowhere to vent.

Just when everyone was mentally prepared for the greater anger of Lieutenant General Miyamoto. The appearance of a communications staff officer broke the solemn atmosphere in the headquarters in a very timely manner.

Seeing the frightened face in front of him, he recklessly rushed into the combat staff officer in the war room. Lieutenant General Miyamoto immediately shifted his target and prepared to vent his anger on the combat staff officer in front of him. Then, he asked loudly.

"Yaga, what's wrong, so panicked... ̈"

"Your Excellency, the commander of the reporting division, this is a clear telegram that the radio station has just received, and it is also from the city of Nanjing. ̈" The combat staff officer quickly replied. At the same time, at the first time, the power in his hand was handed to Lieutenant General Miyamoto.

"Nani, the code is electrified, and the city of Nanjing changes hands...."

"What, what did you just say, Nanjing City changed hands.

How is it possible, Nanjing City is the location of the headquarters of our Central China Front, how can it change hands... ̈ For a moment, the faces of everyone in the entire headquarters were shocked. As for Lieutenant General Miyamoto, who was the commander of the division, he showed a pair of eyes that could almost kill people, and asked loudly at the combat staff officer in front of him. Everyone believed that at this moment, as long as the combat staff officer in front of him answered incorrectly, he would not be able to escape the fate of being killed.

"Please be clear to your Excellency, the commander of the division, what he said is true, and there is absolutely no lie. This is the radio station has just received a clear code from the city of Nanjing, and it was directly sent by the General Headquarters of the East China Field Army through the high-power radio of the headquarters. The combat staff officer replied boldly.

Lieutenant General Miyamoto quickly took the telegram and began to read it. And as the minutes and seconds passed, Lieutenant General Miyamoto's already frowning brow became even deeper at this moment. At the same time, his hands holding the telegram began to tremble.

Standing in front of Lieutenant General Miyamoto, all the officers at all levels who can stand in the command headquarters are without exception people with rich combat experience and observation. Seeing the changing faces of Lieutenant General Miyamoto, a trace of thick doubts and worries slowly appeared on their faces. At this moment, the chief of staff asked first.

"Your Excellency Division Commander, what's going on....."

While everyone craned their necks and waited for Lieutenant General Miyamoto to answer. A thick look of frustration followed, and quickly appeared on his face, and at the same time, a long sigh also came out of the mouth of the division commander, Lieutenant General Miyamoto, in the quiet headquarters

Seeing Lieutenant General Miyamoto's face, he replied to the operational staff officer just now. Even a stupid person should understand what is going on, not to mention that the people standing in front of Lieutenant General Miyamoto are a group of human spirits. ..., "Your Excellency the Division Commander, could it be that the city of Nanjing has been lost... Then, Your Excellency Commander, how is the front army headquarters..." At this moment, a little devil with the rank of major general on his shoulders and a young Zhuang faction officer hurriedly asked.

Seeing the anxious eyes on everyone's faces, Lieutenant General Miyamoto knew that it was impossible for him to hide this matter. After all, the East China Field Army sent out a clear code of electricity, and in its own troops, all headquarters at or above the brigade level were equipped with radio stations. That is to say, so far, this news, at least Yijing has spread from the mouths of officers above the brigade level.

Xiangdao here, Lieutenant General Miyamoto could only shake his head very helplessly, and then spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, all the information is true. Nanjing City Yijing was broken through six hours ago with the cooperation of Wang Jingwei and others. The entire headquarters of the Central China Front was also completely destroyed in the entire siege battle. Your Excellency the Commander, Your Excellency the Chief of Staff, and all the officers above the rank of major general in the entire city of Nanjing committed suicide...... "For a while, the entire command headquarters immediately fell into chaos.

However, this chaos, at this moment, only lasted less than five minutes before it ended. Because everyone knows that with the collapse of the Central China Front Headquarters, including the 70,000 troops around him, in the entire Central China region, Yijing has completely become a lone army, and it is also a lone army without any supplies.

Xiangdao here, everyone put their eyes on Lieutenant General Miyamoto for the first time. Lieutenant General Miyamoto in front of Xiwang can come up with a way out for everyone...

Seeing everyone's gaze, Lieutenant General Miyamoto, who also thought for a few minutes, spoke directly.

"Now that I have read this telegram, I finally understand where the East China Field Army around us came from. However, even if we know it now, it will be too late, because we have all fallen for the yīn plot of the East China Field Army. Chief of Staff, how long will the ammunition and food and grass in our hands last at most. "All the ammunition reserves combined, enough to sustain only a medium-sized battle. As for the grain and grass. Because when our army set out, for the sake of the speed of the march, we only carried a week's worth of food and grass supplies. Coupled with a few days of consumption, the surplus grain and grass can only last for four days, even if it is used sparingly... ̈ The Chief of Staff replied very clearly.

"Four days, everyone, it looks like we only have four days left to use. Within four days, if we break through the defense line of the surrounding East China First Field Army, we can go all the way to the eastern area and march towards Shanghai. If we can't break through the encirclement of the East China Field Army in these four days, then there is only one way waiting for us, and that is to starve to death here..."

Seeing that everyone's faces were full of approval, Lieutenant General Miyamoto directly opened his mouth and ordered: "Now I order, from now on, all departments will concentrate their forces and ammunition to launch a series of attacks on the East China Field Army to the east... ̈"

In the next four days, the 70,000 Japanese troops in the encirclement were like a pack of mad dogs, launching one attack after another against the encirclement of the East China Field Army without any stop. However, in the face of superior artillery fire and light and heavy machine gun fire, except for adding a large number of corpses in front of the position of the East China Field Army, no real results were achieved...

In the headquarters of the former enemy of the Japanese army, with the end of the four-day offensive, all the officers of the whole army at or above the rank of Dazuo sat in their positions with solemn faces and did not say a word. This is because after a few days of fighting, they deeply realized that after losing their superiority in firepower, the Imperial Japanese Army, with its own enthusiasm, could not break through the dense fire network organized by the East China Field Army at all. After all, around the encirclement, the thick and sunk, almost a little stinky corpse is a good demonstration of the heavy casualties of the Japanese army during the attack in the past few days of fighting....

In the headquarters with a solemn atmosphere, the chief of staff, who is the chief of staff of the great steward of tens of thousands of troops, first spoke in his own heavy tone.

"Ladies and gentlemen, after a few days of bloody fighting, we have used up almost all of our ammunition reserves. So far, all the remaining bullets of the whole army have been combined, and it is not enough for the whole army to fight a salvo. At the same time, after a few days of attack, the total strength of our army was sharply reduced to more than 50,000 people, and about 20,000 soldiers were lost in the two-day attack. ”

"Of course, what I want to talk about here today is not the casualties of the troops, but the existing food and grass of the troops. According to the statistics of the logistics department, today's dinner may be the last dinner for our 50,000 troops... From tomorrow, the whole army will face the situation of running out of food, medicine, and ammunition........."...Seeing the chief of staff's words fall, the entire command headquarters once again fell into silence. Lieutenant General Miyamoto, this overnight, the division commander who seemed to be several years old spoke.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the situation is clear to everyone. The next thing, I, Xiwang, can all speak and think of a way out for the remaining 50,000 troops of our army..."

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, what else is there to say. Fight with the East China Field Army on the periphery... ̈Even if you die on the battlefield, you can't wait to be starved to death here... ̈"A captain of the Ozuo Company who almost suffered casualties among his subordinates in a few days of attack. Staring at a pair of red eyes, he roared loudly.

"Spell.... What to take to fight .... Don't you know, we don't have ammunition in our hands. Do you want 50,000 imperial troops, all of whom fell under the machine guns and artillery of the East China Field Army because of your stupidity... ̈" Another captain of the Dazuo Wing asked rhetorically with great dissatisfaction.

However, his words obviously aroused the denial of several officers of the Young Zhuang faction. As soon as his words fell, an officer of the Young Zhuang Sect stood up directly from his seat and roared loudly: "Eight Grid Yalu, your warrior is not. As a high-ranking officer of the Great Japanese Empire, the first thing you need is to dare to sacrifice, and be ready to sacrifice for the Holy War and the Emperor at any time... ̈ You are not the Emperor of Japan, you are the shame of the Imperial Army of Japan... ̈"

Of course, in the army, there are young and conservatives.

The Shaozhuang faction's reply to Sang scolding Huai can be said to have stabbed the nerves of the conservative officers in the command. A major general officer directly took out the matching gun on his waist and slapped it on the table, and then scolded loudly.

"Yaga... As a middle and high-ranking officer in the Imperial Japanese Army, the first thing you need to do is. Can the casualties of one's own soldiers bring benefits to the empire and the entire holy war? If you let tens of thousands of Imperial Army warriors die with you just for the sake of a momentary battle of will, without benefiting the empire in any way, it would be a coward..."

Before the officer of the Young Zhuang faction could react from the shock, the major general opened his mouth and scolded.

"As a real officer of the Great Japanese Empire, what we need first and foremost is the interests of the Empire, the interests of His Majesty the Emperor, not personal honor and disgrace... ̈ In continuous battles, we lost hundreds of thousands of elite imperial troops due to wrong command. Let's think about it, in the entire territory of China, if you lose 50,000 elite imperial troops again, how many Yellow Army troops will be left..." Speaking of this, the entire command, including Lieutenant General Tanaka, clearly understood the meaning of the major general in front of him. After a brief moment of contemplation, Lieutenant General Tanaka asked.

"So, Sake Ye-kun, what do you think we should do next..." "The report is Your Excellency the Regiment Commander, and I think that our best course of action is to find a way to preserve the elite of the 50,000 Imperial Army and preserve a little blood for the future of the Japanese Empire..."

In the face of the reply of the major general of the wine industry, several officers of the Shaozhuang faction immediately glared angrily and wanted to draw their pistols and shoot him dead. However, after seeing the eyes of the division commander, Lieutenant General Tanaka, who could almost kill people, he obediently closed his mouth, returned to his own actions, and waited for Lieutenant General Tanaka's decision...

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are two paths before us. Here, as the commander of your division, I will not force a choice from anyone, including the soldiers below. Now I order those who are willing to continue the battle to be commanded by Major General Honda to launch a final round of counteroffensive against the current East China Field Army in an hour's time. Those who agree with the opinion of Major General Liquor shall be commanded by Major General Liquor and surrender to the East China Field Army collectively when conditions are ripe・・・・・・" Facing everyone's gaze, Lieutenant General Tanaka finally ordered.

"Ha Yi, Your Excellency the Division Commander is wise... ̈ "In the end, in the face of the choice between life and death, most of the Japanese troops in the encirclement now continue to live. The Japanese diehards, who numbered less than 5,000 men, died on the way to the charge under the command of Major General Honda.

As for the remaining 50,000 troops, they surrendered en masse under the condition that the East China Field Army ensured the safety of their lives. It became the largest surrender in the history of China's Anti-Japanese War and the largest number of surrendered Japanese soldiers.