Many unmarried young female students and some ladies learned that Qiao Anbang was still a bachelor, and became a major general at a young age, and also led the troops to recover Shanghai and made great achievements.

They all found a relationship with Lu Lu and sent "letters of condolence" to Qiao Anbang.

The enthusiastic young people and loyal and brave people with the ambition to serve the country were also deeply encouraged, and the students decided to abandon their pen and join the army to serve the country, and those capable people and strangers on the rivers and lakes decided to go directly to the Tiger Brigade, one to run for a good future, and the other to see what kind of army this is.

A few families are happy and a few are sad, and the news of Shanghai's victory spread all over the world as quickly as a virus, and this book is no exception.

The loss of Shanghai, the sinking of the cruiser Izumo, which had been the Emperor's Seat Ship, and the shattering of more than 10,000 soldiers, including Matsui Ishine, commander of the Central China Dispatch Army, and Kiyoshi Kawatani, commander of the Navy's Third Fleet, shocked the entire government and the opposition.

The high-level militarists, who have always been arrogant and invincible, were all annoyed and angry, and clamored for the complete elimination of the Tiger Brigade and its commander Qiao Anbang, who had repeatedly inflicted heavy losses on the Imperial Army, at all costs.

This time, Qiao Anbang's name is not only a household name in China, but also has a high reputation in Yueben, but he himself hates Qiao Anbang.

For the first time, the Cabinet headed by Konoe Fumimo elevated Qiao Anbang and his Tiger Brigade to the strategic targets of the Yue Army, second only to Chairman Chiang and the Nationalist Axe in China.

At the same time, the base camp decided to reorganize the Imperial [***] Corps, which was now fighting in Central China, and for this reason, it issued a battle sequence for dissolving the Central China Dispatch Army, the Shanghai Dispatch Army, and the 10th Army, and at the same time ordered the reorganization of the Central China Front, with Lieutenant General Yanagawa Heisuke, the former commander of the 10th Army, as commander of the Front Army, and Major General Moritake Tanabe as Chief of Staff of the Front Army.

The first operational task of the newly formed Central China Front Army was to recapture Shanghai and completely annihilate the Tiger Brigade under Qiao Anbang, while the strategic plan to capture Nanjing, the capital of China, was postponed.

The new appointment was quickly changed to all divisions and regiments of the Japanese army, and of course the commander of the 10th Army in Hangzhou, Yanagawa Heisuke, was no exception, and when Yanagawa Heisuke saw the appointment telegram from the base camp, he was almost speechless with excitement.

All along, he has been high-pressure by Matsui Ishone, and now Matsui Ishone died, and he became the commander of the Central China Front. How can he not be excited, how can he not be excited?

Although the base camp did not promote his military rank to general, Yanagawa Heisuke thought that it was only a matter of time, as long as he recaptured Shanghai, annihilated Qiao Anbang's Tiger Brigade, and then commanded the troops to capture Nanjing, the capital of China, the rank of general would be logical, and he might even be named the imperial marshal.

Just when Yanagawa Heisuke was fantasizing about his brilliant future in the future, Moritake Tanabe, who had just been promoted to chief of the general staff of the Central China Front, also walked in with a happy face. "Tanabe-kun, congratulations on your promotion to chief of staff of the Central China Dispatch Army!" Yanagawa joked happily.

"Your Excellency the General smiled, it should be humbly congratulating the general on his promotion to commander of the front army!" Tanabe Moritake bowed his head respectfully.

"Hahaha, rejoicing and rejoicing......" Yanagawa Heisuke laughed very proudly, and then asked: "Tanabe-kun, what are your plans for the next battle plan of the imperial army?" ”

"Your Excellency General Hui, through research, I have found that some of the tactical characteristics of the Tiger Brigade that captured Shanghai may be of some help to us in encircling and annihilating them." Moritake Tanabe replied with his head down.

"Oh? Please! Yanagawa Heisuke waved his hand.

"Hay!" Tanabe Moritake suddenly bowed his head in response, and immediately stepped forward to the giant map hanging on the wall, picked up a command pole placed next to him, pointed at the map, turned his head and said to Yanagawa Heisuke: "General, please see, this is the marching route of the Shina Tiger Brigade They first pretended to attack Xuancheng from the west around Lishui, and then suddenly turned east to counterattack Liyang, throwing off the pursuit of the 18th Division of the Imperial Army and the Kunisaki Detachment. ”

"Immediately went straight to Yixing County, and after capturing Yixing County, the cunning Zhina people divided into two routes, and went south to Huzhou along the west bank of Taihu Lake with a partial division all the way, giving the imperial army the pursuit force the illusion that their main force was going south, and its main force took advantage of the situation to advance eastward, first by surprise captured Wuxi where the imperial army was defense-empty, and then forcibly captured Suzhou, and then you know the general."

"Hmm." Yanagawa Heisuke's expression became solemn, nodded and said, "Tanabe-kun, what do you want to say?" ”

"I think that from the march route of the above-mentioned Chinese Tiger Brigade, it can be seen how cunning their commander is, and the combat effectiveness of this Chinese army is indeed very strong, even the imperial army is not its opponent with the same strength." Tanabe Moritake said this, and then said: "The presence of such a force and this commander with great strategic and tactical vision is extremely unfavorable to the Imperial Army, and the murder of Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya and the fiasco in Shanghai have proved that this person is extremely dangerous. ”

"Well, what Tanabe-kun said makes sense, so this time we must annihilate this cunning Shina fox and his troops in Shanghai in one fell swoop." Yanagawa Heisuke nodded approvingly.

"General, please forgive me for being blunt, if you want to destroy the Tiger Brigade of China, you must ensure that all its retreats are cut off, otherwise it will be difficult to eat them in one bite." Tanabe Moritake said in a deep voice with a sad face.

"Tanabe-kun, what do you mean by that? Will they be willing to abandon Shanghai and flee again? Yanagawa Heisuke said in surprise.

"Absolutely, general, haven't you seen that this army doesn't care about the gains and losses of one city and one place, it is completely fighting a sports war with the imperial army, so they will never stay in Shanghai, a strategic dead land, to fight a decisive battle with the imperial army, after knowing that they are invincible, they will not hesitate to abandon Shanghai and continue to fight." Tanabe Moritake said thoughtfully: "Therefore, if you want to destroy them, you must seal all their retreats, and then surround them on all sides, so that they will not be able to escape, and finally destroy them in one fell swoop." ”

"Yo Xi, the people of China are cunning and dripping, Tanabe-kun, what good way do you have? How can we block all the retreats of the Chinese people? Yanagawa Heisuke asked with a happy nod.

"Your Excellency General, please look at the map." Tanabe Moritake once again pointed to the giant map on the wall with his command pole and said: "Now most of the main forces of our front army are east of Taihu Lake, Changshu, Zhenjiang and other places, and are rapidly advancing towards Shanghai along the Beijing-Shanghai Railway, so it is safe here. However, in the area west of Taihu Lake, the garrison of the imperial army was very empty, and once the Chinese army abandoned Shanghai and continued to flow, then their retreat route should be to retreat along Jiaxing to Huzhou, Guangde, and Xuancheng, so that they could eventually withdraw into Anhui or Jiangxi. ”

"Therefore, we must mobilize heavy troops to strengthen the area west of Taihu Lake. Cut off the retreat of the Chinese army along the west bank of Taihu Lake! Tanabe Moritake paused and said, "In addition, we also need to increase the garrison in the Hangzhou area just in case." ”

"Strengthen the garrison of Hangzhou?" Yanagawa Heisuke looked at Tanabe Moritake in surprise: "Tanabe-kun, what do you mean, the Chinese army still dares to attack Hangzhou?" ”

"It's not impossible, general, don't forget the lesson of Shanghai!" Tanabe Moritake said meaningfully.

Yanagawa Heisuke turned around and sat back at the conference table, frowned and pondered for a moment, then nodded happily and said, "Yo Xi, Tanabe-kun, what you said makes sense, let's do it immediately." ”

"Hay!" Tanabe Moritake suddenly bowed his head suddenly, and then turned around and strode away with his saber

At the same time that the army was planning to block the retreat of the Tiger Brigade, a mysterious figure came to the Zhabei Tiger Brigade Brigade.

Qiao Anbang looked at the old man in front of him, who was about sixty years old, this person was slightly obese, but there was a faint glimmer of light between his eyebrows, and at the same time he was also looking at Qiao Anbang.

I was also secretly surprised in my heart that the world-famous general of the Tiger Brigade turned out to be a young man in his twenties.

The two looked at each other, and finally smiled heartily, Qiao Anbang took the lead in speaking: "Sir, may I ask Mr. for his honorable name?" ”

"General Lao Qiao asked, the contemptible Huang Jinyong, I have heard the general's prestige for a long time, and now I can see enough comfort in my life!" Huang Jinrong stood up and replied with his fists clenched.

"Huang Jinyong?" Qiao Anbang was secretly taken aback when he heard this, he still knows a little about the characters in the Republic of China, and the self-proclaimed Huang Jinyong in front of him is Huang Jinrong, one of the green gang bosses who dominated Shanghai Beach in the thirties?

"Qiao Moujie Wufu, Mr. Huang has won the award." Qiao Anbang smiled and hugged his fists, although he didn't know the purpose of Huang Jinrong's coming to find him, he still hurriedly sat down.

After the two of them sat down, Qiao Anbang asked straight to the point: "I don't know why Mr. Huang came to Qiao this time?" ”

Huang Jinrong didn't expect Qiao Anbang to be so direct to the point, he was slightly stunned, and then returned to normal and said with a smile: "General Qiao is refreshing and direct, and the old man will not sell it." ”

Huang Jinrong paused and said: "When the general led his troops to attack Shanghai, the old man also sent his disciples and brothers to help, and now the national disaster is at hand, the old man wants to cooperate with the general and fight together, I don't know what the general wants?" ”

"Oh? What is the cooperation law? Qiao Anbang understood a little now, and estimated that this gangster thought that he would continue to stay here after he captured Shanghai, and he wanted to get closer to Qiao Anbang, so that he could gain a foothold in Shanghai in the future, after all, no matter how powerful the gang is, it is not enough to compete with the military.

However, Huang Jinrong's next words were surprising: "General, Shanghai is not a place to stay for a long time, the old man knows that the general will soon lead the troops to leave, after the general leaves, the army is bound to reoccupy Shanghai Beach, if the general wants to know some information, will it be much more difficult?" ”

"Huh?" Qiao Anbang was slightly stunned when he heard this, it seemed that Huang Jinrong's eyesight was not bad, and then he said bluntly: "Mr. Huang, what are your requirements?" ”

"My request is very simple, General Qiao has made many miraculous contributions for the country's political axe, and the future must be limitless, I only hope that General Hou will be able to take care of my Qinggang disciples after he soars, especially the old man's business in Shanghai." Huang Jinrong looked at Qiao Anbang and said in a deep voice.

"That's fine." Qiao Anbang didn't think about it, and agreed directly.

"Then thank you General Qiao, my Qinggang disciples are all over the world, as long as the general needs it, you can send someone to dredge it up a little, and it can be used by the general, and it will be much easier to get information from all aspects in the future." Huang Jinrong smiled and nodded.

"Hmm." Qiao Anbang nodded lightly, Huang Jinrong is true, there are indeed many disciples of the Green Gang, and they are inextricably linked with underworld forces such as Huidaomen in various places, if they can really be used well, it may be of great help to the intelligence network of the empire after the future.

In fact, it is very simple to integrate these disciples from all over the world, that is, money, as long as there is money, everything will be easy to solve, and when the scale and organization are gradually formed, everything will naturally be on the right track.

Just like the military commanders, in fact, each region, that is, a few leaders who take the lead, are considered to be the people of the military commanders, and the people who really collect intelligence for them are all hooligans and gangsters from all over the country and some underworld figures.

Although the important surnames of the intelligence department are dispensable for the Tiger Brigade now, with the gradual expansion of the Tiger Brigade in the future, the intelligence department is indispensable, so Qiao Anbang doesn't care about taking precautions now.

Of course, Qiao Anbang will not really pin his hopes for the formation of an intelligence department entirely on Huang Jinrong's Green Gang, the Green Gang will be used if it is available, and it will not cause any loss to Qiao Anbang if it is not available.

Because when Qiao Anbang returns to the base area in northern Anhui, he will definitely train a group of agents by himself, and then send these agents out to develop the downline, gradually forming a huge network of intelligence agencies, and the youth gang personnel in various places are good candidates for the downline.

After sending off Huang Jinrong, Qiao Anbang returned to his headquarters, looking at the large combat map in front of him, Qiao Anbang frowned and fell into contemplation, according to the speed of the marching of the army, it is estimated that at most a week, the main divisions of the army will be able to arrive in Shanghai, in order not to be caught up by the army, that is to say, the Tiger Brigade must evacuate Shanghai within five days.

The retreat route Qiao Anbang already had a preliminary idea, that is, to advance westward along the Shanghai-Hangzhou Railway, first capture Jiaxing and pretend to make a military move to force Hangzhou, and then immediately wave his army north, along the west bank of Taihu Lake all the way north, and finally return to Wuhu, and finally cross the Yangtze River from Wuhu to the west, and finally return to the base area in northern Anhui.

It's just that Qiao Anbang doesn't know it now, and the retreat route he initially selected has been calculated by the cunning Tanabe Moritake.

(To be continued)