Matsui Ishone sighed secretly, originally he didn't want to carry out his plan so quickly. But now the sudden arrival of the Wehrmacht in Xuchang made him feel timid, and then he sent the Rì Army Division of Kaifeng to attack Kaifeng tentatively.

As a result of the attack, no Wehrmacht was found in Kaifeng, which gave Matsui an idea. Subsequently, under the chairmanship of Major General Tsukada Tsukashi, Chief of the General Staff of the Front Army, a new battle plan was freshly released.

At the beginning of this plan, it was sent directly to the imperial base camp in Tokyo for filing. After the base camp confirmed, Matsui Ishine called a meeting of all the division commanders and above

"I originally wanted to launch this operation after the Tenth Army attracted the main force of the Jin Sui Army in Zhengzhou City. But now it seems that we have to launch ...... immediately."

Matsui Shigen rubbed his eyebrows tiredly, he didn't expect the Wehrmacht to come so quickly. He hadn't heard anything about Wehrmacht's support.

It's a pity that Matsui Ishine didn't know that after the Jin Sui Army decided to merge into the Wehrmacht, the people who were lurking everywhere took action. The battles of those dark battles directly destroyed most of the rì army lurking in the lower line of the route.

As a result, the news of the movement of the 17th Army in Xi'an in the direction of Henan did not reach Shanghai. The slowness of the intelligence led to Matsui Ishone's error in judgment, and this mistake was constantly magnified

"Command! The Tenth Army intensified its attack on Xuchang and did not allow it to relax its attention. Matsui pressed the table and gave a sudden order.

"Hail!!" The commander of the Tenth Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, stood up and answered loudly.

"13th Division. Maintain a monitoring posture on the mesa side. Once it is discovered that the Jin Sui army has a tendency to move, it will immediately launch an attack, and it must not be allowed to leave the Pingdingshan position! ”

"Hail!!" The commander of the 13th Division, Lieutenant General Ogisu Libei, stood up and answered loudly.

"101st Division, 9th and 3rd Divisions. With the rest of the headquarters wing, in the early morning of the Ming Dynasty, the Jin Sui army launched a general attack on the position of the Jin Sui army in Kaifeng! Be sure to take Kaifeng City before 12 noon tomorrow! ”

"Hail!!" The commanders of the 101st, 9th, and 3rd Divisions stood up and responded loudly.

"After taking Kaifeng City, the 9th Division went to Zhengzhou and made sure to block its route to support Xuchang. The 101st and 3rd divisions moved towards Xuchang from the rear, striving to encircle it! ”

"Finally, the 101st and 3rd Divisions and the 10th Army will directly launch a general attack on Xuchang City!" Matsui Shigen sneered and snorted: "It's just a regiment of national defense forces, at most plus a half-crippled Jin Sui army." Will they still be able to withstand the armies of our Empire?! ”

said. Matsui Shigen seemed to think of something and said coldly: "This Xuchang City is not Nanjing!" There are also those fortifications left by the zhōngyāng army to rely on, I don't believe that they can still stop us with such a small number of troops! ”

"Gentlemen! Shame on Nanjing. Wash up in this battle! Go for it! ”

"Hail!!"

At this time, Fu Zuoyi and others in Zhengzhou City did not know that Matsui Shigen had focused on Kaifeng, and they were still embarrassed by the battle in Xuchang City.

"Brother Xingru, the combat effectiveness of this national defense army is indeed worthy of its reputation......" Fu Zuoyi sighed in the headquarters of the Jin Sui Army in Zhengzhou City: "I know Gao Peiwu's xìng character, Shaanxi Jiangwutang fought bravely and tenaciously during the Northern Expedition. It's a strong general! It can make him full of praise. shows that the other party really makes him admire. ”

Yang Aiyuan listened to Fu Zuoyi's words. He smiled and said, "Who says it isn't?!" The 17th Army lost more than 7,000 men and finally had to abandon its position. But the Wehrmacht people passed, and the people of the Leng were less than a company and did not dare to take the lead. ”

"Although there is aircraft support and good weapons, their combat effectiveness, tactical arrangement, and fortification construction still play a great role." Saying that, Yang Aiyuan couldn't help but sigh.

"To be honest, at first I was a little apprehensive about the Wehrmacht letting us all go to study with them. But after this battle, I really have nothing to say. Yang Aiyuan's eyes were a little dim, and he said to Fu Zuoyi: "I have been in the army all my life." Watching them fight, why did they suddenly feel that they couldn't fight......"

Fu Zuoyi was silent. In fact, after he saw Gao Guizi's battle report, he also felt stunned for a while.

Especially Lin Shanhe's explanation of this battle. It includes calling fighters for bombing, artillery coverage, positional blasting arrangement, sniping at the enemy, automatic rifle fire coverage...... and a series of other new terms, so that he, a veteran, suddenly felt a little powerless.

The generals of the Jin Sui Army, who were originally a little dissatisfied with the National Defense Force's letting them and others go to the National Defense University for further study, the little dissatisfaction in their hearts at this moment also disappeared.

Even some generals who suspected that the Wehrmacht was using this to dismember the Jin Sui Army did not have such thoughts at this time.

With these firepower and combat effectiveness, if people want to dismember the Jin Sui army, it must be a matter of three or two charges. You know, this war Wehrmacht dispatched less than one company!

Moreover, their most powerful tank unit has not yet been dispatched, and it is said that during the Battle of Jinmen, the Wehrmacht infantry swept directly across the North China Front under the cover of tanks.

The front army of the Rì Army, which had originally swept through Shandong and the Beijing-Tianjin region, was defeated and retreated to Dezhou.

This time, the Wehrmacht not only did not have the assistance of artillery fire, but also did not have the cover of tank troops. The strength of just one company was able to withstand the attack of a wing of the Rì Army. And there are no casualties of their own, and thousands of enemies have been killed!

The generals of the Jin Sui army asked themselves if they had this ability, and under such a record, the generals of the Jin Sui army chose to admit it.

"Hey...... This slaughtering tiger...... What a downhill tiger, he wants to eat people when he opens his mouth......" Yan Laoxi is in a very happy mood now, and he has a very happy life after putting aside his knots and troubles.

After learning that the Rì army's attack in Xuchang was frustrated and beaten, Yan Laoxi became even happier. People are always like this, when they find that others are also unlucky, they will always be in a happier mood: at least I am not the only one who is unlucky!

Moreover, the rì army smacked Lao Xi's Jin Sui army hard, and Lao Xi was naturally willing to see this gang of devils unlucky.

"Hey...... Slaughter the tiger! The old man is convinced of you. Pinching Gao Guizi's telegram, Yan Xishan muttered to himself in his study: "Old man, I'll see how far you can pounce, so that my old man can also touch this light ......."

It was night, and tens of thousands of Rì troops of the three divisions were secretly thinking about the rapid march in the direction of Kaifeng at night. Taking advantage of the night, not too many people found out that the rì army was actually moving.

And along with the transfer of the large army of the rì army, there were also heavy artillery units of the rì army. The artillery of several wings marched in the direction of Kaifeng under the drag of cars, mules and horses.

Matsui Shigen had a cold face and led the troops in the direction of Kaifeng. Along the way, everyone remained completely silent under the command of the officer, knowing that this meant that the army was going to have a very harsh battle.

The Jin Sui army and the crows on the Xuchang side did not know about this change, and they looked at the bright lights on the position of the Tenth Army on the opposite side. Knowing that this will be a harbinger of a great war.

And from Lin Shanhe to Gao Guizi, they didn't know that the large army of the Rì army had already thought about Kaifeng and sneaked away.

"Gentlemen, the death of Suesong has made the evaluation of our Tenth Army in the base camp extremely low." Yanagawa Heisuke said in a deep voice to the division commanders in front of him, "I believe you also heard the assignment assigned to us by His Excellency Commander Matsui of the Front Army just now. ”

"So, what I want to say is: there is no room for failure in this mission!" Yanagawa Heisuke took out the battle plan that Tabe Moritake had just drawn up and had the staff officers distribute it to the commanders of the two divisions and the chief of staff of the 114th Division, Saburo Isoda.

"Ming, we will launch an all-out attack on the positions of the Jin Sui army! It was five o'clock in the morning, when the artillery wing of our 10th Army would cover your attack. ”

"Then the 6th Division will be responsible for the attack on the left flank, and I demand that even if there is no way to break through the position, the Jin Sui army must be firmly dragged there!" Yanagawa Heisuke said viciously.

"Hay!" The division commander of the Sixth Division is the infamous executor of the Nanjing Massacre: Gu Shoufu! At this time, he had not yet had the opportunity to carry out the massacre, because of the history he was put into the reserve. Instead, he remained in the position of commander of the 6th Division.

"18th Division, you are responsible for the attack on the right flank. As with the requirements of the 6th Division, you must hold off your enemies! That's the minimum I want from you! ”

"Hay!" Sadao Ushijima, who was also put into the reserve because of the massacre, was also staying in office at this time, and it can be said that few of the people in the Tenth Army were good people. These are a pack of beasts.

"The 114th Division, you will be led by me personally. Together with the Kunisaki detachment, launch an attack on the Jin Sui Army's zhōngyāng position! Yanagawa Heisuke gritted his teeth viciously.

"At most, the Wehrmacht on the position is the strength of a division, and I don't believe that they can take care of every corner of the position! Ladies and gentlemen! The fate of the Tenth Army is in the Ming Rì First Battle! Please do your best! ”

"Hail!!" The division commanders and brigade commanders all stood up and answered loudly.

"Ming'er is not a good thing......" Lin Shanhe looked at the bright lights on the position of the Rì army, sighed and said to a man beside him: "The brothers have all been assigned?!" ”

"It's all been assigned, and now I'm guiding the Jin Sui army to reinforce the fortifications on various positions." The man nodded, and then said, "Captain, do you think the little devil still wants to play big?!" Our eagles haven't scared them yet?! ”

Lin Shanhe smiled and pouted at the position of the rì army, and snorted: "If you hit the south wall and don't look back, you won't know if you are dead or alive, and you won't be a devil ......" (to be continued.) )

PS: Chapter 2! Dear friends! I'm going to take a shower......