"Is it the Tang unit of the Battle of Nankou?"

"Yes." Suzuki replied in the affirmative.

There was silence in the entire combat conference room.

In the first battle of Nankou, although the Japanese army finally won the victory, the losses were also huge, almost 10,000 battle losses, and it took several months to recover.

Tang Keqin's troops left a deep impression on the Japanese army, which was a very difficult Chinese army, especially his tactics of maneuvering and flanking, which made the Japanese generals who had fought with him feel terrified.

It can be said that if there was no birth of the Honorary First Division, Tang Keqin could be listed as the number one opponent in the dictionary of the Japanese army.

The sudden appearance of such a formidable opponent on the battlefield in Xuzhou made the Japanese generals feel both a trace of pressure and a trace of indescribable excitement.

Defeating or eliminating the Tang Army would not only deal a heavy blow to the Provisional Nationalist Government in Wuhan, but also be of great significance.

The Japanese worship the strong, even if the strong man is the enemy, and being able to defeat a powerful enemy makes these war maniacs feel a great sense of satisfaction in their hearts.

A flash of sharpness flashed in Ryosuke Isoya's eyes, and he rang out the troops that received the breakthrough of the defenders of Fuji County on the night of the 19th.

is good at concealment and detours, well-equipped, and has a very fierce playing style, which is almost completely the right number with this "soup army".

The Tang army had already arrived in the Xuzhou area, and had already fought with his troops, and judging from the battle results, this Chinese army was indeed not much different from the legend.

In this way, it also confirms what the chief of the operations section of the North China Front Army said just now that the Chinese army will not easily withdraw from Xuzhou.

Now that even the elite Tang Army has quietly driven in, it must be preparing to fight in Xuzhou, otherwise there is no need to send such an elite army.

"Do you want to listen to the advice of the commander of the second division of Tohihara?"

"Tu Feiyuan, he is an intelligence person, what advice can he have?"

"Will he fight?"

"It's okay to listen to it, but have you even deprived people of the right to speak?" Hashimoto said, "Suzuki-kun, please speak." ”

"Dohihara-kun's suggestion, in view of the changes in the current war situation, it is no longer realistic to fight against China and win quickly......

"Appeal ......"

As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused the voices of doubts from almost all the Japanese officers present.

Obviously, although the thesis of destroying China in three months was bankrupt, and even Minister of War Sugiyama Moto, who said this, stepped down, the Japanese military circles did not completely give up or disagree with the theory of a quick victory over China.

They just thought that Sugiyama's words were too exaggerated, and that three months was too short to conquer a country as big as China.

It will take at least half a year or a year.

This time is actually completely acceptable for Japan.

But now, Kenji Dohihara actually said that a quick victory is no longer realistic, which is tantamount to saying that he has denied a "consensus" in the Japanese army circles.

This was unacceptable, and even the commander of the Second Army, Nishio Temple, frowned slightly.

"After the Battle of Nanjing, the anti-Japanese sentiment of the Chinese people is now very sharp, and the attitude of the government led by Chiang has become increasingly tough, and we know that Chiang will never tolerate G, and now, our goal is not to capture how much land in China, but to force Chiang to ......cooperate with the empire by military deterrence."

Although Kenji Dohihara did not say it explicitly, his meaning was very clear, and he wanted to talk to the Wuhan side.

In a meeting to discuss operations, someone actually put forward a proposal for peace talks, how can this sound so out of tune.

However, smart people naturally understand that what Kenji Dohihara said to Suzuki was obviously intended to be brought back to Tokyo through the Hashimoto group.

Of course, Hashimoto knew that the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs was actually secretly in contact with Wuhan, and in addition to Chiang, there was also Wang, both of whom were secretly in contact.

However, since the conditions offered by the Japanese government were really unacceptable, they only kept in touch, and did not engage in more substantive negotiations.

Kenji Dohihara's suggestion was the same as the idea of the "non-expansion policy" of Ishihara, deputy chief of the general staff of the Kanto region.

Ishihara's views on the Sino-Japanese war were cautious and conservative in the Japanese Army.

"Political matters will be handled by those people in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and we are now discussing military matters, Hashimoto-kun, what does His Majesty the Emperor expect from the Battle of Xuzhou?" Nishio Temple interrupted.

"His Majesty the Emperor did not issue a special edict, but His Excellency Sugiyama Mototo explained that this battle cannot be dragged on for too long, and the Chinese problem must be resolved as soon as possible." Hashimoto Group Road.

"Motojun Sugiyama ......"

In fact, many people in the army were dissatisfied with Sugiyama Moto, and even Emperor Hirohito had opinions about him, and some officers in the War Department had begun to unite and equipment to oust Sugiyama Moto.

"Is Chief of Operations Hashimoto the same Hashimoto from last year's 'China Incident' night?" Muto Akira suddenly stood up very unceremoniously and said.

Hashimoto's group replied very firmly: "It's always been that Hashimoto!" ”

"Then I'll rest assured."

Nishioji and Hata Shunroku are classmates at the Army University, and when they graduated, Hata Shunroku was the chief, he was the second, and this time, he really wanted to win Hata Shunroku in Xuzhou.

"Hashimoto-kun, this is not a matter of primary purpose at all, the Chinese side will definitely gather a large number of troops in the Xuzhou area, this has been proved by the intelligence we got from our previous reconnaissance."

"His Excellency Commander Nishio is right, the Chinese side has gathered at least 20 divisions of troops in the Xuzhou area, more than 200,000 troops, and the latest news we have gotten that Jiang in Wuhan has lined up his descendants, the Tang Army, to Xuzhou, and the Tang Army is known as 100,000, so there are nearly 300,000 Chinese troops in the Xuzhou area!" Muto Akira stood up and said excitedly and powerfully.

"Three hundred thousand?"

"That's right, it's 300,000, these troops will be the elite of the Chinese army, if all these troops can be annihilated, it will be a huge blow to the Chiang government in Wuhan."

"And what does Lord Nishio mean?"

"I don't think there is a contradiction between the occupation of Xuzhou and the elimination of the Chinese army in the Xuzhou area, and the two can be done at the same time." Nishio Temple said.

There is some truth in Saio Temple's words, but he is still a little biased towards his second army, and Ryosuke Isoya has already done it.

It's impossible to get him to stop.

Akira Muto and Shunroku Hata have a bit of an appetite, they want to seize Xuzhou and eliminate the elite of the GJ in the Fifth War Zone in the Xuzhou area.

It was said that the North China Front was the main attacker, but Shunroku Hata and the Central China Dispatch Army were still thinking about competing for merit.

"Commander Nishio, Minister Hashimoto, we mean to send troops to Central China, hoping that the Second Army can slow down the offensive, but only to put pressure on the Chinese army in Xuzhou to continue to increase ......troops in Xuzhou," Akira Muto said Shunroku Hata's plan.

Everyone listened to Muto Zhang's words, and they were all stunned by his words.

The appetite of the Central China Dispatch Army was even greater, and they actually wanted to use the Second Army to suck more Chinese troops to Xuzhou, and then eliminate them.

Is it that Shunroku Hata is crazy, or Muto Akira is crazy, and now the troops of the Second Army and the Central China Dispatch Army participating in the Battle of Xuzhou are about 100,000.

The Xuzhou area now has at least 250,000 Chinese troops.

If the Chinese side continues to increase its troops, it will soon exceed 300,000.

This is a crazy idea, the person who can think of this is not a genius, but also a madman, but although the idea is good, but Shunroku Hatata, who has experienced the tragic defeat in Nanjing, still dares to have such a crazy idea, which shows that this old guy has completely gone to the front of these people.

In the city of Jinan, the devils were in full swing planning the next big action, and the North China Front Army and the Central China Dispatch Army quarreled fiercely,-for-tat, full of gunpowder, and quarreled for their own interests.

A huge conspiracy slowly began in the skies over the Xuzhou region.

At this moment, to the east of Teng County, there is a place called Dongmengou that is connected to Fei County.

Recently, the two troops were less than 50 meters in front and behind, and scenes of chasing after me were staged.

"Team Liang, the little devil is camping, the place chosen is good, there are mountains and rivers, and it also sits in the north and faces south, a sheltered mountain col." The reconnaissance platoon commander returned and reported.

"How's the devil's vigilance?"

"Three hundred meters, there are swimming whistles, but there are no dark whistles."

"Team Liang, the devils camped after we camped, which shows that they were exhausted after chasing for a day, and now as long as we move, the devils will follow," Guo Xing said.

"They must have sent scouts to watch us from above, and our every move is under their watch." Yang Rui analyzed.

"Lao Yang is right, we deliberately let the devils see us, so that they can rest assured that they will camp behind us." Liang Dong Road.

"It turned out that Team Liang did it on purpose."

"In the first half of the night, everyone hurry up and rest, don't worry that the devils will touch us, they will definitely attack us in the second half of the night." Liang Dong smiled and said with great certainty.

"How did Team Liang know that the devil would sneak attack in the second half of the night?"

"Intuition!"

"Okay, let's eat and rest, open one eye for me when we sleep, although the devils have been behind our butts for a day and a night, their physical fitness is no worse than ours, and their recovery is faster than ours, so we must rest faster than them."

"Yes!" After arranging the vigilance task of the camp, Liang Dong summoned the commander of the detachment to discuss countermeasures.

"Let's all talk about it, are we going to fight with the Japanese army behind our buttocks, or are we going to just throw off the Japanese army and leave?" Liang Dong asked.

"In this case, the little devil won't let us go easily, right?" Yang Ruidao.

"If we fight, our strength will be completely exposed." Guo Xing said, "Besides, our mission has been completed, and then we just need to get rid of the Japanese army and go to Taierzhuang to join the Sichuan army." ”

"How many of you?" Liang Dong asked a few company commanders.

"Now that the Sichuan army is not out of danger, if we fight, then the Japanese army will know that we have divided our troops, and when the Sichuan army that broke through is discovered by the Japanese army, it will be bad."

"Do you want to wait for the Sichuan army to get out of danger before fighting?"

"Company Commander Lu is right."

"You don't have a problem with fighting, right?" Liang Dong asked, "It's just that we have to wait for the Sichuan army to return safely to the rear to rest." ”

"That's what it means."

"Okay, let's start the phone and contact Tang Xiaoying immediately to see if they have safely joined the receiving troops." Liang Dong ordered.

On Weishan Island, the headquarters of the Honorary First Division.

"It's on, it's on, it's ...... the beam team."

"Ask Liang Dong where they are now?"

"Shizuo, Liang Dong has responded, they are in Dongmengou, northeast of Teng County, and to the east is Fei County." After a while, the confidential officer reported.

"Dongmengou, this day and night, they actually ran so far, running nearly a hundred kilometers on two legs, it's really amazing."

"Well, how are they doing, how many non-combat attrition are there?" Leng Feng asked.

"There are twenty-one non-combat attrition, all wounded in battle."

"Ask them what's next?"

"Yes!"

"Division, Chief of Staff Liang called back, the Japanese army has a brigade in hot pursuit, they can't get rid of it, now there is only one choice, to completely defeat this pursuing Japanese army, but they have a worry, once they move, it will inevitably expose the secret of the division of troops, so they must wait until the Sichuan army troops who broke through are safe before they can do it." Long Yingqin said.

"Sichuan Army, do they have any news?"

"Not yet, since they separated their troops with Chief of Staff Liang, their radio stations have all been shut down, including Tang Xiaoying's team."

"How many hours have it been?"

"It's been six hours."

"Wait a little longer, send a telegram to ask Chief Li to see if there is any news of the breakthrough of the Sichuan army on his side." Leng Feng nodded, it was only six hours, and it was still a reasonable period of time, so there was no need to worry.

"Master, Chief Li is in a hurry!"

"What's the matter?"

Leng Feng took the secret telegram from Guo Weiquan's hand, slightly swept the contents on it, and frowned slightly.

"What's wrong?" Xie Jiyuan asked curiously.

"You'll find out for yourself." Leng Feng forwarded the telegram to Xie Jiyuan.

"Tang Keqin got off at Xuzhou Station and went to the headquarters of the commander of the Fifth Theater, and when he saw Chief Li, he went directly to the military headquarters of the 52nd Army in Hanzhuang?"

"Well, Tang Keqin is obviously unwilling to accept the command of Chief Li, this is the reason why he is unwilling to stay in the headquarters of the commander of the Fifth Theater, what he said to be with his own troops, it can show his determination to resist Japan and kill the enemy, these are all excuses, he just wants to put aside the command of Chief Li, go his own way, and do his own thing." Leng Feng sneered.

"Tang Keqin is arrogant, unwilling to be subordinate, and narrow-minded." Xie Jiyuan sighed, the soup of the Nankou Battle was still very heroic, which inspired the fighting spirit of the whole country to resist Japan, but he was too good at being a man.

"Don't talk about him, Chief Li reminds us to pay attention, don't let this person ruin our plans!" Leng Feng said.

"In this case, why did you still transfer the Tang Army to Xuzhou, isn't this adding to the chaos?"

"It's not enough to cause chaos, it's just that it's difficult to command, not to mention, we also need an object that can help us pull hatred and attract firepower." Leng Feng smiled.

(To be continued.) )