"Your Excellency, what are you going to do about the current situation?" In a quiet office, the chief of staff, Lieutenant General Tanaka, first broke the solemn atmosphere in the room and asked Matsui Ishine in front of him.

"Tanaka-kun, are you testing me? There are only two ways to go for the current situation. First, hold the position and live and die with the position. As for the second way, that is, to lead the elite of our Central China Front Army to break through, but now for us, when we are delayed, it is not to immediately make a decision on which road to choose. Instead, we will provide the necessary reinforcements to Taizhou City as much as possible, so that Taizhou City can hold out for a longer time, and also give our Central China Front Army the next battle plan to formulate the next battle plan and provide longer preparation time" After smiling self-deprecatingly, General Matsui Ishine said.

"Hayi, please give an order, Your Excellency the Commander," said Lieutenant General Tanaka, Chief of Staff.

"First of all, order the aviation units to immediately make preparations before taking off, as long as the conditions for the aircraft to take off are met, the aviation units must immediately carry out sorties to reinforce Taizhou. As much as possible, destroy the artillery positions of the Chinese and destroy the artillery units on which the East China Field Army of China depends......"

"Second, the telegraph ordered the defenders of Taizhou City, and the fate of our Central China Front Army is in their hands. All the defending troops in Taizhou City, including the armed forces of the overseas Chinese, must fight to the death, and drag the elite of the East China Field Army in Taizhou to the death

The troops are constantly harassing the encircling troops of the East China Field Army, exhausting the enemy army, and preparing for the possible breakthrough of our army in the future............"

In the face of the order of the commander in front of him, Lieutenant General Tanaka, as the chief of staff, was very reluctant to abandon the 9th Division. However, he was sensible and clearly knew that the order in front of him was already the best order so far. Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Tanaka could only shake his head very helplessly, and then spoke.

"Your Excellency the Commander is wise, and he will immediately convey the order, but it's just a pity that the Ninth Division is stuck in Taizhou City......" "Tanaka-kun, for the future of the Central China Front, for the hundreds of thousands of elite imperial troops in Amjing and Yangzhou, the sacrifice of the Ninth Division is worth it. I believe that all the officers and men of the Ninth Division will not have any complaints. Go and convey the order, every second now is very precious to our Central China Front," said Admiral Matsui Ishine with certainty.

As he spoke, Lieutenant General Tanaka walked out of the office quickly.............

The headquarters of the Japanese army in Taizhou City, under the heavy care of the artillery fire outside the city, has long been turned into a ruin. And Lieutenant General Sawada, who was the commander of the 9th Division, was very lucky to avoid the shelling just now. At this moment, Lieutenant General Sawada, with a sad face, was in the temporary headquarters composed of several tents, commanding the remnants of the defenders of Taizhou and continuing to resist.

Time passed minute by minute, and the battle situation on the front line became more and more tragic. Just when one bad news after another, a steady stream of spurts to his ears. Lieutenant General Sawada's long-awaited call back from the command finally reached his hands.

"Your Excellency Commander, the Headquarters Urgent Telegram" A Zhongzuo officer, who temporarily served as the chief of staff, walked over quickly with a telegram, and then reported loudly.

"What did the commander say?" For a time, in the huge headquarters, not only Lieutenant General Sawada. Almost everyone's eyes were focused on this telegram, waiting for the answer of the officer in front of them.

"The headquarters requires all the combat personnel of our Ninth Division to hold on to Taizhou City and swear to block the attack of the Chinese people. The Chinese troops outside the city were dragged to death in the Taizhou area. Other than that

The command has clearly asked the air force units to provide the necessary air support to our troops early tomorrow morning............" replied Officer Nakasa.

"In other words, the headquarters has abandoned Taizhou City and our Ninth Division. Prepare to give the main force the necessary transfer time at the expense of our 9th Division and Taizhou City..."Lieutenant General Sawada Yīn asked with a calm face as he confronted the officer in front of him.

"Ha Yi ......"

After receiving an affirmative answer from the combat staff officer in front of him, a bleak look slowly enveloped Lieutenant General Sawada's face. Then, with a depressed face, he said: "I really didn't expect that the elite Ninth Division of the Great Japanese Empire would be destroyed in the hands of my Sawada, I really didn't expect it..." For a while, the atmosphere in the entire tent also became solemn with the words of the division commander. In the huge tent, everyone is thinking about their current situation and future. Inside the tent, the only one who could speak, the captain of the Great Zuo Wing, broke the solemn atmosphere in the tent and spoke first.

"Your Excellency, what should we do next?

"Nani" glared fiercely at the captain of the big Zuo Wing in front of him, and Lieutenant General Sawada said impatiently.

"Didn't the telegram already make it very clear, hold on to the city of Taizhou and buy time for the main army

After a short period of contemplation, Lieutenant General Sawada's face was slowly enveloped in a thick murderous aura. After a quick glance at the tent, there were more than a dozen officers in the tent, and Lieutenant General Sawada said: "Ladies and gentlemen, my Ninth Division, as a standing division of the Imperial Army, will die well even if I die on the battlefield. ”

"Since the fate and ending of all of us have been arranged. Then, in the next battle, I hope that no one will have even the slightest chance mentality. Because dying on the battlefield and dedicating oneself to His Majesty the Emperor is the highest honor we have as a soldier."

"I order, from now on, that all combat units, without receiving an order from the headquarters to retreat, prohibit a step back, otherwise, military law will be engaged, and my squadron of guards and myself, will serve as law enforcement units in the center of the city...... Are all six clear? ”

"Ha Yi......

Although, Lieutenant General Sawada's final warning, to a certain extent, boosted the morale of the officers. However, these words are useful only for some fanatical officers and veterans. And for those ordinary soldiers, it is their best wish to be able to live until the end of the war and be reunited with their families.

As a result, just after the news that the Ninth Division had been abandoned by the Central China Front Command and was ready to be sacrificed to other units to gain sufficient time for dust pushing, was completely transmitted. Some rumors began to spread at the bottom of the Ninth Division of the Japanese Army.

Of course, the first thing that began to waver in the hearts of these rumors was not surprising, the recruits who had just been replenished into the army, listening to the constant explosions on the three walls, and feeling the ground trembling because of the explosion of the shells. Not far away, the forward positions that had been completely enveloped by artillery fire were seen. The faces of those recruits immediately lù a god of fear. And the spread of the message exacerbated the fear in their hearts.

In a military camp not far from the headquarters, a group of devil soldiers were gathering together with worried faces, discussing the rumors that had just reached everyone's ears.

"Miyamoto-kun, are these rumors true, the headquarters really gave up on us, and planned to let us live and die with Taizhou City, you know, our ninth division, but the standing division of the Great Japanese Empire" A recruit with the rank of warrant officer on his shoulders asked, facing the captain of the captain, who had also just graduated from the military academy.

"Of course it's true, I heard a classmate from the headquarters who escaped the shelling just now said that the headquarters is ready to burn the military flag and resist to the end, if nothing else, all of us will die in this Taizhou city" The morale of the captain squadron leader was obviously very low, and he replied with a depressed face, "Squadron leader, then what should we do......, the artillery fire of the people of China is so fierce, can we use our flesh and blood to resist the torrent of steel of the people of China As far as I know, all the soldiers who were sent to the front line, in the shelling of the Chinese people, not even a single intact corpse could be left..."Thinking of the tragic battle situation at the front, the warrant officer's face immediately turned pale. In his own trembling voice, he asked the squadron leader in front of him.

Seeing the eyes of dozens of soldiers, they all converged on their bodies, waiting for their own ideas. The captain squadron leader, who also had nothing to do, could only let out a long sigh. Then, he spoke: "Everyone, as your squadron leader, I can't help it. Now, I can say that I wish you all the best in the battle, under the care of Amaterasu, and leave a whole corpse behind......

The squadron leader's answer, like the god of death announcing everyone's fate, made the faces of dozens of people instantly appear in despair. Then, the whole person also became muddy, and there was no morale at all. From them, there is no longer a trace of elite soldiers.

In this way, as the rumors continued to spread, the depressed wife's anger also followed the rumors and continued to spread among the garrison troops.

In less than a few hours, the entire unit of the Ninth Division, which was a standing division, except for some officers and veterans, still held the belief that they would die and was ready to fight to the death. The remaining soldiers were shrouded in despair, and the morale and combat effectiveness of the troops also plummeted... Compared with the low morale of the devils, as one victory after another was spread, the morale of the units and troops of the East China Field Army responsible for the attack could be said to have risen to the extreme. Coupled with the absolute firepower superiority of the troops, it took less than three hours to attack, and the north gate of the main attack was successfully broken through,!。