After hearing the news, Zhang Zhonglin let out a long sigh, he knew that the Second Independent Brigade stationed in Ye County was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and its brigade commander Li Manchu was even more of a hard stubble.

"Closely monitor the movements of the Zhuqiao battlefield and report at any time."

After beating the herald, some operational staff officers immediately questioned it.

"Brigade seat, friendly forces are attacked, do we want to ......"

Zhang Zhonglin interrupted the words of the combat staff officer with a wave of his hand and said:

"All combat units immediately entered the first level of combat readiness, closely monitored the movement of the sea surface, and immediately opened fire if there was an abnormality, and there was no need to ask for instructions."

This is a combat order, the operational staff officer was a little confused for a while, it was clear that the Japanese army's landing point was in Zhuqiao, a hundred miles away, how the brigade not only did not rush to the rescue, but looked like the current appearance of the enemy.

Although there was a drum in his heart, but seeing Zhang Zhonglin's cold face, the words came to his mouth and swallowed back, yesterday there were already staff officers who had a very strict problem after the implementation of the opinions raised, and they had been held accountable by the brigade, if they said this, in case of a mistake, who could afford to pay this responsibility, he closed his mouth decisively when he thought of this.

Zhang Zhonglin had a telegram from Wu Xiaoliang in person, and he had secretly instructed him that the Japanese army was very likely to be in Yexian County, and now the Japanese army actually started the 6th battle in Zhuqiao, if it were an ordinary person, I am afraid that Wu Xiaoliang's information was wrong, but he Zhang Zhonglin did not think so, if it was ordinary intelligence, the staff could have taken the telegram, why should Wu Xiaoliang's confidential room take the telegram.

He was keenly aware that there must be a reason for this not to be humane, although the Japanese had already chosen Zhuqiao, who could guarantee that they would not carry out a surprise attack in Ye County.

Therefore, Zhang Zhonglin thought that instead of recklessly sending troops to aid Li Manchu's Second Brigade, it was better to hold the position, and it was not too late to make a move when the shape became clear.

The sound of artillery on the battlefield in the distance was already rumbling, and it was inevitable that the military would be a little impetuous, but fortunately, most of the officers chose to support Zhang Zhonglin's decision, and then calmed the soldiers' somewhat impetuous feelings.

This made Zhang Zhonglin more pleased, and he asked casually:

"Did any of the scout fishing boats that were sent out come back?"

……

The fog on the surface of the Bohai Sea has basically dissipated, replaced by dense black clouds, pulling out black lines over the sea, this is a mixed fleet composed of dozens of warships of all kinds, under the scorching sun, the radial light hanging on the mast of the warship Rizhang naval flag is even more blood-red and dazzling.

"It has been reported that the forces of Tsukada-kun and Sakai-kun have exchanged fire with the defenders of China, and it is believed that the defenders of nearby China will soon neglect their defensive positions and send a large number of reinforcements to Zhuqiao.

The commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, Major General Brigade Brigade Commander Tadamichi Kuribayashi, said to the commander of the task force, Okamura Ninji, who was half a step in front of him, and his gaze went over the head of Okamura Ninji and cast it on the sparkling sea, Okamura Ninji was probably less than 1.6 meters tall, while Kuribayashi Tadamichi, on the contrary, had a height that the Japanese still saw, 180 centimeters.

This is the first time that Kuribayashi Tadamichi participated in the battle as a military commander of the combat unit, as a soldier of the Imperial 6th Army, he is expected to participate in the war and make meritorious contributions, but in the Japanese 6th Army, which is full of factions, as a faction in the United States, he can only survive as a marginal figure, and he can master the elite troops for the emperor World War II basically belongs to the descendants of the old German faction, so he has the honor to lead the cavalry brigade to fight against China this time, which is really an unprecedented hope.

Despite Kuribayashi's desire to fight, his innate prudence and years of repressed military career had honed his patience, and since Okamura had kept him by his side, he would carry out the commander's orders to the letter, knowing that the real battle was behind, and that his opportunity to show his skills would not run away.

In other words, he did not think that the Tsukada Brigade and the Sakai Brigade, which had fought as a lure to the enemy, would succeed in a single battle.

This is also what Okamura Ninji thinks in his heart, the reason why he keeps Kuribayashi Tadamichi, who is extremely low-key, is because he likes his "obedience", because in the Japanese 6th Army, which has almost become a traditional Japanese 6th Army, a general like him who has experienced a crushing defeat and is physically disabled has no prestige among those fanatical young officers, so it is really the best choice for him to send out all the unstable people and leave a relatively low-key Kuribayashi Tadamichi.

Okamura Ninji didn't have to look back to feel his strong sense of fighting from Kuribayashi Tadamichi's words, but now the time to fight was not the time, he was waiting, waiting for the moment when the opponent on the other side of the sea made a mistake.

However, it is clear that the opponent is very cautious, and in the past few days, he has sent out reconnaissance fishing boats one after another, and he has not shown mercy in sinking all of them.

As long as the defenders of the people can't hold their breath, then their chance will come.

"Kuribayashi-kun, please send a telegram to Tsukada and Sakai and order them to speed up the attack...... If the troops are insufficient, you can bring them up and I will give them reinforcements. ”

Okamura Ninji's answer can be said to be a non-answer, and Kuribayashi Tadamichi understood the joint after a little thought, and it seems that His Excellency the Lieutenant General is going to surprise this time.

Historically, the offensive and defensive battles have been contested by the strength of the offensive and defensive sides, one side attacks and the other defends, whoever can't stand up first will lose, and it seems that there is not much room to use tricks, but from the perspective of the entire battle situation, it is much different.

If you can lure the defenders out of their positions, and then take advantage of their weakness to attack in a big way, and wait for the troops sent to return, then you can wait for a good battle to help and annihilate the enemy.

Kuribayashi Tadamichi sincerely praised, His Excellency the lieutenant general is scheming and patient, I am afraid that only those who have experienced real defeat will face the opponent of the people of China so squarely, and the poor appearance of the people of China on the battlefield over the years has made the emperor ** Realm form a strong contempt for the people of China.

He has also studied the examples of the defeat of the Chinese people before, many of which may not be defeated, and can even be said to be unbelievably defeated, in the final analysis, it is still the proud and complacent nature of the emperor ** people who are making trouble, and it is this Lieutenant General Okamura, isn't it precisely because of this that he has smeared the mark of shame in his military career that can never be erased.

"There is movement in China......"

Suddenly, a junior officer rushed out of the command room excitedly.

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