Nanxun, the headquarters of the Right Wing Army.

Looking at the report of Long Shaogang, Dai Ziran, and Yang Sixian to retreat to the rear to rest, Zhang Fakui's brows furrowed tightly.

The temporary third division defeated the Kunisaki detachment and won a brilliant victory, and it stands to reason that Zhang Fakui should agree to come down. However, at this juncture when the Japanese army was pressing, Zhang Fakui did not want the temporary third division to retreat at all.

Although Zhang Fakui was extremely disgusted with Wu Ming and his troops, he had to admit that with the support of the Temporary Third Division on the front line, Zhang Fakui slept a lot more peacefully.

After a deep sigh, Zhang Fakui looked at the three generals in front of him with eager faces, and asked a little unhappily, "Can't you hold on for a few more days?" ”

Glancing at Dai Ziran and Yang Si first, Long Shaogang said in a deep voice: "Commander, our department rushed from Haining County to Nanxun, continuously forced the army, and immediately entered the battle after arriving, and now it is sleepy and tired. Most of the officers and men of our division are new recruits who have just entered the battlefield, and if they do not get a chance to rest and recuperate, the officers and men will not be able to stand it, and if there is a mutiny or something like that, it will be difficult for everyone up and down to explain it."

Listening to Long Shaogang's words, Zhang Fakui's heart sank.

The New 2nd Division carried the artillery fire and planes of the Japanese fleet in Pinghu for more than a week, and still had the strength to fight the counterattack of the 114th Division, and then won a great victory, which was enough to prove the excellence of the New 2nd Division. At this time, Long Shaogang led the temporary third division for only three or four days, and he was sleepy and tired, can Zhang Fakui believe it? Of course not, but he couldn't find any reason to refuse.

The general troops should have rested a long time ago in this role, but the temporary third division has certainly not reached the step of resting and recuperating, and this is undoubtedly confirmed. Zhang Fakui glanced at Liu Jianxu: "Commander Liu, what is your opinion?" ”

Liu Jianxu has been silent, but he doesn't want to get involved in this matter. After all, when he was in Jiaxing, he had already been sorry for the new second division once. Today, the Hunan army received the favor of the temporary third division and received a large number of weapons and equipment, but Zhang Fakui's eyes asking for help made him unable to refuse.

Liu Jianxu coughed and said, "The third division is tired from the journey, and if you don't take a break, the soldiers have no combat effectiveness. But the battle on the front line is urgent, and Japanese reinforcements are about to arrive, hey......"

Speaking of this, Liu Jianxu couldn't help but shake his head: "What should I do?" ”

Zhang Fakui almost sprayed Liu Jianxu with a mouthful of old blood, this guy is so cunning, he kicked the ball back in a blink of an eye, which is equivalent to saying nothing.

At this time, Tao Guang, the commander of the 28th Army, spoke: "Commander, the temporary third division has indeed suffered heavy casualties, and it is time to withdraw and recuperate." ”

Tao Guang pretended to squeeze out two tears, and said movingly: "The third senior brother is all good, and he deserves to be a model for the national army. You only have to think about the Fifth Division, which is showing off its military might in North China, to know the strength of the Kunisaki Detachment, and if you don't let such a heroic unit rest, it will be unreasonable."

Zhang Fakui couldn't cry or laugh, but when he saw that Tao Guang, who ranked third in the right-wing army, also said the same, and seeing that Long Shaogang and others were extremely resolute, they had to issue an order for the temporary third division to retreat to Wuxing (Huzhou) for rest.

As the order was issued, the 3rd Provisional Division quickly handed over the defense area to the 62nd and 63rd Divisions, and retreated to Wuxing as fast as possible.

The news of the withdrawal of the temporary Third Division quickly spread to the headquarters of the Second Division of the Japanese Army in Ximeiyan Town, Pingwang City, and the crowd was indignant for a while.

"Baga, this shameful temporary third division, just won a battle, and in the blink of an eye, he fled in a way, it's really shameless" Tamurahara Osa, chief of staff of the Second Division, scolded hatefully.

Compared with the breadth and profundity of Chinese, Japanese is too simple, and even scolding people only has a few words such as shameless and despicable, and there are no tricks in Chinese, and even Chief of Staff Tamura, who graduated from Lu University and is knowledgeable, can only scold people like this, and his face is flushed.

"The Third Division is as shameless and despicable as their master Wu Ming," Major General Shangbin Weiren, commander of the 38th Infantry Brigade, echoed viciously.

Lieutenant General Nakajima Sadao, commander of the 18th Division, Chief of Staff Megumi Osa, and other officers of the 18th Division, who came from Nanma Town to contact them, did not talk to them, and they were all members of the 10th Army, and they had felt the pain of the 114th Division and the 6th Brigade of the Field Heavy Artillery being completely annihilated, and they were deeply afraid of Wu Ming and his new 2nd Division and the 3rd Division that had been separated, and they did not dare to express their stance lightly.

It is important to know that although the 18th Division was a veteran division established during the Russo-Japanese War, it was abolished by the Military Department 12 years ago (1925) and was not rebuilt until after the outbreak of the Battle of Songhu, and it cannot be compared with the main division such as the Second Division.

In addition, Okamura Ninji's status is very unusual, with the support of the emperor, the General Staff Headquarters, and the Ministry of the Army, the help of many colleagues, and the support of a group of young Zhuang officers, and at the same time, the commander of the 7th Division, Sonobe and Ichiro, are also Okamura Ninji's classmates at the Army Non-commissioned Officer School.

Against Kamiokamura Ninji, Nakajima Sadao did not have any psychological advantage, so he had to obediently give up the command of the southern front battlefield and take the 18th Division to the headquarters of the 2nd Division to obey the order.

As for the Sixth Division, it had suffered heavy losses in Jiaxing before, and it is currently receiving recruits sent from China in Luodong and reorganizing it in order to restore its combat strength as soon as possible, which is also an important reason why the Sixth and Eighteenth Divisions were stagnant before, and another reason is that after continuous fighting, the two main divisions are extremely short of food and ammunition materials, and it is difficult to support a large-scale battle.

Although Okamura Ninji was appointed by General Matsui as the chief general of the Southern Front, he had great respect for Nakajima Sadao, and leaned over and asked, "General Nakajima, what is your opinion on the withdrawal of the third division now?" ”

Okamura Ninji was kind and took the initiative to ask Nakajima's opinion, which not only showed respect for Nakajima, but also showed his position as commander of the southern front.

Sadao Nakajima mixed into the position of the commander of the lieutenant general's division, not a fool, a ninety-degree bow: "I have no suggestions with the officers and men of the 18th Division, only one point, that is, to unconditionally obey the command of General Okamura"

"General Nakajima is really a soldier" Regarding Nakajima Sadao's low profile, Okamura Ninji was very satisfied, clapped his hands and said: "As long as we are sincere and united, we will definitely win a big victory"

Sadao Nakajima asked curiously, "General Okamura, with the withdrawal of the Temporary Third Division, which direction should we choose next as a breakthrough to break through the Nanxun defense line that the Shina people have painstakingly managed?" ”

Okamura Ninji smiled mysteriously, shook his head and said, "We won't attack for the time being."

"Not attacking?"

Nakajima's face was full of doubts.

"Yo West"

Okamura Ninji took off his white gloves and said confidently: "Commander Matsui has transferred the Seventh Division to the front line between Tongxiang and Wuzhen, and now Nanxun and Wuxing have become a huge decoy, and we will be a good hunter next and catch Wu Ming and his new second division in one fell swoop." ”

Nakajima Sadao hesitated for a moment and said, "Wu Ming is a very difficult general in the Chinese army, and the new second division under his command is the most insidious, despicable and shameless army, we must prepare for the worst." General Okamura"

Gangmura Ninji raised his hand and interrupted the words of the commander of the Nakajima Division: "Nakajima-kun, you don't have to worry about this. In order to encircle and annihilate Wu Ming and the new second division, Commander Matsui already had a complete countermeasure...... Unless the men of the new 2nd Division can fly, it will be difficult for them to escape the net laid by the commander."