Shen Xin said: "I understand, there is another question, it is related to food, there is no food in Qingjin City, and the military food of our troops is only enough for us to eat, is it not to mobilize a batch of military food from the rear to Qingjin City?" ”

Lin Yuan said: "Don't worry, I will definitely mobilize grain, but you can also fight the idea of a dozen Japanese grain warehouses."

Shen Xin said: "Didn't the Japanese army's grain warehouse be blown up by us? There must not be much food left in it, otherwise the Japanese army would not have abandoned the city. ”

Lin Yuan said with a smile: "I estimate that the fire can't burn the grain inside, you go and take a look, maybe there will be a surplus, the concrete layer above the granary has been pressed on the grain, you will use blasting to blow up the gap, the Japanese army does not have this ability, but our engineer battalion has, you go down and see, if there is food, we will save our own." ”

Shen Xin agreed, Lin Yuan hung up the phone, and then thought to himself, "It's time to attack the defenders of Hamgyong Mountain!" So Lin Yuan called the Seventh Division and asked, "How are the defenders in the Hamgyong Mountains doing now?" ”

Xiao Yingwu said: "It's still the same, we can't stick to it, and we don't know the specific situation." ”

Lin Yuan said: "We have completely defeated Qingjin, and the Japanese army in Hamgyong Mountain will not last long, I estimate that they may have to break through from Qingjin, so you should be ready to attack them." ”

Xiao Yingwu replied: "I understand! ”

Lin Yuan put down the phone and thought to himself: "The second division of the Japanese army is a division of tigers and wolves, it is not good to fight with us, it is better to think of a way to trap them in Hamgyong Mountain." Thinking of this, Lin Yuan contacted the press officer and said: "I see that Qingjin has been fighting in the past few days, and everyone has forgotten about Hamgyong Mountain, this is not good, you continue to stir up the topic that Hamgyong Mountain is the ring of the Sino-Japanese national spiritual confrontation, and hype that whoever retreats is an inferior nation!" I see if the 2nd Division dares to retreat! ”

The press officer agreed, and sent letters to newspapers and radio stations in various countries, and the newspapers controlled by Lin Yuan naturally issued relevant editorials, and British and American newspapers did not dare to offend Lin Yuan, so they also issued relevant comments, and even the French newspapers, which have always taken Lin Yuan's private life as their own responsibility, also wrote relevant content, and the center of public opinion in the world circles was once again concentrated on Hamgyong Mountain.

The Japanese High Command then sent a telegram to Yunan Kishimoto in the middle of the Hamgyong Mountains, which said: "Now that Kiyojin has been conquered by Lin Yuan's troops, you must thwart the attack of Lin Yuan's troops at Hamgyong Mountain!" Restore the dignity of the Yamato nation! ”

As soon as the commander of the 2nd Division of the Hamgyong Mountain Defenders, Hung Nam Kishimoto, received this telegram, he sighed heavily and said, "The Supreme Command is pushing us into the fire pit!" ”

The staff officer beside him said: "Division commander, why do you say that?" ”

Kishimoto Yunan said: "Lin Yuan is clamoring to fight Hamgyong Mountain, but did he fight? From the first editorial in their newspaper, his troops did not come in to fight us at all, but went to Qingjin quietly, and at that time he did not say anything about the 'national spirit'! ”

"Now Lin Yuan has knocked down Qingjin, cut off our support, and taken out these words of 'national spirit' and said, obviously because he was afraid that we would break through and break out, so he deliberately provoked us with these words, which is to take our car! The goal is to trap us alive in the mountains! Our headquarters couldn't see through Lin Yuan's tricks, but let us hold on in the mountains! ”

The staff officer was silent for a long time and said, "My subordinates will go and write a manuscript and send it to the command, so that they can understand that this is a trick by Lin Yuan's troops." ”

Yunan Kishimoto said: "It's all about now, you can go quickly." ”

The staff officer turned around and walked out, and Yunan Kishimoto said, "You call the logistics officer by the way." After a while, the logistics officer walked in, and Yunan Kishimoto said directly: "Is the current rice still moldy?" ”

The logistics officer said, "Yes, it's still moldy!" ”

Yunan Kishimoto said: "What the hell, how can rice become moldy in the winter?" ”

"We don't know what's going on. ”

Yunan Kishimoto said: "Don't throw away the moldy rice, now that Qingjin is finished, we have no food supplies here, and those moldy rice, let's eat it." ”

The logistics officer said: "But soldiers will get sick if they eat moldy rice, and the gains outweigh the losses." ”

Yunan Kishimoto said angrily: "Won't you be smarter? If you mix moldy rice into good rice, and everyone eats some, they won't get sick, but do you boil moldy rice together and only give it to a few people? ”

The logistics officer agreed to leave, and Yunan Kishimoto thought about it, came to the communication room, and said, "Give me the call from General Nogi Noshinori." ”

The operator said helplessly: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I'm sorry, we can't directly contact General Nogi Noshinori. ”

Yunan Kishimoto asked, "For what?" ”

The operator said: "Our telephone line is through Qingjin and then transferred, now Qingjin is occupied by the Chinese people, the phone will definitely not be connected, if it is connected, it means that the phone has been tapped by Lin Yuan's troops, so we can no longer use the phone." ”

Yunan Kishimoto said, "Then we can only use telegraphs? ”

The operator nodded helplessly, and Yunan Kishimoto sighed softly, called the telegraph operator, and said: "Send a telegram to General Nogi immediately, saying that our department has no backup, and Hamgyong Mountain is unable to defend it, and I hope he will approve our evacuation." ”

The operator wrote down the words of Yunan Kishimoto and sent the meaning of Yunan Kishimoto to Nogi Noshinori, who slapped the table fiercely after receiving this telegram and said angrily: "His Majesty the Emperor has already said that Hamgyong Mountain is an arena that proves that our Yamato nation is superior to the Chinese nation, and if they retreat, it will be said in front of the world that my Yamato nation is inferior to the Chinese nation!" ”

Nogi Noshinori's telegraph operator had never seen Nogi Noshinori so angry, and he was so frightened that he didn't even dare to come out, Nogi Noshinori said: "Send a telegram to Kishimoto Yunan, and let him defend Hamgyong Mountain no matter what!" ”

The telegraph operator said: "However, Your Excellency General, the commander of the Kishimoto Division has already said in the telegram that they are running out of food, and it is not too ...... for us to ask them to hold on like this?"

Nogi Noshinori said with a smile: "Our navy has already rushed to Qingjin, according to the time given to me by Togo Heihachiro, we will definitely be able to reach Qingjin today, if they can fight with Lin Yuan's troops and win, the final victory is within reach!" ”

The telegraph operator asked, "Your Excellency, do you trust those fellows in the Navy so much?" ”

Nogi Noshinori said: "Our warships are all up-to-date, and many of the techniques and tactical concepts originate from the British, especially the large-caliber artillery and fire control systems on the battleships, which are even more advanced, and it is more than enough to win the battleships of Lin Yuan's troops!" ”

The telegraph operator was also not very knowledgeable about naval techniques, and when he heard Nogi Noshinori's words, his face was overjoyed, and he said, "Okay, I'll send a telegram to the commander of the Kishimoto Division." ”

Nogi Noshinori was very confident in the navy, but Heihachiro Togo did not think so, he stood on the flagship of the Japanese fleet, thought of the upcoming naval battle, and sighed softly.