The 19th Brigade is indeed in trouble, a whole infantry brigade of small Japan is entrenched on the Shanfeng Highway, and the Jiashi is strictly guarded, so that the 19th Brigade will not fight, and the detour will not work, once the 19th Brigade detours, this group of Japanese troops will definitely bite their butts and come up, and then they will be able to attack the Japanese army in Fengxian County inside and outside.

Time passed quietly in the confrontation, and it was soon dark.

The whole field fell into darkness, but the small Japanese position was lit up with snow-bright searchlights, through the beam of the searchlight, you can see that the Japanese troops on the position are still desperately digging trenches, this group of Japanese soldiers is really a mouse, look at this jiashi, they are planning to build a fortress in this wild field.

Of course, the 19th Brigade was not idle, and it was about to build the fortifications into a fortress.

Shu Tongwen came to Xu Shijiu and suggested, "Captain, why don't you ask the master for instructions?" ”

Xu 19 thought about it, and felt that it was not a matter for such a stalemate to continue, so he asked the communication team to turn on the radio, Xu 19 knew very well that the radio detection methods of small Japan were very powerful, and it was common for the secret code of the national army to be deciphered by the Japanese army, in order to cover up their tactical intentions as much as possible, the 19th Brigade has maintained radio silence

Liukou Township, 58th Division.

Feng Shengfa was pacing back and forth in the communication room with his hands behind his back, the expression on his face was a little anxious, the 174 Brigade's attack on Feng County was not smooth, and the initial attack on the city gate was quite smooth, and the 348 Regiment that was the main attack quickly broke through the city wall fortifications, but after breaking into the city, the 348 Regiment was stubbornly resisted by the Japanese army.

Just now, the 174th Brigade sent back a telegram, and the 348th Regiment still did not make progress.

The dispatcher who was guarding in front of the radio suddenly stood up and reported: "Division, the 19th Brigade has been contacted." ”

Feng Shengfa's expression suddenly perked up, and he said quickly: "Let the Nineteenth Brigade report their location, and also, where did they go, Weishenme has not yet arrived in Feng County."

Hearing that the 19th Brigade was contacted, He Lingxiao and Yang Shaoren also walked into the communication room from the war room.

A communications staff officer had already recorded the message, translated it into a breakpoint code according to the codebook, and then asked the dispatcher to send it, and after about a few minutes, the 19th Brigade had a reply, Yang Shaoren waited patiently for the communication staff officer to translate the breakpoint code into a message, and then picked it up and said: "Division, the 19th Brigade is facing off with a Japanese infantry brigade from Feng County near Xin'anji. ”

Feng Shengfa's heart sank when he heard this, and He Lingxiao exclaimed: "What, there is still a brigade in Xin'anji?" ”

Yang Shaoren groaned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Division, most of this infantry brigade was sent by the old devil of Zhongdao to attack Shanxian County, the old devil has no intelligence support, and he doesn't know anything about the combat operations of our division, so he will rashly divide the troops, but now that Fengxian has been attacked by the 174th Brigade, the old devil is very likely to order this infantry brigade to retreat back to Fengxian." ”

He Lingxiao also said: "Once this infantry brigade retreats back to Fengxian, the 174th Brigade may have to switch from attack to defense." ”

No matter how emotionally unwilling to accept it, but reality is reality, after the Battle of Songhu, the 59 German divisions of the national army were heavily damaged, and their combat effectiveness plummeted, and the 58th Division has recovered well, but compared with the 58th Division that has just stepped on the Songhu battlefield, it is still not the same, and the 174th Brigade is indeed a slim chance of victory in the face of the two infantry brigades of the Japanese army.

Feng Shengfa was also aware of this, and immediately ordered: "Immediately send a telegram to Xu Nineteen, and order the Nineteenth Brigade to drag the Japanese army in front of him at all costs, and never let this Japanese brigade return to Shifeng County." ”

Feng Shengfa's order was still a moment late, and just a few minutes before he gave the order, Nakajima Imago had already given an order to Sukegawa Shizo, ordering him to lead his troops back to Feng County.

Nakajima Imago, the old devil, doesn't know what kind of considerations, maybe he can't save face, he didn't order the Japanese troops in Dangshan or Pei County to come back, but just let Sukegawa Shizuzo's brigade return to Feng County, of course, from a tactical point of view, Nakajima Isago can't say that his choice is wrong, because Xin'anji is the closest to Feng County.

Sukegawa Shizuzo was also disgusted after receiving the telegram, how dangerous it is to march at night even idiots know, not to mention that this is in China, the Japanese army is far less familiar with the roads and terrain than the national army, and the Japanese army not only has to face the threat from the national army, sometimes even Chinese bandits will jump out to attack the Japanese army.

If he had a choice, Sukegawa Shizuzo would never be willing to march at night, but he had no choice, because Fengxian was under the onslaught of the national army, and the division headquarters was facing an unprecedented threat, and once his infantry brigade could not return in time, once the division headquarters was annihilated, and the division commander Nakajima Imago was killed or captured by the national army, it would be a great shame for the empire and the imperial army.

"Command." Sukegawa Shizuzo held his saber and reluctantly gave the order, "The 4th Infantry Squadron will hold on to the same place, and the rest of the infantry squadrons and tank squads will cover the artillery squadron and return the same way." ”

Xu Shijiu squatted at the command headquarters and was just about to nibble on a piece of cake with cold water, when the black blind man above suddenly shouted: "Captain, there is a situation on the other side." ”

Xu Nineteen hurriedly stuffed the wheat cake back into the grain bag, and then stood up from the ground, at this time, the temporary headquarters of the Nineteenth Brigade was almost completed, it was a semi-locked bunker, with a cover on it, shooting holes, lookout holes, entrances and exits, and shelters, and even a communication room.

Xu 19 looked out through the lookout hole, and saw that the searchlight on the opposite side had been extinguished, and the entire Japanese army position had become pitch black.

As soon as the words fell, the communication squad leader in the corner suddenly stood up and reported to Xu Shijiu: "Captain, the division has an electric order." ”

Xu Shijiu took the telegram and hurriedly read it, and immediately ordered the black blind man: "Heizi, pass on my order, the company and the 3rd company immediately launched an attack on the Japanese army, and told Zhang Youquan and Awen, don't save bullets for Lao Tzu, before the ammunition is exhausted, you must not fight hard with little Japan, especially not bayonets, go quickly"

"Yes." The black blind man hurried away.

Ye Ruxue got up early in the morning, hurriedly ate breakfast, and then went to the street to stop a rickshaw; at 8 o'clock this morning in Wuhan camp, there was a report meeting on exposing the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in Nanjing, and many Western reporters who had personally witnessed the Nanjing Massacre were invited to attend, such as Associated Press reporter McDaniel, New York Times reporter Frank, and so on.

Ye Ruxue was working on a newsletter on the Nanjing Massacre, and she didn't want to miss it.

By the time Ye Ruxue arrived at the Wuhan camp, the report meeting had already begun, and the Associated Press foreign correspondent McDaniel was standing on the rostrum complaining about the atrocities of the Japanese army in English, while gesturing to reinforce his language

McDaniel actually only experienced the first few days of atrocities in Nanjing, when the Japanese army's killing of the citizens of Nanjing was still a knee-jerk act of revenge, far from developing into an organized and jihua massacre, but even so, the atrocities of the Japanese army exposed by McDaniel were just as heinous.

McDaniel also used a slide projector to show several photographs, including one taken by the Yangtze River, in which all the bodies were naked, and the closest to the camera was a female corpse with a baseball bat stuck in her lower body.

As soon as the photos were displayed, the whole hall was in an uproar, several young reporters at the scene clenched their teeth, and even their gums were bleeding, several female reporters even covered their faces and wept, and McDaniel on the stage was also choked up several times because of his heavy mood, and the report had to be temporarily interrupted.

Taking advantage of the break in the middle, Ye Ruxue was about to sort out a few materials about the Nanjing Massacre, when there was a sudden commotion outside the side door, and when she looked up, she saw that more than a dozen reporters close to the side door of the hall had already swarmed into the side door, and more reporters and photographers were swarming in the direction of the side door, and the two gendarmes guarding the door could not stop it.

There happened to be a familiar reporter coming from the side door, Ye Ruxue hurriedly asked, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

"Ru Xue, something is wrong," the male reporter suppressed his voice and said urgently, "Just now there was news from the headquarters, saying that the 74th Army was besieging Nakajima in Feng County. ”

"Nakajima Isago?" Ye Ruxue frowned and said, "Why does it sound familiar?" ”

The male reporter said angrily: "The old devil in Nakajima is the division commander of the 16th Division." ”

"The 16th Division?" Ye Ruxue came back to her senses at once, isn't the 16th Division the Japanese division that killed the most people in Nanjing, and isn't Nakajima the number one executioner? At that moment, Ye Ruxue was not in the mood to listen to the report anymore, so she hurriedly got up and rushed towards the side door of the conference hall.

When Chairman Chiang rushed to the General Staff Headquarters upon hearing the news, the corridors outside were already crowded with Chinese and foreign reporters waiting for news, and Wang Shihe, chief of the State Guard, had no choice but to order the military police to open the way, so that Chairman Chiang was safely escorted into the war room of the General Staff Headquarters

After entering the war room, Chairman Jiang didn't bother to ask who leaked the war situation, and asked He Yingqin: "Jingzhi, what's going on?" ”

He Yingqin hurriedly said: "Commission, Yu Liangzhen said that the 58th Division surrounded Nakajima in Feng County, and the Japanese army in Feng County only had one infantry brigade, and the supply was also robbed by the 58th Division, and now the 58th Division has mobilized two regiments of troops and is storming Feng County, and the remaining brigade and 5 Pei are also rushing towards Feng County." ”

"Surrounded Nakajima Imaigo?" Chairman Jiang's expression perked up, and he said, "Has the situation been verified?" ”

He Yingqin was about to say that he hadn't finally verified it, but Bai Chongxi next to him had already rushed to say: "Eight or nine is not far from ten." ”

"Eighty, ninety, ten? Niang Xipi" Chairman Jiang was not calm at once, and came to a classic foul language, and then said viciously to He Yingqin, "Send a report to Yu Liangzhen immediately, and order the 74th Army to drop Zhongdao at all costs, give me a drop on him, and drop him" Chairman Jiang roared while waving his fist vigorously.

"Yes." He Yingqin had to quickly turn around and go to convey the order.

Bai Chongxi, deputy chief of the general staff, walked up to Chairman Jiang, pointed to the map and said: "Commission, although the situation in Fengxian is favorable, if you want to kill or capture the old devil in Nakajima, I am afraid that it will not be so easy, because the Japanese army has heavy troops stationed in Peixian and Dangshan, especially near Dangshan, and the two main divisions of the Japanese army have gathered. ”

Chairman Jiang's heart sank, and he hurriedly said: "What other troops do we have near Peixian and Dangshan?" ”

Bai Chongxi said: "Tang Enbo's 3L Army is in Weishan County, only a lake away from the Japanese army in Pei County, as for Dangshan, Huang Jie's 8th Army and Li Xianzhou's 94th Army are in Dangshan, and Gui Yongqing's army is also near Dangshan. ”

Chairman Jiang made a decision on the spot and said loudly: "Immediately send a report to Keqin (Tang Enbo), order the 3L Group Army to send effective troops to cross Weishan Lake to the west, and be sure to contain the Japanese army in Peixian, and then send a report to Huang Jie and Gui Yongqing, ordering the 8th Army, the 94th Army, and the Army to immediately launch a counteroffensive against the Japanese army in Dangshan, and drag the Japanese army in Dangshan at all costs." ”

Bai Chongxi could only shake his head and smile bitterly, thinking that Jiang really couldn't change the old problem of overstepping the command at any time, and from the bottom of his heart, Bai Chongxi didn't approve of Lao Jiang's deployment, Nakajima Jinchao did you want to fight? Of course you have to fight, this old devil has the blood of the Chinese on his hands, and of course he will be killed if he has the chance.

But this has to have a big premise, that is, first of all, you have to save your own life, if it is only a mere island of Jinchaowu, Zuihou has lost one or even several group armies, then the gain outweighs the loss.

However, looking at Lao Jiang's current style, it is obvious that there is a big battle around Fengxian, once the war in Fengxian does not go well, not only Xue Yue's First Corps will be involved, but also Hu Zongnan's 17th Corps will also be involved, and then the troops originally scheduled to withdraw to Huaisi or transferred to the Sulu border area will also be captured, and it will be another general battle.

But now does the national army still have the capital to fight a large-scale battle with the Japanese army near Xuzhou?

However, Bai Chongxi didn't say these words after all, and now he can only hope that the battle in Fengxian County can end quickly, and whether he wins or loses, he won't delay it for too long.

The 174 Brigade's attack on Feng County did not go well.

The battle was quite smooth at the beginning, due to the lack of preparation of small Japan, only one infantry group was stationed near the city gate, and it was quickly lost by the 348th Battalion of the 348th Regiment who took the lead in the main attack, but soon after breaking into the city, the infantry brigade of the 38th Infantry Wing of the Japanese army reacted quickly and blocked the national army in the west of the city.

The 3rd Battalion stormed for a whole night, but was never able to break through the Japanese lines.

Li Song, the commander of the 348th Regiment, waited outside the city for a long time and did not see any progress in the 3rd Battalion, seeing that the sky was already bright, and the little Japanese planes might fly to Fengxian County to bomb at any time, he was a little anxious, put a steel helmet on his head and entered the city with the guards, and then followed the gunfire directly to Li Shouqing's forward headquarters.

Seeing Li Song coming, Li Shouqing was taken aback, and asked urgently, "Tuanzao, why are you here?" ”

"Li Shouqing, what's the fuck going on with you?" Li Songhun ignored it, and scolded with a slashing face, "I didn't hear much of Little Japan's gunfire just now, my ears were full of Czech, Makqin's voices, Little Japan is already out of bullets, why can't your 3rd Battalion get in?" What do you eat? ”