The telegram that Chishu had been attacked was sent to Haneda as soon as possible.

Haneda was still angry because the 56th Independent Infantry Brigade had failed to break through the defense line of the 40th Division of the National Army, but now, he felt fortunate that the 56th Independent Infantry Brigade had not broken through the defense line of the 40th Division of the National Army.

Haneda had no doubt that when he wanted to return to Chizhou, he would inevitably be desperately blocked by the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui

Trap, this is really a trap, Xu Shijiu's intention is really to lure his main force of the Japanese army in Chizhou to Tongling, and then take advantage of the weakness to attack Chizhou City, this crazy guy, he really dares to fight Chizhou's idea

However, Haneda must also admit that if his main force of the Japanese army in Chizhou could not rush back to Chizhou in time, Chizhou might really be lost.

Haneda was about to issue an order to withdraw to Chizhou, but the order had already reached his lips, and he hesitated

Xu Shijiu can be regarded as having figured out Haneda's character, this old devil is really not ordinary suspicious, too suspicious

Haneda was already ready to give the order to retreat, but suddenly thought, what if this was Xu Nineteen's suspicious plan again? If he withdrew to Chizhou with the main force of the Japanese army in Chizhou at this time, and then the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui concentrated all his strength to storm Tongling County, it would never be able to stop Takeshita Kojiro's military police squadron alone.

Although there are two gunboats of the navy at the Tongling wharf, under the unscrupulous attack of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, these two gunboats may not last too long, in the final analysis, they can only cruise on the wharf, which greatly restricts their mobility, and the 92 infantry guns and mortars of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui still have a certain threat.

There is a saying in China that more ants can bite an elephant to death

So, the old devil Haneda hesitated, not knowing whether to move forward or return to Chizhou.

However, Haneda's hesitation did not last long, as the second telegram from Chishu came shortly after.

"Nani? The Chinese army has broken through the fortifications? An onslaught is being launched on the Gendarmerie Headquarters and the Chizhou Docks? After reading the second telegram sent by the headquarters, Haneda couldn't help but gasp, he had already estimated the combat effectiveness of the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, but he didn't expect that he still underestimated their combat effectiveness.

How long has it been? Looking at the time, it was just after 0:00 in the morning, in other words, it only took more than two hours for the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese Salvation Army to clear the strongholds on the periphery of Chizhou, and broke through the city wall fortifications.

A look of determination immediately flashed on the face of the old devil Haneda, compared to Tongling County, Chizhou is obviously more important.

In the final analysis, Tongling County is just a small county town, and the garrison is only an infantry squadron, so it will be lost, and it will not affect the overall situation in southern Anhui, because Tongling is close to the Yangtze River, and even if the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army takes Tongling, it is impossible to hold it, and Zuihou has to obediently spit out the fat that reaches his mouth, and they will at most snatch some supplies from Tongling County.

And once Chizhou is lost, the consequences will be completely different.

After the commander of the Second Battle of Changsha, Anan Yuji, took office, he was in full swing to prepare for the Second Battle of Changsha, and Haneda had a classmate of Lu Shi who served as a staff officer at the headquarters of the First Army, and according to the classmate, the number of troops participating in the Second Battle of Changsha would exceed 10,000, and the Navy would also send a team to participate in the battle, which would be an unprecedented battle of scale

With such a large build-up of troops, the supply of materials will be unprecedented.

Then, as an important transportation node on the Yangtze River waterway, Chizhou must not allow the slightest mistake.

Not to mention anything else, once the mountains of grain piled up on the wharf of Guangchizhou are snatched away by the anti-Japanese salvation army in southern Anhui, it means that the soldiers of the 10,000 Japanese army on the front line in Changsha will face the dilemma of running out of food, not to mention that there are materials sent to Chizhou every day, and then transferred from Chizhou to Hankou, once Chizhou is lost, the entire transportation line will be interrupted, even if it is only interrupted for a day or two, it will cause irreparable losses, and even affect the success or failure of the second Battle of Changsha

The consequences of the fall of Chizhou are too serious for Haneda to bear.

At that moment, Haneda called the adjutant to him and informed the Yamamoto brigade to return to Chishu.

The adjutant of "Hai" bowed heavily and hurriedly went to Yamamoto to convey the order.

However, as soon as the adjutant left on his front foot, the figure of the old cat of Agent No. 76 of Jisaffel appeared in front of Haneda and asked Haneda: "Your Excellency Osa, do you want to let the Yamamoto Brigade return to Chizhou?" Don't you know that once Tongling is lost, the United States and British Tobacco Company will have the opportunity to deliver the materials from the Tongling dock to the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Army in southern Anhui? ”

Haneda stared at the old cat coldly and said, "Then do you know that once Chizhou is lost, it is very likely to affect the success or failure of the Second Battle of Changsha?" ”

The old cat snorted, speechless.

The two have different positions, so the trade-offs are different, the old cat is the commissioner with full authority to deal with the military supplies under the No. 76 headquarters of Jisfeier, for him, to ensure that the materials do not fall into the hands of the Chinese army is the most important, and Haneda is the commander of the Chizhou gendarmerie, for Haneda, to keep Chizhou, to ensure that the entire Yangtze River waterway is unimpeded, to ensure the smooth progress of the second Battle of Changsha, this is the most important thing.

Haneda paused for a moment and said, "What's more, the navy has already transferred two gunboats from Wuhu, calculate the time, these two gunboats should almost arrive in Tongling, you can find a way to contact the navy and ask them to cooperate in blocking the dock and preventing the American and British tobacco companies from delivering the materials to the Chinese." ”

The old cat frowned and said, "I need some manpower." ”

Haneda called Yan Sanquan to him and said, "Yan San, you take the plainclothes team with him." ”

As he spoke, Yamamoto's 56th Independent Infantry Brigade had turned back, and Haneda asked the driver to turn around the side three wheels, then step on the side three wheels and leave.

(Dividing Line)

The lazy man woke up and looked out through the porthole to see that the river was dark.

When he got dressed and got up and went to the deck, he was greeted by a damp and cold river breeze, and the lazy man's consciousness was suddenly cleared.

I took out my pocket watch from my chest pocket and looked at the time, the hour hand was already pointing to three o'clock in the morning, and in two hours, it would be almost dawn.

A black figure with a peaked cap on his head emerged from the bow and bowed slightly to the lazy man.

"How?" The lazy man took out a large front door cigarette, lit it, took a deep breath, and asked, "Didn't there be anything unusual last night, right?" ”

"No, everything is fine." The man in the cap replied.

The lazy man hummed and asked, "Haven't you met a gunboat patrolling the river with little Japan on the road?" ”

"Yes, I've met several times." The man in the cap replied, "But little Japan is much more restrained than some time ago, and when they saw the American flag hanging on the mast, they went straight to the detour." ”

The lazy man frowned and said, "Little Japan's behavior is a little abnormal." ”

"It's a bit unusual." The man in the cap also echoed, "In the past two years, although little Japan didn't dare to do anything with the warships and merchant ships of the United States and Britain, it would eventually be entangled and interrogated for a long time, and there would even be bold Japanese soldiers picking quarrels and provoking trouble, but since this year, little Japan has been much more honest."

"When things go wrong, there must be demons." The lazy man said in a deep voice, "It's difficult, little Japan is going to do something to the Yankees."

If US President Roosevelt heard this, he would have been greatly surprised, because at this time, the Japanese Government was unprecedentedly docile, and little Japan was sending batch after batch of representatives to repeatedly discuss with the US Government the order in the Far East and even the entire Asia-Pacific region, and repeatedly begged the United States to lift the oil embargo against Japan.

In fact, this is just the appearance of little Japan.

As one of the members of the Sinochem cultural circle, Little Japan is quite familiar with the culture left by its ancestors, and this trick of deceiving and confusing the enemy has been played quite realistically, even more slippery than the Chinese; in the Battle of Songhu, Chairman Chiang and the National Government were played again and again, and this time the Americans were completely confused by them.