Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Murderous Secret Nests
Liu Yuan is a person who can hide things in his heart, and he rarely says anything about military decisions, but about the retreat from Nanjing, he has really said it several times, and the purpose is very clear, that is, to tell everyone that Nanjing really can't be defended.
The war has been going on for half a year, not only the soldiers but also Liu Yuan himself is very tired, too many troops need to rest, the 18th Army, the 1st Army, the 71st Army, the 72nd Army, and the Southwest Army, the losses are too heavy, Chiang Kai-shek has no concept of passing on the torch in his brain, but Liu Yuan knows very well that the soldiers who have survived now are all essences, and they really can't be wasted.
Compared with the Japanese troops, the officers of the Chinese troops had a very comfortable life, and the commander was ready to give up Nanjing, so naturally there was no need for the brothers to play with their lives, and everyone's mood was not so heavy.
Of course, compared to the life of a Chinese officer, Matsui's life was much sader, and Liu Yuan surrounded the 114th Division under his command, whether he wanted to do anything to Nanjing. This has become a huge problem, and now the base camp has to hold itself accountable several times a day, and it is really impossible to live this day.
Although Matsui Ishone knew that Tani had to curse himself several times a day, Matsui Ishone prayed to Tani several times a day. It is hoped that he can successfully conquer Wuhu, save the 114th Division, and save the local difficult battle situation.
"General, the 13th Division led by Gu Shoufu is already approaching the battlefield." Tsukada's face was not very good, but Matsui Ishine didn't see it, and when he heard the news, Tani Shofu was very excited.
"Youhe, Gu Shoufu-kun is really a hero of the Great Japanese Empire." I finally don't have to worry about it, you have to know that this is really not a human life.
"But general, there are Zhina troops in the rear of Gu Shoufu's department." Tsukada said cautiously.
Matsui Shi's happy appearance suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a cold sweat, "The Shina troops appeared in the rear of Tani Shoufu's department, what is the situation." Matsui suddenly found that the tide of battle had been taken out of his control.
General Liu Yuan is really a terrifying person, what he is best at is to revitalize the entire battle situation through the change of the local battle situation, does he really want to fight to the death with himself in Nanjing?
Thinking of this, Matsui Shigen felt that his blood was immediately boiling, he respected his opponent, and in the end, he was not afraid of failure, he was afraid of losing the courage to fight a decisive battle with a strategic situation.
Matsui stood up calmly, took a deep breath and said, "How many troops are there, it's that force." Could it be that the guerrillas in China are confusing the public? ”
"At present, the situation is not very clear, the government of China has carried out a major purge, and many of our intelligence officers have been killed in it, and at present, we can only know that this is a unit that has been codenamed Linghu, with a number of 15,000 people." Tsukada hunched over and said to Matsui Ishone.
"It seems that we really fell for it, General Liu Yuan has cut off the connection between Gu Shoufu and the rear, how can the damn Gu Shoufu run so fast." Matsui Ishine cursed.
Tsukada stood aside and didn't speak, but said helplessly in his heart, didn't you say that General Gu Shoufu had a set of illnesses, so that the family marched quickly with illness? How can I criticize others now?
"General, looking at General Liu Yuan's grasp of the battlefield, I feel that his purpose is not the 114th Division, they want to completely destroy the Empire's troops in Wuhu, and then seek an opportunity to fight us in the periphery of Nanjing." Tsukada kindly proposed.
"I already have a rough understanding of General Liu Yuan's thoughts, but I, Matsui Shigen, am not a soft persimmon, Gu Shoufu has the 13th Division and the Shigeto Detachment under his command, with 20,000 soldiers, we don't need to have any fear of a force of 15,000 people, tell him that he doesn't have to rush to the Wuhu area, give me to annihilate the ambush soldiers of this branch on the spot, and reopen their own lifeline." Matsui Ishone said viciously.
"General, if Gu Shoufu is entangled with troops from unknown sources, then the 114th Division will be completely dangerous." Tsukada said worriedly.
Matsui Ishone didn't say anything, but instead pointed out Nanjing on the map, and the chief of staff knew Matsui Ishone's intentions.
"General, you have already given up the 114th Division." Tsukada's face was a little surprised, and the base camp continuously sent electricity to ask Matsui Ishine to rescue the 114th Division, but Matsui Ishine took the opposite choice from the base camp.
"The group of pigs in the base camp, they are far away in Tokyo, how can they put me in the war situation, although Chiang Kai-shek in Wuhan is incompetent, but he is very honest and does not command blindly, but our colleagues in the base camp have always influenced me to lead the troops, they are all ignorant, General Liu Yuan is to strategically go to the former our nose, if we passively follow, then our loss command is getting heavier and heavier, it is better to take Nanjing directly and complete the phased task." Matsui Ishine had forgotten the life of the 114th Division at this moment.
"And what about the fate of General Tani Toshio? He still has 20,000 Imperial soldiers under his command? Tsukada is worried that the crazy Matsui Ishine will give up the lives of two divisions at once, then he will definitely go to court-martial.
"You underestimate Gu Shoufu too much, he has 20,000 elite soldiers under him, which is enough to resist all the soldiers of the entire Wuhu generation, we have to believe him." Matsui Shigen's eyes flashed with murderous aura, he is not a person who has no temper at all, Gu Shoufu has always despised him, although he did not reflect, but it does not mean that he is not angry, this time he clearly knew that General Liu Yuan's plan, but he did not send a little reinforcement, just to let Gu Shoufu go to heaven, aren't you Gu Shoufu capable? Then you will fight with General Liu Yuan, just to buy time for Lao Tzu to take Nanjing.
This kind of dispute is not only the Chinese army, but also the Japanese army.
"General!" Tsukada was ready to make the last suggestion, but when he saw Matsui Ishine's face, he realized that he was the one with Matsui Ishine, and what did the life and death of Gu Shoufu and others have to do with him.
"I will send a telegram to General Tani, and if he wins, he will be personally summoned by His Majesty, and the Emperor will personally award him medals and sabers." Tsukada thought for a moment and helped Matsui Ishine think.
Although Gu Shoufu is very arrogant, anyone who is arrogant is very talented, to paraphrase modern words, arrogance needs capital.
He knew very well that Matsui Shigen wanted to play with himself, but Gu Shoufu was not angry, he crushed people to death at the level of the Japanese official university, and the words of his superiors were bigger than the sky, and he had no way to resist no matter what.
And Gu Shoufu is very confident that he can show himself by defeating the enemy, how much Gu Shoufu hopes that the Sixth Division can return to his hands, without the Sixth Division, he is like a wolf without claws.
However, as long as he has an imperial army under his command, he has no need to fear, and he is confident that he can defeat the enemy.
Who exactly appeared behind Tani Shofu?
In fact, it was the eastern part of the Blue Movement that Liu Yuan mobilized, and at this moment he was holding two divisions and 15,000 people in his hands. And Liu Yuan's order to himself was to block Gu Shoufu and create an opportunity for Nie Rongzhen to annihilate the 114th Division, but it was obvious that Lan Yundong himself failed.
So how will the next war continue? The next chapter continues.